There is a progress bar in my cultivation of immortality

Wang Ping could naturally see what the two True Lords of Tianmen were doing. He was not worried about being seen through because they were using extraterrestrial life forms as the basis for their investigation, while Wang Ping could not have any causal connection with extraterrestrial life forms.

What he truly cared about were the two Heavenly Gate sects, which were usually insignificant. Their foundations were perhaps stronger than the combined foundations of the five Xuanmen sects. First of all, there were the magic arrays that covered every inch of space in the starry sky. Even with Wang Ping's current cultivation level, it would take at least 20,000 years to set up so many magic arrays without being discovered.

The five sects of Xuanmen may not even have been established for 20,000 years!

Especially Bai Yan, who has always been indifferent to worldly affairs, his consciousness can be traced back to the birth of the order of this starry sky, which is beyond what time can express clearly.

Although Bai Yan's consciousness would inevitably fluctuate over such a long period of time, and his cultivation level would also rise and fall accordingly, the methods he concealed were so numerous that only he himself might know them.

Thinking of this, Wang Ping abandoned his underestimation of them. Immediately afterwards, he felt the wood spirit energy under the starry sky fluctuate, followed by a slight shaking of the entire Five Elements Yin-Yang rules.

At this moment, the Yin-Yang Pisces, which are scattered throughout the starry sky, are cleaning up the beings with causal relationships with those outside the same realm. The twisted monsters near the extraterrestrial stars are covered by the light pillars of the Yin-Yang Pisces, as if they are being pressed down in the void by a giant hand. No matter how they struggle, they cannot break free.

Looking at the struggling, twisted monster, Wang Ping felt even more that he should keep a low profile, because the 'rules of destruction' controlled by this thing were something that even he, with his current cultivation level, had to take seriously. However, being enveloped by the pillar of light from the Yin-Yang Pisces, he was like a child, only able to struggle.

After counting the interest.

The light that had fallen on Wang Ping disappeared, as did the magic array that had spread throughout the universe. Bai Yan and Xuan Qing transformed into two streams of light and landed beside Wang Ping.

Zhu Wu, Bai Xin, and other demon race True Monarchs looked at Bai Yan and Xuan Qing with complicated expressions. Once upon a time, their demon race was on par with these two, but that was the result of more than ten 'Great Luo Realm' demon races forming a group for mutual benefit. Now, they could only bow and clasp their hands in greeting, saying, "Greetings, True Monarchs."

Bai Yan and Xuan Qing didn't even glance at them. Instead, they politely bowed to Wang Ping and then Bai Yan pointed at the extraterrestrial monster and said, "If we were to deal with this beast, the impact would be too wide. Let's leave it to you to determine its fate."

Xuanqing chimed in, "Its physical body is a valuable item. It can be used to nourish the planet's ley lines and might even give birth to one or two demonic weapons similar to the 'Divine Jade Brush.' If we were to take action, its physical body wouldn't even leave behind any ashes."

After the two finished speaking, True Lord Baiyan instructed the demons on either side: "You all keep watch around the area. If any extraterrestrial rebels interfere, kill them on the spot."

Zhu Wu, Wang Xuan, and Niu Pan immediately clasped their hands and said "Yes." Bai Xin and Hou Ji did not respond, but they also dispersed to the surrounding areas. Quan Xing, who remained, respectfully bowed to Wang Ping and the other two before leaving.

As for Zang Yi and Yue Xi, they ignored Bai Yan's words and simply watched Wang Ping awaiting orders.

"You two go and check on the disciples of the various factions in the rear, and stabilize the temporary outposts we've built on the perimeter," Wang Ping gave the two different orders.

After the two bowed and left, Wang Ping politely cupped his hands to Bai Yan and Xuan Qing and said, "I can only try."

After he finished speaking, he observed the demonic energy rules intertwined with the Five Elements and Yin-Yang rules through the 'Heaven-Reaching Talisman'. He saw the powerful vitality of the twisted creature under the rules, and a green light appeared beside him. He used the 'Heaven-Stealing Talisman' to spy on the boundary between life and death of the Heavenly Dao and defined the state of death of this twisted monster on the great net of rules.

The twisted monster's struggle suddenly froze.

Its hundreds of tentacles remained in a waving posture, and its gaping maw, filled with sharp teeth, still maintained a silent roar, but all its movements were frozen at this moment.

It was originally suppressed by the Yin-Yang pillar. Wang Ping defined its life and death as simply as drinking water. Just look at the pulsating star god cores in its body, one after another, extinguishing. They did not explode or wither, but disappeared silently like ink being wiped away.

This process is not destroyed by violence, but rather like the receding tide, where memories, perceptions, and instincts fade away layer by layer.

Throughout the entire process, the monster couldn't even utter a wail. Its death was not the end, but rather an erasure that it had never existed. When its last trace of consciousness disappeared, True Monarch Baiyan raised his hand and constructed a giant magic circle. A purple light flashed and took its massive body into his sleeve.

But at that moment, time and space suddenly froze, blocking the beams of light that had been cast by the Yin-Yang fish.

It's the power of Qianxi!

However, Wang Ping could not pinpoint his exact location, nor could he detect his presence. Within the vast network of rules, there was no concrete trace of his existence.

This was a tactic they had been preparing for against Wang Ping from the start.

At the same time, an unparalleled spiritual energy of faith emanated from the outer border. Wang Ping's primordial spirit immediately sensed Wei Ling's divine kingdom, and then the consciousness of hundreds of millions of people, who were worshipping something with their spiritual energy of faith.

In an instant, the starry sky at the outer border was like a torn brocade, and a pitch-black rift that stretched across the Milky Way suddenly appeared. Inside this rift was clearly another twisted monster!

Bai Yan said coldly, "None of these rebels are innocent!"

His killing intent was obvious; he clearly intended to wreak havoc in the outer realms. However, he quickly concealed this intent. Although the Asura clan was in charge of killing, Bai Yan's personality meant he wouldn't act rashly.

He exchanged a glance with Xuanqing, and while making a hand seal, he said to Wang Ping, "Fellow Daoist Changqing, please support us!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the Yin-Yang symbol in the starry sky began to influence the rules of the sky, attempting to close the crack. But at that moment, a giant claw covered in bronze scales emerged from the depths of the crack. With a gentle press, the Yin-Yang symbol was blocked.

Wang Ping's gaze narrowed slightly, and he was about to summon the Wood Spirit World when a clear dragon roar suddenly came from the depths of the starry sky, causing the rules of the entire star field to tremble.

It's the Dragon King!
Wang Ping instinctively recalled those two words.

Then they saw flames shooting into the sky, and the aura of the blazing sun approached from afar, appearing on the outer edge of the alien planet in the blink of an eye, landing beside Wang Ping a few breaths later.

The crack in the starry sky had returned to normal the moment the dragon's roar sounded. "The extraterrestrial rebels are nothing more than a minor ailment. Ordinary people know that treating a minor illness doesn't require cutting flesh and removing bones," Lieyang said, bowing to Wang Ping, Bai Yan, and Xuan Qing before looking towards the extraterrestrial star. "Shall we let this matter rest?"

In response to the blazing sun, the extraterrestrial demonic energy that permeated the outer planet rapidly dissipated, and the whereabouts of the five realm star gods, Wei Ling, and Qian Xi were unknown, leaving the outer planet in ruins. At this moment, it was like a rotten fruit that had been gnawed on, suspended in the desolate starry sky, and the once prosperous ecological zone on the surface of the star was reduced to ruins.

The most shocking thing is the cracks on the surface of the star. These cracks are not formed naturally, but look as if they were torn by the claws of some kind of giant beast, with the remnants of black energy still remaining at the edges.

Floating in the starry sky are numerous fragments, including building ruins, fragments of magical artifacts, and even frozen body parts. These fragments rotate slowly in the weightless environment, occasionally colliding and producing dull sounds. On some of the larger fragments, one can see unextinguished spiritual flames burning quietly.

On the orbit of the stars, the once orderly defensive array is now reduced to a broken base. The meticulously crafted array plates are either shattered or riddled with holes by some kind of corrosion.

The spatial structure of the entire extraterrestrial region became unstable, with occasional subtle distortions. Some areas even developed cracks, through which one could see the void of darkness behind them.

Lieyang glanced at the current miserable state of the outer planet and then stopped caring. He looked at Xuanqing and Baiyan, who had removed the Yin-Yang Array, as if he wanted to ask something, but in the end he just exhaled and looked at Wang Ping and said, "You owe me a favor. Remember to repay me after Xuanqing and Diwen's matter is over."

Wang Ping cupped his hands and said, "Of course!"

He could guess what Lieyang wanted him to do: help Lieyang stabilize his consciousness and cultivate. And with Lieyang's current cultivation level, his cultivation would only be related to the stars in this starry sky.

Upon hearing this, Lieyang simply nodded, exchanged a glance with Xuanqing, and then transformed into a streak of fire that vanished in the blink of an eye.

After Lieyang left, Xuanqing and Baiyan cupped their hands to Wang Ping, then transformed into streaks of light and disappeared into the starry sky in the blink of an eye.

Yu Lian then peeked out from Wang Ping's sleeve, climbed onto his shoulder, and commented, "This battle of magic seems to be all about setting up, but when it really comes down to it, only the two True Lords of Tianmen and you are taking it seriously. Everyone else is just watching the show."

Wang Ping continued, "It really was quite a show."

The rebels used their madness to stop the war from spreading further. Xuanqing and Baiyan may have gotten the answers they wanted. Lieyang and Tiangong seem to be competing with each other. Judging from the current situation, Lieyang should have won temporarily.

"But this grand drama is not over yet. When you help Xuanqing cleanse the pollution in his body and awaken the Earth Script, you will give them enough breathing time. We don't know if the so-called Starry Sky Rules can really cleanse them at that time."

Yu Lian's voice was soft, "According to the logic of war, you should be pressing your advantage now, but even you don't want to continue fighting, do you? I sense that your aura is different. Have your attempts yielded any results?"

"It meets expectations!"

As Wang Ping responded, the teleportation network around him continued to expand. Before he disappeared, the order he left for Zhu Wu, Zang Yi, and others was to take over everything on the outer planet, without declaring the war over.

He returned directly to the Jiuxuan Mountain Dojo on Jupiter, where the beautiful scenery still covered the mountains, a stark contrast to the current desolation of the surrounding outer planet.

Once Yu Lian returned to her own territory, she immediately cleared her mind and said to Wang Ping, "I didn't understand what the battle was like just now. Could you explain it to me in detail?"

As she spoke, she rose into the air and took out a jade slip from the storage space at the rear, attempting to record Wang Ping's narration with spiritual energy. The calico cat sleeping in the distance heard Yu Lian's voice, twitched its ears, got up, stretched, stared at Yu Lian for a moment, and then trotted over.

Wang Ping did not refuse. He deduced various possibilities based on the facts that had already occurred, while recalling all the details of the extraterrestrial war and explaining the rules he had observed to Yu Lian in detail.

Currently, Yulian is the only person he can share this with, and the process has undoubtedly been pleasant.

The script recorded by Yu Lian was strange. It was not the common script promoted by the Xuanmen, but the symbols used by her own spirit snake clan. Some of them were even incomprehensible to Wang Ping.

“Apart from Bai Xin, none of the demon race True Monarchs fought with their hearts in the entire process, and the same was true for the other side’s Fifth Realm Star Gods. Only the young cultivators who grew up with Wei Ling and Qian Xi were truly risking their lives.”

After listening to Wang Ping's story, Yu Lian used her spiritual energy to mark a few symbols on her jade slip and made a simple evaluation: "Even with Lie Yang and Tian Gong, they should have also made some plans in this battle, but they didn't show it at all. On the contrary, Xuan Qing suddenly sided with Bai Yan, which seems absurd, but it makes sense."

"You need to be careful of Bai Yan in the future. He may not be what he seems. After all, he was planning something before the rise of the five True Monarchs of Xuanmen. His cultivation level may be above Lieyang!"

Wang Ping nodded subconsciously. He had already elevated Bai Yan to the level of a Dragon Lord. Although this might be a bit of an exaggeration, it was necessary. "Bai Yan is terrifying. He can make me subconsciously forget about him when I'm thinking about a problem, or rather, most people subconsciously forget about him when they're thinking about a problem."

Yu Lian wrote something on his jade slip and replied, "He has remained silent for so many years, even letting Tian Gong manipulate his own disciples. Not everyone has this kind of patience. But all these years of forbearance, he has revealed himself for this matter..."

Wang Ping could understand, "Everyone has different things they insist on. What we may consider insignificant may be more important to them than their own existence."

Yu Lian nodded thoughtfully, then changed the subject, saying, "Also, there's something else you've noticed. Most of the star god cores in this starry sky have the wood element characteristic of the Five Elements Yin Yang rules. You see, the abilities that can advance to the fifth realm include speech, reproduction, secrecy, dreams, time, and space."

"Aside from the 'dream' ability, the other abilities are most likely wood spirit characteristics. Do you think this is because Taiyan cultivators are inherently skilled at making puppets?"

Wang Ping had been pondering this question for a long time, and now that Yu Lian had pointed it out, he followed up by saying, "During the Great Universe Era, it's possible that the Taiyan cultivators created too many puppets. That's the first possibility. The second possibility is that someone deliberately guided the Star God Core, which is related to the Wood Spirit, into this starry sky."

"If it's the second possibility, who do you think was behind this? And what was their purpose? Was it so they could observe the Wood Spirit's characteristics more quickly?"

Yulian asked with a face full of curiosity.

Wang Ping didn't know the answer to this question either, and he didn't even have a single clue to deduce it, so he could only put it aside for the time being. (End of this chapter)