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Chapter 1037 Turbulence in the Starry Sky
"You are from beyond this realm, you are not worthy to speak to me!"

Di Wen's cold and murderous voice echoed in the starry sky. After speaking, he snorted and suddenly waved his sleeve. The Zhenshan Tower suddenly expanded, and the Xuanhuang Qi poured down like a celestial river, instantly enveloping the illusory figure. The runes at the bottom of the tower lit up with dazzling light, and the power of the life and death seal erupted. The demonic energy in the border area melted away and dissipated rapidly, like snow under the scorching sun.

"Destroy!"

With a fierce shout, the illusory figure crumbled inch by inch under the crushing force of the Xuanhuang Qi, eventually dissipating into a wisp of black smoke.

However, in another place thousands of miles away, where demonic energy surged, the illusory figure slowly condensed into form again. It still maintained its human shape, surrounded by demonic energy, and nodded slightly in the direction of the inscription, as if silently mocking.

"Humph!"

Di Wen's face was gloomy. The array beneath his feet suddenly expanded. He made a hand seal with his right hand and pressed down with his left. The Mountain-Suppressing Tower instantly crossed the void and pressed down again. This time, the Xuanhuang Qi was even more turbulent, forcibly pressing down the demonic world in that area and forming a huge vacuum zone.

The illusory figure disintegrated once more, but in the blink of an eye, it was reborn in the demonic energy further away. This time, it no longer maintained its form and directly transformed into a distorted shadow, appearing and disappearing in the demonic energy.

Di Wen's eyes flashed with cold light. He formed hand seals, and the Seven Star Array beneath his feet shone brightly. Seven Saturn phantoms lit up simultaneously. This time, the Mountain-Suppressing Tower split into countless forms, raining down on the demonic world of the entire border region. Wherever it passed, the demonic energy was completely annihilated.

The frigid void was torn apart with countless fine cracks, and the biting cold that had shrouded the border star field for years was forcibly dispelled at this moment. The ice crystals and dust floating in the starry sky were instantly vaporized under the impact of the Xuanhuang Qi, turning into wisps of white mist and disappearing without a trace.

As the roar echoed throughout the universe, the edges of the demonic world began to collapse on a large scale, and the rebel cultivators hidden deep within the demonic energy fled in panic.

However, the illusory figure still existed in the core area where the demonic energy was most concentrated. His figure was like a reflection in the water, and it looked like it might shatter at any moment, but it could not be crushed no matter what.

After three attempts, Diwen finally stopped. He glanced at Wang Ping with a serious expression, his meaning quite clear.

Qianxi watched the whole thing with a cold eye until Diwen stopped, then he said calmly, "Although you control the rules of the starry sky, the universe is infinitely vast, and there are bound to be places that your hands cannot reach."

Wang Ping kept his right hand in a state of deduction. As soon as Qian Xi finished speaking, he flashed and appeared in the starry sky at the edge of the demonic world.

Then, a mysterious array appeared behind him. Emerald green light spread out like a tide as the array unfolded. The phantom of the Jianmu tree grew wildly behind him, and each leaf was flashing with mysterious runes. These runes detached from the branches and leaves and turned into streams of light, merging into the great net of star rules.

As he moved, the five elements rules of the star field suddenly became incredibly clear, and countless cyan light bands intertwined in the void, as if draping the universe in an emerald veil.

Earthly True Lord followed closely behind, his hands forming the Nine Palaces Seal, and the Seven Star Array beneath his feet suddenly expanded by tens of thousands of miles. The seven illusory Saturns slowly rotated within the array, exhaling a thick, primordial aura.

Upon contact with the vast network of rules, these auras immediately condensed into mountain-like patterns, instantly transforming the originally illusory network into something as substantial as a physical entity. Dust in the starry sky, drawn by these patterns, spontaneously coalesced into countless miniature mountains and landforms.

The master craftsman's move was the most dazzling. Golden lotuses bloomed beneath his feet, each petal sending out countless golden threads that weaved through the net of rules, leaving behind brilliant golden traces wherever they went, as if gilding the entire net with a golden edge. Even more astonishing was that these golden threads were weaving on their own, gradually forming exquisitely precise miniature magic arrays.

Although the distant True Lord of Blazing Sun did not arrive in person, the fire spirit energy of the entire starry sky responded to his call. Countless crimson streams of light were projected from all directions, igniting an inextinguishable Dao fire on the great net of rules. Furthermore, a crimson sun phantom appeared in the center of the net, radiating a magnificent righteous energy that could dispel all evil.

Xuanqing and Baiyan approached the issue from another dimension. As they manipulated the flow of black and white energy, they created a wondrous 'breathing' rhythm throughout the entire network of rules. With each 'inhale' and 'exhale,' a large amount of demonic energy was transformed and repelled; with each 'absorption,' the network of rules became even more solid.

The invisible net of rules is now clearly visible. It is like a semi-transparent giant carpet covering half of the star field, with colorful spiritual light flowing on it.

The next moment, the concentration of spiritual energy on the battlefield surged, and the free energy condensed into countless points of light, which looked like a reversed shower of stars from afar.

The defensive array surrounding the outer planet resonated spontaneously, and tens of thousands of runes rose from the array base, forming a long river of runes that circled the planet in the air. The cultivators from various sects in this area were already utterly shocked by this sight.

Many disciples knelt down and began chanting scriptures.

"Is this the descent of a saint?" A young cultivator trembled as he released his sword, letting it float in the suddenly weightless air.

No one answered him, because even cultivators at the fourth realm could not comprehend such power, and they gained a deeper understanding of the strength of the True Monarchs.

The demon race's True Lords, along with Zang Yi and Yue Xi, stood humbly behind Wang Ping, Di Wen, and Tian Gong, not daring to make a sound. It seemed that if they dared to offend the dignity of the True Lords, they would immediately be wiped out by the net of rules.

"This world cannot tolerate your dissenting thoughts. If you are willing to disperse the evil forces from beyond the realm, you may be given some dignity; if you remain obstinate, you will suffer eternal torment."

Wang Ping's cold voice rang out, his eyes reflecting the extraterrestrial life form that had reassembled into human form. On the surface, he seemed confident of victory, but inwardly he had some doubts, because he could not deduce the end of the life of the person opposite him.

"I, Xiaodao Wunian, greet the three True Lords."

The extraterrestrial being bowed again, his attitude extremely friendly, and then said, "I have come here not to compete for the power of you True Lords, but to help you stabilize the order of the starry sky."

"Don't listen to his nonsense!"

After Tiangong reminded him, his eyelids drooped, clearly blocking Wunian's voice and consciousness communication. The golden light around him became dazzling, and he looked like the Arhat who subdued demons in Buddhist legend, staring at Wunian with an attitude of hating evil as if it were his enemy.

At this moment, Wang Ping sensed some change in the magic array he was deducing, but he could not see it even after careful observation. This gave him the idea of ​​using his 'Heavenly Eye' to scan Wu Nian.

"You want to take our place in guarding the outer realms and stabilizing their spirituality?"

Wang Ping asked.

Wu Nian cupped his hands and said, “Your Excellencies are wise. This world will eventually be unable to escape the invasion of demonic energy from beyond the realm. Even if I am expelled today, there will surely be successors a thousand years from now. If Your Excellencies agree, I am willing to guard this place forever and isolate you from demonic thoughts.”

Di Wen said coldly, "You're really delusional. You want us to forgive and forget about your invasion of our starry sky, and even give you a place to cultivate? Your fate was sealed the moment you entered this starry sky—utter annihilation." Wu Nian's illusory figure gradually solidified, eventually becoming a middle-aged cultivator wearing combat leather armor. He cupped his hands towards Di Wen and said, "Since that's the case, then I have no choice but to take it by force."

Di Wen remained unfazed and said, "I'd like to see how you manage to break free from the assimilation of the rules."

Wu Nian looked up at the boundless web of rules in the starry sky and said, "To maintain the manifestation of the rules, you need to devote yourselves entirely to this starry sky, but do you have that time?"

The will of the Earth remained unwavering, replying, "Then we'll wait and see!"

"Alright, let's wait and see!"

Wu Nian's figure suddenly disappeared, and Qian Xi, who was standing to the side, bowed to Wang Ping, Tian Gong, and Di Wen Wusheng before his figure was also quickly swallowed up by demonic energy.

At that moment, Lieyang appeared beside Wang Ping as a streak of light. His gaze swept over the nearby Earth Script and Heavenly Craft, and he asked, "What do we do now? Just keep at it like this?" His consciousness swept over the demonic world constructed by the rebels. "At the current rate, it would take at least five hundred years to cleanse this polluted area. Perhaps we should contact the Dragon Lord…"

He wanted to propose using the power of rules.

"Five hundred years is nothing, it will pass in the blink of an eye!"

The local script was completely ignored.

Lieyang looked at Diwen and wanted to say something, but in the end he shook his head. Five hundred years is nothing to the True Monarchs, but it is an era for billions of living beings. If the consciousness of the True Monarchs is trapped here, the Inner Ring Starfield will definitely be in chaos within five hundred years.

Just then, a terrifyingly chaotic fluctuation suddenly erupted from the depths of the inner ring star field.

This energy came extremely abruptly, like a huge rock suddenly thrown into a calm lake. Wang Ping was the first to sense the anomaly. He saw the great net of rules tremble violently, and the five elements rules of some nodes were rapidly dissipating.

In an instant, the other True Monarchs also noticed the anomaly. Di Wen suddenly turned his head to look at the starry sky behind him, but he could not see anything with the naked eye. Only the feedback of spiritual energy was indicating something.

Tiangong opened his eyes and looked back.

Lieyang felt the same way. Then, the three of them looked at Wang Ping at the same time, with Lieyang asking, "I sense a chaotic force disrupting the rules of the Five Elements. Its appearance came without any warning!"

The mirror array around Wang Ping rapidly unfolded, and his consciousness instantly jumped to hundreds of thousands of puppets. He quickly detected the vacuum area between Taiyin Star and Yuqing Star, where a turbulent energy flow was frantically tearing apart reality. In his perception, this chaotic energy was like a living thing, causing breaks in the circulation of spiritual energy wherever it passed, and even the most basic law of the five elements was being distorted.

He then used his consciousness to convey what he saw to the Earth, the Sun, and the Creator.

"So indistinct, yet possessing such destructive power, and still expanding." A flash of anger crossed Di Wen's eyes as he looked at the surging world of demonic energy, and said, "This may be the extraterrestrial life's backup plan, but it's still like an ant trying to shake a tree!"

Tiangong sighed and said, "Let's find out the specifics first." As he spoke, he stretched out his right hand, and a golden spiritual energy swirled around his fingers. He said in a solemn tone, "The golden spiritual energy in the starry sky tells me that the power is dangerous and chaotic. It must be eliminated immediately."

At this moment, Xinghai’s voice echoed in Wang Ping’s spiritual sea, “That is the most basic chaotic storm from beyond the realm. It will devour all matter. If no one stops it, it will expand to most of the star system in less than a hundred years. Even extraterrestrial life will prioritize its elimination. It was obviously summoned by your people through sacrifice. This was intentional.”

Xinghai's words sounded terrifying, but Wang Ping felt much more at ease after hearing them. The emergence of such power must require extremely strict conditions; otherwise, extraterrestrial life forms would have already used it. Besides, it could be eliminated.

As the second seat in the meeting, Lieyang quickly calmed down and looked at Wang Ping, saying, "Such an event is beyond the understanding of disciples of the fourth realm. You and fellow Daoists Xuanqing and Baiyan should go and investigate immediately. I, Tiangong and Diwen, will guard this place to prevent any unforeseen events."

Wang Ping nodded slightly, and with a gentle lift of his left hand, nine talismans flowed from his fingertips. Each talisman contained rich wood elemental energy. The moment these talismans entered the star net, the five elemental veins of the entire star field trembled.

Then he disappeared from the spot and reappeared at the public transfer array of Taiyin Star. When he released his aura, Bai Yan and Xuan Qing appeared one after the other.

"Fellow Daoists, follow me."

Before his voice had even faded from the void, his figure had already transformed into a long, azure rainbow that stretched across the universe. The public magic array on the Taiyin Star didn't even have time to fully light up before it was swept up by this rainbow and torn through space.

As the rainbow light swept across, tens of thousands of temporary teleportation arrays bloomed one after another in the star space, like an emerald ribbon stretching across the Milky Way. Each array was precisely embedded in a node of the star space rules.

Bai Yan and Xuan Qing exchanged a glance, then each made hand seals and stepped into the nearest teleportation array to leave. The energy they generated resembled intertwined meteors, attracting many mortals in the ecological zone to stop and watch.

Half an hour passed in the blink of an eye. Wang Ping had been traveling at full speed for the past half hour, but his physical body and primordial spirit did not feel tired at all. On the contrary, he felt an indescribable sense of exhilaration.

Suddenly, Wang Ping's primordial spirit sensed an unusually frenzied thought that attempted to invade Wang Ping's ocean of consciousness, but was quickly swallowed up by the surging energy of Wang Ping's ocean of consciousness.

Then, Wang Ping teleported again, and a dense burst of pure wood spirit energy flashed through the starry sky. He suddenly saw a distorted gray-black vortex spinning rapidly beneath the boundless black and white starry sky, its core containing countless chaotic consciousnesses.

From a distance, the vortex resembled a primordial beast breaking free of its shackles, roaring wildly in the starry sky. Its diameter was a million miles, and grotesque, twisted faces constantly emerged from the energy torrents at its edges. Sometimes they transformed into hideous demonic forms, and sometimes they became tormented human figures.

The core of the vortex shimmered with an eerie purplish-black light, and with each pulsation it spewed out chaotic currents powerful enough to corrode the very rules of the universe.

In the world of inspiration, this battle is even more brutal…

Hundreds of millions of spiritual beings rushed toward the storm, but were torn into specks of light as soon as they touched the edge of the vortex. Blinding flashes of light erupted from time to time in the storm, which were powerful spiritual beings self-destructing. Each strike could temporarily clear a small area, but it would be filled with more chaos in the blink of an eye.

(End of this chapter)