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extraterritorial.

Half an hour ago, after Wang Ping forcibly dragged the Dragon Lord, his consciousness and the terrifying giant hand that spanned the starry sky simultaneously dissipated into the outer realm. The fiercely clashing energy turbulence suddenly vanished, and darkness instantly enveloped the endless starry sky once more.

The three demon lords, Xuanzhuo, Jiuwan, and Huanling, maintained the same formation they had used to resist the giant golden palm. Their demonic energy surged, but it carried an indescribable sense of stagnation.

A few breaths later, the Demon Lord Xuanzhuo looked down at his palm, where the stinging sensation from the burning golden light of faith still seemed to linger.

"he…"

The Nine Thousand Demon Lord's body, which was twisted like light and shadow, rippled slightly as he looked at the massive star barrier and said, "His target is the Dragon Lord."

His voice was filled with disbelief as he murmured, unable to comprehend how Wang Ping's cultivation had progressed so rapidly.

Ripples spread across the surface of the Phantom Demon Lord's translucent, liquid body as he spoke: "Despite the combined blockade of the three of us, you precisely located the hidden Dragon Lord within the Endless Demon Realm, and then, right before our eyes, forcibly dragged him back to that Ordered Starry Sky..."

It was a woman's voice, but it was exceptionally unpleasant, like that of an old woman on the verge of death.

She also looked at the Starry Sky Barrier and said seriously, "Changqing's insight into and application of the rules is beyond the ordinary Fifth Realm. We need to reconsider our previous plan."

The three demon lords communicated rapidly with each other using their consciousness. Their original plan was to use the Dragon Lord as bait to test Wang Ping's strength and even take this opportunity to cooperate with the Dragon Lord from the inside and try to severely damage this newly promoted Star Emperor.

However, reality dealt them a heavy blow. Wang Ping's demonstrated strength far exceeded their expectations, and continuing with the original plan would have become an immeasurable risk.

The Nine Thousand True Lord concluded, "To confront him head-on is certainly not a wise move."

The light and shadow around him distorted. "Now there's an even more troublesome Changqing. It's time to let those madmen who clamor for the destruction of everything test his edge."

The Illusionary Demon Lord let out a few soft laughs, like ripples on water, with a sinister undertone: "Indeed, we might as well let go and let them invade this starry sky."

The three demon lords instantly reached a consensus: they would temporarily withdraw their attacks and divert the trouble elsewhere.

The madmen they were referring to were the demon lords who attempted to destroy this starry sky.

After the discussion, the three demon lords took one last look at the majestic star barrier, quickly concealed their auras, and quietly disappeared into the endless darkness beyond the realm.

A short while after they left, six more demon lords descended upon the place. These were the six neutral demon lords, including Youhai and Jintong, as well as the Gray Daoist whom Wang Ping had deployed to the outer realm.

After a brief exchange, the six demon lords dispersed, seemingly uninterested in the conflict between the Nine Alliance and Wang Ping. Not long after, Youhai and Jintong returned.

"They must have temporarily abandoned this star system, allowing Changqing to send people to occupy it first."

Youhai looked around at the starry sky and said.

Jin Tong looked at the magnificent star barrier and said, "I thought this was all I could do in my life, and I ended up becoming a mad consciousness."

"It's too early to talk about these things now. Although his strength is great, whether he can withstand the erosion of time is still unknown. And what we need to do is not something that can be accomplished in tens of thousands of years."

Youhai also looked towards the Starry Sky Barrier.

...

Inside the Star Barrier.

After successfully sealing the Dragon Lord and obtaining the magical artifact that severed karma, Wang Ping immediately returned to the throne on the high platform of the Primordial Palace and sat down cross-legged.

His first step was to examine the newly acquired magical artifact. After the golden light around the artifact spread out, a round, grayish-white disc was revealed. The disc had a metallic feel to it. By probing into it with his consciousness, he could quickly discover the mature golden spirit contained within the artifact, while Tiangong's consciousness had already been completely erased.

"Did the master craftsman really perish like that? It feels a bit unreal!"

Yu Lian said this.

Wang Ping also felt that things were unpredictable. He said, "Stripping Tiangong of his faith was originally intended to make him submit. Tiangong has both methods and ideas, and is very suitable for opening up the outer starry sky. I just didn't expect the Dragon Lord to act so quickly."

As he spoke, the Wood Spirit World beneath his feet continued to expand, and a wisp of Wood Spirit energy submerged the disc, instantly merging into the fortress artifact. Wang Ping planned to refine it using the fortress artifact.

Looking at the vanished disc, Yu Lian said, "Didn't you say before that you could steal other Xuanmen spells, but lacked the basic energy rules? Now that we have this magic artifact, can we cast Golden Spirit spells?"

After she finished speaking, she seemed to remember something and continued, "In addition, there is the adult water spirit inside the Dragon Lord's body. You now occupy three of the five elements. After Ke Yue and Wang Qian cultivate to the fifth realm, you alone will be able to manifest the spells of the five sects of Xuanmen."

Wang Ping smiled slightly and replied, "It was just a coincidence!"

Having said that, he stretched out his right hand and flipped it over, revealing the emerald green cocoon that sealed the Dragon Lord in his palm. At the same time, his primordial spirit phantom appeared behind him, and the fused talisman emitted a bright green light in front of his primordial spirit.

Then, Wang Ping's physical body and primordial spirit simultaneously opened their 'Heavenly Eyes' between their brows. Golden light silently probed into the cocoon, sweeping over the sealed Dragon Lord and tracing back to everything in the Dragon Lord's past.

The initial scenes were normal: birth, cultivation, and growth. However, after the Dragon Lord achieved dragonhood, he began to wander among various races, forming fleeting romances with various demon races. In the end, he selected dozens of humans as his Daoist partners, using the power of the dragon bloodline to reproduce the next generation.

The Dragon Lord loved his children very much. They were all born at the cost of the Dragon Lord's own cultivation, and most of them had the cultivation level of the Enlightenment Realm from birth.

His last child was Jiang Cun, the only child he had after advancing to the fifth realm, which also gave Jiang Cun the cultivation of the third realm from birth.

Wang Ping was very interested in the secret methods of the dragon race to reproduce, but he suppressed this interest because if he were to deduce such a spell using his Taiyan Secret Method, it would surely bring unimaginable disaster to this starry sky.

Afterwards, Wang Ping tried to observe the scene of Long Jun besieging Yao Xi, but as he guessed, the scene was interfered with by a fog that he could not dispel.

After that, the scene was shrouded in mist. Wang Ping closed the 'Heavenly Eye' between his eyebrows, and extended his left hand. A ray of emerald light emanated from the talisman in front of his primordial spirit, probing into the emerald cocoon that sealed the Dragon Lord, completely suppressing the Dragon Lord's consciousness. Then he looked at the starry sky outside the hall, and a spacetime passage was instantly established beside him. The next moment, he appeared on the execution platform on the side of the Sky Patrol Division with Yu Lian.

Zang Yi, who was stationed at the Heavenly Patrol Division, sensed Wang Ping's aura and immediately transformed into a streak of light, appearing beside Wang Ping. He bowed and said, "Greetings, Your Majesty!" "Hmm!"

Wang Ping nodded slightly and pointed towards the center of the execution platform.

In an instant, the phantom of the expanding Wood Spirit World beneath his feet resonated with the execution platform, and the Wood Spirit energy, containing boundless vitality, surged out from the void and rapidly condensed and took shape.

Countless thick and tough ancient roots intertwined and firmly took root on the execution platform. Then, thick beams and crossbeams quickly formed on the root base. Below the crossbeams, two crescent-shaped blades with edges gleaming with a chilling light slowly condensed.

This is the Dragon-Slaying Platform that Wang Ping prepared for the Dragon King!
Zang Yi held his breath and focused his attention. He could feel that the water elemental energy in the surrounding starry sky stagnated the moment the Dragon-Slaying Platform appeared.

Wang Ping calmly gazed at the solidified Dragon-Slaying Platform, then gently tossed the emerald green cocoon that sealed the Dragon Lord into his hand, and a giant dragon body immediately appeared beneath the crescent-shaped blade.

"Gulu~"

Zang Yi swallowed hard after the dragon's body appeared; he was all too familiar with its aura.

Wang Ping's cold voice rang out at this moment: "The Dragon Lord has committed four crimes. First, he broke his oath and betrayed the starry sky, causing damage to the majesty of the Heavenly Court and bewilderment to all living beings. Second, he colluded with the Demon Lord from beyond the realm, intending to overthrow the order, and his heart deserves to be punished. Third, he harmed his colleagues, killed the Heavenly Craftsman, seized his Golden Spirit Origin, and forged evil weapons, and his crime is unforgivable. Fourth, he privately amassed followers, secretly formed a faction, harbored rebellious intentions, and violated the bottom line of the Heavenly Rules."

With each charge read aloud, the crescent-shaped blade on the Dragon-Slaying Platform gleamed with increasing cold light, and the aquatic energy of the surrounding starry sky cried out in even greater sorrow. The massive dragon body placed beneath the blade, even while sealed, instinctively trembled slightly.

Wang Ping's cold gaze fell upon the dragon's body. "Now, in accordance with the Heavenly Laws, I will sever its form and strip it of its origin to set things right!"

The moment he finished speaking, the phantom of the divine palace behind him suddenly solidified, transforming into a majestic hall stretching across the depths of the starry sky, with endless light of faith flowing within it.

Immediately afterwards, the divine palace resonated with the celestial Dao of the starry sky, and an invisible wave spread throughout the myriad realms of the starry sky at a speed that transcended time and space.

Wherever the Heavenly Court's order extends, all living beings, regardless of their location, feel it and raise their heads in unison.

Their gazes pierced through endless space, and together they saw a magnificent divine palace. In front of the palace was a Dragon-Slaying Platform constructed from the roots of wood spirits, and beneath the chilling blades of the Dragon-Slaying Platform was imprisoned the Dragon Lord who once ruled the starry sky.

At this moment, all spirits held their breath.

Under the gaze of countless eyes, some shocked, some fearful, some pleased, and some with complex emotions, Wang Ping pointed his fingers like a sword and gently waved them towards the Dragon-Slaying Platform.

There was no earth-shattering roar, only a soft thud as if the rules were breaking, and the crescent-shaped blade, imbued with the ultimate will of punishment, fell silently.

The blade flashed across the dragon's body.

The Dragon Lord's indestructible body was cleaved in two like a hot knife through oil. No blood splattered. The moment his dragon body broke, it transformed into the purest water elemental energy, which was quickly stripped away and sealed by the Dragon Slaying Platform and the divine order it connected to.

That enormous dragon body that once traversed the starry sea completely disintegrated under the witness of billions of living beings in the starry sky!
Under the starry sky, all was silent.

Only the majesty and order of the Heavenly Court, like an invisible brand, were deeply engraved in the consciousness of every living being who witnessed this scene. Even after the divine palace disappeared, they were still gazing at the starry sky they had just seen.

Wang Ping then reached out and erased the Dragon Lord's last consciousness, constructing a wood spirit sealing array to collect the adult water spirit within the Dragon Lord's body.

"Although the Dragon Lord is guilty, he also has merits. When proclaiming the Dragon Lord to the world, we should not only describe his crimes, but also tell the world about his merits. In addition, I allow Linshui Prefecture to preserve a golden statue of him."

Before he could finish speaking, Wang Ping and Yu Lian disappeared from the spot, leaving Zang Yi no choice but to turn around and bow in the direction of the Primordial Palace.

Upon returning to the Primordial Palace, Wang Ping left only his clone to oversee the situation while he himself led Yu Lian into the Wood Spirit World.

This place is full of life, with endless green as the only color. The phantom of the Jianmu tree is rooted in the center of the world, supporting the entire world.

Wang Ping sat cross-legged beneath the Jianmu tree, with the adult water spirit that had been separated floating in front of him. It was like a flowing blue star, with thousands of rivers surging within it, or an endless deep sea lying dormant, exuding a pure and magnificent rhythm of water. It was also the center of convergence of the water spirit rules of this starry sky, and it was also interdependent with the wood spirit within his body.

The rain lotus obediently perched to one side, sensing the rich aquatic energy, unceremoniously absorbing its emanating aura, and curiously observing its internal state.

"Are you planning to use it to forge a new magical artifact?"

Yu Lian asked.

Wang Ping replied with a smile, "That's right. You can also absorb its energy to cultivate, which will allow you to advance to the fifth realm faster."

Upon hearing this, Yu Lian immediately felt a sense of anticipation.

After observing for a while, Wang Ping moved his hands in the void, but instead of summoning wood spirit energy, he used the 'Heaven-Stealing Technique' and the newly refined golden spirit disc to fluctuate the golden spirit rules and gather a golden spirit energy.

He used his golden spiritual energy to quickly condense a metal bracelet and carved magical runes inside it.

Then, he carefully guided the adult water spirit into the magic rune on his wrist. The process was slow, but Wang Ping had enough patience.

Before long, he closed his eyes, and time quietly passed in the Wood Spirit World.

After an unknown amount of time, the water spirit was finally guided into the bracelet, giving it a deep dark blue color. The surface was smooth as a mirror, but inside it seemed as if there were flowing stars.

Suddenly, the speed at which the blue star river inside the bracelet spun increased dramatically, and unstable ripples appeared on its smooth mirror surface. This was because the water elemental power was too immense, and the magical runes that carried it inside were not yet fully compatible with it, requiring further stabilization and harmonization.

Wang Ping had anticipated this. He stretched out his right hand and gently slipped the dark blue bracelet onto his wrist.

The moment the bracelet touched his skin, a cool and vast intent tried to surge into his primordial spirit. It was a characteristic inherent to adult water spirits. With a slight thought, Wang Ping slowly circulated the pure wood spirit energy within his body, channeling it into the bracelet through the spiritual meridians in his arm.

The Wood Spirit follows the principle of mutual generation, soothing the Water Spirit with its own vitality, while guiding the runes inside the bracelet to make subtle adjustments and reinforcements.

Next came the waiting. Wang Ping maintained this state, slowly refining the water spirit bracelet on his wrist with his own wood spirit. Yu Lian also quietly nestled beside him, absorbing the pure water spirit energy emanating from the bracelet, her aura slowly increasing without him even realizing it. (End of Chapter)