Grandpa, times have changed.

Chapter 620 The Sword Master Emerges from Seclusion
Of course, it's too early to say these things at this stage.

"Let's try it again later," Xu Xing said. "After some adjustments, the effect of this halo might also have a certain auxiliary effect on the cultivation of the Hehuan Sect's bewitching cultivators."

The bewitching cultivators of the Hehuan Sect have gone to great lengths to maintain their popularity.

The aura of 'presence' that the Taoist practitioners of the Supreme Tao Sect avoided like the plague was something that the alluring cultivators desperately sought.

Many beauty cultivators even go to great lengths to find out how to obtain the 'presence' aura.

After all, exposure brings popularity, popularity brings traffic, and traffic can improve one's self-cultivation.

"Ah."

Meizu looked at the towering statue of the Sword Ancestor.

"I think I heard Yin Xue mention before I came to the Sword Sect that some of the young guys who returned after completing the mission were even willing to use their Ascension Points to exchange for the aura's effect."

She doesn't usually pay much attention to such trivial matters within the sect.

But ever since Yin Xue returned to the sect, he has come to report to her every day.

This is such a hassle!

"Forget it, let's not talk about this anymore."

Meizu took the initiative to end the topic.

Halo and stuff...

Even if it is to be distributed as a reward, it will only be after the 'Tai Xuan Immortal Network' has been fully launched.

"By the way, I remember that Lingzu's disciple and that little guy from the Righteous Path Alliance volunteered to handle the expansion and deployment of the Immortal Network?"

She was also at the Sword Sect when she talked about this.

However, she didn't pay much attention to what happened afterward.

"How's the progress now?"

Since the halo rewards they were just talking about were related to 'Tai Xuan Immortal Network', she just asked about it.

"Already done."

"Is it so efficient?"

Meizu was somewhat surprised.

After all, Ning Wanzhu and Ming Yu were only at the Tongxuan level, and their own paths were not very suitable for dealing with the various complex situations in the Chaos Sea.

“With the help of the Celestial Network, and since we’ve been to that area before, setting up the Celestial Network connection nodes will be relatively easier,” Xu Xing explained.

If it were a completely unfamiliar territory, the process of building nodes would not be so simple.

"Oh." Meizu nodded slightly.

Then they turned around and looked into the distance together with Xu Xing.

After a while...

“Xuan really has no taste,” Meizu suddenly said.

"Ok?"

"I should have been one of those people who fell out of the Tai Xuan Realm together back then."

Xu Xing: "..."

I thought you were going to say something.

……

……

Chaos Sea, Second Abyss Realm.

A world marked as "Yuanliu First World" by the "Tai Xuan Immortal Network" has reached the Void Returning stage in terms of energy level and has the potential for an energy level leap.

Within the realm of the [Second Xunyuan Realm], it is the most powerful, apart from the Yuanzhen Realm at the Dao Integration level and the Taiping Realm at the Profound Understanding level.

That's why Yuan brought Yinling inside, hoping to find suitable spiritual objects to build a foundation for Yinling.

But after he brought Yinling inside.

However, they discovered that the spiritual objects within the world still did not meet the requirements. Even if they searched for all the spiritual objects in the world, it would not be enough to create a physical foundation that could support a 'spirit of the artifact' at the Tongxuan level.

Unless the entire world is used as material, it might be possible to create a physical foundation that allows Yinling to reside in temporarily.

Of course, Yuan would not disregard the lives of all beings in the world because of this.

So he only rested with Yinling in the world for a short while before leaving with her.

Of course, this is also the real reason why Ning Wanzhu and Ming Yu only extracted a few seconds of key information when they used the 'world search function'.

At this moment, inside the world.

As dawn breaks, the distant sky is shrouded in mist.

A towering, steep cliff is shrouded in mist, and a cold wind howls, piercing to the bone...

"If he's looking for spiritual objects of sufficiently high quality, why doesn't he return to the Realm of Peace?"

Mingyu was sitting where Yuan had once held Yinling, gazing into the distance with a somewhat lost look in her eyes.

Ning Wanzhu stood behind Ming Yu.

The cold wind blew through their clothes and hair, making them appear somewhat frail.

To be honest, both of them had mixed feelings at that moment.

Hearing Mingyu's words, Ning Wanzhu paused for a moment before softly saying:

“His path is different from ours, and he is unaware of the existence of the Peaceful Realm.”

She had noticed this before and got the answer after asking 'Tai Xuan Immortal Network'.

The Tai Xuan Immortal Network derived the result through the 'space-time boundary coordinate deduction equation' left by Yuan.

If the road they came by was straight and led to the hometown that Yuan was searching for, then the road Yuan took was winding and tortuous.

He often went on a long detour before getting even a little closer to the hometown he was looking for.

Moreover, apart from the extremely special world of the Earthly Immortal Realm, the paths calculated using the 'Space-Time Boundary Coordinate Deduction Equation' will deliberately avoid major worlds at or above the Dao Integration level.

Alternatively, it could be said that those realms at the Dao Integration level or above deliberately concealed themselves in order to protect themselves.

Their location cannot be deduced by ordinary means, and only beings of extraordinary status, whose essence transcends the world, such as True Immortals, can ignore this.

Yuan didn't even know about the existence of the Taiping Realm and the Yuanzhen Realm, so naturally he couldn't go back to search for them.

As she spoke, Ning Wanzhu forwarded the results of her previous inquiry to Mingyu.

“…” Mingyu fell silent after seeing this.

After a while, she finally said softly, "You're still so thoughtful."

That's how it was before, and that's how it is now.

Ning Wanzhu pursed her lips.

"He should no longer be within this territory."

In other words, if they want to continue searching for the Abyss, they must leave the Second Abyss-Seeking Realm and head to an even more distant, unknown realm.

Hearing this, Mingyu paused, then asked a somewhat strange question:

"What do you think he will do?"

"what?"

"What would he do for Yinling?"

Mingyu looked at the inquiry result forwarded by Ning Wanzhu on her personal interface.

"Great worlds above the Dao Integration level all possess the characteristic of concealing themselves, and the 'space-time boundary coordinate deduction equation' deduced by Yuan simply cannot be found..."

At this point, Mingyu stopped talking, but Ning Wanzhu already understood.

Worlds below the Dao Integration level are simply insufficient to nurture spiritual beings that meet Yuan's requirements, while Yuan cannot find any great worlds at or above the Dao Integration level...

If the 'spacetime boundary coordinate derivation equation' still doesn't break through this point.

"Once the small amount of spiritual items he carries is exhausted, do you think he will watch Yinling's spiritual essence dissipate, or will he choose to use a world as the main material to build a physical foundation?"

“No.” Ning Wanzhu shook her head. “Actually, there’s another possibility…”

“…” Mingyu stood up from the steep cliff and sighed, “It seems we need to find him as soon as possible.”

She certainly understood what Ning Wanzhu meant by 'possibly'—

Following the path we came from, we returned to the Tai Xuan Realm, where we naturally had enough spiritual objects to build a physical foundation.

But in doing so, all his years of hard work were completely wasted.

From the moment Yuan arrived in the Tai Xuan Realm, he had been thinking about going home.

With both parents alive, he simply couldn't rest easy.

But humans are not plants or trees, how can they be without feelings? Over a thousand years, he has accumulated too many people and things that are hard to part with.

He himself had said this when he made up his mind: if he stayed any longer, he probably wouldn't be able to let go of everything in the Tai Xuan Realm and go home in peace.

But did he truly let go of all that had happened over the past thousand years when he left?

Perhaps only he himself knows the truth.

"Let's go back to the Tai Xuan Realm and report the progress to Master first, and then apply for the next phase of the Immortal Network expansion deployment," Ning Wanzhu said.

"Next time, we can bring some spiritual objects that are suitable for building a physical foundation."

"If I really encounter him preparing to return to the Tai Xuan Realm, I can help him in time."

Upon hearing this, Mingyu's expression became somewhat strange.

"You've really thought this through..."

She inexplicably recalled that before Tingyu Tower was incorporated into the Righteous Alliance, she had been trapped in a secret realm in Qingxu due to a moment of carelessness.

Yuan rushed to save her, but at that time Yuan's cultivation level was not very high.

In addition, he accidentally triggered another secret realm, which put him in danger as well.

In the end, Ning Wanzhu asked a Dongzhen from Lingyinfang to rescue her and Yuan.

At that time, Lingyinfang Dongzhen had a stern face and even threatened her.

At the crucial moment, it was Ning Wanzhu who spoke up for her...

"Ok?"

"It's nothing." Mingyu looked away.

Earlier, Yuan worked at Tingyu Tower.

At that time, she only admired Yuan's abilities, while Yuan was only grateful for her recognition and support.

However, because Yuan was close to Ning Wanzhu, rumors spread that he was a gigolo...

This made her very unhappy with Ning Wanzhu.

Later, he himself was "living off" Yuan and was saved once...

That feeling was so complicated.

"Let's go."

"Ah."

Ning Wanzhu didn't think much of it.

The two transformed into a beam of light and shot towards the horizon.

As she was about to leave this world, Mingyu glanced back at the cliff and couldn't help but curse:
"What a bastard!"

Ning Wanzhu, however, had already left the world and did not hear those words.

……

……

time flies.

Two more months have passed in the blink of an eye.

The mission of the third batch of ascended messengers is also nearing its end.

Meanwhile, Ning Wanzhu and Ming Yu returned to report after completing the node construction of the [Second·Seeking the Abyss] realm.

The testing of 'Tai Xuan Immortal Network' can be considered complete.

Rumors about 'ascension' began to circulate in varying degrees within the internal networks of the major immortal sects.

Some disciples who usually perform well can even hear the "insider information" about "ascension" from their teachers and seniors.

Within the Sword Sect, some say that Junior Martial Uncle Chi Jiuyu hasn't been showing up much lately because he's been carrying out missions related to 'ascension'.

There are even rumors that the sect leader disliked his junior grand-aunt's constant use of the online name "future sect leader of the Sword Sect," so he "exiled" her to do "ascension" related tasks.

Because many people enjoy 'conspiracy theories,' this message has become the most widely circulated.

This completely baffled Du Ruoheng.

Although he was indeed bothered by his junior uncle's constant talk of being the 'future sect leader of the Sword Sect'...

But that was just a concern about the Sword Sect's image, and had nothing to do with personal likes or dislikes!
Within the Supreme Dao Sect, some people also say that the previous "presence" aura was related to "ascension".

Within the Dragon Elephant Sky-Supporting Sect, many people say that the so-called 'ascension' is actually a 'personal quality improvement plan' for body cultivators.

Within the Hehuan Sect, rumors circulated that the so-called 'ascension' was actually a new live-streaming format researched by powerful demon cultivators...

……

In short, there are various opinions.

But which one is the truth...?

But they haven't reached a conclusion yet.

However, it was foreseeable that more and more people would become curious about 'ascension', and even when passing by the Ascension Hall, they would subconsciously take a second look.

But just as the seven major immortal sects were jointly promoting the gradual public disclosure of the 'Ascension Plan'...

Sword Sect Inner Sect.

Deep within the Sword Master's Hall.

Every inch of space was filled with the sword intent of annihilation and slaughter.

As the sword intent rang out, it severed many concepts such as the past, cause and effect, and destiny, as if everything in the world had been erased.

When all things perish, all phenomena return to stillness.

suddenly!

A flash of pure white light appeared, and in the path it tore open, it seemed as if countless worlds were returning to nothingness, and boundless chaos was collapsing.

In a fraction of a second, the destruction of all worlds converged into a single point!
Everything vanished into nothingness in that instant, leaving only a single, dazzling sword light that swept forward with extreme ferocity and ruthlessness, encompassing all the killing and annihilation in the world.

The Tai Xuan Realm, and even the boundless chaotic sea beyond it, all sensed this at this moment.

The solemn, magnificent, and sacred sounds of Tao resounded in places inaccessible to all living beings!
"Lord of Boundless Slaughter, Supreme Sword Master of All Heavens!"

It seemed like a loud chant, yet also like a soft recitation, as the light of slaughter and annihilation rose from the immeasurable world and converged towards the highest point.

Buzz~!

The sword of annihilation swept across!

Whether it was the Daoist chants resounding from the myriad paths of chaos, or the light of slaughter and annihilation rising from the immeasurable world, both were swept away and erased in an instant.

The boundless chaos returned to eternal silence once more...

"call……"

With a soft exhalation, the sword intent that filled every inch of the void and annihilated all concepts instantly subsided.

Many previously erased concepts, such as 'space', have returned.

Everything became 'visible' again.

In the very center of the dojo, illuminated by the firelight, Bie Xuening, dressed in a simple, elegant moon-white robe, slowly opened her eyes.

A sliver of white light flashed and disappeared in his clear eyes.

"It's finally done."

A hint of a smile appeared on his usually calm expression, making the flickering firelight seem even brighter.

He grasped a three-foot-three-inch long sword, its blade as bright as solidified moonlight, which lay flat between his knees. He raised it and placed it flat in front of his eyes, gently brushing the blade with two fingers.

"My lord, I've become even more powerful!"

A joyful voice came from inside, causing Bie Xuening to pause in her actions.

"Now you can go out and play with the Sword Ancestor, right? My lord, you can go without worry. I will take good care of the Sword Sect!"

"..."

Bie Xuening remained silent for a moment, then tossed the longsword in her hand forward.

The snow-white sword light landed and transformed into the human form of Yue Ling.

She was still basking in the joy of becoming more capable and was about to say something more.

"roll!"

what?
Yue Ling was stunned.

Go play your game.

"okay!"

Yue Ling ran out happily.

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