Grandpa, times have changed.

"How was the trip back? Did it go smoothly?" Meizu asked hurriedly.

The laws and regulations of the central continent of the Tai Xuan Realm are strict. Those who comprehend the 'Ultimate Dao' will overflow with the Dao, triggering all sorts of extraordinary phenomena.

"Don't worry, Master, everything is going smoothly," Ji Yinxue said.

She naturally encountered the same things as other enlightened beings, so she stayed in Qingxu for a period of time, using the special environment there to minimize the impact of the strange phenomena caused by the overflowing of Dao.

"This disciple is unworthy, and has troubled Master to come in person."

“There’s no need for that. Your master is actually quite happy to come to the Sword Sect,” Bie Xuening said calmly.

Ji Yinxue did not refute: "That's true."

Meizu: "..."

Who exactly is your master?

"Alright, ask whatever you want," she said seriously. "If necessary, the Sword Master and I will excuse ourselves."

"No need." Ji Yinxue shook her head slightly, then looked at Xu Xing.

She seemed to hesitate about what to say, and after more than ten seconds of deliberation, she slowly opened her mouth.

"This time, I went to the Taiyi Realm with the intention of fulfilling my wishes and killing all the scheming and despicable people, as well as the evil and perverse ones."

“Before I went there, I thought that the Taiyi Realm was different from the Taixuan Realm. The extreme ‘idealistic ritual system’ meant that the main theme of the Taiyi Realm was destined to be ‘chaos’, so I could act freely.”

"As long as chaos is eliminated and the emergence of 'evil' is suppressed, the Taiyi Realm will definitely become the way I envision it."

Hearing her say that, Xu Xing's heart stirred slightly.

Indeed, the Taiyi Realm and the Taixuan Realm are different.

After undergoing major changes, the social structure of the Tai Xuan Realm has now stabilized, and at least no one will starve to death.

Moreover, even the threshold for cultivation has become extremely low.

There may still be problems, but this era is indeed the best era in history.

If Ji Yinxue wanted to put her ideas into practice in the Tai Xuan Realm, not only would others oppose her, but even Xu Xing would not allow it.

Every change inevitably brings upheaval.

What is a negligible 'turmoil' for true immortals and high-level cultivators is unbearable for the vast majority of people.

As things stand at this stage, the Tai Xuan Realm is already in its best condition.

However, in the Taiyi Realm, due to its extreme 'idealistic ritual system,' chaos became the only dominant theme of that world.

Human life is as worthless as roadside weeds.

Even if she doesn't achieve her goal in the end, she can at least end the chaos in the Taiyi Realm.

"And then?" Xu Xing asked.

As far as he knew, the vast majority of the chaotic-side extraordinary beings in the Taiyi Realm had died at the hands of Ji Yinxue.

"I...did put my ideas into practice, but the result was not what I expected."

After arriving in the Taiyi Realm, she swiftly and decisively eliminated the vast majority of evil.

But not long after, a new kind of 'evil' emerged, and some people even speculated about her thoughts and used the name of 'good' to do evil.

"You've discovered that the Taiyi Realm hasn't turned out the way you expected," Xu Xing said.

"So you modified the 'divine will' that you extracted, using the standards of the Ascension Platform for judging merits and demerits as a sample, and inscribed it into the 'divine will'."

"Then it erased the self-awareness of 'Heaven's Will' and used the 'Refinement of Realms' to re-refine the modified 'Heaven's Will' back into the Taiyi Realm, fundamentally changing the rules of the Taiyi Realm."

"No." Ji Yinxue shook her head slightly.

"That happened later."

"My first thought is to prevent new 'evil' from emerging."

How to prevent new forms of 'evil' from emerging?
Xu Xing paused for a moment. Ji Yinxue's assessment of 'evil' was not an ordinary one.

Then she continued:

“My initial plan was to use the ‘Refinement of the Realm’ combined with the Dao I had mastered, using the world as a furnace, chaos as fire, and all living beings in the Taiyi Realm as materials, to directly refine away their ‘inherent evil’.”

A calm voice echoed within the Sword Ancestor's Hall.

Like Xu Xing, Ji Yinxue was proficient in all arts, and her alchemy skills even surpassed those of 99% of the top alchemists in Jishi Valley.

She is capable of doing that.

“By refining away the evil of the ego, all beings will naturally cease to contend or grab, and will not give rise to anger or evil desires.”

The implication in his words left Xu, Xing, and the other two speechless.

Especially Xu Xing.

Ji Yinxue's idea was remarkably similar to a fleeting thought he had had years ago; he had once considered severing the evil thoughts of all beings in the Tai Xuan Realm with a single sword strike.

“I had made all the preparations, but at the last moment, the Holy Lord of the Void stopped me.”

"It was because of her words that I finally realized my mistake and avoided making a big mistake."

She was already somewhat obsessed at that time.

Stubbornly believing that 'evil' does not exist, then only good will remain in the world.

But what difference is there between being 'alive'—being without struggle, without anger or desire, and whose free will has been completely destroyed—and being dead?

She shouldn't have forgotten...

We should not forget why we did all this!
The reason for this is to kill all the scheming, despicable, and wicked people in the world!
It's so that more people can live better lives.

"Sword Ancestor should know what happened next. I altered the will of Heaven and spent several years changing the 'idealistic ritual system' of the Taiyi Realm."

That's all she did on her trip to the Taiyi Realm.

As for how to arrange the 'newcomers' of the Taiyi Realm...

When faced with the chaotic situation, she was at a loss, but thankfully the Holy Lord of Emptiness was there.

It was during this process that she observed the changes in the Taiyi Realm and naturally comprehended the 'Ultimate Dao'.

From beginning to end, she never deliberately pursued it.

"After this trip, I finally understand the choice that the Sword Ancestor made back then," Ji Yinxue said with a smile.

Over the years, she has rarely smiled, so even Meizu couldn't help but mutter a few words to himself when he saw this scene.

"But like you, I don't think I'm very good at this kind of thing either."

Xu Xing: "..."

……

……

In the end, Ji Yinxue didn't ask anything.

The reason she came to the Sword Sect and chose to find Xu Xing as soon as she returned to the Tai Xuan Realm seemed to be simply to finish saying those things and put an end to a matter on her mind.

Just as Xu Xing had expected.

After their trip to Taiyi Realm, Ji Yinxue already had the answers to many questions in her heart, and didn't even need to ask him to confirm them.

Unfortunately, Xu Xing had to rack his brains all night to answer her question...

In the end, she didn't ask a single question.

That very evening, she left with Meizu.

Xu Xing asked her when she planned to begin her seclusion, but she said she wanted to see the Tai Xuan Realm again.

The seclusion period is tentatively scheduled for after this year's Immortal Sect Grand Competition.

night.

Sword Sect Inner Sect.

As the door opened, Zhang Yunlu stepped out of her cave.

She first looked at her phone screen.

9:57.

It was almost ten o'clock. She had just received a message from her master, asking her to go to the bamboo forest halfway up the mountain to put her senior sister down.

Put it down?
What did Senior Sister do to offend Master today?
I looked up at the sky.

The stars twinkled, adorning the night sky like a curtain, while a crescent moon hung high, cold and lonely.

"Whoo~"

As I exhaled softly, information about the 'moon' involuntarily surfaced in my mind.

Among the habitable planets in each star field, the 'Moon' is usually created by a Star Refiner and is a satellite orbiting the planet. Its function is to work with the star field array to draw the moonlight emitted by the moon of the central continent, which is then used by some excellent Qi Refining cultivators to refine and build their innate Dao foundation.

However, the 'Moon' of the Central Continent is itself a celestial body of equal rank to the 'Sun,' existing outside the present world, and difficult even for high-level cultivators to access. In a sense, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to see it as a manifestation of the rules governing the world's operation.

It is said that in more distant times, it did not have several different states of 'waning and waning' as it does now, but always hung high in the sky as a full moon.

Turning my gaze away, I saw sword light rising around her.

It quickly enveloped her completely, transforming into a streak of sword light and heading towards the mountain peak where the Sword Venerable Hall was located.

The speed at which a Nascent Soul sword cultivator controls a sword is naturally beyond question.

In just a few minutes, Zhang Yunlu arrived at the foot of the mountain. After running up the mountain steps for a few more minutes, she finally reached the bamboo forest halfway up the mountain.

rustle~
The wind rustled through the bamboo leaves.

The moon casts its shimmering shadows on the bluestone path leading deep into the bamboo forest, while the evening breeze carries a chill that cuts to the bone.

Because the rules here have been adjusted by Bie Xuening, Zhang Yunlu cannot see what is happening inside.

She glanced at the mountaintop, then looked away and thought for a while before walking along the winding bluestone path into the depths of the bamboo forest.

However, before they had gone far, a strange noise came from deep within the bamboo forest.

She paused, listened carefully for a while, and then a strange look flashed in her eyes.

I took out my phone and continued walking inside.

Ten seconds later, everything in front of me suddenly became clear.

There was a spacious open space, where a delicate bamboo hut stood quietly.

Beside the bamboo house was a small pond with crystal-clear water that reflected the crescent moon, in which several spirit fish swam slowly.

Two verdant bamboo branches intertwined and pierced the ground, gleaming faintly in the moonlight, appearing quite extraordinary.

Everything is the same as before, with no major changes.

but……

My gaze moved toward the pool and finally settled on a frame made of bamboo.

Chi Jiuyu's hands and feet were tied together, and he was hung on a bamboo frame by a rope, swaying freely.

His head was tilted back, his eyes were closed, and he was fast asleep.

What Zhang Yunlu just heard was her snoring.

"..."

No wonder she's my senior sister; she can still sleep even when she's hanging up like that.

Without the slightest hesitation, Zhang Yunlu immediately raised her phone and turned on the recording function.

After taking more than a hundred photos and more than ten videos, she finally put her phone away, satisfied.

"division……"

I was just about to wake up my senior sister and put her down.

"This way, this way!"

Suddenly, Yue Ling's voice rang in my ears.

Looking in the direction of the sound, she saw a delicate little girl, as exquisite as a porcelain doll, hiding in the bamboo forest, waving at her.

Her jewel-like red eyes looked exceptionally beautiful under the moonlight.

Zhang Yunlu: "..."

I hope my senior sister didn't see me secretly taking pictures of her just now.
"Hmm~"

The sound that had just rang out woke Chi Jiuyu from her deep sleep.

……

……

More than half a month later.

There is still one week until the Immortal Sect Grand Competition officially begins.

Because the Supreme Dao Sect achieved the best overall results in the previous Immortal Sect Competition, this year's Immortal Sect Competition will be held at the Supreme Dao Sect.

As the chosen representative of the ascendants, Xi Li needs to go to the Supreme Dao Sect in advance.

Having spent more than half a month studying the 'Sword of the Ultimate', Chi Jiuyu planned to relax and adjust his condition in these last few days, so he also intended to go and take a look.

While we're at it, let's take a look at the venue for the Immortal Sect Grand Competition and observe the condition of Little Zhao and Brother Dog.

"If you want to go, then go. Why do you want to come with us?"

Li Ke leaned back in her chair, looking at Chi Jiuyu, who was grinning at her desk.

"Wouldn't this save us some travel expenses?"

"You think you're missing that little bit?"

Although this guy isn't particularly wealthy, he's made some progress in the art of talismans over the past few years, in addition to the ascension points he gained from the ascension mission.

The travel expenses were negligible for her.

"Little by little, it adds up," Chi Jiuyu said sincerely.

"As you know, senior sister, the talisman-making industry is barely surviving right now, so we have to be careful with our money."

"I'm not a child anymore, I can't keep relying on my parents forever!"

Why don't you say this when you receive red envelopes from your master?

He's rambling on and on; he definitely has another purpose.

"Tell the truth now, or I won't take you."

"That's the truth!"

"If you keep talking nonsense, I'll slap you!" Li Ke said impatiently.

Chi Jiuyu took two steps back:

"This is the office of the head of the Miscellaneous Affairs Hall! Hitting someone here is against the rules!"

Unlike her fellow senior brothers and sisters, Li Ke really knew how to slap her.

"Ha! I am the leader of this gang. I can beat people up whenever I say so."

"..."

"Spit it out, or get the hell out of here!"

"...We're just curious about that ascendant representative, we want to meet her, right? I heard she's from the Sword Sect, and I haven't seen her in all these years."

Want to see Xi Li?

You weren't curious about this for the past few years, but now that the Immortal Sect Grand Competition is about to begin, you're suddenly curious?

wrong!

Li Ke quickly realized what was happening.

"I understand. You heard that she also wants to become the Sword Sect Master, so you feel threatened, right?"

A few days ago, in order to coincide with the announcement by Xianwang, some people were interviewed about Xili.

It mentioned that she wanted to become the sect leader of the Sword Sect.

This dead fisherman must have found out somewhere, which is why he came here today, insisting on going with them.

Really...

Why make such a big fuss over something so small? I really don't know what she's thinking.

"No way!" Chi Jiuyu said firmly, but her eyes were somewhat unfocused. "I was just curious!"

She is the number one genius in all the heavens and myriad realms!

The Sword Sect's destined future leader!
No one could make her feel threatened!
No!

"Emm... Actually, I'm quite curious. Didn't the sect leader's disciple always want to become the sect leader of the Sword Sect? Why didn't you feel that he was a threat?"

This guy is usually very confident, so why does he seem uneasy around Xi Li?

"I already said I was just curious!"

In recent years, she has completed many ascension missions, and some of the people she has met along the way have impressed even her.

It's just that the world itself limits them.

Of course, this refers not only to spiritual practice, but also to other talents.

Xi Li.

I heard she created a top-tier global power from scratch! (End of Chapter)