High Martial Arts: Gains one point of health per second, sweeping across the heavens.

What shocked everyone in the Temple of Ten Thousand Laws even more was the person following behind Xuan.

Five years have passed, and Su Jie's appearance and name have long been known throughout the Nine Holy Temples.

Seven azure colors, breaking through to the ninth-tier supreme realm within a thousand years, being taken as a personal disciple by the Lord of the Primordial Beginning, casually producing one hundred million high-grade cosmic crystals at the coronation ceremony of the Dao Child...

These deeds were repeatedly told and retold, leaving a deep impression of Su Jie's figure in the memories of countless people.

He walked along the corridor of the Temple of Ten Thousand Laws, his dark gold Taoist robe standing out against the deep purple spiritual mist.

However, his face was cold, as if he had come to the Temple of Ten Thousand Laws to demand an explanation.

The disciples along the way made way, their eyes shifting back and forth between Xuanhe, Yunmengsheng, and Su Jie, and whispers spread like an undercurrent along both sides of the corridor.

"That's Yun Mengsheng? Isn't she the Seven Eternals of the Heavenly Maiden Temple...? How did she become like this?"

"How could Daozi be... wasn't he in seclusion?"

"The person behind Daozi... isn't that Daozi of the Primordial Temple? I've seen his image; it's him!"

"What are the Dao Child of the Primordial Temple doing here at our Myriad Laws Temple? And with that sinister look on his face..."

"I don't know, but this situation...something's not right."

Su Jie ignored the gossip, but he made sure to maintain his composure; he had come here specifically to cause trouble.

The fact that the Daoist of the Temple of Myriad Laws personally escorted the people of the Temple of Heavenly Maidens to the Hall of Punishment was enough to give rise to all sorts of speculations among the people of the Myriad Laws Heaven.

Inside the Wuji Hall, Fa Wuji frowned slightly.

Although the commotion outside the hall was not loud, for a cultivator of his level, the deliberately hushed discussions could be clearly heard with just a slight sense of their presence.

He put down the jade slip in his hand, looked up at the direction of the palace gate, and tapped the edge of the table twice with his fingertips.

The young man whom the Temple of Ten Thousand Laws regarded as its future pillar finally emerged after years of seclusion.

As for the one Xuan was holding, it was because his cultivation had been crippled.

However, his soul aura was too weak for him to sense immediately.

But at the same time, he also sensed another aura behind Xuan, unfamiliar and profound, with an outline that he could see but could not discern its true nature.

Fa Wuji's fingers paused for a moment.

What is Xuan doing? Is he heading straight for the Hall of Punishments?

Fa Wuji stood up, walked to the palace door, and pushed it open a crack.

He stood behind the door crack, his gaze passing through the courtyard and landing on the receding figure at the end of the corridor.

He recognized the woman being carried by Xuan.

Yun Mengsheng.

Fa Wuji's pupils contracted slightly.

Five years have passed since the Void Beast Tide in the Canglan Universe, after which he completely lost contact with Yun Mengsheng.

He had assumed that the woman had died long ago in that beast tide.

After all, the Primordial Temple sent people to suppress them, and as the direct executor of sending the beasts into the country, it was only reasonable for her to be disposed of as well.

However, he was certain that Yun Mengsheng would not reveal his existence, since he had already taken control of the woman's body and mind.

Moreover, she might have died in the beast tide; after all, she was so stupid that she didn't even realize it, so there's nothing strange about it.

He even secretly breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that with no way to prove anything, the beast tide in the Canglan Universe was just an "accident" and could not be traced back to the Temple of Ten Thousand Laws.

But now, she appeared alive before him, her clothes tattered, her cultivation completely destroyed, being carried by Xuan like a piece of trash.

Fa Wuji's expression darkened.

His first thought was: this woman has fallen into the hands of the Primordial Temple, and she has told him everything.

But why was Xuan carrying him?

Fa Wuji shifted his gaze from Yun Mengsheng and looked down the corridor towards the two behind them.

A dark golden figure was following Xuan at a leisurely pace, with relaxed posture, as if strolling in his own backyard.

It was the very being whose true nature he couldn't discern before, but now he could clearly see what that person looked like.

Su Jie, the Dao Child of the Primordial Temple.

Fa Wuji's hand paused at the edge of the door crack, and countless thoughts rushed through his mind in an instant.

How did the Dao Child of the Primordial Temple end up in the Myriad Laws Temple? And why is he following behind Xuan?

Why didn't Xuan inform them immediately, but instead took Yun Mengsheng directly towards the Hall of Punishments?

The most crucial question is: when did the disciples of the Xuanhe Yuanchu Holy Temple come together?

The Seven Wheels of Eternity of the Celestial Maiden Temple have now had their cultivation crippled and been brought to the Temple of Myriad Laws.

Fa Wuji's pupils contracted slightly; he vaguely sensed that things were spiraling out of his control.

He returned to his desk and sat down, picked up the spiritual tea and took a sip. His gaze fell on the jade slip spread out on the table, but he didn't read a single word.

five years.

He thought that matter was long over, since the Primordial Temple had remained silent.

He thought that the other party had declined over 1000 epochs due to a lack of successors, becoming outwardly strong but inwardly weak, and had to accept the near destruction of even a subordinate high-dimensional universe.

The higher-ups of the Temple of Myriad Laws were secretly delighted, feeling that the position of the Primordial Temple as the head of the nine temples was no longer secure.

He and the Lord of All Laws have even begun to secretly plan their next move.

Let Xuan win the upcoming disciple competition, then consume the temple's resources to help Xuan break through to the Eternal Realm in one fell swoop, directly pushing him to the position of the Ninth Eternal Realm.

By then, the Temple of Myriad Laws will have two Nine-Wheel Eternals guarding it, enough to surpass the Temple of Origin and the Temple of Heavenly Maidens, becoming the true number one among the nine temples.

They had been preparing for this plan for many years, and every step of the planning had been discussed countless times.

Xuan's talent is among the best of all the Daoists in the history of the Temple of Myriad Laws. As long as the resources are in place, the probability of him breaking through to the Eternal Realm is not low.

If successful, the rise of the Temple of All Laws will be a foregone conclusion.

But now, Yun Mengsheng is still alive, and Xuan has brought her back.

He tried to calm himself down, even though Yun Mengsheng had fallen into the hands of the Primordial Temple.

As long as the Lord of All Laws remains, and as long as that Nine Wheels eternally sits in the Heavenly Dome of All Laws, even if the Primordial Holy Temple wanted to cause trouble, it wouldn't be able to stir up any big waves.

Moreover, the Lord of the Primordial Era had been missing for thousands of epochs and had only recently emerged from seclusion. How much confidence could he possibly have?

Moreover, this time it was just a Dao Child from the Primordial Temple who came. How much trouble could they cause?

With this thought, he calmed down a bit, picked up the jade scroll again, and focused his gaze on the scroll.

Xuan stopped in the square in front of the Hall of Punishments.

The dark, somber palace, its walls covered with blood-red runes, stood in the southeast corner of the Myriad Laws Heaven.

The two rows of guards in dark armor in front of the gate knelt down on one knee when they saw Michiko arrive in person, not daring to look up.