I, a spoiled young master, conquered the Crown Princess right from the start!

Feng You glanced at Chu Feng and curled his lip: "You little brat, you really know how to play dirty."

Chu Feng didn't respond to his words, but simply pointed to the ruins below and said, "Senior, I'll need to trouble you to rearrange this place."

"Not only do we need defense, but also killing formations, illusion formations, trapping formations... In short, set up everything you can. We need to turn this place into an impregnable fortress that would leave even a Supreme Being scratching their head!"

Upon hearing this, Feng You puffed out his beard and glared, "You brat, what do you take me for? A laborer to clean up your messes?"

"That's not all." Chu Feng chuckled and continued, "I also need a space teleportation array that can directly connect this place with the Nine Heavens Star Domain."

"What?!" Feng You's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets. "Are you crazy? A spatial teleportation array? Do you know how many rare and precious materials that requires?!"

"Moreover, the difficulty of teleportation across several star systems—specifically, determining spatial coordinates and maintaining stability—is beyond your imagination."

"I know it's difficult, but the Hundred Herbs Sect will be the medicinal herb base of my Great Xia Dynasty. With a spatial teleportation array, rescue can arrive in time in case of any emergency!" Chu Feng looked at him earnestly. "And besides you, who else in all the realms can do that?"

"You are an ancient master of array formations, a top-tier expert in the art of array formations! A mere spatial teleportation array is nothing more than a piece of cake for you, sir!"

"this……"

Feng You felt completely pleased by his flattery, and a smug look involuntarily appeared on his old face.

He coughed twice to clear his throat, then put his hands behind his back and struck a pose of superiority.

"Hmph, you're not bad, kid. You do have some good taste."

"Fine, since you're the new owner of this broken coffin. I'll take the job."

"However, let me make this clear from the start: you'll have to figure out the materials yourself. I'll only provide the technical support."

"No problem!" Chu Feng readily agreed. "The inventory from the Hundred Herbs Sect and those surrendered sects, plus what we plundered from these people from the Taicang Holy Land, should be about enough. If it's not enough, I'll go rob some more!"

Feng You: "..."

Looking at Chu Feng's matter-of-fact expression, his eyes twitched, and for a moment, he didn't know what to say.

Is this kid some kind of bandit leader reincarnated?

After arranging everything, Chu Feng didn't sit idle.

He went directly to the back mountain of Baicao Sect and found a place with the most abundant spiritual energy, where he announced his seclusion.

This time, whether it was devouring the life essence of Qing Xuanzi and thousands of other holy land experts, or refining the Demon Suppression Tower, it was an immense opportunity for him.

He had a premonition that when he emerged from seclusion, his cultivation would experience another qualitative leap!

……

at the same time.

In the distant central region of the celestial realm, lies the sacred land of Taicang.

Outer gate, Soul Lamp Hall.

Inside an ancient hall that covers tens of thousands of square meters, is brightly lit all year round, and has a solemn and dignified atmosphere.

Hundreds of thousands of soul lamps, like stars in the night sky, were neatly arranged on tall jade frames, burning silently.

Each soul lamp represents the life of an outer disciple of the Taicang Holy Land.

The light is on, and so are the people.

The light goes out, and the person dies.

A deacon responsible for guarding the Soul Lamp Hall was yawning listlessly, preparing to patrol the area as usual before returning to his meditation.

However, just as he stood up, his gaze inadvertently swept over the row of soul lamps representing Fang He.

His movements suddenly froze.

"puff."

A soft sound.

The flame of an outer disciple's soul lamp went out without warning.

The steward was taken aback for a moment, then rubbed his eyes, thinking he was seeing things.

However, just as doubts began to grow in his mind.

"Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!"

A series of sounds, like popping beans, rang out as the soul lamps went out!

The deacon suddenly looked up and followed the sound.

At the same time, the soul lamps of thousands of outer disciples went out!

"No...something terrible has happened!"

The deacon was so terrified that he scrambled out of the hall, his voice distorted with extreme fear.

However, this is only the beginning.

Just as he rushed out of the main hall, before he could even send out the message...

"puff--!!!"

A muffled, deafening sound, like a giant object shattering, resounded from the top floor of the Soul Lamp Hall!

There, the soul lamps of all the elders of the outer sect are enshrined!

The deacon turned around abruptly and looked up in horror.

The natal soul lamp representing Qing Xuanzi, the chief elder of the outer sect, a lamp taller than a person and which had burned for ten thousand years without ever swaying, was now...

It exploded with a deafening roar!

It transformed into countless points of light!

Immediately afterwards, the soul lamps representing the four elders, including Fang Lie, also went out one after another!

"It's over..."

The deacon's legs buckled, and he collapsed to the ground, his eyes vacant, muttering to himself.

"The sky... has fallen..."

……

Soon, the news that the soul lamps of the outer sect's chief elder, along with four deacon elders and thousands of elite disciples, had all gone out was like a magnitude 12 earthquake, instantly igniting the entire Taicang Holy Land!

Countless old monsters who had been in seclusion were awakened at the same time!

Powerful divine thoughts surged from every corner of the holy land, intertwining and colliding wildly above the Soul Lamp Hall!

"What's going on?!"

"Qing Xuanzi is dead? And Fang Lie and the others, they're all dead?!"

"Who? Who did this?!"

"Investigate! Investigate! Find the killer at all costs!"

An angry roar echoed across the sky above the sacred land of Taicang.

This is no longer a simple provocation.

This is war!

Someone has declared war on the entire Taicang Holy Land!

The news quickly reached the inner sect.

Inside the Holy Lord's Hall, which floats atop the sea of ​​clouds and is normally off-limits to anyone but the core members of the inner sect.

Dozens of inner sect elders, each possessing an aura as deep as the sea and capable of causing a star field to tremble, gathered together.

The atmosphere inside the main hall was so oppressive that it seemed to freeze the space itself.

"Everyone, please speak up."

On the main seat, a middle-aged man dressed in a purple-gold Taoist robe with a dignified face slowly spoke.

He is Li Taixuan, the current Holy Lord of the Taicang Holy Land.

An inner sect elder stood up and said in a deep voice, "Holy Lord, this matter is definitely related to the Hundred Herbs Star Region! That's where Qing Xuanzi and the others last went!"

"The Hundred Herbs Star Region?" Li Taixuan frowned slightly. "How could a remote, impoverished place without even a Celestial Venerable possess such strength?"

Just then, an elder in charge of intelligence stepped forward with a solemn expression.

"Reporting to the Holy Lord, according to the intelligence we have just received..."

"A few days ago, in the Nine Heavens Starfield, a mysterious force called the 'Great Xia Divine Dynasty' suddenly rose to power and took control of the Nine Heavens Starfield, while the Hundred Herbs Sect, the largest sect in the Hundred Herbs Starfield, also announced its submission to the Great Xia Divine Dynasty!"

"Elder Qingxuanzi and the others died within the Hundred Herbs Sect; the one who made the move must be the Great Xia Divine Dynasty!"

Upon hearing this, the entire room fell into a deathly silence.