Covering the Sky: Fairy, I really need to control you properly.

Inside the cave, the precious light gradually faded, leaving only a naked, fat Taoist priest on the ground, like a Maitreya Buddha who had suffered a calamity.

Zixia Fairy turned her head away, too embarrassed to look any longer.

Yao Xi, however, remained calm. After looking him up and down, she commented, "This fat man is quite wealthy; his background is probably not simple."

Xu Jinhuan touched his nose, rummaged through the pile of clothes that had been stripped off, picked out a Taoist robe, and casually covered Duan De with it.

"Never mind, leave a piece of clothing for the Taoist priest."

Fairy Zixia frowned and said, "Dead Tree, are you really not going to hand this unscrupulous tomb raider over to the Holy Land? He stole from the ancestral temple, which is a great disrespect to my ancestors..."

Xu Jinhuan shook his head: "It's alright, just return what he stole. Seeing the object and seeing the person have about the same effect."

"If the Holy Lord inquires further, just say that he escaped by accident."

"This person's background is extraordinary. The Purple Mansion Holy Land cannot keep him here. Forcibly detaining him will only cause more trouble."

Xu Jinhuan said no more. With a thought, the Immortal-Slaying Gourd flew into the air, its mouth opening wide, spewing out a beam of dark light that swept Duan De into it.

Immediately, the gourd burst into the air, tearing through the void and traversing across it.

This flight was equivalent to half of the ancient Big Dipper.

……

In Zhongzhou, on a certain nameless, desolate mountain.

The void cracked open, and the Immortal-Slaying Gourd flew out from it. With a shake of its mouth, it spat out Duan De, along with his Taoist robe, and threw him into the grass.

The fat Taoist priest lay sprawled out, completely unaware that he had already traversed billions of miles.

The desolate mountains and wilderness are a good place for Duan De to "start over".

"Master Duan, you should cause more trouble in Zhongzhou for now. Let things settle down in the Eastern Wilderness."

"You can wreak havoc all you want in Zhongzhou, I'll stay in the Eastern Wilderness!"

As for the lid of that Devouring Demon Jar...

The seals and restrictions of the Tribulation Transcending Heavenly Technique are layered upon each other; rashly touching them will only lead to unpredictable changes.

……

By the time Xu Jinhuan returned to the Purple Mansion Holy Land from Zhongzhou, the Eastern Wilderness Dao Discussion Conference had already officially begun.

Purple Mansion, Myriad Beginnings, Great Evolution, Four Symbols, Nine Heavens... all sorts of Taoist robes shone brightly, creating a magnificent scene.

The people from Yaoguang Holy Land had left in a hurry several days ago.

With the Holy Maiden missing and the Imperial Army in disarray, the Holy Land was in complete chaos, leaving no time for discussions.

The first group in the Four Extremes Secret Realm is about to begin their battle.

Below the platform, the noise of voices was deafening.

The participating disciples were already poised and ready, each exuding a calm and focused aura, their fighting spirit soaring.

Apart from the absence of Yao Guang Sheng Di causing a change in the group assignments, all the other contestants are eager to try their luck and are ready to compete.

At this moment, however, the most eye-catching figure was not the contestant on the platform, but a figure next to Chairman Saint.

Fairy Zixia.

She was dressed in a purple Taoist robe, her long hair flowing like a waterfall, and was personally invited by Lin Suwen to sit down next to the Holy Chairman.

This position has always been reserved for the Supreme Elders and Peak Masters of the Holy Land.

The meaning behind the Holy Lord's move is self-evident: the next Holy Maiden will undoubtedly be Zixia.

But no one dared to voice their doubts.

A few days ago, during a Daoist debate at the Dao Palace, Zixia, with her innate Daoist embryonic talent, overwhelmed the entire audience, and none of her peers could rival her.

With such solid achievements to speak for themselves, who would dare utter a single word of dissent?

The first group of names for the Four Extremes Secret Realm is now being announced.

Among this group, the most eye-catching are the Azure Dragon Saint and the Black Tortoise Saint of the Four Symbols Sect, as well as the Myriad Beginnings Saintess Zhao Yanran.

The Four Symbols Sect is a rather unique sect with a long history. It has four holy sons and daughters, who are respectively named after the four symbols: Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise, and each cultivates a lineage of supernatural powers.

Of course, the Azure Dragon Saint Son and his companions were still a step below the Myriad Beginnings Saintess Zhao Yanran.

Zhao Yanran is the most outstanding disciple of the Wan Chu Holy Land in this generation. Her cultivation has reached the first level of the Four Extremes, and she cultivates the "Wan Chu Immortal Scripture".

However, when the participating disciples took to the stage one after another, everyone was stunned for a moment.

On the platform, among the more than one hundred contestants, stood a cultivator at the Dao Palace Realm.

The Dao Palace has reached its completion.

"Is this the Tian Shu Peak disciple who signed up a few days ago? A Dao Palace Perfection cultivator coming to compete in the Four Extremes Group?"

"I think he's just a show-off fool. If he were truly capable, why have I never heard of him before?"

"Tian Shu Peak is truly a mixed bag. It produced the Fairy Zixia, who amazed the Eastern Wilderness, and then this arrogant fool popped up. Does he really think he can defy the Four Extremes with his Dao Palace?"

"What a joke! This group includes the Holy Maiden of Myriad Beginnings, Zhao Yanran. What kind of person is Holy Maiden Yanran? Even among those at the second level of the Four Extremes Realm, she would be hard to match, let alone someone at the Dao Palace Realm!"

Below the stage, there was a great deal of discussion and boos.

No one had high hopes for this unfamiliar disciple of Tian Shu Peak.

The Dao Palace is separated from the Four Extremes by a chasm of an entire realm, not to mention that its opponents include a prodigy like the Holy Maiden of Myriad Beginnings.

This is not courage, this is self-humiliation.

On the side of the Purple Mansion Holy Land, the elders and peak masters frowned slightly and looked at each other.

"Who is this person? Why have I never seen him before?"

Su Yunqi, the peak master of Tian Shu Peak, felt uncomfortable under everyone's gaze and looked completely bewildered: "This disciple... I really have no recollection of him. Logically speaking, someone who can cultivate to the perfection of the Dao Palace should have decent aptitude. I shouldn't be completely ignorant of him."

He turned his head, looked at Fairy Zixia sitting next to Lin Suwen, and said:

"Zixia, as the chief, do you have any impression of this person? Isn't he an arrogant fellow? It's too presumptuous for the Dao Palace to go and fight the Four Extremes."

Fairy Zixia remained expressionless and shook her head: "I don't know her, I've never seen her before."

From within the Sea of ​​Bitterness, Xu Jinhuan's voice rang out: "Fairy, you're lying. What kind of relationship do we have? We've been through thick and thin together, and you're saying you've never met us?"

Zixia responded with her divine sense: "Shut up, you dead tree. Just keep your Dao in mind and don't die."

……

Will it be a group draw? The results will be announced soon.

When the first round of matchups was displayed on the platform, the entire arena erupted in uproar.

Xu Jinhuan versus Zhao Yanran.

"It's over, it's over. This disciple from Tian Shu Peak ran into Saintess Yanran in the first round. He's probably going to have to be carried off the field."

"Saintess Yanran, teach this arrogant and ignorant fool a lesson!"

The cheers from the audience were almost unanimously in favor of Zhao Yanran.

This is understandable, as the Holy Maiden of Wan Chu was exceptionally beautiful, dressed in white like snow, with flowing black hair and a cool and ethereal temperament. Her prestige in the Wan Chu Holy Land far surpassed that of Zhu Wuji.

In addition, her formidable strength naturally attracted countless fans.

Zhao Yanran stood on the platform, her expression calm.

Xu Jinhuan was also sizing her up.

The Holy Maiden of the Beginning was indeed quite beautiful.

However, compared to Zixia's innate Daoist charm and Yaoxi's bright and magnanimous demeanor, she possesses more of an aloofness, even to the point of being cold and arrogant.

But that wasn't what Xu Jinhuan was thinking about at the moment.

He recalled what he had seen a few days earlier beneath the Daoist altar: after Zhu Wuji's demise, the three Other Shore Formless Blossoms he had obtained ultimately fell into Zhao Yanran's hands.

"Hello, Saintess Zhao!"

"After Zhu Wuji's death, it seems you obtained his Other Shore Formless Elixir," Xu Jinhuan smiled. "How about we add a little prize to this competition?"

The entire room fell silent.

A cultivator at the Dao Palace Realm, instead of discussing Dao with the Holy Maiden of Myriad Beginnings, actually offered to add a prize.

Zhao Yanran's gaze sharpened slightly as she gave him a serious look.

"You, a mere Dao Palace Secret Realm cultivator, dare to act like this?" Her voice was cold. "And what are you offering as leverage?"

"It's very simple, I also have the Other Shore of No Form!"