Reborn as a lotus, she initially refuses to hand it over to the state.

Rumble!

The split star moves forward.

The surrounding floating debris of the world crumbled and shattered.

The ancient green tree root beneath their feet was also constantly bending under the terrifying pressure brought by the rifting star.

Chu Zhou quickly realized the purpose of the slave soldier's mother seal.

It doesn't simply want the border guards to kill them.

Instead, they intended to use the entire rifting star as a weapon to smash through the Jianmu Ancient Road and send the corpses of more than 40,000 slave soldiers directly into the Kunlun Heavenly Gate.

Once these remains are allowed into the ancestral realm.

The slave soldier mother seal can then completely lock onto the ancestral realm by following the earth's veins and the root network of the Jianmu tree.

"Mountain King".

Chu Zhou's voice faded.

Shan Kui took a step forward.

It lifted the supporting mountain stone with both hands and slammed it heavily onto the Jianmu Ancient Road beneath its feet.

boom!

The boulder embedded in the roots of the green tree.

One after another, illusory ancient mountains rose up from behind the mountain spirit.

Ten ancient mountains simultaneously descended around the star-splitting formation.

The shattered star, which had been accelerating, suddenly stopped.

[Mountain Demon activates: Star Peak Anchor.]

The target size far exceeds the mountain monster's tolerance limit.

[The StarMountain Anchor is expected to maintain an interest rate of 300%.]

[After three hundred breaths, the supporting mountain stone may be damaged.]

The veins on Shan Kui's arms bulged.

The ancient road beneath its feet is constantly breaking apart, yet it has not retreated even a single step.

"Master, it won't make it through within three hundred breaths."

Chu Zhou wasted no time: "Lord Baishan."

Bai Shan Jun's four limbs shattered the void, and his enormous tiger body pounced directly towards Lie Xing, while the White Tiger Suppressing Domain pressed forward.

More than 40,000 corpses of border guards were found, and weapons were raised at the same time.

The power within them converged along the slave seal, forming an ancient military formation covering tens of thousands of miles above the rifting star.

A silver-black spear, formed from killing intent, pierced through the army formation.

Bai Shan Jun slammed down with his claw, and the Platinum Tiger Demon collided head-on with the Silver Black Spear, unleashing a blinding light in the starry sky.

For the first time, Baishan Junqianchong's body stopped moving.

at the same time.

The commander of the border guards raised his spear, and the power of more than 40,000 remnant souls continuously flowed into its body.

Its aura, which was originally only at the early stage of the ninth rank, rapidly increased.

It progressed from the mid-stage of the ninth rank to the late-stage of the ninth rank, until it finally stopped nearing the peak of the ninth rank.

Its silver-black vertical pupils on its chest opened fully, and its spear pierced towards Lord Baishan.

Xuanweizi appeared in front of Baishanjun in one step, his ancient sword slashing horizontally, and the human sword domain and the guardian army formation unfolded simultaneously.

clang!

The ancient sword in Xuanweizi's hand trembled violently, and his body was pressed down by the spear, but the human sword domain he had just condensed did not collapse.

A series of sword intents rose from behind him, and Xuanweizi gripped his sword with both hands, forcefully pushing the spear back.

"Senior, you were once the gatekeepers of the ancestral realm. This old Daoist does not wish to kill you."

The commander of the border guards' eyes flashed with a silver-black light.

It did not answer, and the spear thrust out again.

Each spear was faster than the last, and Xuanweizi could only keep swinging his sword to defend.

The two domains collided on the outer edge of the star-splitting area, and large swathes of space were repeatedly torn apart by the spear and sword intent.

Bai Shan Jun did not join the battle between the two. It remembered Chu Zhou's order: clearing the way was not a massacre.

Roar!

The White Tiger Demon erupted from its body, and Bai Shanjun crashed into the army formation of 40,000 border guards.

As the claws fell, hundreds of broken weapons were torn to shreds at the same time.

With a sweep of its tail, the large swathes of black roots wrapped around the corpse's back were forcibly torn off by the White Tiger's malevolent energy.

A corpse, no longer under the control of the slave mark, remained in place, the silver-black light between its brows gradually fading.

Before it could fully regain its senses, a new black root emerged from the slave mother seal and burrowed into its back once more.

The corpse gripped its weapon again and thrust it at Baishan Jun, but Baishan Jun's body fell to the side.

Avoiding the spear, the tiger's claws grazed the corpse's chest, only crushing the slave mark on it without harming its remnant soul.

However, more than 40,000 border guards were simply too many.

Baishan Jun has just torn open a gap.

The corpses behind were immediately brought up to fill the gap.

The entire border defense force was a unified whole.

No matter which direction you attack, you will be met with a combined counterattack from the forty thousand remnant souls.

Lord Baishan has already entered the realm of kings.

However, even with this ancient military formation, they were still unable to open a path in a short time.

Chu Zhou did not act rashly; he unfolded his three lotus leaves.

The Azure Lotus Spirit Fire descended upon the army formation ahead.

The flames touched the first corpse.

The armor was not burned, nor were the remains destroyed.

Instead, it spread along the roots of the slave seal towards the slave soldier mother seal.

A large number of black roots were ignited by the Azure Lotus Spirit Fire.

A piercing scream echoed from the depths of the rifting star.

But the next moment, more black roots sprouted from the crack.

They simply discarded the burned parts and reconnected the remains of the border guards.

Chu Zhou's heart sank slightly.

The Slave Soldier Mother Seal has merged with the entire Split Star.

As long as the remaining power in the rift star is not exhausted.

These black roots can continuously regenerate.

It would take at least several days to purify the more than 40,000 slave seals one by one with the Azure Lotus Spirit Fire.

Shan Kui could only hold on for three hundred breaths.

The border guards must be persuaded to cease their attack first.

"Lin Qingxue".

Lin Qingxue had already grasped the pulse-listening stone tablet.

The Azure Lotus Mark and the Blessing of Jianmu lit up simultaneously.

She closed her eyes, and the sounds of clashing weapons, screams of slaves, and explosions of spiritual energy on the rifting star quickly faded from her consciousness.

Instead, a heavy heartbeat filled the air.

The first heartbeat was heard.

The commander of the border guards brought his spear down.

More than 40,000 border guards advanced simultaneously.

The second heartbeat was heard, and the defensive formation changed.

The outermost skeletons raised their shields, while thousands of longbows were simultaneously drawn behind them.

Countless broken arrows fell towards Bai Shanjun. Lin Qingxue suddenly opened her eyes: "They don't have their own spiritual vein sounds. All the corpses are moving in sync with the same heartbeat, which comes from the slave soldier mother seal."

Chu Zhou's divine sense descended into the depths of the Rending Star.

The Slave Soldier Mother Imprint resembles a giant heart parasitizing a rifted star.

With each throbbing, a command of enslavement would be sent, spreading along the black roots throughout the forty thousand corpses.

"Can we interfere with it?"

Lin Qingxue said, "I need the power of the ancestral realm's earth veins."

"use."

Chu Zhou did not hesitate.

The roots of the Jianmu tree, embedded in the Kunlun Mountains, lit up simultaneously.

Heilong Lake, Beishan Mountain, Changbai Mountain, Tokyo Bay, Zhenhai Relic Island and Fuyue Stone Ridge.

The power of the six major earth vein nodes flowed into Kunlun Heavenly Gate along the Jianmu root network.

The blue lotus mark on Lin Qingxue's chest grew brighter and brighter.

She stood on the broken ancient road.

There is clearly no ancestral land beneath my feet.

But once again, they heard the familiar pulse of the mountains and rivers, the mountain wind passing through the North Mountain, and the spiritual ore vibrating deep within the Changbai Mountains.

The tides of Tokyo Bay lap against Zhenhai Gate, while the spiritual veins at the bottom of Heilong Lake flow slowly.

Six distinct voices converged within Lin Qingxue's body.

Ultimately, it transforms into a new heartbeat.

The pulse of the ancestral realm's mountains and rivers, along with the Azure Lotus Spirit Fire of the Chu Boat, collided with the Mother Seal of the Slave Soldiers.

For the first time, the pulsation of the slave soldier's mother seal paused.

More than 40,000 border guards froze in place, and the spear that the border guard commander was thrusting at Xuanweizi also stopped in front of the ancient sword.

The silver-black light in its eyes quickly faded, and the pale soul fire reappeared.

"I…"

It glanced down at the spear in its hand, then looked up at Chu Zhou.

"Did you suppress the mother's seal?"

"We can only suppress it for now." Chu Zhou looked at it: "What's your name?"

The corpse said, "Ning Yue, commander of the Ninth Guardian Army of the Ancestral Court of Ten Thousand Spirits, human race, ninth rank."

Xuanweizi sheathed his ancient sword: "Xuanweizi, a descendant of the human race from the Ancestral Realm, greets General Ning."

The soul fire in Ning Yue's eyes flickered slightly.

He saw the human sword domain behind Xuanweizi, and he also saw the blue lotus mark on Lin Qingxue's body that connected to the ancestral world's mountains and rivers.

Finally, his gaze fell on Chu Zhou.

"You came in because of the Heart of Zujin?"

"The Heart of Ancestral Gold is only one of them," Chu Zhou said calmly. "I will also destroy the Mother Seal of the Slave Soldiers and take you back to the Ancestral Realm."

Ning Yue's hand holding the spear trembled, but he quickly shook his head: "It's too late. The Slave Soldier Mother Seal is also a Hunting Realm Seal."

"It is recording the essence of Kunlun Tianmen and the Jianmu root network."

"If it is destroyed directly, the coordinates of the ancestral realm recorded inside will be immediately transmitted back to the main court of the Hunting Court."

Xuanweizi's face darkened: "Can't it be destroyed, and can't it be preserved?"

"We must first sever the connection between the Mother Seal and the Hunter's Court." Ning Yue pointed to Rift Star: "Below the Boundary Suppression Nail, there is a Hunter's Court communication station. Back then, we retreated to Rift Star precisely to destroy that communication station."

"But the Hunter's Court detonated the boundary-suppressing nails ahead of time, and almost all the living beings on the Rift Star died. The Ninth Guardian Army was also controlled by the slave seal. If you want to save us, you must first enter the Rift Star, destroy the communication station, and then remove the boundary-suppressing nails."

Chu Zhou remembered the Seventh Hunting Court's core authority left behind by Theros.

That core permission can open the Zhezhihao source library.

They also have the qualifications to access the Hunter Court system.

If the core permissions are sent to the intercom, it might not be necessary to forcibly destroy it.

He could easily use Theros's identity to modify the coordinates that the slave mother seal was preparing to transmit.

Chu Zhou quickly came up with a plan: "Where is the communication station located?"

"Below the broken Jianmu tree." Ning Yue pointed his spear at the location of the Ancestral Golden Heart: "That used to be the core of the Rift Star Earth Vein, but it has now been transformed into a slave soldier's nest, and there are nine King Corpse Pools inside."

Lord Baishan's gaze sharpened: "The King's Corpse?"

"Weapons forged by the Hunter's Court from the corpses of fallen kings." Ning Yue looked at it: "After the Mother Seal is fully restored, the nine king corpses will also awaken."

The words fell.

A deep roar came from the depths of the rifting star.

A hand covered in black armor plates emerged from beneath the broken Jianmu tree.

With just one palm, it tore off all the dozens of black roots around it.

Immediately afterwards, a massive corpse clad in animal bone armor slowly rose from the crack.

It had no head, but a silver-black vertical pupil grew on its chest. Its mid-stage ninth-order aura swept across the star-splitting area, and the Star-Suppressing White Tiger bloodline within Bai Shanjun's body immediately reacted.

The headless king's corpse was also a tiger king in its lifetime.

The pale soul flame in Ning Yue's eyes flickered violently.

"The Tiger King Who Guards the Mountains".

Baishanjun turned to look at him.

Ning Yue's voice deepened: "It was once the deputy commander of the Ninth Guardian Army, and also the first beast to be refined into a royal corpse by the Hunting Court."

Bai Shanjun gazed at the headless tiger corpse on the rifting star, and the white gold tiger aura slowly rose from its limbs: "Master, leave this king's corpse to me."

Chu Zhou did not stop it: "Tear off the slave mark on its chest, and save its remnant soul if possible."

Lord Baishan lowered his head: "Your subordinate understands."