Humans, starting with chat groups, rampage across the heavens.

After reading the news in the afternoon, Lu Chen realized that Nalan Yanran had gone to the Xiao family to annul the engagement today.

Thanks to Lu Chen's advice, Xiao Yan was able to resolve the matter smoothly.

He successfully reached an agreement with Nalan Yanran, not only peacefully annulling the engagement but also receiving a substantial amount of compensation from her.

This suddenly made Xiao Yan's wallet bulge, whereas he was originally penniless.

This win-win situation meant that Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran did not become enemies, but instead established a shallow friendship.

After he handed two of the Qi Gathering Pills to his father in front of a group of Xiao family elders, and after Nalan Yanran publicly promised that she could bring Xiao Yan to join the Yunlan Sect in the future.

Not only did his father's position as clan leader become more secure, but Xiao Yan also instantly returned to being the third young master who was the center of attention in the clan.

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The night passed quickly.

Lu Chen and his group woke up one after another. After finding some wild fruits to eat, they continued on their way.

Just after they crossed another mountain, they suddenly saw some palace buildings faintly appearing in the distance ahead.

This gave everyone hope, and they hurried toward the building with all their might.

Lu Chen had some impression of this palace building; it seemed to be a celestial ruin.

Later, several classmates did indeed enter this heavenly palace and received considerable opportunities.

However, Lu Chen wasn't particularly interested in this opportunity.

After walking for another half day, the celestial palace became clearer and clearer in everyone's sight.

During this time, Liu Yunzhi, because his lackey Li Changqing had died early in front of the Great Thunder Temple, did not dare to do anything bad to Lu Chen and the other two on his own. Lu Chen naturally didn't bother with him either.

Shortly after they passed a lake with water as black as ink, someone suddenly felt their body begin to heat up involuntarily.

Soon everyone noticed each other's abnormalities. Everyone felt a raging fire burning inside them, and their skin became hot and red, as if it were about to bleed.

The pain caused all the students to lie on the ground and roll around in agony.

Lu Chen also felt discomfort in his body. In addition to the intense burning sensation, there was also a tingling sensation as if his flesh and blood were regenerating, and he could even faintly hear the sound of his bones trembling.

Soon, everyone fell into a coma.

About an hour or two later, Lu Chen slowly woke up and immediately checked his body, only to find that his clothes were now much too big and his whole body had shrunk considerably.

Lu Chen looks to be only thirteen or fourteen years old.

Having anticipated this situation, Lu Chen remained calm. He glanced around and noticed that Ye Fan and Pang Bo had also woken up.

"Who are you two little brats?"

"Why are you wearing Chen Ge and Ye Fan's clothes?"

Upon seeing Lu Chen and Ye Fan's current state, Pang Bo was immediately shocked and shouted loudly.

After he finished speaking, he realized something was wrong with himself and quickly got up from the ground.

"Why are my clothes so big...? No, wait, it's like I've shrunk?"

"What's going on...?"

"Shut up."

Lu Chen interrupted Pang Bo and said calmly:

"We've become young again."

"Rejuvenation?"

Ye Fan and Pang Bo looked at their current bodies, their faces filled with undisguised shock.

Lu Chen didn't say anything more and turned to look at the other students' seats.

Ye Fan and Pang Bo followed Lu Chen's gaze and were immediately startled by what they saw.

There were more than twenty bodies lying haphazardly on the ground. Looking around, each one had wrinkled skin, gray hair, and an extremely aged face, appearing to be in their seventies or eighties.

"Excuse me, who are these old men and women?"

"Wait! Their clothes..."

"This...they wouldn't happen to be Zhang Ziling and Lin Jia, would they?"

"They're the ones."

Lu Chen nodded.

"Brother Chen, what's going on?"

Pang Bo couldn't help but ask.

"There exists a law of desolation within this ancient forbidden land that can accelerate the passing of life."

Lu Chen began to explain.

"Then we..."

"Is it because of those fruits?"

Having calmed down, Ye Fan shared his guess.

"That's right, that fruit is a rare spiritual fruit."

Lu Chen nodded slightly.

"So what do we do now?"

Pang Bo asked, somewhat at a loss.

"Go and wake them up. The longer they stay here, the more lives they will lose."

The three of them went over and woke up the others.

After seeing their current appearance, Lin Jia and the others were terrified, and many of the female classmates even felt like dying.

Seeing that Lu Chen and the other two had not only not aged but had actually become younger, Zhou Yi struggled to stand up and questioned them:

"Lu Chen, why haven't the three of you gotten older?"

Before Lu Chen could answer, Pang Bo interrupted and said:

"Hey Grandpa Zhou, you don't actually think the three of us are up to something, do you?"

"If we had that kind of ability, wouldn't we have been flying to heaven by now?"

Lin Jia covered her face with her hands, her voice trembling with tears, and looked at Lu Chen, asking:

"Lu Chen, do I still have a chance to turn back into the way I was?"

"This should be a planet where one can cultivate. If one cultivates to a certain level, it is not impossible to achieve immortality. Restoring one's appearance should not be too difficult."

After hearing Lu Chen's words, Lin Jia and the others calmed down a bit.

Then they helped each other and continued walking towards the Heavenly Palace building.

After crossing two more mountains, they discovered that the distance between the distant Heavenly Palace and them remained the same as before, casting a shadow over their hearts once again.

Just then, a fishy smell wafted over, the trees ahead swayed, and a black beast, at least five meters tall, stood upright and pounced on the group. Its sharp claws gleamed coldly, its body was covered with dense black fur, and it resembled an ape but had a beak more than a foot long. It looked terrifying.

Just as everyone was filled with fear, a streak of colorful light suddenly appeared on the horizon, like a rainbow streaking across the sky, standing out conspicuously in the dim sky.

The rainbow light was as swift as lightning, arriving above Lu Chen and the others in the blink of an eye.

Then a three-foot-long beam of cold light descended from the sky, cleaving the demon beast in two at the waist.

Only then did everyone see clearly that within the rainbow light was a young woman of eighteen or nineteen years old, with a face like jade, a slender figure, a slim waist, and straight legs. Her light blue dress flowed naturally, exuding an otherworldly and refined air.

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