17: All Worlds Return to One

At the core of the Myriad Realms Spirit Spring Eye.

On the blood-soaked ground, severed limbs were scattered everywhere. The cultivators of Qinglan World, whether they were white-haired Deity Transformation Old Ancestors or young disciples fighting fiercely in a pool of blood, now stood as if frozen, staring blankly at the sky.

The massive Celestial Court Plundering Sky-Boat had long since vanished, leaving only a chaotic cloud of slowly dissipating crimson blood mist.

And the instigator of all this, the majestic crimson-gold giant tiger, carrying the figure in black, hovered in mid-air. The young man on the tiger's back had a calm, unruffled expression, as if exploding the Sky-Boat and annihilating the Divine Generals just now was merely like flicking dust from his clothes.

Everyone's gaze was fixed on him with a mix of awe and bewilderment. Who exactly was this divine being? A savior? Or an even more terrifying existence?

Lin Xuan paid no attention to the complex gazes below. His Law-Breaking Sword Eyes had already locked onto the figure curled up behind the giant rock at the edge of the battlefield—a blood-soaked, faint-breathed youth, yet with an SSS-grade Heaven's Mandate Dao Body sealed within him, entangled by the dying will of Qinglan World.

"Roar!" The Lie Tian Divine Tiger let out a low growl, its massive body slowly descending. The crimson-gold divine flames receded, but the primordial pressure emanating from its bloodline still made the cultivators below gasp for breath, instinctively retreating several steps to clear an open space.

Lin Xuan stepped off the tiger's back, his black robes unmoving in the blood-scented wind. He walked directly towards the giant rock.

The youth, Su Yuan, huddled behind the giant rock, his heart pounding, almost leaping out of his throat. He had witnessed the world-destroying scene and had seen those terrifying eyes that pierced through space, as if seeing through to the depths of his soul! Now, this being, like a demon god, was walking towards him! Fear, like icy tendrils, instantly gripped his limbs and bones, leaving him to watch helplessly as the pair of black cloud-patterned boots stopped before him.

"S-Senior..." Su Yuan's voice was dry and hoarse, trembling uncontrollably, his blood-stained face showing only fear and bewilderment.

Lin Xuan looked down at him from above, his gaze indifferent, as if appraising an object. Under his Law-Breaking Sword Eyes, the powerful bloodline seal within the youth was like layers of chains, tightly binding the vast pale-green essence. And the faint will from the world's ancestralpulse, like a flickering candle in the wind, wrapped around the youth, as if silently crying out: Choose him! Save this world!

"Your aptitude is acceptable," Lin Xuan finally spoke, his voice so flat it held no ripples, yet it exploded like thunder in Su Yuan's ears, "It's just a bit dirty."

Su Yuan: "..." He looked down at his tattered clothes, covered in mud and dried blood, and for a moment didn't know how to react.

"What is your name?" Lin Xuan asked.

"Su... Su Yuan," the youth swallowed with difficulty.

"Su Yuan." Lin Xuan repeated, as if confirming something. "Are you willing to join this Seat's sect and become a personal disciple?"

Boom!

These words were like a giant rock thrown into a calm lake, instantly stirring up monstrous waves on the silent battlefield!

The surviving cultivators of Qinglan World, whether Deity Transformation Old Ancestors or Foundation Establishment cultivators, were all stunned! Personal disciple? This terrifying existence, who could annihilate Divine Generals and explode Sky-Boats with a flick of his finger, actually wanted to take a disciple? And the one he wanted to take was that inconspicuous Su Yuan, who only had a Foundation Establishment cultivation?

Countless gazes instantly focused on Su Yuan, filled with incredulous envy, jealousy, and profound shock! What incredible luck had this kid stumbled upon?

Su Yuan himself was completely dumbfounded, his mind a blank. Taking a master? A personal disciple? This person before him... taking him? The immense shock made him even forget his fear, leaving only a dazed expression.

"Hmm?" Lin Xuan's brow furrowed almost imperceptibly, seemingly a little impatient with the youth's slowness. He extended two fingers, pointed them at Su Yuan's glabella, and tapped through the air!

Buzz—!

A Sword Intent, extremely condensed and containing primordial stars, like a divine needle that split heaven and earth, instantly pierced into Su Yuan's glabella! Its target was the core of the bloodline seal within him!

"Aargh!" Su Yuan felt an intense pain in his glabella, as if his soul was being torn apart! An indescribably vast power violently surged into his body, crashing fiercely against the layers of sealing chains!

Crack! Crack!

Like ten-thousand-year-old ice disintegrating under the scorching sun! The bloodline seal that had plagued his Su family for generations was as fragile as paper before this terrifying Sword Intent, which originated from the Chaos Source! The chains snapped inch by inch, instantly turning into nothingness!

Boom—!

A vast, star-sea-like, profound, and unfathomable pale-green source power burst forth from Su Yuan's body! The immense vitality instantly repaired his shattered body. He was enveloped in a soft yet profound pale-green halo, and his aura steadily climbed! Middle Foundation Establishment... Late Foundation Establishment... Peak Foundation Establishment! Almost touching the threshold of Golden Core! At the same time, a mysterious Daorhyme, capable of perceiving heaven and earth, harmonizing with all things, and seemingly able to deduce past and future, naturally permeated the air!

Heaven's Mandate Dao Body, unsealed!

Ding! Successfully subdued SSS-grade talented disciple — Su Yuan, Heaven's Mandate Dao Body!

Completed 'All Heavens Prodigy Harvester' mission progress: 1/3!

Received mission phase reward: World Tree Seed (incomplete) x1! All Heavens and Myriad Realms lottery chance x1!

Received additional reward for perfect unsealing: Qinglan World Source Affinity 100%!

Ten Thousand Times Return triggered! Congratulations to Host for obtaining: Chaos Evolution Heaven Art (Source-grade) x1! Ten thousand wisps of World Tree Source Essence!

The cold system notification sound, accompanied by a massive influx of information, flooded Lin Xuan's sea of consciousness! A verdant seed phantom, entwined with ancient primordial patterns, exuding endless vitality and spatial Daorhyme, along with a profound cultivation technique flowing with the aura of primordial evolution, and a vast, pure green energy seemingly containing the world's origin, instantly merged into his Chaos Nascent Soul!

Boom!

The Chaos Nascent Soul vibrated violently, its inch-tall body erupting with an even more brilliant chaos star-light, and its aura surged! Its comprehension of the evolution of heaven and earth and the deduction of heavenly secrets instantly rose to an unimaginable level! Especially the aura of the World Tree Seed made him vaguely feel an incredibly close connection with this Qinglan World beneath his feet!

"Master!" Su Yuan felt an unprecedented surge of power and clarity of spiritual sense within him, looking at his completely renewed body. His gaze towards Lin Xuan was now filled with boundless awe and fervent adoration! Without hesitation, he struggled to his feet and prostrated himself before Lin Xuan, knocking his head heavily! "Disciple Su Yuan, greets Master! Thank you, Master, for this grace of rebirth!"

Lin Xuan nodded slightly, accepting the bow. His gaze swept over the cultivators of Qinglan World below, who were still in shock and bewilderment, then he looked up at the sky, which was slowly repairing but still bore immense wounds.

"The Celestial Court has retreated, but this realm's origin has been greatly damaged," Lin Xuan's voice was flat, yet it clearly resonated deep within every living being's soul, "This Seat shall establish a two-realm passage here, connecting to this Seat's sect — the All Heavens Star Palace."

He pointed his fingers like a sword, and in mid-air, he began to trace patterns over the scorched earth of the ancestralpulse core below, which had been ravaged by dark-gold chains! The All Heavens Star Disc projection beneath the Chaos Nascent Soul spun wildly, drawing upon the power of the myriad stars! The profound mysteries of the Nine Evolution Chaos Array Solution, which Chu Xinghe had previously comprehended, were effortlessly wielded by Lin Xuan!

Buzz—!

Countless profound array patterns, woven from primordial qi and starlight, like living creatures, were imprinted upon the earth! A massive cross-realm teleportation array, exuding stable spatial fluctuations, rapidly formed at a visible speed! At the core of the array was precisely the recently acquired, vibrant phantom of the incomplete World Tree Seed! The seed rooted itself in the damaged ancestralpulse, greedily absorbing the remaining source power, while simultaneously releasing pure vitality to nourish the world, accelerating its repair!

World Tree Seed (incomplete) integrated into the cross-realm teleportation array!

Two-realm passage stability increased by ten thousand!

Qinglan World Source repair speed increased a hundredfold!

Passage bound to: All Heavens Star Palace core!

"This passage connects to this Seat's sect," Lin Xuan's voice carried the will of a dominator, "All beings of Qinglan World, possessing spiritual roots, aspiring to the Dao, and willing to accept the protection of Our Sect, may enter the array and proceed to the All Heavens Star Palace, to become Outer Sect Disciples or laborers. Enter Our Sect's gates, receive the Sect's protection. Should the Celestial Court dare to offend again, this Seat will personally deal with it."

He paused, his gaze sweeping over the Deity Transformation Old Ancestors: "As for you, you may stay or leave as you wish. Those who stay must abide by the new rules of this realm, subject to the supervision of the passage array. Those who leave, take care of yourselves."

As his voice fell, Lin Xuan said no more.

With a thought, the Lie Tian Divine Tiger let out a low growl and crouched down.

Lin Xuan, carrying Su Yuan who had just gotten up and was still in immense shock, stepped onto the tiger's back.

"Roar—!" The Lie Tian Divine Tiger understood, and a burst of fiery golden divine flames erupted around him, tearing fiercely at the space above the newly constructed inter-realm teleportation array!

Rip—!

A spatial passage, its edges flowing with rich Chaos Starlight, instantly formed!

At the other end of the passage, the dazzling starlight and magnificent outline of the All Heavens Star Palace were clearly visible!

"Let's go," Lin Xuan said indifferently.

A flash of fiery golden light, and the Lie Tian Divine Tiger, carrying the master and disciple, instantly vanished into the passage.

The passage slowly closed, leaving behind the massive and stable inter-realm teleportation array, imprinted like a miracle in the core of the Myriad Spirits Ancestral Vein, emitting a soft yet majestic glow, and below it, countless Qinglan World cultivators with complex gazes—some excited, some hesitant, some awestruck.

"All Heavens Star Palace..." The Deity Transformation Old Ancestor, True Man Qingmu, murmured to himself, looking at the miraculous passage and the ancestral vein that was rapidly recovering its vitality.

An unprecedented light burst forth from his cloudy old eyes, "This is the grace of rebirth for my Qinglan World!

This old man is willing to go!"

Without hesitation, he was the first to transform into a stream of light and rush towards the teleportation array!

With the Deity Transformation Old Ancestor leading the way, countless cultivators who were originally despairing instantly boiled over!

Who cared if they were an Outer Sect Disciple or a handyman!

To be able to escape this desperate place that could be visited by the Heavenly Court again at any time, and to be able to join such a terrifying existence's sect, was a heaven-sent opportunity!

"I'm going too!"

"Wait for me!"

"I'll even be a slave or a servant!"

Like a hundred rivers flowing into the sea, countless streaks of light rushed towards the teleportation array, the scene becoming chaotic and fervent!

...All Heavens Star Palace.

Buzz!

Space fluctuated, and the Lie Tian Divine Tiger, carrying Lin Xuan and Su Yuan, landed steadily on the square in front of the Star Palace.

"Master is back!" Chu Xinghe, who was directing new disciples to repair a formation base, was the first to sense it and shouted excitedly.

Yun Qingyao and Leng Yuechan also immediately walked out from inside the palace.

When Yun Qingyao saw the young man behind Lin Xuan, who was looking around with a nervous and curious expression, and whose body carried a faint cyan Dao charm, her beautiful eyes lit up: "Master, this is..."

"Su Yuan, your junior brother," Lin Xuan said concisely, stepping down from the tiger's back.

His gaze swept over the Star Palace, which had noticeably expanded and become more magnificent and majestic, as well as the figures inside and outside the palace, who had clearly increased several times, wearing unified grey robes and busy at work.

He raised his eyebrows slightly.

Yun Qingyao had done well; the expansion was well-organized.

"Direct... direct disciple?" Chu Xinghe's eyes almost popped out.

Yun Qingyao and Leng Yuechan also showed surprise, carefully observing Su Yuan.

Su Yuan felt uncomfortable being stared at by his three senior siblings, each with a different temperament but all incredibly powerful, and quickly, clumsily bowed in salute, mimicking the etiquette he had seen earlier: "Su Yuan... greets Senior Sister, Second Senior Brother, Third Senior Sister!"

"No need for such formality, Junior Brother," Yun Qingyao smiled gently, exuding the demeanor of a senior sister.

Leng Yuechan merely nodded slightly.

Chu Xinghe, on the other hand, enthusiastically patted Su Yuan's shoulder: "Haha, good kid!

Follow Senior Brother from now on!

Senior Brother will teach you array formations!"

Just then!

Buzz—!

Su Yuan's recently unsealed Heavenly Evolution Dao Body, nourished by the extremely rich Chaos Star Origin of the Star Palace and the vitality of the Myriad Realms Spirit Spring Eye, was instantly fully activated!

A pale cyan Dao charm, far more vast and profound than when he was in the Qinglan World, erupted!

The spiritual energy in his dantian, which had already reached the limit of Foundation Establishment, spun, compressed, and condensed wildly!

Boom—!

A peculiar golden core, flowing with pale cyan Dao patterns and containing countless deduction runes, instantly formed in his dantian!

Early Golden Core stage!

It happened naturally!

Direct Disciple Su Yuan successfully formed his Golden Core, the Heavenly Evolution Dao Core!

Heavenly Evolution Dao Body awakened 10%!

Ten Thousand Times Return triggered!

Congratulations to the host for obtaining: Chaos Evolution Heaven Chart, Origin Level One!

Fifty thousand wisps of World Tree Origin Essence!

All Heavens Star Deduction Art, Origin Level One!

Ding!

Detected that the host has continuously accepted SSS-grade disciples, the sect's luck is flourishing!

Hidden mission triggered: Myriad Realms Unification!

Mission content: Integrate all forces in the Xuanhuang World and make the All Heavens Star Palace the sole ruler of this realm!

Mission reward: Sect upgraded to 'All Heavens Star Palace Intermediate'!

Obtain 'Realm Lord' authority!

Five chances for All Heavens Myriad Realms lottery!

Mission failure penalty: Sect luck reset to zero!

Boom!

Boom!

Three boundless torrents of origin, like a breached stellar river, wildly poured into Lin Xuan's Chaos Nascent Soul!

The Chaos Evolution Heaven Chart transformed into a scroll containing the profound mysteries of All Heavens evolution, integrating into the Nascent Soul's sea of consciousness, enhancing his ability to deduce heavenly secrets and perceive the future!

Fifty thousand wisps of World Tree Origin Essence integrated into the Nascent Soul's limbs and bones, nourishing its origin and strengthening its affinity with world laws!

The All Heavens Star Deduction Art, on the other hand, transformed into countless profound star runes, imprinted on the Nascent Soul's surface, resonating with the projection of the Zhou Tian Star Disk, allowing him to control star trajectories and fatepulse络 to an unbelievable degree!

Lin Xuan's Chaos Nascent Soul suddenly expanded by a circle!

His inch-tall body erupted with unprecedented brilliant light!

A terrifying pressure, transcending Deity Transformation, as if capable of controlling the life and death of a realm, uncontrollably spread out from him!

Crack!

The entire dome of the Star Palace, the projection of the Chaos Sword Tomb, vibrated violently!

Outside the barrier, the Nine Nether Illusory Annihilation Array automatically activated, and malevolent energy surged skyward!

All disciples within the sect, regardless of their cultivation level, felt their souls tremble under this pressure, unable to resist the urge to prostrate themselves!

The Lie Tian Divine Tiger let out a low growl, divine flames rising around him, barely resisting.

Little Candle Dragon and Little Nine, the Nine Nether Hound cub that Yun Qingyao had just brought out from the Myriad Realms Spirit Spring Eye for air, were even more terrified and huddled into a ball.

The Chaos Nascent Soul spun wildly, transforming!

Its aura soared like a rocket!

Early Deity Transformation... Mid Deity Transformation... Late Deity Transformation!

Finally, it steadily stopped at the peak of the Late Chaos Deity Transformation stage!

Only one opportunity away from stepping into the Void Refinement stage!

Congratulations to the host for advancing to Late Chaos Deity Transformation!

The Chaos Undying Body is perfected, and its strength is enhanced!

The physical body is almost immortal!

The Law-Breaking Sword Eyes' power is enhanced!

They can perceive Void Refinement laws!

Divine sense is perfected, and its coverage is increased!

A single thought can envelop the entire Xuanhuang World!

"Hoo..." Lin Xuan slowly exhaled a turbid breath, and the terrifying pressure around him receded like a tide.

He felt the unprecedented powerful force within him, especially the almost controlling clear perception of the Xuanhuang World's heaven and earth laws, and the corner of his mouth curved into a cold arc, imbued with absolute control.

"Myriad Realms Unification? The sole ruler of the Xuanhuang World?" He murmured to himself, activating his Law-Breaking Sword Eyes, his gaze seemingly penetrating the Star Palace's barriers, sweeping across the mountains and rivers of the entire Xuanhuang World, sweeping across the ancient sects hidden in blessed lands, sweeping across the slumbering Deity Transformation Old Ancestors.

"Just as I wished."

With a slight thought, the terrifying divine sense of the Late Chaos Deity Transformation stage, like an invisible net, instantly enveloped the entire Xuanhuang World!

A cold, domineering, and unquestionable voice, like a divine decree, echoed in the depths of the soul of every cultivator above the Foundation Establishment stage:

"This Seat, Lin Xuan."

"From today onwards, the Xuanhuang World shall be governed by this Seat."

"Those who comply shall enter the All Heavens Star Palace and enjoy the protection of the Great Dao."

"Those who defy..."

Lin Xuan's voice paused slightly, Chaos Starlight flowed in his Law-Breaking Sword Eyes, and killing intent was palpable!

...their souls shall be extinguished, and their Dao lineage shall cease to exist!"

"Within three days, all those above Deity Transformation shall come to the Fallen God Wasteland... and await on their knees!"

As his voice fell!

The entire Xuanhuang World instantly boiled over!

Countless reclusive old monsters were awakened, and alarm bells rang in ancient sects!

There were those who were utterly horrified, those who roared in anger, and also those whose minds were active...

Inside the Star Palace, Yun Qingyao, Chu Xinghe, Leng Yuechan, Su Yuan, and Huang Yan, who had just rushed over after hearing the commotion, all held their breath, looking at the figure standing with his hands behind his back, his dark robes like ink, on the palace roof.

They knew that Master... was about to truly reign over this realm!

The Lie Tian Divine Tiger sensed his master's will and let out a roar that shook the stellar river, battle intent burning in his tiger eyes!

Lin Xuan stood on the palace roof, his gaze calmly looking towards the Fallen God Wasteland, as if he had already seen the coming... Battle of the Heavenly Court.