58: The Palace of Stars and Heavens is relocated

Lin Xuan’s words, “Who agrees? Who opposes?” were still echoing in the sky above Qingyan City. The entire city was as silent as if a collective silencing spell had been cast, so quiet that even the sound of wind blowing over sand could be heard clearly.

City Lord Tie Zhan, floating in the sky, twitched his face as if he’d had a stroke. Looking at Zhao Wuji’s corpse on the ground with a red dot between his brows, and then at Lin Xuan, who was holding the purple-haired little girl with a calm expression, cold sweat instantly poured down him. Oppose? How could he oppose? That person just flicked his finger and killed Elder Zhao, a late-stage Golden Immortal, like a mosquito! Was his early-stage Golden Immortal cultivation even enough to stick in that person’s teeth?

Liu Ruyan and her team’s worldview shattered into pieces. The rookie Lin, who struggled to kill sand beasts and had terrible swordplay, had transformed into a mighty figure who could destroy a Golden Immortal with a flick of his finger? And he was even the Palace Lord of the All Heavens Star Palace? This twist was more intense than a sandstorm in the desert!

Lin Xuan didn’t care what these people thought. He held his newly accepted disciple, A Zi, pinching the little girl’s soft cheek, and sensing the dormant thunder god body origin within her, like a small volcano. His mood was excellent. He looked up at the sky, his gaze seemingly piercing the firmament of the Immortal World, landing on a distant coordinate.

“System, time to work!” Lin Xuan silently chanted in his mind, “Move our old base, the All Heavens Star Palace, over here! Put it on that patch of sand opposite!”

Ding! Command received! Consuming 100,000 Sect Luck Points! Activating the Universe Teleportation Sect Arrival Program! Coordinates locked: Three hundred li due west of Qingyan City in the Flowing Fire Desert of the Immortal World! Transmission commencing!

Boom!

The entire Flowing Fire Desert violently shook without warning! It was as if billions of primeval beasts were turning over beneath the earth! The city walls of Qingyan City trembled, and countlessbroken stones rolled down!

“An earthquake?!” “No! Look to the west!”

Everyone looked towards the due west of Qingyan City in horror! They saw that above the originally boundless desert, which was nothing but sand, space twisted and folded wildly like boiling water! An unimaginably vast shadow was tearing through the void, slowly descending!

The shadow was initially blurry, but as the spatial ripples violently fluctuated, its outline quickly became clear!

First to appear was a colossal hall, towering into the clouds like a divine mountain supporting heaven and earth! The hall was cast from a strange material that was neither gold nor jade, flowing with chaotic starlight, exuding an ancient, majestic, and terrifying aura that seemed to suppress all ages! The hundred-zhang-tall hall doors were tightly shut, carved with magnificent scenes of the sun, moon, and stars, and all the worlds. Just one glance made one’s soul tremble! This was the core of the All Heavens Star Palace—the Star Main Hall!

Immediately after, with the Main Hall as the center, countless magnificent architectural complexes, varied in style yet forming a cohesive whole, sprang up like mushrooms after rain!

To the east, a colossal hall, crimson as fire, with blazing furnaces and scorching heat, whose fiery aura could be felt hundreds of miles away, capable of burning mountains and boiling seas! That was the Artifact Hall! To the west, a jade-green hall, fragrant with medicinal herbs, surrounded by layers of vast terraced medicine gardens, radiating brilliant light! That was the Pill Hall! To the south, a peculiar hall composed of countless massive formation arrays and energy conduits, with runes flowing and lights flickering, exuding profound spatial control fluctuations! That was the Formation Hall! To the north, a hall with a giant Merit Jade Tablet at its entrance, which was the Merit Hall! Next to it was the Mission Release Hall, where dense mission information scrolled across a giant light screen. Further away, there were Spirit Beast Gardens specifically for raising spirit beasts and immortal birds, where faint dragon roars and phoenix cries could be heard! There were Herb Gardens planted with countless exotic flowers, rare herbs, immortal roots, and divine trees, with medicinal qi soaring into the sky! There was even an area where the immortal spiritual energy was so dense it had condensed into mist, with pavilions and towers faintly visible, clearly an abode area prepared for elite and inner sect disciples!

The entire All Heavens Star Palace complex spanned thousands of li from east to west, north to south! Grand! Majestic! Magnificent! Compared to the dusty, gray-black stone-built Qingyan City next to it, Qingyan City looked like a rural slum!

The most shocking sight was the giant medicine garden in the center of the Star Palace complex!

In the core area of the medicine garden, golden rice, like flowing liquid gold, swayed in the wind! Every grain emitted an extremely rich chaotic aura and vibrant life force! It was chaos spiritual rice! Nourished by the abundant immortal spiritual energy of the Immortal World, it now radiated ten thousand rays of auspicious light and thousands of streaks of propitious energy, dyeing half the sky golden! Beside the spiritual rice fields, a peculiar plant, entirely crimson and appearing to be condensed from flames, stood proudly! Its leaves unfurled, and at its tip, a miniature, extraordinarily majestic vermilion bird phantom circled and danced, emitting clear, melodious cries! The Nirvana Vermilion Bird Grass! It had fully revived! Even more astonishingly, throughout the medicine garden, countless rare herbs absorbed and exhaled immortal spiritual qi. Some had human-like outlines condensed on their leaves, others had small hands and feet materialized at their roots, and a few of the oldest immortal ginsengs and spiritual mushrooms were enveloped in immortal light, faintly emitting fluctuations of the form-transforming stage! They were about to become spirits!

Immortal music floated, auspicious light shone in myriad rays, and propitious energy streamed in thousands! Dense immortal spiritual qi, mixed with medicinal fragrance and chaotic aura, formed visible spiritual mist, permeating the entire Star Palace!

Silence!

It was even more silent than when Lin Xuan instantly killed Zhao Wuji just now!

Everyone in Qingyan City, including City Lord Tie Zhan and Liu Ruyan, had their mouths agape, eyes wide, and chins almost hitting their feet! Their brains had completely crashed!

This... what was this? A miracle descending? Had the legendary ancient Immortal Court moved house?! Just moments ago, they were discussing how to deal with bugs and how to distribute their meager immortal crystals, and in the blink of an eye, a super immortal cave-dwelling spanning thousands of li, bursting with immortal qi, and with spiritual herbs becoming spirits, had appeared opposite them?!

The immense sense of disparity made everyone feel like they were dreaming!

Lin Xuan was very satisfied with this entrance. He held the dumbfounded A Zi, took a step, and like a teleportation, appeared directly before the hundred-zhang-tall main gate of the Star Main Hall. The hall gate silently opened, revealing a profound and vast hall within, as if it contained a starry sky.

He turned around, overlooking the tiny Qingyan City below, his voice like a thunderclap from the Nine Heavens, once again resounding through heaven and earth:

“The All Heavens Star Palace, from this day forward, establishes its sect in the Immortal World!” “This place, within a ten-thousand-li radius, shall be the Daoist ground of my Star Palace!” “Qingyan City…” Lin Xuan’s gaze swept over the more than twenty thousand bewildered faces below, finally settling on Liu Ruyan, who was in front of the crowd, dressed in silver-white immortal armor, heroic and spirited, yet completely stunned.

“Liu Ruyan!”

Liu Ruyan jolted at the shout, looking up blankly at Lin Xuan, who stood like a deity before the Star Main Hall.

“This Seat observes your resilient character and decisive actions, possessing the talent of a commander!” Lin Xuan’s voice carried an undeniable authority, “I hereby confer upon you the title of the First Immortal General of the All Heavens Star Palace! You shall command the outer defenses of the Star Palace and the defenses of Qingyan City! I bestow upon you the Star Immortal General Token!”

Lin Xuan raised his hand and pointed! A brilliant silver stream of light, like a shooting star, shot towards Liu Ruyan! In front of her, it transformed into a palm-sized silver token, engraved with a star on the front and “Immortal General” on the back! The token felt warm in her hand, exuding powerful star power, subtly connected to the entire Star Palace grand formation!

Liu Ruyan subconsciously took the token. The moment it entered her hand, a vast surge of star power poured into her body, subtly loosening the bottleneck of her early-stage Heaven Immortal cultivation! She looked at the token in her hand, representing supreme authority and trust, then at the figure high in the sky. Her mind was blank, with only one thought: I’ve become an Immortal General just like that? Commanding the outer defenses of such a huge Immortal Sect?

“The twenty thousand soldiers and civilians of Qingyan City!” Lin Xuan’s voice continued, carrying a power that soothed hearts, “All who wish to join my Star Palace shall be Outer Sect Disciples! They shall enjoy the treatment of Outer Sect Disciples! Immortal crystals! Spiritual rice! Pills! Those with merit and good aptitude may advance to Inner Sect, or even Elite!” “Those unwilling to join the sect may relocate to the new affiliated city on the outskirts of the Star Palace, and receive the protection of my sect! Free from the suffering of wind, sand, insects, and beasts!” “I give you one day to consider!”

Boom!

Lin Xuan’s words were like sparks thrown into boiling oil, instantly igniting the entire Qingyan City!

“Spiritual rice?” “Pills?!” “Oh my god! That golden rice, just smelling it makes me feel like I’m about to break through!” “And those transformed immortal herbs, this is truly an immortal realm!” “Join the sect! We must join the sect! Only a fool wouldn’t!” “Captain Liu, oh no! Immortal General Liu! Lead us into the sect!”

After a brief shock, there was a fervent roar like a mountain tsunami! Almost all the cultivators and mortals of Qingyan City frantically rushed towards Liu Ruyan! They looked at the Star Immortal General Token in her hand as if it were a ticket to paradise! Qingyan City, the Zhao family father and son, resource scarcity? All were cast to the winds! This super Immortal Sect that had appeared out of nowhere was their only hope!

Liu Ruyan held the heavy token, radiating star power, and felt the countless fervent, expectant gazes around her. Looking at the magnificent and splendid sight of the Star Palace, a surge of pride and responsibility she had never felt before welled up in her heart! She took a deep breath, suppressing the shock in her heart, straightened her back, and her heroic face once again shone with dazzling brilliance!

“Silence!” Liu Ruyan’s clear voice, imbued with Heaven Immortal pressure, spread out, and the crowd instantly quieted down. “Everyone! Immediately go home and pack your belongings! In one hour, gather at the central plaza of Qingyan City! Follow this General… Sect!”

“Roar!” Earth-shattering cheers resounded through the sky!

In this fervent atmosphere, no one noticed that in a dark corner of Qingyan City, Zhao Yuanhao, sprawled on the ground, pants soaked, completely terrified, looked at the Star Palace, which had descended like a divine realm, and then at Liu Ruyan, who was being revered like the stars surrounding the moon. The last glimmer of light in his eyes completely extinguished, leaving only endless resentment, despair, and madness.

“Lin Xuan, Liu Ruyan, All Heavens Star Palace, just you wait,” he muttered to himself, like the whisper of a ghost, and taking advantage of the chaos, he scrambled and crawled away into the shadows.