542: Ancient Summoning

The warmth in the garden lasted for a long time.

It was a rare occasion for Ye Xuan to be able to accompany his family and children.

Later, Qian Yan Yue, Sea Chen the Dragon Girl, and Heavenly Maiden Miaofa all arrived as well, bringing along several of Ye Xuan's children.

Ye Qingxian, Ye Chuqing, Ye Mu Cai, and the other children all arrived at the garden as well.

Although Ye Mu Cai was the last to be born, her strength was extremely formidable; despite her young age, she was already at the Quasi-Emperor Realm.

Having Cultivated under Ling Huacai for years, she possessed a unique Dao charm. Now seeing Ye Xuan, she stayed by Ye Xi's side, hugging Ye Xuan's arm and refusing to let go.

"Father, I want a hug."

"Father, me too, me too."

"And me."

"Father, there's also me, I..."

Ye Xi chattered away, pulling at Ye Xuan while telling him how she channeled the Power of the Stars for Body Tempering.

The several children also crowded around, making a fuss.

Ya Ya stood quietly beside Sacred Maiden Shen Lan, occasionally adding a few words about the difficulties Ye Xi faced in her Cultivation.

Her eyes held a composure beyond her years. Tang Linglong and Sacred Maiden Shen Lan listened with smiles, their gazes occasionally falling upon Ye Xuan and Xuanji.

Xuanji felt a bit uneasy at first, but in this seamless family atmosphere, the layer of eternal frozen loneliness in her heart quietly melted a little.

After all, even in the days when her Father Emperor was still around, she had never had such a warm family.

As for her mother, she had never seen her since childhood and didn't even know who she was. Only because of her affinity for the Great Dao of Moonlight, she was likely someone from the Moon God Lineage.

After so many years, she had perhaps long since fallen.

She took the spiritual fruit nourished by starlight handed over by Tang Linglong and took a small bite. The sweet and refreshing feeling seeped into her heart, softening her cold features considerably.

Ye Xuan watched this scene, his heart filled with peace.

This was the mundane world of hearth and home that he had fought all this way to protect.

Whether it was wielding the power of the Star Alliance or pursuing the transcendence of the supreme Dao, in the end, it was all so that those he cared about could be just like they were at this moment.

"Daddy, I've been practicing the Star Qi Induction Art lately, and I feel the Star Vortex in my Dantian has grown another size!"

Ye Xi said as if presenting a treasure, gesturing with her small hands.

"Mm, Xiao Xi has been working very hard."

Ye Xuan doted on her, rubbing his daughter's hair with a look of approval in his eyes.

Ye Xi's talent was excellent, and with the resources of the entire Ziwei Star Domain tilted in her favor, her progress was rapid.

He then looked at Ya Ya and asked gently, "Ya Ya, has the power within your body been stable lately?"

Ya Ya nodded obediently, her voice crisp. "Thank you for your concern, Ye Xuan. With Sister Shen Lan and Sister Linglong helping me regulate it, that will is very quiet."

The will of the "Dragon Mother" she spoke of had temporarily fallen into dormancy under the successive suppression of Ye Xuan and Xuanji, as well as the careful care of everyone.

But everyone knew that this was ultimately a hidden danger.

It had to be resolved, but since there was currently no safe method to extract the will, it could only be temporarily set aside.

At the mention of this, the atmosphere in the garden grew slightly heavy for a moment.

Xuanji put down the spiritual fruit, her clear eyes looking at Ye Xuan. "Your seclusion is imminent, and the problem within Ya Ya's body also needs to be resolved soon. I have browsed through the ancient texts of the Heavenly Court and found a method. We might try using pure moonlight power combined with your Chaos dao charm to construct a Heart Mirror Seal for her. It will reflect her true heart and isolate the erosion of the external will, buying more time."

"This method is not a permanent cure, but it can greatly delay the awakening process of the 'Dragon Mother's' will, winning time to find a complete solution."

Ye Xuan heard this, and a light flashed in his eyes. "This method is excellent. Once I emerge from seclusion and stabilize my Realm, I will perform it with you."

"Mm."

Xuanji nodded.

The sun set in the west, and starlight gradually rose.

Tang Linglong and Sacred Maiden Shen Lan, along with several wives and concubines, took the still-excited Ye Xi and the other children and left first, leaving the space to Ye Xuan and Xuanji.

Silence returned to the garden once more, with only the starlight flowing across the sky.

"To have today feels like a lifetime ago."

Xuanji gazed at the moon in the sky, which complemented the Ziwei Great Emperor Star, and sighed softly.

Eternal loneliness, chasing after a cold back, compared to now having someone to lean on and feelings to harbor—these were simply two completely different lives.

Ye Xuan took her hand, a slightly cool sensation coming from her fingertips.

"The past is like smoke; the future is full of promise."

His words were simple, yet they carried a reassuring power.

Xuanji turned to look at him, her cold eyes reflecting the stars and his silhouette, her lips curling into a slight, shallow arc.

"Mm!"

The two stood quietly in the pavilion for a while longer until night fell completely, and thousands of stars dotted the deep blue sky like diamonds.

"Let's go, it's time to head back."

Ye Xuan said softly.

...

Beneath the warmth and tranquility, in the distant depths of Chaos, an extremely subtle ripple was quietly crossing the endless Void Realm, spreading toward the Ziwei Star Domain.

Outside the secluded cultivation room in the Ziwei Imperial Palace specially prepared for Ye Xuan.

Xuanji did not leave; instead, as she had promised, she once again laid down layers of Pure Tranquility Guardian Barriers with her Great Dao of Moonlight, personally acting as a Protector for Ye Xuan.

She sat cross-legged on a white jade lotus platform, looking like a goddess under the moon, her moonlight brilliance enveloping the entire seclusion area.

Suddenly, her closed eyes trembled slightly, her long eyelashes lifted, and her cold gaze cast toward a certain direction in the depths of Chaos, a hint of doubt flashing through them.

"This feeling..."

She murmured to herself, moonlight flowing at her fingertips as she carefully sensed that faint, ethereal ripple.

"It's not malicious, yet it carries an ancient summoning. Is it targeting the chaos dao seed, or the Tai Hao Origin within him?"

In the distance, Yue Xuan watched Ye Xuan and Xuanji with a complex expression.

Ever since Xuanji appeared, Yue Xuan no longer took the initiative to appear before Ye Xuan.

Ye Xuan knew what she was thinking, so he didn't disturb her, letting her reflect on her own.

"Foolish child."

In the end, Yue Xuan only sighed and quietly faded away.

Meanwhile, inside the seclusion room.

Ye Xuan had already held his breath and focused his mind, completely immersing his consciousness into his Sea of Consciousness.

The chaos dao seed rotated slowly, and within the grey mist, that strand of Power of Extinction spiraled.

The vast Luck of the Star Alliance transformed into strands of golden light, merging into the dao seed and driving a certain essential transformation.

Just as he was about to touch that mysterious threshold of the dao source, that strange ripple from the depths of Chaos penetrated the barrier Xuanji had set up and reflected directly into the depths of his Dao Heart.

It wasn't an interference; it was more like a key, gently knocking on a long-sealed door deep within his Soul.

In an instant, some fragmented and blurred images flooded into Ye Xuan's consciousness like a bursting dam.

A vast land that words could not describe, filled with endless Chaos and primitive Dao laws.

A blurry figure reaching from heaven to earth, holding a broken stone axe, struck down forcefully against the Chaos!