420: Purpose

Boom!

The nine-story xumi pagoda, suppressed within the Two Realms Mountain, suddenly had endless Spiritual Qi from the earth veins surging into it.

A massive beam of light rose from the top of the pagoda, piercing into the endless sky above.

Hum!

It seemed as if an invisible ripple was triggered by this beam of light, spreading toward the merged Xuanming Realm and Xuanyang Realm.

In Nancang Domain, Xiang Prefecture, at the original entrance of the passage.

The expressions of the various Nascent Soul Venerables changed.

They looked toward the beam of light that pierced straight into the sky.

"Fellow Daoist Tianji!"

The Nascent Soul Venerables present were all old monsters who had cultivated for hundreds or thousands of years, so they naturally knew that the only possibility for this change came from Old Man Tianji, who controlled the xumi pagoda and dominated everything happening now.

At this moment, in the Void Realm.

An aged figure dressed in white robes emerged.

He landed in front of that massive beam of light.

The Black Giant Serpent, coiled high in the sky, narrowed its eyes and looked toward the white-robed figure.

Only now.

How could he not know that the mysterious Soul Transformation Venerable who had been hiding in Nancang Domain, only to be startled away by him and subsequently ignored, must have been one of Old Man Tianji's people.

"What are you trying to do..."

Mo Xuan's eyes were slightly cold.

The other Nascent Soul Venerables from the Xuanming Realm had varied expressions, all of them looking toward Old Man Tianji.

This unexpected turn of events made the Venerables secretly vigilant.

"Fellow Daoist Tianji, what are you trying to do?"

Asura Venerable, whose body was shrouded in dark red Aura, had a slightly sunken expression, his magic power already slowly circulating.

"Fellow Daoists, there is no need to be so vigilant."

"This is a great gift I am bestowing upon you all."

"Today, I am reopening the path of Ascension. Wouldn't it be wonderful if we all ascended to the Upper Realm together?"

Old Man Tianji could not hide the joy on his face as he sensed the constant fluctuations behind him.

After planning for so long, now only the final key was missing for success.

Ever since Xutuo Heavenly Palace led the Cultivators in a great battle against the powerful enemies from the Upper Realm.

The Xuanhuang Great World had been torn apart, divided into several Realms.

To this day, only the Xuanming Realm and Xuanyang Realm remained.

Since that time.

No one had been able to reach the Void Refining Realm.

Even now that the two Realms had merged, it was difficult to support him in taking another step forward.

Moreover, even if he were lucky enough to truly take another step forward.

And achieve the body of a Void Refining Great Power.

In this Lower Realm, he would have already reached the end.

He considered himself the most talented among the generations of Ancestral Masters of the Tianji Pavilion.

How could he be willing to stop here?

That was why he had spent all these years planning.

Taking advantage of the intersection of the two Realms, the weakness in time and space, and the gradual loss of power in the Xutuo Ancient Realm, he seized the xumi pagoda.

Using it as the key to break the Seal of the Xutuo Heavenly Palace, allowing the Xuanyang Realm and Xuanming Realm to reappear under the gaze of the powerful beings of the Upper Realm.

Only the Tianji Pavilion, which had been passed down since ancient times and witnessed that great battle, possessed the records.

The Xutuo Great Power sacrificed their body to shatter the passage used by the Upper Realm's powerful beings to descend, using themselves as the foundation to Seal the shattered Xuanhuang Great World.

This allowed the Xuanming Realm and Xuanyang Realm to survive until today without being visited by powerful beings again.

Old Man Tianji felt a slight sense of emotion.

"Fellow Daoists, having cultivated to our current Realm."

"In this Lower Realm, it is equivalent to losing the opportunity to break through further."

"After three or four thousand years, we will be like those ants, dying when our lifespan ends."

"Isn't this a great irony?"

Old Man Tianji spoke with genuine sincerity.

If it were not for this, why would he go to such great lengths?

Sending his Junior Brother Yuhuo into the Xuanyang Realm via the teleportation passage.

Seizing a domain, setting up a great Formation, and plundering the Spiritual Qi of the earth veins to serve as the power to break the Seal.

"Fellow Daoist Tianji."

"Those powerful beings from the Upper Realm are not easy to get along with."

"Otherwise, why would the Xuanhuang Great World have resisted to the death in the past?"

"They would rather be torn apart than become vassals to the great powers of the Upper Realm."

Venerable Cangyue, with a cold, crescent moon floating behind her, spoke in a chilly voice, causing the hearts of the Nascent Soul Venerables who were already very tempted to tremble.

Indeed, if they were truly easy to get along with, how could the incomparably powerful Xutuo Heavenly Palace have declined?

How would the Xutuo Great Power have Sealed the World?

"Hehe, Fellow Daoists, there is no need to worry."

"With our cultivation, presumably even in the Upper Realm, we would be considered powerful figures."

"Even those forces in the Upper Realm that have a Void Refining Great Power presiding over them should treat us with courtesy."

"It is not the same as with those ants."

"According to the records in our Pavilion, in the past, the Xutuo Heavenly Palace refused to submit for the sake of the lives of a few ants."

"That is what caused such a tragedy."

"Leaving us constrained in the Lower Realm."

"The Xutuo Heavenly Palace is the sinner of this World."

Old Man Tianji's expression darkened slightly.

The expressions of the Nascent Soul Venerables shifted.

It seemed they had already made their own calculations.

Several figures slowly flew to the side of Old Man Tianji.

"Moreover, having made preparations for such a long time, I naturally have absolute confidence."

"Once this Formation starts running, it cannot be stopped."

"Even if you want to stop it, you cannot."

"Besides, just by yourselves, are you even qualified to stop me?"

Old Man Tianji's voice deepened.

A supreme Aura of the Late Stage Soul Transformation burst forth from his body.

Compared to the beam of light triggered by the xumi pagoda, it seemed not to be inferior at all.

"Fellow Daoist Tianji."

"We are merely your bargaining chips."

"The merging of the two Realms is merely to make your bargaining chips thicker."

"Fellow Daoist Tianji, you truly have a good plan."

Venerable Cangyue, with her cold expression, knew that it could no longer be stopped.

Yet she spoke out the key to all of this.

On the other side.

In the Void Realm.

Venerable Qing Ming, who had retreated to the Qing Ming Domain and was suffering from not-insignificant injuries, sensed the intense fluctuations coming from the border of the Nancang Domain.

His figure, which had intended to go and investigate this change, paused the moment that powerful Late Stage Soul Transformation Aura rose.

Yet he did not take a step for a long time.

"Fellow Daoist Tianji, where are Fellow Daoists Chiyan and Buddha Venerable?"

Behind him, an enchanting beautiful woman with a seven-colored tail exposed asked Old Man Tianji.

"Fellow Daoist Qianmei is indeed quite affectionate."

"I am merely having them wait a while; when things are finished, they will naturally appear."

Old Man Tianji was indifferent.

He spoke casually.

"Alright."

"Fellow Daoist Mu, it is your turn."

Old Man Tianji paid no more attention and looked toward the figure illuminated by starlight.

Venerable Xingai nodded.

They swept their hands.

A gate of starry sky appeared in the Void Realm.

A figure appeared from the gate of the starry sky.

The figure's eyes were closed, seemingly having lost consciousness.

If Zhou Xiangyu were here, he would definitely be able to recognize that the unconscious person appearing from the gate of the starry sky was none other than Venerable Xingai's seventh Disciple, the Seventh Young Master of the Xingai Grotto-Heaven, Mu Qingli.

Venerable Xingai reached out and pointed.

Starlight flowed, and brilliance entered Mu Qingli's body.

Inside Mu Qingli's body, it seemed a Seal was being undone.

Revealing their true appearance.

It was surprisingly the appearance of a beautiful female Cultivator.

"A descendant of the Xutuo Heavenly Palace; her Bloodline is the best key."

"Do it."

Old Man Tianji exclaimed in admiration.

Venerable Xingai was silent for a moment.

Just about to act to extract the Bloodline Power.

At this moment.

A low, majestic, and chilling voice sounded from the mouth of the Black Giant Serpent, which had been coiled high in the sky, merely watching coldly.

"Have you asked for my opinion?"

"Do you want to stop me?"

Old Man Tianji's expression darkened, his gaze turning cold.