418: Return to the Fairyland

“Fellow Daoist has now had a Breakthrough to Quasi-Saint. It seems that he has been in seclusion outside all these years, and therefore does not know!” Emperor pondered for a moment, then slowly explained, “A thousand years ago, a Middle Thousand Realm Domain successfully ascended to Great Thousand World, taking away a considerable amount of Luck from our Immortal-Demon Realm. Our Heavenly Court ordered the Immortal Realm and Demon Realm to jointly send out hundreds of Immortal Kings and several Quasi-Saints to search for a hundred years without success.”

“Eight hundred years ago, while our Immortal Realm was fully searching for the Blood Demon Realm, several Heavenly Emperors were not present.”

“The Great Annihilation Demon Venerable, who had been in hiding for a million years, reappeared. He teamed up with Jie Wusheng, the Revered Master of the Eternal Tribulation Demon Abyss, and in just a few years unified the Demon Realm. After that, he once again launched the Immortal-Demon War, attacking the Immortal Realm.”

“Our Immortal Realm was caught off guard, and successively lost thousands of cities. It was only with the combined efforts of our Heavenly Court and the Three Great Sacred Lands that the Demon Realm army was stopped outside the Four Great Continents.”

“During these eight hundred years, the Immortal and Demon Realms have been in constant warfare, suffering mutual losses. Our Heavenly Court’s Imperial Son is the foremost talent of the Heavenly Court’s younger generation, and naturally also went to the front lines to participate in the war for experience.”

“However, he fell victim to the insidious scheme of the Demon Realm’s evil demons and was surrounded. Even when a Clone of Emperor Haotian descended, he only managed to retrieve his Divine Soul.”

“Furthermore, the Imperial Son’s Divine Soul was afflicted with over a dozen sinister Dao Principles such as curses and soul poisons. No one in the Immortal Realm was confident in healing him. The Imperial Son’s Divine Soul is entirely suppressed by Emperor Haotian using his own Divine Weapon, which barely maintains its immortality.”

“The one I am asking Fellow Daoist to heal this time is precisely our Heavenly Court’s Imperial Son!”

Listening to Emperor’s narration, Xiao Zhuo’s fingertips gently tapped the nine-colored light sphere that he had brought closer, emitting crisp tapping sounds, as if he was weighing the value of an item.

The sound landed deep within Emperor’s Divine Soul, each tap bringing an unspeakable humiliation and fright.

“A origin supreme treasure, a chaos crystal core, a Divine-Grade Immortal Artifact…” Xiao Zhuo’s voice was calm and unwavering, yet carried an undeniable tone of judgment, “Plus one condition—you must swear a solemn oath with your Dao Heart that from now on, you shall not cause any harm to this Venerable One or this Venerable One’s Disciples. If you violate this, your Dao Fruit will self-destruct, and you will be eternally damned.”

“Good! This Emperor agrees!” Emperor did not hesitate in the slightest.

A Dao Heart oath has a stronger binding force on those with higher Realms, especially when it involves the survival of one’s Dao Fruit. At this moment, he only wanted to save his life and escape; as for other matters, he would deal with them later!

He immediately used the power of his Divine Soul to engrave the oath deep within his Dao Heart. An invisible Law of restraint instantly coiled around the Origin of his Dao Fruit.

Xiao Zhuo sensed that the oath was established, and his mind stirred slightly.

Runes circulated on the surface of the nine-colored light sphere imprisoning the Dao Fruit, and a tiny crack appeared, just wide enough for a faint wisp of Divine Soul power to extend out.

“Where are the items?” Xiao Zhuo said indifferently.

A brilliant golden light was the first to shoot out from the crack!

It was not a pure metallic luster, but a golden radiance containing endless sharpness, immortal true meaning, and Origin Laws.

At the core of the light was a strange substance that continuously flowed, changed form, sometimes like liquid metal, and sometimes condensed into tiny, sharp weapon shapes—the Golden-elemental origin supreme treasure, Ten Thousand Tribulation Geng Metal!

As soon as it appeared, the surrounding Void Realm spontaneously produced fine cutting marks. Pure Golden-elemental Dao Laws permeated the area, as if even space itself was about to be assimilated by it.

Immediately following, ten fist-sized crystal cores, entirely Chaos-colored, with surfaces that seemed to flow with original Dao Principles capable of nurturing all the heavens and myriad worlds, floated out.

As soon as they appeared, the surrounding energy instantly became docile and viscous—these were chaos crystal cores!

Finally, a long spear, entirely flowing with dim starlight, with a point of cold light at its tip that seemed capable of piercing through all the stars in the heavens, slowly emerged.

Upon the spear’s body were naturally imprinted intricate stellar trajectories, emitting a heart-palpitating aura of tearing and destruction—the Quasi-Divine-Grade offensive Immortal Artifact, Star Shattering Spear!

“Fellow Daoist, please inspect them!” Emperor’s voice carried a hint of heartache.

Xiao Zhuo’s gaze swept over them, and the item information appeared one by one, confirming their authenticity.

He waved his large sleeve, and the three treasures were instantly taken into his sleeve.

“Very good.” Xiao Zhuo nodded slightly, “You may reassemble your immortal body here. Once this Venerable One has dealt with the internal affairs of the boundary realm, I will accompany you to the Immortal Realm.”

Before his words finished, the nine-colored light sphere completely dissipated.

Xiao Zhuo’s figure had already disappeared from Dilamon’s side. The next moment, he appeared directly inside the Zizai Hall.

“Revered Master!”

“Young Master!”

“Revered Master!”

The hall was instantly filled with ecstasy and excitement.

Wang Xianzhi was the first to rush forward, his knees heavily hitting the ground. The dignified Golden Immortal was so emotional that his eyes turned red: “Disciple is incompetent, unable to fully protect the boundary realm, causing Revered Master to have to act…”

Wang Xianyu held Cloud, her beautiful eyes filled with tears, bowing gracefully. Thousands of words only turned into a choked sentence: “Young Master is well, and Xianyu is at peace.”

Cao Xiaochuan let out a long sigh, the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes smoothing out. He bowed deeply to Xiao Zhuo: “Revered Master’s Divine Might! Disciple failed to protect the Zizai Realm well! One-tenth of the Great Thousand World Origin was consumed. I ask Revered Master to punish me!”

His tone was full of guilt.

Yuan Tian was even more agitated, trembling all over. His gaze towards Xiao Zhuo was filled with fanaticism and awe: “Revered Master! You… what Realm are you in now? How is it that Emperor Emperor was like an ant before you?”

Xiao Zhuo’s gaze swept over everyone, landing on Cao Xiaochuan, whose aura was slightly weak. He flicked his finger.

A verdant green light point, imbued with boundless vitality, instantly entered Cao Xiaochuan’s body.

Cao Xiaochuan’s entire body trembled. His Immortal Qi, which had been depleted from forcefully activating the Great Thousand World Origin, rapidly replenished, like a long-awaited rain after a drought. His complexion visibly returned to a healthy ruddy color.

“Xiaochuan, you’ve worked hard. There’s no need to blame yourself. You’ve done very well. This Revered Master is very pleased!” Xiao Zhuo said gently.

Then he looked at Wang Xianzhi, his eyes filled with approval: “To face danger without fear, with the will to perish together, that is the spirit of my Disciple, Xiao Zhuo. Rise.”

His gaze finally fell upon Wang Xianyu and Cloud who was bouncing on her shoulder. The coldness in his eyes completely vanished, replaced by a gentle smile: “Yu’er has also grown a lot!”

“With Young Master’s return, everything will be well.” Wang Xianyu smiled through her tears, and Cloud also let out joyful “Yi Ya” sounds.

Xiao Zhuo did not linger on pleasantries and directly said: “The Gouchen Heavenly Army has been annihilated, but it involves the Immortal Realm’s Heavenly Court. There are some matters that require this Revered Master to make a trip to the Heavenly Court. The Zizai Realm will also be reabsorbed into my body. Dark Thirteen, you all stay within the boundary realm and take charge of Zizai City. Xiaochuan, you three will accompany me to the Immortal Realm.”

Upon hearing this, everyone’s expressions became serious, and they immediately assented.

Xiao Zhuo took a step, already outside the Zizai Realm, with his three Disciples beside him.

He merely moved his thoughts slightly and let out a low command:

“Collect!”

A decree echoed through the Origin of the boundary realm.

The entire Zizai Realm suddenly trembled! Mountains and rivers, cities and palaces, billions of living beings, along with the residual boundary realm sea energy outside the boundary realm membrane, seemed to be gripped by an invisible giant hand.

Visibly, the vast boundary realm began to collapse inwards! Space was like a folded scroll, layer upon layer. The flow of time created strange distortions both inside and outside the boundary realm.

Countless profound silver runes circulated on the boundary realm membrane, encasing the entire boundary realm into a gigantic light cocoon.

The light cocoon rapidly shrank, transforming from a colossal entity covering a Star Domain into the size of a star, then the size of a house… Finally, it became a tiny, brilliant light point, only the size of a fingernail, yet containing immense World Power!

The light point shimmered with colorful light, and within it, faint shadows of mountains and rivers seemed to flow endlessly.

Like a tired bird returning to its nest, it transformed into a stream of light and instantly merged into the intricate rhombus-shaped mark on Xiao Zhuo’s brow.

The mark flashed with silver light, then disappeared, leaving only faint, profound patterns on Xiao Zhuo’s forehead.

The vast Void Realm where the Zizai Realm had once been instantly became empty, leaving only some spatial ripples that had not yet fully subsided.

Deep within the Falling Star Sea Star Domain, only Xiao Zhuo and his three Disciples, Dilamon, and Emperor Emperor, who had barely reassembled his immortal body, remained.

“Revered Master, what next?” Dilamon’s figure appeared beside Xiao Zhuo, asking respectfully.

Facing Xiao Zhuo at this moment, he was completely and utterly convinced.

Xiao Zhuo’s gaze cast towards the Immortal-Demon Realm, his deep eyes seemingly filled with countless surging phantoms, as if piercing through the endless boundary realm sea.

“Let’s go,” his voice was calm, yet carried an undeniable decisiveness, “to see the Immortal-Demon Realm as it is now.”

He extended his finger and gently drew a line in the empty space before him.

Tear—!

Space was instantly torn apart like the most fragile silk!

A massive spatial passage, with edges flowing with silver temporal power, and a dark and deep interior that seemed to lead to an unknown destination, instantly formed.

Within the passage, faint glimpses of violent spatial turbulence were forcibly smoothed and stabilized by an invisible, mighty spatio-temporal power, forming a relatively stable path. At its end, countless majestic structures seemed to stand tall.

Xiao Zhuo, with his hands behind his back, stepped into the passage, his black robe unmoving amidst the spatio-temporal turbulence.

Dilamon and the others followed closely, their figures disappearing into that profound expanse.

The spatial rift rapidly closed, eventually vanishing as if it had never appeared.