62: Chapter 62 The Fourth Soul Ring, Watching Coldly

When Ji Xuan landed, he saw that the surroundings were in a mess.

The ground had been smashed into a huge pit, the surrounding trees had toppled, and broken branches and scattered leaves littered the ground.

In the pit, the Sword-Winged Golden Feather Eagle lay in a pool of blood, its dark golden feathers having lost their luster, its massive body twitching slightly, its chest showing only weak heaving.

Its sharp eyes had become dim, yet it still stared fixedly at Ji Xuan, filled with unwillingness and despair.

Ji Xuan remained expressionless, raising his hand to unleash a sharp Sword Qi. The Sword-Winged Golden Feather Eagle let out one last mournful cry before completely losing its life force.

A moment later, a deep black spirit ring slowly condensed above the corpse, radiating powerful energy fluctuations.

The spirit ring would not dissipate for a while, so Ji Xuan did not rush to absorb it, instead sitting cross-legged to regulate his breathing first.

After his state had fully recovered, he began to absorb that 20,000-year spirit ring.

A spirit ring of this age was already the limit for a normal Spirit Master's sixth spirit ring.

However, for Ji Xuan, this was not difficult; his current physical constitution and Mental Energy were already far beyond that of a Spirit Emperor.

The moment the spirit ring entered his body, a massive surge of energy poured in like a flood.

Ji Xuan only trembled slightly, quickly stabilizing himself.

And that fiercely intense Soul vibration did not have any effect on Ji Xuan.

Ji Xuan focused his mind, methodically refining the energy within the spirit ring.

A long time later.

The Soul Power fluctuations around Ji Xuan had gradually calmed down, clearly nearing the end.

Boom!

An aura far exceeding that of a Spirit Ancestor erupted from Ji Xuan. He suddenly opened his eyes and moved, standing in mid-air.

The Sword of Order condensed in his palm, and beneath his feet, four spirit rings—purple, purple, black, and black—all far exceeding conventional limits, descended one after another.

"Fourth Spirit Ability: Ten Thousand Swords Return to Origin."

Ji Xuan's fourth spirit ring suddenly lit up, and the sword emitted a buzzing sound.

Immediately, one became ten, ten became a hundred...

In the blink of an eye, thousands of energy light swords filled the sky, completely shrouding the space within tens of meters.

Swish, swish, swish!

Ji Xuan's mind stirred slightly, and the light swords filling the sky moved in response.

Half of the light swords turned into a violent blade storm, while the other half converged into one, blasting toward two towering trees in the distance respectively.

Ssss!

Wherever the blade storm passed, it left a mess; a giant tree that would require three people to embrace was instantly shredded into flying wood chips.

Boom!

The other giant tree was pierced through, leaving a bowl-sized hole.

"Not bad." Ji Xuan curled his lips into a satisfied smile.

This fourth Spirit Ability could either sustain a dispersed attack, forming a blade storm with no blind spots, or converge all swords into one to continuously attack a single target.

The Sword of Order dissipated into specks of golden light, and Ji Xuan flashed, appearing before Golden Crocodile Douluo.

"Junior Martial Uncle Golden Crocodile, let's go back."

"Let's go."

The two rose into the air, moving at extreme speed, and in less than a quarter of an hour, they arrived at the outer area of the Star Dou Great Forest.

Just then, Ji Xuan felt something and hovered in mid-air.

Golden Crocodile Douluo seeing this also stopped.

Ji Xuan cast his gaze toward a dense forest in the distance below, where faint Soul Power fluctuations and the sounds of fighting could be heard.

"Junior Martial Uncle, it seems there is a fight there; let's go take a look."

With that said, Ji Xuan descended first, and Golden Crocodile followed in silence.

The two figures shuttled quickly through the forest, finally stopping on a dense tree trunk, their auras completely concealed.

Not far away, a young girl was fleeing in a panic through the forest.

The girl had black hair draped over her shoulders, a pair of cat ears on her head, and a cat tail behind her. She wore a tight black leather dress that outlined her explosive figure.

Beneath her feet were two yellow spirit rings, and her Spirit was the Ghost Nether Cat.

Not far behind her, a woman with the same Spirit, accompanied by two Spirit Ancestors, was in hot pursuit.

The woman's appearance was seventy percent similar to the fleeing girl, but she was more mature.

Ji Xuan narrowed his eyes. Isn't that Zhu Zhuqing? I didn't expect to run into her. That woman behind her must be her sister, Zhu Zhuyun.

"They are people from the Star Luo Family," Golden Crocodile Douluo's voice sounded in Ji Xuan's mind. "It looks like it's an internal Family conflict."

Ji Xuan did not speak, just observing quietly.

Although Zhu Zhuqing's hair was somewhat messy and her breathing slightly rapid, she clearly still had strength in reserve.

As for the pursuing Zhu Zhuyun and the two Spirit Ancestors behind her, their attacks seemed ruthless, but in reality, every time, they left just enough of an opening for Zhu Zhuqing to dodge.

Below, Zhu Zhuyun shouted sternly, "Zhuqing, stop running and come back with me obediently!"

"In your dreams!"

Zhu Zhuqing snorted coldly, dodging a long-range Spirit Ability from a Spirit Ancestor, her speed increasing slightly as she continued to flee into the distance.

"Stubborn!"

Zhu Zhuyun scolded sharply, then her speed also increased as she chased after her.

"First Spirit Ability: Hell Rush Stab!"

Zhu Zhuyun's speed surged, but just as she was about to succeed, she revealed an opening, allowing Zhu Zhuqing to successfully increase the distance.

Afterward, every move from Zhu Zhuyun and the two Spirit Ancestors seemed fatal, yet they always had slight deviations at the last moment, allowing Zhu Zhuqing to successfully avoid them.

On the tree trunk, Ji Xuan took in this whole scene.

This so-called pursuit by Zhu Zhuyun was likely just an attempt to force Zhu Zhuqing to leave Star Luo and not go back to her death.

Otherwise, with Zhu Zhuqing's strength as a mere Spirit Grandmaster, how could she have escaped from her sister, whose cultivation far surpassed her own, let alone travel thousands of miles, fleeing all the way from Star Luo Imperial City to the Heaven Dou Empire?

If Zhu Zhuyun hadn't been intentionally going easy on her, she probably wouldn't have even been able to step out of the Star Luo city gates.

A moment later.

The figures of Zhu Zhuqing and the others completely disappeared into the depths of the dense forest, and Ji Xuan slowly withdrew his gaze.

"Let's go, Junior Martial Uncle."

The two figures quietly vanished, as if they had never appeared.

Ji Xuan had no intention of intervening.

Zhu Zhuqing kept saying she wanted to resist fate and survive, yet she still chose to go find Dai Mubai and get involved in the whirlpool of royal struggles.

This was less about resisting and more about jumping from one cage into another.

If she truly wanted to completely break free from her shackles, she could have changed her name and lived in seclusion, like Tang Hao, finding a remote mountain village to hide in.

The world is vast; where could she not find a place to stay?

Most importantly, constrained by her Family's brainwashing education, Zhu Zhuqing lacked independent thought, like a Puppet.

...

Twilight deepened.

Spirit City.

After two years, Ji Xuan and Golden Crocodile Douluo finally returned.

After parting ways, Ji Xuan headed straight back to his residence.

The moment he pushed open the courtyard gate, he saw Qian Daoliu standing in the center of the courtyard with his hands behind his back, his simple robe fluttering slightly in the evening breeze.

He had long since sensed Ji Xuan's aura and had been waiting here for a long time.

"Master, I have returned." Ji Xuan stepped forward quickly and bowed respectfully.

"It is good that you have returned." Qian Daoliu looked at Ji Xuan's tall and upright figure, his eyes filled with satisfaction. "In these two years, you have grown quite a bit."