338: Saying goodbye to my homeland, embarking on my journey to stardom

After making his final decision, Shen Yuanmo wasn't overwhelmed by the 70% success rate and immediately began to act.

He knew that the more critical the moment, the calmer one needed to be.

Any minor oversight could lead to eternal damnation.

Instead of rushing to activate the Formation, Shen Yuanmo sat cross-legged on the brand-new Formation base, slowly closing his eyes.

The Chaos Myriad Dao Returning Origin Scripture operated on its own, and the remaining thin resentful thoughts and Death Qi in the viscous, dark gray seawater around him gathered towards his body like tired birds returning to their forest.

He devoured and refined all of it, replenishing the immense consumption from his frantic deductions just now.

Three days and three nights passed.

Shen Yuanmo sat motionless, quietly.

He completely emptied his mind, letting it merge with this dead silent, dark seabed where only spatial turbulence roared silently.

He adjusted his Physical Body, his Dharma Power, his Divine Soul, and all of his essence, Qi, and spirit to a state of Peak Perfection!

When the dawn of the fourth day, though unable to penetrate the thick seawater, brought the rhythm of new life and hope from the other end of the world,

Shen Yuanmo's tightly closed eyes finally opened slowly.

His eyes no longer held any trace of madness or determination.

Only a profound calmness, like an ancient deep pool, remained.

Shen Yuanmo knew it was time.

It was time to bid a temporary farewell to the Family that had given birth to and raised him.

Shen Yuanmo slowly raised his hand, and a flash of light appeared in his palm. An ancient Jade Slip, shimmering with five-colored light as if containing a complete Small World, quietly emerged.

It was precisely the control core of the Small World left by Five Elements True Lord—the five elements token.

He slowly immersed his Divine Sense into the Jade Slip.

Buzz—!

The Jade Slip glowed brightly!

Through the sub-token left in his father Shen Qiming's hand, Shen Yuanmo's Divine Sense instantly traversed countless billions of miles.

It crossed the dead silence of the Eastern Barrens and the prosperity of the Central Plains, arriving at the incredibly familiar Azure Prefecture City in the Southern Border of the Tianyuan Continent!

...Far away on the Tianyuan Continent, Southern Border, Azure Prefecture City.

Inside the City Lord's Mansion, in the study.

Shen Qiming was reviewing Jade Slips concerning spirit mine exploitation and trade route expansion, sent from various parts of the Southern Border.

Several years had passed since Shen Yuanmo left the Family.

During these years, the Shen Family, under the leadership of Shen Qiming and Old Ancestor Shen Zongdao, had become increasingly prosperous.

The Family protecting Formation, personally modified by Shen Yuanmo, stood like a stabilizing divine needle, firmly guarding this premier mighty city of the Southern Border.

And the five elements qilin divine ark, hovering above Azure Prefecture City and intimidating all directions, made any petty individuals daring to harbor ill intentions towards the Shen Family retreat in fear.

The current Shen Family was no longer the ninth-grade minor clan that struggled to survive in the cracks back then.

It had grown into a true towering tree, capable of sheltering the entire Southern Border!

However, a heavy stone always weighed on Shen Qiming's heart, making it difficult for him to breathe.

That was his son, who had been gone for several years without any news.

Where was Yuan Mo now?

Was he safe and sound?

Had he encountered any dangers?

These questions, like a nightmare, haunted him day and night, making him lose his appetite and sleep.

He longed to hear his son's voice again, even if it was just a simple message of reassurance.

Just as Shen Qiming's mind was filled with myriad thoughts, silently worrying about his distant son,

Suddenly!

The five elements token sub-token Jade Slip in his embrace, personally given to him by Shen Yuanmo as the Shen Family's last retreat and highest secret, unexpectedly began to subtly warm up!

Immediately after, a soft five-colored glow quietly lit up from the Jade Slip!

"This... what is this?!"

Shen Qiming's body trembled violently, and he abruptly sprang up from the Grand Tutor's chair!

His face, which had already become dignified from years of handling Family affairs, was instantly filled with an unspeakable ecstasy and an even deeper excitement!

He didn't even have time to think, immediately shouting towards the door with an uncontrollably trembling voice.

"Someone! Lock down the study! No one is allowed within half a step without my command!"

"Yes! Family Head!"

Outside the door, the respectful voices of guards acknowledging the order could be heard.

Only then did Shen Qiming impatiently close the study door and set up layers of soundproof Restrictions.

Then, with trembling hands, he carefully took out the constantly warming Jade Slip, radiating five-colored light, from his embrace!

"Yuan Mo... is that Yuan Mo?!"

He stared intently at the Jade Slip in his hand, his voice hoarse from extreme excitement, and his eyes instantly turned completely red!

Just as his voice fell.

A flash of light appeared on the Jade Slip.

A voice he had longed for day and night, incredibly familiar, yet more steady and vast than when he left, slowly sounded from within the Jade Slip.

"Father, it's me."

"I am well, do not worry."

Boom!

These simple eight words, falling into Shen Qiming's ears, were no less than a clap of thunder from the Nine Heavens!

"Yuan Mo! It really is you! This is wonderful! This is wonderful!"

This Shen Family Head, who was all-powerful and prestigious in the Southern Border,

At this moment, he was like an ordinary father who had found his long-lost child, no longer able to control his emotions, shedding tears and sobbing uncontrollably!

"Father, your son is unfilial for making you worry."

From within the Jade Slip, Shen Yuanmo's voice carried a hint of apology.

"No! No worries! As long as you're alive! As long as you're alive, that's all that matters!"

Shen Qiming quickly wiped away the tears from his face, asking urgently with a tone full of concern and worry.

"Yuan Mo! Where are you now? Where have you been these past few years? Have you encountered any dangers?"

"Father, rest assured."

Shen Yuanmo's voice sounded again, still with that calm and reassuring demeanor that instilled immense trust.

"Your son's cultivation has progressed further, and this vast world is now open to him."

"Recently, I stumbled upon an ancient ruin containing an ancient Formation capable of ultra-long-distance teleportation. I plan to use it to travel to a wider world to seek my own Dao path."

"My return date is uncertain. It could be as short as a dozen years, or as long as... perhaps a hundred years before I can return."

"Family matters will continue to trouble Father and Old Ancestor. Please take good care."

"During my absence, always prioritize stability in all matters. Remember this, remember this."

Hearing his son's familiar voice, and feeling the confidence and composure within it, which was countless times stronger than when he left,

Shen Qiming's heart, which had been hanging, finally completely settled.

He knew that his son had grown stronger again.

He had grown to a higher, vaster realm that he himself could not even imagine!

A young eagle, with its wings fully fledged, would eventually soar to the highest sky.

Although he, as a father, felt immense reluctance, what he felt more was sincere pride and honor!

"Good! Good! Good!"

Shen Qiming said "good" three times. He took a deep breath, wiped away the last tear from the corner of his eye, and all the worry and weariness in his eyes transformed into endless encouragement and support!

He used all his strength to solemnly say, word by word, to the Jade Slip in his hand: "Yuan Mo! Go with peace of mind!"

"Everything at home is taken care of by your father! By your Old Ancestor! By our tens of thousands of Shen Family members!"

"Your father... awaits your return!"

As his voice fell, the five-colored light on the Jade Slip gradually faded, returning to its simple and unadorned appearance.

Shen Qiming tightly placed the Jade Slip, which carried all his thoughts and hopes, back into his embrace.

He turned around and sat back in the Grand Tutor's chair.

All the previous worries and weariness were swept away at this moment!

The raging fire of hope and fighting spirit reignited in his eyes!

...Immortal Burial Sea, underwater ancient city.

Having resolved this last and greatest concern in his heart,

Shen Yuanmo felt his thoughts clearer than ever before!

His Dao Heart, at this moment, was completely flawless and unburdened!

He slowly stood up.

Taking a deep breath, he took a step forward.

His figure flickered, and he had already appeared at the very center of the thousand-zhang-tall, cross-realm teleportation Grand Formation, which exuded vast spatial power!

He sat cross-legged, as if he were the sole singularity at the center of this world!

"Chaos Domain, open!"

Accompanied by his soul-shaking roar!

An unprecedented and terrifying Domain power, as if it wanted to completely reshape this world and return it to Chaos, erupted with him at its center!

He would use himself as the anchor!

Using this nascent Chaos Universe, he would forcefully suppress this final battlefield that had been chaotic for eons!

Buzz—!

Within the Domain, all laws submitted, and space-time stood still!

The violent spatial turbulence was forcefully smoothed out!

The dead silent resentful seawater was forcefully pushed aside!

An area of ten thousand li, at this moment, transformed into a Domain belonging solely to Shen Yuanmo!

"Activate!"

The moment he forcefully anchored this space-time,

Shen Yuanmo didn't hesitate, striking the already prepared demon core, which contained the Origin of a dying Void Returning Ancient Demon, into the core array eye of the Formation!

"Boom—!!!"

A terrifying, indescribable roar exploded throughout the entire seabed of the Immortal Burial Sea!

The cross-realm teleportation Grand Formation, which had been dormant for eons, finally completely awakened after receiving this massive surge of energy!

A dazzling, pure white spatial light pillar, so thick it seemed capable of piercing through the entire Chiming Realm, shot up into the sky from the center of the Grand Formation!

At the top of the light pillar, in the Void Realm forcefully suppressed by the Chaos Domain,

A deep, dark, immensely huge spatial vortex, within which billions of stars seemed to be born and die, slowly formed!

A flash of light.

Shen Yuanmo's figure, along with the magnificent teleportation Grand Formation, was swept into the deep spatial vortex, completely disappearing from this world.

Leaving behind only a dark seabed that, having lost its suppression, once again became violent and chaotic.