76: Chapter 76 The National Destiny Space Reopens

Half a month passed quietly as Ye Qingxuan and Qingling traveled through mountains and rivers.

Many major events had occurred during this period.

When the last National Destiny Game ended, the only ones who completed the mission were China, Russia, North Korea, and a few other countries that used miniature nukes. Those countries that followed India's example and abandoned the mission perished under the rampage of the zombies.

Looking at India ravaged by zombies, people in other nations were terrified. They would rather use their national destiny to revive their Chosen Ones than fail the mission and have their country destroyed by zombies.

Reviving a few times would only cost a little national destiny at most, but if the mission failed, India served as a prime example of the consequences.

Just like that, the Chosen Ones with some capability from the United States, Britain, and others died twice and endured the 24 hours. Adding and subtracting, it amounted to no rewards, but they were satisfied—at least their countries weren't wiped out.

Those Chosen Ones who were ordinary people died even more times. Though they completed the mission, they ended up losing a lot of national destiny in return, and now their countries were suffering various natural disasters.

This was a monumental event for Blue Star; in just a few short days, over thirty countries had fallen.

Over a hundred nations suffered severe blows, and only that great Eastern nation was thriving day by day.

The leader of North Korea even announced the merger of their entire country into China. Leaders of other nations admired the president's decisiveness while feeling deeply envious—they wanted to merge into China as well, but China wouldn't accept them.

——

In the Elf Forest, Ye Qingxuan and Qingling sat upon the sacred tree of the Elf Race, watching the sunset glow.

"Qingxuan, we've been out playing for half a month already. Shouldn't we head back? The Grand Ritual of Luotian is about to start soon."

Qingling murmured softly while leaning in Ye Qingxuan's arms, her hands playing with his fingers, stirring up a wave of heat inside Ye Qingxuan.

Relying on the Mantra of Heart Purification and Sword Intent to slice through distracting thoughts, he forcibly held himself back.

Qingling found it a bit strange—why wasn't this guy responding? Just as she was thinking this, she looked up and caught the fiery gaze in Ye Qingxuan's eyes, immediately understanding.

"You... if you... I can..." Qingling stammered words that even she barely understood.

"Phew... You haven't reached the Void Return realm yet, so you would be affected by my Dao. Go back and work hard on your cultivation."

Several times, Ye Qingxuan hadn't wanted to endure it any longer, but at the thought that Qingling's future might be negatively affected by his Dao, he suppressed it completely.

"Do you think everyone is like you, making cultivation Breakthroughs as if there were no Bottlenecks at all?"

Qingling pouted as she complained. She couldn't help sighing in her heart—even though she had won over this wooden block of a man, she could only look and not touch, which was truly agonizing.

"Then let's head back. The Grand Ritual of Luotian is about to begin, and the National Destiny Space could open at any moment..." Ye Qingxuan was just saying.

"Ding, the National Destiny Space has opened. Chosen Ones, please prepare. You will enter the National Destiny Game in 30 minutes."

"Speak of the devil," Ye Qingxuan said, rendered speechless.

"Alright, go get ready quickly," Qingling comforted Ye Qingxuan as if coaxing a child.

Without a word, Ye Qingxuan held Qingling in his arms and transformed into a streak of light, flying toward Mount Mao.

—— Ling Cage World

"Ding, the National Destiny Space has opened. Chosen Ones, please prepare."

Bai Yuekui, who was cultivating in Longgu Village, heard this voice, her eyes showing excitement—I can see you again!

"Sister, the National Destiny Game is starting again. Seeing you so distracted these past few days, you feeling better now?"

Bai Yuetian teased as he watched Bai Yuekui's expression from the side.

The result? Well, Xiadou and Suixing saw Bai Yuetian fly backward through the air.

"Boss is so scary!" Xiadou said, pulling back her neck.

"Boss isn't usually this scary. It's all Bai Yuetian's fault for looking for trouble." Suixing originally wanted to go up and say something, but now she was a bit scared too.

"Though Boss seems to have gotten even stronger. Does that World Origin really have such a big effect?" Xutong asked with some doubt.

The strand of World Origin obtained from that supernatural world had been put into a Storage Pouch by Ye Qingxuan and given to Bai Yuekui together with it.

"Why don't you go over and ask Boss? She'll probably answer you... right?" Shanda said uncertainly.

"...": Xutong.

—— Main Hall of Mount Mao

A streak of light landed, revealing the figures of Ye Qingxuan and Qingling. All the elders in the hall were waiting for him.

"Looking at you two traveling around these past few days, if the National Destiny Space hadn't opened, would you two even have come back?" Master Yuanxin teased upon seeing them return.

"Master!" Qingling blushed with embarrassment at his words.

"Hahaha!"

Several Junior Martial Uncles and Senior Martial Uncles laughed along. Sister Qingling couldn't stay any longer and directly executed an escape technique, disappearing on the spot. Ye Qingxuan was speechless—he had been planning to hug her again.

Before long, Qingming walked over as well.

"Junior Brother, I knew you'd be here. Here are the items we prepared for you. Take them with you," Qingming said as he handed over a Storage Ring.

Ye Qingxuan didn't say much. He took the ring and bade farewell to the elders.

"Master, I will complete the mission as quickly as possible this time and definitely return before the Grand Ritual of Luotian begins."

"Your safety comes first in everything. At worst, the Grand Ritual of Luotian can be delayed; do not let it affect you."

Since the Grand Ritual of Luotian was being held at the Shangqing Sect, Master Yuanxin called the shots—it would start whenever he wanted it to start.

"Master, Senior Martial Uncles, Junior Martial Uncles, and Senior Brothers, Qingxuan shall take his leave." Ye Qingxuan cupped his hands in respect and turned to leave.

Watching Ye Qingxuan leave, Master Yuanxin also arranged matters, "All preparations are done. Go do whatever you need to do."

"Master, then I shall return to secluded cultivation." Qingming also took his leave. He had come specifically to deliver resources to his youngest Junior Brother. Why stay after delivering them? Wait to be conscripted into chores?

Ye Qingxuan went to the back mountain to await teleportation.

CCTV Livestream ——

This time, Sister Qing was hosting. "Hello viewers, long time no see! I'll be hosting the stream for everyone today!"

Bullet Screen Section ——

"Long time no see, missed you so much!!"

"Why is it starting at night this time? I was just preparing to... with my wife..."

"Wait, buddy above, can't you do something else at night? Martial Arts was already published, couldn't you practice a bit in your free time?"

"Isn't he doing something right now?"

"Let me off this train!!"

"The National Destiny Space opened again. In the last national destiny mission, 34 countries vanished at once. How many will it be this time?"

"Bro above, it's 35. North Korea merged into our China."

"Who cares about all that? With Daoist Ye around, the national destiny mission is a piece of cake!"

"Speaking of martial arts, everyone should have reached the beginner level by now, right?"

"Probably. Even Daoist Ye said that anyone can get started; there's practically no threshold at all."

...

The entire Blue Star was in utter chaos as everyone attached immense importance to this National Destiny Game.

The lesson from half a month ago was still fresh before their eyes: over thirty nations destroyed, and over a hundred nations severely damaged in vitality.

The United States and Britain were slightly better off; adding and subtracting left them with no major losses, though their hearts were thoroughly rattled.

Donald Trump: "Notify the Chosen Ones in those two parallel worlds directly this time! Tell them to be steady and stop messing around—we cannot afford the penalty of mission failure!"

"Understood, sir. Should we notify them directly, or wait until that Ye from China makes a move before notifying them?" an aide raised a question.

Over the past half-month, they analyzed Ye Qingxuan's past actions in the National Destiny Space frame by frame, hoping to find something useful. But it was useless; Ye Qingxuan relied entirely on his raw strength.

"Sir, I object to notifying them directly. If it's an ordinary world, it would be fine, as they could complete the mission with their own strength."

"If it's a supernatural world, our intelligence is lacking. It would be better to observe that Ye and collect some data before notifying them—it won't be too late."

Time passed bit by bit amid these discussions, and even when teleportation began, they still hadn't reached a decision.

On the British side, things were much better. One of their Chosen Ones was from Blue Star, so the Queen of Britain directly sent Alice a miniature nuke.

"Ding, time is up. Teleportation beginning."