126: Chapter 126 Heavenly Profound Divine Duties.

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The shrill, agonized wails abruptly ceased in mid-air, leaving behind not even a single echo.

Ji Ri, the Star Radiance Realm Expert who had long occupied the Feng Yuan Immortal Domain and held the power of life and death, had no room for resistance or struggle. Under the cleansing of two brilliant golden divine thunders, he disintegrated inch by inch, turning into fine ash that scattered completely with a gust of wind...

Nothing was left behind...

The densely packed Professionals standing below all froze in place, staring fixedly at where Ji Ri had vanished into ash. The stormy waves surging in their hearts could not be calmed for a long time.

Although they had long suffered from that heartless Cultivation Deprivation Technique, the absolute binding of the Star Radiance-grade Blood Covenant was like an invisible shackle, tightly strangling everyone's lifeblood...

No matter how high their cultivation or how resilient their character, before this blood covenant that transcended the Mortal Realm, they were as small and powerless as ants.

Even though their hearts were filled with overwhelming resentment and unwillingness, they could only endure in silence. Every fixed interval, they had to suppress their heartache and offer their hard-earned Spiritual Origin in the humiliating "Feng Yuan Rite" to trade for the chance to linger on and temporarily preserve their lives. Day after day, year after year, they lived in endless oppression and fear.

In their hearts, their dread and fear of Ji Ri had long since penetrated their bones and souls. Under decades of enslavement, even the courage to look him in the eye had been eroded, and they never dared to harbor even half a thought of resistance. In fact, the notion that "someone could kill Ji Ri" had never even entered their minds.

But just now, two brilliant golden divine thunders, appearing without warning like heavenly punishment, fell from the void. In an instant, Ji Ri, the Star Radiance Realm Expert who made them tremble in fear and look up in awe, had completely turned to ash like dust.

At the same time, the invisible shackles also broke and vanished...

And the being who had single-handedly created this world-shaking scene now stood in mid-air with his hands behind his back, his robes fluttering gently and his expression indifferent.

There wasn't a hint of violence around him; instead, he looked entirely calm and composed...

It was as if killing a Star Radiance Realm Expert just now was as insignificant as brushing away a speck of dust.

This composure, this display of effortless strength, sent tremors through the hearts of all the Professionals below, and they all shared the same thought...

Just how incredibly powerful was this person?

While everyone was still dazed and shaken, Chu Ran slowly lowered his gaze to the stunned crowd below and asked in a calm, steady voice:

"Excuse me, which immortal domain of the Xuan Guang Continent is this? And in which direction should I go to reach the other three immortal domains?"

As his voice fell, a dead silence filled the crowd. After a moment, a stooped Ninth Revolution elder with white hair and beard finally managed to snap out of his shock and hurriedly stepped forward, bowing respectfully.

Looking at the being before him who had casually killed a Star Radiance Realm Expert and remained calm in the face of the Divine Punishment Barrier, a look of extreme disbelief suddenly erupted in the elder's eyes...

He had thought the other party would surely be a majestic and ancient True God, but the person before him had a handsome face with the unique high spirits of a youth. His aura was clear and bright, lacking the high-and-mighty coldness of a deity; instead, he seemed like a spirited young man, clean and radiant.

His voice carried an uncontrollable sense of respect and awe:

"Reporting to the Great Immortal, this is the Feng Yuan Immortal Domain. Traveling straight east from here for five hundred miles, you will find an Ancient Boundary Stone. Beyond that stone is the territory of the Soul Sculpting Immortal Domain..."

As the elder spoke, his weathered, wrinkled eyes cautiously observed Chu Ran, his gaze full of inquiry. He exhausted all his life's experience and perception trying to capture even a sliver of the vast aura belonging to a true god from this mysterious expert, but he only felt that the other party was unfathomable, like an abyss or a sea, impossible to peer into.

"Thank you," Chu Ran nodded slightly, his tone light, and then turned to leave.

"Great Immortal, please wait!" the elder hurriedly called out, his tone filled with urgency and worry. "The Xuan Guang God has already laid down Isolation Barriers between the major immortal domains to prevent the movement of living beings. These barriers are imbued with Divine Laws. If one enters without permission, it is highly likely to trigger the Supreme Divine Punishment, resulting in the total destruction of one's soul..."

Hearing this, Chu Ran paused in his tracks. He slowly turned his head, a gentle and calm smile playing on his lips, and softly replied, "Alright."

Chu Ran's gaze swept over the still-frozen, numb crowd below. His voice, gentle yet clear, reached everyone's ears: "You are free."

With those words, the crowd fell into a deathly silence.

Freedom...

To them, this word had long since become as foreign as a fairy tale.

Long years of enslavement and oppression had long since smoothed their edges, extinguished the yearning in their hearts, and stripped away all desire for freedom. They had long grown accustomed to bowing their heads, to submitting, and to barely surviving under blood covenants and tyranny. They had even forgotten that as living beings, they were supposed to have the right to live freely and without restraint.

Looking at the numb, hollow, and lifeless faces before him, Chu Ran's heart couldn't help but tremble slightly, and an indescribable gloom welled up within him.

At this moment, he finally understood why the divine position of the God of Sky Patrol was born between heaven and earth.

A Governing God of a continent could actually rely on absolute divine power to control the life, death, will, and fate of every living being on the entire continent.

A single word from one person could decide the survival of billions of races; a single thought could plunge the entire world into eternal enslavement and despair...

This authority to dictate through the ages and cover the sky with one hand was truly too terrifying...

In this vast and boundless star region, there were countless Divine Territories, and each Divine Territory encompassed thousands of continents and worlds. It was inevitable that various gods with different temperaments would emerge...

Among them, there were many like the Xuan Guang God who used tyranny to enslave living beings and treated mortals as playthings. Such behavior was not an isolated case but a dark normalcy throughout the star region.

The strong should swing their blades at the even stronger to prove their Great Path and protect all living things.

Yet, there were countless weaklings who, upon occupying a piece of the world, styled themselves as supreme experts, creating prisons, oppressing the weak, and taking pleasure in enslavement and torture, disregarding their conscience and the lives of others.

Thinking of this, Chu Ran's understanding of the meaning and mission of the Sky Patrol godhood became even more profound and firm.

Perhaps the God of Sky Patrol existed to stop such atrocities, so that such tragedies of trampling on life and dictating the universe would no longer occur in any corner of the world, returning justice to the heavens and freedom to all living beings!

"In the days to come, adapt slowly. You no longer need to perform the Feng Yuan Rite or be bound by the blood covenant. Life will be much easier than before." Chu Ran looked at everyone, his tone softening, and his clear eyes held a hint of pity and a sigh for these suffering beings.

"Great Immortal, please wait!" Seeing Chu Ran turn to leave again, the Ninth Revolution elder summoned all his life's courage and called out loudly. Meeting Chu Ran's puzzled gaze, the elder bowed deeply and asked the most urgent question in his heart in the most respectful manner, his voice trembling: "I boldly implore the Great Immortal to tell us... your divine name, so that those of us in the Feng Yuan Immortal Domain who have received your grace may remember it forever and be grateful for your great kindness!"

As he spoke, Chu Ran could feel the burning gazes from the crowd.

They seemed to want to carve Chu Ran's face deep into their minds...

Chu Ran was slightly taken aback at first, then a shallow, gentle smile slowly spread across his lips. His eyes were clear, and his voice rang out across the world:

"Heavenly Profound."

With those words, his figure swayed slightly, turning into a streak of light that headed straight east, leaving behind countless Professionals standing there, repeatedly chewing on the word "freedom" and the divine name "Heavenly Profound," not snapping out of it for a long time...

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