196: Chapter 196 Strange Events at Yaochi

"Devils Island"

When these three words emerged from that black memory crystal and were branded deep into Li Xuan's Sea of Consciousness, the warm and peaceful atmosphere in the bedchamber suddenly turned icy cold.

In his arms, Li Cihang, who had just been in a sweet sleep, seemed to sense the change in his father's mood; his little brows furrowed slightly, and he squirmed uneasily.

Li Xuan regained his composure, gently patted his son's back, and the cold killing intent in his eyes vanished instantly, turning back into a gentle ocean.

But his heart was already surging with waves.

The Gate of the Boundary Sea, the frontline command post, three Grand Unity Golden Immortal-level Demon Lords, one hundred thousand elite demon troops... What a "Devils Island"!

What a Dominator of Darkness!

Do they really think his newly born Heavenly Court is a soft persimmon that can be squeezed at will?

Last time, they only sent three cannon-fodder-level Dark Titans and dared to invade on a large scale.

If not for his many trump cards and the help of his newborn's Divine-Grade Physique, he might have really been left in a flustered mess by the other side.

Li Xuan really disliked this feeling of being blocked at his own door and beaten.

Once was enough.

He had never been a person who liked to passively take a beating.

"Instead of waiting for others to come knocking next time, why not... just wipe out their lair directly."

A cold arc hooked the corner of Li Xuan's mouth.

A bold and crazy plan had already taken shape in his mind!

Expedition to the Boundary Sea, destroy Devils Island!

This was not just for revenge, but to completely sever the claws that the dark forces were extending toward the Immortal Realm, and to lock the flames of war firmly outside the enemy's borders!

Of course, this plan carried great risks.

Inside the Boundary Sea, the environment was harsh, the Laws were chaotic, and it had a natural suppression on the living beings of the Immortal Realm.

And as the enemy's headquarters, Devils Island was bound to be heavily guarded, full of traps, and it could not be ruled out that... there was a forbidden power beyond the Grand Unity Golden Immortal level guarding it.

With only the troops he currently had under his command, rushing into an expedition would be tantamount to throwing an egg against a rock.

"So, for professional matters, one must ask a professional team to handle them."

Li Xuan cast his gaze toward the newly opened, golden-glowing [Mythological Summoning] interface in his Sea of Consciousness.

This was his greatest confidence for daring to conceive the idea of an "expedition"!

Looking at the well-known and Three Realms-shaking divine names, a playful smile appeared on Li Xuan's face.

He was already thinking about which "Great God" to send to give those ignorant demon brats in the Boundary Sea a good "lesson".

However, just as he was excitedly preparing to study the most "luxurious" "ten-consecutive draw" of his life... no, it was a "single draw".

An anomaly occurred suddenly!

"Buzz—!"

An indescribably vast and noble life aura erupted from the direction of the Southern Heaven Gate without warning!

It was not a fluctuation of magic power, nor was it a manifestation of a Divine Ability.

It was an supreme divine charm originating from the most fundamental source of life, seemingly capable of reviving all things and making withered wood bloom again!

The magnitude and purity of this aura instantly covered the entire territory of the Heavenly Court!

Above Little Qiong Peak.

Outside the bedchamber, the soldiers of the Dragon Guard Army, who were practicing new battle Formations, found that the immortal weapons in their hands—which had just experienced a great battle and were stained with endless Evil Qi—were actually emitting joyful hums under the washing of this aura, their Evil Qi instantly purified, and their spirituality greatly increased!

Inside the Heavenly Court Academy.

Countless Disciples who were meditating and cultivating felt their bodies lighten, as if they had been gently brushed by the warmest hands in the world.

The cultivation Bottleneck that had troubled them for a long time actually melted away instantly under the nourishment of this aura, like ice meeting the scorching sun!

"My god! My Bottleneck is broken! I've broken through to the Middle Stage of the True Immortal!"

"Me too! This... what kind of miracle is this? Is it a gift from His Majesty the Heavenly Emperor?"

"This aura... it's so comfortable! I feel like all the immortal essence in my body has come alive!"

Throughout the entire Heavenly Court, whether it was the Heavenly Soldiers patrolling or the Loose Immortals trading in the market, everyone stopped what they were doing, staring at the direction from which the aura came with dumbfounded expressions and disbelief.

Lingxiao Treasure Hall.

Li Changsheng, who was discussing the details of the expeditionary force's logistics with the Feathered Monarch, Dragon Clan Elder, and other senior officials, also suddenly stopped speaking.

He stood up abruptly, turned into a sword light, and rushed out of the hall, looking toward the direction of the Southern Heaven Gate. His eyes, which were brighter than the stars, were filled with suspicion.

With his current Grand Unity Golden Immortal-level Sword Heart, he could not even parse the composition of this aura.

It seemed to be above all Laws, the ultimate manifestation of the Dao of "Life"!

"This power..." Li Qingyue's cold figure appeared silently beside him. For the first time, a look of solemnity appeared on her beautiful face, which had been frozen for ten thousand years. "So familiar... but I can't remember where I felt it."

Her Dao Fruit, which governed the River of Time, actually developed a trace of instinctive closeness and awe in the face of this aura.

Just as the entire Heavenly Court was shocked by this sudden anomaly.

Inside the bedchamber, Li Xuan's reaction was the calmest.

Because the moment the aura erupted, he had already discerned the source.

His gaze seemed to pierce through the barriers of time and space, landing directly on the — Pantao Immortal Realm — that he had used great magic power to move in its entirety to a corner of the Southern Heaven Gate!

At this moment, the Pantao Immortal Realm had turned into a dazzling ocean of divine light!

Endless essence of life gushed out from every inch of the Immortal Realm's land, gathering into a pillar of light that reached the sky, stirring the Chaos airflow above the Nine Heavens into auspicious clouds.

And at the core of that pillar of light.

That "Innate Geng Metal Spiritual Root" — the pantao mother tree, which had survived endless epochs and had once supplied all the pantao for the Ancient Heavenly Court, but now only had its main trunk left — was swaying violently without wind!

On its weather-beaten branches, vibrant vitality was actually re-emerging, and emerald green buds were rooting and sprouting at a speed visible to the naked eye!

The whole tree seemed to be rejuvenated in an instant, from a dying old man returning to its most youthful and peak period!

Immediately after.

Under the gaze of countless shocked eyes, the pillar of life light suddenly shrank, turning into a beam of seven-colored glazed divine light, condensed to the extreme, ignoring all space and Formation barriers, and shot straight toward Little Qiong Peak!

"Protect His Majesty!"

The Heavenly Soldiers and Generals outside the hall were suddenly shocked, wanting to step forward to block it without even thinking.

"Stand down."

Li Xuan's calm voice rang clearly in everyone's Sea of Consciousness.

He stood up slowly, walked out of the bedchamber, and stood quietly on the top of the mountain, letting the seven-colored divine light, which was so fast that even a Grand Unity Golden Immortal could not react, sink directly into the center of his eyebrows.

There was no earth-shattering explosion.

Nor was there any energy impact.

The moment the divine light entered his body, Li Xuan's body just shook slightly.

The next moment.

Inside his Sea of Consciousness, the world turned upside down!

That seven-colored divine light turned into fragments of historical scrolls, full of endless tragedy and desolation, which unfolded with a boom before his Primordial Spirit!

That was the Yaochi Holy Land of the ancient era.

Immortal mist curled, divine springs tinkled, and countless graceful Immortal Maidens were playing and dancing within it.

At the highest point of that Yaochi, surrounded by all the immortals, a female figure draped in thousands of rosy clouds, with a blurred face, yet exuding a motherly and extremely noble aura, was sitting high on a phoenix chair, smiling as she watched the prosperity below.

Li Xuan had seen this figure before.

It was exactly the remnant shadow of the Queen Mother of the West that he had seen when he first entered the Yaochi Ruins!

However, the scroll suddenly turned!

The sky collapsed and the earth cracked!

A dark hand, which came from nowhere and covered the entire firmament, descended from the sky, shattering the Thirty-Three Heavens of the Ancient Heavenly Court with one palm!

The Yaochi Holy Land collapsed instantly!

Countless Immortal Maidens turned into flying ash under the aura emitted by that large hand.

That graceful and luxurious figure stood up.

She sacrificed one Innate Spirit Treasure after another, engaging in an earth-shattering battle with that dark hand.

But in the end, she still lost.

At the last moment before her Divine Soul was about to be extinguished, she exhausted all her Origin power, struck a true spirit imprint that was weak and could be extinguished at any time into the pantao mother tree beneath her feet, and then sent the remains of the entire Immortal Realm into the endless space-time turbulence... The scroll ended here and shattered with a boom.

Immediately afterwards, a weak, intermittent, but inherently unquestionable and noble female Divine Thought rang slowly in Li Xuan's Sea of Consciousness.

"Late... comer..."

"You... bear the Luck of the Heavenly Court..."

"Carry... my Origin token... go quickly to the 'Chaos Burial Domain'..."

"Seek... my old subordinates... gather... the Yaochi sparks..."

"With... the token... you can... command... them..."

"They... are waiting for you... to return to your position..."

The Divine Thought stopped here and dissipated completely.

And Li Xuan, as if struck by the Nine Heavens divine thunder, stood blankly on the top of the mountain, speechless for a long time.

In his heart, monstrous waves had already been stirred up!

Queen Mother of the West!

This... was actually a Divine Thought call from the Lord of the Ancient Yaochi, the "Queen Mother of the West" herself?!

Although it was just a fragmented Divine Thought that had been nurtured in the pantao mother tree for who knows how many epochs, the information contained within was enough to make the entire Immortal Realm go crazy!

Chaos Burial Domain?

Yaochi old subordinates?

Sparks?

Token?

Return to position?

Li Xuan lowered his head abruptly and opened his palm.

In his palm, the pantao that he had obtained from the Pantao Immortal Realm, which Li Changsheng and Li Qingyue had treated as a toy, but which actually contained a trace of Innate Origin Qi, was lying there quietly, emitting a faint light.

Undoubtedly, this was the "Origin token" mentioned in the Queen Mother of the West's Divine Thought.

As long as he held it and went to the place called "Chaos Burial Domain", it was possible to find the Yaochi old subordinates who had not yet died, and take them into his own service?!

"Hiss..."

Even with Li Xuan's current composure, he couldn't help but gasp... a breath of Spiritual Qi.

Damn it... just as he was preparing to set out on an expedition, such a big "epic-level dungeon" clue dropped?

This happiness came too suddenly!

Rebuild Yaochi, gather the old subordinates!

If this were really accomplished, for his newly born Heavenly Court, its significance would be no less than winning a Boundary Sea battle!

But... new problems arose.

The plan to expedition to Devils Island was already on the verge of being launched.

The soldiers of the three armies were in high spirits.

Changing the plan at this time and turning to look for some "Chaos Burial Domain" was really somewhat inappropriate.

But the Queen Mother of the West's Divine Thought call also sounded full of urgency; heaven knows how long that so-called "spark" could last.

Attack Devils Island first, or look for the Yaochi old subordinates first?

Looking at the pantao in his hand that was emitting an alluring luster, and thinking of the Devils Island on the star map that was emitting monstrous Devilish Qi...

Li Xuan, for the first time, fell into a happy trouble.