714: Chapter 714 The Eternal Night of Fate

Yuwen Chenguang smiled: "You are only at the Early Stage of the Mahayana Stage. If I win against you, I will end up with a reputation for bullying a junior."

After a pause, he said unhurriedly: "Liu Xuerong has just entered the Late Stage of the Mahayana Stage and has not yet comprehended a Great Dao Divine Ability. If you can defeat her, I will believe you have some capability and are worthy of our Holy Land's Saintess."

"Very well," you replied calmly. "Is there a wager?"

"What do you want to bet?"

"In the future, when I attack the Heavenly Palace, you must assist me."

"I cannot make that decision." He glanced at Fairy Canglan.

"No problem." Fairy Canglan spoke, her tone indifferent. "If you can truly defeat Liu Xuerong, this matter can be discussed."

"Good, it's a deal," you said with a smile.

In your mind, as long as the other three factions do not help the Heavenly Palace, that is enough.

In the eyes of the Holy Land—if you, a Cultivator at the Early Stage of the Mahayana Stage, could truly defeat someone at the Late Stage of the Mahayana Stage, who would refuse such an ally?

After exchanging a few more polite words, you stopped wasting time and immediately took your leave.

The Elders of the Holy Land escorted you all the way to the Teleportation Plaza.

The moment you stepped into the Teleportation Array, a group of people waved at you with smiles to see you off.

"Immortal Venerable Qin, take care, come visit often!"

"That's right, Immortal Venerable Qin, we believe in you. Once you defeat Liu Xuerong, come home and visit often!"

"Rest assured, Immortal Venerable Qin, although our strength is insufficient, we support you in spirit!"

You watched them waving with smiles on their faces, and the corners of your mouth twitched—these Elders all had first-class Immortal Clans backing them, yet they had the nerve to say their strength was insufficient?

Amidst the cheers of the crowd, the Teleportation Array flashed with a beam of light, and you left the Holy Land.

After several detours, you traveled in and out of a dozen Star Continents via the Teleportation Array. You stopped briefly at each place but never found Sect Master Murong.

It wasn't until you appeared on a border Star Continent that Murong Changge's voice transmission immediately rang in your mind:

"Fellow Daoist Qin has arrived?"

Following the source of the voice transmission, you found the private booth in the pavilion where he was staying.

Murong Changge was looking toward you with a grin.

You sent a voice transmission back: "Will the Heavenly Palace ambush me at the next location?"

"That's right. At the exit of the next Teleportation Array, Liu Xuerong has set up the Nine-Star Alignment Array, and there are over a dozen Mahayana Stage Cultivators waiting." His tone was unhurried, even sounding a bit excited.

"She really couldn't hold back after all," you replied.

"What are your plans? Will you continue to the Xuanyuan Immortal Clan, or turn back? Or perhaps take another route, although it would be a long detour," he asked via voice transmission.

"Sect Master Murong, do you dare to have a go at them?" you replied.

"Hahaha!" His tone was excited. "I have been waiting for this day for a long time, and I have also called ten people to come."

After a pause, he added, "It just so happens that the Flame Emperor is not here. Relying on Liu Xuerong alone, she can't stir up any trouble. It's the perfect time to beat them to a pulp."

"If she dares to make a move on me at this time, she must have reinforcements. I suspect Venerable Tianming has also come," you replied.

"No matter. Our Immortal Sect's Grand Elder has also come. If that scoundrel Tianming dares to show up, we will leave him to our Grand Elder."

"Venerable Tianming never fights a battle he isn't sure of winning. Are you certain?" you asked.

"Rest assured." His voice carried a smile. "You are underestimating our Immortal Sect, aren't you?"

Through his words, you immediately understood—the Immortal Sect must have concealed the heavenly secrets so that Venerable Tianming would not know that the Immortal Sect had brought people.

If it were truly just you alone, facing over a dozen Mahayana Stage Cultivators plus Venerable Tianming would indeed be dangerous.

But you always felt something was wrong—this formation from the Heavenly Palace shouldn't have been deployed just for you alone.

Unless Murong Changge had let something slip—or perhaps he was simply using a counter-strategy.

"Good!" You clenched your fists in excitement.

The next second, a dozen figures appeared before you.

Leading them were a silver-haired old man and Sect Master Murong, along with two people you recognized—Han Feiyu and Yan Ruyu.

Everyone nodded at you, and you responded with a smile.

Sect Master Murong introduced them to you one by one: "This is our Immortal Sect's Grand Elder, Jun Wuchen."

You cupped your hands in greeting: "I have heard so much about you!"

Jun Wuchen nodded: "Not bad, the younger generation is formidable!"

Sect Master Murong introduced the others to you as well. After exchanging a few pleasantries, you all blended into the crowd of over ten thousand people and stepped into the Teleportation Array together.

With a flash of light, you appeared on the next Star Continent—this was a border Star Continent between the Holy Land and the Xuanyuan Immortal Clan, a disputed territory.

As the light of the Teleportation Array faded, you flowed out with the crowd. The plaza was packed with Cultivators—some leading beasts, some hawking wares, some touting for business, some boasting—it was noisy and chaotic.

Just as you walked out of the Teleportation Array, behind you—

Boom, boom, boom!

A series of deafening sounds erupted as over a dozen Teleportation Arrays exploded simultaneously. Debris flew everywhere, spiritual light shot into the sky, and the entire plaza shook.

Countless Cultivators looked toward the Teleportation Arrays, all frozen in place.

"What is happening? Why did the Teleportation Arrays suddenly explode?"

"Did something go wrong?"

"Scared the life out of me... Fortunately, we got out, otherwise we would have likely been buried in the spatial turbulence."

A figure suddenly hovered in mid-air, looking at the debris covering the ground with a livid expression:

"What kind of petty thieves dare to act recklessly in my Dingxiang City!"

Before his voice had even faded, the sky darkened for a moment.

It wasn't clouds blocking the light—it was ten figures appearing simultaneously, silent and soundless, so much so that the wind within a radius of ten thousand miles stopped.

The three leaders stood side by side: Liu Xuerong in the center, Venerable Tianming on the left, and Venerable Yong Ye on the right.

The three Late Stage Mahayana Cultivators did not deliberately release their pressure, but their combined Aura was like an invisible mountain pressing down on everyone's heads, and the entire city fell into dead silence.

Behind them, Ye Chen, Xu Haoran, and others lined up in order.

Meanwhile, a nine-colored light in the starry sky enveloped the firmament—the Nine-Star Alignment Array, isolating billions of miles of heaven and earth. Even those at the Mahayana Stage could not break through it in a short time.

However, this array was set up temporarily; it was not like the one at the Heavenly Palace that could integrate offense and defense, and its range was not that large either.

That City Lord of Dingxiang City broke out in a cold sweat, slowly descended back to the ground, lowered his head, and ducked into the crowd, vanishing from sight.

Jun Wuchen scanned the area, his gaze landing on Venerable Yong Ye, and said indifferently: "Gu Yongye, instead of guarding Yongye Star, you ran here to act as a dog for the Heavenly Palace?"

Venerable Yong Ye smiled indifferently: "Jun Wuchen, do not misunderstand. I am only passing by today, and it just so happens I came to seek your guidance."

Listening to their conversation, you realized that this person was Venerable Yong Ye, whose strength was not inferior to Venerable Tianming.

Venerable Yong Ye's trip here was at the invitation of Venerable Tianming.

Years ago, Yong Ye was defeated by the Dean, and the wager was to swear a great dao oath: to guard Yongye Star for generations, unless he defeated the Dean or waited for the Dean to die.

Therefore, he hated the Dean the most and wished for Tianming to take control of the academy as soon as possible.