722: Chapter 722 The Passing of Luck

Not long after you left, four figures appeared in the place where you had just been standing—Fairy Canglan, Su Hongmei, Lei Wanjun, and Fang Cunxin.

"Immortal Venerable, what exactly is Yuwen Chenguang thinking?" Su Hongmei frowned. "He insists on meddling in the conflict between the Heavenly Palace and the Immortal Sect."

"What else could he be thinking?" Lei Wanjun said indifferently. "Isn't it the same as Heavenly Mandate? He wants to break through the world barrier to achieve Ascension, and he also wants to control the Holy Land."

"Sigh." Fang Cunxin let out a sigh. "We've spent thousands of years together; I really don't want to face him in battle one day."

"Tch, don't you all want to achieve Ascension in the future?" Su Hongmei glared at them.

Fairy Canglan, who had remained silent the whole time, suddenly spoke up: "Is it possible... that this Qin Chen could find a third path to Ascension?"

The other three were stunned by this statement and all looked at her, remaining silent for a long time.

Elsewhere,

After arriving at the Xuanyuan Immortal Clan, you directly stated your purpose to a city lord.

He seemed to know you and had clearly expected your arrival; without even questioning you, he brought you directly to the internal teleportation array.

After several transfers, you arrived at the Star Continent where Xuanyuan Shouyi was located and met him in the back garden of his mansion.

The back garden was quite large, complete with rockeries and flowing water, fish ponds, gardens, and elegant seating in a pavilion.

Xuanyuan Shouyi was sitting in the pavilion with tea already brewed, as if he were waiting for you.

Standing behind him was a person—Xuanyuan Ziyan, who had successfully achieved a Mahayana Breakthrough.

After you finished speaking about the Heavenly Palace ambushing the Immortal Sect, you asked directly: "I wonder how Fellow Daoist Xuanyuan views this matter?"

"The Heavenly Palace joining forces with Heavenly Mandate and Eternal Night to besiege the Immortal Sect—this was indeed going too far." Xuanyuan Shouyi's tone was calm.

He paused, looked at you, and continued: "You told me about this, surely you don't expect me to stand up for you, right? After all, this is a matter between you."

"There is no need to stand up for us." You smiled. "I just wanted to ask Fellow Daoist Xuanyuan to be the judge."

"Our Xuanyuan Immortal Clan is not skilled in fighting and killing." His tone was unhurried. "Moreover, every family has friction every year; one cannot just disregard the lives of countless mortals and start a great war because of a little bit of friction, right?"

As he spoke, he looked at the fish in the pond and continued slowly: "My personal advice is that you should not escalate the conflict. If it is a private feud, no one will care."

Judging by his tone, he seemed to have known about the Heavenly Palace ambushing the Immortal Sect for a long time. After all, these Mahayana cultivators all had connections with each other, and news traveled quickly.

You nodded: "Understood. I have one more matter, and I hope you can grant it."

"Are you talking about the nine heavens breathing soil?"

"That is correct." You nodded slightly.

You were not surprised that he could guess it.

After all, you had already exposed the immortal slaying sword, and forging one of the immortal slaying swords required the core Materials of nine heavens breathing soil.

Given Xuanyuan Shouyi's strength and knowledge, it was not strange that he guessed it.

Xuanyuan Shouyi smiled, looked at you, and said slowly: "I have two conditions."

You frowned slightly—why had it become two this time?

You didn't speak, just looked at him.

He handed over a Jade Slip, and you swept your Divine Thought over it; the content was the same as last time.

He glanced at you and said slowly:

"First, after success, the nine heavens breathing soil will belong to you, but the xirang flower must be given to me."

"Second, in the future, if our Xuanyuan Immortal Clan has a conflict with other forces, you must help us by taking action once."

Hearing the second condition, you were slightly stunned and smiled: "Who would dare to offend your Xuanyuan Immortal Clan? Wouldn't that be seeking death?"

"Heh," he chuckled, and said meaningfully, "Wasn't your Immortal Sect also ambushed?"

You put away the Jade Slip and looked at him: "Alright, no problem."

He looked at Xuanyuan Ziyan: "Ziyan, take him there."

Xuanyuan Ziyan didn't speak and left with you.

Five days later, Xuanyuan Ziyan brought you to a Star Continent in the hinterland of the Xuanyuan Galaxy—there was no one on this Star Continent.

To be precise, there were no living beings at all.

You were a bit curious why she brought you to the hinterland this time.

"This is the one. If you have any matters, find me." She dropped this sentence and left directly.

Before you could speak, she had already vanished.

"This Xuanyuan Ziyan is so cold; I didn't offend her this time, did I?" You muttered to yourself.

Without overthinking it, you swept your Divine Thought over the grey Star Continent beneath your feet, and then, following the method in the Jade Slip, you raised your hand to invoke the Power of the Great Dao.

The invisible Power of the Great Dao enveloped the entire Star Continent—the ground shifted, the seawater churned, and the mountains and ley lines took shape bit by bit according to your memory.

Perhaps because it was the Power of the Great Dao being invoked this time, the effect seemed a bit different, but you couldn't quite say where it was different.

You didn't think too much about it and continued to set it up step by step according to the method in the Jade Slip.

Every drop of water, every inch of soil, and every wisp of air were outlining a natural array that was endless and self-sustaining according to your vision.

This was not all; you also used this Star Continent as the center to arrange several other Star Continents nearby, and you set up a transparent and invisible Law array to isolate this patch of starry sky.

To your surprise, this time you didn't need a large amount of Heaven And Earth Treasure to irrigate it.

Perhaps it was the different effect brought by the Power of the Great Dao.

The entire continent was indeed starting to grow on its own, but the speed was very slow.

According to your estimation, last time it required a large amount of Heaven And Earth Treasure to catalyze it; this time, although those were saved, it would take time for it to grow naturally.

You didn't wait, first bid farewell to Xuanyuan Shouyi, left temporarily, and planned to come back to check on it once it had matured in the future.

Elsewhere,

Above the firmament of the Heavenly Palace, clouds surged, corridors of heavenly towers connected the immortal palaces in all directions, and pavilions and immortal halls were hidden amidst the clouds and mist.

In one of the pavilions sat four Mahayana cultivators—Liu Tianxing, Qi Yuan, Ye Chen, and Xu Haoran.

Liu Xuerong did not sit.

She stood by the edge of the pavilion, looking at the boundless sea of clouds, and recited leisurely:

"Once power fades, people disperse; once hearts are scattered, they do not return. When wealthy, ten thousand walk the same path; when destitute, one walks alone."

Her aura was still only at one-tenth; the loss of nine-tenths of her Dao origin could not be recovered in a few years or decades.

"Those guys used to see us in power and came fawning over us to pledge allegiance one by one." Xu Haoran frowned, his tone suppressing anger. "Now that they see us defeated by the Immortal Sect, they turn around and defect to others. Truly a bunch of cowards."

Ever since the news of the Mahayana battle spread, hundreds of forces that originally relied on the Heavenly Palace had successively defected to the other three.

The Luck of the Heavenly Palace also greatly diminished as a result, leading to a chain reaction that transmitted from top to bottom—some failed their Breakthrough, some encountered danger in Secret Realms, some were betrayed by brothers, and others lost their lives after being cheated on by their Dao Companion...