The Queen of Scrolls never admits defeat

Chapter 917 Even the Dao Ancestor is Gone

On the viewing platform, someone let out a soft sigh, followed by a chorus of low gasps and unrestrained cheers.

Vasita was the first to recover from the shock, and she clenched her fist excitedly: "It's a success! It's really a success!"

"This fireworks show was quite spectacular!" Anita exclaimed with satisfaction. A high-definition video camera next to her was flashing, recording the spectacular scene of the ascension tunnel collapsing simultaneously.

Lilith gazed at the suddenly "cleaner" void, a look of relief appearing on her face: "Now the Celestial Realm can no longer quickly send people down to the mortal realm to provide support through the ascension passage!"

"Look, the membrane of the Celestial Realm!" Cecia discovered that the membrane of the Celestial Realm was violently turbulent, like the surface of water swept by a hurricane, and countless fine cracks were faintly appearing on the surface of the membrane.

“The boundary membrane is closely connected to the origin of the world,” Tracy analyzed. “Those ascension channels are actually extensions of the celestial realm’s boundary membrane. Such a large area of ​​the boundary membrane being violently shattered must have caused considerable losses… Judging from the current state of the boundary membrane, the world’s level will probably drop soon!”

"Haha! Serves it right! It plundered so many worlds!" Anita said, hands on her hips, making no attempt to hide her glee.

“The Immortal Realm is currently preoccupied with its own problems and certainly can’t spare any attention for the Spirit Realm!” Carmela chimed in, “Now is the perfect time for us to strike at the Spirit Realm!”

Moran nodded: "That's right. Let's start with the Xuanling Realm, which is the furthest from the Immortal Realm, may be the least assimilated by its consciousness, and has relatively weak defenses!"

"Let's go!" Anita shouted with high spirits, her eyes gleaming with passion for battle. "Let's show it what we're made of!"

Encouraged by the successful simultaneous explosion of the ascension passage, everyone's morale was at an all-time high.

However, just as everyone was about to turn around and return to the Mirror Space to await their journey to the Mystic Spirit Realm—

"Wait! Everyone, look!" Pushira suddenly exclaimed, pointing in the direction of the Celestial Realm, her face filled with disbelief.

Everyone froze instantly, their gazes once again turning towards the Immortal Realm.

The boundary membrane of the Immortal Realm, which had been flickering and cracked, and was on the verge of falling in level, stabilized at a speed that defied common sense!
Not only has the turmoil subsided, but those fine cracks are also rapidly healing and disappearing.

Even more alarming was that the light emanating from the boundary membrane did not continue to dim, but instead became visibly stronger, appearing even more solid and substantial than before the passage was destroyed.

"What...what's going on?!"

"How could it recover so quickly?!"

"No, this isn't just recovery, it's becoming stronger!"

A sense of surprise and confusion spread across the platform.

This was completely beyond their expectations and understanding. How could the boundary membrane, which had just suffered a severe blow, stabilize or even improve in an instant?

Tracy stared at the celestial realm membrane, which had been restored to its original state and even surpassed its former glory. A look of horror and understanding flashed in her eyes. She spoke slowly, her voice slightly hoarse: "The remaining Dao Ancestors of the Celestial Realm... should all be gone."

"what?!"

"You mean..." Carmela reacted instantly, her face filled with immense shock, "The consciousness of the Immortal Realm extracted the source power of all Dao Ancestor Realm cultivators? To make up for its own losses, and even... strengthen itself?"

Moran instantly grasped the key point and confirmed in a heavy tone: "It should be... The Dao Ancestor Realm cultivators of the Immortal Realm are not ordinary ninth-order spellcasters. All the power they possess has been marked by the Immortal Realm in advance, making them more like carriers for storing the world's original power!"

Now that the Immortal Realm's origin has suffered enormous losses due to the complete rupture of the ascension channels, in order to avoid falling in level, or perhaps to deal with the threat we pose, it has unhesitatingly... reclaimed the origin power stored within the Dao Ancestor realm cultivators!

Besides this explanation, she couldn't think of any other possibility that could have allowed a world that had just suffered a devastating blow to stabilize and strengthen so quickly.

Secia suddenly realized, and said with a hint of lingering fear, "No wonder... no wonder that from the moment we severed the ascension passage of the lower cultivation world until just now, the Immortal Realm has not sent a single Dao Ancestor Realm cultivator to stop us."

It's likely that after Moran killed three Dao Ancestors in one fell swoop, the Immortal Realm was already extremely pained, treating the remaining Dao Ancestors as their last reserve of energy, unwilling to release them to risk anything more!

This deduction silenced the entire viewing platform.

They originally thought that what was severed was the greedy tentacles of the Immortal Realm that plundered the origins of its subordinate worlds, thus weakening its power.

Unexpectedly, this action forced the consciousness of the Immortal Realm to take such drastic measures—directly "cutting off one's own arm," actively drawing back the primordial power from all the Dao Ancestor Realm cultivators under its command, turning it into nourishment to make up for its own losses and even strengthen its boundary membrane.

"The world consciousness of the Immortal Realm is indeed as cold and cruel as those Immortal Realm cultivators who regard the lower realms as worthless!" Pushira's tone carried an indescribable complex emotion, a mixture of anger and chilling aura towards the evil faction world: "In order to maintain its own level, it actually sacrificed the strongest spellcaster among the native intelligent beings without hesitation!"

“But this is ultimately just a temporary fix!” Tracy said. “Doing so might keep it from falling below level fourteen for now. However, the number and rank of spellcasters are also important pillars in maintaining the world hierarchy.”

Without new ninth-tier spellcasters to support it for an extended period, the world level of the Immortal Realm will inevitably continue to decline slowly. At that time, the primordial power it can no longer bear will dissipate into the void.

Moran sighed, "If there were no external threats, it might have managed to survive, slowly trying to regenerate the Dao Ancestor, rebuild the ascension channel, and continue its cycle of plunder. But now, knowing that we are right outside the door, it has chosen this self-inflicted wound, which will only hasten its demise!"

The people on the platform nodded in agreement.

While the Celestial Realm's actions may have quickly stabilized the situation and even strengthened the boundary membrane, they actually brought about deeper hidden dangers.

No matter how vast the energy contained within the consciousness of the Celestial Realm may be, it ultimately cannot transcend its own boundary and directly influence the vast void outside. Without powerful spellcasters as its limbs and sharp sword, the Celestial Realm completely loses the ability to proactively attack and intervene in the outside world.

Even if it can give rise to new ninth-tier spellcasters in the future, that will take time. Moreover, the newly given ninth-tier spellcasters will never be able to compare with those old Dao Ancestors who have lived for countless millennia in terms of combat experience, control of power, or foundation.