Grandpa, times have changed.

There are eighteen such archway entrances.

Immortals and cultivators queuing to enter the archway will be teleported to a huge plaza made of spirit jade at a high altitude.

It appears to be the final round of screening.

Chi Jiuyu glanced at it twice and then stopped paying attention. She looked up at the palace complex in the sky, her eyes shining with a faint golden light.

For her, who had cultivated the Golden Eyes of the Void, this distance was enough for her to see the entire True Void Palace clearly.

Even though she is now just a sword intent spirit body, and even though the palace complex in front of her, located in the clouds, is itself composed of several magic artifacts at the Void Returning level.

As she looked, all the restrictions and barriers seemed to have no effect.

That's how awesome the supreme divine power is!
Elixirs, cultivation techniques, magical artifacts...

She took in the interior views of each palace.

Chi Jiuyu's gaze lingered a little longer in the palaces where the elixirs were stored.

Inside the hall, shelves were filled with jade plates piled high with golden elixirs, their fragrance wafting around them like a misty haze.

"It looks pretty delicious," she muttered to herself.

Looking further into the other palaces, I finally spotted a few figures in the largest ones in the middle...

wrong.

That's not entirely accurate; the hall wasn't just filled with people, but also with many demons and monsters.

All of them were at the Nascent Soul stage and were discussing the details of the upcoming 'Ascension Conference,' occasionally touching on topics such as 'the True Void Plane,' 'transcendent beings,' and 'the war situation.'

Some parts were trivial, but after some organization and combining them with the information he already knew, Chi Jiuyu still obtained a lot of useful information.

The Azure Sky Plane where he was currently located was one of the seven medium-sized planes under the jurisdiction of the True Void Plane, and the relationship between the two was more complex than he had previously guessed...

simple.

Correct!
It's that simple!
"A full-scale war between cultivators and extraordinary beings. That scruffy bird was actually on the side of the extraordinary beings." Chi Jiuyu said thoughtfully.

No wonder that scruffy bird stopped coming closer after chasing us to the vicinity of this Azure Sky Plane.

No wonder the cultivation world of this Azure Sky Plane has withered to such an extent...

Whether they are gifted immortals or cultivators who have reached a certain level, going to the True Void Plane to fight against the extraordinary is their inescapable fate.

According to those people and those demons and monsters, there are a total of twenty-one Dao Lords on the cultivators' side, who are also called Returning to Emptiness.

The strongest among them is Mu Chengfeng, the current master of the Righteous Void Sect.

It should be noted that in any era before Mu Wujie, there were never more than twenty Dao Lords existing in the world at the same time.

The pride they exuded when they mentioned it was undisguised.

Chi Jiuyu couldn't help but feel a little sad.

Let's set aside the fact that they refer to the Returning to Emptiness as the 'Lord of the Dao'.

Over the years, during her ascension missions, she has witnessed many different civilizations around the world and is no longer the ignorant fisherwoman she once was.

She could see at a glance that everything Mu Wujie was experiencing was nothing more than a war caused by irreconcilable conflicts between the two sides, which had drained the potential of every plane and thus created this 'golden age' that could not be considered a golden age.

If there were no Immortal Sect Competition, or if the Immortal Sect Competition had not chosen this world, where would this world ultimately go?
Chi Jiuyu, unusually, began to ponder this rather profound question.

Half a minute later.

Several dishes, and the Dao Master has already returned to his original state!
She abandoned her thoughts, left the spirit pool, and slowly floated towards the high palace complex.

Because all resources are being channeled towards the True Void Plane to serve the war, there are actually not many cultivators remaining in the Azure Sky Plane.

There are only three Nascent Soul cultivators, twenty-four Core Formation cultivators, one hundred and seventeen Golden Core cultivators, and three hundred and twenty-five Foundation Establishment cultivators with little hope of advancement.

Although Chi Jiuyu considered this level of defensive power to be as fragile as a piece of paper, easily punctured, it was more than enough to guard the Qingxiao Plane, even more than sufficient.

Chi Jiuyu planned to let his sword intent spirit body infiltrate the space to see if there was a chance to blend into the True Void Dimension.

After all, that's the core of Mu Wujie.

This brain-dead shrinking mechanism will eventually drive them there, so it's better to find a way to scout it out in advance.

As for whether his sword intent spirit body will be discovered, and if it is discovered, whether it will affect his true self, and whether the gap between planes will affect the survival of the sword intent spirit body, etc...

She wasn't worried at all!

Sword Intent Spirit Body!
This is a method that the Sword Sect has been perfecting since its founding, and the final stage of cultivation is a truly genuine method.

The mere spatial distance is naturally not a problem!

As for the possibility that cultivators in this world could break through the sword intent spirit body and trace it back to themselves...

It's not that the Nine Fishermen Ancestor looks down on people, it's just that cultivators in this world really don't have that ability!

Of course, there is a certain probability that the sword intent spirit body will be discovered, after all, there are more than twenty Void Returning Realm cultivators.

……

……

Another entrance.

Zhao Ruoming blended into the crowd, and thanks to his concealment ability, he was completely inconspicuous.

Many people passed by him, but no one even glanced in his direction.

Even the cultivators atop the semi-circular archway at the end of the Jade Road ignored him.

Gazing at the palace complex perched high above the clouds, Zhao Ruoming's eyes were somewhat lost in thought.

Logically, what he should be doing now is gathering information and keeping an eye on the whereabouts of other contestants, in order to try to get more points.

But for some reason, I kept thinking about what Chi Jiuyu had just said.

Zhiwei is very popular in the Sword Sect...

That damned Chi Jiuyu, what's with the riddle-solving act? He ran off after only saying half a sentence!

Just as Zhao Ruoming was lost in thought...

A wisp of pale blue air current weaved through the crowd, rapidly approaching him.

During this time, one pill after another was continuously buried in the void, echoing each other and gradually forming an array that surrounded Zhao Ruoming.

The area affected by the formation gradually became disconnected from its surroundings, forming a fault line.

The figures of the cultivators and immortals who had rushed over were all blurred, but Zhao Ruoming's figure remained clear. In less than three seconds, that wisp of pale blue energy had already arrived near Zhao Ruoming.

Pill Formation...

Clearly, this is a contestant from Jishi Valley.

'This person... isn't he Zhao Ruoming, the one who made Chi Jiuyu cry?'

She had already recognized Zhao Ruoming's identity.

Thanks to Chi Jiuyu's increasingly impressive performance in recent years, he demonstrated a level of strength that was far beyond his reach during the selection competition, and was hailed as the most likely seed to win the championship in the Nascent Soul group this year.

As a result, Zhao Ruoming, who had been beaten to tears by her before, was also brought up again, and became a minor celebrity on the spiritual website.

They should not be underestimated.

Although this guy's temperament is probably quite average, the fact that he can go toe-to-toe with Chi Jiuyu proves his strength.

Bury a few more 'Bewitching Pills'!
As the last few pills were buried.

Silently, the area around Zhao Ruoming dimmed, with only the nodes formed by the pills trembling gently, echoing and connecting with each other, like stars lighting up one after another in the night sky.

The pale blue aura transformed into a beautiful woman dressed in a long-sleeved blue robe.

He raised his hand and sprinkled a handful of pills at Zhao Ruoming.

puff~
Several purplish-red pills exploded before they even got close, and a cloud of purplish-red pill mist expanded, enveloping Zhao Ruoming completely.

The expected scenario did not occur.

Instead, a calm and clear voice reached my ears.

"Gotcha..."

Ok? !

The contestants from Jishi Valley were startled, only to find that Zhao Ruoming, who was shrouded in the mist, had disappeared without a trace.

Instead, it's her side profile!
Light!
Its majestic light shines endlessly, seemingly the very essence of heaven and earth, the origin of all mysteries.

Innate supernatural powers.

The undying Jade Purity Mysterious Light of Qian Yuan!

'not good! '

As he swiftly retreated, a blue flame flickered in his eyes.

The Flame of the "Medical Classic for Saving the World"!
It was clearly a preparation to activate the 'Thirteen True Pill Set' within his body, maximizing his own enhancement.

Both of them subconsciously controlled the aftershocks that spread outwards during their fight.

Just as the True Flame of Salvation was about to begin burning away the pills he had taken beforehand and activating the pill set combination...

Om-!
A deep, long thud!
A pressure surpassing that of a Nascent Soul cultivator descended, causing even the space separated by the pill array to tremble. The sound did not originate from the battle between the two, but rather...

outside world!

A Void Returner has arrived nearby!

The two realized this instantly.

"give up?"

"it is good."

Immediately, the Qian Yuan Undying Jade Purity Mysterious Light extinguished, and the flickering blue flames calmed down.

The pills that had transformed into nodes disappeared back into the void, and everything around them returned to normal from their dim state.

Look up.

The winding, pale golden array patterns were imprinted on the sky, forming a grand array that obscured the sun and moon and covered the entire Zhengxu Dao Palace.

Space was distorted, and a powerful pressure emanated from it.

A figure wearing a golden robe, with a crimson flame constantly flickering between his brows and long golden hair, slowly emerged from the great formation.

The spiritual energy surged towards him like a tidal wave, forming a golden halo that appeared behind his head and slowly rotated.

Golden rays of dawn spread out from behind him, covering the sky.

The crimson dragon and fire phoenix that had been roaming the sky descended.

All living beings near the Zhengxu Dao Palace, regardless of their cultivation level, knelt and kowtowed.

"We have come to pay our respects to Daoist Lord Fuyan!"

Its momentum was immense, spreading throughout the heavens and the ten directions.

"..."

long silence.

"That guy... he must be at the Void Reaching stage, right?"

"The contestant from Jishi Valley said somewhat uncertainly."

She's done several ascension missions over the years, but none have ever reached the Void Return stage with this kind of grandeur...

"Ah."

Zhao Ruoming looked at the sky.

In the Tai Xuan Realm, people almost never kneel or bow, except when facing their parents or teachers.

Even a true immortal senior only needs to stand and bow.

Meanwhile, outside the other entrance, Chi Jiuyu looked at the sky, but his gaze fell on the Floating Flame 'Dao Master'.

It was a demon with a beast's head and a human body, covered in purplish-black fur, and whose cultivation was at the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm.

This thing...

Could this be the father of the monster I killed before?!

emm...

We need to find a way to kill him! (End of Chapter)