Grandpa, times have changed.

"Cough cough."

Qin Yue slumped weakly in Su Jian's arms, a trickle of blood escaping from the corner of her mouth and seeping into Su Jian's sleeve.

The person's vitality waned at a visible rate.

"Senior sister..." Su Jian called out softly.

As he felt the life slipping away from the person in his arms, his eyes reddened.

Because of his childhood experiences, he is actually a very awkward person.

She feels pity when she sees strangers in distress, but usually avoids getting close to others.

Especially someone like Qin Yue, who approaches him with ulterior motives.

He might be moved by some of Qin Yue's actions, but after the initial感动 (moved feeling), he would spontaneously reject her and resist her kindness towards him.

If it weren't for what happened that night, he would never have given Qin Yue two intact Qi Condensation Pills.

But there are no "what ifs" in life.

After that night, Qin Yue did indeed become different in his heart.

At that moment, Su Jian suddenly remembered that night.

He asked Qin Yue about it when they slept together afterward.

Since you know that it would be very difficult to embark on the path of cultivation without the help of Dharma soldiers, why did you choose to take this path in the first place?

If I fall on this path in the future, will I regret it?

Qin Yue only answered his second question, she said...

"Junior brother, I have no regrets."

A hoarse voice came from his arms, interrupting his thoughts and making his heart tighten.

Qin Yue gave her answer once again.

His once clear eyes were now filled with tears, and the whites of his eyes were bloodshot.

There was resentment, regret, and also lingering affection...

I have no regrets!

……

……

Within the timeline.

Xu Xing stood in the stone chamber used for cultivation outside the Xuyan Sect, quietly gazing at what lay before him.

During his time in this realm of magical weapons, aside from a brief delay at the beginning, he has been busy extracting extraordinary elements from the timeline.

Therefore, Su Jian is the only person in the field of military strategy who received an opportunity from him.

Although they were in different timelines, his gaze transcended the barriers of time and space in the realm of magic weapons, and he saw Su Jian, who was struggling with his emotions, and Qin Yue, who was barely breathing, in the stone chamber.

The method Qin Yue cultivated was the orthodox Qi refining method of the Xuyan Sect.

The Ruins of Gathering Soldiers and Refining Qi Method

However, because she entered the Dao by borrowing a rune from the Derivation of Dharma Pivot, she lacked a magic weapon as a foundation, and her spiritual sea was relatively weak. Therefore, every breakthrough was a matter of life and death.

The same applies to breaking through to the seventh level of Qi Refining during this seclusion.

Although he had the help of two Qi Condensation Pills given to him by Su Jian, his spiritual sea could not withstand the pressure and he failed at the last moment.

To put it bluntly, for most cultivators in this world, this level of backlash injury would be enough to kill them.

But Su Jian was an exception.

There is no danger in Qi cultivation in the Tai Xuan Realm, after all, even seven or eight-year-old children whose minds are not yet mature can cultivate.

The Basic Qi Refining Technique is the most universally applicable and least dangerous Qi refining method in the Tai Xuan Realm.

Practitioners who specialize in this method not only possess a peaceful and profound spiritual power, but also have certain healing effects, making them most suitable for recuperating their own injuries.

In other words, as long as Qin Yue can switch to cultivating the "Basic Qi Refining Technique", she can recover on her own without even needing external help.

Although his cultivation level will drop to the sixth level of Qi Refining and he will be weak for a period of time, that's all.

"To conceal the Dharma within oneself, or to transmit the Dharma to the world..."

He never said that the "Basic Qi Refining Technique" couldn't be passed on; in fact, he left a hint at the end—

'The law has no taboos; choose the good and pass it on.'

Of course, after a year of cultivation, Su Jian is no longer as clueless about the cultivation methods of the magic weapon world as he was before, but has a general understanding of them.

Although he cannot yet fully understand the significance of the Basic Qi Refining Technique for the cultivation system of the magic weapon world.

However, they also clearly understood how rare it was to guide a spirit into the Dao without relying on the power of magical weapons.

Therefore, even if he ultimately chose not to pass on the "Basic Qi Refining Technique" to Qin Yue for his own safety, Xu Xing could understand.

After all, it's human nature to do this; it's human nature for an ordinary person to try to protect themselves.

Comprehensible is understandable.

If Su Jian really makes that choice, then his relationship with Xu Xing will come to an end.

The reason he was given this opportunity was because, even when he himself was struggling to make ends meet, he still showed kindness to strangers in distress.

The reason for choosing to pass on the "Basic Qi Refining Technique" to him instead of the Qi Refining Method that was more suitable for his physique was also to see if he had the courage to pass on the teachings to the world.

If even those close to him are unwilling, how can you expect him to pass it on to others?
soon.

As the two embraced, their foreheads touching, Qin Yue's energy gradually returned to normal.

Xu Xing finally withdrew his gaze, turned around, and walked out of the stone chamber.

We arrived outside the stone chamber.

He looked up at the sky.

But then I saw a lone moon hanging high in the sky, adorned with countless stars.

A colossal, shimmering, purple sphere of light floated silently, resembling a purple moon. It continuously absorbed and engulfed the remaining spiritual energy of heaven and earth, along with a peculiar rhythm—indescribable, ethereal, and normally imperceptible yet present at the very source of all things—that flowed into it.

After this period of continuous extraction, the extraordinary elements of this world have been reduced to a certain limit, and the concept of 'spiritual energy' no longer exists in this timeline.

In the spiritually desolate worlds where ordinary ascended messengers carry out their missions, only a single Spirit Source Seed is needed to revive the spiritual energy.

However, in this world right now, let alone a single Spirit Source Seed, even ten or a hundred of them wouldn't be able to stir up even the slightest bit of spiritual energy.

Even so, even though the extraordinary elements in this world have become unimaginably low...

"It's still not enough."

It's far from enough!
Thinking this, Xu Xing looked beyond the enormous, purple sphere of light hanging in the night sky and gazed into the distance.

A fleeting, unpredictable, and profoundly mysterious shadow, seemingly revealing all the mysteries of the world, had somehow arrived outside the realm of magical weapons.

His act of extracting extraordinary elements finally triggered the extraordinary order that influenced the entire Chaos Sea and remained constant throughout.

……

……

Chaos Sea.

The boundary between the Third New Realm and the Taiyi Realm.

Amidst the surging chaotic energy, a being that appeared insignificant compared to the world, yet commanded the extraordinary beings of all realms, whose Dao permeated the chaos and covered the heavens, silently gazed ahead.

A world, floating and sinking in the chaotic aura, was many times larger than Him.

But it seems that with just a thought, He could obliterate countless worlds.

"Extract the extraordinary elements...?"

His facial features were indistinct, with only a pair of pale purple eyes visible.

After observing the Law Weapon Realm for a while, Xuan turned his head, his gaze instantly crossing the [Third New Realm], passing the Taiyi Realm, and landing on the distant shore of the Chaos Sea.

He saw a pair of eyes.

A blazing 'divine fire' danced in his pupils, as if countless gods were manifesting within them, and immeasurable worlds rose and fell with the movement of the 'divine fire'.

Supreme and holy, the Great Way guides all!
All the gods bowed down, and all the saints stood in attendance; it was the pinnacle of the gods and the most revered of the saints!

Xuan met his gaze calmly, unmoved even though those divine and holy eyes contained boundless power.

"Holy One".

A soft murmur, yet it traversed an immeasurable distance.

The divine fire that had been burning in the eyes of that 'Holy Venerable' surged violently, and a complex mix of emotions—surprise, anger, apprehension, and fear—spread out instantly, permeating the boundless world.

"The Dao Ancestor?!"

Without even the slightest hesitation.

Then, boundless chaos suddenly surged forth, like a raging torrent, sweeping countless worlds in all directions.

The divine and sacred light that originally illuminated all realms and covered all things rapidly contracted.

In a mere trillionth of a second, it vanished completely into the vast chaos.

The creator of the ritual system, the 'supreme being' among the extraordinary, the 'Holy Venerable' recognized by the Great Dao of all heavens and myriad worlds, an enlightened being who confronts confusion at the slightest disagreement.

Faced with Xuan's avatar, he didn't even have the courage to utter a single word and simply fled.

"..."

Xuan silently withdrew his gaze.

Back then, this Holy Venerable attained enlightenment while fighting against the human immortals, but suffered injuries to his body because he touched upon the extraordinary order.

Later, as the human race grew stronger, He intended to unite with this Holy Venerable to fight against the human immortals.

But unexpectedly, this Holy Venerable actually held a grudge...

He attacked Him immediately upon meeting Him, but was defeated by His incarnation with a single finger and suffered even more severe injuries as a result.

Perhaps realizing the gap between them, from then on, the Holy Venerable became like a frightened bird, hiding whenever he saw Him.

When He was setting up the Origin Anchor and designing the Sword Ancestor outside the boundary, He didn't even dare to show his head.

They avoided the conflict between the Cang Clan and the Human Clan at all costs...

Don't you even think about it?

If the Cang Clan really loses in the future, how could the immortals of the human race possibly let such a threat remain outside?
Thinking about it, Xuan looked at the magical weapon realm in front of him again.

He came here because of the influence of the extraordinary order, but after arriving outside the realm of magic weapons, he discovered that the Sword Ancestor was actually extracting the extraordinary elements from it and erasing all concepts related to 'extraordinary' in this world.

why?
He didn't understand.

This world of magical weapons is a world dominated by humans. If the Sword Ancestor wanted to select so-called 'ascended beings' from it, why would he go to such great lengths?
With a thought that flashed through his mind, He slowly raised His right hand.

He gently pressed down on the magic weapon realm right in front of him.

Buzz~!

The surging, chaotic energy transformed into boundless purple waves.

As the mysterious Daoist essence spread, its depth and reach were unknown, its mystery beyond measure and its profundity beyond description.

The surging purple aura engulfed the surroundings, plunging everything into eternal darkness in an instant.

In the eternal darkness, there is only a glimmer of light, like the primordial chaos that has existed since time immemorial, the origin of all that is extraordinary.

Constantly returning inward, collapsing, crumbling...

Suddenly, countless scenes appeared, like the beginning of the Tao, like the source of the Dharma.

They intended to drag the entire world of magic weapons to annihilation, leading to an ending of absolute nothingness.

Xuan's thoughts are the same as Xu Xing's and the others'.

Since it's already a life-or-death situation, regardless of the motives behind it, intervening to stop it is absolutely the right thing to do! (End of Chapter)