Grandpa, times have changed.

Chi Jiuyu's eyes flickered slightly, as if he was considering something.

At the previous point in time, she successfully met her martial uncle... the invincible martial uncle of the future.

Based on what my uncle said at the time, my master must have known about the agreement he had made with Senior Spirit Ancestor, Senior Enchantress Ancestor, and Senior Primordial Lord.

and so……

Given Master's temper, he'll definitely get a beating after this incident.

(﹁﹁)
Since we're going to get dealt with anyway.

The master asked him to inquire about the childhood of the Spirit Ancestor and the Charm Ancestor...

If I just obediently listen to her, wouldn't I be at a huge loss?
Chi Jiuyu thought about it more and more and it made more sense.

Anyway, I don't know how long I'll be hung up by my master after I go back this time, so why should I listen to her arrangements!

Why not just give up and show your unyielding pride as a sword cultivator?!

Chi Jiuyu's heart was filled with restless desire.

Perhaps it had been too long since she had acted recklessly in front of her master, but she felt somewhat uncomfortable all over.

After a period of deep thought, she finally made a decision—

I still have to go!

Firstly, finding out about the past of Senior Spirit Ancestor and Senior Charm Ancestor was a task given to me by the three seniors.

The final payment hasn't been settled yet!
That's a huge sum of money; she doesn't know how many tasks she'd have to complete to earn it, and she certainly doesn't want to give it up.

Secondly, she has no control over which point in time she goes to.

In other words, she can't even give up.

Even if she wanted to lie down, the backup plans left by her master and several seniors would send her to her uncle's side.

They took the things from the true immortal and still plan not to do anything...

Dream on!
But it was precisely because of the guidance of those remaining methods that she would be like the other chosen ones, traveling through different points in time and fighting to the death with the Cang Clan cultivators!

After all, the main purpose of this trip is to gain experience and accumulate life experience...

People like her are the odd ones out.

Hey~
There's nothing we can do.

Who told her, the Nine Fishermen Ancestor, to be the strongest god from ancient times to the present? No matter how strong those Cang Clan members were, they couldn't gain any experience at the same level.

As Chi Jiuyu pondered, her thoughts drifted away to other places.

soon.

The next morning arrived.

Bie Xuening and Yuan stood in front of the bamboo house.

In front of them, Xu Xing was dressed in black, with a long sword on his back and a dusty gray cloth bag hanging at his waist.

However, it was a storage bag that Xu Xing and his companions had obtained during their travels over the years.

It is woven from the silk of the Netherworld Spider, which possesses innate spatial abilities.

While its internal space and stability cannot compare to the storage rings of later generations, it has the advantage of easy material acquisition and simple manufacturing process. The spider silk spun by a Nascent Soul Realm spider in a month can make nearly a hundred such storage bags.

Xu Xing packed everything he needed to take with him when he left.

"Then I'm leaving," Xu Xing said.

"Mmm," Yuan said softly.

Bie Xuening, who was standing to the side, did not speak, but simply nodded slightly.

Xu Xing didn't linger and turned to walk out of the bamboo forest.

In just a few steps, they completely disappeared from their sight.

But neither of them made any move until Xu Xingyuan left.

They have lived together day and night for over two hundred years.

To suddenly part ways at this moment, if I were to say I felt nothing...

That's fake!

I just hope my junior brother's journey goes smoothly.

"..."

About half an hour later, Bie Xuening silently turned around and went back to the bamboo house.

Yuan then walked down to the pool.

The smooth bluestone that was polished back then is still there. It was cleaned up not long ago and has become just like it was back then.

She sat down on the blue stone and closed her eyes.

The Qi mechanism is peaceful and stable.

When Xu Xing first created the "Refining Spirit Method," he simply stabilized and adapted it to his own state, and then used it directly.

However, they planned to use the power of the "Refining God Technique" to restrain their foundations, which far exceeded those of others in the same realm, in order to avoid a situation similar to Xu Xing's when they broke through.

Naturally, one must be extremely careful.

……

……

On the other side, Chi Jiuyu transformed into a streak of bluish-white sword light, following Xu Xing at a leisurely pace.

No matter how fast Xu Xing sped up, the distance between the two remained unchanged.

Although she's a bit unreliable, her status as the strongest Nascent Soul cultivator throughout history is no exaggeration.

Even if Xu Xing is not in good condition now and is only slightly stronger than a typical peak Yangwu, even if he fully adapts to his current state and can exert his full combat power, he still cannot compare to Chi Jiuyu now.

Therefore, she was not only in complete control at this moment, but even had the leisure to let her mind wander...

Gazing at the sword light not far in front of him, Chi Jiuyu's mind was racing.

Judging from this, it must be because Master and Senior Yuanjun are about to break through to the Yangwu realm and cannot go out with their Uncle, which led to the later events involving Senior Lingzu and Senior Meizu.

emm...

I don't know how my uncle and the two seniors got to know each other.

And so, after some time...

The two arrived at the border from the central part of the Eastern Wilderness.

Looking out, the magnificent landscape unfolds before your eyes, and colorful clouds formed by the convergence of spiritual streams can be seen everywhere.

Countless rare and exotic animals roam the land, and strange birds soar through the sky.

Even more so, the waves surge for thousands of miles, with dragons swimming within them.

Endless mountain ranges stretch out, auspicious unicorns and white deer leap about, and wherever they go, strange flowers bloom and giant trees grow straight to the sky.

A strange and wild scene.

Just like the scene she witnessed when she first comprehended the ultimate sword.

The moment they crossed the border and arrived in the ancient domain, the spiritual energy floating in the void instantly became denser.

They were almost on par with the immortal sects of later generations!
“The concentration of spiritual energy in the Central Continent in ancient times was much higher than that in the present Central Continent…” Chi Jiuyu muttered softly.

Xiao Yunlu loves to study these things.

She also frequently goes looking for ancient books that give her a headache just looking at them...

Once, when she was chatting with Xiaoyunlu, she heard her mention something about the concentration of spiritual energy.

According to Xiaoyunlu, the Central Continent in ancient times was more complete than the Central Continent in the present world. Although it also had a vast starry sky, it had 'boundaries'.

In layman's terms, during this period in the Tai Xuan Realm, the starry sky had an end.

Beyond the end of the starry sky lies 'emptiness'.

Without spirit or boundaries, it is the ultimate nothingness.

For this reason, the spiritual energy of the Tai Xuan Realm is mainly concentrated in the central continent and within a limited area of ​​starry sky.

In later generations, the starry sky was vast, and the central continent was shattered due to the great war between my master, my uncles and others and the four ancestors of the Cang Clan. It was not as intact as it is now, so the concentration of spiritual energy naturally decreased.

However, it is also extraordinary.

Thinking about it, she looked around curiously.

Although I had seen a similar scene when comprehending the 'Sword of Ultimate', it was, after all, a picture carried within the sword intent.

Where else can you find something as intuitive as this?

Moreover, this was the first time she had seen scenes from other major regions outside the Eastern Wilderness since she returned to the past!
……

……

Evening. Floating Life City.

Although it is just a small city on the border of the ancient domain, its city lord is a Cang clan member who has reached the Void Transformation Realm.

Even the cultivators of the Yangwu Realm, who reign supreme in the Eastern Wilderness, can only obediently follow the rules of Fusheng City here.

At this moment, the teleportation array is located.

Then you see a long line of people.

In the middle of the group, Xu Xing was shrouded in a large, specially made black robe with a hood, obscuring his face.

Even the divine senses that try to probe in are blocked by the black robe, unable to penetrate even a fraction.

There were many other figures dressed like him, including cultivators from various races, and even members of the Cang race.

Not long after.

"next."

Guarding the teleportation array were two fox-headed, human-bodied Crimson Sun Foxes with fiery red fur.

His cultivation level was at the early stage of the Divine Forging Realm, and his demeanor was extremely peaceful.

Not obsequious, but not arrogant either.

Here, you never know what kind of beings you might encounter.

Their previous colleague was killed in the line of duty because he recognized a Cang Clan member from the Void Realm who was pretending to be weak but was actually strong, and tried to flatter him on the spot.

Because that Cang clan member thought he was too spineless.

That's a ridiculous reason!
But they dared not question or express any resentment. They could only listen attentively and quietly to the explanation of the Cang clan member, showing an expression of agreement.

after all……

That's the Cang Clan, after all.

Xu Xing silently stepped forward and handed over two seven-colored jade coins.

After verifying the identity of one of the Crimson Sun Foxes, they entered the range of one of the lit teleportation arrays.

The light of the runes flowed.

Xu Xing stood in the center of the formation, his expression unreadable.

Besides adjusting to my own condition, the main purpose of this trip was to see how far those settlements that have passed down their cultivation methods for over two hundred years have developed.

The method of nurturing oneself has been established and must eventually be passed down.

Human cultivation is just beginning, and the more people who embark on cultivation, the better.

Otherwise, even if they spent their entire lives, they probably wouldn't go very far...

And if they keep it hidden, when will the human race be able to rise to power?
Upon realizing this, Xu Xing suddenly paused.

I couldn't help but smile bitterly to myself.

Initially, his concept of 'cultivation' was always 'the path to immortality is extremely selfish'.

But after living in this world for over two hundred years, he was ultimately influenced.

With a soft sigh, the teleportation array's patterns grew even brighter.

Then the light became intense, and an invisible distortion appeared.

next second.

Xu Xing vanished into thin air.

When it reappears.

They had arrived in the central part of the ancient domain, in a small town of similar size—

Luofeng City.

Although it doesn't occupy a large area, it is located in the central part of the ancient domain, and its city lord is a member of the Cang clan whose realm has reached the Dao Integration stage.

Its prosperity far surpasses that of Fusheng City.

After emerging from the teleportation array, Xu Xing quickly left Luofeng City and entered the desolate mountains and forests outside the city.

He walked for dozens of miles before stopping halfway up a mountain. His eyes gleamed with golden light as he gazed at the distant city of Luofeng.

The Golden Eyes that pierce through illusions.

The earliest version of the Taixu Breaking Illusion Golden Eye in the later Taixu Sword Manual.

Compared to the supreme divine power of penetrating the void and pointing directly to the origin in the future, the Golden Eye of Penetrating Illusion is currently just an ordinary technique that increases eyesight and allows one to see through certain spiritual energy flows.

It doesn't even qualify as 'supernatural power'.

Even so, Xu Xing put a lot of effort into creating it.

Initially, I wanted to do something a bit wicked and call it 'eagle eyes'...

But I later felt it wasn't a good fit and gave up.

At this moment, amplified by the Golden Eyes of Truth, Xu Xing was able to observe the city, which was fiery red and looked like it was cast from crystal, from dozens of miles away.

Legend has it that the city lord of Luofeng City found a Dongzhen Heavenly General to retrieve a piece of Yuanfeng bone from the ancestral land of the Phoenix Clan.

It was built using the bones of the Yuanfeng as a base.

Azure Dragon, Phoenix...

Disciple of Heaven.

It is also the only non-Cang clan True Immortal in the Tai Xuan Realm.

However, simply because he felt that the character "苍" in the Azure Dragon's name was an offense to the Azure Clan, he killed the Azure Dragon with a single glance, and even Yuan Feng was killed by him in the process.

Heaven even waged a great battle against it.

Gu saw an opportunity and wanted to take advantage of it to launch a sneak attack, injure it, and then try to secretly seize Tai's original image by sacrificing the Cang clan.

However, at the crucial moment, Heaven discerned His intentions and simply withdrew.

As a result, a great battle broke out between Gu and Tai, which directly shattered the spiritual veins of the Eastern Wilderness and created the unique environment of the Eastern Wilderness today.

Speaking of which, Yuan Feng, being the one who was brought along incidentally, also left behind some remains.

Moreover, although the Phoenix Clan lost the Yuanfeng of the Dongzhen Realm, it is still one of the most powerful clans in the Taixuan Realm.

The clan has two members who have reached the Profound Realm, and they are even slightly stronger than the Howling Moon Demon Wolf clan.

In comparison, the dragon race is in a much more miserable state.

Not only did the Azure Dragon lose even half a scale, but the entire dragon race also declined completely, leaving only some dragons with mixed bloodlines still existing in the world.

Of course, Xu Xing is not actually aware of the details at the moment.

Only when the human race and the Cang race completely broke off relations, and the Phoenix race was used as a pawn by the Cang race to deal with the human race, and when Dan Zu attained enlightenment and slaughtered the entire Phoenix race, did they have the opportunity to learn the inside story.

I watched it for a while.

The golden light in Xu Xing's eyes dimmed, and he turned and headed deeper into the mountains and forests.

Soon after, it disappeared completely.

……

……

Even the incomplete central continent of later generations was still boundless.

Now, this complete central continent is even more unimaginably vast.

In this era where the Cang Clan reigns supreme and all races vie for supremacy, cities with stable order like this are extremely rare, and only the Cang Clan and some extremely powerful races can establish them.

After all, Tian and Gu, two of the four ancestors of the Cang Clan, each had their own schemes, while Xuan was too undisciplined.

The only one who can truly focus on developing this vast territory is probably Tai.

The common currency of the Tai Xuan Realm today, the colorful jade coins that Xu Xing used when riding the teleportation array, was jointly issued by several heavenly generals under Tai's command.

Therefore, in this ancient region, there are mostly primitive and wild mountains and forests.

Cities will only appear where inspiration is most abundant.

Areas lacking spiritual energy and with few high-level beings naturally became habitats for weaker groups.

An unnamed mountain range.

Trees so thick that it would take dozens of people to encircle them soar into the sky, arranged in a neat row, like a naturally formed chasm.

The forest is extremely lacking in spiritual energy, even less so than the Eastern Wilderness.

But for weaker groups, it is indeed a rare treasure.

In the center of the forest, a giant tree, thirty feet wide and nine hundred feet high, had dense branches hanging down, and crystal giants, each nearly three meters tall and made entirely of dark blue crystals, perched on it.

Eerie spiritual flames flickered around his eyes, creating an extremely oppressive atmosphere.

The Willow Ghost Clan! (End of Chapter)