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Three thousand miles beyond the chaotic sea, the usually desolate waters are bustling with activity today.

Various colored lights streaked across the sky, and powerful auras intertwined and collided, startling sea beasts within a radius of a thousand miles into a frenzy of escape.

Su Ning stood on the Azure Profound Sword, following behind Jin Kui.

Today, the Grand Elder of the Star Palace changed his usual simple attire, wearing a golden robe embroidered with star patterns and a seven-star crown. Every step he took was paved with starlight, showing the majesty of a peak mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator.

"Master, is the Void Heaven Palace located just ahead?" Su Ning asked, gazing at the empty sea.

Jin Kui nodded slightly and pointed to a certain place: "That's right! The Void Heaven Palace is an ancient relic, usually hidden in the void. At noon, only the Void Heaven Remnant Map can guide cultivators there. I will use the Star Palace Secret Technique to make it appear."

"It feels so mysterious! I wonder where this Void Heaven Palace came from?"

"It is said that the Void Heaven Palace originated from the Spirit Realm."

"Spirit world?"

"Su Ning, where did you get this fragment of the Void Heaven Map?"

"Uh?"

"Never mind! Every cultivator has their own secrets and opportunities."

"Thank you for your understanding, Master."

Then Su Ning looked in the direction Jin Kui pointed and saw a faint sense of spatial distortion at the junction of the sea and the sky. If he hadn't cultivated the Great Wilderness Technique and was sensitive to spatial fluctuations, he would have had no chance of noticing it.

Immediately afterwards, melodious celestial music drifted from afar.

A jade palanquin pulled by nine blue phoenixes broke through the clouds and appeared. Light gauze on the palanquin fluttered, and several graceful figures could be vaguely seen.

"The people from Miaoyin Sect have arrived," Jin Kui transmitted his voice. "The one wearing a veil at the head of the group is Fairy Ziling, the person you need to take care of during your trip to Xutian Palace."

The jade carriage stopped a hundred feet away, and a stunningly beautiful woman dressed in purple stepped out gracefully.

The veil on her face not only blocked the prying eyes of others, but also prevented the divine sense of high-level cultivators from probing her.

She looked about seventeen or eighteen years old, with beautiful features, but Su Ning felt a sense of déjà vu about her.

She wore a light purple dress, and her face was covered with a thin veil, revealing only a pair of eyes as bright as stars.

Although her full figure is not visible, her slender figure and ethereal temperament are already captivating.

However, Su Ning keenly noticed that the Purple Fairy was surrounded by faint ripples of sound waves, which was clearly a manifestation of some kind of profound sound skill cultivated to the extreme.

"Zi Ling greets Senior." Zi Ling bowed gracefully, her voice as clear as a spring striking a rock.

Jin Kui smiled and returned the greeting: "Zi Ling, you are too kind. I have already instructed my disciple Su Ning that he will do his best to take care of you within the Void Heaven Palace."

"Zi Ling thanks Senior Jin." The girl's voice was ethereal. After bowing to Jin Kui, she turned her gaze to Su Ning. "This must be Senior Su Ning, right? Thank you for your trouble on this trip."

The moment their eyes met, Su Ning's soul suddenly trembled.

The Great Wilderness Technique operated on its own, and the Great Wilderness Seal in the dantian vibrated slightly, resonating with Zi Ling's eyes!
What's even stranger is that the girl is giving him an increasingly inexplicable sense of familiarity, as if he's seen her somewhere before, but he just can't remember where.

"I, Su, have met Fairy Ziling." Su Ning suppressed the strange feeling in his heart and returned the greeting with a cupped hand.

He tried to probe the other person's veil with his divine sense, but found that his divine sense was like a mud ox sinking into the sea, dissolved into nothingness by a gentle yet tenacious force.

Zi Ling seemed to sense his probing, a sly glint in her eyes: "Senior, there's no need to trouble yourself. This 'Illusion Moon Veil' is an ancient treasure, even Nascent Soul seniors can't see through it. Besides, Zi Ling has sworn that she will never show her true face until she avenges her parents."

Just as Su Ning was about to continue speaking, he suddenly turned his head and looked into the distance: "The people from Jiyin Island are here."

Dark clouds rolled across the sky, and a bone flying boat soared into the sky.

Dozens of black-robed cultivators stood on the flying boat, led by none other than the Extreme Yin Ancestor.

Unlike his previous act of yielding to Jin Kui, today he was aggressive and accompanied by three early-stage Nascent Soul cultivators, clearly representing the full strength of Ji Yin Island.

"Old man Jin Kui, how have you been?" The Yin Ancestor chuckled sinisterly, his gaze lingering on Su Ning for a moment longer. "This is your newly acquired precious disciple, Su Ning? I heard he's been making quite a name for himself in the Falling Star Strait, hasn't he?"

Jin Kui said calmly, "My disciple is unworthy, and I apologize for making you laugh, fellow Daoist."

"But why do I feel that your disciple seems somewhat familiar?"

"Of course! Your Extreme Yin Island has been hunting down my disciple for over a hundred years."

"Oh? It really is that Thunder Demon Su Ning from back then?" Upon receiving confirmation, the Extreme Yin Ancestor immediately flew into a rage.

"Junior Su Ning greets Ancestor Ji Yin." However, Su Ning bowed respectfully without being humble or arrogant.

"Hmph! Su Ning, I ask you, was the death of Wu Chou on Ji Yin Island your doing?"

"Reporting to Ancestor Jiyin, this junior does not know this Fellow Daoist Wu Chou, nor has he ever had any interaction with him."

"Hmph! Where is that Iron Arhat cultivator beside you?"

“My junior brother Zhang Tie has already passed away.”

The Yin Ancestor snorted and said no more. He led his men to retreat to the side, since he dared not cause trouble with Jin Kui present.

But Su Ning keenly noticed that a Core Formation Grand Perfection cultivator behind the Extreme Yin Ancestor was staring intently at him, his eyes filled with resentment.

The man had a sinister face and an aura that was seven parts similar to that of Wu Chou back then. It was very likely that Wu Chou was also a blood relative of the Extreme Yin Ancestor.

Over the next half hour, various forces arrived one after another.

The Six-Tier Palace, the Alien Sea Monster Clan, the Loose Cultivator Alliance...

More than twenty Nascent Soul cultivators and over a hundred Core Formation cultivators have arrived.

The sea surface was filled with an ethereal, oppressive atmosphere, creating a tense and volatile tension.

At this tense moment, a streak of azure light quietly landed on the edge of the area.

The newcomer wore an ordinary blue robe, had an unremarkable face, and was only at the mid-stage of Core Formation. He was inconspicuous among the many prodigies.

But Su Ning was shocked – it was clearly Han Li, the male protagonist who hadn't been seen in a century!
Although Han Li had changed his appearance, his reserved and profound temperament, as well as the faintly visible blue sword sheath at his waist, made Su Ning recognize him at a glance.

He suppressed his excitement, remaining outwardly calm, but secretly transmitted his voice: "Junior Brother Han, how have you been?"

Han Li's body trembled almost imperceptibly, and he responded telepathically, "Senior Brother Su...it really is you! I've been searching for you for nearly a hundred years..."

A simple sentence, yet it is filled with a century of longing.

The two could not say much, but agreed to discuss it in detail inside the Void Heaven Palace.

"This journey is fraught with danger! I hope Junior Brother Han will be extra cautious."

"Thank you, senior brother. Where is Zhang Tie?"

"We'll talk about it later! Tiezi is doing incredibly well these days."

……

As noon approached, Jin Kui, the Grand Elder of the Star Palace, stepped through the air and arrived at the center of the crowd.

He surveyed the room, his voice booming: "Gentlemen, the Void Heaven Palace is about to open. As is customary, the Star Palace, as the organizer, announces three rules: First, private duels are prohibited outside the palace; second, damage to the structure of the Void Heaven Palace is prohibited; third..."

At this point, Jin Kui paused meaningfully: "The killing of fellow practitioners is forbidden."

The last three words were spoken with great emphasis, but everyone present understood what they meant...

Murder and robbery were commonplace in the Void Heaven Palace, rendering this rule meaningless.

After the announcement, Jin Kui took out a dazzling token, which was none other than the Star Palace's treasure, the "Void Heaven Token".

He made a hand seal, and the token shot out a beam of silver light, piercing straight into a certain place in the void.

"open!"

With a loud shout from Jin Kui, the space above the sea suddenly distorted and then shattered like a mirror.

A magnificent palace complex slowly emerged, constructed entirely of white jade, with upturned eaves, exuding an ancient and weathered aura.

The most eye-catching feature is the nine illusory stars floating above the main hall, slowly rotating along some mysterious trajectory.

"The Void Heaven Palace!" someone exclaimed.

In the square in front of the palace gate, nine dragon-carved pillars hummed, and the tops of the pillars lit up with different colored lights.

Jin Kui explained, "The nine dragon pillars correspond to nine entry paths, each with varying difficulty and opportunities. You can choose for yourselves. Furthermore, the final teleportation location is also random."

Just as everyone was preparing to move, Zi Ling suddenly approached Su Ning and whispered, "Senior Su, shall we go to the seventh dragon pillar?"

Just as Su Ning was about to ask the reason, he saw a mysterious purple light flash in Zi Ling's eyes.

Even more strangely, this purple light caused the Great Wilderness Technique within his body to accelerate its operation on its own!
"Okay." Su Ning agreed calmly, but her heart was in turmoil.

This Fairy Ziling is definitely not simple!
On the other side, Han Li silently chose the third dragon pillar.

Before entering, he took one last look at Su Ning and Zi Ling, his mind now filled with too many questions.

Their eyes met in mid-air, and everything was understood without words.

The cultivator at the peak of the Core Formation stage from Jiyin Island led five fellow disciples toward the fifth dragon pillar. Before leaving, he made a throat-slitting gesture at Su Ning, a gesture brimming with provocation.

Jin Kui took in everything and specifically sent a telepathic message to Su Ning: "Be careful of the Wu Huan of Ji Yin Island. He is Wu Chou's elder brother. Although you have nothing to do with Wu Chou's death, Ji Yin Island has always harbored resentment towards you. Also... pay close attention to Fairy Zi Ling. This woman has a great secret."

Suning nodded solemnly and stepped into the light curtain of the seventh dragon pillar with Ziling.

A flash of light, and the two figures vanished.

The adventure in the Void Palace has officially begun.

……

As the teleportation light from the seventh dragon pillar dissipated, Su Ning found himself standing on a wasteland shrouded in gray mist.

The sky was a depressing dark red, devoid of sun, moon, and stars, with only the occasional flash of eerie green will-o'-the-wisps providing a sliver of light.

The surroundings were eerily quiet; there wasn't even a sound of wind.

"This is the Land of Spirit Abyss?" Su Ning frowned and looked around, noticing that Fairy Zi Ling was not by his side. "It seems we were separated by random teleportation. Could it be that I am destined to be apart from this number one beauty of the Chaotic Star Sea?"

His divine sense spread out, but was confined to a range of a hundred feet by the gray mist.

The ground was covered with cracks, and a cold, damp aura seeped out from the ground from time to time.

The strangest thing is that the moment these auras come into contact with the skin, they cause a slight feeling of dizziness—this gray mist can erode the soul!

"laugh--"

A dark shadow suddenly darted out from the crack in the ground, heading straight for Suning's face.

It was a shadowy beast resembling a bat, its body semi-transparent, with its fangs gleaming with an eerie light.

Su Ning dodged to the side, and with a flick of the God-Slaying Spear, the Yin Beast let out a piercing shriek, which was then completely swallowed up by the blood patterns on the spear.

"Interesting." Su Ning felt a sense of satisfaction emanating from the God-Slaying Spear, like a hungry beast tasting its prey. "Since you can devour souls..."

He deliberately released his aura, and the pressure from the fake infant spread like a tide.

Instantly, the ground trembled violently, and countless Yin beasts swarmed out from the cracks, forming an overwhelming black tide.

These demonic beasts came in various forms, including jackals, tigers, leopards, and even humanoid ghosts, but they all shared one thing in common: a pair of crimson eyes filled with resentment. "Well done!"

Suning laughed loudly, and the God-Slaying Spear swept across the army.

Where the spear tip passed, ripples spread through the space, and swarms of Yin beasts melted away like snow meeting boiling oil.

Even more astonishingly, the blood patterns on the God-Slaying Spear grew brighter and brighter, gradually forming miniature vortexes that actively devoured the surrounding vengeful spirits.

As the killing continued, the gun's temperature rose higher and higher, eventually turning as red-hot as a branding iron.

Su Ning's palm was scorched and smoke rose from it, but he held on tightly and refused to let go.

The Great Wilderness Technique was operating at full power to help suppress this ancient, ferocious weapon that was undergoing transformation.

"Roar--"

A deafening roar came from underground, and the horde of Yin beasts suddenly retreated like a tide.

The cracks in the ground widened, and a giant claw, the size of a small mountain, emerged, followed by a second one...

Finally, a ghost king appeared with three heads and six arms. Each head wore a bronze mask with a different expression, and each of the six arms held a bone knife, a soul banner, and other yin artifacts.

"Human...flesh and blood..." The middle head of the demon king uttered a muffled whisper, and foul-smelling green saliva dripped onto the ground, corroding deep pits.

Su Ning's pupils contracted slightly—this Ghost King's aura was already close to the early Nascent Soul stage!
But instead of retreating, he advanced, pointing the God-Slaying Spear at the Ghost King: "Perfect, I'll use you to test my spear!"

The Ghost King swung his six arms simultaneously, unleashing six bolts of Yin lightning towards Su Ning.

At the same time, it opened its mouth and spewed out green ghost fire, freezing even the gray mist into ice crystals wherever it passed.

Faced with this overwhelming attack, Su Ning finally unleashed the Great Wilderness Seal.

"town!"

The golden seal hovered in the air, and the invisible binding force made the Ghost King's movements pause.

Although it was only for a brief moment, it was enough for a master like Suning.

The God-Slaying Spear shot out like a blood-red lightning bolt, tearing a thin crack in space at its tip, and piercing directly through the Ghost King's chest.

"Aow—" The Ghost King let out a painful howl, thick smoke billowing from his wounds.

Even more terrifying is that its soul is being devoured by the God-Slaying Spear!
The Ghost King struggled frantically, while the other five weapons simultaneously hurled at Su Ning.

At the critical moment, the Thousand Illusion Mask suddenly appeared above Su Ning's head, transforming into three clones to confuse his opponent.

The real body then drew its spear and thrust it again, this time directly into the mouth of the Ghost King's left skull.

"Soul Eater!"

With a roar from Su Ning, the blood patterns on the God-Slaying Spear shone brightly, and the Ghost King's massive body withered away at a visible speed.

Just to be on the safe side, Su Ning once again used his trump card, the Purple Heaven Divine Thunder. Sure enough, the Ghost King screamed incessantly as if he had seen his nemesis.

In the end, the ghost king, comparable to a Nascent Soul cultivator, was sucked away and vanished into thin air, landing lightly on the ground.

The God-Slaying Spear has now completely changed.

The entire body changed from jet black to dark red, and dense ancient runes appeared on the gun, vaguely forming a blood-red dragon shape.

Most astonishingly, Su Ning could sense a nascent consciousness emerging within the gun—the nascent spirit of the gun was born!
"Good heavens, if you devour a few more ghost kings like this, you might be able to directly advance to a spirit treasure." Su Ning gently stroked the spear, and the God-Slaying Spear responded with a pleasant hum.

Those cultivators who successfully passed through the Spirit Abyss gathered here, and Su Ning also met Han Li and Zi Ling.

As a reward, cultivators who pass the test can pick spiritual herbs on their own, but most of those with insufficient strength, like Fairy Ziling, stop here.

Su Ning immediately sent a telepathic message to Han Li, asking, "Junior Brother Han, where are you going next?"

"Senior brother, I'm going to find my own opportunity," Han Li explained telepathically, his expression complex.

"Oh?" Su Ning immediately sensed something was amiss from Han Li's telepathic message.

Next, he carefully scanned Han Li with his divine sense, which was comparable to that of the early Nascent Soul stage. Sure enough, he found that a ghost was possessing Han Li. He immediately guessed that it might be that damned Xuan Gu Shangren.

It was truly unexpected that even without Zhang Tie's appearance, Xuan Gu Shangren still managed to entangle Han Li.

"Alright! Be careful, Junior Brother." Knowing that Han Li's Evil-Repelling Divine Thunder could deal with this Xuan Gu Shangren, Su Ning calmly gave Han Li a word of advice.

Then Su Ning and Zi Ling searched everywhere for rare spiritual herbs, but in reality, Su Ning was secretly opening his own spatial world to connect with this world.

At this moment, Zi Ling, who had left with Su Ning, looked at Su Ning with a puzzled expression, "Senior, are you going to continue to challenge the levels?"

“Of course! The Void Heaven Palace, which opens only once every three hundred years, is a rare opportunity.” Su Ning gave a very affirmative answer.

"After I gather some spiritual herbs, I plan to teleport out of the palace in a month," Zi Ling explained to Su Ning with a look of regret.

"Very well! With your current cultivation level, it does seem quite strenuous."

Then Zi Ling looked at Su Ning with a puzzled expression, "Senior, do you know Senior Han?"

"We are fellow disciples."

"What? Senior Han Li is also a disciple of Elder Jin Kui?"

"No! Our master is someone else."

"..."

Then Su Ning and Zi Ling went around this small world collecting herbs, and Su Ning discovered that his spatial world could indeed devour the Void Heaven Palace space.

Once Han Li takes the Void Heaven Cauldron, the array core will be gone, and he can easily achieve his goal.

Finally, Suning bid farewell to the mysterious Purple Spirit and continued his journey.

……

Two paths appear ahead of the second level: one is filled with churning lava and scorching heat; the other is covered in ice, where your breath turns to frost.

A stone tablet stands at the intersection, inscribed with the three large characters "Ice and Fire Road".

"Lava Road or Ice Road?" After a moment's thought, Su Ning chose the Lava Road.

The Great Wilderness Manual is inherently biased towards the fire element, so this opportunity may allow one to further improve their physical body.

The moment you step onto the lava path, a wave of heat crashes down on you like a wall.

The ground was made of red-hot rock, with golden lava flowing through the cracks, and the air was filled with the smell of sulfur.

The most terrifying thing is that air travel and magic are prohibited here, so you can only rely on your physical body to withstand the effects.

After walking only a hundred steps, Suning's boots turned to ashes.

Barefoot footsteps on the scorching rocks produced a hissing sound.

He remained unfazed and instead activated the Great Wilderness Technique, actively absorbing the surrounding fire elemental power to temper his physical body.

Three hundred paces later, several fire dragons suddenly leaped out of the lava river, spewing flames as they attacked.

Su Ning swung his spear to kill them, only to discover that these fire dragons would be reborn from the lava endlessly after being destroyed.

"So that's how it is. It's not a test of combat strength, but endurance." Su Ning suddenly realized, and stopped wasting his energy. Instead, he suspended the Great Wilderness Seal above his head to block most of the flames, while he moved forward steadily.

Halfway there, the temperature had risen high enough to melt refined iron.

Suning's skin was flushed red, and his hair and eyebrows were curled up, but his eyes remained clear.

His golden core spun rapidly, and the Dao patterns on its surface resonated with a certain ancient aura in the magma, causing it to slowly begin to transform.

"This is... the Earth Core Flame Essence?" Su Ning discovered golden light spots shimmering deep within the magma, a body-tempering treasure coveted even by Nascent Soul cultivators.

He risked using the God-Slaying Spear to pick up a strand and swallow it whole.

"boom!"

It felt like a volcano had erupted inside my body.

Suning spewed golden flames from all seven orifices, and smoke billowed from every pore of his body.

At the critical moment, the Great Wilderness Technique and the Star Origin Scripture were activated simultaneously, guiding this violent energy to the limbs and bones.

Three days and three nights later, when Suning walked out of Lava Road, his body had been completely transformed.

His skin was as clear as jade, his muscle lines were perfectly sculpted, and every bone shone with a faint golden light.

This physical body alone is enough to withstand a blow from a Nascent Soul stage cultivator!
……

The final level, "Exquisite Illusion," appears peaceful—it's just a path filled with exotic flowers.

But as soon as he stepped on it, Su Ning felt dizzy, and when he opened his eyes again, he was in the Yellow Maple Valley of the Yue Kingdom.

"Brother Su, what are you daydreaming about? Come and have some osmanthus wine!" Mo Caihuan, dressed in a light pink dress, waved to him with a radiant smile.

The scene was so realistic that even the sunlight on the tips of her hair was clearly visible.

If it were the old Suning, they might have succumbed to their slump for a moment.

But after experiencing the spiritual baptism when Mo Caihuan passed away, he had already seen through it all: "An illusion is ultimately just an illusion."

With a gentle slash of the God-Slaying Spear, the scenery of Yellow Maple Valley shattered like a mirror.

But then, a second hallucination followed...

This time, it was in the spatial world. Fairy Ziling removed her veil, revealing a face exactly the same as in her memory: "Brother Su, you finally recognized me?"

She gently stroked Su Ning's cheek; the touch felt incredibly real.

"Who exactly are you?" This time, Su Ning didn't immediately break free of the illusion, but instead pressed for an answer.

"I am..." Zi Ling was about to answer when the entire illusion suddenly shook violently, as if there was external interference.

Her figure began to blur, "The inner palace...only by finding the Zhou Tian Star Chart...can we understand..."

The illusion shifted again, this time to a scene Suning had never seen before: two figures were locked in fierce combat in a starry sky.

One of them wields a god-slaying spear, while the other manipulates the stars...

The scene ends abruptly.

"Are these memories or prophecies?" Su Ning asked as he stepped out of the wondrous illusion, only to find himself standing in the outer plaza of the Void Heaven Palace.

Just then, the inner hall doors slowly opened, and the voice of Jin Kui, the Grand Elder of the Star Palace, rang in his ears: "Disciple, the inner hall is your true training ground. The Zhou Tian Star Chart is inside the 'Void Heaven Cauldron,' so be sure to be careful of the people from Ji Yin Island..."

Gripping the God-Slaying Spear tightly, Su Ning strode into the inner hall.

The gun suddenly trembled violently and pointed in a certain direction—there seemed to be something calling to it from there.

However, Suning chose an ancient treasure from the treasure pavilion that closely resembled a two-handed goose feather sword.

Meanwhile, in another passage, Han Li was quietly putting away the Five Elements Ring Ancient Treasure he had just acquired.

His gaze pierced through the layers of halls and pavilions, as if he could truly see Su Ning's figure: "Senior Brother Su, this time we can finally fight side by side again..."

...(End of chapter)