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The secret passage twists and turns downwards, and the air is filled with an increasingly dense spiritual energy.

Han Li led the way, holding a jade slip he had obtained from the Void Heaven Palace, which marked the shortcut leading directly to the outer perimeter of the Void Heaven Palace.

"Senior brother, be careful, there is a spiritual cave ahead, we need to..." Before Han Li could finish speaking, the secret passage suddenly turned a corner, and the view opened up before them.

Amidst the misty steam, a milky-white pool comes into view, its banks covered with a carpet of green moss, and stalactites hanging down like a forest.

Even more astonishingly, a graceful figure was standing in the pool with her back to the two of them, her long, black hair clinging wetly to her snow-white back, water droplets sliding down her beautiful curves...

"Huh? You pervert!"

Amid screams, the figure suddenly turned around, covered its chest with its hands, and plunged into the water.

Amidst the rippling water, Su Ning finally saw the pretty face, both shy and angry—it was Yuan Yao, whom he had met once before in the Spirit Abyss!

Han Li was struck dumb, instantly shutting down his six senses and turning around, his ears turning red as if they were about to bleed: "Fellow Daoist Yuan Yao, please don't misunderstand! My senior brother and I accidentally wandered into this place, we did not mean to offend you."

Yuan Yao was filled with shame and anger, her gaze shifting between the two men.

When she saw Su Ning, her pupils contracted slightly: "Hmph! Do you believe what you're saying? Look, he's drooling."

Indeed, unlike Han Li's predicament, Su Ning was stroking his chin, looking at the spirit pool with great interest, his gaze lingering for a moment on Yuan Yao's fragrant shoulder that was exposed above the water.

"Uh?" Han Li deactivated his six senses, and awkwardly tugged at Su Ning's sleeve. "Senior brother, tone it down."

"Ahem!" Su Ning then withdrew his gaze, cupped his hands and smiled, "Greetings, Fellow Daoist Yuan Yao! I am Su Ning, Han Li's senior brother."

Yuan Yao bit her lower lip, her cheeks flushed: "Hmph! I know you! The newly promoted Grand Elder of the Star Palace, I heard you're very powerful in the Chaotic Star Sea, but I never expected you to be such a lecher."

“Fellow Daoist Yuan Yao, I never expected you to bathe in stalactite spiritual liquid.” Su Ning said something surprising, pointing to the milky white pool of water, “This is the essence of ten thousand years of spiritual liquid, a single drop is worth tens of thousands of spirit stones, you are quite extravagant.”

Yuan Yao's delicate body trembled in the pool, a hint of surprise flashing in her beautiful eyes: "You actually know what this is?"

“Of course.” Su Ning squatted down, his fingertips lightly touching the pool water, and immediately felt a surge of pure spiritual energy flow from his arm into his dantian. “Such a high purity stalactite liquid would be enough to cause Nascent Soul stage monsters to fight over it at an auction.”

He looked up with a mischievous smile, "Fellow Daoist Yuan Yao, you don't mind if we take away your bathwater, do you?"

Yuan Yao was taken aback at first, then laughed in anger at this shameless behavior: "Hmph! Easy peasy."

As she spoke, she waved her hand, and the clothes on the shore flew into her hand. She slid like a fish to a boulder to change her clothes.

Han Li finally breathed a sigh of relief and transmitted his voice, "Senior brother, you..."

"Junior brother, stop staring!" Su Ning had already taken out several jade bottles and started collecting spiritual liquid. "These stalactite spiritual liquids are rare natural treasures. A single drop can restore all spiritual power during a battle."

Upon hearing this, Han Li disregarded his embarrassment and quickly joined the collection effort.

The two moved swiftly, collecting most of the spiritual liquid from the pool in the blink of an eye.

Suning deliberately left the rest as a share for Yuan Yao, since everyone who sees it gets a share.

When Yuan Yao emerged from behind the boulder, fully dressed, the pool was already half-deep.

She watched the two "bandits" bustling about, feeling both annoyed and amused: "Fellow Daoist Su, I didn't expect that all the disciples of your Star Palace are so...unconventional?"

"Just making the most of everything." Su Ning filled the last jade bottle, tossed one to Yuan Yao, and said, "Everyone who sees it gets a share."

Yuan Yao caught it instinctively, her expression complicated.

She originally bathed here to break through her bottleneck with the help of spiritual liquid, but she didn't expect to be caught and even get a share of the benefits. Su Ning's actions are truly unpredictable.

The three remained silent for a moment, creating an awkward atmosphere. Han Li coughed lightly to break the silence: "Ahem! Fellow Daoist Yuan Yao, what brings you here? The Void Heaven Palace is about to collapse; it would be best to leave quickly."

“I have my own way of escaping.” Yuan Yao played with the jade bottle, then suddenly looked at Han Li, “When you came out of the inner hall, did you see the Heaven-Mending Pill?”

Han Li shook his head: "The Heaven-Mending Pill has already been divided up among the Nascent Soul cultivators from various factions."

Upon seeing this, Yuan Yao's expression immediately darkened: "Compared to those Nascent Soul stage monsters, we Core Formation cultivators are nothing but ants."

"Fellow Daoist Yuan Yao, is your Soul-Crying Beast still around?"

"Oh?" Yuan Yao smiled slightly and released a small monkey the size of a palm from her spirit beast pouch. "I didn't expect you to be interested in this little thing."

The little monkey, with gray fur all over its body and a vertical line between its eyebrows, was currently curled up in Yuan Yao's palm, trembling.

Upon seeing the beast, Han Li's breathing quickened: "The Soul-Crying Beast! Fellow Daoist Yuan Yao, would you be willing to return it to me?"

"..."

Suning observed with a cold eye, understanding the situation perfectly.

This Soul-Crying Beast can suppress Yin Spirits and has great potential for growth. It will attract the attention of powerful beings in the Spirit Realm in the future and will be a rare and valuable assistant.

He was happy that Han Li would take over this cause and effect.

After some haggling, Han Li successfully obtained the Crying Soul Beast from Yuan Yao. After the deal was done, Yuan Yao gave Su Ning a deep look: "Fellow Daoist Su, you're not interested in the Crying Soul Beast?"

“The consequences are too heavy to bear,” Su Ning replied meaningfully, causing Yuan Yao’s expression to change slightly.

At that moment, the entire space suddenly shook violently!
Stalactites above broke off and fell, and the water in the pool boiled as if being cooked.

"Senior brother, Fellow Daoist Yuan Yao, the Void Heaven Palace is about to collapse!" Han Li exclaimed urgently, "Quickly, let's go!"

The three rushed out along the secret passage.

The passage behind them continued to collapse, and the sound of boulders crashing down chased after them like thunder.

Yuan Yao suddenly turned onto a side road: "Farewell!"

After saying that, he flickered and disappeared into a flash of blue light.

Su Ning and Han Li continued their charge, seeing many panicked cultivators fleeing along the way.

Some disciples from Jiyin Island were smashed into mincemeat by falling rocks, while others from Xinggong Palace awkwardly erected protective barriers.

Jin Kui's voice suddenly rang out in Su Ning's communication talisman: "Disciple, come quickly to the teleportation array in the northeast corner!"

"Master, please go first. This disciple has another way out!" Su Ning responded with a sound transmission talisman, pulling Han Li towards another path.

As the two finally broke through the outer perimeter of the Void Heaven Palace, a deafening roar, as if the heavens and earth were collapsing, came from behind them.

Looking back, the magnificent ancient building was twisting and collapsing, like dough being kneaded by an invisible hand.

Even more bizarrely, the collapsed palace did not fall, but instead turned into specks of spiritual light and dissipated into the void—a clear indication that it had been swallowed up by some mysterious spatial world!
"Senior brother, this is..." Han Li's pupils contracted as he looked at Su Ning.

Su Ning smiled without saying a word, looking inward at his own spatial world, which would one day merge with his dantian.

At this moment, the world in that space is undergoing earth-shattering changes: the shadows of the sun and moon appear in the sky, mountains and rivers extend from the earth, and even simple plants and trees begin to grow.

After devouring the entire Void Heaven Palace space, the spatial world has completely transformed from a storage space into a true Great Thousand World!
What surprised Su Ning the most was that the marks of the powerful spirits originally imprinted in the Void Heaven Palace were ruthlessly crushed and devoured by the spatial world, and were transformed into pure fragments of laws, making the rules of this spatial world more perfect.

“The Void Heaven Palace will cease to exist from now on,” Su Ning said softly, his tone tinged with a hint of melancholy. “But a new legend is about to begin.”

On the distant sea, several streaks of light fled in panic.

The Nascent Soul stage monsters, including the Extreme Yin Ancestor and Wan Tianming, used various methods to save their lives, but none of them dared to turn back and investigate the truth behind the anomaly in the Void Heaven Palace.

Only the Grand Elder of the Star Palace, Jin Kui, stood on the cloud, glanced meaningfully in the direction of Su Ning, and then transformed into starlight and departed.

"Junior Brother Han, what are your plans next?" Su Ning asked.

Han Li touched the storage bag containing the Void Heaven Cauldron: "I need to find a secluded place to cultivate in seclusion. This time I have gained a lot, and I need time to digest it."

He hesitated for a moment, then asked, "What about you, Senior Brother?"

“This chaotic star sea is in complete chaos.” Su Ning looked up at the sky. “I may not be able to remain unaffected.”

"Senior brother, how did you become the personal disciple of the Grand Elder of the Star Palace?"

"It's a long story! By the way, I've already helped Zhang Tie complete the possession, but because it's such a big deal, I've temporarily hidden him away."

The two exchanged a smile and tacitly agreed not to say anything more.

The path to immortality is long; though we part today, we will surely meet again someday.

Before parting, Han Li suddenly remembered something, took out a jade slip and handed it to Su Ning: "This is the complete 'Xuan Yin Jing' that I found on Xuan Gu. It might be useful to you, Senior Brother."

Su Ning took a look and discovered that it contained several mysterious Yin techniques, which were exactly the kind of insidious and poisonous techniques that Zhang Tie needed most.

He gladly accepted it, then said goodbye to his good buddy: "My buddy will be very happy! Take care."

Watching Han Li leave, Su Ning took a deep breath, feeling the surging power within him.

The spatial world evolves, the God-Slaying Spear is upgraded and awakened, and cultivation reaches the peak of the False Infant stage...

This trip to the Void Heaven Palace yielded far more results than expected.

“Next…” Su Ning’s eyes gleamed, “it’s time to clean up the mess.”

With a thought, a portal of starlight appeared before him...

This is a new ability that the spatial world gained after absorbing the Void Heaven Palace; it can sense the mysterious spatial coordinates that are of the same origin as the Void Heaven Palace.

On the other side of the portal, a mysterious fairyland shrouded in purple mist could be vaguely seen, perhaps holding all the answers to questions about the spirit world, the immortal world, and even one's own future. ...

The opening of the Void Heaven Palace once every three hundred years has always been the greatest event in the cultivation world of the Chaotic Star Sea. Now, the collapse and dissipation of the Void Heaven Palace has enraged the entire cultivation world of the Chaotic Star Sea.

The Star Palace, which is responsible for supervising the opening of the Void Heaven Palace, has become the target of cultivators' venting, and the pressure the Star Palace is facing now can be described as widespread public resentment.

The "Twin Saints Palace" at the highest point of Tianxing City is under heavy security today.

Three Nascent Soul cultivators and eighteen Core Formation cultivators formed a grand formation around the palace, and even the air was filled with a chilling aura.

Inside the hall, the two Saints of the Star Palace sat high on their jade thrones. The man was dressed in white, as white as snow, and the woman was dressed in purple, as rosy as the sunset. Both were at the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm, and their aura was as deep and vast as the sea.

Seven Star Palace Elders knelt before His Highness, three of whom were already decapitated, their blood staining the white jade ground.

Elder Jia, who was once arrogant and domineering in the Void Heaven Palace, has betrayed us and completely abandoned Grand Elder Jin Kui.

Of the remaining three, Elder Jin Kui was the most disheveled...

The golden robe was torn, and black smoke was still billowing from a transparent hole in the chest. The eyes, which were once as bright as stars, were now dull and lifeless.

"Jin Kui, do you know your crime?" Star Palace Saint Master Wen Qing's voice was gentle, yet it sent chills down the spines of everyone present.

Jin Kui raised his head with difficulty, a bitter smile appearing on his lips: "If you want to condemn someone, you can always find a pretext..."

"Outrageous!" Ling Xiaotian shouted angrily from the side, "The collapse of the Void Heaven Palace has ruined the Star Palace's millennia-old reputation! You, as the host, cannot escape the blame!"

Jin Kui suddenly burst into laughter, his laughter filled with madness: "Haha, what a fine example of discarding a used tool after it has served its purpose! I have fought for the Star Palace for over four hundred years, expanded the thirty-six islands, and nurtured seven Nascent Soul cultivators... and this is the end result I get?"

Wen Qing sighed softly: "Blame it on your own merits overshadowing the master. Yu Ling is about to take over the Star Palace and needs all of its resources... and you know too much."

As soon as she finished speaking, a purple light flew out from her sleeve, heading straight for Jin Kui's dantian!

This is meant to completely destroy his cultivation!
At the critical moment, a deafening roar suddenly came from outside the hall.

The great formation composed of the eighteen star guards was forcibly torn open, and a blood-red spear light shot into the hall like a meteor, accurately intercepting the purple light.

"The God-Slaying Spear?!" Wen Qing's pupils constricted. "Su Ning! How dare you!"

A figure in green flashed into the hall; it was Su Ning.

He caught the rebounding God-Slaying Spear and knelt on one knee beside Jin Kui: "Disciple is late, please forgive me, Master!"

Jin Kui was both shocked and furious: "Foolish! Who sent you here!"

Su Ning didn't answer, but just stared warily at the two saints.

Only now did he realize that Jin Kui's injuries were far more serious than he had imagined...

The wound on his chest was wreathed in eerie purplish-black energy, which was constantly eroding his life force; there were also seven star nails sealing his nascent soul in his dantian.

"He's quite the loyal and righteous disciple," Ling Xiaofeng sneered. "In that case, let's set off together!"

He raised his hand as if to unleash a deadly attack, but suddenly a rapid bell rang out from outside the hall—an alarm signaling an impending attack by foreign enemies.

Wen Qing's expression changed: "The Reverse Star Alliance actually dares to take advantage of our misfortune!"

Taking advantage of the moment when the two saints were distracted, Su Ning suddenly crushed a silver talisman.

This is a "Star Escape Talisman" bestowed upon me by Jin Kui in my early years; it can travel thousands of miles in an instant.

A flash of silver light, and the figures of the master and disciple had vanished.

"Chase him!" Ling Xiaofeng roared. "I want to see him alive or dead!"

"Yes!"

Somewhere in the alien sea thousands of miles away, Su Ning, carrying the dying Jin Kui, fell out of the void.

This is a hidden underwater cave dwelling, built by Jin Kui in his early years, unknown even to the Star Palace.

"Master... Master, hold on!" Su Ning frantically took out various healing pills, but was stopped by Jin Kui.

“It’s no use…” Jin Kui shook his head weakly, “The Twin Saints’ ‘Star Fiend Nails’ have destroyed my foundation, there’s no way to save me…”

By the light of the luminous pearl in the cave, Su Ning was finally able to see Jin Kui's true condition...

Those seven star nails not only sealed the nascent soul, but also continuously devoured its life force.

The master who once looked down on all living beings is now like an old man in his twilight years, covered with wrinkles and barely breathing.

"How could this happen?" Su Ning's voice trembled. "You are the Grand Elder of the Star Palace!"

Jin Kui gave a bitter laugh: "The Two Saints have wanted to get rid of me for a long time... They want to pass the Star Palace to their daughter Ling Yuling... and I, a discarded disciple of the Taiyi Sect, am ultimately an outsider..."

“Taiyi Sect?” Su Ning was taken aback.

“Indeed…” A look of reminiscence appeared in Jin Kui’s eyes, “Six hundred years ago, I was the personal disciple of the sect leader of the Taiyi Sect of the Great Jin Dynasty. Because I failed to win the position of sect leader… I was expelled from the sect…”

He recounted the past in fits and starts: back then, due to various reasons, he was expelled from the Taiyi Sect of the Great Jin Dynasty.

After being stranded in the chaotic star sea, he cultivated to the Nascent Soul stage with his extraordinary talent and became the Grand Elder of the Star Palace.

But deep down, he always longed to one day rightfully return to the Taiyi Sect.

“Su Ning…” Jin Kui suddenly grabbed his apprentice’s hand, “I don’t have much time left… listen carefully…”

With trembling hands, he took out a glittering sword pellet, an ancient jade slip, and a yellowed map: "This is my life's savings... The 'Star Core Sword Pellet' is the Taiyi Sect's most prized treasure... The 'Taiyi True Explanation' records the complete 'Star Origin Scripture'... In addition, the map marks the location of the ancient teleportation array leading to the Great Jin Dynasty..."

“Master…” Su Ning accepted it with both hands, feeling as if it weighed a ton.

The Star Core Sword Pill felt icy cold to the touch, containing terrifying sword energy; the two characters "Taiyi" on the jade slip of "Taiyi True Explanation" were written in a flamboyant style, faintly exuding Daoist charm; and the ancient teleportation array marked on the map was located on a deserted island in the outer star sea.

"And this..." Jin Kui took out another bronze token, "The Great Teleportation Token... It can protect you from being torn apart by spatial forces when you pass through the ancient teleportation array."

"Master..." Su Ning's throat tightened, "Let's go together!"

Jin Kui shook his head, his breath growing weaker and weaker: "My nascent soul is shattered... I won't live past today..."

Suddenly he coughed violently, spitting out blood mixed with fragments of internal organs. "I only hate that... I was once again used as a pawn by the Star Palace Twin Saints."

Silence fell over the cave, broken only by Jin Kui's increasingly weak breathing.

Suddenly, a sharp light flashed in the eyes of this once mighty cultivator who had dominated the chaotic star sea. He struggled to sit up straight and said, "I've figured it out! Since they are ruthless, they can't blame me for being unjust."

His fingers moved rapidly through the air, and specks of starlight condensed into a complex rune.

As soon as the rune appeared, the entire cave was filled with starlight, and even the seawater retreated in fear!
"Su Ning, look closely! This is the 'Primordial Magnetic Divine Light' cultivated by the Star Palace Twin Saints. It is said that this technique can help cultivators break through to the Nascent Soul stage."

The runes emitted a dazzling light, then shattered with a crash.

Jin Kui's body also began to dissipate, rising from his feet upwards as specks of starlight.

"Master! How do you possess the techniques of two Saints?" Su Ning exclaimed in surprise.

"Hmph! This is probably the real reason why I'm being targeted by the Star Palace Saints, because I've crossed their bottom line."

"This……"

“Remember…” Jin Kui’s voice grew fainter and fainter, “Go to the Great Jin…go to the Taiyi Sect…tell them…Jin Kui has not disgraced the sect…”

Before the last glimmer of starlight faded, this ruthless figure revealed a relieved smile: "And... be careful of the Star Palace Twin Saints... they have connections with the Spirit Realm..."

The starlight completely dissipated, and the cave returned to darkness.

Only the Star Core Sword Pellet floated in the air, emitting a faint light, as if bidding farewell to its master.

Suning knelt on the ground and remained motionless for a long time.

The God-Slaying Spear sensed its master's emotions and emitted a low hum.

Within the spatial world, even the newly born sun and moon seemed to have dimmed somewhat.

Three days later, when the Star Palace pursuers found the underwater cave, they only saw a few lines of large characters carved into the wall with sword energy:

"Even if stars fall and the sea is in turmoil, I will not regret it; the dream of Taiyi will one day return."

The signature reads: "Su Ning, a disciple personally taught by Jin Kui of the Taiyi Sect."

Meanwhile, on a deserted island somewhere in the alien sea, an ancient teleportation array was already shining brightly.

Su Ning stood in the center of the formation, holding the Great Teleportation Token, the God-Slaying Spear at his waist humming incessantly.

"Master, your disciple will make the name 'Golden King' resound throughout the Great Jin Dynasty!"

A flash of light, and the figure vanished.

The legend of the Chaotic Star Sea has come to a temporary end, but the story of the Great Jin Dynasty has only just begun...

Then Suning officially began his own cultivation story.

...(End of chapter)