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The chaotic starry sea of ​​this day is destined to be recorded in history.

At dawn, a seven-colored pillar of light suddenly rose in the central sea area.

Seven rays of light, in red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, and violet, pierced through the clouds like a giant sword reaching to the sky, painting the vast sea surface into a magnificent picture.

Even more astonishingly, a phantom image of a white jade city was slowly emerging from the center of the pillar of light...

The long-awaited ancient star palace ruins have finally been revealed!
"They've arrived!" Ling Yuling stood at the highest point of Tianxing City, the Tianxing Disc in her hand trembling violently.

The points of light representing the ruins of the star palace on the disc are becoming solid at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Su Ning squinted at the distance, his pupils reflecting the seven-colored glow of the sunset.

Since the Yuanci Divine Mountain recognized him as its master twenty years ago, his perception of the power of the five elements has become extremely acute.

Especially his own five elements spiritual roots, he felt that the Yuan Magnetic Divine Mountain was tailor-made for him.

As for his good friend Han Li, Su Ning believed that the immortal affinity of the Heavenly Bottle was already enough.

At this moment, Su Ning could clearly perceive that the seven beams of light corresponded to the five elements of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth, as well as the two energies of yin and yang.

"Pass down the order," Su Ning said to the Star Palace elder standing behind him, "Activate all protective arrays. Without my order, not a single seabird is allowed to fly out of the Inner Star Sea."

"Yes, Your Excellency."

Just as the elder was about to leave to carry out his orders, a clear and melodious crane cry suddenly came from the sky.

A white jade chariot pulled by twelve cranes emerged from the clouds, the star emblem of the Taiyi Sect shining brightly on its body.

"It's actually Senior Brother Xuan Qingzi!" Feng Xi on Su Ning's shoulder bristled, sensing the oppressive aura emanating from Xuan Qingzi. "This old monster actually came in person..."

The white jade carriage landed in Tianxing City Square, and a group of imposing cultivators stepped out.

The leader, dressed in a green robe and wearing a jade crown, looked to be around thirty years old, but his eyes held the weight of a thousand years of vicissitudes...

It was none other than Xuan Qingzi, the law enforcement elder of the Taiyi Sect, a cultivator at the Great Perfection of the Nascent Soul stage, a being on the verge of becoming a god!

"Su Ning greets Senior Brother Xuan Qing." Su Ning was very respectful, but secretly he was on guard.

This senior brother has always been on good terms with the sect leader, Xuan Tianzi, so his arrival at this time may not be a good thing.

Or rather, the current Taiyi Sect is so well-managed by its leader, Xuan Tianzi, that perhaps only the three Nascent Soul cultivators could subdue him.

Xuan Qingzi's gaze swept over the rebuilt Tianxing City, lingering on Ling Yuling for a moment before he suddenly burst into laughter: "Good! Good! Good! Junior Brother Su has single-handedly laid such a foundation for the Taiyi Sect, he deserves the greatest credit!"

A purple-gold token flew out from his sleeve and hovered in front of Su Ning: "By order of Ancestor Bai, I bestow upon you, Junior Brother, the Taiyi Token. You will assist me in commanding this expedition."

All the Taiyi Sect cultivators present paled in shock.

The Taiyi Token represents the supreme authority of the sect. The holder of the token can mobilize all disciples outside the sect. Historically, only late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators are qualified to hold it.

The fact that he has now been granted a mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator is quite intriguing.

"Su Ning accepts the order." Su Ning calmly accepted the token, but out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of the jealousy and resentment flashing in the eyes of his fellow disciples.

Xuan Qingzi seemed oblivious, and inquired with great interest about the information from the Star Palace.

Then, Xuan Qingzi looked at Su Ning meaningfully and asked, "Junior Brother Su, you are familiar with this place, tell me how we should proceed?"

"We'll split into three groups." Su Ning traced the phantom of a star palace in the air with his fingertips. "You, Senior Brother, will oversee the main gate. Senior Sister Zhou Zhiruo will lead the left flank, and I, Su, will be willing to go to the right flank. We also need to send elite troops to guard the exit to prevent anyone from taking advantage of the chaos..."

"Alright! Let's proceed according to Junior Brother's plan."

As they were discussing this, a sudden, intense flash of seven-colored light appeared in the distance.

The illusory image of the star palace has solidified to ninety percent, and the ancient restrictions at the city gate can be vaguely seen weakening!
……

When all forces arrived at the main gate of the Star Palace, the scene was magnificent.

Thirty-six Core Formation cultivators from the Yinluo Sect formed the Blood River Formation, with Zhang Tie sitting at its core, his five-colored blood-red pupils constantly shooting out blood-red light that broke through the restrictions; Hu Yanqing from the Tianmo Sect held a pink banner, the banner conjuring thousands of heavenly demons gnawing at the restrictions; the Confucian cultivators from the Haoran Pavilion recited ancient sacrificial texts, using righteous energy to resonate with the restrictions...

"boom--!"

As the last barrier dissipated, the thirty-foot-tall white jade city gate roared open.

In an instant, spiritual energy ten times denser than outside surged out, and the meridians of the dozen or so cultivators closest to it were directly ruptured by the tide of spiritual energy!

"Come on!"

Someone shouted, and thousands of cultivators surged toward the city gate like a tidal wave.

The first few rogue cultivators who rushed forward had just stepped onto the threshold when their bodies suddenly burst into flames...

The ground of the city gate was actually engraved with an invisible "Burning Star Array"!
"Fool." Zhang Tie sneered, as the river of blood beneath his feet carried him safely across the dangerous area.

Hu Yanqing transformed directly into a wisp of smoke, drifting into the city from above everyone's heads.

"Junior brother, let's go too." Twelve copper coins flew out from Xuan Qingzi's sleeve, forming a golden road in the air.

The Taiyi Sect members safely entered the city by stepping on copper coins, making other forces extremely envious.

The scene after entering the city was even more breathtaking.

The buildings on both sides of the street are well preserved, and some shops even have unsold magical artifacts on display!

A crystal-clear "Nine-Turn Scrophularia" grows in the middle of the main road, emitting an enticing medicinal fragrance.

"Don't touch it!" Su Ning suddenly stopped Zhou Zhiruo, who was about to gather herbs. "That's an illusion!"

Before he finished speaking, several cultivators who were rushing towards Xuan Shen suddenly screamed in agony.

The moment their hands touched the herbs, their life essence was drained, turning them into skin and bones, dried-up corpses!
The "Scrophularia" plant, on the other hand, became even more vibrant and beautiful.

“Bloodthirsty Ginseng…” Xuan Qingzi’s expression was solemn. “It seems that this ancient star palace ruins are more dangerous than we imagined.”

The group became more careful during their exploration and no further dangers were encountered. They then arrived at the scripture pavilion of the ancient star palace.

On the third day of their exploration, the Taiyi Sect made a great harvest at the Sutra Repository.

Of the 30,000 ancient jade slips, more than 70 are well-preserved and contain many lost martial arts techniques and secret arts.

The most precious item is the complete "Starry Sky Body Forging Technique," which perfectly fills the gap in the Taiyi Sect's signature technique, "Taiyi True Explanation."

"Junior Brother Su, there's a violent fluctuation of spiritual energy coming from the northwest," Zhou Zhiruo rushed over to report. "The Yinluo Sect seems to have discovered an important ruin!"

When Su Ning arrived at the scene with her, his pupils constricted.

This is a hemispherical silver building, and the three ancient seal characters "Leixiao Palace" on the door plaque are still flickering with electric light.

At this moment, Zhang Tie was leading six Nascent Soul elders from the Yinluo Sect to besiege the gate's restrictions, and they were about to succeed.

"Stop them!" Xuan Qingzi immediately ordered. "The Thunder Palace must be hiding a thunder-elemental treasure!"

The two sides instantly became tense and on the verge of conflict.

When Zhang Tie saw Su Ning, his blood-red eyes flashed with a three-foot-long light: "Perfect timing! Today we'll settle both old and new scores!"

"..." Su Ning naturally knew that Zhang Tie was putting on an act in front of everyone, but she still admired the guy's superb acting skills.

At the same time, seven Nascent Soul cultivators from the Yinluo Sect attacked simultaneously, their magical treasures such as the Blood River, Bone Spear, and Soul Banner blotting out the sky.

There were only four Nascent Soul cultivators present on the Taiyi Sect's side, and the situation was critical.

"Senior brother, step back." Su Ning suddenly stepped forward. "Let me handle this."

He made a hand seal, and suddenly five-colored lightning balls appeared around his body.

The five lightning orbs—golden white, wood green, water blue, fire red, and earth yellow—spinned in a ring above their heads.

"When the Five Elements reach their extreme, chaos returns to one!" The five thunderbolts suddenly merged into a hazy mass of lightning.

The lightning seemed to possess the power to create heaven and earth; its appearance caused the world to change color.

Zhang Tie's expression changed drastically: "Retreat quickly! This is the ultimate divine lightning of the Five Elements!"

Zhang Tie fled far away immediately, but the other Nascent Soul cultivators were too late.

The Five Elements Chaos Thunder Dragon roared out, distorting space wherever it passed.

The three Yinluo Sect members at the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm were directly struck and their physical bodies collapsed. When their Nascent Souls escaped, they were covered in cracks. Of the remaining four, two who were a little slower were also hit by the aftershocks, coughing up blood and flying backward. Only Zhang Tie and another elder saw the opportunity early and transformed into blood rainbows to escape.

The whole place was dead silent.

Spies from all sides were terrified—what kind of thunder magic is this?
He actually managed to severely injure five Nascent Soul cultivators with a single blow?!

“Five…Five Elements Divine Thunder?” Xuan Qingzi’s voice trembled. “Isn’t this the long-lost technique…”

Su Ning, however, turned pale and withdrew his spell; this attack had consumed eighty percent of his spiritual power.

But the results were worth it...

After this battle, no one dared to underestimate True Monarch Xingchen of the Taiyi Sect!
After that, the Yinluo Sect cultivators no longer dared to compete with the Taiyi Sect, and the immortal opportunities here were monopolized by the Taiyi Sect cultivators.

Finally, deep within the Thundercloud Palace, the group discovered their greatest reward from the trip.

On the star-gazing platform, a skeleton draped in a star robe sat upright in a jade chair, holding a fragmented jade slip depicting a star map in its lap.

In front of the remains was a damaged teleportation array, the pattern of which was completely different from that of the current cultivation world.

"This is..." Xuan Qingzi carefully examined the jade slip, his beard trembling with excitement, "A star map leading to the Spirit Realm! Although incomplete, it's enough to help us find the correct direction for ascension!"

Su Ning noticed Ling Yuling's unusual reaction.

She stared intently at the remains, her eyes gleaming uncontrollably.

Even more strangely, the unidentified ring on the remains' finger was also faintly glowing.

However, Su Ning quickly removed the ring, clearly indicating that it was a rare and valuable item.

"Senior Su," Ling Yuling suddenly transmitted her voice, "I will come to the Star Gazing Platform alone at midnight tonight. It concerns... a great secret of the Star Spirit Body."

At that moment, the entire star palace suddenly shook violently!
A deafening explosion echoed in the distance, followed by a sinister, maniacal laugh from a Nascent Soul cultivator of the Heavenly Demon Sect: "Hahaha...Found it! The Netherworld Mirror! The Ancient Demon Lord is about to awaken!"

It's obvious that this early-stage Nascent Soul cultivator from the Heavenly Demon Sect has been possessed by some sentient being...

Xuan Qingzi's expression changed drastically: "Not good! Quickly take all the spoils and evacuate the Star Palace!"

Suning took one last look at the observatory.

The remains had somehow raised their heads, their empty eye sockets "staring" at him...

……

After everyone successfully escaped the ancient star palace ruins, the ruins completely collapsed and disappeared.

However, before Su Ning could organize his collection, he was hastily summoned back to the Taiyi Sect of the Great Jin Dynasty.

Today, auspicious clouds swirl around the main peak of the Taiyi Mountains.

The bells of the seventy-two peaks rang out one after another, and on the ten thousand jade steps leading from the mountain gate to the ancestral hall, one hundred thousand disciples dressed in formal attire stood on both sides.

This is the highest-level welcoming ceremony of the Taiyi Sect, a once-in-a-century event.

A flash of silver light streaked across the sky, and Feng Xi's Thousand-Foot Wind-Splitting Beast emerged from the clouds.

Silver-gray feathers rippled in the sunlight, and the air currents generated when the wings were spread made the sea of ​​clouds below churn like boiling water.

On the beast's back, Su Ning stood with his hands behind his back in a star-patterned Taoist robe, the Taiyi Token and the God-Slaying Spear at his waist shining brightly.

"Welcome back in triumph, True Lord Stardust!"

One hundred thousand cultivators shouted their congratulations in unison, and the sound waves shook the protective array around the mountain.

Su Ning's gaze swept over the few people at the very front of the crowd...

Xuan Tianzi wore a formulaic smile, but his eyes were icy cold; Xiao Wanshan stared at Feng Xi's true form, his eyes flashing with greed; only the White Ancestor, sitting on the cloud, cast an approving glance.

"Disciple has not failed in his mission." Su Ning landed in front of the Ancestral Hall and presented the jade slip containing the star map of the Spirit Realm with both hands. "This is the greatest gain from the trip to the ancient star palace ruins."

Just as Xuan Tianzi was about to take it, the jade slip flew automatically into Bai Laozu's hand.

This subtle scene caused the atmosphere to freeze instantly, and the elders exchanged glances.

"Good." Ancestor Bai scanned the jade slip with his divine sense and nodded in satisfaction. "Bestow upon him the Taiyi Mystic Chapter and promote him to the position of Elder of Tian Shu Peak."

There was an uproar in the hall.

Tian Shu Peak is one of the seven main peaks of the Taiyi Sect, and historically only those in the late Nascent Soul stage can wield it.

Xuan Tianzi hurriedly transmitted his voice: "Ancestor, this is against the rules..."

"Hmph! Rules?" Old Ancestor Bai chuckled. "Then let's change the rules."

"..." At this moment, Xuan Tianzi was also very helpless, after all, in the cultivation world, cultivation level has always been the deciding factor. "Yes! Ancestor."

The victory celebration banquet that night was held in Qingxu Hall.

A hundred-foot-long jade table was laden with spiritual fruits and celestial wines, but everyone's attention was focused on the table at the head table...

The White Ancestor sat at the head, with the Xuan Emperor and Su Ning on his left and right respectively. This seating arrangement was quite meaningful.

"Junior Brother Su." Xiao Wanshan approached, raising his wine cup with a smile. "I heard you displayed your divine power at the Star Palace, that Five Elements Divine Thunder..."

He suddenly "accidentally" knocked over the wine cup, and the wine turned into nine fire snakes in the air, rushing straight towards Suning's face!
This is the ultimate technique of Burning Heaven, "Nine Flames Probing Spirits," which appears to be a toast but is actually used to probe the depth of the other party's cultivation.

Suning didn't even lift an eyelid.

He lightly tapped the table with his fingertips, and five-colored lightning flashed around him.

The nine fire serpents were struck as if by lightning, instantly disintegrating into sparks.

Even more terrifying, the residual lightning energy backfired through the connection with spiritual power, and Xiao Wanshan's sleeve ignited with a "sizzle" sound!
"Senior brother, you must be careful." Su Ning pressed his palm down, and the flames extinguished instantly. "This lightning fire is not easy to control."

The whole house was silent.

At this moment, Xiao Wanshan retreated to his seat with a livid face. He had just truly felt the threat of death—the lightning and fire could actually burn the nascent soul!

Old Ancestor Bai acted as if he hadn't seen them, leisurely sipping his spiritual tea: "Xingchen! Where are your two offspring now? Now that they are Core Formation cultivators, they should be serving the sect."

This was precisely the issue that Emperor Xuanzong was most concerned about.

The elders of his faction immediately echoed, "We've heard that the two young masters are exceptionally talented, why don't you come..."

Su Ning interrupted, "Master, I was just about to request permission to designate the Southeast Mountain spiritual vein as the foundation of the Su family."

The temperature in the hall dropped sharply.

Establishing a clan and family means formally forming a family of cultivators, which is the beginning of establishing their own independent household!
A crack appeared in the jade cup in Xuan Tianzi's hand, but Bai Laozu readily agreed: "Granted. In addition, thirty Foundation Establishment disciples and a thousand acres of spirit fields will be bestowed as a congratulatory gift."

"Thank you for your generous gift, Master."

After the banquet, Emperor Xuantian crushed a communication talisman in a secret room: "Investigate! Dig out the details of those two little bastards! I've long since stopped believing that Su Ning suddenly had two more sons out of thin air."

...(End of chapter)