High Martial Arts: Gains one point of health per second, sweeping across the heavens.

As Su Jie flew, he thought to himself, "I'm putting the wisdom of our ancestors into practice: be prepared for danger in times of peace, understand? Nip any signs of danger in the bud, that's what true prudence is."

[You call this prudent?]

Su Jie said confidently, "Of course it's prudent. Think about it, Nalan Mingyue knelt for two days at the gate of the Taixu Divine Palace. She must hate me to death."

Behind her stood a grandfather who was a second-tier transcendent, parents who were two first-tier transcendents, and the fiancé of the young master of the entire Xuan Shu Mansion.

If I were to be soft-hearted and let her go back, and she were to find the power of the Xuan Shu Mansion to hunt me down once she reached Qinglan Island, do you think I would face a lot of trouble?

"Now that's all settled, her entire Nalan clan is practically wiped out. She has no more worries about the future. If this isn't prudent, what is?"

The system remained silent for a moment, as if digesting this fallacy.

[…Host, have you ever considered that, according to normal cause-and-effect logic, you could simply walk away and prevent them from tracing your origins?]

Su Jie chuckled: "Normal causal logic? System, how long have you been in the Chaos Mother Sea? What kind of 'normal causality' do you think exists here?"

The system did not respond.

Su Jie continued, "In the Chaos Mother Sea, if you don't crush others, they will crush you."

If I let Nalan Mingyue go today because I'm soft-hearted, she'll bring the people from Xuan Shu Mansion to hunt me down tomorrow.

Similar things happen countless times every day in the Chaos Mother Sea, so it's reasonable to uproot her before she grows up completely.

The system remained silent for a long time, then replied slowly: "[...Host, you weren't like this before. Back in the Tianyuan Universe, while you were decisive in your killings, at least you had some sense of propriety.]"

Su Jie chuckled and said, "A being at the Supreme Realm is struggling alone in the Chaos Mother Sea, without any backing or power. Every step he takes is treading on a knife's edge."

"If I'm not ruthless enough, I'll be the one who dies. System, don't become a saintly system, or I'll suddenly unleash my full power."

[...I was just expressing my feelings, how could I be considered a saint?]

The system did not object further.

Su Jie said no more and took out the Myriad Souls Transformation Banner to carefully sense it.

After absorbing the boundless karma and resentment of three transcendent beings and tens of thousands of eternal cultivators, the karmic power reserves deep within the banner's heart have surged from the original three drops to dozens of drops.

Su Jie estimated that, based on the current reserve of evil energy deep within the banner's core, the power of this Myriad Souls Transformation Banner was at least ten times stronger than before.

If the original three drops of wicked power could only erode the true spirit of a first-tier transcendent being, then the current thirty-odd drops of wicked power, when combined, are enough to cause substantial erosion of the true spirit of a second-tier transcendent being in a direct confrontation.

Su Jie put away the Soul Banner with satisfaction and then sensed the state inside the Soul Devouring Pearl.

Deep within the heart of the pearl, the true spirits of the three transcendent beings, along with tens of thousands of eternal flames, have transformed into a lake of the purest essence of the soul.

The sheer size of that energy far exceeded the sum of any of his previous accumulations.

Without hesitation, Su Jie activated the Primordial Dao Eye and quickly scanned the surrounding area.

After a short while, he stopped in a secluded fold of the void, sat cross-legged, and began to receive the surging soul essence within the Soul Devouring Pearl.

Pure energy poured into the depths of his consciousness like a flood bursting its banks.

His mid-stage fifteenth-order primordial spirit rapidly expanded, solidified, and climbed to a higher level under the impact of that torrent.

The barrier at the late stage of the fifteenth rank shattered layer by layer under the continuous infusion of energy, and then the threshold of the peak of the fifteenth rank was also broken through under the scouring of that torrent.

The dark golden phantom of the primordial spirit in the sea of ​​consciousness solidified several times over, and the runes flowing around its edges became even finer and deeper than before.

Su Jie opened his eyes, feeling the primordial spirit power that had steadily stopped at the peak of the fifteenth level, and the corners of his mouth curved slightly.

The lake of soul essence within the Soul Devouring Pearl still has most of its contents remaining unused deep within the pearl's core.

However, these reserves are far from enough for him to launch an attack on the Eternal Realm.

According to the system's calculations, at least one thousand second-tier true spirits need to be purified by the Soul Devouring Pearl to be considered safe.

This breakthrough took one Kun day, and there are only two Kun days left before the Taixu Ship sets sail.

He stood up, his Chaos Emperor Wings unfurled once more, and sped off towards the Taixu Divine Palace branch.

……

The annihilation of the Nalan clan caused a tremendous shock throughout the entire Chaotic Island of Lanxu.

This chaotic island is hundreds or even thousands of times larger than the primordial continent, teeming with countless creatures and possessing a vast territory.

The dozens of transcendent auras that Su Jie detected with the Primordial Dao Eye were merely those active beings who were not deliberately concealing their auras.

The total number of transcendent beings on the entire Lanxu Island is far more than that.

Some are seeking opportunities in some ruins in the Chaotic Mother Sea, some are sailing across islands, some are in seclusion deep within their own territory, and some have concealed their presence through special means, not easily revealing themselves to others.

All these transcendent beings combined number in the hundreds.

However, among these hundreds of transcendent beings, fewer than twenty have reached the second-tier transcendent level.

Nalan Hong was one of them.

But now, his true spirit is gone, and he has completely perished.

The news spread to all the major powers on the Lanxu Continent within half a day.

Families, sects, and merchant guilds with transcendent beings in charge received the intelligence almost simultaneously.

The Nalan family headquarters was razed to the ground in an instant, and none of the three transcendent beings, along with tens of thousands of eternal beings and trillions of clansmen, survived.

The Zixia Mountain Range under his command was also massacred before the Kun Sun, and all living beings perished.

No one knows who the killer is.

Those who arrived at the scene afterward to investigate found only an empty, ruined foundation.

The lightweight rapid-fire cannon of the Taixu Chenyao shuttle has almost no energy fluctuations when it is fired, and the traces left after hitting the target are extremely limited, even the causal lines are completely annihilated.

Some speculate that the Nalan family offended a powerful being who happened to be passing by.

Some say it might be that the Nalan family's old enemies came to seek revenge.

Some people also mentioned the Taixu Divine Palace, saying that Nalan Mingyue had just knelt for two Kun days at the Taixu Divine Palace branch.

However, this speculation was suppressed. Given the style of the Taixu Divine Palace, they wouldn't choose such a sneaky method to destroy the Nalan family if they really wanted to.

There was much discussion and conflicting opinions, but none of them could withstand scrutiny.

Most of the forces that had once been on good terms with the Nalan family chose to remain silent.