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Xuan Du spoke, his voice calm yet tinged with caution.

"What's wrong?"

"What's the problem with being stationed at the ancestral temple of ten thousand trees?"

Xue Yuan stood there, his deep eyes fixed on Xuan Du, his lips moving slightly for a few breaths.

Those words seemed so shocking that he was momentarily at a loss for words.

After a moment, he took a deep breath and suppressed the surging emotions in his heart.

"Master."

"This disciple has indeed recovered most of his strength, and his cultivation at the peak of the half-step Hunyuan Taiji realm is enough to awe all around."

"But Master ordered me to stay at the Ten Thousand Woods Ancestral Court and control that area..."

"This disciple dares not."

The two words fell like a boulder crashing to the ground.

Xuan Du stared at him without saying a word.

He waited for Xueyuan to finish saying what came after that sentence.

Xue Yuan stared at Xuan Du, his deep eyes churning with a fear that had been building up for billions of yuan.

"Master, are you aware of an unwritten rule within this chaos?"

"Any being at the Hunyuan Taiji level can control a region of the heavens."

"But once it controls both celestial domains, Zhulong will make his move."

He will eliminate it.

"Leave no survivors."

As soon as the sound faded, the stone platform fell silent.

Xuan Du stood still, his brows slowly furrowing.

"Zhulong?"

"That Zhulong you mentioned before?"

"A being who has occupied the Primordial Spirit Vein for billions of yuan, and is at the late stage of the Primordial Taiji realm?"

Xueyuan nodded, his voice low and urgent.

"It was him."

"When I was at my peak, in the late stage of Hunyuan Taiji, I also thought about finding another celestial realm as my second foundation."

"At that time, I had my eye on a secret realm south of the Xuanji Heaven Domain. Although it was not as ancient as the Wanmu Ancestral Court, it was still enough for me to build another Daoist temple."

"But before I could even make a move, I received a message."

"The message came from the direction of the Primordial Spirit Vein, and it contained only seven words."

"Take it any further, and you will be killed without mercy."

As Xue Yuan spoke, a deep dread, which had never been erased even by the Billion Yuan Association, surged in the depths of his eyes.

"At that time, I was already in the late stage of Hunyuan Taiji, and I roamed freely in the Chaos for hundreds of millions of years. I had never been threatened like this before."

"But the moment those seven words were spoken, my whole body went cold."

"Because this disciple sensed the aura contained within that message."

"That's the pinnacle of Hunyuan Taiji."

"It's not late stage, it's peak."

"He is a being who is a whole realm higher than my disciple."

"After weighing the options for several days, I finally gave up on that secret realm."

"Because I know that Zhulong keeps his word."

"He occupies the Primordial Spirit Vein for billions of yuan and never leaves that area, yet his aura covers countless miles deep within the chaos."

"He will sense it immediately if any being of the Primordial Taiji attempts to control the Second Heavenly Domain."

"Then make your move."

"Without exception."

The sound of Blood Abyss echoed on the stone platform, carrying a heavy weight that seemed to weigh on billions of dollars.

Xuan Du listened to those words and fell silent.

He stood with his hands behind his back on the stone platform, his blue robes fluttering slightly, his eyes deep and unfathomable.

Zhulong.

The pinnacle of Hunyuan Tai Chi.

The billion-dollar guild, entrenched in the Primordial Spirit Vein, never leaves that area.

His aura could cover countless miles deep within the chaos, and he would sense anyone who tried to control the second heavenly domain immediately.

Then they would strike and eliminate them.

Xuandu repeated those words in a low voice.

"Take it any further, and you will be killed without mercy."

"This Zhulong is quite domineering."

"What right does he have to interfere in this kind of thing?"

Xue Yuan gazed at him, his deep eyes swirling with complex emotions.

"Master, Zhulong is not domineering."

"He works for the Great Way."

As soon as the sound faded, the stone platform fell silent.

Xuan Du gazed at the Blood Abyss, his eyes narrowing slightly.

"Working for the Great Way?"

Xueyuan nodded, his voice lowering slightly.

"I also wondered back then why Zhulong guarded the Primordial Spirit Vein and the Billion Yuan Society, and why he interfered with Hunyuan Taiji's control over several celestial domains."

"Later, after making inquiries from various sources, the disciple learned of a secret."

"In the chaos, there are countless celestial realms, but very few celestial realms can truly solidify the foundation of the Primordial Taiji."

"Each celestial realm contains a branch of the primordial chaos. If the same person controls too many celestial realms, the primordial chaos will be continuously drawn away and gathered together."

"If this continues, those celestial realms will gradually wither away, and the creatures within will lose their habitat."

"And Zhulong is the gatekeeper of the Great Dao."

"He resides in the Primordial Spirit Vein, guarding the core node of the Chaos Origin, and monitoring the existence of all Primordial Taiji."

"He will intervene to stop anyone who tries to take control of the Second Heavenly Domain."

"He wasn't doing it for himself, but for the balance of chaos itself."

"This is why all the beings of Hunyuan Taiji only guard one territory, and no one has ever dared to trespass on the second."

"Because Zhulong won't give them that chance."

Xue Yuan paused slightly at this point.

"Back then, when I was trapped at the spiritual vein node, I was surrounded by billions of yuan. Although I never controlled the Second Heaven Domain, I did witness a mid-stage Hunyuan Taiji being trying to seize a secret realm north of the Xuanji Heaven Domain."

"That being's cultivation is a notch higher than my disciple's, and his methods are extraordinary. He believes he can deceive Zhulong's perception."

"But just as he set up the first restriction on the outer edge of that secret realm, a beam of light suddenly appeared from the direction of the Primordial Spirit Vein."

"The beam of light pierced through billions of miles of void, instantly erasing that being along with the outer perimeter of that secret realm."

"Within a radius of tens of millions of miles, there is no sign of life."

"That being at the mid-stage of Hunyuan Taiji didn't even have time to let out a scream."

As Xue Yuan spoke, his voice trembled slightly.

The billions of dollars may have passed, but the oppressive power of that beam of light remains etched into his very bones.

That was the power of the peak of Hunyuan Taiji, a gap that even he, a late-stage Hunyuan Taiji practitioner, felt in despair about.

Xuandu fell silent.

He stood on the stone platform, gazing at the vast emptiness in the distance, his eyes as deep as an abyss.

Zhulong.

To act on behalf of the Great Way.

Monitor the existence of all Hunyuan Taiji.

Anyone who attempts to take control of the Second Heavenly Domain will be eliminated.

This is the unwritten rule deep within the chaos.

No wonder Xue Yuan's expression changed drastically when he heard the words "sitting in charge of the ancestral court of ten thousand trees".

No wonder he, a powerful being in the late stage of Hunyuan Taiji, abandoned that secret realm after receiving those seven words.

No wonder that in this chaos, all the beings of Hunyuan Taiji only guard one side of the heavenly realm.

It's not that I don't want to take more, it's that I don't dare.

Xuan Du spoke slowly, his voice calm.

"Did Zhulong personally take action?"

Xueyuan nodded.

"I witnessed it with my own eyes once."

"That beam of light came from the direction of the Primordial Spirit Vein, piercing through billions of miles of void, and in an instant wiped out that mid-stage Hunyuan Taiji being along with the outer perimeter of that secret realm."

"At the time, I was hiding behind some floating ruins and watched the pillar of light dissipate from afar."

"After that, I dared not have the slightest improper thoughts again."

"The billion-dollar club only guards its foundation in the Xuanji Heaven Domain."

Xue Yuan paused slightly at this point, then looked towards Xuan Du.

"Master, I know that you want to expand the foundation of the Jie Sect."

"But the dozens of Grandmasters of Primordial Chaos outside the Wanmu Ancestral Court have already joined the Jie Sect, and that area has already become causally connected with the Jie Sect."

"If I were to return to oversee the ancestral temple of ten thousand trees and take control of that region..."

"That would mean that the Jie Sect would simultaneously control two celestial realms."

"Zhulong will definitely make a move."

"If I can't stop it then, even Master might not be able to."

"The entire foundation of the Jie Sect deep within the chaos will probably be wiped out by that pillar of light."