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"Tell me your name. Let me die knowing why.

The nascent soul of the barbarian struggled in Zhou Yuan's azure hand, its golden light already dimmed considerably.

He stared intently at Zhou Yuan with his small, narrow eyes.

"Zhou Yuan".

Zhou Yuan spoke calmly, without hiding anything.

"You barbarian, yesterday's cause is today's effect... If you can hand over the manual of the Heaven-Supporting Demonic Art, I might consider letting you suffer less before you enter reincarnation!"

"Ha ha!"

The bearded man burst into laughter, his laughter filled with sarcasm and arrogance.

"Want my cultivation technique? Dream on! I've cultivated for so long, what storms haven't I weathered? Do you think I'm afraid of death?"

Zhou Yuan said no more.

He placed his palm on the nascent soul and his divine sense suddenly probed in—soul search!

However, after a moment, he frowned.

"Ha ha!"

Although the nascent soul of the barbarian was even weaker, he still sneered, "Trying to search my soul? My Heaven-Supporting Demonic Art allows me to keep my divine sense firmly within my soul, making it difficult to forcibly search it."

"Even if you forcibly increase the power of the soul-searching technique, at most it will cause my soul to dissipate. Wanting to know my secrets is wishful thinking!"

"Noisy."

Zhou Yuan raised his hand and unleashed a ball of flame, enveloping the nascent soul of the barbarian.

"ah--!"

The bearded man let out a shrill scream, and the golden nascent soul writhed and struggled in the flames, its light flickering uncertainly.

The flames scorch the soul, and the pain is far more unbearable than physical torture.

A moment later, Zhou Yuan withdrew the flames.

"To pay or not to pay?"

"I won't pay!"

The bearded man was panting heavily, his voice much weaker, but he remained defiant.

Zhou Yuan did not ask any further questions.

He sealed the bearded man's nascent soul into a jade bottle, set up several layers of restrictions, and kept it close to his body.

We'll talk about the Heavenly Demon Art later.

Zhou Yuan didn't waste the bearded man's body; he put it into his storage bag, then his figure flickered and he continued flying forward.

……

Half a day later.

Zhou Yuan arrived near Luotian Island.

Luotian Island was the place he chose to form his Nascent Soul.

It was only two days' journey from here to the deserted island where he had set up a teleportation array.

Dozens of miles outside the island, Zhou Yuan's vast divine sense suddenly detected a familiar aura.

He paused for a moment, then transformed into a streak of light and flew toward the island.

……

Luotian Island, Jinhua City.

This island is occupied by the Golden Sun Gate. Over the years, it has remained neutral, neither joining the Star Palace nor siding with the Reverse Star Alliance, and has thus maintained a peaceful existence.

However, at this moment, the entire Luo Tian Island was surrounded by the Reverse Star Alliance cultivators' formation—only entry was allowed, but exit was not.

On a bustling street, two women walked side by side.

One of them was in the mid-stage of Core Formation. With a beautiful face and gentle temperament, she was none other than Aunt Hua, who had accompanied Zi Ling back then.

The other person was dressed in purple, with a graceful figure. Her face was covered by a veil, and a faint purple aura obscured her features, making it impossible to see her true appearance.

But that otherworldly aura drew the attention of passing cultivators.

It was none other than Fairy Ziling.

Now, her cultivation has broken through to the early stage of Core Formation, her aura is calm and her foundation is solid.

In these times of war and chaos, having a place to settle down is a rare blessing.

"Aunt Hua, I didn't expect the Reverse Star Alliance to suddenly surround Luo Tian Island," Zi Ling said softly, her brows furrowing slightly. "It seems we're in trouble."

"We are now independent cultivators, the Reverse Star Alliance shouldn't make things difficult for independent cultivators, right?"

Aunt Hua shook her head, her tone tinged with uncertainty, "Forcibly taking away rogue cultivators will incur public wrath."

Zi Ling didn't speak, but looked up towards the direction of the Jin Yang Gate in the distance.

There, faint fluctuations of spiritual energy could be felt.

……

At the entrance to Jinyangmen Mountain.

Jin Buyi, the sect leader of Jinyang Sect, led the sect's cultivators to gather under the sect's protective formation, their faces solemn.

Outside the great formation, two late-stage Core Formation cultivators from the Reverse Star Alliance led a group of seven or eight early-stage Core Formation cultivators and over a hundred Foundation Establishment cultivators, completely surrounding the mountain gate.

Jin Buyi felt bitter inside.

Their Golden Sun Sect was just a mid-level sect, with only one late-stage Core Formation cultivator in the sect. How could they possibly provoke a behemoth like the Reverse Star Alliance?

At that very moment—

More than ten streaks of red light pierced the sky and shot towards them.

These beams of light, all uniformly red, surrounded a beautifully crafted and magnificent flying beast-shaped chariot.

The beast-drawn chariot was about six or seven zhang long, made entirely of an unknown fragrant wood, with layers of runes on its surface, emitting a faint spiritual light.

Three strange blue birds were pulling the cart forward—the birds were about ten feet tall, with six eyes and four wings, and looked ferocious and menacing.

These flying beasts were extremely fast, and in no time they reached the nearby high altitude.

"stop!"

A man gave an order from inside the carriage, and the beast-drawn carriage and more than ten streaks of light instantly stopped in mid-air.

The red glow faded, revealing a group of beautiful young women.

They were all dressed in light green palace gowns, their black hair piled on top of their heads, with two swords strapped to their backs. They stood neatly on either side of the beast-drawn carriage, each with their heads bowed and solemn expressions.

Moreover, they were all at the Foundation Establishment stage.

The curtain of the carriage was lifted, and two people stepped out.

The first person was a barefoot young man dressed in hemp clothing and wearing a tall hat.

He was about twenty-seven or twenty-eight years old, with a handsome and refined appearance. There was a faint golden light shining from between his eyebrows, and it was unknown what kind of cultivation technique he practiced.

Jin Buyi's pupils suddenly contracted when he saw this person!

"Wen Tianren?!"

This name is renowned throughout the Chaotic Star Sea—Wen Tianren, though only at the late stage of Core Formation, is extremely famous, and ordinary late-stage Core Formation cultivators would be defeated in no more than ten moves by him.

Most importantly, his master is currently the number one demonic cultivator in the Chaotic Star Sea.

A Six Paths Supreme Saint in the late Nascent Soul stage!

"Join our alliance, and from now on, obey my Reverse Star Alliance." Wen Tianren looked down at him, his tone indifferent. "The second is to destroy the sect. Choose one."

Jin Buyi's face turned ashen. He gritted his teeth and remained silent for a long time before finally lowering his head.

"My Golden Sun Sect... is willing to join the Reverse Star Alliance."

"it is good."

Wen Tianren nodded in satisfaction, about to say something more—

A streak of light rushed over from afar and landed beside Wen Tianren.

It was an elderly man in the mid-stage of Core Formation who bowed respectfully.

"Young Master, a rogue female cultivator at the Core Formation stage has been discovered on the island. She is suspected to be the renowned Purple Spirit Fairy of the Chaotic Star Sea."

"Oh?"

A glint of light flashed in Wen Tianren's eyes. "Purple Spirit Fairy? The most beautiful woman in the Chaotic Star Sea?"

A smile played on his lips as he waved enthusiastically.

"lead the way."

……

On a street in Jinhua City.

Zi Ling and Aunt Hua were talking in hushed tones when they suddenly felt a powerful aura approaching.

Looking up, they saw Wen Tianren descending from the sky with the old man in the mid-stage of Core Formation, landing not far in front of them.

Several female cultivators in green robes followed behind him, each with outstanding looks, but they paled in comparison to Zi Ling.

"Tsk tsk."

Wen Tianren looked Zi Ling up and down, his gaze sweeping over her, his eyes full of admiration.

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