Covering the Sky: Fairy, I really need to control you properly.

"Buzz!"

The jade platform trembled, the Dao patterns lit up, and a mysterious light enveloped Fairy Zixia. She raised her hand and formed a seal, preparing to activate the array platform to traverse the void and return directly to the Purple Mansion Holy Land.

During this trip to the Northern Region, I witnessed the traces of an emperor's path, obtained the heaven-defying scripture "The Record of the Eastern Emperor," and even communicated with the newly born soldier's soul within that black gourd.

"Wait a moment, young friend."

Just then, a voice rang out.

Zixia Fairy paused slightly and looked up.

The speaker was an elderly man who stepped out from among the Wang family members, with a warm smile on his face, looking like a kind elder.

This person is Wang Xuangu, the powerful figure in charge of the Wang Family Stone Archway in the Holy City.

"I am Wang Xuangu, young friend. I saw clearly that you were destined to have that gourd. No one else can take it away from you."

Zixia Fairy remained silent, her expression indifferent.

She was not a naive newcomer to the world of cultivation, and she wouldn't lower her guard just because of a few polite words.

She had seen far too many people in this world who greeted her with a smile but stabbed her in the back.

"Young friend, please don't worry. I have no ill intentions. Although you have the array platform, the aftershocks of the Primordial Ancient Mine Emperor have not yet dissipated. If you cross it rashly, something unexpected may happen."

He raised his hand and pointed towards the Holy City, saying, "There is an inter-domain teleportation array in the Holy City. I can escort you there, young friend, as a way to establish a good relationship."

Wang Xuangu's gaze fell on Fairy Zixia, and deep in his eyes, a dark current surged.

The Wang family, one of the major powers in the Northern Plains, has stood firm and possesses a profound foundation and numerous powerful figures. In this generation, they have produced a prodigy named Wang Teng, who is hailed as a young emperor with limitless potential.

But the Wang family's foundation was ultimately too shallow.

The Wang family's ancestor was only at the Great Sage realm. After ten thousand years of inheritance, the strongest weapon he left behind was merely a Sacred Artifact.

Placed in the Northern Plains, it would be enough to intimidate a region, but what is it compared to the entire Big Dipper Star Region, or those ancient families with unfathomable foundations?

How can the lineage of the Great Sage contend with the Daoist tradition of the Great Emperor?

How can a weapon of sacred artifact level contend with an ultimate imperial weapon?

No matter how amazing Wang Teng is, he has not yet matured. He needs time, resources, and a weapon that is worthy of his future imperial path.

The Wang family, however, cannot provide him with these things for the time being.

But what if we could get that gourd?

Such an opportunity is extremely rare; to miss it would make one a sinner against the royal family.

Within the Sea of ​​Bitterness, Xu Jinhuan's voice rang out at the opportune moment: "Fairy, don't believe him, that old geezer is wicked."

Zixia Fairy's lips twitched slightly.

Although this dead tree always spoke in a frivolous manner, this time she wholeheartedly agreed.

"Thank you for your kindness, senior," she said calmly, her expression remaining impassive. "I know what I'm doing, so please don't trouble yourself."

As she spoke, she raised her hand to activate the array platform, and a great burst of mysterious light shone forth.

A shadow crossed Wang Xuangu's eyes, but he quickly concealed it: "Young friend, why be so formal? This old man is sincere..."

Before she finished speaking, a streak of dark light flew out from her sleeve, incredibly fast, and pierced straight into the void beside Fairy Zixia.

"Buzz!"

The void trembled, and the dark light exploded, transforming into a large black net that sealed off the entire space within a hundred feet. The array platform beneath Fairy Zixia's feet trembled violently, and the Dao patterns flickered, forcibly blocking the power to cross the barrier.

"Young friend, I'm trying to give you some good advice, but you don't appreciate it." He shook his head, his tone regretful. "That gourd is not something a mere cultivator like you can possess."

Zixia Fairy's expression changed, but she was already prepared, and the Purple Mansion Landscape Map emerged from within her body.

"Old man, finally stopped pretending?" She sneered, secretly channeling her divine power in preparation for a breakout.

With the Purple Mansion Landscape Map in hand, plus the Mysterious Jade Array Platform, it would be extremely difficult to keep it unless an unparalleled king personally intervened.

Wang Xuangu paid no attention, and a jet-black spear appeared from the void.

This spear is called the Black Xuan Spear. It was forged by the Wang family ancestor using the essence of the Northern Plains Black Iron and took a hundred years to refine. Although it is not a sacred weapon, it is still a genuine king's divine weapon.

"Very well, I'll just have to take it myself."

In the sea of ​​suffering, Xu Jinhuan's voice rang out again: "Use that gourd."

Fairy Zixia subconsciously looked at the black gourd floating beside her.

Since it connected with the Emperor's Dao trace, this object has been quietly floating beside her, as if it were just an ordinary artifact, showing no sign of its earth-shattering power.

"You should communicate with the newly born soldier spirit within. Though it is still immature, it has already inherited a portion of the Eastern Emperor's will. Summon it with your mind, and then..."

"Repeat after me: Immortal-Slaying Gourd, my darling, please turn around."

Fairy Zixia: "..."

This incantation sounds so frivolous.

But now that she was in trouble, she couldn't care less about anything else.

Zixia Fairy's heart stirred slightly, and she slowly called out with her mind, "Gourd..."

"Immortal-Slaying Gourd, my treasure, please turn around!"

The moment the words left his mouth, the world changed drastically.

The black gourd trembled slightly, and then a beam of light shot out from its mouth, like an immortal ascending to the heavens.

The light was so bright that it eclipsed the sun and moon and dimmed the stars. After bursting out of the gourd's mouth, it spun in the air, drawing a beautiful arc.

Then, it turned gently toward Wang Xuangu.

Wang Xuangu's pupils suddenly widened. He wanted to retreat, but the sword light was too fast. Before he could even think, the sword light was already upon him.

"No!"

A flash of sword light streaked past.

Wang Xuangu's body froze on the spot, the black spear in his hand suspended in mid-air, its tip no more than three feet from Fairy Zixia. But those final three feet were beyond his reach.

A line of blood appeared between his eyebrows, spreading downwards to his chest and abdomen.

"Boom!"

The next moment, his body, along with the black spear in his hand, and everything within a ten-mile radius—the earth, the void, the rubble, the ruins—the entire Wang Family Stone Archway was reduced to ashes.

Within a ten-mile radius, everything vanished.

Zixia Fairy stood in the Purple Mansion Landscape Painting, looking at the huge pit with a radius of ten miles in front of her, and was deeply shocked.

one move.

With just one move, a supreme expert and a kingly weapon, the land within a ten-mile radius was reduced to nothingness.

This was merely the power of a wisp of newly born soldier's soul within that gourd, and it had not yet been mastered by Fairy Zixia.

Fortunately, the previous incident had already frightened away the cultivators from all sides, so this attack did not injure too many bystanders.

……

The Holy City, atop a high pavilion.

An old man gazed into the void, his brows slightly furrowed.

He looked to be in his seventies, dressed in a faded blue robe, appearing like an ordinary old man. But his eyes were frighteningly deep.

No one knew that this seemingly ordinary old man was actually a notorious bandit who had been living in seclusion in the Holy City of the Northern Region for many years.

"That direction seems to lead to the stone archway of the Kitahara Royal Family..."

"Go check."

Behind them, a dark figure appeared, kneeling and bowing its head.

"yes!"