All Realms and Worlds: The Lost Home

In the endless void, the stalemate between the three parties was like a taut string.

Golden primordial power, gray-black chaotic aura, and purple blazing sun energy collided, stirring up layers of ripples in the void.

With the Great Array of Heavens behind him, Hongjun's aura was like a rainbow. His gaze was like a knife, locked on the Chaos Dragon Demon and Lieyangzi. Daoist energy flowed around him, ready to deal with any unusual movement from either side at any time.

The Chaos Dragon Demon frowned, weighing the pros and cons of forcibly seizing the gun versus retreating.

Lieyangzi hesitated, wanting to bring back Lin Nannan and his subordinates, but also wary of the power of the Primordial Array.

For a time, the three parties were caught in a strange balance.

Just then, Lieyangzi and the six sub-saint level purple-robed men behind him suddenly froze, their purple energy instantly stagnating, and their eyes becoming empty.

A majestic yet icy voice was emanating from their very souls.

That was the world will of the Blazing Sun Realm, carrying an unquestionable command that resounded directly into the depths of the soul of every cultivator in the Blazing Sun Realm, ignoring the distance in the void and the barriers of energy.

"Lieyangzi, pass down the order: no matter the cost, capture that little girl with the ability to travel between dimensions."

The voice of the Blazing Sun Realm's will carried a hint of urgency and greed, "Furthermore, if there is an opportunity, we should seize the divine spear that the Chaos Demon God covets. These two are key to our realm's next stage of advancement, concerning whether we can break through the Great Thousand World barrier and join the ranks of the top worlds among all the heavens and myriad realms."

"Once my realm successfully advances, these chaotic demons and gods wandering in the outer realms of this primordial world will be nothing more than ants I can crush at will! They must not miss this opportunity and ruin my grand plan!"

As the last sentence fell, the emptiness in Lieyangzi and the man in purple robes vanished, replaced by extreme determination and fervor.

They bowed and silently chanted "Obey the will of the heavens" in the direction of the Blazing Sun Realm. The purple energy around them surged instantly, and their aura became even more ferocious.

All previous hesitation and deliberation vanished. In the face of the supreme will of the Blazing Sun Realm, no risk was worth mentioning. Taking down Lin Nannan and the Divine Spear was the only objective.

Lieyangzi's gaze swept over Hongjun and the Chaos Demon God, a cold smile curving his lips: "Hongjun, Chaos Demon God, I'm afraid I cannot accompany you on this matter today."

Before he could finish speaking, he abruptly raised his hand and shouted at the purple-robed man behind him, "Attack! Split into two groups, one to seize the gun, the other to capture that little girl. No matter the cost, finish this quickly!"

"yes!"

The six quasi-saint level purple-robed figures responded in unison, their figures instantly transforming into six streams of purple light, rushing towards the primordial world.

At the same time, the four purple-robed figures who had been suppressed in the prehistoric territory by Hongjun with a restriction suddenly began to tremble violently.

The already somewhat emaciated bodies rapidly dried up at a visible speed, with the skin clinging tightly to the bones, transforming into four eerie, skin-and-bones figures.

They sacrificed their own souls and blood essence to forcibly break through Hongjun's restrictions in exchange for temporary but ultimate power.

The restriction was instantly cracked and shattered by this sacrificial burst.

The four withered figures in purple robes surged to their maximum speed, transforming into four jet-black shadows. Ignoring the obstruction of the ancient cultivators along the way, they rushed straight towards the Forbidden Soul Land—their target was the black and red divine spear that Wei Yu had possessed.

"presumptuous!"

Hongjun roared angrily, never expecting Lieyangzi to be so resolute, daring to make a move right under his nose.

He raised his hand and waved it, sending a powerful golden light towards the purple-robed men, attempting to block their path.

But at that moment, the Chaos Dragon Demon suddenly moved, its chaotic aura surging, leading several Chaos Demon Gods to rush towards Hongjun, forcefully blocking his attack.

"Hongjun, your opponents are us!"

The Chaos Dragon Demon sneered, "Since the people of the Blazing Sun Realm want to seize the divine spear, we might as well sit back and reap the benefits. Why should we stop them?"

Other chaotic demons echoed their sentiments and launched a fearless attack.

In an instant, golden light and chaotic energy intertwined and collided, causing the void to tremble violently. Hongjun was tightly restrained and unable to spare any attention to stop the purple-robed man.

Within the Forbidden Land, the golden mist has not yet dissipated.

The black and red divine spear on the altar seemed to sense the approaching danger and suddenly trembled violently. The dark red patterns on the spear resonated with the law of gold, bursting out with dazzling golden light.

A powerful force of the Law of Metal surged from the gun, forming a solid golden barrier that enveloped the altar and resisted the purple-robed man's approach.

Four withered figures in purple robes arrived beneath the altar in an instant, ignoring the oppressive power of the Law of Gold, and fearlessly charged towards the barrier.

"Pfft!"

The purple-robed man at the very front was instantly pierced through the chest by the Law of Metal, his withered body turning to ashes and dissipating into the air.

The other three purple-robed men showed no fear and continued their frenzied attack, while simultaneously raising their hands to unleash strange purple runes in an attempt to weaken the power of the Law of Metal.

Although the Divine Spear's golden law was powerful, it gradually dimmed under the purple-robed man's sacrificial onslaught and the erosion of the strange runes.

The barrier was covered in cracks and eventually shattered with a crash.

A man in purple robes seized the opportunity, flashed to the top of the altar, ignored the sharp aura emanating from the spear, grabbed the handle of the black and red divine spear, and pulled it out with great force.

"Buzz—"

The divine spear emitted a low hum, as if in resistance, but was forcibly suppressed by the purple-robed man's power obtained through sacrifice.

The man in purple robes gripped the gun handle, turned and ran, his figure as swift as lightning, speeding towards the edge of the primordial wilderness, leaving only a dark afterimage.

Wei Yu's soul trembled violently within the spear, feeling the force forcibly dragging him away. However, because he was not yet fully awake, he was unable to control the power of the divine spear and could only let the purple-robed man take the spear away.

Meanwhile, chaos erupted on the other side of the battlefield.

Two near-saint level purple-robed figures broke through the obstruction of the primordial cultivators and rushed straight into the spatial secret realm that suppressed Lin Nannan.

The restrictions on the secret realm shattered instantly under the fierce attack of the purple-robed man.

Lin Nannan remained collapsed on the ground, her strength completely exhausted. She didn't even have the strength to get up and could only watch helplessly as the man in purple robes walked towards her, her eyes filled with fear and despair.

She tried to use her time-travel ability to escape, but her body remained empty; her ability seemed to be completely sealed, with no response.

Just as the purple-robed man reached out and was about to grab her, a sharp cyan sword light suddenly rushed from afar, accompanied by the sound of air being torn apart, heading straight for the purple-robed man's face.

"court death!"

The man in purple robes snorted coldly, raised his hand, and unleashed a burst of purple energy to block the sword light.

The sword light dissipated, and Shen Jianxin appeared before Lin Nannan, holding a cyan longsword. His aura was heavy and imposing, and his gaze was fixed warily on the purple-robed man. His tone was icy: "If you want to touch her, you'll have to get past me first!"

Shen Jianxin had already hidden nearby, keeping a close eye on Lin Nannan's safety.

Just now, Sentinel Wei Yu's soul fragment received a message from Lin Nannan: Lin Nannan cannot die! She cannot be captured! She is a time traveler who works with the Sentinels, and she immediately passed this message on to Shen Jianxin.

Upon receiving the message, Shen Jianxin unleashed his full power to block the purple-robed man's attack. A dimension traveler? Lin Nannan? This girl, Lin Nannan, is a dimension traveler who cooperated with the Sentinel. The Sentinel is dead; Lin Nannan cannot die too!

He knew he was no match for the sub-saint level purple-robed man, but he still stepped forward without hesitation—as a fellow transmigrator from Earth, he couldn't stand by and watch his compatriots fall into the hands of the Blazing Sun Realm.

The purple-robed man's eyes turned cold. Without another word, his purple energy surged as he launched a fierce attack on Shen Jianxin.

Shen Jianxin gritted his teeth and swung his sword to defend. The sword light and purple energy intertwined and collided, and for a time he managed to hold off the purple-robed man.

The Golden Immortal realm was merely a facade for Shen Jianxin; in reality, he could devour all energy, even the energy of a Quasi-Saint, and use it to launch a counterattack.

Just then, the purple-robed man wielding the divine spear sped towards them, intending to reunite with his companions who had captured Lin Nannan.

As the distance between the sharpshooter and Lin Nannan drew closer and closer, less than three zhang, a cold and mechanical voice suddenly rang out from the depths of Lin Nannan's soul without warning, crystal clear and without the slightest ripple.

The sentry has been killed in action; homeward coordinates have been lost.

[Wanderers of all realms, the anchor coordinates of your homeland have been permanently lost.]

The title "Wanderer" has been forcibly removed and redefined: the one who has lost their homeland.

[With the anchor point lost, the homecoming system is about to fall into permanent slumber.]

[Warning: The time traveler who has lost their anchor is about to completely run out of energy.]

A series of notification sounds exploded in Lin Nannan's mind like thunder, leaving her stunned and her mind blank.

Sentinel? Homecoming coordinates? Anchor point?

These unfamiliar words evoked a strange sense of familiarity and sadness within her.

She subconsciously looked at the black and red divine spear and could clearly sense that within the spear shaft was a fragment of a soul of the same origin as hers—it was Wei Yu's remnant soul, the "Sentinel" mentioned in the system notification.

Just as the system notification sound ended, Lin Nannan suddenly felt a slight fluctuation in the previously depleted energy within her body.

However, the fluctuation quickly showed signs of weakness. She clearly realized that the remaining energy was not enough to support her in launching a complete spacetime travel, and was only enough to barely activate her ability to teleport an item.

This is the last chance, and the only gift the system can give her before it falls into slumber and its energy is completely depleted—not escape, but protection.

At that moment, she finally understood.

Wei Yu's soul fragments are part of the coordinates for returning home, and my approach to him triggered this final system notification.

She finally learned her mission—as someone with the ability to travel between dimensions, she was the key to the homecoming plan, the link between the wanderers of the heavens and Earth.

But the weight of her mission made it hard for her to breathe.

She wasn't a hero; she was just a little girl who had just started junior high school. She wanted to go home, back to the warm little house with her parents, to continue curling up on the sofa watching sci-fi movies, and to eat her mother's braised pork.

"Mom and Dad..."

Lin Nannan murmured to herself, tears welling up uncontrollably in her eyes, sliding down her cheeks and dripping onto the hard ground.

Just then, her hand accidentally touched a hard object in her pocket—her cell phone, which she had casually put in her pocket when she traveled through time.

The phone screen had long since gone out, and the casing was cracked from the repeated bumps and jolts of the journey. Normally it was just an ordinary communication tool, but at this moment, it emitted a faint warmth, resonating with the last trace of the energy from the journey that remained in her body.

Lin Nannan froze, then instinctively pulled out her phone.

She finally understood that her ability to travel through time was neither innate nor accidental, but rather a gift from this phone.

This cell phone from Earth is the last resort left by the will of the Earth for all wanderers in the myriad worlds; it is a hidden vessel anchoring them to their homeland.

She suddenly understood everything.

If he hadn't met Wei Yu and hadn't triggered this final system notification, then this last time travel ability should have sent a powerful traveler back to Earth, where that powerful individual would have initiated a coordinate reverse engineering process to re-anchor Earth's coordinates and pave the way home for all wanderers.

But now, with Wei Yu dead and the coordinates lost, she has become the sole user of this last resort, and this final chance to travel through time has become the only hope to break the deadlock.

"Be careful!"

Lin Nannan suddenly spoke, her voice choked with emotion, yet unusually firm.

Shen Jianxin was being suppressed and forced to retreat by the purple-robed man. Hearing Lin Nannan's reminder, he subconsciously dodged to the side, avoiding the purple-robed man's fatal blow. However, he was also hit by the aftershock of the energy, spitting out a mouthful of blood and staggering back a few steps.

Upon seeing this, the purple-robed man who had captured Lin Nannan's eyes flashed with a fierce light. He ignored Shen Jianxin and pounced straight at Lin Nannan.

Meanwhile, the purple-robed man wielding the divine spear had also arrived, and the two formed a pincer movement, intending to completely subdue Lin Nannan and the divine spear.

Lin Nannan gripped her phone tightly, feeling its faint yet burning warmth. She wiped away her tears, and the fear and confusion in her eyes were replaced by an extreme resolve.

She knew she had no chance of escaping; her energy wasn't even enough to propel herself through the tunnels.

But she must guard the divine spear, and the remnant soul of Wei Yu—this is not only the last fragment of the coordinates for returning home, but also the last hope for all those who have lost their homeland.

What she had to do was to use all her energy to send the divine spear away, and absolutely not let it fall into the hands of the Blazing Sun Realm or the Chaos Demon God.

She took a deep breath, closed her eyes, and drew out the last bit of energy in her body, pouring it all into the phone in her hand.

The phone screen lit up instantly, and the dazzling blue-purple halo stopped spreading and instead condensed into a slender yet refined beam of light, which shot precisely toward the sharpshooter not far away.

The halo resonated with the golden law of the divine spear, causing the spear to tremble violently. A small void rift slowly appeared beneath the divine spear—this rift was only large enough for the divine spear to pass through, and could not support a human body at all. It was the item teleportation channel that Lin Nannan had locked with all her might.

"Oh no! She's about to use her ability to escape!"

The man in purple robes sensed something was wrong, shouted sharply, and sped up to pounce on Lin Nannan, trying to catch her before she could pass through.

Seeing this, Shen Jianxin gritted his teeth, stood up, and once again swung his sword at the man in purple robes, determined to buy Lin Nannan even a second of time, no matter how hard he had to do it.

Wei Yu's soul within the gun seemed to sense Lin Nannan's intention. His remnant soul trembled violently, and the weak power of the Law of Metal erupted, temporarily breaking free from the purple-robed man's control and approaching the small void rift.

Lin Nannan opened her eyes, gazing at the divine spear about to enter the crevice. Tears streamed down her face again. In her heart, she silently prayed, "Senior Wei Yu, hold onto hope. You must find your way home. Mom and Dad, I'm sorry, I might... never be able to go back."

Her body was completely exhausted and she was on the verge of collapse. She didn't even have the strength to stand up, so she could only sit on the ground and quietly wait for the end.

The purple-robed man holding the divine spear noticed the unusual movement of the spear and roared angrily, trying to regain control, but was blocked by the combined force of Wei Yu's remnant soul and the halo of the mobile phone.

Just as the divine spear was about to fall into the void rift and the rift was about to close, the purple-robed man who had captured Lin Nannan broke through Shen Jianxin's obstruction, leaped up, and grabbed Lin Nannan's wrist.

The icy purple energy instantly wrapped around her limbs, binding her tightly and leaving her with no strength to struggle.

"Hahaha! Run! Keep running!"

The purple-robed man who had Lin Nannan under his control burst into laughter, his tone full of smugness.

The void rift closed completely, and the aura of the divine spear vanished instantly into the primordial world. No matter how the purple-robed man and the Chaos Demon God searched, they could find no trace of it.

Lin Nannan slumped in the purple-robed man's hands, her body cold and powerless from exhaustion, her eyes filled with despair, yet also with a hint of relief at having successfully sent the divine spear away.

She knew that she had protected the most crucial thing, even if the price was becoming a prisoner.

Seeing this, Shen Jianxin's eyes widened in fury. With his last ounce of strength, he swung his sword at the purple-robed man, but was struck in the chest by another purple-robed man's palm. He spat out a mouthful of blood, fell heavily to the ground, and was too weak to get up.

"Want to save her? Ask us first!"

The man in purple robes sneered, grabbed Lin Nannan, and pulled her to his front.

Shen Jianxin lay on the ground, looking at the imprisoned Lin Nannan, his eyes filled with resentment and regret, but he could only watch helplessly as the purple-robed man escorted her away towards Lieyangzi's direction.

He knew that revealing himself at this moment would only increase casualties, so he could only grit his teeth, conceal his presence, and quickly hide in the shadows, waiting for an opportunity to rescue him.

In the endless void, Hongjun clearly sensed that the aura of the divine spear had completely dissipated, while Lin Nannan's aura was firmly locked by the purple energy of the Blazing Sun Realm, and his heart sank slightly.

He then increased his power, forcing back the Chaos Dragon Demon and Lieyangzi.

Lie Yangzi looked at Lin Nannan, whom his men were bringing in. Although his face was gloomy because of the loss of the divine spear, his anger eased slightly because he had captured the key little girl: "Although we lost the divine spear, capturing her means our efforts weren't in vain!"

The Chaos Dragon Demon's eyes grew colder as the divine spear disappeared. His plan had completely failed, and he had no intention of fighting Hongjun to the death again. He snorted coldly and led the Chaos Demon Gods to retreat slowly, but he did not leave completely. He still lurked at the edge of the void.

Although the three-way standoff remained unbroken, it was completely rewritten by the disappearance of the sharpshooter and the capture of Lin Nannan.

Lin Nannan, being held captive by the man in purple robes, stared without turning her head in the direction where the divine spear had disappeared, her heart filled with complex emotions.

The phone's glow faded completely, the Homecoming System fell into permanent slumber, and her ability to travel through time was completely sealed due to energy depletion and system hibernation.

She didn't know where the divine spear had been teleported to, nor where Lieyangzi would take her, nor whether she would have any chance to escape in the future.

But she did not regret it. Even as a prisoner, she held onto the last spark of hope for returning home.

A cold, purple energy enveloped her, and Lie Yangzi's cold laughter echoed in her ears.