Forced to become a pure and innocent female pharmacist in order to cultivate immortality.

"I just checked, and our Nine Heavens Holy Land has returned to the Great World from the Small World. May I ask how many years it has been since then?" Li Liang asked.

Li Muyun immediately stood up.

“Ancestor, it’s been almost a thousand years, hasn’t it?” Li Muyun replied.

The so-called "approximately one thousand years" is a rounding up, not a specific time. For cultivators, there's no need to be so precise; a difference of a few hundred years doesn't matter.

"Oh, so you mean you've only recently returned? Then, with the foundation of my Nine Heavens Holy Land, how could we possibly be forced to merge with the Supreme Response Sect? Could it be that after our return, the surrounding holy lands have been bullying our Nine Heavens Holy Land?" Li Liang asked doubtfully.

Li Muyun shook her head.

No, that's not true.

"So, are there multiple holy lands coveting the treasures of our Nine Heavens Holy Land, so they joined forces to attack? That's why the Nine Heavens Holy Land merged with other forces?" Li Liang thought for a moment and then asked another question.

But Li Muyun still shook her head.

"Not at all."

Li Muyun's answer displeased all the elders of the Nine Heavens Holy Land present.

"This isn't it, that isn't it either, so what exactly happened? My Nine Heavens Holy Land is a relatively young holy land, with imperial weapons, imperial formations, and a solid foundation. Why have we fallen to this state? Look at this so-called Supreme Holy Land. Is the place it's located in any better place than our Nine Heavens Holy Land's Nine Heavens Island? Why would it choose to move to such a barren area?" Another god at the seventh level of the Divine Path asked unhappily.

This scene was practically a hearing.

"Seniors, please let me explain this matter in detail." Li Muyun was not in a hurry. At least for now, these people in front of him were elders of the Nine Heavens Holy Land, so it was reasonable for them to ask these questions.

"Then you speak," Li Liang gestured.

So Li Muyun began to explain in detail how the Nine Heavens Holy Land had been besieged by the demonic organization.

When Li Liang and the others learned that this so-called demonic cultivator had brought four divine cultivators and several celestial beings with imperial weapons to attack, they fell silent for a moment.

The reason they didn't sense it at the time was because the place they sealed themselves in was on another planet, not on the Burial God Star. Unless someone actively awakened them, they would not have sensed the overwhelmingly powerful aura.

For example, the auras of those at the ninth level of the Divine Path have appeared in the past few days. Only under such circumstances will they automatically awaken. This is also the awakening condition set before they sealed themselves.

Upon hearing that Nine Heavens Island had been destroyed and its powerful members killed, the experts of the Nine Heavens Holy Land were enraged.

"Damn it, this is outrageous! Where is this demonic sect? Let me go and uproot them!" the seventh-level deity said with murderous intent.

But Li Muyun's next words made them swallow their anger.

"The leader of that organization was originally a disciple of the Supreme Response Sect, and also the junior brother of Elder Lin Tianya. He betrayed the sect and was captured by Elder Lin not long ago and has been executed. As for that demonic organization, their headquarters was originally in a place called the Heavenly Punishment Forbidden Land, but when we sent people to check, they had already scattered like leaves in the wind," Li Muyun replied.

"Then let the holy lands in other regions help to apprehend these people and issue bounties, so that they will be completely wiped out of this world," another celestial being from the third heaven said angrily.

Besides these three Celestial Ancestors, the other cultivators at the Celestial Realm were equally angry, pointing fingers and issuing so-called orders to Li Muyun and the others.

Looking at the mess in front of her, Li Liang immediately snorted, and everyone fell silent.

"Quiet down. I know you're angry, but it's too late to stay angry now. After all, the leader is dead. Do you think you can find those underlings again?" Li Liang reminded them.

With Li Liang's reminder, they gradually calmed down.

"Alright, let's not talk about that for now. Who is the current Holy Lord?" Li Liang asked.

When Lin Aoxue heard the other person call her, she slowly stood up and replied with a cold expression.

"I am the current Holy Lord, Lin Aoxue."

Lin Aoxue's cold attitude immediately displeased Li Liang and the elders of the Nine Heavens Holy Land.

“Little girl, do you know the rules? This is how you speak to your elders. You should know that we are all former Holy Lords of the Nine Heavens Holy Land,” a Holy Lord from 20,000 years ago reminded her.

However, Lin Aoxue's next words made the atmosphere in the hall become oppressive.

"Oh, so you know that you're from the 'previous generation'? Since you brought up the rules, then I'll talk about them." Lin Aoxue deliberately emphasized the words "previous generation".

"Aoxue," Li Muyun quickly reminded Lin Aoxue.

However, Lin Aoxue shook her head at her and then began to criticize these predecessors of the Nine Heavens Holy Land without any politeness.

"Seniors, you were all once masters of a holy land. You should all know that although a retired holy lord has the power to make decisions on important matters, it seems that he should not usurp the throne, right?" Lin Aoxue's words were sharp and incisive.

This statement directly slapped the face of the Celestial cultivator who had just started lecturing. He talked about rules, but they themselves didn't follow them.

"You?" The celestial cultivator was so shocked by the rebuke that he stood up abruptly.

However, Lin Aoxue did not give her a chance to speak, but continued to launch an offensive.

"Secondly, as you all should have heard clearly, this Supreme Holy Land is a newly established holy land after the merger. Forgive my bluntness, but it is ultimately different from the Nine Heavens Holy Land. Some of the people here are indeed cultivators from the Nine Heavens Holy Land back then, but most of them are cultivators from the current Supreme Holy Land. I respect you all and can consider you as the predecessors of the Supreme Holy Land, but if you all act as if I am the host from the moment you arrive, then I cannot treat you as elders," Lin Aoxue said bluntly.

Lin Aoxue's words caused the faces of these self-proclaimed cultivators to turn red.

These guys were all overlords who once lived in their own little worlds and had little contact with the outside world, so they couldn't tolerate Lin Aoxue's words.

"Youngster, since you insist on following the rules, then this old woman will teach you the rules. Don't forget, in the cultivation world, the strong are respected. You, a mere Thunder Tribulation Realm cultivator, dare to talk to us Celestial Realm cultivators and Divine Realm cultivators about the rules? Come, this old woman will teach you what the rules are." A female cultivator in the early stage of the Celestial Realm suddenly stood up, released her aura, and at the same time slapped Lin Aoxue from a distance.

When reasoning fails, one resorts to force.

But the next moment, something unexpected happened to those self-proclaimed cultivators.

Before Lin Aoxue could even get close to the early-stage Nascent Soul cultivator's attack, it struck a transparent energy barrier and dissipated automatically.

This caused the female cultivator who had made the move to change her expression, but immediately, Lin Aoxue slapped her backhand. The early-stage Celestial Realm cultivator tried to stop her, but little did she know that she had underestimated Lin Aoxue's attack. Lin Aoxue's attack easily pierced through her defense and landed on her face.

"Snap!" A crisp sound echoed in the hall.

Li Liang and the others frowned upon seeing this scene, realizing that the current somewhat domineering Holy Lord was not as simple as he appeared.

He defeated a Celestial Realm cultivator with a higher cultivation level in a single move, and so easily at that. This suggests that the opponent's strength was far beyond the peak of the Thunder Tribulation Realm.

Moreover, after carefully observing Lin Aoxue, she discovered that Lin Aoxue was unusually young, not even two thousand years old, at most fifteen hundred years old. To become the Holy Lord of this new Holy Land at such a young age and to have cultivated to the peak of the Thunder Tribulation Realm, one could tell from these points that the other party was probably a peerless genius of the present era.

Given time, there is great potential for her, and she will surely surpass him in the future.

"You? Junior, how dare you disrespect your superiors?" The woman, who had been humiliated, exploded in anger.

"I've said it before, I'm not a cultivator from your Nine Heavens Holy Land, nor am I someone you can bully at will. If you respect me, I'll respect you; if you don't, then you can go back to your self-imposed seclusion and continue to do so. Our Supreme Holy Land doesn't want to have its operations disrupted by so-called predecessors like you." Lin Aoxue's words were very clear.

However, these self-proclaimed masters certainly won't stop there, after all, they still have gods on their side.

“Young man, you are extremely rude! Relying on your strength, you don’t respect us elders at all. Come, let this old man have a go at you.” The old man at the first level of the Divine Path stood up.

For them, temporarily seizing power was necessary.

But as soon as he stood up, Li Bai, who had been sitting there without saying a word, unleashed a terrifying aura that locked onto the old man at the first level of the Divine Path.

Upon hearing this aura, the old man at the first level of the Divine Path was instantly frozen in place.

These self-proclaimed cultivators, except for Li Liang, all looked at Li Bai as if facing a formidable enemy. Although they knew that Li Bai was also a cultivator of the Divine Path, they did not expect that he was so young and yet had such a high level of cultivation, reaching the eighth level of the Divine Path.

"The eighth level of Shinto?"

Li Liang is only at the early stage of the ninth level of the Divine Path, while Li Bai is at the peak of the eighth level of the Divine Path. Their strengths are quite similar. In addition, Li Bai has the complete inheritance of the Ancient Sword Heavenly Emperor, plus his own talent. If he really fought Li Liang, Li Liang might not be his match.

Unless Li Muyun hands over the Imperial Weapon to Li Liang.

As soon as Li Bai made his move, the cultivators on the Supreme Holy Land side immediately felt more confident.

“My disciple is right. You all have been too domineering and bossy since you arrived. With my disciple’s talent, it won’t be long before you are no match for her. It’s not right to bully the weak at this time. If you can beat me this time, you can call the shots in this Supreme Holy Land. What do you say?” Li Bai looked at Li Liang with a smile.

This is a challenge to Li Liang.

To be honest, if Li Liang had a lot more lifespan left, she wouldn't be afraid of Li Bai. But the problem is, she doesn't have much lifespan left, so she can't fight Li Bai at full strength.

“Ah! Fellow Daoist, please calm down. We have actually been closed off for too long, and our understanding of the outside world is limited to our own era. For this, I apologize in advance.” Li Liang took a step back.

If Li Liang takes a step back, Li Bai will naturally have to give way as well.

“I understand. However, the rule of our Supreme Holy Land is that the Holy Lord is always the head of the family. We old guys can give opinions and make decisions on important matters, but we must never abuse our power or bully the weak. Even though I am a cultivator of the Divine Path, I will still obey my disciple’s orders.” Li Bai gradually withdrew his power.

Li Liang and others didn't come into the world to cause trouble. They couldn't possibly fight with the younger generation just for a little bit of power, could they?

After thinking for a moment, Li Liang stood up.

"Little girl, you are very good, and your future is limitless. However, I must also remind you that your brilliance is too exposed, and you need to tone it down a bit." He stepped down from the Holy Lord's throne.

This means that she agreed with Li Bai's opinion.

Seeing that even the strongest among them, Li Liang, had taken a step back, the others who called themselves strong realized that there was no point in them continuing to act like elders. So they all stood up.

On the other side, Lin Tianya and the others also stood up and went to the left side, where they sat down according to their status, leaving the right side to these so-called elders.

Lin Aoxue then teleported to her seat and calmly sat down, showing none of the unease the Dragon Emperor had felt.

"Esteemed elders, as you are the elders of the Nine Heavens Holy Land, you are naturally also the elders of our Supreme Holy Land. From now on, you are also considered elders and Supreme Elders of our Supreme Holy Land. I wonder what you have to say about your sudden emergence from the seal?" After sitting down, Lin Aoxue immediately regained control of the situation.

Although Li Liang and the others were somewhat unhappy about being overshadowed, they could deal with those matters later. Now that they were out, they were determined to do something meaningful.

"Holy Lord, we were all awakened by the powerful auras of the demon race. I would like to ask, what is the situation with the demon race? When did they return to the Burial God Star? Is something big about to happen soon?" Li Liang stopped wasting words and went straight to the point.

"The demon race returned to the Burial God Star more than 500 years ago. It is said that our human ancestors made an agreement with the demon race ancestors, and the agreement became invalid 500 years ago. Are you all aware of this?" Lin Aoxue asked in return.

Li Liang thought for a moment, then nodded.

"It seems there really was such an agreement, but I didn't expect it to expire so quickly. Are the emergence of powerful figures from all over the world preparations for the final battle against the demon race?" Li Liang asked again.

Lin Aoxue thought for a moment, then nodded and then shook her head.

"Yes and no. More than five hundred years ago, the human gods of our Burial God Star made an agreement with the demon gods of the demon race. They would not stop the humans from returning to the human race, but they could not act recklessly. The ultimate dominance of Burial God Star would be decided through a duel, and the winner would gain the dominance of Burial God Star for the next ten thousand years."

Upon hearing this, Li Liang and the others immediately understood why so many powerful figures had emerged.

This was forced upon them; it was a duel that neither the human nor the demon race could afford to back down from, and they could only win, not lose.

"Alas! Chaos is coming. I understand. Don't worry, we old bones who don't have much lifespan left will definitely fight here and give full play to our remaining strength," Li Liang sighed.

She was self-aware and understood that their awakening was inevitable and unavoidable.

The other gods and powerful beings also sighed heavily. This was indeed something that could not be avoided, but they would use this matter to negotiate with the Supreme Holy Land.

After hearing Li Liang's words, Lin Aoxue's impression of them immediately improved a lot, at least they already knew what they were supposed to do.

“However, we old folks also have our conditions,” Li Liang added.

Lin Aoxue frowned again when Li Liang added another sentence.

"Senior, please tell me your conditions. I can consider any conditions that you can agree to."

Li Liang didn't waste any time.

“Simple. I want your Supreme Holy Land to revert to the name of the Nine Heavens Holy Land, continue the legacy of the Nine Heavens Holy Land, and continue to worship the Nine Heavens Heavenly Emperor as your ancestor. Is this request too much?” Li Liang said.

To be honest, as the former Holy Lord of the Nine Heavens Holy Land, Li Liang's request was reasonable. However, in reality, apart from the name, this Supreme Holy Land was indeed based on the Nine Heavens Holy Land in every other aspect.

Lin Aoxue first glanced at Lin Tianya and the others, and seeing that they were all silent, she also fell into deep thought.

“Ancestor, you may not know this, but apart from the name being chosen to accommodate both families, everything else still follows the system of the Nine Heavens Holy Land. The Nine Heavens Emperor is still our ancestor, and we are continuing the legacy of the Nine Heavens Holy Land.” Seeing that Lin Aoxue was somewhat embarrassed, Li Muyun spoke up.

This was actually telling Li Liang not to get hung up on the name; the Supreme Holy Land was essentially still the Nine Heavens Holy Land.

Li Liang could definitely understand what Li Muyun meant. After thinking for a while, she felt it was better to prioritize the overall situation, because she could see that the current Supreme Holy Land was dominated by the experts of the Supreme Response Sect, while the experts of their Nine Heavens Holy Land were clearly inferior.

And these people cannot live forever. When they pass away, their requests will naturally not be fulfilled. Since that is the case, there is no need to say anything more.

"Forget it, let's not force it. As long as we can continue the legacy of our ancestors, that's enough. With so many powerful figures emerging now, it's no surprise that the major powers and forces of the human race will find a place to meet in advance. This is both the arrival of a golden age and the coming of a chaotic era. As our ancestors, we can't help you through this chaotic era. You'll have to rely on yourselves. In short, you must not disgrace our ancestors." Li Liang said at the end.

"Don't worry, senior, I also have a portion of the Nine Heavens Emperor's bloodline in me. We will definitely survive this chaotic world safely," Lin Aoxue said.

Li Liang nodded. Lin Aoxue did indeed have the bloodline fluctuations of their ancestors, but they were very faint, unlike the power fluctuations in Li Muyun.

Seeing that Li Liang and the others were no longer causing trouble, Li Muyun quickly told Liliang something to be proud of.

"By the way, Ancestor, there is one more thing I need to tell you. Among our descendants of Li Shi, there is a woman of extraordinary talent who has established a new holy land in the Flying Immortal Domain called the Immortal Realm of Longevity. The Venerable One of the Immortal Realm of Longevity is my granddaughter. Their strength is no weaker than our Supreme Holy Land," Li Muyun said with a smile.

Upon hearing this, Li Liang and the others were shocked.

"This? Really? Such an outstanding descendant has been born. Could you let her come and meet me? Or I can go and meet her myself." Li Liang became anxious.

Lin Aoxue was actually her descendant, but her bloodline was too impure, so she didn't feel any sense of kinship with her.

"Haha, no problem, I'll inform her to return to the Supreme Holy Land right away. This child is also the Vice Holy Master of the Supreme Holy Land," Li Muyun said with a smile.

Looking at Ye Liuyun, so many powerful figures have suddenly appeared on the Burial God Star, and the strength of many holy lands has increased dramatically.

Even the Sacred Land of Reincarnation and the few other sacred lands she suppressed have seen the emergence of powerful figures. Many of these figures are from an era too ancient for their own people to recognize.

But this is normal. Humans are different from demons. Demons can live for a long time, while humans can only live for 10,000 years after reaching the Heavenly Abyss Realm. If there is a slight break in the lineage, this is the result.

When the powerful members of the Zuoqiu family emerged and learned that their family was being suppressed by another holy land, they were furious. Many of them wanted to come to the Immortal Realm of Longevity to cause trouble, but when they heard that the other side had a powerful expert who had reached the ninth level of the Divine Path, they immediately lost their enthusiasm.

Chapter 818 Merging Again (6000 words)

Currently, among these awakened cultivators, only the demon race has remnants from the ancient era; the human race has none. This is because the human race's cultivation history was destroyed during the Middle Ages, making it impossible for those ancient remnants to have survived.