In the Chaos World, countless slender tendrils resembling blood vessels emerged from the tumor, rooting themselves into the newly formed earth.
Sensing this was a newborn world, it instinctively devoured the world’s laws and source power to enhance its own abilities.
With the nourishment from this new world, returning to Jiuzhou would make it easier to consume everything.
Li Jingyu’s Dao Mother true form, along with nine moon phases, spread across half the sky.
She looked down at Yang Xizhou with a cold expression.
A newborn world takes countless years to fully develop.
However, in times of danger, the world’s source power will instinctively resist.
This world is closely connected to her, so the source power naturally clings to her.
Yang Xizhou in front of her still looked the same as before, but his eyes were blood-red, as if entangled with countless blood threads.
Behind him, the divine figure of an immortal disappeared, indicating that he had unknowingly been consumed by a trace of Tai Shang’s will.
With a sneer, Li Jingyu raised her hand, but instead of striking the disgusting, sticky tumor, all the Primordial Qi around her erupted, reaching its peak, forcibly elevating her to the celestial realm.
The Chaos World is closely connected to both her and Ji Yutang.
It wouldn’t take long for Ji Yutang to find this place, so she needed to accomplish her task before Ji Yutang arrived.
A cold light flashed in her eyes, and her dharma body and dharma form suddenly exploded, transforming into a golden torrent that swept across the entire Chaos World! That wretched thing wanted to leave here? Dream on! Jiuzhou.
Ji Yutang focused on sensing the whereabouts of the Chaos World and indeed captured a trace of purple energy.
However, an ominous premonition filled her heart, her eyelids twitching wildly, as if something was about to leave her side.
Just as her energy was about to find the Chaos World, a terrifying force scattered it, shattering her energy.
At that moment, the moon phase on her Divine Dragon Dharma Form suddenly shattered, turning into pieces of jade-like fragments falling down.
This meant Li Jingyu had disappeared from the world! No, impossible.
She hadn’t reached the final step yet, so there was no need to drag Yang Xizhou into the Chaos World for mutual destruction.
There must be another plan.
But what exactly was the plan? Why hadn’t she mentioned a word before? Was it intentional? Ji Yutang reached out to catch the moon phase fragments, feeling a slight chill in her palm.
She stared blankly at her hand, then pressed it to her heart after a few moments.
She didn’t know how to describe her feelings; at that moment, it was as if a piece of her heart had been gouged out.
“Be careful!” A sudden urgent shout spread out.
Ji Yutang turned her stiff neck, looking up at a golden light falling from the sky.
Her breath caught! That golden light, like a shooting star, could crash into Jiuzhou in just a few moments! It seemed like a falling star, but in reality, it was a Dao Palace that had existed for countless years, carrying a world-destroying force! Even before it truly fell, waves of energy surged in all directions, causing mountains to crumble and the earth to split! The cultivators below protected Fan City, but their strength couldn’t stop the overwhelming tide.
The Dragon Lord’s expression changed, transforming into a golden dragon to stabilize Jiuzhou’s mountains and rivers.
Meanwhile, Ji Yutang in mid-air had no time for hesitation or sorrow.
Her eyes were resolute as she transformed into a White Dragon, charging towards the descending Dao Palace like a fierce wind and lightning.
As she approached the golden light, her energy collided with it, understanding the origin of this Dao Palace through the confrontation of Dao laws.
It turned out to be the “Tai Shang Divine Palace.” However, this wasn’t a law hall forged by the Tai Shang lineage in the heavens but a naturally formed one.
During the Tai Shang era, countless Dao laws and Dao thoughts accumulated to form this divine palace, symbolizing the Tai Shang era.
But now that the Tai Shang era had collapsed, it lost its foundation and naturally fell from the heavens.
Its power was continuously worn down during the descent, but even so, the torrent it caused upon falling could completely obliterate Jiuzhou, destroying the earth’s veins and mountains.
Destruction and rebirth coexist; this is the price to pay for breaking the Tai Shang era! The White Dragon, dozens of feet long, appeared like a small snake before the Dao Palace in the golden light.
However, as the energy surged, the White Dragon’s body gradually grew.
The Heavenly Seal of Morality floated nearby, absorbing the Dao rhythm falling from the high heavens.
The Dao laws evolved every moment, constantly contending with the falling Tai Shang Divine Palace.
The trend of the golden light’s descent gradually diminished.
Everyone looked up, only able to see the misty, hazy veil covering the sky and earth.
It seemed like a moment passed, or perhaps thousands of years, when a cracking sound echoed from the sky, as if tearing open a ferocious giant mouth.
The beautiful silver scales cracked inch by inch under the immense force, the dragon’s body torn by the powerful energy, revealing hideous wounds.
However, the Dao rhythm rushing from the high heavens provided the White Dragon with continuous vitality, healing the torn wounds in the blink of an eye.
The cultivators below couldn’t see the changes in the high sky, only witnessing an endless rain of blood.
Even if they wanted to help, they lacked the strength, fearing they would be torn to pieces by the powerful force before reaching the sky.
“What is that?” Ning Huaizhen’s eyelids twitched wildly, her heart full of panic.
She had to admit her selfishness; more than anything else, she hoped her daughter could live well.
But if no one could bear that power, the entire Jiuzhou would be destroyed.
“I don’t know.” Shi Qingchen shook her head; even the palace master hadn’t mentioned it.
But at this moment, she had no time to worry about such things.
She had sensed Li Jingyu’s energy disappearing earlier, not knowing what choice she had made, her heart filled with anxiety.
The sky was dim, without sun or moon, as if time had stopped flowing at that moment.
In this long silence, cultivators could endure, but the innocent mortals couldn’t withstand such a blow.
They were extremely fragile, their hearts filled with panic.
They repeatedly asked the cultivators for a definite answer.
But regardless of the answer, they noticed the true emotions on the cultivators’ faces, an extreme panic of being at the end of the road.
They needed a form of solace, and under someone’s guidance, the mortals found their initial faith, beginning to worship the heavens and the sun and moon.
In mid-air.
Ji Yutang endured the extreme pain of her dragon body being torn apart, her divine will nearly exhausted, barely maintaining the immense power.
The excessive manipulation of the Dao rhythm had pushed her dharma body to its limit, but she gritted her teeth, unable to retreat an inch.
If she fell, the entire Jiuzhou would collapse.
In this long silence without sun or moon, only the bright light on the Tai Shang Divine Palace remained in her sight.
She didn’t know how long had passed, sensing the Dao laws above gradually being worn away, but she herself was also at the end of her strength.
Suddenly, an inexplicable force, like a clear spring, brushed over her battered dharma body, replenishing the lost power.
Her momentum suddenly increased, while the energy of the Tai Shang Divine Palace diminished.
It was a process of mutual gain and loss.
Ji Yutang’s spirit was suddenly invigorated.
Ignoring her broken dharma body, she once again used the Heavenly Seal of Morality to draw upon the immense Dao rhythm.
The Dao rhythm became solid, transforming into Dao texts.
However, these Dao texts didn’t press towards the Dao Palace but instead devoured and evolved each other, finally condensing into a mysterious “Dao” character.
The five thousand true words of morality merged into one at this moment, condensing into a life Dao text carrying the understanding of heaven and earth.
As the Dao text fell towards the Tai Shang Divine Palace, it was like the sun melting snow, dissolving the accumulated power layer by layer.
The rumbling Dao sound echoed between heaven and earth.
At the moment the “Tai Shang Divine Palace” dissipated, countless strange forces surged towards the White Dragon, nourishing the damaged Dao foundation.
Ji Yutang’s cultivation, which had been falling layer by layer, suddenly soared.
Behind her, the dragon form began to undergo a mysterious transformation.
Ji Yutang cultivated dragon skills, but with her understanding of the Tai Shang fundamental scripture, the dragon form evolved into the supreme Moral Heavenly Dragon.
But at this moment, what appeared before everyone was no longer the Moral Heavenly Dragon but a Divine Dragon Dharma Form wrapped in an inexplicable force, with an even more advanced aura.
Others couldn’t see the truth, but Ji Yutang understood.
That mysterious force was called “Xuanhuang Qi,” the “law” of the new era.
As for the Divine Dragon Dharma Form, it had now evolved into the Xuanhuang Merit Heavenly Dragon.
With the merit of heaven and earth, it coexisted with heaven and earth.
After the Tai Shang Divine Palace disappeared, the shackles that had bound her mind suddenly broke, and countless faces flashed through her mind, finally turning into a sigh of regret or frustration.
The drizzling blood rain stopped, and the sun crossed the thick clouds, once again shining on this land.
Although Jiuzhou was restored, under the aftermath of the battle, many mountains were still leveled.
The Dragon Lord’s power protected the people, but she didn’t care about the sects’ territories, regardless of their state.
She didn’t even bother to greet her fellow cultivators, directly transforming into a stream of light back to the North Sea.
After confirming the crisis was over, the cultivators of each sect left some disciples to guard Fan City, while the others returned to clean up the mess.
This battle was extremely brutal, and both the Eight Great Immortal Sects and the Demon Sect suffered heavy losses.
However, the demon cultivators’ energy was strong, and after the calamity, the original structure was completely broken, with no hope of returning to the past.
This new era, without a doubt, was the “Dragon Dao Era,” and the Beihai Demon Cultivators were the true winners.
“Are you going back to the North Sea, or heading to Bailu Academy?” Yan Shouxia turned to ask Ji Mingcheng and Ning Huaizhen.
Ji Mingcheng didn’t respond, and Ning Huaizhen thought for a moment before shaking her head.
She said, “We’re going back to Tianshui.”
Yan Shouxia nodded without further persuasion.
Above Extreme Heaven.
Ji Yutang furrowed her brows, raising her left hand, and the Heavenly Seal of Morality floated up, with a Dao text condensing above it.
After the collapse of the Tai Shang era, the order of heaven and earth was slowly reorganizing.
She had received the favor of the heavenly Dao, allowing her to more easily change the laws of the heavenly Dao to some extent.
She closed her eyes to sense for a moment, and when she opened them again, a brilliant divine light shone in her eyes.
“Clear and turbid unite, heaven and earth return to origin.”
“With its Xuanhuang, creation in all directions.”
As she spoke, a Dao rhythm emanated from her, filling the entire heaven and earth.
In the past, Primordial Qi was divided into two, the clear being Xuan and the turbid being demon.
But whether Xuan or demon, as long as they were Qi Dao cultivators, their burden was reduced by using their physical body as a “shed skin,” dispersing it to heaven and earth.
However, in this era, it was “Xuanhuang Qi,” the “merit era,” and to reduce the burden of heaven and earth, only “merit” could offset it.
The evolution of the heavenly number formed an order that naturally reflected in the hearts of cultivators.
In cultivation, whether Xuan or demon, they could no longer extract the clear and turbid, but could only cultivate “mixed origin.” This rendered past cultivation methods almost useless, but the force cultivators who had always cultivated Primordial Qi gained some advantage.
However, this situation wasn’t unchangeable.
Over time, cultivators would gradually adapt to this change, researching more profound cultivation methods that fit the Dao of this world.
Tianshui City.
Ji Yutang concealed her form, standing still as she gazed at the Ji Family plaque for a moment before stepping into the house.
She was greeted by the same old uncle from the past, as if time had stopped at that moment, unchanged.
Ji Yutang sat in front of her parents, chatting as they used to.
After a long time, she looked at Ji Mingcheng and Ning Huaizhen and said, “I’m going to find her!” This “her” naturally referred to Li Jingyu.
No one knew what happened that day, only that when Yang Xizhou disappeared, Li Jingyu’s energy also vanished from Jiuzhou, and everyone thought they had perished together.
Ning Huaizhen was silent for a moment, then sighed softly and said, “Go.”
Ji Yutang nodded.
Perhaps the collapse of the Tai Shang era dissolved the inexplicable “attachment” deep in her heart, or maybe Li Jingyu’s sudden disappearance made her anxious, choosing to face herself directly.
No matter how she argued with Li Jingyu in the past, she was sure of one thing: she didn’t want anything to happen to Li Jingyu, even if it meant her own death.
Whether it was genuine or not, she had to ask.
Southern Border Huoxin Palace.
Now, calling it “demon Dao” was no longer accurate.
They had successfully survived this calamity, entering a new era.
Huai Wanxiu had merged into the Dao river, erasing her presence from the world, and Li Jingyu was missing.
All the affairs of Huoxin Palace fell on Shi Qingchen’s shoulders.
She rubbed her eyes, lamenting that she couldn’t follow the palace master out of Jiuzhou, instead suffering such responsibilities here.
“Many places have collapsed, but Ji Yue Cave Heaven is intact.
Thanks to this, but what about the corpse hidden in Ji Yue Cave Heaven? Should we give it to the people from Bailu Academy?” Xie Juanyun asked lazily, arms crossed.
Shi Qingchen sighed, “There’s also the original spirit.
But she’s still Jingyu’s sister; we shouldn’t decide without consulting Jingyu.”
Xie Juanyun said, “What about asking that person?” Just as she finished speaking, hurried footsteps approached, and Feng Yuan rushed into the hall, exhaling deeply, “Daoist Friend Ji is here.
She’s probably here to ask about Ji Yue’s whereabouts.”
Shi Qingchen rubbed her temples, helplessly saying, “Let her in.”
Ji Yutang was indeed here to inquire about Li Jingyu’s whereabouts.
She didn’t know Li Jingyu’s full plan, but perhaps Huoxin Palace did.
Otherwise, how could they remain so calm, without a hint of sorrow?
“I don’t know her plan,” Shi Qingchen said as soon as she saw Ji Yutang, raising her hands to stop her questioning.
The person standing before her had no magical aura, appearing as an ordinary mortal, but no one now regarded this Dragon Lord as a “mortal.” Shi Qingchen thought for a moment and reluctantly offered Ji Yutang some reassurance, “But she can’t possibly have fallen.”
Ji Yutang frowned and asked, “Then do you know where she is?”
“I don’t know,” Shi Qingchen replied straightforwardly.
After a moment of consideration, she added, “Maybe she’ll come out when she wants to see you?”
Ji Yutang: “…” She lowered her eyes, hiding the frustration deep in her brow.
Did Li Jingyu disappear because she didn’t want to see her anymore? She didn’t linger in the law hall, said “goodbye,” and turned to leave.
Shi Qingchen raised an eyebrow and said, “Wait, Ran Guzhu’s body and soul are with me—” Before she could finish, Ji Yutang walked away without looking back.
Shi Qingchen: “…” After a sigh, she said, “Looks like we’ll have to deliver them ourselves.”
Feng Yuan blinked and said, “Would Ji Yue not want to see her? Why are you lying?”
Shi Qingchen smiled and said leisurely, “It’s just my guess.
I never said it was certain.”
Not getting results from Huoxin Palace didn’t discourage Ji Yutang.
She hadn’t held much hope to begin with.
In her eyes, Jiuzhou was almost impossible to avoid now.
Li Jingyu was likely still in that Chaos World, and she had to find her herself.
That Chaos World was something they both worked on evolving, and after years of focused perception, Ji Yutang finally caught a trace.
But the small realm was completely different from when it was first born, and she didn’t know what changes had occurred.
Yet Ji Yutang didn’t hesitate, directly sending a wisp of her aura into that realm.
The moment she entered, Ji Yutang sensed that the passage of time here was entirely different from the outside world.
What was once devoid of life now had the first batch of primitive people.
They wore animal skins and used stone arrows and knives to fend off wild beasts.
They hadn’t truly entered the path, but a mysterious power was beginning to show in them.
Ji Yutang had no intention of preaching here; she was searching for Li Jingyu’s traces.
One day, she sensed a mysterious power, and her eyelid twitched violently.
She rushed to the source of the power and saw a child pinned under a beast’s claws.
The child was petrified, staring blankly at the beast, clutching a broken little statue in his palm.
Ji Yutang frowned and quickly drove the beast away.
She picked up the child, her gaze falling on the statue in his hand.
When Ji Yutang asked, the child finally snapped out of it and burst into loud cries, drawing nearby adults.
The adults were initially very wary of Ji Yutang, but relaxed once they learned she had saved the child.
From their words, Ji Yutang learned that the statue was of their revered “Mother Goddess.” It was said that when the first people were born, they were far more miserable than now, and it was only with the Mother Goddess’s protection that they survived those difficult and long years.
Ji Yutang’s eyes flickered, and she followed the people’s guidance to a cave.
Green vines covered the entrance, leaving only a few dark gaps.
Here, Ji Yutang finally sensed a rich, familiar aura.
Her eyelid twitched wildly as she reached out to part the thorny vines and stepped into the dark cave.
Besides the familiar aura, there was also a scent of blood.
It felt like she was walking on a path paved with flesh and blood.
Ji Yutang was somewhat dazed, and in that moment of distraction, she didn’t notice the net coming at her.
Her aura immediately transformed into a dragon form, and she tried to break free from the net, but upon recognizing it, her body suddenly stiffened, and she lay still in the Doulong Net.
At the end of the cave was a valley full of birdsong and fragrant flowers, with bright sunlight.
Ji Yutang lay in the Doulong Net, staring at the person sitting under the tree.
She looked very different from before, appearing to be thirteen or fourteen years old, like a graceful young lotus.
It wasn’t that she used magic to maintain this state; her bone structure had returned to that age.
Li Jingyu reached out and pulled Ji Yutang from the Doulong Net.
Supporting her chin with her other hand, she said slowly, “You still found your way here.”
Ji Yutang didn’t speak, just stared at her intently.
Li Jingyu blinked, her eyes pure and innocent, without the depth and madness of the past.
Ji Yutang didn’t know how long had passed.
She slipped from Li Jingyu’s hand, sat cross-legged in front of her, and raised her hand as if to touch Li Jingyu’s face.
But upon seeing her face, her body suddenly stiffened.
Her fingers curled into a ball, and she quietly withdrew her hand, saying softly, “Don’t you have anything to explain?”
Li Jingyu had no such concerns.
She pounced on Ji Yutang, laughing, “What do I need to explain? Isn’t everything fine?”
“It’s not fine, not at all,” Ji Yutang pressed down on Li Jingyu.
The emotions that had been churning in her chest since they met seemed about to burst out.
Her voice trembled slightly, and her lowered lashes hid eyes full of sadness and worry.
“Actually, it’s nothing.
I willingly pulled Yang Xizhou into this nascent small realm.
Only then could the dormant world origin awaken, and the Dao laws operate quickly.
You also helped create this world; you should know it just lacked motivation.
And my power was what allowed this seed to fully sprout.
“After my dharma body disintegrated and returned to the world as Primordial Qi, the Taiyin Fiend could no longer bind me.
I’ve completely formed the Dao Mother body through the nourishment of this world.
“Initially, I planned to use the Chaos Shadow Realm, but unfortunately, it already had people and was no longer pure.
If I had done that, I might have been entangled in sin,” Li Jingyu sighed.
She looked up from Ji Yutang’s embrace, meeting Ji Yutang’s tearful eyes, and smiled, “My Dao has been achieved. Aren’t you happy for me?”
