Chapter 2821: He Has Finally Come!

His smile was unusual, carrying relief and release.

Even the most steadfast believer needs to know their efforts bear fruit, their sacrifices have meaning—

they also need to know that the world they strive for has a future.

They are torches held high in the darkness, able to keep him company through the long night and welcome the new dawn.

The chains of chaos clanged a few times, calling him back to his senses.

"The final demand!" He also knew he was being excessive, but perhaps this was also his last demand.

He extended his right palm toward Chaos, the black-eyed little snakes eager to try:

"Give me Master Sun's karmic chain—I want to calculate her fate!"

Given his relationship with Master Sun, this demand is actually reasonable, right?

Chaos seemed to freeze in the sea, remaining still for a long while without extending its chains.

He Lingchuan mused: "So there isn't one, then?"

Here in Chaos are stored all the karmic chains of the Panlong people—except Sun Fuling's?

He wasn't particularly surprised, and didn't ask further.

No cause, no effect?

No past, no present?

After the divination ended, the little snakes on his palms swam together again, swaying before He Lingchuan like cobras poised to strike.

Of course, they wouldn't attack He Lingchuan—just draw his attention.

When He Lingchuan looked at them, the twin snakes slowly entwined, from tail tip to head, becoming one once more.

The two snakes turned back into one.

His gaze sharpened.

Naturally, Chaos at this moment showed no reaction, merely swaying its form, drifting slowly.

What it wanted to tell He Lingchuan, He Lingchuan already knew.

The vast currents stirred by Chaos wrapped around He Lingchuan, carrying him upward toward the Panlong Secret Realm—this time without pause.

As the familiar scene drew nearer, He Lingchuan drew another deep breath.

He was ready.

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Panlong Secret Realm, South Gate Plaza.

Mingke Xianren fed himself medicinal pills and talisman water, stabilized his injuries, then rushed to the foot of Nancheng Gate.

The city gate was about to be breached, and he needed to stand with the soldiers to repel the enemy.

At that moment, a sudden splash came from behind.

Mingke Xianren's heart tightened.

Only allies could emerge from the South Gate Plaza, but he had already brought all usable forces into the Secret Realm—no newcomers would arrive here.

Wait—could it be?

He turned his head and saw a familiar figure emerge from the blessing spring in the South Gate Plaza.

It was none other than the Jiugou Dadi he had long awaited!

After countless hopes and waits, the person all the Cangyan warriors had desperately waited for—he had finally come!

Mingke Xianren's joy was no small matter; he flashed forward: "Your Majesty, demonic invaders have entered the Secret Realm—the city gate is about to fall!"

Truly, in his entire life, he had never longed so desperately to see the Jiugou Dadi, to see the master of the Panlong Secret Realm!

He Lingchuan immediately noticed the breach in the city gate, frowned: "Which demons and great demons are present?"

If only ordinary demons were involved, they couldn't breach the Secret Realm's great gate.

The Secret Realm he himself forged—he knew its strength well.

Mingke Xianren spoke quickly: "Jialou Tian, Bai Zhan Tian, and Tongming Zhenjun lead nearly a hundred demons in attack!"

Since this great war began, his speech has become increasingly concise.

"Bai Zhan Tian and Tongming Zhenjun are also here?" He Lingchuan's heart sank.

On the battlefield of Mingsha Forest in the Panlong world, he had seen the plight of the Panlong Secret Realm through the heavenly canopy, and at that time he recognized Jialou Tian via the Seal-Order Divinity.

He hadn't expected misfortunes to pile up—worse than a single great demon's assault was the news that three had come at once!

"Are you certain?"

"We captured a few demons, interrogated them—consistent testimony, so it should be correct."

He Lingchuan nodded: "We'll discuss details later."

For now, the top priority is to hold the gate, prevent the demons from breaking in.

"Wait."

He Lingchuan dropped a line and entered the tower behind the blessing spring.

This tower stands thirty-three zhang high; climbing it by leg would take a long time. But as master of the Secret Realm, He Lingchuan enters and exits this Gao Ta in less than ten breaths.

Mingke Xianren had just seen him enter when, in the blink of an eye, he emerged—and in another blink, He Lingchuan stood behind the city wall.

He raised his finger joints, lightly tapped the wall twice, and the massive black dragon carving inside the wall extended its huge skull, hovering before him.

This is the dragon carving whose jaw was knocked off by the Yinling Divine General; though it has somewhat recovered over time, the fang on its lower right has not yet regrown. This indicates the earlier battle was excessively fierce, surpassing the wall's self-healing capacity—even the black dragon carving, as gate guardian, cannot receive enough energy to recover.

The same applies to the potholes on the gate.

The demons' assault has been draining the wall's strength; if He Lingchuan hadn't arrived in time, the gate's fall would merely be a matter of time.

He Lingchuan spread his palm, and a pearl rose from it.

This pearl is slightly larger than a duck egg, with a pearlescent sheen, yet its surface flashes with rich purple light.

Mingke the Immortal watched from the side, not daring to breathe heavily; although he had never seen this pearl before, he could feel the power condensed within it was vast and heavy, similar to the sensation given by the Earth Mother Plains.

This is the Great Expansion Heavenly Pearl, and the entire Coiling Dragon Secret Realm was crafted based on it as its foundation.

He Lingchuan gently pushed forward, and the black dragon statue extended its head, swallowing the pearl in one gulp.

After the Coiling Dragon Secret Realm was completed and stabilized, He Lingchuan enshrined the Great Expansion Heavenly Pearl at the top of the pagoda to guard the entire realm. Except for the realm's master, no one who climbed that tower could find this pearl—not even Mingke the Immortal or the Earth Mother.

Now that the situation is urgent, He Lingchuan took it down to use it.

Mingke the Immortal watched wide-eyed as, after the black dragon statue swallowed the Great Expansion Heavenly Pearl, in just two or three breaths, its jaw and fangs regrew, the pits and dents on its body from being struck quickly filled in, and its scales were restored.

Even the horns on its head grew longer by a large section, the tips sharp as knives, and a second pair of minor horns sprouted behind its ears, like bamboo shoots breaking through the soil.

In an instant, its old appearance was replaced with a new one.

"Go, defend the city walls to the death," He Lingchuan ordered. "If the city falls, the secret realm falls; if the city stands, the secret realm stands!"

Hearing the command, the black dragon sank into the wall to resist external enemies.

At the same time, the breach in the gate of Coiling Dragon City rapidly shrank, and no matter how hard the Yinling Divine Generals hammered and chiseled, they could not enlarge it.

Within just five breaths, the gate was restored to its original state, and the previously collapsed opening disappeared entirely.

The blue-faced great demon's spirit was greatly revived; the multiple wounds on its body inflicted by the Yinling Divine Generals healed in an instant. It shook off its previous fatigue, let out a few sharp laughs, grabbed two battle axes from within the city wall, and suddenly chopped toward the Yinling Divine Generals!

The Yinling Divine Generals had no choice but to engage, but this blue-faced great demon, as if having taken a strength pill, forced them to retreat step by step within just a few moves.

The fighting Cangyan people on the city wall, seeing this, all let out a long sigh of relief.

Thanks to book friend 20260408133148845 for the alliance~ We now have a new cute master!

Thanks to book friend Apollo Yangyang for the reward~

Thanks to Yaoguang Zhuimang and book friend 20181125201114911 for the reward!

(End of chapter)