Chapter 175: The Ancestor Sword Cuts Through the Impure

New life?

Friend Friend Friend Meng Xuan instinctively wanted to check her own condition, but was stunned to find she could no longer perform inner observation.

Her body was utterly empty.

Not a trace of magic power, true origin, or spiritual energy remained—even the memories of her cultivation scripture and divine techniques had vanished.

It felt as if she had returned to the time before she had even begun the path of cultivation.

What happened to me... cough cough!

Just as she was about to ask something, the dust she stirred up triggered a fit of coughing.

The temperature inside the Secret Realm was not high, and she wore only a large coat; a chilly sensation made her instinctively hug her arms tight.

Her jade-like face flushed with a intoxicating blush, and a faint sense of shame and irritation rose in her heart.

Xiang Yuanjun's hand gently rested on her shoulder, and all odd sensations vanished at once.

I deliberately made no protection just so you could feel your current state.

"Brother Dao, please step outside first," Xiang Yuanjun said calmly.

"Ah? Let Friend Friend Friend Meng Xuan first change into suitable clothing."

"Oh!" Xu Xing turned and vanished immediately.

After he left, Friend Friend Friend Meng Xuan's shame and irritation finally calmed considerably.

Just now… the Ancestor Sword was still here—truly embarrassing! "Xiang Yuanjun, did you and the Ancestor Sword save me?"

"To be honest, we owe this largely to Brother Dao," Xiang Yuanjun said, summoning a wisp of spiritual light that circled around Friend Friend Friend Meng Xuan.

"In a certain sense, this is also tied to Gu's scheme."

The backlash from a failed attempt to cross the Immortal Gate is, in essence, of the same origin and nature as the cultivator themselves.

Therefore, whether the backlash is light or severe, only the cultivator themselves can resolve it.

But due to Gu's scheme, it became mixed with the essences of Tian, Xuan, and three other True Caves, making this backlash no longer 'pure.'

That is why Xu Xing gained the possibility to sever this impurity.

Everything that happened today is entirely unreplicable.

"The Ancestor Sword is truly extraordinary…"

Though she had lost her realm and insights, Friend Friend Friend Meng Xuan's vision remained intact.

This sounds simple, but severing the backlash for a failed cultivator? Only the Ancestor Sword could accomplish such a thing.

"Brother Dao truly is extraordinary…" Xiang Yuanjun's voice was soft, "and since his recent emergence from seclusion, he seems to have advanced further."

In the span of a few sentences, the spiritual light had circled Friend Friend Friend Meng Xuan once.

A brown coat, over a high-necked sweater, beige wide-leg pants, and a red hat atop her head.

Friend Friend Friend Meng Xuan: "..."

Was it really necessary to wrap herself up so thoroughly? Xiang Yuanjun glanced a few times, then nodded in satisfaction.

Good!

"Alright, let's go out."

"Mm."

She was now merely a mortal; without Xiang Yuanjun's aid, she could not even leave the Secret Realm.

Chairman Gao Ta, underground chamber.

With a twist of space, Xiang Yuanjun appeared with Friend Friend Friend Meng Xuan.

As the two emerged from the Secret Realm, another golden crystal suspended above the stone platform dimmed.

Friend Friend Friend Meng Xuan scanned her surroundings, her heart filled with complex emotions.

Then she turned and bowed to the three crystals upon the stone platform.

"I apologize, three fellow Daoists."

They were the three True Caves whose essences she had absorbed for years; no matter the reason, she had wronged them.

"Do not worry—their condition has already begun to recover."

Friend Friend Friend Meng Xuan, as a mortal, could not sense it, but Xiang Yuanjun felt it: the spiritual signatures of the three True Caves were slowly returning.

It must be Brother Dao's doing; they should recover soon.

"Let's go meet Brother Dao. And you should also consider your plans going forward."

…………

At this moment, in an unfamiliar star region.

Beneath a planet, a vast simulated soul cultivation facility.

In the observation chamber!

A massive holographic projection floated at the center, displaying a real-time star map—countless stars glittered like diamonds, nebulae drifted like gauze.

Suddenly, an alarm sounded.

"Report, my lord! An unknown starship has breached our perimeter—the alert array has been triggered!"

A Nascent Soul-stage cultivator in a black uniform, his face shadowed, rose to report. "Starship model identified: Jian Zong's 'Qing Feng' series light starship."

"No stellar-destroying weapons detected!"

"Highest energy reading within the starship: Nascent Soul."

Data streamed in one after another.

Chi Chi Chi Chi Jiuyu's light starship was thoroughly scanned from top to bottom.

Above, a beautiful woman in a purple palace gown, her hair bound with a jade hairpin, held a cup of steaming blood-red liquid with calm composure.

"Nascent Soul? Another lost disciple of the Xian Sect, it seems."

The woman in purple drank from her cup.

The blood-red liquid stained her lips, appearing eerily alluring.

"Release the captured Soul Transformation biological weapon. Prepare the curvature jump destroyer. Send it away in three minutes."

Someone with a Golden Core owns a personal starship—who knows what level of elder lies behind it?

Sending it away is the best choice.

Doing business means harmony brings wealth.

Unless the people on the starship are ungrateful.

"Report! Received an emergency notice from an unknown starship!"

Hm?!

The woman in purple paused, turning to look at the subordinate who had risen to report.

An emergency notice?

Could the people on the starship be desperate and grasping at straws? But before she could speak—

"It's the Western Star Domain's Garrison Commander—the Concealed Blade Master!" the subordinate stammered.

Clatter!

The cup slipped from her hand and fell to the ground—unbroken, but the blood-red liquid spilled across the floor.

What the hell?! Star Domain Garrison Commander?! ……

……

A few minutes earlier, in space, aboard a starship.

Inside the recovery chamber.

Chi Chi Chi Chi Jiuyu watched for a while as Zhang Yunlu, whose body resembled charred bones, gradually regained vitality.

She turned back to Li Ke.

"What should we do?" Her tone carried a hint of excitement.

She had just learned from her senior sister that this star domain was a base where an ancient demon cultivated simulated spiritual souls.

This was a massive simulated spiritual soul cultivation base in the stars!

She had never seen one before!

Li Ke nodded slightly: "Fine, let's go take a look."

Since the people in this base meant no harm and merely wished to drive them away, she had no desire to waste energy eliminating them.

The jump engine had just been affected and needed time to recover.

Besides, this fish seemed interested—fine, let's take her up to see.

We might as well replenish the starship's energy while we're at it.

"Xiao Xue."

"Your command, Esteemed Concealed Blade Master."

The Star Domain Garrison Commander holds extremely high authority and can forcibly seize control of a starship in emergencies.

Of course, the authority is currently granted by Chi Chi Chi Chi Jiuyu.

But…

Hearing a voice so similar to her own speak to her senior sister with such reverence made her feel deeply uncomfortable!

After all, she had unyielding pride and would never bow! "Grant Star Domain Garrison Commander authority. Broadcast a notice across a three-light-year radius."

A screen projection appeared before Li Ke.

"I am the Western Star Domain Garrison Commander—the Concealed Blade Master."

That was enough.

"Yes!"

As the notice was broadcast,

the entire star domain erupted into chaos.

The Soul Transformation biological weapon just released was killed by a single orbital cannon shot.

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