Chapter 504: Creation

Damn it!

Slapped flying by the giant claw, Chi Jiuyu cursed inwardly in her heart. Her star-and-moon Dharma Form uncontrollably plunged toward the nearest Zhenling 52nd Planetary System.

Around the Dharma Form still drifted clusters of swimming golden talismanic script.

It was precisely her life-preserving protective magical artifact.

After all, she was the Sword Reverent's personally-taught senior disciple — naturally she couldn't have only "Master, save me" as her one life-saving measure.

Damn it!

The Void Return level bio-weapon was simply too massive, exceeding the limits of her visual perception, so she took the hit completely unprepared.

Moreover, before she could even recover from her drained state, she saw several Soul Transformation peak level dog-type bio-weapons charging straight toward her.

Purple-black flames wreathed their four claws, their scales looked as though cast from divine iron, and a ghostly purple light seeped out from between the scales.

Every step they took left a claw mark scorched by purple flame in the void.

Their bodies flickered like strobing lights, appearing and vanishing in the pitch-black cosmic space, rapidly charging toward the direction where Chi Jiuyu's Dharma Form was falling.

The distance between the two sides was rapidly closing!

Seen from afar, several streaks of purple ghost flame traced a beautiful arc, ceaselessly pursuing a straight-falling white thin line.

And above them, an even more enormous terrifying shadow was prowling, approaching the Zhenling 52nd Planetary System.

At this moment, Chi Jiuyu had only just taken that one claw strike from the Void Return bio-weapon. If not for the protective magical artifact activating in time, she likely would have been directly smashed apart by that claw!

And even though the protective magical artifact shielded her, it was still a Void Return claw strike after all.

In her current state, facing those approaching dog-form bio-weapons, it was very difficult for her to mount any overly complicated response.

In the end, seeing those Soul Transformation peak level bio-weapons getting closer and closer, she could only do her utmost to drive her Dharma Form, raising the long sword in her hand horizontally before her!

Boom~!

Spiritual energy surged like raging tidal waves.

Purple flames blazed fiercely, transforming into rings of interwoven purple and white searing heat, carrying boundless spiritual energy, roaring outward with the point where beast claw and long sword collided as its core!

In an instant!

Several bio-weapons slammed into the Dharma Form one after another. The purple flames wreathing their four claws suddenly surged, and they actually carried Chi Jiuyu's Dharma Form along as they tore through the void and fled through space, charging toward the Zhenling 52nd Planetary System.

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Zhenling 52nd Planetary System.

This was a planetary system with relatively thin spiritual energy concentration, uninhabited by humans, yet possessing a habitable planet.

Because no Nascent Soul level existence capable of departing the planetary system itself had yet been born within it, the alien races living there had no understanding of conditions outside the system.

Under normal circumstances, almost no human cultivators would come here.

This precisely reflected humanity's current attitude toward the starry sky alien races.

Neither suppressed nor assisted.

If an existence equivalent to Nascent Soul level was born, or technology capable of leaving the planetary system was developed, making contact with the outside.

They were also permitted, after registering with the Qidaxian Sect or the Orthodox Alliance, to use humanity's starry sky trade routes to trade with other alien races, or even starry sky traveling merchants.

Of course, they also had to abide by the "Starry Sky Management Law" drafted by the Gedaxian Sect.

At this moment, within the planetary system, the sixth planet.

The only habitable planet of the Zhenling 52nd Planetary System.

On this planet, there were in total three intelligent starry sky alien races.

But because they respectively lived on three continental plates, and each continent was separated by dangerous seas, they had little interaction with one another.

However, this delicate balance seemed on the verge of being broken as one of the starry sky alien races gave birth to a Jin Dan level existence.

The Southern Continent, the region near the planet's south pole.

This was the region with the harshest environment on the entire surface of the sixth planet.

The year-round unrelenting wind and snow had buried countless lives.

One of the three intelligent races lived here. Though few in number, they were born with the ability to control wind and snow, and could be called the overlords of this planet.

Yet at this moment, in the biting cold wind.

A massive beast, with twin wings on its back and snow-white fur, looking like a great white bear, lay collapsed upon the snowy ground.

Mountain-like, its body was crisscrossed with wounds, and steaming hot blood gushed forth, pooling into a puddle of blood.

Clearly, it was in the bitter cold of ice and snow.

Strangely, not only did that blood show no signs of congealing, it instead appeared all the more vivid red.

The thick snow continuously melted amid sizzling sounds.

Beside the blood pool stood a cold-expression youth. His black close-fitting clothes were riddled with tear-marks from sharp claws, and scorching magma-like fresh blood kept dripping from his fingertips.

Obviously, this winged white bear had died at his hands.

At this moment, he was indifferently gazing ahead, as if watching something.

【Tai Xuan Immortal Net (Internal Beta)】

【Name: Xiao Fan】

【Age: 21】

【Realm: Qi Refining Layer 9 (Early Nascent Soul)】

【Profession: Law Cultivator, Body Cultivator】

【Affiliation: Demon Dao】

【Foundational Art: "Source-Beguiling Formless Art" (Supreme)】

【Divine Abilities, Techniques: Spirit-Scatter · Entry (Supreme), Lost-Ford · Entry (Supreme), Formless · Not Entered (Supreme), Paradox · Not Entered (Supreme)……】

【Authority: Ascension Emissary · Type II (Not Activated)】

【Auxiliary Module: None】

【Ascension Points: 0】

Not bad, this person was indeed Xiao Fan.

Since taking a master in Xuanjian City, he had been led by Huo into the starry sky, thrown onto various planets with extremely harsh environments for tempering.

He had struggled at the edge of life and death countless times.

At the very beginning, having never experienced such brutal tempering, he nearly broke down!

But Huo was a true immortal who wielded the Dao of 'Huo,' so he didn't even have the chance to let his mindset collapse.

Just like that, he finally managed to endure it, and even turned that drop of Cang Race blood that had merged into his bloodline into something he could use…

The journey here had not been easy.

"Hoo~"

Letting out a light breath, Xiao Fan withdrew his gaze and looked at the two-winged Bai Xiong beside him whose vitality had been cut off.

"That's the seventh one…"

With a body at the ninth layer of Qi Refining, killing seven two-winged Bai Xiong comparable to Foundation Establishment — that was the tempering task assigned to him this time.

Taking two months, he had finally completed the tempering task his master had arranged this time.

Then…

He withdrew his gaze from the two-winged Bai Xiong and looked at the 'realm' column on the panel before him.

Crack~

Along with a barely perceptible crisp sound from within his body, like the sound of a shackle snapping.

Whoosh!

The wildly surging pressure of magic power blew the surrounding accumulated snow, together with that patch of blood, and even the mountain-sized corpse of the two-winged Bai Xiong into the sky!

With the spot where Xiao Fan stood as the center, the violent pressure of magic power directly crushed a deep pit several li wide and dozens of meters deep into the snowfield!

But he remained unmoved, still looking at what was before him.

Sure enough, under his gaze, the original text in the 'realm' column on the interface began to blur.

In the end, the original text vanished, leaving only four simple words — Early-Stage Nascent Soul.

It had actually changed along with it!

Xiao Fan could not help but frown.

Tai Xuan Immortal Net internal test version…

He didn't know what this was, only that it had appeared out of nowhere a few days ago.

Even though he had exhausted every means at his disposal, he could not trace its origin.

One must know that the suppression of his cultivation was his master's doing.

This Tai Xuan Immortal Net could actually see through even his master's methods…

"Disciple, well done." A voice that seemed to originate from the depths of the divine soul rang out.

Before he could react, an ordinary-looking figure with a gentle temperament appeared without warning in the wind and snow before him.

"Disciple greets Master." Xiao Fan solemnly performed a bow.

"Between you and me as master and disciple, there's no need for such formality." Huo said with a smile.

"Yes." Xiao Fan responded, straightened up, and said, "Reporting to Master, some accidents occurred during this tempering session. Please trouble yourself to take a look for your disciple."

Regardless of what this Tai Xuan Immortal Net truly was, it had already exceeded the scope of what he could handle.

He still had to seek his master's help to resolve it.

"Oh?" Huo smiled meaningfully, "Perhaps it was a passerby who saw your decent temperament and gifted you a fortuitous encounter."

Xiao Fan was expressionless: "This disciple doesn't believe in such things."

Once bitten, twice shy — if he believed this kind of thing again, he'd be a fool!

"There's no need to be so wary."

Huo raised a hand and drew in a gust of wind and snow, letting it swirl between his palms.

"In this world, there are fellow Daoists like your master who are quite willing to lend a hand to the younger generation."

"For instance, Master Jianzu of the Sword Sect, Honored Hong of the Supreme Dao Sect, and Kui in the starry sky…"

"Just like that tempering of yours in Xuanjian City last time — that was arranged by Master Jianzu."

Xiao Fan: "…"

He couldn't speak for other seniors, but his own master…

The 'fortuitous encounter' he got last time had nearly made it so he couldn't even be a 'person' anymore.

From then on, he never again believed in such pie-from-the-sky matters.

"Alright, alright."

Seeing his earnest, stiff manner, Huo said no more and instead began to explain.

"That Tai Xuan Immortal Net is a plan jointly promoted by the Qidaxian Sect. Quite interesting — your master went and got you a slot."

Speaking of which, Huo thought again of that chat group.

Apart from himself, almost no one in there ever spoke…

But thinking about it, that made sense — those fellow Daoists, as ancestors of the Xian Sect, naturally wouldn't waste time chatting in groups.

Sigh~

And Xiao Fan, hearing Huo's words, couldn't help but be stunned.

The Qidaxian Sect… a jointly promoted plan?

"Is it the same as last time?"

He had also taken part in the Qidaxian Sect's extraterritorial trial the last time.

"There are similarities, but it's not the same." Huo briefly explained, "In any case, this matter is secret and must not be leaked to the outside world in the slightest."

"Yes."

Xiao Fan did not ask further and respectfully complied.

Suddenly, he saw Huo wave his hand to disperse the wind and snow in his palm, look up toward the heights, and a playful smile crept onto his lips.

"Disciple, look up."

Hmm?

Xiao Fan was startled, but still did as instructed.

The dark, heavy sky was blurred and unclear, the wind and snow like blades, visibility extremely low.

But the moment he raised his head, his eyesight seemed to receive all sorts of enhancements, soaring to an unimaginable degree.

Beyond the planet!

A pure-white dharma form as vast as a star or moon, with pure intent of slaughter and warfare lingering around its body, held a sword horizontally before it, actually withstanding several dog-shaped creatures whose auras were terrifyingly extreme.

Merely glimpsing a sliver of its edge made his soul sting with pain, and even the Nascent Soul seated upon the Dao Platform felt as if thorns were on his back. (End of Chapter)