Chapter 584: Immortal Net Expansion Deployment

"I wonder what their reaction will be after seeing this." Master Mei Zu transmitted her voice quietly.

Unfortunately, neither Xu Xing nor Bie Xuening replied to her.

Tsk!

Getting no answer, Master Mei Zu pursed her lips and could only look ahead at the two of them.

As the two flipped through the jade book, they finally understood everything that had happened in that world Yuan had seen.

Especially when they saw the tall figure with beautiful long blue hair, vivid and lifelike on the jade book, their expressions shifted subtly.

Yin Ling...

Actually, regarding her following Yuan, she had heard Senior Master Jianzu mention it last time.

But that time it was only briefly mentioned in passing, so they hadn't paid much attention.

After all, the appearance of a weapon spirit isn't fixed; some are even pure spheres of light.

Moreover, given how long the delay had been, whether she could catch up to Yuan was still a question.

But now...

Ning Sister Wan Zhu frowned slightly, her fingertip lingering on the golden text at the end of the page depicting Yin Ling's image, then she looked up at Xu Xing.

"Senior, Yuan's Dao is 'Grand Void,' which is advantageous for traversing the Chaotic Sea. The World Derivation Instrument itself is merely a Tongxuan-grade treasure—how could its weapon spirit catch up to Yuan?"

The moment her words fell, a light screen unfurled at Xu Xing's side.

The image showed a beautiful woman in a white coat, with a magnificent figure.

It was Ning Ruo.

At this moment she was sitting behind a silver-gray office desk, with Ning Wanyin beside her, her face taut.

"Master?"

Ning Sister Wan Zhu was stunned.

Ming Yu felt even stranger inside.

Why is Senior Elder Lingzu here too? Just how many people are involved?!

"When the World Derivation Instrument was first refined, its purpose was to deduce the coordinates of worlds within the Chaotic Sea. In terms of traversing the Chaotic Sea, it actually surpasses Yuan's 'Grand Void.'"

At Ning Ruo's prompting, Ning Wanyin beside her began to explain.

"What's more, that Yin Ling had even severed herself from the World Derivation Instrument, which was the foundation of her own existence, traveling through the Chaotic Sea as pure spirit. The resistance she faced was even smaller."

"And she should have done so in order to find Yuan as quickly as possible, so she actively accelerated the rate of her own spiritual dissipation. This further weakened the various interferences within the Chaotic Sea."

"If nothing unexpected happened, by the time Yuan sensed the remnant contract, Yin Ling's spiritual dissipation was already extremely severe, which is why it was so easy when he used the Shrinking-Globe technique to draw her in."

After severing from the World Derivation Instrument, Yin Ling was equivalent to a cultivator traversing the Chaotic Sea as a pure divine soul.

And actively accelerating her own spiritual dissipation was equivalent to a Tongxuan cultivator burning her own essence in exchange for greater speed.

This was also easy to understand.

After all, for Yin Ling, Yuan was her everything.

"..." Ning Sister Wan Zhu was silent for quite a while, then finally sighed softly. "So that's how it was."

"Then what about Yuan...!" Ming Yu hurriedly asked.

"There's no need to worry about that." Xu Xing began to explain.

"Yuan is already at the Dongzhen Realm; there are few existences within the Chaotic Sea capable of harming him."

"And with the 'Spatiotemporal Realm Coordinate Deduction Equation' in hand, finding a suitable world and crafting an appropriate body for Yin Ling won't be difficult."

Dongzhen is in a class of its own beneath a True Immortal; its life-preserving capabilities are exaggerated to the extreme.

Even if body and soul are destroyed, as long as a trace of Dao essence remains, one can return again.

In the previous Earth Immortal Realm, if Hun Tian Yi hadn't obliterated Xi's 'existence' itself, recalling her back wouldn't have been impossible.

Just like on the Starry Sky Front battlefield, where countless wounded Tongxuan and Dongzhen cultivators on both sides have fought for so many years, but as for those who actually fell...

There really weren't any!

"The current problem is that he may not have arrived yet, or has only just reached his destination."

"Whether or not to bring him back..."

"You are the people closest to him in this world, so I've decided to leave the choice to you."

Xu Xing looked at the two of them, waiting for their answer.

Ning Sister Wan Zhu and Ming Yu exchanged a glance, and in the end it was still Ning Sister Wan Zhu who spoke.

"Senior, given the current situation in the Grand Xuan Realm, it shouldn't make much difference whether Yuan is there or not, right...?"

It was true that Yuan was publicly recognized as 'the most dazzling figure in a thousand years.'

But no matter how you put it, he was only a Dongzhen.

His impact on the overall situation wasn't that significant.

"Moreover, you should be like Yuan—you shouldn't want too many people to know about your hometown of the past, right?"

"Why the sudden urge to bring him back?"

That question was rather bold.

But it was fitting to ask it now.

"Bringing him back is naturally because some matters later are best handled by him." Xu Xing sighed softly.

"I am about to advance further; the significance of this should be clear to you as well."

Boom!

Though it wasn't a heavy sound, it struck the two of them like ten thousand peals of thunder, and their emotions surged up in an instant.

Advance further...

They naturally understood the significance of this!

"Once war begins, we will completely seal off the Xuan Realm until the day everything ends."

The words echoed through the training ground.

His tone remained calm, yet the implication sent a chill through Ning Wan Zhu and Ming Yu.

Completely... seal off the Xuan Realm?!

"This battle may take a long time; during that period, even if he wishes to return to the Xuan Realm, it will be absolutely impossible."

"And there are certain matters..."

"Yuan is far more skilled than I am. Let him return and handle all of this."

Whether he is the most brilliant figure in a thousand years or the Holy Emperor Yuan who leads this era of great transformation,

in both reputation and capability, Yuan is far more suited to these tasks than the Master Jianzu, who exists only in legends.

After all, as Xu Xing himself has said.

He truly is not skilled at such things.

"Of course, as you have said, whether Yuan returns has little impact on the current overall situation, so I leave the choice to you."

"..."

The two fell silent for a long time.

Bie Xuening, however, seemed to have just realized something.

She turned her head toward Xu Xing, her gaze subtly shifting.

Her disciple had answered the disciple of the Elder Lingzu's reason for wanting to find Yuan, yet avoided the question of 'homeland.'

Indeed, it was no illusion.

Since their journey to the Tai Ping Realm, after severing his past to alleviate the Xuan Realm's rejection, her disciple's attitude on this matter had changed somewhat.

Though he had 'reasonable' explanations for all of it.

But this was something he had kept hidden in his heart since arriving in this world—held onto for so many years—could it truly be changed so easily by a few 'reasonable' reasons?

Yet, thinking of how many people were present, Bie Xuening ultimately said nothing.

After a long while, it was Ming Yu who spoke first:

May I ask, Master Jianzu, can you currently contact Yuan?

Xu Xing shook his head slightly:

"The Chaos Sea is no ordinary place; we can locate him through you, but we cannot cross the vast Chaos Sea to reach him."

Previously, in the Tai Ping Realm, they had needed the Ascension Platform's beacon function to establish contact with the Xuan Realm.

Not to mention Yuan is not a True Immortal.

Ning Wan Zhu bit her lip, then suddenly looked up and said:

"Master! I wish to join the Ascension Plan's expansion deployment of the Immortal Network."

The original conception of the Xuan Immortal Network was to encompass numerous realms of the Chaos Sea and radiate to even more worlds.

But now it is still in its initial stage, so it only covers the realms surrounding the Xuan Realm.

More distant realms require channels to be constructed before the Immortal Network's tendrils can extend and gradually cover the entire region.

"You've had this idea for a while, haven't you?" Ning Ruo said calmly.

"Yes!" Ning Wan Zhu did not deny it, bowing deeply, "I humbly beg my master to grant me this."

After learning of the existence of the Xuan Immortal Network and part of the 'Ascension Plan,' she had entertained this thought.

But she never knew how to bring it up...

Now, faced with the choice presented by the Master Jianzu, she did not want Yuan to be forcibly recalled before fulfilling his lifelong wish, nor did she want him to be barred from returning if he later wished to come back.

So she decided to go find him herself.

If she could find him before the final battle begins, she would ask him his wishes in person.

If she could not find him...

Then it was simply fate.

"Do as you wish." Ning Ruo showed no sign of any unusual emotion.