Chapter 600: It's Dao-Brother's Wings

Boom!

Rumble rumble!

Sword baleful qi surges skyward, shaking the starry heavens!

Under the might radiating from the about-to-be-born Yuan-tier weapon · Ten Extremes Sword, the road beneath their feet, as if paved with starlight, began to crumble bit by bit.

"Refine the Ten Extremes across the cosmos, temper one edge with ten thousand stars!"

As that very imposing line echoed, the canopy of heaven was directly torn open with a gash by the sword baleful qi, and the entire Cheng Wu Realm began to teeter on the brink of collapse.

The doomsday-like scene caught the cultivators within somewhat off guard.

One after another, they scrambled to activate their Realm-Evading Jade Talismans in hopes of escaping.

Yet under the interference of the sword baleful qi, most people's realm-evading methods lost their effect.

Cheng Wu Realm descended into utter chaos.

Only a few heaven's prides from Holy Lands stared blankly at the sword baleful qi surging skyward, their minds shaken.

Legend had it that the Cheng Wu Realm was formed when Cheng Gui the Wanderer sought to subdue the top-tier Yuan-tier weapon, the Ten Extremes Sword, and the two exchanged qi and responded to each other.

They had assumed the rumor was mostly false, but never expected…

Yuan-tier weapons, as the name implies, are divine weapons on par with Nascent Soul.

Although Yuan Zhen Realm is a great world of Combined Dao, due to its special 'multi-element' attribute, the density of laws within any single great universe of the cosmic sea is actually not that high.

Even weak universes possess Golden Core and Nascent Soul, existing by virtue of Yuan Zhen Realm's rules.

And the top-tier great universes even surpass the mission world Zhou Kongming previously went to on assignment¹.

The Weapon Realm great universe, although still not comparable to those very top-tier great universes, could already be considered quite excellent.

With a relatively sparse density of laws, even Nascent Soul can erupt with world-shaking might…

The chaos before her eyes made Chi Jiuyu scratch her head.

She had just been looking around, how did a sword pop out wanting to acknowledge her as its master, and make such a huge commotion…

'What do you think we should do?'

Chi Jiuyu asked her natal sword within her heart.

Just arrived at the mission world, the mission hadn't even refreshed yet, and already this high-profile…

Isn't that a bit not good?

Yet the moment she finished asking, Chi Jiuyu felt her brow twitch.

The cyan-gold longsword was restless, she even felt it wasn't as agitated now as when it had seen the Moon Shadow last time.

'Damn it! Damn it!! Damn it!!!'

A spiritual voice brimming with boundless fury kept echoing, leaving Chi Jiuyu dumbfounded for a moment.

No!

Was her natal sword hopped up on explosives?

Wait!

Could it be because of that broken sword wanting to acknowledge her as its master?

Thinking of this, she immediately released her natal sword.

Hum~!

A cyan-gold sharp light erupted from her brow, transforming into an ancient cyan-gold longsword that wandered the vault of heaven, its swordlight radiating boundless intent to kill, like countless fine, pure-white needles.

In an instant, it drowned out the sword baleful qi surging skyward.

Under the erosion of higher-tier power, even Cheng Wu Realm's own rules were rapidly changing.

The cultivators still in Cheng Wu Realm stared blankly at the sky.

What day was it today, that even a 'Qian Yang Treasure' had appeared…

"You want to steal my master!" The angry voice still carried a trace of childishness.

It sounded like a little girl throwing a tantrum…

But at this moment no one would think so; the sound waves layered upon one another, shaking up distortions one after another, and Cheng Wu Realm itself underwent visible deformation.

With a single roar, the already crack-covered sword body became even more dilapidated.

Ten Extremes Sword: "……"

It felt its sword spirit was like a candle in the wind, as if it could extinguish at any moment under the oppression of that violent intent to slay.

No way, after waiting all these years it had finally found a qualified sword bearer…

And it turned out to be a sword cultivator who possessed a Qian Yang Treasure!

Chi Jiuyu looked at everything before her, and for a moment didn't know what to say.

Emm……

Honestly, she had never seen her natal sword this angry before.

High above.

The giant turtle, whose body had transformed into a star and was locked in a stalemate with the Ten Extremes Sword, had been stimulated by the sword baleful qi and was just about to awaken.

But upon discovering that the cyan-gold longsword's edge had easily crushed the sword baleful qi, it halted its awakening process and continued slumbering.

Commonly known as playing dead.

……

……

Tai Xuan Realm, Xiang Jianzong Outer Gate.

Ascension Hall.

Within the hall, as the last person in the line stepped onto the central hub of the Ascension Platform, they were deployed into a great universe within Yuan Zhen Realm.

The third batch of Xiang Jianzong ascension envoys has been fully deployed.

Through the central hub of the Ascension Platform and the link of the Grand Xuan Immortal Net, Xu Xing issued corresponding missions based on each person's situation and the universe they were heading to.

Having done all this, he nodded in satisfaction.

"The third batch of ascension envoys has been deployed—this matter can be considered wrapped up." Saying so, he looked toward Du Ruoheng beside him. "Does the Sect Master have any other issues to raise?"

His voice echoed in the silent Ascension Hall, making the already somewhat oppressive atmosphere even more solemn.

Hearing these words, Du Ruoheng's eyes lit up, and even his back straightened a few degrees.

"Reporting to the Ancestral Master, this disciple does indeed have some matters on which I must ask the Ancestral Master to make a decision."

Among the surrounding Tongxian Supreme Elders, a few people's expressions shifted slightly.

This Sect Master is about to go tattling again!

"Ancestral Master, since the third batch of ascension envoys has all been delivered, then this disciple…"

But before he could finish, Xu Xing directly cut off what they were about to say.

"Hold on a moment. Let's hear the issue the Sect Master wants to raise—you can also help me make a decision."

"…"

Is this making a decision?

In a bit, I'm afraid we'll become the 'problem' that needs to be resolved.

……

……

A while later, the waning moon amid scattered stars.

A tinge of blue-gray had already risen on the distant horizon.

Xu Xing walked out of the Ascension Hall, the Sect Master following closely behind step for step, leaving only several Tongxian Supreme Elders in the hall with faces as though they'd lost their parents.

After walking a good distance.

Xu Xing, finding Du Ruoheng still following behind him, was somewhat speechless:

"Sect Master, we've already walked quite far—there's no need to keep following me, is there?"

Du Ruoheng paused.

True, this place was already very far from the Ascension Hall.

"Then Ancestral Master, this disciple takes his leave."

"Go ahead."

Du Ruoheng bowed deeply.

Standing straight again, sword-light flared around him as he shot up into the high sky.

Upon reaching a high point, dozens of sword-intent spiritual bodies could be seen separating from the sword-light, heading respectively to various places in the Xiang Jianzong.

A new day had begun, and the Sect Master still had plenty of matters to handle.

Xu Xing: "…"

The Sect Master has it pretty tough too.

That girl Jiu Yu is dead set on being Sect Master, but with her flighty temperament, who knows whether she could handle the workload of the position once she takes it.

After a sigh of emotion in his heart, Xu Xing stepped forward.

His entire person vanished directly; when his figure reappeared, he had already arrived at the Dao Field within the Xiang Jianzong Hall.

Sitting down at the center of the Dao Field, he took out his phone, opened the chat app, and tapped into the Boss Group.

These past days, because of Ye Shijie's closed-door cultivation, the group had been much quieter than before.

After all, the ones who usually chatted the most in the group were Ye Shijie and Master Mei Zu…

The messages in the group still remained focused on the earlier discussion about the Yuan Zhen Realm.

Alchemy Ancestor: "Since only worlds at the Dao Merging energy level have the possibility of becoming a multiverse"

Alchemy Ancestor: "Then if the energy level is even higher, what direction would this type of world evolve toward?"

Seeing Hong Zun: "Actually, this point can be glimpsed from the Realm Derivation method"

Seeing Hong Zun: "In a multiverse-type world, the main timeline is the core, and every different possibility spawns a new branch"

Seeing Hong Zun: "But a world at the Dao Merging energy level ultimately has limits—the timeline branches it can produce are constrained by the strength of the main timeline and cannot keep generating new timelines"

Seeing Hong Zun: "Based on my calculations, a world's energy level needs to reach Dong Zhen, and the main timeline within the realm must remain singular, to ensure that timeline branches keep being generated"

Seeing Hong Zun: "The stronger it is, the more singular, and at the same time, the more infinite"

Seeing Hong Zun: "The ultimate state of this type of world might be named the 'Infinite Multiverse'"

The ultimate state refers to a super great realm at the 'Dong Zhen' energy level.

This is also, in his calculations, the limit a world can reach.

As for worlds whose energy level can accommodate existences like 'Immortal' or 'Ancestor'…

Seeing Hong Zun was temporarily unable to calculate what kind of evolution process a world must undergo to successfully leap upward.

Something like the Grand Xuan Realm, that would be even more inconceivable.