Chapter 619: A Bizarre and Beautiful World

Standing still within the Sea of Chaos, the churning currents of chaotic energy surged past her on every side.

Sister Wan Zhu and Ming Yu gazed into the distance.

But even in the state of 'Perception Sublimation,' they had detected no change whatsoever; the entire Sea of Chaos remained as lonely as ever.

It was as if the connection of the immortal net's threads, and the infinitely folded red patterns covering countless worlds, had not affected this realm in the slightest.

Yet in their hearts they understood that the 【Second · Xun Yuan Realm】, which they had just named, had indeed become different.

After all…

"Activate the world search function. Filter for worlds within the 【Second · Xun Yuan Realm】 where the Dong Zhen cultivator Yuan once stayed."

Ming Yu spoke directly.

Although Tong Xuan was already an extremely high-ranking existence among cultivators.

Finding a specific world within this vast, boundless Sea of Chaos, among countless worlds as numerous as grains of sand, was still extremely difficult.

Whose fault was it that, back then, in order to show their resolve, they had not asked Sword Ancestor for the exact world coordinates…

In any case, without the immortal net's aid, they would probably be searching until the year of the monkey and the month of the horse.

But with the aid of the Grand Mystic Immortal Net, it was different!

As the executors of this immortal net expansion deployment, the two of them possessed extremely high authority within this 【Second · Xun Yuan Realm】.

This could also be considered a reward for their day-and-night work building the 'Immortal Net Connection Nodes.'

【Instruction detected. Filtering target worlds based on preset conditions…】

Sister Wan Zhu also looked at her personal interface before her, which displayed a progress bar — a concrete visualization of the instruction's execution percentage — that Ming Yu had shared over.

Before long, the progress bar finished loading.

【Filter complete. Target world confirmed!】

【Detected: 2 worlds where Dong Zhen realm cultivator · Yuan once stayed. Extract key information?】

Seeing this, Ming Yu's fists clenched tight once more, and Sister Wan Zhu reacted the same way.

"Yes!"

【Extracting…】

【Extraction complete! Beginning playback…】

Playback?

The two paused, not yet having grasped the meaning of those words, when several threads of the immortal net suddenly extended before their eyes.

They intertwined and wound together, ultimately forming a curtain of light.

As the image appeared within the curtain of light.

The sun set in the west.

On the edge of a steep, towering cliff sat a youth with black hair and purple eyes, wearing a black coat.

In his arms, a woman with a delicate face, a tall and slender figure, and a head of long blue hair gazed at him in a daze.

The brilliant evening glow fell upon the two of them, rendering the scene incomparably beautiful.

"This world doesn't have a suitable spiritual treasure either, but I will definitely find a way to cure you."

The black-haired, purple-eyed youth promised solemnly.

"It doesn't matter. As long as I can stay with Master, that's enough…" the blue-haired woman said softly.

As the words fell, the two transformed into a streak of light and, riding the evening glow, departed from the world within the image.

Sister Wan Zhu: "…"

Ming Yu: "…"

【First world playback complete. Beginning playback of the second world!】

The image shifted.

In a lush, verdant jungle, Yuan strolled alone, appearing extremely at ease.

Clearly, the second world marked by the Grand Mystic Immortal Net was the first world where Yuan had stopped to rest within this 【Second · Xun Yuan Realm】.

At that time, he hadn't even discovered that Yin Ling had followed him.

……

……

Meanwhile, within the 【First · Earth Immortal Realm】.

Amid the surging currents of chaotic energy, a world that wasn't particularly conspicuous — its outer crystal wall system covered in many patterns, with an energy level of Soul Transformation.

Mission World 11.

It was the world where Lin Changsheng, who had performed the best in the Soul Transformation division of the 'Xian Sect Grand Competition' aside from Chang Xiao, had gone to carry out his mission.

Within the world.

A towering great mountain that pierced straight into the clouds, with mist swirling around its midsection.

A divine bird-beast with only splendid golden tail feathers and a slender figure circled around the mountain's waist.

Wherever it passed, specks of golden radiance drifted down along the sweep of its wings, fluttering and scattering throughout the mountain.

The vigorous old cypresses on the cliffs sprouted new buds; the slender twigs by the path grew flower buds; the sweet, clear springs steamed with ethereal, glowing mist.

By the shore, a white deer with a coat of pure snow and a pair of crystalline antlers, together with a white tiger bearing a pair of wings upon its ribs, both raised their heads to gaze at the golden clouds that kept spreading and dyeing the vault of heaven.

"Today I establish the Ascension Platform, attain the Soul Transformation realm, then accumulate three thousand external deeds, and when merit is complete, I may ascend to the 'Immortal Realm' and seek the Great Dao once more."

A vast, ethereal voice spread throughout the ten extremes of heaven and earth, echoing across the universe.

Down the mountain.

A high platform constructed from the branches of every peculiar plant in the world.

Lin Changsheng looked up, his eyes filled with unconcealable awe.

Although his mission was already complete, he did not choose to settle and leave right away, but instead prepared to see what would happen after the Ascension Platform was deployed…

And so came the present scene.

Ascension?

The Immortal Realm?

At this moment he finally understood what the function of the Ascension Hall at the Outer Sect was!

Below the high platform, one after another, locals who had various exotic beasts by their sides, having just switched from 'Trainer' to 'Beast-Taming Cultivator', also stared at the sky, utterly shaken.

After a long while, Lin Changsheng was the first to come back to his senses.

"We should go, Qing."

On his shoulder perched a small bird with purple plumes and lively eyes.

It looked like nothing special, but the terrifying power contained within its body was actually a notch stronger than Lin Changsheng, this Soul Transformation sword cultivator!

Monarch-class · Prophecy-type exotic beast.

It was also the first Monarch-class exotic beast he had subdued after coming to this world.

Hearing Lin Changsheng's words, Qing paused, tilted her head to look over, and an extremely human-like hint of complexity and curiosity appeared in her lively eyes.

"Alright."

A delicate voice tinged with a hint of allure.

As the only Monarch-class existence among Prophecy-type exotic beasts, she could not actually be counted as a 'demon' type, but rather the embodiment of the 'Prophecy-type' rules of this world.

If one had to categorize her, she should be counted as a 'spirit' type.

Originally, this world was just an ordinary technological world.

But on a certain day more than three thousand five hundred years ago, an accident occurred that completely changed this world.

This world was 'struck' by an outside world, and the rules of both sides influenced each other, causing mutations within the world.

A portion of the world's rules broke away from their original 'conceptualized' state and descended upon the world, forming nine Monarch-class exotic beasts.

The various creatures originally existing within the world were also affected and began to mutate, thereby gaining control over all sorts of authorities.

But humans, these highly intelligent beings, were not affected, and were moreover restricted by that portion of rules that had not been influenced, unable to control any supernatural abilities in their pure human form.

It was thought that this would be the beginning of humanity's end.

Yet strangely, those exotic beasts that had gained control over various supernatural abilities not only did not view humans with hostility, but were instead drawn to certain humans with pure and upright hearts.

Pure and upright hearts…

To be honest, when Lin Changsheng learned of this, he thought he was listening to some kind of fairy tale.

But this was the truth of this world!

Under these circumstances, Lin Changsheng did not feel right doing anything to this world's exotic beasts, so he sought out the only 'oddity' among this world's exotic beasts as a breakthrough.

That was Qing.

As the embodiment of this world's 'Prophecy' rules, she was well-versed in everything that had happened in the past, and could even glimpse a thing or two of what would happen in the future.

This also caused her, although she did not view humans with hostility, to not be close to humans either.

After a bout of fighting, Lin Changsheng fought her to a draw.