Chapter 251

“I can give you time to consider carefully.”

Shen Xi said, “But the terms I offer, you absolutely cannot refuse.”

Jiang Jian steadied his spirit and asked, “Gatekeeper, if the Earth Alliance knows nothing of this, is there a risk of violating the laws?”

Shen Xi shook his head and said, “The person who will meet you works within the Yingtian Bureau.”

“I can guarantee it.”

“As long as you obtain the world’s origin and confirm the spatial coordinates.”

“The Earth Alliance will immediately act—locate the Second Realm, and shatter the World Gate!”

He stood with his hands behind his back, gazing at the black-and-white river.

His expression carried pride: “You need not worry.”

“As long as you deliver that object to the Yingtian Bureau.”

“All other responsibilities fall upon me alone.”

Shen Xi turned his head to look at Jiang Jian.

“Your Level Six talent benefits, and the reward for this task.”

“Will surely satisfy you.”

Hearing this,

Jiang Jian was speechless.

From start to finish,

Shen Xi had never revealed what his terms would be.

Yet, as a peerless prodigy of the Divine Palace Realm and a high-ranking official of the Surface Realm,

since he had spoken these words,

the reward must not be insignificant.

As Jiang Jian pondered, he had already made up his mind.

He had not returned to the Tenth Hall of Yinshan in a long time.

All he needed to do was take the object out and deliver it to the Yingtian Bureau.

This task was not difficult.

He lifted his head, his gaze fixed on the twisted stream of light in Shen Xi’s hand.

Deep within his spirit, a thought suddenly struck him.

“If this world’s origin can locate coordinates,”

“and I use Yinshan as a passage,”

“wouldn’t that also expose the dimensional coordinates of the Yinshan Wonder?”

Realizing this,

Jiang Jian looked at Shen Xi.

Shen Xi stood with his hands behind his back, his expression calm, revealing no trace of anomaly.

Jiang Jian’s thoughts churned; he settled his mind and said, “Since the Gatekeeper himself has asked, I shall do my utmost.”

As for the Yinshan coordinates, he was not overly concerned.

First, he possessed a storage space.

As long as this world’s origin was placed inside his storage space,

even a Spirit Platform cultivator could not detect a trace of it.

Second, the coordinates of the Yinshan Wonder

were very likely already exposed.

It was no secret at all.

After all,

there were ten chosen ones of Yinshan.

Among these ten, some were surely agents of the Earth Alliance.

Moreover,

Yinshan was a complete wonder.

Far surpassing the Dragon Palace of Lihai in importance.

Only a Spirit Platform cultivator could forcibly destroy it.

No other means could interfere with Yinshan’s laws.

Even a Spirit Platform cultivator could only destroy it, not claim it for himself.

A complete wonder arises from divine aura and possesses its own laws.

To truly control a wonder, one must rely on its internal rules to select from among the chosen ones.

To truly control the Wonderland, one must rely on its internal rules and select from the favored ones.

Shen Xi’s eyes brightened slightly and praised, “No wonder I chose you as a student!”

“Truly bold, discerning, and willing to shoulder responsibility!”

He stepped forward, and violent winds erupted from the surrounding void,

instantly enveloping both himself and Jiang Jian!

He directly enveloped himself and Jiang Jian within it!

The gales surged upward,

in an instant carrying them away from the banks of the Boundary River to the edge of Earth’s barrier!

Here, the air was bitterly cold, and chaotic void currents raged.

Beneath the barrier,

countless black-and-white fissures existed,

tearing and interweaving, constantly forming and vanishing.

This place

was extremely close to outer space!

“Stay here and calmly attune yourself to the cosmic qi.”

As the wind subsided, Shen Xi revealed his form.

“I will guard you.”

With that, he extended his arm and pointed a finger forward!

CRACK!

A large section of the barrier collapsed silently.

Dark fragments drifted down,

which Shen Xi swept up with a wave of his hand.

He formed a ring of walls around Jiang Jian—solid and unbreakable.

But the next second,

these walls cracked with countless fissures, then shattered into dust.

Shen Xi’s expression remained blank; he cut another piece of barrier and stacked it atop the ruins.

Again and again,

his hands never ceased their motion.

Meanwhile,

Jiang Jian sat cross-legged on the ground, carefully sensing—his pupils subtly contracted.

He clearly felt that the cosmic qi here was astonishingly dense!

Shen Xi, as a peerless prodigy of the Divine Palace Realm,

was personally guarding him now,

allowing him to meditate day and night on the cosmic qi at the edge of Earth’s barrier, utterly secure.

Jiang Jian’s gaze grew steady; he wasted no time.

While refining his Spring Source spiritual essence, he held the Moon Stone and began cultivating the cosmic qi beneath Earth’s planetary barrier.

“Practicing here,”

“far exceeds Su Jing’s privileges.”

“Even ‘twice the result with half the effort’ fails to describe it.”

As the Moon Stone in his hand continuously crumbled to powder,

Jiang Jian sensed

his spiritual essence gradually ascending.

This ascent was an indescribable sensation,

its effect: elevating the very essence of spiritual essence,

enabling a living being, after breaking into the Divine Palace Realm,

to form a self-sustaining cycle and survive in the vacuum of space.

Thus, after breaking through to the Divine Palace realm, all living beings.

They can sustain a self-contained cycle through spiritual essence cultivation, holding their breath in the void of space.

Soon.

Three moon stones shattered completely.

“There’s more here.”

A calm voice came.

Shen Xi built a wall with one hand, while with the other, he flicked gently toward Jiang Jian.

More than ten moon stones were thrown his way.

They hovered before Jiang Jian.

Seeing this sight,

Jiang Jian’s gaze shifted slightly, but he said nothing more.

He reached out directly, took the moon stones before him, and resumed cultivating the Star Cosmos Qi.

Within his heart,

he was also pondering Shen Xi’s true motives.

The Ninth Realm was the core of Chang’an Prefecture, and the very hub of the Surface Realm.

Many factions and powerful clans stood upon it.

Even,

the highest authority of the Surface Realm—the Tianjing Bureau—

had been sealed within the Ninth Realm.

A vast number of high-ranking officials inside could not escape.

But according to Shen Xi’s account, the Earth Alliance in the Moon Realm had already devised a response.

According to the Earth Alliance’s plan,

they intended to shatter the seal of the Ninth Realm before the Heavenly Collapse arrived, freeing the Surface Realm’s top-tier combat forces.

Jiang Jian judged that the Earth Alliance’s solution must be tied to the Spirit Platform Realm.

And their timing was certainly not late.

Yet Shen Xi appeared extremely urgent.

He had even said outright,

that his time was running out.

On the surface, Jiang Jian focused entirely on cultivating the Star Cosmos Qi.

Deep within his mind, however, thoughts surged rapidly.

He carefully recalled every detail about Shen Xi.

“Shen Xi has guarded this gate for a hundred years.”

“This alone defies logic.”

“What is his true purpose?”

Jiang Jian frowned slightly.

Due to lack of necessary information,

he had yet to pinpoint the critical moment behind Shen Xi’s actions.

Suddenly,

Jiang Jian’s gaze sharpened.

He remembered, one and a half years ago,

when he first entered Lihai,

the local Spirit Palace cultivator, a boy clad in black robes, had spoken to Shen Xi.

When Shen Xi was a student at the Academy,

he had concealed his Sacred Selection identity and was hunted down by top-tier Spirit Palace cultivators, severely wounded, and fell into Lihai.

(End of Chapter)