Chapter 1721: Yunxiao: I Refuse to Call You Brother-in-Law

Daeluo Heaven.

Zhang Taixuan sat opposite Yunxiao.

Yunxiao sighed, "Husband, you spoil them so much—aren't you afraid you'll ruin them?"

"No harm," Zhang Taixuan shook his head. "Not everyone is suited to the path of battle. If they want to slack off, let them. Cultivation can defy one's nature, but if it makes you suffer too much, it's not worth it."

"That's true!" Yunxiao nodded.

Everyone cultivates hoping to become an immortal of eternal life and boundless freedom.

If cultivation brings nothing but suffering step by step, then what's the point of cultivating?

Most people in the group come from ordinary worlds; expecting them to live as those in divine-martial or fantasy worlds do—daily combat as their main theme—is absolutely impossible.

"By the way, your world's millennium deadline is near—let's go settle things there," Zhang Taixuan's expression shifted. "If I gain the benefits of that world, I'll likely advance another step."

Yunxiao was stunned: "Advance another step?"

She didn't need to say how fast her husband cultivated.

He had already proven the Primordial, yet his realm surpassed hers.

Even after consuming several Quantity Catastrophe Nourishment Pills, her strength remained only at Primordial Tenth Reckoning.

Even though the Quantity Catastrophe Nourishment Pills were powerful, her progress still couldn't match Zhang Taixuan's.

No other reason.

Extending one's Primordial nature outward isn't a simple thing.

She couldn't yet achieve what Zhang Taixuan did—when his realm reached a threshold, it immediately became perfect.

Now she was stuck by her realm, not by her magic power.

"Logically, the Grand World shouldn't be special—why would it let Husband advance another step?"

Yunxiao was puzzled. "Even if you've condensed the Primordial Law, it shouldn't matter much to you now, right?"

"I don't know. It's just a hunch," Zhang Taixuan shook his head. "Once we win this battle, we'll find out. The myriad worlds are infinitely mysterious—who can say for sure?"

"That's true."

Yunxiao waved her hand and opened the dimensional portal.

The two joined hands and entered the Fengshen World.

As soon as they entered this world, Zhang Taixuan fully understood its condition.

Though this world was a Honghuang world, it had evolved countless lifeforms and nurtured many Pre-Saints and Daeluo Immortals; its spiritual energy had long since declined compared to Taixuan Realm.

Yet its laws were astonishingly profound.

Zhang Taixuan's first impression was that he stood within a dried-up abyss.

Though there was no water, the grandeur of the abyss remained visible.

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"No wonder they need to seal the gods!" Zhang Taixuan's gaze sharpened. "In ancient times, this world had too many great cultivators—it was utterly ruined."

Logically, since the world had deteriorated to this state, Heaven's Dao and Hongjun shared the same interest in the sealing of the gods.

Holding the sealing of the gods to save the world should be the top priority.

Yet Heaven's Dao deliberately delayed the sealing, choosing to deal with Hongjun first.

This was easy to understand.

Like an ordinary man with a knife at his throat—when he gets a chance to kill the bandit, he naturally kills him first.

Whether the court later rules it excessive self-defense or manslaughter, he doesn't care.

After all—the immediate threat is lethal; future threats can wait until they arrive.

For Heaven's Dao, Hongjun was the one who threatened its existence most.

"What's wrong?" Yunxiao noticed her husband lost in thought and asked aloud.

Zhang Taixuan smiled. "Nothing. After dealing with Hongjun, there might still be some minor troubles."

Yunxiao: "Minor troubles?"

"Yes," Zhang Taixuan nodded. "The world's spiritual energy has dried up to this extent—without the Divine Killing Calamity, we must open new sources. But with so many powerful beings here, their consumption is enormous. Opening new sources won't be easy."

If a common Celestial Immortal consumes 1 unit of spiritual energy per day,

then a Daeluo Immortal might consume one hundred million.

Pre-Saints consume even more.

In the Fengshen World, there are no shortage of Daeluo Immortals and Pre-Saints.

Generating enough spiritual energy to satisfy so many immortals is no simple task.

Moreover, Zhang Taixuan has no intention of becoming a babysitter for these strangers.

"Perhaps it's time for the Ten Thousand Calamity Scripture to make its appearance!"

This scripture is a cultivation method that draws power from calamities—perfect for this world.

If all the powerful cultivators adopt this method and reincarnate to endure calamities, the spiritual energy generated by heaven and earth won't be overconsumed.

As for whether they're willing?

The temptation of becoming a Saint is one no one can refuse.

Besides, if they don't want to die with dignity, don't blame Zhang Taixuan for helping them die with dignity.

After all, this world concerns his research into the mysteries of the Honghuang Grand Worlds.

No obstacle can stop his resolve.

Upon hearing Zhang Taixuan's plan, Yunxiao's eyes brightened.

"Husband, it may not come to that. If they can become Primordial, they might reincarnate and endure calamities on their own—without you lifting a finger."

"That would be best, of course."

The two of them landed at Mount Emei, Luo Fu Cave.

"Sister!"

Seeing that familiar figure, Qiong Xiao felt a great deal of resentment in her heart.

Her own sister really was something, wasn't she.

Once she had her husband, she forgot all about her younger sister. The moment she went off to the Taixuan Realm, several hundred years passed before she came back, completely forgetting the two younger sisters who had stayed behind to preach the Dao at Emei.

"Brother Taixuan!"

"No, now you have to call him brother-in-law!"

"I don't want to!" Qiong Xiao snorted lightly. "I've gotten used to calling him Brother Taixuan. Oh right, Brother Taixuan, come take a look — our Taixuan Sect already has a Jin Xian level powerhouse now!"

Several hundred years of time, without any cheats, cultivating all the way to Jin Xian — that was indeed a shocking thing.

Even Qiong Xiao, a Quasi-Saint herself, felt it was quite remarkable.

Zhang Taixuan, however, had a mind clear as a mirror.

This was the will of Heaven's Dao.

Since Heaven's Dao had already made a deal with him, it naturally wouldn't be stingy with a bit of fortune, letting the Taixuan Sect grow stronger.

"Perhaps, It has already developed the idea of letting the Taixuan Sect replace the Xuanmen."

Hongjun wanted to expel all of Pangu's imprints from the Investiture of the Gods World and seize that world's fortune.

And Heaven's Dao, naturally, thought the same — wanting to expel both Hongjun's and Pangu's imprints.

And the best way to expel a person's imprints was, of course, to replace them with another figure of comparable influence.

"But if it's like this, doesn't It worry that the Taixuan Sect will also become a tumor of the Three Realms?"

Zhang Taixuan's thoughts turned, "Heaven's Dao believes one hundred percent in the Chat Group's promise? In the end, what exactly is the nature of this Chat Group?"

Although he had many guesses in his heart, in the end he could not confirm them.

He could only step by step ascend to the peak, then speak of other things.

Under Qiong Xiao's lead, the group arrived at the Taixuan Sect's drill ground, where they saw rows of Taixuan disciples already standing in neat formation, quietly waiting.

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