Chapter 1223: Starlight Seventh Stage? Ye Lan

"S-class, as soon as you entered the realm, I was completely cut off and couldn't sense your presence at all."

"How did it go? Did you obtain the legacy of that Dominator-level expert?"

As the realm collapsed, shocked exclamations rose around him, but inside Xu Jingming's mind came Eva's eager and excited voice.

"No, I hadn't passed the trial yet—the realm suddenly collapsed."

Xu Jingming shook his head.

It wasn't that he didn't trust Eva.

It was just that the Purple Nightmare Demon Scripture was far too significant to reveal to anyone lightly.

"What? The realm collapsed?"

Eva's shocked voice rang out, then she added with a hint of regret:

"If the realm hadn't collapsed, with your S-class talent, you would've definitely secured the Dominator-level legacy."

Clearly,

in Eva's eyes, Xu Jingming had already become an omnipotent being.

"Dominator-level legacies aren't that easy to obtain."

Xu Jingming shook his head, about to speak, when suddenly a commotion erupted ahead.

"It's my lord Ye Lan! She's here too!"

"My lord Ye Lan is a Level 1 genius—of course she'd be here."

"Looks like she was also forcibly ejected from the legacy realm."

"Huh, doesn't it feel like my lord Ye Lan has become even more beautiful?"

"......"

Following the murmurs, Xu Jingming looked over and saw a familiar figure flying toward him from afar.

The figure wore a silver-white battle suit, her figure elegant, her face cold and stunning—it was Ye Lan.

Ye Lan's figure had always been good.

But for some reason, this time he felt her figure had become even fuller.

Especially in one area—so full that even his large hands might not be able to grasp it.

Not only did Xu Jingming feel puzzled; Ye Lan felt the same.

She had spotted Xu Jingming from afar, and at a distance it hadn't mattered—but now that she was close,

a faint sense of kinship stirred in her heart, as if she'd found a kindred soul.

And this was a feeling she'd never had before.

'An illusion?'

A thought flashed through her mind, and Ye Lan landed on the ground, walking over with her long, beautiful legs.

"Senior Ye." Xu Jingming greeted her first.

"Mm."

Ye Lan nodded slightly, curiously asking, "You were also ejected from the realm?"

"Yes, I was just deciphering the realm runes."

Xu Jingming repeated the same explanation he'd given Eva.

Then he shook his head, gazing at the realm entrance now dissolved into glowing specks, feigning regret:

"Too bad—the Dominator-level legacy realm has collapsed. We'll never get another chance."

"Who says otherwise?"

Ye Lan nodded in agreement, then pursed her rosy lips and said:

"But even if the legacy realm still stood, it likely wouldn't have anything to do with us."

She knew her own position clearly.

Within the Noah Sanctuary, she was still among the top talents.

But compared to higher civilization cosmic nations—or even all of humanity—she was quite ordinary.

And a Dominator-level legacy would demand extraordinarily strict talent requirements.

"True." Xu Jingming nodded with a smile.

Indeed, without the Deep Blue System,

his own comprehension alone would've failed at the 51st realm rune.

"By the way, there are only fifteen days left until the Sanctuary Exchange Competition—how prepared are you?"

Ye Lan looked at Xu Jingming and unconsciously probed him with her Starlight-tier spiritual force.

Instantly, her almond eyes widened in disbelief:

"Star... Starlight Seventh Stage?! You've already broken through to Starlight Seventh Stage?!"

Her originally clear, melodious voice had turned sharp with shock.

"Mm, I was just about to tell you this."

Xu Jingming nodded, smiling, "I'll probably need to change my battle slot for the Sanctuary Exchange Competition."

"More than four months—from Starlight Fourth Stage to Starlight Seventh Stage..."

Ye Lan looked at Xu Jingming as if he were some kind of monster, and after a long moment, she said:

"Niki is right here—I'll take you to explain the situation to her directly."

Saying this, Ye Lan immediately flew toward the direction where the Immortal Gods of the Void stood.

"Whoa, my lord Ye Lan and Xu Jingming seem awfully close."

"Who says not? Looks like our goddess has finally descended to the mortal realm."

"Tsk tsk, how envious — that's Lord Ye Lan."

"Heh heh, if you could become the true disciple of an immortal deity and condense a Dharma Form in half a month, I believe Lord Ye Lan would look at you differently too."

"......"

The nearby prodigies of the Noah Holy Land whispered among themselves, their gazes shifting back and forth between Ye Lan's graceful figure and Xu Jingming.

Quite a few male trainees stared at Ye Lan's stunning curves, their eyes full of envy and jealousy.

With her slender figure, coldly beautiful looks, and monstrous talent, Ye Lan was a goddess-like figure even within the Noah Holy Land.

Yet now they discovered that this aloof goddess seemed to regard a certain man with special favor.

That naturally stirred their jealousy.

Especially some of the geniuses who had paid their way into the Inheritance Secret Realm.

The Inheritance Secret Realm was gone, and so was the goddess.

Under this double blow, they felt as if the sky were collapsing!

Of course, quite a few female prodigies expressed understanding.

If they were in her place, they too would be drawn to the currently red-hot Xu Jingming.

"Xu Jingming! That guy is here too?!"

Not far off, the Ninth Prince Di Er's face was dark as water.

He too had been forcibly expelled from the Inheritance Secret Realm, and had taken in every word of Ye Lan and Xu Jingming's conversation.

Watching that Ye Lan, who was so stern-faced and aloof in front of him.

Smiling again and again in front of Xu Jingming — he felt a surge of fury!

Especially since he keenly noticed that Ye Lan seemed even more beautiful than before!

"Over four months ago I already gave the intel to the Skull Squad.

But Xu Jingming isn't dead yet, which means they've already failed..."

Di Er's brow furrowed slightly.

In his view, with a lineup of one Star Radiance Eighth-Stage and three Star Radiance Seventh-Stage from the Skull Squad,

they should have been able to take down Star Radiance Fourth-Stage Xu Jingming with ease no matter what.

But he never expected they would ultimately fail.

"Forget it, I'll think of another way."

Di Er quickly withdrew his gaze, his expression once again becoming a still, waveless well.

In his eyes, Xu Jingming was already a dead man.

He himself obviously could not make a move personally.

Otherwise, once it was traced back to him, it would be very troublesome.

At worst, he could just hire a Star-Stage cultivator to act.

Although the price would be steep, it wasn't unacceptable.

Of course,

in Xu Jingming's eyes, Di Er was likewise already a dead man.

With the Nine-Colored Mysterious Lotus in hand, once he sold it and obtained the cosmic coins, it would be enough to buy another Thunder Talisman.

Combined with the Purple Nightmare Demon Physique, he had absolute confidence he could slay Di Er.

The only thing he needed to think about was how to keep the matter as clean as possible, without exposing his own involvement.