Chapter 1061: Hunyuan Completed, World Rejection

"Kill!"

"Kill into the East Wasteland, exterminate everyone who dared to invade our sect back then!"

"The name of the Heaven-Origin Dao Sect cannot fall in our generation; we must take revenge!"

"I agree with Elder Shi Ju's suggestion. Our Heaven-Origin Dao Sect is currently in a precarious situation and must establish our might to deter the world."

"Have you all gone mad? The East Wasteland has that one sitting in charge; going there is just seeking death! That one is someone who dared to challenge a Soul Transformation powerhouse while at the Nascent Soul stage; who can be his match?"

"Fu Qinglan, why be so coy? Just say Luo Chen directly. Since he dared to challenge our sect's powerhouse while at the Nascent Soul stage, why can't we? Could it be that the gap between Nascent Soul and Nascent Soul is greater than the gap between Nascent Soul and Soul Transformation? Could it be that you are afraid, or still have lingering feelings for him?"

"Shi Ju, don't provoke me. It is known to all, and even personally faced by us, that Luo Chen suppressed us while he was severely injured. If you had this ability, you wouldn't have been miserably defeated by the Nine-Spirit Yuan Monarch and wouldn't even have had the chance to face Luo Chen directly."

"You!"

"Alright, stop arguing. Today's gathering is to resolve the disputes between the various families in recent days, not to start a war against the outside world. Moreover, our sect's vitality has been greatly damaged and split into two; at least for a thousand years, we will have no energy to provoke war against the outside world."

"The Temple Master is right. Because of your entry, the Southern Heaven Continent has become chaotic, and ultimately, a plan must be discussed."

"Hmph, I still insist on fighting against the outside world. This barren Southern Heaven Continent is simply not enough for us to divide."

"This matter can be discussed later. At the very least, we must cultivate a new generation of powerhouses. The ten true disciples of the Jiazi Grand Competition, plus more than thirty Nascent Soul True Persons, all perished in the Mirage Dragon Cave-Heaven, almost causing a generational gap in our sect's youth. If we continue to fight without restraint, the Heaven-Origin Dao Sect will truly be destroyed in our hands."

"This..."

Southern Heaven Dao Palace, within the Hou Tu Hall.

A beautiful figure flew back in a rage, and no disciple dared to step forward to speak to her.

In recent years, Master Qinglan's temper had become increasingly strange; even if it couldn't be called violent or irritable, it was capricious.

Often, while chatting, she would think of something, and then her mood would become extremely poor, making people afraid to approach her easily.

Only Fu Qinglan herself knew clearly what all this was because of.

Luo Chen!

The woman's eyes carried extreme hatred as she looked into the void, as if she were staring fixedly at that man from thousands of miles away.

Everything was because of Luo Chen!

It was because of him that the sect's only Soul Transformation powerhouse perished.

It was because of him that the Profound World True Monarch could not descend, and the final opportunity to unify the Mountain-Sea World disappeared.

It was also because of him that the East Origin Continent was submerged by the extinction tsunami, and the surviving families of cultivators were forced to split into the Southern Heaven and North-Away continents, which was why there was such a fierce argument today.

Actually, fierce arguments were still considered good; the private struggles were the most terrifying.

The Southern Heaven Continent was originally the relatively most barren one among the four continents split from the Central Continent. This point could be seen from the fact that only the Zhan family and Mo family of the Twelve Great Houses had entered back then.

Both the Zhan family and Mo family had suffered the most tragic damage during the Central Continent catastrophe back then, and their remaining strength was the weakest.

Naturally, after the war, they could only inhabit the most barren places.

Yet, such a place had now been successively flooded with the Shi family and Ke family.

For the sake of their clansmen's rest and future development, the four great houses plus a group of Nascent Soul families launched an internal struggle for resources.

This struggle lasted for eighty years, and the number of cultivators who perished during this period was not necessarily less than any war launched back then.

Fortunately, in recent days, the intensity of the internal struggle had finally gradually slowed down.

It was unknown whether the division of resources had reached a certain level, or whether the number of cultivators had been consumed too much in the internal struggle, but in any case, they finally reached a situation where everyone sat at a table to negotiate.

And all of this stemmed from that man!

Actually, everyone knew that the best way to solve the current situation was to launch a war against the outside world to divert the internal contradictions of the Southern Heaven Continent.

But the current Heaven-Origin Dao Sect was completely unable to maintain a cross-continent war.

And the strength of the culprit was too despair-inducing.

So despairing that anyone with a brain didn't dare to have any thoughts of resisting.

The extreme anger in Fu Qinglan's heart was also gradually turning into endless regret under this despair.

"If the Fu family hadn't introduced him to the Dao Sect back then, would we have reached today's situation?"

"If the Sect Master hadn't taken his life soul, would he have launched an attack?"

"Even with all these premises, if I had reported his traces in the Burial God Valley where he suppressed ghosts to the sect back then, would the sect have been able to make sufficient preparations when the East Wasteland cultivators invaded?"

One question after another arose.

Under self-questioning, the woman's heart grew more and more guilty, and her sharp fingernails had already pierced her palms, dripping fresh blood.

Suddenly.

"Who is it?"

Fu Qinglan released her divine sense, sweeping across the surroundings.

A gentle woman walked in, looking at her with worry in her eyes.

"So it's you, Miaoyin!"

Fu Qinglan muttered, her stiff body collapsing into the seat, as if curled up.

Shi Miaoyin watched this scene, her eyes filled with heartache.

"Master, the sect falling to this point is not your fault; why torture yourself like this?"

Fu Qinglan shook her head. "You don't understand; you don't understand anything."

Shi Miaoyin opened her mouth and changed the question. "Little Junior Brother, he..."

"Don't mention him!"

Fu Qinglan was instantly furious, and the powerful Nascent Soul pressure directly sent Shi Miaoyin flying, hitting the palace wall.

Thud!

Shi Miaoyin fell to the ground, spitting blood.

Fu Qinglan stared blankly at this scene. "I, I..."

Shi Miaoyin stood up with difficulty. "Disciple takes her leave; please take care of yourself, Master."

Fu Qinglan watched her disciple leave, her thoughts in total chaos. Within her heart, an extremely contradictory and complex thought was spreading crazily, almost swallowing her whole.

It was extreme hatred, crazy resentment, total guilt, and the most powerless despair.

Everything was swallowing this poor woman.

Tears fell one after another.

Unknown when, the woman actually fell into a deep sleep.

Perhaps, this was also the best sleep she had had in eighty years.

In her dream, everything seemed to have returned to the time when she was preparing for the Cave-Heaven Grand Competition, back to the moment she first met Luo Chen.

Buddhist chants were arrayed, and moonlight was like snow.

In the night, only a light sigh was heard.

Luo Chen watched the sleeping woman within, his mood quite complex.

But in the end, he did not appear to meet her.

Some things, if the Dao is different, one does not conspire; no matter how good the relationship was before, if it blocked his Dao, he would crush it without mercy.

All he could do was use an illusion and a "Moonlight Clear Heart Mantra" to soothe the other party's soul, avoiding her being completely swallowed by heart demons.

But Fu Qinglan's future achievements, he feared, would not go any higher.

At the very least, Soul Transformation would have nothing to do with her.

"Let it be!"

Luo Chen turned and left, no longer caring about the wind and clouds here.

Regarding the current situation of the Heaven-Origin Dao Sect and the meeting during the day, he had watched coldly from the side and seen everything clearly.

From beginning to end, he had not intervened.

The current Heaven-Origin Dao Sect, even if it gathered the strength of both the Southern Heaven and North-Away continents, would not be the East Wasteland's opponent.

Especially after a large amount of resources and inheritance were plundered by those three powerhouses in the North Sea, the sect's foundation was even more incomplete.

Even if they had the heart to take revenge, it would be a thousand years later.

By that time, although he would no longer be there, the Luo Yuan Tianzong would likely have grown to a point where it could face them.

If the Luo Yuan Tianzong still couldn't face them by then, then it couldn't be blamed on Luo Chen; it could only be said that the mud couldn't support the wall.

Keeping the Heaven-Origin Dao Sect as a potential threat might even give the Luo Yuan Tianzong some pressure.

In the starry night, crossing the ocean.

Luo Chen's figure landed on a barren island.

This island was quite barren, with no grass or trees, no spiritual energy, only a large amount of white mist shrouding the surroundings.

Entering it, water ripples vaguely swayed under his feet.

Looking down, they were clearly streams of black water flowing wantonly.

Luo Chen's gaze looked somewhere, and his eyebrows couldn't help but raise.

"The Mirage Dragon Cave-Heaven can't be locked anymore?"

If he hadn't seen it wrong, this white mist was clearly caused by the leakage of mirage energy from within the Mirage Dragon Cave-Heaven.

And these black waters were the most familiar Ming water!

Luo Chen pondered slightly and roughly understood why this change had occurred.

Back then, during the Cave-Heaven battle, his clone had not hesitated to detonate the Ming water spring to perish together with the Lanke Chessboard, one of the three great spirit treasures of the Dao Sect.

Although it destroyed Chess Saint Ke Lianshan's breakthrough to Soul Transformation, it also caused great damage to the Mirage Dragon Cave-Heaven.

"I don't know if the exaggerated time flow within it, which is different from the outside world, still exists?"

Luo Chen fantasized for a while, but didn't care much

Xu Muxian couldn't refuse this matter, so he participated in several great battles.

Luo Chen, however, felt his heart stir.

The sea tribes retreated; could it be the order of the Sea Emperor Whale?

That was quite sensible; he had been thinking of finding him to test his skills after his natal magic treasure was completed and before he ascended.

With such actions, it wouldn't be easy for him to make a move.

"Also, there's a small piece of gossip." Xu Muxian hesitated, but finally couldn't help but say it. "It is rumored that the Heaven's End has been closed for a long time, and no trace of the powerhouse has been seen. Some people with keen divine sense also detected some changes in heaven and earth at a certain moment a few years ago, and some suspect that the powerhouse Li Canghai has already ascended."

Luo Chen was stunned.

Li Canghai ascended?

He hadn't expected this at all.

But thinking about it carefully, this seemed to be Li Canghai's consistent style.

When breaking through to Soul Transformation, no one knew.

When ascending to the upper realm, he also left quietly.

He just didn't know if he went to the Immortal World or the Profound World.

It should be the Immortal World; after all, to go to the Profound World, one needs a special channel and coordinate guidance.

But ascending to the Immortal World relies on the vast spiritual energy gifted by the native world, as well as the connection between the Great Thousand World and the Immortal World, with the cultivator ascending in a hazy, auspicious manner.

"However, it is ultimately just a rumor. I have to go see for myself. Muxian, you stay and guard Flying Swallow, and after I return, follow me back to the East Wasteland's Luo Yuan Tianzong. At that time, you will truly enter my sect!"

Xu Muxian couldn't help but show excitement. "Okay!"

Heaven's End.

A figure appeared suddenly, watched silently for a long time, and finally turned and left.

Within, there was no longer any trace of Li Canghai.

Instead, a quite formidable killing array was left on this land, facing outward and not inward.

That should be Li Canghai's only remaining kindness to the North Sea cultivators.

If a critical moment were reached, once this killing array was activated, everyone below Soul Transformation would be turned into blood, and Soul Transformation powerhouses could also be blocked for several days.

"Leaving so freely is truly unexpected!"

Luo Chen sighed with emotion, but also understood Li Canghai's behavior.

Having already refined the spirit treasure Mountain-Sea Seal, this world was no longer a homeland for him, but a shackle and a cage, so what was there to be nostalgic about?

And when should he, Luo Chen, ascend?

Luo Chen returned to the Flying Swallow Archipelago in silence and notified everyone to prepare to return to the East Wasteland with him.

But unexpectedly, this time Cheng Haixin refused.

"Why?" Luo Chen asked. "With my current abilities, and the status of the Luo Yuan Tianzong in the East Wasteland, it is enough to protect your future cultivation."

Cheng Haixin smoothed her hair and smiled. "With Husband's abilities and Husband's personality, I fear that imitating Li Canghai's actions will happen in the near future!"

Luo Chen was silent. This woman was intelligent and, upon discovering his Soul Transformation realm, connected it to Li Canghai's affairs and had already figured everything out.

The guidance and intimacy of these past few years were not only compensation but also preparation for his ascension.

He, Luo Chen, was not Li Canghai and didn't have that kind of freedom; he always had to settle his relatives and companions before ascending.

Cheng Haixin sighed. "Even if I followed Husband back to the Luo Yuan Tianzong, it would ultimately be another parting, and a parting where we would never see each other again. Even if I stayed in the Luo Yuan Tianzong, it is rumored that your Dao companions wouldn't make things difficult for me, but the Luo Yuan Tianzong holds no feelings for me. And here, this Flying Swallow Archipelago..."

The woman's gaze overlooked the Flying Swallow Archipelago, which was about to spread its wings and soar, her eyes filled with deep reluctance.

She was born here, grew up here, broke through her realm here, her clansmen and friends were here, and countless rogue cultivators revered and worshipped her.

How could she just leave?

"Let Xu Muxian go back with you! The current him has a firm Dao heart and has inherited your alchemy techniques; he has hope of advancing to the Soul Transformation stage in the future. For him, the Luo Yuan Tianzong is another opportunity."

"As for me?"

Cheng Haixin smiled slightly. "Perhaps Husband will achieve the realm of a Great Luo Dao Ancestor in the future, possessing the ability to cross time and space. At that time, with this small but conspicuous Flying Swallow Archipelago here, perhaps Husband will be able to find me easily."

Luo Chen was speechless for a moment and could only hold the woman tightly in his arms.

"Master, is Master's wife really not coming back to the East Wasteland with us?"

Above the Faith Heaven Sea, Xu Muxian couldn't help but ask.

Luo Chen's expression was calm. "She has already made her decision, and I naturally won't force her. However, don't worry; I have taught her everything I should, her protective means are not lacking, and the surrounding relationships have been handled well. If you have the heart in the future, you can come back to see her often."

Xu Muxian nodded heavily. "Disciple will naturally do so!"

It was still that nameless small island, still that teleportation array.

When the teleportation light flashed and vanished, the woman watching from afar had a look of regret on her face.

But this time, there was also a bit of satisfaction within the regret.

She gently touched her lower abdomen, her face radiating a soft glow.

"The East Wasteland is too strange and too complicated for us. Staying in the North Sea might allow you to grow better, and perhaps in the future, there will be a chance to find him."

"Don't you think so, child."

East Wasteland, Cangwu Mountain.

The teleportation vibration flashed and vanished.

When Luo Chen walked out with Kong Chan and Xu Muxian, He Qingzi and Tian Xuan were already bowing and waiting.

"Greetings, Hall Master!"

"Welcome back, Master!"

Xu Muxian on the side saw this, his expression slightly shocked.

In his divine sense perception, both women were at the Nascent Soul realm, and especially outside, there were many powerful auras.

Could it be that these people were all Master's subordinates?

"No need for formalities. I won't be staying long, so you may disperse." Luo Chen waved his hand, then instructed, "Kong Chan, you take Muxian back to the Luo Yuan Tianzong first!"

"Yes, Master."