Chapter 1611

The plain-dressed woman, famed in Chen River, had behind her a white-robed man from the ancient Dao lineage; later, in the ultimate battle between the Changsheng Sect's branch and the Hehuan Sect, her whereabouts became unknown.

The Gu Clan man's narrow eyes immediately brightened, as if a short blade had been thrust into the classics.

He muttered, "Unknown whereabouts? Is this plain-dressed woman dead, or has the Ruthless Empress taken her into the Reincarnation Ancient Court?"

Know that the River of Time controls the life and death of countless beings in the Chaotic Star Sea.

If an ordinary cultivator, they are like mayflies—eyes open and close, a day passes; eyes close and never open, a lifetime passes.

Such people naturally cannot enter these historical annals.

Those who enter the historical annals are, at the very least, people who have stirred a tiny ripple in the River of Time; they possess the ability to change history.

This plain-dressed woman possesses such potential.

But she has disappeared……

Next, the Gu Clan man continued perusing the ancient classics and also discovered that Xiao Liang had once shone brilliantly, but likewise vanished in the River of Time.

Likewise, in the branch of the Hehuan Sect, there is a woman named Yang Ling'er, said to have been born in response to the Hehuan Sutra.

And in the final battle of the Azure Cloud Star Sea, there was a Buddhist cultivator nicknamed the 'Golden Buddha'.

All have vanished without a trace.

Shortly after, the Gu Clan man closed the classics and murmured, "Within the Azure Cloud Star Sea lies an ineffable secret."

Soon, he told the Changsheng Sect and the Gu Clan about the fluctuations in the River of Time.

This matter drew their attention.

Know that the Changsheng Patriarch's creed is, "Whoever grasps the past grasps the future."

Therefore, they have constantly guarded the River of Time, suppressing any fluctuations that cause it to mutate.

But the two fluctuations they produced, they cannot lock onto a target.

A Gu Clan strongman frowned and asked, "Could it be because Lu Xuan is in the Azure Cloud Star Sea?"

A Changsheng Sect strongman retorted, "Over tens of thousands of years, Lu Xuan has never appeared; if he were hiding in the Azure Cloud Star Sea, he would not idly watch it fall."

Some Dao Fruit Realm experts probed the Azure Cloud Star Sea, yet still found nothing.

They noticed that within the Azure Cloud Star Sea, the Changsheng Sect's garrison and various Gu Clan lineages are engaged in slaughter with the Changsheng Sect.

Coincidentally, each side sent their elders to the Azure Cloud Star Sea to investigate, hoping to find some clues.

Gu Clan, the Extermination Elder had already set out with his people, saying, "Patriarch, do you still remember that I told you about Ming? He has been listed by all lineages as a seed for cultivation."

The patriarch of the Deep Abyss lineage said, "Bring Ming back, without error."

On the other side, the Changsheng Sect places even greater importance on Fang Yuan.

After all, he is the one who inherited the Changsheng Patriarch's legacy!

Feng Kuangman has long become a laughingstock of the ancient ancestor, making Fang Yuan's position even more unshakable.

In fact, over these past years, Changsheng Sect experts have repeatedly urged Fang Yuan to leave the Azure Cloud Star Sea, but she refused, citing her own training.

This has caused many Gu Clan experts to recognize Fang Yuan even more!

"Elder Luomu! Immediately lead personnel to the Azure Cloud Star Sea to investigate the River of Time fluctuation anomaly, then bring back Fang Ningbing!"

"Yes, sir!" Elder Luomu and his party immediately set out.

Meanwhile.

Lu Xuan left the Cangyun Alliance, with a thought he arrived at Huoyun Valley.

On the fourth layer of Huoyun Valley, Ji Fuyao wore a Huo Se Chang Qun, sat cross-legged, her long hair cascading down, her exquisite figure's curves undulating, her jade hand constantly shifting hand seals as she drew in spiritual fire.

"Boom!"

A domain of spiritual fire unfolded around her, like burning the heavens and boiling the seas.

Just then, Lu Xuan's voice sounded in her ear, "Fuyao, I have come."

Ji Fuyao's delicate body trembled slightly, then she lifted her head with an incredulous expression, "Master."

She immediately rose and flung herself into Lu Xuan's embrace.

It has been far too long since I last saw my master!

A faint fragrance entered Lu Xuan's nostrils; Ji Fuyao's delicate body was boneless and soft, causing one to become intoxicated and entranced.

Now Ji Fuyao's cultivation is only one step away from breaking into the Seven-Star Dao Lord realm.

Ji Fuyao softly said, "Master, I have cultivated in Huoyun Valley for several years, increasingly sensing the Dao Resonance of spiritual fire in heaven and earth; the entire Azure Cloud Star Sea is like a single spark, while the Chaotic Star Sea is a mass of flames."

Lu Xuan said, "That mass of flames is the strange fire laid by Dieyue, the Nine Flames Divine Fire. This time I have come to help you refine the Xinglan Strange Fire. Although the Azure Cloud Star Sea is but a trifle compared to the Chaotic Star Sea, by observing a part we can know the whole; once you have refined the Xinglan Strange Fire, I will directly transform the Azure Cloud Star Sea into a fire domain, so you may sense the power of that stalk of Nine Flames Divine Fire."

"Thank you, Master." Ji Fuyao felt somewhat delighted.

Lu Xuan nodded, "Perfect, with this I can see whether the Heaven-Mandate Origin is truly hidden within the Azure Cloud Star Sea."

Next, Lu Xuan lightly patted.

On the final layer of Huoyun Valley, the Xinglan Strange Fire began to tremble uncontrollably.

This strange fire is of the Three-Star Dao Solid Stage, like a flower of the starry sky, its petals opening layer upon layer.

"Hiss—"

Like a great sun rising slowly from the topmost layer, the patterns of Huoyun Valley became blazing, the temperature of this heaven and earth suddenly soared, as if the entire Huoyun Valley were about to be refined.

Numerous elders were shocked, sending a sound transmission to Ji Fuyao, "Valley Master, what has happened?"

Lu Xuan's power was too vast; the entire underground Refining Gu Grand Formation was completely shrouded in blazing Divine Light, making it impossible to see what drastic changes were occurring inside.

Ji Fuyao said lightly, "Everything proceeds according to the orders of Lord Fang Ningbing."

Many elders blinked in surprise, yet dared not ask further.

They knew that Lord Fang Ningbing and the Valley Master Ji Yue shared a bond of mutual understanding, not something they could speculate about.

"Boom—"

With a thought, Lu Xuan caused the Xinglan Strange Fire to be continuously compressed; originally the size of a star, it was directly compressed to palm size.

"Go!"

Lu Xuan opened his Insight Eye, attached a thread of his power to the Starlight Ripple Strange Fire, and infused it into Ji Fuyao's body.

Her inner world was instantly ignited by spiritual fire.

The power of the Starlight Ripple Strange Fire exceeded her limit; without Lu Xuan's power, even a mere breath would have been enough to severely injure her.

Lu Xuan's thread of power, like drawing silk from a cocoon, split the Starlight Ripple Strange Fire into countless strands, each like crimson lightning wandering through Ji Fuyao's body.

It was exactly at Ji Fuyao's limit!

Ji Fuyao sat cross-legged; her jade-like body exuded beads of fragrant sweat, her delicate form revealing curvaceous lines, her lustrous jade body like ice and snow, the lovely scene unintentionally flooding into Lu Xuan's eyes.

Lu Xuan gave a dry cough, focusing on Ji Fuyao's inner world.

At that moment, her hands constantly shifted, continually refining those powers.

"Heaven-Burning Decision!"

The Heaven-Burning Decision is a technique that commands all strange fires in the world; no matter how terrifying the Starlight Ripple Strange Fire, the Heaven-Burning Decision surpasses it.

One incense stick!

Two hours!

Ji Fuyao's cultivation kept surging!

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