Chapter 845

The World Tree is something Jun Within Jun Xiaoyao must obtain.

No matter the cost, it must be acquired.

If this opportunity is missed, the next one may never come.

As for that method, Jun Within Jun Xiaoyao still needs to consider it thoroughly.

"What, are you thinking how to get the World Tree? Right now, you should be thinking how to survive and leave the Divine Ruins."

Empress Empress Lingyuan glanced at Jun Within Jun Xiaoyao and said coldly.

"Noisy." Jun Within Jun Xiaoyao ignored her.

"You!" Empress Empress Lingyuan was furious again.

Captain Meng Zhan, beside them, could only smile helplessly.

He dared not offend either of them, so he pretended not to see and stayed out of it.

"Let's move out," Captain Meng Zhan said, waving his hand.

The other prodigies scattered, each with their own missions and choices.

Gu Di Zi, Ji Dao Yi, Long Long Yaoer, and others exchanged glances in the void.

They certainly had plans targeting Jun Within Jun Xiaoyao, but not now.

"Within Jun Xiaoyao, be careful," Jun Jun Lingcang, Jun Mo Xiao, and others warned.

They had been assigned to another squad.

"Young Master Jun, exercise caution in all things," Yu Hua Wang said.

Jun Within Jun Xiaoyao nodded to the few of them.

He glanced again at Tian Nü Yuan; she had not been assigned to any squad.

Jun Within Jun Xiaoyao's squad had a mission and could not take her along.

"Young Master Jun, take care," Tian Nü Yuan smiled.

Jun Within Jun Xiaoyao nodded, then the squad departed.

Watching Jun Within Jun Xiaoyao's retreating figure, Tian Nü Yuan clenched her jade hand, vowing silently: "Yuan will not let their plans harm the Young Master."

In Tian Nü Yuan's heart, some plan and resolve stirred.

…

Just as the Immortal Realm's squads began penetrating the Divine Ruins.

At the other end of the Divine Ruins, beyond the borderlands.

Vast mists churned, and shadowy figures emerged.

Some were humanoid, some bestial, others shapeless and bizarre.

They were beings from the Alien Realm.

Among the Alien Realm's squad, voices of shock arose.

"What? This operation, the Wang Zu didn't just send one lineage?"

"Even the quasi-Imperial clan of the newly elevated Immortal King is here?"

"Correct. The Chi Xiao lineage's Chi Xiao Wang recently stormed the Immortal Realm's border, and it's said he clashed with the White-Cloaked Killing God of the Jun Clan!"

"This time, the young king of the Chi Xiao lineage has come, rumored to continue Chi Xiao Wang's glory by slaughtering every Immortal Realm Jun prodigy and proclaiming our realm's might!"

"That's nothing—apparently, descendants of the Imperial bloodline may appear!"

"The Immortal Realm's vermin will be stunned."

"Ha! Correct! Once we break the Divine Ruins, it's our chance to march our armies straight in!"

The Alien Realm's squad also surged forward, entering the Divine Ruins.

Their momentum and killing intent far surpassed the Immortal Realm's in ferocity.

…

The Divine Ruins stretched boundlessly, nearly equivalent to a small universe.

Even a quasi-Supreme would be unable to traverse every corner in a short time.

Jun Within Jun Xiaoyao, with the Meng family squad, advanced through the starry void.

Ahead, the starry expanse glowed brightly.

It was a thing like a sun, radiating light.

"The corpse of the ancient Jin Wu."

Jun Within Jun Xiaoyao's gaze fell instantly on the light—there lay a dead Jin Wu.

This reminded Jun Within Jun Xiaoyao of Jin Wu's Tenth Prince; he wondered how that unfortunate fellow fared now.

"Wait!"

At that moment, Captain Meng Zhan suddenly raised his hand, sensing something.

The entire squad halted, on high alert.

Ahead flowed a white river through the stars.

"No, it's not a river—it's…" Jun Within Jun Xiaoyao's eyes narrowed.

It was countless white bones!

Endless white bones converged into a celestial river, flowing through the stars.

Impossible to imagine how many lives had perished.

Empress Empress Lingyuan covered her red lips with her jade hand, visibly shaken.

She had never seen such a brutal battlefield before.

"So many corpses—this must have birthed something inauspicious," Captain Meng Zhan muttered, frowning.

Such scenes were not unfamiliar to them.

But Jun Within Jun Xiaoyao's reaction made Captain Meng Zhan and the others nod inwardly.

Jun Within Jun Xiaoyao was as composed as a seasoned general who had endured countless battles.

As expected, Captain Meng Zhan's suspicion proved true.

Not far ahead lay the source of the White Bone Tianhe.

It was a bloodstained demonic star, suspended in the dark cosmos.

The entire celestial body wove crimson and pale bone, like a land of the dead.

"The Alien Realm is warlike and cruel; sometimes, they gather our realm's beings in one place and slaughter them."

"Afterward, the killing grounds overflow with vengeful spirits, becoming demonic lands," Captain Meng Zhan clenched his fist, eyes cold with fury.

"Alien Realm beings deserve death!" Empress Empress Lingyuan's phoenix eyes flashed icy light.

This was merely a minor battlefield in the Divine Ruins—how brutal would the true border wars, the Alien Realm battlefields, be? Ten thousand corpses would be normal.

The true border wars, the foreign battlefields, would be infinitely bloody; millions of corpses lying dead would be normal.

One squad member, sharp-eyed with a special ocular technique, suddenly gasped.

He saw on the bloodstained demonic star a strange flower, red with black veins.

Countless wailing spirits surrounded it, and potent soul energy rippled through the air.

"That's… the Hell Soul Demon Flower—a flower of the undead!" Captain Meng Zhan's expression shifted.

It was an object of great ill omen.

To encounter such a thing upon entering the Divine Ruins was no good sign.

They had just entered the Divine Ruins world and already encountered this thing—definitely not a good omen.

【80】 He was the team leader, but had no authority to restrain Jun Within Jun Xiaoyao's actions.

Jun Within Jun Xiaoyao looked, and his eyes gleamed.

The Hell Soul Demon Flower fed on the residual souls and vengeful thoughts of countless dead, brimming with immense spiritual soul energy.

Such a rare object aiding soul power intrigued Jun Within Jun Xiaoyao.

After all, his Primordial Spirit had already reached the Limitless level; further advancement was difficult.

If he assimilated the Hell Soul Demon Flower, he could greatly shorten the time needed to elevate his Primordial Spirit.

Jun Within Jun Xiaoyao stepped forward, approaching the demonic star.

"Divine Son, be careful," Captain Meng Zhan called out.

Though he was squad leader, he had no authority to restrain Jun Within Jun Xiaoyao's actions.

He was the team leader, but he had no authority to restrain Jun Within Jun Xiaoyao's actions.

Rolling vengeful thoughts, wailing ghosts, coalesced into a soul tide surging toward Jun Within Jun Xiaoyao.

"Dust to dust, earth to earth. Your grudges—I shall avenge them."

Jun Within Jun Xiaoyao unleashed his Primordial Spirit; golden light blazed forth.

He activated the Present-Day Tathagata Scripture from the Three Lifetimes Immortal Scripture.

A colossal Sun Tathagata manifestation appeared, enlightening all spirits and suppressing all evil.

The soul tide shattered instantly.

The Hell Soul Demon Flower, suppressed by the Sun Tathagata, trembled its petals, emitting a shrill, childlike scream.

Black mist rose as inauspicious power was purified.

"No wonder he's the Divine Son,"

Watching this, Captain Meng Zhan and the others' eyes lit with delight.

Jun Within Jun Xiaoyao's Primordial Spirit was truly exceptional.

Jun Within Jun Xiaoyao's Primordial Spirit was also exceptional.

But…

Just as Jun Within Jun Xiaoyao was about to purify the Hell Soul Demon Flower.

Shh!

A bloodstained steel trident pierced through space, carrying a terrifying force, striking toward Jun Within Jun Xiaoyao.

Jun Within Jun Xiaoyao furrowed his brows, raised his hand, and his pale, jade-like palm was covered in divine patterns and brilliant symbols.

He unleashed the Great Peng Divine Technique; his palm surged outward like a Peng's tail lashing.

With a clang, the trident was instantly shattered and flung away.

"Huh, this kid has some skill!"

A dense swarm of figures emerged from the distant starry void.

"Alien beings—so you've finally shown yourselves."

Jun Within Jun Xiaoyao's expression remained unruffled, his eyes holding a glint of coldness.