194: Chapter 194 A stunningly beautiful goddess with captivating charm! A sense of oppression…

"This whole thing started because of me!" Chief Captain Ling Shuang lifted her head, her beautiful eyes staring fixedly at Zhou Liangan, filled with determination and resolve.

Her body was still trembling slightly, clearly terrified to the extreme, yet she did not retreat in the slightest, standing proud like a plum blossom in the cold wind. "My Master only acted against you to protect me. Whatever anger you have, whatever thoughts you harbor, take it out on me! Do not make things difficult for my Master!"

"Shuang'er! Don't!" Chief Captain Ling Shuang's Master's expression changed drastically. "Come back quickly! You are no match for him! You are throwing your life away by doing this!"

"Master!" Chief Captain Ling Shuang said without looking back, her voice choked with emotion. "This matter started because of me, so I should be the one to bear the consequences. I cannot let you be harmed because of me, and even less can I let the Law Enforcement Team be destroyed because of me. If my death can buy your safety, and buy the Law Enforcement Team's safety, then it is worth it."

"You…" Chief Captain Ling Shuang's Master looked at her thin yet firm back, his eyes instantly turning red, tears streaming down his face.

He opened his mouth, wanting to say more, but in the end, nothing came out.

He knew Chief Captain Ling Shuang's temper; once she decided on something, no one could change it.

Zhou Liangan watched Chief Captain Ling Shuang standing in front of her Master, a flash of surprise in his eyes.

He had not expected that this woman, who appeared delicate and weak, would have such a protective and strong-willed side.

This deep bond between Master and Disciple actually made Zhou Liangan feel somewhat surprised and moved.

However, being moved was one thing; it did not mean he would let Chief Captain Ling Shuang off the hook.

He, Zhou Liangan, was never a soft-hearted person; if someone provoked him, they had to pay the price.

"What a deep bond between Master and Disciple indeed." Zhou Liangan chuckled, his tone carrying a hint of imperceptible mockery. "I am truly moved. However, being moved is one thing, but the debt still needs to be settled."

The moment the words fell, Zhou Liangan's figure suddenly vanished from where he stood.

Teleportation!

Chief Captain Ling Shuang only felt a blur before her eyes, and Zhou Liangan's figure had already disappeared.

Her heart skipped a beat, thinking something was wrong, and she hurriedly tried to turn to defend herself, simultaneously swinging her sword to strike behind her. But it was already too late.

A warm and powerful hand suddenly wrapped around her slender yet curvaceous willow waist.

Zhou Liangan's body pressed tightly against her back.

Chief Captain Ling Shuang's body instantly stiffened, as if she had been hit by a binding spell, unable to move at all.

She could clearly feel the warmth radiating from Zhou Liangan's body, as well as his strong and steady heartbeat.

A faint, pleasant masculine scent washed over her, causing her cheeks to instantly flush red, turning all the way to her earlobes, and even her neck was stained a tempting shade of pink.

"You… let me go!" Chief Captain Ling Shuang was both ashamed and furious, struggling desperately, trying to break free from Zhou Liangan's embrace.

But Zhou Liangan's arms were like iron hoops, tightly clutching her waist; no matter how she struggled, he remained unmoved.

The more she struggled, the tighter Zhou Liangan held her, and the closer their bodies pressed together.

"Let you go?" Zhou Liangan lowered his head and whispered in Chief Captain Ling Shuang's ear, his breath brushing against her earlobe with a hint of warmth, causing her body to tremble violently once more, goosebumps rising all over her skin. "I finally caught such a beautiful little beauty, how could I easily let you go?"

After saying this, Zhou Liangan forcibly snatched Chief Captain Ling Shuang away...

Meanwhile.

The space twisted violently, as if a formless giant hand had torn open a massive rift spanning hundreds of feet. Azure space turbulence surged wildly within the crack, emitting terrifying energy capable of instantly tearing an ordinary Enlightenment Realm expert into pieces.

The next second, a slender and graceful figure stepped slowly out of the rift, landing steadily on the white jade platform of the Huangfu Star Domain's central teleportation array.

The person who arrived was Huangfu Tianxuan.

She gently brushed off the specks of space dust from her body, her stunning face devoid of any extra expression.

That super teleportation, which had spanned seven entire star systems, had left her feeling a trace of Soul-level exhaustion, even with her strength at the Peak of the Nirvana Realm.

Huangfu Tianxuan looked up, and before her eyes lay a vast, boundless starry sky.

Countless bright stars revolved slowly in the dark Universe, emitting warm and majestic light, and orbiting these stars were hundreds of millions of planets, moons, and asteroid belts.

This was the Huangfu Star Domain, one of the most powerful top-tier Family Star Domains within the territory of the Human Race, its territory so vast that it was even thirty percent larger than the Xuanyuan Star Domain, which had just experienced a shocking upheaval.

In this vast Star Domain, the Huangfu Family was the absolute, unquestionable Dominator.

Since the first ancestor of the Huangfu Family carved out this territory two eras ago, the Huangfu Family flag, embroidered with a golden dragon, had always stood at the highest point of this starry sky, never once falling.

And the greatest source of confidence that allowed the Huangfu Family to stand tall for ten thousand years was their ancestor who had lived for a full twelve thousand years.

Huangfu Wuji.

As early as ten thousand years ago, Huangfu Wuji had successfully broken through to the Half-Emperor Realm, becoming one of the few Half-Emperor experts among the Human Race.

A Half-Emperor was an existence standing at the pinnacle of the entire cultivation system; with a single thought, they could destroy heaven and earth, and with a wave of their hand, they could annihilate a medium-sized star system.

Even within the entire territory of the Human Race, Half-Emperor experts could be counted on one hand, and each one held a pivotal position.

And Huangfu Wuji was even more of an outstanding figure among Half-Emperor experts.

He had been decisive in killing throughout his life, his hands stained with the blood of countless alien races and hostile factions, and he possessed a fearsome reputation among the Human Race.

It is said that back then, a Great Saint of the Yao Race, overestimating his own ability, led a million Yao soldiers to invade the Huangfu Star Domain, only to be killed instantly by Huangfu Wuji in a single move, with not even his Divine Soul managing to escape.

Since then, no faction had dared to easily provoke the Huangfu Family.

Of course, even a Half-Emperor as strong as Huangfu Wuji had existences he dared not provoke.

Those were the nine Great Emperors guarding the front lines of the Human Race, resisting the invasion of alien races.

No, to be precise, they were nine Half-Emperors who had walked the Great Dao.

Many low-level cultivators believed that the Half-Emperor was the end of cultivation, and as long as one reached the Half-Emperor Realm, they possessed equal strength.

But only those who truly stood at the level of a Half-Emperor knew that the gap between one Half-Emperor and another was far greater than the gap between a Mortal and a Saint; it was simply a difference as vast as clouds and mud.

Half-Emperors were also divided into Ranks, and the hierarchy was strict, with almost no possibility of crossing it.

The lowest Rank were Half-Emperors like Huangfu Wuji and the Xuanyuan Family ancestor.

They walked the "Small Path," which meant relying on the Family's Legacy Cultivation Technique and Bloodline Power to forcibly stack their way to the Half-Emperor Realm.

Such Half-Emperors, while possessing the strength to destroy heaven and earth, had incomplete Daos and could not truly communicate with the Origin of heaven and earth, and the power of heaven and earth they could mobilize was extremely limited.

Furthermore, their Lifespans were relatively short; generally speaking, they could live at most two to three eras, and once their Lifespan was up, they could only pass away, with no room for maneuver.

The highest Rank were the nine Half-Emperors guarding the front lines.

They walked the "Great Dao," which was the true Dao of the Origin of heaven and earth. For example, the Thunder Emperor walked the Thunder Great Dao, the Space Emperor walked the Space Great Dao, and the Life Emperor walked the Life Great Dao.

These people were each brilliant and talented individuals; in their youth, they had already found their own Great Dao, and then, step by step, they continued to move forward along the Great Dao, finally breaking through to the Half-Emperor Realm.

Half-Emperors who walked the Great Dao possessed strength far exceeding those who walked the Small Path.

They could fully communicate with the Origin of heaven and earth, mobilizing endless power of heaven and earth for their own use.

It is said that a full-force strike from the Thunder Emperor could trigger the primitive thunder power from the depths of the Universe, instantly destroying a large star system.

Moreover, Half-Emperors who walked the Great Dao had astonishingly long Lifespans; many of them had already lived for tens of thousands of years, or even a dozen eras.

Over the long years, their strength continued to improve, and they were infinitely close to the true Emperor Realm.

Therefore, although Huangfu Wuji and the Xuanyuan Family ancestor were also Half-Emperors, compared to those nine Half-Emperors who walked the Great Dao, they were simply not on the same order of magnitude.

If those nine Half-Emperors were the sun in the sky, then they were at most fireflies on the ground, their light weak and not worth mentioning.

Huangfu Tianxuan withdrew her gaze and sighed inwardly.

She had grown up listening to the legendary stories of her ancestor and had always thought her ancestor was the most powerful person in the world.

It was not until recently, when she witnessed the terrifying strength of the Ancient Emperor of Reincarnation with her own eyes, that she understood what it meant to have people beyond people and heavens beyond heavens.

Just then, a cold voice suddenly rang in her ear, carrying undisguised hostility, interrupting her train of thought.

"Cousin, why are you here?"

Huangfu Tianxuan frowned slightly and turned to look. She saw a middle-aged man wearing a black robe standing not far away, looking at her with an indifferent expression.

Embroidered on the man's chest was a golden Huangfu Family emblem, with a five-clawed golden dragon coiled on it, representing his core status within the Family.

This man was named Huangfu Cang, the Chief Captain of the Family's Law Enforcement Team, and also the biological son of the current Family Head.

In terms of seniority, he was Huangfu Tianxuan's cousin.

But their relationship had always been bad, or one could even say they were like fire and water.

Huangfu Cang had always been jealous of Huangfu Tianxuan's talent.

Huangfu Tianxuan was the most talented descendant of the Huangfu Family in the last thousand years.

Because of jealousy, Huangfu Cang targeted Huangfu Tianxuan everywhere.

Previously, when Huangfu Tianxuan had a conflict with the Grand Elder of the Family and accidentally injured the Grand Elder's grandson who was bullying others, it was Huangfu Cang who stirred up trouble behind the scenes, adding fuel to the fire, which ultimately led to Huangfu Tianxuan being exiled by the Family Head to the remote Transit Star Region, forbidden from returning for a thousand years.

Seeing Huangfu Tianxuan suddenly appear at the central teleportation array, a flash of malice and triumph crossed Huangfu Cang's eyes.

He had been worrying about not finding an opportunity to completely crush Huangfu Tianxuan, and he hadn't expected her to deliver herself to his doorstep. This was simply a god-sent opportunity.

"I'm asking you a question, didn't you hear me?" Huangfu Cang took a few steps forward, his tone growing colder, carrying an air of condescending arrogance, "Cousin, you should be very clear about the Family rules. You have already been exiled to the remote Transit Star Region. Unless personally summoned by the Family Head, you are not allowed to return without authorization. Today, without receiving any notice, you privately used the Super Teleportation Array to return to the Family. This is a serious violation of the Family rules. According to Article 372 of the Family rules, I can take you down right now, send you back to the Transit Star Region, and double your exile time to two thousand years!"

The surrounding guards and passing Family Disciples all stopped in their tracks, gathered around, and began pointing and whispering at the two.

"Isn't that Young Miss Tianxuan? Why is she back?"

"Yeah, wasn't she exiled to that godforsaken Transit Star Region? How does she dare to return without authorization?"

"There's a good show to watch now. Captain Cang has always disliked Young Miss Tianxuan, he definitely won't let her off this time."

"Young Miss Tianxuan is too impulsive. Returning without authorization is a major crime. Even if her talent is high, she can't violate the Family rules."

Listening to the surrounding gossip, a smug smile appeared on Huangfu Cang's face.

He wanted everyone to see that no matter how high Huangfu Tianxuan's talent was, she was nothing in front of him. If he wanted to, he could crush her at any time.

However, facing Huangfu Cang's aggressive posturing, Huangfu Tianxuan merely swept him with a cold glance, her eyes filled with disdain and contempt.

She couldn't even be bothered to waste words on a clown like Huangfu Cang.

In her eyes, Huangfu Cang was just a piece of trash who only knew how to rely on his father's power, completely unworthy of speaking to her.

"What? Nothing to say?" Seeing Huangfu Tianxuan ignoring him, Huangfu Cang became even more arrogant, "I guess you have nothing to say! In that case, don't blame me for being impolite! Men, take Huangfu Tianxuan down! If she resists, kill her without mercy!"

Following Huangfu Cang's order, the eight surrounding Law Enforcement Team members immediately drew the swords from their waists and surrounded Huangfu Tianxuan.

These Law Enforcement Team members were all carefully selected elites, each possessing the strength of the high-stage Nirvana Realm.

Although they were no match for Huangfu Tianxuan in a one-on-one fight, by joining forces and using the Law Enforcement Team's special battle Formation, they could cause significant trouble for Huangfu Tianxuan.

The surrounding people held their breath, watching the scene before them nervously.

They all thought that Huangfu Tianxuan was definitely doomed today.

Just at this moment, a slightly aged but supremely imposing voice suddenly drifted slowly from the Void Realm, resounding throughout the entire Central Teleportation Array plaza.

"Tianxuan informed me about this matter. It was I who allowed her to return."

The voice was not loud, but it seemed to carry a certain magical power, piercing directly through everyone's eardrums and imprinting itself into the depths of their Souls.

The moment they heard this voice, the entire plaza instantly quieted down, to the point where a falling needle could be heard.

Huangfu Cang, who had just been arrogant and insufferably conceited, had his expression change drastically, instantly turning deathly pale, as if all the color had been drained from him.

The smug smile on his face vanished without a trace, replaced by endless panic and fear.

"Old... Old Ancestor?!" Huangfu Cang said with a trembling voice, his legs went weak, and with a "thud," he knelt straight down.

Not only Huangfu Cang, but everyone around, including those Law Enforcement Team members who had been filled with Killing Intent just a moment ago, all knelt down in unison with "thuds," their heads buried deep into the ground, not daring to lift them at all.

That was the voice of Huangfu Wuji!

Throughout the entire Huangfu Star Domain, only Huangfu Wuji could emit such terrifying pressure, forcing everyone to involuntarily feel awe and willingly kneel.

Huangfu Wuji had been in seclusion for ten thousand years; apart from a few core Elders, almost no one had ever seen his true face.

Many young Family Disciples even thought that the Old Ancestor had already passed away.

Unexpectedly, today, the Old Ancestor actually spoke in person, and it was for Huangfu Tianxuan!

At this moment, the way everyone looked at Huangfu Tianxuan changed.

It was filled with awe, envy, and disbelief.

To be able to have the Old Ancestor, who hadn't come out of seclusion for ten thousand years, personally step forward to back her, what an honor this was!

Huangfu Tianxuan still stood there, her expression calm, as if she had long anticipated all of this.

She glanced indifferently at Huangfu Cang, who was kneeling on the ground, trembling all over and not daring to even lift his head, a faint, almost imperceptible cold smile curling the corner of her lips.

"So... so it was the Old Ancestor who let you return." Huangfu Cang lifted his head with difficulty, forcing a smile that was uglier than crying, and said fawningly to Huangfu Tianxuan, "It was my misunderstanding, I didn't recognize your greatness. Cousin Tianxuan, you are magnanimous, please don't hold it against me. I'll let you pass right now, I'll let you pass."

As he spoke, Huangfu Cang hurriedly roared at the Law Enforcement Team members who were still kneeling on the ground: "What are you still stunned for? All of you get lost! Don't be an eyesore here!"

Those Law Enforcement Team members, as if granted amnesty, hurriedly put away their swords and retreated in a disheveled manner, wishing they had two extra legs to run faster.

Huangfu Cang turned his head again, bowing and scraping to Huangfu Tianxuan, his face full of ingratiating smiles.

But deep in his eyes, he was filled with malice and unwillingness.

He couldn't understand no matter how he thought about it, what kind of dog shit luck Huangfu Tianxuan had to actually be personally summoned by the Old Ancestor. This was simply too unfair!

Huangfu Tianxuan couldn't be bothered to pay attention to Huangfu Cang's ugly face.

She didn't even bother to look at him again, tapped her feet lightly, and her whole body turned into a streak of light, speeding towards the core of the Huangfu Star Domain — the direction of the Huangfu Ancestral Star.

Watching Huangfu Tianxuan's back disappear into the horizon, Huangfu Cang's expression instantly darkened, as if it could drip water.

He clenched his fists tightly, his nails digging deep into his palms, causing bright red blood to flow out.

"Huangfu Tianxuan, you just wait!" Huangfu Cang gritted his teeth and said viciously in a low voice, "I will settle this account with you sooner or later! One day, I will make you kneel in front of me and beg me!"

But he only dared to say this in his heart.

With the Old Ancestor backing her, the current Huangfu Tianxuan was no longer someone he could afford to provoke.

Unless he wanted to be slapped to death by the Old Ancestor, he had no choice but to swallow this anger.

...

The Huangfu Ancestral Star was the center of the Huangfu Star Domain and the birthplace of the Huangfu Family.

This was an incomparably huge life-bearing planet, with a volume hundreds of times that of an ordinary planet.

The surface of the planet was covered with dense primeval forests, rushing rivers and lakes, and mountain ranges that towered into the clouds.

The concentration of Spiritual Qi here was hundreds of times that of the outside world, a cultivation Holy Land that cultivators dreamed of.

Finding a random place to sit and Cultivate was much faster than in the top-tier Blessed Land of the outside world.

But even such a cultivation Holy Land was empty at this moment.

Because ten thousand years ago, after Huangfu Wuji chose to go into seclusion here, he issued a death order: apart from himself, no one was allowed to step even half a step onto the Huangfu Ancestral Star. Even the current Family Head did not have the qualifications to enter. Violators would be killed without mercy.

Therefore, for these ten thousand years, the Huangfu Ancestral Star had always been dead silent.

Apart from the sound of the wind and water, no other sounds could be heard.

There wasn't even a single flying bird or beast.

Huangfu Tianxuan turned into a streak of light, passed through the ninety-nine layers of defensive Formations on the periphery of the Huangfu Ancestral Star, and slowly landed on a huge mountain Peak in the center of the planet.

This mountain Peak was called Wuji Peak, the highest mountain on the Huangfu Ancestral Star, and also the place where Huangfu Wuji was in seclusion.

The top of the mountain was a flat plaza.

In the center of the plaza sat an old man.

The old man was wearing a simple gray robe, his hair was gray, his face was covered with deep wrinkles, and his hands were covered with calluses.

He sat there quietly, his eyes tightly closed, his whole body having no trace of life fluctuations, as if he had been dead for a long time.

If one didn't know that he was Huangfu Wuji, anyone who saw him would never associate him with that notorious, murderous Half-Emperor powerhouse.

He looked just like an ordinary old man from the countryside, who might pass away at any moment.

But Huangfu Tianxuan did not dare to have the slightest negligence.

She walked in front of the old man, bowed deeply, her waist bent at a ninety-degree angle, and said in an extremely respectful tone: "Disciple Huangfu Tianxuan pays respects to the Old Ancestor."

Her voice echoed in the empty plaza, but the old man did not have any reaction, still sitting there quietly, as if he hadn't heard it.

Huangfu Tianxuan was not anxious either, just maintaining the bowing posture, waiting quietly.

She knew that the Old Ancestor was testing her patience.

Just like this, a full incense stick of time passed.

Suddenly, the old man opened his eyes abruptly.

What kind of eyes were those!

As deep as the Universe, as vast as the starry sky.

In the depths of his eyes, it seemed as if countless stars were being born and dying, and countless Dao were flowing.

The moment he opened his eyes, the entire Wuji Peak, no, the entire Huangfu Ancestral Star, trembled violently.

A terrifying pressure to the extreme radiated from the old man, enveloping the entire world.

Even with Huangfu Tianxuan's strength, in front of this pressure, she felt unprecedentedly small and powerless.

She felt like a small boat in the ocean, likely to be swallowed by the surging waves at any moment.

Fine beads of sweat seeped from Huangfu Tianxuan's forehead, and her body also began to tremble slightly and uncontrollably.

The old man's gaze swept casually across Huangfu Tianxuan, and the terrifying pressure instantly disappeared without a trace.

It was as if that heaven-destroying and earth-shattering pressure had never appeared at all.

"Come here." The old man's voice was plain, without any emotion detectable.

"Thank you, Old Ancestor." Huangfu Tianxuan then straightened up, gently wiped the sweat from her forehead, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief in her heart.

At the same time.

On a spaceship in the vast starry sky.

A faint blush flew across Chief Captain Ling Shuang's face, "What are you doing?"