240: Anti-Star Alliance

The first day after the Void Heaven Palace completely closed.

Myriad Laws School, main hall.

"Bang!"

With a crisp explosion, a white jade teacup, filled with top-grade spirit tea, was crushed into powder by a well-maintained hand.

Wan Sangu's face was ashen, and rage almost burst from her eyes.

On the legal document in front of her, a Natal Soul Lamp belonging to Wan Tianming had extinguished, leaving only a wisp of smoke curling upwards, narrating the Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering fate of its owner.

"Good! What a Star Palace!"

Wan Sangu's voice was so cold that the temperature of the entire hall plummeted by several degrees.

She couldn't understand how her nephew, a dignified Mid-Nascent Soul Stage Cultivator, holding a Sect's heavy treasure, could have fallen within the small Void Heaven Palace!

Almost at the same time, deep within the Demonic Path's Six Extremes Palace.

Within the Demonic Hall, perennially shrouded in dark clouds, Six Paths Paragon slowly opened his eyes.

In the Void Realm before him, a life soul talisman belonging to Madam Wen, its light now dim and devoid of spiritual energy, finally dissipated into dust with a "poof."

Six Paths Paragon did not erupt in rage like Wan Sangu.

He merely sat quietly, but the chilling aura emanating from him caused the space of the entire Demonic Hall to begin to distort.

Madam Wen was dead.

And Barbarian Hu, to this day, remained missing.

The two Demonic Path Nascent Soul Old Monsters he sent to the Void Heaven Palace had both perished, and even his own Dao Companion had not been spared.

An unprecedented sense of crisis enveloped his heart.

He immediately sent out several transmission talismans, beginning to search for the Demonic Path Cultivators who had entered the Void Heaven Palace earlier.

However, the responses he received made his heart grow even colder.

Not only Madam Wen and Barbarian Hu, but even Extreme Yin Old Ancestor had also lost contact.

The entire Chaotic Star Sea Inner Sea fell into an eerie silence due to the closing of the Void Heaven Palace.

Everyone wanted to know the final outcome of that earth-shattering battle.

And it was at this moment that a shocking piece of news "inadvertently" spread from a small tea gathering of Nascent Soul Cultivators on Nanhe Island.

"Fellow Daoist Qingyi, you've finally returned! How was your harvest from this trip to the Void Heaven Palace?"

A Cultivator in the Early Stage of Nascent Soul smiled and raised his cup to Qing Yi Hermit, who had just taken his seat.

Qing Yi Hermit's face still carried a hint of appropriate paleness and lingering fear.

He smiled bitterly, shook his head, picked up his wine cup, and drained it.

"Alas, don't even mention it. To return alive is already a great fortune."

"Oh? How do you mean?" another Cultivator asked curiously, "Could it be that the fighting inside was exceptionally fierce?"

Qing Yi Hermit sighed, seemingly unwilling to say more, but the undisguised fear in his eyes piqued everyone's curiosity.

Under repeated questioning from the crowd, he "was forced" to speak, his voice extremely low.

"Everyone, this matter shouldn't be told by me, but... but I'm truly still in shock!"

He paused, as if organizing his thoughts, or perhaps recalling some terrifying scene.

"The Saintess of Star Palace, Ling Yuling, do you know what her cultivation level is?"

"Isn't she just at Core Formation? I heard her Aptitude is Heaven-Defying, but she's still just a junior after all."

Qing Yi Hermit heard this and revealed a miserable, cold smile.

"Core Formation? Heh heh... If she were only at Core Formation, how could Fellow Daoist Wan Tianming have fallen!"

"What!"

At these words, the entire assembly was shocked.

The Sect Master of Myriad Laws School, one of the nominal leaders of the Righteous Path Alliance, Wan Tianming... had fallen?

"Fellow Daoist Qingyi! You can't just say such things!"

"Say such things?" Qing Yi Hermit's voice suddenly rose, carrying a hint of aggrieved excitement, "I saw it with my own eyes! That Ling Yuling's cultivation was actually at the Mid-Nascent Soul Stage! She even teamed up with another unknown Xinggong Elder, setting up an ambush within the Restriction, and ambushed and killed Fellow Daoist Wan Tianming alive!"

"Not only that!" He seemed to have opened a floodgate, venting all his fear, "Fellow Daoist Barbarian Hu, in pursuit of the Heaven Mending Pill, was also killed on the spot by that Ling Yuling! Madam Wen came to assist, but she was also besieged by the two of them, and ultimately her whereabouts are unknown; I'm afraid... she's also in grave danger!"

"I... if I hadn't run fast, I probably wouldn't have made it back!"

After Qing Yi Hermit finished speaking, he coughed violently, looking as if his Origin Qi was severely damaged and his mind greatly harmed.

The entire tea gathering was deathly silent.

Everyone was stunned and disoriented by these successive, earth-shattering secrets.

"Oh, right..." Qing Yi Hermit seemed to recall something and added, his voice as faint as a mosquito's buzz, "When I fought with the two from Star Palace, I once saw that mysterious Elder display a Divine Ability; that five-colored divine light... was exactly the same as the Yuan Magnetic Divine Light of the legendary Star Palace Twin Saints!"

Boom!

These last words were like a thunderclap, exploding in everyone's minds.

Yuan Magnetic Divine Light!

Isn't that the signature Divine Ability of the Star Palace Twin Saints!

Could it be... This news spread at a terrifying speed throughout the Inner Sea's high-level Cultivator circles.

Both the Righteous and Demonic Paths were thoroughly enraged!

Myriad Laws School back mountain.

Six Paths Paragon's figure appeared silently before Wan Sangu.

"Brother Six Paths, you've come." Wan Sangu's expression was still gloomy.

"Sangu, have you heard the news?" Six Paths Paragon's voice was hoarse.

"Hmph!" Wan Sangu snorted heavily, "This clearly means those two old fogeys, the Twin Saints, made a move! They claimed to be in seclusion, no longer interfering with Star Palace affairs. But in reality, they secretly entered the Void Heaven Palace to ambush my nephew! Truly hateful!"

Six Paths Paragon's eyes flickered with gloom, and he said in a deep voice, "Sangu, this matter might be a bit strange. One of the Twin Saints, Ling Xiaotian, I fought him several times back then; I know his character too well. He shouldn't have interfered in the matters of the Void Heaven Palace."

Wan Sangu's anger grew even fiercer upon hearing this.

"Then are we just going to let this matter go! Your Dao Companion's whereabouts are unknown; she most likely died at the hands of Star Palace! And that Barbarian Hu, your Demonic Path has suffered heavy losses this time! If this enmity is not avenged, I swear I will not rest!"

These words were like adding fuel to the fire, instantly igniting the suppressed killing intent in Six Paths Paragon's heart.

That's right!

His Dao Companion, the pillar of his Demonic Path, had died at the hands of Star Palace!

He was originally a Demonic Cultivator, one who acted on his whims of gratitude and vengeance; when had he ever suffered such a great humiliation!

"Good!" Six Paths Paragon's eyes flashed with a bloody light, "Since Star Palace is unjust, don't blame us for being unrighteous!"

"Sangu, how about our two Paths join forces?"

Wan Sangu was waiting for these words; her eyes shot out a sharp gleam.

"That's exactly what I intended!"

Three days later.

An even more secretive, yet more shocking piece of news, circulated among the major Sects in the Inner Sea.

The Righteous and Demonic Paths had secretly formed an Alliance, establishing the "Rebellious Star Alliance," with its spearhead pointed directly at the Star Palace Twin Saints of Tianxing City!

For a time, the entire Chaotic Star Sea was filled with apprehension; all neutral large and small Schools received "invitations" from the Rebellious Star Alliance. A suffocating atmosphere, like a coming storm, enveloped every island, causing countless low-level Cultivators to be in a state of panic.

And the instigator of all this was currently enjoying a rare tranquility on the Floating Immortal Island... Jiyin Island.

A streak of azure Escape Light silently landed in the center of the island.

Han Li looked at the desolate island before him, filled with emotion.

Extreme Yin Old Ancestor and Wu Chou had both fallen; the Disciples on the island had long since scattered like monkeys when the tree falls, leaving only a few insignificant Qi Refining Stage attendants.

He took almost no effort to control the entire island's Restriction array.

After entering the Immortal Cave and activating all Restrictions, he finally let out a long sigh and slumped onto the ground.

This trip to the Void Heaven Palace was truly a near-death experience.

Recalling the scenes where he was treated as an ant by the Nascent Soul Old Monsters, manipulated at will, a strong sense of lingering fear and unwillingness surged in his heart.

Core Formation Early Stage was still too weak after all.

However, fortunately, the gains were also immense.

He carefully took out a jade box from his Storage Pouch.

Opening the jade box, a ginseng, entirely green, shaped like a running rabbit, and exuding endless vitality, lay quietly inside.

Nine-Bend Spirit Ginseng!

According to Profound Bone, the Nine-Bend Spirit Ginseng Pill refined from this item could greatly increase the chances of forming a Nascent Soul!

Han Li's eyes glowed with fervor.

As long as he could form a Nascent Soul, he would truly possess the power to protect himself!

It's just... he remembered the scene before he fainted, and his brows furrowed tightly again.

Who exactly took the void sky cauldron?

He only remembered that he had pulled the giant cauldron with all his might, and was eventually knocked unconscious by the terrifying power of the earth fire.

When he woke up, he was already in an unfamiliar grassland, and this Nine-Bend Spirit Ginseng was not far away.

It was as if someone had deliberately sent him there, and then delivered this Heaven-Defying Opportunity to him.

Han Li was at a loss, and could only attribute it to the unpredictable changes in the Restrictions within the Void Heaven Palace, and his own great luck.

He shook his head, casting these distracting thoughts aside, and began to inventory his other gains from this trip.

He was completely unaware of the turmoil in the outside world.

At this moment, he only wanted to quickly increase his strength and possess the true power to protect himself in this chaotic Cultivation world.