Facing Xiao Yan's gaze, a flicker of pity passed through her eyes.
But when she glanced at Yun Shan, the Cloud Mist Sect elder lying on the ground, as the Sect Master, she could not simply stand by.
Yun Shan had died at Xiao Yan's hands. Though understandable, it was also what he deserved.
Her heart struggled, unable to make a choice.
"What exactly do you want?"
Facing Xiao Yan's questioning, her voice trembled.
Xiao Yan's face twitched. Throwing back his head, he laughed wildly, his laughter laced with sorrow and fury. "What do I want? The Cloud Mist Sect first seized my father, then destroyed my Xiao Family, and now they've even caused my master to be taken by the Soul Hall, his life and death unknown—and you ask me what I want?"
Her slender hand clenched tightly, her nails digging into her palm as she felt Xiao Yan's anger and pain.
She had no way to defend what the Cloud Mist Sect had done.
The two sides faced off, swords drawn and bows bent.
They did not realize that their actions were being watched by eyes from the Primordial World.
On Mount Shouyang, the scene from the Dou Qi World was far from the only one.
Scenes from the Sword Immortal World, the Magic World, and countless Middle Thousand and Lesser Thousand Worlds played out in an intertwining tapestry.
The Primordial World's top Innate Beings stared at those worlds.
Their faces were filled with disdain!
Compared to the heavens and earth of the Primordial World, how tiny were these worlds!
Tongtian watched a Lesser Thousand World of sword immortals and snorted coldly. "With such cultivation, they dare call themselves terrestrial immortals? They dare call themselves sword immortals?"
Laozi gazed at a Middle Thousand World devoted to pill refinement and sneered. "Pill Saint? Mere ninth-grade pills are inferior even to the waste pills I refine, yet they dare call themselves Pill Saints?"
Yuanshi looked toward a Middle Thousand World of artifact refinement, shaking his head with a bitter smile. "What an insult to the Dao of artifact refinement! Cultivators capable only of refining inferior postnatal spirit treasures dare proclaim themselves the greatest artifact refiners beneath heaven and earth?"
Queen Mother of the West swept a cold gaze over a great villain in a Middle Thousand World and said frostily, "A Peaches of Immortality spirit root? It is nothing but a rotten peach tree tainted by a trace of earth qi, yet it dares call itself a Peaches of Immortality spirit root?"
In the void above Mount Shouyang, scenes from hundreds of millions of Middle Thousand and Lesser Thousand Worlds played in succession.
The Primordial World's top beings were furious.
Seeing this, Chen Xuan chuckled inwardly.
Indeed, compared with the heavens and earth of the Primordial World, how weak were these worlds!
Even their Heavenly Dao Wills were incomplete!
At that moment, Chen Xuan noticed the gazes of Di Jun and Zhu Rong.
Ever since the Dou Qi World had taken shape, their eyes had remained fixed on Xiao Yan, the child of destiny.
Dou Qi World, Cloud Mist Sect.
The confrontation continued.
"I have caused you much harm over the years, but the Cloud Mist Sect has already become like this. Can't you stop?" She bit down on her red lips, her voice carrying a trace of pleading.
"Stop?" Xiao Yan sneered, flames of fury blazing in his eyes. "As long as the Cloud Mist Sect exists within the empire, I will not rest! The blood debt of the Xiao Family can only be repaid in blood!"
She stared at Xiao Yan's nearly uncontrollable expression, a bleak smile touching her lips. "Must it truly come to this before you are satisfied? The Cloud Mist Sect has already paid the price. Can't you show mercy?"
"Show mercy?" Xiao Yan laughed wildly. "When the Cloud Mist Sect surrounded and exterminated my Xiao Family, did they ever show mercy? If not for the Mittel Family's aid, my Xiao Family would have long since been washed in blood. Did anyone show mercy then?"
Di Jun and Zhu Rong both frowned at the sight.
They exchanged a glance and muttered, "What a bore!"
Di Jun spoke first, saying to Chen Xuan, "Dao Venerable, I wish to descend into that world and teach him a lesson—if you can fight, why waste words?"
Zhu Rong immediately grew anxious. "Dao Venerable, I have taken a liking to Xiao Yan! He is suited to inherit my Great Dao of Fire. Please grant this!"
"I have taken a liking to him as well!" Di Jun refused to yield.
As Innate Beings, how could they not be shrewd?
Ever since Chen Xuan had mentioned expanding the Primordial World and the Starry Sky Atlas had condensed hundreds of millions of Middle Thousand and Lesser Thousand Worlds, they had understood.
The structure of the Primordial World had changed!
What came next was a struggle for lineages and inheritances!
Passing one's own lineage to the children of destiny in the Middle Thousand and Lesser Thousand Worlds was the true path.
Zhu Rong glared at Di Jun. "You are deliberately competing with me? Xiao Yan is compatible with my Great Dao of Fire. Why are you trying to snatch him?"
Di Jun sneered. "Is there any flame stronger than that of the Great Sun Golden Crow?"
He turned to Zhu Rong. "You do not even have a Primordial Spirit. How will you descend?"
"Then let us fight!" Zhu Rong had always preferred action over words.
"Come, then!" Di Jun showed no fear and was about to bring forth the He Tu Luo Shu.
Zhu Rong also prepared to manifest his Demon God True Body.
"Enough!" Chen Xuan spoke calmly.
He understood why Di Jun and Zhu Rong were fighting to take Xiao Yan.
Xiao Yan had fused three kinds of Heavenly Flame and was also the favored child of the Dou Qi World.
Di Jun was a Great Sun Golden Crow, while Zhu Rong wielded the Great Dao of Fire. Both were suited to teaching Xiao Yan.
Upon hearing Chen Xuan speak, the two fell silent.
Yet neither was willing to yield.
Di Jun looked at Chen Xuan. "Dao Venerable, I possess a Primordial Spirit. Clearly, I am better suited to descend upon the Dou Qi World and teach Xiao Yan."
Zhu Rong retorted, "Even without a Primordial Spirit, I can still descend!"
The two looked at Chen Xuan together. "Dao Venerable, why not let us have a match?"
"Di Jun, you go." Chen Xuan made the decision.
"Many thanks, Dao Venerable!" Di Jun cupped his hands and shot Zhu Rong a provocative look.
"Dao Venerable!" Zhu Rong grew anxious.
With a thought from Chen Xuan, another Middle Thousand World was drawn through the void.
The image condensed. Its favored child was named Flame Fire, and he was in a low-spec version of the Primordial World.
Coincidentally, Flame Fire's master was none other than a low-spec version of Zhu Rong.
In the image, the low-spec Zhu Rong gathered a massive fireball in his hand.
At the sight, Zhu Rong trembled all over with rage.
"Hahaha!" Di Jun threw his head back with laughter. "Zhu Rong, your 'brother's' skill at controlling fire is pretty good!"
Zhu Rong's aura surged as his fury became unbearable.
Bang! With a movement of Chen Xuan's Divine Sense—
He transcended the laws of heaven and earth and cast a glance at Di Jiang.
Di Jiang instantly transcended the laws, his aura falling to that of a Mystic Immortal as he transformed into a streak of light and entered the Dou Qi World.
"Zhu Rong, your temper is too fiery. Go vent it in the low-spec Primordial World."
With another thought from Chen Xuan, Zhu Rong transcended the laws, and his true body entered the low-spec Primordial World.
Di Jun and Zhu Rong vanished one after the other, and Mount Shouyang returned to tranquility.
The Divine Senses of the other Innate Beings continued sweeping across the countless Lesser and Middle Thousand Worlds.
Donghuang Taiyi's gaze stopped upon a Lesser Thousand World where magical artifacts reigned supreme.
The favored child, Huangpu Tian, summoned a magical treasure.
"Chaos Bell!" The image boomed as a great azure bell stood in the void.
The villain opposite him cried out in alarm, "Heavens! You actually awakened the supreme magical artifact, the Chaos Bell?"
Donghuang Taiyi, on Mount Shouyang in the Primordial World, twitched at the corner of his mouth.
"And this dares to call itself the Chaos Bell? It simply disgraces the name—pathetically weak!"
He turned to Chen Xuan. "Dao Venerable, I can't stand this! I want to descend into that world and show them the true Chaos Bell!"
Chen Xuan nodded with a smile.
In an instant, Donghuang Taiyi's cultivation was suppressed to the Mystic Immortal realm.
Transcending the laws, his figure vanished in an instant.
At the same time, the image of the Dou Qi World reappeared.
"The Cloud Mist Sect was indeed at fault first in the matter of the Xiao Family. But as the Sect Master, if you intend to destroy the sect, I will do everything in my power to stop you, even if it costs me my life!"
Bitterness filled her pretty face as she drew a deep breath.
Xiao Yan said angrily, "Don't think this will make me spare the Cloud Mist Sect! I said it before—the Xiao Family and the Cloud Mist Sect, only one may remain in the empire!"
She gave a bitter smile. "If that is so, defeat me first. With the power you possess now, that should not be difficult."
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