The Sealed World

Jian Qingyang was defeated. When a prodigy emerges invincible, defeating one opponent after another and receiving countless praises and admiration, once he fails, the invincible image he has built will collapse. People will inevitably say things like "Jian Qingyang is nothing special" in private.

A person who has done countless cowardly things in his life will be praised if he occasionally acts heroically and accomplishes a great feat.

However, if a person who has become a peerless hero is defeated and humiliated at the peak of his career, people will despise and ridicule him.

People can celebrate the victory of someone who is used to losing, but find it hard to tolerate the failure of someone who is always winning.

Moreover, Jian Qingyang's defeat this time was too painful. He lost to the Demon Race and lost the glory that belonged to the human race.

Jian Qingyang dragged his heavily wounded body away from the battlefield. As a loser, even if he atones with his death, he will not be able to wash away the humiliation.

He lost his position as Lord Qingyang, lost his glory, suffered severe injuries, most of his meridians were destroyed, his cultivation level was declining, and he also suffered the betrayal of the woman he loved most in his life...

Jian Qingyang's life hit rock bottom.

Although he was still the Saint Emperor of the Great Gan Kingdom, he never returned to the Great Gan Kingdom.

He left alone, walking solitude.

In the past, Jian Qingyang made many friends among heroes, and countless people benefited from Jian Qingyang kindness.

Cultivation techniques, elixirs, fiefdoms, cave dwellings... he gave away countless treasures, but now that Jian Qingyang is in trouble, his former friends have subconsciously begun to distance themselves from him...

Although these friends showed concern for Jian Qingyang, their shifty eyes and repeated excuses made Jian Qingyang realize that it was time for him to leave.

When he did favors for others, he didn't expect anything in return, and besides, they couldn't help him anyway.

He just didn't expect that human relationships would be so cold and indifferent, and that the world would be so fickle.

Jian Qingyang was not saddened by this, but merely sighed...

Perhaps his life had been too smooth, so smooth that he lost his way in the glory, until today, this heavy blow, which suddenly woke him from his daze.

He found a secluded place and sat down to heal his injuries. His injuries were so severe that even his Dao Foundation had cracked. It took him several decades to completely repair his shattered Dao Foundation and meridians, but his strength still had not recovered to its peak level.

Having reached this point, he remembered the place that had once propelled him to great heights—Guixu.

The existence of Guixu is too ancient to be verified. Legend has it that Guixu is actually a broken universe.

It is the broken world left behind when the ancestral god, the law governing this world, was destroyed.

It is vast and boundless, so vast that it can connect to the Twelve Emperor Heavens.

Within the Ruins of Return, space and time are disordered, and even powerful beings can easily lose their way when they venture deep into the Ruins of Return.

However, many warriors from the Twelve Emperor Heavens still explore the Guixu Secret Realm, because Guixu is too vast and extremely secluded. From ancient times to the present, many capable hermits have opened up cave dwellings in Guixu, and many Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures have been nurtured by absorbing the essence of heaven and earth in the unique environment of Guixu.

Therefore, exploring the Ruins of Guixu can easily lead to unexpected opportunities.

Jian Qingyang, who disappeared in Guixu, obtained the Yang God Scripture, the Nine Nether Sacred Canon, and a piece of sword tip.

Now, Jian Qingyang has returned to Guixu, hoping to find any opportunities he may have missed back then.

But what he didn't expect was that when he returned to this secret place, he would get lost in the chaotic space.

The secret realm he was able to leave back then has now changed its rules, and he can no longer find his way back!

Getting lost in the Ruins of Return is extremely dangerous. Since ancient times, countless heroes from the Twelve Emperor Heavens have perished in the Ruins of Return because they got lost there!

Jian Qingyang undoubtedly faced the same predicament, but he did not despair. Having experienced great ups and downs, Jian Qingyang's mentality was no longer what it used to be.

He searched for a way out of this chaotic space, but instead of finding a way out, he discovered something that surprised him...

It turned out to be a sealed world.

And this world is... the world where the Tianyuan Continent is located!

Yi Yun followed Jian Qingyang's will and stayed with him until they arrived here. Just as Jian Qingyang stepped into the entrance of this world, for some unknown reason, the long dream suddenly shattered, and Yi Yun was startled awake from his slumber!

Yi Yun was panting heavily; he felt a splitting headache and was covered in cold sweat.

This dream was so long that he felt as if he had personally experienced Lord Qingyang's life!

The Yang God Scripture... The Nine Nether Sacred Canon... It turns out that these two fragments of supreme secret techniques were obtained by Jian Qingyang from the Gui Xu, and were later given to the Ancient Empress, allowing her to comprehend the Empress Heart Sutra from them.

And that rusty sword tip!

Yi Yun knew perfectly well that the half-sword tip that Lord Qingyang obtained was actually a piece of the sword that the Sword Palace Master had broken off!

A sword was broken in two. He kept the part with the hilt, while Lord Qingyang got the other half.

Yi Yun subconsciously took out the broken sword from his Space Ring; the rusty blade seemed to be stained with the blood of a god.

This sword is incredibly mysterious. After Lord Qingyang obtained the broken sword, he came to the Tianyuan Realm, which is clearly not a coincidence.

Yi Yun had no idea that the world where the Tianyuan Realm was located was actually sealed within the Guixu.

A vast world has been sealed away?

Yi Yun didn't know who had sealed this world away, but he thought of the Sword Palace Master...

If it is the Sword Palace Master, then it is not surprising that the sealing location of this world is left on the other half of the broken sword.

This also explains why, in the image of the array plate that Yi Yun saw on the first floor of the God Descending Tower, Lord Qingyang's sword moves contained the Mysterious Charm of the sword strike from the Sword Palace Master.

Because of the broken sword, the two men's sword techniques can be said to be of the same lineage.

This also made it much easier for Yi Yun to comprehend Lord Qingyang's sword techniques.

"Lord Qingyang, what a tragic figure..."

Yi Yun shook his head. Because he had personally experienced Yi Yun Lord Qingyang's life, he deeply understood Lord Qingyang 'Yi Yun betrayal by Bai Yueyin and his defeat in the battle against Sha Hongxue. That kind of darkness and despair could indeed drive a person with a weak will to commit suicide.

But Lord Qingyang endured it. Not only did he endure it, but after decades of healing, he was able to see through everything and regain his untamed and carefree spirit.

Such outstanding individuals are truly rare in this world.

However, one thing remained an obsession for Lord Qingyang, an obsession he could never let go of throughout his life: he wanted to know why Bai Yueyin had betrayed him...

...(To be continued~^~)