On an open patch of ground.
As the inheritance portal leading into the Holy King Ruins shattered, everyone gradually regained consciousness and was teleported out.
Hu Liena slowly opened her eyes and realized she had safely left the secret realm.
She soon felt something pressing against her chest. But when she saw who it was, she immediately hugged him tightly.
"Junior brother! You're okay. That's wonderful!"
Ever since entering the secret realm, Hu Liena hadn't seen Ye Xuan again, not even before she lost consciousness.
Seeing that Ye Xuan had survived and left with her, the fear and unease in her heart were instantly swept away by the joy of seeing him.
Ye Xuan, who had only been pretending to sleep, felt Hu Liena's embrace and realized he could barely breathe...
"Mmph, mmph... Senior sister, senior sister, I can't breathe..."
Hearing Ye Xuan's voice, Hu Liena's cheeks flushed with embarrassment, but she still didn't let go.
"Bleh, I'm not letting go."
As everyone gradually regained consciousness, most of those who knew one another hugged and celebrated being alive. But quite a few, upon waking, attacked each other with Soul Skills.
That was because in that environment, many had been killed by their fellow disciples, or had fought to the death with disciples from rival sects.
Everyone who had made it here was a genius. The moment they woke up, they should have realized that everything they'd experienced before had been an extremely sophisticated illusion.
"Pfft!"
Just then, a thin young man from the Star Luo Imperial Family plunged a knife straight into the heart of the gorgeously dressed young man beside him.
"Dai Luo... you... how dare you..."
The Star Luo Imperial Family members nearby instinctively took several steps back when they saw this.
"Dai Luo, enough."
At that moment, Dai Weisi, the eldest prince, spoke up to stop the young man.
"Heh. He deserved to die!"
At those words, the Star Luo Imperial Family disciples present all avoided one another's eyes.
"You... Forget it. Let this end here. Otherwise, I won't be able to protect you."
Clearly, Dai Weisi knew some of what had happened in the illusion, so he didn't berate the young man too harshly.
This sort of thing—waking up and immediately stabbing someone nearby—was not uncommon among the two hundred people gathered there.
The Breaking Clan's genius, Yang Zhentian, had released his Martial Soul and stabbed two of his fellow clansmen to death the moment he woke up.
For him to strike so viciously, the other two had clearly put him through hell in the illusion.
When the Star Luo Empire's powerful figures saw their eldest prince Dai Weisi and the others emerge, they took them away almost immediately.
They seemed convinced that one of the imperial family's young geniuses had inherited the Evil Eye Holy King's divine position.
Seeing this, Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo immediately went to Ye Xuan and Hu Liena, while Ning Fengzhi and Bone Douluo naturally made their way to Ning Rongrong.
Ning Rongrong still hadn't woken up. After checking that she was unharmed, Ning Fengzhi let out a sigh of relief.
When he looked around for Yue Guan and Gui Mei, he found that they had already disappeared.
"Ye Xuan, Nana, do you know who from the Star Luo Imperial Family obtained the Evil Eye Holy King's inheritance?"
Yue Guan and Gui Mei each took one of them and flew swiftly away from Star Luo Imperial City.
They had to get the news that the Evil Eye Holy King's inheritance had fallen into the hands of the Star Luo Empire back to Spirit Hall immediately.
"Huh? Someone obtained the Evil Eye Holy King's inheritance?"
Hu Liena was a little bewildered. Clearly, she had no memory of this at all.
"That's right. While you were in the secret realm, the Evil Eye Holy King's pressure covered all of Star Luo Imperial City. Someone must have obtained his inheritance."
Hearing Yue Guan's words, Ye Xuan's eye twitched slightly.
Hadn't he just accepted the sacrifice of the Evil Eye Holy King's remnant soul and absorbed a million-year-level Holy King Soul Bone?
How had it caused such a huge commotion?
Yet, somewhere unknown to Ye Xuan, several gazes had already settled on him.
"Xiao Zi, I've been watching this little fellow for a long time. When he absorbed his third ring, the life force radiating from him caught my attention. I never expected that this time he'd actually persuade that stubborn girl, the Evil Eye Holy King, to sacrifice herself for him."
The speaker was a young woman with brown hair. Her beauty was peerless, her features delicate and elegant. A small green flower was tucked by her ear, and her bright green eyes gleamed.
She wore a water-green dress and radiated vigorous life. A faint smile lingered on her face, and a soft golden glow surrounded her, making her seem especially warm and approachable.
"A Hundred-Thousand-Year Soft Bone Rabbit, a million-year Ice Silkworm, a Hundred-Thousand-Year Blue Silver Emperor, and a million-year Evil Eye Holy King. It's hard to believe, but you're right, Xiao Lu. He truly is blessed by fortune."
The young man called Xiao Zi had deep-set eyes and wore a purple cloak.
His short, dark red hair stood up like steel needles. A red glow flickered in his eyes, and he was handsome. Nine purple-black rings of light circled him, radiating a biting cold and giving him an aura of power and terror.
"Life, Destruction, if neither of you is interested in this little fellow, could you leave him to your little sister?"
The speaker was a woman dressed in white. Her features were so pure that she inspired no wicked thoughts. Warm, gentle light shone in her large, bright eyes. Two locks of black hair fell over her chest, and her immaculate white dress and ethereal bearing made her seem like a flawless white lotus.
Before she had even finished speaking, another young man with an aura utterly opposite to hers spoke up.
"Exactly. This child has exceptional talent. Kindness and I just divined his past, and although he acts decisively and without mercy, he's also upright and kind."
"Kindness and I both believe he can bear the divine positions of both our God Kings on his own."
But when Life and Destruction heard Evil and Kindness's words, their faces darkened at once.
The way they put it made it sound as if they were unwilling to pass on their divine positions.
"Out of the question. Xiao Lu and I both think highly of him, so I hope you won't go making trouble for this kid."
Kindness and Evil both pursed their lips when they saw this.
"Tch. Stingy..."
But while the four of them were still arguing over Ye Xuan, Asura God sat alone in his seat, silent, silent, and damn well silent.
He had just divined Ye Xuan's past and discovered that Ye Xuan had brought a Super Douluo from Spirit Hall along to kill Tang Hao...
On the mainland.
Ye Xuan, who was following Yue Guan toward Spirit City, had no idea that the God Realm Committee had already taken notice of him.
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