Chapter 448

"To be honest, Your Majesty, I do have something to ask of you, and I wonder if Your Majesty could grant me some leniency."

"Tell me."

"The matter is as follows: After my battle with Immortal King Bo Feng, I returned to the Cangming Star Domain. On the way, I received news that an Immortal King of unknown origin had attacked my realm."

"I rushed to the rescue, but I was still too late. Countless lives were lost in my realm... Although I defeated that Immortal King, I was unable to eliminate him completely."

"Is this really true?" The Longevity Heavenly Venerable seemed quite surprised.

"Indeed, that Immortal King is named Great Jin Chang Immortal King. He claims to be Innate Immortal born at the dawn of chaos, and it seems that he was born with extremely powerful primordial energy within him."

Xiao Minghuang said solemnly.

"Innate Immortal..."

The Longevity Heavenly Venerable murmured softly, then looked at her and said, "I am aware of this matter and will handle it myself. You don't need to concern yourself with it anymore."

As she finished speaking, she suddenly revealed a half-smile.

"You just said you'd show some mercy, could it be that you want me to take action and retrieve the true spirits of all beings in your realm from the river of time?"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Minghuang remained calm and made no attempt to hide her feelings. "Exactly!"

She arrived too late, causing the entire world to perish. As the ruler of this world, she naturally had to consider the well-being of its inhabitants.

Moreover, although she has been a Celestial King for some time now, she has yet to manifest in the Great World, while her own world has suffered a calamity, which has clearly hindered her from further improving her strength.

Now that the Celestial Venerable is right in front of her and is about to instruct her on something, if she doesn't ask for his help now, when will she ever get another chance?

"You're quite the stranger."

The Longevity Heavenly Venerable chuckled softly, "However, you have miscalculated. The number of beings in a single realm is immense. Even though I am a Celestial Venerable, I do not have the ability to retrieve so many true spirits from the river of time at once."

"Oh? Is that so..."

Xiao Minghuang was somewhat disappointed.

"However, I can first help you retrieve the true spirits of mortals and return them to this realm. As for the true spirits of those cultivators..."

The Longevity Heavenly Venerable paused for a moment, then solemnly said, "If you can achieve certain success in exploring the Dao, when the time comes to reward you, I will petition the Heavenly Emperor to grant you merit and ask His Majesty to help all the beings in your realm be reincarnated!"

"Alright, you may go now. Wait in the Ziwei Great World; the other two Immortal Kings will come to meet you."

"Yes!"

The words had barely left his mouth.

The Longevity Heavenly Venerable waved her hand, and a beam of light streaked across the sky.

Xiao Minghuang's vision went black.

The scenery between heaven and earth suddenly changed.

When she opened her eyes again, she found herself back in the void.

Looking around, I realized that I had returned to the Cangming Star Domain.

Looking around at the familiar surroundings, Xiao Minghuang frowned slightly and sighed softly, "So this is the Celestial Venerable's method..."

In the blink of an eye, she was transported to the two ends of the infinitely distant void.

Xiao Minghuang stood there for a moment, then with a thought, he transformed into a stream of light and entered the Ziwei Great World.

The Ziwei World at this time is completely different from what it was back then.

Or rather, almost everything from the past has ceased to exist.

Under the crushing power of the Celestial King, mountains, rivers, lakes, and countless creatures that lived and multiplied on this land were all wiped out.

Fortunately, the true spirits of all the mortals in the realm were sent back by the Longevity Heavenly Venerable. She only needed to expend some of the Heavenly Dao Source to reshape their bodies.

Then, by extracting traces of past years from the Heavenly Dao Source and infusing them into the bodies of all living beings, it is tantamount to being resurrected from the dead.

Of course, this only applies to ordinary people.

Because mortals lack Spiritual Qi and the laws of nature, the process is relatively simple.

If the goal is to help a cultivator live a second life, it's not that simple.

However, Xiao Minghuang is not currently able to handle these matters.

Soon, she returned to the Ziwei Imperial Court.

Or rather, it is the former site of the Ziwei Imperial Court, which has been reduced to nothingness.

The Boundary Origin Land, which was originally hidden in the void, was exposed, and wisps of gray mist permeated the entire void.

Xiao Minghuang silently sensed for a long time, her heart sinking slightly.

"Your Highness!"

Ye Ruoshui and the other women sensed Xiao Minghuang's presence and flew out from the Origin of the Realm.

Seeing that her sisters were all safe and sound, Xiao Minghuang breathed a sigh of relief, then asked, "Are you all alright?"

"We are unharmed, but almost everything within our realm has been destroyed by the Great Jin Chang Immortal King."

Lin Wanqiu said with a somber expression.

The other women also looked sorrowful.

Xiao Minghuang remained silent for a long time before sighing, "It was my fault for not considering everything..."

If it weren't for the timely warning from the Heavenly Dao Source, she probably wouldn't have been able to sense this calamity until the very moment the Boundary Source was invaded.

By then, it will probably be too late to provide assistance.

How can you blame His Highness for this?

Ye Ruoshui quickly replied, "Your Highness has done more than enough."

"Non-Self cultivation were stronger, we wouldn't be a burden to Your Highness..."

Sheng Bailan looked utterly remorseful.

"We know that, Your Highness, you have been kind enough to us."

The women quickly offered words of comfort, supporting Xiao Minghuang's arm as they did so.

"Bai Lan is right, it's time to help you improve your cultivation."

Xiao Minghuang said earnestly.

"Increase cultivation level?"

All the women were taken aback.

"That's right. For the next period of time, I will stay in this realm. Firstly, to restore the vitality of this ruined world; secondly, to help everyone improve their cultivation; and thirdly, I plan to connect the Cangming Star Domain, the Lan Que Star Domain, and several surrounding smaller starfields, integrating them into the Cangming Star Domain, and setting up a grand star array. Even if another Immortal King invades, we can rest easy!"

Xiao Minghuang spoke slowly.

"Your Highness intends to integrate all the surrounding star regions into the Cangming Star Domain?"

The women were taken aback, but then cheered with joy.

They naturally understood what this meant.

After Xiao Minghuang advances to the Immortal King level, her strength will inevitably increase, and the status of the Ziwei Great World will rise accordingly. Naturally, she should become the ruler of the Cangming Star Domain.

As for the surrounding star fields, none of them are ruled by Celestial Kings and can be easily subdued.

"Furthermore, we will expand our territory in the future, making the Cangming Star Domain a super world among all the heavens and myriad realms!"

Xiao Minghuang's beautiful eyes flashed with a sharp light. "From this day forward, the Cangming Star Domain will be renamed the Ziwei Star Domain!"

"Yes!"

All the sisters responded in unison.

Then, Xiao Minghuang looked at the Ancestor Taiwei, the Penglai True Immortal, and the Profound Gold True Immortal, and said:

"Taiwei, go and inform the various worlds, large and small, surrounding the Ziwei Star Domain, and instruct them to send envoys to the Ziwei Main World, that is, to report to their respective realms!"

"Yes!"

The Ancestor Taiwei bowed respectfully and then turned to leave.

"Wait, everyone, don't leave yet."

Xiao Minghuang spoke up, stopping the Ancestor Taiwei was about to depart.

"Your strength is too weak right now. To avoid being disobeyed if you go out, I will improve your strength later."

Upon hearing this, the three— Ancestor Taiwei, Penglai True Immortal, and Profound Gold True Immortal— were immediately overjoyed.

He originally thought that the Emperor's so-called "helping you improve your cultivation" only referred to her five Dao Companion, but he didn't expect it to include them as well.

Xiao Minghuang then looked at Profound Gold True Immortal, "Go and inform all the major and minor worlds within the Cangming Star Domain."

"Yes!"

"Penglai, you will remain in this realm and help me rebuild order within it."

"Yes, sir!"

Xiao Minghuang nodded. "The three of you come with me to improve your strength."

Having said that, he walked straight toward the Land of Origin.

Ancestor Taiwei, Penglai True Immortal, and Profound Gold True Immortal followed closely behind.

Watching Xiao Minghuang and Taiwei walk into the Land of Origin.

Lin Wanqiu said, "This time, countless lives have been lost in our realm. I really don't know when we will be able to recover."

Ye Ruoshui, "It's hard to say... Speaking of which, I heard that a long time ago, during the Ziwei Divine Dynasty, the Emperor Zhu Yan was the only descendant of the Ziwei clan. She married an Innate Being and revived the endangered Ziwei bloodline..."

Lin Wanqiu sighed, rubbing her forehead, "Let's put aside those unreliable things. After this catastrophe, has anyone counted how many people are still alive in the realm?"

Xu Xiuer said, "I just checked, and there are one Earth Immortal, thirty-eight Saints, thirty Kings, seven hundred and thirty-three Nascent Soul Spirit Transformation and below remaining in the realm, and over seven thousand mortals. These people must be hiding in some secret small worlds, on the edge of the world, which is why they escaped this calamity."

"As for the people who went to other star systems, it is impossible to count them accurately."

Sheng Bailan asked, "Among those who survived within the realm, are there any with the Ziwei bloodline?"

"No."

Xu Xiuer shook her head.

"Does that mean that there are only six of us left with the Ziwei bloodline?"

Luo Qianhua couldn't help but frown.

The five women looked at each other in bewilderment.

Suddenly.

They realized that the once prosperous Ziwei clan had been wiped out in an instant.

These six women are the last remaining members of the Ziwei bloodline.

They bear the heavy responsibility of propagating their race and ensuring the continuation of their bloodline!

"Ruoshui, did your pill work? Why hasn't His Highness made a sound?"

Lin Wanqiu asked, puzzled.

"In theory, it should be effective, but the higher the cultivation level, the longer the process takes. Perhaps Your Highness hasn't discovered it yet... How about we test it later?"

Ye Ruoshui's eyes darted around as she spoke.

"Who will say that?"

"It's so strange to suddenly ask such a question!"

"Xiu'er, why don't you make an excuse to ask His Highness to do some fortune-telling, and subtly hint at it? Aren't you the best at these mystical things?"

"Sister Qianhua, you're joking. His Highness is now a Celestial King. Let alone calculating His Highness's fate, I can't even see through His Highness's cultivation level..."

Amidst the women's gossip...

"Your Highness seems to be quite busy; perhaps it would be best not to trouble or bother her."

Sheng Bailan said weakly.