Majestic Scene of the Western Wilderness Core

This was a Great Thousand World so peaceful and deathly silent that it had reached the utmost extreme. Dark deathly aura churned everywhere, yet there was nothing else—no wandering souls, no zombies, no all manner of undead creatures. Strictly speaking, those were all another kind of "living" spirit, not true death.

The churning deathly aura suddenly gathered together, transforming into an aged Daoist clad in a pitch-black robe. He possessed the bearing of an immortal, yet his eyes were slightly upturned.

He revealed a bitter smile, shook his head, looked up at the horizon, and sighed. "Ehuang truly makes grand moves. This humble Taoist cannot compare."

In the Dragon Realm, Ancestor Dragon, whose hair was tied into twin topknots, slowly opened his previously closed eyes. He glanced toward Yuyu Heaven, beyond more than a dozen realms and countless Great Thousand Worlds, then gave a low chuckle. "I never expected this mansion to see the light of day again, much less emerge in such a manner."

His pupils were deep and dark, like a vast starry sky. Countless brilliant stars revolved along mysterious trajectories, yet strangely, what they emitted was not starlight, but rippling currents of time, dreamlike and illusory.

A vast, desolate river came from the void and flowed back into the void, occupying thirty percent of the entire Great Thousand World. Its grandeur was breathtaking.

As its waters flowed, stars seemed to rise and sink within them, their dazzling radiance spilling across the entire river.

The Star River suddenly surged with violent waves. Streams of starlit water shot upward, transforming into an enormous lotus leaf. Upon it stood a beautiful woman with icy skin and snowy flesh, graceful and ethereal. After making a slight calculation, she said, "The Star River Mansion has actually emerged! If I can