The main hall of the Chi Lineage is built atop a floating divine mountain. Grayish-white divine stones pierce through the heavens and earth, and nine slowly rotating Chi Lineage primordial star discs float on the ceiling. Countless streams of Fate Soul light fall from the dome, like an endless curtain of starry rain. The air is filled with an extremely thick Limitless Evolving True Flow, and every breath contains the pressure accumulated by the ancient Lineage over countless eras.
At this moment, Shen Qingchen and Su Qingyuan were kneeling in front of the main hall. Although their injuries had mostly healed, the Origin Return Corruption left by the Source Flow Guardian still lingered deep within their Fate Soul. Su Qingyuan, in particular, was still trembling slightly as she held the Image Crystal Core in her hand.
She slowly raised her head to look at Chi Boqian, the patriarch of the Chi Family Lineage, who sat in the main seat. "Patriarch..." her voice was hoarse. "We went to the Desert of Forgetting with Chi Jun, and the twelve of us successfully retrieved the Fate String Mystic Liquid. But just as we were about to leave, we encountered a mysterious powerful figure..."
As she spoke, the image of the collapsed, Desert of Forgetting reappeared in her eyes, along with the silhouettes of Chi Jun and his nine disciples standing before the formation. Her breath trembled slightly. "That aura of Fate Soul... we've never seen anything like it before." "Chi Jun and the other senior and junior brothers entrusted all the Fate String Mystic Liquid to my senior brother and me to take back to the clan..." "They were all..." "annihilated, trying to stop that powerful being..."
By the end, her eyes were red-rimmed, and the entire main hall fell silent. Shen Qingchen lowered his head, his fists clenched tightly, blood slowly dripping from between his fingers. Chi Boqian remained seated on his high throne, his expression unchanged, but the temperature in the main hall dropped drastically in that instant. Su Qingyuan slowly held up the image crystal core with both hands. "Clan leader..." "This is the image crystal core." "Please, clan leader..." "Avenge Steward Chi Jun and all my fellow disciples."
With a soft hum, the image crystal core slowly rose into the air. In the next instant, a large light screen suddenly appeared in the center of the main hall, and the scene of the Desert of Forgetting began to reappear. A gray-white storm filled the Abyss of Lifelessness Breathing White Bones, the Eternal Silence of All Sounds of the Silent-Crying Kite Myriad Stillness Heavenly Punishment Formation, Chi Jun burned his Fate Soul essence, and the nine disciples, covered in blood, still held on to the array.
Then, the disguise of the Forgetting River Bearer tore apart, and the Source Flow Guardian appeared. The Origin-Returning Domain that covered the heavens and earth descended, and the entire main hall instantly fell into deathly silence. This was because all the elders sensed that it was definitely not the Fate Soul structure of the Eternal Nonexistence Limitless Domain. Especially when the Source Flow Guardian unfolded the Source Court phantom, many elders in the main hall even instinctively took a half step back.
It was a scene of oppression from a higher realm. In the scene Chi Jun turned back for the last time and looked deeply at Shen Qingchen and Su Qingyuan, "Go back alive." "Tell the clan leader." "The Eternal Nonexistence Limitless Domain... Something has happened..." Boom!!!!!! The Heaven-Burying Ancient Gate collapsed, and the source flow swallowed the heavens and earth. The figures of Chi Jun and his nine disciples were completely submerged by the torrent of returning to the source.
The light curtain slowly dimmed, and the entire hall became eerily quiet. Shen Qingchen's eyes were red-rimmed, and Su Qingyuan lowered her head, tears slowly dripping to the ground. After a long while, Chi Boqian finally spoke slowly, "You two should get up first." His voice was calm, but the space of the entire main hall began to distort slightly. "Go back and heal your injuries first." "This matter..." "This clan leader will give them an explanation." Shen Qingchen and Su Qingyuan's bodies trembled slightly.
The two bowed respectfully, "Thank you, Clan Chief." At this moment, Su Qingyuan suddenly looked up again, "Clan Chief." "When my senior brother and I crossed the Realm of No Time, it was Senior Sister Ju Lingyuan of the Ju Lineage who saved us." The mysterious expert had been pursuing them relentlessly. Chi Boqian's eyes finally changed slightly for the first time, "Ju Lingyuan..." He slowly nodded. "Understood." "You two may leave now." "Yes."
The two slowly rose and then respectfully placed all the Void Evolution Empty Cup containing the Fate String Mystic Liquid in the center of the main hall. The clusters of dark silver Fate String Mystic Liquid floated in the air, with countless "if" strings flowing slowly inside, reflecting the gray and white starlight of the entire hall. Shen Qingchen and Su Qingyuan then dragged their tired bodies and slowly left the main hall.
Only after the two had completely departed did the calm on Chi Boqian's face finally vanish. Boom!!!!!! The entire main hall suddenly trembled. Countless Fate Soul star plates lit up simultaneously. In the next instant, dozens of powerful auras descended at the same time. The entire Chi Lineage elder group had arrived. One after another, gray-white figures slowly emerged around the main hall. Each elder was surrounded by an incomparably thick Fate Soul essence. Some had eyes like the deep sea, while others had ten-thousand-foot-tall phantoms of laws emerging behind them.
Chi Boqian slowly rose, his gaze icy. "Elders." "Please look." Buzz—the image crystal core rose into the air once more. The figure of the Source Flow Guardian was reflected again throughout the hall. When the elders saw the phantom of the Source Court, the entire Chi Lineage elder council was utterly shocked.
Inside the main hall of the Chi Lineage, the atmosphere had become extremely oppressive, with the image crystal core suspended in the center of the hall.
The scene of the Source Flow Guardian manifesting the Source Court True Body continued to play repeatedly. The golden and silver Origin flow covered the heavens and the earth, Eye of Return to the Source suppressed all realms. The Fate Soul pressure that transcended the rules of the Eternal Nonexistence Limitless Domain made the expressions of all the elders present gradually become solemn.
"This is..." An elder slowly stood up, staring intently at the illusory image of Source Court in the image, his pupils slightly contracting.
"What on earth is this...?" "In the entire Eternal Nonexistence Limitless Domain, I have never seen such a Fate Soul structure..." Another elder's face was gloomy. "Its Fate Soul aura has completely surpassed the level of the Eternal Nonexistence Limitless Domain." "Could it be..." "Something from the Supreme Transformation Primordial Domain?" "But when did such a force appear in the Supreme Transformation Primordial Domain?!"
A flurry of discussion erupted within the main hall, as countless Fate Soul and divine thoughts intertwined and collided. Just then, one of the gray-robed elders suddenly stood up. His gaze grew increasingly solemn. "Wait..." "This aura..." "Why is it so similar to the aura that appeared in the Azure Wood Divine Forest a few months ago?!" Upon hearing this,
The entire main hall fell silent instantly. Then, another elder abruptly looked up. "Yes!" "Our clan's disciples also went to the Azure Wood Divine Forest!" "And were all wiped out!" "When we arrived, only an extremely unfamiliar aura of Fate Soul remained..." "Almost identical to that of the Source Flow Guardian!" "Could it be..." "That mysterious army of the Azure Wood Divine Forest and the Source Flow Guardian are actually from the same force?!"
Boom! The entire main hall erupted in chaos. Many elders even began to show a chill, because if this was true, it meant that this force had already begun to infiltrate the Eternal Nonexistence Limitless Domain several months ago, and their Chi Lineage had only truly touched the tip of the iceberg of the other party until today.
Just then, the First Elder of the Chi Lineage, Chi Tianhong, slowly rose to his feet. He wore a long grey-white robe, his Fate Soul essence as thick and heavy as the sea, and countless rules of realms flowed faintly in his eyes. He first respectfully bowed to Chi Boqian, and then spoke in a deep voice, "Clan Leader, this matter is definitely not simple." The entire hall fell silent instantly. Chi Tianhong slowly raised his head, his gaze sweeping over the Source Flow Guardian in the image crystal core.
"The mysterious army that appeared in the Azure Wood Divine Forest a few months ago is almost identical in essence to the Fate Soul Source Flow Guardian today." "Moreover, it's not hard to see from the images just now..." "What it truly desires..." "is our clan's Mortal Transformation Pill." His voice grew increasingly deep. "The greatest function of the Mortal Transformation Pill is to conceal the essence of Fate Soul and the structure of one's existence." "If such a thing falls into their hands..." "Then these beings, who do not belong to the Eternal Nonexistence Limitless Domain, will be able to completely conceal their Fate Soul aura and freely infiltrate various realms."
"At that time..." "The entire Eternal Nonexistence Limitless Domain will likely face an unprecedented calamity." The main hall was deathly silent. Chi Boqian slowly closed his eyes. After a long while, he reopened them, his eyes devoid of any warmth. "Tian Hong." "Your analysis is correct." "The Mortal Transformation Pill must not fall into their hands." "Otherwise..." "The Eternal Nonexistence Limitless Domain will surely descend into chaos." And at this moment...
Chi Tianhong spoke again, "Furthermore, those two disciples risked their lives to bring back the Fate String Mystic Liquid, which is a great achievement and they should be richly rewarded. I will arrange for someone to personally comfort the families of Steward Chi Jun and those nine disciples." "As for Ju Lingyuan of the Ju Lineage..." He paused here.
Chi Tianhong's eyes flickered slightly. "Since she was able to save my clan's disciple from the Source Flow Guardian, it means she must have fought with them." "Given Ju Lingyuan's strength," "the Source Flow Guardian has most likely already been wiped out by her." "I will personally go to the Ju Lineage to express my gratitude." "At the same time..." "I will also discuss this matter with her in detail." Chi Boqian nodded slowly. "Alright."
Then he slowly rose, and with a boom—the entire main hall's Fate Soul Star Chart lit up simultaneously, countless gray-white primordial rays piercing through heaven and earth. "Issue the clan leader's order." "From this day forward." "The Chi Lineage will commence the highest level of secret reconnaissance." "Report immediately upon discovering any aura resembling that of Fate Soul." "Furthermore," Chi Boqian slowly raised his head, his gaze seemingly piercing through endless realms, "I will personally send messages to the Nalan Lineage and Xuanyuan Lineage of the Supreme Transformation Primordial Domain."