Breaking the Shackles

With the ability to evade wind and the powerful state of physical sainthood, Zhang Xuezhou was almost unaffected by the Spiritual Qi storm.

He stood naturally upright, but the storm of Spiritual Qi was like a raging gale blowing from the Tiger Soul Palace, or a torrent of water bursting from a dam.

The Spiritual Qi of the Xieluosi River Holy Land surged forth. Although this Spiritual Qi was not as powerful as the simultaneous surge of energy drawn by the three Sacred Land, it was still a rare fortuitous opportunity. Zhang Xuezhou took advantage of this opportunity to continuously eliminate the Kongxu in his resurrected body.

"I don't have those two array artifacts, so how did the Yedie River Holy Land and the Nine Spirits Holy Land also get drawn over?"

As the local magnetic field light intensified, Zhang Xuezhou could only see two black dots appearing in the reflected sky.

At the same time, the Spiritual Qi storm began to shift to a tide, and the previous gale turned into Spiritual Qi rain.

The wind and waves rapidly subsided, and bursts of Spiritual Qi merged and interacted with the air, beginning to fall like rain.

Zhang Xuezhou was extremely perceptive and realized that things were starting to get out of control. When he looked back at Ren Anran, he saw that Ren Anran had broken free from the Spiritual Qi storm that made it difficult for her to stand. Her body was being bathed in Spiritual Qi rain and began to transform rapidly. Her skin began to regain its normal color, and her facial features were gradually returning to normal. In just a short time, she had surpassed many great cultivators who had cultivated for a year or even several years.

As Ren Anran said, if the Spiritual Qi environment of the Sinkhole No. 2 could be provided for at least ten minutes, the opponent would be able to transform himself into a complete human form.

Only three to five minutes had passed, and Ren Anran was already beginning to return to normal.

"Determine... solution... fix... solution!"

Zhang Xuezhou glanced back briefly before turning his gaze to the dazzling geomagnetic light.

No matter how close the other two secret realms are, the geomagnetic light between them will form an isolation layer, preventing the secret realms from colliding with each other.

As long as the Acupoint-Fixing Technique is removed in time, Zhang Xuezhou believes that the three secret locations will be guided and isolated again by the Hunyuan Wuji Array.

He pondered the question repeatedly, but could not be certain of the answer. He could only wait patiently, and then release the Acupoint-Fixing Technique when they got closer.

Standing in mid-air at the center of the formation, Zhang Xuezhou repeatedly counted, his gaze gradually taking in the seemingly deathly silent Yedie River Holy Land, and the constantly bustling Nine Spirits Holy Land.

The Yedie River Holy Land was once occupied only by Daojun. When Daojun was wounded and never returned, this secret land was left without a master.

The Nine Spirits Holy Land is home to a lion Lineage raised by the Nine Spirits Primal Sage for hundreds of years, with a total of two hundred lions of all ages and sizes.

These lions, whether demonic lions or lion demons, include those who diligently cultivate, those who play and frolic, and lion demons who devour food to replenish their Qi and Blood. They resemble a small social group of an intelligent lion race.

However, the thought of the lion demons in the Xiong State's army lifting up human legs to devour them made Zhang Xuezhou find this alien life form difficult to accept.

Whether it's humans eating lions or lions eating humans, it's difficult for different races and civilizations to coexist peacefully and harmoniously.

This is the answer that history has repeatedly verified, and it is also the situation that has been debated for thousands of years to this day.

Perhaps things will be different in hundreds or thousands of years, but who can endure waiting for a thousand years? At least Zhang Xuezhou cannot accept that.

He wouldn't spend a long time verifying an answer, nor could he ignore the historical dust that had been involved in this fusion for hundreds or thousands of years.

Zhang Xuezhou has no say in the situation of the Three Realms, but all the demons in the real world need to be thoroughly controlled or killed in order to ensure the uniqueness of human civilization.

Is there a risk?

Perhaps seeing the murderous intent revealed by the Nine Spirits Holy Land, Ren Anran regained her senses extremely quickly and temporarily stopped the Great Wilderness Creation Scripture transforming the Yang Soul.

"I've never seen Spiritual Qi turn into rain when I encountered Spiritual Qi storms before," Zhang Xuezhou said, looking back. "This is a bit different from last time, making it difficult for me to assess the risk!"

Should we evacuate now?

"No need, you just continue your cultivation. In case of emergency, I will take you away quickly!"

Zhang Xuezhou recovered very quickly through breathing exercises; he has always had excellent absorption abilities and his body recovered extremely fast.

Zhang Xuezhou focuses on physical recovery, while Ren Anran needs to cultivate. It's difficult to achieve success in cultivation in just a few minutes; even the most talented person needs time to convert their results.

Zhang Xuezhou scanned the approaching secret location, then focused on any unusual phenomena it might indicate, before slamming on the brakes.

He had witnessed the collapse of the Shanglin Garden secret realm and knew very well that the closer the geomagnetic light of the secret realm got, the stronger the repulsive force would be. Even if a collision occurred, the bottom would slowly dissolve. Zhang Xuezhou was not worried that the secret realms would collide instantly.

He was more concerned about the geomagnetic light spreading to the Ren Anran was than about the collision.

However, after waiting, Zhang Xuezhou discovered that the geomagnetic light did not spread; instead, the geomagnetic light in the triangular area sandwiched between the three secret places became increasingly dense, and at the same time, it was continuously strengthened by the falling Spiritual Qi rain.

The other two secret realms, instead of accelerating their collision as they approached, gradually came to a stop, ultimately maintaining the triangular situation at the core of the Primordial Chaos Array.

Zhang Xuezhou stretched out his hand, and the Spiritual Qi rainwater rolled in his palm, then shattered as Zhang Xuezhou shook it slightly, leaving only a damp trace on his palm.

Although the situation was unclear, the Hunyuan Wuji Array after the acupoints were located was very stable, and even the slowest person would know that they were extremely safe at the moment.

"What a pity!"

Zhang Xuezhou expressed slight regret.

If he can merge with the Nascent Soul, Zhang Xuezhou will inevitably have to take advantage of this fortuitous opportunity to break through to the True Self Realm.

Regardless of the prevailing trends or fields, abilities can be acquired later; cultivating Realm Technique to the True Self Realm will not be a disadvantage.

"Would you like to cultivate the Great Wilderness Creation Scripture with me?"

Zhang Xuezhou felt a pang of regret, only to hear Ren Anran speaking normally from behind.

He looked back and saw Ren Anran standing gracefully beside the boulder, her body shape almost exactly the same as in reality.

"I was quickly transformed into the sixth level of the Great Wilderness Creation Scripture Zhu Jiuyin, and then quickly became the Yang Soul Incarnation..."

"Those are not problems anymore, I've found the key to unlock my chains!"

Zhang Xuezhou's abilities related to Yang Soul were all rapidly developed with the help of Zhu Jiuyin. The effects of his rapid development were strong, but they were also bound by limitations. To this day, his rapidly developed Yang Soul incarnation has not exceeded the framework set by Zhu Jiuyin.

Zhang Xuezhou could only be thankful that Zhu Jiuyin had been relatively generous in rewarding him back then, and hadn't set his framework to that of another species. Otherwise, no matter how much Zhang Xuezhou cultivated, he would never have been able to transform into human form, nor would he have been able to use human techniques.

The reason why Zhang Xuezhou still wanted to break free from the constraints, even though Zhu Jiuyin had not set the wrong physical framework, was simple: Zhu Jiuyin could quickly bring him to enlightenment, but could also quickly remove him from this framework, thus rendering Zhang Xuezhou's Yang Soul incarnation nothing, and making all his cultivation in vain.

Upon hearing that Ren Anran could break free from the restraints, thus freeing his Yang Soul from Zhu Jiuyin's control, Zhang Xuezhou felt a surge of joy.

Having only been in the Three Realms for a single day, Ren Anran was able to resolve the confusion that had plagued him for over a decade.

This unexpected turn of events made Zhang Xuezhou feel as if the clouds ahead had cleared, and he no longer felt the isolation and helplessness he had experienced before, but instead had strong support from behind.