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Nanshi, a sealed-off area.

This is the former residence of a Xuan Master, not open to the public.

Surrounded by layers of guards and protectors, Xuan Huang didn't recognize any of them, so he didn't bother greeting them. With a flicker, he entered his old home, which he hadn't visited in a long time.

As always, it was cold and eerie, with the bizarre millstone exuding a soul-devouring aura.

But this time was different. The first time was an escape, the second time was a retreat because he couldn't win.

The millstone didn't just sit there and wait for death. It also flickered with a ghostly light, resisting its kind that was even more Ruin than itself.

The light waves from the collision of the two illuminated half of Nanshi in an instant. All the cultivators or ordinary people in Nanshi couldn't help but look here.

"Praise to the Xuan Huang Dao Lord."

Wei Qiancheng, standing at the entrance of the Xuan Huang Dao Lord's temple and looking at this place, bowed respectfully.

The divine seal trembled. It was indeed the Xuan Huang Dao Lord. If it wasn't the Dao Lord, the divine seal bestowed by the Dao Lord wouldn't be so agitated, as if it had seen its source.

Remembering his report a few days ago, and seeing the Dao Lord suppressing the strangeness of his former residence, Wei Qiancheng knew that the previous crisis had been resolved.

Since that day, he had never seen that strange woman again.

Nanshi Town Evil Division.

"What a strong power, not inferior to me at all."

In the courtyard of the Nanshi Town Evil Division headquarters, Mr. Lan, who seemed to be retired and recuperating, sighed.

Since the game with the Ghost Gate, he had been seriously injured. Fortunately, no accidents occurred in the following period.

Mr. Lan safely survived the crisis.

In addition, with the merger of the Haidai headquarters and the Nanshi headquarters, the rise of Nanshi cultivators, the tasks of the spiritualists were greatly reduced.

The spiritualists of the entire Haidai headquarters got adequate rest.

"Father, is the Xuan Master subduing the strangeness of his old home?"

His daughter, Lan Xinyuan, asked.

"It should be. This millstone strangeness is indeed powerful, just one step away from entering the Third Order. Fortunately, the Xuan Master discovered it early."

Mr. Lan said.

"Father, do you remember the Xuan Master before he rose to prominence?"

Lan Xinyuan suddenly asked.

The Xuan Huang before his rise to prominence had long been thoroughly studied by people.

What was circulating on the market was a version endorsed by the great Confucians of the four major forces.

Something about the Xuan Master being born extraordinary, and suffering hardships due to the murder of his parents, thus awakening his wisdom, or suddenly achieving enlightenment, and so on.

In short, it was a version full of mythical colors.

Mr. Lan and the others knew that this wasn't true.

The Xuan Master's parents were murdered. At that time, the Xuan Master was just an ordinary person with cultivation qualifications, but then the legend began.

Suddenly becoming a martial artist, being sent to guard the blood pool, and then achieving transcendence like enlightenment on Qingyun Mountain.

Then going down the mountain to spread the Dharma, and so on.

"What do you want to say?"

Mr. Lan asked.

Lan Xinyuan smiled slightly: "There used to be six secret realms, now there are seven. The Xuan Master alone guards the Land of the Ruin. And apart from the connection discovered by the Xuan Master, there are no other discoveries in other places in the Land of the Ruin."

Lan Xinyuan said meaningfully.

The seven secret realms were announced by Han Wu after visiting Xuan Huang, saying that they were discovered by the Xuan Master and that he alone guarded them, and so on.

Mr. Lan said: "You're guessing that the Xuan Master's rise is related to the seventh secret realm?"

"Ruin, Ruin, all things return to the Ruin. Now it seems that only the Xuan Master can completely obliterate the strangeness, right? Not only that, the Xuan Master has also created many abilities to use the strangeness. Do you think there is a secret in the Ruin guarded by the Xuan Master?"

Lan Xinyuan said.

Hearing his daughter's words, Mr. Lan pondered for a while.

After a while, he said: "Even if your guess is true, there is no entrance to the Land of the Ruin, and the Xuan Master has already become a force to be reckoned with. Who can make him reveal the secret?"

"No, I didn't have any designs on the Xuan Master. I wouldn't dare to. Minister Bi Xia and Master Long regard the Xuan Master as a treasure. I've just been studying the records of the Xuan Master's rise during this period, and I just had some occasional feelings."

Lan Xinyuan said.

Mr. Lan said: "It's best if that's the case, otherwise your father won't be able to protect you. Besides, which powerhouse's rise doesn't have secrets? Your father's rise also has unique opportunities and secrets. Remember, don't explore the secrets of powerhouses, people will die."

"I know, Dad."

Lan Xinyuan said dissatisfiedly, she really didn't have any ideas, just curious.

"Ruin, Ruin, all realms return to the Ruin. Maybe in this world of the Ruin, there are remnants of broken worlds, maybe even a corner of a powerful cultivation world. The Xuan Master happened to obtain the legacy of a powerhouse."

Mr. Lan saw his daughter's attitude.

The old father had to deduce and think, to make his daughter completely give up and not explore the secrets of powerhouses.

He continued: "So, even if there is an opportunity, it has been obtained and used by the Xuan Master. The opportunities of this kind of powerhouse world are not so common, maybe there is only one in the entire Ruin. If it's not your opportunity, you can't force it. You should give up this idea."

"Ah, so annoying, I said I didn't covet it, you're not letting go! Old man, see for yourself, I don't have time to explain to you."

Lan Xinyuan pouted and left.

She knew that her father was afraid that she had improper thoughts, but it really wasn't.

"This child? She's leaking secrets."

Mr. Lan said dejectedly.

… …

In the new Nanshi government.

"Is the Xuan Master suppressing the strangeness?"

"Isn't it...? Isn't the Xuan Master opening up a shipping route? Did he return?"

The staff of the new government were confused.

They didn't know that Xuan Huang had long become a hands-off shopkeeper, handing it over to Liu Wenhe to manage. He had gone to the sea to pick up a boat and even fished for a while.

"What do we do?"

"Don't worry about it. The personnel guarding the alley of the Xuan Master's old residence will be evacuated to prevent accidents."

"Yes."

"… …"

The new government's high-level officials quickly formulated a plan.

And in Xuan Huang's old home, with the blessing of Xuan Huang's will and the will of the small world, the Great Millstone of the Ruin completely suppressed the millstone's resistance.

The two merged together.

It was a forceful entry and fusion, and the twisted divine soul power of the millstone had not been completely obliterated. This would take time.

When the twisted will was completely obliterated, the Great Millstone of the Ruin could completely merge with it.

To achieve complete realization like the Jianmu tree.

Complete realization was just an incidental effect. Xuan Huang's expectations were not just this. He hoped that the Great Millstone of the Ruin could take this opportunity to achieve the Third Order of Transcendence.

It's just... it seems that the hope is not great.

The essence of the millstone was also Second Order, not Third Order. The combination of the two was a complete fusion dominated by one party.

Not the opposite fusion of strange auras.

However, even if it could not become Third Order, it would give the Ruin Millstone a huge accumulation.

Once the qualitative change reached the Third Order, these accumulations would also transform accordingly, so that stepping into the Third Order would reach the middle and late stages, or even the peak in one step.

"Receive!"

Xuan Huang put the merged two into the small world.

Then the whole person disappeared together.

The mutual fusion of the Great Millstone of the Ruin and the millstone needed to be watched, after all, the place where it was put in was the millstone's old nest, who knew if there would be any accidents.

In the small world, the entering millstone trembled for a while, with a kind of instinctive call.

I saw the gray power of the Ruin tens of thousands of meters away beginning to riot and condense, wanting to break through the barrier to provide assistance to the millstone.

I saw Xuan Huang's ten thousand meters of space, a burst of golden light flashing, the rioting Ruin mist was instantly suppressed.

It did not break through the barrier's obstruction.

"Phew!"

Xuan Huang breathed a sigh of relief, that was good.

This way, there was no fear of accidents.

And after entering, the Ruin Millstone fell into silence, this was slowly dissolving the twisted will, which would take a certain amount of time.

After nearly a year, Xuan Huang finally resolved the crisis he faced when he first crossed over.

A complete ending.

He thought there would be an accident, but there was none.

There was one thing that Xuan Huang had always been reluctant to touch, that was that his parents in this world were swallowed by the millstone.

According to his understanding, being swallowed by the Great Grinding Wheel of the Ruin would send one into the Ruin World, and even the Third-Order Spiritualist Li Huan didn't last long in the Ruin World.

One can imagine what happened to his parents in this life.

They had long since returned to the Ruin.

Although there was no emotional connection, he had to acknowledge the karmic link, because he became their child, and that debt had to be repaid.

Swallowing the grinding disc was a form of revenge, and completely refining this Ruin World would be the ultimate revenge.

This was Xuan Huang's revenge plan.

Xuan Huang stood for a long time, reminiscing for a while, and then quickly walked out.

He still had to continue.

Second-Order Refining Intent, the first life-and-death Refining Intent could begin.

Before starting, Xuan Huang summoned Sun Tong and gave him some instructions, informing Sun Tong that he would be going into seclusion for an indefinite amount of time, but at least a month would be needed.

Without a single mistake, everything was perfect!

Then he allowed Sun Tong to make some decisions and preparations for unforeseen events during his seclusion.

After that, Sun Tong left.

Currently, Qingyun Mountain was on the right track, and some things could be resolved even without Xuan Huang's presence.

Just like before, Xuan Huang had been in seclusion for three months, and things still ran smoothly.

If it hadn't been for Han Wu's arrival and the first meeting with cultivators from the Minor World, Xuan Huang could have stayed in seclusion for three months without any problems.

After Sun Tong left, Xuan Huang summoned Xuan Mao.

Xuan Mao had already refined the two magical artifacts bestowed by Xuan Huang, imbuing them with sentience. It liked the two artifacts very much, as they were custom-made by its master according to its abilities.

One was related to the soul, and the other was the Beast King Seal of bloodline inheritance.

Previously, Xuan Huang had instructed it to lead its subordinates to explore the Ten Thousand Mountains of the Blood Moon Realm, and it was almost ready.

Although its subordinates were all trash, they were still stronger than the cultivators who were exploring the Blood Moon Realm.

After all, it was a First-Order Late Stage little demon.

This was a level of combat power that the cultivators couldn't even match when they first explored the realm and summoned Void Blades.

Xuan Huang also gave it some instructions, saying that he would be going into seclusion for a period of time.

Xuan Mao immediately offered flattery: "Congratulations, Master, on your great improvement in divine skills, boundless power, and attainment of sainthood and immortality."

Its words were well-rehearsed, it was unknown who it learned them from.

Xuan Huang instructed it to pay attention to the summoning of believers and to be mindful of it.

Presumably, it had felt the benefits during this period?

Xuan Mao replied: "There are many benefits, and I have become much smarter."

The prayers and desires of the believers may not offer much, but for Xuan Mao, the benefits were stronger than the deification of ordinary humans.

The desires and selfishness that humans didn't want were the driving force behind its growth in wisdom.

The powerful Great General that believers fantasized about was the goal it was striving to achieve.

Xuan Mao couldn't help but sigh at its good fortune.

It used to be very disgusted with its nine tails, especially after the resurgence of the strange energy, which had caused it a lot of misery.

But now it was grateful for its nine tails.

Because the nine tails were considered by humans to be a powerful and mysterious existence.

Humans had many fantasies about nine tails and nine heads, which greatly expanded its future.

After hearing Xuan Mao's reply, Xuan Huang said to it: "Manage it carefully and manage the position of Nine-Lives Great General well."

As for exploring the Ten Thousand Mountains of the Blood Moon Realm, focus on training first and foremost, and let the rest be secondary. Don't reverse the priorities.

Xuan Mao said that it would remember, and then Xuan Huang let it leave.

After Xuan Mao left, Xuan Huang explored the innate spiritual vein underground again. In another month or two, it would be completely filled the entire underground area, and then it would slowly overflow and fill the entire Qingyun Mountain.

During this period, Xuan Huang was asked by a subordinate's subordinate whether it could break through to the Second Order.

This subordinate's subordinate was the Star-Devouring Vine.

After dozens of spiritual seeds were cultivated by cultivators, its strength as the main vine rapidly increased, and it had already reached the edge of the Second Order.

Because the boss was the Jianmu Tree, which controlled the soul imprint, its upper limit depended entirely on the upper limit of the Jianmu Tree.

At least before the Fourth Order, it would not encounter too many obstacles.

As for after the Fourth Order, even if the boss was the Jianmu Tree, it didn't mean that it could continue to follow the Jianmu Tree's upper limit to evolve.

Currently, the mere Second Order was not an obstacle.

Xuan Huang thought for a while and told it not to break through for the time being. He had forgotten that it could absorb innate spiritual energy.

Fortunately, it was not too late now. He told it to continue to accumulate and absorb innate spiritual energy to transform, so that there would be no obstacles before the Fourth Order.

Perhaps due to the absorption of innate spiritual energy, there might be a surprising transformation.

Once transformed by the nourishment of innate spiritual energy, the future of the Star-Devouring Vine would be limitless.

The Star-Devouring Vine was obedient. Since the boss's boss said so, it would listen.

Not to mention, when the first mouthful of innate spiritual energy was absorbed, the entire vine couldn't help but tremble. It was too satisfying.

The First Order limit, which could not be improved, unexpectedly discovered that there was still room for improvement after absorbing a mouthful of innate spiritual energy.

If it completely transformed into innate spiritual energy when advancing, then it would be an innate spiritual vine?

Seeing that the Star-Devouring Vine was very satisfied, Xuan Huang finally settled everything.

Immediately, he entered seclusion and began his first life-and-death Refining Intent of the Second Order.

Yellow Court Spiritual Field.

The area of three thousand six hundred zhang was filled with rich innate Qi, covered with thick spiritual soil, exuding a rich vitality.

There was even a kind of instinctive call, probably because the vitality and spiritual energy were too abundant, showing signs of wanting to give birth to living beings.

Xuan Huang's consciousness entered the dantian, using his thoughts to sense and explore the world.

Before the Fourth Order, whether it was the Sea of Qi or the Spiritual Field Divine Void, only the mind and soul could enter, and one's own physical body could not enter.

Only when one reached the Fourth Order True Self, and the dantian completely became a small world, could the physical body enter it, equivalent to a new world.

Looking at the pervading spiritual energy and the budding signs of life, Xuan Huang suppressed this budding under the control of his will.

This was the budding of innate spiritual energy. If Xuan Huang did not stop it, innate beings would be born in the dantian, and this kind of innate spiritual energy was very precious.

It was the key to Xuan Huang's Second Order Five Elements Master. The reason why he could accumulate so much innate spiritual energy was because of the pervading innate Qi here.

This was what Xuan Huang had painstakingly refined, just for this rich vitality.

Normally, in the Second Order, innate spiritual energy would also appear in the spiritual field of cultivators, but they would all integrate this spiritual energy into the Dao Tree, allowing the Dao Tree's essential change and growth.

Whether the innate spiritual energy born in a cultivator's spiritual field could satisfy the Dao Tree was debatable, let alone using it for other purposes.

Xuan Huang's Dao Tree did not need to be concerned. The Jianmu Tree was rooted here, and the innate spiritual energy had long been absorbed and refined by it. These pervading spiritual energies were the remainder after the Jianmu Tree had finished absorbing them.

Xuan Huang's accumulation was not a joke. The extreme state during the First Order Xuan Transformation was the foreshadowing for the Second Order.

Not only was there sufficient innate spiritual energy for the Jianmu Tree to absorb and refine, but there was also an excess of innate spiritual energy that was about to overflow and sprout.

It was just that Xuan Huang's goal was even greater. These innate spiritual energies were just pure spiritual energies, not innate spiritual intent that had been integrated with his own will.

There was only a one-word difference between spiritual energy and spiritual intent, but the difference was vast.

Spiritual energy was the disorderly and masterless natural evolution, and it would become the nourishment of whatever it was integrated into.

In a normal world, this was not wrong, it was just nourishment.

But this world was different. Once integrated into all things, all things would begin to transform, and the distorted will of heaven would come, turning into strangeness or uncontrolled pollution sources.

Spiritual energy was originally pure, but the will of heaven was too distorted.

Therefore, if you want these spiritual energies to be safe and harmless, you need to integrate your own will and achieve innate spiritual intent.

Once innate spiritual intent was achieved, it would be like commanding an arm.

And the will would also transform as a result, transforming into a stronger innate will.

And innate will was equivalent to the will of heaven in the main world, only the difference in quantity, no longer the essential difference.

After sorting it out again, Xuan Huang was very cautious.

After discovering that nothing was missing, he began the first life-and-death Refining Intent.