Open up and break into another world

Xu Ming naturally had no way of knowing about the misunderstandings and conflicts between the Black Robe Hall, the Divine Hall of Death, and Yuan Zun.

At this time, Xu Ming had already left the Celestial Realm and was heading back towards the Divine Phoenix Chaos World.

"This detestable cosmic chain!"

The cosmic chain was branded tightly onto Xu Ming's body, suppressing his strength. No matter how hard Xu Ming tried, he couldn't get rid of the cosmic chain.

"Little Helper," Xu Ming said in the depths of his inner world.

Right now, Xu Ming didn't dare let his voice transmit beyond the confines of his inner world.

"Little Helper, can't even you analyze why I'm being suppressed by the universe?"

Little Helper's voice also echoed in Xu Ming's inner world: "It's not that I can't analyze it, but… there's simply no answer to this matter!"

"No answer?" Xu Ming was a little puzzled.

Why would there be no answer?

"Let me give you an analogy…" Little Helper said, "Suppose you're an ant. One day, you're suddenly stepped on and killed by someone. Then… can you analyze why that person stepped on you?"

"Uh…" Xu Ming was stunned, seemingly understanding Little Helper's meaning.

Little Helper continued, "The person who stepped on you might have just been passing by and accidentally stepped on you; they might have been in a bad mood and intentionally stepped on you; or they might have felt that you were an interesting ant, so they directly stepped on you… All are possible! But simply put… stepping on you doesn't need a reason!"

Stepping on you doesn't need a reason!

"And now…" Little Helper added, "The universe is that 'person'; and you are that 'ant'!"

"Yes…" Xu Ming looked up at the sky, bitterly smiling, "What reason would the universe need to step on me? What answer would there be?"

Stepping on you, what does it have to do with you?

Little Helper was silent for a moment before replying, "Yes!"

…

Divine Phoenix Chaos World.

Among the countless void universes of the 'Doomsday Heaven,' it was just a very ordinary one.

In the past, apart from Yuan Zun and a few other great figures, few people would cast their gaze upon the Divine Phoenix Chaos World.

But…

Now it was different!

Besides Yuan Zun, forces like the Divine Hall of Death had also started paying attention to the Divine Phoenix Chaos World.

Whoosh—

A great figure whose divine body resembled a shadow flew out from within the Divine Phoenix Chaos World and entered the Chaotic Territory.

If Xu Ming were here, he would definitely recognize this great figure as… Realm Lord Dao Ying.

Within the Divine Phoenix Chaos World, there were only so many Realm Lord-level great figures; and Realm Lord Dao Ying happened to be one that Xu Ming knew.

Realm Lord Dao Ying looked towards the endless void and said indifferently, "Come out!"

Whoosh—

A ghostly figure walked out from the depths of the void.

This ghostly figure's eyes were like abysses: "Have you brought all the people?"

Realm Lord Dao Ying said, "I couldn't capture them all!"

"Hmm!?" The ghostly figure's expression immediately turned gloomy, "You couldn't even capture a few people after so much time?"

Realm Lord Dao Ying said, "Xu Ming's family has completely disappeared without a trace; I can't find a single one! Even the chaos world where Xu Ming was born has disappeared—I suspect that Xu Ming is very likely carrying his hometown with him! So, wanting to capture Xu Ming's relatives and friends is almost impossible!"

"Is that so?" The ghostly figure said grimly, "Then… since you called me here, you should have some gains, right?"

"That's right!" Realm Lord Dao Ying said, "I've brought all of Xu Ming's disciples!"

"Disciples?"

"Yes!" Realm Lord Dao Ying nodded, "Xu Ming accepted several dozen disciples in the Wen Dao Institute; now, I've brought them all here!"

The ghostly figure frowned, "If it's just some disciples, then… the price will be low!"

Clearly, this ghostly figure was doing something to target Xu Ming; he even wanted to capture all of Xu Ming's relatives and friends. Fortunately, Xu Ming had already moved the entire God Domain into an 'independent space,' so he wasn't able to succeed; however, the disciples that Xu Ming had accepted in the Wen Dao Institute were in trouble.

And Realm Lord Dao Ying, for some benefits, had become an accomplice to the ghostly figure.

Swish!

Realm Lord Dao Ying waved his hand and released Xu Ming's disciples.

Lin Lan, Zhao Xu, Bai Qingqiu, Qin Jian, Feng Bancou… After the dozens of disciples were released, they were all a little confused.

"Realm Lord Dao Ying, didn't you say you were going to give us a fortuitous encounter?" Lin Lan noticed that the atmosphere was a little off and couldn't help but ask.

Previously, when Realm Lord Dao Ying went to the Wen Dao Institute, he told Lin Lan and the others that he was going to give them a fortuitous encounter; therefore, Lin Lan and the dozens of other disciples had followed Realm Lord Dao Ying out of the Wen Dao Institute without hesitation.

If Lin Lan and the others were unwilling to leave, then… even Realm Lord Dao Ying wouldn't be able to forcibly take away a genius from the Wen Dao Institute.

"Fish Ghost Half-尊?" Realm Lord Dao Ying looked at the ghostly figure and asked.

"If it's just some disciples, then… I can only give you three Chaos Origin Cores!" Fish Ghost Half-尊 said.

"Three? That's too little, isn't it?" Realm Lord Dao Ying was a little dissatisfied, "Five!"

"No! Just three!" Fish Ghost Half-尊 sneered, "Even with just three Chaos Origin Cores, I don't know if I'll make a profit or a loss this time! If it were five, I'd definitely lose!—If you're willing, we'll make the deal; if you're not, then take these people back!"

When Lin Lan and the other disciples heard the conversation between the two, they immediately realized—Realm Lord Dao Ying was selling them!

"Take them back?" Realm Lord Dao Ying was a little depressed—the people he had worked so hard to capture, if he took them back, wouldn't all his efforts be in vain? Not only would his efforts be in vain, but he would have already offended them…

Realm Lord Dao Ying gritted his teeth: "Three it is!"

"No——" Upon hearing this, Lin Lan and the other disciples immediately wanted to escape towards the Divine Phoenix Chaos World.

However, among the disciples, the highest cultivation was only at the Great Wilderness Realm, so how could they escape the grasp of a Realm Lord and a Half-尊 great figure?

Fish Ghost Half-尊 chuckled a few times, and with a wave of his hand, he put Lin Lan and the dozens of other disciples into his pocket.

"Haha!" Fish Ghost Half-尊 laughed, "I hope you can capture Xu Ming's relatives and friends; if that's the case, the price will definitely not be a problem!"

Realm Lord Dao Ying watched Fish Ghost Half-尊 leave, a cold smile appearing on the corner of his mouth: "Xu Ming, ah, Xu Ming! Don't blame me, you can only blame yourself for offending the Divine Hall of Death! And the price they offered to deal with you is really very tempting to me!"

Realm Lord Dao Ying was about to return.

Suddenly, a will came from within the Divine Phoenix Chaos World—it was Realm Lord Divine Phoenix.

"Dao Ying, what are you doing?" As the controller of the Divine Phoenix Chaos World, Realm Lord Divine Phoenix naturally noticed this scene.

Realm Lord Dao Ying was startled and quickly said, "It's nothing, I'm just exchanging some insignificant little people for some benefits!"

Realm Lord Dao Ying was a Realm Lord-level great figure; in the entire Divine Phoenix Chaos World, he was at the very top. Under normal circumstances, as he said, exchanging some insignificant little people for some benefits would not be a problem at all; Realm Lord Divine Phoenix would not ask about it.

However, Realm Lord Divine Phoenix noticed that something was wrong: "Were those you sent away just now Xu Ming's disciples?"

"Yes!" Realm Lord Dao Ying said indifferently—in his eyes, even Xu Ming was just a genius, not a great figure; as for Xu Ming's disciples, he cared even less about them, selling them off was no big deal.

Realm Lord Divine Phoenix was a little speechless: "It's fine if you touch other people, but why did you have to touch Xu Ming's disciples? Forget it, forget it, come back first, I'll tell you a few things; later, apologize to Xu Ming!"

Although Realm Lord Divine Phoenix said this, he didn't really care in his heart—after all, he was the absolute controller in the Divine Phoenix Chaos World! Everyone in the Divine Phoenix Chaos World had to follow his will!