Published: February 26, 2025
Inside the Ancestral Ring, there were only three hundred thousand High-Quality Ancestor Stones, along with fifty thousand Supreme Ancestor Stones, and three bottles of Supreme Elixirs.
There were also some cultivation resources that Tan Yun did not need, so he didn't take them, only putting the Ancestor Stones and Supreme Ancestral Emperor Pills into the Ancestral Ring.
Immediately after, Tan Yun transformed into a beam of light and suspended in mid-air before the stunned Xiangxiang.
Once Tan Yun deactivated his Primordial Divine Eye, Xiangxiang immediately kneeled in the void, her alluring figure trembling, and looked up at Tan Yun with tearful eyes, "Tan Holy Son, please don’t kill me."
"I can serve you as a slave, and you can humiliate me however you want, okay?"
Tan Yun smiled coldly, "Perhaps in Chu Heng's eyes, you are a beauty, but in my view, you are far from my wives."
"You don’t need to pretend to be innocent; after all, you didn’t attack me just now."
Xiangxiang felt a surge of joy in her heart and bowed, "Thank you, Tan Holy Son, for sparing my life."
"Whether I kill you or not depends on you," Tan Yun said. "As long as you had no thoughts of killing me just now, I will spare your life."
Xiangxiang feigned sincerity, "Tan Holy Son, I really didn’t think of killing you..."
Before she could finish her words, Tan Yun activated his Primordial Divine Eye to control her and asked, "Did you have thoughts of killing me just now?"
"Yes." Xiangxiang said with a dazed expression, and was pierced through the head by Tan Yun's sword, her soul extinguished completely.
After putting away the Primordial Chaos God-Slaying Sword, Tan Yun's expression became serious, "Though Chu Heng deserved to die according to palace rules, Chu Xiaotian will still not let me off."
"If Chu Xiaotian hasn’t become the vice palace master, I would just wait for him to come find me. If he really becomes the vice palace master, I will have to put on a show to meet him."
Thinking of this, Tan Yun made up his mind that in the future, without special circumstances, he would honestly stay in the Four Arts Star Domain, not going anywhere, thus not giving enemies the chance to ambush him.
"It’s time to return to the Four Arts Star Domain."
Tan Yun deactivated the heart of primordial chaos god-slaying sword formation, collected the eleven primordial chaos divine swords into the Ancestral Ring, and was about to control Chu Heng's Supreme Ancestral Emperor Artifact Divine Vessel to leave when a celestial-like voice echoed in his mind:
"Tan Junior Brother, your ability to challenge above your level truly astonishes me."
Hearing the familiar voice, Tan Yun's body trembled as he looked up at the empty sky. When he found no one there, he used his Primordial Divine Eye and saw that amidst the vast Sea of Clouds, Shangguan Yuxin was sitting cross-legged in a sword formation, looking down at him.
In front of her, there was also a white-haired old man in a mask standing in the void.
"Shangguan Senior Sister, how come you're here?" Tan Yun sent a voice transmission, feeling quite curious.
Shangguan Yuxin discreetly replied, "Since you left Dominion Star over a month ago, I have been secretly following you."
"Don’t misunderstand; it was my master’s orders. She is worried that because you won the four arts contest, disciples from the Human Race Star Domain may hold grudges against you, which would be detrimental to you, so she has me secretly protect you."
"Fortunately, I came; otherwise, you would indeed be in danger."
Upon hearing this, Tan Yun felt a surge of gratitude towards Fang Zixi and Shangguan Yuxin, while also glancing at the masked old man, he sent a voice transmission, "Shangguan Senior Sister, are you saying that this old man wants to kill me?"
"Yes." Shangguan Yuxin replied, "Tan Junior Brother, hurry back to the Four Arts Star Domain. I just fought him, and my strength should be weaker than his."
Tan Yun expressed his gratitude through voice transmission, "Shangguan Senior Sister, I will repay today’s kindness in the future."