Chapter 139 Tian Shu

The moment Tianxuan broke through to the Nascent Soul stage, his divination and fortune-telling abilities also underwent a qualitative leap.

He "saw" some images.

"For six thousand years, the demonic beasts have been constantly evolving, and with... her help, they are now devouring the restrictions left by the God, and will soon be able to invade the Cangxuan Realm in one fell swoop."

Xie Kuling was pulled over abruptly. He was still a little dazed at first, but upon hearing Tianxuan's words, he immediately forgot about it and asked, "Star Lord, can you predict the exact time?"

Tianxuan gave the answer without hesitation: "Seven days later at midnight."

Li Chang'an frowned slightly and stepped forward: "Who is she?"

Upon hearing this question, Tianxuan paused for a long time, seemingly wanting to say something but then stopping herself.

After a long while, he closed his eyes and said, "...Tian Shu".

Tian Shu? The Tian Shu Star Lord of the Seven Stars Alliance?

Li Chang'an was puzzled, while Xie Kuling was somewhat incredulous: "How could the Star Lord Tian Shu help a demon beast?"

Tianxuan shook her head bitterly: "I don't know either."

He paused, then said, "I want to go ask her."

Li Chang'an quickly replied, "I'll go with you."

Tianxuan did not refuse, "Okay."

After midnight, a new day begins.

Li Chang'an, riding his sword, carried Tianxuan at breakneck speed through the night sky towards Pinggao Kingdom.

After being chosen by the power of the stars, the Seven Stars of the Alliance did not stay in the headquarters palace of the Cultivation Alliance. What was actually inside the palace was an avatar of the seven of them created with the help of the power of the stars.

If there is anything important within the alliance, the seven people's consciousnesses return to their clones to hold a meeting and discuss it together.

Their true forms, however, travel throughout the Cangxuan Realm, doing different things.

For example, Tianxuan likes design, and Tianji likes making money...

Tian Shu, on the other hand, returned to his hometown, Pinggao Kingdom, to guard against evil cultivators.

Under her rule, there were indeed no more incidents of evil cultivators harming people in Pinggao Kingdom.

Pinggao Kingdom is very far from Xia Kingdom, about 20,000 kilometers away as the crow flies, which takes more than 20 hours by plane.

However, Li Chang'an is currently in the Tribulation Transcending stage, and while riding his sword, he can tear through space to cross boundaries, greatly shortening the time it takes to travel to Pinggao Kingdom.

A few minutes later, Li Chang'an and Tianxuan arrived at the sea area to the left of Pinggao Kingdom.

It was noon in Pinggao Kingdom at this time.

The sun was shining brightly, the sea was rippling gently, and the golden sand was deserted, creating a peaceful and tranquil scene.

Tianxuan looked at the beautiful scenery before her, but her feelings were complicated: "She is at the bottom of the sea."

"Alright." Li Chang'an responded, drew a water-repelling talisman, and rode his sword straight into the sea.

They tore open a space in the direction Tianxuan pointed, and after passing through it, they arrived at a dark place.

Li Chang'an's pupils glowed gold as he discovered a building resembling an underwater palace in front of him.

Before Tianxuan could confirm, he sensed a strange aura inside.

Without hesitation, Li Chang'an and Tianxuan rushed into the palace.

As soon as they passed through the main gate, whirlpools appeared in the surrounding sea, and one monster after another crawled out.

Those monsters were ugly in appearance, with dark red light on their bodies, and their cultivation level was equivalent to that of a Nascent Soul cultivator!

Tianxuan frowned, about to say something, when the black sword under Li Chang'an's feet flew out, slashing through all the demonic beasts and cutting them in half at the waist.

Tianxuan breathed a sigh of relief, activated her spiritual power to protect herself, and gripped Li Chang'an's arm tightly as they were led to an ancient stone gate.

There is no seawater in the area where the stone gate is located, as if it is shrouded by a barrier.

The two landed on the open ground in front of the stone gate, and the black sword floated to Li Chang'an's side.

"This is it." Tianxuan carefully examined the stone gate and said softly.

Li Chang'an nodded, gripped the black sword, and slashed down at the stone gate.

The silvery-white sword light struck the stone door, and some black patterns on the door slowly cracked and turned into fragments.

The stone gate opened to both sides, revealing an entrance that resembled a rift in a monster's lair.

The two stepped into the entrance and arrived at a floating path. On both sides of the path floated some broken wreckage and some scattered magical artifacts. In addition, there were many monster fissures that were slowly writhing.

At the end of the bridge is a platform with several bookshelves and a desk in the middle.

A woman was standing in front of the desk. As if she noticed an outsider entering, she turned around abruptly.

"who?!"

Upon seeing Tianxuan's appearance clearly, Tianshu was slightly taken aback: "Tianxuan? How is it you?"

She scrutinized Tianxuan carefully, then frowned slightly after a moment: "How did you acquire the cultivation level of the Nascent Soul stage?"

Tianxuan looked at her with a complicated expression, without answering her question: "I originally thought that you might be controlled by the demon race."

But the person in front of me didn't seem to be controlled at all.

Therefore, what he saw was truly done voluntarily by Tian Shu.

Tianxuan composed herself, sighed, and raised her hand to introduce Li Chang'an beside her: "This is Li Chang'an, the current master of Xuanling Immortal Mountain."

“Xuanling Immortal Mountain… Ha.” Tian Shu sneered, then glanced at Li Chang’an: “So that’s why your cultivation has increased so quickly, it turns out you’ve been currying favor with the master of the immortal mountain.”

Tianxuan was not annoyed by her mockery.

When I went to Xuanling Immortal Mountain, I had calculated that the "way out" was there.

He didn't know whose way out this was referring to, but after seeing Li Chang'an's job posting, he decided to go anyway.

His cultivation on Xuanling Immortal Mountain went very smoothly, and his speed was several times faster. He indeed benefited a lot from it.

Therefore, he did not refute Tian Shu's words, but said, "Tian Shu, you are very impressive to be able to break through the world's restrictions and reach the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm."

It was only during his breakthrough to the Nascent Soul stage at Xuanling Immortal Mountain that he realized that in the past few thousand years, no cultivator or demon in the Cangxuan Realm had been able to reach the Nascent Soul stage, all because of the limitations imposed by the rules of heaven and earth.

The fortune of this world has been exhausted, and it can no longer nurture cultivators with higher levels of cultivation.

If Tianxuan hadn't broken through the tribulation in the Xuanling Immortal Mountain, he wouldn't have been able to cultivate to the Nascent Soul stage.

"When I broke through to the Nascent Soul stage, I saw something... The monster rifts that have appeared over the years were all due to you, who cultivated spatial magic, helping those monsters find and open the spatial rifts."

The Demon Realm is also called the Cangxuan Demon Realm. It belongs to the Cangxuan Realm. Thousands of years ago, the Demon Realm could freely travel between the Cultivation Realm and the Mortal Realm through spatial rifts.

Later, the God of Boundless Space drove all the demons and demon races back to the Demon Realm, and the prohibition he set prevented those demons and demons from finding the spatial rift to come to the Cangxuan Realm.

However, fate has determined the future of the Cangxuan Realm, so it is impossible for the Wuya God Venerable's prohibition to be completely without loopholes. Therefore, in the past, some demonic beasts would occasionally accidentally encounter spatial rifts and descend into the Cangxuan Realm.

Alternatively, with the help of those who practice spatial magic or demons from the Cangxuan Realm, a small spatial rift can be opened, allowing some demonic beasts to crawl out.

However, due to the prohibition, the cultivation levels of the summoned monsters are not much different from those of the spellcasters.

However, since demonic beasts are creatures of chaos, when they descend upon the Cangxuan Realm, they devour the spiritual energy here and pollute the spiritual veins.

Even with low cultivation levels, one can still have some influence on the spiritual veins of the Cangxuan Realm.

"More than a decade ago, you were the first to try to communicate with the demon realm and establish contact. Using the power of the stars, you summoned a spider demon whose cultivation was far superior to yours at the time. Of course, when it came to the Cangxuan Realm, it was also severely injured by the prohibition, and its cultivation became similar to yours, the summoner."

Li Family Village, Spider Demon...

Li Chang'an keenly caught the two words, his grip on the black sword tightened, and his gaze toward Tian Shu sharpened.

“It’s you.”

Even though he had personally killed the spider demon to avenge Grandpa Huang and Grandma Li, he would never forget it.

Unexpectedly, there was another culprit!

Tianxuan gently placed her hand on Li Chang'an's arm: "Sorry to keep you waiting for a while, I still have something I want to ask her."

Li Chang'an hummed in response, his body remaining still, but his gaze toward Tian Shu grew even colder, his pupils turning a brilliant gold.

The next second, Tian Shu, who had sensed something was wrong and was secretly preparing to open a spatial rift behind him to escape, suddenly froze on the spot.

She was unable to move, and blood slowly trickled from the corner of her mouth.

"Li Chang'an... what is your cultivation level now?" Why is there such a strong pressure, and why is it only directed at her, almost tearing her soul apart as well?

Li Chang'an did not answer her.

Tianxuan took a deep breath, raised her hand and made a mantra incantation towards Tianshu before continuing to ask, "Over the years, you have repeatedly opened spatial rifts to summon demonic beasts to descend upon Ling'an City, allowing them to absorb the aura of Xuanling Immortal Mountain, which will cause the demon race to descend upon Cangxuan Realm with their demonic beasts in no time. Why exactly do you do this?"

Xuanling Immortal Mountain is a blessed land, a small world created by a deity with the power of creation.

As a small world, any monsters that get close can absorb its aura. That aura carries the divine power of the Boundless God, thus confusing the restrictions he has set up, allowing the monsters to boldly devour it and break through the restrictions.

When the Xuanling Immortal Mountain opened, Tian Shu instructed Yu Heng to stop other cultivators from coveting it. He thought Tian Shu wanted to take care of the younger generation.

Unexpectedly, they were plotting something like this.

Tian Shu looked at Tian Xuan, his expression suddenly turning strange: "How do you think I reached the late Nascent Soul stage?"

Tianxuan was taken aback.

Tian Shu laughed, her laughter sounding like a bellows under Li Chang'an's oppressive aura: "Heh, if the Heavenly Dao doesn't allow us to break through to a higher realm and escape this place, then I can only seek refuge in the Demon Realm and learn from the Demon Race?!"

"Studying with the demon race?" Tianxuan asked, puzzled.

Tian Shu simply smiled and did not answer.

Li Chang'an thought for a moment and took out the basic manual from his storage bag.

He tried asking himself, "What are the cultivation methods of the demon race?" and golden particles actually floated out.

[The cultivation of demons is no different from that of cultivators; some are even of good character and, through cultivation, can reach the Tribulation Transcending stage and thus embark on the path to immortality. Foreign demonic beasts (also known as low-level demons) devour their own kind for cultivation and reproduction.]

Tianxuan's gaze fell on the word "devour".

He suddenly remembered that Pinggao Kingdom was originally teeming with evil cultivators who committed all sorts of atrocities, and the country's residents lived in constant fear, having no choice but to support these evil cultivators in order to save their lives.

Later, when Tian Shu returned to Pinggao Kingdom, the problem was greatly improved, and the evil cultivators went into hiding and almost disappeared.

Could it be that Tian Shu devoured those evil cultivators?

Tianxuan looked at Tianshu in disbelief, "How is your action any different from that of a heretical cultivator?!"

Tian Shu chuckled sarcastically: "In the cultivation world, the strong have always been respected. If they can't beat me, what's wrong with me devouring them? Besides, evil cultivators have committed countless evil deeds, isn't this a good way for me to deal with them?"

"Those who are willing to submit, I will spare their lives. Once the demonic beasts descend and devour all the spiritual veins, it will be our turn, the cultivators and the demon race, to devour them! As long as we can reach the Tribulation Transcending stage, and with the chaotic aura of the demonic beasts, we can cross space and go to other worlds!"

"This is the way out for cultivators!"

The more she spoke, the more agitated she became.

Tianxuan asked disapprovingly, "Aren't you worried that the demon race might go back on their word and harm cultivators?"

"The law of the jungle in the cultivation world is an age-old truth."

"What about mortals?" Li Chang'an asked coldly.

“Those who lack spiritual roots are weak,” Tian Shu said, “and should be eliminated anyway.”

Hearing this, Tianxuan was utterly disappointed.

He closed his eyes briefly and said softly, "Li Chang'an, you can do it now."

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Chang'an's figure vanished in a flash, his sword piercing Tian Shu's heart.

Tian Shu was only at the late Nascent Soul stage, and had no ability to fight back against Li Chang'an, who was at the mid-stage of the Tribulation Transcending stage.

She coughed up another mouthful of blood, looked at Li Chang'an, and then at Tianxuan: "I knew this day would come. Killing me won't help. The arrival of the demonic beasts is unstoppable."

"No matter how high your cultivation level is, Li Chang'an, you can only protect yourself. You can't change the fate of the world's cycle of reincarnation; you can only go with the flow."

Li Chang'an sheathed his sword, watching her figure slowly dissipate, and fell into deep thought.

The world cycles and changes; must we simply go with the flow?

He felt as if some important information had flashed through his mind, but he couldn't quite grasp it.

Tianxuan walked to his side and said, "It's all my fault for cultivating too slowly."

If I had reached the Nascent Soul stage earlier, I would have known what Tian Shu was doing sooner and stopped her in time when the monster rift first appeared in Ling'an City, and things wouldn't have turned out this way.

It's too late now.

Those heretical cultivators and their followers in Tian Shu are still hiding somewhere. When the demonic beasts descend in seven days, those heretical cultivators will definitely seize the opportunity to jump out and devour the demonic beasts, and then devour other cultivators...

Could it be that, as Tian Shu said, this is truly the way out for cultivators?

Tianxuan frowned, her gaze gradually hardening.

No, according to his divination, the way out lies in the Mysterious Spirit Immortal Mountain.

He doesn't doubt himself, and he trusts Li Chang'an even more.

"It's alright," Li Chang'an said, turning back to comfort her. "Perhaps this is just a part of fate."

"Yes." Tianxuan sighed.

His delayed arrival, instead of stopping Tian Shu, actually hastened the descent of the demonic beasts and the cycle of world reincarnation.

It's fate.

"Let's go back."