Yang Shen could roughly guess what Yilian was thinking from her strange emotional fluctuations. He glared at her irritably and said, "These two are my disciples. Qi'er, call her Aunt."

"Hello, Auntie," Zhu Qier said obediently. "My name is Zhu Qier, and the one I'm holding is my second junior brother, Overclock."

"Oh, hello." Elaine hurriedly responded, like a child who had done something wrong, not daring to look at Yang Shen, but she breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, it seemed that Brother Yang did not have any special hobbies.

“I came back this time to take you with me. Don’t bother with these petty squabbles.” Yang Shen spoke up again.

"A minor skirmish?" The elder in the Ascension Realm was displeased, but because Yang Shen's appearance was so strange that even he hadn't noticed, and the Holy Maiden seemed to be very respectful to this person, he didn't dare to be too presumptuous. He simply said in a cold voice, "Then what do you think constitutes a major matter?"

What angered the elder the most was that, judging from the person in front of him, it seemed that he wanted the Holy Maiden to go with him.

How can this be? If the Holy Maiden leaves, who will they support?

Yang Shen didn't answer, nor was he angry. Instead, he looked at Elaine and said, "I won't force you. It's your choice."

Elaine gritted her teeth and said, forcing herself to speak, "I want to prove myself, and I hope Brother Yang will give me a chance."

"Prove yourself?"

Yang Shen smiled and said, "Although it's not very useful to me, I won't force you to stay if you want. I said a long time ago that I won't restrict your freedom."

“No,” Elaine said anxiously, “I won’t leave Brother Yang. I just want to prove that I’m not just a pretty face.”

“Actually, there’s no need for that,” Yang Shen said. “Then you can stay, but you might not see me for a long time.”

"Illian is Yang Ge's person in life and in death!" Illian knelt down directly, making a statement in front of so many people, seemingly trying to prove her loyalty.

"Holy Maiden..."

"Holy Maiden, what are you doing? Get up..."

The Fengshen Palace servants inside the main hall glared angrily at Yang Shen.

Ignoring the angry glares from everyone in the hall, Yang Shen looked earnestly at Elaine and said, "Since you've chosen to stay, then stay. The future will likely be difficult, but I hope you can persevere."

"Thank you, Brother Yang. Elaine will definitely not let you down," Elaine said firmly.

"Are all the people here your people? Are they reliable?" Yang Shen asked again.

These words once again drew angry glares from everyone in the hall. If they hadn't been unable to see through Yang Shen, they would have all wanted to take action.

“They are my staunch supporters, but we are too weak,” Elaine said.

"Then I'll show you my strength."

As Yang Shen spoke, he waved his hand, and the space-time within the entire hall was directly separated, with endless energy of heaven and earth surging in from who knows where.

At the same time, a powerful mental fluctuation enveloped the area, causing everyone to involuntarily fall into an illusion.

"If we meet again someday, I hope things won't have changed. Take care!"

Yang Shen left Yilian with a decree that had been divided into a thousand parts, and then left with his two disciples.

After Yang Shen left, the main hall returned from the unknown time and space, as if nothing had ever happened, and the building was not damaged in the slightest.

However, when Situ You and the others woke up, they were shocked to find that their cultivation levels had all increased dramatically.

Everyone in the main hall, including Elaine who had the weakest cultivation, had reached the Ascension Realm, the highest level that the Profound-level plane could allow.

"this……"

What just happened?

"I feel like I've fallen into a dream, but I can't remember clearly. I only remember that I seemed to be flying alone in the endless starry sky for thousands of years, and my mind was tempered."

"I think so too, but judging from the surroundings, it doesn't seem like only a short time has passed?!"

Everyone was shocked, and then they realized that the young man who had made the saintess kneel down and his disciple had disappeared.

"What kind of power is this that can improve all of our cultivation levels in such a short time?"

"Even gods are nothing special, aren't they?"

The anger and fear that everyone in the hall felt towards Yang Shen had vanished, because by now they understood very well that they didn't even have the right to be afraid of such a being.

Meanwhile, Elaine, still kneeling above the main hall, looked at the box in her hand filled with fragments of the imperial edict, and tears silently streamed down her face.

"Brother Yang, I will definitely not let you down, I definitely will!"

Elaine's determination was stronger than ever before; she vowed to make Brother Yang look at her in a new light!

...

Yang Shen couldn't bear to discourage Elaine, so he didn't tell her the truth.

In fact, in the eyes of this forbidden being, no matter how well one does, it's useless.

However, everyone has to pay the price for their choices, and no one is exempt.

After leaving the headquarters of the Wind God Palace in the counterattack plane, Yang Shen went directly to the Academy of All Heavens. He first found Yun Zixin and asked her about her choice.

Yun Zixin chose to leave with Yang Shen without hesitation, parting ways with her friend Chang Xinwei.

Afterwards, Yang Shen led Yun Zixin to find Yang Hongyan, who was cultivating.

For the past two months, Yang Hongyan has been swaggering around with the protective gear given to her by Yang Shen, teaching a lesson to everyone who had bullied her before.

As a result, people now avoid her when they see her, because she's really someone they can't afford to mess with.

After all, anyone would be scared if someone threatened them with a broken decree that could destroy the world at the slightest disagreement.

Many people have heard of imperial edicts, but only hearsay. It is said that only the Divine Court possesses them, and they are extremely rare.

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