The nearly one thousand seventh-realm cultivators left behind by Yan Tiangong at their base camp were utterly powerless to resist. Even in a simple contest of Dao power, a thousand of them attacking together wouldn't be a match for a single one.

"Gentlemen, could you please tell us what we did wrong?"

A humanoid immortal with a rat's head stepped forward, his posture humble and sincere.

He is the deputy palace master of Yantian Palace, a piece of trash.

As for the Palace Master... he is currently cultivating the Dao at a high-speed Daoist temple belonging to another faction.

The thirty-six thousand immortals in the starry sky remained silent, disdaining to answer him.

Instead, they all turned around and looked away.

They all bowed respectfully and awaited the imperial decree.

All eyes are on you.

You smiled calmly, clearly enjoying the spectacle.

[With your current normal state, you could instantly annihilate everyone in Yantian Palace. Although whether you can bypass the Dao principles and kill them is another matter, relying on Returning to Truth and Essence Reward and Punishment, you can use your spiritual power to cover these nine thousand light-years and wipe them all out instantly without any problem.]

[Even when extraordinary individuals from different star systems clash, their first step is usually to communicate mentally, overcoming language barriers. Therefore, unless it's a special case like Bai He's or a face-to-face killing, the essence of reward and punishment is almost 100% successful.]

[But what's the point of having an adopted son if you're always the one doing the dirty work?]

A truly capable leader should no longer try to do everything personally.

Even Rashid should have someone specifically assigned to him to smoke!

"I think going to this point is unnecessary."

[Of course, you're just using an analogy. Once your cultivation level improves, you'll never fall behind again.]

After you've finished showing off, you pat the clueless Ning Jun on the back. Now it's time for the real protagonist of this scene to step in.

"Brother Ning, what did I just say...?"

You smiled and said, "Now it's your turn."

[...]

Ning Jun began the reckoning.

Actually, there aren't many people who need to be accounted for.

For example, there's Elder Qing, the first immortal-level NPC to appear in Yantian Palace.

[Every wrong has its perpetrator, every debt its debtor. Although this old man was in charge of managing those who had been resealed, he was unaware of the truth and genuinely believed that Ning Jun had offended the God of Heavenly Martial for some reason and was subsequently brought to the Yantian Palace for punishment.]

[Taking advantage of your position, Ning Jun began to handle the situation gradually, starting with lighter punishments and gradually increasing the severity.]

He had only been at Yantian Palace for a little over 20 years. Although he had no power or influence, few people dared to provoke him.

[The injustices suffered were not numerous; the greatest harm was the suppression and disruption caused by the Heavenly Martial God's cutting off of the path, as well as the loss of life essence from secretly transmitting the message to you earlier.]

[To be precise, his only enemy at the Immortal level is the Heavenly Martial God. Other True Immortals only brushed past him when entering or leaving the gate; they were complete strangers and never even noticed him.]

[The old man had only met him once before today, when he placed the seal on him, and he hadn't deliberately made things difficult for him.]

[The second time they met, Elder Qing immediately knelt down and performed a grand ceremony for him as soon as he appeared. Ning Jun didn't harbor much resentment towards him, so he chose to repay the seal with a seal, sealing him away for a million years.]

[Those from Yantian Palace who mocked him, and even the security guard who bullied him in the workplace, were all punished, some more severely than others.]

Finally, there is the mastermind behind it all: the God of Heavenly Martial Arts.

A woman of stunning beauty, possessing an air of unparalleled elegance, grandeur, and noble grace.

"Actually, he's incredibly stingy."

[The title "God of Heavenly Martial Arts" is merely an honorific title bestowed upon her by the Heavenly Martial Continent. Her real name is Chu Xi, and after advancing to the seventh realm, she is honored as "Lord Xi" in the Yantian Palace.]

Ning Jun and Chu Xi exchanged glances. Chu Xi's expression was calm, as if she had already accepted her fate.

Ning Jun hesitated, turning back to look at you repeatedly, as if he wanted to say something.

You think he's worried.

He didn't retaliate too severely against those people before, and he didn't actually kill anyone, perhaps because he didn't want to truly fall out with Yan Tiangong... or perhaps it's because the others hadn't offended him that much.

But Chu Xi is definitely different.

She was the mastermind behind everything, the culprit. Obstructing the path to immortality was tantamount to suicide. She severed Ning Jun's path to immortality. Others might not deserve death, but she absolutely deserved it!

[You think... perhaps Ning Jun is afraid that by eliminating Chu Xi, the culprit, he will completely offend Yan Tiangong.]

Although you and he are best buddies who play games together on PC, you can't always be by his side. If you go even a little away, with his mere cultivation level of the second level and combat strength of the tenth level, he's just a nobody in front of Yan Tian Palace.

[He can't expect you to kill so many people for his sake alone. The Yantian Palace isn't entirely composed of villains; there are still many righteous gods and immortals maintaining order within it. If this top-tier power in the star field is destroyed, it means countless lingering poisons and widespread calamities will follow.]

[With this thought in mind, you smiled gently; this method is easily solved.]

Why don't you just help him improve his cultivation level?

[Your return to your true self can only be a return to your own physical perception of all future changes within the next seven days.]

However, please note: this is based on your own physical sensations.

[If you spend one minute in the Source of Light and Dust, it will only be one minute for you, but Ning Jun could spend countless billions of years in the Immortal Cloud Heaven, directly breaking through to True Immortal, and even further cultivating to become a Universe Lord.]

But no matter how many billions of years he has lived through, to you it's just a change that happens in a minute.

Although Ning Jun has not yet cultivated the Immortal Cloud Heaven system, and would die upon entering it... this problem was solved by you several years ago.

[The solution certainly doesn't mean rebuilding the Immortal Cloud Heaven System in the Boundless Void Sea; seven days of returning to true nature wouldn't be enough for him to cultivate to the point where he can enter.]

Instead, they utilize the principles of the Immortal Cloud Heaven to create a special space, and then lure people in.

[Those principles that allow people to be reincarnated immediately after death, retaining their original memories in their soul.]

[Ning Jun died after entering... he'll just be resurrected in the next moment.]

However, this method requires advance preparation, specifically creating a space on the outer wall of the cosmic membrane.

Otherwise, if a character enters the cycle of reincarnation but is not within the corresponding space, and dies when their lifespan ends, then they truly die completely.

Having already decided what to do, you smiled and stepped forward to ask Ning Jun the main reason for his hesitation.

[I plan to snap my fingers after he expresses his confusion, thus revealing his future state and giving him a surprise.]

Ning Jun: "My cultivation is too weak; I'm afraid it will be snapped in two."

【you:"???"】

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(I suddenly got a headache while writing, so I'll probably have to update three times today. I'll write the other chapter when I wake up at noon (o﹃o ).)