Chapter 867: How to Choose…

[WARNING! Player 녊 has been detected to be in an extremely dangerous environment! Three solutions are provided to the player!]

[Option 1: Spend 999 high-grade spirit jades! The host's main body will temporarily escape into the Cangyun Realm to hide!]

[Solution 1: Spend 9999 high-grade spirit jades to accelerate the merging of Cangyun Realm and Star 3, and temporarily remove the suppression from Heaven 3.]

[Option 3: Abandon your original body and merge with the Cangyun Realm! Free!]

[WARNING! Players only have three breaths to think!]

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In reality, Chen Huai'an had less than three breaths to think.

Inside Laozi's great formation.

The merger of Tian and Ren was extremely fast.

Almost no thought is needed—the instant of the merger, he will be crushed into a pile of minced meat by the extremely compressed Heavenly 눓之꺆, at which point his soul will be annihilated, leaving not even a trace of ash.

Looking at the three options, a multitude of thoughts surged through his mind in that instant.

Should we escape back to the Azure Cloud Realm? What about Star 눓?

What about the responsibilities of the Dragon Soul inheritor?

What to do about those super-muscular physiques?

What about the people in the Demon Slayer Division who are related to him?

He could simply walk away, but would the immortals of the Nine Heavens let those people go?

Won't.

They will die a terrible death because of his retreat.

All his previous efforts were in vain.

"I cannot leave."

Chen Huai'an looked up.

Will it merge with the body of Cangyun Realm?

But a body is just a body; if it abandons its original form, is it still itself?

Free things are usually the most expensive.

He never fully trusted the virtual girlfriend game system.

So...

"Accelerate the merger! Remove the Heavenly Restriction, even if it's just for the main body... a little bit of time!"

The thought settled.

The 9999 top-grade spirit jades vanished instantly in the cave dwelling of the Cangyun Realm.

A sigh seemed to echo beside Chen Huai'an.

The sound seemed to echo across every inch of the Cangyun Realm.

Cangyun Realm, behind the Moon Shadow Sect.

This place is now a forbidden area of ​​the Moon Shadow Sect. It is not only the place where the patriarch and sect leader meet in secret, but also a super spiritual vein composed of nine top-grade Heavenly Essence Jade Marrow.

This place is shrouded in a perpetual mist.

Normally, there is only the rustling sound of a gentle breeze through the pine forest.

But at this moment.

Thump!

A loud bang came from deep within the Great Wall.

Like a dull heartbeat, like the beating of a drum.

The cultivators who were undergoing the "test" on the Ascension Platform suddenly felt a jolt beneath their feet.

Before they could react, a terrifying and suffocating spiritual pressure erupted without warning from the forbidden area behind the Moon Shadow Sect.

Boom! ...

The large hole split open.

A dazzling pillar of spiritual energy, several feet in diameter, roared as it broke through the mountain, pierced the clouds, and pierced the sky like a white jade dragon awakening!

"That...that is..."

"A spiritual vein eruption?!"

The sect leaders stared in disbelief at the pillar of spiritual energy that connected to the sky.

Why did such a terrifying celestial phenomenon suddenly appear?

Something unusual must be sinister.

This spiritual energy is too violent and too pure; it is simply beyond human control.

But this is just the beginning.

After the white jade dragon soared into the sky, it vanished—it transformed into a surging river of spiritual energy, flowing upstream towards the upper realm, which was unreachable to the cultivators of the Azure Cloud Realm.

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Cangyun Realm, the Upper Realm.

The clouds are so deep that one cannot know where it is.

Under the peach blossom tree, Bai Jian and Tu Shanyue sat facing each other.

Just as he raised a white piece, No was about to place it to end the game.

Sudden.

Buzz—

The entire pavilion and tower trembled violently.

But then, clouds drifted across the sky, and a surge of powerful spiritual energy, like a flood bursting its banks, poured in from the lower realm, instantly dispersing the surrounding clouds.

The spiritual energy was too rapid and too intense.

Bai Jian's finger trembled violently.

Snap.

That piece, which I managed to hold steady, fell off the board, disrupting the entire game's strategy.

But he ignored the game and abruptly stood up.

For the first time, a hint of surprise appeared on that face that was perpetually covered in frost and indifference.

"This is……"

He saw that the long river of spiritual energy rushing up from the lower realm did not scatter and overflow, but instead seemed to be precisely guided, rushing into the most core area of ​​the upper realm—the [Origin Core].

That was the anchor point for the merging of two worlds.

Originally, this process required meticulous work and would take several years...

But now.

The core of returning to the source lies in boiling and expanding.

As more and more spiritual energy is absorbed.

It spins, devours, and merges at a frenzied speed.

Click, click!

The sound of the boundary wall shattering echoed throughout the entire Cangyun Realm.

"Brother Bai Jian, what's wrong?"

Tu Shanyue stood up curiously and moved closer to Bai Jian. She then saw the river of spiritual energy and patted it, looking at Bai Jian with a face full of admiration.

"As expected of Brother Bai Jian, he managed to draw all the spiritual energy from the lower realm of Cangyun Realm up so easily! He's amazing!"

Bai Jian: "..."

He narrowed his eyes.

Although he hoped the two worlds would merge quickly to facilitate his future plans, he actually hoped that he himself would be the one to push things along.

Rather than something beyond our control.

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The lower realm, the Ascension Platform.

Mutation and regeneration.

As the boundary gradually melted away, the sky no longer seemed to be the familiar sky.

"The sky...the sky has cracked open!!"

The monk pointed to the horizon and cried out in surprise.

Everyone looked in the direction of his voice.

What was originally the edge of the clouds, the 눓方, had become transparent, revealing a series of bizarre and fantastical scenes that had been seen before.

It was a... steel forest.

Countless "glass towers," steeper and smoother than many of the mountains in the Cangyun Realm, pierce the sky.

They shimmered with colorful lights in the sunlight, appearing particularly dazzling even in the daytime.

Between those giant towers flowed a network of black rivers.

Countless four-wheeled "iron boxes" sped along the river.

I can't sense any spiritual energy fluctuations.

The sense of incongruity stems from the fundamental difference between the two.

"Is...is that the Immortal Realm?!"

"The Heavenly Palace! Could it be that the Heavenly Palace has descended upon us?!"

"Look at those iron boxes! They can travel miles a day without any spirit power; they must be magical treasures of immortals!"

The inexperienced cultivators of the Cangyun Realm were in an uproar.

They knelt on the ground, worshipping the mirage, for it was a legendary celestial connection.

Crowd.

Only a few people had strange expressions, some even showing nostalgia.

Su Qinian slapped the washing machine artifact to stop, making the strange phenomenon in the distance clearer. Looking at the familiar CBD building in the sky, he couldn't help but twitch his lips: "Holy crap! This... isn't this the ancestor's place?"

Lin Fan, also holding his sword, stared at the neon sign flashing across the screen, a hint of disbelief in his eyes: "This place... I think I've been here before? That barbecue place was pretty good."

"The appearance of buildings from Planet 3 in the Cangyun Realm, does it mean that something big has happened on the Ancestor's side?" Zhang Mengchu frowned, unable to help but feel a little worried. "Speaking of which, the Ancestor hasn't summoned us for quite some time now."

The current situation is clearly abnormal.

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Above, the Cloud Pavilion.

Bai Jian took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the shock in his heart.

Whatever the reason.

The die is cast; once the arrow is released, there's no turning back.

Since the integration is accelerating, his plans must also be sped up accordingly.

"Yu Ci".

Bai Jian's voice returned to its usual coldness, though it was a few degrees more urgent than usual.

"What?"

In the void, a delicate figure appeared.

"You will personally descend to the mortal realm."

The white sword pointed to the Ascension Platform below.

"You, in your capacity as the 'Guiding Immortal,' will preside over the assembly."

“These cultivators… must mature as soon as possible. Since the fusion has been accelerated, we must also prepare in advance and can no longer slowly select suitable candidates.”

"Yes—!" Master Yu Ci bowed slightly, deliberately drawing out his voice.

I'm speechless.

The one who wiped out the immortal realm before was the White Sword.

Now, it is hoped that the immortal will also leave with the white sword.

Hmph, he really is a fickle man.

After arranging all of this.

Bai Jian sat back down at the chessboard.

But he lost all interest in playing chess.

His gaze shifted to the golden lightning eye beside him, which was trembling slightly.

Something's not right.

Bai Jian frowned, his fingers unconsciously tapping the chessboard.

"Such a large commotion could not have occurred naturally."

"It must be a variable..."

He remembered Chen Huai'an, the corpse who was "vacationing" on Planet 눓.

"Could it be him?"

"No...impossible." Bai Jian shook his head self-deprecatingly. "How could a good-for-nothing who is addicted to pleasure and has no ambition possibly stir up such a powerful force?"

But he was inherently suspicious.

Even if there's only a one in ten thousand chance, he wants to confirm it.

"The Way of Heaven".

Bai Jian extended his finger and touched the Thunder Eye, his tone chilling.

"Switch the camera back."

"I want to see..."

"What exactly happened on that planet?!"

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