Xiao Yan’Er was also placed under house arrest.

Daqian really did move against the Holy Sect. ’I was right to come out this time!’

"Thank you, Senior Sister! Thank you so much!"

Feeling the Earth Vein Spiritual Qi stirring within him and his Demonic Essence surging, Qin Xuan wished he could just pull her into a hug and give her a big kiss.

It was a moment of sudden inspiration.

This was the Third-Grade Opportunity mentioned in the divination.

It had fallen right into his lap!

But when he remembered the girl’s terrifying identity, Qin Xuan, who had wanted to express his thanks with a kiss, obediently sat back down.

The nameless girl was naive and inexperienced, and she actually thought Qin Xuan was truly concerned about her all this time.

After nearly ten thousand years of loneliness, she felt warmth for the first time.

"Now that I have the Earth Vein Qi, may I ask, Senior Sister, is there a way to resolve the incompatibility between my Life Stars?"

"Of course. It’s very simple."

The nameless girl answered all of Qin Xuan’s questions in great detail, leaving nothing out.

She said seriously, "You just need to find another Life Star stronger than the others to serve as the main star in the center. Then, you open three Star Palaces simultaneously to suppress and harmonize the two..."

HISS!

Qin Xuan’s eyes flew wide, and he couldn’t help but suck in a sharp breath of cold air.

’Damn,’ he thought. ’Just opening the Second Star Palace requires climbing two thousand steps and defeating Xiao Weizhen, and I’m not even sure I can do that...’

’And now she wants me to open a Third Star Palace!’

’Isn’t that just a fantasy!’

"It’s not difficult. The one Xiao Weizhen channeled is the Celestial Emperor. He belongs to the Celestial Emperor Star Palace. It’s the only star of its kind in the entire Ziwei Circle, so its Position is extremely high."

"You could seize his Life Star, or you could use the Seven Luminaries or the Three Gods to channel an even higher-level Life Star. However, you’ll need to be careful, as that might cause temporal and spatial chaos..."

’Senior Sister actually knows who Xiao Weizhen is!’

Qin Xuan was overjoyed. He was just about to ask what he needed to be careful about.

But before he could speak, the nameless girl’s delicate body trembled. She shrank back, her face filled with terror and fear, and asked timidly,

"Who... Who are you?"

"Why are you wearing my bracelet?"

Qin Xuan was stunned.

’Oh no, Senior Sister’s amnesia is acting up again.’

Qin Xuan placed a hand on his forehead, his expression mournful. He was just about to explain that she had given it to him...

But in the next moment, the girl’s figure in front of him suddenly twisted and became illusory as a powerful repulsive force washed over him.

Qin Xuan’s figure vanished from the spot.

...

Meanwhile, in the outside world, just as Qin Xuan ascended to the fifth Star Platform, Liu Mobai and the others had also stepped onto the Illusion Heart Platform to undergo their trials.

However, they weren’t nearly as lucky.

For one, their strength was insufficient; for another, their mental states were different.

Everyone suffered all sorts of torment on the Illusion Heart Platform, and their climbing speed couldn’t be mentioned in the same breath as Qin Xuan’s.

「Several days later.」

Qin Xuan’s figure returned to the Star Ruins.

Because of the shrouding star-mist, all the cultivators, including the phantoms of the young Chen Xuanba and Dugu Hong, assumed Qin Xuan had simply gone off to cultivate.

At this point, even Shen Xiyue, who had the best results so far,

had only climbed to the fourth Star Platform and defeated four past heavenly prides.

But Qin Xuan had just walked out of the pavilion and ascended to the 1998th step.

The uninformed cultivators assumed that the nine Star Platforms, with the imprints of nine righteous and demonic heavenly prides from different eras,

had all been shattered by Qin Xuan in a single blow!

Below, a dead silence fell. The cultivators were too shocked to speak.

’In the same realm, who could possibly be his match?!’ 𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚

No, he wasn’t just invincible in his realm.

He was invincible in the current generation!

A cultivator’s voice trembled, "The 1998th step... Liu Mobai is about to climb to the two-thousandth step and become the number one person on the Star Ruins Celestial Pride List in ten thousand years!"

Gazing at the back of the figure who had bulldozed his way ever higher,

the eyes of the Daqian Cultivators held nothing but endless terror.

The mere thought of coexisting in the same generation as such a Sinful Demon meant that ants like them were destined to die!

"No, there’s still the tenth Star Platform."

Someone hissed in a low voice, "Liu Mobai might not be the greatest of all time!"

On the 1999th step of the Star Inquiry Stage, in the center of the tenth Star Platform,

a figure stood with his hands clasped behind his back.

This person was dressed in a bright yellow Emperor’s Robe embroidered with mountains, rivers, and the state itself. His face was blurry and indistinct, yet he naturally exuded a profound imperial might that could command the eight wildernesses and bear the weight of all creation.

Just by standing there, he gave off an unshakable and eternal presence.

It was none other than the phantom imprint left behind by Xiao Weizhen, the strongest expert from Daqian to have ever entered the Star Ruins!

"To have reached this place is no small feat."

Xiao Weizhen’s phantom spoke slowly, his voice carrying an unquestionable authority.

Profound Yellow Qi flowed around his body, starlight glittered in his hair, and deep within his eyes, the ley lines of the earth seemed to pulse with endless life.

"However, this is the end of the road. Retreat at once, and this one may leave your corpse intact. If you remain obstinate..."

Xiao Weizhen’s eyes snapped open in anger, his pair of deep gold pupils as noble as a god’s.

"I will annihilate your nine relations, an extermination that will last for ten generations!"

BOOM!

Before his words had even faded, the aura around Xiao Weizhen abruptly changed!

"Zhuoyong—Child of Profound Yellow!"

The Profound Yellow Qi surged toward the heavens, evolving into a scene of the world’s dawn.

It was a Positional Divine Technique!

’He used a Positional Divine Technique right from the start! Finally, someone can truly punish this Sinful Demon!’ the Daqian Cultivators thought with elation.

"To think a mere phantom can still use a Positional Divine Technique!"

Wei Qingyi’s pupils shrank.

"Who is this Xiao Weizhen? Why have I never heard of him?"

Liu Mobai’s expression was grave. "A Venerable Divinity Transformation must have acted personally to conceal all traces of him."

Hou Qi swallowed, his scalp tingling with fear.

’If an attack like that were to land on me, I’d probably die in an instant...’

"Master Demon Child, stop! We just want to get out of the Star Ruins safely," a Demon Cultivator pleaded.

But contrary to expectations, Qin Xuan didn’t dodge. Instead, he charged forward.

He had his Godslaying Swordsmanship and the boost from the Earth Vein Spiritual Qi.

The moment Qin Xuan stepped out of the pavilion, his Cultivation Realm reached the Foundation Establishment Twelfth Level.

He was just one step away from opening his Star Mansion!

...

The incomparably dense Profound Yellow Qi spread out.