Chapter 751: Chapter 750: News of Xiaoyao Zi

Setting aside the shift of focus in Chen Tang City.

In these fifty years, the Little Universe itself has evolved quietly. The breath of immortality has become increasingly dense, and there have emerged rules that only exist in the established Big World.

The most influential of these,

is the rule of the spatial plane.

This rule emerged only ten years ago.

After its emergence, the Little Universe no longer existed centered around Li Jing as an individual, but transformed into an independent spatial plane.

This change isn’t insignificant.

The first and foremost impact is that whether Li Jing himself is harmed or not, won’t affect the Little Universe.

Even if he unexpectedly perishes, the Little Universe will continue to exist and evolve in an orderly fashion.

Furthermore, as the creator, Li Jing could vaguely perceive the evolution of new time rules in the Little Universe. The next step would be to evolve into an independent timeline.

Whether the evolution of an independent timeline signifies truly becoming a Big World, Li Jing hasn’t got a definitive conclusion yet.

What can be said with certainty is,

an independent timeline confers significant benefits.

In fact,

After the emergence of the rule of the spatial plane in these ten years, the evolution speed of the native living beings in the Little Universe accelerated by several dimensions, resulting in the evolution of highly intelligent humanoid beings.

To avoid unnecessary trouble,

Li Jing dispersed these highly intelligent beings onto the planets that the gods in the Nine Great Divine Fields had created for him over the years, to prevent the humanoid beings on the central planet from being influenced by the residents of Chen Tang City and those who migrated from the Immortal Realm.

At the same time, he prevented these belligerent humanoid beings from fighting each other all day long and annihilating the weaker branches that took great difficulty to birth.

Just the emergence of one spatial plane rule brought about such significant changes in the native living beings of the Little Universe. The effects of an independent timeline would be by no means small.

In these years, the Nine Great Divine Fields also benefited quite a bit.

Since the refinement of the Divine Fields began, they have been classified as native living beings of the Little Universe.

Although they did not undergo transformations as dramatic as the genuine "indigenous" living beings, they have indeed grown stronger at a pace they couldn’t have previously imagined.

Even during these fifty years, the Nine Great Divine Fields produced several hundred quasi-Supreme Gods, or beings of the sixteenth realm, with at least one Supreme God being born in each tribe.

Their strength grew so tremendously at one point that they even had some delusions, thinking that by combining their powers they could challenge Li Jing and seize control.

After Wina, an innate God born in the Little Universe, exiled more than two hundred quasi-Supreme Gods and subdued several Supreme Gods, and after they experienced days of unrest in the Divine Fields caused by the interruption of samsara by the Underworld Lord, Li Jing’s son, they sobered up to reality and sincerely devoted themselves to the star-creating activities to "make contributions" to the Little Universe.

These tool gods wouldn’t really behave honestly.

But they are indeed useful.

In these fifty years, they not only created hundreds of thousands of stars for the Little Universe, they also made a tremendous contribution to the diversification of species, creating or messing around with tens of thousands of races with mixed bloodlines.

Their activities seemed to be just "filling" the Little Universe, but in fact, they greatly accelerated the evolution and emergence of various basic rules in this world.

The more rules there are,

the more stable the Little Universe becomes and the better the environment.

This is not just "hard-earned success".

If the Supreme God Domain weren’t a part of the Universe Great World, messing around might provoke the Heavenly Path to teach him a lesson about human behavior, Li Jing would really want to bring over the entire Supreme God Clan to be laborers.

The overall conditions of the Little Universe are rapidly improving, which also brings significant benefits to the residents of Chen Tang City and the "immigrants" from the Immortal Realm.

Today, fifty years later, the cultivation environment of the Little Universe has completely surpassed the Immortal Realm.

As long as one is within this world, they can enjoy a cultivation speed that is nearly three times that of the Immortal Realm.

The residents of Chen Tang City, who already have the Zhenyuan Tower to sacrifice their lifespan to accelerate their cultivation efficiency, have seen their cultivation level rise collectively, and the average level has now reached an astonishing Thirteenth Realm. Even those like Sikong Lu, who already had advanced cultivation and excellent talents, have successively stepped into the Sixteenth Realm, breaking free from the shackles of their realm.

What’s regrettable, though,

is that after breaking free from their realm’s shackles, they can no longer return to the Immortal Realm.

They are not Li Jing, who has the convenience of the door opened by the Heavenly Path.

Once those who have stepped into the Sixteenth Realm and dispelled their realm’s restraints appear in the Immortal Realm, they will be forcibly sent to the Upper Three Realms by the Ascending Path within thirty seconds.

This aspect initially made Li Jing himself quite surprised.

When he brought people like Gui Ya back, they started from the Sixteenth Realm.

Nowadays, after the shift in the focus of Chen Tang City, the outside activities in the Immortal Realm are largely handled by Lilith, Daji, and the seven Valkyrie sisters, and Fenrir even stays outside as the "door guarding beast" of the outer gate. However, they have never been "sent" to the Upper Three Realms from the beginning till now.

Li Jing guessed,

that this should be because Gui Ya and others are not living beings of the Universe Great World and are not affected by the relevant rules.

Chen Tang City is also quite awkward in some ways now.

Practically none of the senior executives can go to the Immortal Realm.

This includes Ji Qing who prefers gaming over cultivation...

Liu Sisi, Chen Yuran, Yulian, and Jiang Yini would even attract Heavenly Punishment if they went out.

Through Li Jing’s dedicated "cultivation",

all four have already entered the late phase of the Seventeenth Realm...

They have completely exceeded the limit the Immortal Realm can bear. They wouldn’t be sent away if they went out, but would instead be judged as Deceiving the Heavens by the remorseless Heavenly Path.

In response to this, the four often complained to Li Jing.

Li Jing was also helpless.

If the Heavenly Path was awake, perhaps he could solve this problem just by greeting her.

The problem is that she is sleeping.

Currently, he also doesn’t have the ability to pull Liu Sisi and others up to the Eighteenth Realm, the level of Heavenly Respect, relying on his own realm.

If they were at the Heavenly Respect level,

the Heavenly Punishment the Heavenly Path "defaults" to dropping to kill those Deceiving the Heavens wouldn’t threaten them anymore.

...

On this day.

At the top of Canglong Mountain,

Liu Sisi, Chen Yuran, Yulian, Jiang Yini were playing mahjong together. Ya’er and the Fire Phoenix were with Li Jing, messing around with barbecue.

They were enjoying their family time,

when Jiu Li, Ji Qing, and Blue Phoenix suddenly arrived, hand in hand.

Seeing Li Jing, Jiu Li pouted and said,

"Li Jing! I don’t want to work hard anymore!"

...

Li Jing, who was arranging the barbecue at the time, twitched the corner of his mouth.

Up to this day,

It was no longer a secret to the people inside Chen Tang City that Li Jing could help Taoist companions improve their realm at an incredible speed through Dual Cultivation.

After all, the skyrocketing rise of Liu Sisi and others was obvious to anyone who looked.

When their realm was low, it was easy to explain.

But in just a few decades, the four jumped from Thirteenth Realm to the late phase of Seventeenth Realm in one breath. Anyone who wasn’t foolish could see some clues.

Knowing about this wasn’t much of a big deal.

But there was Jiu Li, a troublesome fox. After a few days of cultivating in the Zhenyuan Tower, she came out, complaining that she didn’t want to work hard anymore, implying "how about you take me in, Li Jing?"

But how could Li Jing possibly bear with this?

The worst part was that this troublesome fox liked to air her grievances in front of Liu Sisi and others.

Fortunately, Liu Sisi and the others were quite enlightened and truly treated Jiu Li as one of their own.

Otherwise, the situation in the harem might have gone up in flames one day.

As it was.

When Jiu Li came over and made a fuss, Liu Sisi and the others, who were piled up playing mahjong, didn’t even turn their heads.

After giving Jiu Li a silent glance, Li Jing chose to ignore her.

Seeing this, Jiu Li knew it was pointless to continue, so she took Ji Qing with her to watch Liu Sisi and others play mahjong.

The Blue Phoenix came over, lowering her voice slightly.

"Gui Ya just sent a message. The people outside seem to have found a clue of Xiaoyao Zi."

Li Jing paused in his actions and nodded.

"Alright, I’ll go take a look."

Regarding the whereabouts of Xiaoyao Zi, Li Jing had never given up his search for the past fifty years.

Until Huang Tian was removed, his mind would not be at ease.

What worried him even more was.

Zhu Qing, who had originally told him through Qu Yun that she would return soon, hadn’t sent any news for the past fifty years.

However, some things are not necessarily going to progress just because he wants them to.

The situation in the Eternal Divine Kingdom is uncertain since Zhu Qing left, and while messages of Xiaoyao Zi have been found from time to time, he has never been able to catch that slippery character.

Now, there was more news about Xiaoyao Zi. Li Jing didn’t hold much hope.

Xiaoyao Zi was clearly avoiding him, and it wasn’t going to be easy to catch that old man.

But he had to make the journey.

Who knows, the old man might have had a change of heart.

Just when he got up and was about to go out into the Little Universe to find Gui Ya, Linglong suddenly returned with Ye Piaoran.

After interacting with Qu Yun, Ye Piaoran’s knot in her heart had been untied.

As for the specifics, Li Jing didn’t ask.

But not long ago, Ye Piaoran decided to "return home" and go back to see her parents.

Seeing Linglong bring her back so suddenly, Li Jing looked surprised.

"Piaoran, why didn’t you stay on Earth a little longer, to come back so soon?"

"Don’t mention it, there have been some significant changes in the rules of the Star Nebula Great World, and I was rejected not long after I arrived."

Ye Piaoran said, continuing.

"But, I did guide my parents into the path of cultivation, and left them some treasures that can prolong their lives. We will have the chance to meet in the future."

Hearing that the rules of Star Nebula Great World had changed, Li Jing frowned.

According to the timeline of the Star Nebula Great World, only a few years had passed.

The Star Cloud Heavenly Path should not have awakened and made changes to the laws of heaven and earth. Could something have happened?

Subconsciously, Li Jing turned his gaze towards Linglong.

Seeing this, Linglong blinked her bright, big eyes and quietly communicated to him.

"Master, I checked before you came back. The rules over there are naturally changing. It’s not a sign of something strange happening. At least for now, Earth is in good condition. Instead of saying that something is wrong, it’s more like it is gradually getting back on track."

Upon receiving this message, Li Jing felt somewhat relieved.

Linglong was one of his origins.

Although she doesn’t have the title of World Watcher, her realm is on par with his.

With something confirmed by the little girl, there won’t be any mistakes.

When he thought about it carefully.

Indeed, the upper limit of Earth shouldn’t have been so high, it getting corrected is just a matter of time.

As he was thinking, Ye Piaoran asked.

"Is my master and Sister Lingyin not here?"

"They haven’t been seen all morning, so they’re probably hanging out in some bar in Sky City again."

Li Jing helplessly replied.

Ever since Li Lingyin "resigned" as deputy gatekeeper and went back to Earth, she has begun to let herself go completely.

This woman has always been like this.

He couldn’t deal with her.

But what bothered him even more was.

Qu Yun, not long after returning from the Upper Three Realms, also revealed her "true nature". She and Li Lingyin hit it off and became drinking buddies.

They didn’t contribute anything to Chen Tang City and instead spent all day in bars.

According to Qu Yun.

Her mother, who had been the Yaochi Divine Emperor for several billion years, didn’t realize that there were so many delicious and fun things in the lower world. If she had known this, she would have sneaked down.

Regarding this, Li Jing was genuinely troubled.

He originally thought he was getting another tool person by kidnapping a divine emperor, but who knew the mighty Yaochi Divine Emperor could be so capricious?

Not to mention Li Jing.

Upon hearing that Qu Yun was messing around with Li Lingyin, Ye Piaoran was also somewhat helpless.

As early as fifty years ago, they had already cleared up their relationship.

Once it had been clarified, there were no grievances between teacher and disciple.

Qu Yun sat in the position of divine emperor, and had to enforce the interests and doctrines of Yaochi. She could completely understand this.

If she were in the position of the Yaochi Divine Emperor.

The way she dealt with a Saintess who had made a mistake may not have been much better.

And if you look at it objectively.

In the past, participating in the Immortal Realm layout was her previous life’s own choice. She was not forced.

...

After serving up several plates of barbecue from Canglong Mountain, which was good enough for a meal, Li Jing left the Little Universe and came to the "outer door" rooted in the Immortal Realm, Chen Tang City. In Sky City, he found Gui Ya, who was dealing with matters.

As a standard workaholic, Gui Ya was very efficient and had a bit of OCD.

At the sight of him, he handed Li Jing a stack of neatly organized documents and then left to deal with his own business.

However, it was Daji and Lilith who stayed and started to fawn over him.

Li Jing knew what this fox and demon were up to.

Compared to the "inner gate".

The "outer gate" rooted in the Immortal Realm has too many shortcomings. The two of them were looking for an opportunity to go to the inner gate.