C1233 The Fresh Artifact Soul

As Yu Yuan and Fu Xuanwen were locked in combat, the Great Sage Beru seized the moment to slip away and make his return to the Starfall Sea. Yu Yuan himself couldn't help but marvel at such a move.

"Xu Jingyao!" Cao Jiaze of the Ebon Star, amidst a host of Shura warriors, had been deftly maneuvering the palaces until he suddenly lost his composure and let out a piercing scream.

"Fu Xuanwen! Pei Yuling!" Zhu Huan, who had boldly taken on two platinum Shura alone, was now visibly rattled. His Divine Visage, ablaze with fury, glared at Fu Xuanwen and the indifferent Pei Yuling. With a stern voice, he issued a warning, "Xu Jingyao is the future Sect Master of the Sunlit Order. Should any harm befall him, you'll have to answer to us!"

In the Starfall Sea, Leo's presence alone wasn't overly concerning. Xu Jingyao, wielding the Flame Spear, was no easy target, not someone who could be subdued without a fight. Especially after Leo had been grievously wounded by Fu Xuanwen, Xu Jingyao had begun to dominate the battle.

But the current situation had shifted dramatically. Beru had broken free from Fu Xuanwen and, utilizing his Star Shadow lineage, connected with a Dead Star to teleport and then slip into the Starfall Sea.

With Beru's unexpected arrival, Xu Jingyao's safety was suddenly in jeopardy, and the threat of him being slain loomed large. Despite his Solar Spirit Body, a fall in the extraterrestrial realm would deal a significant blow to Xu Jingyao, potentially slowing his ascent to greatness and even fostering an inner demon within him.

Zhu Huan was determined to prevent this at all costs.

Upon hearing Zhu Huan's stern rebuke, both Cao Jiaze and Fu Xuanwen's brows furrowed in concern. Xu Jingyao's unique status meant that he was destined to be the Most High of the Sunlit Order. Should any misfortune befall him in the Kuvrepros Astral Domain, they would face severe consequences upon their return to the Everlands.

The two men steadied their minds, intent on finding a solution. They needed to ensure Xu Jingyao's safety at all costs.

"Great Sage!"

Leo's voice, filled with genuine joy, echoed from within the stone as the meteor shower in the Starfall Sea suddenly dimmed.

Amidst the shower, twinkling lights emerged, casting a refreshing coolness.

A bright, icy crescent moon appeared, its presence thanks to Beru's arrival, aiding the illusory stars in the Starfall Sea to withstand the inferno wrought by the Flame Spear.

Upon entering the Starfall Sea, the Great Sage Beru immediately made his impact, dispelling the fiery psionic power conjured by Xu Jingyao.

Yu Yuan's mind steadied in response.

Grasping the Dragon Slaying Stage, he keenly felt the young Titan Spinosaurus aiding him in organizing the power of the dragon corpses within, including the tenth-level Chronowyrm.

The still-growing creature had become the sovereign of this microcosm, wielding its hidden forces to reveal the temporal secrets understood by the Chronowyrm.

Or rather, it was displaying the bloodline mysteries etched into its own lineage through the residual might of the Chronowyrm!

"I hope that in the years to come, you will continue to stand by my side when I need you," Yu Yuan silently hoped, his thoughts and consciousness permeating the little world within the Dragon Slaying Stage, aware that the young beast could perceive his every thought and feeling.

"Hmm!"

A new layer of space undulated, and Yu Yuan, along with the meteorite beneath him, shifted positions spectrally, arriving where the two platinum Shura and Zhu Huan were locked in battle.

Puff!

The spot he had just vacated exploded into a myriad of golden brilliance.

The golden light materialized into words mid-air, and in the blink of an eye, transformed into mountains, rivers, an ice tempest, and numerous shattered realms.

Yu Yuan instantly realized that Fu Xuanwen from Ebon Star had launched a sudden attack due to the pressure exerted by Zhu Huan.

It was an ambush!

Zhu Huan's deliberate ambush had gone undetected by Yu Yuan, but the young beast within the Dragon Slaying Stage he held had anticipated it.

And so, it whisked Yu Yuan and the meteorite away from their original location.

"Yu Yuan! Xu Jingyao is a cornerstone of the Sunlit Order. You mustn't act recklessly!" Pei Yuling exclaimed.

"What's it to me? Are you blind? It's clear that two members of the Starborn are ganging up on Xu Jingyao. I'm merely a spectator," Yu Yuan said with a wry smile.

At that moment, he noticed the pitch-black darkness beneath the meteorite, a darkness so profound that one couldn't see their own hand, and it was piercingly cold.

Ahead, Zhu Huan's immense Divine Visage sat within a fiery halo resembling a blazing sun, surrounded by revolving rules, with an inferno raging beneath him.

Demian, having forged the Heartthumper Drum into armor and his vitality into a lethal weapon, along with Ciara, shrouded in darkness and icy chill, jointly struck at Zhu Huan's Divine Visage within the fiery circle.

The Mirror of the Infinite was faintly visible in the deep darkness beneath the meteorite.

A thought emerged from the violet gold dragon egg nestled within the Dragon Slaying Stage.

Yu Yuan instantly realized that the young Titan Spinosaurus, even in its current state, could wield the power of the Chronowyrm to shatter the spatial seal of the Mirror of the Infinite.

This meant that the equilibrium the Mirror of the Infinite had established against the Frost Well that Ciara carried would be undone.

If Ciara was prepared to pay the necessary price, she could forge a connection with the Blood King through the Frost Well.

Sabonis might then have the opportunity to cross the void.

"No! Not yet!"

Yu Yuan was startled and hastily intervened to prevent the young creature's intention, conveying his own will to it.

"The Mirror, the Mirror of the Infinite!"

As the artifact's master, Pei Yuling was psychically linked to it. When the young beast inside the Dragon Slaying Stage began to disrupt the spatial seal created by the Mirror of the Infinite, he felt it too.

The artifact soul within the Mirror of the Infinite urgently communicated to him that the Dragon Slaying Stage had the power to obliterate the spatial influence he had exerted.

It could even inflict damage on the Mirror of the Infinite itself, potentially harming the artifact.

Pei Yuling was profoundly alarmed and could no longer concern himself with other matters. "You need to be cautious! Believe me, Yu Yuan is too preoccupied to pay you any mind at the moment, and he's likely not in a rush to confront you."

After uttering those words, he traced a path across the cosmos and slipped into it.

Pei Yuling vanished in an instant.

The Mirror of the Infinite, engulfed in the Absolute Darkness, suddenly flared with light. He emerged from the Mirror, clutching an artifact, and swiftly extricated himself from the darkness.

"What secrets does the Dragon Slaying Stage hold?"

Emerging from the icy darkness, he posed the question to Yu Yuan with a grave look on his face.

Yu Yuan and he exchanged glances across the void. Meanwhile, on the other side of the dark cloud sea, the fight between Zhu Huan and the two platinum Shura raged on without pause.

"Fu Xuanwen, take them on. I need to rescue Xu Jingyao!"

Zhu Huan, who was also in the late period of the Unbound Stage, realized that the meteor shower created by the Flame Spear was on the brink of extinction.

Zhu Huan was genuinely alarmed.

Their foray into the Kuvrepros was to confront Leo and to ensure the Great Sage, Beru, met his demise. Yet now, the future leader of the Sunlit Order was on the verge of perishing.

How could he stand for this?

If Xu Jingyao were to meet with disaster, and with him present at the scene, he would be at a loss to justify it.

With Lee Tianxin, one of the sect's mainstays, already fallen, the Sunlit Order was at a disadvantage among the Everlands' five most powerful forces without a new primordial spirit to take his place.

Should Xu Jingyao also perish extraterrestrially, the Sunlit Order's esteemed status could shift.

And then, they might be supplanted by the Ruby Hand, a sect with the same roots as the Sunlit Order.

Should that come to pass, the Sunlit Order would be thoroughly dominated by the Ruby Hand in the times to come!

All the richest lands in the Everlands, brimming with fire energy and fire-based magic items, would fall into the Ruby Hand's grasp, propelling them onto a path of splendor.

Zhu Huan could not bear the thought of this happening!

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