C1319 Cosmic Order Shattered(1)

Chen Qinghuang must have realized his identity from his first life. Yan Qiling and Yu Yiyi were also well aware of it. Even the ninth-level snow bear from the Frostlands, having encountered him previously, seemed to recognize something and repeatedly tried to ingratiate itself with him. Yet the butterfly and the tainted Uxthar Tree were misled by the Dragon Slaying Stage.

Despite occasional odd auras emanating from his body and soul, the Voidweaver assumed it was simply good fortune that allowed him to absorb the residual psionic power from the original owner of the Dragon Slaying Stage. It never occurred to the creature that the dragon slayer who had once driven the butterfly and Ancestral Tree to flee was actually his former self.

The psionic power from the Dragon Slaying Stage merged with him because the mark deep within his dominant soul remained unchanged. The butterfly, preoccupied with its initial impression, struggled to reconcile this. The sheer might of his former self was so extraordinary that the butterfly couldn't connect it with who he was now. Otherwise, the butterfly, whose spirit and body had been so battered by his former self that it had to seek refuge in the Maw of Oblivion, would never have treated him with such contempt.

The newly reborn, corrupted Uxthar Tree, likely misled by the butterfly, mistakenly believed he was merely a fortunate youth who had stumbled upon the dragon slayer's legacy. "Well, that makes things more interesting," Yu Yuan mused to himself, feeling increasingly at ease. Being underestimated by the others meant he could avoid their most fearsome attacks.

"Hey, just to set the record straight, I did have issues with your son, but I definitely didn't kill him," Yu Yuan suddenly declared to the Shadowkin patriarch, spreading his hands in a gesture of innocence. Brie looked at him as if he were a simpleton.

He wondered how a being as extraordinary as Chen Qinghuang could possibly spend so much time with such a man in the star-studded expanse of the Extraterrestrial Star River. "Elder Mia has brought back a woman named Wen Lu from the Everlands; she is my apprentice," he reflected.

Yu Yuan's smile was infectious, seemingly oblivious to Brie's frustration and impatience. "She's a hybrid of the Human Race and your Shadowkin, the orphan of the former High Priest. After this is over, could you perhaps refrain from troubling her and Mia?"

Brie was on the verge of losing his mind.

His lineage was in decline, the Azurewood Sceptre's fate hung by a thread, and Diggs was likely to advance to the tenth level, threatening to usurp his role as clan leader. The tainted Ancestral Tree's unchecked growth could spell disaster; if moved to another Star River, it would consume all life and psionic energy within.

With such impending calamity, how could he spare a thought for anything else? Mia and Wen Lu, even his deceased son, paled in comparison.

"Let's deal with the present crisis first! Then we can discuss other matters!"

Brie responded through clenched teeth, shooting Yu Yuan a fierce glare.

Sizzle! Sizzle! Sizzle!

Streaks of gray-white deathly lightning struck the lands of the Spirit World, each bolt etched with the law of mortality, like Divine Thunder from the heavens.

The once malevolently thriving flora - plants, flowers, ancient woods - began to die off en masse.

Black flames of annihilation spread from the feet of Yu Yuan and Brie, eradicating the underground psionic corruption and hidden evils.

Chen Qinghuang's attention had long since shifted from Yu Yuan to the butterfly and the Ancestral Tree. She unleashed her power unrestrained, intent on obliterating the Voidweaver's schemes and the nascent Uxthar Tree with a purity of destruction and death.

"Yu, Yu Yuan..."

An emaciated figure from the Moonlit Wanderers emerged unexpectedly beneath the verdant Magic Tree, casting a pitiful glance in his direction.

Yu Yuan was taken aback, but with a mere thought, the Titanblade's sheath radiated a brilliant crimson sword light.

"It's me, it's me!" pleaded Qiyan, the fiend who had casually taken over a body, the familiar flames flickering in his eye sockets. "I can truly be of assistance. Please reconsider, I implore you!"

In that moment, as Chen Qinghuang manifested her formidable might in the Spirit World, a devastating battle that would engulf the entire Astral Domain was already underway.

The pervasive death force was on the brink of permeating every nook and cranny of the Spirit World, leaving Qiyan with nowhere to hide, unable to conceal himself any longer.

Moreover, once the Voidweaver manifested in the guise of Benin, it seemed to be unintentionally targeting him.

He sensed imminent danger.

He wasn't afraid of the tainted Uxthar Tree, nor did he fear the branches that could pierce through him. However, the appearance of the Voidweaver on the tree, while in Benin's form, set his heart racing with anxiety.

As a result, he pursued Yu Yuan, pleading for help. On his way, he trembled with fear at the thought of being scorched by the destructive flames.

Yu Yuan, poised to strike, noticed Qiyan's form shifting once again. Qiyan was suspended in midair, just above the raging inferno of destruction.

The ashen Divine Thunder, imbued with the law of mortality, did not strike him.

This indicated that Chen Qinghuang had implicitly permitted his proximity.

Recalling the empress's earlier remarks, Yu Yuan recognized that this fiend, born from the Rainbow Ocean, might indeed prove useful at a critical moment.

The crimson glow of the sword light in the sheath faded, yet Yu Yuan's demeanor remained icy, "Your actions later will be the true test."

Qiyan was ecstatic, nodding vigorously like a pecking chick. "Rest assured! I'll give it my all this time!"

Brie, also standing beneath the Magic Tree, wore a grave expression, instinctively sensing that Qiyan, this peculiar entity, posed a threat to both him and the Azurewood Sceptre.

"There was a Hu Caiyun from the Rainbow Ocean, also known as Peach Madam, back in Yogreron," Brie said with a hint of frost in his voice, casting a hostile glance at Yu Yuan. "Her emergence as a colossal peach tree led to many deaths in Yogreron. I've heard rumors that you and Peach Madam had some dealings?"

"It's all a misunderstanding," Yu Yuan replied with a forced chuckle.

He too recalled the incident with Hu Caiyun, who had wreaked havoc in Yogreron, significantly boosting her power.

Hu Caiyun was an outsider to the Rainbow Ocean, her cultivation relying on a spell that necessitated the gathering of miasma and toxic smog.

Qiyan, a fiend born of the Rainbow Ocean itself, was a unique entity. The deadly rivers had been distilled into his liquid form, and it seemed he might indeed have the ability to counter the Uxthar Tree, potentially offering them some assistance.

With this realization, he ceased his resistance to Qiyan and refrained from banishing him any further.

Qiyan, recognizing the situation, took on the appearance of a man from the Moonlit Wanderers and stood by obediently. He watched the battle unfold in silence, ready to seize the opportunity to demonstrate his prowess.

Hiss!

A sharp branch suddenly thrust into the thunder vortex controlled by Wei Zhuo, setting off a cacophony of lightning and thunder.