Volume 1, Chapter 411 – Pursuit

The golden dragon of fortune was invisible to the naked eye, yet now its form had manifested within Shi Lan’s palm.

This golden dragon of fortune was the Moonshadow Dynasty’s dragon vein, the foundation accumulated over ten thousand years of ruling the world.

Wu Tan was not one favored by the Heavenly Mandate, for there was no consciousness of the Heavenly Dao upon him. However, with the protection of this golden dragon of fortune, ordinary cultivators could not even approach him.

But before Shi Lan, a single thought from her was enough to scatter the golden dragon of fortune and sever the dragon vein the Moonshadow Dynasty had built up over ten thousand years.

The consecrated experts standing below all looked horrified. A few of them let their gazes flicker and silently retreated several steps, leaving Wu Tan, who stood at the very front, fully exposed.

Wu Tan remained where he was. After glancing at the struggling golden dragon of fortune in that giant hand, he turned his head to look at the battle banner atop the warship and drew a deep breath.

“From this day forth, Tianyan shall be the state religion of my Moonshadow Dynasty. I am willing to honor the Fairy as the High Priestess of my dynasty!”

Several consecrated experts stared at Wu Tan in shock, stunned by his abrupt change in attitude for a long while.

Shi Lan sized up the emperor below. His keen sense of the situation made her regard him somewhat differently.

If the matter could be settled peacefully, she naturally had no desire to fight. She had never been bloodthirsty by nature.

“There is no need for a High Priestess. So long as you do not interfere with Tianyan establishing its sect, the Moonshadow Dynasty will remain the Moonshadow Dynasty.”

Shi Lan opened her hand. The instant the golden dragon of fortune broke free, it dove deep into the earth and did not dare show itself again.

At the side, Liang Yunnan and the others stood dumbfounded. Even as they were shocked, their blood began to heat up. Shi Lan’s decisive, thunder-swift way of doing things stirred their fervor.

The more than three hundred disciples aboard the warship all had shining eyes, and the fanatical reverence in their hearts deepened even further.

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To seize a dragon with one hand and force a dynasty that had lasted ten thousand years to bow with a single person’s might, what overwhelming power was that?

Shi Lan said nothing more. The warship slowly turned, then in an instant broke the sound barrier and shot away.

Wu Tan stared in the direction the warship had left, his expression shifting uncertainly.

The golden dragon of fortune was the foundation of the state. If it were lost, the Moonshadow Dynasty’s national destiny, which had endured for ten thousand years, might very well come to an end in his hands. He could not bear that responsibility.

“A bunch of trash!”

He swept a glance over the few consecrated experts who had retreated, cursed in a low voice, dismissed those around him, and hurried toward a side hall deep within the imperial palace.

A moment later, Wu Tan pushed open the doors of the side hall. More than a dozen figures were already standing inside the spacious chamber.

The Moonshadow Dynasty ruled the world, and the imperial clan enjoyed the finest cultivation resources. Naturally, many powerful cultivators had emerged from it.

These people were all members of the imperial clan from past generations. The eldest among them had lived for over eight thousand years, genuine old antiques.

These were the Moonshadow Dynasty’s true foundations. The consecrated experts kept in the imperial palace on ordinary days could only be called high-level hired muscle.

Wu Tan respectfully bowed to them one by one, paid his respects to his elders, and then carefully asked,

“If all of you ancestors join forces, would there be any chance of subduing that woman from beyond this world?”

“Impossible.”

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A middle-aged man with graying temples shook his head.

“That woman’s cultivation has already far surpassed this world’s limit. We do not even have the ability to drag her down with us.”

“Once we act, we would only be throwing eggs against a rock.”

“The current situation is already the best possible outcome.”

“You handled this matter well just now.”

An old man standing at the center spoke as he stroked his snow-white beard and cautioned,

“Be careful to maintain good relations with her. If an opportunity arises in the future, we may also be able to leave this world and obtain the true method of immortality. Set your sights farther ahead.”

“I understand…”

After leaving that side hall, Wu Tan entered the inner palace expressionlessly and headed straight for a certain sleeping palace.

Yet the sleeping palace was empty. The woman who should have been there had, just as suddenly as she had appeared, suddenly vanished.

“She ran quickly enough…”

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At this moment, all the Cube participants in Yuanji World were trembling with fear, frantically shrinking toward the corners of Yuanji World. Every day they changed to a different place, doing everything they could to lessen their sense of presence.

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It was obvious that Liang Yunnan’s team had found a terrifyingly powerful backer. If murderous intent were stirred, they would have no chance of survival at all.

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Shi Lan had little interest in these Cube participants. Taking Li Canglan with her, she piloted the warship and spent two days touring the entire Yuanji World.

Using Heaven’s Eye Qi-Sight to observe the flows of water and qi, she searched out the dragon veins underground, and in the end fixed Tianyan Sect’s site on a towering peak in the southwest.

This mountain was nearly a thousand zhang high. Its paths were jagged and precipitous, a natural stronghold. Beneath the range lay a medium-grade spirit vein; in Yuanji World, it was already a first-rate blessed land.

Once the location was settled, Shi Lan directly took out the Golden Rainbow Sword and, with a single arc of sword qi, shaved the mountaintop flat to serve as the sect grounds. The rest she left for Li Canglan to arrange himself.

As for Liang Yunnan and the others, Shi Lan directly entrusted them to Li Canglan as well. This place was safe enough, and Li Canglan’s strength was sufficient to protect them until they returned to the Cube space.

Shi Lan had once discussed with Samsara this trial method of the Cube space, which resembled raising poisonous creatures to devour one another.

In the end, they arrived at a conjecture: perhaps this method was meant to harvest source force ahead of time, reduce some unnecessary low-level personnel, and concentrate resources on those with more hope of reaching the upper ranks.

It could be said to be a ruthless process of selection.

From this, one could glimpse the whole from a single spot: the strong who were filtered out layer by layer in such a way would certainly possess terrifying methods beyond ordinary imagination, whether in battle strength or in strategy.

After finishing all this, Shi Lan went straight back to the Illusory Star Domain through the passage.

For her, the spiritual qi of heaven and earth in Yuanji World was simply far too thin. It offered not the slightest nourishment to her Nascent Soul golden body; remaining in this world for a long time would bring nothing but harm and no benefit.

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In just a few short days, upheaval swept through the Illusory Star Domain.

The demons’ number one prodigy, Imperial Rakshasa, had appeared in the Illusory Star Domain. As soon as he made a move, he killed a human Heavenlord, and afterward slew several Heaven-Man great powers in succession, provoking the Human Emperors into joining forces to hunt him down.

Not long after, another explosive piece of news arrived: one Human Emperor had been severely wounded while pursuing Imperial Rakshasa.

The reason was that Imperial Rakshasa carried with him an avatar of the Heaven Demon Mirror, the supreme treasure of the demon race. Sealed within it was a law imprint left by a demon Venerable, and its might was terrifying beyond measure.

For a time, the mutual wars across the entire Illusory Star Domain came to an abrupt halt, and all parties began searching for Imperial Rakshasa’s whereabouts.

Several veteran Human Emperors entered the fray one after another, sealing off the Illusory Star Domain and joining the hunt for Imperial Rakshasa.

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Beneath a stretch of starry sky, a man and a woman fled at high speed. Behind them were two figures, their demonic qi like thunder, restrained but not released, wrapped in wind-and-fire tribulation aura. They were unmistakably two Heaven Demons.

“You’re a member of the demon race too, aren’t you? Why are they trying to kill you as well?”

The man turned his head to look at the woman beside him, his face full of confusion.

“How would I know?!”

Zhu Xiyang’s breathing was unsteady as she snapped back irritably, gritting her teeth.