Volume 1, Chapter 452 – Heavenly Might

[Mission settlement complete.]

[Mission rewards issued.]

[Congratulations, Host, for obtaining: two high-level lottery chances, and the formation diagram for the Grand Zhoutian Star Array.]

Shi Lan did not pay much mind to the two high-level lottery chances, but the formation diagram for the Grand Zhoutian Star Array was extraordinarily remarkable.

This was a composite formation that combined four categories of arrays—“slaughter,” “trapping,” “defense,” and “bewilderment”—into one, and its power was terrifying in the extreme.

If three hundred and sixty-five stars were used as the array cores, with immensely powerful cultivators presiding over them, it would be enough to unleash supreme might capable of overturning the cosmos itself.

What it contained was not just the formation diagram, but also the method for refining array banners. If she could refine three hundred and sixty-five array banners to replace the stars as the array cores, then even a single person could form the array and bring out part of its power. For the current Shi Lan, this was also an exceptionally powerful means of self-defense.

As for the two high-level lottery chances, she had no urgent need for any item right now, so she could keep them in reserve for emergencies.

As Tianyan Sect’s sphere of influence expanded, the speed at which her reputation points were soaring grew faster and faster. Shi Lan deliberately intended to stockpile reputation points and try the ultimate lottery that could only be activated with one billion reputation points.

A ten-star upper limit was very hard for her to ignore.

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After confirming that nothing had been overlooked, Shi Lan walked toward the remaining Hundred Races beings of the Qiongluo Realm.

As soon as Shi Lan arrived outside that gathering place, she saw several rune masters, as well as Chi Junyu and that white tiger.

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Clearly, they had long expected Shi Lan’s arrival.

Shi Lan had already met these people once before, back above the sea, but several were now missing, and only five remained.

“I will set aside an area within the Qiongluo Realm for you to rest and recover, so that the rune path may be preserved.”

Looking at the seven figures before her, whose combat strength was equivalent to the Human Emperor level, Shi Lan felt a slight regret. If this force could serve her in the Lingyang Realm, she would be able to raise an incomparably powerful faction in an extremely short time.

Shi Lan had no intention of interfering too much with the Qiongluo Realm’s development. No matter how strong the power within this world became, it still could not escape the palm of her hand.

She was now acting in place of this world’s Heavenly Dao. It was enough for her to treat all living beings within it equally. Afterward, she would bring Tianyan Sect’s disciples into the realm. As time passed, this world would naturally head where it was meant to go.

Shi Lan ascended into the sky and looked down over the entire Qiongluo Realm, beginning to sort out the world itself.

Mountains, rivers, lakes, and seas were piled together and crushed into each other without any order, while the dragon veins deep beneath the earth were tangled together in chaotic disorder.

Rumble…

With a single movement of Shi Lan’s thoughts, all the oceans and lakes in the world rose into the air and flowed in reverse toward the highest heavens.

Countless shattered rocks and towering peaks recombined. The dragon veins deep underground were straightened out one by one by an invisible giant hand. Mountains of corpses were pressed layer by layer into the deep earth. After endless years, the remaining energy within them would eventually transform into spiritual treasures and return to heaven and earth.

Buzz—

A divine light flashed through Shi Lan’s eyes. As her gaze moved, the land sank, revealing river channels, valleys, and finally the mouth where everything converged into the sea.

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Boom…

Endless torrents poured downward, flowing from streams into rivers, racing into great waterways, and then into the sea. A continent stretching millions of li across was partitioned off on its own as a place for the remaining creatures of the Qiongluo Realm to multiply and dwell.

In the spare moments while reshaping the world, Shi Lan’s gaze shifted slightly, and she suddenly felt a bit playful. From the storage treasures left behind by the army of Reincarnation Hall, she drew out tens of thousands of glimmers of spiritual light and hid them in rivers, lakes, seas, forests, and deep ravines.

Perhaps one day, these strange treasures would be discovered by some fortunate person by chance.

“Thank… Heaven.”

The rune masters fell silent for a long time, then finally all knelt and performed a rite of worship to Heaven. The white tiger at the side also lowered its head and bowed.

For them, “Heaven” was perhaps the best possible title for Shi Lan. As living beings of the Qiongluo Realm, they now could not summon even the slightest thought of defiance before her.

In the blink of an eye, two days passed…

Shi Lan did not have much further interaction with the living beings in the Qiongluo Realm. After roughly setting the world in order, she returned directly to Lingyang.

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The instant she stepped out of the Qiongluo Realm, an extremely distinct aura locked onto her, and the tribulation clouds reappeared.

This time, the scale of the lightning tribulation far surpassed the last one.

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The tribulation clouds were black as ink, as if they were about to swallow Yunyan Star whole. Before the lightning had even moved, the earth could no longer withstand Heaven’s might and began to split apart. Whether peddlers and commoners or powerful cultivators, all were forced to their knees.

Shi Lan instantly realized the target of the tribulation clouds: her storage bracelet!

To be precise, it was the six portions of bloodline left behind by Supremes inside her storage bracelet, along with the remnant bodies of those Supremes!

The alien Dao aura contained in the Supreme blood was far too obvious. It instantly roused the vigilance of Lingyang’s Heavenly Dao and drew down heavenly punishment.

Daring not to delay, Shi Lan directly removed the storage bracelet and threw it into the Qiongluo Realm, cutting off the aura.

The tribulation clouds in the sky lingered for a very long time. Lightning flickered in and out of view, repeating for nearly an hour before gradually subsiding. The heavy pressure of Heaven’s might drifted through the air, suppressing everyone until they could barely breathe.

For a moment, Shi Lan felt troubled. Lingyang’s Heavenly Dao was far too sharp. She even vaguely suspected that if she were not currently in the Illusory Star Domain but on the Lingyang Continent instead, she would probably have already been reduced to tribulation ash in an instant.

Tianbai covered her eyes and lay belly-down in the courtyard with her rear sticking up, her body trembling slightly, every strand of hair on her body standing upright out of control.

Demonic beasts were undoubtedly even more sensitive to Heaven’s might, and with her being in the central area, this reaction was hardly surprising.

Shi Lan stepped forward, picked her up, and had someone send word to Li Canglan.

…

In less than the time it took half a cup of tea to brew, Li Canglan arrived before Shi Lan and recounted the events of the past few days in detail.

The four great royal clans, led by the Qin family, had still sent Shi Lan an invitation, asking her to appear for a meeting to discuss the establishment of branch strongholds.

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The wording on the invitation was extremely polite, without any discourtesy.

But the Qin family’s old ancestor, who had reached perfect completion in the King Realm, had led the Seven Saints of the Qin Clan, along with King Realm experts from the other three families—a total of more than twenty people—to hold a gathering atop Golden Cauldron Mountain, open for anyone to attend and observe.

Clearly, with the four great royal clans making such a huge display, anyone with eyes could tell that they had come aggressively and meant no good.

“They really won’t shed tears until they see the coffin.”

Now that she had an entire great world like the Qiongluo Realm as her foundation, Shi Lan no longer valued Yunyan Star as much as she once had. In her eyes, the ambiguous attitude of these royal clans could be summed up in only four words:

“Seeking their own destruction.”

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Golden Cauldron Mountain lay within a mountain range and rose to nearly four thousand zhang high. Even on all of Yunyan Star, it counted as one of the notable peaks.

Under normal circumstances, when the radiance of the great sun poured down, one could stand atop the summit, look down upon the surrounding mountains, and glimpse a golden sea of clouds like an immortal realm.

But now, the sky was black as ink, and even the sea of clouds had turned dark and dim, adding a few more touches of eerie strangeness.

The Qin family’s old ancestor sat high atop a massive boulder. As he thought of the waves of tribulation clouds that had appeared one after another over the past few days, an inexplicable unease rose in his heart.