# Chapter 3725: New World
Blade Venerable restrained his aura and fled into the Void World.
"This old fellow, lacking such an indomitable forward-charging momentum, how did he cultivate his blade dao to this level?" Zhang Ruochen said.
Truth Hall Master said, "Hmph! This precisely shows that his blade has already reached the level of being able to retract and release freely, only one step away from Indestructible Infinite!"
Zhang Ruochen retracted the Earth Cauldron, with the Immortal-Worshipping Cult Leader still suppressed inside.
Dragon Lord's gaze fell upon the cluster of soul light in Truth Hall Master's hand, saying, "Any gains?"
Truth Hall Master naturally understood what he was referring to, shaking her head, "These remnant souls I collected were all abandoned by the Soul Mother, no important information can be extracted. If we truly want to find the Underworld Ancestor's place of seclusion through the Soul Mother, we'll probably have to rely on Lady Shiji's side. These blood essences, however, are very worth analyzing and studying!"
Dragon Lord collected a cluster from the blood lake, holding it in his palm, carefully sensing and investigating, saying, "These blood essences are indeed very strange, but the power contained within, I'm afraid, can't compare to Ancestor blood, right? Could it be that our speculation is wrong, and that the Chaotic Ancient Demon Gods and the Soul Mother were able to survive to this era and awaken successively, having no necessary connection with this kind of blood essence?"
Truth Hall Master shook her head, "I hold precisely the opposite view. You must understand, the blood essences here should have been preserved since the Primordial Era. Even if it were Ancestor blood, after so many years, how much power could it still retain?"
"The blood essences here are absolutely left behind by the Underworld Ancestor. The only thing difficult to determine is whether it's blood from before the Underworld Ancestor transformed into the Underworld, or after."
"Previously, I simply didn't believe that Immortals existed. But now, I have no choice but to believe it. This era has produced too many inexplicable strange occurrences, with the rules of heaven and earth being broken time and again."
"Truly, the more one knows, the greater the fear in one's heart. That sense of crisis, powerlessness, and despair—I simply dare not tell those juniors. They couldn't bear such heavy pressure!"
Seeing Dragon Lord and Zhang Ruochen looking at her, she said, "You two can each independently support a realm of your own, even able to suppress old fellows who have cultivated for a million years—you're not considered juniors anymore!"
Dragon Lord said, "In that case, can Hall Master tell us, thirty thousand years ago, where was the battleground of the Twenty Heavens? And what existence were they going to fight?"
"Regarding this matter, what I know is not much more than what you know."
After thinking for a moment, Truth Hall Master finally said, "Ten eons ago, before the Immovable Bright King Great Venerable departed, he secretly met with several of the then Twenty Heavens, including my master, the previous Truth Hall Master, and the father of the Inverse Heavenly Venerable, who was the then clan leader of the Holy Clan."
"I think the Great Venerable must have told them some secrets."
"In his later years, my master vaguely told me that the coming era would be the most turbulent in the universe, with civilization after civilization facing destruction, and the source of all evil at the source of the Santu River."
"Cultivators throughout the world all know that the Santu River has no source, because it originates from every major world in the universe, every living planet, with over a hundred million tributaries. So, at that time, I naively believed that the source of evil my master spoke of was sentient beings themselves—that it was sentient beings' evil, selfish desires, and greed that caused their own destruction."
"But the battle of the Twenty Heavens thirty thousand years ago made me realize that there really should exist some source of evil in the universe. The Immovable Bright King Great Venerable went to fight It and died, and so did the Twenty-Four Heavens."
"Today, seeing the Soul Mother, watching her absorb the power of the Santu River, I became even more certain of this."
Zhang Ruochen said, "So, Hall Master believes that thirty thousand years ago, the place where the Twenty-Four Heavens went to fight is at the source of the Santu River?"
Truth Hall Master said, "Only the Heavenly Venerable knows the truth of the matter."
Dragon Lord looked toward the two damaged Santu River entrances in the starry sky, cold and fierce aura spreading outward, saying, "Does the Santu River really have a source? Where exactly is it?"
Truth Hall Master said, "The Heavenly Venerable not revealing this matter is actually the most correct approach. Otherwise, it would only attract a large number of cultivators to go there—some overestimating their abilities to seek revenge, more going to pay homage and submit, and probably not a few dying from curiosity."
Dragon Lord and Zhang Ruochen had to admit that Truth Hall Master's words were correct.
Because, they had just considered that once they knew the place where the Twenty Heavens fought thirty thousand years ago, it would be very difficult to suppress the urge to go investigate.
Even if they suppressed it, it would become a thorn that could emerge from their thoughts at any time.
Truth Hall Master thought of something, saying, "By the way, Baal and the Calamity of Quantities Emperor have made a move against the Kunlun Realm!"
Zhang Ruochen's heart lurched, but seeing Truth Hall Master so calm and composed, his worried mood dissipated, saying, "They shouldn't be launching a strong attack, right? Did the Heavenly Venerable repel them?"
Truth Hall Master nodded, "They should have two purposes: first, to test whether the Heavenly Venerable is in the Kunlun Realm. Second, to tie down the Heavenly Venerable, with the target still on the Soul Realm side. If I were them, killing you would definitely be more urgent than killing Island Master. You've grown too fast!"
Dragon Lord said, "Now, all cultivators in the world know that the Heavenly Venerable is stationed in the Kunlun Realm and can hardly extricate himself. Won't the Starry Sky Defense Line and the Heavenly Court become their key targets for attack?"
Even the consistently tough Truth Hall Master couldn't help but sigh, "The Heavenly Court only has the Heavenly Venerable at the Heavenly Venerable rank, truly unable to attend to everything at once. Fortunately, the Hell Realm is now too busy dealing with its own troubles, so the Starry Sky Defense Line doesn't need to be too worried. If Island Master can recover, the Heavenly Court's situation will certainly improve accordingly, allowing us to launch counter-hunts instead of being as passive as we are now."
"Leave this matter to me," Zhang Ruochen said.
Truth Hall Master and Dragon Lord both looked toward Zhang Ruochen.
Zhang Ruochen had decided to immediately write a letter to Nutian Shenzun, informing him about Qishier Pin Lian and Kong Faning.
Since Hao Tian had no time to deal with this matter, the only one qualified to handle it was Nutian Shenzun!
Zhang Ruochen looked at the ruined space before him. The Void World, Lihentian, and the Santu River were all visible. Even hundreds of billions of miles away, enormous space rifts could be seen. The center was even more fragmented, completely turned into nothingness, impossible to repair in a short time.
He soared out, suspended at the center of the space cracks, spreading his arms wide.
The rules of heaven and earth converged, and space rapidly repaired.
Turbid chaos qi appeared beneath his feet, while above his head, clear light shone for ten thousand zhang. Source particles flew in from the starry sky, like luminous great rivers, converging toward him.
Gradually, the turbid qi condensed into earth, and the ten-thousand-zhang clear light gathered into an atmosphere.
"Boom rumble!"
The earth continuously expanded—a thousand miles, ten thousand miles, a hundred thousand miles...
A world was gradually condensed by Zhang Ruochen from nothingness.
The land was desolate, with yellow soil stretching endlessly, without any sign of life.
The sky was dim, with no sun or moon visible.
Zhang Ruochen stood in the atmosphere, his gaze calm as still water. He reached out toward the starry sky, divine light blazing in his palm. His divine thought extended three hundred billion miles away, drawing upon spatial power.
The space of the entire star domain trembled.
Three hundred billion miles away, a massive star was pulled by his divine power, flying over rapidly.
By the time Zhang Ruochen, Dragon Lord, and Truth Hall Master left, a new world had appeared in the space where the Soul Realm had been.
A blazing sun hung high, with blue skies and white clouds.
There were vast oceans in the world, but no life had yet been nurtured.
Such a great divine ability of one person creating a world would make even gods bow in worship.
...
"Hua!"
In the eastern sky of the new world, a patch of dark clouds appeared.
A spatial hole split open in the darkness, and a bronze cauldron flew out, landing on the ground of the Soul Realm.
Lady Shiji, her robes fluttering, her figure beautiful as a painting, stood beside the bronze cauldron. Her skin was whiter than immortal jade, her beautiful eyes looking at the continuous red-yellow mountain ridges before her.
At the top of the mountain ridge, she saw a stone tablet.
"Hua!"
Her figure flickered, appearing before the stone tablet.
"Lianxi's Grave."
The Xuan Cauldron floated several dozen zhang above the ground. At the cauldron's mouth, streaks of soul fragments flew out, transforming into a cluster of soul light.
Lady Shiji formed hand seals, and the soul light gradually condensed into Lianxi's form.
Although Lianxi's divine soul was shattered, all the soul fragments had been collected into the Xuan Cauldron.
Lady Shiji had absolute control over the Xuan Cauldron, so she didn't need to summon souls. She only needed to separate these soul fragments and use great divine power to recondense them.
Lianxi, without joy or sorrow, knelt on one knee before Lady Shiji, saying, "Thank you, Empress, for the grace of rebirth."
Lady Shiji was cold and pure as jade, one hand behind her back, naturally exuding an unparalleled authority, saying, "I expended divine power to save you because there are conditions. The Soul Mother bestowed her seven souls and three spirits upon you. Although she failed to possess you, it has established a close connection with you."
"Now, her seven souls and three spirits have merged with your three souls and seven spirits, transforming into one soul and one spirit."
"I need to borrow your soul to devour the Soul Mother's soul."
Lianxi said, "Your disciple's cultivation is too low, I'm afraid it will be difficult to help Empress."
Lady Shiji said with infinite confidence, "With me helping you, what are you worried about? You are now only a soul body, with no way to retreat. You can only devour the Soul Mother's soul and seize her Half-Ancestor body."
"Your disciple will certainly give it my all," Lianxi said.
Lady Shiji had failed to keep Qishier Pin Lian. Now, to find the Underworld Ancestor in advance and kill him, she could only rely on the Soul Mother.
Only if Lianxi became the new Soul Mother could she help.
If the Underworld Ancestor woke up on his own, who in the world could stand against him?
Lady Shiji said, "The current Soul Realm should be considered an extremely safe place. We'll stay here from now on! Whether we can succeed depends on whether your spiritual will is strong enough!"
Lianxi stood up and saw that stone tablet, immediately revealing an expression of unconcealable joy in her eyes.
This was a very strange emotion—after all, that was her grave!
Lady Shiji said, "Are you so easily satisfied? 'Lianxi's Grave'—such cold four words. If you want the words 'my wife' to be added to your tombstone when you die, you must discard all distracting thoughts and make yourself strong enough—strong enough that Zhang Ruochen cannot ignore you."
"Boom!"
Lady Shiji pointed out, and the stone tablet and the cenotaph below exploded, all turning to dust.
(Chapter End)