Chapter 626 531: Two Saintesses Meet Pei Yuhang Again

With Ji Shenyun presiding over Lan City, the entire area was perfectly peaceful. Neither the Chosen Organization nor the Endless Sea Demon Race dared to cause any trouble.

But elsewhere along the coastline, with the arrival of countless Human Race Sect fleets and Demon Race reinforcements from the Northern Desert and Southern Border, a war for racial survival of unprecedented intensity was on the verge of erupting.

The sea breeze carried the stench of rust and smoke. Blood stained the great ocean red.

Fortunately, today, Ji Shenyun finally decided to stop watching from the sidelines.

High above the clouds, Ji Shenyun's long, black-and-gold robe whipped in the wind.

Thanks to her ceaseless "cultivation" with Pei Yuhang, day and night, her injuries had almost completely healed, and her aura had returned to its peak, even though every session ended with her fainting.

Standing there on the clouds, she gazed down at the boundless sea, an irrepressible sense of pride welling within her, as if the entire world were beneath her notice.

Sensing Pei Yuhang's wary gaze, she turned to the three people behind her, the corners of her lips curling into a smirk.

"You need not be so guarded against Us. This time, We will not move against your Human Race or your Sects. Our only target is the Abyssal Sea Palace.

As long as your Sects do not obstruct Us, all will be well."

After a pause, Ji Shenyun's gaze shifted, sweeping over the three before her with a faint, unreadable smile.

"As for the future... when We rebuild the Asura Dynasty, if you can persuade your respective Sects to submit, We wouldn't mind leaving a place for your Human Race."

Pei Yuhang and Nangong Jin exchanged a look but said nothing.

They knew full well what she was asking. 'Persuade our Sects to bow and submit? Utterly impossible.'

But the current situation was treacherous. Ji Shenyun's power was indispensable; at the very least... they couldn't let her side with the enemy.

As for the future, they could only take things one step at a time.

In any case, they first had to stop the Chosen Organization from welcoming the return of the All Gods. Otherwise, the Cultivation Realm would have no future to speak of.

"Master! Look!"

Yueqiu suddenly cried out, pointing below them.

Pei Yuhang looked down, his pupils shrinking abruptly—

The vast, boundless Endless Sea was receding at a visible rate, exposing the wet seabed as if the entire ocean was being forcibly drained by some invisible power!

"Is this... the sign of the Abyssal Sea Palace's emergence?"

Ji Shenyun glanced sideways at him, a glint of gold flashing in her eyes. Her voice was low and solemn.

"Correct. Which means—" She waved her sleeve, and the clouds beneath her feet surged. "It's time to move."

With a flicker of movement, Ji Shenyun shot into the distance like a golden stream of light, leaving only the cold echo of her voice lingering in their ears—

"Keep up with Us."

"The area around the Abyssal Sea Palace is bound to be the heart of the entire battlefield.

You must be careful and protect yourselves. There are plenty of people who want to get their hands on the Abyssal Sea Palace. Although We can sweep away all opposition, We may not have the energy to spare for you."

"So whatever you do, don't get yourselves killed!"

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"KILL!!"

Across the land and sky, dense throngs of Cultivators rode their Spirit Swords and wielded all manner of Divine Techniques and Magic Arts, locked in a chaotic melee.

All sorts of earth-shattering Arrays and rare Magical Treasures rained down, wreaking havoc across the battlefield.

RUMBLE—

Suddenly, thunder rolled across the sky.

The terrifying Suppression made everyone on the field pause for an instant.

It was a Mahayana Cultivator! A Mahayana-level expert had finally made a move!

Within a sea of lightning, Xiao Jiuxing raised a hand, transforming countless bolts of lightning into a Qilin that roared down and reduced the Demon Race army below to scorched earth and shattered corpses.

He looked up toward the Nine Heavens Space, where a world-shattering battle was taking place. There, the Sect Leaders of the five great Sacred Lands, led by the Xuanyuan Dao Sect, had been ambushed by the Chosen Organization.

Those madmen had dared to insult the ancestors and masters of the five Sacred Lands by resurrecting the corpses of their ancient Sect Leaders and Elders, turning them into puppets to block the way.

Although these Mahayana Cultivators, created by forcibly possessing Void Refining Cultivators as vessels, could not remain in the mortal world for long and could not wield their full power from when they were alive, their sheer numbers and the surprise of the attack had still plunged the leaders of the five Sacred Lands into a bitter struggle.

And through a Transmission Token, Xiao Jiuxing learned that in another battle in the deep sea, a great Demon Dao Mahayana expert and a group of Demon Kings had also been ambushed by the legendary Demon Race god, the Eight-headed Snake Demon.

To stabilize the situation, Xiao Jiuxing, a Mahayana Level combatant who was supposed to enter the fray later, had no choice but to charge in ahead of schedule.

At that moment, a powerful voice resounded in his Sea of Consciousness.

[Xiao Jiuxing! Go rescue Ji Xichan immediately! A mysterious expert just attacked, repelled me, and abducted her!]

'It's a message from the Taoist Lord...'

'What? Someone managed to snatch a person right from under the Taoist Lord's nose!'

Ji Xichan's body contained the remains of an Innate Divine Spirit—also known as a divine physique—and only the power of this physique could be used to summon the Abyssal Sea Palace.

After Nangong Jin had her refine the key to the Abyssal Sea Palace that he'd found in the Endless Sea, Ji Xichan had become, in effect, the living key to opening the Abyssal Sea Palace of the Ancient Divine Court!

For this very reason, the Taoist Lord had kept Ji Xichan by his side personally, with the Sect Leaders of several other great Sacred Lands acting as her guardians.

To think that even with such stringent defenses, the enemy had still succeeded!

The matter was of critical importance. Xiao Jiuxing didn't dare hesitate. Activating his Thunderbolt Body, he prepared to follow the Taoist Lord's directions to give chase and retrieve her.

Just then, Chen Tiansheng flew over on his sword.

"Great Elder, I'll go with you! Ji Xichan is my disciple. She bears a life-saving Restriction I placed on her, which I can use to track her."

"Good. Then I'll take you with me!"

Xiao Jiuxing grabbed Chen Tiansheng's wrist, and his body transformed into a dazzling bolt of lightning that vanished into the clouds, streaking toward the depths of the Endless Sea.

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WHOOSH—

Lin Qianyan and Shang Miaoyan were hidden within a floating cloud, suspended silently in the sky.

The cloud appeared ordinary, but it was in fact an Ancient Magical Treasure whose greatest function was to distort a Cultivator's Divine Sense, thereby reducing the user's presence and making them harder to notice.