Chapter 2480 - 2170: Collapse of the Border Wilderness Restriction

Upon hearing Wu Junwan’s mockery, Xue Linglong let out a cold laugh and said, "I am inherently from the Sky Demon Sect, and pleasures between men and women are just normal for us."

"Even if my Primordial Yin was taken by Lu Chen, so what? In my eyes, he is merely a tool to improve my Cultivation State."

"As for you, if the people of the Great Yan Immortal Dynasty find out their Princess Junwan was toyed with by a Border Desolate Native in various ways, even bearing his bastard, your princess identity might not be preserved."

Wu Junwan calmly said, "You don’t have to worry about that. Did you come to see me today just to exchange words?"

At this point, Wu Junwan glanced at Xue Linglong.

Although Xue Linglong had restrained her aura, Wu Junwan could sense an invisible pressure emanating from her, no weaker than her own, indicating that Xue Linglong likely had already broken through to the Heavenly Realm.

Detecting the pressure on her, Wu Junwan’s brows furrowed slightly.

Originally, she had planned to eliminate Xue Linglong one day when Lu Chen was absent. Unexpectedly, this demoness had already broken through to the Heavenly Realm, making it troublesome. She probably wouldn’t have the chance to get rid of her now.

Seeing Wu Junwan’s face darken, Xue Linglong smiled and said, "Your expression seems a bit off. Could it be you’ve sensed that I’ve broken through to the Heavenly Realm?"

Wu Junwan remained silent.

Xue Linglong continued, "I came to deliver some bad news."

"The Ancient Inheritance has already fallen into Lu Chen’s hands. I stayed inside the Ancient Ruins for a few days and didn’t find a single treasure."

Hearing Xue Linglong’s words, Wu Junwan understood why she came to find her at Zhen Nan Prince Manor first thing after returning—to probe and see if she had obtained anything from inside.

Though Xue Linglong’s mouth claimed the inheritance fell into Lu Chen’s hands, her visit indicated her suspicion that the Ancient Ruins’ inheritance or treasures might be with Wu Junwan.

Coming to her senses, Wu Junwan calmly said, "Oh? Really? How do you know the Ancient Inheritance is definitely in Lu Chen’s hands?"

Xue Linglong probingly asked, "If not in Lu Chen’s hands, could it be in yours?"

Seeing that Xue Linglong indeed suspected her, Wu Junwan directly said, "There’s no need to probe me. If I had truly acquired the Ancient Inheritance, I wouldn’t still be at the Early Heaven Realm."

Hearing Wu Junwan’s words, Xue Linglong found some sense in them.

She had broken through to the Heavenly Realm right after entering the Ancient Ruins, proving that Wu Junwan’s breakthrough likely had much to do with the Ruins’ environment itself.

If Wu Junwan truly obtained the Ancient Inheritance, breaking through another couple of small realms shouldn’t be an issue, should it?

It seemed the inheritance indeed wasn’t with Wu Junwan but with Lu Chen. That eased her mind.

She’d prefer the Ancient Inheritance fall into Lu Chen’s hands rather than being acquired by the Righteous Sects of Central State.

After all, Lu Chen was now her master, so she naturally had to stand by his side, despite her inner reluctance, even if her body couldn’t resist it.

At this moment, Wu Junwan gave Xue Linglong a glance and then said, "Did you truly gain nothing?"

Hearing Wu Junwan’s question, Xue Linglong smiled warmly and replied, "I indeed didn’t find anything useful inside; did you perhaps discover some treasure within?"

Hearing Xue Linglong’s response, Wu Junwan was relieved.

It seemed she wasn’t the only one who returned empty-handed. It turned out everything in the Ancient Ruins had been thoroughly scavenged by Lu Chen.

Perhaps Lu Chen found the inheritance, and it contained the Ruins’ core.

After Lu Chen controlled the Ruins’ core, he could clearly locate all the treasures left by the Great Power within.

So, after entering that Ruins, they ended up with nothing.

But come to think of it, what Lu Chen said might be true.

Perhaps there really wasn’t any Ancient Inheritance in there, nor any treasures left by Ancient Great Power, just a peerless fiend sealed within.

And that peerless fiend had already been sealed again by Lu Chen.

Of course, without concrete evidence, Wu Junwan still suspects Lu Chen obtained the Ancient Inheritance. She currently holds a stance of partial skepticism towards Lu Chen’s words.

After all, what Lu Chen said was merely his unilateral claims.

Moreover, this Ancient Inheritance was deduced by the Tianji Pavilion, and Tianji Pavilion’s divinations had never been wrong before, so it’s no wonder she doubted Lu Chen.

At this moment, Wu Junwan said, "You don’t need to keep probing here; there was nothing in there anyway."

"Instead of probing me further, why not go ask Lu Chen."

Hearing Wu Junwan’s words, Xue Linglong thought for a moment.

Lu Chen was the first to enter the Ancient Ruins, so it’s highly possible he took everything from within.

Continuing to probe Wu Junwan would yield no result, it was meaningless.

Then Xue Linglong smiled and said, "Since even you didn’t find any treasures in there, I’m relieved."

With that, Xue Linglong turned to leave. Watching Xue Linglong’s swaying hips, the spiritual evil in Wu Junwan’s body instinctively gathered between her palms, tempted to strike secretly with a palm at Xue Linglong.

However, she restrained her internal urge.

Now, with Xue Linglong already breaking through to the Heavenly Realm and with Lu Chen also in the Zhen Nan Prince Manor, getting rid of Xue Linglong was almost impossible. Only when the Border Wilderness prohibition lifted, with the Great Yan Immortal Dynasty’s experts entering the Border Wilderness, would there be a chance to solve Xue Linglong.

Next, all she needed was to continue waiting, waiting for the complete dissolution of the Border Wilderness’s restriction.

Now even the King Realm can enter the Border Wilderness, so perhaps it won’t be long before the restriction further weakens, allowing those above the King Realm to enter the Border Wilderness.

As time passed day by day, finally, the Border Wilderness’s restriction couldn’t hold any longer.

Originally, there was scarce spiritual evil in the Border Wilderness. As more Spirit Martial Artists flooded in, the spiritual evil diminished.

And the maintenance of the restriction required the support of the Border Wilderness’s spiritual evil. With it being absorbed massively by Spirit Martial Artists, without that support, the restriction naturally began to collapse.

However, with the collapse of the restriction, the Border Wilderness’s spiritual evil instead received supplementation.

Previously, the restriction blocked it, preventing spiritual evil from flowing into the Border Wilderness from elsewhere. With the restriction gone, in just an instant, the concentration of spiritual evil in the Border Wilderness increased dozens of times over.

At Zhen Nan Prince Manor, Lu Chen was engaged with Xue Linglong. Suddenly, he sensed the atmospheric spiritual evil’s concentration increasing several times over.

Realizing something was amiss, Lu Chen stopped at once, dressed, and flew to the skies to investigate.

Upon reaching high altitudes, he noticed countless fissures appearing in the distant sky.

Those fissures broke apart like shattered glass, growing more expansive.

And the spiritual evil surged into the Border Wilderness through these fissures.

Feeling the Border Wilderness’s spiritual evil concentration surge, disciples of various Outer Domain Forces who entered early were thrilled, as they too understood that this was a precursor to the restriction’s imminent disappearance.