Longevity Martial Arts: Starting from Inner Core Skill

Chapter 949: Chapter 23: Xuan Yuan Palace

The Heavenly Sword Saint Emperor has fallen, and the culprit is known, making the atmosphere in the Old Land Starry Sky even more tense.

Many Saint Emperors have chosen to hide, fearing that the next target of the Shattered Star Sacred Land might be them.

Meanwhile, the Shattered Star Sacred Land itself has temporarily fallen into silence.

Not because they fear retribution, but because of Wang Sheng’s existence.

The Old Land Starry Sky is already aware that the Shattered Star Sacred Land has struck down two Saint Emperors, yet all Saint Emperors only dare to speak of it behind the scenes; when it comes to organizing manpower to counter it, not a single cultivator stands forth.

The starry sky has been peaceful for millions of years, but ultimately, it is the cultivation world.

To kill other cultivators for one’s own objectives is nothing uncommon in the cultivation world.

Only now the target has changed to the Twelfth Realm.

If not for the fear that they themselves might become targets, the cultivators might not even discuss it behind the scenes.

This is precisely why the Shattered Star Sacred Land is utterly unconcerned about exposure.

However, they do worry that during their actions, Wang Sheng might reappear to stir things up, so recently, they’ve all been holed up within the Shattered Star Sacred Land, not venturing out at all — this is something all the Saint Emperors are aware of, especially after the fall of the Heavenly Sword Saint Emperor, as many Saint Emperors have started focusing more on the Shattered Star Sacred Land.

Of course, whether this is just a smokescreen is anyone’s guess.

But no matter the situation, Wang Sheng knows that this is definitely a good opportunity for him to travel to the Xuan Yuan Star Domain.

The Shattered Star Sacred Land is unlikely to turn its attention to the Xuan Yuan Star Domain.

They are either studying their next target or tracking his whereabouts, or both objectives simultaneously.

Wang Sheng has already sensed that in the places his incarnations, carrying space-time rings without erased marks, have visited, the presence of Twelfth Realm powerhouses has emerged.

This is very likely the Shattered Star Sacred Land probing his depths, or in other words, trying to determine his whereabouts.

“Watching very closely, but unfortunately, it’s of no use to me.”

Even as an incarnation, he possesses highly skilled mastery of space power; with a single flicker, he evades all detection.

Wang Sheng doesn’t hesitate and directly decides to head to the Xuan Yuan Star Domain.

…

Half a month later, he arrives near the Xuan Yuan Star Domain.

A Star Domain is roughly the size of a region in the Newborn Land, naturally extremely vast.

But whether it be the Old Land or the Newborn Land, a single Star Domain contains roughly ten thousand Life Worlds or planets.

However, there are special situations.

In some Star Domains, Life Worlds are scarce or even nonexistent.

The Xuan Yuan Star Domain is one such type.

Throughout the entire Star Domain, there are fewer than ten thousand Life Worlds.

If it were another Star Domain, this might be a good thing, as the area is about the same size but with fewer forces, allowing each faction to acquire more resources.

But the Xuan Yuan Star Domain is different.

Although the Xuan Yuan Star Domain belongs to the fringe Star Domains, it once saw the emergence of a powerful force.

This force sought to conquer the entire Old Land Starry Sky; whether it be the Devouring Sect or the Conquest Sect, they were all targets for recruitment.

Yet, alas, two fists cannot defeat four hands.

This faction’s strength was indeed incredibly formidable, but still insufficient to support their ambition to swallow the Old Land Starry Sky, and they were eliminated by a coalition of forces.

And the main force that exterminated the forces of the Xuan Yuan Star Domain are now four of the five top forces of the Starry Sky.

Originally, all five were among them, but one was eliminated by Feixian Star.

At that time, the five top forces did not have individuals like Yuanhua or Long Yue.

One can only say that the force eliminated by Feixian Star was rather unlucky; if they had waited several million years more, they would not have been easily toppled.

The first stop Wang Sheng takes upon entering the Xuan Yuan Star Domain is a ruin.

The former site of the Xuan Yuan Palace, a colossal entity that nearly swept the starry sky.

“Such a magnificent palace indeed… Transforming an entire planet into a palace, as the planet advances, the palace benefits likewise…”

It must be said, the former Xuan Yuan Palace was indeed very powerful.

An entire planet transformed by them.

One can imagine the past prosperity and strength.

Even the war at that time did not completely destroy the main structure of the Xuan Yuan Palace.

Of course, Wang Sheng can see that now the Xuan Yuan Palace is merely an empty shell.

Though the palace hasn’t been destroyed, its core is entirely gone.

The most crucial planet origin has long disappeared; it’s estimated to have been devoured by the participating Devouring Sect world at that time.

“A whale falls, and a myriad of things come to life… now the top forces of the Old Land Starry Sky, estimated to have reaped quite a few benefits from the destruction of the Xuan Yuan Palace, enabling them to smoothly become top forces.”

“Even now, with only an empty shell left, it’s still attracting many people to come.”

Empty shell, that is only to great powers.

To some weaker cultivators, even the remaining leftovers are precious treasures.

An elixir can make a Fourth Realm cultivator ecstatic.

A treasure can make a Seventh Realm chase after.

A palace with remaining arrays can become a cultivation sanctuary for cultivators.

The complex internal structure becomes a hiding place for many starry sky fugitives.

Without the planet origin, it’s lost its development potential.

Yet it remains a paradise for countless cultivators.

Furthermore, as the ruins are right on Wang Sheng’s way to his destination, he came specially to observe it.

To see the colossal entity that nearly ruled the Old Land Starry Sky.

“Strength is ultimately lacking; if the strongest of the Xuan Yuan Palace at the time had the current strength of Yuanhua or Long Yue, perhaps they would have succeeded; what a pity… but even if the Xuan Yuan Palace were to reemerge, any top force now could easily suppress them, right?”

As long as there is no interruption, the cultivation world inevitably advances.

The Xuan Yuan Palace was once invincible; if placed now, it probably wouldn’t even qualify as a top force.