Eternal Tale

His expression changed dramatically, and his body trembled slightly. Why... why was the power of the Great Dao within him completely suppressed, unable to function?

Yet, Venerable Yu Ning did not retreat. A hint of determination flashed in his eyes as he focused his mind, channeling the vast spiritual power within him. A powerful defensive barrier surged around him.

As a formation disk of rotating golden light appeared, a thousand strands of rule power flowed within it, resonating with the heavens and earth, dispelling everything!

Venerable Yu Ning’s mind was shaken, his eyes nearly bursting from their sockets. His physical body felt as if it were bearing the weight of a colossal celestial mountain, with blood beginning to spill from his mouth as he let out a heart-wrenching howl.

The second golden light formation disk began to rotate, and a thousand strands of Five Elements rule power bore down on Venerable Yu Ning with overwhelming might!

Splat!

Venerable Yu Ning spat out a mouthful of blood, feeling the power of the Great Dao within him tremble violently, causing his realm to become unstable, with blood gushing like a fountain.

Boom! At this moment, the third golden light formation disk began to rotate, and a thousand strands of Yin-Yang rule power started to invade Venerable Yu Ning’s Dao foundation, like two massive tides converging into an immense pressure!

This pressure was like an all-pervasive airflow, penetrating everything, unstoppable.

Venerable Yu Ning was in excruciating pain, feeling the invasion of the Yin-Yang rule power.His Dao foundation seemed to be under endless crushing, with nowhere to hide. Every inch of his skin transmitted intense pain, and his Dao foundation began to waver, as if it might collapse at any moment.

Buzz—buzz—buzz—

In an instant, ten golden light formation disks burst into dazzling brilliance, rotating simultaneously!

The power of ten thousand rules pressed down on the heavens and earth, like countless sharp blades slicing through space, exuding a destructive aura, surging towards Venerable Yu Ning like a tide!

A storm of rule energy raged violently around him, countless strands of rule power intertwining to form a chaotic world of catastrophe.

Venerable Yu Ning’s body trembled violently, feeling the immense pressure as if the entire world was collapsing upon him, his eyes filled with disbelief, as if in a great dream.

Everything about him was disintegrating, even his spiritual roots and Dao foundation could not escape. In his final moment, Venerable Yu Ning let out a desperate howl of unwillingness amidst the chaos:

”The power of the ten thousand rules of heaven and earth?!! Impossible, who!! Who, who!!!”

Whoosh!

Suddenly, a massive axe light broke through the Mu Yuan Realm, attacking Venerable Yu Ning with unimaginable speed, its might ferocious to the extreme, as if only this axe light existed in the world.

Venerable Yu Ning’s physical body was destroyed, but his primordial spirit remained unyielding. With a resolute gaze, he did not retreat in the slightest, burning the essence of his divine sense to the fullest to resist this terrifying axe light: ”Divine Origin Wuji!! Block it!!!”

”Ah!!!”

A painful scream echoed in all directions, boundless death energy obliterating everything, invading the essence of the immortal path. In an instant, his primordial spirit turned to ashes, dissipating into the void, becoming eternal nothingness.

With a dull roar, his existence was completely obliterated in that moment, leaving the entire Mu Yuan Realm in deathly silence, with only the awe-inspiring axe light lingering in the void, indestructible.

Mu Yuan Realm, above, the Boundary-breaking Ship.

Chen Xun gazed into the endless distance, slowly withdrawing the axe, while Black Bull let out a soft moo, and the formation flag merged into his primordial spirit.

Their eyes were indifferent, having waited for this old thief for a long time, everything was within Ji Yan’s plan, without any oversight.

In a certain region of the Southern Yu Continent.

A young man suddenly collapsed on the street, vomiting blood and dying, his body still twitching, unable to rest in peace. The surrounding cultivators were shocked, pointing and whispering around the corpse.

In a Daoist temple, an old temple master sitting cross-legged on a mat suddenly opened his eyes wide, unexpectedly spitting out a mouthful of filthy blood.

His head slowly lowered, his breath dissipating, causing the disciples of the entire temple to be greatly alarmed. Why did the temple master suddenly ascend to immortality?!!

In a forest... a spirit beast’s pupils suddenly contracted, gradually becoming unfocused.

Its eyes were filled with intense unwillingness and absolute fear... that axe light could actually erode the essence of the immortal path rules!!

All of Venerable Yu Ning’s resurrection methods gradually vanished at this moment, and he returned to the heavens with boundless hatred and fear.

Even in death, he could not understand why the ten thousand rules resonated, or why that axe light could erode the essence of the immortal path!

A generation of Great Ascension Venerable was exhausted, extinguished by a single axe, falling to the heavens without ever seeing the face of his opponent...

Three days later, the Mu Yuan Realm was clear and bright.

The Mu family gradually awakened, as if from a dream, suddenly feeling the shackles in their bloodline had disappeared... but their sacred tree, where was their sacred tree?!!

Yet they seemed to carry a sense of relief, for the Mu Yuan Realm was not destroyed, and they were unharmed, as if the apocalyptic scene was just an illusion.

The awakening of several Mu family ancestors was the slowest, severely injured, their cultivation plummeting, the strongest among them only at the mid-Unity stage, yet their eyes were exceptionally clear, sighing for a long time.

”Our Mu family’s path... was ultimately the wrong one.”

”Wuji Daoist Temple and the tree spirit conspired against our ancient Mu family, and even upon learning later, it was too late to reverse.”

”Alas... if our ancestors knew that the future Mu family had gone astray, how would their spirits in heaven feel?”

”That girl... perhaps she was the true tree ancestor, the true innate spirit.”

...

One by one, sighs of the ages echoed, carrying a sense of desolation and relief, yet without any hatred, the deeper they were entangled, the more they understood, but it was long too late.

At this moment, no one noticed Mu Qingyao’s disappearance, nor did anyone inquire about it.

This matter ultimately needed to be explained to those few, and having survived until now, the Mu family understood the reasoning.

The faces of the Mu family ancestors were etched with the marks of time, their vitality exceptionally thin, as they looked to the sky, speaking in unison: ”Greetings, senior.”

Chen Xun nodded gently: ”Mu family, take care of yourselves, and do not tread the wrong path again. It would be better to cooperate with the garbage recycling plant and walk the righteous path of the immortal way.”

Their eyes focused, understanding that cooperation with the garbage recycling plant was not about using force to suppress.

With just this sentence, they understood the meaning, and respectfully cupped their hands in response: ”We will heed the senior’s advice.”

Chen Xun’s gaze shifted to Little Crane, and Black Bull let out a soft moo towards the ground, then turned away, not wanting to be too entangled with the Mu family.

At this moment, more and more beings in the Mu Yuan Realm were awakening, standing in various places, gazing up at the Crane Spirit Yin-Yang Five Elements Tree in the void, feeling the supreme reverence from their bloodline.

Some Mu family beings prostrated in worship, grateful to Nangong Heling for removing the evil tree from the Mu Yuan Realm and restoring clarity to the Mu family, even beginning to chant:

”Greetings, Tree Ancestor!”

”Greetings, Tree Ancestor!”

...

As the first voice resounded, one after another, voices broke through the clouds.

All the beings in the Mu Yuan Realm were worshipping the Five Elements Crane Spirit Yin-Yang Tree in the void, their words carrying a deep-seated reverence from their bloodline.

Mu Jin’s expression was complex and indescribable... Qingyao’s presence had completely vanished, leaving no trace, and she felt an unspeakable pain in her heart, bowing her head in respect.

Qingyao could not directly convey the strange news of the Mu family to Nangong Heling, nor could she seek help. She could only follow the manipulation of the evil tree step by step, navigating their schemes.

Her eyes dimmed, perhaps this was the best outcome. Qingyao’s tombstone should be repaired by her, for the Mu family’s descendants to worship for generations.

Rustle~

In the void, a grand and unique response echoed, as a peerless woman bathed in the Five Elements Yin-Yang immortal light slowly stepped out from the magnificent tree shadow.

Her demeanor was noble, wearing a luxurious black gown that spread across the sky, with branches bathed in immortal light paving the way beneath her feet, the entire Mu Yuan Realm’s aura connected with her.

The woman revealed a faint smile, as the depleted vitality of the Mu Yuan Realm revived, the mountains and rivers swayed, and she softly spoke:

”Everyone, the mountains and rivers of the Mu Yuan Realm have been restored, the light of the sun and moon will endure, cultivate in peace, for everything has ended, returning to tranquility.”