"Dang!"

Hearing the soft chime of the Chaos Bell, a familiar sensation descended once again.

Yu Yuan could distinctly feel the power from the Chaos Bell enveloping him and leading him through the long river of time.

This sensation lasted only for a brief moment.

Suddenly, brightness returned before his eyes.

At the same time, an intensely creepy pressure enveloped him instantly.

The scene before his eyes forced him to involuntarily widen them.

In front of him stood a desolate and broken city on the barren land, with the tightly shut city gates bearing the characters "Tongguan."

Above in the heavenly vault were rolling dark clouds, almost touching the land.

Thousands of Daoist figures stood on the cloud tops—men and women, some riding immortal deer, others riding swans...

Red dawn clouds and purple lightning!

Many Immortal Gods were enveloped in an aura of murderous intent, looking gloomy and grim.

What shocked Yu Yuan even more was that he recognized many familiar faces.

Wuyun Immortal wearing a mystic robe, Pilu Immortal with a five-leaf crown, and the Holy Mother wearing a plain robe...

They were all disciples of the Jie Sect!

Realizing this, he looked back at the city of Tongguan and an ominous speculation suddenly emerged in Yu Yuan's mind.

The Chaos Bell might have brought him to some future period!

He looked down at himself, only to see his figure becoming transparent and ethereal, including the small, broken bell beside him and the Yuan Tu and Avici he held in his hands.

With a thought, Yu Yuan used the Yuan Tu in his hand to strike the ground.

Nothing happened.

The Yuan Tu passed directly through the ground without leaving any trace.

Seeing this, Yu Yuan had a realization.

It seemed his speculation was correct.

Within the same time and space, whether it's people or objects, only one of them could exist!

Was this the self-correction of the Time Law?

Though he had squeezed into this future time and space, he was unable to make any impact here.

Because he existed in this future time and space!

As he pondered, a terrifying and soul-shaking pressure suddenly appeared out of nowhere.

"Whirl-

Flags fluttered in the heavens and earth, Chaotic Qi scattered, and a terrifying aura swept across all directions.

Thousands of Jie Sect disciples stood amidst the chaos, dotting the place like stars, each occupying a corner of the Primordial Heaven and Earth.

Heaven executing a killing intent, stars shifted; Earth executing a killing intent, dragons and snakes emerged; People executing a killing intent, Heaven and Earth reversed!

At this moment, countless Jie Sect disciples overflowed with a killing intent that made all beings in the Primordial Heaven and Earth shiver uncontrollably.

Disciples holding flags slowly waved them, moving in mysterious positions and teleporting, connecting with each other, and in the blink of an eye forming a great formation filled with a destructive aura.

In an instant, Yu Yuan felt the entire Heaven and Earth shatter into countless pieces due to this great formation.

Water, fire, wind, and earth spread out, Yin and Yang mysterious yellow surged forward.

Eventually, it gathered into an altar densely covered in runes.

A six-tailed black banner stood on the altar, merely fluttering slightly but unleashing an invisible destructive force.

All this was like a vivid movie for Yu Yuan.

His gaze wandered around, looking for familiar faces. Help us out by reading on *.

Suddenly, his gaze sharpened, and he stared straight ahead.

He saw the stunningly enchanting Golden Spirit Saint Mother holding a Jade Ruyi, with the Four Symbols Tower above her head, surrounded by three Chan Sect Golden Immortals riding a green lion, white elephant, and golden-furred lion.

These three Chan Sect Golden Immortals each showed their Primordial Spirit Dharma Forms, either three-headed and six-armed, eight-headed and six-armed, or three-headed and eight-armed, each adorned with Golden Lamps, White Lotuses, Treasure Beads, Yingluos, and luminescent protections, along with the power of their respective mounts, barely managing to withstand this top disciple of the Jie Sect.

In the next moment, a Golden Winged Great Peng rushed from afar.

An elderly Daoist with a twin bun hairstyle sat cross-legged on its back, tossing twenty-four azure Bright Pearls towards the Golden Spirit Saint Mother...

Yu Yuan closed his eyes and, without waiting for the divine power of the Chaos Bell to be exhausted, actively chose to bounce back to his original time and space.

...

"Dang!"

The clear ringing of the Chaos Bell echoed above the Blood Sea.

Duobao Taoist, Golden Spirit Saint Mother, and Zhao Gongming, guarding above the Blood Sea, immediately followed the sound.

In the next moment, a towering figure abruptly appeared above the Returning Ruins.

His body was covered with wounds, and his Daoist robe had long been stained with blood, obscuring its original color.

However, his expression was lively and spirited, not resembling someone gravely injured.

Seeing this, Duobao Taoist, Golden Spirit Saint Mother, and Zhao Gongming also breathed a sigh of relief.

Although they learned from Minghe Ancestor that the enemy had not captured Yu Yuan, the fact that he was forced to resort to time and space travel to temporarily evade showed how perilous the situation had been.

Moreover, time and space travel is inherently a highly dangerous act.

Throughout history, only a few individuals could achieve it, and without exception, all were peak powers.

Such as the Ancestor Witch Zhu Jiuyin from the Witch Clan, who wielded the Time Dao Law, or Donghuang Taiyi who controlled the Chaos Bell before, they both possessed the power of time and space travel.

But even they, being such powerful figures, were always extremely cautious each time they traveled through time and space.

Because a moment's carelessness might invite the Heavenly Dao to mete out punishment.

Besides, time and space travel could encounter other dangers as well.

Such as time-space turbulence, or the powerful beings from other times and spaces, etc.

At this moment, Yu Yuan "safely" returned without any new injuries and had not incurred thunderous punishment from heaven, which truly let Duobao Taoist and the others feel relieved.

Then, their gaze was instantly drawn to the two blood-colored divine swords Yu Yuan was tightly holding in his hands.

The Yuan Tu in his left hand, three feet long; the Avici in his right, more than four feet long.

Both divine swords were crimson like blood, emitting a terrifyingly fierce and malevolent aura, and they vibrated violently non-stop, trying to break free from Yu Yuan's grip.

Blood light surged on the body of the swords, ceaselessly assaulting Yu Yuan's hands and extending up along his arms.

Duobao and others could clearly see Yu Yuan's palms, arms, and even places all over his body continuously cracking, twisting, breaking, and then rapidly healing under a powerful self-healing force...

The whole process was like a tug-of-war.

The two blood-colored long swords took the offensive, with Yu Yuan relying on his powerful self-healing ability in a defensive posture.

And his physical body was the battlefield of this tug-of-war.

Seeing this scene, a look of surprise was unmistakable in the eyes of Duobao Taoist, as he pondered the two blood-colored divine swords in Yu Yuan's hands.

Yet, Zhao Gongming had already couldn't help but exclaim in admiration: "No wonder I didn't see Minghe Ancestor previously using his most favored Sword of Slaughter, it turns out that both of these companion spirit treasures ended up in your hands, nephew!"

Having said that, as he thought of something, he couldn't help but burst into laughter: "Now I understand why he was so stifled and irate just now... tsk tsk tsk, a Quasi-Saint potentate actually couldn't even protect his own companion spirit treasures."

"Splash—"

There were waves on the Blood Sea without wind.

Duobao Taoist looked down and reminded: "Alright, let's discuss this further after we return to Penglai."

Zhao Gongming gave a sly chuckle a couple of times and stopped talking more.

Duobao Taoist turned his head towards Yu Yuan and said: "Let me first help you suppress these two Spiritual Treasures..."

As he spoke, he gently tapped the fish drum he held in his hand.

Accompanied by a deep and ethereal "do" sound, the Yuan Tu and Avici in Yu Yuan's hands were shocked like struck by thunder, immediately stopping their struggle, and the reddish blood light enveloping the swords vanished, revealing the dark body of the swords.

Without the attack of the two divine swords, the injuries on Yu Yuan's body were immediately controlled.

His powerful self-healing ability counterattacked immediately, and within a mere flick of a finger, those terrifying wounds were restored to their original state.

"The nephew truly has an exceptional talent!"

Zhao Gongming couldn't help but exclaim: " In just a short thousand years, nephew, you've already cultivated your physical body to such a realm."

Duobao Taoist wasn't much surprised.

After all, he had already witnessed the terrifying scene of Yu Yuan invoking the Heavenly Punishment Divine Thunder to temper his body before.

He looked at Yu Yuan and said, "I can only temporarily suppress these two Spiritual Treasures for some time. If you want to refine them, you must first find a way to erase the Primordial Spirit Seal on the Innate Restriction."

Yu Yuan nodded, seeing that the transparent interface stopped flashing, he expressed his thanks with a complex expression.

This thanks contained both sincerity and pretense.

Duobao Taoist did not notice anything wrong, glanced at Golden Spirit Saint Mother, who after a slight hesitation, summoned her exclusive vehicle, the Seven Fragrant Car.

They had traveled here by directly crossing space through the Curved Realm Ark, but returning would rely on their own strength.

At this moment, the importance of the treasure carriage immediately became apparent.

After the four boarded the carriage, supported by the splendid glow of twilight, the Seven Fragrant Car quickly disappeared from sight.

The Seven Fragrant Car was as compact or as spacious as desired, hence the interior space was naturally not cramped.

At this moment, the Seven Fragrant Car was as large as a palace, with Duobao Taoist sitting cross-legged on a cushion, his gaze turning to Yu Yuan as he asked, "What exactly happened? How did you provoke the Minghe Ancestor?"

Yu Yuan, knowing that this interrogation was inevitable, responded irritably, "Uncle Master, your words are quite unpleasant! What do you mean by 'provoked him'? I also want to know why so many people want to kill me?!"

Duobao Taoist frowned, "What do you mean by that?"

Golden Spirit Saint Mother's expression tightened slightly, "Are there others who want to kill you?"

Yu Yuan did not answer directly, but after glancing at both Duobao Taoist and Zhao Gongming, he nodded somberly and said:

"Ever since I left Penglai, I've been constantly pursued. Even in the Heavenly Court, there were three Demon Gods plotting against my life..."

Zhao Gongming suddenly realized and said to Yu Yuan, "So it was you those three Demon Gods were after. I wondered why it was such a coincidence."

"Wait, that's not right..."

Zhao Gongming recalled and said, "The way you just looked at us... you wouldn't be suspecting us, would you?"

Yu Yuan sighed in relief, thinking to himself that it was finally recognized.

He unapologetically asserted, "What's wrong with suspecting you? Shouldn't I be suspicious? Right after I left Penglai, someone set up an ambush to kill me. Isn't it obvious that someone from our Jie Sect wants to commit murder for treasure?

To say something you might not like to hear, at present in this Jie Sect, I can only fully trust my master and grandmaster. I can hardly trust even you, Uncle Master."

Duobao Taoist frowned slightly, his voice solemn, "Do not jump to conclusions before the matter is clarified."

"What else is there to clarify?"

Yu Yuan said irritably, "Isn't it just because I acquired the Chaos Bell Fragments that people are envious? The current Jie Sect is utterly rotten. Snatching and plundering treasures is bad enough, but now they even lure outsiders to kill me!"

Golden Spirit Saint Mother frowned slightly, "Stick to the facts, don't spout nonsense!"

"Where am I spouting nonsense? Isn't what I'm saying the truth?"

Yu Yuan defiantly said, "I see that staying in this rotten Lansong Jie Sect is untenable. Otherwise, sooner or later, someone will stab me in the back, and by then, I won't even know how I died!"

Golden Spirit Saint Mother's forehead vein became visible, "Hold your tongue now!"

Yu Yuan pursed his lips and stopped speaking.

The expressions of both Duobao Taoist and Zhao Gongming looked displeased.

Especially Duobao Taoist, his face frosty and brow furrowed as he looked at Yu Yuan, his voice coldly declared, "This matter I will thoroughly investigate. If it is as you say, that it was indeed someone from our Jie Sect, I absolutely will not let them off lightly!"

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