The World that Tao Rules, Volume 27, page 18
If the Shadow Spirit Realm Beast were killed, all the worlds within it, including the Realm of Nine Colors, would surely collapse as well.
"After the Jiang Clan was reborn, they met a member of the Chaos Clan who had also escaped, and told him about this matter."
"Therefore, I suspect that a member of the Chaos clan has found this place and taken away the sacred object of their clan, Chaos Yang Energy!"
As the old man finished speaking, Jiang Yun suddenly spoke a name, "Hun Tian!"
Although the Chaos clan was also defeated by the Taoist Lord, some members managed to escape, including Hun Tian, whom I had seen in both the illusion and reality!
Not only did Hun Tian escape, but he was also made a Taoist Demon by the Demon Refiner of the Lu family.
This means he possesses both Taoist power and chaotic power.
In this way, the old man's guess is very likely.
In his pursuit of strength and revenge, Hun Tian must have realized that the sacred object of his clan was in the Realm of Nine Colors, so he certainly came here and took away the Chaos Yang Energy.
"But where did Hun Tian go?"
Jiang Yun naturally had no answer to this question, so he did not think any more about it and turned to the old man, saying, "Senior, could you please help me return my fellow disciple to Seeking-Tao Heaven now?"
"It would be best if they were sent directly outside Seeking-Tao Heaven, because most of my fellow disciples have rarely left the world. If they are sent to another place, it may be difficult for them to pass through the world crack and safely reach Seeking-Tao Heaven."
Jiang Yun's considerations were very thorough; his fellow disciples did not have the rich experiences that he did.
Apart from Wushang, the others among them had no experience at all with traveling through world cracks.
If the old man simply sent them back randomly into the countless Tao worlds, and if they ended up very far from Seeking-Tao Heaven, then not only would they be unable to reach Seeking-Tao Sect before the grand competition, but their own lives may also be in danger.
The old man's brow furrowed as he said, "I know nothing about the situation in the Tao Realm, and I have no idea where Seeking-Tao Heaven really is!"
"I can at most send them to the location where the Mirage projection appeared last time! No, it wasn't even me who sent them, but rather that Huan Xu who borrowed my power to send them!"
Upon hearing this, Jiang Yun's eyes suddenly lit up.
Because the place where the Mirage projection appeared last time was in an unknown world within the Beast Path World.
And the Beast Path World is only about a month and a half away from Seeking-Tao Heaven.
More importantly, the Beast Path World is the territory of the Beast Path Sect, and within the Beast Path Sect, there is the true form of Blood Robe. As long as my fellow disciples can see Blood Robe, based on their experiences in the Qing-zhu Desolate World, Blood Robe will surely send them safely to Seeking-Tao Heaven.
This way, they will just catch the great competition of the Seeking-Tao Sect!
Thinking of this, Jiang Yun nodded and said, "Sure! But I need to trouble you, Senior, to tell my fellow disciples to find the true form of Blood Robe first!"
"After seeing Blood Robe, if Blood Robe does not believe them, then they should mention my name and the names of Wuyang and Jinge!"
The old man nodded and said, "Okay, but you must first tell me where Qing-zhu Desolate World is."
Now, with the disappearance of the Realm of Nine Colors prison, he, being the item spirit, also gained complete freedom and can go anywhere within the body of the Shadow Spirit Realm Beast.
Jiang Ying spoke up, "I can let the shadow take you there."
"Alright, then I will go now, so you won't worry."
Before leaving, the old man also remembered to remind Jiang Yun one more time through sound transmission, "Make sure to have Jiang Ying stay!"
Jiang Yun nodded quietly.
After the old man left, Jiang Yun said to Jiang Ying, "Do you want to know about my experiences over the years?"
Jiang Ying's eyes instantly lit up, and she replied, "Of course I do!"
"Okay, then I'll tell you!"
To make up for his guilt and Jiang Ying's soon-to-be lost freedom, Jiang Yun began to share his experiences in great detail.
Jiang Yun's experiences were much more complicated and unusual than anyone else's. Even Wang Yuanzhong and Zi Zhu, who were eavesdropping in the mist, listened in amazement, their hearts racing.
Both of them had rich experiences, but after hearing Jiang Yun's story, they realized their own stories were nothing much. And as for Jiang Ying, who had no experiences at all, she listened with great interest.
Jiang Yun spoke for three whole days before finishing his stories, while the three of them remained lost in thought, unable to snap back to reality.
After a moment of silence, just as Jiang Yun was about to speak again, he suddenly felt a stirring in his heart and looked at his life fire.
In the flames of life, Huan Xu suddenly appeared!
Chapter 1447: We Are Going Home
Although Huan Xu appeared, Jiang Yun did not panic.
At that moment, Huan Xu's body was not only transparent, but also constantly twisting, clearly about to completely fade away.
Moreover, the Wuding Soul Fire had almost been entirely consumed by his life fire, so it was easy to see that what appeared now was only Huan Xu's soul.
Just like a light reflecting back, it would truly disappear soon.
Jiang Yun looked coldly at Huan Xu and said, "What's the matter? Do you have any last words to say?"
Despite his body constantly twisting, Huan Xu's gaze towards Jiang Yun was filled with endless resentment.
Hearing Jiang Yun's words, this resentment reached an extreme, as if he wanted to leap forward and devour Jiang Yun whole, piece by piece.
However, just as his twisted shape began to drift away like smoke, a sinister smile appeared on his face as he said, "Jiang Yun, do you think that by swallowing me, you can kill me?"
"Let me tell you, I will not die so easily."
"Also, I want to remind you again that everything I told you about the nine clans and your true identity is all true."
"If you don't believe me, you can ask someone from the Jiang Clan."
"The nine clans have distorted the truth and twisted the facts to erase their shameful history. Only the Jiang Clan, with the Power of Reincarnation, knows what really happened in the past!"
At this point, Huan Xu's body had completely vanished, and as his head slowly began to disperse until only his face remained, he spoke again, "Jiang Yun, we will meet again, and it won't be long…"
As Huan Xu's unfinished voice faded, his figure completely disappeared, while Jiang Yun stood there, lost in thought, with Huan Xu's words echoing in his mind.
In fact, Jiang Yun was not too surprised that Huan Xu was not completely gone.
Because Huan Xu's Soul Snatching Technique was incredibly strange; as long as not all his soul-snatching targets were killed, he would still remain alive.
What truly shocked Jiang Yun was that Huan Xu emphasized everything he had previously said was absolutely true!
Huan Xu explained that the reason the nine clans came to this land was completely because they conspired to kill their master, and to avoid being hunted by the cultivators in the Extinction Realm, they fled here.
Huan Xu was sent here to capture the members of the nine clans.
However, he not only failed to capture them, but was instead imprisoned by them until now.
The nine clans had the ability to kill him, but they chose not to because if they killed Huan Xu, the Extinction Realm would surely send even more powerful experts to come after them.
As long as Huan Xu is alive, the nine clans do not have to worry about threats from the Extinction Realm.
At first, Jiang Yun thought all of this was just a story made up by Huan Xu to deceive him, but he was surprised when Huan Xu claimed it was true and even urged him to ask people from the Jiang Clan about it.
This made Jiang Yun fall into deep thought.
If what Huan Xu said is indeed true, then no matter in the Extinction Realm or Tao Realm, killing one's master is something that everyone would look down upon!
Naturally, this has cast a shadow over the origin of the Nine Clans.
Additionally, there is my own background!
According to Huan Xu, my background is related to the former owner of the Nine Clans, who was the powerful being with the power of silence...
After pondering for a long time, Jiang Yun spoke to himself, "Whether it's true or false, when I see Grandpa, everything will become clear!"
"In a few days, I will finally be able to leave this place!"
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In the sky above the Qing-zhu Desolate World, aside from Blood Robe and Qing Zhu, many more figures have gathered.
Among these people, there are both fellow disciples from the Mountain-Sea World and members of the Xiao and Xia families, each closely related to Jiang Yun.
They all received the news of Jiang Yun's return from Blood Robe and Qing Zhu, so they couldn't contain themselves and gathered here, eager to see Jiang Yun as soon as possible.
"Where is Martial Brother Jiang? I hope nothing bad has happened!"
A tall, strong middle-aged man looked anxious as he spoke, flying in circles in the sky.
Next to him stood a beautiful middle-aged woman, who smiled and said, "You really lack patience! Don't you know Martial Brother Jiang's strength?"
"Besides, Jiang Ying went to meet him, so he should be fine!"
The man scratched his head, feeling a bit embarrassed, and said, "That's true, but I can't help but worry. It's been several days; he should have shown up by now!"
"You should learn from Brother Wushang!"
While speaking, the woman pointed to a tall, still figure in black clothing not far away, who had maintained this position for several days without moving!
Naturally, they were Jiang Yun's fellow disciples: Tang Yi, Lu Yourong, and Wushang, who entered Mirage with Jiang Yun and arrived in this Qing-zhu Desolate World.
Though time had passed and they had entered middle age, showing some signs of wear, they had never forgotten Jiang Yun in their hearts.
Although Jiang Yun did not find them when he left the Qing-zhu Desolate World years ago, they actually existed in the Qing-zhu Desolate World, with as many as forty-five people.
Under the careful search of Blood Robe and Qing-zhu, they were found one by one and gathered together.
Because of Jiang Yun, Blood Robe and the others naturally gave special care to Jiang Yun's fellow disciples, providing them with many cultivation resources without reservation.
While it cannot be said that every one of Tang Yi's group is a genius, they all have good talent.
After all, they were the most talented and promising disciples selected from the Seeking-Tao Sect back then.
Especially Kong Wushang, a talented disciple from the Kong family who possesses the power of the five elements, made Blood Robe eager to train him and recommended him to the five Spirits of the Taoist Demon!
Under the training of the five Spirits of the Taoist Demon, Kong Wushang lived up to expectations and became one of the best among his fellow disciples, successfully entering the Daoxing Realm!
However, the power of the five elements he possesses allows his true strength to challenge powerful beings in the late stages of the Daoxing Realm!
Hearing Lu Yourong's words, Wushang turned to look at her, and a hint of a smile flashed across his cold face as he nodded.
Though they are strangers in a foreign land, even if they seem indifferent, over the years of being together, Wushang has come to think of Tang Yi, Jiang Yun, and the others as comrades!
Therefore, like everyone else, he looks forward to Jiang Yun's arrival!
Unfortunately, they did not wait for Jiang Yun; instead, they waited for the item spirit from Mirage.
Upon learning the purpose of the item spirit's arrival, they all fell silent together.
Although they always hope to return to the Mountain-Sea World and their homeland one day, when that day truly comes, they feel reluctant to leave.
They are still young, so the four or five decades spent in the Qing-zhu Desolate World is nearly half their lives.
Moreover, the people in the Qing-zhu Desolate World have been especially caring towards them, which has naturally created strong bonds with this place.
Instead, Blood Robe and Qing-zhu smiled at them and said, "Go, return to your true homeland, and let everyone see your growth!"
"One day, we will surely meet again!"
In the end, a total of forty-five cultivators from the Mountain-Sea World Seeking-Tao Sect, led by Wushang, bowed together in front of the Blood Robe, Qingzhu, and everyone from the Xiao family and others.
"We are going home!"
After standing up, Wushang gently spoke four words. A group of people followed behind the Mirage Item Spirit, leaving the Qingzhu Desolate World, departing from inside the body of the Shadow Spirit Realm Beast, and heading towards their hometown, which they had been away from for nearly fifty years!
Chapter 1448: Burning With Anxiety
Jiang Yun originally thought that with Huan Xu's soul consumed by him, he would soon be able to complete the rebirth of his life fire.
However, he did not expect that a month had already passed, and his life fire's sixth rebirth was still not finished!
This made Jiang Yun extremely anxious.
Because now, there was less than a month until the start of the Seeking-Tao Sect competition.
Even though he could instantly return to the Beast Path World with the help of the Mirage Item Spirit, it would still be very difficult to reach Seeking-Tao Heaven in time for the competition, even if everything went smoothly.
In this way, all of Jiang Yun's original plans were completely disrupted.
He had originally thought that at least he would go to the Qing-zhu Desolate World to meet with Blood Robe and the others, especially the members of the Xiao family, but now there was simply no time for that.
Fortunately, the Mirage Item Spirit also told Jiang Yun that his guesses about the runes carved on Mirage were correct.
Those runes were the Reincarnation Seal added later by the Jiang Clan Spirit Master, used to control Mirage.
Therefore, now that Jiang Yun had opened a total of forty-six wounds, he had effectively become the master of Mirage.
Although he still could not freely control Mirage to appear anytime and anywhere, as long as he returned to the place where Mirage last appeared, he could connect with the item spirit and summon the Mirage projection to enter it!
This also meant that whenever Jiang Yun had the time, he could once again enter the body of the Shadow Spirit Realm Beast.
Knowing this made Jiang Yunxin feel much better.
After the grand competition ended, once he gathered the keys and met with his grandpa and the others in Distance Beyond Reach, he would enter this place again.
However, Jiang Yun also knew that, although he thought very well, plans around him would always change faster than expected.
Perhaps after truly completing these tasks, he would be burdened by other things again.
But at this moment, he had no way out and could only continue to anxiously wait for the end of his Life Fire Rebirth.
After three more days had passed, Jiang Yun finally completed his sixth life fire rebirth and opened his eyes.
As Jiang Yun opened his eyes, Jiang Ying's eyes suddenly brightened. Just as she was about to speak, she saw a faint golden light shooting up into the sky!
Jiang Yun's life fire burst forth from his body, not only changing from red to a light golden color but also covering an area of a thousand feet!
After six rebirths, although Jiang Yun's life fire was still not as strong as the Senior Medicine God, besides the Medicine God, there should be very few people in this world who could surpass him.
Seeing the blazing life fire in front of them, Wang Yuanzhong and Zi Zhu couldn't help but gasp in amazement.
Even witnessing it with their own eyes, they found it hard to believe that this light golden flame was the life fire of a living being!
