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He knew that the story of Biyou Village had come to an end.
But another, much larger and more dangerous mystery about the Kunlun Immortal Realm has only just begun.
He turned around, his figure swayed slightly, and then disappeared back into the deep night, as if he had never existed.
Only a soft, almost inaudible murmur, as if talking to oneself, remained, dissipating into the cold night wind.
"The Immortal Refining Sect... Jin Yangzi..."
"I've noted this down."
Chapter 231 Kunlun Reappears, A Mysterious Redemption
As the final, muffled rumble from the underground space faded into silence, the turmoil in Biyou Village finally came to an end.
The company's clearing operation was efficient and ruthless, like a sophisticated war machine, quickly bringing this utopia, which carried Ma Xianhong's ideals and madness, completely under the control of "order".
The injured upper limbs were fitted with special restraint devices and carried onto an armored vehicle like cargo.
The villagers, still shaken, were placed under centralized custody, awaiting further screening and investigation.
Zhang Chulan and Feng Baobao mingled in the crowd, watching all this, their hearts filled with mixed emotions.
The temporary workers also suppressed their murderous intent, gathering in twos and threes to treat their wounds or take stock of the battle damage. The blood and gunpowder smell that filled the air was slowly dispersed by the cool night breeze in the mountains.
Everything seems to have settled down.
Just as several company employees worked together to lift the seriously injured and unconscious Ma Xianhong, who was bound like a dumpling, onto a stretcher, preparing to escort him away...
A sudden change occurs!
An indescribable, terrifying pressure descended from the heavens without warning!
It wasn't just a simple imposing aura, but a more primal, more ancient, absolute dominance that seemed to freeze time and space completely.
The moment it appeared, the air in the entire Biyou Village seemed to freeze into amber. The wind stopped, the chirping of insects disappeared, and even the frequency of the distant wildfires flickering became incredibly slow.
At this moment, everyone's soul was gripped tightly, their thoughts were dragged into a bottomless quagmire, and even moving their eyes became extremely difficult.
The feeling was like a being in the three-dimensional world being suddenly cast a cold glance at by a being of a higher dimension.
"What……"
A senior company executive in charge of the operation struggled to raise his head. His usually calm and dignified face was now filled with unprecedented, deep-seated horror.
In the night sky obscured by clouds, a figure seemed to tear apart the boundary between reality and illusion, silently stepping out from nothingness.
The man was dressed in a dark Taoist robe embroidered with ancient star trails; the sleeves were wide and moved without wind.
He seemed to be shrouded in a thin mist of distorted light, making it impossible to see his face clearly; one could only vaguely make out a blurry human figure.
He did not exude any earth-shattering aura, but his very existence seemed to become the center of this world and the source of all laws.
He simply hovered silently in mid-air, indifferently looking down at the ravaged battlefield below, his gaze as if he were looking at a group of busy yet pathetic ants.
Name: Xuan Juezi
[Supernatural Ability Level: Mid-Tier of Innate Level]
[Cultivation Technique: Immortal Pivot Creation (Perfected)]
[Note: Kunlun Immortal Realm Inspector, who regards the lower realms as worthless, possesses masterful weapon-refining skills, and is ruthless, vicious, and unruly.]
"who?!"
Several temporary workers with stronger willpower, such as Xiao Zizai and Hei Guan, forcibly broke free from the mental restraint and immediately assumed a fighting stance, as if facing a formidable enemy.
However, Xuan Juezi completely ignored the Taoist-robed figure.
He simply waved casually at the company employees who were carrying Ma Xianhong.
It was such a simple, understated action.
"boom--!"
An immense force, invisible to the naked eye and composed of pure spatial power, descended with a deafening roar, like a flood bursting its banks!
Those battle-hardened, well-equipped company agents, along with their specially made weapons, didn't even have time to utter a sound.
It was as if he had been struck head-on by an invisible siege hammer. He was sent flying backward at several times the speed he had come, crashing heavily into the distant ruins. He lost consciousness on the spot, and his fate was unknown.
This scene was utterly terrifying to everyone who witnessed it!
This is no longer a difference in strength, it's a crushing defeat on the level of life itself!
A low shout rang out from the crowd.
Zhang Yunyuan's figure had appeared in the arena at some point. The primordial energy around him flowed, isolating the oppressive force that was enough to freeze time and space, creating a breathing space for everyone around him.
He raised his head, and for the first time, a cold, fierce fighting spirit, like that of a worthy opponent, ignited in his eyes, which were usually as calm as an ancient well.
"People from the Kunlun Immortal Realm?"
His voice was not loud, but it clearly reached Xuan Juezi's ears.
Xuan Juezi paused slightly, his blurry face seemed to turn towards Zhang Yunyuan, and he let out a soft "Eh" with a hint of surprise.
"There are actually people who can recognize our origins? That's right, the Immortal Refining Sect, Xuan Juezi!"
His voice was ethereal and otherworldly, indistinguishable between male and female, as if it came from another completely different time and space.
"It seems you also have quite a few secrets hidden within you."
Before he finished speaking, he no longer hesitated. He reached out with his other hand from the wide sleeve of his robe and pointed at Zhang Yunyuan.
An ancient, black ring, covered with countless fine golden runes, appeared out of thin air at his fingertip. It then grew longer in the wind, transforming into a stream of light that descended upon Zhang Yunyuan!
Wherever the ring passed, space exhibited a strange distortion and collapse, as if it were trying to completely peel this area away from the rest of the world!
Zhang Yunyuan's expression changed slightly. He could clearly sense that the ring was not a physical attack, but a more domineering blockade and confinement targeting the laws of space!
He retreated rapidly, simultaneously pointing his fingers like a sword, and a condensed Primordial Qi tore through the air, piercing straight into the core of the ring.
However, the moment the sword energy touched the ring, it vanished like a mud ox entering the sea, instantly swallowed and assimilated by the flowing golden runes on it, without causing even a ripple.
Xuan Juezi uttered a cold word.
The black ring instantly shone brightly and its speed increased dramatically. Ignoring the distance in space, it appeared directly above Zhang Yunyuan's head and crashed down!
[Magic Item: Star Ring (Mid-Tier Heavenly Grade)]
[The supreme treasure of the Immortal Refining Sect in Kunlun Immortal Realm]
Using stars as a foundation and the void as a guide, and refining divine metal, it can construct an absolute spatial barrier, performing a "drawing a circle on the ground" style of law-based confinement and spatial stripping.
Its refining technique is lost even in the Immortal Realm, and its power far surpasses that of Earth-grade materials, representing the highest level of application of spatial laws.
Zhang Yunyuan felt the space around him suddenly shrink inward, and a terrifying force so heavy it seemed capable of crushing a divine mountain imprisoned him in place, making it incredibly difficult to even lift a finger.
The primordial Dao Qi within his body was running wildly, yet he still couldn't break free from the seal imposed by the laws!
This magical artifact is incredibly powerful!
Its quality far surpasses any magical artifact he has ever seen!
After trapping Zhang Yunyuan, Xuan Juezi ignored him.
He moved with lightning speed, ignoring everyone present. His first action was not to save people, but to rush straight towards the wreckage of the cultivation furnace that was about to be annihilated!
With a mere grasp of his five fingers, an invisible force instantly suppressed the last violent energy fluctuations at the heart of the furnace, forcefully peeling away the cracked "heart" inlaid with starry jade and quickly sealing it into a suddenly appearing black jade box.
Having done all this, he seemed to have completed his primary task. He then rolled up his sleeves, and a gentle force swept up the heavily injured Jin Yangzi and the unconscious Ma Xianhong together.
Throughout the entire process, his attention was mostly focused on that "hearth".
After doing all this, he didn't linger at all, and the space around him rippled again.
He, along with Ma Xianhong and Jin Yangzi whom he had swept up, was about to merge back into the void and depart.
Just then, a cold voice clearly came from within the black ring's confinement.
"Was it with my permission?!"
The sound wasn't loud, but it carried an unparalleled sharpness that seemed capable of tearing apart the heavens and severing eternity!
Xuan Juezi's movements suddenly stopped.
He turned around in horror, only to see that on the black ring that was powerful enough to suppress a region, there were fine cracks that seemed to be made up of the trajectories of countless stars!
Chapter 232 The End of Biyou Village, Chen Duo's Rebirth
Within the confinement of the black ring, Zhang Yunyuan remained calm. His deep eyes showed no signs of anxiety from being trapped; instead, they gleamed with an all-knowing understanding.
"Based on the stars, guided by the void, and forged with some unknown divine metal, an absolute spatial barrier was constructed... What a brilliant 'drawing a circle on the ground' strategy, what a masterpiece of the Kunlun Immortal Realm."
He murmured to himself, as if he were not a prisoner under house arrest, but a connoisseur admiring a rare work of art.
Upon hearing this, Xuan Juezi trembled violently, and from behind the blurred face, an incredulous exclamation seemed to come.
"You... how could you possibly see through the structure of the 'Star Ring'?!"
This "Star Ring" is a treasure passed down through his sect for countless years, and its crafting technique has long been lost in the Immortal Realm.
Let alone the mortal realm, even in the immortal realm, those who can recognize its origin are extremely rare.
But this extraordinary person from the mortal realm, who had only been trapped for a short time, was able to reveal the core refining method in a single sentence!
Such keen eyesight and such insight are simply astonishing!
"The Immortal Pivot of Creation, the pinnacle of weapon crafting, emphasizes 'deconstruction' and 'reconstruction'."
Zhang Yunyuan's voice rang out again, calm yet carrying an unparalleled confidence that would put any master craftsman to shame.
"Although your magical artifact is exquisite, its essence still does not escape the concept of 'creation'."
"You're still too green to try and pull this on me."
The moment he finished speaking, he pointed his fingers like a sword and made a vague slash at the seemingly indestructible spatial barrier in front of him.
There was no earth-shattering energy burst, nor any dazzling light and shadow effects.
He simply drew a perfect arc with an extremely mysterious trajectory.
On that arc, countless tiny runes, shimmering with chaotic colors, flashed by.