Chapter 2077: Returning to the Master Continent

These patterns contained the mysteries of altar teleportation. They appeared to be exits, but in reality, if anyone came, they would be silently teleported to any place in Xuanjiang City.

Otherwise, when he had first come here, injured and unconscious, encountering these people, he probably wouldn't have survived.

"But... this place is so hidden. Aside from Master Kong's blood and mine, it cannot be activated, and even the False Gods can't detect it. Who is this meant to guard against?"

Zhang Xuan grew more and more confused.

If one were to speak of the secrecy of this passage, even in the Upper Firmament, it would rank among the most supreme. Master Kong left it behind, certainly unwilling for it to be discovered, thus causing变故.

If that's the case... why did this 'Master Kong' in the Upper Firmament send people to guard here, showing no friendliness toward the people of the Master Continent?

The most crucial point... did he have people guard here because he didn't know the meaning of these array patterns, or didn't know that those entering from inside would be randomly teleported?

"Maybe the Ruthless One was telling the truth... This is a fake Master Kong!"

Before, when the Ruthless One said that, he still had some doubts, but now he felt there was some truth to it.

If it were real, it would be impossible that he didn't know about the things he left behind, unless... like Little Yellow Chicken, he had lost his memory.

Speaking of Little Yellow Chicken, he was once again filled with helplessness. He had fed it that special airflow from the Heaven-Connecting Bridge, but... it still couldn't break through to the False God realm!

He had tried no fewer than a hundred methods. How this creature could break through, he himself couldn't figure out.

"Suppress cultivation to the Fourth Level of the Ancient Sage and enter!"

Confirming that the passage was intact and not too damaged, Zhang Xuan activated the disguise token and suppressed his cultivation.

The limit the Master Continent could withstand was the Fourth Level of the Ancient Sage. For other Immortal Lords or False Gods, even if they suppressed their cultivation, their true strength remained, and they would still be rejected by the world, possibly unable to enter. But Zhang Xuan and Wu Chen both possessed the disguise tokens and methods given by Luo Ruoxi. Disguised as Fourth Level Ancient Sages, even the Heavenly Dao of the Master Continent couldn't see through them, enough to pass as real.

That was how Luo Ruoxi had entered back then. Later, during the Spring and Autumn Ceremony, she leaked her aura and was directly expelled by the Heavenly Dao, leaving the Master Continent.

Entering the passage, they indeed saw chaotic spatial currents raging, various spatial storms rushing toward them, as if to tear them to pieces.

For a true Fourth Level Ancient Sage, they would soon have their consciousness shattered and fall into a coma. But the two of them, now among the top cultivators in the Upper Firmament, had suppressed their vast spiritual power and physical bodies, yet still easily withstood the assault of the storms.

Moving at great speed, the passage that had taken half a month to traverse before now took less than an hour to reach the end.

A huge coffin floated quietly in midair, sealing the surrounding space, making it seem like one whole, unable to be opened.

He lightly tapped with his finger.

The formation broke, and he and Wu Chen shook their bodies and emerged.

The sun shone brightly, and the familiar atmosphere of the Master Continent came back to them.

"Master Zhang..."

As soon as they stood up, they heard a shout, and Yan Qing Ancient Sage came to them.

Having not seen him for over a year, the other's cultivation had advanced further, and he no longer seemed as frail as before.

"Mm!" Zhang Xuan nodded and looked to one side. A person was performing a sacrifice. Blazing flames burned on the altar, emitting an eerie light. The aura they had sensed on the mountain peak came from this.

"Who is this person? Where is Liu Yang?"

Zhang Xuan frowned.

Wasn't the Alien King his student Liu Yang? How had an unfamiliar Alien clan member appeared now?

"This is the new Alien King, Chen Xiao! Liu Yang's... personal disciple!"

Yan Qing Ancient Sage replied.

"Liu Yang's personal disciple? My grand-disciple?" Zhang Xuan was startled.

He was only in his twenties and still taking disciples; he hadn't expected to have a grand-disciple already.

"Yes..." Yan Qing Ancient Sage nodded.

"He became the Alien King, then... where is Liu Yang? Where are Kong Shiyao, Zhao Ya, and the others?" Zhang Xuan asked in confusion.

He had asked Grand Elder Zhao Yue to deliver a message. Although he hadn't explicitly said he would descend to the lower realm, during the sacrifice to the heavens, as his disciples, they should have been curious. Why hadn't he seen any of them?

"Reporting to Master Zhang, your nine personal disciples had already, three months ago, followed the path you took and gone to the Upper Firmament..."

Yan Qing Ancient Sage smiled bitterly.

"They've gone too?" Zhang Xuan was stunned.

Three months ago, that was about ninety days. In Upper Firmament time, a little over nine days... At that time, he was in the Star-Seeking Sea, training Elder Hongwu and the others...

"I'll find them when I go up..."

Knowing they had left so long ago and hadn't encountered them in the passage, these disciples had probably already reached Xuanjiang City or other places. Zhang Xuan stopped dwelling on it. He was about to continue speaking when he saw two figures flying over rapidly.

They were his parents, Xingmeng Sword Saint and the other!

"Xuan'er..."

Dream Sword Saint was deeply moved, his eyes slightly reddening: "It's good that you're safe..."

The upper realm was fraught with danger; since her son had left, as a mother, she worried every day. For over a year, she had endured torment day and night. Now seeing him again, unharmed, she finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Feeling the genuine emotion she revealed, Zhang Xuan smiled: "Mother, Father, I'm fine..."

His parents had also made great breakthroughs in cultivation, both reaching the peak of the Fourth Level of Ancient Sage.

Upon inquiry, the Master Teacher Academy had also developed for the better. Under Liu Yang's restraint, the alien spirit race had caused no more turmoil and coexisted peacefully with humanity.

With the availability of mercury true energy, humanity grew stronger. In the future, the likelihood of war would likely diminish further, and there was no need to worry anymore.

Arriving at the hall where the Hundred Schools of Thought entertained guests, Zhang Xuan saw a large group of old acquaintances: the head of the Luo family, the head of the Jiang family, Yang Xuan of the Master Teacher Academy...

These people's cultivation had also reached the Fourth Level of Ancient Sage, like Dream Sword Saint. If those Tongxuan Palace warriors besieging the upper realm entered through the passage, they might no longer escape and would be slain on the spot.

"Zhang Xuan... in the upper realm, have you seen my younger sister?"

After chatting for a while, Luo Xuanqing came up to him, his eyes filled with worry.

"Your younger sister?" Zhang Xuan was startled: "Qiqi? Isn't she in the Master Teacher Continent?"

When he left, he was alone, and in all his time in the upper realm, he had never seen Luo Qiqi.

"A year ago, shortly after you left, she departed, saying she was going to find you..." Luo Xuanqing shook his head.

"Find me? Did she also take this passage?"

Zhang Xuan frowned.

"No, she didn't take the passage. Instead, she activated the Void Pearl and broke through the spatial constraints of the Master Teacher Continent..." Luo Xuanqing said.

Zhang Xuan was stunned.

With his current cultivation, he could directly break through the constraints of the Master Teacher Continent and enter the upper realm, with spatial turbulence unable to harm him in the slightest. He no longer needed to return through the passage.

But... a year ago, Luo Qiqi's cultivation was at most similar to his, at the Fourth Level of Ancient Sage. How could she possibly break through the continent's constraints?

"Do you know why she named herself Qiqi, and why our Luo family dotes on her so much?"

Seeing his confusion, Luo Xuanqing shook his head and said.

Knowing that their strengths were now worlds apart, he no longer had the competitive spirit of before, only hoping that the man before him could help him take care of his sister and bring her back.

"Called Qiqi, isn't it because she's the seventh child, with six older brothers?" Zhang Xuan seemed to have heard something about it.

"Yes, she does have six older brothers. I am the sixth. My five elder brothers have all passed away! My father is the head of the Luo family. Given the Luo family's status and position in the Master Teacher Continent, for all five brothers to die... don't you find it strange?"

Luo Xuanqing said.

Zhang Xuan was taken aback.

He had been somewhat curious before but hadn't thought much about it. Now that he considered it, it was indeed so.

The Luo family's strength and status in the Master Teacher Continent were unimaginable. Even if the alien spirit race's experts launched a sneak attack, they couldn't possibly kill all five sons of the family head, leaving none alive!

"It's because of the Void Pearl!"

Luo Xuanqing said: "This artifact is a treasure obtained by our ancestors, possessing immense power. My sister was able to refine it at birth, not because of the purest bloodline, but because of... the five elder brothers!"

"Back then, the Void Pearl underwent a change, threatening to tear through space and leave at any moment. Once it left, the Luo family would surely decline from among the three great families. To save the family from collapse, the five elder brothers fed it with their essence blood and even sacrificed their lives to stabilize it! Thus, the Void Pearl remained, and its spirit gradually awakened... that spirit is Qiqi!"

"The spirit awakened? Do you mean... Luo Qiqi is the artifact spirit of the Void Pearl?"

Zhang Xuan's pupils contracted.

"The spirit entered my mother's womb, giving birth to Qiqi. It's fair to say she is the spirit of the Void Pearl, and it's also no problem to say she is my biological sister, after all, her flesh and blood were bestowed by the Luo family..." Luo Xuanqing said.

Zhang Xuan nodded.

He had seen countless weapons and personally tamed no fewer than ten thousand, at least eight thousand. Among them, none of the spirits could leave their main body, not even pseudo-divine artifacts.

For the spirit of the Void Pearl to be able to leave its main body and be reborn as a human... it was utterly inconceivable.

"How did she break through space? And why do you think she went to the upper realm?"

Zhang Xuan continued to ask.

"After you left, she wanted to find you. Her will grew stronger and stronger. The Void Pearl, sensing this will, released immense power, seeming to break through the constraints of the Fourth Level of Ancient Sage, reaching an unknown realm. Then, the space of the Master Teacher Continent repelled her, squeezing her and the Void Pearl out together!"

After a moment of thought, Luo Xuanqing said: "All the experts of our Luo family used their full strength but couldn't keep her..."

Zhang Xuan was silent.

This was somewhat similar to Luo Ruoxi's departure back then, both being forcibly squeezed out by space, like a wooden stick in water.

No matter how much force you use to press it down, once you let go, it will float back to the surface.

It seemed she had been squeezed into the upper realm.

"Alright, when I return to the upper realm, I will inquire thoroughly. If I find her, I will have the Star Chasing Palace notify the Alien Spirit Emperor, who will relay the message to you..."

Understanding this, Zhang Xuan said.