Feeling the terrifying oppression in the sky, the faces of the Immortal Venerates from various forces turned extremely grim.

Especially those Immortal Venerates who had once gone to the Northern Domain to participate in the campaign against the Demon Emperor, they were now deeply worried.

With the Demon Emperor's power restored, the next step might very well be to settle accounts with them.

At the same time, in the Northern Domain.

High in the sky, Xuan Qingyun sat cross-legged as tendrils of black mist surged into her body from all directions, and her power was rapidly rising.

Ever since the news that the bizarre creature was about to break its seal spread throughout the Tianyan Immortal Domain, fear shrouded the hearts of everyone in the Tianyan Immortal Domain, and the negative energy born of fear was exactly what Xuan Qingyun needed.

The people's fear accelerated the recovery of Xuan Qingyun's strength, eventually allowing her to return to the Immortal Emperor Realm once again.

As her strength recovered, some sealed memories surged into her mind. These were memories that had been sealed when she entered the Chaotic Sea because of her declining cultivation state, but now that her power had returned, her cultivation state could bear the causality brought by those memories, and they naturally unsealed.

Xuan Qingyun opened her eyes, feeling the surging immortal power within her, and the image of Lu Chen flashed through her mind.

She still remembered the great battle with Lu Chen in the Chaotic Sea. Neither she nor Lu Chen had been able to claim victory, but now that her power had returned, it was time to settle the score.

Though in the Chaotic Sea she had lost her mind due to the erosion by Chaos Qi, no matter what, Lu Chen had offended her, the Immortal Emperor.

An Immortal Emperor is not to be humiliated, and this debt must be settled.

Thinking of this, Xuan Qingyun prepared to take over the Heavenly Dao of the Tianyan Immortal Domain, but the next moment, she was stunned.

She suddenly found that she still couldn't sense the Heavenly Dao.

What was going on?

Xuan Qingyun tried again to sense the Heavenly Dao, but still couldn't sense its existence, as if there was a power blocking her perception of it.

Logically, after becoming an Immortal Emperor, one should be able to sense the Heavenly Dao, and if one is the sole Immortal Emperor of the time, they would even be able to take over the Heavenly Dao, which allows wielding various rule powers and even modifying the rules of the Heavenly Dao.

Now, she couldn't even sense the Heavenly Dao, let alone take it over.

Xuan Qingyun frowned slightly, the current situation was too bizarre, instilling a sense of unease in her heart.

She had planned to take over the Heavenly Dao to then repair the Cultivation Path and solve the issue of it being eroded by a mysterious force.

Xuan Qingyun couldn't help but think, could there still be another Immortal Emperor in the Tianyan Immortal Domain at this time?

But her divine sense swept through the entire Tianyan Immortal Domain, and she found no sign of an Immortal Emperor.

And even if there were another Immortal Emperor, she should still be able to sense the Heavenly Dao.

This was troubling, for without sensing the Heavenly Dao, she couldn't repair the Cultivation Path, and the Tianyan Immortal Domain might gradually head towards destruction.

She had also wanted to use the Tianyan Immortal Domain to break through to a higher realm, break the shackles, and leave the Tianyan Immortal Domain.

But with the issue in the Heavenly Dao, she couldn't take over the Heavenly Dao, making it even less likely that she could leave the Tianyan Immortal Domain.

Where exactly was the problem?

Xuan Qingyun pondered for a long time, unable to figure out where the problem lay.

"Forget it, I'll find Lu Chen first, and see what secrets he holds," she concluded.

The issue with the Heavenly Dao couldn't be resolved in a short time, and thinking about it aimlessly was meaningless. Since her power had been restored, she should first find and capture Lu Chen, who had offended her.

Back in the belly of the Chaos Beast, she had already sensed the peculiarity of Lu Chen, always feeling that Lu Chen was a reincarnation of some Immortal Emperor, or maybe, like her, an outsider from beyond the domain.

Someone who doesn't need cultivation, who can enhance his power simply by soaking in the harem every day – from this point alone, Lu Chen wasn't an ordinary person.

Xuan Qingyun then tried to deduce the Power of Heavenly Mechanism, attempting to locate Lu Chen's main body.

Yet to her surprise, she was unable to deduce Lu Chen's location.

What...

When she had just returned to the Tianyan Immortal Domain, she could still deduce Lu Chen's location, but now, with her cultivation restored to the Immortal Emperor Realm, she was unable to deduce where Lu Chen was hiding.

Xuan Qingyun attempted again to mobilize the Power of Heavenly Mechanism, and in the next moment, a mirror-like surface appeared in front of her, but it showed only fog, revealing nothing.

"He truly is no ordinary person," she mused.

To be able to block the deduction of an Immortal Emperor said a lot.

As Xuan Qingyun was lost in thought, the vortex in the sky over the Tianyan Immortal Domain gradually dispersed, yet the sky remained shrouded in darkness, and at that moment, cracks began to appear high above.

As soon as these fissures manifested, a sense of impending death gripped people's hearts, and even Xuan Qingyun felt as if she was being watched by some great terror.

Yet Xuan Qingyun merely stood quietly watching those fissures. Unable to sense the Heavenly Dao, she couldn't rectify the various issues that arose, leaving her simply to observe.

Fortunately, the Heavenly Dao of the Tianyan Immortal Domain possessed self-repairing abilities, and those cracks were soon mended by the world power of the Tianyan Immortal Domain.

Xuan Qingyun realized that the fissures had appeared due to the commotion caused by her recent recovery of strength.

This awareness highlighted a grave issue: If the mere restoration of her cultivation led to fissures appearing in the Tianyan Immortal Domain, it indicated that if she were to unleash her full power, the Tianyan Immortal Domain might very well collapse.

Indeed, she desired to leave the Tianyan Immortal Domain, but with her current power, even if she destroyed it, it was likely she wouldn't survive the departure. Who knew what great terrors awaited beyond?

With this in mind, Xuan Qingyun slightly restrained her aura, then raised her hand, causing one-fifth of the continent in the Northern Domain to slowly ascend into the sky, forming a massive Floating Island in the high heavens of the Tianyan Immortal Domain.

Henceforth, this Floating Island would serve as the base for the Nine Heavens Institute.

Having completed this, Xuan Qingyun then fully withdrew her Emperor's Mighty aura.

With the Emperor's aura withdrawn, the Immortal Venerates of the Tianyan Immortal Domain gradually returned to their senses.

Immortal Venerable Yun Meng's face was grave; now that the Demon Emperor's power was restored, it was highly possible that the Demon Emperor, in his quest to control the Heavenly Dao, would target their ancestor. She had to return quickly to prepare their defenses.

In the next instant, Immortal Venerable Yun Meng proactively broke the Isolation Array, and her figure turned into a stream of light, returning to the Mysterious Moon Palace's warship.

On the warship's deck, Lu Chen looked up at the sky, which was gradually clearing, feeling a bit anxious. Would Xuan Qingyun trouble him now that she had regained her power?

At this moment, Immortal Venerable Yun Meng's voice sounded in Lu Chen's ear, "I have already agreed to hand over your clone to them. What happens next is up to you."

Hearing Immortal Venerable Yun Meng's words, Lu Chen regained his composure, "What did they say to the Palace Master?"

Immortal Venerable Yun Meng replied, "They said they only want the Holy Rank Sealing Array on you."

"Of course, as to what they are truly thinking, only they know."

"However, this body of yours is merely a puppet, even if they capture you, they can't do much with you."

"I have other matters to attend to and will return to the Mysterious Moon Palace."

With those words, Immortal Venerable Yun Meng led the Mysterious Moon Palace warship back.

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