Beside him, Ao Li opened his eyes just a sliver upon hearing the words, glanced at Chang Xin, snorted, and then gave no further response.

In just two or three seconds, Lu Ren's dazed expression quickly cleared up, his expression was quite heavy. According to what Chang Xin said, if they did not act within the same level, even the innate Earth Immortal Rank defensive light of the Queen Mother of the West could not be broken.

Moreover, the Queen Mother of the West also possessed exotic treasures like the Jade Ship. Lu Ren could get so close to the Queen Mother of the West entirely because the system automatically shielded against the opponent's Primordial Spirit Attack Technique.

But because of the timely isolation of the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Mechanism, even with the existence of the Jade Ship below, where the Spiritual Liquid circulated, honestly speaking, after so many years, no matter how miraculous the Spiritual Liquid was, after ten thousand years, it had already dissipated.

Upon closer inspection now, it was just a pool of gelatinous jelly that had completely lost its Spiritual Essence.

Only this Jade Ship remained fresh as ever, showing no signs of dulling due to the ravages of time, instead radiating a unique jade brilliance.

Seeing the Queen Mother of the West still staring fixedly at him, with the system shielding sound incessantly ringing in his mind, Lu Ren simply reached out and covered the Queen Mother of the West's eyelids.

Instantly, the opponent's innate Primordial Spirit attack vanished.

Can it really be done?!

Beside him, Zhang Tongxuan's tightly furrowed brows also relaxed at this moment. After a while, he opened his eyes wearily, his face pale, saying with lingering fear, "Just now, I felt my mind being drawn into an unknown place, where strange things thrived, evil gods whispered, filled with nausea, filth, chaos, infused with both known and unknown negative energies, a place not fit for humans."

Zhang Tongxuan kept staring at the Queen Mother of the West, his expression heavy, "Something major has happened, I'm afraid during the Queen Mother of the West's slumber, a significant problem arose, her spirit has become extremely distorted, or perhaps she was drawn into some chaotic place during her sleep and suffered from twisted pollution."

He looked at the tranquil and dignified face of the Queen Mother of the West.

"How is it?"

Lu Ren shook his head slightly and said, "The Queen Mother of the West has become an Earth Immortal. Strictly speaking, she has transcended this level of dimension and is of a new life form. This Soul-Nailing Awl cannot penetrate her body, not even breaking through the Earth Immortal protective Clear Light she condensed."

Seeing Zhang Tongxuan's forlorn expression, Lu Ren added, "However, there's some good news amid the bad news. While the Queen Mother of the West's spirit has likely undergone significant mutation over the long years, she remains slumbering. Just now, only her self-defense mechanism was triggered."

Speaking of this, Lu Ren said solemnly, "We need to completely isolate the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Mechanism and transfer the Queen Mother of the West to a sufficiently safe place for storage."

Lying on the ground, just awakened, Chen Yuehua, spoke with a hoarse voice, "I know a place, six hundred meters underground, where it's very quiet."

Lu Ren replied, "Actually, there's no need for such trouble. With the Queen Mother of the West's power, I feel that no matter where she's placed, it's all the same. Once she fully awakens, the destruction she could cause would be unimaginable. We need ample terrain to construct an array isolating the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Mechanism."

He paused then added, "At least covering thirty percent, both sky and earth, inside and out, everything needs to be completely isolated from external Spiritual Mechanism, preventing the Queen Mother of the West from absorbing a trace of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Mechanism and awakening."

After quickly finalizing, Zhang Tongxuan and the others mutually decided not to move to another place. As this place was seldom visited, they decided to establish a permanent fortress-like base right there. Conveniently, there were three hundred Taoists proficient in array formations, allowing them to slightly modify the terrain and rapidly construct a semi-circular dome base.

Having already returned to his normal shape through the Ten Earth Knot technique, Lu Ren, dressed in a stretchy, fish-scale tight suit, made a light jump, amazed, "Never imagined this combat suit would evolve to this extent."

Chen Yuehua observed the orderly, bustling construction site from a distance, nervously watching Lu Ren beside the Jade Ship where the Queen Mother of the West lay, fearing that a mere jump from Lu Ren would wake the Queen Mother of the West.

He spoke quietly and cautiously, fearful of disturbing the Queen Mother of the West, "After all, it's been nearly twenty years since this combat suit was introduced. With relentless research, some have encountered space rifts and gained technological advances from other worlds in the cosmos, breaking material limitations, establishing the current model combat suit."

Lu Ren's heart was slightly moved, "Have recent space rifts been frequently occurring?"

Beside him, Zhang Tongxuan, meditating cross-legged, slowly recovering his spirit, heard this and opened his eyes, saying, "Recently, things have stabilized somewhat, with space rifts occurring two to five times a month on average. Plus, with the access—or rather return—of the Kunlun Exotic Realm and the Underworld, the frequency of space rifts connecting to all heavens has reduced by ninety percent. Our dedicated personnel are exploring."

No one knows what worlds these space rifts connect to, perhaps a star barren and devoid of atmosphere.

Perhaps leads to a Furnace Purgatory, or realms with genuine Nascent Soul, Golden Core, Divinity Transformation cultivation.

Or possibly unimaginable high-tech worlds.

In Lu Ren's eyes, presently highest in value is a high-tech world. If some technological achievements could be derived, acquiring modern sci-fi technology, they could rapidly assimilate and transform it into tangible gains.

This path of thought is not solely Lu Ren's but forms the primary strategic direction of Huaxia, though such random access makes it improbably slim.

Chances are ninety-five percent of cases end without return.

"The return of Ancient Immortal Gods from the Mythical Era has become an established fact; it's merely a matter of sooner or later. The ones slumbering on Earth, who didn't wander off to the stars, many have experienced some mental mutations, far from possessing rationality, they're utterly lunatics."

"Even without pollution, most Ancient Immortal Gods we unearthed in recent years were often in stupor, with rare moments of lucidity."

Lu Ren listened dumbfounded, wanting to say, damn it, you guys digging up tombs, only to launch into an all-out assault, anyone would feel confounded.

Roughly two weeks later, under the activation of three interlocked yet independently operating Arrays of Heaven and Earth Isolation, we completely drained and expelled the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Mechanism within the pit's vicinity, even causing the flowers, grass, and trees within a three-mile radius centered on the pit to wither entirely, as the plant's essence was forcibly expelled by the dominating external energy.

Finally freed, Lu Ren no longer lingered, leaving Zhang Tongxuan and Chen Yuehua to finish up.

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