"Boom~!"

With a loud explosion, the mountain where Zhuang Feng was in seclusion was leveled.

Immediately, two Saints began battling in the sky.

All the elders and disciples of the Feixia Sect were drawn to the scene.

"What's going on?"

"It's the Sect Master...."

"An outside enemy invading, how is this possible? Why didn't the grand array stop him?"

Amidst the confusion, a figure descended from the sky, crashing to the ground and kicking up a large cloud of dust.

Zhuang Feng's aura became increasingly chaotic; he struggled to get up and looked towards the sky.

There, Luo Yu was looking down at him.

And beside Luo Yu was his fellow disciple of several centuries, Gong Qing.

"Junior brother?"

Zhuang Feng looked at Gong Qing in slight disbelief.

He knew his junior brother had some schemes, but he never thought much of it.

Everyone has a bit of ambition, which is normal.

What he didn't expect was that this junior brother would actually conspire with outsiders against him.

He tried to activate the sect's array, but his entire spiritual thought couldn't leave his body, firmly trapped within, unable to connect with the grand array.

"Senior brother, surprised? Hahaha, can you still activate the grand array? After refining the Fire Mushroom, can your spiritual thought leave your body?" Gong Qing pulled out the array plate, laughing heartily, "Now only I can control the grand array."

"I'm not too surprised, but do you trust Luo Yu? In the Thousand Extremes Realm, his reputation isn't good!" Zhuang Feng tried to sow discord, and after saying this to Gong Qing, he looked at Luo Yu and said, "The grand array within the Feixia Sect connects to thousands of miles of earth veins. This place is the core of the array. Once activated, even a Saint within it would be doomed. My junior brother brought Saint Luo Yu here, possibly with ulterior motives."

Zhuang Feng was clearly very familiar with his junior brother, and just a few words were enough to make Gong Qing moved.

At this moment, Gong Qing's eyes flickered slightly, as if contemplating something.

Nearby, Luo Yu said, "Don't fall for his tricks, just kill him first."

"Sorry, senior brother." Gong Qing said.

Then, he wielded his sword and struck at Zhuang Feng, unleashing a Sword Qi.

This sword fell on Zhuang Feng but didn't break his defense.

The Saint's body, even without Zhuang Feng defending, couldn't be easily pierced by a cultivator like Gong Qing who hadn't yet attained the True Dao.

And when many sect elders arrived, they saw this scene.

The Deputy Sect Master cutting at the Sect Master, with an outsider beside the Deputy Sect Master.

"This.... what is going on?"

Everyone was dumbfounded, unable to see the situation clearly.

However, the three in the field did not care about the opinions of others.

Luo Yu saw Gong Qing fail to break through and raised his hand, throwing out a stone engraved with a massive amount of Dao Patterns.

This time Zhuang Feng reacted. Although his spiritual thought was sealed and he couldn't use magical artifacts, he still had his powerful physical body to rely on.

The Qi and blood within his body surged, and he punched out.

"Boom~bang~!"

The aftermath spread, with waves of energy surging, forcing the elders watching at a distance to retreat some more.

Zhuang Feng ignored his internal injuries, stimulated his Qi and blood, and charged towards Luo Yu.

Battle resumed, and for a moment the surroundings became chaotic.

Meanwhile, Luo Yu transmitted a message to Gong Qing.

"Activate the grand array, use your sect's Sect Guardian Divine Weapon to attack him."

Gong Qing hesitated for a moment, then used the array plate to activate the grand array.

Instantly, Divine Patterns appeared in the void, drawing and mobilizing earth energy across a thousand-mile range, converging at the core of the Feixia Sect.

And this vast energy was merely to charge a single treasure.

It was a yellow cloth, or rather, it should be called the Ruyi Treasure Banner.

This banner, after being charged, gradually grew larger, revealing a metal fragment wrapped within.

When the Sect Master of Feixia Sect obtained this fragment, he established the sect here.

The origin of this fragment is unknown, but its sharpness is unparalleled, and even Saints find it difficult to charge and use, relying only on the grand array to activate.

In regular times, its stored sharp energy would shred outside objects, so the Ruyi Treasure Banner is used to prevent it from shattering external objects.

Now, this endless sharp energy was no longer restrained and was going to be guided by the grand array to attack the enemy.

However, its target was not Zhuang Feng but Luo Yu instead.

Gong Qing thought it out well, figuring his senior brother was incapable of resistance now, so it was better to deal with the real outsider before considering his senior brother.

"Hahaha, good junior brother, it turns out you brought him to our sect to rid the Thousand Extremes Realm of this scourge!" Zhuang Feng laughed loudly.

However, Luo Yu was not panicked upon seeing this.

"I knew you couldn't be trusted," Luo Yu said with a cold smile.

Immediately, Gong Qing suddenly felt his body stiffen, and a series of flame-like burning patterns appeared around him.

"What is... this?" Gong Qing asked in horror.

"Did you think acquiring my Flame Seed Body Tempering would be so easy? Now you're my Flame Puppet!" Luo Yu said.

In a turn of events, Luo Yu controlled Gong Qing, forcing him to use the array plate to direct the sharp Divine Blade within the grand array to attack Zhuang Feng.

.....

"Uncomfortable, uncomfortable.... I feel so terrible!"

Xi Meng felt like she had two perspectives, one being her current vision, and the other being a very strange perspective.

She felt like she had transformed into a grand array, merging with the land surrounding the Feixia Sect.

Now, this grand array was absorbing massive earth energy and concentrating it on a sharp blade to attack something.

The blade had already been activated and could no longer be halted.

And the attack target seemed to be the Sect Master who had previously given her elixirs?

"Hey, how can you attack the Sect Master?"

Xi Meng instinctively refused to attack Zhuang Feng. Seeing an unfamiliar figure nearby, he immediately turned around and flew towards Luo Yu.

...

"Swish~!"

The sharp Qi slashed through the entire Feixia Sect, creating a massive abyss stretching hundreds of miles.

Luo Yu stood in the air, a fine line of blood appearing on his forehead. He never expected that thing to turn and attack him at the last moment.

But this question would remain unanswered.

His consciousness dissipated, and his body began to fall, crashing to the ground.

.....

.....

"Have you heard? The Deputy Sect Master lured Luo Yu, the Saint wanted in the Thousand Extremes Realm, to the sect and used the Sect Grand Array alongside the Sect Master to kill him!"

"A Saint who had cultivated for over five thousand years, just died like that?"

"What else could it be? How powerful is the Sect Grand Array?"

"I heard that the Sect Grand Array was also destroyed in this battle, and the Sect Guardian Divine Weapon disappeared..."

"Nonsense, it's definitely still here..."

...

By the Spirit Lake, Lin Qianxuan and Ling'Er put away their fishing rods.

"Elder Lin, Sister Ling'Er, are you leaving now?" Seeing Lin Qianxuan put away the fishing rod, Xi Meng couldn't help but ask.

"Yes, it's time to go. We said from the start we would only serve as Honored Guest Elders for three years," Lin Qianxuan nodded and said.

"Wait, Elder Lin, let me give you something." Xi Meng took out an iron fragment and handed it to Lin Qianxuan, "Though I don't know what it is, even my master's axe was easily pierced by it. It must be a good material for Artifact Refining. I have no other treasures; this is to thank you for all the food."

"Then I'll accept it," Lin Qianxuan smiled and said.

"You can come back and visit me when you have time!" Xi Meng said.

"When you become the Sect Master of Feixia Sect, Ling'Er and I will come back to see you," Lin Qianxuan said.

"It's a deal!" Xi Meng said.

Lin Qianxuan nodded slightly, then he and Ling'Er soared into the sky, leaving Xi Meng alone to gaze at the two figures on the horizon.

...

Lin Qianxuan and Ling'Er flew towards the heavens. Along the way, a Spiritual Light appeared in his eyes, and the metal fragment in his hand began to restore naturally, taking its original form.

Before long, it transformed into a token.

That's right, this item was just a fragment of a Celestial Official's token from the Celestial Court.

Long ago, due to certain reasons, a piece of this kind was scraped off.

And it became the Feixia Sect's Guardian Divine Weapon.

Of course, even though it was just a token, it was indeed an Immortal Artifact, so its power was understandable.

Suddenly, Lin Qianxuan and Ling'Er encountered an obstacle from a grand array.

This was the array of the Celestial Court.

Designed to prevent unrelated creatures from entering.

But now Lin Qianxuan could be considered an insider.

He took out the token, infused it with energy, and the array no longer obstructed them, allowing them to enter.

Once inside the array, countless magnificent palace complexes appeared, filled with dazzling glow and infinite Dao Charm.

Not far away stood a Celestial Gate a million feet high.

At the gate stood two Gate Guardian Divine Generals, each also a million feet tall.

As Lin Qianxuan and Ling'Er reached there, the two divine generals glanced at the token hanging from Lin Qianxuan's waist and then acted as if nothing happened, allowing them to enter.

These two divine generals held a low rank in the Celestial Court, merely at the level of ordinary Celestial Officials, not much higher than Celestial Soldiers.

While Lin Qianxuan's token represented the identity of a Celestial Official at the Thirteen Canxi Halls.

Equivalent to a mid-level management rank.

Overseeing at least a million immortal beings.

So they didn't dare to block him, and if Lin Qianxuan stayed, they'd have to greet him politely.

As for being discovered as an imposter?

That truly would not happen.

Because the Celestial Court's system is vast and the mandates of various Celestial Officials are difficult to clarify promptly.

Sometimes, you might have been working for hundreds of years, and your colleagues might still wonder when you arrived.

Moreover, there are a limited number of Celestial Official tokens.

Each one is recorded in the Celestial Official's register and can only be used by the corresponding Celestial Official.

Although Lin Qianxuan pieced his together based on original information, it's genuine and recorded in the Celestial Official's register!

As long as it's recorded, once registered, one is an official Celestial Official.

Unless someone seeks to verify its authenticity with the Twelve Celestial Monarchs, they are available, believe the claim, and personally investigate.

Otherwise, Lin Qianxuan's identity could never be uncovered.

Entering the Celestial Court, ascending continuously, Lin Qianxuan gained a deeper understanding of its structure.

Besides Celestial Officials, many heavenly beings here aren't even at the Great Dao Level.

It's akin to a celestial world.

The operational mechanism of the entire Celestial Court is straightforward and authoritarian, but effective due to the power of the Divine Emperor and Celestial Monarchs.

"The Divine Emperor!"

Lin Qianxuan's gaze shifted to the core of the Celestial Court, a colossal palace radiating infinite Profound Light, located above the ninety-nine heavens, the treasure hall of the Divine Emperor, Great Celestial Venerable Golden Stone.

Currently, the Divine Emperor wasn't in his treasure hall, having gone in search of the owner of a Dao Fruit.

Lin Qianxuan wondered what expression the Divine Emperor would have if he returned and saw his home had been raided.

Every time he thought of this, he couldn't help but chuckle.

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