Seeing that Xilin agreed, Mu Jinyu continued, "Second, as per our previous agreement, to restore your cultivation and grant you freedom, you need to swear by your life to the Heavenly Dao that after regaining your freedom, you will not go on a killing spree and bring calamity upon the world. You must abide by the law, respect the elderly, and care for the young, and..."

Mu Jinyu rambled on with a litany of restrictions on Xilin, basically ensuring that if she regained her cultivation and freedom, she would live as a normal person in the absence of any special circumstances.

Xilin felt a headache coming on and didn't really listen to the latter part of Mu Jinyu's speech. She could only nod silently to indicate her agreement.

Seeing this, Mu Jinyu smiled and said, "Thirdly, after giving you freedom, I need to place a restriction on you..."

"Hmm?" Xilin squinted her eyes, hidden murderous intent within.

Mu Jinyu said, "Rest assured, this restriction is of no major consequence. It merely allows me to know your approximate location so that if you cause trouble, I can find you promptly. Don't worry, I won't be bored enough to constantly check where you are..."

Xilin hesitated for a moment but eventually accepted Mu Jinyu's act of monitoring.

Then, under Mu Jinyu's watchful eye, she began to swear to the Heavenly Dao.

"Rumble!"

As Xilin finished swearing, the cloudless sky suddenly gathered inky black clouds, and a thunderous crack resounded through the heavens, striking fear into all who heard it.

Xilin was also frightened, her face turning pale as she stared fearfully at the black clouds in the sky, muttering to herself, "No way? I didn't mean to cause trouble, please don't strike me down..."

"Boom!!"

To Xilin's heart-stopping relief, the dark clouds did not unleash world-ending divine lightning upon her but instead slowly dissipated.

She finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Mu Jinyu looked at Xilin with a faint smile and said, "I'm not scared at all, so what's making you nervous? Could it be you think swearing to the Heavenly Dao is just a joke and plan to stir up trouble once I lift the restrictions?"

"No!" Xilin immediately retorted.

She glared at Mu Jinyu, feeling indignant, and said, "You didn't have to swear, so of course, you're at ease. I'm just worried that something might go wrong with the Heavenly Dao and it mistakes me for an outsider planning to cause trouble."

Speaking of which, Xilin didn't want to delay any longer and urged, "Hurry up and lift the restriction already, come on, I can't stand it anymore!"

"Alright." Seeing that Xilin agreed to all his conditions, Mu Jinyu had no reason to keep holding her back and began lifting most of the restrictions within Xilin.

"Clang!"

"Bang!"

"Bang!!"

Several sounds like snapping chains echoed as the once feeble Xilin began to glow brilliantly with golden light.

"Boom!!"

As the final chain of order shattered, Xilin was enveloped in golden light, resembling the descent of Goddess Athena, exuding an aura of endless majesty. The intense golden light made it almost impossible for others to gaze directly at her.

With this aura erupted, Xilin's cultivation finally restored to the later stage of the Unity Realm!

Now, only the final restriction remained in her body. Once broken, she could reach the peak power suppressed by the laws of this world, the Void Breaking Realm.

"Hah!"

With her cultivation restored, Xilin immediately channeled her divine power to heal herself.

In no time, the bruises and panda eyes disappeared, and she regained her peerless beauty and grace.

"Break!"

Instinctively, Xilin prepared to shatter the last restriction placed by Mu Jinyu within her.

She had no desire to remain bound by this restriction, eager to reach the Void Breaking Realm rather than stay perpetually in the Unity Realm stage.

"Bang!"

However, despite her formidable divine power that had always been invincible and unstoppable, she couldn't break through the restriction set by this vile human, Mu Jinyu?

'How can this be?'

Xilin shouted in disbelief within her mind.

Previously, Mu Jinyu had a few opportunities to restore her cultivation, but they only brought her to the mid-late stage of the Divinity Transformation Realm.

Back then, she naturally attempted to break the restriction. To her eyes, Mu Jinyu's restriction was so crude and vulnerable.

Yet she couldn't break through.

Later, Xilin realized that although Mu Jinyu's restriction was crude, it was set with Unity Realm cultivation. At that time, with her only at the Divinity Transformation Realm, breaking it proved impossible. She needed at least Unity Realm power.

But even now, having regained Unity Realm cultivation, she still couldn't break Mu Jinyu's restriction, leaving her in an ugly mood, unable to accept it.

"Rumble!"

Then, just as Xilin prepared to muster all her might to dismantle Mu Jinyu's final restriction, a terrifying clap of thunder burst through the sky.

The sound startled Xilin into stopping her actions immediately.

Mu Jinyu watched the radiant Xilin in front of him. Although the divine light was dazzling and hard to face, he could vaguely see Xilin's expression and her mood changes.

With a smile, he advised, "Don't waste your energy. My restriction isn't as simple as you think, and besides, the Heavenly Dao wouldn't joke around."

In the past, the restrictions he learned in Kunlun Ruins might have been easily broken by Xilin.

But later, he'd studied ancient, origin-based restriction paths near Mount Tai, elevating his mastery. Although his restrictions appeared crude, they weren't easily broken.

Hearing Mu Jinyu's words, Xilin huffed in anger but eventually gave up struggling.

Xilin then looked up at Mu Jinyu with eyes filled with challenge and said, "I won't kill you or cause chaos, but fighting you should be allowed, right?"

She wasn't willing to leave quietly after enduring numerous humiliations by Mu Jinyu, having regained some of her power.

Though bound by her oath, she couldn't kill Mu Jinyu, but sparring, making him black-and-blue, surely didn't break the oath?

Without waiting for Mu Jinyu's response, Xilin noticed no disturbances from the sky, implying she was sanctioned to act against Mu Jinyu.

"Ha!"

"Fight!"

Xilin shouted sharply. With a wave, a pure golden battle spear appeared in her hand, striking directly at Mu Jinyu.

"What a waste of time."

Mu Jinyu sighed helplessly seeing Xilin intent on rebellion soon as she regained freedom. Raising his hand, he gripped the Dragon Spear, and once more executed "True Dragon Mystic Taoism," raising his cultivation to the pinnacle!

"Boom!!"

With a single sweeping strike, awe-inspiring and breathtaking, Xilin's arm went numb, unable to hold her golden spear, which flew away straight.

"Pfft!"

Xilin couldn't withstand the terrifying intent within Mu Jinyu's strike and spat out a mouthful of pale golden blood.

Like a kite with a broken string, she plummeted straight down.

"How could this be?"

After a long effort to dispel the battle spirit and murderous intent within her, regaining control of her body and recalling her spear, Xilin murmured in disbelief, her face dark and unaccepting.

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