Chapter 3576: The Panicked Guardians

The Azure Dragon’s massive eyes narrowed as he examined Lin Mu carefully again.

His appearance had changed slightly since those events.

He had grown stronger.

His aura had matured.

But the core of his presence remained the same.

The Azure Dragon exhaled slowly.

"...So it truly is you."

Temple Head Puyi looked between them in stunned silence.

His brain was already overloaded.

Now he had learned something even more absurd.

The Great Granduncle Master...

Was also a Guardian Beast Tournament Champion. And even the two ancient Guardian Spirits... were shocked by him.

For a few long moments after the revelation, neither the Azure Dragon nor the Vermilion Bird spoke.

The temple hall fell into a strange silence that felt far heavier than before. Their massive illusory bodies still hovered in the air, but their earlier groggy confusion had completely vanished.

In its place appeared something far more complicated.

Both ancient spirits were now staring at Lin Mu with an intensity that bordered on disbelief. Even beings who had existed for hundreds of thousands of years rarely experienced the kind of shock that had just struck them.

Because the human standing before them was no longer merely a cultivator who had consumed a few bloodline essence crystals, nor simply the victor of a Guardian Beast Tournament.

He was the disciple of that being.

The disciple of the Holder of Space.

The disciple of the Pillars of the Void.

The disciple of the Void Weaver Spider.

The disciple of Xukong himself.

The implications of that fact alone were enough to make even ancient Guardian Spirits uneasy. Xukong was not simply some powerful being whose reputation was exaggerated through legend.

Every single one of his titles had meaning and had been earned through actions that had reshaped the structure of reality itself.

The title Void Weaver Spider described his nature and origin, a being whose existence was deeply intertwined with the chaotic emptiness of the void itself. The title Holder of Space spoke of his mastery over the spatial laws that governed countless worlds and realms.

But the title that truly terrified those who understood it was Pillars of the Void. That title was not symbolic.

It was literal.

Xukong was one of the beings responsible for stabilizing the fractured and chaotic regions of the void that surrounded the worlds of existence.

Vast stretches of space that should have collapsed or been swallowed by the chaotic void were instead held in place by the invisible structures and spatial anchors he maintained. Entire regions of reality existed in a fragile balance because he allowed them to exist. And the terrifying truth was that he did not need to attack a world to destroy it.

All he needed to do was stop caring about it.

If the Void Weaver Spider withdrew his support from certain regions of the void, the fragile barriers between existence and nothingness could collapse. Worlds could be swallowed by spatial turbulence.

Entire star systems could drift into the void and vanish without a trace. For beings like the Guardian Beasts who had existed for unimaginable spans of time, the danger posed by such a presence was not theoretical.

It was very real.

What was worse was that even karma would not affect him. After all, he was not harming them... he was merely ignoring them. And for that, he would earn no Karma.

After all, during an accident, those saving a victim might be praised, but those who stood on the sidelines could not be blamed.

Even the Guardian Beasts of the Celestial Realm treated Xukong with extreme caution. It was not a matter of fear alone, but of respect toward a being whose function was deeply tied to the stability of existence itself. Offending someone like that was not merely a personal mistake. It could potentially create consequences for entire worlds.

And the man standing before them was his disciple.

To beings like Xukong, disciples were not merely students.

They were family.

A disciple represented the will, the legacy, and the reputation of the master. Insulting the disciple could easily be interpreted as insulting the master. That alone was enough to make both Guardian Spirits extremely uncomfortable.

Very slowly, the two spirits exchanged glances.

Their eyes did not move much, but their thoughts were already communicating through spiritual sense.

The Azure Dragon spoke first through their mental connection.

’What should we do?’

The Vermilion Bird replied immediately.

’What do you mean what do we do? We already messed up. No... We fucked up.’

The dragon remained silent for a moment before responding.

’We scanned him without permission.’

’We questioned him like a normal cultivator.’

’We treated him as a junior.’

The Vermilion Bird groaned internally.

’Exactly.’

’And if the Void Weaver Spider is watching...’

She did not finish the thought.

Both of them suddenly felt extremely uncomfortable.

The two ancient spirits had witnessed countless events throughout history. They had seen empires rise and collapse, immortal sects flourish and perish, and entire civilizations vanish into dust. Yet rarely had they felt the need to reconsider their actions so carefully.

But when dealing with someone connected to Xukong, every word mattered.

Every action mattered.

Every possible offense had to be considered.

Both spirits began mentally reviewing everything that had happened since Lin Mu entered the temple. They replayed every word they had spoken and every action they had taken.

They remembered scanning his body without asking.

They remembered questioning his actions.

They remembered calling him a junior.

None of those actions would normally be offensive. But when dealing with the disciple of the Void Weaver Spider, normal standards suddenly felt dangerously insufficient.

For the first time in a very long time, the two ancient Guardian Spirits began to sweat.

The Azure Dragon spoke again mentally.

’Maybe we are overthinking this.’

The Vermilion Bird immediately shot back.

’You want to gamble that the Void Weaver Spider isn’t watching?’

The dragon fell silent again.

Because neither of them could sense Xukong.

And that was exactly what made the situation worse.

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