Mysterious and difficult to comprehend divine thoughts permeated through the clouds, "As Heavenly Dao enters the human world, its influence in the human world has been growing stronger."

"Still too slow. I shall lend my strength to Taijia, to quicken the pace of Heavenly Dao's entry into the human world."

The clouds twisted, as that suspended Sword above the Reincarnation Path suddenly departed and flew towards the protective shield covering the sky of the human world.

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"Cui Lin, the item Gu Ya Perfected is having me forge seems not to be a complete treasure, but rather a component of a larger artifact?"

Ten or so miles away from the gathering place, Zhao Jingyan took out the blueprint and scrutinized it before suddenly turning to Cui Lin.

Cui Lin chuckled and replied, "Zhao, what the Perfected has us forge isn't our concern. To us, what matters most is completing the commissioned task and obtaining what we need."

"You have a point," Zhao Jingyan nodded in agreement, although he did not voice his disagreement with Cui Lin's words; inwardly, he thought otherwise.

Not knowing the purpose behind the commission from Gu Ya Perfected to forge a component-like item, nor what the final artifact would be, was unsettling.

I must report back to Brother Mu after returning; this matter must not be taken lightly. Who knows what schemes Gu Ya Perfected might have.

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Village Protection Team, Li Gujian had exchanged all his merits for Energy Fruits, planning to use them to cultivate diligently after returning, striving to enhance his Realm.

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"The data on Gu Ya Perfected has been sent to the Ruins. What follows is waiting for the investigation results. Such a powerful and beautiful young woman should be well-known. If she truly belongs to the Alliance, it should be easy to find out."

Leaving the temple district, Xiao Mu darted back to his residence.

At that moment, his heart suddenly leaped, sensing an acute danger of death at any time.

Buzz buzz buzz!

Within the Earth Seal Space, the Creation Axe began to tremble violently, as if sensing the same terror and destructive atmosphere as Xiao Mu.

Gold Brilliance radiated from Xiao Mu's body; the Seal of the Heavenly Emperor unconsciously flew out from within him, closely followed by the Great Decree that descended, both hovering above Xiao Mu's head.

What's going on?

Xiao Mu's complexion changed drastically.

The sudden events filled him with panic, and he instinctively took the Creation Axe out from the Earth Seal Space, holding it in his hands.

Buzz buzz buzz!

The Creation Axe continued to tremble fiercely. Creation's White Light shot out, as if it were a startled cat, extremely edgy, as though facing an incredibly formidable opponent.

"To make the Creation Axe so wary, could it be that an even more powerful being has emerged? Who is it?"

The sudden emergency made Xiao Mu hardly dare to contemplate, sensing an intense crisis, unprecedented, and entirely unpredictable in its horrific extent.

Buzz buzz buzz!

The image of his city god shook but did not fly out from his body; instead, it trembled and cowered within him, as if facing an extremely fearsome natural enemy, not daring to come out.

Damn!

Xiao Mu's face changed again; his heart trembled involuntarily.

Boom!

The light of Governing the World shone from the Alliance Headquarters, piercing the sky. A tall, yet slender and elegant figure knelt on the ground, hands held high, cradling the bright yellow Earth Seal.

The Earth Seal was placed upright on her palms, facing the sky directly, with the light of Governing the World being released fully, like a bright yellow column supporting Heaven and Earth.

The protective membrane outside of Heaven and Earth, supported by the power of the Earth Seal's light of Governing the World, suddenly turned thicker and more robust.

A shower of dull grey light cascaded down, causing all beings in the world to let out involuntary laments, as though facing the end of all things, with the potential for everything to crumble at any moment.

A dim yellow light arose in the high skies; silently, a Yellow Paper Sword descended from above, piercing slowly but unimpeded towards the translucent, thin protective shield guarding the human world.

Every living and non-living creature in the human world was affected, and clear images appeared before their eyes. Every person, every creature could see the shape of the Yellow Paper Sword, and they could see it piercing the translucent protective shield.

Xiao Mu's expression changed once again, his eyes firmly fixed on the Yellow Paper Sword.

A threat, intense to the extreme, welled up inside him.

This Yellow Paper Sword, he had seen it before; it clearly was the one from the Reincarnation Path.

Who was it? Who was controlling the Yellow Paper Sword, attacking the human world?

No sooner had this thought arisen than the Yellow Paper Sword pierced the translucent protective shield protecting the human world in the high sky.

Silently!

The moment the paper-made sword touched the translucent shield, no fluctuation was produced. In fact, a terrible power had already collided, but because the forces of both the attack and defense were so strong, they neutralized each other upon contact.

The Seal of the Human Emperor came under great pressure, the power it supplied to the protective shield severely weakened, and it suddenly contracted, shrinking from large to small.

The column of light called Governing the World also compressed, beginning to bend and sway in the high sky, as if it could break at any moment.

The world let out a mournful sound, and all living beings in the human world sensed an extreme danger.

A tear rolled down from the corner of Xiao Mu's eye, his heart suddenly flooded with endless, heroic determination to face death.

But it was not just him; throughout the human world, all creatures, living and non-living, a bird, a sheep, even a stone, shed tears, their emotions involuntarily surging with a heroic resolve to face death.

Buzz!

A beam of Purple-Golden Qi soared into the sky, followed by a Giant Seal nearly the size of the Human Emperor's Seal flying up from underground.

This Giant Seal covered the heavens, scattering Purple-Golden Qi to every corner of the human world.

All living things began to worship, both life and inanimate beings were singing praises; the Purple-Golden Brilliance grew stronger and formed another massive column supporting the transparent shield.

At the same time, the Giant Seal shot out another beam of Purple-Golden light high into the sky.

The transparent protective shield and the Purple-Golden light were one and the same, not obstructing each other's movements. The Purple-Golden light, in the blink of an eye, pierced through the transparent shield and, like a sword, directly targeted the Yellow Paper Sword falling from the boundless heavens.

Puff!

The collision occurred once again, still silent. The Purple-Golden Brilliance was dazzling, like the fierce explosion of sunlight, but the Yellow Paper Sword trembled lightly.

"Hehe!"

A calm laugh echoed from the endless high heavens, crossing spatiotemporal distances and ringing in the ears of every being.

In that moment, every being suddenly felt an intense sense of doom. Thankfully, this sense of doom came quickly and left just as fast, vanishing the moment they began to feel it.

Otherwise, just by that light laugh, it would have been enough to wipe out the majority of living beings in the human world.

The light laughter faded, the dim and blurry cloud also quickly disappeared on the horizon, and the Yellow Paper Sword flew away soon after.

The Purple-Golden Seal descended, the illusion of the Divine Phoenix holding the Human Emperor's Seal vanished, and the massive column of light governing the world disappeared as well.

Yet, every living being in the human world felt their environment had changed; on the high heavens, the translucent protective shield where the Yellow Paper Sword had pierced, a small hole remained.

This small hole was thoroughly opened, connecting the human world with the outside, allowing the power from outside — that is, the true power of the Heavenly Court — to penetrate through the small hole, thoroughly entering the human world.

The Seal of the Heavenly Emperor returned to his body, the Creation Axe stopped trembling, and the City God that was hidden inside Xiao Mu's body returned to normal as well.

But Xiao Mu could clearly feel that something was different, not just the Realm becoming different, but under the influence of the external power, he himself had also become different.

The air seemed colder, the temperature seemed to have dropped, involuntarily causing one to shiver as if suddenly placed in a land of ice and snow.

However, Xiao Mu knew that the real environment was still the same, there hadn't been any changes; the real change was the influence of the Heavenly Dao on the human world.

At this time, the small hole that the Yellow Paper Sword had left on the surface of the translucent protective shield allowed the power of Heavenly Dao to completely penetrate in, increasing the Heavenly Dao's interference with the human world.

He hurriedly checked himself; his face immediately darkened.

On the surface of his body, there seemed to be an additional, strange map, connecting his entire body, his fate, the Heavenly Dao, life and death.

The outcome of all things, their own endings, was beginning to be influenced by this odd map.

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