Chapter 1139: Hey, He’s My Son (1/2)

This jaunt to the chaos had come to an end for Lu Yun. He’d done everything he set out to do, and the remaining battle between the six sacred monarchs and the nine of the creation seeds wasn’t something that he could intercede in.

He didn’t need to worry about the six sacred palaces either. As the rulers of the chaos, if the six monarchs couldn’t handle this tiny uproar, then they would’ve fallen to the hands of others a long time ago.

……

“Did you see your son?” Qing Yu asked sourly when she saw Lu Yun and the little fox return together.

“Ahem!” Lu Yun blushed and didn’t say anything.

“Nope!” The little fox returned to her true form and darted into Qing Yu’s embrace.

…Qing Yu’s jealousy quickly evaporated.

“But Lu Yun returned the ladder to him.” The little fox nuzzled her head against Qing Yu’s chin. Though Miao herself hadn’t experienced what her replica had undergone, she still felt guilty toward Qing Yu nonetheless.

“Alright, since that part’s over, we should head back.” Qing Yu stroked the little fox’s head and hugged her tightly before smiling at Lu Yun. She’d never faulted him for what happened with the little fox.

Their journey home was smoother than their trip to the chaos. Tian Qi had fully refined the lake of purple qi between the polluted and pristine part of the realm, so all of the chaos creatures stationed here had left.

There was a clear moat between these two parts of the chaos, and the polluted zone was expanding at a speed visible to the naked eye—turning the clear energy currents turgid. What was called the “polluted” chaos was, in fact, chaos currents formed by the energy of the worlds devouring the pristine chaos currents. These were unspeakably dirty to the chaos creatures, and life threatening if they came in contact with this energy.

When chaos creatures cultivated, they took in the pristine currents of their home. Therefore, not only were the turgid currents physically harmful, but they also deprived the chaos creatures of their future.

Lu Yun, Qing Yu, and the little fox also absorbed the clear currents when they cultivated, but since they practiced the immortal dao of the worlds, the energy from the chaos perfectly melded into the immortal dao and turned into immortal force.

Qiu Luoyu didn’t follow Lu Yun to the world of immortals. He was a sovereign of Inception Palace, and Leize had also promised to create a sanctuary within the palace to harbor the otherkind in the chaos.

The otherkind were still the enemies of the nine divine sects, but now that Inception Palace was taking a stand to protect them, this was an official stamp on a declaration of war between the nine divine sects and six sacred palaces.

By the time Lu Yun and the others returned to the world of immortals, the battle between the six monarchs and nine of the creation seed had ended in a draw. Not only did the nine divine sects refuse to honor the agreement and strike “divine sect” from their name, but they used the momentum from the nine to resurrect the “sacred land” title.

With the reappearance of the nine sacred lands in the chaos, the eternal overlords that hadn’t dared break through before all set foot into sovereign realm. The sacred lands now had nine great patrons backing them, so they no longer feared the sacred palaces.

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Mount Buzhou was still their first stop upon returning to the worlds. Hongjun and Fuxi were sitting at the mountain’s peak playing a game of chess. When they saw the trio’s return, the losing Hongjun took advantage of Fuxi’s lapse in attention to scatter the pieces to the ground.

Fuxi chuckled ruefully and didn’t make a fuss.

“How was your trip?” Hongjun smiled at the three.

“Since you two already know, why ask me?” Lu Yun plopped down next to Hongjun and Fuxi, flicking them a sideways glance with an inscrutable expression.