"Long Chen, are you feeling better?" Mengqi looked at Long Chen, her beautiful eyes full of tenderness.
"Basically healed, but there are still some hidden injuries. Even Lingxi can't handle these injuries. I guess I'll have to rely on myself to fix them in the future." Long Chen said.
Ling Xi healed most of Long Chen's injuries, but some parts could not be healed.
In Lingxi's words, the wound didn't come from the Heavenly Dao, but from another kind of law. It didn't belong to this world, and she was powerless to do anything.
Long Chen thought for a moment and concluded that the injury should be a six-star battle body. He hadn't yet reached the requirement to condense one, yet forcibly condensed it—this was a form of backlash.
However, as a successor of the Nine Stars, this kind of hidden injury wasn't particularly frightening. As long as he spent some time resting, he should gradually recover.
"Fairy Qin, thank you. It's all thanks to your help this time." Long Chen cupped his fists and said, 'This time, Fairy Qin has really been a great help.'
If she and Dongmingyu hadn't joined forces to trap Feng Fei, the outcome would have been unpredictable this time. Even if they had won, the casualties would have been far greater than now.
Moreover, the disciples of the Miaole Immortal Palace led by Ziyan greatly enhanced the team's combat power, which was equally indispensable. Long Chen was deeply grateful to her.
Ziyan smiled faintly, like a pear blossom blooming, calm and dignified. She looked at Long Chen and said,
"I am only standing on the side of justice. Miaole Immortal Palace is the guardian force of the Tianwu Continent. We protect not only the safety of all beings but also the right faith."
"I'm glad we're walking the same path now. I remember back then, you chased me so hard I had no way to go up to heaven or to enter underground." Long Chen couldn't help but sigh.
Back then, Ziyan insisted he was her destined demon star, destined to become a murderous man, constantly urging him to turn things around. At that time, their relationship hit rock bottom, and they clashed several times.
At some point, Ziyan seemed to suddenly change, and even the Miaole Immortal Palace's attitude toward him had shifted. Although Long Chen had never interacted with the palace's higher-ups, judging from Ziyan's behavior, it seemed the palace no longer harbored any hostility toward him.
"Can you even chat? The past is in the past, so why bring up those trivial matters?" Tang Wan'er glared at Long Chen and said.
At this moment, Ziyan was with Mengqi, Chu Yao, and the others, chatting and laughing, seemingly very affectionate. Tang Wan'er actually started speaking up for Ziyan.
Long Chen gave an awkward smile, suddenly noticing that Nangong Zuiyue and Beitang Rushuang were missing. Before he could ask, Mengqi spoke up:
"Those two have left. I've asked you to look after their disciples, let them cultivate here, and they'll go in a group. They said you don't need to worry."
Now, with some time before returning to the Tianwu Continent, Nangong Zuiyue and Beitang Rushuang still wanted to go out and try their luck.
With the two together, safety was still not a problem. As for the disciples from both families, they didn't plan to let them continue adventuring and would just let them stay here to cultivate.
After such a terrifying battle, under high tension, cultivators gain deeper insights into life and death, taking the opportunity to consolidate their cultivation achievements and lay a solid foundation for future breakthroughs beyond the Tongming realm.
"Brother Long Chen, I want to take my sisters to see our home on the mother tree. You should come too." Qili called out.
It turned out that Qili was in charge of hosting guests at this time and had planned to take Meng Qi and the others up to the mother tree to have a look. Meng Qi wanted to go with Long Chen and happened to see Long Chen alone, so she came to find him.
The women pulled Long Chen to the mother tree and found that the Luoling warriors had already disappeared. Looking up, they saw the Luoling warriors busy atop the mother tree.
Arriving beneath the trunk of the mother tree, streams of air slowly rose here, allowing them to ascend quickly without exerting much effort.
Moreover, the closer he got to the mother tree, the more he could feel the endless vitality within it. Long Chen knew he had only repaired the mother tree's wounds, and this mother tree was likely absorbing the power of the entire Star Domain Divine Realm, repairing its body.
Ascending all the way, they soon entered the branch area. By this point, they were already extremely far from the ground, and from here, they could see most of the star domain divine realm.
"You can actually see so far from here?" Tang Wan'er's pretty face was full of amazement. The mountains stretched like islands, and the terrifying spatial rift stretched farther away, so distant it was terrifying.
"Here, we can share the Mother Goddess's soul perception range, so anywhere covered by her soul power can see it.
It is said that during the Mother Tree's heyday, the Mother Goddess's soul power could cover the star domain and divine realm, allowing us to see clearly what was happening in every corner. Qili explained.
"Qili, why do you keep talking about the Mother Tree and the Mother Goddess the next? Why am I a bit confused? Do you have two names?" Long Chen couldn't help but ask. He had thought it was a slip of the tongue before, but now he felt there was something else going on.
"The Mother Tree is the Mother Tree, the Mother Goddess is the Mother Goddess; they are two as one. The Mother Tree governs life, the Mother Goddess governs the soul; the two are separate.
The Mother Tree has its own will, while the Mother Goddess is attached to the Mother Tree's soul, and thus develops intelligence. Qili said.
"Or rather, I am born from the shared psychic power of the Luoling Clan. I am the faith of the Luoling Clan, and also the crystallization of their seeking protection." Suddenly, Lingxi appeared beside the group, smiling as she explained.
"Mother Goddess,"
upon seeing Lingxi, Qili suddenly became excited. Lingxi gently stroked Qili's head and said, "
The Mother Tree and the Luoling Clan were born side by side. Whether the Mother Tree came first or the Luoling Clan first, even the Mother Tree itself doesn't know."
Moreover, the Mother Tree and the Luoling Clan are not native to this place. As for where they came from, the karma is too heavy to explain, so it's not convenient to explain it to everyone, lest the Heavenly Dao lock them onto them and increase their punishment. "
Does knowing something you shouldn't know mean you'll be locked onto by the Heavenly Dao?" Tang Wan'er asked curiously. She had always been a bit confused about karma and didn't quite understand it.
"It depends on whether what you know is included within the scope of the Heavenly Dao, and whether it threatens it.
To put it in terms of the laws of your Tianwu Continent, it's like a country with its own perfect laws. Within this legal framework, everything is free.
But if you do things that exceed the scope of the law, you will be severely punished by the law.
I am not part of the same system as you. I tell you, I will not be entangled in karma, but when you return to the Tianwu Continent, karma will be added to you, and it might harm you then. Lingxi said.
"Are the executors and supervisors the same as the Heavenly Way? So, who established the Heavenly Dao? Tang Wan'er looked like a curious child, looking like she was eager to get to the bottom of things.
Lingxi smiled without replying. Long Chen said, "Who made it doesn't matter. What matters is that it's older than us now. We can't beat it. If we want to survive, we have to follow its rules."
Unless one day, we can overturn it and establish a law we want. Lingxi, am I right? Lingxi
shook her head: "Sorry, I can't answer you. Otherwise, I'd be telling you the truth, and you'd both be caught up in karma." "
Well, still couldn't get it out," Long Chen shook his head inwardly. He had thought that by taking a detour, he could get some answers. However, although Ling Xi seemed not very savvy about social etiquette, she was extremely sensitive to cause and effect. If she couldn't say something, she would never say.
However, Long Chen could also get a hint from Ling Xi's words. She meant that the laws of heaven in each world are different, just like a secular country.
In this country, such behavior is considered breaking the law, but in another country, it could be completely unharmed. Does the difference in the laws of heaven also mean that certain cultivation methods have different restrictions? For example... Nine-Star Overlord Body Technique?
The Nine-Star Overlord Body Technique was brought by Long Chen from the Jiuli Secret Realm. On the Tianwu Continent, condensing the first five stars was no problem. Although the sixth star was forcibly condensed, it suffered backlash from the power of the nine stars.
If the sixth star is condensed on the Tianwu Continent, would it be better due to different laws, or even no backlash?
"Senior... Ahem, Lingxi, have you met any other Nine-Star heirs? Long Chen asked.
"Yes, I see." Lingxi nodded.
"Then could you let me see footage of him, or his battle scenes, so I can learn from them?" Long Chen said excitedly.
"Sorry, the Nine-Star Heirs are outside the scope of the Heavenly Dao. I can't evolve them, let alone copy their techniques.
I have seen them, but as time passes, the images gradually fade from my soul. In the end, I only remember seeing them, but I can't recall what they looked like.
It's not just them—even you. As time goes by, your impression fades, and eventually you can't even remember a name—only that one person. That's already the limit. Ling Xi looked at Long Chen and said.
"No way. So my wives and I will be apart for a year or two, and next time we meet, they won't recognize me?" Long Chen was shocked, and Meng Qi and the others were also shocked. Wouldn't that mean they're doomed? They never considered this issue.
Lingxi smiled and said, "That won't happen. People from the same world as you wouldn't have such restrictions."
And even people from another world won't quickly forget you, unless ... You have fallen, so in others' impressions, you can't even leave your name.
But others will remember your divine ring, remember your identity as the Nine Star successor. As for why, it's not just me—neither the mother tree nor anyone knows. Meng
Qi and the others looked at Long Chen, their eyes filled with shock. What kind of identity does the Nine Star heir have? He only allows others to remember his identity, but not his history.
At the same time, they suddenly thought of the Great Emperor. Isn't the Great Emperor the same? People only remember their names and achievements, but not their history, nor even a single move or technique passed down.
"Long Chen, are you also an Emperor seedling?" Mengqi and the others reached a shocking conclusion.