Chapter 930: Purple Cloud Galaxy

On this day, Chen Mobai was handling affairs at the Hall of Rectification when a message suddenly arrived from the Stargazing Bureau. Upon receiving it, he immediately cast the Great Void Teleportation and appeared outside Earth Star.

"They're here!"

As Chen Mobai's figure instantly appeared in the Great Void Starry Sky, he heard a familiar voice. Qi Yuheng was already waiting on the Celestial Veil, nodding at him. After they exchanged a few words, several more silver lights appeared. These were Ying Guanghua and the other Nascent Soul cultivators from the three great halls, who had remained at Immortal Gate.

"It seems everyone got the message. Dragon God Star has entered the edge of our star system and is approaching Earth Star," Ying Guanghua said. The World Gate automatically detects alien worlds that approach Earth Star and possess living beings, opening void portals in advance to allow people from Immortal Gate to pass through. If an alien world's planet is weak and not massive, it will be pulled off its orbit by the World Gate's gravity and move towards Earth Star. However, after exploration, Immortal Gate proactively intervenes to deflect its orbit, preventing a collision with Earth Star.

There are exceptions, such as powerful alien worlds like Pluto. In these cases, Immortal Gate actively severs ties with the World Gate and conceals itself using the Celestial Veil and Earth Network Array, preventing the approaching Pluto from discovering their presence. In extreme cases, Immortal Gate activates the final protocol: making Earth Star a rogue planet, leaving its current position. Once it's confirmed there's no danger, they either steer Earth Star back or simply do not return. However, this protocol has never been used by Immortal Gate so far.

As for Dragon God Star, calculations by the Stargazing Bureau regarding its orbit indicate that the World Gate is already having a certain effect on it. Otherwise, it would not have entered Earth Star's star system but merely grazed its edge.

"According to Dragon God Star's current trajectory, it should pass along the outer ring of our star system and then leave..." Gongye Zhixu began to explain the orbital trend currently calculated by the Stargazing Bureau. In about two or three years, Dragon God Star will be closest to Earth Star. By then, even without the World Gate, Immortal Gate's starships could directly travel there from the Great Void Starry Sky.

"Hall Master Qi and I can use Great Void Teleportation, so let's go explore the star-road first," Chen Mobai volunteered. Qi Yuheng, standing nearby, also nodded slightly. Opening the World Gate requires resources. Transporting all four Symbol Dao Palaces of Immortal Gate would consume most of the void energy accumulated by the World Gate over a millennium. Therefore, if they could directly steer the Four Symbol Dao Palaces and starships to Dragon God Star from space, the void energy within the World Gate would allow high-level cultivators to travel between the two worlds more frequently and freely.

"Then why don't I go too? I can also use Great Void Teleportation!" Wenren Xuewei suddenly said. Since achieving Nascent Soul, she had been actively participating in various activities to restore the prestige of Jujang Daoist Temple. She thought that with two of Immortal Gate's most powerful Nascent Soul cultivators leading, she could also add to her resume. Chen Mobai naturally had no objection; in case of danger, she could scout ahead. Qi Yuheng, who owed her a favor from the Azure Dragon Dao Palace incident, also nodded.

"Then I'll trouble the three of you," Ying Guanghua said courteously, handing the star map calculated by the Stargazing Bureau to Chen Mobai and the other two.

"It's all for Immortal Gate's service!"

After saying this, Chen Mobai directly maneuvered the Five Smoke Veil of Grand Unity, carrying the three of them deep into space.

The star system where Earth Star is located is called Tianyang System, with sixty-seven stars of varying sizes orbiting its sun. Earth Star, where Immortal Gate resides, is centrally located and possesses the most suitable living environment. Immortal Gate had also previously occupied planets other than Earth Star, but their environments were unsuitable for human survival, and establishing artificial ecosystems would have been too wasteful. Thus, after extracting all useful resources, those planets were quickly abandoned by Immortal Gate.

Besides these complete planets, there were countless meteorites. Most members of the Ascension Sect basically hid on meteorites, though a few high-level cultivators were on planets with harsh environments, relying on formations to filter sunlight, moonlight, and starlight, and absorbing scorching and bitter cold energies from nature to cultivate with difficulty. Beyond the Tianyang System, there was also a vast Purple Heavens Galaxy. Immortal Gate's Five Ancestors originated from an ancient Daoist site in the Purple Heavens Galaxy, a fact Chen Mobai only learned after achieving Nascent Soul. Successive True Monarchs of Immortal Gate, when given the opportunity, would follow the star map left by the Five Ancestors, leave the Tianyang System, and head towards the center of the Purple Heavens Galaxy in search of opportunities to advance further. However, the Tianyang System was merely a drop in the ocean within the Purple Heavens Galaxy. Even with the lifespan of a True Monarch of Spirit Transformation, one might not be able to traverse even one percent of it in their entire life. Chen Mobai, Qi Yuheng, and Wenren Xuewei, as inheritors of three of the Five Ancestors' lineages, were all aware of this information.

"The Purple Heavens Palace, it is said, was left behind by the great mighty one who opened up the Purple Heavens Galaxy. Back then, a great catastrophe of living beings erupted at the central Daoist site of the Purple Heavens Galaxy, and the Daoist site where Immortal Gate's Five Ancestors resided was affected and shattered. They had no choice but to follow the ancient star map to Earth Star, hoping to find the inheritance of the Purple Heavens Dao Venerable and advance further," Qi Yuheng began, recounting the contents of the handwritten notes left by Ancestor Longzhuo in Kunpeng Daoist Temple.

"Ancestor Changchun's handwritten notes also mentioned the Purple Heavens Palace. Although he waited for the opportunity to enter and completed his cultivation method, due to the scarcity of resources here at Immortal Gate, he couldn't wait for the three great spiritual plants to grow before his lifespan ran out and he passed away," Wenren Xuewei added.

Wenren Xuewei's and Qi Yuheng's words secretly startled Chen Mobai. Although he had also learned some information from Sage Chengxuan, it was not as detailed as theirs. However, this wasn't Sage Chengxuan intentionally concealing anything; it was because above Wuwu Daoist Temple there was also Ancestor Baiguang. The true origin and inherited Daoist scriptures of Ancestor Yunya were in Ancestor Baiguang's hands, so if Chen Mobai wanted to know everything, he would have to wait for Ancestor Baiguang to emerge from seclusion and ask her. But Sage Chengxuan had essentially given Chen Mobai a general overview, so he could at least hum in acknowledgment during Wenren Xuewei and Qi Yuheng's conversation.

"In his later years, Ancestor Changchun was practically mad, wanting to absorb all the spiritual veins of Earth Star to force-grow the Grand Toon Tree. If it weren't for our Ancestor Longzhuo and Spirit Venerable, who cared for all living beings and resolutely stopped him, there probably wouldn't be the current prosperous era of Immortal Gate, nor would there be us, the later generations!" Qi Yuheng said, his expression suddenly showing mockery, with disdain for Ancestor Changchun of Jujang Daoist Temple in his words.

Chen Mobai knew about this incident. At that time, Ancestor Cailing of Butian and Ancestor Yunya of Wuwu had successively passed away due to the Three-Eyed Race's pioneering war. Immortal Gate's Master Zhang Daosun also failed in his Void Refinement, his soul utterly destroyed. Only Ancestor Longzhuo of Kunpeng and Ancestor Changchun of Jujang remained. With his lifespan nearing its end, Ancestor Changchun intended to sacrifice all of Earth Star's spiritual veins to refine the Grand Toon Tree, extending his own lifespan and pursuing a higher realm. Unfortunately, he was jointly suppressed by Ancestor Longzhuo and Spirit Venerable. However, neither side could truly overcome the other, and the matter finally concluded when Ancestor Changchun swore to abandon that idea.

"That's slander! The Ancestor never had such a thought. It was your Kunpeng lineage's Ancestor Longzhuo who knew he couldn't outlive Ancestor Changchun, and feared that after his own passing, Ancestor Changchun would dominate Earth Star. So, with the mind of a petty man, he judged a gentleman and colluded with Spirit Venerable to force Ancestor Changchun to swear an oath. The Ancestor's mind is as vast as the sun and moon; he could never be such a person..." Even the usually mild-mannered Wenren Xuewei fiercely debated with Qi Yuheng.

This incident was an unresolved case in Immortal Gate's history; both sides had their own versions, each placing themselves on the moral high ground. As for Wuwu Daoist Temple, since Ancestor Yunya had already passed away by then, they could not interfere in the spell battle between the two Spirit Transformation cultivators, merely recording the event. What could be confirmed, however, was that the reason for the spell battle between the two Spirit Transformation Ancestors was indeed the Grand Toon Tree.

Not long after the spell battle, Ancestor Longzhuo left Earth Star. However, decades later, the soul tablet he left in Kunpeng Daoist Temple shattered, indicating that this Ancestor had also perished. Ancestor Changchun, on the other hand, spent his later years meditating beneath the Grand Toon Tree. Before passing away peacefully, his Dao body transformed into a rainbow, infusing all his life's essence, qi, and spirit into the Grand Toon Tree, elevating this spiritual plant to an unprecedented sixth-tier level. Because this matter concerned the reputation of their respective ancestors, people from Kunpeng and Jujang would almost always argue when they met.

However, cultivators at Qi Yuheng's and Wenren Xuewei's level naturally wouldn't behave like their subordinates; after a brief exchange of arguments, they both fell silent. Chen Mobai was not a talkative person either. The three of them stood atop the Five Smoke Veil of Grand Unity, heading towards Dragon God Star. Approximately twenty days later, they finally spotted their target.

"Hmm, it seems there are rats guarding the gate." Qi Yuheng's eyes gleamed as the Candle Dragon Divine Eye Art activated, revealing figures on several meteorites outside Dragon God Star.

"I wonder which experts from the Ascension Sect these are?" Wenren Xuewei also asked. During every pioneering war, the Ascension Sect would spare no effort to cross the starry void, seeking out and entering alien worlds' planets in advance. Immortal Gate tacitly approved of this. Because if an alien world was a powerful planet similar to Pluto, then the people of the Ascension Sect would be helping Immortal Gate scout for danger. The Ascension Sect also understood this, so both sides acted within their mutual understanding.

"Hall Master Qi, long time no see!" To Qi Yuheng's surprise, the Ascension Sect members didn't flee upon seeing him; instead, they greeted him.

"I wondered who it was. Turns out it's you, you stray dog." Qi Yuheng glanced at the person approaching from the opposite meteorite. With the Candle Dragon Divine Eye Art, he had already seen through their essence and couldn't help but sneer.

"Huh!" Chen Mobai gazed at the figure hidden within a dark sky on the opposite side, feeling an inner surprise. He sensed that this person seemed very familiar to him. Who was it? At this moment, two more meteorites flew over. The two individuals on them, though their appearances were unfamiliar, had distinctive auras and attire that allowed Chen Mobai, who had once served as the head of the Heaven Mending Group, to recognize them at a glance: Master Shenyu and Patriarch Longhu!

After these two vice-leaders of the Ascension Sect arrived, they stood directly on either side of the dark figure, clearly deferring to him as their leader. Seeing this, Chen Mobai already understood who this person was. "Ascension Sect Master!" The top expert of the evil cult... Could it be that he had already possessed Yang Jing, leading to Chen Mobai's familiar feeling? Upon realizing this, Chen Mobai's brows furrowed, and his expression turned sharp.

"If it weren't for Baiguang's intervention back then, you would have already died by my hand!" the Ascension Sect Master said to Qi Yuheng, which was met with a burst of laughter from the latter. In the midst of his laughter, Qi Yuheng's figure suddenly vanished from the Five Smoke Veil of Grand Unity. He instantly appeared before the Ascension Sect Master, launching a heavy punch with his right hand!

*Bang!* The dark sky enveloping the starry void transformed into a palm, blocking Qi Yuheng's fist. However, at that instant, the meteorite on which the Ascension Sect Master stood cracked with numerous fissures, then completely shattered. Master Shenyu and Patriarch Longhu on either side simultaneously waved their sleeves, powerful True Qi condensing into shields to block the fluctuations from the clash. However, the meteorites beneath their feet also continuously cracked, forcing them to move to avoid the impact.

*Boom!* Seeing the Ascension Sect Master block his punch, the sharp gleam in Qi Yuheng's eyes intensified. The Six Dominions Qi violently erupted within his inner domain, and a nascent boundless realm of light formed beneath his fist, dispelling darkness and annihilating evil. Chen Mobai watched as the dark sky surrounding the Ascension Sect Master continuously twisted and condensed under the impact of Qi Yuheng's light, eventually transforming into a dark serpent coiled in the starry void, opening its maw to bite and swallow Qi Yuheng. Seeing this scene, Wenren Xuewei's expression became slightly tense. But Chen Mobai, who had fought Qi Yuheng many times in the Minor Crimson Heaven, remained calm.

In less than a single breath, the starry void's dark serpent was pierced through by beams of light from within. Qi Yuheng, like a giant of light, split the entire serpent in two from its head, his momentum unchecked, even tearing open the dark sky around the Ascension Sect Master. Chen Mobai saw a plain, fair young face; it was Yang Jing. What was Kong Feichen doing?! He couldn't even manage this simple task! Seeing that the Ascension Sect Master had indeed taken over Yang Jing's body, Chen Mobai cursed Kong Feichen inwardly. He had promised Yang Jing a future, but this was clearly pushing her into a pit of fire. If time could flow backward, Chen Mobai would definitely take Yang Jing back then and let Kong Feichen go to the Ascension Sect alone.

"Three hundred years have passed, and your cultivation hasn't progressed much!" Qi Yuheng said, breaking through the dark barrier on the Ascension Sect Master's body with the light power of the Six Dominions Scripture, and heavily punching that fair young face! However, a dark vortex suddenly appeared on Yang Jing's cheek, swallowing all the light power from Qi Yuheng's punch. At the same time, Yang Jing extended her right hand, white as jade, her five fingers forming a palm-blade, which silently pierced into Qi Yuheng's waist with a dark edge. However, with a crisp sound of bone breaking, Yang Jing's figure was sent flying backward.

"Are you tickling me?!" Qi Yuheng lowered his head to look at his suit and shirt, which had been torn by Yang Jing, but his body was completely unharmed. He spoke mockingly.

"The Six Dominions Scripture, with its 'body as a realm' concept, is truly formidable!" Yang Jing expressionlessly restored her right hand's five fingers, which had been broken by the five-tier body refining recoil. However, strands of light began to emerge from various parts of her skin. This reincarnated body of hers specialized in the Obscure Section of the Six Dominions Scripture, which was naturally countered by the Bright Section.

At this moment, a sword hum echoed in the starry void. A brilliant white light, like lightning, was expelled from Chen Mobai's mouth. In the blink of an eye, it transformed into a thin line of extreme Yang that traversed the heavens, instantly descending upon Yang Jing's head.

"Hall Master Qi and the Sect Master are fighting; minor characters shouldn't join the fun!" But accompanied by a dragon's roar and a tiger's howl, a tall man clad in a dragon-tiger Daoist robe had already positioned himself before Chen Mobai's Extreme Yang Slash. Patriarch Longhu extended his right hand. Then, scales appeared on his palm, transforming into a dragon claw in an instant. With a confident expression, he reached out and grasped the incoming thin line of white light. Then, a flash of blood appeared! All five fingers of Patriarch Longhu's hand had been sliced into by the white light, revealing streaks of blood. One finger, in fact, had even been severed.

"Huh, good boy. As expected of a peerless sword Dao genius, to be able to condense such powerful sword qi at mere third-layer Nascent Soul stage." Patriarch Longhu was slightly surprised but still believed it was within his expectations. He activated his Dragon-Tiger Great Law, strengthening his dragon scale defense, suppressing the Extreme Yang Slash. Then, with a slight clench of his five fingers, he violently twisted and broke the line of white light.

After blocking the Extreme Yang Slash, Patriarch Longhu reattached his severed finger. Blood light flowed backward, and his injury healed in an instant.

"Evergreen Art?" Chen Mobai was very surprised by this familiar scene. Even Wenren Xuewei, standing nearby, felt her pupils constrict and her brows furrow. She was certain that among their generation, only she had mastered the Evergreen Art.

"This is a spell I invented based on the Evergreen Art, called Heaven and Earth Evergreen Art. It allows me to pre-set my body to a state of perfect integrity, so that once I suffer an injury, I can activate it and restore myself to that perfect state," Patriarch Longhu said at this moment.

"Who exactly are you?" Wenren Xuewei asked as she took out a flower basket, a fifth-tier magic treasure inherited by Jujang Daoist Temple, which she had chosen during the Nascent Soul Gathering. Taking this out clearly showed her intention to purge the sect.

"What, you don't recognize me? Well, that's true, after all, I had a different face when we met." Patriarch Longhu said with a smile, then his facial muscles twisted, transforming into a face Chen Mobai was very familiar with: Yan Xinjie!

"Then you must die today!" Chen Mobai said after Patriarch Longhu revealed his identity. Even though Yang Jing was Azure Lady's sister, and despite being possessed, he found it hard to strike her. But this fellow in front of him? He had no such qualms.

"That's my line, actually. However, if you're willing to hand over my daughter, it's not impossible for me to spare your life," Patriarch Longhu said. As Patriarch Longhu spoke, his entire body suddenly began to contort, then transformed into a black dragon, circling in the starry void. Streaks of sun, moon, and starlight began to converge, turning into thunder, rain, dew, storms, and frost blades. The Dragon-Tiger Sect, one of the ancient evil Daoist traditions, when cultivated to its highest realm, allowed one to transform into a true dragon and a white tiger! It is said that Ancestor Zhongli's Dragon Transformation Scripture was inspired by this. And Patriarch Longhu had reached the highest realm a long time ago. Now, having transformed into a dragon, his aura was even comparable to Qi Yuheng and the Ascension Sect Master.

"I'll try to break his Heaven and Earth Evergreen Art. You watch for an opportunity to strike..." Wenren Xuewei said, her expression grave, as she stood before Chen Mobai upon seeing this scene. She possessed the Evergreen Art and feared no death, so she intended to use her life to help him gather information about Patriarch Longhu.

"I haven't tried the physical body of Evergreen Art before, and I wonder if, after I possess you, the reborn you will still be you!" But at this moment, Master Shenyu said with a sinister laugh. He had also flown over at some unknown point, sandwiching Chen Mobai and Wenren Xuewei on the Five Smoke Veil of Grand Unity with Patriarch Longhu.

"It's fine. I have a secret treasure to protect my mind. His divine seed can't be planted in my Purple Mansion Sea of Consciousness!" Wenren Xuewei transmitted to Chen Mobai. As the steward of Jujang Daoist Temple, although she didn't have as many magic tools as Chen Mobai, she certainly had items to compensate for her weaknesses. Practitioners of Evergreen Art were not afraid of physical injuries, but their minds were comparatively weaker, so they would have specific spiritual items to protect their Purple Mansion Sea of Consciousness. Chen Mobai recalled the Grand Toon flower he had once refined into his Purple Mansion Sea of Consciousness, then looked at the flower basket Wenren Xuewei was holding, nodding slightly.

"Then you block Master Shenyu for a moment; I'll go kill Patriarch Longhu!" After saying this, Chen Mobai flew out of the Five Smoke Veil of Grand Unity, heading towards Patriarch Longhu, who had already transformed into a dragon.

"Aren't we working together?" Wenren Xuewei was very confused. She knew Chen Mobai could unleash a fifth-tier sword strike, but that was certainly a trump card, requiring long preparation for a Nascent Soul cultivator to unleash. Wouldn't it be better to have her as a perfect meat shield in front?

"No need. He's just Patriarch Longhu; I don't need to go all out to kill him!" Chen Mobai shook his head, then his domain opened, and a brilliant purple sword descended.

"Kid, before you die, you're just spouting off!" Chen Mobai's words were not transmitted privately, so everyone present heard them. Patriarch Longhu sneered. Having transformed into a dragon, he opened his mouth, and a thick bolt of lightning condensed and erupted, like a massive light beam, directly carrying terrifying energy capable of destroying meteorites, enveloping Chen Mobai.

Fifty high-grade spirit stones! At this moment, Chen Mobai had already settled the price with the Purple Lightning Sword. The latter immediately became full of power, entering a profound state of Sword Heart Translucence with Chen Mobai. After pure Yang True Qi was injected, this fifth-tier mid-grade flying sword, as if personally forged by Chen Mobai, became an extension of his arm, instantly unleashing a purple sword radiance that tore through the universe. Patriarch Longhu's lightning beam, upon contact with the purple sword radiance, was effortlessly sliced apart like tofu, then plunged straight into the dragon in the starry void. In a short while, a massive purple sword mark had already pierced through Patriarch Longhu, splitting him in two from head to tail.

Purple light flashed as the Purple Lightning Sword, having slain its foe, appeared behind Patriarch Longhu. Chen Mobai then turned to look at Master Shenyu, who had just engaged Wenren Xuewei nearby. Master Shenyu, caught by Chen Mobai's gaze, shivered. After unleashing a burst of spiritual storm, he immediately turned and fled towards Dragon God Star below. But the Purple Lightning Sword was already ahead of him, drawing a perfect arc in the starry void, intersecting with Master Shenyu's colorful escape light. Master Shenyu's rapidly flying body suddenly developed a bloodline on his neck. Then, with wide eyes, his head separated from his body, and both plummeted towards the ground.

Wenren Xuewei, witnessing this scene, gaped with an expression of disbelief. Although she knew Chen Mobai was the most talented individual in Immortal Gate's history, astonishingly brilliant in the Sword Dao, and rarely seen in spellcasting ability, these two opponents were no ordinary people. They were dangerous figures who had been high on Immortal Gate's most wanted list for hundreds of years, among the top five. Even if Qi Yuheng intervened, he could at most drive them away, not slay them so cleanly with a single sword stroke.

After Chen Mobai struck down Patriarch Longhu and Master Shenyu, Qi Yuheng and the Ascension Sect Master, who were intensely engaged in battle nearby, were also startled. What's going on?! Did Immortal Gate gain another Spirit Transformation Ancestor? Even Qi Yuheng, who had fought Chen Mobai in the Minor Crimson Heaven, was utterly shocked. Is this what Pure Yang Sage is like with a sword in hand?! The difference from his performance in the Minor Crimson Heaven is too great!

At this moment, Chen Mobai recalled the Purple Lightning Sword to his side and looked at the two of them. The Ascension Sect Master immediately shuddered, then his entire being transformed into a dark sky. Qi Yuheng unleashed a punch, turning the entire dark sky into boundless light. However, the Ascension Sect Master's aura mysteriously vanished.

"That fellow has really mastered the Shadow Escape Art!" Qi Yuheng, seeing this, somewhat displeased, withdrew his fist. The Shadow Escape Art is the supreme escape technique of the Obscure Section of the Six Dominions Scripture. After cultivating it, one can freely appear and disappear anywhere there is a shadow. Chen Mobai suddenly recalled his first encounter with Chen Chun; her escape technique seemed somewhat like the Shadow Escape Art.

"What a pity. If I had known your combat power could increase to such an extent with a sword in hand, I would have cooperated with you to slay this reincarnated body of the Ascension Sect Master here, eliminating future troubles forever," Qi Yuheng said, looking at Chen Mobai with an amazed expression as the two flew over.

"There will always be opportunities. After all, it's just a matter of one sword strike for me!" Chen Mobai said softly, then snapped his fingers, and his domain opened. The Purple Lightning Sword, without being commanded, obediently flew back inside.

This scene made Qi Yuheng and Wenren Xuewei sigh even more, thinking that he was indeed the man chosen by Ancestor Baiguang. Such swordsmanship could be described as unparalleled through the ages!