Chapter 954: White Light Leaves

**Main Volume**

Three months later, Shi Wanyu handed Chen Mobai a meticulously wrapped box, containing the white stone she had taken.

"If you ever miss me in the future, just look at this," Chen Mobai heard, and was slightly taken aback, thinking, "You still have several years left to live, why are you already talking about making final arrangements?"

However, he said nothing, reached out, took the box, and placed it into his spiritual domain.

"For our daughter, I've also left her something. But her talent in swordsmanship is only mediocre; she probably won't be able to achieve Divinity Transformation through it. The Immortal Sect also lacks a Divinity Transformation technique suitable for her Pure Yin constitution. If things don't work out in the future, she could switch to cultivating the Six Control Sutra or try refining a Dao Law Fruit." Chen Mobai, however, shook his head, expressing his disagreement with Shi Wanyu's words.

"I will arrange our daughter's path to Divinity Transformation; you don't need to worry," Chen Mobai stated. While the Immortal Sect lacked techniques for a Pure Yin constitution, the Heavenly River Realm possessed them. Whether it was the Primordial Dao Fruit or the Profound Yin Sutra, he could acquire them for Chen Xiaohei after his own Divinity Transformation. After all, Shi Wanyu's vision was somewhat limited, confined to this small corner of the Immortal Sect.

"You..." Upon hearing this, Yu Baiguang couldn't help but feel a surge of surprise. She knew that even she couldn't conjure up a Divinity Transformation cultivation method suitable for a Pure Yin constitution out of thin air, though this was also related to 99% of her wisdom and comprehension being focused on the Dao of the Sword. If it were Qian Xing, who had closely followed Chen Xiaohei's growth, there might be a way. But even Yu Baiguang wouldn't dare to be so brazen as to ask Qian Xing to do such a thing.

However, she then reconsidered, realizing that her own husband's talent was undeniably the greatest in the Immortal Sect's history. Anything Qian Xing could achieve, he surely could as well.

"Then our daughter is in your hands from now on." Thinking this, Yu Baiguang smiled sweetly, finally uttering the words she couldn't say when they parted previously.

"She's my daughter. If not to me, then to whom?" Chen Mobai frowned, correcting his wife's words.

"It's so good to have a husband like you!" Yu Baiguang gazed at the dependable man before her and leaned her head onto his shoulder.

"Why are you acting a little strange today?" Chen Mobai felt as if his wife next to him was making her final arrangements, as if she would close her eyes tomorrow.

At that moment, Shi Wanyu's steady breathing filled the air. Turning his head, he saw that she had fallen into a deep sleep, a smile lingering at the corners of her lips. Chen Mobai circulated his Pure Yang True Qi, maintaining a comfortable constant temperature in the room. He then let his wife lean against him, closed his eyes, and began to meditate.

***

...Dragon God Star, by this time, had already fractured into countless fissures. Just a little more force, and this star would turn into cosmic dust.

When Yu Baiguang opened her eyes, a golden light also flew from the starry sky, transforming into the Golden-haired Spirit Venerable before her.

"Are you ready?" The Blue-haired Spirit Venerable had already unsealed the Gate of Realms. Behind the gate of this supreme treasure, the azure Planet Diyuan was displayed.

"Yes," Yu Baiguang replied, taking one last look at the Immortal Sect before nodding.

"Then let's go!" Both of Spirit Venerable's primordial spirits spoke in unison, then transformed into two distinct streams of energy, one blue and one gold, forming a massive vortex. Simultaneously, his true body, which had been covering Dragon God Star, slowly descended.

Boom! Amidst the earth-shattering roar, Dragon God Star could no longer hold out. In an instant, it erupted with dazzling light, and a terrifying destructive force shattered the planet into trillions of rock fragments and dust.

After the world's destruction, a vast void energy, potent enough to make even Yu Baiguang's expression change, surged forth from where Dragon God Star had vanished. The already unsealed Gate of Realms immediately erupted with brilliant silver light, revealing its true form. Before the birth of the universe, the Great Dao first manifested. After the Three Thousand Great Daos were fully evolved, primordial beings emerged and created worlds. The foundation of these worlds was the void!

The Purple霄 Star River was opened by Dao Venerable Zixiao. This Dao Venerable possessed a primordial supreme treasure called the "Gate of Grand Emptiness," which was the source of all void in this universe. Only with the emergence of the Gate of Grand Emptiness could this universe be opened. It is precisely for this reason that the Purple霄 Star River is known as the Central Dao Field, as it was the first void opened in this universe. After the Purple霄 Star River, other primordial beings sought the Gate of Grand Emptiness to open other cosmic Dao Fields, such as Dragon Palaces and Phoenix Nests.

The Gate of Realms, on the other hand, was a replica branched off from the Gate of Grand Emptiness. The true Gate of Grand Emptiness hung in the Central Dao Field of the Purple霄 Star River, serving as a supreme treasure that suppressed destiny. These replicas, the Gates of Realms, were also infused with the Dao charm of the Gate of Grand Emptiness. As long as there was enough void energy, they could borrow the power of the Gate of Grand Emptiness to traverse between the cosmic stars. Because Planet Diyuan was extremely far from the Central Dao Field, when the Five Ancestors of the Immortal Sect came here in ancient times, they specifically exchanged Dao merits for this Gate of Realms. Once someone successfully cultivated to the Void Refinement stage, they could unleash the full sixth-order power of the Gate of Realms, making travel to and from the Central Dao Field much less difficult than it was currently.

The Spirit Venerable, aware of these facts, had at this moment fully activated the Gate of Realms, utilizing the void energy released by the destruction of a world. The sixth-order power, upon its emergence, caused the void of the entire Tianyang Star System to tremble, even reaching the Immortal Sect.

Chen Mobai, being extremely sensitive to void energy, naturally perceived it. In a flash, he had arrived outside Planet Diyuan's celestial canopy. The main body of the Gate of Realms had been moved here by Qian Xing after the War of Creation, and even now that it was over, Qian Xing had not taken it back.

When Chen Mobai arrived, three figures were already standing before the Gate of Realms: Qian Xing, Qi Yuheng, and Shuixian, who had also achieved Divinity Transformation.

"Perfect, come see them off one last time," Qian Xing said, waving to Chen Mobai. After greeting him, Chen Mobai stood beside Qian Xing.

Chen Mobai had never seen the Gate of Realms in this form. Compared to its previous rough appearance, like a carved ordinary stone, it now resembled a raw jade that had shed its outer shell, revealing its inner body, smooth and translucent like solidified white jade. On the opposite side of the Gate of Realms, Chen Mobai could clearly see the figures of the Spirit Venerable and Yu Baiguang. At this moment, Guibao was also frantically sending pop-up notifications at an unprecedented speed.

The jade-like Gate of Realms had now absorbed the vast void energy from the destruction of a world. In its center, a silver vortex suddenly appeared, resembling a brilliant galaxy. Spirit Venerable's two primordial spirits had now merged, and his enormous true body had been withdrawn into the Northern Darkness Realm. His entire being pulsed with blue and gold light, like a shooting star, as he flew towards the galactic vortex. The moment he made contact, Spirit Venerable vanished into the cosmos. After transmitting Spirit Venerable, the galactic vortex suddenly shrank considerably.

Seeing this, Yu Baiguang also took a step forward. However, before entering the galactic vortex, she turned and looked back. Chen Mobai's gaze met hers precisely. That single look, with its familiar feeling, made Chen Mobai tremble all over. Just moments before, his wife had also looked at him with that exact same gaze. A myriad of thoughts suddenly flashed through Chen Mobai's mind, his pupils dilated in shock, and he couldn't help but reach out towards Yu Baiguang, who was inside the Gate of Realms.

But Yu Baiguang smiled faintly, waved her sword-finger, and, from across the Gate of Realms, pressed Chen Mobai in place. Then, Yu Baiguang removed the veil she had always worn. Although her temperament was completely different from Shi Wanyu's, their nearly identical faces revealed everything to Chen Mobai.

"Forgive me for leaving you and our daughter alone. If you meet a good woman in the future, marry again," Yu Baiguang said to Chen Mobai, finally revealing her identity before she left.

"I'm sorry!" After this final apology, Yu Baiguang also turned and vanished into the vortex. Accompanied by a dull tremor, the Gate of Realms slowly closed.

The sword intent binding Chen Mobai also disappeared at this moment, but he stared blankly at the empty starry sky before him, at the tightly closed Gate of Realms, unable to accept that his wife was actually a Divinity Transformation cultivator. Moreover, this wife was a "scumbag woman," abandoning her home and family for the sake of cultivation.

"Don't be sad. With your talent, you'll surely reach this stage too in the future. Perhaps a thousand years from now, you two will reunite in the cosmos!" Qi Yuheng, who had a good relationship with Chen Mobai and was considered a friend, walked over to comfort him, seeing him standing stunned after Yu Baiguang's disappearance.

"My wife is Shi Wanyu, not Yu Baiguang," Chen Mobai stated with a calm expression.

"It's the same person, don't get too angry. Although Junior Sister's actions were a bit 'scummy,' she was still good to you. I won't take back the sixth-order spiritual energy of Wangxian Peak; that place will belong to you from now on..." At this moment, Qian Xing also came over to offer comfort, emphasizing that Chen Mobai was the victim in this matter, and then gave him Wangxian Peak, which Baiguang had left behind after her departure.

"I don't want her things!" Chen Mobai declared firmly. He was genuinely angry at having been deceived by Yu Baiguang for so long.

"Alright, alright, then let it be for you and Junior Sister's daughter. Conveniently, Junior Sister also gave her the Profound Finger Sword. Junior Sister is quite concerned about her reputation, so we'll announce to the public that your daughter is her disciple. We won't widely publicize Junior Sister and Spirit Venerable's departure to the Immortal Sect masses; we'll just say she's in secluded cultivation." Qian Xing understood Chen Mobai perfectly. Any husband abandoned by his wife would be furious, all the more so for Chen Mobai, the Immortal Sect's paramount genius, destined for Divinity Transformation.

"Why didn't you tell me about this sooner?!" Chen Mobai finally understood everything. Qian Xing must have known about this since Chen Xiaohei's birth. He guessed that when Yu Huiping sought to borrow the Lingxiao Jade Pendant from Reverend Qingping, Reverend Qingping must have reported it to Qian Xing.

"Junior Sister values her reputation immensely. If she knew that the news of her marriage and having a daughter with you had spread, she'd likely go mad, and the younger generation below would definitely suffer. So, I ordered everyone to pretend they didn't know," Qian Xing said truthfully. That's what he told his subordinates after Yu Baiguang revealed her reincarnated identity.

Chen Mobai finally understood everything at this moment! Why the media from the Rival Heavens faction, his sworn enemies, and the Kunpeng faction, who wanted to divert attention, had reacted so abnormally when he announced he had a daughter. He had originally thought they were focusing their efforts on Ye Yun'e, but now he realized they were all afraid of Yu Baiguang.

"I have matters at home, so I'll head back first!" After understanding, Chen Mobai suddenly worried about Shi Wanyu. She was the wife he had spent decades with day and night. What if Yu Baiguang's departure meant she wouldn't wake up from her sleep?

Qian Xing and the other two also nodded in understanding.

"Little Qi, since you've just achieved Divinity Transformation, I'll entrust this Gate of Realms to your care from now on. This item contains the Dao charm of the void, which will also aid your cultivation of the Six Control Sutra's Dharma Realm," Qian Xing said, pointing to the Gate of Realms standing outside the celestial canopy after Chen Mobai left.

"Thank you, Patriarch!" Qi Yuheng replied with a joyful expression. By this time, Chen Mobai had already returned home.

He rushed into the room, and the commotion instantly woke the sleeping Shi Wanyu. She sat up groggily, feeling as if she had slept for a very long time. Seeing her husband standing before her, she even thought it was morning.

"Are you going to work? I'll make breakfast right away!" Shi Wanyu rose, preparing to get dressed, but Chen Mobai shook his head.

"No, it's still early," he said. As he spoke, he looked at his gentle wife before him, finally understanding why she had suddenly become so unusual in the past few months.

"What's wrong?" Shi Wanyu asked, a little strangely, seeing Chen Mobai continuously staring at her.

"Nothing, I just wanted to look at you. I truly wish I could watch you forever..." Chen Mobai said with emotion. By this point, his mood had stabilized from the emotional turmoil caused by Yu Baiguang's identity reveal. His previous words were his innermost, truest thoughts. Yu Baiguang was not his wife; this gentle and virtuous woman before him was the wife with whom he had shared joys and sorrows.

"Why are you suddenly saying such things today?" Shi Wanyu blushed slightly upon hearing Chen Mobai's words. They were already an old married couple; it had been a long time since she'd heard such terms of endearment.

"Hahahaha, from now on, I'll tell them to you every day!" Chen Mobai laughed heartily, finally letting go of the knot in his heart.

***

...The ripples from the opening of the Gate of Realms were vast and mighty. Besides the Immortal Sect, Lin Daoming, far away on Black Earth Star, naturally also perceived them. He rose and looked in the direction where Dragon God Star had vanished, unable to help but laugh heartily.

"What's making you so happy?" Yan Xinjian asked, coming to his side with a hint of curiosity.

"Spirit Venerable and Yu Baiguang are gone. The Immortal Sect only has that old Qian Xing left," Lin Daoming stated directly, not concealing anything.

"Didn't they say Qi Yuheng and Shuixian both broke through? The Immortal Sect still has three Divinity Transformation cultivators. If you want to seize the Gate of Realms, you can't do it alone. You'll still need me and the Cult Master to break through together," Yan Xinjian said, glancing at Kong Feichen nearby, who stood stiffly, his Violet Mansion Sea of Consciousness sealed – this was his opportunity for Divinity Transformation.

"If you want to use the Fetal Essence Qi within an Immortal Sprout, you'll need a long period of integration after body possession to ensure no rejection of your essence, qi, and spirit. It's a bit late for you to attempt body possession now," Lin Daoming explained. He didn't reveal his true plan for destroying the Immortal Sect, as he knew very well that the Ascending Sect's defeated remnants combined probably couldn't even defeat any single lineage of the Four Great Dao Academies. But since they were the only ones available for now, he still shared his insights on refining Fetal Essence Qi for breakthrough.

"Then let's see about the Cult Master first. I hope she can break through successfully!" Yan Xinjian said after listening. Though anxious, he could only wait. Previously, because he sought the optimal outcome, he hadn't used Kong Feichen, the Immortal Sprout. According to his original plan, "clouds follow the dragon, wind follows the tiger," he would use Qingnu's Heavenly Water Spiritual Root to manifest a Cloud Dragon avatar and Kong Feichen's Wind Spiritual Root to manifest a White Tiger avatar. At that point, he would elevate the Dragon-Tiger Great Law to an unprecedented realm, cultivating the Dragon-Tiger Primordial Spirit! Unfortunately, Qingnu had previously been blocked by Lin Daoming, preventing him from taking her. Later, when Lin Daoming finally left the Immortal Sect and he tried to take Qingnu, she was hidden by Chen Mobai, so this plan had remained shelved.

Besides Qingnu and Kong Feichen, Yang Jing, whom the Ascending Cult Master possessed, was another Immortal Sprout. She also possessed a trace of Fetal Essence Qi. Therefore, after receiving Lin Daoming's cultivation method, the Ascending Cult Master decided to try it first and see if she could achieve Divinity Transformation. After all, if they truly had to wait to break through the Immortal Sect and obtain Planet Diyuan's Heavenly and Earthly Fetal Membrane, even with Lin Daoming, a Divinity Transformation cultivator, the Ascending Cult Master herself wasn't very confident. That was the Immortal Sect! Both Qian Xing and Baiguang had been the nightmare of all Ascending Cult cultivators for a thousand years!

"I have some things I need to do. This is my communication talisman," Lin Daoming said, handing a message talisman to Yan Xinjian. Although the Ascending Cult had a way to use the Immortal Sect's satellite signals, the things he needed to do and his very existence could not be revealed in the slightest, so he decided to use this ancient method of communication.

"Alright!" Yan Xinjian was curious but knew that after Lin Daoming achieved Divinity Transformation, the power dynamic between them had fundamentally reversed. Watching Lin Daoming transform into a black-golden stream of light and vanish into the starry sky, Yan Xinjian came before Kong Feichen and continued to perform the Devouring God Technique.

After leaving the sight of others, Lin Daoming revealed his true form in the starry sky. His strange body, resembling a locust, moved with incredible speed. But the starry sky was vast; even with his Divinity Transformation cultivation, it took him nearly a year to reach a certain location in the Tianyang Star System. This place resembled an ancient battlefield, scattered with numerous fragmented magic tools, satellites, battle armor, and more! Lin Daoming closed his eyes, and the black-golden talisman in his glabella flashed with profound light, illuminating this part of the starry sky.

Before long, he found a wisp of colorful airflow. Lin Daoming's face lit up with joy as he approached the colorful airflow and reached out to touch it. But the moment his claw, which had cultivated the True Locust Art, made contact, it turned transparent like crystal, then shattered with a "peng" sound, like breaking glass.

"As expected of Patriarch Cailing's Sky-Mending Immortal Light, it's formidable..." Lin Daoming, witnessing this, nodded slightly, knowing he had found the right place. This ancient battlefield was the point in space closest to Planet Diyuan where the Three-Eyed Race was encountered during the Immortal Sect's first War of Creation. During that War of Creation, the Gate of Realms was opened here. Ultimately, Patriarch Cailing of the Sky-Mending lineage sacrificed herself by performing the Sky-Mending Seal, sending the Three-Eyed Race's star out of the Tianyang Star System before closing the Gate of Realms.

What Lin Daoming now intended to do was to summon the Three-Eyed Race back! As a former Sect Master of the Immortal Sect, Lin Daoming was very aware of the Immortal Sect's profound reserves; the Lingxiao Treasure Palace alone was something he couldn't contend with. Therefore, he needed even more powerful allies! And among the Immortal Sect's historical Wars of Creation, besides the Three-Eyed Race, there was another crisis that nearly led to extinction — Planet Pluto! As long as he could summon back these two stars tainted by demonic thoughts, unless Baiguang and Spirit Venerable returned, Qian Xing and the two newly advanced Divinity Transformation cultivators would certainly not be able to stop them. The Chaotic Primordial Qi Cannon could, at most, destroy one world! Both the Three-Eyed Race and Planet Pluto possessed terrifying foundations capable of opposing the Immortal Sect at its peak. And most crucially, the supreme beings of both these worlds, like Lin Daoming himself, were inheritors of the Demon Lord!

Thinking of this, Lin Daoming no longer hesitated. Following the mysterious knowledge emerging from the black-golden talisman in his glabella, he began to set up a formation in the starry sky of this ancient battlefield to summon and receive the Three-Eyed Race.

***

On Planet Diyuan, Qian Xing, who was playing a game, suddenly felt a dull ache in his chest, his movements half a beat too slow. The protagonist on the screen was swallowed whole by the final boss.

"Strange..." Qian Xing knew very well that this was a sign of impending calamity for him. As the current head of the Divine Mechanism Pavilion, his divine calculations were unparalleled in history, and it would be difficult for anyone to surpass him in the future. The last time he had such a feeling was when he directly faced Yu Baiguang's Profound Finger Sword. Even during the War of Creation, although there were warnings, he hadn't felt anything like this.

Could it be that his "diminishment for emptiness" would fail? Qian Xing frowned, recalling his recent arrangements. With the War of Creation over, Spirit Venerable and Baiguang departed, Qi Yuheng and Shuixian guarding the Immortal Sect's seas, and strong figures in the three great halls, Qian Xing believed he could safely reincarnate. He had already begun selecting the location and candidate for his "diminishment for emptiness." Yu Baiguang had already set a good example for him; since body possession was forbidden, only reincarnation was possible, and it had to be into a stillborn, preferably one with a blood relation to oneself. Qian Xing had lived for over a thousand years. Although he hadn't married, he still had parents and relatives. However, because he needed to wait for a stillborn, he didn't proceed directly. He also didn't want to incur karma by creating one himself, so he sent out some puppet avatars to watch in the mortal realm, awaiting the right moment. Unexpectedly, this waiting led to a warning sign of impending calamity! This made Qian Xing, who had always believed strongly in fate, hesitate instantly.

Yu Baiguang's "diminishment for emptiness" succeeded because she was pure-hearted, reckless, and met Chen Mobai, the Immortal Sect's greatest talent of all time. What about him? Compared to Yu Baiguang, Qian Xing's personality was entirely opposite hers. Could her successful experience truly be applied to himself? With doubts in his mind, Qian Xing decided to give it more thought. However, he did not withdraw the puppet avatars he had sent to the mortal realm; they continued to watch over his blood relatives. After thousands of years of procreation, even Qian Xing found it a bit difficult to sort through, but he focused on the branch closest to himself, which was the lineage of his disciple, Chen Chun's parents.

***

"Through voting, Ye Yun'e has been elected as the new Hall Master of Kaiyuan Hall, and councilor Shi Miao has been elected as the Deputy Hall Master of Kaiyuan Hall..." It was the end of another year, and during the Kaiyuan Hall council meeting, Qi Yuheng, who had already achieved Divinity Transformation, voluntarily stepped down. Subsequently, Ye Yun'e, who had been the Deputy Hall Master, was unanimously elected as the Hall Master of Kaiyuan Hall.

In addition to Kaiyuan Hall, Zhengfa Hall also elected a new Deputy Hall Master: Wen Lianshan, formerly the head of the Enforcement Department and currently a divisional commander in the Military Department. Originally, when Chen Mobai was elected Hall Master of Zhengfa Hall, the position of Deputy Hall Master was temporarily vacant due to the aftermath of the War of Creation. When Nangong Xuanyu returned this time, he coveted this position greatly. However, although Chen Mobai's grievances with him had been settled, there was no way Chen Mobai would allow him to interfere in his own domain again. Because Patriarch Baiguang had left, the Sky-Mending lineage also became somewhat restless, desiring to gain influence over Zhengfa Hall. Chen Mobai could only engage in a friendly discussion with Ying Guanghua and, by fully supporting Ye Yun'e's leadership of Kaiyuan Hall, secured the Kunpeng lineage's support, effectively removing Nangong Xuanyu from Zhengfa Hall.

The reason given was that the War of Creation had consumed too many of the Immortal Sect's resources. To save spiritual qi, spirit stones, and so on, Chen Mobai planned to reduce the military. Dismissing one Nascent Soul Venerable would save enough resources to supply an entire army. Thus, Nangong Xuanyu was dismissed and sent back to Chunyang Academy to continue teaching and nurturing talents. The Sky-Mending lineage naturally retaliated, but with Qian Xing not showing himself, Ying Guanghua was powerless to turn the tide against the combined strength of the three lineages.

Without Nangong Xuanyu, Wen Lianshan naturally had an easy win. However, his resume was quite extensive, having served in the Sky-Mending Group, the Enforcement Department, and then the Military Department. This time, he also followed Shuixian and made significant contributions at the Xuanwu Dao Palace and on Dragon God Star. Wen Lianshan himself knew very well that his main goal was to obtain a spiritual medicine for forming a Nascent Soul. As soon as he received this batch of Nascent Cultivation Pills, he would step down and cede his position. Wen Lianshan was paving the way for Zhongli Tianyu, and for this, the Zhongli family had also paid a considerable price.

Outside of Kaiyuan Hall and Zhengfa Hall, there were also some personnel adjustments in the Immortal Affairs Hall. Lan Haitian continued to rise in rank; he wanted to compete for this batch of Nascent Cultivation Pills. Originally, he wasn't in such a hurry, but Chen Mobai's example was right there before him. He felt that if he waited another hundred years, he might miss even more opportunities, so he no longer wanted to wait for the next batches of Child Transformation Pills and decided to compete for the current one.

After the meeting concluded, Chen Mobai also had a talk with Lan Haitian before returning to his home. After having dinner with Shi Wanyu and their daughter, he, as usual, went to his cultivation chamber, then clicked on Guibao and arrived in the Eastern Barrens. Now, all three Divinity Transformation cultivators of the Immortal Sect were in secluded cultivation, so he could freely travel between the two realms.