Jun Changxiao crouched on the ground, hands holding his head.
Calm down!
Can’t get excited!
That’s what he thought, but his mouth gradually stretched into an extremely exaggerated smile.
He had brought Ren Shan to the Independent Battlefield hoping to form a golden partnership with the spirit-guarding beast to more conveniently excavate spirit veins.
In fact, his wish had come true.
Over half a month, they had obtained over one hundred billion First-Grade Spirit Stones alone.
If the System hadn’t upgraded to the Upper Realm version with the bound spatial ring’s capacity infinitely expanded, normal-sized rings simply couldn’t contain it all!
Very satisfying.
Super satisfying!
What Jun Changxiao hadn’t expected was that just after finishing excavating the mineral vein, Ren Shan had accidentally discovered the large stone door.
Initially he fantasized that inside existed resources higher than Spirit Stone Mother, only to be brutally crushed by the System.
And now?
Resources higher than Mother didn’t exist, but! There was a Plane Origin waiting for him to inherit.
Happiness came too quickly, catching him completely off guard.
If Hua Meigui weren’t present, Jun Changxiao would want to run to Ren Shan and plant a big kiss to express his joy and gratitude.
Bringing him to the battlefield was more valuable than bringing the spirit-guarding beast!
“…”
The System entered silent mode, because it had previously said—”You think you’re the lucky charm? That you’ll find opportunities just by walking in?”
This.
This wasn’t just an opportunity, but a grand fortune!
Over the past half month, Jun Changxiao had excavated quite a few spirit veins with the spirit-guarding beast’s help, but excavating them all would definitely be time-consuming and laborious work.
Now.
As long as he inherited the Plane Origin, he would be the Plane Master!
What excavation, what nonsense.
With just a thought, everything would come!
Thinking of this, Jun Changxiao stood up, calmed his extremely excited emotions, and like a landlord’s foolish son, opened his mouth and said stupidly: “Thank you!”
“…”
Fortunately the System had no physical form, otherwise its face would definitely be swollen enough to fly to Planet Vegeta.
“Husband.” Hua Meigui looked at the crystal wrapped in flowing light and said, “Could this thing be a Plane Origin?”
Though she had never seen one, she had heard of it.
Moreover, the heavenly and earthly attributes emanating from the crystal were hundreds of times more concentrated than the outside world!
Origin.
The plane’s heart, the source of attributes.
Whether spirit veins or Spirit Stone Mother, all were nurtured and born from this.
“Isn’t this just the ancestor! I wasn’t wrong!”
“…”
The System fell even more silent.
“Correct.”
Jun Changxiao said, “This is the Plane Origin.”
“I didn’t expect to find it so confusedly. It’s truly hard to believe.” Hua Meigui said with emotion.
“Sect Master, Madam.”
Ren Shan rubbed his hands together, grinning: “This is this disciple’s achievement. Shouldn’t I get a special-grade merit?”
Jun Changxiao usually had no airs as Sect Master in the sect, even occasionally joking with disciples, so in informal situations they had no reservations.
Simply put.
It was a harmonious family atmosphere.
“Yes!”
Jun Changxiao said, “Absolutely yes!”
Helping him find a First-Tier Plane containing endless spirit veins—never mind giving special-grade merit, it needed an ‘SSS’ prefix.
“Hehe.”
Ren Shan grinned.
“You two, move aside.” Jun Changxiao said, “This Seat will inherit this Plane Origin.”
Hua Meigui said, “Origins are different from heavenly and earthly attributes. Inheritance may pose dangers. Husband, you must consider carefully.”
The crystal before them was certainly good, but obtaining it wouldn’t be easy.
“I’ve considered it.”
Jun Changxiao’s gaze was firm: “This thing must be inherited.”
Previously in the illusory realm, Gu Xuanyuan had mentioned a fated person could inherit the Plane Origin. Since he had come here, he was naturally the fated person.
“Whoosh!”
Spiritual sense released, merging with the crystal.
“Boom!”
Suddenly, Jun Changxiao’s sea of consciousness seemed to explode. His entire being staggered back over ten steps before stabilizing, pain appearing on his face.
“Hahaha!”
The System laughed loudly: “No fate!”
Because it had been slapped in the face too hard earlier, now it finally caught an opportunity to laugh!
“Damn!”
Jun Changxiao was depressed: “I already came in, how can I have no fate!”
Wait!
The large stone door was discovered by Ren Shan—perhaps he was the fated one.
“Shan.”
Jun Changxiao said affectionately: “Try communicating with this crystal using your spiritual sense.”
If he had the fate, the disciple inheriting it was fine—after all, it kept the wealth in the family.
“Yes!”
Ren Shan began releasing his spiritual sense. But the moment it touched the crystal, with a “bang,” his entire body was flung away, crashing hard against the wall.
“Shan!”
Jun Changxiao cried out.
Ren Shan stood up from the ground in a disheveled state: “Sect Master… I’m fine…”
Jun Changxiao breathed a sigh of relief.
“Thud!”
Suddenly, Ren Shan’s eyes rolled back and he collapsed on the ground like mud, completely unconscious.
Jun Changxiao: “…”
Hua Meigui: “…”
…
The crystal had a protection mechanism. Anyone touching it with spiritual sense would suffer backlash.
Jun Changxiao’s formidable strength meant he only felt pain. Ren Shan’s lower strength meant he was knocked unconscious.
Fortunately.
It was just unconsciousness—not a big problem.
“What now?”
Confirming his disciple was okay, Jun Changxiao held his chin, thinking.
“Aiya.”
The System said, “Someone was just thinking so much, but now they can only look and not touch. I’m afraid they’ll die of anxiety!”
“Scram!”
Jun Changxiao cursed.
“Got it! I can put it in the spatial ring!”
“Spiritual sense couldn’t even touch it—how will you collect it?”
“…”
Jun Changxiao fell silent.
The System said, “This Plane Origin was left by Gu Xuanyuan for the fated person. Since the host can’t do it, you’ll have to wait for someone else to inherit it.”
“I’m not willing to accept this!”
Jun Changxiao roared in his heart.
Just then, Hua Meigui picked up a small tree branch from somewhere and walked toward the crystal, saying, “Let me try.”
Jun Changxiao cried out in alarm, “Don’t be reckless…”
“Snap!”
The small branch reached over. Just as it touched the flowing light, it was like a bubble being popped, revealing the crystal’s true appearance.
“This…”
Jun Changxiao was dumbfounded.
Hua Meigui said, “Without the flowing light covering it, Husband should be able to inherit it now, right?”
“I’ll try!”
Jun Changxiao released his spiritual sense again, carefully touching it.
Indeed!
No more obstruction!
Jun Changxiao immediately manipulated his spiritual sense to rush over.
“Whoosh!”
Upon touching the Plane Origin, his soul was instantly transported into a space even more illusory than the illusory realm.
“Fated one.”
“You’ve finally come.”
Before Dog Leftover could react, a familiar voice sounded in his ear.
It was him!
Gu Xuanyuan!
Sure enough, when Jun Changxiao turned his head, he saw in the void ahead the mighty man who had annihilated tens of thousands of warships and killed hundreds of thousands of enemies in the starry sky. He blurted out, “Senior is still alive?”
“This is just a wisp of my lingering consciousness.”
“I see.”
Jun Changxiao understood.
Gu Xuanyuan said, “That you could enter the stone chamber and trigger the reflection array I left proves you’re the fated person. The Xuanyuan Realm’s origin—you may take it.”
“Thank you, Senior!” Jun Changxiao cupped his fists.
“However.”
Gu Xuanyuan’s gaze grew grave: “If you inherit the Plane Origin, you must also inherit a responsibility—destroy the Heavenly Demon Emperor!”
“This…”
“The Heavenly Demon Emperor lives by slaughter and plunder. Countless planes and living beings have suffered persecution. Since you are human and inherit Xuanyuan Realm, you should eliminate this evil for all living beings!”
“I’m afraid I can’t defeat him.”
Jun Changxiao also wanted to eliminate evil for all beings, but from the scenes in the illusory realm, any random warrior with some status could kill him.
“No matter!”
Gu Xuanyuan said, “If you can’t win, you can become stronger!”
“…”
Jun Changxiao’s mouth twitched.
Gu Xuanyuan continued, “Xuanyuan Realm is a First-Tier Plane with extremely rich heavenly and earthly attributes. Before my dissolution, I condensed it into a grain of sand. You can carry it with you or use it as a cultivation ground. Sooner or later you’ll grow strong enough to contend with the Heavenly Demon Emperor.”
A grain of sand?
He hadn’t noticed that at all!
“Won’t agree?”
“I agree!”
He absolutely had to obtain the Plane Origin, so if he needed to shoulder responsibility, then so be it. After all, he’d saved the world plenty of times—he was familiar with this.
“Whoosh!”
Suddenly, light flashed before his eyes and a blood-stained battle armor appeared from thin air.
“This armor accompanied me for tens of thousands of years, forged from the essence of heaven, earth, sun and moon. Its quality is extraordinary. Today I give it to you for protection.” Gu Xuanyuan said.
Jun Changxiao asked weakly, “Why didn’t Senior also leave that sword here?”
“I originally planned to give the armor and sword together to my disciple, but with my lifespan ending and urgently sending her away, so…” Gu Xuanyuan said, “I forgot.”
“Thud!”
Jun Changxiao fell flat on the ground.
So the armor wasn’t deliberately left behind!
“Remember.”
Gu Xuanyuan’s expression grew grave: “This armor is stained with Heavenly Demon blood and corroded for tens of thousands of years. Unless facing a life-or-death crisis, absolutely do not forcibly wear it, or you’ll lose rationality at best, your soul scattered at worst!”
“Thank you for the reminder, Senior!”
Jun Changxiao gently held the blood-stained armor and said solemnly, “We of the human race, standing in the vast universe, shall remain undefeated and undying!”
“Good!”
“Very good!”
Gu Xuanyuan laughed heartily as his lingering consciousness gradually faded.
Tens of thousands of years ago, the top-tier expert who single-handedly slaughtered the Heavenly Demon Emperor’s elite fleet completely vanished today. As for whether the fated person he waited for could fulfill his final wish, how could he know?
“Senior.”
Jun Changxiao lowered his head, looking at the armor: “The Plane Origin—I inherit it today. Your will—I also inherit it today!”
Joking around was one thing.
But don’t treat Dog Brother’s seriousness as a joke.
Because.
Just as Gu Xuanyuan said.
We of the human race!
Standing in the vast universe, shall remain undefeated and undying!
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