After drinking a jar of Intoxicated Life and Dream Death, Ye Xingchen surprisingly didn’t black out and surprisingly didn’t go to Spirit Beast Peak. This was quite unexpected.

People ultimately change, ultimately grow. Speaking out his identity, this once arrogant Night Emperor had truly taken a brand new step.

As for A’niu, the name would still be used in the future, but it was merely a name—no other meaning remained.

Hui’er had also figured it out. From now on, she would devote her thoughts to martial cultivation, while still deeply loving her deceased fiancé in her heart.

“This can also be considered a perfect ending.” Jun Changxiao murmured.

He and his disciples had once tried hard to bring Ye Xingchen and Hui’er together. Now that the truth was revealed, he had come to realize the two ultimately belonged to two different worlds.

“Lingyao Empress.”

Jun Changxiao propped his chin and said, “Also a formidable enemy. Must be careful after ascending to the Upper Realm.”

“Little brother.”

Bai Luosha took a sip of tea and said, “This woman is not simple.”

“Oh?”

Jun Changxiao asked, “Elder brother has heard of her?”

Hei Luosha said, “The presiding officer of this session’s planar battlefield is the Lingyao Empress. Being entrusted with such responsibility by the Realm Hall shows she’s quite capable.”

“Presiding officer?”

“Responsible for managing all affairs of the planar battlefield.”

“Damn!”

Jun Changxiao’s gaze showed anger.

Since that woman was in charge of the planar battlefield, the punishments and sanctions he’d previously suffered must have something to do with her!

In that case.

She had a grudge not only with Ye Xingchen, but also with himself!

“First empress of all time!” Jun Changxiao sneered inwardly, “When this Seat ascends to the Upper Realm, it will be the beginning of your final countdown!”

She was thoroughly arranged.

“Elder brother.”

Jun Changxiao asked, “What is this Lingyao Empress’s current strength?”

“Uh…”

Bai Luosha hesitated slightly and said, “We’ve only heard of her—haven’t seen her in person, so we don’t know how strong or weak she is.”

“Little brother.”

Hei Luosha said, “The Upper Realm also values realm and strength, but actually places more importance on…” He paused and said, “Connections!”

“You mean the Lingyao Empress has extensive connections?” Jun Changxiao said.

Hei Luosha said, “The Realm Hall is one of the most sacred organizations in the Upper Realm. Not just anyone can enter, and not just anyone will be entrusted with the important task of overseeing the planar battlefield.”

Jun Changxiao understood.

Whether this Lingyao Empress was strong or weak didn’t matter. What mattered was that she had connections and relationships!

So this meant the Purple Lin Demon King’s enemy was the entire Dragon Clan, while Ye Xingchen’s enemy might very well implicate many seemingly unrelated forces.

“Of course.”

Hei Luosha said, “Little brother’s connections aren’t weak either. Just the identity of being Tonggu Zhenren’s direct disciple is enough to dominate the Upper Realm.”

“…”

Jun Changxiao’s mouth twitched slightly.

I also hope to dominate the Upper Realm, but the key is… I have absolutely no relationship with Tonggu Zhenren!

“No good, no good.”

Jun Changxiao thought darkly, “No connections must create connections. When I reach the Upper Realm, first I’ll do some porcelain-bumping with Tonggu Zhenren to get myself an awesome identity.”

Heaven knows whether in the higher universal world, mid-tier breaking-void realm cultivators are as common as dogs, upper-tier breaking-void realm cultivators walk everywhere. Since he’d be new there, he definitely needed to develop cautiously first.

“Um… elder brothers.” Jun Changxiao asked weakly, “Is my master powerful in the Upper Realm?”

“Extremely powerful!”

Hei Luosha said with a worshipful expression, “Whether in strength, status, or position, he absolutely towers above the Realm Hall.”

At this moment, if Tonggu Zhenren himself were standing beside Dog Sheng, he would definitely go straight into the disciple-taking procedure. After all, the thigh was thick enough, the leg hair luxuriant enough—hanging on it would definitely be super comfortable!

“Elder brothers.”

“Can you tell little brother more about the Upper Realm?”

Jun Changxiao recalled that in battle royale games, when opening a new map, the first few matches were all states of “Who am I? Where am I? Who’s shooting me?” This time going to the Upper Realm, he definitely needed to understand in advance. If not achieving immediate dominance upon arrival, at least he couldn’t land into a box!

The Black and White Luosha began popularizing knowledge about the Upper Realm. The content won’t be heavily spoiled—it will be interspersed and introduced in the main text as circumstances allow, gradually unveiling layer after layer of the new world’s mysterious veil.

…

“Sect Master.”

After several days of deep contemplation, Ye Xingchen still came to the study.

“What is it?” Jun Changxiao asked.

“…”

After a moment of silence, Ye Xingchen said, “This disciple cultivated the Supreme Profound Scripture, which is why I could catch up from behind and surpass Senior Brother Li and others.”

“This Seat knows.”

Not even mentioning hearing it from the Nine Heavens Wudi, just the recent time bringing Lu Qianqian to the Supreme Profound Cave Mansion and seeing…

“Right.”

Jun Changxiao said, “As a member of the Eternal Sect, you must have standards. In the future when visiting famous scenic sites, don’t casually litter or carve graffiti.”

Ye Xingchen looked stunned.

Did his words mean that back then when he went to the Supreme Profound Cave Mansion and obtained the Supreme Profound Scripture, in his moment of elation he casually carved “Night Emperor was here” on the wall?

“Sect Master!”

“You also went to the Supreme Profound Cave Mansion?”

“Mm.”

Jun Changxiao said, “This Seat not only went, but also erased the words you carved on the wall.”

“Bullshit!”

The System roared, “You only erased one character and added another character!”

“The Supreme Profound Cave Mansion is fraught with danger—the Sect Master must have spent considerable time, right?” Thinking back to the scene before entering back then, Ye Xingchen felt lingering fear.

“Not too bad.”

Jun Changxiao said, “About an hour round trip.”

“An hour?”

Ye Xingchen’s mouth immediately dropped open, his inner dignity falling piece by piece.

Jun Changxiao didn’t know his casual words would devastate his disciple’s dignity into shattered fragments all over the ground. Getting back to the main topic, he said, “Why bring up the Supreme Profound Scripture out of nowhere?”

Ye Xingchen adjusted from his state of sorrow flowing like a river, his expression grave as he said, “These years, thanks to the Sect Master’s cultivation, this disciple is willing to share this mental cultivation method with fellow disciples.”

Holy crap!

The Night Emperor had greatly changed!

He actually volunteered to hand over his mental cultivation method to the sect!

Jun Changxiao was also somewhat stunned, but a smile quickly appeared on his face. He walked before him, patted his shoulder, and said, “Having this intention, this Seat is very gratified.”

“However…”

He paused and said, “Everyone has their own unique opportunities. The Supreme Profound Scripture is yours and remains yours—no need to share it with fellow disciples.”

“This…”

Ye Xingchen felt a bit awkward.

He had seriously considered for several days before finally making the difficult decision to share the mental cultivation method. Now that the Sect Master didn’t want it, this was truly… for the best!

“Of course.”

Just then, Jun Changxiao added, “Although the Supreme Profound Scripture is not bad, it has no comparability with the sect’s mental cultivation methods.”

“Crack!”

Listen, that’s the sound of a heart breaking!

Listen, that’s the sound of A’niu’s dignity shattering!

What Jun Changxiao said once again deeply struck Ye Xingchen’s heart. But actually, strictly speaking, that’s exactly how it was. After all, having the Supreme Profound Scripture hadn’t made his realm much higher than Li Qingyang and the others.

This thing was just like the Supreme Profound Ice Heart Formula—essentially dispensable. Better to spend time cultivating the Five Elements Heaven-Observing Formula and other mental methods.

The System complained, “Supreme Profound Elder would want to hit someone if he heard this.”