Qi Cultivation Starting from the Repair Panel

Chu Zheng's battle with the Dark Gold Creature, though brief, was noted by many attentive onlookers due to his victory over a stronger opponent. Even in the Heavenly Abyss City, teeming with strong figures, it stirred quite a noticeable ripple.

Inside a private room.

The Xu Family envoy watched Chu Zheng's fight through the light screen. A trace of disdain flitted through his aged eyes as he said indifferently, "The side door left road is not the right path. Relying on some secret techniques, this child may be fierce for a while, but it's difficult to ascend to the pinnacle of the Great Path." His words were filled with scorn towards the side door left road.

Beside him, Xu Menghan slightly furrowed her brows and shook her head slowly, "I think he is an unpolished gem worth carving."

Before she finished her words, her figure transformed into a streak of flowing light, merging into the void and vanishing without a trace.

On the edge of the square, just as Chu Zheng was about to leave, a figure appeared silently in front of him, dressed in blue, surrounded by an aura of pressure.

"Zheng Chu?" Xu Menghan scrutinized Chu Zheng, her gaze sharp, as if to see through him inside and out:

"We finally meet again."

"Fellow Daoist Xu." Chu Zheng greeted with indifference, without much care.

It's the Heaven Burial Competition now; even the Xu Family wouldn't make a move on him at this time.

There are things that clans shouldn't overdo.

The Heaven Burial Competition is the only path to ascension for bottom-tier cultivators. If that path were to be blocked, it would backfire.

"Zheng Chu, perhaps there were misunderstandings between us in the past, maybe we can talk again."

Xu Menghan got straight to the point, saying seriously, "Join my Xu Family, and I can offer you Heavenly Fate, assisting you in achieving the Tao. You know what that means."

Her posture still held the inherent pride of the Ancient Clan's prodigy, and the terms offered were extremely generous for a loose cultivator.

In the current Great Universe, she was confident that no one could refuse the olive branch extended by the Ancient Clan.

Chu Zheng paused, raising his eyes to look at Xu Menghan.

A Three Calamities True Immortal, with vigorous vitality and incredibly young bone age, not much older than Yun Tianji. At such an age, with such cultivation, she is likely an absolute core direct lineage within the Ancient Clan, with talent that is terrifying.

However, Chu Zheng merely glanced over her, his expression unchanging.

He didn't even bother to respond to Xu Menghan's words, merely shook his head slightly, then bypassed her without hesitation, continuing on his way.

Xu Menghan's expression froze momentarily, turning to shock. She, a proud blood descendant of the Xu Family, offering Heavenly Fate to recruit a loose cultivator, was outright rejected?!

Furthermore... this was the second time.

Her expression darkened instantly, turning to watch Chu Zheng's departing figure, her gaze clouded with uncertainty.

This scene was witnessed by Xue Qing above the Heavenly Dome, taking it all in.

Seeing Xu Menghan intercept Chu Zheng, Xue Qing's cold eyes narrowed instantly, a barely noticeable glint of frost flashing. When she saw Chu Zheng reject and leave without hesitation, the frost in her eyes eased slightly, yet her gaze towards Xu Menghan remained cold.

She tilted her head slightly, whispering, "Martial Ancestor, please carve out a piece of void for me, I wish to speak with him."

Sun-Eroding Cry said nothing more, extending his hand to lightly trace across the void.

Shasss——

The void emitted the strange sound of jade pieces being torn, like curtains parted on both sides, revealing a bizarre, chaotic glow, instantly enveloping Xue Qing and the still embarrassed Xu Menghan in the distance.

The next moment, both were forcibly pulled into the temporarily carved silent space-time domain.

Within the void, devoid of up, down, left, right, no light, no sound, only the most primordial chaotic flow trickling slowly.

Xu Menghan, abruptly dragged into this place, was initially startled. Upon recognizing the plain white, cold Xue Qing across from her, her startled expression instantly calmed, her face solemn: "Xue Qing? Is it your doing? What, has the Martial Pavilion grown so tyrannical as to meddle in others' recruitment of followers?"

The Xu Family and Martial Pavilion lineage are near mortal enemies, something not hidden within the Great Universe.

Xu Menghan's heart sank slightly. To silently drag her here required at least a being of the Space-time Domain, at least a Martial Monarch, or even a Martial Emperor!

Xue Qing silently regarded her, her gaze calm and terrifyingly cold:

"You should not target Zheng Chu."

Xu Menghan froze, then as if hearing the world's biggest joke, she snorted, "What business is it of yours? Is this person of your Martial Pavilion? Does my Xu Family require your briefing to recruit someone?"

Xue Qing was unmoved by her words, her tone remaining calm:

"I'll remind you only once."

She leaned forward slightly, her eyes clear as a cold spring, staring directly at Xu Menghan, with no hint of jest:

"If you persist in your folly, you can try counting how many lives you have enough to lose."

With that, she turned straight away, leaving the sealed space-time area, her figure disappearing.

Above the Heavenly Dome, the Xu Family envoy's body stiffened, his forehead and spine drenched in cold sweat:

"Xu Tianjun... pays respects to Martial Ancestor."

Perceiving Xu Menghan's aura vanish, he hurried over, but he never expected to encounter Sun-Eroding Cry here.

This fiend, who had recently slain the Xu Family's old ancestor, is now the universe's second strongest being following Ancient Ancestor Blood Tea!

In an instant, he felt his entire body go numb, lacking even the courage to speak.

Sun-Eroding Cry glanced at him, eyes calm, lifting his hand to undo the space-time lock, returning Xu Menghan back to where she was:

"Having promised Xumi Sheng, I will not break my word to leave your Xu Family lineage. He wished to establish the Immortal Path, consolidate the clans; the human race cannot accommodate two Taoist Orthodoxy now, so I had to kill him. Ultimately, we all belong to the human race, and should now watch and help each other."