"You’re right, I’ll prepare right away."

Nian Quan nodded slightly, closed the communication with Bai Qinghan, and then turned his head, looking with a half-smile at the giant entity still slowly growing, repairing the world, and licking the blood of heaven and earth: "Did you hear that, Tai Sui? Time to get to work!"

His voice was grand, like the tide rising from the sea, rumbling forth: "Stop pretending, I know you once separated a part of yourself to go on an adventure with humans, you have your own will, you can understand me."

"After all, the reason you help patch the world’s wounds in the Great Wilderness Realm is because you know there’s a possibility your ’Creator Venerable’ may awaken within the Great Wilderness Realm, right? Call all your kind, Tai Sui, and bring forth your most elite, most powerful offspring."

"Your long-awaited tribute is due." 𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺

[Buzz, buzz...]

As Nian Quan’s will spread through the Great Void, the entire body of Tai Sui, that towering, colossal entity akin to a silver ocean, began to tremble. Ripples of rings emerged from every part of its body, overlapping and intersecting to form extremely complex patterns.

Amidst these patterns, minuscule compared to its main body, rose specks of dust; yet, upon closer inspection, each speck was over a dozen meters tall, perfectly proportioned in width and height, with the dense, smooth silvery Spiritual Fiend alloy glowing from within, exhibiting multi-colored patterns on the surface, resembling circuit boards or blood vessels.

It wasn’t just Tai Sui.

As the greatest of the Hundred Forms of the Red Furnace responded with action, in the void around the Great Wilderness Realm, the periphery of every Cave Heaven surrounding Methodless Realm, every existence within Hong Furnace and every Feathered Armor where cultivators coexist, similar ’specks’ rose.

These specks varied in size, the largest split from Tai Sui measured several meters, while the smallest were no larger than a palm.

Yet uniformly, as if possessed with self-awareness, they flew in from all directions, converging before Nian Quan.

Drawn from different places, worlds, and individuals, various forms of the Hundred Red Furnace forms separated their Essence, merging autonomously before Nian Quan into a steel forest, composed of thousands of... meteoric boundary-breakers.

"Such spirituality, indistinguishable from true life..."

Witnessing this scene, a tinge of emotion flickered within Nian Quan’s eyes.

It was clear that back then, An Jing had indeed already touched upon the realm of Heavenly Venerate, though unfortunately his power advanced too rapidly; otherwise, Nian Quan would have loved to see exactly how An Jing perfected his Creation Skills... Surely, within the Great Wilderness Realm, there are Daoist Scriptures to perfect his Creation Skills.

Perhaps, in some other infinite parallel timelines, this possibility indeed exists.

With such thoughts, due to the cultivation of Taiyin Wuji, Nian Quan could already glimpse possibilities from other timelines.

But now was not the time to explore those diverging paths. Once all the reinforcements of the Hundred Forms of the Red Furnace had gathered, the Heavenly River Sword Monarch arrived above the Great Void Abyss.

Then, he raised his sword.

Though the wound was inflicted by the collision driven by multi-world Heavenly Demons and needed to be repaired by the Three Realms Alliance, there’s no doubt that until fully healed, this place was also the best location for offering aid to the Great Wilderness Realm.

The sharp Sword Light blossomed in the Great Void, forming a cross-shaped phenomenon, its formidable power stirring time and space, forcing Earth, Water, Fire, and Wind to transform into a liquid state, swirling with the Sword Light.

Then, the Sword Light slashed down, and the entire Great Void reacted like a lake under heavy rain, showing dense ripples and vibrations, with a gigantic, continuously rotating cross-shaped sword mark appearing at the center of the Great Void Abyss.

In the heart of the sword mark, the pitch blackness vanished, revealing a hazy, colorful glow.

A passage was opened.

And one by one, meteorites formed from the Hundred Forms of the Red Furnace followed the Sword Light down, turning into a dazzling meteor shower in the time-space breaches.

Yet, it was at this moment that Nian Quan sensed something amiss.

"It’s here!"

He shouted abruptly, swiftly turning and swinging his sword!

Indeed, on the other side of the Great Void, amidst the hollow void, three Sword Lights suddenly lit up—Sword Lights intimately familiar to him, with deep ties to An Jing, his sword, and Subdue Evil!

These three Sword Lights exhibited no hesitation nor any intention of engaging with Nian Quan; they had waited a long, long time without capturing a flaw in the Heavenly River Sword Monarch—just now was their only opportunity.

The azure Heavenly River Sword Qi surged forth as if an ocean transformed into torrential rain, sealing every corner of the Great Void with an inescapable assault. Nian Quan’s Sword Intent could even trace Cause and Effect, completing their attack even across worlds.

But so what?

They burned their cultivation, reducing their realms to True Person, even shedding memory and essence, simply to exploit this moment to breach the blockade of the Three Realms Alliance and invade deep into the Great Wilderness Realm!

The Heavenly River Sword Qi shattered the formidable Sword Intent erupting from the three Sword Lights; had the Sword Bearer been complete, a direct confrontation might have even led to a grueling battle for Nian Quan one-on-one. But presently, this power that could overwhelm Nian Quan was merely a decoy, causing the Heavenly River Sword Qi to instead become propulsive force for the core Sword Light, propelling them deeper into the Great Wilderness Realm more swiftly.

"Damn, I didn’t stop a single one!"

Seeing this scene, Nian Quan’s heart sank deeply. He knew the enemy’s strength; even stopping them all wasn’t possible, even for a Heavenly Venerate, but he felt he could at least hold off one or two.

This was by no means Nian Quan’s arrogance; he truly could do it, but with forethought and unforecast, alongside the energy expended to break apart the Heaven and Earth Membrane, made it impossible for him to intercept those three Sword Lights at this juncture.

However... at that moment.

[Nian Quan... the Heavenly River Sword is not a sword that once swung cannot be controlled... tidal undercurrents, time-space relocation, you can do it]

A voice emerged in Nian Quan’s mind, brief, fragmented, as if someone murmuring subconsciously in a dream, yet so naturally unquestionable.

And Nian Quan instinctively followed its words, letting the Sword Qi dissipate, enveloping time-space, shifting the Complete Circuit, thus remarkably slowing the speed of the three Sword Lights. Though he couldn’t stop them, their landing positions were significantly altered.

After accomplishing all this, Nian Quan realized, his eyes widening, scanning around with release, both surprised and delighted: "Who?"

"Is it you?!"

No voice answered.

Bright meteors had already fallen with the Sword Light, fluttering like rain.

With long fiery trails, they descended towards the ground ablaze in battle.

From heaven and earth they came, and to heaven and earth they shall return.

Like an embrace, a...

Eager...

Return.