World-saving Plan: The Only Savior

"Back in the day, I was the 37th generation successor of our Purple Cloud Sky Ji Sect, wielding the Purple Cloud Divine Sword to slay demons and devils, with all evils avoiding me!"

"Unfortunately, later on, during the magic calamity, my cultivation was reduced to almost nothing, and the Purple Cloud Divine Sword was similarly sealed within mortal iron, not seeing the light of day..."

"Fortunately, my descendants were exceptionally talented and managed to awaken the Purple Cloud Divine Sword, freeing it from its seal. Otherwise, how could we have witnessed the scene today of dispersing the tribulation clouds with a flip of the hand, that was an Immortal Tribulation!"

"Hehe, I’m old now, this world belongs to the young people, come to think of it, I was also half the owner of this sword..."

Pei Laoliu activated his boasting mode again, and as he spoke, he reached out to touch the Purple Cloud Divine Sword, but was frightened by a purple lightning that appeared on its surface, quickly retracting his hand.

"Ah, times have changed, things are not what they were, people are no longer trustworthy, and neither is the sword’s heart! With a new owner, they’ve forgotten about this old guy, it’s truly heartbreaking!"

Pei Laoliu muttered as he walked away, mainly because Ni Yang seemed uninterested in his boasting, so he lost the enthusiasm to continue.

Zhang Xiaoman did not linger there either. Once the disciples of the Tianyuan Sect arrived, he activated Unlimited Teleportation to return to the sect.

Before coming here, he intended to catch up with Master Liu and then return to the Water Blue Star to complete the third Star Pattern imprint.

According to Pique’s estimate, it would take about a year to imprint the third Star Pattern, after which his strength would improve by another level, and by then, he might not lose to that woman Ziwei.

When he has sufficient strength, he will naturally be able to explore the map of the Phantom Spirit Clan.

Furthermore, in a year’s time, the number of lottery draws in Zhang Xiaoman’s hand will greatly accumulate, and with various points coming in, he should be able to have enough Star Dust to exchange for a World Tree Clone.

In this way, planting a World Tree on the Divine Ancient Continent will connect here with Water Blue Star, unlocking the barriers here, and Master Liu and Jiu Jiu can return to Water Blue Star.

However, now that Zhang Xiaoman knows his current strength, he feels he might be able to break the world’s barriers ahead of time.

Ni Yang once said that the reason the Divine Ancient World is in this situation where one can only enter but not leave is that those in the Immortal Realm predicted the magic calamity. To prevent the incursion of Outer Heaven Demons, or Alien Species, they spent a large amount of Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures to activate the Ten Thousand Tribulations Soul Locking Array.

The purpose of the Ten Thousand Tribulations Soul Locking Array is to stop heavenly demons from invading this world, but after 300 years of the magic calamity, it also sustained damage, and its functionality was reduced by more than half, resulting in the current state where one can only enter but not leave.

This has no impact whatsoever on the heavenly demons, meaning the array has lost its original value and has become meaningless.

Therefore, for the convenience of himself and others entering and leaving in the future, Zhang Xiaoman decided to break it early, which would not affect this world itself.

Ni Yang said that the array eye of the Ten Thousand Tribulations Soul Locking Array is in the Immortal Realm, and if he wants to reach the Immortal Realm, he must have the strength of an Immortal.

Currently, Zhang Xiaoman already possesses the strength corresponding to the Heavenly Immortal Level, which is Middle-Level Controller, allowing him to access the Immortal Realm.

"Kid, are you sure? There are barriers between the two realms; without the Guiding Immortal Road, it’s hard for you to ascend, especially as an Independent Immortal, known as an Earth Immortal by the immortals, you will face attacks from the Heavenly Tribulation when ascending to the Immortal Realm..."

In the Divine Thought, the Green Little Dragon said with a serious face.

However, his words got stuck halfway, and after a pause, he continued:

"Right, now you have the Purple Cloud Divine Sword’s assistance, so the Heavenly Tribulation shouldn’t be able to harm you, ascending might indeed be possible..."

Ni Yang pondered, seemingly agreeing with Zhang Xiaoman’s idea.

"I haven’t been to the Immortal Realm in ages, after these millennia, I’ve almost forgotten what it’s like there. It’s good for you to visit; you can let me see what the Immortal Realm looks like after the apocalypse..."

Zhang Xiaoman asked again about the method to reach the Immortal Realm.

It was a bit different from what he imagined; to reach the Immortal Realm, it’s not like in TV shows where you just fly upward.

According to Ni Yang, continuing to fly upwards will ultimately lead to getting lost in the endless void of space.

Initially, Zhang Xiaoman thought the endless void referred to the vacuum of space outside the atmosphere, assuming if he could directly fly into space, why bother breaking the Ten Thousand Tribulations Soul Locking Array; just teleport back.

However, upon further understanding, he realized the endless void Ni Yang referred to was entirely different from what he imagined.

The so-called endless void is a place resembling an endless illusion, where only a blue expanse exists, with no difference between up and down, or left and right, unable to see the blazing sun above or the ground below, much less the legendary Immortal Realm above the nine heavens.

Perhaps, occasionally, one might be accompanied only by the destructive presence of the Heavenly Tribulation.

Countless cultivators throughout history were trapped there, ultimately meeting their demise when they became exhausted.

These people, having no hope of becoming immortals, sought a shortcut by this method.

However, upon reaching the endless void, they found even turning back was a luxury.

Even if they stopped flying, intruders couldn’t return to the ground; they would be torn apart by the furious lightning during the endless fall. Occasionally, someone might escape that dire place, but how they did it, the survivors couldn’t explain, attributing it to luck.

Zhang Xiaoman did not fear the endless void; with Unlimited Teleportation, unless it’s crossing realms, nothing could truly restrict him.

However, the existence of the endless void made him question the understanding of this world’s form.

He always thought the Divine Ancient World was like Guleng Star, essentially a planet, though larger than Guleng Star.

And the so-called Immortal Realm might just be a floating continent in the sky, or a satellite of the Divine Ancient Star, or even another planet within the same Constant Star System.

But given the existence of the endless void, it seems everything wasn’t as he imagined; this place didn’t seem to be on a planet, rather more like a self-contained small world.

"Measurement failed, unable to detect its planetary radius."

Zhang Xiaoman used the implanted personal terminal system to measure the Divine Ancient Star, ending with surprising yet expected results.

The personal terminal capable of quickly detecting the entire Solar System’s volume failed when measuring the Divine Ancient Star.

In the universe, there are indeed planets far larger than the Solar System, but such planets’ gravity wouldn’t be suitable for ordinary human habitation. The fact that Master Liu is lively and well here indicates that even if this planet’s size differs from Water Blue Star, it wouldn’t differ too greatly.

However, it seems he’s truly not on a planet, but in a small world.

Using the Eye of Truth for investigation, Zhang Xiaoman only obtained some useless analysis, like air composition reports. These analyses could be conducted with the personal terminal system implanted within him, still yielding no useful clues.

Since no results emerged, he decided to stop investigating for now; if flying upwards doesn’t work, he’ll use Ni Yang’s method to reach the Immortal Realm via the Guiding Immortal Road, a method most immortals use.