Chapter 946
Starfield Situation
Chen Feng was certain that his location had not changed; it was still in the starry sky outside Earth.
He was pulled into this place only because he sensed that black aura earlier.
He only needed to change his original position on the scroll.
After his consciousness sank into the painting, Chen Feng immediately found his current location on the side representing Earth.
Without hesitation, he immediately modified and erased the area!
Chen Feng was not worried that this erasure would affect him personally.
Although the scope of modifications to the scroll is very small, he can control the modifications made within that scope.
With bloodshot eyes, he clearly didn't understand where Chen Feng got the confidence to say such things, and was about to continue his sarcastic remarks.
But soon, he seemed to realize something, and disbelief appeared in his eyes.
"How is this possible!"
Suddenly, the previously empty space began to become transparent, and part of the emptiness disappeared, revealing the starry sky outside.
And those scarlet eyes were slowly becoming transparent at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Seeing this, Chen Feng breathed a sigh of relief.
It seems the opponent isn't invincible either; the ability to modify the scroll can affect the space he's currently in.
"Who exactly are you? How could your power possibly affect the Demon Realm? How did you do it?" His scarlet eyes and voice trembled.
Chen Feng seemed to have done something that shocked him immensely.
Chen Feng calmly looked into those eyes:
"You're too naive; you wouldn't understand even if I explained it to you."
Chen Feng's words stunned those eyes.
He had just said the same thing to Chen Feng, but Chen Feng proved him wrong with his actions.
His scarlet eyes were fixed on Chen Feng: "Very well, human, you have successfully angered me. Don't worry, I will come for you."
Before the crimson-eyed man could finish speaking, he vanished from Chen Feng's sight along with the surrounding nothingness.
Chen Feng reappeared in the starry sky of the solar system.
Xiao Ning was still sitting cross-legged not far away.
Looking around at everything familiar, Chen Feng frowned:
"A clone, you know?"
Chen Feng could sense that the scroll had only erased one of the other party's clones, not the original body.
The owner of those eyes must be far more powerful than him.
Moreover, judging from what the other person said before, they should be related to inner demons, or perhaps they are a type of inner demon.
At this moment, Chen Feng felt that there were too many things hidden in the universe that he did not know.
Even inner demons truly exist, a fact that has never been recorded in the ancient texts of the Scroll World.
Moreover, how did he enter that mysterious space? And what kind of place is that?
Various doubts arose in Chen Feng's mind.
Shaking his head, Chen Feng gave up on thinking about the question.
He'll know the outcome when he's strong enough; there's no point in thinking about it now.
However, Chen Feng had already made up his mind. Since the inner demon was real, he would destroy its true form sooner or later.
Just then, a powerful aura erupted from Xiao Ning in the distance.
A tiny nascent soul crawled out from the top of her head.
A spiritual light began to flicker around them.
Xiao Ning opened her eyes and looked at Chen Feng happily, saying:
"Mr. Chen, I've successfully broken through!"
Chen Feng collected his thoughts and nodded, saying:
"That's good. After you reach the Nascent Soul stage, you can try cultivating supernatural abilities. Lin Wei has many books on supernatural abilities; you can go and choose some later."
“Okay, Mr. Chen.” Successfully breaking through to the Nascent Soul realm was undoubtedly a very happy thing for Xiao Ning.
Chen Feng then asked, "By the way, did you encounter anything unusual in the illusion?"
Xiao Ning blushed when Chen Feng mentioned illusions. Most of her illusions were related to Chen Feng and Xingfeng Group.
But she was too embarrassed to recount her experiences in the illusion.
Seemingly sensing Xiao Ning's hesitation, Chen Feng said:
"Never mind, let's talk about that later. You should go back and stabilize your cultivation first."
Chen Feng originally wanted to ask Xiao Ning if any inner demons appeared in her illusion, but after thinking about it carefully, he realized that even if the inner demons appeared in Xiao Ning's illusion, it would be impossible for her to see anything unusual given her level of cultivation.
His question was essentially a waste of time.
Hearing that Chen Feng didn't press the matter, Xiao Ning breathed a sigh of relief.
"Okay, Mr. Chen."
"This is a breakthrough gift for you." Chen Feng tossed out a storage ring.
Xiao Ning took the storage ring and saw that it contained two innate spiritual treasures: a sword and an inner armor.
"Thank you, Mr. Chen!"
Xiao Ning immediately bowed respectfully to Chen Feng.
She was well aware of the value of innate spiritual treasures, and Chen Feng's giving her two at once was undoubtedly a form of recognition, which moved and excited her.
"Cultivate well, I have high hopes for you." Chen Feng encouraged him, and then his figure disappeared.
A world painted on a canvas, a vast star.
Ten years have passed, and Canglan Star has not changed much, except that hundreds more space bases have been added to its orbit.
These space bases are all used by the air intakes to house weapons.
The nine star regions have undergone significant changes in the past decade, with many new forces emerging in various star regions.
But what deserves the most attention is that within the nine star regions, two people have successfully broken through to the Dao Integration stage.
This was something we wouldn't have dared to imagine before.
It should be understood that a Dao Integration cultivator may only appear once every few thousand or even tens of thousands of years in the Nine Star Domains.
The fact that two new Dao-merging cultivators have emerged in such a short time is mainly due to the Xingfeng Sect.
By trading with other star regions, Xingfengmen acquired a large amount of resources that were not available in the nine major star regions.
This includes spiritual objects that align with the Dao, which are crucial for cultivators to advance to the Dao Integration stage.
There are few Dao Integration cultivators in the Nine Star Domains, but there are many Half-Step Dao Integration cultivators.
After learning that Xingfeng Sect possessed Dao-Merging Spiritual Objects, most of the half-step Dao-Merging cultivators from the nine star regions chose to join Xingfeng Sect.
Many people even made blood pacts with Xingfeng Sect in exchange for Dao-merging spiritual objects.
The two who successfully broke through to the Dao Integration stage exchanged Dao Integration spiritual items from the Xingfeng Sect's treasury.
These two have now become new forces in the Xingfeng Sect.
Some of the older members of Xingfengmen have also made great progress in the past ten years.
For example, Beaver has successfully broken through to the Nascent Soul stage, Ge Yunxuan has reached the Nascent Soul stage, and the cultivation of the others has also improved.
On this day, inside the Xingfengmen Cabinet.
Liu Qian is holding another cabinet meeting.
There were eleven cabinet members attending this meeting. In addition to some long-time members, two new cabinet members also participated.
The two new cabinet members are Lan Yin and He Menghan from the Void Spirit Clan.
He Menghan is considered a veteran of Xingfengmen. She was originally the head of the branch on Yuelong Island. After Xingfengmen expanded, she was appointed to manage branches in other star regions.
Because of his outstanding abilities over the years, he was officially promoted by Liu Qian to become a new cabinet member.
As for Lan Yin, the reason he was promoted to a cabinet member was mainly because of Xu Wangchen.
Because Xu Wangchen was a Dao Integration cultivator, he was afraid that attending the cabinet meeting would make others uncomfortable, so he asked Lan Yin to replace him.
During this period, many people within Xingfengmen were dissatisfied with Lan Yin becoming a new cabinet member.
After all, there are many experienced people in Xingfengmen.
Lan Yin was someone who joined Xingfengmen later, and was originally an enemy of Xingfengmen. Many people felt that he was not qualified to enter the cabinet.
Although many people disagreed, Lan Yin had the support of Xu Wangchen.
People only talked about it in private; no one would question it to their face.
Sitting in the main seat, Liu Qian calmly swept his gaze over the cabinet members in the room.
The current cabinet can be broadly divided into two factions.
One faction consists of Wang Hu, Yue Yao, and others who have no vested interests in the matter.
Although Wang Hu is the oldest member of Xingfeng Sect, his strength is not up to par, so he is currently only training newcomers within the sect. In a few years, he will completely retire from the inner circle and let Wang Fengnuo take over.
As for Yue Yao, attending the cabinet meeting was just a formality for her.
She spends most of her time on research.
The other faction is led by the Void Spirit Clan, the Demon Clan, and the Offering Hall, and these people represent the interests of many others.
In matters of profit distribution and policy, they will prioritize their own interests.
This is unavoidable; human nature is selfish, and when a group grows to a certain level, factions will inevitably emerge.
Liu Qian was well aware of this, and he did not suppress or interfere, because where there are factions, there will be competition, and Xingfengmen will develop better.
As long as these people don't do anything that harms the interests of Xingfengmen, it's fine.
After clearing his throat twice, Liu Qian began to speak:
"This cabinet meeting, besides discussing some plans as usual, also focused on the external situation."
Upon hearing this, everyone in the room became serious.
Over the past decade, the surrounding star systems have been in utter chaos.
The Heavenly Profound Holy Land and the Taiyi Dao Sect have now become puppet forces of the Xuanhuang Realm.
These two forces, which were originally the top powers in the surrounding star system, have now become lackeys.
For the past ten years, I have been helping the two Celestial Venerables reclaim star fields.
Any star system that dared to resist was wiped out, and the methods used were extremely ruthless.
Originally, Xingfeng Sect was in a decent position, after all, it was nominally one of the five vassal forces named by Blood Fiend Heavenly Venerable.
But a few years ago, a conflict broke out between the Xingfeng Sect and the Tianxuan Holy Land.
That conflict revealed Xingfengmen's true strength.
Antimatter warships and planet-destroying cannons are also known to many factions.
Upon learning that Xingfeng Sect possessed such a treasure, Blood Fiend Heavenly Venerable immediately sent someone to Xingfeng Sect, implying that Xingfeng Sect should hand over the methods for manufacturing antimatter warships and planet-destroying cannons.
Liu Qian naturally refused to agree to this request.
As a result, Blood Fiend Celestial Venerable became very cold towards Xingfeng Sect, and even began to suppress them.
The Xingfengmen may seem to be doing well now, but it could actually be in danger at any time.
For example, right now, the star regions surrounding the nine major star regions have all been conquered by the Heavenly Profound Holy Land, but there has been no movement from the Blood Fiend Heavenly Venerable's side.
The Taiyi Sect has gone even further in recent years.
After learning that Xingfengmen possessed antimatter warships and star-destroying cannons, Taiyi Dao Sect repeatedly requested to purchase them from Xingfengmen. After being refused, they began to constantly cause trouble for Xingfengmen.
Whenever cultivators from the Taiyi Sect encounter members of the Xingfeng Sect outside, they all act arrogantly and show no respect for the Xingfeng Sect whatsoever.
They even seized the space carrier used by Xingfengmen for foreign trade.
The reason for this is that the Taiyi Sect has been highly valued by the Blood Fiend Heavenly Venerable in recent years.
With the Blood Fiend Celestial Venerable backing them up, the Taiyi Sect has completely looked down on other vassal forces, including the Xingfeng Sect.
If it were before, Liu Qian would have already chosen to break ties with the Taiyi Sect.
But now that the Heavenly Venerable stands behind the Taiyi Sect, he can only endure it for the time being.
Liu Qian continued speaking:
"According to the latest intelligence, the Heavenly Profound Holy Land may take action against us soon. Blood Fiend Heavenly Venerable is unlikely to intervene, so we will have to deal with it ourselves."
Upon hearing this, everyone present changed their expressions.
"Manager, is this information accurate?" Jiang Bohan, who was sitting to the side, asked.
Liu Qian replied, "Yes, the information came from our people who were planted inside the Tianxuan Holy Land. They have secretly set up teleportation arrays in the star field near us."
“In that case, we should make preparations as soon as possible. I suggest deploying at least one hundred Star Destroyer Cannons outside the Nine Star Regions, and also sending three Dao Integration Elders to oversee the operation.”
Jiang Bohan offered his advice.
The three Dao Integration Elders of Xingfeng Sect today are naturally Xu Wangchen and two other Dao Integration cultivators who have just joined Xingfeng Sect.
As for Xiaotong, she and Zhengjiao left Xingfengmen to travel in the outside world several years ago.
Yinyin and the Immortal Corpse Puppet have been in seclusion.
Currently, Xingfengmen can only mobilize three Hedao practitioners.
The beaver then spoke:
"The rest is fine. With our current strength, we have a chance of winning even against the entire Tianxuan Holy Land. The only thing we're afraid of is that Heavenly Venerable taking action personally."
Everyone's expression turned serious upon hearing this.
They naturally knew who was behind the Heavenly Profound Holy Land.
Li Shijian, this man personally destroyed three Central Star Regions several years ago.
That battle also allowed people in the surrounding star regions to witness the terror of a Celestial Venerable.
Even cultivators at the Dao Integration stage are no match for such a powerful figure.
Seeing that everyone was in low spirits, Liu Qian tapped the table:
"Let's put the Celestial Venerable's matter aside for now. If he really makes a move, I will naturally contact the Sect Master. What we need to do now is deal with the Heavenly Profound Holy Land."
While others were worried about the Celestial Venerable taking action, Liu Qian wasn't particularly concerned.
Before leaving, Chen Feng instructed him that if any Celestial Venerable attacked Xingfeng Sect, he should immediately notify the Immortal Corpse Puppet who was in seclusion.
Hearing Liu Qian mention Chen Feng, many people present felt much more at ease.
Although the Celestial Venerable is terrifying, the strength of their own sect leader is already unfathomable.
Ten years ago, he was able to contend with a fifth-step Dao Integration expert; now, ten years later, his strength has likely increased even further.
Just as the group was discussing, the voice of a Xingfeng Sect disciple came from outside the door:
"Reporting to the steward, Senior Lingxiaozi of the Taiyi Sect has arrived. He says he has important matters to discuss with you and is currently waiting in the reception hall."
Upon hearing his disciple's report, Beaver immediately spoke in a cold voice:
"The Taiyi Sect really knows how to pick their timing. It seems they also received news that the Tianxuan Holy Land was going to attack us!"
Beaver knew without a doubt that the Taiyi Dao Sect's arrival at this time was clearly ill-intentioned. (End of Chapter)