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Chapter 396: Etched in the Heart, Never to Be Forgotten
"So, the Chaotic Star Domain is going to emerge here?" Li Xun murmured to himself.
As the local power in Heavenly Island Ancient Domain, the Feng Clan possessed far more information than most. For example, they had already roughly determined where the yet-to-emerge Chaotic Star Domain would appear.
At this moment, it wasn't just the Feng Clan. Many other great clans had also dispatched powerful experts, crossing billions of miles at top speed toward the same destination.
"..."
While Li Xun sorted through the memories of the Feng Clan expert, everyone else in the hall still hadn't recovered from the shock.
Their eyes were vacant, and enormous waves surged through their hearts.
The terrifying being just now had been, at the very least, a Divine Palace Realm cultivator.
Such an individual would be nearly invincible on any given star.
Yet before the young man standing before them, a single glance had been enough to gravely wound him.
Such strength far exceeded anything they had imagined.
They had known Li Xun was powerful, but they had never expected him to be powerful to this extent.
No wonder that although he wasn't a member of the Taiyin Divine Mansion, he had still been able to use its ancient teleportation array to travel from the Desolate Ancient Continent to the Heavenly Island Ancient Domain.
With this young senior taking part, the inheritance within the Chaotic Star Domain had suddenly become impossible to predict.
Originally, even knowing that the inheritance of the Desolate Dao would appear within the Chaotic Star Domain, they had never dared covet it.
For truly powerful cultivators, obtaining such an inheritance would merely be icing on the cake.
But for a force like the Heavenly Evolution Sect, acquiring the Desolate Dao's inheritance might not be a blessing at all.
After all, the Desolate Dao had not appeared in the world for an entire epoch.
That meant only one thing:
its legacy was likely all that remained.
Without the protection of the previous Master of the Desolate Dao, that inheritance was nothing less than a burning hot potato.
Although the Desolate Dao still had many affiliated factions under its banner, no one could guarantee that, after so many years, those forces had remained loyal.
What if they also sought to seize the inheritance?
Whoever dared take it before their eyes would instantly become their mortal enemy.
Before they even had the chance to refine the inheritance, they would probably be reduced to ashes.
"I've troubled everyone with my presence for half a day. Thank you all for your hospitality."
Just as everyone remained lost in thought, Li Xun's clear voice rang through the hall, snapping everyone back to reality.
"Senior... are you leaving?" Cui Yin asked, visibly moved.
After witnessing Li Xun's true strength, he desperately wanted to establish a good relationship with him.
After all, humanity held a weak position within Heavenly Island Ancient Domain. It wasn't often they encountered such a powerful human expert.
There was no reason not to seize the opportunity to earn his favor.
As for the Taiyin Divine Mansion, they had already given up hope.
Li Xun had arrived, yet no one from the Taiyin Divine Mansion had come, which showed they simply didn't care about them.
Even if they wished to contact the Divine Mansion, they lacked the means.
Ancient teleportation arrays were notorious resource-devourers.
Back when the Heavenly Evolution Holy Land still existed, it might have possessed enough resources to activate the array on its own.
But the present-day Heavenly Evolution Sect?
Even if they exhausted their entire treasury, it likely wouldn't be enough to send a single person to the Desolate Ancient Continent.
For precisely that reason, they were all the more eager to establish a connection with Li Xun.
With Li Xun backing them, they might not be able to walk through Heavenly Island Ancient Domain with complete impunity, but they would at least become one of the factions that no one would dare provoke.
"That's right."
Li Xun glanced at Cui Yin and the others. Their intentions were obvious to him, but he did not expose them. Instead, he said calmly, "The corpse outside may be considered a gift from me to all of you. If the Feng Clan sends people here, simply tell them that the one who acted was Li Xun."
"If anyone from the Feng Clan dares make things difficult for you, tell them this: if they kill one of yours, I will kill ten of theirs."
To human cultivators, that corpse was an invaluable treasure. It still carried a storage ring, which likely contained countless precious items.
Of course, its "great value" was only relative to a sect like the Heavenly Evolution Sect.
To Li Xun, it wasn't worth much at all. After all, the man had only been a Half-Saint. What Li Xun truly valued was the information contained within his memories.
"...Thank you, Senior!"
Cui Yin's aged face trembled slightly as excitement filled his heart.
Had Li Xun not said those words, then once he departed, they wouldn't have dared touch the Feng Clan expert's corpse.
They might even have set it up as an offering, waiting for other experts of the Feng Clan to come and retrieve it.
Now, however, everything was different.
With Li Xun's declaration, the corpse was effectively theirs to dispose of as they wished.
Whether they used it for alchemy or refined it into treasures, no one could object.
More importantly, they no longer had to worry about the Feng Clan venting its anger upon them.
After all, Li Xun's words carried tremendous weight.
The Feng Clan might laugh off the threat of an insignificant nobody.
But Li Xun was different.
The strength he had displayed was already on the level of a Saint.
No powerful clan would dare dismiss the warning of a Saint as a joke.
A mere Heavenly Evolution Sect meant nothing to the Feng Clan—they could wipe it out with a wave of the hand.
But if destroying the Heavenly Evolution Sect meant inviting the relentless vengeance of a Saint, then even a clan as powerful as the Feng Clan would have to think twice.
"Senior, we shall engrave your great kindness upon our hearts and never forget it for all eternity!"
Cui Yin knelt on the ground and said through tears of gratitude.
"It's only a trivial matter," Li Xun waved his hand dismissively.
Looking at the Heavenly Evolution Sect elders and core disciples kneeling behind Cui Yin, he felt a trace of emotion.
It seemed that the stronger he became, the easier it was to win people's loyalty.
What he had done today was merely a casual gesture.
The system had given him no notification.
But who could say that, in the future, he wouldn't reap enormous benefits from it?
After all, the Heavenly Evolution Sect was still a sect.
Perhaps several decades from now—or even several centuries—a peerless genius would emerge from its ranks and restore it to the status of a Holy Land.
When that day came, the Heavenly Evolution Sect might prove useful to him.
Of course, it was equally possible that centuries later, the Heavenly Evolution Sect would no longer exist.
But that made no difference to him.
What he had done today was simply to plant a seed.
Whether that seed would ever sprout was no longer his concern.
A long silence filled the hall.
Only when everyone finally raised their heads did they realize that Senior Li Xun had already departed at some unknown moment, without anyone noticing.
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