While Lu Chenxing held the World Tree branch and cultivated in front of the secret realm core, Bai Yuntian emerged from Tianjian City.
At this moment, he felt a sense of heaviness, because the information Lu Chenxing gave him had been completely confirmed as true.
Although there were many incredible aspects to it, after cross-referencing with numerous unearthed ancient texts, he had no choice but to believe it.
Humans had indeed been active on the Zhu Tian Battlefield, even becoming unrivaled at one point, and had good relations with many different races, but for some unknown reason, they ended up almost being exterminated.
Since the other races wanted humanity to die so badly, why, when humanity reappeared on the Zhu Tian Battlefield, did some top-tier races, such as the Dragon Race, Phoenix Race, Elf Race, Qilin Race, and others, not make a move?
What exactly were they planning? Was the current human race even worth their schemes?
Finally, the appearance of the 'Corpse Refining Ancient Scripture' was a wake-up call for everyone, because after careful verification, this cultivation method was confirmed to be a technique that surpassed the Ten Domains!
This was the first legacy exceeding the Ten Domains discovered by humanity, and the strength of its owner, the Corpse Refining Demon Lord, absolutely surpassed the Ten Domains! Yet even he perished in the encirclement of the other races!
This meant that among the other races, there absolutely existed ancient beings who surpassed the Ten Domains! And they had never made a move!
Suddenly, this news weighed like a mountain on the hearts of the participants in the meeting.
There were Ten Domains grandmasters in the Canglan World, but once they reached the peak of the Ten Domains, they could clearly feel that there was no further path. They originally thought they had reached the strongest point, but now it seemed that was not the case!
Instead, the path ahead was broken.
All of a sudden, the pressure to survive in everyone's hearts surged. They originally thought that the human race of the Canglan World had already appeared on the dining table, but they didn't expect this to be just an illusion; they could return to the menu at any time!
They wanted to continue the path of humanity, and now the most hopeful prospect was the Stone Carving Diagram! This human secret treasure, which carried the history of human development, and the ten secret techniques hidden within it, might be the key to breaking the deadlock!
Bai Yuntian looked up at the clear sky and couldn't help but sigh deeply, a sense of powerlessness emerging in his heart, "Do our best, and leave the rest to fate."
This matter was strictly forbidden from being spread, with violators facing immediate execution!
Sometimes, humans truly needed to live in lies to continue surviving. Even Bai Yuntian felt somewhat powerless about this; if this news were to spread, the consequences would be unimaginable.
A moment later, Bai Yuntian, carrying the items for Lu Chenxing, transformed into a sword light and vanished into the horizon.
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After a night of cultivation, Lu Chenxing, who was already on the verge of a breakthrough, successfully advanced to the mid-Third-rank. He finally felt the pleasure of cultivation once again!
Now, crystal cores were completely useless to him; the only things he could use were probably the secret realm core and the World Tree branch.
Both of these were essentially the same, having once been a part of a complete world core, containing the breath of the world and pure energy of various attributes, making them very effective!
Lu Chenxing, having finished his cultivation, stood up and stretched, his body crackling. Then, his Yin Power surged, and the powerful mid-Third-rank fluctuations on his body quickly receded, returning to his previous ordinary early-Third-rank state.
After a brief warm-up, he activated a spatial teleportation card and returned to the guild.
After staying in the cultivation room for a while longer, when he returned to the second floor, Xiao Zhi was washing up with Yun Qiaoqiao's help. Upon seeing Lu Chenxing, the little one's face immediately lit up with a smile, and she stopped washing her face, running towards Lu Chenxing with open arms.
"Hey, Xiao Zhi, you haven't finished washing your face yet!" Yun Qiaoqiao called out repeatedly.
Lu Chenxing squatted down and scooped up Xiao Zhi, who had rushed over, kissing her little cheek, "Xiao Zhi is so well-behaved. Did you see the note Daddy left for you?"
"Mm!" Xiao Zhi nodded seriously, "I saw it, so I called Yun Qiaoqiao Big Sister."
Seeing the father and daughter whispering, Yun Qiaoqiao helplessly put the towel back in the basin, re-wetting it before stepping forward to help Xiao Zhi wipe her face clean.
"You've worked hard, Yun Qiaoqiao," Lu Chenxing said with a smile to Yun Qiaoqiao.
Hearing this, she smiled and shook her head, "It's nothing, Xiao Zhi is very well-behaved and easy to look after."
"One thing at a time," Lu Chenxing shook his head, then flipped his hand and took out a fifty-centimeter-tall Altria figurine, handing it over, "This is for you. Keep it."
The statue was lifelike, and the colors were of excellent quality. Lu Chenxing had just condensed it from gold elements in the cultivation room, making it very sturdy.
Although Yun Qiaoqiao had high talent, she occasionally still needed to worship before a divine statue. Previously, Lu Chenxing had been busy and hadn't prepared one for her, so this was a good opportunity to make up for it.
To Lu Chenxing, this might only be considered a large figurine, but to Yun Qiaoqiao, this was undoubtedly her deity of faith.
"Thank you, Teacher!" Yun Qiaoqiao reverently accepted the statue, thanked him earnestly, then held the statue with both hands and returned to her room. After reverently burning incense and worshipping, she came out again.
When she came out, everyone was already at the dining table, ready to eat. Guo Jiahao had also returned today and excitedly said to Guan Yang, "I'm definitely stronger today than yesterday. Let's spar again after dinner!"
"Alright! I'd be delighted!" Guan Yang replied with a smile.
At this time, Lu Chenxing asked, "Xiao Hao, have all our card copyrights been handled?"
Yesterday, he had sent a message to Guo Jiahao, asking him to handle the copyrights of those cards, such as "Riding the Wind," "Martial Arts Phantom (Amplified Version)," "Light Body Technique," and so on. It was too time-consuming to do it himself, so he decided to release the copyrights and just take a share of the profits.
After this, he would only accept special custom card orders, and he wouldn't sell ordinary cards himself.
Speaking of this, Guo Jiahao immediately remembered something and said, "Oh right, my mom seems to be interested in this. Because our cards are not available on the market and are very strong, my mom plans to take on this business."
"Also, Boss, your Card Shop is just sitting there gathering dust. My mom's idea is that she'll pay rent to lease it, and she'll also buy the card copyrights. Then she'll send people to operate it and sell those cards together with the Card Shop under our merchant guild."
Lu Chenxing thought about it and felt it was acceptable, so he nodded, "Okay, let's do that!"
"Alright, I'll reply to her right away!" Guo Jiahao immediately took out his phone and sent two messages. Then two electronic contracts were sent over. After Lu Chenxing confirmed there were no issues, he signed them directly and then handed the keys to Guo Jiahao.
After dinner, Yan Pingsha went to the secret realm to prepare for a trial mission, Guo Jiahao and Guan Yang prepared to go downstairs to spar, while Yun Qiaoqiao prepared to go to school with him to attend classes. Everyone was busy with their own affairs.