Summit of the Old Gods

[Master!]

The clear message imprinted in her mind informed Qiao Wanjun that her perception was not mistaken.

In the past, the divine weapon, Cloud Sea Dust Clear Sword, which she left on the Heavenly Realm Battlefield, has now returned to the human world.

Her calm heart rippled with a wave, and she asked through the transmission: [How did you return to the human world?]

[The Young Master brought me back.]

Qiao Wanjun's pen-holding hand trembled slightly.

Ranran has returned?

In less than three years, did he break through the Mountain Realm, conquer the Heavenly Realm, and return to the human world?

The joy in Qiao Wanjun's heart was gradually replaced by doubt, such accomplishments are indeed unbelievable.

Even she herself could not achieve this level back then.

Or did the Immortal Sheep personally step in and fish Ranran out of the Heavenly Realm?

[Master...] The sword spirit knew the master's temperament well and did not dare to disturb when neglected, but the Cloud Sea Sword urged the sword spirit to communicate while being held in Lu Ran's hand.

[How did you meet?] Qiao Wanjun transmitted again.

[The Young Master's Cloud Sea Blade overlapped with my domain, and that's how he found me.]

Qiao Wanjun put down the brush, not surprised by this situation.

She glanced at the hanging Xian Mo flower in the corner of her desk, a gift from him, still blooming splendidly.

[Is he well?] Qiao Wanjun reached out, her slender fingers gently brushing the petals.

[The Young Master is well, not lacking in charisma compared to you back in the day.]

Qiao Wanjun revealed a faint smile: [At which level of heaven did you meet? Who accompanies you by your side?]

[Yan Chou, Chou Nu has always been by my side.]

Chou Nu...

A striking image of an emperor-robed man appeared in Qiao Wanjun's mind.

Back in the day, it was Yan Chou who was the most unruly.

Unexpectedly, after her departure, it was him who constantly guarded her Divine Sword.

[Also, we met in the Mountain Realm.]

Qiao Wanjun's finger gently pinching the petals paused slightly.

Met in the Mountain Realm?

[It was like this...] As the Cloud Sea Sword Spirit narrated, the smile on Qiao Wanjun's face vanished and a vague frost appeared in the study, the temperature plummeting.

The god demons sent executioners to crush Da Xia's genius in the Mountain Realm?

Well,

that's indeed their conduct.

To ensure eternal dominance, exhausting every means.

From another angle, it seems Ranran made quite a name in the Mountain Realm, shaking the foundation of the god demons?

Qiao Wanjun thought of the stubborn young figure: [Then how did you return?]

The sword spirit did not respond, instead asked: [The Young Master asked me to inquire of you, whether it is possible to communicate freely without worrying about being discovered by Divine·Sword One.]

[Hmm.] Qiao Wanjun's response was straightforward.

With the dual guarantee of Immortal Sheep and Qiao Wanjun, Lu Ran naturally felt at ease.

In Luoxian Pavilion, Lu Ran leaned against the pavilion pillar, watching the ethereal Qiao Wanjun beside him, he softly called, "Mom."

The Cloud Sea Sword Spirit laughed.

All along, Lu Ran had been restraining his call to her, now finally having an excuse.

Admittedly, the ethereal Qiao Wanjun was the perfect conduit for transmission.

She had a mental connection with Qiao Wanjun, even being Qiao Wanjun herself.

Every smile, every movement, all originating from the original.

She slowly lifted her ethereal palm, caressing Lu Ran's cheek: "You're back."

"Mm..." Lu Ran involuntarily closed his eyes.

Unfortunately, her palm was neither cold nor soft.

"Is Yuanxi with you?"

"Sorry, I didn't know you were so powerful, otherwise I would have told you when I took her away last year," Lu Ran apologized.

"You came back once?" Qiao Wanjun did not dwell on the matter.

The siblings were unaware that because of this, their mother directly went to the Immortal Sheep to demand Yuanxi back!

Qiao Yuansi left a note saying she was going to Luoxian Mountain to meditate...

How could Qiao Wanjun be fooled by such words?

As soon as she knew, she visited an Immortal Sheep disciple in the city, directly standing before the Immortal Sheep's small statue.

She learned a few details and received assurances from the Immortal Sheep but did not know her son had personally returned to the human world.

"Yes, I recruited a Heavenly Realm·Dust Shadow disciple in the Mountain Realm, he was the one who brought me back."

In the study of the Qiao Mansion, Qiao Wanjun remained silent for a moment, then smiled slightly.

In other words, the Holy Spirit Mountain that ordinary people couldn't escape from in a lifetime, Ranran shredded the cage in just over a year.

A Heavenly Realm·Dust Shadow Believer?

Not to mention their strength exceeding the Holy Spirit Mountain, just this kind of person detached from the mundane world, able to recruit under his banner...

Ranran, indeed has skills.

[Mom, I still need to return to the Mountain Realm to prepare for ascension, to see what the Heavenly Realm looks like.]

[What level of strength are you currently?] Qiao Wanjun quietly kneeling, gazing at the unfinished poem on the desk.

[Heavenly Realm, First Level of Heaven Realm.]

[Hmm.] Qiao Wanjun sighed slightly.

Once, known throughout the human world as the River Realm youth, now after the forging of the Holy Spirit Mountain, he has reached the Heavenly Realm.

Lu Xing,

Your son has surpassed you, many times over.

Can you see it?

[Can mom enter the Mountain Realm with me?] The Cloud Sea Sword Spirit continued speaking in the first-person voice.

But there was a problem!

Divine Weapons follow their master, when had the Cloud Sea Sword Spirit ever begged others?

Thus the sword spirit's tone was somewhat stiff, difficult to fully imitate Lu Ran's words, losing much effect.

Qiao Wanjun silently remained expressionless.

Under the same starry sky.

In the Luoxian Pavilion, Lu Ran looked at the virtual apparition of Qiao Wanjun, whose gentle face gradually turned cold.

The words she uttered carried a hint of chill: "Your insistence on ascending to the Heavenly Realm is the mandate of the Immortal Sheep."

"I want to go too."

"Do you want to become someone like me?" The virtual apparition of Qiao Wanjun gently looked at Lu Ran.

Lu Ran pondered for a moment, then said in a deep voice, "I returned to the human world this time not because that great power of the Heavenly Realm sent me back."

Qiao Wanjun raised an eyebrow slightly, waiting for further explanation.

Lu Ran then lifted his head, gazing at the towering Immortal Sheep God Sculpture, waited for several seconds to confirm that the Immortal Sheep did not intend to stop him before he spoke:

"This time, I traversed the two realms by myself, initiating the Evil Technique·Mirror Flower Moon."

"Hmm?"

"The Immortal Sheep Lord granted me a God Demon Sculpture Garden, complete with all divine and evil sculptures alike." Lu Ran continued to look at the majestic Immortal Sheep Stone Sculpture.

The Sword Spirit perfectly replicated its master's reaction, the cold eyes slightly tightened!

"Your son is an Immortal Sheep Believer and also the lord of God Demon." Lu Ran turned around, facing the virtual apparition of Qiao Wanjun, "I can perform all divine and evil techniques."

Qiao Wanjun looked at Lu Ran, as if the entire person was frozen.

"However, the title of lord of God Demon is currently exaggerated." Lu Ran's tone shifted, "The stone sculptures in my Sculpture Garden don't have a divine position; all are pseudo-gods."

"You say... the Immortal Sheep has a God Demon Sculpture Garden?"

"Yes, I have already prepared for you the Sword One Stone Sculpture." Lu Ran confirmed, "You can bind with the stone sculpture, inherit all its abilities, and completely replace this pseudo-god stone sculpture."

In the study room.

Qiao Wanjun stared blankly at the drooping Immortal jasmine, her mind filled with the Sword Spirit's words:

[You will transform into the pseudo-god·Sword One Stone Sculpture!]

[You will become a pure energy body, able to recruit believers, create minions, accept the Power of Faith from the human clan, and cultivate Holy Spirit Energy.]

[Until one day in the future, we will shatter the Divine·Sword One and seize her divine position, making you the new god of this world.]

Qiao Wanjun's gaze subtly shifted, her eyes flickering.

After a long silence, she conveyed her thoughts: [Did the Immortal Sheep tell you its true identity?]

The God Demon Sculpture Garden is not something that God Demon should possess.

This sculpture garden has such astonishing effects, capable of even assimilating the human clan, completely transforming the existence of the human clan, targeting All Gods and demons...

This Immortal Sheep, ranked last, cannot possibly be a normal deity!

What is its real identity?

And what is its purpose?

To overthrow the rule of God Demon, monopolize human world resources? Is it confident to lead the human clan's new god against foreign invaders?

Or perhaps, the Immortal Sheep is originally from the foreign enemy's camp?

Qiao Wanjun knitted her brows slightly.

But the style of foreign enemies is not of the infiltration type. Creating new gods also contradicts their philosophy...

Key is whether this method can be attributed to the foreign enemies?

At this moment, the child revealing such secrets, must also be at the behest of the Immortal Sheep.

At least it has permitted it.

What is it attempting...

[The Immortal Sheep Lord's true identity... uh, the Immortal Sheep Lord asked me to tell you something.]

[What?]

[It says, you don't need to trust it, you just need to trust me.]

Qiao Wanjun mused: [What about you? Do you trust the Immortal Sheep?]

[I do.]

[You seem very certain.]

In the Luoxian Pavilion.

Lu Ran leaned his shoulder against the pavilion's column, lowered his head and chuckled: "I seem... to have never believed in gods.

Even on the day of worshipping gods, on the God Worship Platform, almost driven to the end of the road by the Rou Paperman, I don't think I truly believed in gods.

Otherwise, wouldn't the countless deities come, not even one of them?"

"Whew~"

The night wind passed by, bringing a hint of coolness.

Lu Ran's hair gently danced, the bitter smile on his face gaining a touch of sincerity: "The Immortal Sheep Lord appeared on the platform, not though because I believed in gods.

Since the moment I joined under the Immortal Sheep, it has never asked me to worship it, let alone trust it."

"Then what did it ask of you?"

"It said that believing in gratitude and enmity, believing in cause and effect, is enough."

The majestic Immortal Sheep God Sculpture stood silently on the mountain peak.

The young man's soft whisper was carried by the gentle breeze into the vast night, seemingly also into the ears of the towering divine sculpture.

In the Qiao Mansion study,

Qiao Wanjun's delicate hand reached forward, gently lifting an Immortal jasmine.

In the Luoxian Pavilion,

The virtual apparition of Qiao Wanjun reached forward with her palm, gently lifting Lu Ran's face.

In both pairs of beautiful eyes, there was the same emotion: "Alright, I will have a talk with it."

"Then you... should I stay longer in the human world? If mother joins me into the mountain..."

"No, with such capabilities, you must not stop growing for a moment." Qiao Wanjun smiled gently, carrying a touch of encouragement, "Go to the Heavenly Realm early, mother's old Cloud Sea faction, leave it to you."

"Oh." Lu Ran couldn't help but feel a bit disappointed.

"This matter is extremely important, requiring utmost caution."

The Sword Spirit was transmitting mother's words, when a deep, hoarse voice suddenly echoed in Lu Ran's mind: [It seems you have yet another reason to get stronger quickly.]

"Immortal Sheep Lord?"

[Heh.] The Immortal Sheep gave a cold laugh, [Your mother is being imprisoned, isn't that obvious?]

Lu Ran clenched his lips tightly, looking at the virtual apparition of Qiao Wanjun before him.

She never mentioned her situation.

Neither did she speak of any grievances.

In sight, there was only a gentle smiling face.

Which pained Lu Ran's heart.

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