How Can a Single Purple Mansion Change the Overall Situation?

Qi Yuan looked out and saw a woman dressed in green standing aboard a distant skiff. "Oh? Something you need?" Qi Yuan was blunt. He was still waiting to go back and diligently create cultivation arts. "This humble woman is named Jiang Ya, a disciple of Old Man Wutian of the Ascending Heaven Pavilion. I am rather curious about Senior's origin divine ability… Senior's origin divine ability seems… entirely out of place in this realm, yet it can be unleashed all the same. It is truly strange." Jiang Ya first stated her sect and master, providing herself a layer of protection. As she spoke, perplexity shone in her eyes. A Purple Mansion mighty figure's origin divine ability required comprehending the fundamental nature of spiritual energy, and then carving out their own path upon that foundation. Yet from the Bloody-Robed Sword God's origin divine ability, she had not caught the slightest scent of the nature of spiritual energy. This was what baffled her. "And here I thought you came to cheer 666 for me," Qi Yuan said in disappointment. The woman before him looked decent enough. Though she was a bit flat-chested, she was definitely qualified to be a cheerleader. When roleplaying the Bloody-Robed Sword God, he couldn't play his own BGM. Without an orchestra of a hundred Sovereigns, Qi Yuan's battles felt dull and monotonous. He was in dire need of a cheer squad. Yet this woman had suddenly approached just to ask him such things. How utterly boring. "I'm out of here." Disappointed, Qi Yuan turned and departed. Watching the bloody silhouette vanish into the horizon, Jiang Ya felt a trace of awe rise in her eyes. "This person's… potential is unfathomable." The old woman smiled. "No matter how unfathomable, he amounts to nothing compared to the Pavilion Master." Jiang Ya shook her head. In the past, her master had demonstrated his own origin divine ability to her. Now, comparing it with the Bloody-Robed Sword God's origin divine ability, she had a faint premonition that her master's origin divine ability seemed inferior to this Bloody-Robed Sword God's. "Let's go. To the Divine Light Sect." Having witnessed this battle, it was time for her to go to the Divine Light Sect, see her younger sister, and pull her out of the vortex of the Hundred Nations. Even with a great enemy like the Bloody-Robed Sword God, the Palace of Light would never halt the Hundred Nations Blood War. The two would inevitably clash. With the Sovereign Dragon-Alarming Crown in the hands of the Palace of Light, even if her master came in person, he would be powerless without stepping into the Yin God realm. To say nothing of that Bloody-Robed Sword God. He only possessed a powerful origin divine ability; his cultivation realm was likely far behind her master's. … On Seven Colors Peak, Qi Yuan, clad in a plain white robe, landed before his brick-and-tile house. Looking at his brick house, a satisfied expression appeared on his face. "Only a high-class house like this is worthy of me." As he spoke, he deliberately glanced at the nearby wooden hut belonging to his junior sister, Jiang Lingsu. The sense of superiority in his heart swelled even further. Indeed, happiness came from comparison. "Senior Brother, where did you go? Why did you suddenly vanish?" Jiang Lingsu had been bathing earlier, and while her senior brother hadn't barged in, he had left a message outside her hut. When she finished bathing, the senior brother who had sought her out was gone. "Junior Sister, the human heart is treacherous. In the future, if someone ever claims they want to apologize and invites you to a meeting, never go. They might already have a Hongmen banquet waiting for you," Qi Yuan said, imparting his life insights to his junior sister. "Senior Brother, someone plotted against you?" Jiang Lingsu's heart tightened. "If not for your senior brother's divine ability being formidable enough, I might really have fallen victim to vile schemers," Qi Yuan said. *Divine ability?* Hearing this, Jiang Lingsu's worry vanished without a trace. A divine ability was something only Divine Infant cultivators could cast. Her senior brother's illness was flaring up again! Just moments ago he claimed he had formed a core, and now he was at Divine Infant? He was truly quite ill! With an expression full of heartache, she looked at Qi Yuan. "Senior Brother, stop staring at that sun in the sky whenever you're free. If you look at that sun too much, your memory will worsen." Senior Brother's head was already unwell; if he kept staring at the sun in the sky, wouldn't his condition deteriorate? "That isn't a sun, that's my Golden Core!" Qi Yuan emphasized once more. "Fine, fine, fine!" Jiang Lingsu couldn't be bothered to argue and instead asked, "Senior Brother, why did you leave a message looking for me earlier?" Qi Yuan's hand stiffened. He asked, "During this recent period, I've been diligently playing games, turning a deaf ear to the outside world. Has anything happened on Seven Colors Peak, especially… at the summit?" After leaving his master's palace, Qi Yuan had felt rather despondent. Jiang Lingsu furrowed her brows in thought. After a few breaths, she said, "A few days ago, a bolt of thunder suddenly appeared over Seven Colors Peak. At the peak's summit, Master seemed to step in and block that thunderbolt." "Thunder?" Qi Yuan asked in confusion. "Master took action?" "Mm." Jiang Lingsu nodded, her expression serious. "Before that thunder appeared, some strange things seemed to happen." "What strange things?" Qi Yuan asked at once. "I was in seclusion cultivating back then, and suddenly felt like… I had forgotten something, though I remembered it an instant later." For cultivators, every anomaly was worthy of vigilance. What if someone was plotting in the dark, or what if it was an inner demon? "Forgot?" A thoughtful look appeared in Qi Yuan's eyes. At this moment, all the clues linked together. Back then, when he comprehended the origin for the third time, he had suffered inner demons and a heavenly tribulation. The inner demons were all the demonic monstrosities inside the Gate of Myriad Demons. The heavenly tribulation was oblivion. Could it be that this realm had also sent down a heavenly tribulation, which Master blocked for him? *Master truly still cares about me.* Qi Yuan looked toward the pavilions and palaces atop the summit, his heart settling slightly. Seven Colors Peak was desolate and empty, looking as though no one had lived there for a thousand years. And as for his beautiful master, Qi Yuan had only seen her once, and even then, only a side profile and her back. "…Senior Brother, could you not say something so scandalous?" Jiang Lingsu rolled her eyes at Qi Yuan. In the Canglan Realm, there were many instances of master and disciple becoming Dao companions. There were even ancestors becoming Dao companions with descendants separated by who knew how many generations. "Junior Sister, I know you're jealous because Master doesn't care about you. Don't worry, your senior brother cares about you," Qi Yuan said with a smile. "…Get lost!" Jiang Lingsu looked at Qi Yuan's handsome face. Why was Senior Brother… growing more and more handsome? Having said that, Jiang Lingsu crossed her arms, accentuating her already ample chest, and stormed off in a huff. Looking at Jiang Lingsu's retreating figure, Qi Yuan thought back to the woman on the skiff, thin as a bamboo pole. *Her family must be too poor, leaving her malnourished. Junior Sister's family definitely owns mines—her figure is simply explosive.* With that thought, Qi Yuan returned to his new brick-and-tile home. He recalled Iceberg Overlord Woman telling him to update the progress on destroying the Palace of Light. He quickly logged into the group chat and said: "Today, I pretended to be the Bloody-Robed Sword God and met with several Divine Infants from the Palace of Light." "???" Rogue Immortal Venerable chimed in. "Bro, you actually went?" "Naturally. I'm the victim here, and righteousness is on my side. Why wouldn't I go?" Qi Yuan said. "How did it go?" Rogue Immortal Venerable asked hastily. "Since Origin Celestial Venerable can still speak in the group, it means the matter with the Palace of Light has certainly been settled. Perhaps they really apologized to him," Great Sun Flame Emperor said in the group. "Sigh, don't even get me started. Where did the Palace of Light look like they were apologizing? The moment I arrived, they wanted to strike me dead, shouting about slaying demons and exterminating devils," Qi Yuan said helplessly. "That fits the Palace of Light's way of doing things," Great Sun Flame Emperor noted. "The Palace of Light is truly short-sighted, unwilling to pay even compensation," Rogue Immortal Venerable chimed in. "Exactly. I only asked for ten trillion spirit stones, but they refused to give it. I had no choice but to send them down below to reunite with their deceased kin," Qi Yuan said. "…Ten trillion?" Rogue Immortal Venerable sucked in a breath of cold air. *Were you genuinely trying to make peace?!* Great Sun Flame Emperor spoke up in confusion. "You killed them all? Origin Celestial Venerable, didn't you just reach Golden Core? The Palace of Light likely dispatched Divine Infant cultivators." "The Palace of Light's Divine Infant cultivators were far too weak. I didn't even unleash the power of a Golden Core; I merely used Foundation Establishment strength and they died. Boring." "For real?" "Inconceivable." "Hmph, how dare you doubt Origin Celestial Venerable?" Iceberg Overlord Woman appeared in the group at that moment. "For this meeting arranged by the Palace of Light with the Bloody-Robed Sword God, a sworn sister of mine who borrowed several million in high-interest loans from the Palace of Light was worried Origin Celestial Venerable wouldn't be able to destroy them. For this meeting, she deliberately sent disciples to Lingfeng Crossing just to see the Bloody-Robed Sword God. Do you know what happened? The Bloody-Robed Sword God… isn't a Divine Infant, he's a Purple Mansion! And not just an ordinary Purple Mansion either!" Silence fell over the group. Before his alchemy furnace, the young boy stared wide-eyed at the messages in the group. *Origin Celestial Venerable is a Purple Mansion?* Thinking of this, a mixture of emotions surged within the boy. *A damn Purple Mansion mighty figure was playing house with him in the group chat?!* *Boohoo, so he was the only genuine novice in the cultivation world here?!* Great Sun Flame Emperor clearly hailed from an extraordinary background. Iceberg Overlord Woman was clearly a genuine big shot. He had thought he could huddle together for warmth with Origin Celestial Venerable. Turned out, it was all an act? "I didn't expect that you were actually a Purple Mansion, Origin Celestial Venerable," Great Sun Flame Emperor said, somewhat astonished. "I'm not a Purple Mansion. I just reached Golden Core." Qi Yuan disliked lying and always spoke the truth. "I also thought Origin Celestial Venerable was a young genius. Who knew he was actually a big shot? Having you participate in the Heavenly Pride Battle last time was truly a joke on my part," Iceberg Overlord Woman said. By participating in the Heavenly Pride Battle and securing a certain rank, one could head to the newly discovered world in the Canglan Realm. Thinking Origin Celestial Venerable was a young prodigy, she had shared that opportunity with him. "I'm not a big shot, I'm a novice, only at Golden Core. Although my Golden Core is a bit big, and although my Golden Core ran off, I'm still a genuine, bona fide Golden Core True Person," Qi Yuan said modestly. "I've already declared war on the Palace of Light. Everyone, please await my good news." "Origin Celestial Venerable, destroying the Palace of Light is quite difficult. Do you need external help? Those sisters of mine have pitch-black hearts and don't want to repay the money they borrowed from the Palace of Light. How about joining forces to wipe them out?" Once the creditors were dead, there would be no need to repay the debt. Hearing this, Qi Yuan felt a warm glow in his heart. "Thank you, Sister Overlord, but I alone am enough to destroy the Palace of Light!" He had social anxiety and had no desire to team up with those "old" women; he wouldn't be able to handle them. What if they used a honey trap on him to get him to surrender the Palace of Light's cultivation arts? Would he be able to withstand it? Most likely, his reason would refuse, but his little brother down below would agree. With that, Qi Yuan exited the group chat. Meanwhile, within a cave abode, Iceberg Overlord Woman held a wine flagon and poured a mouthful of jade nectar into her mouth. "What a pity. Why isn't Ling'er from the Eastern Lands? If she entered the Eastern Lands Heavenly Pride Roll, she would easily make the top ten, and perhaps… she could even enter the Wangyue Continent. Then my extended family would have another place of retreat." Iceberg Overlord Woman sighed helplessly. Now, a momentous event loomed. Even the Palace of Light couldn't resist laying out its moves in advance. She naturally had to plan for the future as well. … On Seven Colors Peak, Qi Yuan finished reviewing all the cultivation arts. He sighed helplessly. "These Divine Infants aren't worthy of becoming my white moonlight!" From those Divine Infant cultivators, Qi Yuan had looted over twenty Jade-grade arts and three Mysterious-grade arts. For Qi Yuan back at Foundation Establishment, these would have been very useful. But now that he was a Golden Core True Person living in a brick-and-tile house, he looked down on such arts. "Indeed, as one's strength rises, one's horizons broaden too. Back in the village, Widow Wang next door or Village Flower Xiaocui could serve as my white moonlight. Once in the county seat, it has to be at least a schoolgirl in uniform to qualify as a white moonlight." Now, for Qi Yuan, his taste had elevated. Only the Purple Mansion mighty figures of the Palace of Light were worthy of being his white moonlight. "Senior Brother, my sister is here!" a cheerful voice called out. Qi Yuan strolled out lazily and saw a pair of beauties standing outside the courtyard in stark contrast. One was as thin as a bamboo pole, entirely unremarkable. The other had curves in all the right places, astonishingly full-figured. "She's your sister?" Qi Yuan found it inconceivable. The woman beside Jiang Lingsu was none other than the girl on the skiff whom he had encountered briefly the previous night. How could the difference between them be so vast? "This is my elder sister, Jiang Ya, ranked fifteenth on the Eastern Lands Heavenly Pride Roll, a Golden Core True Person!" Jiang Lingsu hugged Jiang Ya, looking excited. "Sister Yaya, this is my senior brother, surnamed Qi and named Yuan. Don't mind how eccentric he seems; he's… very, very good, and his talent is great too. He could easily make the Eastern Lands Heavenly Pride Roll!" Only then did Jiang Ya properly size up Qi Yuan, a hint of surprise in her eyes. "Thank you, Fellow Daoist, for looking after my sister all this time." "Not at all. In fact, Junior Sister has been looking after me," Qi Yuan replied sincerely. He had obtained plenty of cultivation arts and spirit stones from his junior sister. Every night, Knife even had to rummage through the trash outside her door for spirit stones. He owed his junior sister far too much! Jiang Ya looked at Qi Yuan and got straight to the point, saying seriously, "Now that the Palace of Light has initiated the Hundred Nations Blood War, Great Shang… will soon be caught in the eye of the storm." Hearing this, Jiang Lingsu knitted her brows. She knew what her sister had come for. "Lingsu left without saying goodbye to come to the Hundred Nations. The clan had quite a few grievances over it, but I suppressed them all. I have always supported Lingsu's choices. However, now that the Hundred Nations Blood War has begun, Great Shang has been relegated to the demonic faction. It is no longer appropriate for her to remain here," Jiang Ya said unhurriedly. Jiang Lingsu stole a glance at Qi Yuan, looking utterly aggrieved. "Rest assured, I will cover for Junior Sister!" Qi Yuan said confidently. His junior sister had given him far too much. He had said before that he would protect her. He had even planned to capture some water-attribute heavenly spiritual root Purple Mansion mighty figures after becoming a Great Luo Golden Immortal to treat her illness, as a way to repay this wealthy patron. Hearing her senior brother speak without hesitation, Jiang Lingsu felt a warm rush inside. This senior brother might be eccentric in all sorts of ways, but he was surprisingly sweet, and handsome to boot. Jiang Ya smiled slightly. "Fellow Daoist Qi Yuan, please don't refuse just yet. I believe in your determination to protect Lingsu even at the cost of your life, and I don't doubt your character. When it comes to judging people, Lingsu has always been far more accurate than an elder sister like me." Listening to Jiang Ya, Qi Yuan was somewhat stunned. *Did I say anything about risking my life?* Jiang Ya continued, "The Hundred Nations Blood War cannot be stopped. I propose that Seven Colors Peak be relocated. In fact, even the Divine Light Sect can be moved. With my Ascending Heaven Pavilion stepping forward, the Palace of Light will not obstruct you." Her proposal could be said to be a tremendous concession. Or rather, she had considered Jiang Lingsu's feelings deeply. After all, under normal circumstances, wouldn't they have simply taken Jiang Lingsu away by force? How could disciples of a subordinate sect dare complain? Qi Yuan looked up toward the summit of Seven Colors Peak, then glanced at his newly built brick house. "Seven Colors Peak cannot be moved." The resolve in his tone took Jiang Ya by surprise. "Besides, the Palace of Light will be destroyed soon. There's nothing to fear from them at all." Qi Yuan's Hundred-Day Plan to Destroy the Palace of Light was progressing steadily with delightful results. Jiang Ya was surprised for a moment, and then seemed to realize something. "Your Hundred Nations must be pinning your hopes on that Bloody-Robed Sword God." "The Bloody-Robed Sword God?" Jiang Lingsu was bewildered. What did this have to do with the Bloody-Robed Sword God? "To be frank, it is indeed surprising that the Land of a Hundred Nations could produce a Purple Mansion mighty figure. Unfortunately, even if he were late Purple Mansion or at peak completion, he would still be unable to affect the Palace of Light's plans for the Hundred Nations Blood War," Jiang Ya said honestly. A Purple Mansion emerging in the Hundred Nations would have invigorated the region under any other circumstances. It would mean the Hundred Nations possessed their own mighty figure. They would have their own foundation. Yet for a Purple Mansion to emerge during the Hundred Nations Blood War was his misfortune. The Hundred Nations Blood War concerned the very survival of the Palace of Light; they would never yield. The Palace of Light possessed dozens of Purple Mansion mighty figures, not to mention a Yin God artifact like the Sovereign Dragon-Alarming Crown. Without a Yin God stepping forth, no one could contend with the Palace of Light. Beside them, Jiang Lingsu was completely dumbfounded. "What Purple Mansion?" She didn't know, nor did she understand. "Yesterday, the Palace of Light met the Bloody-Robed Sword God at Lingfeng Crossing, and a conflict erupted between the two sides. The Bloody-Robed Sword God unleashed an origin divine ability and slaughtered every single one of the Palace of Light's Divine Infants. Before leaving, that Bloody-Robed Sword God even boldly declared an all-out war against the Palace of Light. Sigh, this Bloody-Robed Sword God declaring war against a Palace of Light backed by ten thousand years of heritage all on his own… it truly evokes admiration," Jiang Ya said slowly, before adding, "Yet no matter how epic and heroic it may be, it cannot change the outcome." At this moment, Jiang Lingsu covered her mouth, stealing another glance at Qi Yuan. *The Bloody-Robed Sword God is a Purple Mansion?* *And he slaughtered several Divine Infants?* *The Bloody-Robed Sword God…* Countless thoughts surged in her mind, and she desperately wanted to question her senior brother. However, with Sister Yaya present as an outsider, it was awkward to ask. Qi Yuan actually really wanted to say, *"Sister, I'm not a Purple Mansion, I'm just a little novice at Golden Core!"* However, his secret identity couldn't be exposed! He could only remain silent. Jiang Ya said, "I know this is difficult for you to accept right now. Once the outcome between the Bloody-Robed Sword God and the Palace of Light is decided, I will come back to persuade you." Having said that, Jiang Ya bid Qi Yuan farewell. She and Jiang Lingsu entered the wooden hut. Seeing the rudimentary hut, Jiang Ya merely frowned slightly without saying anything. Sitting inside the room, she looked at the distracted Jiang Lingsu with a smile in her eyes. "Not happy to see me?" "No…" Jiang Lingsu's mind was entirely occupied by thoughts of the Bloody-Robed Sword God. "I looked over that partial cultivation art you sent me last time," Jiang Ya said. "The modifications to that art were… an utter mess." "Ah?" Jiang Lingsu's heart tightened. "Cultivating it won't cause any problems, will it?" That seemed to be modified by Senior Brother for his own cultivation. "Theoretically speaking, cultivating it would lead to… mental derangement, memory loss, and eventually forgetting who you even are." "What? It's that serious?" Jiang Lingsu shot up from her chair, her expression fraught with worry. *Senior Brother didn't practice that, did he?!* Seeing Jiang Lingsu's reaction, Jiang Ya smiled. "You don't need to worry about that senior brother of yours. That incomplete art only exists in theory. In practice, it's completely impossible to cultivate; one can't even get past the threshold." Hearing this, Jiang Lingsu finally let out a sigh of relief. As long as Senior Brother couldn't cultivate it, all was well. "I won't be staying long this time; I'll have to leave very soon. The Eastern Lands Heavenly Pride Battle was moved up, and I must participate. Once the battle concludes, I will take you back home," Jiang Ya said. This Heavenly Pride Battle was of utmost importance. Though her master hadn't stated it outright, Jiang Ya could sense it clearly.