“Special Mission: Receive Tianyuan source, fuse Tianyuan Continent.”

  System prompt popped, rotating before Lu.

  Lu stunned.

  “Special mission?”

  Lake Center Island, Lu leaned Thousand Blades—pondered.

  Unexpected, yet reasonable.

  Receive Tianyuan source?

  But shattering—hard, risky.

  Fuse continents: complex.

  Not dough kneading—worlds merging.

  Perhaps only way; Lu initial thought: fuse to save.

  Never done—feasibility?

  Fail: Five Phoenix wounded.

  High risk—hesitant.

  But…

  Success: huge gains, strength leap.

  Qi relies cultivators; fused: more qi.

  Strength rise.

  Risk-reward proportional.

  Key: top mid-martial Tianyuan—boost Five Phoenix to high martial, ultra-fantasy pace.

  Tempted.

  Risk, but confident: Five Phoenix source mostly Tianyuan-absorbed.

  High compatibility.

  Foundation confidence.

  Mind move.

  Entered Preaching Platform.

  Thick qi surged; simulated fusion.

  Even possible: simulate first.

  Consider failures.

  ...

  Lu secluded again; many sensed gravity—important.

  Return: oppressive force gone.

  Sense-born Sima, Ning Zhao clearest.

  Nie Changqing, Mo Tianyu back—Lu secluded.

  Nie guessed—guarded island, no disturb.

  Found Lü Dongxuan—relayed words.

  “What? Seal forbidden?”

  Lü surprised.

  “Forbidden dangerous—even I barred.”

  Nie said.

  Lü trusted.

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  Found Lü Mudui—spread seal.

  Mutant pigeon: worldwide fast.

  Shock mild—feared forbidden; little impact.

  Ning Zhao Lock—challenged Nie.

  Ten moves: defeat.

  Same Lock—gaps.

  “Lock key; Body Storage base, Lock shapes future.”

  Nie said.

  Martial Emperor challenges insights.

  Ning thoughtful.

  “Own path crucial…”

  “My true sword intent—huge amp.”

  “Like Hundred Schools—own roads; Lock core.”

  “Clear path: faster growth.”

  Nie said.

  Shared challenges.

  Nie Shuang, Jing Yue listened serious.

  “Dad, beyond forbidden: outsider lair?”

  Nie Shuang curious.

  Nie smiled shake: “Thought so; contact different.”

  “Beyond: splendid world—advanced cultivation; invaders too—invaders ‘outsiders’.”

  Nie said.

  Pavilion.

  Many read.

  Peaceful.

  Strengths leaped—source evolution boosted talent-like.

  Lu seclusion: qi denser.

  ...

  Tianyuan Continent.

  Sky cracks ferocious—abyss maw teeth.

  Swallow world.

  Tianyuan anomalies: mountains quake collapse.

  Du, Empress to forces.

  Ate precious pills—recovered fast.

  Not peak: Nascent; mastery > normal.

  Pills toxic—now no choice.

  Demon unrest: Lion King resealed—quiet.

  Good for Du et al.

  Plus collapse: overwhelmed.

  Felt orb melting.

  Three days fleeting.

  Oppression heavier.

  Du atop Martial Emperor—sky cracks.

  Crisis bone-chilling.

  Not just.

  Daqian: Empress hands clasped, brocade frost, crown gold luxury.

  Looked cracks.

  Trembled.

  Lu: savable, time; block calamity.

  Guessed: wanderer invasion.

  Lashes: records—sky guests; demons then.

  Demons, guests: “outsiders”.

  Nascent attendant.

  “Order: armies gather—guard palace.”

  Said.

  Attendant stunned—gravity infected.

  Bowed, left.

  Soon.

  Palace: cultivators.

  Nascent arrays.

  Martial Emperor same.

  Absolute Blade, Tianxu: full war.

  Cracks larger—blood sky.

  All strong looked.

  Heaven Demon Tower.

  Resealed Lion King mad laugh.

  “End… Tianyuan doom!”

  “Wanderers: catastrophe destroy all!”

  Laugh echoed; Lu seal nothing—strong wanderers free soon.

  New day.

  Crack sound.

  Then.

  Figures shot cracks.

  Countless—locusts.

  Greed, excitement—dive.

  Tianyuan strong sensed.

  Martial Emperor.

  Du black whipped, spear raised—cold resolve.

  “Disciples?!”

  Roars.

  “Fight!”

  Du roared.

  No blame—save collapsing: powerless.

  Trust Lu—block invaders.

  Battle erupted.

  Martial Emperor, Daqian, Tianxu, Absolute—frenzied kill.

  Bitter Buddha: Yuanshang—spurned.

  All due temple.

  Monks no defend.

  Fought fearless—suicide kills.

  Day: battles everywhere.

  ...

  Beiluo.

  Lake Center.

  Lu opened eyes.

  Four days: countless simulations—all fail.

  Platform: Five Phoenix + Tianyuan.

  Five Phoenix weak—can’t receive collapsing; burst.

  Both destroy.

  Tried abandon Tianyuan parts.

  Still no.

  No discourage—research; untrod path hard.

  “System… world fusion precedent?”

  Asked.

  Rare: answered.

  “Mostly strong swallow weak; weak fuse strong, dominate—no precedent.”

  Prompt.

  Lu sighed.

  Strong easy—compatibility.

  Weak limit.

  Snake elephant—burst.

  Tapped guard.

  Expect: weak fuse strong—master upgrade shortcut!

  Normal: slow growth—myriad years.

  No more tests.

  Leaned—lake breeze.

  Island view.

  Little Yinglong done—salted fish.

  Gate: tail lake, stirred vortex.

  Fat fish trapped—struggled.

  Amused? Toy weak.

  Faster—vortex bigger, suction; more fish.

  Lu speechless.

  Naughty dragon idle.

  Raised spirit ring suppress.

  Paused.

  “Vortex?”

  Eyes bright.

  Flash mind.

  Mind: Platform.

  Sat.

  Five Phoenix orb.

  Touched.

  “Source… why sphere?”

  Bright.

  Misled by others.

  Force.

  Orb exploded.

  Stood shards.

  Phoenix swirled—rotated.

  Vortex source—center black hole.

  Suction.

  Simulated collapsing Tianyuan—giant.

  Before: Five Phoenix deviated—fail.

  Now: hope.

  Guided Tianyuan into vortex Five Phoenix.

  Careful.

  Grave.

  Boom!

  Tianyuan hit—spun by vortex!

  “No collapse!”

  Bright!

  Simulation—real danger; but success: hope.

  Source fused: continents easier.

  Hardest: source.

  Exited.

  Chair left Baiyujing.

  Playing Yinglong startled—raised tail,乖 smile.

  Merit.

  Patted—flattered.

  Chair into Dragon Gate.

  South County forbidden—Tianyuan.

  Tianyuan: anti-invasion war.

  Blood ground.

  Lu appear: Du sensed.

  Stepped—joy.

  “Young Master Lu!”

  Means solution!

  “Way: try; fail possible—Tianyuan total destroy…”

  Looked Du: “Try?”

  Du stunned.

  Mind blood land—smiled…

  “Success or not: destroy anyway. Try?”

  “Hope.”

  Said.

  Artifact contact Empress et al.

  Soon: all try.

  No choice.

  Lu nod—no explain.

  Glanced endless invaders.

  Collapse: unprotected cake—wanderer meal.

  Now weak—Gold Core max; later stronger.

  Infant, beyond.

  Doom instant.

  Lu gamble.

  Success: leap, Five Phoenix up.

  Fail: wounded.

  “City Lord Du.”

  Looked.

  Du gazed white Lu—daze.

  Fate on tribulation thief.

  “Speak.”

  “Guard seven days.”

  Said.

  Vanished source space.