Chapter 35
Inside the Zan Family grounds, peace had already returned once more.
The news of the Demon King’s sudden destruction spread throughout the Crimson Empire like a storm.
But very few people actually knew what happened that night.
Most only knew one thing.
The demonic army vanished overnight.
Meanwhile, the person responsible was currently lying lazily on his favorite chair within the Zan Clan.
Zan Yunxiao looked unusually relaxed after the completely one-sided massacre.
After all.
Even he did not expect the Sun Extinguishing Divine Finger to possess such terrifying destructive power.
The Demon King never even had the chance to properly fight back.
While resting, Zan Yunxiao calmly looked toward the transparent system panel before him.
[Zan Yunxiao
Cultivation Level: 6th Nascent Soul Realm
Cultivation Technique: Heaven Veiling Scripture
Age: 123 / 3,800
Body Constitution: Clear Spirit Body
Item: Heaven Moonveil Sword
Offensive Techniques: Moonveil Severing Sword Art, Sun Extinguishing Divine Finger
Defensive Technique: Star Thread Reflection]
Looking at his cultivation realm, even Zan Yunxiao himself felt slightly shocked.
He directly jumped from 1st Nascent Soul Realm to 6th Nascent Soul Realm.
A terrifying increase.
That hundred years of cultivation reward became absurdly effective after entering Nascent Soul Realm.
More importantly.
His lifespan increased dramatically as well.
3,800 years.
Zan Yunxiao lightly smiled while closing the system panel.
“At this rate…”
“…I might actually become an old monster someday.”
While lying comfortably on his chair, Zan Yunxiao suddenly remembered something.
The white dragon.
Zinnia Planet.
Back then, he could only flee repeatedly in embarrassment.
But now.
Everything was different.
6th Nascent Soul Realm.
Zan Yunxiao slowly narrowed his eyes.
“With this cultivation realm. I can probably win.”
The thought alone made his fighting spirit rise slightly.
Without hesitation, he immediately activated the system.
“Dimensional Travel.”
Space distorted instantly around him.
The next moment.
His figure vanished from the Zan Clan.
. . .
Zinnia Planet.
The familiar pale blue moons illuminated the endless forests once more.
A ripple appeared high in the sky.
Then Zan Yunxiao calmly stepped out from the distorted space.
The moment he arrived.
He no longer concealed his aura completely like before.
Instead, a powerful Nascent Soul pressure naturally spread outward.
The surrounding mana trembled violently.
Countless beasts hidden throughout the forests instantly fled in fear.
Zan Yunxiao stood calmly in the skies with his hands behind his back.
While releasing his spiritual sense openly across the region.
Looking for one specific presence.
The white dragon.
He released his spiritual energy openly.
Boom.
The pressure of a 6th Nascent Soul cultivator spread throughout the skies like a storm.
This was no longer the weak aura from before.
This time.
He was openly provoking the dragon.
The surrounding mana trembled violently from the collision between spiritual energy and the natural laws of Zinnia Planet.
Meanwhile, the white dragon sense his presence and the dragon went there. Upon arriving the dragon hovered in the distance while staring at him coldly.
Its massive wings slowly moved, causing hurricanes to sweep across the forests below.
But before the battle began, Zan Yunxiao’s eyes suddenly shifted elsewhere.
A familiar place.
The gigantic tree area.
Or rather.
What remained of it.
Back then, the dragon’s reflected attack completely erased the ancient tree from existence.
The entire area had turned into barren land.
But now.
At the center of the destroyed region.
A new tree was growing.
Freshly planted.
Young compared to the ancient giant before it.
Still, even this “young” tree already reached around three hundred sixty feet tall.
Zan Yunxiao stared at it briefly.
Compared to the previous six hundred-foot ancient tree, this new one looked much smaller.
But its growth speed was terrifying.
“…This world recovers quickly.”
Or perhaps.
The mana within Zinnia Planet naturally accelerated life itself.
While Zan Yunxiao observed the regrowing tree, the white dragon suddenly let out another furious roar.
Clearly annoyed that Zan Yunxiao was calmly sightseeing again instead of focusing entirely on it.
The dragon’s blue eyes locked onto him with killing intent.
Without warning.
It attacked first.
The white dragon suddenly opened its mouth.
Boom!
A massive blue flame shot toward Zan Yunxiao at terrifying speed, tearing through the skies like a comet.
Zan Yunxiao easily dodged.
His figure blurred sideways almost instantly.
The attack missed and exploded against the distant forests, erasing countless trees in a sea of blue fire.
However.
The moment Zan Yunxiao stabilized himself, his instincts suddenly screamed once again.
Another attack.
Behind him.
Without hesitation, he twisted his body and dodged again.
Boom!
Another blue flame barely passed beside him.
Zan Yunxiao immediately looked backward.
Then his eyes narrowed slightly.
Another dragon.
Smaller than the white dragon, but still enormous compared to ordinary beasts.
Its scales carried a pale blue color while its eyes glowed fiercely.
For a brief moment, Zan Yunxiao’s thoughts turned strange.
“…Two dragons?”
“Did that thing call for backup?”
But after sensing the newcomer carefully, he immediately relaxed slightly.
This second dragon was far weaker.
Comparable only to Golden Core Realm.
To his current self.
It was insignificant.
Without hesitation, Zan Yunxiao raised one finger toward the smaller dragon.
Golden spiritual energy condensed instantly.
The surrounding air distorted violently.
“Sun Extinguishing Divine Finger.”
Boom!!!
A golden beam erupted forward at terrifying speed.
The smaller dragon’s pupils contracted violently.
But it was too fast.
It could not even react properly.
The attack landed directly against its body.
For a split second.
The dragon froze midair.
Its entire body exploded into golden light.
Boom!!!
Not even bones remained.
Only drifting ash scattered through the skies.
The smaller dragon had been erased completely in a single attack.
Silence briefly filled the battlefield.
Then, the atmosphere suddenly became colder.
The white dragon stared toward the drifting ashes of the smaller dragon.
Its body trembled slightly.
Not from fear.
But from rage.
An overwhelming killing intent exploded outward from its body, causing hurricanes to spread across the forests below.
Even the skies darkened faintly.
Meanwhile.
Zan Yunxiao calmly looked back at the white dragon.
Then slowly.
He smirked.
Open provocation.
Zan Yunxiao’s smirk had barely faded when.
Boom!!!
The skies suddenly exploded with thunder.
A gigantic bolt of lightning descended directly toward him from above.
Zan Yunxiao’s eyes narrowed instantly as he dodged sideways.
The lightning struck the empty air where he stood moments ago, tearing apart the clouds themselves.
Then another bolt descended.
And another.
And another.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Countless lightning strikes rained down from the heavens like divine punishment.
Zan Yunxiao continuously dodged through the skies while his robes fluttered violently from the explosions around him.
At that moment, realization flashed through his mind.
“…This dragon can control natural forces?”
The white dragon was directly manipulating the mana of the world itself.
Several more lightning strikes descended toward him rapidly.
But Zan Yunxiao dodged every single one cleanly.
Then his eyes turned cold.
Enough testing.
He raised one finger once more.
Golden spiritual energy condensed violently at the fingertip while the surrounding air distorted again.
“Sun Extinguishing Divine Finger.”
Boom!!!
The terrifying golden beam shot across the skies once more.
This time.
The white dragon failed to dodge completely.
The attack landed directly against its massive body.
A deafening explosion erupted.
The dragon roared painfully for the first time.
Its enormous body was blasted backward through the skies while blood scattered from shattered scales.
Zan Yunxiao immediately noticed something strange.
“…It survived?”
That attack should have obliterated most Nascent Soul cultivators completely.
Yet the white dragon was only heavily injured.
Its body and vitality were absurdly monstrous.
Without hesitation, Zan Yunxiao attacked again immediately.
Another Sun Extinguishing Divine Finger formed at terrifying speed.
He intended to finish the dragon before it could recover.
But just before the attack landed.
A shadow suddenly rushed between them.
Another dragon.
Boom!!!
The golden beam pierced directly through the newcomer’s body.
The dragon instantly exploded into blood and ash.
It had sacrificed itself to protect the white dragon.
Zan Yunxiao’s eyes slightly widened.
From the distant forests.
More dragon roars echoed across the skies.