Chapter 663: Next Step Plan

"This is impossible! How could you lowly human ants all survive my most powerful sword attack completely unharmed?"

Although Long Kun looked disheveled at the moment, he, like every other member of Xu Yang's team, had not sustained any real damage. The streaks on his face were merely ash splattered onto him when the terrifying soul impact earlier had swept across the plain.

"Hahaha, I knew you'd have that 'swallowed a dead rat' expression! Do you really want to know the truth? Call me Grandpa Long Kun, and I'll satisfy your curiosity."

As soon as Long Kun spoke, Shi Lingyun immediately stepped forward to stop his suggestion. With a slight, satisfied smile and a flick of his ice crystal scepter, he personally revealed to Chen Xi Ri Luo what had transpired moments before.

"Since you're so eager to know what happened in that instant, we'll satisfy your curiosity."

Soon, the totem projected from this soul imprint revealed the special spatial laws unleashed by the three mages, which included an initial spatial displacement effect!

The moment danger struck, the spatial laws functioned perfectly. Moreover, Xu Yang also possessed a mastery of some of Xiao Hua's spatial law energy, enabling him to single-handedly compensate for the mages' lack of spiritual power. This allowed everyone in the team to successfully teleport under the protection of these activated spatial laws.

"Therefore, your sword attack just now shattered everything around us, but it didn't harm any of us."

Chen Xi Ri Luo gasped sharply. His spirits had plummeted to rock bottom. Without a doubt, this was the most humiliating operation he had participated in during his decades of campaigning for the Divine Realm.

"Hahaha, you don't need to be so disheartened. After all, with this battle over, you've fully proven your strength and worth, and we acknowledge your power. It's just a pity that this operation of yours ended in failure, as you couldn't kill a single one of us."

Chen Xi Ri Luo initially wanted to break his promise, but after some thought, he ultimately stopped himself. After all, he was a supreme deity. If he were to bully mere ants he once ignored using such despicable tactics, and if news of it spread, how could he possibly maintain his honor among the Divine Race?

After all, Xu Yang's team included Empress Isis, who possessed the bloodline of a Divine King. Her presence made Chen Xi Ri Luo wary, as she could never truly sever all ties with the Divine Realm.

Especially if the Divine Realm elders who were once loyal to Feng Huo Wu Ji were to hear Isis's evaluation of him someday, the entire Divine Domain might erupt due to today's battle.

"Heh, I, Chen Xi Ri Luo, would not go back on my word for you few lowly humans. You are not worthy of such consideration. For me, crushing you is simpler than crushing an ant.

All I'm doing is postponing the day you were meant to be buried by a few days. You'd best enjoy your final moments to the fullest in this mountain.

And I'd like to remind you that the Divine King has already set his sights on you. With the three mages banished, you have already defied divine authority. Unless you can find a way to escape the Night Cold Mountain's Divine Wind Edict blockade, which even the current Divine King cannot dismantle.

If you truly manage to do that, the Divine Race might even consider giving you a pass. That would truly be an impossible miracle."

On this point, Chen Xi Ri Luo was not deceiving Xu Yang's team. Although Night Cold Mountain was considered Divine Realm territory, once they left and returned to the Human Continent, it would be much harder for the Divine Race to punish them, as there were relatively fixed peace treaties limiting interactions between planes.

If the current Divine King were truly willing to defy the peace treaties for Xu Yang's team, violating the fundamental rules of peaceful development among the various races and classes across the realms, it could potentially bring unimaginable disaster upon the Divine Race!

After all, if the various Divine Beast factions, along with the Demon Race, were to unite and attack the Divine Realm simultaneously, they would be unable to withstand it.

"In that case, we'll meet again. The next time you and I cross paths, it will certainly be a fight to the death!"

Chen Xi Ri Luo let out a cold snort, gave Xu Yang one last deep look, and then transformed into a ray of sunlight, completely vanishing into the void.

"Oh my goodness, it's unbelievable! We actually managed to survive at the hands of that guy! Boss, you've created another miracle!"

The others, once again, turned into Xu Yang's fervent admirers, each beginning to praise him. However, given Xu Yang's recent performance, no amount of praise would be an exaggeration.

Especially the void sword beam he unleashed using the Sleeve Universe divine ability, which was compressed three times, had a power strong enough to suppress any Divine Race member of mid-tier or higher in the Divine Realm.

"It's hard to imagine what things would have been like if you had existed during the era when my father and I ruled the Divine Realm. Perhaps if that were the case, Yun Wangji wouldn't be as lonely as he is now."

Xu Yang gave Isis a deep look and shook his head helplessly.

"As an outsider, I can't help but advise you: it's time to let go of what needs to be released. Since you've taken this crucial step, choosing to join our team and embark on a new life journey, why not try to let go of that figure from your past? After all these hundreds of thousands of years, to put it bluntly, that man was never truly yours for a single day."

Xu Yang's words were indeed painful, but for Isis, this was precisely the kind of pain she needed to awaken and spur her, allowing her to sever the ties of affection with a swing of her sword and bid a complete farewell to the past.

"I understand your good intentions, but I want to say that now is not the time for Yun Wangji and me to completely sever our past karmic ties. Before that, I must find every possible way to see him again. Otherwise, I would have no way to give myself a perfect explanation for these hundreds of thousands of years.

And this will be the greatest hindrance to me embarking on a new life journey. Because if I cannot let go of that past with him, I will never be able to make any further progress in my cultivation."

What Isis said was true. Blockages in a cultivator's heart are quite dangerous; if they cannot be cleared within years, they will certainly affect the future of their cultivation path.