The Legend of the Princess' Counterattack

Chapter 674: Star Realm Transmission (New Map Foreshadowing)

The spiritual room where Yun Yao was in retreat suddenly burst into dazzling golden light, and twelve phantoms of star wheels slowly rose from her body, casting flowing spots of light on the stone wall. The Galaxy Wheel on her neck was buzzing at this moment, and the star track patterns on the surface of the jade pendant were moving like a living thing, reflecting the entire secret room into a dazzling miniature of the universe. As soon as her fingertips touched the boiling Hongmeng blood in her dantian, a crisp sound like shattering glass suddenly came from the depths of her sea of consciousness, and an interface condensed by starlight unfolded before her eyes.

"This is..." Yun Yao suddenly opened her eyes and found that her consciousness had penetrated the clouds of the cultivation world and reached the gray unknown area above. In the center of the interface, an old man in a star robe sat upright. His clothes were embroidered with dense star maps. Every star was flashing and moving in reality, and even his eyebrows were hung with tiny galactic fragments.

"I am the leader of Xingxuan Sect in the upper realm, Canglan." The old man's voice was heavy with the accumulation of years, but it was tinged with a hint of urgency the moment he opened his mouth. "I sensed that the Hongmeng bloodline appeared in the world, so I came here..."

Before he finished speaking, blood-red ripples suddenly appeared on the edge of the interface, and the star map behind the old man turned black as if it was splashed with ink. He turned his head in horror, and Yun Yao clearly saw that the starlight on his sleeves was being swallowed by some invisible force, and even his voice began to tremble: "Oh no, the remnants of the Blood Demon Sect have chased us to the upper realm! They used evil magic to pollute the star realm channel-"

The screen suddenly shook violently, and the blood color spread along the interface like a living thing, and the image of the old man became fragmented. Yun Yao subconsciously reached out to touch it, but the moment her fingertips touched the interface, countless images exploded in her mind: the sky in the upper realm cracked, and countless figures in blood-colored robes poured out from it. The bone banners in their hands were printed with the same dark purple magic patterns as Liu Yan'er; a huge bronze city suspended in the sea of clouds was shrouded in blood-colored mist, and the three golden characters "Xingxuan Sect" on the city gate were peeling off due to corrosion; what made her most palpitating was the Heavenly Dao Monument in the depths of the picture, which was engraved with genocide spells and was slowly approaching a curled up light spot.

"Host!" The system's little light figure suddenly rushed out from the depths of her sea of consciousness. His originally translucent body was now almost solidified. "The passage to the upper realm is about to open, but the suppression of the heavenly way is increasing! It is detected that your Hongmeng origin is repelling the laws of the upper realm. You must break through the cave realm within three months, otherwise you will not be able to withstand the turbulence of space!"

Yun Yao suddenly covered her forehead with her hands as the pain hit her. The light of the Galaxy Wheel became extremely dazzling. She saw her spiritual veins being entangled by golden threads at a speed visible to the naked eye. It was the final resonance between the Hongmeng bloodline and the heavenly way of the cultivation world. Outside the spiritual room, Chu Mochen was pacing anxiously across the barrier. The star track mark on his chest echoed with Yun Yao's jade pendant. Every frown was accompanied by the unconscious burst of sword light from his fingertips.

“Senior Canglan!” Yun Yao tried her best to use her spiritual sense to transmit the message, “What is the situation in the upper realm now? Why was the Blood Demon Sect able to catch up with them?”

Only half of the old man's face remained blurred, and his voice seemed to come from far away: "The three sects in the upper realm... have joined forces with the Blood Evil Sect to judge you at the Ten Thousand Immortals Conference... The charge is that you attempted to revive the Hongmeng Clan... Remember, the truth of the past is hidden in the Heavenly Dao Monument--"

The blood color completely engulfed the interface. The last scene was the old man being pierced through by bloody tentacles. What was reflected in his eyes was a huge bronze door engraved with star tracks that was slowly closing. Yun Yao stood up suddenly and found that her palm had been pinched with blood marks at some point. The Galaxy Wheel was now suspended in the air, projecting the star map on the stone wall.

"The location of the Tianxu Ancient Gate..." She stared at the flashing red mark in the center of the star map, and suddenly remembered a similar symbol she had seen on the Jingyuan Fragments, "Chu Mochen!"

The barrier opened in response, and Chu Mochen flashed to her side almost instantly. After seeing her pale face, he immediately held her wrist. The moment their spiritual veins touched, they resonated, and the star track marks of the twin soul contract reflected each other's palms, sharing the scene just now with each other.

"The three sects in the upper realm?" Chu Mochen's pupils shrank suddenly. He had seen a few words in the ancient books of the Chu Mo family. According to legend, after the nine major cultivation realms destroyed the Hongmeng clan, the remnants fled to a higher plane and established the upper realm. "They are indeed still afraid of the Hongmeng bloodline."

Yun Yao nodded, her fingertips swiping across the star map on the stone wall: "Master Xingxuan said that the remnants of the Blood Evil Sect have chased us to the upper realm, and the system reminds us that we need to break through the Cave Void Realm to deal with the crisis in the upper realm. Do you still remember when we were in the Eye of the Sky Ruins Sea, your mother's phantom said that the Galaxy Wheel can communicate with the turbulence of time and space? Now it seems that the opening of the channel to the upper realm is closely related to the origin of Hongmeng."

The little light man was floating weakly at the side, his voice much lower than usual: "Host, the Heavenly Dao of the Upper Realm is actually a pseudo Heavenly Dao constructed by the nine major cultivation realms back then. They have been suppressing the true origin of Hongmeng. Now your blood awakening has caused the Heavenly Dao to reject you, so you must improve your realm as soon as possible, otherwise once you enter the upper realm, your spirit vein may be directly crushed by the pseudo Heavenly Dao."

Chu Mochen suddenly remembered something and took out the Chu Mo family's ancestral jade slip from the storage bag: "I have seen in my ancestor's notes that the entrance to the upper realm is located deep in the 'Ten Thousand Treasures Secret Realm'. The space nodes there match the star map of the Galaxy Wheel. Perhaps we can go to the secret realm first to find an opportunity to break through the Cave Void Realm. It was in the secret realm that my ancestor obtained the Hongmeng fragments."

Yun Yao's eyes fell on the jade slip, and she suddenly noticed that the gap on the edge of the jade slip matched the fragment in her hand perfectly. "Oh, right, the fragment obtained in Jingyuan recorded the 'Hongmeng Breaking Realm Pill', which requires five kinds of Hongmeng star cores to refine. Perhaps the star core in the Wanbao Secret Realm is the key to our breakthrough."

Suddenly, there was a violent fluctuation of spiritual energy outside the spiritual room. On the main peak in the distance, a giant bird with burning star flames was flapping its wings and flying past. Its cry carried a hint of obscure warning. Yun Yao walked to the window and watched the clouds in the cultivation world gather into the shape of the upper world star map under the influence of the Galaxy Wheel. Suddenly, she found that the red dots at the center of the star map, the location of the Tianxu Ancient Gate, were moving at an astonishing speed.

"They are approaching." She whispered, "People from the Blood Evil Sect and the three sects in the upper realm are all gathering towards the Ancient Gate. And we only have three months."

Chu Mochen suddenly turned around, and his fingertips gently stroked her brows: "Remember when we were in Jingyuan, we relied on the twin soul contract to break through the fusion realm? This time is the same, I will accompany you to break through the Wanbao Secret Realm and look for the star core." A firm look flashed in his eyes, "The ancestors of the Chu Mo family failed to protect the Hongmeng clan back then. This time, I will not let you face it alone again."

Yun Yao suddenly smiled, holding his hand and putting it against her chest: "Do you know? When the Xingxuan Sect Master was attacked just now, I saw the Chu Mo family ancestral temple in his star map. Perhaps, the secrets of the upper world have long been hidden in every node where we meet."

As the two were talking, the Galaxy Wheel suddenly emitted a harsh beep, and the red dots on the star map suddenly split into three streams, one of which was moving in a strange trajectory around the Tianxu Ancient Gate and directly towards their direction. The little light man suddenly lit up red: "Warning! Upper world detection technique detected! Host, they are locating your coordinates!"

"It's too late." Yun Yao made a prompt decision and took out the Hongmeng Sword Embryo left by her mother. "Let's set off to the Wanbao Secret Realm now. The faster we break through the Dongxu Realm, the greater the initiative we will have in the upper realm."

Chu Mochen nodded, and used his fingertips to form the Chu Mo family's space transmission technique, but when the formation was about to take shape, he suddenly frowned: "Wait, the spiritual veins sensed a large amount of spiritual energy fluctuations in the direction of the secret realm, as if there are high-level cultivators fighting for the entrance."

“Just right.” Yun Yao raised a cold smile, and the Galaxy Wheel turned into twelve star rings above her head. “Let those who covet the Hongmeng bloodline try my time and space spirit vein first.”

When the two figures disappeared in the spirit room, the starlight left by the Galaxy Wheel outlined a clearer map of the upper realm on the stone wall. The location of the Tianxu Ancient Gate was flashing with blood at this moment, and at the edge of the map, in a chaotic area that had never been seen before, countless black tentacles were slowly extending along the star realm channel. At the top of one of the tentacles, there was half a familiar bronze mask - it was worn by the mysterious man seen in Jingyuan.

At the entrance of the Wanbao Secret Realm, talented cultivators from various sects had gathered. Above the teleportation array in the central square, a huge water mirror was suspended, broadcasting the changes in various parts of the cultivation world in real time. When Yun Yao and Chu Mochen appeared at the edge of the square, the water mirror suddenly burst into a dazzling golden light, and a cold mechanical voice sounded above everyone's head:

"It has been detected that the host of the Hongmeng bloodline has entered the secret realm. The Blood Demon Sect offers a reward of 100 million spirit stones. Anyone who takes his heart blood can obtain a pass to the upper realm!"

The square fell silent instantly, and dozens of greedy eyes locked onto Yun Yao at the same time. But she just smiled faintly, and her fingertips passed across the Galaxy Wheel. In the instant that no one had time to react, the flow of time within a radius of 100 meters was slowed down to one thousandth. Those monks who were about to take action froze in place as if they had been paused, their eyes full of fear and disbelief.

"Remember this look." Yun Yao said softly to Chu Mochen, "When we come out of the secret realm, we will take it with us to face the so-called Heavenly Dao of the Upper Realm."

Chu Mochen looked at the golden-red light dancing in her eyes, and suddenly remembered the scene when she first awakened the Hongmeng bloodline in Jingyuan. At that time, she would still tremble at the impact of the memory, but now she can calmly plan every step. He knew that from the moment the star realm transmitted the message, their fate was no longer limited to the cultivation world, but to step onto the broader cosmic stage to uncover the true mission of the Hongmeng clan as gravekeepers.

The light of the teleportation array lit up, and the moment the two stepped into the secret realm, the flow of time in the outside world returned to normal. Amid the angry roar, an old man in the God Transformation Realm was about to chase, but found that a line of small words suddenly appeared on the jade slip in his hand:

"The Mysterious Realm of Ten Thousand Treasures has resonated with the Galaxy Wheel. Anyone who enters except those at the Cave Void Realm will be crushed by the turbulent flow of time and space."

The old man's hand trembled violently as he looked at the star map that gradually emerged on the jade slip. He finally remembered the legend that had been circulating in the world of cultivation for thousands of years - when the Saint Girl of Hongmeng appeared in the world, the Secret Realm of Ten Thousand Treasures would become the key to the star realm, and only those with true destiny could find the way to the upper realm in it.

At this moment, the star core deep in the secret realm is waiting for its owner. Yun Yao looked at the constantly changing starry sky tunnel in front of her, and suddenly felt the resonance between the Hongmeng bloodline in her dantian and the surrounding space nodes. Every step forward was like a dialogue with the origin of the universe. Those once vague bottlenecks in cultivation were now loosening at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Chu Mochen," she suddenly stopped and pointed at the five-colored light floating in front of her, "Do you think the 'Heavenly Judgment' mentioned by the Lord of Xingxuan Sect in the upper realm is actually a trap?"

Chu Mochen followed her gaze and found that five palaces of "gold, wood, water, fire, and earth" were vaguely emerging in the colorful light. They were the locations of the five planetary cores: "Whether it is a trap or an opportunity, we can only face it head-on. However..." He suddenly held her hand, lowered his head and kissed her fingertips in the light of the star track, "This time, I will not let you suffer the pain of reincarnation alone."

Yun Yao smiled, letting the light of the Galaxy Wheel envelop the two of them. In this secret realm as vast as the universe, their figures were small but firm. When the afterglow of the Star Realm's voice was still echoing in her sea of consciousness, and when the threat of the Blood Evil Sect was approaching, she knew that the journey of the Hongmeng Saint had just begun its most magnificent chapter. And this time, she was no longer a lonely awakener, but brought her lover, the hope of her mother clan, and the wisdom of two worlds to challenge the so-called Heavenly Dao.

Deep in the secret realm, the gate of the first golden palace was slowly opening, and the sound of the gears turning and the buzzing of the Galaxy Wheel intertwined into a war song. Yun Yao took a deep breath, feeling the surging Hongmeng power in her body, and suddenly realized that the sound transmission from the star realm brought not only a crisis, but also an opportunity - an opportunity for the Hongmeng people to step out of the shadow of history and truly become the gravekeepers of the universe.

In the more distant upper realm, in the secret room of Xingxuan Sect, Canglan's image suddenly reassembled in a pool of blood. He trembled and took out a blood-stained jade slip, which recorded all the conversations that Yunyao had just had in the spirit room. On the edge of the jade slip, a figure wearing a bronze mask was slowly emerging, and a sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth under the mask:

“Saint Lady Hongmeng has chosen the most difficult path as predicted. However…” He raised the half-piece of the Heavenly Dao Stele inscribed with the spell of genocide in his hand, “When you step onto the judgment seat, you will know that the real purpose of the three sects in the upper realm has never been to destroy you, but rather—”

The jade slip suddenly shattered, and the masked man disappeared in the blood, leaving only the last drifting whisper: "Wake up the traitor of the Hongmeng clan who is sleeping in the Heavenly Dao Monument."

(End of this chapter)