Chapter 313: Kunwu Palace

The man in green wore a fearful expression, his pupils dilated to the extreme.
Thud!
In the next moment, the man collapsed to the ground. There was a hole the size of a finger on his forehead, and the divine essence within his mind had vanished.
In the void, the primordial spirit that had been shattered by Chen Xiao’s finger was now reassembling. It seemed to possess consciousness, transforming into a beam of green light that swept up the man’s body and the divine artifact—a large grinding wheel—launched by Chen Xiao—before soaring through the air.
“Friend, since you’ve come, don’t leave.”
Chen Xiao reached out with one hand into the void. The primordial spirit and divine laws within him surged forth, coalescing into a giant hand that reached out to grab that primordial spirit.
“Hmph!”
An angry snort came from the green primordial spirit. Instantly, it activated the artifact resembling a large grinding wheel, shattering Chen Xiao’s hand. Then, the grinding wheel protected the green primordial spirit as they soared away.
“That grinding wheel didn’t break under my finger, and now it can resist my divine laws—it’s clearly not ordinary. I must get it.”
Chen Xiao’s expression turned cold. He clenched his hand and reached into the void, a huge pale blue dragon claw shooting through space to snatch the grinding wheel along with the green primordial spirit.
With the power of the Free Sky, the dragon claw could traverse time and space—nothing so trivial as a second-tier primordial spirit could resist it. Even if the grinding wheel were a true divine artifact, it couldn’t escape.
“I’ll take this primordial spirit.”
The power of the Free Sky within Chen Xiao surged, instantly shattering the consciousness within the second-tier primordial spirit. With a wave of his hand, he stored the grinding wheel in his main divine space, while holding the primordial spirit in his hand, playing with it slowly.
The true gods, including Su Yunlan, stared at Chen Xiao in shock, unable to speak a word.
Those who had planned to team up against Chen Xiao turned pale, trembling uncontrollably.
Chen Xiao had just been terrifying—just showing a hint of his power was beyond what these true gods could handle.
“Alright, come out now.”
Chen Xiao waved his hand, releasing Ouyang Yu and the others from the divine realm.
“Lord… Island Lord?”
As soon as Ouyang Yu stepped out, he tried to pay his respects to Chen Xiao but immediately saw Su Yunlan standing there in shock.
“Ouyang Yu, what’s going on?” Su Yunlan was slightly stunned upon seeing them.
“Island Lord…” Ouyang Yu was speechless upon seeing Su Yunlan. Though he had defected to Chen Xiao, he had been nurtured by her for hundreds, even thousands of years, so there was still some affection between them. Now, he didn’t know what to say.
“Island Lord Lanshan, these people, including Ouyang Yu, are now my messengers,” Chen Xiao said calmly.
“Your messengers?” Su Yunlan’s expression changed. She said coldly, “You are a high-tier primordial spirit god. I wonder what brings you to my humble Lanshan Island?”

“That person just now must be someone of great importance, right? If I were to leave right now, what would happen to the billions of beings on Blue Mountain Island? And what would happen to all the island lords here?”
Chen Xiao chuckled and sat down on a chair.
“Although this matter isn’t directly related to you, the wrath of those in higher positions is not something you can bear.”
Chen Xiao looked at their expressions and smiled.
“Speak up, what exactly do you want?”
Here, the only one qualified to speak with Chen Xiao was Su Yunlan. The other true gods felt an inner tremor in the face of Chen Xiao. Although Chen Xiao had restrained his full power, the shock he had inflicted on them was immense.
“I need a foundation, a force.” Chen Xiao stretched out his index finger and waved it in front of Su Yunlan’s eyes.
“You…”
Su Yunlan was about to speak, but her words got stuck in her throat.
Chen Xiao’s right hand opened, and a black warship slowly appeared in his palm. Instantly, a powerful fluctuation of laws spread everywhere.
“This… is a True Spirit Divine Artifact?!”
Wolong Xiao exclaimed in shock.
“That’s right, it is indeed a True Spirit Divine Artifact.” Chen Xiao slowly closed his hand. “I believe you’ve now understood my identity. The Divine King wishes to establish a foothold on the Land of Origins, but fearing resistance from other Divine Kings, he sent me here first to lay the foundation.”
“Divine King…”
Su Yunlan could barely swallow. In her eyes, even a Second-Level Yuanling God was a being of great stature. Now, hearing that Chen Xiao was an envoy of the Divine King and possessed a True Spirit Divine Artifact meant he was destined to become a Divine King.
Those who possessed a True Spirit Divine Artifact were either True Spirit Gods or their descendants—a rule that applied throughout the Land of Origins and the entire universe.
“Sir, do you mean to…?” The true god who had tried to scheme against Chen Xiao spoke timidly.
“Hehe, I need to lay the foundation for the Divine King’s cause on the Land of Origins. Of course, once this is done, you will become elders under the Divine King, and benefits will surely follow.”
Chen Xiao smiled. The green light of the Second-Level Yuanling God in his hand flew toward Ouyang Yu.
“What do you all think?”
Ouyang Yu had no idea what a Yuanling meant. He only felt that something seemed to have added to his divine essence and didn’t pay much attention. Unbeknownst to him, if he continued practicing, he could break through to a Second-Level Yuanling God without any obstacles.
The other true gods stared at Ouyang Yu with jealous eyes, but since he was now also a true god, they couldn’t say much.
“Of course, if you all disagree, for the sake of the Divine King’s great cause, I’ll have no choice but to use force and destroy you all here.”
As he spoke, another faint blue dragon claw shadow appeared in Chen Xiao’s hand.
Upon seeing Chen Xiao’s Heavenly Dragon Claw, the eight true gods trembled once again.

“What choices do we have now?”
Su Yunlan sighed. She used “we,” clearly including the other eight people, as well as the two True Gods hidden on Lan Shan Island. She now had the right to say such things.
“Besides, becoming subordinates of the God King is also a good thing for us wild gods.”
Hearing Su Yunlan’s words, Chen Xiao nodded. Anyone with a normal mind would likely make a sensible choice.
“But what about the Kunwu Palace now?” Su Yunlan frowned slightly. “We’re helping the God King expand his power, but we face a significant problem right now.”
“The one the lord just killed was a young palace master of the Kunwu Palace. The Kunwu Palace is the ruler of this sea area. Killing their young palace master will surely cause trouble. Of course, I’m not saying the lord is afraid of the Kunwu Palace, but with them holding us back, I’m worried we might delay the God King’s plans.”
Su Yunlan seemed troubled.
“The Kunwu Palace? Hmph, as long as there’s no God King there, nothing is a problem.”
Chen Xiao smiled indifferently, showing no regard for the so-called Kunwu Palace.
If there really was a God King in the Kunwu Palace, then there probably wouldn’t be any True Gods advancing to the Yuanling God level in this vicinity, and they wouldn’t send just a young palace master over.
Under a True Spirit God, there would be no shortage of Yuanling Gods.
Boom!
Suddenly, the entire Lan Shan Island trembled violently, and the island’s protective formation was shattered in an instant.
“They arrived quite quickly.”
Chen Xiao smiled coldly. “Everyone, follow me to meet these deities of the Kunwu Palace. Ouyang Yu, stay here and guard the island.”
With that, Chen Xiao stepped forward into the void, ignoring the True Gods who were terrified.
By now, he had fully regarded himself as the master of this place.
Su Yunlan sighed softly and followed him out.
Only two elders were there. One wore green robes and appeared pale, clearly the second-level Yuanling God whose Yuanling had just been taken by Chen Xiao.
Standing beside him was an elder with a very feminine appearance and white hair. Behind his head floated four Yuanlings—clearly a fourth-level Yuanling God.
Upon seeing these two, Su Yunlan’s face paled. She didn’t know Chen Xiao’s strength. Although he possessed a True Spirit artifact that could defeat a second-level Yuanling God, the one before them was a fourth-level Yuanling God!
In Su Yunlan’s eyes, a fourth-level Yuanling God was already a legendary existence.
“Father, it’s him! He killed Qian He and took my Yuanling and the Yin-Yang Mill,” said the green-robed elder weakly, pointing at Chen Xiao.
The feminine-looking elder stared coldly at Chen Xiao, sizing him up from head to toe, before saying, “All the people of Lan Shan Island must commit suicide. You and I will return to the Kunwu Palace to face judgment.”
Although the elder’s voice was feminine, it carried an air of superiority and unyielding authority.
“As expected, the ruler of this sea area.” Chen Xiao shook his head slightly. “Commit suicide yourselves. I don’t want to waste my effort.”

“Arrogant.” The effeminate old man smirked coldly, then flashed forward and appeared right in front of Chen Xiao.
“Xiu Lu, exterminate all living beings on Blue Mountain Island,” the effeminate old man said to the man in green robes as he arrived in front of Chen Xiao.
A flame of hatred flashed in Xiu Lu’s eyes, and immediately he reached out to grab Su Yunlan on the other side.
“Delusional.”
Chen Xiao’s expression turned icy, and he launched a furious punch.