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“Before we needlessly sacrifice our lives fighting Xin Yu, let’s call a halt to this battle,” Zhou Yun replied.

Ling Qingyun nodded. At this moment, she looked at the Divine Gate’s Nine Heavens Array and no longer had the confidence she had before.

The sect was created by someone else. The array was given to them by someone else too. Even all of their schemes might have been guided and facilitated by others.

Ling Qingyun shook her head. All they knew now was that Xin Yu was planning to start a huge battle with them and possessed someone close to Zhou Yun!

“We have to stop this before the battle begins. No matter what Xin Yu’s plan is, we can’t fight with her and cause unnecessary sacrifices!” Ling Qingyun emphasized once more.

Xin Yu was very powerful. She was a nascent soul grand cultivator that none of them could stand against.

If her plan failed, she could still try again. On the other hand, they were only at the foundation establishment stage and the golden core stage. Even if they had the Divine Gate’s Nine Heavens Array, they would definitely suffer heavy losses if they fought with her!

Therefore, instead of going to war with her like she planned, it was better for Zhou Yun to save his strength and tell her everything. If that didn’t work, he would make other plans.

The best outcome that Ling Qingyun had envisioned was for both sides to shake hands and come up with a plan to escape this world to minimize the number of casualties.

“It would be great if she can calm down and talk with us,” said Ling Qingyun hopefully as she looked into the distance.

After all, they really did not have any advantage to negotiate with Xin Yu.

“We can only hope for that now,” Zhou Yun said.

Now that he had gradually come into contact with the truth, he was instead not as worried as he was at the beginning.

Although he didn’t know what Xin Yu’s plan was, he was certain of one thing. Xin Yu had to possess someone other than him, which meant that he was not in any life-threatening danger from her.

On the other hand, among the five upright sects, he was the strongest heaven’s favorite and also the crucial piece of the Divine Gate’s Nine Heavens Array. They would definitely need his help.

Even Venerable Xunling was pleading with Zhou Yun not to kill Young Master Han!

In other words, whether it was the righteous or the villain, or even the seemingly neutral Venerable Xunling, none of the three parties would endanger him.

“As long as I do my best and Xin Yu doesn’t want to kill me after learning the new truth, I will be able to leave this world safely,” Zhou Yun concluded.

Thinking of this, the chip on Zhou Yun’s shoulder seemed to have lightened significantly.

Under Ling Qingyun’s guidance, Zhou Yun walked towards the Divine Gate’s Nine Heavens Array. Even though he had learned all the tricks of the array, he was still very cautious.

However, when Zhou Yun personally entered the Divine Gate’s Nine Heavens Array that housed 100,000 cultivators, far exceeding the number of cultivators from the five upright sects, he was still extremely shocked.

The spiritual energy of 100,000 cultivators condensed into a lot of huge spiritual energy ropes. They were akin to dragons of spiritual energy. The spiritual energy dragons that were three or four stories tall circled above Zhou Yun’s head, maintaining the entire array. Zhou Yun raised his head and saw countless dragons entwining and exchanging spiritual energy with each other.

“This is your array center. It is also the killing spot of the entire array. We’ll do our best to bring Xin Yu to you, and we’ll leave the rest to you,” Ling Qingyun said.

Zhou Yun suddenly realized that he was walking on a path formed by spiritual energy meridians. They floated in the sky and led all the way to the center of the Perilous Stronghold.

He noticed that he was at the center of the basin. Not far from below the spiritual energy meridian that he was stepping on were the graves of Su Lingyun and Jian Xin.

“Hey, Senior Brother and Sister, please bless our five upright sects to be able to win this negotiation with the nascent soul great cultivator and welcome a happy ending,” Zhou Yun muttered in his heart.

“How’s your control of the old sword?” Ling Qingyun asked.

“I’m able to use the great momentum of heaven and earth with little difficulty. Even if something happens, I can perfectly activate the old sword’s Qi as fast as possible and strike the enemy!” Zhou Yun vowed. Ling Qingyun had yet to see his current power. However, Zhou Yun had already experimented with it before. His current comprehensive intent could mix with a trace of the great momentum of heaven and earth to unleash a much greater power!

“Alright. Then, I’ll go to the array center of the Divine Gate’s Nine Heavens Array,” Ling Qingyun nodded her head. She was not worried about Zhou Yun. Before leaving, she suddenly turned around and said, “If we make it out of here alive, you and I will address each other as Senior and Junior. Consider this as me taking advantage of you.”

After Ling Qingyun finished speaking, she turned around and left.

Stunned, Zhou Yun watched as she left. Could this be considered a flag?

Zhou Yun shook his head. The world outside? It didn’t feel real.

After being threatened by Xin Yu, a nascent soul grand cultivator, he had entered the Enlightenment State too many times. As a result, his mind was filled with thoughts on how to cultivate more conveniently.

At this moment, Zhou Yun had no thoughts about anything other than his current cultivation. It was as if there was a thick barrier hindering him from expecting the future. It felt surreal.

“When this matter comes to an end, I might need to calm down. Enlightenment is the comprehension, analysis, accumulation and result of an event. I’ve experienced too many epiphanies, and my thoughts are now faster and more agile than others. But I’m still a little too eager for results,” muttered Zhou Yun as he shook his head. He was like a strong man who only trained his upper half and not his legs.

His body was already extremely strong and it was difficult to find a cultivator at the same level or even one level higher than him that was on par with him. However, compared to the brain that could enter the Enlightenment State at any time, his body was like those slender legs that had never been trained. His brain was like the strong muscles on the upper body. The difference between the two was too great!

“Perhaps after entering the golden core stage and undergoing the golden core body tempering, the strength of my body will be able to catch up with my constantly enlightened brain. When that time comes, I should be able to perfectly unleash the power of my brain,” thought Zhou Yun to himself as he smiled bitterly. In his recent training, his brain was imagining battle scenes that would happen in the next few seconds or even more than 10 seconds into the future, but his body could not keep up.

“I am still too weak. I still have to continue to become stronger!” Zhou Yun could not stand not being able to utilize this invincible system because his body was too weak!

If Zhou Yun’s troubles were known by others, they would definitely roll their eyes! He had a body that could completely destroy a golden core cultivator while at the foundation establishment stage, yet he said his body was his weakness! Wasn’t he too greedy?

“They’re here! All cultivators, get ready!” Ling Qingyun’s voice could be heard in the minds of the 100,000 cultivators. The entire Divine Gate’s Nine Heavens Array started to operate for the first time.