"Is this the Universe World?"
"It feels rather ordinary."
"I wonder what's worth the trip this time."
By a babbling stream, a group of people suddenly appeared, men and women, all sorts of them.
Some wore leopard-print leather, others showed cat ears and tiger tails, chattering and making as much noise as over two hundred ducks.
"Enough! If you're unhappy, go back yourselves," Long Zining snapped irritably.
The already boisterous group became even more unruly.
"Zining, how can you speak to your aunt like that? Auntie isn't wrong. Look, this water is just ordinary flowing water, and these mountains are incredibly plain. The spiritual energy in the air is not even as good as that in a small world. In this state, how can we be considered to have condescended to come here?"
Long Xin, seeing the unexceptional scenery, curled her lip in disdain.
If she hadn't offended the Great Elder of the Dragon Clan, how could she have been sent to this place?
And Long Zining, that brat, had grown so stubborn with age, not considering their branch of the dragon race at all. This kind of matter should have been handled by people from the White Dragon clan.
As Long Xin was muttering to herself, she suddenly saw spatial fluctuations behind her and quickly looked over. A man and a woman appeared before her.
"Who are you people?" Long Xin asked arrogantly. "This is our Moon Star Middle World's territory, so get lost!"
"Slap!"
As soon as she finished speaking, an invisible palm slapped across her face from afar. Even though Long Xin reacted quickly and tried to dodge, it was too late. A loud slap landed on her face.
"Presumptuous!" Long Xin was so enraged that she immediately transformed into her true form and lunged forward.
"Stop!"
Long Zining hadn't expected her aunt to cause such trouble just by zoning out for a moment. Her face turned black with anger.
What's more, Long Xin impatiently said, "Zining, what's wrong with you? You're not helping your aunt but helping outsiders?"
"Long Xin, say a few less words! Don't you see that those two have extraordinary auras?" someone in the group couldn't stand it and said.
But Long Xin retorted, "What business is it of yours? What if I want to talk to a junior?"
"Aunt, just shut up!"
Long Zining angrily shouted.
With that, she ignored Long Xin's extremely displeased expression and quickly went forward, "Bai... Divine Monarch Bai, fellow Daoist Qin, why are you here?"
Regardless of whether it was Bai Shengyi or Qin Si, Long Zining's impression of these two was incredibly deep. She knew that if it hadn't been for their intervention in the Universe Secret Realm back then, she and people like Qiao Yi might have been trapped in the secret realm like the vast majority of cultivators.
Just for this reason, when Long Zining encountered these two, she had to let go of past grievances and interact amicably. Moreover, Bai Shengyi was now the only Divine Monarch under heaven!
Even though Bai Shengyi had always emphasized that she was only a half-step Divine Monarch, a pseudo-god, Long Zining, like most people, still felt she was just being humble.
Upon hearing Long Zining reveal their identities, Long Xin's face turned pale with fright, and she quickly hid behind the crowd. The entire group looked at her like that and shook their heads in disdain.
This was the second day after the great battle.
Bai Shengyi and Qin Si, without even returning to the Divine Revelation Academy, had come to the Universe World first. They thought they were the first to arrive, but unexpectedly, there were others ahead of them.
Bai Shengyi's impression of Long Zining was neither good nor bad. Upon hearing her words, she said indifferently, "Could it be that this Universe World truly belongs to your Dragon Clan, and we are not allowed to come?"
"Of course not!" Long Zining immediately replied, "Divine Monarch Bai, you've misunderstood. What I meant was, if Divine Monarch Bai needs any help, please feel free to command us."
"No need."
Bai Shengyi had no good feelings towards people from the Middle Worlds.
She pulled Qin Si and turned to walk towards the center of the Universe World.
Long Zining watched their disappearing figures, hesitated for a moment, and then said to the people behind her, "Let's go, we'll follow them."
Qin Si was becoming increasingly sensitive to spatial fluctuations. As soon as this group moved, he noticed it.
"Ayi, they're following us."
Bai Shengyi replied, "It's fine, let them follow."
Qin Si raised his phoenix eyes slightly. "Why don't we send people to station in the Universe World? It's a world you facilitated, and these people are almost treating it as their new territory."
If he encountered people from the Chongyuan Middle World, the Zi Huang Middle World, or other small worlds inside again, Qin Si wouldn't be surprised.
Bai Shengyi smiled meaningfully. "That depends on whether they have the good fortune."
Qin Si's heart stirred slightly, but before he could say anything, Bai Shengyi suddenly stopped and said, "We've arrived. The place I sensed is here."
Qin Si's gaze paused. "This... this is the ruins of a divine palace?"
The place Bai Shengyi was referring to was truly a ruin.
It was not floating in the air but had fallen to the ground, smashing an existing mountain into a sunken valley. The surrounding forests were lush, but inside the valley, not a single blade of grass grew. There were only black, hard rubble and sand, mixed with broken or toppled pillars.
"Yes, look, I remember, that's part of the statue in the main hall." Bai Shengyi pointed to a corner of the ruins, where the broken hem of the statue's robe was exposed.
Bai Shengyi was puzzled. "But why has the sensing disappeared after I came here?"
Bai Shengyi, unable to figure it out, stopped thinking about it and began searching the ruins with Qin Si.
Bai Shengyi recalled that Daojun Qinglan had indeed perished in the divine palace, so she searched with exceptional meticulousness. However, after searching inch by inch, there was no clue.
Just as Bai Shengyi was getting a little annoyed, Long Zining, leading the people from the Moon Star Middle World, pretended to have found the place as well.
"Oh my! It's the ruins of a divine palace! Zining, we're going to strike it rich!"
"Yes, yes! Look quickly? That black stone, isn't that the rare Biluo Stone that can withstand the attacks of Saint Realm cultivators?"
"It really is! Hurry, grab it!"
Long Xin and the others rushed in with joy and excitement, as if they hadn't seen Bai Shengyi and Qin Si.
Seeing this, Bai Shengyi's gaze turned cold. With a thought, she quickly drew a circle with the Reincarnation Brush, forming a huge barrier that enveloped the ruins!
"Bang bang bang!"
All the people who rushed over were sent flying back!
"What do you mean by this?" Long Xin said angrily. "Divine Monarch Bai, even if you are a Divine Monarch, you can't be unreasonable! These masterless treasures, whoever is fated to obtain them, why are you blocking us?"
Bai Shengyi looked at her coldly. "Because I'm unhappy, I can kill you directly."
As soon as she finished speaking, Long Xin felt as if her throat was being choked, and she experienced an immense sense of suffocation.
She frantically tried to clutch her neck, but there was nothing there. Seeing that she was about to roll her eyes, Long Zining quickly said, "Please spare Divine Monarch Bai!"