Baby with Daoist Monarch System

The young man stepped into the palace, the cultivators who had just been assimilated slowly stood up like puppets, the mark on their foreheads flickering with gray light.

Once, they were top experts of the Southern Celestial Star Cosmos, but now they had become servants of darkness.

"Task... completed..."

The young man's icy voice rang out once more.

His gaze turned upwards, as if piercing through dense rock layers, penetrating the endless void, seeing the vast and twisted gray shadow in the distant dark nothingness.

There, lay the great entity's slumber place.

The source of all "seed" power.

...

A forgotten corner at the edge of the distant star river.

Xu Qinghan sat cross-legged in a valley rich with Spiritual Qi, her aura steady and powerful, securely entering the Nascent Soul Stage! Her cultivation within the Nascent Soul Realm was advancing rapidly.

The meticulous guidance of the reclusive master, combined with her own talent and the determination fueled by sorrow, allowed her cultivation speed to reach an unprecedented pace.

However, the worry between her brows had not diminished.

"Master, I've recently felt uneasy... as if something terrible is happening." Xu Qinghan opened her eyes and said to the white-haired old woman sitting beside her.

The old woman's face was kind, but her eyes were deep and ancient, seeming to see through countless ages. She was the reclusive master who had saved Xu Qinghan.

"This is a normal reaction, Qinghan." The old woman sighed gently, "The cosmos... is undergoing some changes... some ancient and terrifying changes..."

"Changes?" Xu Qinghan was puzzled, "What kind of changes?"

"It's darkness... awakening..." The old woman's eyes became somewhat grave, "Some entities sealed for countless epochs... are trying to return to this cosmos..."

"Darkness?" Xu Qinghan was startled, her mind flashed with the sinister aura during the fall of the Kao Mountain Sect.

"Yes... they are called... 'darkness'... or... 'Master of Nothingness'... different eras have different names... but their purpose... remains the same..."

The old woman said, "They want to devour everything... to turn this cosmos... into their nourishment..."

Xu Qinghan's face turned pale; she had never heard of such terrifying things.

"Then... then the fall of the Kao Mountain Sect... could it be related?" she asked tremblingly.

The old woman remained silent for a moment, finally nodding, "Your senior brother Xu Ran... something seems to have been planted in him... a... 'seed'..."

"A seed?!" Xu Qinghan exclaimed in shock, "Senior brother was planted with a seed? What is that?!"

"It's a medium of dark power... a kind of vessel..."

The old woman's eyes showed a trace of compassion, "Once the seed fully matures... the host will be completely devoured... becoming a puppet of dark will... even... a vessel for the dark entity's descent..."

Xu Qinghan's body shuddered as if struck by lightning.

Senior brother Xu Ran... he... he actually encountered such a terrifying thing?!

"Then... then is there still hope for senior brother?" Tears welled in her eyes.

The old woman remained silent again before slowly speaking, "It's difficult... the power of the seed... comes from higher-level dark laws... once fully activated... it's almost irreversible..."

"Almost irreversible... does that mean... there is a sliver of hope?!" Xu Qinghan grasped onto the keyword in the old woman's words.

"Hope... is nearly invisible..." The old woman looked at Xu Qinghan with a complex expression, "Unless... unless a miracle occurs... or... unless someone can find... something capable of countering that power..."

"What is the power of opposition?" Xu Qinghan asked urgently.

The old woman shook her head, "I don't know... those who opposed darkness... perished in ancient epochs long ago... the traces they left behind... are extremely few..."

"However..." The old woman changed her tone, "I do know a place... that might be related to those ancient opposers... but it's extremely dangerous... even I don't dare to venture easily..."

"Where?! Please tell me, Master!" Xu Qinghan said without hesitation.

She knew that no matter how dangerous, she had to go! For senior brother Xu Ran, for the truth of the Kao Mountain Sect, for... the possibly still living Yu Kong!

The old woman looked at the determined light in Xu Qinghan's eyes and finally sighed, "So be it... perhaps this is your fate... that place... is called... 'Ancient Restricted Area'... located in the cosmos's Land of the Far West... it is filled with ancient curses and remnant souls of fallen powerhouses... each step could be fatal..."

"Ancient Restricted Area... Land of the Far West..." Xu Qinghan silently remembered the name and location.

"Master... and Yu Kong... is he... still alive?" She hesitated for a moment but asked the question that worried her the most.

The old woman closed her eyes, seemingly sensing something. After a while, she opened her eyes, showing a trace of surprise.

"This young man... his aura... has changed..." The old woman murmured, "On him... there is an aura of an ancient... Guardian..."

"Guardian?!" Xu Qinghan was shocked once again. How could Yu Kong be related to a Guardian?

"Yes... though faint... it is indeed that aura... he seems to have inherited some ancient will..."

The old woman said, "He should still be alive... moreover... is growing stronger..."

"That's great!" Xu Qinghan couldn't help but cry out with joy.

Yu Kong is still alive! And growing stronger! This was the best news she had heard!

"However... the path of a Guardian... is extremely challenging... even more dangerous than opposing the seed..." The old woman reminded.

"No matter... as long as he's alive, it's good..." Xu Qinghan wiped away her tears, hope and strength surging in her heart.

She knew what she had to do next.

She would continue to cultivate diligently, go to the Ancient Restricted Area to find the power to oppose darkness, find senior brother Xu Ran, and find Yu Kong!

"Master, I understand. I will cultivate diligently, then head to the Ancient Restricted Area!" Xu Qinghan stood up and deeply bowed to the old woman.

"Go... remember... cultivation is not achieved overnight... your mental state matters more... also... the arrival of darkness... is not only about the seed... there are other signs... you must be vigilant at all times..." The old woman urged.

"Yes, Master!"

Xu Qinghan bid farewell to the old woman, her eyes carrying a determined resolve, left this reclusive place.

Her goal was that far western land—Ancient Restricted Area!

...

Fifth Space.

Here was no longer purely gray.

This was a space woven from countless twisted, chaotic, and constantly shifting Law Lines. Like living entities, they roamed in the air, collided, tore apart, and reformed.

They emitted dizzying light and earsplitting buzzing.

Xu Ran's body, or rather "container", hovered in the center of this space, the gray mark on his forehead glowing more brilliantly than before.

[Fifth Space Trial: Law Integration and Adaptation.]

[You must survive the chaotic law storm and attempt to comprehend, absorb, and integrate these laws.]

[Each successfully integrated law will make your container stronger.]

[The trial has no time limit, until the container reaches the strength required for the next stage.]

[Trial begins.]

A cold mechanical voice echoed in the "consciousness."

In an instant, the surrounding Law Lines, as if attracted, surged madly towards Xu Ran's body!

Hiss hiss hiss!

The Law Lines were like the sharpest blades, slicing Xu Ran's body.

Even a physique tempered by the Taichu Undying Body seemed fragile before these primal and chaotic laws.

His skin cracked again, gray blood oozing out, instantly evaporated by the Law Lines. His bones creaked under the pressure, seemingly ready to shatter at any moment.

The intense pain swept through.

Yet, Xu Ran's eyes remained a deathly silent gray.

His body had no instinctive resistance, only the gray mark on his forehead flared wildly, emitting a powerful suction, trying to draw these chaotic Law Lines into his body!

This was an incomparably dangerous process.

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