Chapter 123 Evergreen Immortal Island, Rebirth in the Outer Realm and the Swift Guest

That floating island in the sky was not a mirage, but a small world that Su Changqing had forcibly peeled off and reshaped from the void over the past three days, based on the ancient "Domain Array" in the Ice Cave of the Outer Heaven and incorporating the highest mysteries of "Ten Thousand Gods Tribulation".

He named it Evergreen Realm.

The rainbow bridge closed, and the celestial light faded away.

When Su Changqing, holding Li Hanyi's hand and carrying Xiao Nuomi, finally stepped onto the solid ground of this floating island, the spiritual energy that rushed towards them was so dense that it almost turned into tangible raindrops.

"Wow! Daddy, this place is so beautiful! It's so much bigger than our home in Snowmoon City!"

Little Nuomi wriggled out of Su Changqing's arms and ran happily barefoot on the ground covered with soft spiritual herbs.

Before her lay a continuous peach blossom grove, pink petals swirling and falling in the breeze, a scene of dreamlike beauty.

Deep within the peach blossom forest, a simple yet exquisite two-story wooden building can be vaguely seen. Its design is exactly the same as the original "Evergreen Tavern" in Snowmoon City, only enlarged and refined countless times.

Under the old locust tree in front of the door, there was even Su Changqing's favorite broken rocking chair.

"Changqing...did you make all of this in the last three days?"

Looking at the scene before her, which resembled a fairyland, Li Hanyi's eyes, which seemed to be able to see through all sword techniques in the world, were now filled with deep shock and undisguised emotion.

She had initially thought that Su Changqing's claim of creating a small world was merely a smokescreen set up in a remote mountain forest. Who could have imagined that he would actually create such a world high in the heavens!

"It wasn't entirely my doing."

Su Changqing walked over, put his arm around Li Hanyi's slender waist, and followed her gaze to the tavern.

"I borrowed some of the spiritual veins from Penglai Immortal Island and extracted some icy jade essence from the far north ice plains for the foundation. As for that tavern, I carved it piece by piece from wood using the sword intent of 'Myriad Gods' Calamity.' How about it, my skills haven't deteriorated, have they?"

"You..."

Li Hanyi's eyes were slightly red as she gently leaned on Su Changqing's shoulder.

She knew how much terrifying spiritual energy and power was required behind these seemingly casual words.

This man, in order to give her and her daughter an absolutely safe and peaceful home, practically trampled the laws of this world on dirt time and time again.

"Alright, stop being so touched. This island is still very spacious. You can decide what flowers to plant and what grass to grow. Even if you want to move the entire Cangshan Mountain up here, your husband will do it for you."

Su Changqing smiled and kissed her forehead, then pulled her towards the tavern.

Although the Evergreen Realm has only just been established, its internal laws, as set by Su Changqing, are already extremely well-developed.

Here, there are no harsh winters or scorching summers, only eternal spring and bright sunshine; there is no outside turmoil or fighting, only birdsong and fragrant flowers.

In a particularly wicked move, Su Changqing projected a giant "screen" using an array at the edge of the island, at the end of the sea of ​​clouds, so that he could watch the "live broadcast" of Tianqi City and even the entire Northern Li Continent below at any time.

They euphemistically call it: watching a play.

The next few months were the most comfortable and human-like days Su Changqing had experienced since his transmigration.

Every morning, he would make special "spiritual version" fried dough sticks and soy milk for Xiao Nuomi in the peach blossom forest; in the morning, he would lie on that broken rocking chair, fanning himself with a palm leaf fan, while watching Li Hanyi practice swordsmanship in the courtyard, occasionally giving her a few pointers, or simply sparring with her using sword intent (although each time it ended with Li Hanyi being pulled into his arms and kissed breathlessly).

In the afternoon, it's Little Nuomi's "Natural Science Class".

Su Changqing would take her all over the island, teaching her to recognize all sorts of rare and exotic plants he had collected from all over the world. He even actually used mud and spiritual energy to sculpt several moving "Ultraman" and "Godzilla" figures for her to fight in the back mountains, making the little girl giggle every day.

"Changqing, how are Xiao Se and the others doing now?"

That evening, Li Hanyi carried a plate of freshly washed spiritual fruits to the rocking chair and handed it to Su Changqing, who was resting with his eyes closed.

"What else can you do? Become the emperor."

Su Changqing didn't even open his eyes, taking a bite of fruit from Li Hanyi's hand. "That kid's cunning, and with Lei Wujie and Wushuang as his henchmen, those old foxes in Tianqi City can't cause any trouble. They're probably busy reviewing memorials right now, racking their brains over how to come up with that 1.5 million taels of gold bill for me."

"You always bully him," Li Hanyi smiled helplessly. "He's the ruler of a country, after all. Are you really planning to make him pay that bill for the rest of his life?"

"Paying back debts is a matter of course. So what if I'm an emperor? Does that mean I can dine and dash?" Su Changqing said matter-of-factly, turning over to find a more comfortable position.

While the couple was chatting idly.

Sudden.

The once magnificent sunset over the entire Evergreen Realm suddenly became violently distorted!

An extremely subtle yet ancient and profound fluctuation, like the breath of some kind of giant beast, pierced through the spatial barrier surrounding the Evergreen Realm, which was strong enough to withstand a full-force attack from a Divine Travel Realm cultivator, and descended directly upon this floating island!

"Buzz—!"

This fluctuation carried no murderous intent, but rather a cold, aloof air, as if it were looking down upon everything.

Little Nuomi, who was watching "Ultraman Fighting Monsters" on the back mountain, suddenly stopped cheering. A hint of doubt flashed in her big eyes as she looked up at the sky.

"Daddy, it looks like there's a strange uncle watching us from the sky," Little Nuomi said in her childish voice, pointing deep into the clouds.

Su Changqing's previously languid expression vanished completely in that instant!

He abruptly sat up in the rocking chair, and two solidified golden bolts of lightning shot out from his deep, abyss-like eyes, piercing through layers of clouds and locking onto the direction from which the fluctuations were coming.

"Changqing, what's wrong?" Li Hanyi also sensed something was wrong. Iron Horse and Ice River instantly appeared in his hand, his sword intent surging, as if facing a formidable enemy.

"It's alright, you stay home and look after Nuonuo. I'm going to meet this 'uninvited guest'."

Su Changqing patted Li Hanyi's hand. Although his tone was calm, the chilling killing intent emanating from him caused the surrounding peach blossoms to wither and fall instantly!

He used supreme array patterns that transcended the laws of this world to create this Evergreen Realm. Let alone mortals of the Northern Li Continent, even a half-immortal of Mo Yi's level couldn't possibly penetrate his divine sense without alerting him!

Unless someone comes...

They don't belong to this world at all!

"brush!"

Su Changqing vanished from his spot in a flash.

In the next instant, he appeared at the highest point of the Evergreen Realm, at the edge of the spatial barrier that separated the small world from the great world.

The air here is extremely thin, and the wind is as sharp as a knife.

And in the vast emptiness beyond that barrier.

At some point, an extremely bizarre scene appeared.

A colossal "eye," composed entirely of countless starlight and chaotic energy currents, hovered there. The eye had no pupil, only endless depth and coldness. It silently gazed upon the Evergreen Realm, which was enveloped by a spatial barrier, and upon Su Changqing standing within the barrier.

"An interdimensional stowaway".

A loud, mechanical voice, indistinguishable between male and female, exploded directly in Su Changqing's mind, not through the air.

"You have seriously violated the fundamental laws of this plane. You forcibly opened up an independent space and tampered with the destiny of the chosen one. Now, in the name of the 'Heavenly Dao Inspector,' we are hereby ordered to eliminate and correct you."

A Heavenly Watcher?

Erasure of corrections?

Upon hearing these words, Su Changqing felt no fear, but instead burst into laughter in anger.

He has been living a smooth and successful life in this world for so long, treating those so-called number one in the world like puppets.

He had long been feeling bored, and even wondered if the world was too fragile, lacking even a worthy opponent to take seriously.

Now, has a so-called "Way of Heaven" finally emerged?

Moreover, they want to eliminate him right from the start?

"Hahaha... Annihilate me?"

Su Changqing burst into wild laughter, which pierced through the spatial barrier and created visible ripples in the void.

He stopped laughing, and his eyes became even colder and more arrogant than that "Eye of Heaven".

"Who do you think you are, daring to call yourself the Way of Heaven? Daring to meddle in my business?"

Su Changqing slowly raised his right hand, palm facing outward, aiming it at the giant starlight eye.

"Lao Tzu is the greatest principle in this world! He is the only rule!"

"Since you enjoy surveillance so much, then today, I'll gouge this eye out of you and use it as a stomp on it!"

"The Calamity of All Gods - Fourth Form!"

"Slay the Heavens!!!"

boom--!!!

With Su Changqing's angry roar.

The entire Evergreen Realm, and even the sky above the entire Northern Continent below, darkened completely in that instant!

It wasn't that dark clouds blocked out the sun; rather, all the light, all the stars, and even space itself were forcibly drawn away and swallowed up by an unimaginable, terrifying force at this moment!

In the palm of Su Changqing's right hand, a black singularity appeared that was even deeper than a black hole.

This singularity contains the highest level of the Destruction Law of the Myriad Gods Tribulation—an ultimate power capable of shattering a world!

"Destroy!"

Su Changqing suddenly pushed forward with his right hand!

That black singularity transformed into an absolute dead line that could not be captured by sight, completely ignoring the distance in space, and instantly pierced through that huge "Eye of Heaven"!

"Buzz—click-clack..."

A tooth-grinding sound, like shattering glass, echoed in the void.

The "Eye of Heaven," which had been so high and mighty just moments before, was utterly powerless the moment it came into contact with that absolute death line. It was like a shattered mirror, covered with countless cracks!

"This...is impossible...your power...does not belong to...the laws..."

For the first time, emotions described as "fear" and "disbelief" appeared in that mechanical voice.

But its voice hadn't finished speaking.

"Bang!!!"

The enormous eye, composed of starlight and chaotic energy, exploded with a deafening roar!

They transformed into a shower of meteors, falling and dissipating into the endless void.

One strike!

Just one strike!

Su Changqing then directly obliterated this self-proclaimed "Heavenly Dao Inspector" in the void!

"Vulnerable."

Su Changqing slowly withdrew his hand, looked at the void that was gradually returning to calm, and snorted disdainfully.

He could sense that although that thing had borrowed the name of the Heavenly Dao, its strength was at most one level stronger than that of a terrestrial immortal like Mo Yi, and it was far from being able to truly control the laws of a world.

"It seems the waters of this world are deeper than I imagined."

Su Changqing stroked his chin, a glint of excitement flashing in his eyes.

"But this is good too, at least I won't be so bored taking care of the kids every day. Now that I've hit the younger one, the older one will probably come knocking on my door soon."

"Then let the storm rage on. Perfect, I haven't had a chance to unleash the later moves of my 'Cataclysmic Tribulation' yet."

Su Changqing turned around, preparing to return to the tavern below.

however.

Just as he turned around...

His keen senses suddenly detected a crystal the size of a fingernail, shimmering with an eerie purple light, among the scattered fragments of the "Eye of Heaven." Unlike the other fragments, it did not dissipate but transformed into an extremely thin stream of light, piercing through the spatial barrier of the Evergreen Realm at an incredible speed and falling towards the continent below!

"Huh? Trying to run away?"

Su Changqing frowned, just about to make a move to intercept.

However, the purple light was too fast and carried some kind of concealment law, so it disappeared from his perception range in an instant.

"That's interesting."

Su Changqing did not pursue the matter further.

He looked in the direction where the purple light disappeared—was that…the Southern Border?

"It seems that Xiao Se is going to run into trouble again."

Su Changqing shook his head, a smile of anticipation playing on his lips.

"But this is also a good thing. How can an emperor sit firmly on that chair without experiencing some hardships? Let's just consider it a final exam arranged by Heaven for him."

"As for me... I'd better go back and put my wife and kids to sleep. I still need to make fried ice cream for Nuonuo tomorrow."

Su Changqing flashed and returned to the broken rocking chair.

It was as if the earth-shattering "battle against the heavens" that had just taken place was merely an insignificant dream he had.

……

at the same time.

North of Tianqi City, the Imperial Palace, Taiji Hall.

Xiao Se was sitting on the dragon throne (actually a cash register modified by Su Changqing), looking at the mountain of memorials in front of him, rubbing his throbbing temples.

"Your Majesty, this is an urgent military report from the southern border."

The Grand Eunuch Jin Xuan respectfully handed over a sealed document.

Xiao Se opened the package and his previously calm expression instantly turned serious.

"The Southern Jue's 300,000-strong army was clearly defeated, so how could they have regrouped 500,000 troops in just one month? And..."

Xiao Se stared intently at the last line of words on the memorial.

"Moreover, a terrifying army composed of 'undead' has actually appeared within the Southern Army? Even Lei Wujie and Wushuang, working together, couldn't stop its advance and were forced to retreat to Sunset Pass?!"

Xiao Se suddenly stood up, a cold killing intent flashing in his eyes.

"An undead? Could it be... that vanished purple light?"

While he was reviewing memorials, he suddenly sensed a strange movement in the sky and vaguely saw a purple light descending towards the south. He never expected it would cause such a dramatic change so quickly.

"Pass on the order!"

Xiao Se slammed the memorial onto the table, exuding an aura of imperial dominance that commanded respect without a hint of anger.

"Gather 100,000 Snow Dragon Riders! I will personally lead the expedition!"

"This time, I will wipe Nan Jue completely off this map!"