She walked out of the cultivation chamber on instinct, ascending step by step as golden lotuses bloomed beneath her feet.

She came to stand before the stone statue of the Creator Saint, feeling that faint, infinitesimal, yet utterly profound ripple.

Three days and three nights later.

Xuanxi offered a solemn bow to the stone statue of the Creator Saint.

Under the gaze of big shots such as the Black Dragon Demon Saint, Wan Xuerou, and the Nine-tailed Crocodile Dragon, the Demonic Clan great trend dwelling within Xuanxi’s body roared into violent upheaval.

She actually broke through the Great Moon–Great Sun union barrier in one fell swoop and opened her Saint Achievement Immortal Transcending Tribulation!

"Become a Saint and transcend into an immortal, transcend the mundane and the profane."

The Nine-tailed Crocodile Dragon watched the Dragon Lady’s figure beneath the Tribulation Cloud, his gaze filled with gratification: "And as for the Way of Great Moon and Great Sun, since ancient times only the Great Moon Saint and the Creator Saint have ever truly trod it. Will you be the third?"

Inexplicably, the Nine-tailed Crocodile Dragon was very much looking forward to Xuanxi’s performance.

By his side, the Sky-connecting Tower Spirit and the Great Moon Virtual Mirror Spirit both stared with blazing eyes, especially the Great Moon Virtual Mirror Spirit!

Back then, the auspicious beast White Deer had carried a bronze mirror in its mouth to pledge itself to the newborn Xuanxi.

As it happened, that bronze mirror was in fact a Holy Artifact modeled after one she herself had created, and shared a certain connection with her!

...

As for the Saint Achievement Trilogy: the first step, shattering the apertures; the second, drawing in qi; the third, detonating the apertures.

Faced with the Saint Achievement Trilogy that made countless Heavenly Talents treat it with utmost caution, Xuanxi did not even blink, basically sweeping all before her and leaping up at incredible speed.

It was not only that her foundation was too deep, but also that she had received far, far too many resources.

Rumble!

All of a sudden, heaven and earth dimmed, the stars hid themselves, and only an eternal Great Moon star spanned across the firmament.

A cold, immortal-like figure gradually took shape.

Great Moon Saint imprint!

"Father..." The Sky-connecting Tower Spirit and the Great Moon Virtual Mirror, sensing that both familiar and unfamiliar aura, subconsciously murmured, their souls lost.

"True Dragon of Great Moon, is it? Cut!" Xuanxi’s eyes turned icy in an instant as she floated in the air.

The Silver Armor Dragon Scale Armor upon her body burst forth with divine radiance, the Gallbladder Bright Silver Spear in her hand condensed a biting Frost, and the surging power of the Tao of Great Moon gathered and howled forth in a blast.

Gales howled, stars swayed.

The two figures shuttled back and forth through the void, exchanging blow after blow without cease.

It was almost an instant, and yet it felt like an eternity; over the course of this fierce battle, the two actually fought to a draw!?

An entire day and night later.

The True Dragon of Great Moon imprint was forcibly absorbed by Xuanxi and refined into her own foundation on the path of Great Moon.

As if this had always been her power to begin with, it felt exceedingly easy.

At the moment of absorption, even she herself was somewhat stunned!

Not long after, a colossal and desolate Heaven-horned Great Cauldron imprint emerged.

Heavenly Horned Ant imprint!

"The race of Senior Overlord? Good, come!"

Xuanxi suppressed the confusion in her heart; her entire dragon body grew excited, and the Gallbladder Bright Silver Spear in her hand let out a ringing battle cry.

But an hour later, Xuanxi stared blankly at the dissipating Heavenly Horned Ant imprint, still maintaining the posture of her spear piercing through the enemy.

Weak!

So weak!

Utterly weak!

So weak that she could hardly believe the opponent she had just faced was a Heavenly Horned Ant.

Even at the same realm, this Heavenly Horned Ant imprint did not even possess half the ability of Senior Overlord.

"So, not every Heavenly Horned Ant is Senior Overlord~"

Inexplicably, Xuanxi suddenly grasped this point.

Buzz, buzz, buzz...

Suddenly, heaven and earth trembled, space shuddered.

The water veins of Mysterious Water Star roared in unison, whirlpool after whirlpool condensed.

A vast cold moon slowly rose behind Xuanxi, pressing down upon the world.

Endless Frost gathered, killing chill awe-inspiring, blue-white mist spreading everywhere.

This stretch of heaven and earth had already become a world of ice and snow!

"The third layer imprint..."

The Sky-connecting Tower Spirit’s expression changed drastically, and he cried out in a sharp voice: "Th-this is the Creator Saint—how is that possible?!"

While in the center of the field, feeling that boundless pressure, Xuanxi slowly turned around, her expression wooden.

Never had she expected that she would be matched against her own brother?!

In that instant, big shots such as the Black Dragon Demon Saint, Wan Xuerou, and the Nine-tailed Crocodile Dragon were all utterly spiritless.

They had personally witnessed the rise of the Creator Saint, and had seen with their own eyes His various peerless divine mights.

Thus they naturally understood that the current Xuanxi absolutely could not possibly contend against the Creator Saint, even if it was only at the same realm!

The Creator Saint’s terror—defeating enemies across realms—was commonplace; He even had the glorious feat of blocking a Holy Artifact with one hand.

No one would have thought that, despite the Creator Saint still being alive in the world, the Martial World would actually manifest His imprint. This was far too inconceivable!

"It’s over."

"This shouldn’t be~"

"No, we absolutely cannot allow the Great Saint imprint to strike, or Xuanxi will surely perish!"

At this moment, the myriad demons were incomparably anxious.

Among them, the Black Dragon Demon Saint and Wan Xuerou understood the Creator Saint’s terror even more clearly, and were consumed with panic, fearing that Xuanxi would be suppressed and slain by this imprint.

In their minds, if Xuanxi wanted to achieve outstanding growth, she must set her target on the various Destinies of the Demon Clan, such as the Phoenix Goddess and the True Dragon of Great Moon.

But if Xuanxi were to be compared to the Creator Saint, wouldn’t that be forcing the impossible upon her, driving her to her death?

With things like this, how could they not be frantic!

"Hmph."

All of a sudden, from the Ninth Heaven came a supreme voice.

The imprint of the Creator Saint that was condensing instantly dissipated completely, vanishing without a trace.

The wind stilled, the rain ceased, and everything returned to calm.

Xuanxi thus passed through her tribulation and became a Saint by the Tao of Great Moon!

"The Great Saint has made a move!"

"Heavens, it seems that even the Martial World cannot override the will of the Great Saint!"

The myriad demons were struck dumb once again, feeling ever more deeply the supreme Great Power of the Creator Saint.

Wan Xuerou, meanwhile, was left weak all over, eyes brimming with tears; just a little more, just a little more and she would have lost her precious daughter.

"As expected, brother is a man who holds up the sky and stands upon the earth. I must follow in brother’s footsteps and fight across the world at his side!"

Xuanxi took a deep breath and silently made up her mind.

This decision only grew all the more resolute!

...

At the same time.

Right after Xuanxi became a Saint, the Heavenly Earth River within the daytime barrier once again underwent a strange change.

Because of Xuanxi’s ascension, the Heavenly Earth River immediately diminished, erasing the impact of Bo Nianrou’s Saint achievement, and even weakening the Heavenly Earth River by a faint trace.

The restless figure of the Supreme of Rulelessness once again sank into slumber!

This also indirectly showed that the Demonic Clan great trend carried upon Xuanxi’s person was likewise tremendously grand!

Moreover, because the Demon Clan was now flourishing while the Human Race declined with each passing day, the influence Xuanxi brought to the Martial World far surpassed that of Bo Nianrou!

Indeed, the maintenance of the Heavenly Earth River had originally relied on the undisputed overlord status of the Human Race—that grand trend as heavy as earth and as lofty as heaven.

Yet now, the Demon Clan too was gradually growing strong, no longer as in the past, when they were at the mercy of the Human Race’s slaughter.

At this very moment.

Sitting in Black Heaven, Hong Yuan in his Demonic Body felt a sudden stirring in his heart.

In an instant, he deduced it millions of times.

In the end, he linked together the growth of Bo Nianrou and Xuanxi and thought:

"Aside from this body and Shang Yaoqin, the current Nianrou and Xi’er are practically yet another pair of fate-linked rivals, the concrete embodiment of the great struggle between the Human Race and the Demon Clan."

"So, Xi’er’s growth is even more important—for the Demon Clan, and for this body of mine?!"

"Hehe, yet another brand-new battlefield of confrontation between Human Race and Demon Clan, how fierce..."