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19. Ripples in the Dark

19. Ripples in the Dark

In the Immortal Dao World, after some thought, the old man Mu Qingran from Heaven Fate Pavilion called his junior brother through his spiritual sense. In response, a crack tore open in space, and his junior brother, Shen Tianyi, stepped out—looking like a youth in his early twenties, far younger than his actual age. In an instant, Shen Tianyi had traveled across a distance of a thousand billion kilometers, arriving through the void.

Without hesitation, Mu Qingran spoke. "Junior brother, immediately stop all preparations for war."

He paused for a moment, then continued, "Just moments ago, I vaguely sensed a blurry thread of calamity hidden within one of the 350 High Heavenly Dao Worlds. But now, that thread has been completely severed."

"There are only two possibilities," Mu Qingran's expression grew serious. "Either the calamity has perished so thoroughly that even its soul failed to enter reincarnation—or it has obtained a Supreme Dao Treasure, a treasure so powerful it can cut off all fate lines."

"In either case, there is no need for war. If the calamity is truly gone, fighting will only waste countless lives. And if it really has obtained such a treasure, we won't be able to find it no matter what we do."

But after thinking for a moment, Mu Qingran shook his head slightly. "You should know, obtaining a Supreme Dao Treasure in the Immortal Great Dao World is already near impossible. To obtain one in a High Heavenly Dao World? That's something even the ancient records can't imagine. That's why I'm certain—the calamity is truly dead."

"Besides," Mu Qingran's gaze deepened, "if we really start a war of this scale, the sheer destruction will accumulate endless negative energy. That energy could tear open a passage to the Abyss Realm. In the end, without ever finding the calamity, we ourselves would become the calamity that destroys the worlds."

"So there is no need for war, which is not cost-effective. Order the Soul Devouring Sect to stop all preparations immediately."

Hearing all this, Shen Tianyi didn't say another word. He tore open space again and directly entered the Soul Devouring Sect.

The Sect Master of Soul Devouring Sect was shocked to see someone barging in without warning, but upon recognizing Shen Tianyi, he immediately calmed down and greeted him with the utmost respect.

Shen Tianyi only gave a slight nod before directly stating, "The calamity is gone. Stop all preparations for war."

The Sect Master was stunned, feeling as if Shen Tianyi was treating this whole situation like buying a cabbage, realizing it was rotten only after returning home, and then bringing it back to the store for exchange. However, he didn't dare to question Shen Tianyi's words. He simply nodded and immediately ordered all subordinate sects to cease their war preparations.

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Although the disciples were confused, they were secretly relieved. After all, there had never been a clear justification for the war in the first place—and countless lives would have been lost.

If Xu Tianran knew about all this, he would definitely feel proud and say, "Once again, I have saved countless lives across many worlds using system function! I am such a saint!"

Of course, Xu Tianran remained blissfully unaware.

At the same time inside the Heaven sword sect, Xu Tianran thought to himself, "Next, I could kill these Peak Master demonic spies, but that would only alert their respective sects. According to my Brainstorming System's deduction function, that would directly trigger the alliance of the Four Great Demonic Sects to destroy our Heaven Sword Sect. Mmm… better to wait. Once I gain full power within this High Heavenly Dao World, I'll sweep them all clean before ascending."

After calming down a bit, Xu Tianran casually spread out his spiritual sense, which now covered the entire Heavenly Dao World. His gaze swept directly toward the Blood Demon Sect, located ten million kilometers away from the Heaven Sword Sect.

He checked their current status and saw:

Blood Demon Sect Master - Mental Status: Confused. Why the hell did the Heavenly Demon suddenly order preparations for a war against the orthodox sects, only to cancel it moments later?

Upon seeing this, Xu Tianran was shocked. Without delay, his spiritual sense began searching for the so-called Heavenly Demon—the half-step Human Immortal powerhouse behind this order. After nearly fifteen minutes, Xu Tianran finally found him, quietly cultivating within the forbidden land of the Heaven Devouring Sect.

"You're wondering how my spiritual sense can move undetected in front of such a powerhouse? Simple—my system's new function: Heavenly Concealment. It can completely hide my spiritual sense, even from Primordial Immortals." Xu Tianran felt quite pleased with himself.

Xu Tianran muttered to himself, "The Immortal Realm is divided into several stages, each one harder to reach than the last. Starting from Human Immortal, then Earth Immortal, Golden Immortal, Heaven Immortal, Mystic Immortal, Dao Immortal, and finally... Primordial Immortal."

Xu Tianran thoughts wandered into his past memories before he shook his head to clear them and focused back on the Heavenly Demon's mental status:

Heavenly Demon - Mental Status: Confused. Why the hell did the Human Immortal Realm ancestor from the Immortal World suddenly order us to prepare for war against the orthodox sects, only to cancel it moments later? And it's not just in our Heavenly Dao World—all 350 Heavenly Dao Worlds received the exact same order. What's going on? Why aren't they telling us anything?"

Xu Tianran's expression darkened. "Why would the Immortal World issue such a reckless order—one that could directly lead to the opening of an Abyss Realm passage? With so much accumulated negative energy, the destruction would be unimaginable. And more importantly, how the hell did every sect in the Immortal World just blindly accept this?"

His instincts flared, and a strange sense of connection formed in his mind. His Brainstorming System activated automatically, rapidly processing all his past memories and clues. Two names floated to the surface—Soul Devouring Sect and Heaven Fate Pavilion.

"But who exactly were they targeting? Was it me?"

As that thought struck him, Xu Tianran muttered to himself, "Fortunately, with the timely activation of the Heavenly Concealment function and my naturally cautious nature, even the fate lines themselves can't detect my existence."

Xu Tianran stretched lazily, muttering, "These old bastards… why would they target someone as peace-loving and harmless as me? Don't they have anything better to do?"

He suddenly cut off his own thoughts. "Nevermind. How to deal with them… that's something to worry about in the future."