"It wants the body of the Foundation Establishment Great Cultivator!" Liou Yuan immediately understood the Alien Star Evil’s intention and exclaimed.

Liou Yuan was not the only one who saw through the Alien Star Evil’s intentions.

Mr. Ge, Wei Ying, and Hua Xuanyi all had drastic changes in their expressions.

If that Star Evil succeeded, let alone Yanhe City, even dozens of towns under Qingyou Prefecture would be in danger of being overthrown.

At the critical moment.

A Flying Sword, thin as a cicada’s wing and glowing with a faint blue spiritual light, emitted a radiant sword light from the center of the tentacles coiling around it.

Shink! Shink! Shink!

The tentacles engulfing the Foundation Establishment Great Cultivator were severed inch by inch.

Finally, the sword’s momentum did not falter and carved a sword mark in the void, slicing toward the mountain’s ruins below.

Boom! The ground trembled.

The multitude of tentacles and the Alien Star Evil’s sound came to an abrupt halt.

"Did we win?" Wei Ying voiced her tension, seemingly asking, but none around her could provide an answer.

On the city wall, the only one who knew the answer was Liou Yuan.

His eyes were unblinking, staring at the ruins where the Flying Sword had slashed.

He saw a fingertip-sized milky white spiritual light slowly emerge from the ruins, floating toward Liou Yuan.

This was the spiritual light that would only appear after a Star Evil’s death.

Just like the previous Star Evils Liou Yuan had slain, whenever a Star Evil detected by the Fixed Star Compass was killed, their residual energy would be drawn and absorbed by the Fixed Star Compass.

And only Liou Yuan, bearing the Fixed Star Compass, could see that spiritual light.

"Since the spiritual light has appeared, it proves that the Star Evil has been vanquished." Liou Yuan sighed in relief.

Fortunately, the Foundation Establishment Great Cultivator was strong enough to break free in time.

When the Foundation Establishment Great Cultivator was momentarily immobilized, it gave him quite a fright.

Fortunately, they won.

And not only did they win, but Liou Yuan also became the biggest beneficiary of this Alien Star Evil’s extermination.

Liou Yuan fixed his eyes on the spiritual light that had flown close to him.

Unlike all the previous spiritual lights he absorbed, this cluster of Alien Star Evil energy was more than a hundred times larger than those previous Star Evils.

Moreover, the milky white spiritual light contained a wisp of purple aura.

Finally, under Liou Yuan’s gaze, the cluster of spiritual light merged into his body, absorbed by the Fixed Star Compass.

Feeling the exuberant starlight surging from the Fixed Star Compass within him due to absorbing the Alien Star Evil energy.

Liou Yuan couldn’t believe that this seemingly impossible task had just concluded like this.

"The Foundation Establishment Great Cultivator, so formidable!" Liou Yuan stared in a daze at the collapsed ruins of Virgo Peak, unable to regain his senses for a long time.

That was Virgo Peak, where Liou Yuan often went to cultivate; no one knew better than Liou Yuan how tall and vast those peaks were.

Yet, it was smashed by a single sword from the Foundation Establishment Great Cultivator.

"We won!" Someone broke the silence, uttering the two words.

Liou Yuan finally came back to himself and quickly fixed his eyes on the Foundation Establishment Great Cultivator still hovering above the collapsed Virgo Peak.

The spiritual light that burst from his body had dissipated after he swung the sword that slew the Star Evil.

Revealing an exceptionally handsome young face.

He was clad in a white brocade robe, fluttering lightly in the snowy wind.

A dark silk belt was cinched at his waist, inlaid with a gentle Jade Pendant, radiating an icy glow.

His long black hair was merely tied up with a mutton-fat jade hairpin, a few strands hanging loosely by his angular cheeks.

His sword-shaped brows arched into his temples, and his eyes resembled cold stars, deep and bright.

"This Foundation Establishment Great Cultivator is so young!" Mr. Ge couldn’t believe his eyes, rubbing his old eyes repeatedly. Once he confirmed he hadn’t seen wrong, his face turned incredibly strange.

Wei Ying’s eyes shone brightly, so impressed by such a spirited and vigorous man, also a Foundation Establishment Great Cultivator, which young girl wouldn’t be in awe?

"Indeed, too young." Even Hua Xuanyi, the most knowledgeable Loose Cultivator, couldn’t help but exclaim, "I’ve seen the elegance of several Foundation Establishment Great Cultivators from afar, and none were this young."

Each of the three had different expressions.

Only Liou Yuan, upon seeing that man’s face, found himself increasingly uneasy with each glance.

Because the man’s eyes and brows were incredibly similar to his mother’s.

Even Liou Yuan bore a three to four point resemblance.

Gradually, the face of that Foundation Establishment Great Cultivator overlapped with the face deep in Liou Yuan’s memory—Liou Zhen, who left three years ago after assessing his talents.

"No, the temperament doesn’t match!" Liou Yuan patted his cheeks, trying to shake off this absurd thought.

Though his elder brother Liou Zhen inherited their mother Bai Xin’s grace.

His temperament wasn’t this cold.

This man exuded a chill like a frozen mountain, a stark contrast to Liou Zhen.

While Liou Yuan was bewildered and uncertain,

the man, after taking a brief rest in the void, began to Sword Control towards Yanhe City from the collapsed Virgo Peak.

It was evident that the battle had been grueling for him as well, for he didn’t fly quickly.

He descended slowly, landing in front of the four of them including Liou Yuan.

With a Foundation Establishment Great Cultivator personally present, Mr. Ge and the others appeared flustered facing such a high-ranking Cultivator.

"Greetings, Senior!"

After calling him Senior, they all lowered their heads, not daring to look at him.

The only one still looking up was Liou Yuan.

The confusion in his eyes deepened as he stared intently at the man’s features.

At such close range, Liou Yuan saw that face more clearly.

But the oppressive aura emanating from this man made Liou Yuan hesitate to speak up, forgetting to pay his respects.

It wasn’t until the man’s eyes, deep as a galaxy, met Liou Yuan’s, showing warmth and comfort, that he gently called out, "Little Yuan."

Just those two words confirmed his identity.

Then, amid the shocked expressions of Mr. Ge and the others, Liou Yuan released a sigh of relief, softly uttering two words as well, "Big Brother!"

Indeed, it was Liou Zhen, Liou Yuan’s renowned good elder brother in Yanhe City.

"What! He’s Liou Zhen!" Mr. Ge, who lived in the same West District and knew the Liou Family well, heard Liou Yuan’s words and his old eyes nearly popped out.

"He’s really Liou Zhen, how did he become Foundation Establishment! He’s not even twenty-six yet!" Hua Xuanyi was also shocked beyond words.

Wei Ying, summoning her courage, looked up secretly at Liou Yuan, and then at Liou Zhen, feeling the resemblance more and more as she looked.

Her mouth muttered, "Indeed, they are brothers, so alike."

Liou Zhen and Liou Yuan exchanged smiles, indifferent to what others thought.

"Upon learning the Calamity-level Star Evil was invading Yanhe City, concerned for my family’s safety, I hurried back just in time." Liou Zhen naturally spoke those words to Liou Yuan.

It was his explanation for returning home half a year early.

As he spoke, Liou Zhen looked at his brother before him, his eyes filled with even greater comfort.

He could see that Liou Yuan was close to breaking through, nearing a grand completion, fulfilling their agreement.

Of course, his greater satisfaction came from knowing Liou Yuan, earlier standing atop the city wall, had bravely swung his sword at the Alien Star Evil, fully aware of likely death.

"Truly of Liou Family bloodline."

However, with outsiders present, Liou Zhen didn’t mention Liou Yuan’s cultivation, instead softly inquired, "How is mother?"

"She’s well, if she knows you’re back, she’ll definitely be very happy." Liou Yuan spoke with casual banter, but still felt a sense of surrealism in his heart.

His brother had become Foundation Establishment, suddenly he had a Foundation Establishment Great Cultivator as a brother.

Judging by Mr. Ge’s reaction.

It seemed no one in Yanhe City knew that Liou Zhen had reached Foundation Establishment.

"Of course, I must pay respects to mother." As Liou Zhen responded to Liou Yuan, he waved his hand towards the direction outside the city.

Liou Yuan looked up, following the direction of Liou Zhen’s gesture.

On Yanhe City’s snowy road, two men and a woman, three teenagers about thirteen or fourteen years old, around the same age as Kong Yi, were making their way towards Yanhe City through the snow.

"This time I was sent by my sect to guide new disciples from the north of Qingyou Prefecture."

"Five days ago, I was still in Yufengcheng. According to schedule, I wouldn’t have reached Yanhe City for another six months."

"Because of that Star Evil, I had to change my plans."

"Indeed. This trip wasn’t in vain, I can even bring one more back."

Liou Zhen was speaking to Liou Yuan, but Liou Yuan didn’t see him open his mouth.

The voice resonated directly in his mind.

As for the one more person Liou Zhen mentioned taking back.

That person was, naturally, Liou Yuan.