Once Long Chen finished speaking, Lu Yi immediately sent word back. At the same time, he also ordered some people to help the Spirit Heart Sect build their transportation formations. Their original transportation formations were practically useless by this point. They needed to rebuild new ones that could link up with others.

For now, these transportation formations would link them to the Huayun Trading Company’s formations. If they needed to travel, they could go through those. Then, once the Huayun Trading Company set up a full network of transportation formations centered around the divine capital, they could separate once more.

It was now as if the Spirit Heart Sect had just gained the full backing of the Huayun Trading Company. Although the Huayun Trading Company did not participate in the fighting between forces as a matter of principle, the new era had thrown everything old out the window. Even if they did not go all out, they at least had to show their own power if they wanted to protect themselves.

With the Huayun Trading Company’s reputation, they were the most trustworthy allies. Having their support was something countless sects did not dare to dream of. Naturally, everyone in the Spirit Heart Sect was overjoyed by this development. Not a single person opposed it.

“I’m taking a trip to the Flame God Sect. Do you want to come?” Long Chen asked Xin Yu and Yan Li.

“Master Long Chen, we’ve already sent people to the Flame God Sect. The transportation formation will soon be complete. It will take at most half a day. You don’t need to run all the way there by yourself,” said Lu Yi.

The Huayun Trading Company was the absolute champion when it came to efficiency. They had secret strongholds spread throughout the entire Heavenly Magnificence Divine Prefecture, and their information network was practically omniscient. Of course, among the things not included in the “practically” was also Long Chen’s newfound long-distance teleportation ability.

“Don't worry about that. I have my own ways,” Long Chen reassured him.

These two sects were close, and he was just bringing two people with him. What little violet blood energy and astral energy he had were more than enough.

Xin Yu had been stuck in the Spirit Heart Sect for too long. She had long since wanted to take a stroll elsewhere, but during the long night, she hadn’t dared to run around randomly. However, now that the Huayun Trading Company was here, the Spirit Heart Sect would be in no danger, at least for the time being. She didn’t hesitate to stand by Long Chen’s side.

Yue Tianming shook his head helplessly. He wanted to say something, but he knew that he was no longer capable of giving this girl orders.

Suddenly, a streak of light flew over. Yue Tianming was startled and caught it. When he saw what he was holding, he was stunned. He looked at Long Chen, but the latter did not meet his gaze. Violet qi surged out of his body, and starlight flowed beneath his feet. He took a single step. He, Xin Yu, and Yan Li vanished just like that.

Yue Tianming clenched his fist. He didn’t dare to let go of whatever it was. He ordered the core elders of the Spirit Heart Sect to take over, and he returned to his own private room.

Once he was all alone, he slowly opened his hand. There was a medicinal pill in his hand.

“I can’t believe it...”

As he sensed the thrumming law power of the new era within this pill, his breathing became hurried.

...

Chi Yutong was patrolling within the sect when the space beside her suddenly twisted.

“Who’s there?!”

Along with this shout, she also instinctively unleashed a palm strike.

BOOM!

Flames exploded. A figure was sent flying.

Just as she blasted one person back, another two appeared in front of her. When she saw them, she covered her mouth in shock and embarrassment. That was because those two were Long Chen and Xin Yu.

“Big sister Yutong, that palm of yours... really was vicious...”

Yan Li’s grumbling rang out from the distance. Golden flames were surging out of him. There was a clear handprint on his chest, obviously the result of Chi Yutong’s strike. Terrifying flame laws burned on top of this handprint.

“Sorry, sorry! It wasn’t on purpose!” Chi Yutong hastily apologized.

“Yutong, your control over law power has reached an incredible level!” Long Chen praised her. He was truly surprised.

Chi Yutong pulled Yan Li over. She put a hand over his chest and recalled her law power. She blushed, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. Fortunately, Yan Li was also a flame cultivator, so he wasn’t all that heavily injured. Anyone else would have probably been critically wounded, if not outright dead.

“The grand formations are still active! How did you get in? Hmm... it must have been this bad girl! Xin Yu, you did it on purpose, didn’t you!?” Chi Yutong sniffed.

She thought that Xin Yu had used her spirit heart arts to pass through the barriers to give her a surprise.

“Big sister Yutong, don’t falsely accuse a good person! Long Chen is the one who brought us in!” said Xin Yu hastily.

“Big sister Yutong, seriously, I’m fine...” added Yan Li. He didn’t want things to become awkward.

If anyone had to be blamed, it would have to be Long Chen’s terrifying ability to move through space. He was actually capable of moving through their grand formations. He even managed to bring them right to Chi Yutong’s side. Anyone would be startled to have someone appear right in front of them, and in this day and age, it was best to strike first and ask questions later.

After a bit of chatting, Chi Yutong invited them inside.

Long Chen could tell that Chi Yutong had exceptionally strong law power. In addition, she had karmic luck supporting her. If she were to unleash her full power, then even that Divine Venerate wouldn’t be able to crush her. Long Chen guessed that this was thanks to the Heaven Vein Dragon Blaze finally being reborn by the new era. It had been hibernating for countless years, but now it was reviving in the spring.

The Heaven Vein Dragon Blaze was a flame containing the karmic luck of the Heavenly Daos. It was a flame with its own destiny, and thus Chi Yutong could also be considered someone carrying the fate of the heavens.

In that case, his worries were superfluous. Chi Yutong would only grow stronger. As long as the divine assembly alliance was rebuilt and they got through this crisis, there would be few people in the future capable of threatening the Flame God Sect.

Long Chen informed her about the alliance with the Huayun Trading Company. Of course, Chi Yutong had no objections to such an alliance, and told Long Chen to handle it as he felt best.

However, when she learned that Long Chen had led the Full Moon Sect and seized the divine capital, all three of them jumped in shock. The divine capital was the crux of the entire Heavenly Magnificence Divine Prefecture. This involved every single force in the divine prefecture.

“Yan Li, you should hurry and rebuild your Blazing Soul Gate as well. The first thing to do is protect your sect’s karmic luck,” said Long Chen.

The Blazing Soul Gate could be said to be crippled, but its legacy was not yet cut off. Yan Li was still alive, so its karmic luck would not disappear.

The new era was here. Karmic luck was still gathering in its old haunts. If the rightful owners didn’t seize it, others would divide it amongst themselves. The descent of the new era meant that the fight for karmic luck was starting, and the fight for masterless karmic luck, in particular, would be exceptionally bloody. Of course, forces with karmic luck but not enough power to protect it would also be targeted.

Karmic luck was of utmost importance. It did not have much of an effect at the start of cultivation, but as everyone’s level rose, karmic luck would become a major dividing line between people.

Long Chen asked about Zhu Qi. Chi Yutong told him that Zhu Qi had worked hard to accomplish his mission once Long Chen left. Relying on his skillful assassination arts, he killed over ten waves of Forerunners who tried to attack them. In the last battle, he fought a dozen Forerunners and almost died.

He ended up with heavy injuries, and when the new era came, he immediately retreated to recuperate. However, the arrival of the new era also indicated that his value had just disappeared. He had been abandoned by this era.

Even now that his injuries had healed, he had not come out to see anyone. He felt like the Flame God Sect no longer needed him. Even with his assassination arts, he was still worthless. At most, he would be able to match a first-Heavenstage Sovereign Lord of the new era. Once everyone reached the second Heavenstage, he wouldn’t be able to do anything to them.

...

Zhu Qi was sitting in his room, just blankly staring at a wall.

Suddenly, the door to his room was pushed open, and the person he had been expecting appeared. He did his best to contain himself, but his body began quivering.

A medicinal pill flew over to him, Long Chen’s voice rang out.

“I promised you a chance to change your fate, and I am here to deliver on that promise. But ultimately, this is just a chance. Whatever you do with it is up to you!”

Zhu Qi’s hand shook as he stared at the medicinal pill. He could sense the new era’s laws within it. He knew that Long Chen was not tricking him.

“I understand!”

With that, Zhu Qi swallowed the pill with no hesitation. He then reverently bowed to Long Chen and vanished from sight.

Once Zhu Qi left, Long Chen nodded to himself. Zhu Qi was no fool; he had immediately understood Long Chen’s unspoken message. This medicinal pill would turn him into an expert of the new era. But so what? In the end, he would still be just one among countless heavenly geniuses struggling within this turbulent era. If he truly wanted to defy the heavens and change his fate, he would need the support of karmic luck. Without karmic luck, he was nothing.

Thus, Long Chen assumed that Zhu Qi was planning on returning to the Zhu clan. He was going to kill his enemies. Perhaps that was the only way he could obtain the cultivation resources he needed. That was his path to changing his fate.

Long Chen took out all the Heavenly Dao Pills he had. These were pills refined from Heavenly Dao Fruits. Well, technically, they weren’t even “refined” per se; it was just a simple change in form. It was incredibly easy for Huo Linger.

Long Chen handed thirty thousand Heavenly Dao Pills to Chi Yutong. They were for the senior generation of Divine Sovereigns of the Flame God Sect. With this, they could continue cultivating with the new era’s laws. However, they were not ones originally with the destiny of the heavens. No one knew how far they could go in this new era.

Chi Yutong, Yan Li, and Xin Yu knew that Long Chen had heaven-defying abilities. They did not reject these pills. Yan Li only took two hundred of them. The Blazing Soul Gate only had a few survivors; he didn’t need that many.

However, the matter of these Heavenly Dao Pills was truly too heaven-defying. Long Chen told them to be careful using them. News of them could not leak.

By the time the four of them were done talking and walked out, the Huayun Trading Company’s people had already arrived. They were working on the transportation formations, and they had just finished one of them. Long Chen bid farewell to the three of them and stepped onto it. As he waved goodbye, he disappeared.

Once Long Chen left, Yan Li also went on his way. But before leaving, he high-spiritedly declared that he would definitely be doing something big.

“I’ll see you soon, big sisters!”

In a flash, they all parted ways. Chi Yutong suddenly felt a sense of loss, but the carefree Xin Yu seemed indifferent to it. She held Chi Yutong’s hand and cheerfully chatted to her about what she had been up to while they were apart. Her blithe attitude made Chi Yutong smile, and she felt much better.

...

Meanwhile, Long Chen appeared in a long and winding mountain range.

“Master Long Chen, up ahead is the violet blood race’s sacred land, the Violet Abyss. We can only bring you this far. Goodbye!”

A refined man bowed deeply towards Long Chen before turning around and disappearing.

Long Chen gazed at the endless mountains ahead. He took a step forward.

Suddenly, the scene turned into something like a surreal painting. Violet qi filled heaven and earth. Long Chen’s figure disappeared within the endless violet qi.