The learning ability of the Water Source Essence is astonishing, and its spirituality is extraordinary.

However, when it encountered Gao Xuan, who mastered the Soul Chain, no matter how much the Water Source Essence concealed and changed, Gao Xuan could perceive its movements.

Other things can disguise and change, but the connection established by the Soul Chain is genuine and immutable. There is no way to alter it.

The energy level of the Soul Chain is extremely high, capable of even penetrating different universes. Imagine the immense power it possesses.

With the Soul Chain, Gao Xuan knew all the truths and falsehoods of the Water Source Essence, ensuring a certain victory.

However, being a careful and meticulous person, when he discovered the Water Source Essence's exceptional spirituality, a bold plan arose in his mind.

Gao Xuan shared part of his own information with the Water Source Essence, including Artifact Refining and Five Elements Magic.

The Water Source Essence, upon receiving this information, immediately put it to good use. It also set its eyes on the Hongyi Sword, intending to seize it by all means.

Before the Water Source Essence could take control of the Hongyi Sword, Gao Xuan unleashed the God-slaying Vortex and extinguished the spiritual soul of the Water Source Essence.

The Water Source Essence is a spirituality born from the extreme condensation of Water Elemental Source Power, essentially an origin deity of Water Elemental Source Power. Hence, its strong spirituality and control over Water Elemental Source Power.

Without the Water Source Essence, Gao Xuan couldn't have inscribed twelve billion Profound Nether Curses.

It was the Water Source Essence's ultimate control over Water Elemental Source Power that inscribed precisely twelve billion eight hundred trillion Profound Nether Curses, fundamentally transforming the Hongyi Sword.

If able to trigger all twelve billion eight hundred trillion Profound Nether Curses, Gao Xuan believes no divine entity could withstand a single strike.

That being said, if he possessed such strong Spiritual Power, he wouldn't even need the Hongyi Sword to slay gods effortlessly.

Reforging the Hongyi Sword, the blade lengthened by three inches, becoming even more translucent and lustrous, feeling in the hand like holding a pool of autumn water.

Gao Xuan slightly vibrated the blade, causing the gentle ripples of water light to undulate endlessly, while the Heaven and Water Sword Intent flowed continuously.

The current Hongyi Sword carries the pure, gentle flow of a mountain spring, the tranquil depth of emerald waters, and the vast splendor of rivers and seas...

This sword, though lacking other divine peculiarities, with its exquisite Sword Intent and infinite Water Elemental Source Power, has already become a top-tier Divine Artifact.

After being re-sacrificed, this sword has been fully transformed inside and out and should actually be called the Profound Nether Sword.

However, Gao Xuan decided not to change the name.

A gentleman cannot be without ambition; the responsibilities are heavy and the road is long. To take benevolence as one's duty, is it not heavy? To persevere until death, is it not far?

The meaning of this passage is straightforward: a gentleman must be steadfast, brave, and have great ambition to bear heavy responsibilities. To take benevolence and righteousness as one's duty, the path is arduous and long, requiring the full extent of one's life and strength to strive forward.

The definition of benevolence and righteousness varies through the ages.

Gao Xuan does not dwell on these complexities; he appreciates the grand ambition, the steadfastness, the courage, and the capacity for responsibility expressed in this passage.

Saying the theme of saving humanity sounds overly grand. It seems inconsistent with his identity and thoughts.

Gao Xuan's obsession with saving humanity does not stem from pity for all living beings or from a noble ideal of saving lives.

He is a selfish person; his motive for saving humanity is to protect himself, to safeguard his living environment, and to live more comfortably and freely.

Without humanity, there would be no diverse beauties, no bustling and noisy fellow humans, no entertaining games, no delicious food, no cozy rooms.

Were humanity to go extinct, everything he enjoys would also be obliterated.

Furthermore, it's the most basic empathy as a member of humanity.

If the Alien Race seeks to annihilate humanity, he cannot coexist with them. It's as simple as that.

Gao Xuan recognizes this clearly and never considers himself a saint with the world in his heart.

Thus, in pursuit of his goals, he resorts to any means, indifferent to praise or criticism. Ultimately, he is an assassin driven by obsession!

Gao Xuan stored away the Hongyi Sword and activated the Guardian Ring, summoning Bai Yutang.

Having slept for months within the ring, for Bai Yutang, it felt like a nap. Seeing Gao Xuan, she was happy but didn't feel as if they had been apart for long.

Those few months of sleep left Bai Yutang revitalized and brimming with spirituality. Judging by her Primordial Qi reaction, she had reached Level 15.

Bai Yutang, being a Spiritual Life, effortlessly wielded Primordial Qi. With Gao Xuan's help, she constantly absorbed sufficient spirituality.

After sleeping for months, having absorbed and digested all spirituality, she naturally upgraded.

Even so, Bai Yutang was too weak, fundamentally unqualified to engage with Golden Level enemies. Not even with the Holy Light Wings.

Seeing Bai Yutang again felt like a lifetime had passed for Gao Xuan. Not just felt like, but truly spanned several lifetimes. He felt almost unfamiliar with Bai Yutang.

Bai Yutang sensed Gao Xuan's subtle emotions and gently caressed his face, asking, "Ah Xuan, what's wrong? Why do you look at me so strangely?"

"Haven't seen you for too long; I've missed you."

Displaying a warm smile, Gao Xuan quickly mastered his emotions and said, "I've learned a lot of useful knowledge this time, which can help you rapidly increase your power."

While Gao Xuan was trialing in the Nine Revolutions World, the Celestial Demon Relic was far from resting.

Because the Alliance had classified Gao Xuan as a Heavenly Punishment wanted criminal, topping the list. Even those initially indifferent to the Sword Dao League now knew of Gao Xuan.

A nineteen-year-old youth, just won the Sword Dao League championship, received the title of Sword King, and immediately became the Alliance's number one wanted criminal?

The story alone was legendary enough in itself.

As for why Gao Xuan became a fugitive of the Alliance, there are various opinions. The official statement is that Gao Xuan used evil means to coerce the chairman of the league committee and then murdered Qin Ken. He also assassinated Tifeng, the governor of the Ten Thousand Spirits Star Realm. His crimes are heinous.

This kind of official statement is completely unconvincing. Why would a teenager from the lower class, for no reason, want to kill these two big figures?

The complexity of the matter only adds to the controversy surrounding Gao Xuan.

Moreover, Gao Xuan is extremely handsome. Countless young female fans frantically defend Gao Xuan. There is even a massive cross-star realm organization: the Alliance to Clear Gao Xuan's Name. Abbreviated as White Alliance.

The White Alliance claims to have 50 billion members. It's the most notorious organization on Celestial Net in recent months.

On any social platform, wherever comments can be made, you will inevitably find someone shouting: "Brother is innocent. Brother is innocent..."

The White Alliance rampages across Celestial Net like a pest, also attracting countless anti-fans for Gao Xuan.

The battle between anti-fans and the White Alliance has caused countless grievances. This level of discussion further sinks information, reaching every aspect of Celestial Net.

This also makes Gao Xuan the undisputed king of traffic on Celestial Net. No person or event can compare to the discussions about him.

Even after months of disappearance, Gao Xuan's popularity hasn't dropped much. The enormous traffic popularity also provides the Celestial Demon Relic with an endless supply of spirituality.

In just a few months, about a third of the spirituality inside the Celestial Demon Relic is filled.

Previously, Gao Xuan did not dare to give Bai Yutang too much spirituality because the absorbed spirituality of grudges contained too many impurities and personal emotions.

For a spiritual life form like Bai Yutang, absorbing too much external spirituality could harm her Divine Soul, or even cause it to become chaotic and split, ultimately turning her into a madwoman.

After traveling around the Cultivator World, Gao Xuan learned quite a bit. Especially from the Twelve Profound City Celestial Demons, he learned the God-slaying Vortex.

This technique targets the Divine Soul Spirit, extremely sinister, yet also exceedingly miraculous.

The God-slaying Vortex can completely shred the Divine Soul and spirit, restoring it to the most original Divine Soul Energy. The Twelve Profound City Celestial Demons can absorb this pure origin energy to strengthen themselves.

The Celestial Demon is formless and shadowless; essentially, it is a spiritual life form.

The spirituality absorbed by the Celestial Demon Relic comes with all sorts of distracting thoughts, but that's not a problem. Directly use the God-slaying Vortex to wipe out all distractions, restoring it to the most original Divine Soul Energy.

So that Bai Yutang can absorb it without any worries.

Of course, Gao Xuan was also daring in his conception and cautious in trying.

He extracted part of the spirituality from the Celestial Demon Relic, using the God-slaying Vortex to shred all obsessions within it.

Those spiritual lights transformed into spots of extremely pure white light.

Bai Yutang attempted to absorb these white lights and indeed was able to convert them into her own Divine Soul Energy immediately, without feeling anything amiss.

Gao Xuan was very satisfied with this result; the spirituality absorbed by the Celestial Demon Relic now had a use.

Actually, he could absorb these pure Divine Soul Energies himself. It just wasn't necessary. His Divine Soul is strong and stable, and these external powers wouldn't have much impact.

Moreover, the complexity of the Divine Soul is extreme. Gao Xuan's Divine Soul already contains the Six-winged Celestial Cicada, making it unsuitable to absorb these external powers.

Bai Yutang, being a spiritual life form, greatly benefits from these pure Divine Soul Energies. Gao Xuan also taught Bai Yutang the Divine Soul Sacrificial Refining Secret Technique, which is from the Extreme Night Profound Emperor Scripture of the Profound Emperor Sect. When practiced to the highest level, it can transform Bai Yutang into a Profound Emperor.

For a spiritual life form, this can be described as an honorable right path.

After absorbing enough Divine Soul Energy, Bai Yutang didn't have time to speak much with Gao Xuan and returned to the Guardian Ring to cultivate in seclusion.

Gao Xuan, on the other hand, quietly left the Celestial Battle Realm.

Even though there are tens of millions of sensors at the entrance of the Celestial Battle Realm, they couldn't detect Gao Xuan using the Qiankun Shift.

This kind of space transfer secret technique is far more exquisite than the space transfer technique of the Star River World. Unless a strong Golden Level expert is watching the entrance, they would only find abnormal energy reactions.

Relying on tens of millions of sensors, nothing would be discovered.

Gao Xuan left the Celestial Battle Realm, unleashing his Soul Chain, where all the people most closely connected to him appeared.

Yun Qingshang is still in Ziwei City, living comfortably, practicing at home every day without stepping out.

Emotionally, she is very stable. Yun Qingshang, after all, is an assassin, resilient enough. Not to mention a few months, even a few years would not make her restless.

Helen's emotional state, however, wasn't as good, and her situation wasn't very favorable either.

Weighing the options, Gao Xuan decided to visit Helen first.

Through the strong Soul Chain, Gao Xuan locked onto Helen's position.

They were separated by thousands of light-years, a vast physical distance. This was also far beyond the range of the Qiankun Shifting Technique.

Fortunately, there were the Sky-breaking Divine Wings, with eight mechanical arm blades simultaneously radiating divine light, forcibly tearing through space.

The next second, Gao Xuan appeared before Helen.

Helen, sulking in her room, suddenly saw a black Mechanical Battle Armor appear before her and was startled.

Helen reached out and had already summoned the Hurricane Sword, ready to make a move in the next moment.

The black battle armor disassembled, revealing Gao Xuan inside.

Upon seeing Gao Xuan, Helen was instantly overjoyed, then turned suspicious and wary, pointing the Hurricane Sword at Gao Xuan and asking in a low voice, "Who are you really?"