In this situation, he truly did not wish to resist, nor could he resist.
Elder made a salute to the sky.
Soon, a transparent, golden giant hand descended from the heavens, hovering over Song Yan’s head.
In an instant, various manifestations around Song Yan dispersed.
First to appear was a pure and flawless crystalline divine soul, followed by an unstable Mo Luo Divine Thought silhouette...
The giant hand then tapped again.
This time, the Mo Luo Divine Thought silhouette vanished, and from the pure and flawless crystalline divine soul suddenly emerged two extremely indistinct shadows, one large and one small.
The two shadows entangled with each other, yet remained tightly linked to the crystalline divine soul, forming a precarious balance.
At the moment the shadows appeared, the surrounding mountains and rivers began to collapse, and in the blink of an eye, hundreds of miles turned to flat land, reduced to powder.
The golden hand swiftly transformed in mid-air, one became two, two became four, four became eight, rapidly multiplying without end, then enveloped the crystalline divine soul like a lotus, swiftly contracting to reintegrate the two shadows back into the divine soul, restoring its original state.
Immediately after, the divine soul re-entered the body.
Elder looked down at the destroyed earth underfoot and at the trace of power leaked by the sudden appearance of the shadows, his expression growing more solemn, his body tense, staring fixedly at Song Yan, almost ready to act.
Just then, a gentle voice of a man resonated from the sky.
"Send him to Rusted Sword State."
Elder, as well as all cultivators present, were taken aback.
Especially Elder, who swiftly raised his head in disbelief towards the sky, as this was an outcome he had never considered.
The man in the sky spoke lightly: "Song Yan, after the Forbidden Talisman, there are Mad Saints.
I truly do not know whether your luck is too good or too bad.
You’ve been targeted by two Mad Saints; they’re residing within you like a tug-of-war, but it’s not balanced.
If this balance falters even slightly, your divine soul will be obliterated.
If you perish, the two Mad Saints might break free, or one might take over your body, or something even worse might happen; it is unimaginable.
As for Rusted Sword State, it is on the border between the Myriad Swords Star Realm and the Demon Mountain Star Realm, composed of dozens of unclaimed lands—a wasteland, you understand what I’m saying?"
Song Yan said: "I understand; wherever I die, calamity follows, so I must leave, preferably... get captured by the Five Elements Celestial Demon Palace."
Elder’s eyes slightly moved, seemingly finding Song Yan’s suggestion agreeable.
However, the voice from the sky conveyed indifference: "Such matters, we at the Celestial Wondrous Sword Palace disdain doing. You... see to it yourself."
As the word "see" settled, the voice from the sky and the enormous golden hand simultaneously dissipated.
As the Palace Master of the Celestial Wondrous Sword Palace, naturally, there were many affairs to attend to; Song Yan was just one of them. Now that this is resolved, he needs to proceed with other matters.
If before Elder considered acting against Song Yan, now he looked at him like a harbinger of plague.
Such a thing, in all his years, he had never seen nor heard of.
Two Talisman Characters both had their sights on this tasty morsel; if Song Yan were to die, the region would simultaneously suffer two types of star calamities...
"Take your original domain and leave." Elder said indifferently, "This is a significant matter; I will personally escort you to Rusted Sword State. Considering we have some affinity, don’t cause trouble along the way."
Song Yan fell silent for a moment, then glanced at the surrounding desolation already shattered, and then floated, heading afar.
A sword cultivator shouted: "Where are you going!"
Song Yan said: "To see more."
Elder instinctively raised his hand to control but then lowered it halfway, showing a helpless expression, giving a light cough, and said: "Let him see if he wants to see..."
After speaking, he raised his voice again: "But... Little Song, tidy up after you’re done watching, we need to hit the road.
Your senior sister doesn’t know about this, and I won’t tell her either!
No disciple here will leak a word!
If she asks a hundred years later, I’ll say you knew the double Forbidden Talismans couldn’t be balanced and went to the Demon Mountain Star Realm, slain many evil cultivators, and then disappeared without a trace.
In this way, aren’t I enough of a friend?"
Song Yan said: "I won’t make it difficult for Elder."
Elder then said: "If there’s anything else you need to do, feel free to mention it!"
Song Yan did not respond, heading far away.
At this moment, no one dared to stop him.
He was like a "doomsday device" with a lit fuse, and any attempt to kill him would only hasten the ignition of the fuse.
He might still be at a low realm and unable to overcome the sword cultivators here, much less Elder.


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