The Immortal Realm had never been this chaotic.
The moment the Star Chart shattered—
It wasn't just an artifact that broke.
It was authority itself.
"Restart the Star Chart!"
"Seal all lower-realm passages—now!"
"The anomalous source must be eliminated immediately!"
Commands echoed violently through one immortal hall after another.
Yet not a single immortal could answer one question—
How?
Immortal Main Hall
Several high-ranking Immortal Lords stood on opposite sides of the hall.
Their auras were vast, mountain-like.
And yet—
For the first time in countless eras—
No one sat on the central throne.
"She used world-level intervention," one Immortal Lord said in a low voice."This is no longer a matter of cultivation."
"It's a matter of existence."
Another sneered.
"So what?"
"That world doesn't belong to her."
"Erase her."
The moment those words fell—
Silence swallowed the hall.
At last, the white-robed Immortal Official who had remained quiet all along spoke.
"Can you?" he asked calmly.
Everyone froze.
The white-robed official raised his head slowly.
"She didn't occupy the world."
"She was permitted by it."
The sentence landed like ice dropped into boiling water.
On the other side, realization dawned.
"If she can rewrite localized rules…" someone murmured,"Then she can make rules serve someone."
Their gazes shifted as one.
Downward.
Toward the mortal realm.
Toward the emperor still seated upon his dragon throne.
The white-robed official spoke again, his voice almost gentle.
"You still don't understand."
"The truly dangerous thing isn't her."
"It's that they haven't left the mortal realm yet."
Qingming Cultivation Forest
The wind had stopped.
Spiritual energy flowed calmly, as if nothing had happened.
But Su Wan knew—
From the moment she pressed that button—
She was no longer someone who could hide in the shadows.
Her phone lit up again.
This time—
No system voice.No interface windows.
Only a single line of text appeared slowly:
[Status Updated: New-System Node Identified]
She stared at it for a long moment.
Then locked the screen.
"They'll come," she said simply.
Xiao Xuanyin nodded.
"And not just one kind."
On the Return to the Palace
The sky darkened for a brief instant.
A passage from the Immortal Realm appeared faintly among the clouds.
It wasn't forced open.
It was… requested.
Su Wan raised an eyebrow.
"They're learning manners."
The next second, a figure stepped out from the passage.
No pressure.No威压.All cultivation fully restrained.
He stopped in midair.
Then—
He bowed.
Perfectly. Steadily.
"To the Emperor of the Mortal Realm, and to Lady Su."
"The Immortal Realm's Seventh Sequence requests an audience."
If any immortal cultivator witnessed this—
Their Dao Hearts would shatter.
Because this was not recruitment.
This was acknowledgment of equal standing.
Elsewhere — Immortal Realm, Shadow Domain
A cold voice echoed through darkness.
"We can't wait any longer."
"If we wait, they won't be 'variables' anymore."
"They'll become the new rules themselves."
Black shadows churned.
Killing intent took form.
"If the world refuses to erase them…"
"Then we will."
Fengyi Palace
Inside, concubines were busy planning a new "television series."
Hot pot steamed.
Laughter echoed.
No one knew—
That a storm capable of rewriting the order of three realms was approaching.
Su Wan stood by the window and spoke softly.
"Are you afraid?"
Xiao Xuanyin looked at her, his gaze unwavering.
"No."
"And you?"
She smiled.
"A little."
"But more than that—"
She lifted her eyes toward the heavens.
"I'm excited."
"Because for the first time…"
"We don't have to live inside rules written by others."
Immortal Realm.Mortal Realm.Cultivation Forest.
Three paths—
Fully converged.
And the coming war would no longer be about cultivation levels.
But about who had the right to define the future.