"Elder Yu, judging from the power of this explosion, it doesn't seem like an ordinary spirit beast. Has something happened in your sect?" Luo Yuanshan asked, his brow furrowed.

As soon as he said this, everyone's eyes focused on the short, stout elder.

"Everyone, please refrain from making wild guesses. Some spirit beasts have merely escaped. They each possess unique abilities, making them difficult to capture. There's no need to be alarmed; just wait here patiently," Elder Yu said sternly.

"Elder Yu, if something has happened, I hope you'll tell us the truth. Perhaps we can offer some humble assistance?" Zhou Xianyang asked, his brow slightly furrowed.

"A joke! When has my Nine Yuan Temple ever needed outside help?" Elder Yu retorted, blowing his beard and glaring.

"My apologies, it was my mistake. Elder Yu, now that the Bodhi Tokens have been granted, there's no point in us staying here. Why not let us leave and return to our respective sects, saving us from causing trouble for your esteemed sect?" Zhou Xianyang hastily apologized.

As soon as he finished speaking, the entire Nine Yuan Pavilion shook violently again, even more powerfully than before. Visible cracks appeared on the wooden pillars inside the hall, and if not for the layer of restrictions, it would probably have collapsed.

Seeing this, the Celestial Envoy Feng Tian couldn't help but frown slightly, seeming somewhat displeased. She stood up and asked, "What exactly is going on with your Nine Yuan Temple? It's just spirit beasts escaping; why haven't you suppressed them after so long?"

The short, stout elder naturally didn't dare to be perfunctory with the Celestial Court Envoy. After hesitating slightly, he cupped his fist and said truthfully, "Reporting to the Envoy, the chaos in Spirit Beast Mountain was just the beginning. Afterward, disturbances occurred throughout the Nine Yuan Temple. The momentum wasn't too great, but they were scattered in many places and numerous, so it seems somewhat chaotic."

"Where is Chun Jun Zhenren? Where is he now?" Celestial Envoy Feng Tian asked.

"The Temple Master is worried about something happening at the Ancestral Hall, so he's temporarily stationed there. He will return here once the chaos subsides," Elder Yu quickly explained.

Upon hearing this, the crowd became agitated again, all requesting Elder Yu to open the restrictions and let them leave.

"Do not cause trouble! It's best to wait here peacefully," Elder Yu turned to look at these people, his face suddenly darkening, and scolded in a low voice.

Seeing this, Zhou Xianyang and the others fell silent, not daring to speak again.

"Nine Yuan Temple has quite the airs. These people have, after all, obtained the Bodhi Tokens and are qualified to travel to our Central Earth Immortal Domain to attend the Bodhi Banquet. What is Elder Yu trying to do?" Celestial Envoy Feng Tian said coldly, her eyes narrowed slightly.

"This subordinate wouldn't dare..." Elder Yu hastily apologized.

"Celestial Envoy, please be at ease. Since Fellow Daoist Chun Jun has already taken action personally, there's no need to worry about anything. I heard that the Celestial Envoy also enjoys playing chess. Come, come, why not compete with this old chess bum?" At this moment, Heavenly Star Honored One, who had seemed listless all along, stood up and defused the situation for Elder Yu.

"I don't think Elder Yu meant any harm, but now that the Nine Yuan Temple is in chaos, it's indeed not suitable for others to leave," Lu Chuanfeng also stood up and said.

Hearing this, Celestial Envoy Feng Tian naturally understood his implication and sat down again.

Heavenly Star Honored One sat opposite her, and with a wave of his sleeve, a cyan jade chessboard appeared on the table between them, and two chess jars, one black and one white, also appeared at their hands.

Celestial Envoy Feng Tian originally had no interest at all, but when she saw the objects on the table, a trace of doubt flashed in her eyes. Then, she opened the black chess jar in front of her, and a faint purple light permeated out.

The chess pieces in the jar were surrounded by purple light, reflecting bright specks of light, looking like stars reflected in the night sky. They also emitted waves of starlight, looking extremely dazzling.

"Could this be that set, the legendary chess set 'Star River Fall'?" Celestial Envoy Feng Tian's eyes lit up and she asked quickly.

"The Celestial Envoy has good eyes; it is indeed this item. If you and I play a game, and you win, I will offer this chess set as a bonus, presenting it with both hands, how about it?" Heavenly Star Honored One said with a smile.

"Haha, it's rare for Heavenly Star Honored One to have such a refined interest; I will gladly accompany you," Celestial Envoy Feng Tian said with a smile.

She immediately took a stance to play chess with Heavenly Star Honored One, ignoring the Twelve Sects and others.

After this commotion, the others dared not say anything more and could only quietly wait for the disturbances outside to end.

Huo Yuan glanced at the crowd and then discussed the current secrets of the Golden Origin Immortal Domain with Lu Chuanfeng, but they had already been isolated by secret methods, and outsiders naturally couldn't窥探 anything.

After the crowd fell silent, the entire hall became quiet again, with only the crisp sound of chess pieces falling on the board occasionally coming from between Celestial Envoy Feng Tian and Heavenly Star Honored One.

"Pa."

Celestial Envoy Feng Tian held a star-studded chess piece in her hands and placed it in the middle game, a smile on her face.

"Honored One, are you intentionally giving me a gift, or else why would you make repeated mistakes, giving me large swathes of territory on this chessboard?" Celestial Envoy Feng Tian looked at Heavenly Star Honored One and said with a smile.

"Celestial Envoy is joking. When it comes to chess, I am naturally no match for the Celestial Envoy. But does the Celestial Envoy know that this chessboard is also a formation plate? Placing a piece is like taking root, and there's no regret for moving a piece. What's laid out may not necessarily be a chess game," Heavenly Star Honored One said with a smile.

"What does the Honored One mean?" Celestial Envoy Feng Tian asked, somewhat puzzled by his words.

"Celestial Envoy, it's my turn to move," Heavenly Star Honored One didn't answer, but said with a smile.

With that, he picked up a white piece and placed it in the very center of the chessboard.

As the sound of the piece falling, a purple radiance lit up on the cyan jade chessboard without warning.

An extremely violent starlight suddenly burst out from the chessboard, turning into waves of violent shockwaves that swept around, turning all the tables, chairs, and furnishings wherever they passed into dust.

Huo Yuan and Lu Chuanfeng were also affected and retreated a hundred zhang, looking towards that side.

The table where the chessboard was placed had already been reduced to dust, and the cyan jade chessboard had also disappeared. Only a cyan light chessboard, a dozen zhang in size, was projected on the ground.

The nineteen vertical and horizontal lines engraved on it had turned into white light threads as thick as thumbs, entwining Celestial Envoy Feng Tian, tightly connecting him to the chessboard on the ground, trapping him in place and unable to move.

The white chess pieces placed on it had formed a complex starlight formation, with purple starlight swirling uncertainly, and waves of intense star power were transmitted from within.

At the same time, Heavenly Star Honored One, standing opposite him, had a smile on his face, his hands clasped in front of him, in a gesture of reverence.

"There are important things to do today, so I have no choice but to borrow the Celestial Envoy's head."

As Heavenly Star Honored One shouted loudly, his hands suddenly rushed forward.

All the white chess pieces on the ground immediately lit up with a dazzling light, directly turning into dozens of starlight flood dragons as thick as children's arms, rushing towards the dozens of vital acupoints around Celestial Envoy Feng Tian in a flash.

All of this seemed lengthy, but it actually happened in the blink of an eye.

Celestial Envoy Feng Tian couldn't react at all and could only rely on instinct to arouse his own power of laws, covering his body with a layer of light blue water armor.

When Han Li's eyes fell on the water armor, he noticed an abnormality. The water vapor on it was diffuse, and the water waves were rippling. It clearly looked no more than a magic robe, but the water attribute power contained in it gave people a feeling as vast as the sea.

"Heavenly Star Honored One, have you gone mad?" Huo Yuan roared, seeing this scene clearly.

His figure flashed, and he wanted to step forward to stop it, but it was too late.

The dozens of starlight flood dragons suddenly rushed into Celestial Envoy Feng Tian's water armor, immediately arousing a vast expanse of monstrous waves.

Clouds and mist billowed above the water armor, with a myriad of phenomena.

The dozens of flood dragons didn't have the joy of dragons swimming into the sea. On the contrary, they were blocked everywhere, and their momentum was greatly weakened.

Mountain Lord of Hundred Refinements Huo Yuan had already chased to the front, and Lu Chuanfeng also followed closely behind, attacking.

"Celestial Envoy, your abilities are much stronger than I estimated. What a pity..." Heavenly Star Honored One said regretfully, seeing this.

As soon as he finished speaking, the hand seals of both hands suddenly changed, and his figure retreated violently.

Then, the dozens of starlight flood dragons swimming in Celestial Envoy Feng Tian's water armor suddenly shone brightly, lighting up a dazzling white light.

In the light, faint purple starlight could be vaguely seen, directly exploding, releasing an incomparably terrifying star power.

"Boom!"

An extremely powerful star power exploded from Celestial Envoy Feng Tian's body, directly turning into a white light vortex connecting to the sky, suddenly expanding in all directions.

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh..."

Accompanied by bursts of whistling wind, the star power in the void stirred, tearing apart the void space within a hundred zhang.

However, what was strange was that this power was condensed and not scattered, but constantly crushed and tore the space around Celestial Envoy Feng Tian, but did not continue to spread to other places.

On the other hand, its top directly tore open the restriction formation here, tearing a large hole in the roof of the Nine Yuan Pavilion.

Heavenly Star Honored One escaped through that hole, his figure turned into a rainbow, and he shot away like flying.

Huo Yuan's eyes were spitting fire, and he glanced at the blurred figure in the white vortex, turning his head and shouting to Lu Chuanfeng who was chasing up:

"Palace Master Lu, you take care of the Celestial Envoy, I'll go after that Heavenly Star bastard."

After saying a word, he waved his hand, and a cyan-purple flying shuttle ten zhang long appeared in the void.

His figure jumped, falling on it. The runes around the flying shuttle shone brightly, and suddenly flashed with cyan and purple lights, disappearing from the high sky in a flash.

Seeing this, Lu Chuanfeng, who had already crossed the roof, had to frown and fall back.

At this time, the rest of the people in the hall, although not affected, were like startled birds, fleeing away from the white light vortex and retreating to a corner of the hall.

They couldn't react to what had just happened, and they couldn't believe what they had seen.

Just now, Heavenly Star Honored One of the Sun Moon Alliance suddenly assassinated the Celestial Envoy of the Celestial Court?