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Chapter 1024: Promise
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Reverend Zi Long's expression changed several times before he focused his gaze on Su Ming. After a moment, he looked towards the other three around him. The three sentences had allowed Su Ming to turn the tables and make Zi Long into the public enemy number one among them. He felt as if there was a sword hanging right over his head and he had a tiger by the tail.
Flame Fiends' Progenitor was still easy to deal with, and Reverend Zi Long did not pay special attention to him, but Progenitor Long Hai was an Almighty who had become famous many years ago. Even if he was only a Nascent Divinity and was no longer as he was during his peak, but when aided by Flame Fiends' Progenitor, he could be considered a real threat.
Besides, Progenitor Long Hai gave Reverend Zi Long a feeling that he wasn't really just a Nascent Divinity.
Then there was Zhu You Cai. Originally, Reverend Zi Long did not pay too much attention to him. Even if he was able to take action to save Su Ming when he had no power while they were on the mountain with that Mountain Shifter Art, Reverend Zi Long also had some methods at his disposal. That was why he had only cast him a sideways glance at that moment and raised his position only slightly higher.
What truly caused his heart to let out a thump against his chest was the name Su Ming had used to refer to that person just then. He had not called him Zhu You Cai… but Chang He!
Chang He… The instant Reverend Zi Long heard that name, only one person appeared in his mind!
The disciple of True Sacred Yin World's Sublime Paragon who was known as the future Kalpa Lord of True Sacred Yin World—the War Immortal Change He!
He was an Almighty in Life Realm and could look down on the entire universe. Due to him becoming estranged and subsequently having a falling out with his Master, he was exiled to the Barren Lands of Divine Essence!
Zi Long had been in the Barren Lands of Divine Essence for many years and had heard of Chang He's name before, but he had never been able to find a single hint of his presence in Divine Essence Star Ocean. That's why when he heard Su Ming's words, the shock Reverend Zi Long experienced was difficult to describe.
He stared at Zhu You Cai. After a long while, he shifted his gaze to Su Ming. The gray Su Ming brought about a great wave of wariness in him. It did not stem from his level of cultivation, but from his control over other people's emotions. With just three sentences, he had trapped Zi Long in the current situation, and hesitation rose in his heart.
This was a battle between Almighties. He had not even taken action yet, but fear had already risen in his heart, and he was already hesitating. Because of it, there was absolutely no need to continue with this fight. He… would definitely lose!
It had been a long time since Reverend Zi Long had felt this sort of outrage. It was a different feeling from when he had been ambushed by Huang Mei and had his supreme treasure snatched from his hands. Instead, it was a humiliation of not being able to even struggle and fight back when he was threatened.
Freezing light shone in his eyes. It was quiet all around him. Su Ming stared at Zi Long coldly, not saying a word more.
The battle was about to break out at any moment.
'To fight or not to fight… If I fight, I cannot win… but if I don't fight and leave just like this, my reputation will be completely ruined!' Reverend Zi Long's heart was in conflict. In the mid of his uncertainty, his heart trembled, and understanding rose instantly in his mind again.
'What a well-executed persecution! If I fight, I don't have confidence to win, but if I don't fight, then this matter will leave behind a Brand in my heart, and as my heart hesitates, it will ruin my chances of heading into Fate Realm!
'And I am the one who brought this on myself…'
Reverend Zi Long gritted his teeth. A powerful fighting spirit rose in his eyes. He no longer hesitated. He would… fight this battle!
However, the instant he decided to fight, Zhu You Cai, Progenitor Long Hai, and Flame Fiends' Progenitor released ripples of power for the fierce battle to start, Su Ming suddenly spoke up.
"Do you want this item?"
As he spoke, he lifted his right hand, and a small puncture that looked as if it was left behind by a poisonous wasp was revealed on his palm. Thick waves of fragrance spread out from within it.
The instant that fragrance spread out, Su Ming clenched his fist, causing the fragrance to immediately disappear.
However, even if it just appeared for a single moment, that fragrance was enough for Zi Long's expression to change drastically. The fighting spirit in his eyes immediately turned chaotic again, under that attack against his heart.
He was not the only one affected. Zhu You Cai also lifted his head swiftly. Once he cast a glance at Su Ming, he lowered his head and no longer paid any attention to him. As for Progenitor Long Hai, his eyes sparkled, but he did not speak. Flame Fiends' Progenitor remained silent as well.
"What do you mean? What is that fragrance?" Zi Long's expression changed. He had only taken a whiff of that fragrance just then, but the cultivation base within him had already started circulating on its own. This change was caused his heart to pound in excitement.
"Leave behind the war trophy and become my guard for a year. Then I will give you ten times the amount of the fragrance you had just now. This is an oath," Su Ming answered flatly.
This was a way out for Reverend Zi Long, and his expression became sullen. After some time, he brought his right hand up and swung it forward. Immediately, the white-robed teenager's corpse was brought out of his storage bag and came to float in front of Su Ming.
If he could afford to not fight, then Zi Long did not want to fight.
"I'll remember your oath. I will protect you for a year in exchange for ten times the amount of the fragrance just now. I will accept this!" Once Reverend Zi Long finished speaking, he cast a cold glance at the other three beside him.
"I can give you the corpse." Su Ming's expression remained the same when it shifted to Flame Fiends' Progenitor.
"One year as your guard; I will definitely complete my task!" Flame Fiends' Progenitor said quickly. The thing he feared the most was Su Ming giving him the corpse without giving him the reason. That had caused him a great amount of internal conflict.
But at that moment, when he heard Su Ming stating his conditions, he immediately agreed to it, afraid that Su Ming would go back on his word. That was the reason why he quickly swore the oath to the universe as an Almighty.
"I left behind a seal on the corpse. Fuse into it," Su Ming said flatly.
Resolve appeared on Flame Fiends' Progenitor, and he turned into a long arc that charged towards the white-robed teenager's corpse. He fused into it in an instant, and the corpse immediately exuded purple flames as it shuddered.
The flames burned the corpse, causing it to gradually wither and dry up. It shrank continuously. Judging by the looks of it, he would need some time before he could completely occupy the corpse.
"Protect me for a year, and I will return you your freedom!" Su Ming turned his head around and looked towards Progenitor Long Hai.
The man remained silent for a moment before he swore an oath as an answer to Su Ming's request.
"One year later, I will give you hope to resurrect your wife." The final person Su Ming looked towards was Zhu You Cai.
He stared at Su Ming, and after a long while, he nodded. He was willing to give up on everything for a hope to resurrect his wife.
Su Ming raised his head to look at the galaxy. His long gray hair slowly changed. When it returned to his normal hair color, a glint appeared in his eyes, and he took a step forward. He turned into a long arc and charged into the distance.
Xu Hui immediately followed behind him. The other people followed in silence as well. Flame Fiends' Progenitor had already fused with his physical body and charged along with them.
Only Xuan Shang remained in the area. His expression was dark and sullen. He stared at the group leaving into the distance, and a sinister look appeared in his eyes.
'He needs these Almighties to protect him? I wonder what his goal is… But none of this is in any way related to me anymore. However, you snatched Xuan Family's supreme treasure, and I… will definitely make you pay!'
The hatred in Xuan Shang's eyes was incredibly deep. As he let out a cold harrumph in his heart, he turned around. But just as he was about to leave, his body suddenly shuddered. At that moment, the fifth kiln was activated once again. As the flames from the kiln spread out, a powerful suction force came from it, giving Xuan Shang to no way to fight against it. He was swiftly sucked back into the fifth kiln.
The galaxy around the area gradually became calm once more…
"Xu Hui, I'm going to a place I know nothing about, you…" As Su Ming charged forward through the galaxy, he sent a divine thought to Xu Hui, who was by his side.
"The Fifth True World, right?" she asked calmly.
Su Ming turned his head around to cast a glance at Xu Hui. He did not speak, but continued charging forward. The people behind him also remained silent.
Time trickled by. Several days later, a thick layer of fog surrounded the galaxy ahead of them. Su Ming stopped just outside the fog.
Xu Hui knew this spot. This was the place where Dust Burners' tribe was located.
The moment Su Ming and the others arrived, the fog in the area immediately started tumbling about furiously. An indistinct figure walked out, and when he approached the group, his body was no longer a mere illusion, but gained corporeal form and turned into Dust Burners' Progenitor.
He swept his gaze past Su Ming, Zi Long, and the others behind him. Eventually, in silence… he bent his back and bowed towards Su Ming.
He was bowing to the current master of the fifth kiln.
"Progenitor, I would like to trouble you to send her to the periphery of Divine Essence Star Ocean." Su Ming cast a glance at Xu Hui, then looked towards Dust Burners' Progenitor before he wrapped his fist in his palm and bowed towards him as well.
Dust Burners' Progenitor lifted his head, looked towards Xu Hui, and nodded.
Xu Hui was silent for a moment, then asked quietly, "You're set on going alone?"
"Go back and wait for me at the entrance to where the forces of power from the four Great True Worlds are stationed," Su Ming said calmly.
Xu Hui fell silent, then sighed softly and did not say anything else.
"Progenitor, please." Su Ming bowed again.
"Don't worry. I will ensure her safety along the way. If you truly reach that place… remember that there is a place called Burning Dust Planet. It is said that it is Fire Spirits' birthplace. Please retrieve… a handful of dirt from there for me.
"Also… now that you have the fifth stone… you must be careful." Dust Burners' Progenitor delivered this sentence to Su Ming's mind through a divine thought.
When he saw Su Ming nodding, he swung his arm and turned into a burning fire cloud that swept up Xu Hui's body and charged into the distance. But at that moment, a shrill cry trang through space.
"Damn you, you old fool, I won't be going back!"
In the mid of that loud shout came a cold harrumph from Dust Burners' Progenitor in the fire cloud. At the same time, a long arc flew out from the fire cloud. It turned into the bald crane which swiftly returned to Su Ming's side.
When it moved, it could not see Xu Hui staring at Su Ming behind it while she was being swept away by the fire cloud. Her gaze gradually went farther into the distance until it disappeared from the galaxy, and their companionship that had lasted for nearly one hundred years… ended.
Su Ming stared at the fire cloud leaving into the distance until it vanished from his field of vision. Then, when he turned around, his long hair turned gray, and his pupils gained a gray gleam, and not a single shred of emotion was left in him.
"My fellow Daoists, there will definitely be fierce battles during this one year. The promises I made to all of you will last just like how the universe will last for eternity. I will definitely not go back on my word. I will… have to trouble all of you during this year."
Su Ming stared at Zi Long and the others, then with a cold look in his eyes, he wrapped his fist in his palm and bowed towards them.
"Since we're guards, you should at least tell us the reason why you want us to protect you," Progenitor Long Hai suddenly said.
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Chapter 1025: One Year
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Su Ming cast a glance at Progenitor Long Hai with a cold and merciless gaze. Progenitor Long Hai also turned his eyes to Su Ming. The two of them stared into each other's eyes for a moment, until Progenitor chose to look away.
Zi Long might have seemed as composed as ever, but he was also staring at Su Ming. Clearly, he also wanted to know just what reason might cause Su Ming to want them to become his guards.
The curiosity within Flame Fiends' Progenitor was much less compared to the others. This was different from his previous personality, but ever since he met Su Ming, his experiences with him had caused his wariness towards Su Ming to be etched deep in his bones. When he was before Su Ming, Flame Fiends' Progenitor had only one simple thought in his mind—Do not fight back, do not refuse him, do not be greedy… as long as there was nothing wrong with the physical body that he should obtain.
Compared to the other three, Zhu You Cai was calm. Even if Su Ming had a supreme treasure in his hands, unless it was an item that could resurrect his wife, he would not be interested in it. He had even given away his Life Inequity Spear, so there was no way there would be another supreme treasure in the world that would tempt him.
He also understood that Su Ming knew about his origins. Asking him to be a guard was just secondary. His real reason… might be to have Zhu You Cai to keep the others in check.
Su Ming avoided Progenitor Long Hai's gaze. He instead opened his mouth in a cold manner, and a flash of gold instantly flew out. When it surrounded him, it turned into the fifth stone.
When that stone appeared, the universe around them instantly tumbled about. The space around them distorted, and ripples spread out in all directions. A presence that did not blend with the world erupted from the fifth stone.
Once it appeared, Progenitor Long Hai's pupils shrank swiftly.
"This is… the fifth stone!" he said immediately.
"The fifth stone…" Reverend Zi Long's expression also changed. He stared at the fifth stone, and a hint of hesitation appeared on his face, but he soon calmed down. He knew that… this was an item that he could not keep!
Even if he managed to snatch it, he could not take it away from Divine Essence Star Ocean, and most importantly, he did not have the confidence to snatch it.
Flame Fiends' Progenitor licked his lips and forced down the instinctive greed that rose in his heart. If this item had been on anyone else, he might have some thoughts in his head, but when it came to Su Ming, the fire of greed in him was immediately extinguished.
Zhu You Cai was the most composed. He first cast a glance at the fifth stone, then at Su Ming, and a barely noticeable smile appeared on his lips.
He knew that if Su Ming dared bring out the fifth stone, had the courage to let him see it, and even promised to give him hope in resurrecting his wife, then it could only mean one thing!
'He is an Abyss Builder!' Once he connected that to the fifth kiln acknowledging its master, everything immediately became clear in his mind.
"What you will need to block is all the people who come here to snatch the fifth stone," Su Ming said flatly.
"Progenitor Huo Kui, this new physical body of yours is stronger than your previous body. Is it enough for you?
"Progenitor Long Hai, it doesn't matter whether your previous oath is one thousand years or ten thousand years, you can complete it in just one year. Is this enough for you?"
Su Ming looked towards Reverend Zi Long.
"But to me, it doesn't seem to be enough," Zi Long said faintly.
"It is God Ascension Nectar." Su Ming's expression was calm, but the instant he said his sentence, his words did not echo in space, because his divine thought was reverberating in Reverend Zi Long's mind.
At the instant he heard God Ascension Nectar's name, Zi Long's body trembled viciously. When he lifted his head to stare at Su Ming, a hint of surprise appeared in his eyes. After a long while, he nodded in a solemn manner.
Su Ming looked towards Zhu You Cai and did not speak. After they stared into each other's eyes for a moment, he averted his gaze. There were times when there was no need for words and two parties could understand one another without a word.
When Su Ming turned around, he became a long arc that charged forward. The crowd followed him and left into the galaxy in the distance.
Time passed. Ten days later, at the depths of Divine Essence Star Ocean's core, Su Ming found… the fifth ocean based on the jade slip Dust Burners' Progenitor had given him in the past.
It was… an ocean that existed in the galaxy.
The waves surged up in space, and everyone could clearly hear them crashing in the galaxy before they even got close to the area.
That strange ocean was boundless. It was something that was incredibly difficult to find in any other place besides Divine Essence Star Ocean.
If there was an ocean, then there was definitely a beach. At the edge of the ocean were countless shattered planets. They were reduced to flying stones that formed a dazzling beach.
If anyone took a closer look, they would be able to see… that the ocean was in truth not made of water. Instead, it was made of deep blue powder that gathered together. It floated around the area like aura, giving people the idea that they were looking at an ocean when they saw it from the distance.
Booming sounds echoed in space and would continue doing so for all eternity.
When the group approached a shattered stone on the beach of the fifth ocean, Su Ming stopped and stared at the ocean. At the same time, a dazzling light erupted from the fifth stone that surrounded him.
That light swiftly turned into a long arc and rushed into the fifth ocean. That long arc shot forth, causing the waves in the area to tumble about and roll backwards to form into a tunnel within a vortex. Even Su Ming could not see the end it.
Booming sounds reverberated in space, causing the entire galaxy to tremble.
Su Ming fell silent. Based on the descriptions on the jade slip, when the fifth stone appeared in the fifth ocean, it would open up a tunnel on its own, and it would be… the path that would lead them to the Fifth True World.
A tunnel was needed for this path to be fully opened, but soon after, it would close up. Yet for an instant, it would allow people to pass through it.
'One year…'
Su Ming raised his right hand and the Life Inequity Spear appeared. Once he held it in his hand, he pierced the shattered stone beneath him, then sat down cross-legged and closed his eyes.
The instant he closed his eyes, Zhu You Cai also sat down cross-legged beside him. He knew his duty. He was not protecting the fifth stone… but Su Ming.
Flame Fiends' Progenitor also found a shattered stone not too far away and sat down to meditate while waiting for the fierce battles that would definitely arrive soon.
Progenitor Long Hai remained still for a moment, then chose a shattered stone farther away. Once he sat down, he raised his head and stared at the galaxy. No one knew what he thought about.
Reverend Zi Long stood with his eyes closed and did not move, but in his heart, the sentence Su Ming said ten days ago still echoed.
'God Ascension Nectar… There's no doubt about it. That was definitely God Ascension Nectar, only this item that had already become extinct and is only spoken about in legends could possess such a thick fragrance. Only that item could make my cultivation base tremble when I took a mere whiff of its fragrance.'
Time trickled by, and in the blink of an eye, half a month was gone. During it, besides the loud booms, no other sounds could be heard around the fifth ocean. No one came to the place either, but it was precisely because of this that the group's hearts became even more on guard.
During that half a month, Su Ming sat without moving. He did not open his eyes, making it seem as if he was deep in sleep. He waited quietly for time to pass, for the inevitable arrival of thieves.
Another twenty-five days passed as quickly as lightning. The final day of the first month of a year passed like normal, when suddenly, the meditating Zhu You Cai opened his eyes. He was the first among them to do so.
A moment later, Zi Long exuded the ripples of power that belonged to his cultivation base. When he opened his eyes, he looked into the distance.
Right after him was Progenitor Long Hai. The last to notice what was going on was Flame Fiends' Progenitor.
The moment he opened his eyes, an intense rumble passed through the galaxy in the distance, and a long arc charged forward. Within it was a gigantic meteor, about ten thousand feet high, and it was chafing against space while charging to the area.
Standing on the meteor was a big and burly man. He was thirty feet tall and looked half-baked. As his hair fluttered, a brilliant light shone in his eyes.
Behind him was a brownish yellow tail, and it was wrapped around him, causing the man to look incredibly strange and enchanting. Due to the bright light, all those in the vicinity could see that his eyes were not of a normal person's color, but yellow.
His pupils were vertical.
When he approached, he saw Zi Long with the others at first glance. His pupils constricted, and the meteor came to an abrupt halt ten thousand feet away.
He glared at Su Ming, who was surrounded by Zi Long and the others. The fifth stone was shining with a dazzling light in front of the youth, and a hint of greed appeared briefly in the man on the meteor's eyes.
However, he did not act rashly. Instead, he chose to sit down and stare at them coldly.
Zi Long frowned. There might be a hint of wildness in him, but he also valued oaths highly. Since he already promised to guard Su Ming for a year and Su Ming's offer for his help was tempting enough, no other thoughts rose in his heart. Of course, Su Ming's own power was also great enough to deserve his attention. Besides, Zi Long had also managed to tell what was different about Zhu You Cai as well as the strange connection the two shared.
Because of that, lashing back at Su Ming would do him no good. It would be better for him to take the normal route and fulfill his end of the promise.
"Fellow Daoist Long Hai, one year is not really long. It's short enough to last for the duration of a session of meditation. However, this one year will not be easy… This person's level of cultivation is similar to yours. Do you want to go and warm up?" Zi Long asked flatly.
"Why would I be unwilling to?" Progenitor Long Hai stood up and laughed. Once he stretched his limbs for a moment, petals appeared above his Nascent Divinity. They filled the area around him, and when they covered his body, it seemed like he possessed a physical body.
With a single move, he turned into a flying flower that rushed at the man on the meteor ten thousand feet away.
The man's pupils shrank and he stood up. A ferocious smile appeared on his lips. What he wanted was not to fight, but to wait. Even if the people guarding the owner of the fifth stone had outstanding power, he believed that as time passed and more people came to this place… their power would become insignificant!
With a bang, the duo engaged in battle. As loud booming sounds reverberated in the air, waves of impact filled the area. In less than the time taken for half an incense stick to burn, long arcs charged over from the distant galaxy. This time, there was not just one, but nearly one hundred of them.
Within each long arc was a living spirit from Divine Essence Star Ocean. Some of them had the shape of humans, and some of them had the shapes of beasts. All of them were coming to the area extremely quickly, but none of them were Almighties.
Flame Fiends' Progenitor let out a cold harrumph. Without the need for anyone to give him a command, he rushed forward instantly, immediately stirring up a purple sea of fire that swept through the area.
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Chapter 1026: Chang He
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The second month during the period of one year required the opening of the tunnel to the Fifth True World.
On this month, booming sounds surged into the heavens in the area beyond the fifth ocean. The sounds of battle echoed in all directions, and a thick, bloody stench spread out through the entire area, causing the place to turn into a place of disaster.
From the moment Progenitor Long Hai attacked, he never returned to rest, and it was the same for Flame Fiends' Progenitor. Living spirits continuously rushed over, and they reached such great numbers that even Reverend Zi Long did not hesitate to attack.
By then, there were three days left until the end of the second month, but the battle in that place had already reached an incredibly intense state.
Fighting against Reverend Zi Long was a giant with two heads. He was strong and practically of equal strength. Booming sounds echoed in the galaxy due to their divine abilities.
There was an old woman near Progenitor Long Hai. They kept exchanging blows.
As for the ferocious beasts and the other races from Divine Essence Star Ocean, they were all handled by Flame Fiends' Progenitor alone. None among them were Almighties, but there were quite a lot of them who were in Solar Kalpa Realm, and since the swarm numbered to thousands, only the sea of fire from Flame Fiends' Progenitor could surround them and prevent them from rushing out.
Time passed, and soon, the second month was over. When the third month arrived, the battle reached its peak, because a group of people with the bodies of snakes—Virtue Rooters—had rushed to the area. There were thousands of them, and while the person leading them was not in Mastery Realm, he was only half a step away from it!
All Virtue Rooters were incredibly powerful, and when they closed in, the sounds of battle surged into the sky.
But they were not alone. Almost at the same time, two long arcs charged forward from the galaxy. Those were two gigantic dark turtle that were one thousand feet big.
A man was sitting on one of them, while a woman on the other. The man was green-skinned, and there was a red glare in his eyes while freezing air spread out from his body. As for the woman, she was incredibly alluring. She did not have a lot of articles of clothing on her person, and there was a seductive look on her face. She was an incredibly tempting sight to others.
"The fifth ocean is certainly lively, no?" The woman chuckled in a coquettish manner and patted the dark turtle beneath her. That turtle immediately increased its speed.
Their arrival and the large number of Virtue Rooters instantly changed the tides of battle. Progenitor Long Hai's expression changed, the pupils of Flame Fiends' Progenitor shrank, and as for Reverend Zi Long, he frowned. The three of them might not have used all their strength, but judging by the situation right then, even if they attacked with all they had, they might still not be able to see persevere.
After all, this was just the third month, and that meant there were nine more months left for the duration of one year.
At the instant Zi Long, Long Hai, and Hui Kui hesitated, Zhu You Cai, who had been sitting beside Su Ming all this while with a calm expression opened his eyes.
He stood up slowly, and the instant he did so, a presence that was completely discordant with his big and plump body erupted from him. As the presence filled the space around, Zhu You Cai closed his eyes.
When he opened them again, he gave off a feeling as if he had transformed into another person. He was like a sharp spear that had been unsheathed. A sharp aura that shook the sky and earth erupted from him with a bang.
He raised his right hand and seized the space in the direction towards Su Ming. The Life Inequity Spear in front of Su Ming shuddered violently and let out a loud buzz that sounded like a delighted cheer before it flew up and landed in Zhu You Cai's right palm.
Once he held the spear, the aura about Zhu You Cai's body rose again and swept up the galaxy, disrupting the space around the area, affecting the laws, and shocking all the people currently fighting beyond the fifth ocean.
The hearts of everyone, no matter who they were, trembled at that instant. Their cultivation bases started showing signs of waning as if they had begun withering. It shocked them, and they looked in the direction from which the terrifying ripples of power originated.
Even though Zhu You Cai was still as fat as ever, his image changed. With the long spear in hand and his aura growing stronger by leaps and bounds, everyone thought they were not looking at a plump person, but a giant who could hold up the entire sky!
In fact, as the space behind Zhu You Cai distorted, an indistinct figure appeared. It was a middle-aged man—a white-haired man with an expression of grief and utter despair due to having given up on all hope!
At that moment, he was not Zhu You Cai… but True Sacred Yin World's War Immortal Chang He!
There were clearly two souls in his body. One of them was Zhu You Cai, and the other was Chang He. These two souls would occasionally fuse together, but more often be separate from each other. But at that moment, Chang He's will stood tall in the universe.
With his right hand holding onto the spear, he looked as if he was lifting it slowly before him, and once he did so, Zhu You Cai lowered his head and mumbled softly.
"What joy is there in living?" With a soft sigh, he swung the long spear through the galaxy before him.
That one sweep caused the galaxy to instantly fall silent. The space in front of Zhu You Cai was torn apart, the damage spreading outwards. As it expanded, it grew larger until it eventually turned into a gigantic tear in space that was one hundred thousand feet long.
It had looked like the spread had been slow, but everything in the galaxy seemed to have become still. Because of it, the slow rip was no longer slow, but something progressing extremely quickly!
As it swept through the area, it first crashed into the dual-headed giant fighting against Reverend Zi Long. There was shock in the giant's eyes, but he was instantly covered by the tear, unable to dodge it. Then, the tear swept past the two people fighting against Progenitor Long Hai.
The near thousand cultivators fighting against Flame Fiends' Progenitor, the thousands of Virtue Rooters who came, the cold man sitting on the dark turtle and the coquettish woman sitting on the other turtle all… were visited by that one hundred thousand feet long tear in space.
When it disappeared out of sight, everything returned to normal, as the world had recovered from being frozen still.
But when that happened, there were no pain-filled screams, no struggles. The dual-headed giant in front of Zi Long was simply torn to shreds. Even his Nascent Divinity did not manage to escape, reduced to nothingness.
The two people in front of Long Hai suffered the same ending. There were no exceptions to the thousands of Virtue Rooters, either. No matter what level of cultivation they possessed, they were all reduced to ashes at that instant.
The man and woman who had just arrived on the dark turtles also became part of space at the instant the galaxy recovered from being frozen.
It was just as Zhu You Cai had said just then.
"What joy is there in living?"
It would be better to die in battle!
The entire area was in dead silence…
Reverend Zi Long shuddered. This scene was completely out of his expectations and had happened too suddenly, not giving him the chance to do anything. If Zhu You Cai had wanted to kill him, then no matter how many Zi Longs there were, it would have still been difficult for him to even try to fight back. He would have faced the same fate as all those before his eyes—they were reduced to dust.
'An Almighty in Life Realm! He's really the War Immortal Chang He!' Reverend Zi Long's face turned pale. When he looked at Zhu You Cai, fear showed up in his eyes.
Progenitor Long Hai was already stunned to his feet. Even if he was an Almighty in Mastery Realm, Life Realm was something inconceivable to him, something he did not even dare dream about. After all, reaching Fate Realm was already his greatest desire. Life Realm… It was something he never even thought about being in his reach.
To him, the might of those in Life Realm was the same as what a cultivator in Qi Condensation would feel when they ran into those in Nascent Soul.
Flame Fiends' Progenitor shuddered. During that instant, even though he did not die, he still sensed the life force of the thousands of people around him instantly vanishing.
'An Almighty in Life Realm. The Art to reverse life and death? Is this… Is this Zhu You Cai?
'This isn't any ordinary show of power in Life Realm. This is the sign of those about to head into Death Realm. Only they can reverse life and death like this!' Reverend Zi Long raised his head swiftly, and when he looked at Zhu You Cai, there was a zealous look in his eyes.
Su Ming had long since opened his eyes. He stared at Zhu You Cai standing in front of him, and he saw the loneliness on the illusory man as well as the despair born out of loneliness and pain.
He remembered all the scenes he'd seen when he obtained the Life Inequity Spear.
As the prodigy of True Sacred Yin World, the disciple of a Sublime Paragon, the future Kalpa Lord of True Sacred Yin World, Chang He… could only watch helplessly as his lover turned into a medicinal core. When his Master asked him to swallow it to step into Death Realm, Chang He chose to struggle and fight back for the first time in his life.
He chose the mad act of saying 'no' to his own Master!
He was willing to give up on everything to get back what mattered that he'd lost. If he was to head into Death Realm in this manner… he would much rather not have it!
"What joy is there in living?" Su Ming muttered softly.
Zhu You Cai lowered his head, and his presence instantly disappeared. When he returned to his original appearance, he let go of the long spear in his hand. That spear let out a mournful buzz and returned to Su Ming's side.
Zhu You Cai sat down and closed his eyes. An apathetic expression appeared on his face, along with fatigue.
There was a sadness that no one else could sense deeply within him, and it was a sadness that only Su Ming could see, because he had seen his story. That sadness… had already fused with his soul.
Zi Long and the other three returned quietly and sat down cross-legged around the area. Occasionally, they would look towards Zhu You Cai, and there would be a great amount of respect on their faces.
After a long while, Su Ming closed his eyes again.
Time passed. The third month, the fourth, and when the fifth months went by, but no other existences from Divine Essence Star Ocean arrived at the fifth ocean. It was as if… this place had become a forbidden region.
The bloody stench that filled the area beyond the fifth ocean and the presence from the dimensional tear that would not disappear caused all the people who arrived to choose to leave as their expressions changed.
However, when the sixth month arrived… the most mysterious race among the four great alien races beyond the fifth ocean arrived. Along with them was their Progenitor… and an old Virtue Rooter who walked out of space with graying hair as well as rotting scales.
They stood tens of thousands of feet away from Su Ming and the others beyond the fifth ocean. When they looked into the distance, a freezing glare appeared in their eyes.
"It's been six months. The guardians of the fifth ocean should have appeared by now."
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Chapter 1027: Part Ways
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Reng Wu Race was the most mysterious race among the four great alien races in the core of Divine Essence Star Ocean.
They had existed for countless years and had not experienced any form of decline. They had always occupied the spot of the strongest race in Divine Essence Star Ocean, their position never having been shaken.
Staying in the core of Divine Essence Star Ocean for a long time and fighting against numerous ferocious beasts had created generations of powerful warriors in this race, and at the same time, they had also… assimilated with those ferocious beasts!
The appearance of their people was quite different. Although some of them still remained some human physical traits, many had abandoned their human forms and adopted ferocious appearances of half-beasts.
At that moment, when the members of Reng Wu race appeared in the fifth ocean, they immediately attracted the gazes of Zi Long and the others. When they looked over, their expressions changed.
Among the Reng Wus, there was not just one Almighty in Mastery Realm… there were three!
Just that alone was enough to make Reng Wu Race become the head of the four venerated races… but besides these three, the old man with white hair standing at the forefront was standing in space with bare feet, which were covered in scales. The other parts of his body were no different from a normal person, but the power he exuded was strong enough to suppress the other three Almighties in Mastery Realm behind him.
This person was the current Progenitor of Reng Wu. His power… could make the space around him distort, and based on it, he could turn the laws around where he stood into the laws of fate. Clearly… he was an Almighty in Fate Realm!
However, this was still secondary. Reng Wus had a mighty pressure that was faint and indistinct around them. It came from their blood, and it was a form of summons that was hidden in them.
This summons gathered the power of the previous Progenitors of Reng Wu over the countless years and turned it… into a protection, which allowed Reng Wus to become the strongest race in Divine Essence Star Ocean.
This protection was so strong that even Zhu You Cai opened his eyes.
The entire area was filled with silence. Reng Wus who had arrived with bloodshot eyes that showed their madness, but they stood without moving, incredibly quiet.
The more they did so, the more thick and mighty pressure surrounded the area.
Beside Reng Wus' Progenitor was Virtue Rooters' Progenitor, who had graying hair, the body of a snake, and a head of a human, and whose scales were rotting. At that moment, a sinister glare shone in his eyes.
"The ripples of power from the appearance of the fifth stone this time surpassed the appearances before, which is why so many people were lured to this place. But I can choose not to fight over that stone. I only want… that person's head!" Virtue Rooters' Progenitor lifted his right hand and pointed at Su Ming.
"If it wasn't because the ripples were strongest ever recorded in history, I wouldn't have come here personally either." A hoarse voice tumbled slowly out of the mouth of the Reng Wus' Progenitor.
"Lock down the area. Notify all outsiders that this place… has been occupied by us Reng Wus for the next six months. Those who step in will be wiped out along with their whole race."
A barely noticeable glint appeared in the old Reng Wu's eyes. When he spoke flatly, hundreds of Reng Wus immediately appeared behind him. They moved back without a single sound until they were one hundred thousand feet away. They were connected to each other in a arc-shaped line. Dark light spread out from their bodies, and from the distance, they looked as if they had formed a lock.
"We don't even need to take action. The guardian of the fifth ocean has already arrived." A cold sneer appeared on the old Reng Wu's face. As he spoke, the whole fifth ocean started tumbling furiously.
As it tumbled about, booming sounds reverberated in space ferociously. This change immediately attracted Zi Long and the others' attention. When they looked over, booming sounds rose up nonstop, and four figures could be seen vaguely rushing forward.
After them were countless long arcs who approached the place with loud roars.
They were indistinct due to the sea of fog covering them. When the group managed to see their faces properly, the expressions of Zi Long and the others immediately changed drastically.
The four people at the forefront wore white masks. Each of them had a different expression: happiness, anger, grief, and resentment. As for the people in the long arcs behind them, they were a group of expressionless people dressed in black leather armor.
These people charged forward as those long arcs and in no time appeared behind Su Ming and the others.
Su Ming opened his eyes while seated, and a strange light shone in them.
'They're finally here,' Su Ming thought quietly in his heart. In truth, the instant he activated the fifth stone and the long arc shot through the fifth ocean, he sensed the presences of the guardians within the depths.
"Offering!" A voice that no one else could hear echoed in Su Ming's heart at that moment. This was a voice that only the person with the fifth stone could hear—the voice of the fifth ocean's guardians.
When Su Ming heard it, he closed his eyes.
The situation they were in right then was one where the Reng Wu Race locked the area in front of them, and the guardians of the fifth ocean appeared behind them. A powerful sense of danger immediately surged up in Zi Long and the others' hearts.
The danger was especially strong from the four people in white masks. The cold look in their eyes and the ripples of power spreading out from their bodies showed that they were all Almighties in Mastery Realm.
In the mid of the harsh and grim atmosphere within the fifth ocean, the person with the Mask of Happiness said faintly, "Give up the fifth stone, and all of you will be free to leave."
When he said that, the galaxy around the area immediately rumbled. Countless bolts of lightning appeared in all directions. As the people spoke, a region of lightning formed around them.
"With just words, he brought about lightning!" Zi Long's expression changed again, and he instinctively took a few steps backwards.
Flame Fiends' Progenitor turned pale. By his side, Long Hai's eyes sparkled. He cast a glance at Su Ming, then at Zhu You Cai.
"Freedom might be precious, and the chance of using one year to redeem my freedom instead of one thousand or ten thousand years might be rare, but if the price for it is my life, then I will have to choose again," Progenitor Long Hai said calmly, and he moved back slowly.
"I will be considered to have gone against our promise, so you can treat it as me not having fulfilled my oath. If you want to crush the oath, I will be helpless to do anything about it." As Progenitor Long Hai spoke, he moved back swiftly and charged towards the Reng Wus.
"Progenitor of Reng Wus, do you still remember me? I did all this because I was forced by an oath, which is why I had to defend this place. Now, since there is no longer hope in turning the tables, please open the path and let me leave. I will surely repay in the future." Progenitor Long Hai wrapped his fist in his palm and bowed to the Reng Wus.
A glint shone in Reng Wus' Progenitor's eyes, and a faint smile appeared at the corners of his mouth.
"I see, so it is fellow Daoist Long Hai. I see no problem in this. My other fellow Daoists, if you want to leave, I will definitely not make it hard for you. What we want is only the fifth stone and the person who possesses it. As for the others, all of you may leave."
As he spoke, he lifted his right hand. Immediately, the people behind him split into two directions and revealed a path. Progenitor Long Hai charged quickly towards that area and bowed towards Reng Wus' Progenitor again. He turned into a long arc, then left into the distance through the tunnel that was opened up.
Not a single hint of change appeared on Su Ming's expression because of Progenitor Long Hai's departure. He still stayed with his eyes closed, as if he was meditating, and did not move.
Flame Fiends' Progenitor hesitated for a moment. When he looked towards Su Ming, conflict appeared in his eyes. After a long while, he heaved a long sigh. He could imagine that Long Hai had prepared for this since the start, which was why he could do this so freely and casually, but for Flame Fiends' Progenitor…
Zi Long was silent. He cast a glance at Su Ming, then looked behind him before finally settling on Zhu You Cai for a moment. Then, he lowered his head and bowed towards Su Ming. He did not mention the matter about the God Ascension Nectar. As he turned around, he rushed towards the Reng Wus.
He, too, chose to give up.
It was not that Zi Long did not consider Zhu You Cai being able to resolve everything in this predicament, but when he saw the Reng Wus, that belief was shaken. Others might not know much about the Reng Wus, only that this race was mysterious and lived in Divine Essence Star Ocean, but it wasn't the case for him.
As someone from one of the four Great True Worlds, he had done a detailed investigation in regards to the Reng Wus, and he knew that there was a mysterious legacy among them. That legacy allowed each of their Progenitors to leave behind their Nascent Divinity once their bodies returned to the earth. Each generation's Nascent Divinity would be gathered to add to the existence that akin to a God.
That existence was the true reason behind why the four Great True Worlds were wary of Reng Wus.
That existence's level of cultivation was the Reng Wu Race's greatest secret, and they did everything they could to hide all information regarding it.
Only the forces of power from the four Great True Worlds could dig out a little. Based on their analysis, that existence should have some defects and limitations, but even so, it could still… make the Sublime Paragons from the four Great True Worlds turn their gazes away and never come to this place to interfere with the race's growth.
That was why Zi Long, who already had his will shaken when he saw the Reng Wu Race, no longer possessed any confidence when it came to the point that even the guardians from the fifth ocean showed up. Especially when he saw the four people with the masks of happiness, anger, grief, and resentment.
The four people of happiness, anger, grief, and resentment might have looked as if they were only in Mastery Realm, but Zi Long knew that they were existences that had lived for a very, very long time, and happiness, anger, grief, and resentment were legacies that were passed down through generations.
Which was why he chose to leave. God Ascension Nectar might be important, but compared to his life, it was only secondary.
When Flame Fiends' Progenitor saw that Zi Long was also leaving, the conflict in his heart reached its peak, but when he looked towards Su Ming again, he clenched his teeth tightly… and did not choose to leave.
At that moment, not even Huo Kui himself knew why he chose that. It was just that when he was beside Su Ming in the fifth kiln, the miracles he witnessed had shocked him continuously. They gave him to a vague feeling that Su Ming… should be able to resolve the crisis.
When the guardian from the fifth ocean, the person with the Mask of Happiness, let out a cold harrumph and moved forward, overlapping shadows appeared swiftly on his body, as if a clone was about to be separated from him.
His real self was still there, but the clone stepped out and walked on lightning to charge towards Flame Fiends' Progenitor. A fierce glare shone in the eyes of Flame Fiends' Progenitor. Since he had already decided to stay, he naturally made all preparations necessary for a fight. The instant the clone of the person with the Mask of Happiness closed in, Flame Fiends' Progenitor rushed forward, and the two of them immediately stirred up a series of loud bangs in the middle of space.
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Chapter 1028: Happiness, Anger, Grief, Resentment
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At the same time, the three people with the Masks of Anger, Grief, and Resentment took a step forward at the same time. Their clones also appeared. Wind, rain, and thunderbolts immediately erupted from their clones. They split into three directions and charged towards Su Ming.
Su Ming still had his eyes closed and was still meditating. A glint appeared in Zhu You Cai's eyes. He took a swift step forward and walked towards the three people who were coming towards them.
At that moment, the Reng Wus' Progenitor had a dark smile on his lips. With one move, he turned into the distortions in space and took a step towards the place where Su Ming was. Behind him, the Virtue Rooters' Progenitor and the three Almighties in Mastery Realm… and the large number of Reng Wus also took a step forward.
Boom!
At the edge of the fifth ocean was the galactic beach formed by shattered stones. It shuddered abruptly, and as it trembled, the Reng Wus approached en masse. It was especially so for the Reng Wus' Progenitor. He was so quick that he reached Su Ming's side in the blink of an eye.
At that moment, the Flame Fiends' Progenitor was being held back by the clone of the person with the Mask of Happiness from the fifth ocean. Zhu You Cai was fighting against the remaining three clones. When he turned his back around, a brilliant light shone in his eyes. He brought his right hand up, and a piercing purple light immediately erupted swiftly from the Life Inequity Spear in front of Su Ming.
This light swept through the area swiftly. Booming sounds instantly echoed in space. That Reng Wus' Progenitor tumbled backwards. When he was touched by that purple light, he coughed up a mouthful of blood. Behind him, most of the Virtue Rooters' Progenitor instantly had most of his body disintegrate. As he was reduced to a bloody mess, his Nascent Divinity was separated from him, and with a loud scream, he retreated swiftly.
The three of his kind who were Almighties in Mastery Realm and who had followed behind the Reng Wus' Progenitor also looked as if their bodies were about to evaporate during that instant. They looked as if they were about to be destroyed and disappear. The Reng Wus' Progenitor pounced on them, and a large amount of blood fog erupted from his body with a bang before he swept them up and retreated ten thousand feet away. When he reappeared, he coughed up blood again. As for the other three, they were covered head to toe in wounds.
The four of them had clearly activated their full power to resist Zhu You Cai's attack, but they still could not fight against it. They had only managed to barely resist that attack after the Reng Wus' Progenitor had that blood fog erupt from him and after he infused some of that strange power from his race, but they were all still heavily injured.
As for the Virtue Rooters' Progenitor, he retreated swiftly and appeared thousands of feet away. Then, his entire body trembled before he was torn into shreds, and his body as well as his soul were destroyed!
With one strike, the sky and earth were shocked. This was the power of the War Immortal.
The three clones fighting against Zhu You Cai also disappeared instantly from before Zhu You Cai under the purple light from the Life Inequity Spear, as if they were dust that was blown away by the wind.
With a buzz, the Life Inequity Spear was held by Zhu You Cai. He stood in front of Su Ming and swept his spear sideways.
"I am here. Who dares to come forth?" Zhu You Cai asked flatly. His voice echoed in the area, causing the entire region to fall incredibly quiet during that instant.
"As expected of an Almighty in Life Realm!" The Reng Wus' Progenitor wiped off the blood at the corners of his lips. A surprised glint shone in his eyes. As he mumbled to himself, the four real masked people of happiness, anger, grief, and resentment from the fifth ocean had their eyes sparkle at the same time before they instantly took a step forward and charged to towards Zhu You Cai simultaneously.
"Happiness!" the person with the Mask of Happiness immediately spoke while he moved forward. His voice was ancient, but had a force akin to thunder roaring. As booming sounds shook the area, his mask instantly melted. As it melted, it started spreading out swiftly until it covered his entire body. Then, his body started abruptly twisting before he turned into a large runic symbol in the middle of space.
An ancient, prehistoric presence spread out from that runic symbol. If there was anyone who could understand the ancient alphabet, then they would be able to recognize that the meaning of the runic symbol was the source of all joy in the universe.
This was an ancient runic symbol that would cause all who saw it to be unable to help themselves but feel happiness immediately rise within the depths of their hearts!
When that runic symbol appeared, a thick wave of happiness surrounded the entire galaxy. As that presence spread out, a happy smile immediately appeared on the Flame Fiends' Progenitor, but the look in his eyes was clearly that of fear.
At the same time, those Reng Wus also came to a stop, and fear appeared on their faces. In fact, the three heavily injured Almighties in Mastery Realm all reacted in the same manner.
Only… three people did not react the same way.
One of them was Zhu You Cai. His expression remained the same and there was not a hint of change on him. The second was the Reng Wus' Progenitor. His expression was dark. The space around him distorted, a telling sign that he had activated the laws of fate's power to fight against the Runic Symbol of Happiness that hailed from a time long past.
The last… was Su Ming.
The gray-haired Su Ming was the master over all administrations regarding death. In his mind, which was dominated by complete rationality, not a single hint of emotion would appear. Even that Runic Symbol of Happiness from ancient times would find it difficult to fuse even a single bit into his heart.
He closed his eyes and still did not take any action towards everything happening around him.
However, at the instant the Runic Symbol of Happiness appeared, the person with the Mask of Anger immediately had his mask melt, and as it covered his entire body and twisted his figure, he turned swiftly into the second runic symbol.
This was the Runic Symbol of Anger!
When that runic symbol appeared, the presence in the galaxy was forcefully changed. Once it changed from happiness to anger, the emotions of the Flame Fiends' Progenitor changed and he coughed up a mouthful of blood. When he fell backwards, his entire body was filled with rage. However, this rage formed an indefinable, bizarre air when it was compared to the even greater fear in his eyes.
He was not the only one. The three Almighties in Mastery Realm from the Reng Wu Race and all the other Reng Wus were the same.
This change in their emotion was not due to their will, but was a forceful change in them brought by the power of the world, and it was the most damaging of all attacks.
At the same time, the third runic symbol appeared with a bang. At the instant the Runic Symbol of Grief appeared, the presence in the universe changed again. This time, almost at the moment the change occurred, the fourth runic symbol immediately appeared with a bang.
That was the Runic Symbol of Resentment. It caused the entire galaxy to immediately be filled with a strong resentment, and as it occurred, the Flame Fiends' Progenitor let out a shrill scream of pain. With a bang, his body tumbled backwards until he fell on a shattered rock not too far away from Su Ming. When blood trickled out of the corners of his mouth, confusion appeared in his eyes, and he looked as if he had lost consciousness. Occasionally, joy would appear on his face, and sometimes, it would be anger, and every now and then, it would be grief, and at other times, it would be resentment.
It was the same for the Reng Wus. In fact, even the Reng Wus' Progenitor was also shivering. The distortions around him were twisting and changing nonstop because he had exerted the powers of the laws of fate to their absolute limit.
However, slight changes had still appeared on his face. The corners of his lips curled up. That was the appearance of joy.
At that moment, it could be seen that mighty pressure from the full appearance of the Runic Symbols of Happiness, Anger, Grief, and Resentment in the area at that moment… had already surpassed that of an Almighty in Fate Realm!
At the same time, a grim expression that had never appeared before showed up on Zhu You Cai's face as he confronted the four runic symbols. He tightened his grip over the Life Inequity Spear, and the four runic symbols let out a loud bang to charge towards him. As they spun around continuously around him, the four of them turned into a spinning whirlwind.
As the whirlwind spun, those people dressed in black leather armor from the fifth ocean immediately sat down cross-legged, and their bodies instantly vanished into the fog within the fifth ocean.
When all of them disappeared and as the whirlwind spun even faster, a loud bang that surged into the heavens immediately rose in the fifth ocean. The entire fifth ocean started spinning during that instant to form a gigantic whirlpool that swept through the entire area with loud booming sounds. Its waves shook the entire universe.
At that moment, as the whirlpool rotated and as the fog in the ocean gathered together, a gigantic face immediately formed in the fifth ocean. There was a smile on that face, and when it rose up from the fifth ocean, it said one single word towards the cosmos, the universe, and the galaxy.
"Happiness!"
When this word appeared, a shocking bang immediately travelled out of the whirlwind that surrounded Zhu You Cai.
"Anger!" That voice appeared again.
"Grief!
"Resentment!" At the instant that gigantic face formed of seawater said each word each time, its face would also change, and the whirlwind which surrounded Zhu You Cai would also let out a loud bang that shook the sky and earth.
Zhu You Cai's face while he was in the whirlwind was sullen but pale. As his entire body distorted, he lifted the Life Inequity Spear in his right hand and thrust it downwards swiftly.
"Impermanence… of Life and Death [1]."
As he mumbled these words, the long spear at his feet let out a loud bang, and black light erupted from it. This light swept through the entire area and crashed into the whirlwind as well as the four runic symbols. As the world roared, the whirlwind stopped spinning for a moment right under everyone's eyes before it swiftly disintegrated into its surroundings. The impact that stirred up swept through the fifth ocean, and as the whirlwind collapsed, a ray of black light shot out swiftly to turn into a long arc that charged towards the face in the fifth ocean.
Booming sounds rose again.
At the instant the face from the fifth ocean collided against the long spear, it was torn to shreds. At the same time, when the disintegrating whirlwind scattered in all directions, the four runic symbols were flung out and turned into four figures in the middle of space. They coughed up a mouthful of blood and raised their heads swiftly to look at Zhu You Cai coldly.
Zhu You Cai's face was pale as he stood in space. When blood trickled out of the corners of his mouth, he staggered and plunged to a shattered stone beside Su Ming. At the instant his body landed, he swiftly gained his footing, and when he lifted his right hand, black light shone in the fifth ocean before it returned to his hand to turn into the Life Inequity Spear. He stabbed it into the shattered stone to support himself so that he would not fall.
"Endless Cycles of Life!" A brilliant light shone in Zhu You Cai's eyes, and he lifted his left hand to swiftly point at the center of his brows.
However, at the instant the tip of his finger touched the center of his brows, the Reng Wus' Progenitor in the distance suddenly laughed loudly. He had been waiting for a long time, and this Almighty in Life Realm had finally executed the Endless Cycles of Life Art.
At the instant his laughter echoed in space, an ordinary looking Reng Wu behind him immediately lifted his head swiftly and took a step towards Zhu You Cai. He was so quick that he moved like a flash of lightning. When he moved over, his body withered swiftly, and he became so emaciated that he looked like a skeleton in the span of a breath. At the instant he appeared beside Zhu You Cai, his body immediately turned into powder under this speed.
However, that powder turned into a huge hand that seized Zhu You Cai's head. A power… that surpassed Life Realm also spread out from that hand, and it was… the power of Death Realm!
Translator's Notes:
1. Impermanence of Life and Death: Impermanence itself is related to one of the three existences in Buddhism, and it is also known as Anicca or Anitya. The basic gist here is that life and death is unpredictable.
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Chapter 1029: Try It
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Zhu You Cai's expression changed. He could not dodge it in time. At that moment, a freezing glare shone in his eyes, and he did not bother to dodge it at all. Instead, he closed his eyes, and his power erupted from his body to collide against the incoming hand with brute force.
As a loud bang rang in space, that hand trembled. Zhu You Cai coughed up blood, and his body fell back like a kite with its string snapped. He crashed into a rock in the distance with a loud bang, and his body withered swiftly. In an instant, his plump body was reduced to only skin and bones.
All of his life force seemed to have been taken away by the hand. At that moment, it shone with a gentle light, and flesh as well as blood grew swiftly on it.
"Such a powerful Endless Cycles of Life… This nourishment is a small supplement for me." As a hoarse voice echoed in space, a freezing glare shone in Zhu You Cai's eyes.
"Dao of Longevity. With a thought, I can continue living, and with a thought, I can… cause an explosion!"
When those words were spoken, the old voice that had been echoing in space fell into abrupt silence. At the same time, the hand formed by powder shuddered, and the flesh as well as blood growing out on it fell apart with simultaneous explosions.
"Dao of Life Inequity! You're connected to Hong Yue! You're his disciple!"
At the instant the voice spoke, Zhu You Cai's body trembled fiercely. He swiftly opened his eyes wide and glared at the crumbling hand. Echoing in his ears were the three words the ancient voice had spoken just then—Dao of Life Inequity!
What he executed was the Art within the Dao of Longevity his Master Hong Yue had taught him. As for Life Inequity, his pain had turned into the thoughts in his heart after he lost his lover. Yet that strange existence within the Reng Wu Race said that the Art was the Dao of Life Inequity. The impact of that sunk Zhu You Cai into a state of bewilderment. In the mid of it there was also deep fear… as well as his memories towards his Master's actions in the past.
"Kill him! We must absolutely not let this person remain alive! All those who practice the Dao of Life Inequity must be killed! They must all be killed! They have to be killed!"
A crazed voice spread out through space, and a large amount of black smoke came out of the hand before it fell back and disappeared into space. At the same time, the current Progenitor of the Reng Wu Race charged towards Zhu You Cai.
Zhu You Cai trembled, bemusement in his eyes.
Flame Fiends' Progenitor was on a shattered stone in the distance, and his facial color was dull and without luster. He was already severely wounded.
At the moment Reng Wus' Progenitor closed in, the gray-haired Su Ming, who had been sitting and meditating all the while through the six months without moving, opened his eyes.
At the instant he did so, the Life Inequity Spear let out a buzz and turned into a black light that charged towards him. Once Su Ming got up and seized it, he took a step towards Reng Wus' Progenitor and thrust the spear forward.
"You overestimate yourself!"
Reng Wus' Progenitor laughed coldly and lifted his right hand to swing it towards the incoming long spear. To him, if Zhu You Cai held that spear, it could make him tremble, but when it was that gray-haired person's hands, it was not better than a useless piece of trash. If he swung his hand, he could reduce it to ashes.
Without Zhu You Cai, the boy who obtained the fifth stone was just useless garbage,so weak that he could not even withstand a single blow!
Reng Wus' Progenitor's confidence was incredibly great, but the instant his hand touched Su Ming's Life Inequity Spear, he trembled. A vast amount of energy that astonished him erupted from the Life Inequity Spear. A layer of sand spread out from within it, and it turned into a palm made of sand in front of Reng Wus' Progenitor. With a bang, it pressed on the center of his brows.
A life-threatening sense of danger rose within the heart of the Reng Wus' Progenitor in an instant. His pupils shrank, and full of fear, his body tumbled backwards. At the same time, he let out a shrill call in the depths of his heart.
"Spirit of our ancestors, please protect me!"
As a rumbling rose into space, the palm made of sand touched Reng Wus' Progenitor, and his body was torn to shreds with a bang. All of his laws of fate could not bring forth any form of resistance under that palm. This was a difference in Realm. The suppression formed by that difference was a destruction that Reng Wus' Progenitor could not hope to stand against.
His body fell apart. Even when he was reduced to flesh and blood and scattered through the area, the spirit of his ancestors did not descend to protect him, because the hand that had been formed by the powder just then was the spirit of Reng Wus' ancestors.
The legacy spirit formed by generations of ancestors might be powerful, but there was a fatal defect in it. That defect was just a guess among the four Great True Worlds, and they did not know about the details… but the four guardians of the fifth ocean did know of it.
Hence, Dust Burners' Progenitor also knew about it, and Su Ming knew everything that had been carved into the jade slip.
The defect was that it was at its strongest when it was in the territory that belonged to its race, and it was at its weakest when it was outside the area. That's why the spirit of Reng Wus' ancestors seldom ventured out. Unless… there was something that forced them to go out.
The fifth stone which released a ripple of power so incredibly great that it was unprecedented and surpassed all that came before it was one such thing. Yet even so, it only tempted the spirit. It was still highly impossible for it to personally venture out.
Unless… an Almighty in Life Realm was added into the mix!
The fatal defect lay in the spirit of Reng Wus' ancestors losing plenty of their basic functions in the stillness of the endless passage of time until only the most basic will and the deepest memories remained. That was why the spirit would need to replenish its life force once in a while, and the best replenishment was to devour an Almighty in Life Realm.
While it was not that Almighties in Life Realm did not exist in Divine Essence Star Ocean, most of them had long disappeared, and those that did not disappear were like the Progenitor of Sand Earthlings. They had chosen to fall into silence. Forcefully devouring them would not bring about great effect. Instead, it would just pollute one's power in Kalpa Realm.
What the spirit needed was an Almighty in Life Realm who had exuberant life force. However, it could not go into the world beyond Divine Essence Star Ocean. After all, its foundation lay among the Reng Wu Race.
Which was why when Zhu You Cai showed off the power of Life Realm, the spirit of Reng Wus' ancestor immediately became greedy with what little remained of its intelligence, and it… came to the fifth ocean.
"I fulfilled the end of my promise with you. It is your turn to do what you promised me."
Zhu You Cai closed his eyes. When he reopened them, he had already buried the bewilderment deep in his heart. He struggled to stand up from the shattered stone and look towards Su Ming.
"Did you notice a long time ago?" Su Ming looked back at him.
"I didn't at the start. But everything that happened later allowed me to notice some hints. You used me as a bait to lure out that person just then. I believe this is your promise with the four people from the fifth ocean."
When Zhu You Cai said that, the expression of Flame Fiends' Progenitor recovered, though his face was still pale. When he looked at Su Ming, the gray-haired man gave him a feeling that his cunning was unfathomable, and it terrified him.
"I am an Abyss Builder." Su Ming cast Zhu You Cai a glance and sent a thought to him.
Once these words were passed over, a brilliant light shone in Zhu You Cai's eyes. After a long time had passed, he nodded.
Su Ming turned around and looked at the fifth ocean. The four masked people floating in space had aloof expressions. Su Ming brought his right hand up and patted his storage bag. Immediately, a jade slip appeared on his palm, and he flung it towards the four people before speaking,
"I'll return this to you now." The jade slip was what Dust Burners' Progenitor had given to Su Ming in the past. He once said that the person with the jade slip could open the path to the fifth True World without being interrupted.
The person with the Mask of Happiness lifted his right hand and seized the air. Immediately, the jade slip charged towards him. Once he held it in his palm, he tightened his grip around it slightly. Immediately, the jade slip turned into ashes.
"Offering," the person with the Mask of Happiness said faintly.
"Thousands of Virtue Rooters, nearly a thousand of the ferocious beasts, several Almighties, and…" As Su Ming listed it all calmly, shrill screams of pain rose behind him. The sand behind him swept past, and as violent gusts of wind howled, the powerful existence that was the Sand Spirit destroyed Reng Wus while sweeping through the area with ease.
Even the three heavily injured Almighties from the Reng Wu Race could not escape from the predicament.
As the shrill and forlorn voices echoed in space, the gray-haired Su Ming continued speaking.
"… along with thousands of Reng Wus, three Almighties in Mastery Realm, one Almighty in Fate Realm, and the injured spirit of the race's ancestors. This is the offering."
The four people with the Masks of Happiness, Anger, Grief, and Resentment were silent. After a moment, they swung their arms, and countless dark glowing spots appeared in the previous battlefield beyond the fifth ocean. Within them were soul fragments, and they… were all the people who had died there moments ago.
They had dazed expressions on their faces while floating towards the fifth ocean. Once they fused with it, the fifth ocean tumbled about and spread out by almost ten thousand feet before becoming silent again.
The four turned around at that moment. Just as they were about to disappear and return to the depths of the fifth ocean to continue fulfilling their mission in protecting it, Su Ming suddenly spoke again.
"I request that you cut down the time and reduce the remaining half a year to one day!" When he spoke, the four people who were about to disappear came to an abrupt halt.
"Offering!" the voice from the person with the Mask of Happiness said again.
Su Ming's long gray hair changed at that instant. It turned crimson in the span of a breath, and a madness that screamed of destruction appeared in his eyes. He raised his right hand and pointed at the galaxy. It began to roar. The whole fifth ocean tumbled once again. At the same time, a sea of fire appeared out of nowhere in the galaxy. As it tumbled about and spread out, the illusory outline of the fifth kiln formed in the distance.
"Why don't the four of you try requesting for an offering again?" The red-haired Su Ming had a domineering tone in his voice. His expression showed that he was looking down on the entire world, and the aura he exuded shook the entire galaxy.
When he was gray, he obeyed absolute rationality. He would do things to pay the smallest price for the greatest rewards. That was his principle. However… the red Su Ming was a person of arrogance, imperiousness, madness, and destruction. While he was in that state, there were no reason or principles before him. There was… only killing intent that could be triggered at any moment.
With the possession of the fifth kiln, he was an existence that would cause even Zhu You Cai's pupils to shrink. He was… the strongest person in Divine Essence Star Ocean at that moment!
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Chapter 1030: The Exact Same
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Su Ming's voice had a strong domineering tone in it. That domineering will was filled with madness and destruction, and there was not a hint of rationality in it. There was only… a madness that screamed, "If you go against me, then I will kill you."
His voice reverberated in space. The four masked people in the fifth ocean stopped moving. They turned around slowly and their gazes instantly fell on the red-haired Su Ming.
"As you wish." After a moment, the person with the Mask of Happiness among the four people spoke hoarsely. He raised his right hand and swung his arm. The three people beside him immediately acted the same.
Wind immediately stirred and clouds surged in the fifth ocean. As the world rumbled, it looked as if a wave was rushing to the heavens. It instantly devoured the four of them, and the galaxy above the tumbling fifth ocean had a piercing, brilliant light appear swiftly.
At first sight, this light was a glowing spot. Almost at the instant this glowing spot appeared, from the end of the pillar of light that shot out from the depths of the fifth ocean came another pillar of light, which shot out of the fifth ocean. It charged towards the glowing spot above it and swiftly connected with it. The light from the glowing spot grew bigger, and the third pillar of light shot out from within it, and its direction… was the fifth stone beside Su Ming!
If that pillar of light was connected to the fifth stone, then there would be three pillars of light that existed in the fifth stone. They were connected together and formed a triangle!
The triangle was like a Rune. It would open the path to the fifth True World and send the person in possession of the fifth stone to the fifth True World.
The flow of time seemed as if it had become faster during that instant. A day later, the pillar of light in the sky let out a bang and shot through the endless space before it finally descended at the edge of the fifth ocean. It descended beside Su Ming, on the fifth stone that was shining in the same light.
At the instant the pillar of light crashed into the fifth stone, the Rune which took the form of a triangle on the fifth ocean appeared swiftly. As it did so, booming sounds echoed in all directions. Those loud bangs were deafening to the ears and stirred up the fifth ocean, making it turn into a gigantic whirlpool that began swiftly rotating under that bang.
As it rotated, the originally vertical triangle formed by the pillars of light in this place slowly inclined, as if it was about to be laid flat in space. As it was laid down, a power of Relocation erupted from the fifth stone beside Su Ming. The appearance of this power of Relocation instantly caused the universe to tremble, causing the galaxy to look as if it was about to be torn apart.
During that moment, if anyone looked from the highest spot in the universe, the first thing they would notice would be the whirlpool formed by the fifth ocean. The shape of the whirlpool was round, but within that circle was a triangle!
That triangle was… the complete Rune that was formed once the three pillars of light were laid flat, and it looked as if it was set in the circular whirlpool!
And the spot where Su Ming stood was one of the corners of the triangle. This galaxy was covered in a powerful light at that moment. Under that light, booming sounds surged into the heavens… and the power of Relocation was swiftly activated.
The path of the fifth True World was opened as the Relocation Rune was activated!
Bang!
A power that was great enough to make even the Almighties in Life Realm apprehensive erupted swiftly from the Rune. When it rushed into the heavens, it could be seen that the light that rushed out was also in the shape of a triangle as it charged towards the void in the galaxy.
Su Ming was contained in one of the corners of that triangle. As the power of Relocation rushed out, his body was instantly swept into the Rune and was pushed into the endless void with the pillars of light.
Booming sounds shook the sky and earth. The pillars of light continued pushing forward and looked as if they had turned into pillars that were used to push up the galaxy above them and support it once it was torn apart.
At the instant the three pillars of light forming the triangle appeared, almost all the living beings in Divine Essence Star Ocean could see it.
The statue of the first God of Berserkers, Lie Shan Xiu, had its head risen to stare at the sky while it stood on a cliff in a mountain within Black Ink Planet. No one knew whether it was just a coincidence, but the spot where it was staring at was coincidentally the pillars of light that surged into the heavens and led to the fifth True World, which could be seen even from this place.
Lie Shan Xiu's statue looked as if it was deep in thought. The meaning Su Ming had deciphered previously was the other message he wished to convey. If he could stand at this spot to look at this scene at that moment, then he would discover in shock that the understanding he gained in the past… was not wrong… but he missed the deepest message Lie Shan Xiu hid in it!
Within Divine Essence Star Ocean was the spot where Ninth Tribe was previously located. It was also the place where Tian Xie Zi had lived for a long time. At that moment, it had turned into wasteland. The statue of Tian Xie Zi built into the wasteland was… also coincidentally staring into the direction where the pillars of light had risen.
His gaze… also contained a message that Su Ming had deciphered incorrectly in the past. However, if he saw it with his own eyes at that moment, his heart would definitely tremble as well.
The pillars of light lasted for about three months. Within those three months, the pillars of light attracted too many people's gazes. Some of them did not understand what it was, but some of them did.
Time passed. One year… and yet another year…
The Flame Fiends' Progenitor waited beyond the fifth ocean and stared with eager eyes at the fifth ocean, which had long since become calm once more. He stared at the space where the pillars of light had disappeared, and vaguely, he seemed to still be able to see… Su Ming's figure in the past.
When the tenth year arrived, the Flame Fiends' Progenitor sighed and chose to leave. Even if Su Ming had yet to release the seal in his body, all of this was no longer important to the Flame Fiends' Progenitor.
He slightly reluctant to part with Su Ming just like that. It was as if that thought had risen in him while they were acquainted with each other through the series of events that happened between them. His animosity towards Su Ming had turned into wariness before it changed into a strange form of trust, and right then, it had turned into a form of nostalgia.
With that nostalgia in him, he left the fifth ocean and moved through the galaxy to return to his homeland, and in that burning planet, he continued… to be the Progenitor his people worshipped.
However, when it was night and it was quiet, he would also lift his head to look at the dazzling, starry sky, and all the things that happened during the period of time when he was in the fifth kiln and the edge of the fifth ocean would appear in his head.
'He will come back.' The Flame Fiends' Progenitor closed his eyes. His body blended with the lava before he turned back into a statue and fell into deep sleep, remaining still and unmoving.
On the 72nd year after the Flame Fiends' Progenitor left, Zhu You Cai also chose to leave the edge of the fifth ocean. Even though Su Ming still had yet to tell him how to resurrect his wife, Su Ming's declaration that he was an Abyss Builder had already given Zhu You Cai endless hope.
Even though… during the past seventy something years, he fell into deep thought pondering over his Master's Dao of Longevity and the Dao of Life Inequity he declared for himself in the midst of his confusion and wondered about their similarities and differences. Even though these thoughts caused his heart to ache in more pain and caused him to be increasingly agitated, he still persistently believed… that Su Ming would return!
When he returned, he would tell Zhu You Cai… how to resurrect his wife.
With that persistence in him, Zhu You Cai left quietly and returned to the mountain to rest in his cave. Beside his ears were the woman's faint hums coming indistinctly from the summit. He closed his eyes, tears fell, and in his hand he always held… a medicinal core.
One hundred years passed in Divine Essence Star Ocean. Everything had long since regained their original peace. Many people no longer paid any attention to the scene from one hundred years ago. The eternity in the sun, moon, and stars, as well as the change in the state of affairs for all things was always a continuous dream. After one of it happened, another would arrive.
However, there were some people who would always remember that one hundred years ago, a cultivator stirred up… a storm that caused Divine Essence Star Ocean to tremble within this galaxy.
Xu Hui had long since reunited with the nine old Frail Darknesses. She sat on the warship, and with the three thousand fearless warriors and all the people from Morning Dao Sect who belonged to Dao Kong, she left Divine Essence Star Ocean and returned to the region in the Barren Lands of Divine Essence where the forces of power from True Morning Dao World were stationed. Over there, she waited quietly for the day of Su Ming's return.
Xuan Shang was still struggling in the fifth kiln and did not have a way out.
Dijiu Mo Sha was still expanding his tribe and continuously fighting against the other races all for the sake of finding a place for his tribe where they would stay permanently.
Everything went on their course. Without Su Ming, Divine Essence Star Ocean continued as it did in the past. This gigantic galaxy would never tilt because of a single person's will, and neither would anything change because a person was missing from the galaxy.
The past glories, the rise to power that seemed to go against the laws of heavens, the endless disasters were like fleeting clouds. Perhaps they would be remembered, but perhaps they would also be forgotten. Compared to this eternal galaxy, these tiny, insignificant lives were still as tiny and as insignificant as ever…
However, the legends regarding Su Ming were slowly remembered by plenty of people, since he did not leave behind his life. They remembered that there was once a period of time where a person had talents that shone brilliantly for thousands of feet in Divine Essence Star Ocean, but had appeared only briefly like a queen of the night.
From the barren lands to Western Ring Nebula, then from the foreign lands to Black Ink Planet, before he moved from Divine Essence Star Ocean to the kiln, and from Divine Essence Star Ocean to the fifth kiln… Wherever Su Ming went to, he took away his shadow and left behind… his legend.
…..
When Su Ming woke up, he saw a dazzling universe. This universe was incredibly unfamiliar to him, and it did not belong to Divine Essence Star Ocean.
This place was filled with dead silence. There was not a single sound in the place, and it was so quiet that it gave off a terrifying feeling. When he looked at it from the distance, the galaxy was not empty. There were plenty of shattered stones floating in it, and it was a dishevelled mess, making it seem as if war had wreaked havoc in this place for an eternity and left behind the wreckages caused by the war.
All of this was the exact same as the image of the fifth kiln Su Ming projected in his mind based on the analysis he made from other people's words.
All of this was also… the exact same as the appearance he believed the fifth True World should take based on his speculations in his mind.
There were no discrepancies, no differences. It was as if Su Ming had come here before. At first glance, it was unfamiliar, but when he glanced at it again, it was familiar.
This familiarity came from the effect of the image of the fifth True World in his mind. It was like someone imagining their future lover in their minds, and when they truly saw that person, he would realize… that she or he was exactly as they imagined.
Su Ming fell silent. As he stared at the fifth True World before his eyes, a glint appeared in his eyes and he charged into the distance. When he lifted his right hand, a jade slip appeared on his palm.
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Chapter 1031: A Wasteland
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The jade slip was what Dust Burners' Progenitor had given to Su Ming in the past. Marked on it were certain regions of the Fifth True World. Su Ming memorized the contents, and as he moved forward, he saw a white river several days later.
'The Fifth Abyss River…'
Su Ming's footsteps came to a halt and he looked at the Abyss River that seemed to cut apart the galaxy. He also saw two… gigantic voids at the two distant ends of the river.
He had no idea where those two gigantic voids went. They existed in the galaxy, and the white Abyss River flowed between them, making those two voids look like two eyes with empty gazes.
When Su Ming read the jade slip with the Fifth True World's map he'd gotten from Dust Burners' Progenitor, he saw the Fifth Abyss River carved on it. It was just a simple carving, but its head was white.
That was because white symbolized the abyss. It did not mean death, but was the manifestation of an idea. Right then, Su Ming saw the Fifth Abyss River.
He realized that the river was the exact same as what he had imagined in his head. The two voids that looked like eyes and connected the two ends also fit with Su Ming's imagination.
"On one end is a planet called Burning Dust…" Su Ming mumbled. It was on the carved map within the jade slip. When he raised his head, he headed for the Fifth Abyss River.
The closer he went, the thicker the aura of death became. Su Ming saw corpses drifting about in the Fifth Abyss River, and when he left, he suddenly stopped before turning his head around to look back.
He had a vague feeling that something was off, but he was momentarily unable to figure out just what gave him that feeling. In silence, Su Ming said softly, "Baldy…"
He was calling out to the bald crane in his storage bag, but he obtained no answer. When he frowned, he fused his Atman into his storage bag and saw… that the bald crane was not in there.
A glint shone in Su Ming's eyes, and the feeling that something was off became stronger.
After remaining silent for a moment, he chose to leave.
When he left, the numerous corpses in the Fifth Abyss River continued drifting about. However… all them looked as if they were lying face down in the river. One could only see their backs, but not their faces.
Su Ming walked through the galaxy. He had no idea how much time had passed. He seemed to have forgotten about the passage of time while he traveled through the Fifth True World. He just continued walking until he saw a planet in the distant galaxy.
It was a burning planet. Thick waves of fire spread from it, enveloping it in a sea of fire.
That planet was the origin of Fire Spirits which Dust Burners' Progenitor had spoken about.
Su Ming stared at the planet, and the feeling that something was off became stronger in his heart, but he still could not find what in particular gave him that feeling. His heart was on guard, but even so… he still could not discover any form of threat.
From the moment he stepped into that place to the moment he saw the planet, he was the only person in the galaxy. He did not see another living being.
Su Ming was silent. With hesitation, he walked towards Burning Dust Planet. He walked past the sea of fire, and when he stepped on the planet, he spread out his Atman, but he still did not find any signs of life.
The ground was a desert, a plain of sand burning in a sea of fire. The sky was crimson red and filled with flames. There were no… rivers or trees in the planet. The only thing there was sand.
Su Ming grabbed a burning lump of earth and put it into his storage bag. He cast a scrutinizing glance at Burning Dust Planet again before turning around quietly and leaving.
He walked absentmindedly within the Fifth True World, which was completely devoid of life. He was the only person in the whole world and the entire universe. The silence around him gradually turned suffocating, which gave Su Ming a feeling as if there was a depression in him that he could not vent out.
However, he also felt that everything was as it should be. The Fifth True World was supposed to be an existence void of life. It was a dead universe. The destruction here, the wastelands, and everything else were the exact same as he had imagined. There was nothing different…
Time passed year by year, with Su Ming continuing to charge forward through the galaxy. He only had one goal—a planet marked on the map that was located far in the distance.
A planet called Abyss Vessel.
It was Abyss Builders' homeland and also his race's holy land. In the past, Abyss Builders' Progenitor lived over there.
Time passed quietly, without notice. Then one day, when Su Ming felt that he should be near the planet, he saw an aquamarine blue cultivation planet ahead of himself.
That color was incredibly unique in the galaxy, making it hard to forget after seeing it once.
'Abyss Vessel Planet…'
When Su Ming saw the blue planet, his body trembled. In silence, he walked closer to it. When he came onto the planet, stepped into its atmosphere, he saw that it was a wasteland.
Only the azure blue shade of the seawater moved about as waves formed on the water's surface. It was all silent, and even the sound of the waves seemed to be completely cut off.
There was wreckage all over the ground. Shattered rocks were everywhere, and Su Ming could vaguely see an image of numerous cities, but all of them had been reduced to ruins.
There were no mountains that were too tall. All of them were broken, as if they were the proofs that a war that shook the entire Fifth True World had happened there in the past.
While in midair, Su Ming stared at the ground and the wreckage on it. He walked down in silence, then went past the ruins of numerous cities until he reached the center of the planet. He saw an island in an ocean there, and on it was a gigantic palace, most of whose structure had collapsed.
Once, there had been plenty of statues standing tall at the square in front of it, but there were only three of them left.
Two were headless. Clearly, they had been shattered during the war in the past. Only one statue was still complete, and it portrayed a woman.
Su Ming stared at it, for it was his mother, the woman who was currently lying in the coffin within the fifth kiln and absorbing life force to preserve her life. It was her statue.
Based on the statues' positions, one of the headless two stood at the center. It should have belonged to the most important person. He might not have a head anymore, but Su Ming could tell that it should have been of Abyss Builders' Progenitor.
By his side was Su Ming's mother, so on his other side…
With a complicated gaze, Su Ming looked at the other headless statue, and his appearance was just as indistinct and vague as in his imagination…
Su Ming remained silent for a long time before turning around and walking through practically the entire Abyss Builders' planet. Several days later, when he returned back, he sat down cross-legged in front of his mother's statue. He just sat there quietly and stared at the statue before he looking at his surroundings and sinking into a pensive silence.
Time slowly passed by him. One year, two years… five years… ten years…
Su Ming still sat there without moving. However, as time passed, a brilliant dark light gathered in his eyes, and he gradually closed them.
In the core of Divine Essence Star Ocean was the fifth ocean, and the deepest part of it was a place the world outside could not see. The sea of fog there tumbled about, surrounding a gigantic altar.
On the altar there was a huge mirror made of aquamarine blue. It was crystal clear and exuded a powerful, mighty pressure. It spread out as if it was suppressing the entire fifth ocean and forced the sea of fog tumbling about to quiet down when it reached a certain point.
At that moment, the four people with the Masks of Happiness, Anger, Grief, and Resentment were sitting cross-legged around the huge mirror. They did not close their eyes but were staring at the crystal-like surface before them.
After a long while, the person with the Mask of Grief lowered his head and sighed softly. There was no longer cold detachment within his eyes, but a complicated look.
As he sighed, the person with the Mask of Anger turned his head towards him before asking in a low voice, "Can take it anymore?" There was a magnificence to that voice, along with a domineering air that made him seem as if he was looking down at the universe.
"I am indeed unable to bear with it any longer, but you are the same." When the person with the Mask of Grief said those words flatly, he cast a glance at the person with the Mask of Anger.
That person lowered his head in silence. After a long while, he let out a long sigh and mumbled under his breath, "Perhaps I made a mistake in the past."
"From the moment we gave up on our identities from the Arid Triad Expanse Cosmos and became the guardians of Dark Dawn Ocean, we drew a line between ourselves and our pasts. We cut off all ties with all the emotions we had in the past.
"This is just the first test by Dark Dawn Ocean. If he can't even see through the test in this place, then he is not a person needed by the 180 Expanse Cosmoses in Dark Dawn," a low voice said, coming from the person with the Mask of Happiness.
"You once mentioned that besides the four great legacies of happiness, anger, grief, and resentment, there is in truth still another legacy. There should be five guardians in Dark Dawn Ocean. Who is the fifth person?" a hoarse voice asked faintly and abruptly, coming from the person next to the Mask of Anger who had not yet spoken before.
"Happiness, Anger, Grief, Resentment, and Cessation. The fifth legacy has absolutely no emotions within it. It is the Mask of Cessation that disperses all seven emotions and six desires," the person with the Mask of Happiness said flatly.
"I have a question. The three of us have had many scions, but you once said that there is only one generation for the legacy of happiness. I'm very curious. Just… who were you when you were in Arid Triad Expanse Cosmos?" the person with the Mask of Grief immediately asked.
"When it will be time for the three of you to know, you will naturally know," the person with the Mask of Happiness said calmly.
The people with the Masks of Anger, Grief, and Resentment fell silent when they heard it, but they still looked at the person with the Mask of Happiness with curiosity.
At that moment, the crystal mirror around they sat suddenly became muddled. As clouds and fog surrounded it, it looked like there was wind stirring up and clouds surging around them. Buzzing sounds reverberated in the area, and the people with Masks of Anger, Grief, and Resentment immediately looked over. Only the person with the Mask of Happiness remained as aloof as ever.
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Chapter 1032: Mask of Cessation
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At the instant the three of them looked towards the crystal mirror, Su Ming, who had been sitting and meditating for nearly a century on the Abyss Vessel Planet in the fifth True World, opened his eyes.
His gaze was calm. When he looked at his mother's statue, Su Ming sighed softly.
'I only managed to see my mother's statue here because I saw my mother before… I never met Su Xuan Yi, that's why his statue is headless. I never met the Abyss Builders' Progenitor either, that's why… his statue is also headless.' Su Ming stood up and looked towards the entire Abyss Vessel Planet.
"The planet is the exact same as I imagined…
"This true world is also the same as I imagined…' Su Ming shook his head. He took a step towards the air, and within an instant, he appeared in the galaxy.
"That year, I imagined that the planet was near, and then Abyss Vessel Planet appeared. Now, I will have this thought: The fifth Abyss River is in front of me…" Su Ming mumbled. He lowered his head, and when he lifted his head again, the fifth Abyss River appeared in front of him.
He saw the corpses in the river. All of them only had their backs revealed before him. Their faces were not shown.
'This is also because I have never met you, that's why I can't imagine different appearances for all of you,'
Su Ming shook his head, then walked towards the galaxy.
'I might not want to believe it, but during the past hundred years, I already guessed at the moment I saw the statue… this isn't the fifth True World. There is no Abyss Vessel Planet here.'
"The real fifth True World isn't here as well. What a lie, what an outrageous lie!" A fierce glare appeared in Su Ming's eyes.
At the instant Su Ming spoke, the universe around him suddenly trembled. All the shattered stones in it vanished. All the air around him swiftly distorted and turned into an arc.
This arc was formed after the entire galaxy was distorted. As it slowly spun in front of Su Ming, its turned to face him, and when it did, it's appearance caused Su Ming's heart to shake.
Because he saw… a gigantic mask appear in front of him once the galaxy distorted!
The white Abyss River was a line between the eyes on the mask, and the two voids at the two ends of the Abyss River which looked like eyes to him in the past… were now the blank eyes on the mask.
Su Ming would never forget that mask. That mask… was the one forced on him when he was in Yin Death Region. The mask that cut off all seven emotions and six desires within him… the Mask of Cessation!!
Due to this mask, Su Ming came to Divine Essence Star Ocean. Now, more than one thousand years later, he saw the mask again, and understanding rose swiftly in Su Ming's heart.
'That so-called searching for your king you told me in the past and the rumors in the worlds outside about the fifth True World's entrance being located here is a lie! You didn't just lie to me, you also… lied to the first God of Berserkers, Lie Shan Xiu!!' A brilliant light shone in Su Ming's eyes. At that moment, he had come to completely understand everything.
'This is a legacy… A legacy that is similar to that of the four guardians with the masks in the fifth ocean. If my guess is correct, then there should not be originally four masked people here, but five!
'And after happiness, anger, grief, and resentment comes the Mask of Cessation that cuts off the seven emotions and six desires. At the moment you made me wear the mask to come to Divine Essence Star Ocean, you didn't want me to search for your king or search for the entrance to the fifth True World. You wanted to make me the fifth guardian in this place!!
'I now understand the complicated emotions and the confusion on Lie Shan Xiu's statue in the past as well… because at that time, he might have already noticed the hints… but in the end, he still stepped into your fraud.
'One of the four masked people… is Lie Shan Xiu!!' A brilliant light shone swiftly in Su Ming's eyes. At that moment, his understanding caused his mind to suddenly be clear.
Su Ming's heart trembled, because he remembered his Master, Tian Xie Zi, and he was almost certain that if Tian Xie Zi was still alive, then one of the four masked people… was Tian Xie Zi!!
It did not matter whether it was Lie Shan Xiu, Tian Zie Zi, or Su Ming. The three of them all had one similarity, and that was… the three of them… came from Yin Death Region!
When he looked at it this way, Su Ming's heart was in shock again. Who… exactly was the third and fourth person among the four?!
"Wear the mask and become the fifth guardian of Dark Dawn Ocean. Envoy of Cessation… you will know everything that you wish to know. You will know all the secrets regarding Arid Triad Expanse Cosmos, the fifth True World, and the Abyss Builders.
"Become the Envoy of Cessation and you will never have any worries as well as uncertainties… and you will be given eternal life as well!!
"This is your life. You cannot fight back against it. From the moment you wore the mask and was sent into Divine Essence Star Ocean, your path in your life has already been decided. No matter how hard you try to change it, you cannot escape from it… Your fate is to become the bearer of the Mask of Cessation in Dark Dawn Ocean!" An ancient voice with a cold detachment and a supreme mighty pressure tumbled out in roaring waves from the mouth of the gigantic galactical mask.
There was in no way Su Ming would forget that voice. That voice belonged to the ancient will from Yin Death Region, the one that had threatened him with his senior brothers' lives and forced him to wear the mask!!
"You are unable to refuse, you cannot refuse… and neither do you have the right to refuse. You are chosen… to become my Envoy of Cessation!" That voice echoed and shook space. The mask formed by the gigantic galaxy rushed forward swiftly to cover Su Ming with a loud bang.
A powerful, mighty pressure gathered swiftly on Su Ming's body, causing Su Ming to instantly be unable to move even a single inch. However, at the instant that mighty pressure descended on him and Su Ming felt that he could not move… a power that swiftly allowed him to regain his mobility travelled out rapidly from his cultivation base clone—Dao Kong's original body.
Or rather, this was not a power. It was an aura!
That aura was long-lasting and similarly brought with it a supreme will that crashed head-on against the incoming mask with a bang.
Su Ming could sense that aura. That was… an aura from True Morning Dao World. That was… the power of kismet! That was the kismet from the entire True Morning Dao World, and it was forcibly interfering with everything, because Dao Kong's body was something loved dearly by True Morning Dao World's kismet, and now, it was clear that there was a power from a world beyond clashing fiercely against that kismet.
"Su Xuan Yi, even if you have already calculated all of this and specifically delivered a physical body so that this child will possess kismet, I have also long since predicted this. There is no way I will let you succeed!" As the mask charged forward, that ancient and cold voice echoed in the air with a loud bang.
At the instant the voice echoed in the air, that gigantic mask instantly turned around and had its back facing Su Ming. Countless white threads also crawled out swiftly from within it. As they squirmed around, they spread out, making them look incredibly terrifying, and during that time, those white threads intersected with each other to form a gigantic face.
That face was ancient, and its expression was numb. It looked like a piece of human skin, and it was filled with those white threads from within. At the same time it rushed towards Su Ming, it immediately crashed into that invisible kismet.
When booming sounds echoed in the air, that ancient voice from the mask spread out again.
"To deal with that kismet from True Morning Dao World, I've been preparing for tens upon thousands of years and gathered together the Face of Misfortune from True Morning Dao World to break the kismet you brought to this place. Now, scatter!"
When he said these words, booming sounds shook the universe and made the space in all directions tremble. The kismet from True Morning Dao World gathered on Su Ming's cultivation base clone immediately tumbled backwards in the midst of those booming sounds and collapsed.
Without the kismet from True Morning Dao World, that face where the interior was filled with thin threads also spread out to turn into countless squirming thin threads again. At the instant it charged towards Su Ming, the mask in the galaxy shrank swiftly, but at the moment it closed in on Su Ming, Ecang's presence erupted swiftly with a bang from Su Ming's body, and Ecang's body appeared behind him.
"Puny little Ecang, if you were at the peak of your strength, you would still have some abilities that would pose as a threat. After all, you were one of the lives in Old Man Extermination's ballad… but for your current self, shatter!" That cold voice echoed in space again. With a bang, Su Ming's entire body was covered in blood. The Ecang behind him was swiftly torn to shreds before it crumbled.
"This is your fate, the fate you cannot avoid. You… are my Envoy of Cessation!" The cold voice was emotionally wrought up, and the mask formed by the galaxy continuously shrank before it turned into a normal size. It instantly covered Su Ming's face and countless white threads crawled swiftly into Su Ming's skin and flesh in a frenzied pace. They connected tightly with his flesh and blood, intending to forcefully make Su Ming wear the mask again.
"From now on, you will no longer have a name. You will only have one title… Cessation!" As the old man's voice echoed in space, Su Ming's entire body shuddered. The mask covered his face, and intense pain rose in his entire body. At that moment, madness appeared in his eyes.
'Black stone fragment, Seed of Life Extermination, take off this mask for me, find its flaw!' When Su Ming roared in his heart, the Seed of Life Extermination in his soul shone swiftly with a powerful light. Once that light spread out rapidly from Su Ming's soul, it shot out of his body and erupted quickly from within him.
That light was made of an intersection of nine colors. When Su Ming's body was enveloped in that light, it was as if another figure had appeared faintly on his body. That was an old man, an existence dressed in a white robe and stood above all lives.
That was… the Old Man Extermination.
However, in the Old Man Extermination's eyes was Su Ming's madness. He lifted his right hand slowly and pushed his palm on the mask over his face. At the moment his right hand touched the mask, it let out a shrill scream of pain as if it possessed life. As it screamed in pain, it changed swiftly under Su Ming's right hand, as if all the structures within it were being rapidly disassembled.
It was also during this moment that the old voice, which might have come from the mask or space itself, had astonishment appear in his voice for the first time ever, and his voice echoed swiftly in space.
"This… this is… the Old Man Extermination. You are the Extermination of this generation. This is impossible, this is…" For the first time ever, there was panic in that voice, and there was also a great amount of shock that had never appeared before in his tone. As it reverberated in space, the mask immediately melted at the instant Su Ming's right hand touched it. It disappeared layer by layer until Su Ming's face was shown.
The mask disintegrated with a bang. During that instant, the space around him completely crumbled. As it shattered layer by layer, everything in this place was crushed. As it was pulverized, the old man's voice from space let out a roar that showed he was unwilling to accept defeat.
"Dark Mountain… Xiao Hong… the fragment… Seed of Life Extermination… Su Xuan Yi, so your counterattack is here! I won't accept this! I can't accept this!!"
Bang!
The space completely collapsed to reveal the fifth ocean, along with the blue crystal mirror that had been reduced to shards and was sweeping to the entire area. The strongest ever wind storm also stirred up to rage and sweep through the entire fifth ocean.
End of Arc Four.
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Chapter 1033: I Want to Go Home
Arc Five: My Morning Dao World
The storm spread out of the blue crystal mirror with a bang, so strong that it couldn't hand it. As it shattered into countless shards, they swept through the whole area.
Due to the mirror crumbling, the fifth ocean looked as if there was no longer anything suppressing it, and because of it, the ocean let out incomparably loud roars as its impact rushed out.
In the mid of them, the ocean's frenzied rampage caused waves to tumble about. A large amount of fog surged, rising then falling. When the impact spread out and touched it, it immediately disintegrated as if evaporating layer by layer.
If anyone looked at the fifth ocean from above, they would be able to see clearly that as it tumbled about, the force formed a circular ring of light. It traveled through the area with loud booms, as if a shocking destruction had just occurred.
After a moment, the whole place evaporated under the impact. The booming sounds formed echoes in the inner parts of Divine Essence Star Ocean. The vast and boundless seawater… started showing signs that it was about to vanish.
Disappearing along with it were the people with the Masks of Happiness, Anger, Grief, and Resentment, who had began retreating swiftly after the mirror shattered. Dark waves of light shone on the masks on their faces at that moment before it covered their bodies, which then disappeared without a trace.
Perhaps leaving like that was not their intention, but that light from the mask circling round them and the roars from the fifth ocean formed a power that did not allow them to resist. It was forcibly interfering with everything regarding their intention to escape.
Booming sounds continued resounding in space. The fifth ocean roared as it tumbled and gradually evaporated, slowly disappeared forever from the core of the inner part of Divine Essence Star Ocean.
The spot where the fifth ocean had originally existed was surrounded by a thick fog, and from then on, it would be like that.
Several days later, when the booming sounds gradually grew fainter, a figure appeared in the fog, slowly approaching from the distance. With one step at a time, that figure walked out of the fog, and gray light immediately spread out. It was… the gray Su Ming.
Beside him was a sleazy bald crane whose existence was incredibly discordant with him. Su Ming did not see the crane when he was in the fake Fifth True World, but once he walked out of it, the crane appeared on its own.
Clearly, all of it was related to the fake Fifth True World.
At that moment, as the bald crane followed behind Su Ming, it had its head held high.
Su Ming's expression was dark. When he walked out of the fog, he turned his head around to cast a glance behind him. By then, the fifth ocean was already distorted beyond recognition.
'One of the four people with the Masks of Happiness, Anger, Grief, and Resentment is definitely my Master, and the other is Lie Shan Xiu. I wonder just who are they… and who are the remaining two…
'Now that the fifth ocean dispersed and the four of them disappeared, I cannot find any traces leading to them, but no matter what, all of this has a great connection with the ancient will from Yin Death Region.
'Once I find that ancient will, I'll be able to find them!'
A freezing glare shone in Su Ming's eyes. When he lowered his head, he fell silent. During that time, he remembered his fight against the ancient will within the fake Fifth True World.
That fight might have seemed simple, but it contained the accumulation of countless years' worth of preparation as well as an invisible battle between Su Xuan Yi and the ancient will.
'My previous guess was indeed correct. Dao Kong entering Divine Essence Star Ocean… was due to him being led there by Su Xuan Yi's will. He sent me this body, and his goal was to have me Possess him.
'Once I Possessed Dao Kong, I would obtain True Morning Dao World' kismet, but all of that was just to blind Yin Death Region's will. The true blow… was the Seed of Life Extermination, which is the black stone fragment Xiao Hong gave me in the past!
'All of that was prepared by Su Xuan Yi.' Su Ming's expression was slightly complicated. He remembered the ancient will roaring with refusal to admit defeat before eventually disappearing.
Clearly, that ancient will could learn everything it wanted in Yin Death Region. However, Su Xuan Yi had used some unknown method to hide the fact that Xiao Hong had given Su Ming that black fragment in the past, or rather, he had made the ancient will form an incorrect perception about the stone fragment, because of which it was then ignored.
However, the ancient will understood everything in the end, which was why it uttered that sentence.
When Su Ming remembered all that had happened, complicated emotions rose within him towards Su Xuan Yi. There was resentment there, but also a sigh that meant too many things.
Even though he had never met his father, the man's actions were filled with great fatherly love, no matter whether it was the matter of giving him the Seed of Life Extermination or delivering Dao Kong for Possession. In fact, there were definitely other things that Su Ming had not noticed even till then, and he could sense the fatherly love from them.
"If that's the case, why did you leave me alone in the land of Berserkers? Why did you separate my soul from my physical body? Why did you… leave my mother lying in the fifth kiln?
"Just… where are you? Who… are you?" Su Ming mumbled. He knew that everything would be revealed before him when he returned to True Morning Dao World.
After remaining silent for a while, a brilliant light shone in his eyes.
"Since I can't find the real entrance to the Fifth True World… then it's time for me to leave the Barren Lands of Divine Essence… and return to True Morning Dao World!" Su Ming turned his head around and looked at the galaxy in the distance. A hint of resolve and fierceness appeared in his eyes.
He wanted to return to True Morning Dao World and retrieve his physical body. He wanted to know the answers to all the mysteries around him, and he wanted… to find out who was Su Xuan Yi!
"That's right! Let's go back to True Morning Dao World! Darn it all, I want to go back too! I can hear all the crystals in True Morning Dao World calling out to the great me. They're all waiting for the great and supreme me, myself, and I to love them. Hurry up! Let's go quickly!"
The bald crane stood with excitement on its face while shouting with joy. It expression was of someone mesmerized, a telling sign that it was imagining something happy and glorious.
"Dao Chen…" Su Ming moved forward, and the sound of air being sliced apart rose swiftly as he charged forth.
With the fifth kiln in his possession and as the current scion of the Seed of Life Extermination, he was already the strongest person in Divine Essence Star Ocean. Even if he did run into an enemy who was an Almighty in Mastery Realm, so what? Su Ming did not even need to activate the fifth kiln to fight against that Almighty on his own!
Even if he ran into an Almighty in Fate Realm, Su Ming had the Art to cut fate, and with the fifth kiln, he could fight against that person.
The only regretful thing about it was that Su Ming did not want to take the fifth kiln away. If he left it in its place, it would reach its optimum state in terms of effectiveness.
'I will leave this place and return to True Morning Dao World. I… want to go home!'
Su Ming became faster. As he turned into a long arc and charged forward through the galaxy, his hair color gradually changed. It was not red, but neither was it gold. Instead, it returned into its original color, and nostalgia appeared in his eyes.
"Eldest senior brother, second senior brother… and Hu Zi…" Su Ming became even faster. He shifted and shot across the galaxy.
"Yu Xuan too!" the bald crane immediately shouted by the side. As the Abyss Dragon's boss, it felt that it needed to help the Abyss Dragon speak during that moment.
"Yu Xuan…" A reminiscent look appeared in Su Ming's eyes. In his recollections was a girl who ate roasted seeds with a grin while staring at him.
Several days later, he appeared beyond a burning planet in the region between the inner part and the periphery of Divine Essence Star Ocean. There were thick flames raging in that planet, and that place… was where Flame Fiends' Progenitor lived. It was his territory.
Su Ming looked at the planet. After some time, he suddenly opened his mouth, and his voice rang with thunderous booms that echoed in all directions while it went to Flame Fiends' Planet.
"Progenitor Huo Kui, do you remember your old friend from the fifth kiln?"
"Huo Kui, do you still remember your Grandpa Crane?!" the bald crane shouted loudly as well. It intentionally stood in front of Su Ming. By doing so, it would make it felt that it was the true center of attention. Since Su Ming was behind it, he was just a guard.
The man and the crane's voices went into Flame Fiends' Planet and into each of Flame Fiends' ears. The thunderous roar formed from those voices turned into a mighty pressure. When it descended, the whole planet shuddered, and all the Flame Fiends immediately shuddered as well. Absolutely no thought of resistance could rise in them under that mighty pressure; they felt like the world was crumbling and nothing existed in it anymore. As they quivered, they let out shrill roars as they prostrated themselves on the ground, unable to stand.
In the depths of Flame Fiends' Planet was a karst cave filled with lava. Within it was a statue which jolted at that moment, and a large number of cracks swiftly appeared on it to reveal the body of Flame Fiends' Progenitor. His eyes were shut, so he opened them swiftly and looked in the direction of the galaxy and spoke in a wild and untamed manner.
"Which old friend… Hmm?"
Before he could finish speaking, Flame Fiends' Progenitor started shuddering, and excitement appeared on his face. Without any hesitation, he turned into a long arc and shot from the ground with a bang, shaking the whole planet. In an instant, he rushed out and stood in the galaxy. When he did so, he saw Su Ming looking at him.
"You… you are…" Flame Fiends' Progenitor stared at Su Ming. The excitement on his face turned into surprised delight. He knew that Su Ming would definitely return one day.
"I've come back."
Su Ming stared at Flame Fiends' Progenitor, and a smile appeared on his face. He could be said to have gone through many things together with Flame Fiends' Progenitor in the fifth kiln. At the start, the two of them had fought against each other, then Huo Kui had submitted to him. In time, they got acquainted with each other and slowly formed a bond that gave them the feeling as if they were friends.
In the end, when Flame Fiends' Progenitor gritted his teeth and stayed after Zi Long and Long Hai had left, Su Ming no longer treated him as an enemy… but a friend.
"Thank you for the matter in the fifth ocean," Su Ming said to Flame Fiends' Progenitor as he wrapped his fist in his palm and bowed.
His act of bowing immediately made Flame Fiends' Progenitor nervous. He instinctively took a few steps back and stared at Su Ming with uncertainty. The impression Su Ming left in his mind was too strong, so when he spoke with such courtesy, Flame Fiends' Progenitor found it uncanny, and he became suspicious of it.
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Chapter 1034: Entering Western Ring Nebula Once More
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When Su Ming saw Flame Fiends' Progenitor reacting that way, he laughed wryly in his heart before making his expression turn aloof and letting out a cold harrumph.
When Flame Fiends' Progenitor heard it and saw the icy expression, he calmed down, finding it normal. Just as he was about to say something, Su Ming raised his right hand and pointed at him.
Flame Fiends' Progenitor instantly started trembling furiously. Gradually, a large amount of black sweat broke out on his skin. Once it was forced out of his body, it swiftly gathered together and turned into a drop of water that was the size of a fist and gave off a foul stench. When it disappeared before Flame Fiends' Progenitor, an incomparably light feeling rose within him
"The seal has been broken. Huo Kui, don't go to the fifth kiln anymore. If we are destined to meet again, the both of us will surely see each other in the future. I bid you farewell." Su Ming cast a glance at Flame Fiends' Progenitor before leaving. When he turned around and was just about to leave, his footsteps suddenly came to a halt. He turned his head around and asked, "Where does Zhu You Cai live?"
"In Husband Gazing Mountain," Flame Fiends' Progenitor quickly replied. The excitement of seeing Su Ming had already disappeared by then. The wariness and the powerful impression the other had left one hundred years ago rose again in his mind.
Su Ming nodded. When he cast a glance at Flame Fiends' Progenitor, he saw his cautious demeanor, and his lips slowly curled up into a smile. However, he did not know that when Flame Fiends' Progenitor saw that smile, his heart let out a loud thump, and panic instantly rose in his heart.
'What's going on? This person… kills without batting an eyelid. He's ruthless, merciless, and a calculative man, and now… he's smiling? Something's off! Something's very off!' Flame Fiends' Progenitor became even more cautious, and he took a few instinctive steps back.
"I'm going back to True Morning Dao World. Come… with me," Su Ming said faintly, then turned around without bothering himself with whether Flame Fiends' Progenitor would be conflicted about this. He simply walked into the galaxy.
By his side, the bald crane let out a fake cough before casting a profound glance at Flame Fiends' Progenitor.
"This is very important. Huo Kui, it's best that you think about it carefully. Heh heh…"
At the end, the bald crane still decided to intimidate him. It felt that its current situation was the most wonderful moment in its life. When it frightened Flame Fiends' Progenitor, it did not forget to let out a few snorts.
Flame Fiends' Progenitor was instantly conflicted. He watched Su Ming walking into the distance, then listened to the bald crane threatening him before turning his head around to cast a glance at Flame Fiends' Planet behind him. Hesitation rose within him.
He was actually not worried about his people. With Flame Fiends' divine abilities, even if he was not around, no great accident would happen to them while they were in Divine Essence Star Ocean. And if he followed Su Ming, he might run into a great serendipity.
He was especially certain of it when he remembered Su Ming's actions on their trip one hundred years ago. It immediately gave Flame Fiends' Progenitor confidence. He gritted his teeth, and resolve appeared on his face.
'If I follow such a calculative and conniving person, at the very least, I won't suffer any losses in the hands of other people…' Flame Fiends' Progenitor immediately turned his head around and let out a few shouts at Flame Fiends' Planet.
Immediately, commotion rose within it. Numerous Flame Fiends flew up and stared at their Progenitor. There was a reluctance to part in their eyes, but all of them knelt down and worshiped him simultaneously.
Flame Fiends' Progenitor let out a few more shouts, a telling sign that he was leaving instructions as to what his people were to do after he left. Then, under the gazes filled with the reluctance to part from his people, he turned his head around and turned into a ball of purple flames that charged in the direction Su Ming had left.
…..
Husband Gazing Mountain was like an eternal existence in the galaxy. There were murmurs from the summit coming down all year long. The beautiful legend surrounding the mountain always stirred up the curiosity of those who came when they heard the murmurs.
At that moment, Su Ming was standing on a stone rising from the ground at the center of the mountain. By his side was the bald crane and Flame Fiends' Progenitor while in front of him was a dark cave.
"Senior Chang He, I would wish to see you." Su Ming wrapped his fist in his palm and bowed to the mountain cave while he spoke calmly.
The mountain cave was quiet. After a long while, a muffled bang came from the mountain cave, and an incomparably plump, hideous, and ugly figure walked out from within.
Zhu You Cai!
His eyes were crimson red. When he walked out, he stared at Su Ming. Conflict and madness were in his eyes. After some time, a calm expression slowly came to his face. He sat down limply by the side, and when he lifted his head to stare at Su Ming, his expression had already returned to its usual calmness.
"You're back," he said faintly.
Su Ming nodded.
"Thank you for helping me when we were in the fifth ocean. About your wife…" When Su Ming said those words, he paused for a moment.
With a calm expression on his face, Zhu You Cai looked at Su Ming's face while waiting for the second part of his words.
"When my level of cultivation is high enough and I can activate the Abyssal World, I will definitely resurrect her," Su Ming stated slowly. His understanding towards Abyss Builders was not great, but he had a general idea that they had an inborn ability to resurrect the dead. However, the prerequisite for it was that Abyss Builders needed to activate their Abyssal Worlds.
Su Ming did not know much about that. The Duke of Crimson Flame did not know about it clearly, but Su Ming believed that as his level of cultivation rose, there would surely come a day when he would understand his race's inborn ability.
"Senior, before that time comes, if you believe me, then I can activate the fifth kiln and have your wife's soul fuse into it to be nourished. With this, we could ensure that during this period of time, her soul will not scatter and vanish." With sincerity on his face, Su Ming bowed.
Zhu You Cai was silent. After a long time, he stood up, lifted his head, and looked up at the summit.
After some time, Zhu You Cai asked calmly, "Have you heard of the legend regarding this mountain?"
"I've heard of it before." Su Ming nodded.
"A woman in the past waited for her husband's return on the mountain. As time passed and things changed, she did not manage to see him. Her body turned into stone, and the presence of her yearning… turned into the mountain.
"When I was in the fifth kiln, I thought that I was already dead, and I was bent on seeking death… but when I died, I woke up again. Yet when I woke up, I was already here, and my body had become as such.
"I don't know the answer to all of this, but I can sense that there is another person in this person. He… coexists with me. And his name is Zhu You Cai." He stared at the mountain as his voice echoed in the area.
"Do you want to go to the summit and meet the woman who has turned into stone?" Zhu You Cai moved and turned into a long arc that charged at the summit.
Su Ming stared at the man leaving into the distance. The legend Zhu You Cai had spoken of might not matched with the legend Su Ming had heard, but he still chose to turn into a long arc and charge towards the summit.
When the bald crane arrived at the mountain, its spirits became slightly downcast. At that moment, it stared at the mountain cave with a blank look on its face before also following behind Su Ming in silence.
Ordinary people could not step into the mountain's summit. However, it was different for Zhu You Cai and Su Ming. They did not spend much time before arriving there.
Su Ming saw a stone human at the peak of the mountain.
Based on its appearance, it should have been a woman. She stood at the summit and stared into the distance, her thoughts unknown.
Zhu You Cai stared at the stone, and a complicated expression appeared in his eyes. Perhaps he was not what he claimed to be—he did not wake up not knowing the reason behind his awakening after he died.
Perhaps he knew the reason, but he did not want to say it; it was his secret.
Behind Su Ming, the bald crane shuddered. Grief appeared in its eyes when it looked at the statue. As it watched it, eternity seemed to envelop it. Its current demeanor was something that could not be seen on usual days.
"Why do I feel so miserable, as if my body is about to disappear?" the bald crane mumbled. At that instant, a few scenes flashed in its mind.
Those pictures were indistinct, containing a vague form a woman. She had her back turned toward the bald crane and was staring at a distant galaxy just like the statue.
The bald crane could only sneak peeks at her while standing behind her and hiding its emotions since it did not want to show them.
That lasted till one day when the woman began crying while staring at the galaxy, and the bald crane heard itself speak in a murmur, "So what if it's Arid Triad Expanse Cosmos? So what if my soul will scatter and vanish? I will help you find him!" That voice echoed in the bald crane's mind. As it listened, it heard the anguish contained in the voice.
The bald crane's vision became blurry. The pictures in its mind shattered and turned into fragments. When they were swept away, the bald crane felt awful and sad.
"In other words, before you have enough power to activate your Abyssal World, I will need to protect you." After a long while, Zhu You Cai averted his gaze from the stone human and turned his head around.
Su Ming remained silent for a moment before he met Zhu You Cai's gaze.
"You can understand it that way."
"I don't need the fifth kiln to provide nourishment to her. With my power, I can constantly ensure that her soul will not scatter and disappear." Zhu You Cai closed his eyes. When he opened them again, a hint of fatigue appeared on his face.
"Then… if you don't fulfill your promise to resurrect her, I will make you suffer… the same pain," Zhu You Cai said calmly and lifted his foot to take a step into the galaxy.
"Once I've made a promise someone, I will definitely not go back on my word. Only death will stop me." Su Ming enunciated each of his words clearly.
He then took a step forward. But just as he was about to leave, he suddenly had a stranger feeling and turned his head around to cast a glance at the bald crane before leaving into the distant galaxy while deep in his thoughts.
While they were going forward, Su Ming walked in front. The bald crane was beside him while occasionally turning its head around to look at the mountain. Behind them were Zhu You Cai and Flame Fiends' Progenitor. The strange expression on the bald crane's face had attracted Zhu You Cai's attention, but he did not say much about it. He also seemed to be immersed in his thoughts.
As the group charged forward, they left the periphery of Divine Essence Star Ocean and moved past Black Ink Planet to step into Western Ring Nebula.
'Western Ring's foreign lands…'
At the moment Su Ming stepped into Western Ring Nebula, a brilliant light shone in his eyes. Before he left the Barren Lands of Divine Essence, his final stop had been Western Ring Nebula's foreign lands.
Once he arrived there, it would be the time for his Ecang clone to devour the other Ecang souls.
When he succeeded, his level of cultivation would increase by an incredible margin. Only then… would he be able to stir up the disaster in True Morning Dao World once he returned to that place.
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Chapter 1035: Welcome Back, Our Liege
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The foreign lands were fragmented and existed in countless cracks within the galaxy, including Western Ring Nebula. Even though centuries had passed since then, the mysteries and rumors about the place remained in the cultivators' hearts and did not disappear.
Once they stepped in, then there was a high possibility that they would never be able to get out again. The mysterious veil about that place was something that only existed in name to Su Ming, but to most cultivators, the mighty pressure created by that mysteriousness was powerful enough to suffocate them .
Su Ming had not seen that place for hundreds of years, and when he returned to Western Ring Nebula's foreign land again, he stared at the cracks in the galaxy. He did not say a word. Before his eyes, he seemed to be able to see himself hundreds of years ago being forced inside by the forces of power from the four Great True Worlds. He also saw himself wreaking havoc in their territory once he walked out, and then, he was chased down by an Almighty in Mastery Realm.
If that Almighty in Mastery Realm still dared to attack Su Ming, his palm would be cut off without any hesitation.
Su Ming said faintly, "Senior Chang He, please wait in this place. I still have some matters to attend to here." Zhu You Cai did not speak, but closed his eyes and sat down cross-legged in the galaxy.
Su Ming turned his head around to cast a glance at Flame Fiends' Progenitor. The thin old man immediately looked as if Su Ming's words would be a sacred edict. A fawning smile appeared on his face, and he nodded rapidly.
Before Su Ming could even say anything about that kind of attitude, the bald crane, who no longer seemed dazed and sad as if it simply did not use its head to think, suddenly glared at Flame Fiends' Progenitor, because it sensed an incredibly great threat that rushed straight into its head.
That threat came from the fawning look of Flame Fiends' Progenitor. His expression caused the bald crane to be in an incredibly bad mood. It immediately spread open its bare wings, then put on an arrogant appearance and glared at Flame Fiends' Progenitor with a profound gaze.
It bent its back and used the same fawning gaze to look at Su Ming before quickly saying, "Boss, should I go in and check things beforehand? If there is any sort of danger, with my abilities, I will definitely be able to resolve it. I won't be like certain people whose entire bodies go up in flames and who don't know how to share danger." The bald crane's solicitous words were something rarely spoken by it. Su Ming cast a sideways glance at it and smiled faintly.
Flame Fiends' Progenitor was momentarily stunned before he cast a scrutinizing glance at the bird. An expression of wanting to face danger together with Su Ming appeared on his face. He might be an Almighty in Mastery Realm, but for living spirits, no matter how high their level of cultivation was, it was difficult for them to change their nature.
And it was the case for Flame Fiends' Progenitor as well. When he was yet to become a Progenitor, he might have had quite a promising potential, but him being able to obtain his current level of cultivation and the legacy of the previous Flame Fiends' Progenitor as well as being able to reach Mastery Realm in one go after slaughtering his way through numerous other potential successors was due to him being good at flattering his Progenitor in the past.
However, it had been a long time since he had used that skill. That was why when he used it, he was still a little rusty; he was no longer as good as he was in the past.
Su Ming did not bother with Flame Fiends' Progenitor and the bald crane's passive-aggressive fight. He moved toward the crack leading to Western Ring Nebula's foreign land and charged into the crack, disappearing without a trace.
The bald crane might have been full of bold words, but in truth, from the depths of its heart, it did not want to enter Western Ring Nebula's foreign land again. The time when it had fallen unconscious had traumatized it. When it saw Su Ming stepping into the place alone, it instantly let out a sigh of relief in its heart. However, anxiety appeared on its face then next moment and it turned its head around to glare at Flame Fiends' Progenitor.
The expression of the man did not change. He grinned and stared at the bald crane before also putting on a fawning expression, but he was laughing coldly in his heart while thinking to himself that he had managed to blind many of his people with that appearance in the past. The calculative and conniving Su Ming was someone that he could not deceive, but the little birdy was definitely something that would be wrapped around his finger.
When the bald crane saw Flame Fiends' Progenitor's demeanor, it instantly felt its heart let out a loud thump and thought that it had underestimated him before. Hence even though it let out cold snort in its heart, its expression changed. Its glare turned into a smile and it went forward to hug the thin Flame Fiends' Progenitor before laughing and acting as if they were great friends.
"Little Fire Boy, when I saw you, I instantly felt that you are someone that I can be great friends with!"
"You flatter me. Fellow Daoist Crane, you have the demeanor of an Immortal and the bones those from the path of Dao, I'm afraid that these old bones do not have to the courage to be friends with someone of such a high social position."
'Hmm? Are you looking down on your Grandpa Crane?'
The man and crane both had their own thoughts in their heads while fighting passive-aggressively with words, but despite them it was quiet in Western Ring Nebula's foreign land. Quite a large number among the one hundred thousand stone monuments had made it past one million feet and stood tall on the ground.
Among them were a certain ten thousand stone monuments. Their color might have seemed normal, but if anyone took a closer look, they would be able to tell… that they were purple!
There were plenty of people sitting and meditating beneath those the hundred thousand stone monuments. Occasionally, they would lift their heads and look at the ten thousand purple stone monuments, and all of their faces would show desire and envy.
At that moment, there were dozens of people sitting under them. They did not move and their expressions were calm. However, in that silence was a determination and an air of supremacy.
That was because they owned the purple stone monuments and because… their stone monuments were the only ones among the one hundred thousand stone monuments that would not be destroyed by the will of the law in the land. The purple stone monuments would only have people added to them, but not lose anyone of their own.
However, that was not absolute. They might not die because of outsiders replacing them… but there was another law among the purple stone monuments, and all of the people in the place knew about it.
Each year, there would be people who would die, and those ten would be the weakest ten among the lot.
It did not matter how tall was a person's stone monument. As long as their level of cultivation was at the bottom, they would be wiped off within a hundred something years. Because of that, those who possessed the purple stone monuments were somewhat unique, besides the fact that they immersed in practicing cultivation for their whole lives.
"Purple stone monument… It's a pity that when I entered this place, the purple stone monuments did not choose me, or else I would have been able to become one of their tributes… and I wouldn't have to live in constant fear every single day. I would only need to train madly to be able to avoid being killed."
"This is our lives. But why are the purple stone monuments so unique, and from what I see, they only number to about a couple thousands?"
"It's only been a short time since you came here, but this is largely connected… to a legend from the past." In the quiet land with one hundred thousand stone monuments, there would occasionally be a few gazes which would land on the ten thousand purple stone monuments, and the faint voices of a few people speaking would be heard.
While they were discussing things among themselves, the tallest purple stone monument suddenly shone, and an old man walked out from it which was one million something feet tall.
The old man had an ancientness to him. At the instant he walked out, he attracted the gazes of all the people in the area, especially the dozens of people underneath the purple stone monuments. All of them got up and bowed deeply to him.
"Greetings, Progenitor."
The old man nodded. Without saying a single word, he sat down cross-legged underneath his stone monument and closed his eyes to meditate.
"It's Zhao Family's Progenitor!" The low-voiced discussion among the people from the other stone monuments echoed faintly in the air.
"That's right. That person's stone monument has long since reached the size at which he can go out, but he never chose to go. Instead, he's training in a frenzy…"
"I heard from someone about a legend that happened a long time ago… There was a person called Mo Su…"
"Quiet! It's best not to mention his name in this place. He's not someone people like us can talk about."
"Oh? Then why can Big Brother Zhou talk about him?"
"Big Brother Zhou? You're talking about Zhou Kang [1, right? He's… different from us."
While the people from other stone monuments discussed the old events among themselves, a violent shudder ran through the land with the one hundred thousand stone monuments, as if wind had risen and clouds were surging. Rumbling sounds ring in the air.
They spread in all directions, causing the ground to tremble and the air to continuously tumble about before turning into a drastic change that swept through the land.
Cries of surprise instantly traveled in all directions. The land, which had countless stone monuments standing on it and only had some cultivators sitting cross-legged under them, trembled furiously as booming sounds reached a deafening volume.
While the stone monuments trembled, they immediately shone with dazzling light, and their cultivators were forced out. Some of them had grim expressions on their faces while others panicked openly. They looked upwards together.
Boom!
When a loud bang traveled downwards like the might of heavens, the originally indistinct purple hue above the ten thousand purple stone monuments among the one hundred thousand stone monuments in the land shone with a purple light brighter than anyone had ever seen. As it reached a piercing degree, it instantly covered the land, causing the ten thousand purple stone monuments among the one hundred thousand to be incredibly striking!
Zhao Family's Progenitor's heart shuddered. He opened his eyes, and when he raised his head to look above him, a hint of rarely seen excitement appeared on his face. The other owners of the purple stone monuments beside him started trembling furiously. They could sense an incomparably familiar presence, and there was a great urge within them to bow down and worship it. As the tremors in the land grew stronger, that urge grew stronger in their hearts as well.
The transformation in the land was something that plenty of them did not remember because they had never experienced it, but there were still a handful of people who seemed to have vague recollection, and their expressions changed to resemble something that was akin to a mix between excitement and anxiety.
Zhou Kang was sitting quietly under his stone monument. When he lifted his head to look at the tumbling air above him, a hint of sentimentality appeared in his eyes. He knew… that Mo Su had returned.
"I, Zhao Tian Gang, welcome back our liege!" Zhao Family's Progenitor stood up and wrapped his fist in his palm before bowing deeply towards the sky.
When his ancient voice echoed in the air, all the owners of the purple stone monuments worshiped the sky together.
"Welcome back, our liege!"
Their voices spread out, resulting in loud bangs that shook the people from the other ninety thousand stone monuments. As their expressions changed continuously, the sky roared, the fog and clouds tumbled back madly in two directions to reveal a gigantic crack, and a figure with an indifferent expression walked over from the distance. Slowly, it grew clearer in everyone's eyes.
Mo Su!
Translator's Note:
1. Zhou Kang: The person who briefed Su Ming about the foreign land when he arrived, was friendly to him, whose wife, Si Ma Yue, was killed, who Su Ming transferred from the blue stone monument to the purple stone monument, and who refused to leave this place because he wanted to remember his wife.
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Chapter 1036: Shut Up
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Su Ming stood in midair as the clouds and fog behind him tumbled about and opened a crack in the air whose inside could not be seen. Within it purple lightning roared, giving Su Ming an air of mystery and mighty pressure in the eyes of the tens of thousands of cultivators.
His presence swept out in all directions and suppressed all the cultivation base of the people on the land. It was not a mighty pressure formed by his purple Ecang, but his own power.
With it, Su Ming was like a God as he swept his gaze across the land. The hearts of all the cultivators who entered his field of vision trembled, and they immediately lowered their heads. Unable to help themselves, they kneelt on the ground and worshiped him.
When Su Ming's gaze landed on an old man who was staring at him with a sentimental look while sitting among the stone monuments, he could vaguely recognize that it was Zhou Kang—the middle-aged man from back when he'd first come there.
Quite some time had passed since then, and the change in him was incredibly great.
'Since his love died, his heart fell into decline; he no longer has the desire to live. His body is like a puppet, without any reason to continue living in misery.' Su Ming sighed in his heart. He walked over slowly until he stood on the ground right in front of Zhou Kang.
"Big Brother Zhou," Su Ming said softly.
The white-haired Zhou Kang stared at Su Ming, and a smile appeared on his face. The two of them did not need words between them. As their gazes met, the events from the past rose in their minds.
In the past, Su Ming had been as weak as an ant. If Zhou Kang had not given him directions and pointers, it would have been difficult for him to survive, and Su Ming would not forget such kindness.
"Greetings, my liege!" Zhao Family's Progenitor sucked in a deep breath and bowed again.
Su Ming turned his head around, and his gaze turned cold. He cast a glance at Zhao Family's Progenitor. He had been chased by his enemy into the foreign land with the remaining members of his family, which then all became Su Ming's tributes for the purple stone monuments. Based on what Su Ming saw, Zhao Family's Progenitor had already reached a breakthrough in his level of cultivation. It was a telling sign that he had been training at a mad pace.
"Continue training. When you reach Lunar Kalpa Realm or become even stronger, you'll be free to leave. You can also leave… when all the people with the purple stone monuments attain full completion in World Kalpa Realm," Su Ming said faintly. He swept his gaze past all the people with purple stone monuments, then turned around and took a step into the air.
He gradually disappeared. No one knew where he went, but his short presence had left a mark in the hearts of all the people in the place.
When Su Ming disappeared, the area was silent.
Discussions only rose and echoed faintly in the air after a long while.
"That person is…"
"Who is he?! How can he make the purple stone monuments shine with such light?! He's also known as the liege by those people with the purple stone monuments!"
"Who else can he be beside the legendary Mo Su from Western Ring Nebula's foreign land?"
"Mo Su?! He's Mo Su?!"
Mo Su's name echoed in the world with the one hundred thousand stone monuments within Western Ring Nebula's foreign land. During that moment, Su Ming walked out of space and appeared in the one hundred thousand galaxies belonging to the purple Ecang.
As he stared at them, a brilliant light shone in Su Ming's eyes. Behind him, the incomparably large tree that was Ecang's real body immediately manifested. A monstrous, malicious presence instantly filled the galaxy.
Su Ming shut his eyes slowly. After a long while, when he opened them again, he threw his head back and roared. As he did so, the gigantic Ecang behind him charged over to gather on him. It was as if Su Ming's body had turned into an invisible black hole that would devour everything. Once he absorbed Ecang into his own body, cracking sounds came from within him. Branches crawled out of his body, and the whole area began swaying viciously. A purple light shone in Su Ming's eyes.
At that moment, he could be said to be a complete Ecang, but he was weaker than the Ecang sung in the ballad in the past. However, he was still stronger than the other portions of Ecang's soul, because they were incomplete. Yet due to the serendipity Su Ming had gained in the fifth kiln, his Ecang had fused perfectly with his body.
Because of it, Su Ming was already a more superior life form than the other fragments of Ecang's soul!
"Ten-colored Ecangs, I now occupy purple, and next… I will devour!"
A purple glint flashed in Su Ming's eyes. When the one hundred thousand purple dimensions shone in them, they shuddered with a bang, as if they had turned into his eyes. As they shone, the galaxies trembled.
"I wonder which color will be the first that I will devour?"
Su Ming took a swift step forward. He was so quick that in an instant, he had already crossed an immeasurable distance. The purple galaxies behind him tumbled about, as they had turned into a purple ocean. They surged and followed behind Su Ming to form a presence that shook the sky and earth.
As booming sounds reverberated in the air, Su Ming reached the edge of the one hundred thousand purple galaxies. If he stepped over, he would enter the region that belonged to another portion of Ecang's soul. There was a barrier separating them, which had been assigned by all of them at the same time in the past. It was a rule not to cross them.
It was a rule shared among the Ecangs. If it had been in the past, this rule would have limited Su Ming's actions. But once his purple Ecang had been completed, what he needed to do was not to fuse with the other portions of Ecang souls so that he could become the Ecang in the ballad. Instead… he was going to devour the other Ecangs to turn them into his nourishment, and with his will being the dominant one… he would become the new Ecang!
This was not rebirth. It was him taking over their place!
Bang!
With a crude manner and without any skill whatsoever, Su Ming brought the one hundred thousand purple galaxies and rammed against the barrier.
Booming sounds echoed in the air, and the invisible barrier started trembling furiously. The noise spread through the whole Western Ring Nebula's foreign land, and it was the sound that belonged to Ecang's one million galaxies!
One Ecang had one hundred thousand galaxies, so ten Ecangs would mean one million galaxies. They were all trembling at that moment. Even though Su Ming had crashed into just one of the barriers, he still managed to shake all the galaxies.
The place with the one hundred thousand stone monuments trembled furiously as well. As if the ground was shaking, all the stone monuments began shivering, especially… the ten thousand blue stone monuments. They trembled increasingly more furiously, because the barrier Su Ming had rammed against was the barrier connecting the purple and blue galaxies.
When booming sounds surged into the air, the people in the one hundred thousand stone monuments sported drastic changes. At the instant confusion appeared on their faces, nine great wills appeared around Su Ming. They charged towards him as if they were fuming in rage.
"Purple! What are you doing?!"
"Purple, do you want to break our promise?!"
"Get lost, purple! If you dare traverse my territory, then you're intentionally not abiding to our promise, and I will make you fuse with me!"
The furious roars from the wills echoed in the area, but Su Ming's expression was cold and aloof. He did not answer the words from those wills. Instead, he replied to them with his actions. With the power from the one hundred thousand purple galaxies, he rammed against the barrier again.
As booming sounds surged into the heavens, the barrier trembled even more furiously. During that instant, Su Ming raised his hands and stretched them above his head. The one hundred thousand purple galaxies behind him immediately shrank and charged towards his hands, causing the purple hue in the area to swiftly disappear. As they were reduced to nothingness, Ecang's will gathered on Su Ming's hands, along with the power of the one hundred thousand purple galaxies. Su Ming's own power was also gathered there, and he… swiftly slammed against the barrier.
Cracking sounds rose into the air. Su Ming's hands shot through the barrier, and the instant he ripped through, a loud crash could be heard; the invisible barrier gained corporeal form in front of Su Ming. A large crack was torn through, and dazzling blue light spilled out from inside. It illuminated Su Ming's body, making it seem as if he had turned blue.
"So this is the blue Ecang's territory." A cold smile appeared at the corners of Su Ming's lips. He rushed forward and shot through the crack. Along with him came endless purple light. When the one hundred thousand purple galaxies manifested themselves again, they invaded the blue galaxies simultaneously.
"Purple, you're just asking for death!"
"Purple, all of us will attack you and make you disintegrate. We'll make you know the price for breaking the promise."
"Purple, you've broken the promise we made in the past. You must die. You must fuse with us. You must become the nutrients for our nine wills to grow, you…"
"Shut up!"
Su Ming threw his head back and roared. When his voice spread across the one million galaxies in loud, thunderous booms, his hair turned red and crimson light shone in his eyes. Heinous murderous aura erupted from his body, and he took a step forward to charge towards the one hundred thousand blue galaxies in the distance.
The moment he did so, a gigantic Ecang appeared in the blue galaxies. The tree was large beyond comparison, and was entirely blue. At the instant his roar shook the galaxy, Su Ming had already closed in on the tree.
Bang!
The loud sound caused the blue galaxies to tremble, and the other fragments of Ecang's soul sent their wills into the area. When their bodies gradually manifested, all of them froze for a moment, and shock appeared on their faces.
In the mid of the loud bangs, Su Ming had crashed into the large blue Ecang. As he did that, countless branches erupted from within his body. Those branches seeped into the blue Ecang's body, and without stopping even for a moment, they started absorbing it in a frenzy.
"Get lost!" the blue Ecang roared.
The power of Ecang burst out from its body, but the instant it touched Su Ming, it immediately disappeared without a trace, as if it was being suppressed. This was not a suppression brought by any form of cultivation case, but… the suppression of a superior life form!
The blue Ecang began shrinking in front of everyone's eyes. As Su Ming absorbed it, its enraged roars turned into cries of surprise, along with shivers filled with fear and disbelief.
"You… you… you aren't a fragment of Ecang's soul, you're complete! This is impossible! This is…"
As the blue Ecang trembled in panic, its body shattered with a bang. Once Su Ming completely absorbed it, he turned around and looked at the eight other fragments of Ecang's soul. The countless branches around him swept across the area. A powerful aura that had never appeared around him before spilled out, Su Ming not holding even a single bit of it back. Within that aura was endless malice and bloodthirst. His murderous aura was shocking to all who sensed it, and the blue galaxies were disassembled with a bang to instantly… turn purple!
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Chapter 1037: You Can Choose Not to Come Out
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When Su Ming Possessed the purple Ecang, he had spent dozens of breaths to complete the process, while fusing and absorbing it had required cycles of sixty years for him.
If he had used a long time to devour the blue Ecang, the other Ecangs wouldn't have been too asnotished. However, Su Ming… had only spent an instant to devour it!
It was only an instant. His collision against the blue Ecang only lasted for the duration of the blink of an eye, and everything… was complete. At the instant the blue galaxies were covered by a shade of purple as if ink had spilled on them, the one hundred thousand blue galaxies turned into a purple world and made the number of galaxies Su Ming's Ecang possessed to increase to two hundred thousand!
It also caused Su Ming to become the strongest Ecang at the moment he completed the devouring of the blue Ecang. In truth, he was already the strongest even before that, but then… he became even stronger!
The whole galaxy was purple as invisible ripples spread out in all directions. Su Ming turned around, and his eyes… were still purple, because that purple was the foundation of his strength. However… the shade of purple then was even more dazzling than before. It was even more piercing, even more enchanting, and the malicious presence spreading out from him was even more monstrous!
His long hair fluttered while his robes moved without wind. As he stood in the purple galaxies and lowered his head slightly, a wild and untamed string of laughter tumbled out of his lips and spread out from him. When it echoed in the galaxies, it had the feeling of Su Ming looking down on the whole universe. As it spread in all directions, the eight other fragments of Ecang's soul retreated swiftly as their hearts trembled, intending to leave the blue galaxies which Su Ming had devoured.
They were in the core of the world with the one hundred thousand stone monuments located in Western Ring Nebula's foreign land. Everything that happened there would cause a chain reaction in the world outside. The moment the blue galaxies turned purple and the blue Ecang was devoured by Su Ming, a powerful purple light erupted from the ten thousand purple stone monuments in the land with the one hundred thousand stone monuments, instantly covering the whole place.
Immediately, shrill screams of pain rang out. The ones who screamed were not the ones with the purple stone monuments… but the ten thousand people that belonged to the blue stone monuments!
No matter what level of cultivation they possessed, no matter whether they were men or women, the elderly or the young, those ten thousand people all let out incredibly shrill screams at that instant. Blood poured out from their eyes, ears, nose, and mouth. They knelt down on the ground, and as their bodies trembled nonstop, a complicated runic symbol appeared as a bump at the center of their brows. It looked like a Brand, but also as if it had grown at the center of their brows. Its color was blue, and it was shining with a blue light.
Cracks ran down their monuments, spreading swiftly, and a faint blue light erupted from within them. This scene immediately shocked the people around the area. They could not help but allow fear to enter their expressions.
Even though the onlookers were not the ones screaming in pain, the feeling as if they were going through the same pain was incredibly clear. Not knowing what happened to cause this turned into fear at the bottom of their hearts, causing the land with the one hundred thousand stone monuments to immediately rise in commotion. However, the uproar from the tens of thousands of people still could not drown out the incredibly shrill and forlorn screams of pain from the people of the blue stone monuments.
"What happened?!"
"What… What's going on?! How could this happen?!"
"Their stone monuments… are cracking!"
At the instant the uproar rose, the ten thousand blue stone monuments suddenly shone with blue light from the cracks. It dulled soon, until completely disappearing without a trace. Once it was gone, an incredibly dense and powerful purple light shot out from within the monuments. In the blink of an eye, the originally blue stone monuments became… purple!
The ten thousand cultivators underneath those stone monuments… did not die even though they were screaming at the top of their lungs. Instead, the originally rapidly flashing blue mark at the center of their brows turned purple!
It shone several times before disappearing, and the shrill screams of pain gradually grew weaker. However, as sweat covered those people's bodies, they looked at their stone monuments with fear.
There were twenty thousand purple stone monuments standing tall within the land with the one hundred thousand stone monuments. This scene instantly attracted the attention of everyone present, and was immediately followed by a silence akin to death itself.
The people seemed to have come to a vague understanding, but the confusion in them and the fear towards the unknown was even greater.
In the core of Western Ring Nebula's foreign land where the vast one million galaxies were located, unseen to others, were the two hundred thousand purple galaxies that belonged to Su Ming. At that moment, he raised his head, and an indescribable malicious presence spread out from his body. The smile on his lips had a strange enchanting air to it. The gaze of his purple eyes landed on the rapidly retreating fragments of Ecang's soul who intended to leave his purple galaxy.
Su Ming did not take any action to stop them. He simply allowed the eight Ecangs to leave. After all, even if he stopped them here, it would not bring about much effect. Su Ming's goal was to devour their real bodies.
Almost at the instance the Ecangs were about to disappear, Su Ming whipped his head around and his body turned into a long arc. The two hundred thousand purple galaxies were swept up and formed a presence that he'd never possessed before charging into the distance like long arcs.
"I wonder which color will be next."
Purple light shone in Su Ming's eyes, and his speed increased exponentially. Booming sounds reverberated in the galaxy. In just a few breaths, he approached another barrier.
Boom!
Loud booms echoed in the galaxy when Su Ming rammed his body against the invisible barrier. Under the impact, a wide-area tremor shook the barrier. When Su Ming crashed into the blue galaxies' barrier, he had rammed against it about three times before it broke. Yet right then, with just one try, he had already almost made the barrier shatter. He lifted his right hand to strike it fiercely, and immediately, the two hundred thousand purple galaxies gathered on his right hand. When the strike landed, booming sounds rose to shake the sky and earth.
That invisible barrier… was torn to shreds. With loud booming sounds, it was completely disassembled, and a red screen of light spilled out from within. Along with the light came the roars from the crimson Ecang.
"It's crimson."
Su Ming moved. With the vast purple galaxies behind him, he rushed into the crimson galaxies. The purple hue instantly spread out and filled the area while Su Ming fixed his gaze on the crimson stellar river in the galaxy. His body turned into a long arc which looked as if it was going to tear through the crimson galaxies while he charged forward.
"Thou art desireth to fuse with me? 'Tis shalt be impossible for thee!" An enraged roar came from the stellar river, and the galaxy immediately started rotating. Booming sounds echoed in space, and as the galaxy spun, a gigantic vortex manifested to form a gigantic gust of wind.
It brought with it a destructive will. When it swept through the area, Su Ming could see that there was a big red tree in the vortex. That tree was huge, and its crown was crimson. The Ecang was filled with a destructive will and madness… but it did not dare step out of the vortex. Instead, it hid itself within it. The two eyes resembling annual rings revealed on the tree trunk were glaring at the approaching Su Ming.
The rotating vortex and the crimson Ecang within it were reflected as inverted images in Su Ming's purple eyes. He did not speak, but lifted his right hand and spread his fingers wide in the direction of the galaxy above him. When he slowly clenched his fist, the purple galaxies he'd brought with him instantly covered the crimson galaxy. Anyone who looked at it would be able to see that besides the center, all the other areas around it were purple.
Almost the instant Su Ming lifted his right hand and clenched it into a fist, the purple that filled the area came to a stop momentarily, as if it had been frozen. Su Ming slowly swung his right arm to form a full circle, and the frozen purple shade immediately began spinning with his arm.
Su Ming then swung his arm to form another circle, the speed of rotations increasing by nearly a hundred times from before. Booming sounds shook the sky and earth, shaking the whole area. If anyone took a closer look, they would be able to see clearly that the direction of the rotations of the purple galaxies were the exact opposite of the rotations of the vortex in the stellar river!
"You can choose not to come out," Su Ming said in a ghastly manner.
The crimson Ecang in the vortex looked over with fear. Clearly, it had seen through Su Ming's goal, and it swiftly roared. "My fellow kinsmen, if you don't think of a way to save me, then this… will be the day when Ecang disappears!"
At the instant the crimson Ecang roared, Su Ming lifted his right hand and swung it to form the third circle. The booming sounds instantly became even stronger. The speed of the rotations from the purple galaxy in the area did not just increase by a hundred times at that time, but by a thousand times!
In the mid of those bangs, Su Ming pointed towards the vortex in the stellar river. Immediately, the purple galaxies shrank swiftly, and while rotating in the opposite direction, they crashed against the vortex in the stellar river.
BOOM!
It felt as if the galaxy was trembling. The loud bang drowned out the crimson Ecang's roars. At the instant the two vortices spinning in two different directions crashed against each other, the vortex in the stellar river looked like something without a foundation. It was unable to fight against the vortex formed by the two hundred thousand galaxies and collapsed with a loud bang. The crimson Ecang looked at Su Ming with despair. With their differences in status as life forms and the devouring of the blue Ecang, it understood that it was facing a destiny against which it could not fight.
While it was in despair, Su Ming charged towards the crimson Ecang with the rotations from the purple galaxies. They spread out to cover him and his target. After a moment, when the originally crimson galaxy was turned completely purple, Su Ming walked out with an even more eye-catching demeanor.
His long hair reached his waist. As it fluttered, he walked through the purple light. His lean body, the countless swaying branches that filled the area around him, and the even brighter shade of purple in his eyes created a savage and primitive presence. It spread out from his with a violent energy even though he had his head lowered.
That presence… came from Ecang.
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Chapter 1038: Sowing Discord
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The crimson Ecang was devoured, and leading to it was the ten thousand crimson stone monuments in the land with the one hundred thousand stone monuments changing color, causing the ten thousand cultivators previously belonging to them to let out shrill screams of pain before the runic symbols at the center of their brows turned purple.
Because of it, there were already thirty thousand stone monuments out of the one hundred thousand in the land which had turned purple and belonged to Su Ming.
Panic and alarm descended on the group of people in the land with the one hundred thousand stone monuments. The commotion grew louder, their fear continued. They might have stopped screaming in pain, but their voices were still echoing in the minds of the people in there, causing an unprecedented drastic change to appear in Western Ring Nebula's foreign lands.
In fact…
Since this drastic change affecting all the blue and crimson stone monuments, it naturally affected the owners of the blue and crimson stone monuments which had reached one million feet or were even taller. They might no longer be in Western Ring Nebula's foreign lands, but even if they were in the world outside, they still could not escape from the change in their souls.
On Western Ring Nebula was a dull planet. There was a middle-aged man sitting beside a lake with a branch in his hand. On that branch was a brilliant green bud from a weeping willow. It was drooping in the water. There was an indifferent expression on his face, as if he was fishing.
There were two beautiful women beside him. They were kneeling beside him and were gently hitting his shoulders. The sky was murky. The land was filled with fog, but only he remained as a clear sight, just like his expression. It was as if nothing could bother him, and his expression was as clear and cool as water.
However, at that moment, his expression suddenly changed. As his expression changed, a violent power erupted swiftly from his body. The two women behind him immediately cried out in surprise before they tumbled backwards. The weeping willow in his hand instantly shattered and was reduced to powder. The lake on the ground also evaporated in that loud bang, causing the place where he was located at that moment to be filled with a violent power for a moment.
A shrill scream of pain travelled out of his mouth. His body trembled. The two servant girls far behind him had blood trickle out of his mouths. In their panic, they saw the person known as their Progenitor on the planet, the person no one dared to provoke at all to have fear that was never seen before appear on his face. That shrill scream was especially something they had never heard before.
In the midst of that pained scream, a runic symbol appeared at the center of the man's brows. That mark was crimson red, but it was swiftly turning purple. A moment later, when it completely turned purple, the man coughed up a large mouthful of blood. Shock appeared on him, and he lifted his head swiftly to stare at the galaxy with respect shining in his eyes.
'What happened…? Why do I have a feeling that… my stone monument in the Western Ring Nebula's foreign lands… has changed masters?!' His body trembled. As the man's expression changed continuously, he stood up swiftly to charge towards the sky. He wanted to return to Western Ring Nebula's foreign lands to check what had happened. The scene just now caused his heart to feel fear. If he did not understand what was going on, he would feel uneasy. After all… his stone monument was in Western Ring Nebula's foreign lands.
The same scene appeared at the same time in plenty of areas in Western Ring Nebula. In fact, the same sight appeared on a few people among the forces of power from the four Great True Worlds stationed to keep an eye over the Barren Lands of Divine Essence. However, once they finished screaming shrilly, all the people would have fear and alarm appear on their faces while their hearts were filled with anxiety.
In Western Ring Nebula's foreign lands, Su Ming, who had devoured the blue and crimson Ecangs, walked out of the three hundred thousand purple galaxies. At the same time, he closed his eyes slightly and lifted his arms to simultaneously punch his sides swiftly.
That was two punches. At the instant he threw them out, the three hundred thousand purple galaxies tumbled about and surged to the sky. As loud booming sounds reverberated in space, two gigantic purple vortices appeared swiftly beside Su Ming to charge towards the distance while rumbling.
This time, Su Ming was not going to devour just one portion of Ecang's soul, he was going to devour two of them!
Booming sounds shook the sky and earth. It lasted for only a few breaths. At the instant two loud sounds of something trembling surged into the heavens, the barriers by Su Ming's two sides crumbled. Orange and green lights spread out from the shattered barriers.
"Today is the day Ecang descends in the universe. Why… do all of you resist. With my will, I will rebuild Ecang. My glory is also your glory!" Su Ming's voice echoed in space, and during that moment, he moved to charge towards the orange galaxies.
"Stop him! If we don't stop him, then all of us will be destroyed by him! If I'm devoured, he will become stronger, and it'll definitely be impossible for all of you escape from being killed!!" With a voice filled with panic that had never appeared in it, the orange Ecang in the orange galaxies cried out, and its voice echoed swiftly in space.
"How do we stop him?"
"He has already devoured blue and crimson. He is also a complete life form. His current might is something we absolutely cannot hope to stand against. How… do we stop him?"
"Green, the barrier leading to your galaxies has already been opened. Attack! Fight together with orange. If you don't attack, you won't be able to escape from the fate of fusing into him!"
"That's right, green. Take action first and resist him. Our barriers have yet to open. Even if our wills descend in the place, it'll be useless. Since purple is so conceited that he dared break two barriers at once… you have to work together with orange and make him fuse into you!!"
The divine thoughts of the remaining portions of Ecang's soul echoed in space. A hysterical roar travelled out from the green galaxies, and a violent impact rushed into the green galaxies to turn into a gigantic green Ecang tree. A rampaging life force spread out swiftly from its body, and the green Ecang turned into a long arc to charge forward towards the orange galaxy where Su Ming was.
However, at the instant it approached the orange galaxy, the orange Ecang's despair-filled roars echoed swiftly in the galaxy.
"It's not that I am against you devouring me and wiping off my existence, but you intend to devour me, not have me fuse into you. This… is something where I'd rather destroy my own will and break the promise so that my body, which will no longer possess any form of consciousness, to return to the universe's embrace!!"
There was a crazed will in that voice. At the instant it echoed in the air, a loud bang that shook all one million galaxies immediately travelled into space. As that sound rose up, the orange galaxies immediately shattered to pieces and completely collapsed.
At the same time, as the orange Ecang chose to wipe out his consciousness and return to the place of its origins, the ten thousand orange stone monuments it possessed in the land of the one hundred thousand stone monuments immediately had a large number of cracks appear on them before they simultaneously turned into ashes. Even the ten thousand cultivators in possession of those stone monuments shuddered simultaneously, and without any pained screams, their bodies were completely torn, and their bodies as well as their souls were destroyed and scattered into nothingness.
At the same time the orange Ecang was willing to return to its place of origin and as it disintegrated, seven seeds shining in orange light spread out swiftly to rush towards the green Ecang. They instantly rushed into its body, causing a jolt to run through the green Ecang's body, and during that same moment, it let out a long howl.
As it howled, the aura from the green Ecang swiftly increased exponentially, and it was several times stronger than before. At the same time, five howls echoed in space from the one million galaxies. The other five-colored Ecangs had also absorbed the origin of power from the purple Ecang's body after it wiped out its consciousness. After it fused into them, all of them instantly became stronger.
There were six orange seeds. Su Ming also absorbed one of them, but it was just a fragment of it, and it was a far cry from when he previously devoured the complete portions of Ecang souls. With one move, he charged towards green Ecang, who had frozen in space while the orange galaxy crumbled.
There was madness within the green Ecang's eyes, which looked like annual rings. Once he fused with the rampaging life force spreading out from its entire body, it shut its eyes swiftly.
"The person who eventually has the rest of us fuse into you and forms the complete Ecang, remember this… kill this person as an offering to me for willingly becoming a source of power!" The green Ecang knew that even if it had absorbed one of the seeds that was the source of power formed by the orange Ecang, it still would not be able to escape from Su Ming. Since the orange Ecang could wipe off its consciousness and return to its place of origin, then… it could also do the same.
As it closed its eyes, a bang came out from its body, and a power that caused the heavens to roar immediately travelled into space. As its body crumbled and it exploded into pieces, it turned into six green seeds that shot swiftly into the space around the area. Even Su Ming could not manage to stop the six green seeds from disappearing with his speed. One of them charged to his body and fused instantly into him, and during that moment, five roars immediately shot into space.
Even more powerful ripples of power were contained in those roars. The remaining give portions of Ecang souls became much stronger than before. However, individually, they were still not Su Ming's opponent. However… if four more of the five portions of Ecang souls were willing to turn into the origin of power, then the final Ecang who would appear… would be the Ecang who could shake the universe and existed in the Old Man Extermination's ballad!
It had been set up by Sui Chen Zi in the past and was forced to split up to heal themselves and wait till their injuries were recovered before they could fuse together to be born again. Yet now, if they fused together in this manner, while it might still become the Ecang in the past, it would not be as strong as it were in the past. However… even if it was no longer as strong as it was, it would still pose as a threat to Su Ming once it possessed its memories.
Su Ming had thought about this previously, which was why he had been so efficient and firm in his actions when he devoured the previous two… but such a change had still occurred.
But since he had already predicted that this would happen and Su Ming still had the galls to devour the portions of Ecang souls, then he would naturally have other methods to handle this. At that moment, the connection between him and the remaining five portions of Ecang souls was very intriguing. The Ecang he chose would turn into an origin of power, and the last one who was not chosen would become the dominant will to make the real Ecang awaken.
Because of it, the portions of Ecang souls he chose would mean that they would have lost the right to become the real Ecang. For the remaining five portions of Ecang souls, this was the most important thing to them, and it was even more important than their lives.
Su Ming's lips slowly curled up into a strange and enchanting smile.
"It's not that I, Su, must devour all of you today. I only want to devour three complete portions of Ecang souls. Now… I am lacking one more.
"If I just devour one more, I will stop. I wonder which of the five of you will be willing to fulfill my wish." Right when Su Ming finished speaking, the five portions of Ecang souls immediately had their hearts tremble furiously. The threat from Su Ming was incredibly great to them, but they did not want to wipe out their own consciousness either… but who among the five of them would be willing to be devoured?
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Chapter 1039: White, Black, Gray
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The Ecangs could not choose. None of them would willingly allowed themselves to be devoured, but Su Ming's goal was not to make them choose. The three hundred thousand purple galaxies gathered on him, and he turned into a long arc that charged towards another invisible barrier.
The power of three hundred thousand galaxies allowed Su Ming to move as if he was splitting apart bamboo in one smooth move. At the instant he touched the invisible barrier, it let out a bang and was crushed in one blow. When it was torn into pieces, a white galaxy spread out from within.
It was the white Ecang's place!
In truth, the ten Ecang's souls were not truly equal in terms of power. Black, white, and gray were the strongest, while the remaining seven colors were close in terms of strength among themselves. At the instant Su Ming saw white light, his eyes sparkled.
He stepped into the white galaxy and saw that there were no stellar rivers there. It was a stark difference from the other seven colors, for at the center of the galaxy an old man was sitting in white robes. He had opened his eyes at that moment and was staring at Su Ming calmly.
"I've been waiting for you to come," the old man in white said faintly. His voice echoed in the galaxy, and there was an ancient and gentle tone to his words.
"It doesn't matter whether you are Ecang or a cultivator, the signs of your life belong to Ecang. It doesn't matter whether you were previously Ecang or if you will just become Ecang in the future, you… will still be Ecang." The old man stood up slowly. His voice was mild, and there was a tone to his voice that would make others feel fond of its owner.
"The ten Ecang souls have three colors acting as the dominant souls, and the remaining seven are complements… White controls Ecang's kindness and manipulates the changes in the universe. Black controls Ecang's evil and manipulates the madness which would bring about the world's destruction. Gray… is stillness. It will live with the universe, and die with the universe."
Su Ming's expression remained the same. He stared at the old man in white before him coldly. He took a step forward, and as he approached, the old man did not dodge. There was not even a hint of change on his face.
"Which is why as long as you are Ecang, it does not matter to me whether you will devour or fuse with me. I hope… that there will come a day when Ecang will descend into the universe once more. Since you can do it, then why should I be stingy with my consciousness? Why should I be bothered… if you devour me?" The old man smiled faintly. When Su Ming came to his side, he closed his eyes slowly.
His demeanor immediately made a barely noticeable glint appear in Su Ming's eyes. The previous fragments of Ecang's soul he'd met were mostly violent and did not possess a great amount of intelligence. However, the old man in white that was the white Ecang was completely different from them.
Su Ming did not speak. As his eyes sparkled, his speed increased exponentially, and he closed in on the old man. When he raised his right hand, a large number of branches stretched out from his fingers to charge towards the center of the old man's brows before seeping through it.
The old man's body began withering before his eyes. A large amount of the essence of life that belonged to Ecang surged into Su Ming's body. The amount far surpassed what he got from the blue and crimson Ecangs, and it was so great that the purple light in Su Ming's eyes instantly became even brighter.
However, at the instant Su Ming was about to devour and absorb the essence of life from the old man that was the white Ecang, the old man's eyes flew open. A sinister look appeared in his gaze and he formed a seal with his hands before he flinging them to his sides.
"If Ecang is an illusion, then the universe is real. If Ecang is real, then the universe is an illusion!"
As the old man's voice echoed, the white light from the white galaxy where he was located instantly grew to a piercing degree. Booming sounds reverberated in space, and the entire space… turned into a gigantic white Ecang tree during that instant.
The tree was caught between the state of being an illusion and something that had corporeal form. It filled the entire galaxy… or rather, the white galaxy was part of its body. At that moment, if the body of the Ecang tree appeared, then it would mean that it had already swallowed Su Ming.
"This person intends to sow discord among us. My fellow kinsmen, do not be deceived by him. I am willing to wipe out my consciousness and self-destruct with him. If I succeed, then someone among you will definitely be able to awaken Ecang. If I fail… then you must do the same thing as I did!"
At the instant the old man's voice echoed in all directions, the gigantic white Ecang collapsed, torn into pieces. It activated the destructive power within it and swept up Su Ming… intending to make him die with it.
However, the instant the white Ecang exploded, a purple hue that surged into the heavens spilled out from Su Ming's body, and the purple Ecang appeared inside the white Ecang. This scene was just like how Ecang had replaced Sui Chen Zi in the past and was born within the universe!
Su Ming's purple Ecang was born from the white Ecang's destruction. At the instant he appeared, purple and white flashed rapidly in the galaxy. When loud booming sounds shook the place, the white Ecang completely broke down. Its origin of power was split into five parts, and one of them fused with Su Ming's body. The remaining four seeped through space and headed to the other four Ecangs.
This scene was the equivalent of the previous events repeating themselves. If this continued, then there would definitely be one Ecang who would eventually awaken its roots and have the will of Ecang from the past to descend once again in the universe.
This was the one thing Su Ming did not want to happen the most. At that moment, he was watching the four origins of power disappear into space. Right when he appeared from the disintegrated white Ecang, his voice echoed in the one million galaxies with a monstrous killing intent and determination into the hearts of the four remaining Ecang.
"Whosoever snatches my origin of power will be the next to die! Let me devour this white Ecang, and I will give you a relative amount of time!" As his voice reverberated in space, his words reached the black, gray, indigo, and yellow Ecangs.
Among them, the black Ecang was the first to devour the origin of power from the white Ecang without any hesitation. Soon, the gray Ecang did the same thing. The galaxies in which they were located spread out and became stronger.
However… the indigo and yellow fragments of Ecang's soul hesitated for a moment before deciding not to devour the origins of power. Instead, they activated their own powers and sent them outwards to push away the origins of power from the white Ecang out of their galaxies. Soon, the color of their lights spread out so that Su Ming would know of their decisions.
A glint appeared in Su Ming's eyes. He sucked in a deep breath and instantly absorbed the two white origins of power from the white Ecang. He threw his head back and let out a long roar. Purple light filled his body, and the three hundred thousand galaxies he previously possessed increased to around four hundred thousand.
"Black, gray, you're just asking for death!" A purple glare shone in Su Ming's eyes. He ignored the galaxies belonging to the yellow and indigo Ecangs and moved swiftly towards the other two.
"Then go on ahead and devour us. There are four of us remaining. As long as I can last till the end, I will definitely be the one who will take the initiative to awaken Ecang. By then, even if I still can't fight against purple, at least I can still protect myself."
A glint appeared in indigo Ecang's eyes. It realized that once it had devoured a part of the orange and green Ecangs' origins of power, it seemed to have gained enlightenment and become more intelligent.
The yellow Ecang had the same thought.
Su Ming was so quick that he instantly rammed his fist against the invisible barrier. As the it crumbled, black light spread out. A low roar reverberated in space, and a fist stretched out from the crack in the barrier to collide against that of Su Ming.
With a loud bang, the fist from the black galaxy tumbled back to reveal an old man dressed in black robes. With killing intent on his face. He forced himself to stop as he moved back before rushing at Su Ming again.
A glint shone in Su Ming's eyes. With a cold snort, he took a step forward.
"Desolate!"
The old man who was the black Ecang threw his head back and roared. Immediately, the black galaxy where he was instantly turned into a gigantic black Ecang, and as if it was collapsing, it fell towards Su Ming.
"Desolate!" Su Ming shouted as well. The four hundred thousand purple galaxies around him turned into the purple Ecang. With the same posture and the same manner of falling down, the two Ecangs crashed into each other, and booming sounds surged into the heavens. The invisible barrier connected to the black galaxy also let out a loud rumble.
In the mid of those rumbles, it sounded as if there was someone ceaselessly pounding against the barrier, intending to walk out from within. Clearly, behind that invisible barrier were the galaxies belonging to the gray Ecang.
"Disaster!"
The old man who was the black Ecang allowed a large amount of his essence of life to trickle out from his mouth. It was not blood, but his origin of power. When they had crashed into each other, he found that he was absolutely not Su Ming's opponent. As he roared, the leaves on his tree crown shuddered. As they swiftly shot out, they formed a storm and charged towards Su Ming with a howl.
"Disaster," Su Ming said flatly. He also knew the same divine ability!
The purple Ecang turned around, and immediately, countless purple leaves fell off to turn into a vortex before charging forward. Booming sounds reverberated in space again. The old man who was the black Ecang coughed up a large amount of essence of life again. As his body fell backwards, the invisible barrier behind him shattered with a bang. A large amount of gray light spread out, and an old man dressed in gray robes stepped out.
Once he appeared, he did not look towards Su Ming. Instead, he charged towards the old man in black. Understanding and resolve appeared in the eyes of the fallen man. As he gritted his teeth, he did not avoid and simply allowed the old man in gray to approach him. The other pushed his palm against the top of his skull, and the old man who was the black Ecang shattered with a bang. A great amount of origin of power which was Ecang's essence of life turned into fog and charged towards the old man in gray who sucked in a breath before fusing with him.
At the same time, Su Ming's eyes sparkled. He brought his arms up and took a few swift steps forward before he swinging his arms and stretching them out. He then brought his palms together in front of him with a loud clap. It instantly stirred up a violent gust of wind in the galaxy at the spot where his palms collided. The wind howled with a shocking momentum, his clap having been formed with the power from the four hundred thousand purple galaxies merged together. Because of that, the wind that was stirred up was also purple.
It charged forward. In the blink of an eye, it blew against the origin of power from the black Ecang, which the old man in gray was absorbing. When the origin of power which resembled fog was blown apart, it was sent behind the old man in gray.
When Su Ming delivered his attack, he did not hesitate. The effect it was to bring was incredibly important, since it forced the old man in gray to stop in his act of absorbing and fusing with the origin of power.
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Chapter 1040: Becoming the Master of the Foreign Lands
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At the instant there was a pause, Su Ming took a swift step forward. The four hundred thousand purple galaxies behind him rotated with a bang and turned into a boundless mouth. As Su Ming closed in, he sucked in a deep breath in the direction of the old man in gray.
The gray Ecang's eyes shone with a deadly still light as he glared at Su Ming. At the instant the boundless mouth came to devour him, he roared towards the heavens.
"Indigo, yellow, what are you waiting for?!"
As he roared, the eyes of the indigo Ecang in the indigo galaxy immediately sparkled. It moved and charged towards the invisible barrier where the yellow Ecang was before ramming into it.
A hint of conflict appeared in the yellow Ecang's eyes, but it soon turned into resolve. It charged forward as well and rammed against the invisible barrier separating it from the indigo Ecang.
Booming sounds surged into the heavens. The barrier collapsed, and the indigo and yellow Ecangs were able to see each other, and the greed in mirrored in the other's eyes. Without exchanging a single word, they crashed into each other. This was a fusion that did not require any form of divine ability, but it was difficult to determine just who would become the dominant soul, since the both of them were very similar to each other in terms of power.
"Is this your plan?"
Su Ming laughed coldly. The gaping mouth formed by the four hundred thousand galaxies behind him closed in with a roar. The deadly still look in the old man in gray's eyes became stronger. He raised his arms and grabbed his right wrist with his left hand. Once he straightened his right hand to perform the knife-hand strike, he lifted it, and his eyes brightened before darkening once again. A destructive power that caused Su Ming's heart to tremble erupted from the old man in gray.
"Purple, you don't have this skill in the memories your obtained… Ecang Slices the Heavens!"
The old man in gray shouted fiercely, then brought his right hand down in a slicing motion in Su Ming's direction!
A gray flash of light appeared in front of the old man in gray, tearing through the galaxy. Su Ming's pupils shrank. The torn galaxy reminded him of what he'd seen at the edge of the fifth ocean, when Zhu You Cai cut through heaven and earth with a swing of his Life Inequity Spear and managed to create… a crack in space that devoured thousands of cultivators and several Almighties.
The gray crack gave Su Ming a familiar feeling, and the same sense of danger rose in his heart. He saw the old man who was the gray Ecang shattering after he executed that slash to turn into a large amount of origin of power that spread through the area.
The slash it executed was clearly one that required it to wipe off its consciousness as a price!
The origin of power spreading out from the gray Ecang tumbled backwards and charged into the galaxy where the yellow and indigo Ecangs were fusing together. Judging by the looks of it, it wanted to fuse with them and be absorbed by the remaining two Ecangs to speed up their fusion and help facilitate the speed in awakening the real Ecang from the ballad.
The origin of power from the gray Ecang was not going to fuse with them alone. Instead, it swept up the origin of power formed after the black Ecang broke down as well. If Su Ming dodged the incoming gray crack, then he would lose the initiative, allowing that origin of power to fuse with the yellow and indigo galaxies. Not only would it speed up the manifestation of Ecang's real self, it would also allowed the awakened Ecang to be much stronger.
The only way for Su Ming to stop it and grow strong was to face that incoming slash head-on. Only then would he have enough time to devour the black and gray Ecangs' origin of power so that the yellow and indigo Ecangs would be unable to face him even after they had fused together and awakened.
A fierce light shone in Su Ming's eyes. His hair transformed into gray, turning him into the gray Su Ming who symbolized absolute rationality and composure. At that moment, even if the galaxy crumbled before him, his emotions would not change even a single bit. During that instant, the Malicious Eye he had obtained also rose at the center of his brows and opened. An enchanting light shone from within it.
The third eye could allow Su Ming to magnify everything by numerous times, allowing him find weaknesses. With the absolute rationality, it was enough for Su Ming to erupt with power that surpassed what he usually possessed.
At the same time, the four hundred thousand galaxies roared behind him. The gaping mouth formed in space became even more ferocious. Its presence was like a tidal wave, and behind it, a gigantic gray moon that belonged to those in Lunar Kalpa Realm manifested.
The galaxy trembled upon its arrival As clouds surged in all directions, booming sounds tumbled about and reverberated in space.
Su Ming seized the space beside him with his right hand, and the purple-black ring on his thumb immediately turned into the Life Inequity Spear. Once Su Ming seized it, he closed his eyes. Only the third eye at the center of his brows remained open, staring at the incoming dimensional crack formed by Ecang's slash. In his head, the attack Zhu You Cai had executed beyond the fifth ocean to sweep through the galaxy repeated itself!
What joy was there in living?
Su Ming replayed that attack in his mind a thousand times. His third eye had also used an Art to notice minute details to ceaselessly magnify Ecang's slash, which allowed him to see every single subtle change within it as well as the presence spreading out from it.
Ecang's slash came charging forward with a howl. When it was less than a hundred feet away from Su Ming, it became so quick that it closed in on him in an instant. However, when Su Ming looked towards it with his third eye, the flow of time around him seemed to have become much slower. Zhu You Cai's attack which had sliced apart the heavens had been replayed nearly ten thousand times in his mind by then.
"There is a will in the universe. It is the domineering will of the Almighties in Life Realm. That is… what belongs to a person when he has almost reached Death Realm and has understood life and death in his life. That is why he said those words…
"What joy is there in livin?
"What joy is there in living?" Su Ming mumbled.
The crack formed by Ecang's slash brought with it a desire to destroy everything as it closed in on Su Ming. At that moment, it was less than ten feet away from him, and Su Ming's robes fluttered madly. The gaping mouth formed by the purple galaxies behind him started showing signs of disintegrating. The moon formed when he reached Lunar Kalpa Realm also started trembling.
"What joy is there in living? If someday, all my friends leave me, my mother will never be able to wake up again, Su Xuan Yi disappears, and my elder, Tian Xie Zi, my senior brothers, and all the people I know… disappear into the passage of time and I am the only left in the universe…
"Then… what joy… is there in living?" A lonely air spread out from Su Ming's body. He opened his eyes, and there was loneliness as well as an absent-minded look in his eyes. At the instant Ecang's slash was about to touch him, he gripped the Life Inequity Spear, brought it up before him, and swung it gently.
While his appearance and the feeling he gave to others might not be the exact same as that of Zhu You Cai, it was quite similar. With that one slash, the moon behind Su Ming broke down and turned into countless shards that charged towards the long spear in his hand before fusing into it. Su Ming's Life Inequity Spear then swept forward with a power that seemed to be able to slice apart the galaxy… and a crack was torn open!
At the same time, as if the Life Inequity Spear in Su Ming's hand had turned into a black hole, the gaping mouth formed by the four hundred thousand purple galaxies behind Su Ming was absorbed by the tip of the spear as if they were fog, and the power to slice apart the galaxy instantly increased exponentially.
Su Ming's body trembled, and it was because he could sense that quite a large amount of his cultivation base, his life force, and all the essence in his body had been absorbed by the Life Inequity Spear to slice apart a dazzling crack in the galaxy. It was around five feet long.
At the instant that crack appeared, a destructive power spilled out from within to charge towards Ecang's incoming slash.
Violent booming sounds shook Western Ring Nebula's foreign lands. The Life Inequity Spear in Su Ming's hand bounced back. He coughed up a large mouthful of blood and staggered a few steps back. When he raised his head, an aloof look appeared in his eyes.
That strike could be said to be his strongest attack. It was what he executed after he imitated Zhu You Cai's attack. He might not have done it perfectly, only managing to imitate three-tenths of it, but that amount alone was enough for it to severely wound all… Almighties in Fate Realm. It could also fight against the Ecang's slash executed by the gray Ecang with its consciousness as the price. It had not been complete though, only possessing one-tenth of the power of the real Ecang.
As loud bangs reverberated in space, Su Ming forced his body to stop. A feeling of weakness filled him, but resolve appeared on his face. He forced himself to rush forward, then opened his mouth wide to suck in a sharp breath in the direction of the origins of power from Ecang who intended to fuse with the yellow and indigo galaxies.
With it, the vast amount of origins of power from the gray and black Ecangs tumbled backwards and seeped into him through all parts of his body. As they provided nourishment to him, he threw his head back and roared. Cracking sounds came from within him, and his long hair grew until it reached his feet. His appearance grew even more strange and enchanting, and the purple glare in his eyes became more aggressive than ever!
At the instant Su Ming prevented the origins of power from the gray and black Ecangs fusing with the yellow and indigo galaxies and his roar reverberated in space, a ruthless, brutal presence filled with endless savage air erupted from the yellow and indigo galaxies. A will that looked down on the whole universe and which seemed as if it had just been awakened filled the yellow and indigo galaxies.
Su Ming's eyes shone. When he raised his right hand, the Life Inequity Spear returned to his palm, and he held it again to stare at the tumbling yellow and indigo galaxies.
"You… want to devour me?" A muffled voice tinted with an ancient and archaic presence came from all directions.
The instant that voice spoke, a destructive power spread out from the yellow and indigo galaxies with a bang, before Su Ming could do anything. As that loud bang surged into the heavens, Su Ming's expression changed. It was not the level of cultivation or the strength of the awakened Ecang which caused his expression to change… but the determination and the conniving nature in that creature from the ballad!!
At the instant it self-destructed, Su Ming sensed the twenty thousand stone monuments from the yellow and indigo stone monuments in the land of the one hundred thousand stone monuments explode at the same time. Ecang's presence turned into twenty thousand parts and swiftly crawled into the bodies of the twenty thousand cultivators affiliated to it, causing those cultivators to instantly swell up. As they roared, the whole Western Ring Nebula's foreign lands began trembling furiously. Then, as if an exit had been forcefully opened, a vast suction force swept up the twenty thousand cultivators with Ecang's presence and instantly… relocated them outside Western Ring Nebula's foreign lands to appear in different corners of Western Ring Nebula!
"There are twenty thousand of us! As long one of us escapes, there will come a day when I… Ecang, will rise to power again!" Twenty thousand voices like thunder roared and reverberated in Western Ring Nebula.
This was the same as when Ecang had separated itself into ten to heal after its battle against Sui Chen Zi. However, it was injured even worse after Su Ming's actions, up to the point that it did not dare to stand but instead chose to split itself… into twenty thousand parts!
Su Ming's expression was dark as he stared at the empty galaxy in the foreign lands. That action had exceeded his expectations; it was something he had not predicted beforehand.
Yet no matter what, he had already become the master of Western Ring Nebula's foreign lands.
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Chapter 1041: My Universe
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As Su Ming stared at the empty galaxy in the foreign lands, his face turned a little pale. Once he coughed up a mouthful of blood, it returned to normal. There was a vast amount of life force rising in his body to surround him and turn into a presence that surged into the heavens. It stirred up Su Ming's cultivation base and caused it to continuously rise.
Behind him, the gray, red, and golden moons appeared at the same time. They flashed continuously, and Su Ming's long hair, which had reached his feet, flew up to form a circle behind him. It filled him with an incredibly strange and enchanting air.
His pupils were purple. There were purple galaxies all around him, and standing there, he was… the master of the land!
"With the thought processes of my gray self's personality, I won't be able to imitate the epitome of affection… which is contained in the Art that questions whether there is joy in living. When I forcefully copied it… I could only obtain its form and not its meaning, and I even injured my own body," Su Ming murmured.
Fortunately, he had devoured most of the Ecang's soul. Because of it, he could recover from his injuries after he coughed up a mouthful of blood, or else, his injuries would have definitely been worse.
'The yellow and indigo Ecangs might have split into twenty thousand and fled… but I have become complete a long time ago. The devouring of the other Ecangs was only to make myself stronger. If I had devoured all of thm, I would have become even stronger, but it's not gonna be much of a problem.' Purple light shone in Su Ming's eyes, then he slowly closed them.
After a moment, when he opened them again, Western Ring Nebula's foreign lands rumbled so loudly that the sound surged into the heavens. Eight hundred thousand galaxies all turned purple, and a thick purple hue dyed the foreign lands.
'I am already complete, so… I will not have two hundred thousand galaxies lacking in this place because of the yellow and indigo Ecangs departure.'
Su Ming raised his right hand and swung it towards the galaxy before him. With it, the galaxies in Western Ring Nebula's foreign lands shuddered and started dividing. As they split up, loud rumbles reverberated in space, and the missing two hundred thousand galaxies took shape.
Because of it… there were still one million galaxies in the place. However, they were no longer of ten colors, like before. Instead, there was only one color—purple!
The purple had become the master of the area!
The purple had become the paragon in that place!
Su Ming lifted his head and stared at the galaxy. His gaze seemed to be able to penetrate Western Ring Nebula's foreign lands and see the universe beyond.
'The twenty thousand fragments born from the yellow and indigo Ecangs… I look forward to the day when you will rise in power and be able overturn the heavens, then devour one another until all you will mold yourself to perfection…
'I look forward to that day greatly.' Su Ming smiled faintly.
Within Western Ring Nebula were twenty thousand faint long arcs charging forward before disappeared in the galaxy. Faint booms reverberated in space at that moment. It was the self-destruction of twenty thousand cultivators. That was where the real Ecang's ruthlessness lay. To prevent Su Ming from chasing it down, it gave up on the twenty thousand cultivators as nourishment and chose others to serve its purposes.
At the instant the bodies of the twenty thousand cultivators collapsed, nearly twenty thousand male and female cultivators shuddered. It did not matter what they were doing, be it fighting or meditating, all of them trembled at once. It was as if an invisible force had rushed into their minds, taken root, and hidden itself to start growing in peace.
On one planet, the cries of an infant echoed in the air. In a corner, a woman lay on the ground. Blood pooled all over the ground beneath her as she stared upwards with her eyes wide open, but she was no longer breathing.
The infant climbed out of his mother's body by himself. When his cries rang out, his body suddenly shuddered. He quietened, and a yellow glow shone in his eyes. That glow lasted for only a moment before disappearing, and his eyes returned to their usual hue.
At the same time, there was a True Guard in Western Ring Nebula, the area which belonged to True Sacred Yin World among the forces of power from the four Great True Worlds keeping watch over the place. He was originally patrolling, but a jolt suddenly wrecked his body. He lowered his head, and when he raised it again, an indigo light flashed through his eyes before it disappeared the next moment.
Su Ming stepped in space within Western Ring Nebula's foreign lands and disappeared from the purple galaxies. When he reappeared, he was already in the land with the one hundred thousand stone monuments. However, by then there were only eighty thousand of them.
The land was dead silent. All the cultivators were pale. They stared at the empty spots where the twenty thousand stone monuments had been with fear in their eyes.
They had also noticed a long time ago that all the stone monuments had turned purple.
When Su Ming walked out of thin air, a powerful, mighty pressure descended on all the people's hearts. Su Ming had not even needed to release that mighty pressure; it had appeared naturally. Due to it, the cultivators below felt that they had to worship Su Ming, that if they showed even the slightest amount of disrespect to him, their bodies and souls would be immediately destroyed.
"Greetings, my liege!"
As everyone trembled, no one knew who was the first to say those words, but after that first person, the people in the area bowed down and worshiped Su Ming, who had walked out of the air.
"Greetings, my liege!"
Their voices were as loud as thunder which reverberated in all directions, Su Ming swept his gaze across the land before fixing his eyes on the empty spots where the yellow and indigo Ecang stone monuments had been. As a glint shone in his eyes, the empty spots suddenly started squirming. Stone monuments shot up from the ground, and in an instant, the empty spots filled up. The number of stone monuments in the land returned to one hundred thousand once more.
One hundred thousand purple stone monuments, one million purple galaxies—that was Su Ming's universe!
Tens of thousands of people knelt on the ground and worshiped him. Their shivers, their respect and fear, and all the other emotions could all be seen easily.
Su Ming stood in midair and stared at the cultivators calmly. He did not speak, and the sound of worship that lingered in the air for a long time echoed in his ears. The more time he spent being silent, the more suffocating and oppressive air covered the land. It was heavy and pressed on everyone's hearts, causing them to have difficulty breathing. Gradually, sweat broke out on their foreheads. The feeling as if life and death might be only a moment away, something they could not control became a powerful Brand that was left deep in their souls at that moment. Their respect towards Su Ming reached an unprecedented height, though no one could see it.
After a long while, Su Ming said faintly, "I am the master of this land."
When he said those words, the tens of thousands of people beneath him worshiped him together again. Their voices echoed in the air, and Su Ming spoke again with cold indifference,
"Do all of you… wish to go out?"
His words fell into everyone's ears, but no one dared to speak. All of them remained silent.
"I will give you some time. Perhaps it will be a few decades or a few centuries, but when I return… I will take all those who have reached the later stage of World Plane out of this place. They will be by my side and we will fight against the heavens, and I will… also bring them out of the Barren Lands of Divine Essence to wage war against the four Great True Worlds.
"Then… I will grant you your freedom and the glory you deserve!"
The impact from the words 'out of the Barren Lands of Divine Essence' and 'freedom' instantly shook the cultivators' hearts. They lifted their heads at the same time, and when they looked at Su Ming, there was an unrestrained desire shining in their eyes.
"Your ancestors were all in the Barren Lands of Divine Essence. Entering my universe was your fortune. Train towards the later stage of World Plane Realm, because I… am the only one who can bring all of you out of the Barren Lands of Divine Essence in the most forthright manner!
"When I return, it will be the day where I will bring you out!"
Su Ming cast a glance at Zhou Kang and found that he had an apathetic look on his face. His expression as if his heart was already dead made Su Ming sigh in his heart. When he turned around, he took a step into the air and his body vanished. At the same time, a piercing purple light erupted from the one hundred thousand purple stone monuments in the place.
Beyond Western Ring Nebula's foreign lands, purple light seeped out of the countless cracks and illuminated the area, dying Western Ring Nebula's foreign lands in purple. At that moment, Su Ming calmly walked out from the crack.
His long hair returned to its normal color, changing from the previous gray. Su Ming might still be unable to completely control the changes in his emotions, but with the passing time he learned how to use his surroundings and the enemies he was facing to indirectly change his thoughts and emotions, thereby allowing his different personalities to show up.
At the instant he walked out of the crack leading to Western Ring Nebula's foreign lands, Zhu You Cai—who had been meditating with his eyes closed and did not pay any attention to the twenty thousand yellow and indigo long arcs that had rushed out—suddenly opened his eyes. When he looked at Su Ming, his pupils constricted, and the light of surprise showed up in his eyes.
"You became stronger," he said calmly. The strange light in his eyes became stronger, and he stood up slowly. Fighting spirit rose in his eyes. At that moment, he was clearly no longer Zhu You Cai, but the War Immortal Chang He.
"You have the presence of my divine ability on you… You should have copied that skill when you were in Western Ring Nebula's foreign lands… and while your presence might seem similar to mine, it contains a hidden primitive presence. It… is madness, ruthlessness, and seeks to destroy the universe!" The fighting spirit in Zhu You Cai's eyes gradually disappeared. When his eyes returned to normal, he cast a profound glance at Su Ming again, but did not speak anymore.
He was not the only one who noticed something different about Su Ming. Beside him, Flame Fiends' Progenitor's heart filled with fear. He had always regarded Su Ming with great respect before, but when he saw other then, his body started trembling. The mighty pressure coming from the young man actually caused him, an Almighty in Mastery Realm, to feel terror and fear.
It was as if there was a monstrous malice hidden in Su Ming's body. That malicious power wanted to destroy the universe, and it was spreading out a boundless pressure on all forms of life. Flame Fiends' Progenitor couldn't help but shudder at it, and when he looked at Su Ming, there was great wariness contained in his gaze.
If it was any other cultivator, perhaps they would not feel it so greatly. However, Flame Fiends' Progenitor was not any other cultivator. He was a member of an alien race, which was why his spiritual sense was much stronger than that of a cultivator who was at the same level as he. Because of that, he could see things that were hidden deeper.
'I could still fight against him in the past, but now… if he attacked with his full strength, I wonder how long I would be able to last…' Flame Fiends' Progenitor instinctively bent his back and put on a fawning expression towards Su Ming.
When the bald crane saw Su Ming, it sensed the least. It strutted over to Su Ming's side, and when it turned around, it had its head held high while casting a sideways glance at Flame Fiends Progenitor.
"I only obtained a small serendipity in Western Ring Nebula's foreign lands," Su Ming replied faintly. Once he swept his gaze past Zhu You Cai, he fixed his gaze on a distant galaxy. Over there… the forces of power from the four Great True Worlds were stationed.
A brilliant light shone in Su Ming's eyes.
"Baldy, do you want to retrieve your physical body?"
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Chapter 1042: Do You Really Want to Die?
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The bald crane was holding itself in a smug manner, but the instant it heard Su Ming's words, it shuddered before turning around swiftly to look toward him.
"Let's go. In the past, I did not have enough power to help you retrieve your physical body, but now… I believe that I will be able to." There was no killing intent in Su Ming's gaze while he stared into the distant galaxy, just a strange and enchanting light.
He charged into the area ahead of him. At that moment, the bald crane no longer cared about quarrelling with Flame Fiends' Progenitor and hurried over to follow Su Ming.
"My physical body? Are you talking about my physical body?"
"Within the camp of the forces of power from True Sacred Yin World is half of your physical body," Su Ming said calmly while taking a step forward.
"Who has it?!" A fierce glare appeared in the bald crane's eyes.
"Huo Zhu [1]!" Su Ming turned into a long arc and charged into the distance.
In the past, Wu Li Zi [2] had used a green feather in hopes of luring the bald crane to the camp. That feather had been given to her by Huo Zhu, who was the person controlling her actions. Wu Li Zi had been threatened by Huo Zhu, which then resulted in the bald crane being lured to their camp. Huo Zhu's final goal was to unravel a certain mystery contained in the bald crane's physical body.
In the past, Su Ming might have already known all of it, but he could not enter the deeper parts of the True Worlds' camps in search of Huo Zhu. His level of cultivation was just not high enough, and he was forced out by the Almighty in Mastery Realm who appeared later on. He had only escaped disaster after running into Western Ring Nebula's foreign lands.
However, it could be said that the difference between the current Su Ming and his past self was like heaven and earth. Besides, he did not intend to use his power to win. He had an even more persuasive thing that would allow him to enter the place—his status as a direct descendant of Morning Dao Sect, Dao Kong!
They charged forward with a whistle. Su Ming was in front, and the bald crane by his side. Zhu You Cai followed behind them, while Flame Fiends' Progenitor was the last. The group charged forward through the boundless galaxy, straight toward the place where the forces of power from the four Great True Worlds were stationed.
Time trickled by. With their speed, they had already shot through the endless galaxy in just one day and saw… the barrier formed by shattered stars which Su Ming had passed through in the past.
At the instant he saw the barrier, he brought up his right hand. The bald crane had been with him for many years, so it naturally understood what he intended to do. With one move, it immediately turned into a long arc that entered Su Ming's storage bag, and he took a step towards the barrier formed by the shattered stars.
A loud bang rang out. The sound might have billoweed into the sky, but it did not stop Su Ming in his tracks. A rampaging force spread out from the Rune serving as a barrier, but at the moment it touched him, it turned gentle, and the Sacred Constellation Robe appeared on his body!
During that instant, he was no longer Su Ming, he had transformed into Dao Kong.
With the Sacred Constellation Robe, a head of black hair falling to his feet, a handsome face, and an awe-inspiring presence, Su Ming moved through the barrier with ease.
The barrier could prevent outsiders from entering and serve as an alarm. However, for Su Ming who had Possessed Dao Kong, the four Great True Worlds would naturally not start a hunt.
As for Zhu You Cai, at the moment the rampaging force touched him, it was as if he had turned into empty air. The rampaging force… did not seem to have noticed his presence, allowing him to calmly walk through the barrier.
Flame Fiends' Progenitor was the weakest, but he was, after all, an Almighty in Mastery Realm. There was no way he would be stopped by a Rune that had not been fully activated. At the instant the rampaging force came towards him, he let out a cold harrumph, and that force instantly tumbled backwards with a bang, allowing Flame Fiends' Progenitor to step into the territory where the forces of power from four Great True Worlds were stationed.
However, the instant he touched the Rune, all the Almighties stationed from the four Great True Worlds instantly noticed him.
When Su Ming initially arrived, they remained in isolation and continuing to be in deep sleep. He was strong, but in truth, he could not attract their attention.
However, the arrival of Flame Fiends' Progenitor was completely different. With his status of being an Almighty in Mastery Realm and his power, the instant he stepped through the barrier, three powerful presences stirred up a loud bang that surged into the heavens in the territory where the four Great True Worlds were stationed. It caused all the cultivators in the camp of True Sacred Yin World to become apprehensive, and the three presences rose swiftly from the depths of the ground.
In the blink of an eye, they turned into three wills in front of Su Ming. The galaxy trembled, and the three wills turned into three people. They allowed their vast presence as great as the universe to spread out without restraint. It was so strong that it caused the cultivators in True Sacred Yin World to tremble. When they looked towards the sky, zealousness and respect appeared on their faces. They knew that this was the presence that belonged to the True Saints stationed to keep watch over the Barren Lands of Divine Essence.
"Progenitor Huo Kui, you've overstepped your boundaries!" Booming sounds came from one of the three people. It turned into a thunderous roar that rang out in all directions. As the voice spread out, a large amount of lightning swept through the area.
The person who spoke was an old man. He was a big and tall, and dressed in a long robe. His eyes looked to have lightning contained in them, which could make all those whose level of cultivation was not as great as his to feel their hearts and minds breaking down at the instant they stared into them.
The two people standing beside him were a man and woman. They appeared to be middle-aged, but their power and the feeling of time from their presences made it clear that they were old monsters that had been alive for an unknown amount of time.
The first one they looked towards was Flame Fiends' Progenitor, then Zhu You Cai, and only then at Su Ming.
When they saw Flame Fiends' Progenitor, their expressions remained normal, but when they saw Zhu You Cai, their pupils shrank in a barely noticeable manner. Zhu You Cai might have seemed as if he was only in Mastery Realm, but the feedback provided to them by the Rune told them that Flame Fiends Progenitor alone was in Mastery Realm. To the Almighties who had lived for umpteenth years, it wa obvious that something was off.
If this peculiarity had happened about someone who was not an Almighty, it would not have caught their attention, but if when it was regarding an Almighty, then this peculiarity… would signify variance.
It caused the three of them to be unable to help themselves but think of many things. Zhu You Cai's composure had also forced them to pay special attention to him.
On the other hand, the three of them only swept their gazes past Su Ming before automatically overlooking him. A cultivator in Lunar Kalpa Realm simply did not deserve their attention. Besides, they naturally knew Su Ming's identity from the Rune.
"My fellow Daoists, I wonder what is the meaning behind your journey to True Sacred Yin World's camp? And you even brought along a direct descendant from True Morning Dao World's Morning Dao Sect!" The old man with lightning spreading out of his entire body had a freezing glare. When he looked towards Huo Kui and Zhu You Cai, he completely ignored Su Ming.
Zhu You Cai did not speak. As for Flame Fiends' Progenitor, he only chuckled. With Su Ming around, he felt that there was no need for him to greet those three people. After all, this was the main camp that belonged to the forces of power from the four Great True Worlds stationed in the Barren Lands of Divine Essence. Besides, he was also making his guesses regarding Su Ming's connection with the people present.
With a calm look on his face, Su Ming also did not spare the trio even a single glance. He simply walked forward.
However, his act of walking forward caused displeasure to the Almighties from True Sacred Yin World. The old man did not say much, his gaze still fixed on Hou Kui and Zhu You Cai, but the middle-aged woman beside him smiled faintly.
"Morning Dao Sect's brat, this isn't the camp of True Morning Dao World. It's not some place where you can come and go as you please. Go and wait by the side until the people from True Morning Dao World can come to pick you up."
Su Ming did not seem to have heard her and continued walking forward. In other people's eyes, the three people were superior Almighties and True Saints, but in Su Ming's eyes, killing them was easy.
The middle-aged woman, who was not too fond of True Morning Dao World in the first place, frownd. While the four Great True Worlds might have seemed connected, there was ceaseless internal strife among them. The hostility, however, was not so bad that they would kill a direct descendant from another world when there was no necessity, especially one of such status. Besides, the three of them were not the only ones to have sensed the Rune. The Almighties from True Morning Dao World would have definitely noticed the new arrivals the moment Su Ming stepped through the barrier as well. By then, they might already be hurrying over, but it was not impossible for them to teach the disrespectful boy a lesson about respecting his elders.
She raised her right hand and pointed towards Su Ming.
"Then let me teach you the price of disrespecting your seniors on behalf of the elders in your family."
At the instant the woman pointed to him with her right index finger, Su Ming turned his head around and cast a cold glare her way. "So noisy, are you asking for death?"
While his voice was still echoing in space, he disappeared. When he reappeared, he was already in front of the woman. He raised his right hand, and with a calm look on his face, slapped her.
A loud smack rose into the air. The middle-aged woman coughed up a mouthful of blood. Many of her teeth were shattered by the slap. As she fell back, her left check instantly swelled up. Disbelief appeared in her eyes, but she did not have time to be angry before her expression turned into one of shock. She saw Su Ming's action just then, but did not manage to dodge. It was not that Su Ming was fast, but that the instant he looked at her, a loud bang had rang out in her mind, and she lost all her senses.
The old man beside her had whipped his head around and stared fixedly at Su Ming. There was a grim look and an expression of shock that had never appeared before on his face.
The middle-aged man beside them sucked in a sharp breath. When he looked towards Su Ming, his gaze was filled with shock. He also saw that strike, which was definitely not a divine ability that a person in Lunar Kalpa Realm could execute.
"Detain these three here. Injuring them will do. We'll let them keep their lives for now," Su Ming said flatly.
"Those who dare disrespect my master should indeed have their mouths struck!" The wild and arrogant words from Flame Fiends' Progenitor reverberated in the air. He then charged towards the trio.
With a relaxed expression on his face, Zhu You Cai raised his right hand to seize the empty space in front of him. Immediately, the galaxy roared, and the expressions of the trio changed drastically. As they moved back together, the galaxy around them distorted as if it had been sealed and completely locked away.
"Master? You…" The middle-aged woman's expression changed again. The other two acted the same. Loud bangs rang out in their heads. This was a title they had never imagined Flame Fiends' Progenitor using to address Dao Kong.
What caused them to be in even more shock was that Zhu You Cai's casual grip had completely sealed the three of them in that galaxy. To the middle-aged man and woman, that power and that divine ability was definitely something that did not belong to those in Mastery Realm. It… was Fate Realm!
However, the old man did not believe so. His pupils shrank drastically. When he looked towards Zhu You Cai, terror appeared in his eyes. When he turned his head around and looked towards Su Ming, his shock became even greater.
Su Ming, who had obtained the fifth kiln and absorbed Ecang's soul, was the strongest person in the entire Divine Essence Star Ocean and the Barren Lands of Divine Essence. He could be as wilful as he wanted.
The strong ruled. If a person had enough power and did not have any yokes on his shoulders hindering him, then forget any Almighties, even if he wanted to wreak havoc throughout the entire Barren Lands of Divine Essence and slaughter all lives in there, it would just be a matter of wanting to do it to him.
The middle-aged man forced down the shock in his heart and immediately said, "Dao Kong, what exactly do you want to do? This is True Sacred Yin World. As a direct descendant of True Morning Dao World, if you break into our camp, then you must provide an explanation for your actions to True Sacred Yin-"
"Do you really want to die?" Su Ming turned his head around and stared at the middle-aged man with a serious gaze.
The middle-aged man's heart trembled. It were the same words as before. He trembled, but just as he was about to say something, the old man by his side let out a low shout.
"Shut up!" The old man's words were directed to the middle-aged man, and immediately after, he wrapped his fist in his palm and bowed deeply towards Su Ming. "Fellow Daoist, if you have any personal grudges against someone in True Sacred Yin World, then we will definitely not stop you!"
The old man forced down the shivers in his heart and the rarely seen fear that had risen in his body. He could already tell that the plump person was not in Fate Realm… but Life Realm!
So how terrifying would be a person who could make a person in Life Realm follow him willingly? He did not dare to think about it!
Translator's Notes:
1. Huo Zhu: The one who has a grudge against Su Ming and had given permission for the True Guards to use the bald crane's feathers to wait for Su Ming to appear from Western Ring Nebula's foreign lands the first time. Has a grudge against the bald crane.
2. Wu Li Zi: Says she's friends with the bald crane, but also seems to hate him.
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Chapter 1043: So What If I Destroy a World?!
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"We will definitely not bother you in the least. Please release the seal on us, and I will personally lead you to the person who has offended you!" The old man wrapped his fist in his palm and bowed deeply.
He did not underestimate Su Ming because he seemed young. In this universe where the strong ruled, the Dao Kong before him no longer had to show any hint of his power. The feat of having an Almighty in Mastery Realm as his follower was already something very shocking… much less when that Almighty was in Life Realm!
Besides, through that slap just then, his personal strength was enough to make the old man apprehensive. At that moment, the middle-aged man and woman beside him also made plenty of connections in their minds. With complicated expressions on their faces, they became sombre.
If the person in front of them was not Dao Kong or a direct descendant of Morning Dao Sect, then even if he had come from the four Great True Worlds, the three of them would not be so wary of him. After all, even if Su Ming and the rest were strong, they had stronger people in the four Great True Worlds.
However… he was Dao Kong. He was a direct descendant from True Morning Dao World's Morning Dao Sect. This status alone cut off most of the tactics the old man and the other two could use against him.
Su Ming turned his head around and cast the old man a look before nodding. Zhu You Cai looked as calm as ever. He lifted his right hand and swung his arm forward. Immediately, the restraining seals immediately disappeared without a trace, allowing the three to regain their mobility. The old man bowed again towards Su Ming. This time, the man and woman beside him also wrapped their fists in their palms and bowed to him. Their expressions were vastly different from the faint arrogant and conceited looks moments ago.
"I want to look for Huo Zhu," Su Ming said flatly.
Once those words left his mouth, the old man's gaze focused back on him. He turned his head back to look at the middle-aged woman beside him. He was not the only one, the middle-aged man cast a sideways glance at her too.
At the instant the middle-aged woman heard Su Ming's words, she immediately became confused. When she saw her companions looking towards her, her expression changed slightly before she sighed.
"Might I know how my junior sister has offended you?"
"She took something she should not have," Su Ming replied calmly.
"Oh? This is easy. I will have her deliver what you need to you. Might I know what it is?" the middle-aged woman immediately asked.
"Once I see Huo Zhu, she will naturally know what is the specific thing I want." Su Ming's eyes gradually turned icy cold.
The middle-aged woman fell silent. Once she nodded, she turned into a long arc that charged into the distance. Su Ming's expression remained the same. He took a step forward and followed behind her. With an extremely quick speed, the group rushed into the True Sacred Yin World's base within an instant. As they charged forward, Su Ming saw the spiral-shaped Radix Planets and others around him, and the scenes from the past rose in his head.
This was the second time he come there. There was a relaxed air around him compared to the first time. His power was also vastly different from before. Besides, this time, he had in his hands complete dominance over the situation.
Soon, Su Ming saw the farthest he'd went back then, which was the planet where Wu Li Zi was located. They moved past it, and as the middle-aged woman continued guiding them forward, gradually, a vast vortex appeared in front of Su Ming.
That vortex spun with loud, rumbling sounds, looking incomparably radiant. If anyone observed it carefully, they would be able to tell that the vast vortex was formed by planets.
"Huo Zhu, what exactly did you take that you should not have?! Open the Rune and let us in!" At the instant they closed in on the vast vortex, the middle-aged man spoke up. Her voice reverberated in all directions and entered the vast vortex like a buzz.
The old man's expression changed. He turned his head around to glare at the middle-aged woman. The middle-aged man also could not resist the change in his expression.
That kind of straightforward manner of speech was clearly telling Huo Zhu that someone had come seeking for her and was also an indication that she should prepare herself.
That scene caused the old man's expression to change continuously, until he finally opened his mouth and growled at the vortex formed by the planets.
"Huo Zhu, open the Rune. This matter is incredibly important. I want you… to immediately open the Rune!"
The old man's voice reverberated in space and traveled into the vortex, but he did not receive any sort of reply.
Within the vortex was a planet where the land was a desert. Numerous cultivators had prostrated themselves on the ground and crawled forward with great difficulty. Their goal was a palace located in the distance.
At that moment, it was quiet in the palace. There was a table in it, and on it was a lit candle. The fire swayed, and the faces of all lives flashed through it. As that light swayed and the faces in it changed, half of an ancient book under the candle unfurled.
Within the fire and among the faces of all manners of lives was a woman's face. There was an aloof look in her eyes. She lifted her head to look at the area above her before closing her eyes and ignoring the voices.
Beyond the planets and beyond the vortex, the old man's expression grew dark. He was just about to turn his head to offer an explanation when Su Ming smiled. It was cold and dark, and contained a heinous killing intent that was about to erupt from him. The thought of destroying the entire camp where the forces of power from True Sacred Yin World were stationed was not a difficult matter for him. He could do it with just one thought.
"Huo Kui, blast apart that vortex, and search through all the planets until we find that person called Huo Zhu."
When Flame Fiends' Progenitor heard this, a glint shone in his eyes. A loud bang shot up from his body, and immediately, a purple sea of fire erupted within him and tumbled forward in all directions. He then took a step towards the vortex formed by planets, stretched out his arms, and swung them forward. Immediately, the sea of fire around him tumbled about and charged towards the vortex.
Booming sounds surged into the sky and shook the entire galaxy, deafening all the cultivators in True Sacred Yin World's camp. In shock, they flew out from where they had been, and in the blink of an eye, tens of thousands of long arcs rushed out into the galaxy to charge towards this vortex.
The old man was anxious, but a cold sneer appeared on the middle-aged woman's lips. She would not have cared if Dao Kong wanted to cause trouble to others, but Huo Zhu was her junior sister. There was no way she could let him succeed. What she needed was for Su Ming to act in a forceful manner. There were plenty of cultivators in the planets within the vortex. All of them had extraordinary power, but more importantly, there lived the old fellows who were acting as garrison.
With them around, the boy from Morning Dao Sect would certainly not be allowed to cause trouble.
The vortex was formed by countless planets, and each one had an individual Rune. If it was not released from within, then no outsider could step into the planet. An outsider would need to blast away the Rune to be able to enter.
This was to give absolute protection to all those who had earned the right to stay there.
After all, there were four of the vortices of planets within the camps belonging to the forces of power from the four Great True Worlds… and each of them were where all the key forces of each True World were located.
A purple sea of fire attacked the whole vortex. The instant it touched it, booming sounds shook the galaxy. The faces of the tens of thousands of cultivators who had come turned pale, and all of them retreated.
The old Almighty had a look full of anguish while he sighed, but he was laughing coldly in his heart. He did not warn the middle-aged woman regarding Zhu You Cai. Since she insisted on provoking someone she should not even after he'd tried to stop her several times, her survival no longer had anything to do with him.
As for the middle-aged woman, the cold sneer on her lips became even darker and more sinister. At that moment, there was fiery pain on her face as she longed to kill Su Ming.
Among the three of them, the middle-aged man was the calmest. First of all, he could not tell Zhu You Cai's level of cultivation, so he did not have the old man's anxiety. Second, Huo Zhu was not his junior sister, so her survival had nothing to do with him. As for Su Ming, the middle-aged man was rather eager to see how he would handle the situation once he lured out the old monsters.
The trio each harbored their own thoughts. However, none of them expected that if they blew it out of proportion, then what awaited them would be a real catastrophe, that the forces of power stationed in True Sacred Yin World would be… completely annihilated.
The devastation was still brewing. If everything went smoothly, then perhaps it would not happen, but if it did not go smoothly… then to Su Ming, it was not impossible to destroy the whole galaxy.
At the instant Flame Fiends' Progenitor sent the purple sea of fire towards the vortex of planets and booming sounds reverberated in all directions, shocking the tens of thousands of cultivators in the area, a cold harrumph came from the vortex.
The moment Su Ming heard that sound, a barely noticeable glint shone in his eyes. He was rather familiar with that sound. It belonged to the Almighty in Mastery Realm who had pursued him until he reached Western Ring Nebula's foreign lands!
There was anger contained in that sound, along with a cold tone that chilled a person to the bones. The moment it appeared, it was as if a cold gust of wind had risen in the galaxy. When it touched the purple sea of fire in an unseen manner, it looked as if a violent gust of wind had come upon it, threatening to extinguish. Flame Fiends' Progenitor lifted his head then and roared. A purple sea of fire erupted from his body once more, turning into a gigantic hand of flames. When it stretched out, it was big as the vortex of planets, and it pushed down on it!
"This place… isn't a place where you can cause trouble as you please. Even if you are a direct descendant from True Morning Sect… you will still have to immediately leave!"
A cold and dark voice reached everyone's ears. At that moment, a palm… that was just as huge appeared in the vortex. It crashed against the palm of flames summoned by Flame Fiends' Progenitor.
Booming sounds caused the galaxy to tremble as if it was about to be torn apart. The expression of Flame Fiends' Progenitor changed, and he took a few staggering steps back. He might also be in Mastery Realm, but he had not completed it. When he moved back, the final word from the cold voice in the vortex reverberated in space, turning into endless echoes that shook the universe.
Su Ming smiled. This was the second time he had smiled after he came to the camp that belonged to the forces of power from True Sacred Yin World. There was a malicious air to his smile. He would not give them a third chance. If True Sacred Yin World continued acting in that way, then when he smiled for the third time… he would destroy their whole galaxy!
By his side, Zhu You Cai sighed. With a single move, he reached the vortex of planets. He might not have been acquainted with Su Ming for a long time, but he still knew more than anyone else present, especially about what Su Ming's smile signified. He knew its meaning, and he also knew that with the fifth kiln in possession, he was a formidable opponent. Even when Zhu You Cai was at the peak of his condition, he would still need to be incredibly wary of him, and that went even more for the people around them.
And no matter what… he was still from True Sacred Yin World, which was why without even needing Su Ming to order him, he walked out.
"Open the Rune, we will only take a single person."
At the instant Zhu You Cai walked forward and approached the place, he had his true power erupt from his body. When it took shape, the galaxy roared, and all the people's expressions changed drastically.
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Chapter 1044: The Third Time He Smiled
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At the instant the power belonging to Life Realm spread out, the galaxy instant trembled with a loud rumble, causing the tens upon thousands of cultivators in the area to have their expressions change drastically. Their hearts trembled simultaneously, as if there was in invisible hammer striking fiercely at their hearts, causing the tens upon thousands of people to be shocked. Their cultivation bases also seemed as if they had been completely suppressed. Their minds roared, and they were completely blank.
The old man was in a better state. At that moment, his face was pale, but he was still composed. After all, he had already guessed Zhu You Cai's level of cultivation before this. At that moment, this was just proving his guess correct.
However, the middle-aged man by the side had an expression of disbelief on his face. His eyes were blank, and his mind roared, as if there were thousands of thunder cracking in his head at the same time. Normal cultivators might not be able know the meaning of Life Realm, because in their eyes, becoming Masters of Fate, Lives, and Death was just reaching a Realm, and even Su Ming himself only managed to slowly figure out the detailed categorizations much later after he learned about the Masters of Fate, Lives and Death.
Yet as an Almighty in Mastery Realm, even though he had just reached this Realm, this middle-aged man's understanding towards Life Realm was clearly much greater than the tens upon thousands of cultivators around him.
Ignorance is bliss, this was an ancient proverb. It meant that if a person did not know of the terrors about a certain thing, then they would not be afraid of it. Even though it was a rather one-sided view of things, but there was also some form of logic in it. On the other hand, the more someone understood the terrors of a certain matter, the more afraid they would be of it. This was boundlessly magnified on the middle-aged man at that moment.
While he trembled, great astonishment and shock appeared in his eyes. He came to understand swiftly why the old man by his side tried so many times to stop the middle-aged woman from provoking this group of people. If a person could make an Almighty in Life Realm follow him willingly, then even if it was not because of his power that made that Almighty be his follower, it was still enough to make a person shocked and make all powerful warriors to regard him with great important.
He also came to understand swiftly that Su Ming's threat of asking them whether they were seeking death were not just empty words. He… had his own methods of carrying out his threat.
If he was already in such a state of shock, then it was even more so for the middle-aged woman who caused all of this. This woman might be an Almighty in Mastery Realm, but just like the middle-aged man, she had just reached that Realm, and she could not be considered to have reached completion in Mastery Realm. At that moment, the woman shivered, and terror as well as disbelief appeared in her eyes. A billowing storm raged in her mind, and a great, ominous feeling instantly submerged her heart like a tidal wave.
She turned her head around in anguish and looked towards the old man by her side. When she saw that the old man was rather composed and was only looking at her with a complicated gaze, there was in no way that the woman would not know why he had been trying to stop her previously. However… everything was already too late. She already notified her junior sister, causing something that should have been simple to become more complicated… and become even more dangerous.
But that woman refused to admit to her fault. A brilliant light shone in her eyes. So what if this person was an Almighty in Life Realm? It was not as if… there was no Almighties in Life Realm among the forces of power from the four Great True Worlds stationed here!!
Based on what she knew, at the core of the vortex of planets was one of the Progenitors from True Sacred Yin World. This person had already not appeared for a long period of time and had always been in isolation to train. Besides major events linked to the place's survival or a powerful enemy so strong that the others could not fight against appearing, this person would not come out of isolation.
There was an old monster like this existing within the each of the forces of power from the four Great True Worlds stationed here. They were the strongest defense left here by the four Great True Worlds in the Barren Lands of Divine Essence. Because of it, they could control the Barren Lands of Divine Essence to its utmost possible limit.
Unless… an Almighty in Death Realm appeared in the Barren Lands of Divine Essence. However, those in Life Realm from the four Great True Worlds only numbered to nearly about a dozen people. As for Almighties in Death Realm, they were even more scarce in number. Those people were already at the level of Kalpa Lords from each true world, and they were existences that were only second to the True Progenitors. There were less than ten of them.
Under the limitations set on the Barren Lands of Divine Essence, it was impossible for a person here to arrive in this Realm, which was already very difficult to reach in the first place. Even if that person truly appeared, several Almighties in Death Realm would immediately come forth from the four Great True Worlds to directly attack, kill, or seal him.
Which was why the middle-aged woman still believed that she would be able to escape unscathed by a stroke of luck.
Zhu You Cai sent his power outwards. As his words reverberated in the air, the old man's voice from the vortex of planets instantly disappeared. After a long while, when the vortex rotated about, an old man dressed in a long robe made of sackcloth walked out.
The old man's expression was grim. When he walked out, he instantly trained his gaze on Zhu You Cai before he wrapped his fist in his palm and bowed to him.
"Senior, with your power, might I know just who you are searching for from this place," the old man raised his head and said slowly.
"Huo Zhu," Zhu You Cai did not want things to let things escalate to a point where there was no turning back and said with a low voice.
The old man waited for a moment. When he saw that Huo Zhu did not take the initiative to come forth from the vortex of planets, he frowned slightly and spoke to Zhu You Cai, "This is the main camp of the forces of power from the four Great True Worlds stationed in this place. All the people who stay here have complete freedom to do whatever they want. It is not convenient for me to interfere too much. Since this person does not want to appear, then please leave and do not disrupt True Sacred Yin World's peace."
A brilliant light shone in Zhu You Cai's eyes when he heard these words. He believed that he had already given enough consideration to the people in this place. If it was not because he was a member of True Sacred Yin World in the past, he would not have bothered about this. When he saw the old man before him saying such words, he could not help but let out a cold harrumph and took a step forward.
The old man in a long robe made of sackcloth turned his body sideways and did not even stop him. He too, knew that with his power, he had no right to stop this Almighty in Life Realm before his eyes, but this… was the main camp of the forces of power from True Sacred Yin World stationed in the Barren Lands of Divine Essence. When he moved back, the old man had a calm expression on his face, and there was not a hint of change in emotion on him.
As Zhu You Cai approached the vortex, he brought his right hand up and seized the space in the direction of the vortex of planets before him. With it, the vortex trembled with a bang. The sound was so loud that it reverberated to all directions, causing the galaxy to have endless ripples appear while it shuddered.
Boom!
While the vortex and the galaxy shuddered, Zhu You Cai raised his arms, and as if he was tearing apart space, he tore at the vortex with a fierce yang. With it, the tremors in the galaxy grew even more intense. Countless planets trembled, and a vast layer of fog shot out. A gigantic crack appeared swiftly in the galaxy with a vicious rip. When it swept past, it looked as if it wanted to tear the vortex into half.
His power in Life Realm spilled out without him holding back any of it. It filled all the corners in the galaxy, causing the countless planets in the vortex to tremble furiously and shocking awake plenty of the people who were in isolation. The desert on the planet where Huo Zhu was located trembled. The sky was in chaos. The lamp in the hall swayed viciously to reveal a woman's face. With a dark expression on her face, her eyes sparkled, and a cold sneer appeared on the corners of her lips.
"You overestimate yourself. So what if you are in Life Realm? If this was the world outside, then I would definitely die, but this is True Sacred Yin World's main camp. The laws in this land say that if I don't want to go out, then no one can force me to leave.
"If I am forced to leave this place, then all of True Sacred Yin World's dignity will be shamed. If the Rune in the vortex is ripped apart, then all of True Sacred Yin World's dignity will still be shamed. To a true world, their dignity is incredibly important!
"As long… as I don't go out, no one can do anything to me!"
At the moment the woman's sullen face in the candle flame laughed coldly, she immediately heard an ancient voice travelling into all directions slowly from the depths of the vortex of planets to spread out of the vortex. At the moment she heard the voice, the cold sneer on her lips became greater.
"You now have your consciousness formed, but your body is yet to be. You can be considered to half of an associate of mine in Life Realm… Since you must have experienced much difficulty in your path in cultivation… and on account of our past… I will not pursue the matter of you breaking into True Sacred Yin World's main camp… leave." The old voice sounded as if its owner had not spoken in many years. The words were lacking slightly in fluency, and there was an endless, ancient air in them. When it travelled into space, it caused all the people who heard it to feel as if time was flowing away from that voice. Along with that voice came a misconception that made them feel as if all their blood, essence, and even their life force as well as cultivation base was about to wither.
It was especially so for Zhu You Cai. His body trembled swiftly, and a complicated look appeared in his eyes. That person had clearly recognized him, and he had also recognized the person who said those words. That belonged to one of his elders in True Sacred Yin World.
In his silence, a brilliant light shone in Zhu You Cai's eyes. He did not retreat, but instead moved forward and charged towards the vortex of planets.
"I am only going to retrieve a person today. If you don't open the Rune, I will not leave!"
However, at the moment Zhu You Cai approached the vortex of planets, a sigh travelled out of the vortex, and what appeared immediately after was a propelling force that brought it with a supreme, mighty pressure. With a bang, it landed on Zhu You Cai. Zhu You Cai shuddered and took a few staggering steps back. The area around his body immediately distorted, and a gigantic circle of light instantly enveloped his body completely, as if he had been sealed and had turned into a bubble floating in the galaxy.
"Kill the one in Mastery Realm, chase away the one in Life Realm, disable… the boy from Morning Dao Sect as a warning to others!" When that old voice appeared again, a mocking smile appeared on the middle-aged woman's face. She took a step forward and charged towards Su Ming.
The middle-aged man by her side also sighed in relief in his heart. With a calm expression, he too, approached Su Ming.
The old man in the long robe made of sackcloth and the old man who managed to deduce Zhu You Cai's level of cultivation fell silent. One of them took a step forward towards the Flame Fiends' Progenitor, and the other walked towards Su Ming.
When the bound Zhu You Cai saw this, he sighed softly. He saw the malicious smile appear the third time on Su Ming's lips, and he closed his eyes.
At that moment, the tens upon thousands of cultivators around the area had hostile expressions on their faces. They might not have showed themselves, the they had surrounded the area to form a large Rune to isolate them. As they circled around the area, the Rune started roaring and turned into a powerful propelling force intending to sweep up the trapped Su Ming and the Flame Fiends' Progenitor and shift them out of the camp where the forces of power from True Sacred Yin World was stationed.
Several gigantic Radix Planets also drifted over from the perimeter at that moment. The light from them reached hundreds upon thousands of feet. Terrifying presences spread out from them. This was True Sacred Yin World activating all of their power accumulated in their camp. With this power around and without Zhu You Cai's help, it would seem… like they were capable of killing Su Ming and the Flame Fiends' Progenitor.
There was not even the slightest hint of fear on the Flame Fiends' Progenitor. Instead, he started laughing coldly. When an elated expression appeared on his face, the smile on Su Ming's face grew wider.
"If that's the case… then one of the four forces of power stationed in this place should disappear." Su Ming brought up his right hand and pointed swiftly at the galaxy above him. With it, his long hair swiftly changed color and turned crimson red. Red light shone in his eyes, and a heinous, murderous aura erupted swiftly from Su Ming's body with a bang.
As the murderous aura erupted from him. The galaxy above them shuddered furiously during that instant as well. An invisible force from space pressed down swiftly on the ground with a loud rumble!
The galaxy shuddered. As rumbles shook the sky, the Almighties in the land had their expressions change drastically in a manner that had never happened to them before, and then, in the galaxy… a corner of the fifth kiln appeared!!
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Chapter 1045: His Highness, Dao Kong!
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"This is…"
"The fifth kiln! That's impossible. Why… Why is the fifth kiln here?"
The expression of the old man who had chased after Su Ming and forced him to flee into Western Ring Nebula's foreign lands with the power of one palm in the past changed drastically. His body also started trembling furiously. There was no way he would not recognize the fifth kiln. It was a phenomenon hailed as one of the greatest mysteries that had existed in Divine Essence Star Ocean for a long time. It was an item he had seen with his own eyes in the past and which he'd only escaped by a hair's breadth after obtaining a serendipity within—an item he regarded as something incredibly sacred in his heart!
The old man had a supreme treasure in his hands that he rarely used, only taking it out when he ran into extremely major events. That supreme treasure… was what he had obtained from the fifth kiln.
He wasn't the only one who reacted like that, though. The other three people beside him also looked as if they were suffocating while staring at the galaxy above them in shock. Their faces were pale with disbelief. It was the most unimaginable thing they had experienced in all their lives, up to the point that they were so shocked that they could not describe what was going on.
The old man who had deduced Zhu You Cai's level of cultivation was pale-faced. He then started laughing brokenly. Only at that moment had he come to a realization that he had still underestimated Dao Kong. He thought that having an Almighty in Mastery Realm obey him and another Almighty in Life Realm as his follower would mean that he would have something exalted about himself, but he did not expect that there was more to than that. It was actually… absolute power. It… was being invincible in the universe!
The middle-aged man had thought that it had nothing to do with him and intended to be an onlooker and watch the fun by the side. But at that moment, he shuddered and his breathing quickened. He had also… seen the fifth kiln before, but he had only seen it from the distance, not having the courage to step inside. Instead, he had retreated at the time.
But he had still seen the fifth kiln and saw how it stood tall in the universe. Right then, the awe and fear he'd experienced when it let out the sea of fire that even Divine Essence Star Ocean had to regard as a disaster rose within from the bottom of his heart.
Yet the person with the most ghastly expression was still the middle-aged woman. All blood had drained from her face, and panic as well as great regret and fear filled her eyes. Everything that had happened had a great connection with her. If she had not warned Huo Zhu, she would not have stirred up Su Ming's desire to destroy the galaxy. If she had not acted presumptuously, then… the scene of the fifth kiln descending would not have occurred.
A loud bang rang out in the woman's head. As her body trembled, she took a few staggering steps back. Her eyes lost their focus. Not even in her dreams would she have expected that the weakest among the trio would actually be Huo Kui who was in Mastery Realm, and the strongest was not the currently sealed Almighty in Life Realm. Instead, it was Dao Kong… who by then had crimson hair and a murderous aura that radiated off of him!
Compared to the Almighties whose expressions changed drastically, the tens of thousands of cultivators around the area mostly looked perplexed. With their levels of cultivation, they might have heard about the fifth kiln or read about it in some ancient books detailing Divine Essence Star Ocean, but none of them had ever personally witnessed it.
Which was why when they saw a corner of the gigantic kiln appear in the galaxy and sensed its mighty pressure that caused their hearts to tremble… they still charged towards Su Ming.
The instructions from the person with the most sublime status in the main camp was to them the greatest order.
"Scatter in haste!"
A low roar with a force that could make people to tremble came in a hurry from the vortex in the planet. It belonged to the most powerful Almighty in the land who had sealed Zhu You Cai and ordered to kill Huo Kui as well as incapacitate Su Ming!
Booming sounds surged into the heavens from the vortex of planets. Six planets rushed out in an instant. When they dashed out, they turned into six figures that charged towards the group.
"This is just a misunderstanding! Fellow Daoist, please calm down!"
The old voice swiftly spoke again, tumbling out from the mouth of a middle-aged man leading the group of six. He… was the person who had sealed Zhu You Cai and was the strongest person in that place. At that moment, his heart was thrown into great turmoil. He had absolutely not expected that the direct descendant from Morning Dao Sect… could summon the fifth kiln.
There were men and women among the five following behind him, and all of them were Almighties in Fate Realm. However, at that moment, their expressions were ugly. They could not hide the shock and astonishment.
They were all Almighties from True Sacred Yin Realm stationed in the Barren Lands of Divine Essence acting as garrisons fending against the galaxy.
The ten of them rarely appeared at the same time… unless the alien races from Divine Essence Star Ocean invaded. But when the fifth kiln descended, they could no longer care about anything else in the mid of their shock. The greater their level of cultivation was, the more they knew about the terrors of the fifth kiln… and all of them had gone to it before to obtain a supreme treasure.
The universe changed its color. The six's previous air of supremacy instantly turned into panic, and all of this… was because Su Ming had called down the fifth kiln upon them.
"A misunderstanding?" The crimson-haired Su Ming had a bloodthirsty smile at the corners of his lips. "Sealing my War Immortal was a misunderstanding?"
Su Ming lifted his right hand into the air and pointed at the incoming six long arcs. Immediately, the fifth kiln above released a vast and mighty pressure. It spread in all directions with loud booming sounds, making the galaxy look as if it was about to collapse. It shuddered, and countless galactical cracks formed everywhere. Then, like sharp blades, they swept through the area.
This was the sign of the galaxy about to collapse because it was unable to withstand the force of the fifth kiln descending.
A large amount of cracks swept through the area, causing the speed of five people to slow down, but eyes of the middle-aged man right at front shone with a light at that moment, and with a bang, he rushed out, moved around the galactical cracks, and rushed towards Su Ming.
As long as he killed Su Ming… then everything would naturally be resolved!
"Injuring my follower was also a misunderstanding?"
There was a crazed lilt to Su Ming's voice. When it reverberated in the area, the faces of the tens of thousands of cultivators turned pale. Their bodies were almost crushed under the mighty pressure. Some of people with lower levels of cultivation let out shrill screams of pain, and with a bang, their bodies were torn apart, their blood and flesh scattering in all directions.
"Trying to disable me is also the misunderstanding you spoke of?"
As Su Ming laughed, the strongest Progenitor, the Almighty in Life Realm who had sealed Zhu You Cai closed in. When they were a thousand feet away from each other, he lifted his right hand. Killing intent flashed in his eyes and he pushed his palm in Su Ming's direction through space.
The galaxy trembled. At the instant the middle-aged man pushed his palm forward, an indistinct outline appeared around Su Ming. That outline… was of a much smaller fifth kiln. The middle-aged man's palm then crashed into it.
With a bang, the fifth kiln's outline trembled, but it did not break. Su Ming was completely unharmed within, but the middle-aged man's expression changed, and he moved several steps back. When he lifted his head, there was anguish and disbelief on his face.
"The cultivators here wanted to kill me just now, but this is also a misunderstanding, right? That strike of yours is part of that misunderstanding you spoke of too, no doubt."
Su Ming licked his lips. His bloodthirst became even clearer, and when he raised his right hand to swing it forward, a loud bang resounded in space. A monstrous sea of fire erupted from the fifth kiln in the galaxy above. The color was purple right off the bat, which was the fire that even Almighties in Mastery Realm would have to face with caution. At the slightest carelessness, their forms and spirits would be destroyed!
The purple sea of fire tumbled outwards with loud rumbles. This was the first time the fire from the fifth kiln burned in an area beyond Divine Essence Star Ocean. In the past, the disaster was only limited to over there. It was the first time it had appeared beyond Divine Essence Star Ocean's borders!
No matter how quick the tens of thousands of cultivators in the area were, they could not outrun the tumbling fires from the fifth kiln. In an instant, nearly ten thousand cultivators were submerged, and before they even had the time to scream, they were reduced to ashes. They were burned completely, and their forms as well as their spirits were destroyed!
The flames that were known as a catastrophe by those in Divine Essence Star Ocean… could easily kill all the cultivators!
Nearly ten thousand of them died. As dense flames from the sea of fire roared, killing intent rose in the eyes of the ten Almighties in the area, especially those of the strongest Almighty in Life Realm. He glared at Su Ming, and a strong wave of regret rose in his heart.
"Dao Kong, those people had no grudges nor harbored any animosity towards you, yet you…"
"No grudges or animosity? If a vicious dog shows malice to me, then I will definitely strike it down. If a poisonous snake bares its poisonous fangs at me, I will crush it.
"There is no way that I would let people who wanted to kill me just moments ag leave unscathed after they failed in killing me. Today… I will destroy this world. I will… kill all the people in this land!"
Su Ming brought his hands up and swung his arms. The galaxy roared as the fifth kiln descended completely. The gigantic treasure brought with it a suffocating mighty pressure which spread forth through the sea of fire that burned the universe. The instant of descent… brought a disaster and a nightmare to all the people in the land!
"Dao Kong, does True Morning Dao World really want to go to war against True Sacred Yin World?" the middle-aged man roared, and the ancient air in his voice morphed into powerful killing intent.
"Go to war? Then… we will go to war!"
The crimson-haired Su Ming laughed loudly. With a swing of his right arm, the sea of fire tumbled with a loud roar.
The Almighties retreated. The alarm and fear on their faces was something that could be rarely seen on them.
The planets collapsed and exploded into pieces. The Radix Planets might have contained terrifying power, but compared to the fifth kiln, they were so frail that they could not even withstand a single blow. All of them exploded!
"Tai An Yin, since all of you Almighties from True Morning Dao World have arrived and seen this, then True Morning Dao World will have to suffer the consequences for thi!" the middle-aged man roared towards the heavens. Veins popped up on his face.
"If anyone tries to stop me, I will destroy their world too!"
Su Ming raised his right foot and took a swift step forward. The sea of fire let out a loud bang. As it tumbled about, the light from the fifth kiln reached one hundred thousand feet. With just one thought, Su Ming could make all the life forms within the fifth kiln descend.
A sigh came from space, then a voice said with a trace of respect, "Your Highness, we will obey your orders with great caution. We will definitely not take any action."
"Your Highness? You… You aren't an ordinary member of Morning Dao Sect!" The expression of the middle-aged man from True Sacred Yin World changed swiftly. He looked towards Su Ming, his heart in shock once more.
"Of course His Highness Dao Kong is not an ordinary member of Morning Dao Sect. He is one of the ten heirs that our Kalpa Lord from True Morning Dao World has designated!" A woman's cold harrumph came from space. Su Ming was familiar with this voice. It belonged… to Xu Hui.
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Chapter 1046: Which Dynast Are You?
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When the middle-aged man from True Sacred Yin World heard Su Ming being referred to as 'His Highness', his expression changed, because this title was one that only a certain group of people could obtain. Those with the title would be chosen to receive the education required to succeed the title of a Kalpa Lord in each true world.
That was why they were addressed as His or Her Highnesses, and were also known as Dynasts!
One of such people was Chang He. In True Sacred Yin World, he was known as a Dynast. Even though there were others who shared the same address, but one of them would definitely be chosen.
It was the same for True Morning Dao World. The ten Great Dynasts were ten people who had the potential to become the future Kalpa Lord of True Morning Dao World. One of them would certainly be chosen for that role. The period of time while waiting to be chosen was known as the period of time for the heirs to be tested. The ten of them would be provided with a large amount of resources, so their power would increase by leaps and bounds.
In the end, once they were chosen, they would go through an inheritance ceremony, and they would not only inherit the previous Kalpa Lord's cultivation base and epiphanies… they would also inherit the entire True Morning Dao World.
All those who were known as Dynasts in any true world were renowned people. Most of them were known to others, so even though the middle-aged man had been in isolation for many years, he had a specially-assigned person to send a jade slip to him once every hundred years to tell him what had happened in the four Great True Worlds. Because of that, he would not be completely ignorant of the matters in the world outside even though he lived all year long in isolation.
However, the middle-aged man was completely out of the loop in regards to Dao Kong as one of the ten Great Dynasts in True Morning Dao World. There was only one possibility for this—it was something that happened during the recent years, and it was in the jade slip he had yet to see.
But based on how the others also seemed to be completely unaware of it, the matter might not have happened during the past few decades. It should… have been something that was only made public during the recent years, which was why the people in the world outside could not know about it.
What also caused his heart to let out a loud thump against his chest was that the Almighties from True Morning Dao World around the area… were not interfering in the slightest towards Dao Kong's actions. They watched unfeelingly as all the cultivators from True Sacred Yin World stationed in the area died, seeming to harbor a great deal of respect towards Dao Kong.
The abnormality in this caused the middle-aged man expression to change.
'Even the Dynasts have different levels among themselves… which… Dynast is this person in True Morning Dao World?'
The middle-aged man's expression changed, but he had already taken a swift step forward to charge towards Su Ming. At the instant he attempted to use his power to overturn the universe, Su Ming also took a step forward. The galaxy rumbled, the flames from the fifth kiln spread out in billowing waves, and Su Ming's deep voice echoed in all directions.
"The next is all of you."
The crimson-haired Su Ming had madness and the desire for destruction on his face. The appearance of the fifth kiln caused the shrunken outline of the kiln to be a constant presence around his body. It was the barrier that the Almighty in Life Realm could not destroy even after he struck it at full strength.
Once Su Ming was in possession of absolute defense, he was invincible. The purple sea of fire that surged into the heavens and which could burn Almighties in Mastery Realm became only the first disaster he stirred up.
As Su Ming took a step forward, he immediately collided with the Almighty in Life Realm in the galaxy. With a loud bang, the middle-aged man's body was sent staggering backwards. He was continuously forced back several hundreds of feet, and his expression was incredibly dark.
"Attack at full strength. Even if he possesses the fifth kiln, if we attack at full strength, we can still shake his foundation!" As the middle-aged man growled, he lifted his right hand and seized space. Immediately, a thick layer of green appeared on his palm. The green light brightened to a piercing degree, until it formed a long green blade.
A vast presence that shook the sky and earth erupted from the middle-aged man with a bang.
At the same time, the other Almighties around him gritted their teeth. While in the tumbling sea of fire, they stopped retreating. Those in Fate Realm were in a better condition; they could control their bodies and move about in the sea of fire. Even if it tumbled about around them, they could all avoid it. However, the mighty pressure from the fifth kiln caused their aura to become chaotic.
As for the Almighties in Mastery Realm, they suffered the most in the sea of fire. They had managed to stop with much difficulty, but they did not dare to remain still for too long. Resolve burst forth in their eyes. Booming sounds rose into the air, and all sorts of lights in a variety of colors flashed, and those Almighties brought out their strongest Enchanted Treasures.
Soon, a great power erupted from everyone's bodies. There were ten people in total, and all of them rushed to Su Ming. The instant the ten long arcs closed in on him as if they were breaking through the sea of fire, a bloodthirsty smile appeared on Su Ming's lips.
"You want to attack me when I have the kiln with me?"
Su Ming lifted his right hand and formed a seal. He pointed at the outline of the kiln around him. Booming sounds immediately rang out. As they reverberated in space, the supreme treasures in the hands of six out of ten people who rushed towards Su Ming from all directions instantly shuddered. As their expressions changed, the supreme treasures fell out of their hands, and once their connections were broken off, they immediately floated over to Su Ming. They surrounded him and let out buzzing sounds as if they were worshiping him. As they spun around the area, light flashed around Su Ming's body, giving him a supreme mighty pressure at that instant.
The expressions of the six people who had lost their supreme treasures changed, and three of them tumbled backwards before immediately choosing to retreat. Determination surfaced on the faces of the other three, and without any hesitation, they rushed towards Su Ming.
He laughed coldly. He brought his right hand up, and the Life Inequity Spear instantly appeared. Once he seized it, he did not spare even a glance at the incoming Almighties, the powerful warriors who would be respected, worshiped, and regarded with fervent zeal by a large number of cultivators in the world outside. He lifted his leg up and simply allowed all of them to charge towards him and bombard him with their attacks while he took a step towards the three retreating figures.
Su Ming's foot landed, and a crimson moon appeared behind him. It was so large that it instantly shocked all the people whose attacks had landed on the kiln barrier around him.
A loud bang shot up. The barrier around Su Ming shuddered violently. Withstanding the most powerful strike from the seven powerful warriors had caused it to shrink swiftly. Then… a powerful rebound was stirred up. When it swelled outwards, it caused the divine abilities from the seven people to tumble backwards, and with loud bangs, they collided against their owners.
The amount of power those people had used to attack him were reflected exactly back to them. As booming sounds reverberated in space, the seven people coughed up fresh blood, and all of them staggered backwards. Even the Almighty in Life Realm suffered the same fate. He might have fathomless power, but that one strike he delivered just then had been the strongest attack he could muster with his power. Because of that, the rebound was difficult for him to handle.
At the instant the seven tumbled backwards, Su Ming's foot landed. In the blink of an eye, he appeared beside one of the three people who had chosen to retreat.
The Life Inequity Spear turned into a freezing glare that stabbed towards the center of the person's brows. The Almighty's expression changed. He opened his mouth and spat. Immediately, a large layer of fog gushed out. It turned into a shield in front of him and collided with the incoming the blade tip. With a bang, the shield shattered, and the long spear in Su Ming's hand swayed backwards.
This minor delay allowed the Almighty to escape death, but the instant they moved, Su Ming seized the space in his direction. Immediately, a large number of branches formed on Su Ming's hand. With an incredibly quick speed, they sliced through space and closed in on that person, swiftly crawling into his body. The moment shrill, pained screams rose into the air, the person's body withered away. When he was reduced to a dried-up corpse, his screams fell silent.
Su Ming swung the numerous branches in his hand, but Ecang's presence did not spread out. Su Ming, who had now become the complete Ecang, could by then change his presence at will. At that moment, there was only malice spreading out from him. There was not a hint of Ecang's presence within it.
It had been the first Almighty Su Ming had killed in True Sacred Yin World's galaxy. That scene brought about great shock to the other Almighties in the area, and it was especially so for the two other people who had fled beforehand. One of them was the middle-aged woman who had brought about the disaster. Her face was pale, and as she retreated, she shuddered, because she saw Su Ming looking towards her.
At that moment, even if she was an Almighty, her associate's death along with the deaths of tens of thousands of cultivators sent from True Sacred Yin World to act as garrison, the endless sea of fire around her, and the bloodthirsty glare in Su Ming's eyes when he looked towards her turned into a nightmare which caused her to shriek. As she hastily retreated, a sharp pain throbbed on the spot on her left cheek where Su Ming had struck her previously.
The eyes of the other cultivator who had fled flashed with a knowing light when he saw that. He immediately changed his direction. He could tell that Su Ming's current target was the middle-aged woman, and at that moment, he no longer had any form of care for his companion in his mind. Leaving the place as soon as possible was the only thing that mattered to him.
When he did that, six of the seven people behind Su Ming did the exact same thing. Even if the Almighty in Life Realm was as awe-inspiring as ever, he could not stop the traitorous thought from rising in the people's hearts. No one knew who was the first to retreat. In an instant, besides the Almighty in Life Realm, all the other six chose to run. They turned into long arcs that fled in six directions.
To them, their battle was simply impossible!
The instant they chose to retreat, Su Ming lifted his right hand and pointed at the first person who ran in the opposite direction, and who so happened to be the closest to him. Immediately, the fifth kiln in the galaxy swayed, and with an indescribable speed, it charged towards the cultivator. The man could not even dodge. With a bang, the huge fifth kiln crashed into him, tearing his body to pieces. He was reduced to a bloody mess, and his spirit was destroyed.
This was the second Almighty who died. At the instant it happened, Su Ming lifted his foot. When he placed it down, he appeared beside the middle-aged woman.
"You're next."
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Chapter 1047: Huo Zhu
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A disaster that True Sacred Yin World had never met before had come with the spread of the purple sea of fire. When Su Ming appeared beside the middle-aged woman, her face turned pale. She knew that it was already too late for her to retreat. She gritted her teeth. Murderous aura appeared in her eyes, and she swiftly bit through her tongue.
At the instant she did that, the broken part turned into a thick layer of fog that swept towards Su Ming.
With a bang, it disintegrated against the outline of the kiln around Su Ming. At the same time, the middle-aged woman's body swiftly withered. In the blink of an eye, it turned into a layer of blood essence that was reduced to tens of thousands of droplets before surging backwards.
"She bit her tongue to scatter her soul!" came a surprised cry from a person from True Morning Dao World hidden somewhere in space.
Su Ming let out a cold harrumph. Among the group of ten, the person he wanted to kill the most was the middle-aged woman. There was no way he would let her escape. At that moment, the droplets of blood were tumbling backwards in all directions at an extreme speed. Su Ming lifted his right hand and pointed at the fifth kiln. Immediately, it spun swiftly, and as it did so, a great, suction force was created. With it, the galaxy immediately trembled, as if the rotations from the fifth kiln had turned it into a gigantic black hole.
The tens of thousands of blood essence drops shuddered before being sucked back. They instantly disappeared into the fifth kiln and were completely absorbed.
As for the middle-aged woman, with just one thought, Su Ming could determine whether she would live or die within the fifth kiln. However, he would not kill her for the time being. Once her soul was sucked in, Su Ming formed a seal with his right hand and pointed at the fifth kiln. Immediately, shrill screams and wails came from inside. It lasted for a few breaths, then a dim light flew out, charging towards Su Ming. When it landed on his palm, a small human could be seen within it. That small human had her eyes shut tight, and her appearance… was that was of the middle-aged woman.
However, by then, she had already lost her intelligence. The only thing left… was a soul with memories contained in it.
Su Ming clenched his right hand and immediately crushed that soul. Pieces of memories entered his mind, for he was not interested in anything else. The only thing he wanted was all the things regarding Huo Zhu.
After a moment, he turned around and looked towards the six other people who had turned into long arcs to charge into the distance. His gaze then shifted to the sullen Almighty in Life Realm.
With his offensive powers, Su Ming had demonstrated his will to destroy. Tens of thousands of cultivators had been burned to death, countless planets had collapsed, Radix Planets had melted… and three Almighties had died. All of that turned Su Ming into an incredibly terrifying existence in the other people's eyes.
"Enough!" A low growl tumbled out of the Almighty in Life Realm. He glared at Su Ming with a dark expression.
"This galaxy has already been reduced to this state. Do you really want to kill all of us? If you truly insist on killing us, then even if you are one of the heirs to Morning Dao Sect, you will find it hard to escape being targeted by our Kalpa Lord." The voice of the Almighty in Life Realm boomed and echoed in the area like thunder. The intent to destroy flashed in his eyes, but a bloodthirsty smirk appeared on the lips of the crimson-haired Su Ming.
"Enough? It's indeed enough, but that word should be spoken by me." Su Ming licked his lips, and the third eye opened at the center of his brows. It shrank, and the world before him was instantly magnified several times its original size. The galaxy instantly became boundless in his eyes. His gaze landed on one of the old men out of the six fleeing from the area.
He was not the cultivator who was the first to deduce Zhu You Cai's level of cultivation. Instead… he was the first Almighty in Mastery Realm Su Ming had ever met in his life, the person who had chased him with the power of one palm, forcing him to flee into Western Ring Nebula's foreign lands!
At the instant Su Ming looked towards him, the rapidly fleeing old man felt a chill creep up his spine. He turned around and saw Su Ming in the distance watching him.
A dark light shone in Su Ming's third eye at that instant. He lifted his right hand and pointed towards the fifth kiln. It let out a loud bang, and with an incredibly quick speed, charged towards the old man.
His face turned pale. As despair appeared in his eyes, the fifth kiln closed in on him. At the instant it was about to touch him, he roared, lifted his right hand, and pushed towards it.
That one push caused the space in front of the old man to tumble about. As it did, a gigantic, illusory palm appeared, swelling up instantly to the size of the fifth kiln and knocking into it.
Boom!
When the two collided, the kiln did not even shudder, and its speed also did not reduce. However, that palm shook violently before it was torn to pieces. The old man's bloodied right hand shattered.
He laughed brokenly, and the fifth kiln crashed into his body with a bang. Immediately, a layer of blood appeared in the galaxy. When it disappeared, the old man's Nascent Divinity also disappeared, sucked into the fifth kiln.
"Now, it's enough," Su Ming declared flatly. When he did so, the color of his hair gradually turned from crimson to gray. When he turned around, he looked towards the True Sacred Yin Realm's Almighty in Life Realm with calm gray pupils.
That old man stared at Su Ming with a dark look. After some time, he turned around without a single word and took a step towards space, but just as he was about to leave and the remaining five people in the distance were about to disappear, the fifth kiln let out a hum, and a layer of ripples spread out to cover the area like a seal. It froze up the whole galaxy, causing the people to come to an abrupt halt.
"What is the meaning of this now?" The Almighty in Life Realm rarely felt so outraged in his life. At that moment, he turned around swiftly, and suppressed rage appeared in his eyes.
"Before I, Dao, retrieve the item I need and locate that person called Huo Zhu, just wait here," Su Ming said calmly, and his gaze fell on the area in front of him.
The sea of fire surrounded the place. The collapse of the planets and the melting of the Radix Planets caused the galaxy to be an empty space. Only… the vortex formed by countless planets continued rotating slowly.
All the living creatures in the vortex had fled during the disaster just then.
Perhaps she had also fled during the chaos, but she would have definitely ended up dead then. If she did not die, there were only two possibilities. One of them was that she was still in the vortex of planets, and the other… was that she was hiding among the Almighties who were about to escape.
It did not matter which it was, since Su Ming would still be able to seize the initiative in his hand. He stared at the vortex in the galaxy, then lifted his right hand to point forward. Immediately, the purple sea of fire around him tumbled about. As it swept outwards in all directions, it went surging towards the vortex of planets with a loud bang. He did not care whether Huo Zhu was still in there nor what her wishes were; he simply decided to use a crude method to forcefully melt those planets and blast her out if she was there.
With a loud bang, the Rune in the vortex of planets crumbled. The planets were then immediately burned to ashes.
As they were destroyed, a planet was revealed several breaths later. When Su Ming looked towards it, a cold sneer appeared on his lips.
He took a step forward, and his body instantly disappeared. When he reappeared, he had already closed in on the planet. He took another step, and stood on the land in the planet. The place was a desert, but it was burning with purple flames at that moment.
In the distance was a hall. There were great waves of resentment spreading out from inside it. Su Ming stared at that place, then saw a distorted shadow beyond the hall. It had the shape of a woman's face, and she was glaring at him.
"I have never offended you, senior! Why did you do this?"
A shrill voice came from the shadow of the woman's face beyond the hall, no longer possessing any composure. Clearly, the things that happened in the world outside had already stunned Divine General Huo Zhu, so much so that she was shivering to the point that her soul had almost shattered from fear.
She could not think of when she had brought about such a disaster upon herself. In fact, she was certain that she had never met the young man in front of her, and it had been a long time since she left her planet.
With a calm look, Su Ming took a step forward. Each time his feet landed on the desert sand, the planet would tremble. As he approached the hall, the illusory face beyond it continued to look at him with resentment.
Su Ming walked forward. Just as the woman was about to interrogate him again, he said flatly, "Bring Kong Mo's physical body here."
His sentence caused the expression of the woman, who had been about to speak, to instantly change. Disbelief appeared in her eyes. When she looked towards Su Ming, dark light shone in her eyes, and when she opened her mouth, a piercing howl rang out.
As she howled, the illusory face broke down with a bang to turn into the faces of tens of thousands of men and women, the elderly and the young. They charged towards Su Ming as if they wanted to devour him.
"You overestimate yourself."
Su Ming had already closed in on her. Not a single hint of emotion was contained in his gray pupils. He lifted his right hand and punched forward. At the instant he did so, the world roared. Before the tens of thousands of faces could get close, all of them tumbled backwards and collapsed with a bang. In fact, even the hall fell into pieces. When it exploded, it revealed a table and the burning candle on it.
As the candle's flame distorted, a woman's face showed up, and she spoke urgently towards Su Ming. "Who is Kong Mo? I don't have his physical body! This is a misunderstanding! Senior, do not believe in other people's slander!"
"We will know whether or not this is a misunderstanding once I extract your soul and search through your memories." Su Ming stepped into the collapsed hall and moved towards the candle flame.
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Chapter 1048: Kong Mo's Physical Body
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The one thousand something years was a long time. But if anyone would go back it, then when everyone was on this spot in the past, in the same camp belonging to the forces of power from True Sacred Yin World, in the same vortex of planets, in the same planet with the desert, and in the same hall…
… the cultivator from True Sacred Yin World who once chased down Su Ming would be kneeling on the ground, telling Huo Zhu the story of a person called Mo Su in Western Ring Nebula. He would even tell her that there was a crane by his side.
In the past, Huo Zhu stood in a superior position. Her voice was filled with an awe-inspiring might and could make the person kneeling tremble in respect. With just one sentence, she could decide whether Su Ming would live or die in Western Ring Nebula.
In truth, if anyone was to get to the bottom of things, then in the past, Su Ming had been forced into Western Ring Nebula's foreign lands… because of that conversation.
One thousand something years had passed since then. Su Ming returned and stood in front of Huo Zhu once more. Echoing by his ears was her quivering voice addressing him as senior. It was a pity that Su Ming did not know of what had happened in the past, or else he would definitely feel a great amount of emotions.
It was a pity that Huo Zhu, too, did not know that the Mo Su whose fate she had decided in the past with just one sentence was standing before her right then, having destroyed her world and the galaxy in which it was situated.
Destiny was that confusing, that troublesome, and would cause the people involved in it to shift places without their knowledge… It was also why it could make people so persistent and addicted to it. It made them struggle and fight against it in an attempt to escape the set ups… but that struggle and resistance was akin to moths trying to avoid flames. In the end, those who could be reborn in the fire would not be those who ran away, but those who were willing to fall in fire—the undying phoenixes.
Su Ming approached the woman. When he lifted his right hand, there was an aloof look on his face. At the instant he seized the air in the direction of the candle flame, a piercing screech came from it.
It was not unpleasant to the ears, sounding like a ballad. Even though Su Ming could not hear the lyrics clearly, all those who heard melody would still know that it was a ballad.
At the same time, the ancient book on the table started unfurling swiftly. As its pages turned, it was as if the flow of time around Su Ming was swiftly flowing away at a pace of thousands of years in an instant.
This was Huo Zhu's divine ability, the one which allowed her to stay in that place!
Time Is Akin to a Song!
Su Ming's lifted right hand started withering away rapidly right before his eyes as if one thousand years had passed while he stretched it out. Huo Zhu had executed that divine ability many times in her life. Every single time she used it, an astonishing effect would be seen, but this time…
"A child's play!"
The instant Su Ming's right hand began to wither, he let out a cold harrumph. One of the Abyss Builders' inborn ability was the Art of Time. Perhaps Huo Zhu's divine ability would be effective when it was used to fight against other outsiders, but when it was used on Su Ming, there would be no effect.
When he let out the cold harrumph, his right hand immediately returned to normal. The power of time around him instantly disappeared in an unseen manner. The ancient book shuddered, and half of its pages were immediately reduced to powder.
At the same time, the candle fire was also mostly extinguished. It struggled with great difficulty. When she saw that Su Ming's right hand was about to touch it, the woman's face in it became distorted, and she screeched again.
The ancient book on the table was originally flipping rapidly from left to right, even though half of its pages had been destroyed. However, the instant Huo Zhu let out her screech, the pages immediately started flipping from right to left, in the opposite direction.
At the same time, a power reversing the flow of time swiftly spread out from Su Ming's body.
"My strongest attack isn't the passing of time, but the reversal of time. With my life as the price, I will reverse time!"
Huo Zhu's voice was piercing to the ears. At the instant it rang out, Su Ming's body immediately seemed to go back in time. His cultivation base and his Nascent Divinity also flowed away from him. The presence of that power caused the cold sneer on Su Ming's lips to become wider, and he decided to just let go of his control over himself to let that power of time reversal to spread out around him
"Three thousand years!" Huo Zhu roared.
Immediately, Su Ming's body started shrinking rapidly. In an instant, it seemed as if he had been reduced to nothing, as if he no longer existed. An unsophisticated presence appeared came from him. The reversal of time had brought back the presence he possessed when he was in Dark Mountain back, but soon, all of it disappeared without a trace. Another presence appeared… although one that he also had when he was in Dark Mountain.
"How could this be?!" Huo Zhu eyes went wide, and disbelief appeared in them before she roared again. "Three thousand years!"
The reversal of time continued, but the smile on Su Ming's lips did not change. When his body turned semi-transparent, he looked as if he was going through cycles of reincarnation, and the presences he possessed the multiple times he was in Dark Mountain surrounded him.
All of this caused Huo Zhu's expression to change continuously. Disbelief appeared in her eyes, and she roared again while offering up her life.
"Thirty thousand years!" At that time, she gave up everything. As she roared, the power of time caused thirty thousand years to reverse for Su Ming. Huo Zhu let out a sigh of relief, but then suddenly screamed shrilly in pain.
Su Ming's body remained semi-transparent, but the inside of his body was as empty as a black hole. This was time returning to the point when he had not been born… when the power of the curse had surrounded him in his mother's womb.
The instant Huo Zhu touched the curse via her divine ability, it immediately spread out and invaded her soul. Her scream reverberated only for an instant before the ancient book shattered, and the candle flame… was extinguished.
Su Ming's expression remained as calm as ever. He had been able to tell that this would happen from the start, or else he would not have put up no resistance. In truth, he had wanted to use that chance to verify just how strong was the curse.
The moment Huo Zhu's life was extinguished, the candlestick crumbled with a bang to reveal… a corpse hidden in the dimension within it!
It was a woman's corpse. It was old and rotting away swiftly, its stench filling the area in no time. Su Ming lifted his right hand and seized the air in the direction of the storage bag on the carcass. Immediately,it landed on his hand. When he struck it, it instantly crumbled, and a black coffin fell to the ground.
A powerful mighty pressure spread out. The strength of it caused Su Ming's heart to tremble at the instant he sensed it. His pupils shrank. This presence… surpassed all that Su Ming had ever sensed in his life.
In fact… the only presence that could compare to this was the one whom Su Ming had seen in the pictures provided by the fifth kiln—Chang He's Master, the Sublime Paragon from True Sacred Yin World!
At the instant the coffin appeared, the bald crane flew out of Su Ming's storage bag. Shivering, it stared at the coffin… and the carcass within it.
Based on it, one could see that it was a ferocious beast. However, by then it was a bloody mess. The blood might have dried long ago, but it was impossible for anyone to tell how the creature had looked like in the past. Yet the presence spreading out from the carcass was astonishingly similar to that of the bald crane.
It shuddered while staring at the carcass in the coffin with a stupefied expression. It mumbled to itself, or maybe it was to Su Ming. "What a strange feeling… Darn it all, this was my physical body in the past?
"I have a strong feeling that once I fuse with it, most of my memories will return. I'll remember plenty of things I've forgotten… my origins, my identity, and how I became an entity that has a soul as a body.
"I'll also be able to remember… Darn it all, I'll know just who it was that nearly caused my soul to scatter…" The bald crane shuddered. It raised its right claw, but just as it was about to touch the carcass, it suddenly shuddered.
"I also have a strong feeling that once I remember all that… I-I will no longer be me. I will no longer be the bald crane, and I will no longer be Su Ming's companion… Who… Who will I be then?" The bald crane trembled even more fiercely, and conflict appeared on its face.
"I will turn into another person, or rather, I will become my past self, and then I will no longer exist… but I will become stronger… much stronger!" The bald crane's mind was a little muddled. It threw its head swiftly and roared with struggle and conflict on its face.
Su Ming saw this, but chose to remain silent. He had helped the bald crane retrieve its physical body not because it was a pet to him… but a friend.
Even though this friend was a little unreliable and very avaricious… a friend was a friend.
However, Su Ming could not help it choose. It would have to choose how it wanted to walk down its path.
"Darn it all, why do I feel like I despise my past self very much… Once I fuse with it, I will become it, but… but I want to fuse with it very much. I want to remember everything. I want to know… what I lost in my life… why I would cry when I stare at Husband Gazing Mountain, why I would feel horrible when I stare at the galaxy, and why I would remember a certain group of people during certain times…" As the bald crane struggled with itself, its eyes turned bloodshot and it turned around to stare at Su Ming.
"Darn it all, I'm living a merry life right now. I won't fuse with it, but I'll help you keep it. When you'll collect all of my physical body in the future, then I'll fuse with it; it won't be too late by then, anyway," the bald crane said through gritted teeth while putting on an unconcerned expression for Su Ming.
He cast the bald crane a glance, respecting its decision. When he lifted his right hand, he swung his arm, and the coffin exuding the presence that caused him to shudder was instantly put away into his storage bag. Soon after, the mighty pressure in the land vanished.
The bald crane slumped down. There was still a hint of a reluctance to part in its eyes, but it soon turned into determination. As Su Ming turned around, the bald crane transformed into a long arc with Su Ming and left the planet.
Everything ended. When Su Ming left the vortex, he released the seal from the fifth kiln placed on the galaxy that was previously the camp for the forces of power from True Sacred Yin World. The Almighty from Life Realm cast Su Ming a deep glance before turning around and disappearing. He left the galaxy. The other five people in the distance also disappeared to flee… from all the wreckage.
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Chapter 1049: Goodbye, Barren Lands of Divine Essence!
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Su Ming stood in the galaxy and stared at the group heading into the distance with an aloof expression. As the space behind him distorted, around a dozen people walked out.
Among them was Xu Hui, the nine old Frail Darknesses, as well as six old men with complicated expressions. One of them was an old man with a purplish black face. The mighty pressure spreading out from his body was the thickest, and it was on par with the Almighty in Life Realm from True Sacred Yin Realm. It was clear that he was someone with the same status in the camp that belonged to the forces of power from True Morning Dao World as the middle-aged man from True Sacred Yin World.
"Greetings, Your Highness! We welcome you back!"
The nine old Frail Darknesses had excited looks on their faces. They bowed together towards Su Ming. They had followed him into Divine Essence Star Ocean in the past, and though they remained at the periphery, they had still experienced quite a number of things. They were incredibly worried about Su Ming, and even though they had returned to the camp where the forces of power from True Morning Dao World were stationed, they were still worried about his safety. At that moment, when Su Ming saw their excitement, he could not help but wrap his fist in his palm and bow to them as well.
When Su Ming turned around, the color of his hair had already changed to its normal shade. He also saw Xu Hui. At that moment, there was a smile on Xu Hui's lips. It was so gentle that it looked as if it could melt anything.
"I am Tai An Yin. Greetings, Dynast Dao Kong." The old man with the purplish black face wrapped his fist in his palm towards Su Ming and bowed deeply. In truth, with his level of cultivation, even if he met True Morning Dao World's heir, he did not need to do this. Unless that heir truly became the master of Morning Dao World, he was not worthy of the old man bowing to him.
However, the things that happened just then had shocked him deeply. At that moment, he was not bowing in respect to Su Ming as the heir, but was using the form of greeting for those of equal status. No one in the area felt that there was anything amiss about him choosing that. The five people behind him also wrapped their fists in their palms and bowed simultaneously.
"Greetings, Dynast Dao Kong."
Su Ming stared at the people in front of him, and a faint smile gradually appeared on his lips. At that moment, Flame Fiends' Progenitor cast a sideways glance at the people around them while beside Su Ming. Zhu You Cai, who had walked out of being sealed a long time ago.
"I remember that when I entered Divine Essence Star Ocean, no one referred to me as a Dynast." Su Ming looked towards Xu Hui.
"Your Highness, you might not know about this, but three months ago, a sealed order came from within Morning Dao Sect to designate you as one of the heirs." Xu Hui was not the one who answered. Instead, it was one of the nine old Frail Darknesses beside her.
"Three months ago…" A barely noticeable glint shone in Su Ming's eyes. Three months ago… that was the time when he had walked out of the fifth kiln.
Su Ming remained silent for a moment before he suddenly asked, "Did you say that there were ten heirs?"
"That is correct. There are ten designated Dynasts. All of them possess the right to become the heir. The future master of True Morning Dao World will be chosen among the ten. However…" An Almighty in Mastery Realm beside Tai An Yin said respectfully. When he reached the contradictory part, he hesitated for a moment. When he saw Su Ming look towards him, he continued.
"However, based on Morning Dao Sect's rules, you will need to return as soon as possible to receive the challenges and trials from the members of your sect, Your Highness. Only when you receive the Progenitor's blessing will you truly be able to receive the world."
Su Ming's expression remained the same, the smile still on his lips.
"It has been a long time since Morning Dao Sect chose heirs, but based on the records in ancient scrolls, every single time it happens, the heirs would be tested by the members of their sects. If there they manage to complete the challenges successfully, they will obtain the right.
"Then. they would receive the trials of the heirs. The sect would distribute a mission for each one, and those who complete it are examined. If they succeed, they receive Progenitor Dao Chen's blessing, and will then be conferred the official title.
"Your Highness, to you, everything will not pose too much of a problem. But you will still have to be careful. There are nine other heirs," Tai An Yin said calmly as he stared at Su Ming.
"I only know that the other nine are all older than you. Three of them are even from the same generation as I am." Tai An Yin did not say much, but those few sentences already told Su Ming plenty of crucial points.
"So there will be plenty who will challenge, and there will also be plenty of people who won't want me to complete my trial. Even if I eventually succeed, I will have to protect myself against the other nine." Su Ming smiled faintly.
"I hope that there will come a day when you will become the master of True Morning Dao World, Your Highness…. but your actions here might become a weapon used by the other factions of the other heirs from the sect to attack you.
"Also, the source of your sudden increase in cultivation as well as the fact that you are in possession of the fifth kiln will become the source of other people's suspicions. After all, there are plenty of Possessions in the world, so please be careful." Tai An Yin smiled. As he spoke, the other Almighties by his side lowered their heads and closed their eyes, as if they did not hear his words.
The nine old Frail Darknesses also lowered their heads and closed their eyes, as if they did not hear those words.
When Su Ming heard them, his expression remained the same; the smile was still on his face.
"I received enlightenment from the Progenitor in the past, and it was only because of him that I gained my current power to protect all my fellow Daoists in this land, who were the people the Progenitor occasionally sent here while being in isolation. Each of them… are eternally grateful to the Progenitor." Tai An Yin smiled and wrapped his fist in his palm to Su Ming.
"We of the nine old Frail Darknesses originally failed in the cultivation method we practiced. The bodies of eight of us crumbled, and we were bound to die when with nine souls sharing one body. It was the Progenitor who sent us a Spirit Core in the past that allowed us to separate and form our bodies again. We… will never forget this grace." The nine old Frail Darknesses bowed again to Su Ming.
"The war in True Morning Dao World is still ongoing. Right now, half of True Morning Dao World belongs to the Immortals' Union. Once you return, you must be careful of them… There isn't much time. There is a space separating everything in Divine Essence Star Ocean from the worlds beyond. They will need some time before they'll know of what happened here. Your Highness, to prevent all of us from suffering long nights fraught with dreams, I will not send you off."
Tai An Yin swung his arm. Immediately, distortions appeared behind him. Booming sounds came from within, and hundreds of gigantic battleships flew out. When they arranged themselves in a horizontal line, the near ten thousand cultivators in black armor stood up and knelt down on one knee to Su Ming. Their voices roared like waves.
"Greetings, Your Highness!"
The echoes of their words boomed and lingered for a long time in space. Su Ming cast Tai An Yin a glance before wrapping his fist in his palm towards him. Then, he appeared on the largest battleship. He was incredibly familiar with it, for it was the one he rode on when he headed to Divine Essence Star Ocean and ran into the Waves of Tears.
Flame Fiends' Progenitor and Zhu You Cai followed Su Ming and went to stand behind him on the battleship. The nine old Frail Darknesses turned into long arcs and landed on the deck around him as well. As for Xu Hui, she naturally stayed with Su Ming with a smile on her face.
Under Tai An Yin and the others' gazes, the hundreds of battleships turned into hundreds of long arcs and rushed out from the galaxy. They charged forward, and about a quarter of an hour later, a gigantic vortex appeared in front of them.
Divine Essence Star Ocean was in the shape of a gourd, and the vortex was located at its mouth. Once they passed through it, they could leave Divine Essence Star Ocean, then through the Runes belonging to the different forces of power from the different True Worlds head to different True Worlds.
As Su Ming stared at the vortex, he could not help the excitement that rose in his heart. When they drew closer to the vortex, he turned his head around and looked towards the galaxy behind him. He stared at the Barren Lands of Divine Essence, and the events that had happened over the past almost two thousand years rose in his head. When he was still a cultivator in Earth Cultivation Realm, he had been forced in there, and he lay on the ground in Crimson Flame Planet, completely immobile.
At that time, he had that mask on his face and could feel no emotions. He was so weak that anyone could control him. Back then, he did not dare to think about how he could leave the Barren Lands of Divine Essence which was like a prison.
Yet after all that he had gone through, he had risen to power in the Barren Lands of Divine Essence. He became the master of Ecang, awakened the Seed of Life Extermination, destroyed the fifth ocean, became the master of the fifth kiln, and also became a legend among the alien races in Divine Essence Star Ocean. At the same time… he also destroyed the galaxy where True Sacred Yin World was stationed.
The events passed like fleeting clouds and smoke through Su Ming's eyes. When he turned his head around, he stared at the vortex that had drawn closer and could not suppress the excitement in his heart. He… Su Ming, was about to return to True Morning Dao World!
He was about to have True Morning Dao World at his beck and call, and he would let all his acquaintances in the past know… that he, Su Ming, had returned!
Bright Yang Region would no longer be dangerous to Su Ming, because he no longer possessed a body from Yin Death Region. In the Barren Lands of Divine Essence, he had gone through a metamorphosis.
He would step into True Morning Dao World and into Bright Yang Region like a normal person!
Di Tian, the will in Yin Death Region, and all the people he was familiar with in the past, unless some of them had already passed away, Su Ming knew that when he returned after being separated from the place for nearly two thousand years, he would meet all of them again.
His childhood playmates, the prodigies from the sects, and his elder as well as Lei Chen, whom he had yet to meet… Su Ming believed that he would be able to find traces of all of them in True Morning Dao Sect!
His eldest senior brother who possessed the blood of Nine Li, was headless, and who swung his battle axe to fight against the heavens.
His second senior brother who was the Phantom King, but looked like a flower, was gentle, and liked the sun to shine on his side profile.
His third senior brother who was formed by the Vessel Spirit of the Rune sealing Yin Death Region, who snored while he slept, who looked as if anger was contained in his eyes when he opened them, who had an honest and straightforward demeanor when he laughed, who loved wiping the corners of his mouth when he drank, who taught himself everything about Runes, and who practiced the Dao of Entering Dreams.
Once all of these people flashed past Su Ming's eyes, he remembered Fang Cang Lan, Tian Lan Meng, and the Sacred Lady, Wan Qiu, from the Shamans.
When Su Ming remembered Fang Cang Lan's gentleness, the image of a person always standing facing the sea breeze rose in his head.
Tian Lan Meng's quiet personality and the faintly discernible thread between them always seemed to be connecting them with a sigh of regret. There was also Wan Qiu. The pride the woman possessed in the past caused him to constantly think of a fish flying in the sky when he remembered her.
There was also… a woman who had left behind an incredibly deep impression in his mind, and who was a person Su Ming could not forget. Her name, her face, and all her smiles turned into one single sentence in Su Ming's memories.
"Do you know why I'm called Yu Xuan..? The meaning for Xuan is daylily. I'm a daylily in the rain. My mother wanted me to forget sadness in my life and be happy forever…"
Su Ming closed his eyes. The last person he remembered was a woman standing beside his physical body with an aloof expression that held no emotions, but whose words were the exact opposite, because they were born from a desire to confuse Su Ming's mind and cause him to harbor deep affection for her.
'I've come back…' The hundreds of battleships shot through the vortex without a single sound.
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Chapter 1050: True Morning Dao World
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There was an unfamiliar air in the galaxy. It was empty, unlike how galaxies were usually. Within that emptiness was some dazzling starlight. A gigantic vortex appeared to the northwest of True Morning Dao World. As it vortex rotated, the sound echoed in all directions.
There were ninety-nine giant stone platforms floating around that vortex. Complicated runic symbols were carved on all of them. When they shone with a dark light, ninety-nine cultivators could be found sitting on them.
There was a rotten presence spreading out from all of them. Their expressions were of indifference, as if they had been sitting there for countless years. There was a huge black sword stuck into the stone platforms, and it was positioned right in front of each person. The weeping of the swords could be heard faintly.
They were crying, roaring, because they were in a state akin to being abandoned. It had been many years since they had drunk a living being's blood. They could only stay there and accompany their masters in silence, protecting the area for all eternity.
The ninety-nine stone platforms formed a circle. Anyone who looked over would feel as if the vortex had been formed by those stone platforms.
As it spun about, the ninety-nine cultivators continued sitting and meditating as if they were deep in slumber and completely unbothered by everything around them.
Time trickled by. When the time taken for an incense stick to burn had passed and booming sounds shook the galaxy, the vortex's rotations stopped, and battleships came out from within.
Once they appeared, wave after wave of mighty pressure spread through through the galaxy. The cultivators on the battleships had already stood up with serious expressions on their faces. The mighty pressure instantly reached an incredibly high level, but even so, it still could not make the ninety-nine people on the stone platforms open their eyes.
After a moment, when the huge battleship that belonged to Su Ming located right at the center of the hundreds of battleships appeared from the vortex, the mighty pressure spreading out from it immediately caused a large amount of ripples to spread through the galaxy. Su Ming stood at the bow of the ship and stared ahead of him. The galaxy was unfamiliar to him, but at the same time, he knew it well; he had never seen it himself, but Dao Kong had possessed many memories regarding the place.
Su Ming knew that it was… True Morning Dao World!
It was the universe in which he had never stepped into, but was where his homeland was located.
When the hundreds of battleships appeared from the vortex, the mighty pressure that was formed instantly caused the ripples spreading out to become stronger. That was not only due to the collection of power from the near ten thousand cultivators from the hundreds of battleships, but also due to… Flame Fiends' Progenitor, Zhu You Cai, and Su Ming.
The mighty pressure spreading from them alone was enough to make the galaxy tremble.
Su Ming's eyes were calm, but there were emotions hidden within them that no one else could see. He knew that the moment he stepped inside, he would be reduced from the strongest in Divine Essence Star Ocean to an ordinary cultivator.
The fifth kiln had to remain in Divine Essence Star Ocean. Without it, if Su Ming came face to face with Almighties in Life Realm again, he could not push his will on them. It was precisely because of it that when he was about to leave the Barren Lands of Divine Essence, he did something as mad as destroying an entire galaxy.
He believed that before long, this matter would be known to all four Great True Worlds. As countless people would be stunned his his audacity, his name would instantly ring through all True Worlds.
And what Su Ming wanted was not to remain an unknown entity in True Morning Dao World that did things under a low profile… What he wanted was ostentatiousness, arrogance, and domineeringness!
Because of it, those who would dare to provoke him would be few in number. No one would ever even consider that Su Ming might not have brought the fifth kiln with him.
A barely noticeable glint shone in his eyes. The shadow of a kiln fleeted past the third eye at the center of his brows.
Su Ming had indeed left behind the fifth kiln in Divine Essence Star Ocean… but the connection he shared with it was not something he would lost just like that. If Su Ming had enough time on his hands during battle, he would be able to make the fifth kiln appear briefly like how he had summoned Ecang's real form in the past.
However, unless he absolutely had to, Su Ming did not want to do it.
'True Morning Dao World…'
Su Ming stared at the galaxy, and a smile slowly appeared on his lips. It grew wider, and in the end, it turned into loud laughter. It echoed in the galaxy, but all the cultivators around him looked as if they had not heard it. They continued to stand still on the battleships.
Su Ming had come back. Few people would be able to imagine that he would return in this manner—walking out of the Barren Lands of Divine Essence's exit in a straightforward manner and with his head held high.
The power of Bright Yang was even stronger and thicker in this galaxy compared to when he was in the Barren Lands of Divine Essence. It existed everywhere, but that presence did not manage to make Su Ming uncomfortable. The effect had already been reduced to its utmost limit. In fact, it could already be ignored.
Behind Su Ming, Flame Fiends' Progenitor had an excited look on his face. He might be an Almighty, but this was still the first time he had ever stepped into the four Great True Worlds, and he could even do it with his head held high. This filled him with intense excitement.
By his side, the bald crane's eyes rowed around. When they did so, a smug, naughty grin appeared on its beak. Its eyes sparkled. It seemed to be able to see that there were countless crystals waiting for it, and this was the highest form of enjoyment in its life.
"This area is the fixed Relocation spot near the Barren Lands of Divine Essence. We'll still need about three months before we arrive in Morning Dao Sect," Xu Hui said softly while standing beside Su Ming.
His eyes shone. He stared at the ninety-nine stone platforms around him and sensed an ancient and archaic presence from the cultivators whose expressions had yet to change. He could sense a sharp, glaring presence hidden within them. If it spread out, it would shake the universe.
When Xu Hui saw Su Ming looking towards the ninety-nine people, she told him all she knew. "These ninety-nine seniors of ours are powerful warriors sent from Morning Dao Sect to defend the exit. Their levels of cultivation are a mystery, so the only thing we know is that they practice a cultivation method that is different from ours. It's a strange legacy Art. The sword is their Art, and their swords are like their lives.
"They might be under Morning Dao Sect's jurisdiction, but they only listen to Progenitor Dao Chen's orders. No one else can order them. Their current orders are to stop anyone from the other True Worlds from stepping into this place."
When Su Ming heard it, he stared at the ninety-nine cultivators for another moment before averting his gaze. The hundreds of battleships headed off into the distance. They turned into hundreds of long arcs that charged towards Morning Dao Sect.
They would bring Su Ming to receive his challenges and trials, and to be given the entire True World to become the real Dynast!
Su Ming stood at the bow of the ship. As he watched the galaxy, he sensed that the power of Bright Yang truly did not cause any form of discomfort to him. By then, seven days had passed.
During them, the galaxy had been empty. Not a single planet appeared within sight. At that moment, seven days later, Su Ming saw an array of planets before him.
"This region belongs to Morning Dao Sect. The cultivators in all the planets are tribes under its jurisdiction. The west and north still belong to Morning Dao Sect, but the west and east regions have been conquered by the Immortals' Union and have become a war zone," Xu Hui said softly while pointing towards the planets before them.
"There lies the Tadris. They are people of Sect Elder Mo Da, who is one of the three thousand Great Sect Elders in Morning Dao Sect. The categorizations of social status are very strict and like a tower. There is only one person at the top of the tower, and he is Progenitor Dao Chen, who has been in isolation for many years.
"He is not just the master of Morning Dao Sect, but also the Kalpa Lord of True Morning Dao World. He protects the entire True Morning Dao World, and the only person above him is the True Progenitor, who is also known as the Sublime Paragon.
"However, there is a veil of mystery surrounding the Progenitor. No one knows where he is and who he is.
"Under the Progenitor is the Council of Sect Masters. It decides most of the things in Morning Dao Sect. There are a total of seventy-two people in the Council of Sect Masters, and each of them is an incredibly powerful existence.
"These people seldom venture out, and they are in isolation most of the time. Three of them will wake up once every century to decide the matters in Morning Dao Sect for a decade.
"Under the Council of Sect Masters are… the ten Great Dynasts, who are usually just empty existences, but who now have shown up. Including you, all ten Great Dynasts have to be in control of a chamber. It is originally empty, so you will have to add things in it on your own.
"Under the ten Great Dynasts are 333 Gods, 666 Immortals, and 999 Saints. These people have incredibly noble statuses, and they can be said to be people in Morning Dao Sect who decide the destiny. They are usually deep in slumber and will not venture out easily. Once they appear, they will destroy everything.
"All of these are the powerful of Morning Dao Sect's Inner Sect. Unless it runs into a disaster that threatens to destroy it, they will not appear.
"The ones in Outer Sect are Morning Dao Sect's four chambers: Sect Elder Chamber, War Chamber, World Protection Chamber, and last… is the chamber which only the ten Great Dynasts can control. It has been a decoration for many years, and even the Council of Sect Masters cannot interfere with it—the Palace Chamber!"
As the battleships moved forward, Xu Hui explained the structure of Morning Dao Sect to Su Ming in a soft whisper. Some of the things she told him were part of Dao Kong's memories, so as they overlapped with the things Xu Huy said, Su Ming got a clearer picture of Morning Dao Sect.
Xu Hui continued speaking, telling him everything that she knew. The battleships continued forward, and after a moment, they approached the planets.
Long arcs flew up from those planets. They were packed densely together and numbered to tens of thousands. When the cultivators flew up, they bowed together towards the battleship where Su Ming stood.
There were around a dozen people who bowed towards Su Ming with respect on their faces while standing in front of all the cultivators.
"Greetings, Greater Sect Member!" As these people spoke, the tens of thousands of people behind immediately bowed and repeated the words. "Greetings, Greater Sect Member!"
Their words echoed in all directions. Even in the galaxy, their voices still sounded like thunder roaring. There was fervent zeal and respect on their faces, as if just one sentence from the Greater Sect Member they addressed would be enough for their whole race to rush out in obedience!
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Chapter 1051: Hang It at the Bow of the Ship!
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"Besides the Palace Chamber, the other three chambers from Morning Dao Sect are under the jurisdiction of the Sect Masters who awaken once every century. All the people have to listen to their orders and fulfill all their requests.
"The most famous among them is the Sect Elder Chamber. There are ninety-nine Chamber Elders, seven hundred Grand Sect Elders, three thousand Great Sect Elders, and thirty thousand ordinary Sect Elders.
"The ordinary Sect Elders can take in disciples as they please. Their disciples form the members of the perimeter surrounding the Sect Elder Chamber, and their numbers… are difficult to estimate." While Xu Hui spoke of Morning Dao Sect's structure, Su Ming stared at the tens of thousands of cultivators worshiping him near the planets in the distance and remembered his Master, Tian Xie Zi.
His senior brothers once mentioned that Tian Xie Zi was taken in as a disciple by a Sect Elder from Morning Dao Sect. Once it correlated with Xu Hui's words, Su Ming gained a better understanding of the Sect Elder Chamber located in the Outer Sect of Morning Dao Sect.
"The Sect Elder Chamber's mission is to control all races and forces of power in True Morning Dao World like a spider web. With the passage of time, they had turned the entire True Morning Dao World into a gigantic net.
"The chaos brought by the Immortals' Union was out of Morning Dao Sect's expectations, which is related to the Sect Elder Chamber.
"The War Chamber is a force of power that makes all races in Morning Dao Sect tremble. They are like a sharp blade, and whenever it strikes, blood will flow out in rivers…
"The War Cultivators number to one million, and they execute destruction. They are the greatest force in the rebellion waged by the Immortals' Union.
"The next is the World Protection Chamber. They won't join the internal strife within the True World so easily, and they are stationed at the edges of True Morning Dao World to prevent the invasion from other True Worlds. They are the strongest chamber with such a task.
"Only when Morning Dao Sect is close to destruction will they take action, because when they take action, then there is a high possibility that True Morning Dao Sect will be invaded by the other True Worlds.
"The ninety-nine people you saw just now were members from the World Protection Chamber. As long as they are not asked to leave their spots, they will defend the exit to the Barren Lands of Divine Essence.
"The last are the ten Great Palace Chambers. Since they have only existed in name for ages, not even I know what sort of mission they'll have once Morning Dao Sect activates them."
As Xu Hui spoke, Su Ming stared at the planets getting closer to them. He watched the cultivators worshiping him, and he could sense the strength and size of Morning Dao Sect.
The people before him clearly were their own race, and they were definitely not small in number. If there were tens of thousands of cultivators who possessed the power to fly out of their planets, then there would definitely be even more people who remained below. Even though they did not possess the power to fly out of their planets, they would definitely possess combat abilities.
Su Ming even saw quite a number of people who were Lords of World Planes among who had flown out. Some of the dozen-something at the forefront of the group were clearly in the later stage of World Plane Realm. In fact, there were three among them who were in Lunar Kalpa Realm, and one of them was in Solar Kalpa Realm.
These people far surpassed what power the Berserkers possessed in Su Ming's memories. Yet… when that powerful race saw the battleships from Morning Dao Sect, all of its people came forth to pay their respects together. With the greatest form of greeting, they demonstrated their respect towards Morning Dao Sect.
Su Ming was silent. He knew that Morning Dao Sect was very powerful. After all, it was the strongest existence in a True World, and they were the master of an entire galaxy. However, it was just a thought in his mind before. Even if he had Dao Kong's memories, he had not directly perceived Morning Dao Sect's strength, but… when he saw an entire race worshiping him, he could feel the majesty and grandeur of Morning Dao Sect.
After all, there were plenty of races in True Morning Dao Sect. In fact, there were quite a number which were even more powerful than the people in front of them. However, before the chaos brought by the Immortals' Union, all of them and all the sects had obeyed Morning Dao Sect and regarded Dao Chen as their master.
A great wave of sentiment rose in Su Ming's heart. Because of that, he did not notice that the bald crane behind him looked ahead with sparkling eyes. They had a crystalline glow, as though there were countless crystals shining in them. The bald crane was so excited that it was shivering. The emotion on its face had already reached its peak. It moved forward with the hundreds of battleships, but the instant they approached the cultivators from the race worshiping Su Ming, it rushed out.
"Crystals! Give me all your crystals! I want crystals! Give me ten thousand— No, fifty thousand— Darn it all, give me one hundred thousand crystals!" The bald crane had been holding it in for half a day. As it roared, it demanded a sum that it believed to be a large number of crystals.
When it spoke, all the cultivators were immediately stunned, along with the dozen something people in front and even the cultivators on the battleships beside Su Ming. All of them had strange expressions.
Xu Hui sighed and shook her head, but did not speak. Su Ming frowned, but when he saw the bald crane's excitement, he did not take any action to put a stop to its excitement.
The entire galaxy fell silent at that moment. Only the bald crane's voice continued echoing. Several breaths later, the old man in Solar Kalpa Realm lifted his right hand and struck his storage bag with a strange expression. He then brought out an emerald green bag and pushed it towards the bald crane.
"There are one million crystals in here. Please accept it, Great Sect Member."
The bald crane's eyes went wide. It seized the bag and quickly opened it. With a solemn expression, it scrutinized its contents several times before it beamed and swiftly returned to Su Ming's side. It hugged the bag, and powerful light shone in its eyes.
'I'm rich! I'm rich! Darn it all, if we continue like this, I'll definitely be rich!'
With the respect from the tens of thousands of cultivators whose hearts were filled with a strange feeling, Su Ming and the group gradually left into the distance. The area around them was silent. No one spoke, but there would be someone who would occasionally sneak a glance at Flame Fiends' Progenitor.
The old man had originally stood beside the bald crane. But by then, he had taken a few steps backwards while sighing with great emotion in his heart. If it was him, he would have definitely asked for eight hundred million or one billion. The bald crane had shouted for half a day, but only asked for one hundred thousand, and the other party had even given it a lot more than what it initially asked. This was so embarrassing…
Su Ming decided to close his eyes. Once he sat down cross-legged, he acted as if he did not hear the bald crane counting crystals behind him. After several days, the it let out a shrill scream. That scream instantly attracted the attention of the cultivators around them. When they turned their heads towards it, they saw the bald crane shuddering and screaming with gritted teeth.
"Damn it, damn it! He lied to me! This isn't one million crystals. Three crystals are lacking. I still need three more before I reach one million. I'm going to die, this Grandpa Crane is going to die! How could I have miscalculated? I'm still missing three, aarrgghhhh… My crystals…" the bald crane screamed shrilly while its body shuddered as if it had lost the most important thing in its life.
"My cute crystals, my beautiful crystals, my crystals which are even more important than my life… Damn it, I'm going to die, I'm seriously going to die."
When the crowd heard those words, their hearts calmed down. There was no longer a strange expression in their gazes, but instead, it had turned into one of respect.
They respected… an existence that was so obsessed with crystals that it would replace everything about it.
That respect grew even more when the bald crane's pained screams and endless chatter lasted for ten days. It continued trying to persuade Su Ming to turn back and return to the planets to regain those three missing crystals. The drive powered by its obsession alarmed the cultivators, and they were ashamed that they could not match up to it.
There was also a new form of respect that took shape in their gazes when they looked towards Su Ming. If it were them, they would have been driven mad a long time ago by the bald crane, but he continued to sit with his expression unchanging. He would even occasionally respond…
In the end, even Flame Fiends' Progenitor could stand it no longer. He seized his bosom with his right hand and brought out three crystals to the bald crane.
"That's yours, not mine. Even if you give me three crystals, I'm still missing three!" The bald crane caught those crystals, but its piercing voice still echoed in space.
Su Ming was already used to it. It was not the first time the bald crane had showed its extreme obsession towards the crystals.
Time passed by slowly like that, and another month passed with the hundreds of battleships charging forward through the galaxy. They passed by various planets, and the bald crane would extort each one, which made it more and more excited. However, even so, it was still obsessed with the three crystals it had missed because it had miscalculated.
When they were only seven days away from Morning Dao Sect, Zhu You Cai, who had his eyes shut since the beginning while standing behind Su Ming, suddenly opened his eyes. A brilliant light shone in them.
Next was the bald crane. Its endless chatter fell silent abruptly. A glint appeared in the eyes of Flame Fiends' Progenitor. The nine old Frail Darknesses all opened their eyes a slit.
The battleships instantly shone with a powerful light. The expressions of the cultivators on them became grim.
All the people's gazes instantly landed on the planet before them.
More accurately speaking, it was not a planet, but a gigantic egg!
Its surface was filled was uneven. It was just like a gigantic stone, which was why it looked like a planet, but in truth, it was a huge egg.
The mighty pressure spreading out from it was so strong that even Zhu You Cai had opened his eyes, a telling sign of how strong was the life being nursed in it. There were dozens of cultivators flying around at that moment. One of them stood in space with his arms over his chest and was watching Su Ming approach the area with a cold sneer.
There was a half-naked young man sitting on the huge egg. In his hand he held a beast bone and was biting on it, making crunching noises. His hair spilled all over his shoulders, and a primitive, savage presence spread out from his body. His eyes were narrowed and starting the fleet of battleships before him.
"What a grand parade. So you are Dao Kong, one of the people who belong to those who can be considered my grandchildren, but one who still managed to become a Dynast and whom I have never met before?" The young man's eyes were as sharp as blades. They instantly swept past the people on the battleships to land on Su Ming.
As he spoke, he bit through the beast bone in his hand. Once he ate all of it, he picked up the Constellation Robe beside him and wiped his hands on it before wiping his mouth. With a glare, an awe-inspiring presence came from his body, and he held none of it back.
"I've seen plenty of your ancestors. How dare you not pay your respects to me? When your father was still a nobody, he did not have the courage to not kneel before me. Go back and ask that damn mother of yours whether she still remembers Dao Fei Feng, having seen me in the rain one thousand years ago! Who even are you? Get over here!"
"Dao Fei Feng, he is…" Xu Hui's pupils shrank. She was about to introduce him, but Su Ming was faster.
"Take his head and hang it on the bow of my ship. We'll bring it back to Morning Dao Sect."
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Chapter 1052: Your Grandfather Is a Dog?
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Su Ming said those words casually, his expression remaining as calm as ever without a single change, but a freezing glare had already appeared in his eyes. The arrogant young man in front of him was not enough for Su Ming to feel an emotion change to the point where one of the three personalities would appear, or more accurately speaking, this young man did not have the right to see the gray or crimson Su Ming.
His voice was still echoing in the galaxy. Even though he had not spoken loudly, it sounded as if there was thunder roaring in space, and the young man with the primitive and savage presence was momentarily stunned. He then started laughing loudly. The dozens of cultivators beside him had mocking smiles, and there was an air of those who were thought themselves supreme in their expressions, a contemptuous attitude towards Su Ming and his group.
"Interesting, you want to hang my head on the bow of your ship? Have you trained so much that you went mad? Or is it because you've become so excited after you were conferred the title of a Dynast that you forgot yourself? Who gave you the right to talk to me like that?" Powerful killing intent rose swiftly in the young man's eyes. As he spoke, the arrogance in his laughter became even stronger.
In truth, it was hard to blame the young man for being so arrogant. At that moment, Flame Fiends' Progenitor had restrained his power upon stepping into True Morning Dao World. He was dressed in a crimson long robe, with his head covered. After all, they were in True Morning Dao World, and as a member of the alien race from Divine Essence Star Ocean, he was filled with uneasiness towards that place, si he had instinctively hidden his presence.
As for Zhu You Cai, if he did not have the mighty pressure formed by his cultivation base spreading out from his power, other people would find it hard to figure out his level of cultivation. At that moment, he only seemed like he was around World Plane Realm.
In the young man's eyes, besides Xu Hui being in Lunar Kalpa Realm, only Su Ming alone could pressure him slightly, but since he had dared to come there, he would naturally have confidence in himself.
As his words echoed in the galaxy, Su Ming replied flatly with a calm expression.
"I'll give you ten breaths. Kill all of his followers first."
Su Ming's calm words were filled with a harsh tone. They echoed in the people's ears, but only appeared in the heart of Flame Fiends' Progenitor, so he would understand that they were directed at him.
A wild and untamed laughter came from beneath the crimson long robe, and the instant it spread through the galaxy, it stirred up a large amount of ripple. Flame Fiends' Progenitor wrapped his fist in his palm towards Su Ming.
"Don't worry, Your Highness."
Once he finished speaking, he took a step forward. When his foot landed, he stepped into the galaxy. It roared, and a huge vortex appeared beneath his foot. The vortex's appearance immediately caused the galaxy around him to start moving backwards like flowing water, and the pupils of followers beside the young men shrank.
When Flame Fiends' Progenitor stepped into the galaxy, his wild laughter spread out, and he slowly raised his head. He stretched out his claw-like, dried-up right hand and slowly pulled back the crimson hood over his head to reveal the emaciated, ugly face. His red pupils seemed to contain burning flames in them, and at that moment, he looked like an evil monster who had descended into the world. At the instant he revealed his face, his power also erupted from his body without any holding back.
The power of an Almighty in Mastery Realm spread out through the galaxy with loud booming sounds, causing the young man's expression to change drastically. His followers had had derision on their faces, but at that moment, their expressions changed into shock and disbelief.
It brought great joy to Flame Fiends' Progenitor. Just as he was about to say something while laughing wildly…
"Seven!"
The bald crane was someone who craved nothing but chaos in the universe. At that moment, a thought formed in its head, and it immediately shouted a number in correspondence to Su Ming's order just then.
Once the bald crane shouted the number, all the people beside Su Ming looked towards it with a strange expression. Flame Fiends' Progenitor shouted loudly and took a step forward to close in on the young man.
All of this happened at lightning speed. The young man's face instantly turned pale.
"A… A Master of Fate, Lives, and Death!"
No matter what, he had not expected that there would be an Almighty who was a Master of Fate, Lives, and Death beside Dao Kong. Almighties were incredibly noble existences in his heart. He might be a direct descendant of Morning Dao Sect, but he did not have the right to have the sect send this sort of person to his side.
His mind was blank at that moment. It was also during that moment that shrill screams of pain came from one of his followers' mouths. That man's body was engulfed in flames before being reduced to ashes. Only his pained screams were still echoed in space.
Flame Fiends' Progenitor licked his lips and walked out of the space where the cultivator had disappeared.
"Nine!" the bald crane immediately shouted at the top of its lungs.
Anger appeared in the eyes of Flame Fiends' Progenitor. He did not have time to talk about anything else and brought his arms up before swinging them sideways. A purple sea of fire erupted from his body and turned into a gigantic palm of flames.
It seized the space upwards. If anyone was to look over from the distance, the palm of flames that was around one million feet big would look as if it occupied the whole galaxy.
As it went to seize the space upwards, the galaxy rumbled. Ripples spread out. When the universe trembled, all the followers beside the young were reduced to ashes. Beside the young man and the gigantic egg under his feet were gone. In fact, they did not even have time to scream in pain before their bodies and souls were destroyed.
When the palm of flames disappeared, there was a smug tone in the bald crane's piercing screech as it reverberated in space. "Ten, darn it all! It's been ten breaths, and you didn't complete your orders!"
Flame Fiends' Progenitor turned his head around and glared at the bald crane. At that moment, Dao Fei Feng, who was on top of the huge egg in the galaxy in front of Su Ming looked at them with pale face. Shock and panic was in his eyes. When the palm of flames had closed in on him, he had a strong feeling that he was about to die. If the strange egg had not sent forth its gentle power to surround him at the end, then the strike just then would have been the final scene he saw in his life.
He suddenly felt that he was a laughable fool. He had been so arrogant and had even specially waited for Dao Kong and his group with the intention of intimidating him so that he would give up on his title as a Dynast on his own.
To him, no matter how strong Dao Kong was, he was not his opponent. Most of the followers he brought were in the later stage of World Plane Realm. There were even three of them who were in Lunar Kalpa Realm, and Dao Fei Feng himself was between Lunar Kalpa Realm and Solar Kalpa Realm. Such a level of cultivation and force of power had caused him to be incredibly confident.
In fact, he had even thought that Dao Kong's words just then had been ridiculously funny. His orders about beheading him and putting his head on the bow of the ship had brought out a need to mock him, and he had also wanted to see just what caused Dao Kong to be so confident.
However… Dao Kong's expression had never changed. He only mentioned casually that he would only give ten breaths to complete his order, and Dao Fei Feng had lost all his followers in a moment.
Flame Fiends' Progenitor glared at the bald crane. When he saw that Su Ming's expression remained the same and did not change, he became nervous and quickly turned around with killing intent to stare at Dao Fei Feng, who was the only one left.
"Damn it, why didn't you die just now?"
Flame Fiends' Progenitor might be an Almighty, but he was not a cultivator and had not come to possess his level of cultivation through epiphanies. Instead, with his inborn ability from his race, he had gained his power by devouring plenty of his people. Only then did he obtain his power, which was why his emotions fluctuated a lot more. At that moment, he was worried that Su Ming was already displeased with him, which was why he directed all his resentment on the young man who did not die. As he spoke, he charged towards him.
"I am a direct descendant from Morning Dao Sect. This is a fight between us in the family. Senior, please… please don't interfere. This is a competition between the members of Morning Dao Sect…"
Dao Fei Feng's expression changed. The huge egg beneath him swiftly retreated while his pleas tumbled out of his mouth.
"Senior, which chamber do you belong to? I have the order from the Sect Elder Chamber with me, please do not attack!"
As Dao Fei Feng retreated, he brought out a white plate from his bosom while speaking loudly. He was anxious and nervous, but he was also confident that once he brought the plate out, the Almighty from Morning Dao Sect before him would hesitate for a moment.
"Darn you and your Sect Elder Chamber!" Flame Fiends' Progenitor roared, subconsciously using the bald crane's catchphrase. He rushed forward, and in Dao Fei Feng's disbelieving gaze, he closed in on him. The huge egg shuddered, and a gentle screen of light appeared, so Flame Fiends' Progenitor attack landed on it and not the young man.
With a bang, the screen of light started swaying furiously, and Dao Fei Feng was shaken so badly by the tremors that he coughed up a mouthful of blood.
"You aren't dead yet?"
Flame Fiends' Progenitor immediately felt as if anger was out to burn him from the inside. He was a great Almighty, but he could not kill a small cultivator who was halfway into Solar Kalpa Realm within two consecutive attacks. All of that might have been due to the peculiarity of the huge egg, but with the others watching, it became something incredibly embarrassing for Flame Fiends' Progenitor.
Th smug and contemptuous laughter from the bald crane was especially aggravating.
"Die! Die! DIE!"
Flame Fiends' Progenitor charged forward, and ooming sounds reverberated in the galaxy. A screen of light stirred up from the huge egg. It continued distorting before it eventually crumbled with a bang. As it shattered into pieces, Dao Fei Feng coughed up blood again. His body withered, and he looked as if he had lost half his life. Fear and terror that had never appeared in his eyes before showed up.
"Ancestor, please save me!"
At the instant his words were spoken, cracks spread through the gigantic egg beneath him. A black head of a dog rushed out from within to bite Flame Fiends' Progenitor.
"Huh? Your ancestor is a dog? Damn it, and it's even a black dog! This is a humiliation! You're humiliating me!" The bald crane had originally been content with just watching the fun, but at that moment, it glared at the dog and became unreasonably angry.
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Chapter 1053: Who Even Are You?
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Su Ming's expression had not changed since the start. It did not matter to him what status this Dao Fei Feng had or what sort of person existed behind him. Since he dared to block him, then his end was already determined.
Since Su Ming had returned to True Morning Dao World, he would not choose to keep a low profile. All those who provoked him would have to come face to face with his killing intent. He would kill until he became infamous, kill until the heavens were overturned, kill until he became a nightmare that would cause others to shiver, and kill… until he became a memory that would cause people to quiver even after many years has passed in True Morning Dao World.
As the bald crane wailed at the top of its lungs, the huge egg beneath Dao Fei Feng shattered. Its howls reverberated in space… and a gigantic beast with seven heads stepped out.
Those seven heads were all dog heads, and they were packed densely on the ferocious beast's single neck, causing it to look incredibly frightening. Its entire body was black. At that moment, all seven dog heads howled and charged toward Flame Fiends' Progenitor.
With an indifferent expression, Su Ming raised his right hand.
"All battleships, activate the power of the Rune and attack." Su Ming's right hand fell to point at the spot where Dao Fei Feng stood.
When he said those words, the hearts of all the cultivators on the battleships around him froze. However, they instantly sat down and activated the Rune. Right away, the battleships shone with a dazzling light, and waves of destructive presence spread in all directions.
When the presence from the battleships appeared, Dao Fei Feng's expression changed drastically.
"Y-y-you… this is a battle between us. I can let the fact that you asked your follower to attack me slide, but how dare you use the power of the battleships!"
Almost the moment he said those words, the galaxy shuddered. A loud bang surged into the heavens. During that instant, all the battleships activated their Runes at full speed. With loud rumbling sounds, hundreds of light pillars shot out to charge towards Dao Fei Feng.
The galaxy trembled. The loud bangs were even louder than thunder. The light pillars all landed where Dao Fei Feng stood. If the seven-headed beast had not swiftly moved in front of him to protect him, then that place would have been reduced into emptiness, and the already heavily injured Dao Fei Feng would have been injured even more.
But even though he was protected, the seven-headed ferocious beast had been forced to take the full brunt of the attack from the hundreds of light pillars. In the midst of the booming sounds, it was forced back continuously. At the instant the booming ended, the ferocious beast let out a loud wail. It was reduced to a bloody mess, but it turned around swiftly to glare at Su Ming before seizing Dao Fei Feng in its mouth and changing into a long arc to charge into the distance, intending to escape.
Anger flashed in the eyes of Flame Fiends' Progenitor. He felt incredibly outraged by the events that happened due to his level of cultivation. First was that huge and strange egg putting a stop to his divine ability, and next came that ferocious beast. It had thick skin and could even withstand his divine ability head-on. This caused Flame Fiends' Progenitor to suddenly suspect that… his level of cultivation had regressed when he entered True Morning Dao World.
But the moment he wanted to give chase, a freezing glare shone in Su Ming's eyes. With a calm gaze, he took a step forward, and when his foot landed, he moved past Flame Fiends' Progenitor. Then, he took another step forward to appear in the distant galaxy, right in front of the seven-headed ferocious beast.
A ruthless glare shone in the ferocious beast's eyes. At the instant killing intent shone in the eyes of Dao Fei Feng, who was still in the beast's mouth, Su Ming brought his right hand up and gave the ferocious beast a seemingly casual slap.
"You overestimate yourself. Without that Almighty beside you, a puny cultivator like you is just asking for death!" Dao Feng let out a low growl. But just as he was about to fly out, the pupils of the seven-headed ferocious beast shrank in disbelief.
A… power that surpassed the Almighties in Mastery Realm erupted from Su Ming's single strike. It could easily destroy a planet and collapse an entire galaxy. In fact, even if Almighties in Fate Realm ran into it, their hearts would tremble. And that strike landed on the ferocious beast.
With a bang, Su Ming's palm pressed on space, and the ferocious beast screamed shrilly in pain. Its body fell backwards as blood gushed out of it. Six of the seven heads exploded at the same time. As they were reduced to bloody mess, even Dao Fei Feng was affected by the remnants of that power. He coughed up fresh blood, and his body was flung outwards. This scene caused Dao Fei Feng to shudder. Blood flowed out nonstop from his mouth, and when he looked at Su Ming, his gaze was filled with disbelief and stupefaction.
The ferocious beast which only had one head left had a muddled consciousness at that moment. There was no longer any thought about saving Dao Fei Feng in its head. The only thing that remained was to run! With every ounce of its strength, it had to run away.
It sensed a presence that caused it to tremble from Su Ming. That presence might be barely discernible, but it was… a power that seemed to be able to destroy the entire universe.
Su Ming had an indifferent expression on his face. As he stood in the galaxy, he lifted his right hand, and immediately, a purple-black fog surrounded his arm to turn into the Life Inequity Spear. Once he held it in his hand, he threw it towards the dog-headed beast fleeing into the distance.
The Life Inequity Spear charged forward with a strange whistle to form a long arc. It ripped through the galaxy and sliced through space. The whistles sounded like Life Inequity Spear's soul crying out in excitement. There was an excitement contained in them that seemed filled with a wish to destroy all lives. With a loud bang, it pierced the dog-headed beast's neck, dragging its large body towards the battleships.
With a bang, the Life Inequity Spear shot into the hundreds of battleships. It might have pierced the bow of the gigantic ship that belonged to Su Ming, but it did not destroy the ship's structure. Instead… it pinned the ferocious dog's body to the ship.
All of this might have seemed to have happened over a long period of time, but in truth, it only took the span of a few breaths before it was over. It was so quick that it caused the people in the area to instantly fall into dead silence. With a calm expression, Su Ming turned around and looked towards the dazed Dao Fei Feng not too far away.
Su Ming's previous words surfaced once again in Dao Fei Feng's mind at that moment. The words which he had thought were ludicrous and had even regarded with derision and scorn were incredibly sharp when they appeared in his head again. They made him tremble, and realize that he had been incredibly presumptuous.
An expression of anguish appeared on his face. When he saw Su Ming taking a step forward, about to approach him, he swiftly retreated while speaking urgently.
"Direct descendants from Morning Dao Sect are forbidden from killing each other. This is my fault, and I'm willing to suffer the consequences for it, I…"
Before he could finish speaking, Su Ming's foot had already landed, and he appeared in front of Dao Fei Feng. He did not say a single thing, but lifted his right hand to seize Dao Fei Feng's throat.
Behead him and hang his head on the bow of the ship—those were Su Ming's previous words, and he would not change them.
"If you kill me, then you have to suffer the punishment from the Council of Sect Masters!" Dao Fei Feng's face turned pale, and despair appeared on his face. As he screamed forlornly, he wanted to dodge his grip. He could sense the killing intent from Su Ming, and that killing intent was so great that just a slight sense of it caused his heart to tremble.
His answer was a cold harrumph from Su Ming. His right arm seemed to slice through the galaxy as if he was cutting through butter with a hot knife. In an instant, he closed in on Dao Fei Feng and went to seize his neck. However, the moment Su Ming's right arm was about to touch Dao Fei Feng, his expression distorted, and he let out the strongest roar in his life.
"Grandfather, save me! Save me!"
With a loud bang, a powerful force tore through the galaxy from the void and forcefully appeared behind Dao Fei Feng in the shape of an old arm that seized Dao Fei Feng's shoulder. That arm yanked his body and changed his position. At the same time, the person who appeared out of nowhere lifted his other arm and crashed it against Su Ming's incoming grip.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Su Ming moved, and the person who had walked out of the void and saved Dao Fei Feng coughed up a mouthful of blood. He staggered several hundreds of feet backwards. When he lifted his head, an old face was revealed. It was an old man who was dressed in a gray, long robe and was filled with an Immortal's air.
He stared at Su Ming in shock, and there was astonishment in his eyes. As he yanked Dao Fei Feng to retreat with him, he spoke urgently,
"I am a Dao Hua Lin, a Great Sect Elder in Sect Elder Chamber. Your Highness, please allow me to save face. I will definitely repay you in the future."
"Help you save face?" Su Ming said faintly. When he lifted his foot, a gigantic moon appeared behind him. At the instant it did, a great commotion rose up. It came from the cultivators on the hundreds of battleships, and it also came from… the old man in gray, and also Dao Fei Feng, who was stupefied again while coughing up blood due to the severe injuries he had suffered.
At the instant the gigantic moon appeared, Su Ming took a step and instantly closed in on the old man. He brought up his right hand, formed a seal, and the moon behind him shone with a piercing tri-colored light.
The old man's expression changed drastically. Immediately, he bit the tip of his tongue, and after he coughed up blood, he shouted towards the blood he coughed up. It shuddered and turned into blood fog before turning into a gigantic ferocious head that had its mouth opened to swallow Su Ming.
Boom!
At the instant his finger touched the head made of blood fog, it collapsed into bits. The old man's face turned pale. He was forced back again, and during that process, he roared.
"You aren't the real Dynast yet! You killed your fellow sect members and disrespected the Sect Elder Chamber! Don't blame me for working with the sect elders to strip you off of your right as a Dynast! Would you want another friend or another enemy?! Dao Kong, give me an answer!"
The old man might have looked a little disheveled and pathetic, but as he spoke, there was an air of him standing high above others. Clearly, as a Great Sect Elder from the Sect Elder Chamber, he had become used to such an attitude, since it was his usual bearing on normal days.
"Who even are you?" Su Ming asked flatly.
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Chapter 1054: The Blood Light in the Galaxy
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"You!" When the old man heard it, anger immediately appeared in his eyes. Since he was one of the Great Sect Elders in the Sect Elder Chamber, every single person who met him in the galaxy would be polite to him, trembling in nervousness, and when they spoke, there would be caution and respect in their voices.
Since he had Dao as his family name, which mean that he was a direct descendant of the Dao Family, he still had quite a high status. There were very few people who would refute him. He was used to people obeying his every word when he spoke, for most people cared about helping him save face. That was why when he came face to face with Su Ming, that one sentence asking him about who he was instantly caused rage to rise in his heart.
"Very well, very well!" Burning with extreme anger, he swung his arm while smiling coldly. "I'd like to see whether you have the courage to kill two fellow sect members from the same family in succession!" As he let out a cold snort, the old man seized Dao Fei Feng and turned around.
Just as he was about to leave…
With a calm expression, Su Ming lifted a foot and took a step forward. The gigantic moon behind him shone with a tri-colored light. When it spread through the galaxy, Su Ming's foot landed and he appeared right next to the old man.
By the time the old man turned around, Su Ming had already stretched out his right hand at the speed of lightning. He went to seize the old man, who roared loudly, bit the tip of his tongue, and coughed up a layer of blood fog. However, almost at the moment that fog formed, Su Ming declared flatly, "Scatter!"
When he said that, the gigantic tri-colored moon behind him shone even brighter. Immediately, the galaxy around him looked as if its laws had scattered before gathering together again. As the invisible laws changed, the blood fog scattered at the speed of lightning. The moment it happened, Su Ming's right hand appeared in front of the old man. He seized Dao Fei Feng, and when he yanked him backwards, he dragged the pale-stricken and despair-filled youth from the old man's hands.
"Grandfather, save me, save me…"
Dao Fei Feng was scared out of his wits. The fear in his heart had reached its peak, for he could sense a merciless coldness from Su Ming. As he was pleading for help forlornly, Su Ming flung his right arm, and when he unfurled his fingers, Dao Fei Feng's body was swept away by a great force. He turned into a long arc and rushed toward the fleet of battleships.
With a bang, his pained screams reached their loudest point, and then he was impaled by the hilt of Life Inequity Spear, which was nailed to the bow of the ship.
His chest was pierced through, and together with the dog-headed beast, he was impaled at the bow of the ship. His body convulsed, and a large amount of blood trickled out from his mouth. His eyes gradually grew dull, his head rolled to the side, and he breathed his last.
His Nascent Divinity and soul had been crushed the instant he was stabbed by the Life Inequity Spear.
The area was filled with dead silence. Even the cultivators who belonged to Su Ming on the battleships did not make a sound, staring at Su Ming in shock. After all, killing fellow sect members was strictly prohibited within Morning Dao Sect, so Su Ming… had clearly committed a great offense.
However, Xu Hui's expression remained the same. The nine old Frail Darknesses by her side also did not exhibit any change, as if they were not too worried even though Dao Fei Feng had died.
This scene shocked the old man from the Sect Elder Chamber. He was momentarily stunned, then red appeared in his eyes. Disbelief lingered in them as they glared at Su Ming.
"One of the duties of those in the Sect Elder Chamber is to monitor the people in the family, and we have the right to kill all those who go against the rules of the sect! Dao Kong, you are a direct descendant of our family yet you killed a fellow family member and broke the rules.
"For the offense you've committed, your cultivation base should be destroyed, and an entire galaxy will suppress you until your body and soul are destroyed to serve as a warning for others! With my status as the Great Sect Elder in the Sect Elder Chamber, I bear witness that you… are a criminal!" the old man roared.
The enmity in his eyes was incredibly clear. As he spoke, he lifted his right hand, and immediately, a white plate appeared on his palm. He struck it with his left hand, and the ruthlessness and the venom in his voice was incredibly distinct.
"Dao Fei Feng was the one who provoked us first. With provocative words, he intended to challenge His Highness' right. This is Dynast Dao Kong's first challenger. Based on the orders the Progenitor sent several years ago while he was in isolation, once the heirs appear, the survival of challengers from the sect will not be brought into consideration!" Xu Hui smiled faintly. She lifted her right hand as well, and a blue plate appeared on her palm. At the instant it was brought out, ripples of power immediately spread out from it.
"The Sect Master's plate!"
The old man's expression changed drastically as he stared at the plate in Xu Hui's palm. He took a few staggering steps back, and a complicated look appeared on his face. At that moment, he remembered that even as well. It had been many years since heirs had appeared in Morning Dao Sect, which was why he had overlooked the status and power of Dynasts. He then also remembered the Progenitor sending an order while in isolation stating that those who challenged heirs would forfeit their lives upon loss.
"You are Dao Fei Feng's grandfather. Are you… going to challenge me as well?" Su Ming asked faintly.
That question was like an invisible slap that struck the old man's face, and his expression changed a couple times. Without a single word, he then turned around and changed into a long arc that left swiftly.
Su Ming did not stop the old man. He stared at him leaving into the distance before turning around to walk toward the fleet of battleships. When he reached Flame Fiends' Progenitor, he came to a halt.
Flame Fiends' Progenitor heart let out a thump.
"There will be no next time," Su Ming said faintly, and Flame Fiends' Progenitor quickly lowered his head to show his obedience.
While doing so, he let out a huge sigh of relief in his heart. When he first came into contact with Su Ming in their journey to the fifth kiln, he had regarded the other in derision. But when he showed hostility towards him, his physical body was destroyed, and derision turned into wariness. Then, he plotted against the descendant of Ancient Wu with Su Ming, and the series of things they went through made Flame Fiends' Progenitor to be incredibly wary of Su Ming.
At some point it had changed into respect, and then to fear when they left the fifth kiln and headed to the fifth ocean. In fact, a strange sort of thought had risen in him—as long as he followed Su Ming, then no matter how great the danger they ran into, he would be able to resolve it.
Because of it, Flame Fiends' Progenitor decided to follow Su Ming willingly after just one sentence. With time, his respect become grown greater, and it had already become etched into his soul.
At that moment, as he stared at Su Ming's back, he lowered his head and pulled the crimson hood over his head before returned to the battleship. After a moment, as the hundreds of battleships rumbled, they continued in the direction of Morning Dao Sect. They sliced through space and charged forward.
At the center of the battleships was Su Ming's gigantic battleship, and on its bow was the Life Inequity Spear, nailing… the dog-headed ferocious beast and Dao Fei Feng's corpse.
Time trickled by slowly, and five days gradually passed. During them, Su Ming and his crew passed through several planets, and all the races they ran into would all venture into the galaxy to greet him.
They had also run into several direct descendants of the Dao Family, but when they saw Dao Fei Feng's corpse hanging on the bow of Su Ming's ship, their expressions changed drastically, and all of them turned around and left without any hesitation.
The dead bodies were a blatant deterrent. With them, Su Ming could get rid of many unnecessary disturbances, so the fleet of battleships intimidated everyone wherever he went.
When the fifth day was over, Su Ming stared at the galaxy in the distance, and his pupils shrank slightly.
When he stood near the railing, he could vaguely see a crimson light in the distant galaxy. That light might be faint and rather far from them, but Su Ming could not help but think that the place was filled with an air of slaughter and bloodthirst.
Clearly, that spot where the crimson light was coming from was going through a large-scale slaughter and battle at that moment.
"There are at least one hundred thousand cultivators fighting against each other." A glint appeared in the eyes of Flame Fiends' Progenitor, who licked his lips.
"Crystals, darn it all, how many crystals are there?!" The bald crane's eyes sparkled.
A solemn expression appeared on Xu Hui's face. The nine old Frail Darknesses also stared at the distant galaxy with scrutinizing looks.
"With the battleships' speed, we might need about a day to reach that battlefield. Based on its position… it should at the Relocation spot for which we are heading.
Xu Hui raised her right hand and flipped it over. The Sect Elder's plate appeared on her palm, and when she sneaked a glance at it, she shook her head. "I haven't received any warnings. This battle should have just recently broken out… But based on the location, it is indeed the place to which we are going.
"That's one of the one hundred and eight Relocation spots Morning Dao Sect has in the galaxy. When we reach it, we should be able to return to Morning Dao Sect with the Relocation power there." Xu Hui stood beside Su Ming while speaking softly.
"There aren't any other paths to enter Morning Dao Sect from the areas beyond the sect. The only way is through the one hundred and eight Relocation spots, and we need Morning Dao Sect to correspond with us to activate it. Because of that, even if outsiders took control of the Relocation spot, they won't be able to enter through it.
"It's much easier to leave Morning Dao Sect. We just need to walk to the end in any direction, and we'd be able to move through space to the galaxy of True Morning Dao World.
"The Relocation spot in front of us is the closest one, but it is also located quite near to the region which belongs to the Immortals' Union, but if we circle around this place, we'll need another month or so to enter." Xu Hui looked towards Su Ming.
True Morning Dao World was so big that even if Su Ming had lived for many years in the Barren Lands of Divine Essence, he was still awed. It was much larger than the Barren Lands of Divine Essence.
In truth, if Su Ming was alone, he could shift and soon close the distance. However, there were hundreds of battleships with him, and because of it, his travel speed was naturally slower.
But Su Ming was not in a hurry. He wanted to see more of True Morning Dao World, and since the battle before them was clearly waged by the Immortals' Union, he nodded upon hearing Xu Hui's words. He wanted to see whether he could find any familiar faces on the battlefield.
"Let's head to the Relocation spot in front of us," Su Ming said faintly.
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Chapter 1055: An Old Friend with the Family Name Bei
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
The sound of battle shook the entire universe. As the loud booms echoed in space, they spread outwards. Multi-colored lights from all sorts of divine abilities bloomed like fireworks, bringing about an incredibly beautiful moment that lasted for only an instant.
The bright red blood and its thick stench filled the area and stimulated all the cultivators within it.
Compared to the chaotic war between the Immortals' Union and Morning Dao Sect, the battle in this area a small-scale, with only a hundred thousand something cultivators participating.
There were about eighty thousand cultivators from the Immortals' Union, and they had launched a sudden attack against fifty thousand cultivators that were stationed to defend the Relocation spot.
Two days ago, the eighty thousand cultivators from the Immortals' Union had used some sort of unknown method to suddenly by using the Relocation Rune which was supposed to only be able to send people into Morning Dao Sect. Yet a large number of people from the Immortals' Union had arrived, catching the fifty thousand disciples from Morning Dao Sect stationed in the place unaware, and the battle had begun.
In two days, nearly twenty thousand people had died from the eighty thousand people from the Immortals' Union. Few of their corpses were complete. Most of them were torn to pieces which ended up floating around the area. Blood flowed in all directions, making the stench in the galaxy unbearable.
The price for killing twenty thousand cultivators from the Immortals' Union was twenty thousand Morning Dao Sect's disciples stationed to defend the Rune. The levels of cultivation of these cultivators from Morning Dao Sect surpassed those from the Immortals' Union, but the abrupt arrival of the enemy had injured them severely at the start of the battle, which was why they had suffered the same amount of losses.
The battle kept on going, and the slaughter continued. The cultivators on both sides fought until they were in a state of frenzy. By then, there was a huge eye floating among the army belonging to the Immortals' Union. An aloof air came from that eyeball as it watched the battle.
Beneath it were three middle-aged men surrounded by a ring of old men with powerful presences. One of them had a handsome face. Even though he appeared to be in his middle ages, there was a steadfast maturity to him. He had dashing eyebrows and sparkling eyes, and all those who saw him could imagine that he was definitely an incredibly handsome man while he was still a teenager.
He had his hands placed behind his back and was standing under the eyeball in silence. On his back was a huge bow, and he was dressed in a beautiful, noble long robe. He had an awe-inspiring face, and the presences of the other two people behind him clearly could not match up to his. They only accompanied him.
"Senior Brother Bei, it's been almost three days. With the speed Morning Dao Sect sends their messages, even if we have the method to cut off their communication channels and stall them, if we fail…" the person standing to the left of the man in the beautiful robes said in a low voice.
"That's right, Senior Brother Bei. Testing the people here for three days is already enough for us to complete our task. The fellow Daoists in other places have already returned by now. Should we… retreat?" the person to the right asked right after.
"The union sent us here to test Morning Dao Sect's reaction, and they gave us a few days. The Relocation Interception Art the Sacred Lady has come to understand can intercept the Relocation Runes for seven days, on theory. It can also cause Morning Dao Sect to suffer a seven-day delay in the battles within True Morning Dao World.
"If we leave within three days, then we won't be able to gauge the precise time," the man in the beautiful robes said calmly. His voice was low and brought with it an air of persuasion.
"This is…" The person on his left hesitated for a moment. When he looked as if he wanted to say something, a glint shone in the eyes of the man with the beautiful robes.
"The union has not sent us the call for retreat. Above us is the Eye of the Sacred Temple. Who would dare to leave on their own?! Say no more and deploy the chariots!"
When his words traveled outwards, the people by his side sighed in their hearts. They instinctively cast a glance at the gigantic eye exuding the aloof presence above him before immediately bowing their heads and voicing their obedience. They took a few steps back and sent orders to the cultivators who belonged to the union.
Booming sounds instantly echoed in the area. The space on one side of the battleship distorted before turning into a vortex, and nine gigantic crimson objects with long ferocious horns that were tens upon thousands of feet tall came out. They were chariots because of which the expressions of people from Morning Dao Sect changed at once!
Those were chariots formed from hundreds of thousands of huge swords. The crimson shade made them look as if they were dyed in blood. Harsh presence spread out from them, and they rushed swiftly into the battlefield.
The battle became even more intense. At that moment, at a spot incredibly far away from the battlefield was a region which belonged to the Immortals' Union. A gigantic planet formed by nearly one hundred planets gathered together was located there, and on it was a huge palace floating in midair.
The palace shone with a variety of colors. The land was quiet, and not a single sound could be heard. Only a woman could be found sitting cross-legged.
She was dressed in white and beautiful, but not a hint of emotion could be detected on her. She was as cold as ice, and floating before here were nine balls of light. In each of them were different pictures flashing continuously.
If anyone took a closer look, they would be able to see clearly that there were nine battlefields contained in the balls of light. In the third ball was the region where the man named Bei was located.
The woman in white stared at the balls of light calmly. Occasionally, she would fix her gaze upon one of them. Runic symbols would flash in her eyes, as if she was calculating something.
Time trickled by. As the woman occasionally paid attention to the battles in the balls of light, the third day passed for the galaxy where the man named Bei was located. The small-scale battle had reached an incredibly devastating state there. Many of the people within the Immortals' Union had died, but the people from Morning Dao Sect had also paid a large price.
There were only about ten thousand left from the original fifty thousand. Fatigue filled their hearts, and despair enveloped their bodies. Their associates had died one by one, and the thick stench of blood around them as well as the crazed slaughter launched by the cultivators from the Immortals' Union from all directions caused them to feel as if they were about to break down from fatigue and despair.
'Why isn't the sect sending anyone to help us?!'
'Usually, when we're fighting against the Immortals' Union, reinforcements arrive within a short amount of time, but three days have already passed, so why is no one here yet?!'
'This is a Relocation spot, so it's an incredibly important place to Morning Dao Sect. Why… are they still not here?!'
These questions were shouted loudly in the hearts of the ten thousand something cultivators from Morning Dao Sect as they continued fighting.
'What happened?!'
Behind them were nine huge platforms which formed the Relocation Rune. At that moment, there was an old man standing on one of the platforms. Beside him were three middle-aged men, and there was despair in their downcast expressions.
The old man had his eyes shut. His entire mind and soul fused into the platform under his feet, but a moment later, when he opened his eyes, his face was pale. When he lifted his head, he stared at the galaxy above him. It was the second battlefield. Over there, dozens of cultivators were fighting their way to the heavens.
Nine of the dozens of cultivators belonged to Morning Dao Sect, and they were sent from the War Chamber to defend the Rune. Fighting against them were seventeen cultivators from the Immortals' Union. They had launched a fierce battle against each other in the galaxy above and were holding each other back. They were all in Lunar Kalpa Realm, and they were the strongest cultivators in the place.
'I've already sent a message to alert the sect, but it's been three days… and there isn't any reply. Just what happened? How could this happen?!
'It's enough that they don't send any reinforcements… but why is there no reply for the message I sent back to the sect about the dangers we're facing after I activated the Relocation Rune? If no one from within the sect activates this damn Rune, no one from outside can be sent back.
'But… But these damn cultivators from the Immortals' Union used the Rune to be sent here. How… How did they do this?!' The old man's eyes were bloodshot. He was the Sect Elder stationed to defend the place with the disciples, and he was one of the Great Sect Elders in the Sect Elder Chamber, but at that moment, no matter what status he had, it was of no use.
Just now, he had tried to initiate contact with the sect again, but there was no response. Despair filled his body and soul.
If he ran, then forget whether he would be lucky enough to escape. Even if he did, he would definitely be punished according to how Morning Dao Sect dealt with deserters. Unless he switched sides and joined the Immortals' Union… But what about his kinsmen? They stayed in the galaxy under Morning Dao Sect's jurisdiction. If he fled, then his kinsmen… would face annihilation.
"Great Sect Elder, what should we do?" The three middle-aged men beside the old man looked towards him.
"I'm afraid the reinforcements from the sect won't be coming," the old man said in anguish.
The three men fell silent. The sounds of battle by their ears and the forlorn cries from their disciples before they died stabbed them in the heart.
"Great Sect Elder, perhaps we'll have reinforcements…" Suddenly, one of the three middle-aged men lifted his head.
"I remember that ten days ago, I received an order from the direction of Divine Essence Star Ocean. It told us that Dynast Dao Kong and his group were coming to this place to use the Relocation Rune to head back to Morning Dao Sect, and we were to make preparations beforehand to activate the Rune. Judging by the time, they should arrive soon!"
"Dao Kong… Forget his level of cultivation, even if he really arrives, how many followers would he be able to bring with him? It won't be enough; the blood light has grown so strong it reaches the sky. With the personalities of all direct descendants in Morning Dao Sect, he might have already turned around to head to another Relocation spot. He wouldn't come here."
"But no matter what, he is a Dynast, one of the ten Great Dynasts…"
"So what? I met him many years ago. He might seem kind, but in truth, he's incredibly cold." The group then fell silent.
"Even if we have to fight to death!" The old man laughed brokenly. He threw his head back and roared, and his shout reverberated in the battlefield to fall into the ears of all the disciples from Morning Dao Sect in the area. "For our families, even if we have to fight to the death,
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