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Chapter 126: Negotiations Across the Sea, Beyond the Eleventh Realm of the Five Regions
Chapter 126: Negotiations Across the Sea, Beyond the Eleventh Realm of the Five Regions
Xiao Huo stood straight, his eyes a pure golden color, devoid of any emotional fluctuation.
Lin Yuan was unsurprised by this sight.
To him, Situ Ming was the perfect vessel, and he could take control of his physical body with a mere thought.
After all, everything about Situ Ming was granted by Lin Yuan, and the former was utterly unable to resist, nor did he even have the slightest thought of resistance.
Similarly, in the eyes of the lofty world consciousness, the most perfect vessel was naturally the child of fortune.
As long as the world consciousness willed it, it could descend upon the child of fortune at any time and take control of everything.
In the face of the descent of the world will, the child of fortune could not resist, no matter how strong they were, it would be meaningless.
Years ago, Lin Yuan had intended to force the world consciousness to reveal itself through those three children of fortune.
Unfortunately, the three children of fortune had disappeared from the land of the Five Regions a hundred years ago.
It was only moments ago that the auras of the three children of fortune reappeared, and Lin Yuan immediately rushed over.
In fact, Lin Yuan had no intention of killing the children of fortune.
He was merely pretending to have murderous intentions as a test.
Even if the world consciousness didn't appear in the end, Lin Yuan would have held back.
After all, the children of fortune are blessed by the great fortune of heaven and earth and are the'spokespersons' of the world consciousness. It would be a waste to kill them directly.
Instead of killing them, it would be better to slowly refine the strands of grand fortune from their bodies, as it might be useful for himself.
But Lin Yuan was lucky. With just a slight test, he managed to force the world consciousness to reveal itself.
Lin Yuan speculated that the reason why the world consciousness valued these three children of fortune so much was entirely because it had made numerous investments in them.
If it were a hundred years ago, these three children of fortune would have only been at the ninth realm of strength.
Even if Lin Yuan took action to pursue and kill them, the world consciousness might not have intervened in the end.
The death of a ninth-realm child of fortune would not pose any difficulty in cultivating the next one.
However, the tenth realm, especially these three children of fortune, were at the pinnacle of the tenth realm, just a hair's breadth away from the eleventh realm. Lin Yuan even sensed a kind of correlative aura from these three individuals.
If the three of them joined forces and stimulated the correlative aura within their bodies, they could unleash the strength of the pinnacle of the eleventh realm or even the twelfth realm.
In order to cultivate these three children of fortune, the world consciousness had obviously invested a lot, and it would not allow them to die so easily at Lin Yuan's hands.
"State your demands," Xiao Huo said, his golden eyes expressionless.
At this moment, his own consciousness had fallen asleep, completely replaced by the world consciousness, making him the most powerful existence in this world.
So powerful that even Lin Yuan couldn't compare.
However, the world consciousness was not a living being. Everything it did had to follow the rules, and it couldn't act as wantonly as Lin Yuan.
"I want the martial arts cultivation system to be permanently passed down in this world, thriving for tens of thousands of years," Lin Yuan said.
If he couldn't get the tacit consent of the world consciousness, no matter how much preparation Lin Yuan made, it would be difficult for the martial arts cultivation system to last.
As long as Lin Yuan was in this world, there might not be any unexpected events, but once he left...
Under the suppression of the world consciousness, it was possible that another child of fortune would be nurtured to eradicate the martial arts cultivation system.
"Impossible," Xiao Huo refused outright.
As the absolute ruler of this world, 'He' knew that the first realm to the tenth realm was the most suitable cultivation system for this world.
As for the martial arts cultivation system, although it was not weaker than the native cultivation system, the world consciousness vaguely felt that allowing this cultivation system to rise in the Five Regions was not a good thing.
This cultivation system, which obviously carries the characteristics of a certain existence, might affect Him if it continues to develop for a long time.
Compared to the third world Lin Yuan shuttled through—the Divine Armament World—the world consciousness in this world was much more complete, and it could make the most beneficial decisions for itself.
"Impossible," Lin Yuan's expression remained unchanged.
Since the world consciousness did not leave immediately, there was still room for negotiation, and Lin Yuan had made an overly ambitious demand, leaving much room for compromise.
Outside the bamboo forest.
Yang Bixin and Shen Lang's faces turned pale.
When the world consciousness descended upon Xiao Huo just now, it casually threw them out.
Obviously, it didn't want these two to hear Lin Yuan and its direct conversation.
Lin Yuan had no objections to this.
"Xiao Huo..."
Yang Bixin's lips trembled slightly.
The strength of that Demon Lord, Summer Houyuan, far exceeded their imagination.
Before meeting Summer Houyuan, the three of them had ambitious plans and devised a series of strategies.
For example, what if Summer Houyuan made the first move?
Or, what if they made the first move?
And finally, how to protect themselves if they couldn't defeat Summer Houyuan...
However.
When they truly faced Summer Houyuan, the three of them realized how naive their thoughts had been.
Ambitious plans?
A series of strategies?
No amount of preparation could make up for the gap in absolute strength.
In front of Summer Houyuan, the three of them could do nothing but await their judgment, like insignificant ants.
If it hadn't been for Xiao Huo... Thinking of this, Yang Bixin and Shen Lang exchanged glances.
As peak tenth-realm powerhouses, they were far inferior to Summer Houyuan, but they could tell that Xiao Huo had been replaced by the world consciousness.
However, they also sensed that Xiao Huo seemed like a changed person.
And Xiao Huo's change directly caused Summer Houyuan to stop, even expelling them and not allowing them to listen to the conversation between the two.
"Could it be..."
Shen Lang had a hidden suspicion in his heart.
He had received the legacy of an eleventh-realm powerhouse from fifty thousand years ago, and he knew many of the world's secrets, including the description of the world consciousness.
However, in the description of that eleventh-realm powerhouse, the world consciousness was referred to by another name.
The Dao of Heaven.
Or the Lord of Heaven.
"What should we do now?"
Yang Bixin asked in a low voice.
She glanced at the direction of the bamboo forest, which was now hazy, as if it were another world.
"What should we do?"
Shen Lang thought for a while and helplessly said, "Let's wait here."
He understood what Yang Bixin meant—she was asking if they should take this opportunity to leave.
However...
The three of them had just emerged from the underground world moments ago when Summer Houyuan appeared.
This meant that if Summer Houyuan wanted to find them, it would be extremely easy. With Summer Houyuan's strength, even if they took this opportunity to leave, as long as he still had murderous intentions towards them, they wouldn't be able to escape.
Rather than do that...
It was better to stay and wait for the conversation between the two inside to end.
If 'Xiao Huo' persuaded Summer Houyuan, they wouldn't need to escape.
And if he couldn't, then even if they fled to the ends of the earth, they would still meet their end.
Upon hearing this, Yang Bixin fell silent.
As clever as she was, she could also think of these possibilities, but her heart was too shaken, and she had blurted out such a question.
Half a quarter of an hour later.
Under the watchful eyes of Yang Bixin and Shen Lang.
The hazy space in the distance where the bamboo forest was located gradually became clear.
Yang Bixin and Shen Lang saw this but did not act rashly. Instead, they waited for another two hours before mustering the courage to approach.
Soon.
They found the unconscious Xiao Huo at the original location.
As for Summer Houyuan, he had long since disappeared without a trace.
The two quickly stepped forward, supporting Xiao Huo, and used their respective methods to heal his injuries.
Not long after.
Xiao Huo slowly regained consciousness.
"What happened?"
Xiao Huo felt as if his head was about to split open, as if it had been stirred by some enormous being for days and nights.
Yang Bixin and Shen Lang immediately revealed everything they knew.
"I felt like I turned into a different person just now," Yang Bixin said.
Xiao Huo took a moment to calm himself and frowned in thought.
The three continued their discussion for a while longer.
Unlike when they had first emerged from the underground world, Xiao Huo and the others no longer dared to mention Summer Houyuan.
Under the vast canopy of the sky, Lin Yuan wore a pensive expression.
He had just spent half an hour in conversation with the world consciousness, barely managing to reach a consensus.
The world consciousness promised to allow the martial arts cultivation system to spread and thrive in this world for tens of thousands of years, without directly or indirectly interfering with it.
This outcome met Lin Yuan's expectations.
As long as the world consciousness didn't act against it in secret after he left, the safeguards Lin Yuan had put in place would ensure the stable transmission of the martial arts cultivation system for a long time to come.
As for what would happen after that? There would likely be many people who would have gained profound insights into the martial arts cultivation system by then, enough to ensure its continued transmission.
Of course, the world consciousness only made such a concession because Lin Yuan had made a promise in return.
"The Eye of the North Sea," Lin Yuan murmured, looking northward.
To be precise, he was referring to the area beyond the boundless sea to the north.
Over a hundred years ago, Lin Yuan had sensed the appearance of a 'black hole' there, constantly devouring the vital energy of the world.
This black hole was what the world consciousness referred to as the 'Eye of the North Sea'.
The Eye of the North Sea had suddenly appeared in this world tens of thousands of years ago.
Since then, the vital energy of the world had begun to slowly decline, and without this energy to support it, the upper limit of the world had gradually fallen.
The world consciousness had made efforts to address this issue, and over the millennia, whenever a Tenth Realm expert was born in the Five Regions, it would subtly suggest that they go to the Eye of the North Sea to try and seal or suppress it.
However, the results were minimal; they could only prevent the Eye from expanding, but it still devoured the world's vital energy relentlessly.
From the world consciousness, Lin Yuan also learned that the place with the most powerful experts in this world was not the Five Regions.
It was the region around the Eye of the North Sea.
For tens of thousands of years, the world consciousness had been hinting to powerful experts to go there in an attempt to resolve the issue of the Eye.
Generation after generation, these experts had put down roots in the region around the Eye.
As a result, the area around the Eye of the North Sea was not lacking in Tenth Realm experts, and there were even some Eleventh Realm experts.
"The world consciousness must have been cultivating those three children of fortune to borrow their power to suppress the Eye of the North Sea," Lin Yuan mused to himself.
Together, those three children of fortune could unleash the power of the peak of the Eleventh Realm or even the Twelfth Realm, making them peerless even in the region around the Eye of the North Sea.
"The Eye of the North Sea," Lin Yuan said, his eyes deep with thought.
He had promised the world consciousness that he would do his best to repair the Eye, but he couldn't guarantee success.
However, even without his conversation with the world consciousness, Lin Yuan would have eventually made his way to the Eye of the North Sea.
After all, letting the Eye continue to devour the world's vital energy and cause the upper limit of the world to drop was detrimental to Lin Yuan as well. At the very least, it would hinder his cultivation.
Moreover, if this continued, one day this world would be devoured entirely.
By then, what would be the point of Lin Yuan spreading his teachings and going to such lengths to establish the martial arts cultivation system, only for it to be destroyed along with the world?
"Let's go," Lin Yuan said. "We're heading to the North Sea."
Without returning to the underground palace, Lin Yuan set off directly toward the north.
The situation in the Five Regions had stabilized, and even if there were occasional rebellions from remnants of the forces from a hundred years ago, they couldn't affect the overall trend.
Warm Tree, Demon Lord Moyang, and the others were strictly enforcing the rules Lin Yuan had set, so there shouldn't be any major problems.
Whoosh! In the blink of an eye, Lin Yuan left the Five Regions behind.
He arrived above the boundless sea, where terrifying waves raged relentlessly, making it difficult for even Sixth and Seventh Realm experts to traverse.
However, all the wind and waves calmed within a hundred zhang of Lin Yuan, as if a separate world had formed around him in the midst of the violent sea.
"No wonder only Tenth Realm experts are summoned by the world consciousness," Lin Yuan thought to himself.
Even reaching this sea would be a challenge for Ninth Realm experts.
To the north of the boundless sea stood a white tower.
On top of the tower, a plump man sat cross-legged.
"Only twenty more years, and I can go back," the plump man sighed. "I'll be able to rest then."
Even Tenth Realm experts would feel bored after sitting here for decades or centuries, with only the vast sea for company.
"I wonder when the Eye of the Sea will disappear," the plump man thought silently. "I've heard that in the direction it's facing, there's a place called the Five Regions, which is supposed to be much larger and more vast than North Sea Island."
The plump man had been born and raised on North Sea Island, so he naturally yearned for the Five Regions.
"But the Island Master and the Deputy Island Masters don't allow us to leave," he muttered, pouting.
The Island Master and Deputy Island Masters were the Eleventh Realm experts who ruled over North Sea Island and the boundless sea, lofty and high above. They commanded the strong experts of North Sea Island to join forces to suppress the Eye of the North Sea.
"Hmm?"
"Looks like someone's coming this way."
The plump man seemed to have noticed something, and his gaze fixed on a spot in the southern distance.
There, amidst the vast sea, a figure was rapidly approaching with a flying light.
"Could it be a Tenth Realm expert from the Five Regions?" the plump man wondered, his eyes lighting up.
He knew that every once in a while, a Tenth Realm expert from the Five Regions would come to join the effort to suppress the Eye of the North Sea.
However, over time, fewer and fewer Tenth Realm experts had been coming from the Five Regions.
The last one had arrived nearly ten thousand years ago.
"I've heard that these experts from the Five Regions are extremely arrogant and proud when they first arrive," the plump man thought.
Being invincible in the Five Regions, they would naturally have haughty personalities.
Just as the plump man was thinking this, a loud boom echoed through the air.
Several flying lights approached from behind him, heading in the same direction as the new 'Tenth Realm' expert.
"Ah?" The plump man's eyes widened in surprise.
"Island Master Nalan and several Deputy Island Masters," the plump man breathed, recognizing the owners of the flying lights.
They were the Eleventh Realm experts who ruled over North Sea Island and the boundless sea.
"That person must have a grudge with the Island Master and the Deputy Island Masters," the plump man thought, feeling sorry for the new 'Tenth Realm' expert.
However, the next moment, the plump man was stunned as he watched the Island Master Nalan and the Deputy Island Masters stop in their tracks.
They bowed slightly toward the new 'Tenth Realm' expert and said respectfully, "Greetings, sir."
(End of Chapter)
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