Chapter 509: What Inner Domain? This is the Great Wilderness

Chapter 509: What Inner Domain? This is the Great Wilderness

The Great Wilderness had long ceased to be the Inner Domain of old, and the Spirit Realm Gate had also disappeared, with the Spirit Realm and Inner Domain now unified as one, both belonging to the Great Wilderness.

Tianzi, the Dao of Heaven, had been governing the Great Wilderness, enhancing its laws, reducing the difficulty of cultivation, and bestowing opportunities to those prodigies with exceptional talent and comprehension.

As a result, under the influence of the Dao of Heaven, warriors in the Great Wilderness gained insights into the Dao, and their cultivation bottlenecks lessened. In a short period, the overall strength of the Great Wilderness had significantly improved.

It was no longer unusual to reach the Refining Divinity Realm, and warriors at the Condensing Law Realm had already emerged.

On Canglan Island, aside from Xu Junhe, who was at the Divine Transcendence Realm, Kou Ruozhi had also broken through to that realm, as had Bai Yunkong, Pang Yu, the master of Tianbaoge, and several others.

Bai Yunkong and the others were transitioners who had originally practiced a martial path that fell between the Tai Cang and Great Wilderness traditions. After the emergence of the Dao of Heaven, they gradually shifted to the martial path of the Great Wilderness.

Although there were still some slight differences compared to the pure martial path of the Great Wilderness, they had completely detached themselves from the Tai Cang martial path and had become warriors of the Great Wilderness.

In addition to the Divine Transcendence Realm, there were even more warriors at the Divine Origin and Divine Will Realms.

The first batch of prodigies in the Great Wilderness had gradually grown and matured.

In the present Great Wilderness, there were no longer any pure Tai Cang warriors. Even those at the Condensing Law Realm displayed noticeable differences from their Tai Cang counterparts.

Although they didn't belong to the martial path of the Great Wilderness, they had also partially detached themselves from the Tai Cang martial path and leaned towards the Great Wilderness.

If one's talent and comprehension were sufficient, as their strength increased, they would have the opportunity to cultivate their own divine powers.

Tianzi, as the Dao of Heaven, was steadily advancing the perfection of the Dao, such as the implementation of the Heavenly Dao Divine Power.

This allowed those with exceptional comprehension and insight into the Dao to cultivate divine powers from the Dao itself, and these divine powers were known as the Heavenly Dao Divine Powers.

Xu Junhe and the others, who were already at the Divine Transcendence Realm and had given birth to their own divine powers, were now comprehending and cultivating the Heavenly Dao Divine Powers, leading to a natural enhancement in their strength.

The allure of powerful divine powers enticed countless warriors.

Xu Junhe's display of the might of his divine powers, which directly suppressed a Condensing Law Realm warrior, revealed the immense strength of divine powers, causing the strong and the prodigies in the Great Wilderness to yearn for insights into the Dao and the cultivation of the Heavenly Dao Divine Powers.

This region of the Great Wilderness no longer resembled the Tai Cang world of the past.

Under the Dao of Heaven, nothing could escape its notice, and the return of the Blood Devil did not go undetected by Tianzi.

"Blood Devil?"

Tianzi furrowed his brows in thought.

A foreign blood soul had abruptly descended into a corpse and resurrected it.

Moreover, there seemed to be some connection between this corpse and the blood soul, as if they had been carefully cultivated by the owner of the blood soul for this very moment.

"Is this the doing of the one who provided Blood Lingzi with his opportunities and rise to power?" Tianzi wondered aloud. "Is it the Blood Devil?"

Tianzi fell into deep thought. "Mingyu, the Blood Path Ancestor, is one of the Seven Lords of the Great Realms. Could the Blood Devil be Mingyu? But something doesn't feel right."

This blood soul did not carry the aura of Mingyu.

Mingyu, as one of the Seven Lords, possessed formidable strength, and Tianzi was no stranger to him, especially since Tai Cang had once punished Mingyu in the past.

"Could the Blood Devil be a minor lord of a small realm under Mingyu's command?" Tianzi wondered, filled with doubts.

But from the looks of this blood soul, the opponent seemed to be more than just a minor lord of a small realm.

"Could it be someone from the Non-Transformation Temple with connections to Mingyu?" Tianzi suddenly paused, remembering something. Although Mingyu was known as the Blood Path Ancestor, the martial path cultivated by Mingyu was usually referred to as the Blood Devil Path.

Could the owner of this blood soul, who called himself the Blood Devil, be the source of Mingyu's cultivation method?

"Has Mingyu betrayed us and defected to the Non-Transformation Temple?" Tianzi muttered, deep in thought.

At this moment, he felt a sense of urgency. The arrival of this blood soul in the Tai Cang world definitely signaled some plot, indicating that the Non-Transformation Temple was making its move.

"Has that guy recovered from his injuries or freed himself from the influence of Tai Cang? Is he planning to invade the Tai Cang world?" Tianzi's thoughts raced, and he couldn't help but feel a sense of urgency.

He had not yet fully governed the entire world, and the Dao of Heaven was not yet perfect, with the entire world yet to be incorporated into it. If the Non-Transformation Temple began to act, how could he have the strength to resist? Should he rely on the Path Ancestor?

But Tianzi quickly shook his head. Relying on the Path Ancestor for everything would make him seem too incompetent. What he wanted was to punish those bastards in the name of the Dao of Heaven!

"Hold him back!" Tianzi instantly made up his mind.

"I am the Dao of Heaven. With this blood soul's arrival, its strength is only at the Refining Divinity Realm. Misleading it should be easy."

The Blood Devil's current strength was only at the Refining Divinity Realm, which was more powerful than the average warrior at the same realm. This strength was right at the cultivation limit of the Spirit Realm's martial path.

Perhaps he even intended to use this opportunity to cultivate and rise, eventually comprehending the origin of the world, and acting as a spy to devour the world?

Regardless, Blood Devil's current strength was the same as it was when he perished.

"Where is the main body of the Blood Devil?"

Tianzi's gaze fell upon the area shrouded in mist, but he could not discern the Blood Devil's figure.

"Sooner or later, I will make you taste the might of the Heavenly Dao."

A cold smile curved Tianzi's lips.

He looked at the Blood Devil, who was stepping out of the grand tomb, and a mischievous smile tugged at his lips. "You want to come to the Tai Cang world, but this is the Great Wilderness. Let's see how lost you'll be!"

As the Blood Devil emerged from the grand tomb, a sinister smile played on his lips. "I, the Blood Devil, have returned. I, Blood Lingzi, have returned. Tremble before me!"

Suddenly, a perplexed expression crossed his face, and he looked up at the sky and then around at his surroundings.

"What's going on? Why is the spiritual energy here so dense?"

The Blood Devil's confusion deepened as he scanned the area, and his eyes landed on a first-grade spirit herb growing not far away.

"This... this is the Inner Domain, and the spiritual energy shouldn't be so rich. It's impossible for a first-grade spirit herb to grow here. What's going on?"

The Blood Devil furrowed his brows, his eyes filled with doubt. "Could there have been some changes in the Tai Cang world? No, it's impossible for there to be such huge changes in such a short time."

The Tai Cang world had been divided into four major regions, which was a part of the heavenly rules. No matter how much the Inner Domain changed, it was impossible for it to undergo such a drastic transformation suddenly.

After all, there were too many factors involved, such as adjusting the heavenly rules.

"Could there be a ruler of the Tai Cang world? No, Tai Cang remains the same, and there's no indication of the emergence of a ruler."

The Blood Devil's mind was filled with questions.

With a swift movement, he took a step forward and instantly disappeared from the area where the grand tomb was located. He wanted to find someone to ask about the changes that had occurred in the Inner Domain and why the spiritual energy had become so dense.

Moreover, the Blood Devil had a nagging suspicion that with such dense spiritual energy, the cultivation limit of the Inner Domain must have been broken.

Could there be Divine Realm cultivators in the Inner Domain now?

If so, with his current strength, he might not be invincible within the Inner Domain, and he would have to alter some of his plans.

Suddenly, the Blood Devil spotted a cultivator picking spirit herbs. This cultivator's strength seemed to be only at the Great Master stage.

In the blink of an eye, the Blood Devil appeared before the cultivator.

He exuded the aura of a Divine Realm cultivator, assuming the posture of a formidable expert.

He had expected the cultivator to be shocked, bowing his head and calling him senior. However, the cultivator who was picking spirit herbs looked up at him and asked, "Do you need something?"

The cultivator's tone was flat, devoid of any reverence for a stronger cultivator.

The Blood Devil was taken aback by this reaction, which was completely different from what he had anticipated. His expression turned solemn, and his aura surged as he asked, "Young man, where exactly are we in the Inner Domain?"

His aura was like a towering mountain, subtly pressing down on the cultivator. He had expected the cultivator to be overwhelmed by his aura and immediately kneel on the ground, answering with reverence and trembling.

However, the cultivator's expression only turned slightly displeased. He neither knelt nor let his voice tremble as he replied, his brows furrowed. "Inner Domain? What Inner Domain?"

Now it was the Blood Devil's turn to be confused. "If this isn't the Inner Domain, could it be the Spirit Realm?"

The herb-picking cultivator gave him a curious look, then raised his hand and slapped the Blood Devil on the head. The force of the slap caused the Blood Devil to stagger and almost fall to the ground.

At that moment, a storm raged within the Blood Devil's heart. How could this person, who didn't seem strong, possess strength far beyond his own? He hadn't even had time to react to that slap.

Although this blood soul that had descended was not at its peak, and the body it occupied was not exceptionally strong, that was why he only had the cultivation base of the Divine Realm. However, this cultivation base was already at the limit of the Spirit Realm's martial path.

In the Inner Domain, he would be like a god among men.

But as soon as he stepped out of the grand tomb, he encountered a herb-picking cultivator who was stronger than him?

With his blood soul's unique perception and responsiveness, far surpassing others at the same level, he could be considered unmatched among his peers. Yet, the herb-picking cultivator had easily slapped him aside, indicating that the cultivator's strength was definitely a whole realm above his own.

The Blood Devil was shocked. Even if the spiritual energy in the Inner Domain had become denser, it was impossible for a cultivator beyond the Divine Realm to appear in such a short time!

Could he have miscalculated the time, and had an extremely long time passed in the Inner Domain, allowing for the emergence of cultivators beyond the Divine Realm?

The herb-picking cultivator's voice rang in his ears. "Did you cultivate yourself stupid during your seclusion?"

Blood Devil was stunned, his head snapping up as he exclaimed, "The Great Wilderness? This is clearly the Inner Domain!"

He had never heard of the name Great Wilderness before.

Slap!

He received another slap on the head, and the herb-gatherer sighed, shaking his head. "You really have lost your mind from cultivation, your consciousness is all muddled. There's no such thing as an Inner Domain. Since ancient times, this place has always been the Great Wilderness, it has never changed!"

Blood Devil's mind was in turmoil. He had just come out of the grand tomb, and now a random herb-gatherer he encountered was stronger than him. On top of that, this place wasn't even the Inner Domain?

What was this place called the Great Wilderness? He had never heard of it in the Tai Cang universe.

"No, this should be the Inner Domain. I... when I went into seclusion, this was the Inner Domain."

He had originally wanted to say that this body was buried in the Inner Domain.

However, he changed his mind, thinking that if people knew he was the former Blood Devil, his current strength would put him in grave danger. So, he changed his story to seclusion.

"I'm not mistaken. This is the Tai Cang universe, where the Inner Domain is located. Do you know about the Tai Cang universe?"

Blood Devil's eyes shone with anticipation, thinking that since the other person's strength surpassed the Refining Divinity Realm, they should at least know about the Tai Cang universe.

The herb-gatherer sized him up and sighed, "You really have lost your mind from your cultivation. You're spouting nonsense about the Inner Domain, the Spirit Realm, and now the Tai Cang universe.

"Listen to me, this is the Great Wilderness universe, not the Tai Cang universe."

Blood Devil was shocked to his core.

There was no Great Wilderness among the Seven Universes, so could it be that the Tai Cang universe had been renamed?

Yes, that must be it!

And with the renaming of the universe, could it be that a new ruler of the universe had emerged?

How was that possible? If the Tai Cang universe had a new ruler, how could there be absolutely no news of it?

"The Great Wilderness universe? No, this is the Tai Cang universe, the Great Wilderness universe must be a later renaming."

Blood Devil insisted.

"Ah, you foolish boy!"

The herb-gatherer sighed, "You've even forgotten about the Great Wilderness. As a practitioner of the Great Wilderness, how can you not know the origin of the Great Wilderness? You've forgotten all about it."

"What origin?"

Blood Devil forced himself to calm down.

The herb-gatherer looked up at the sky, and in Blood Devil's stunned gaze, a profound light appeared on his body. His expression became solemn and reverent.

"In the beginning of time, the universe was unformed and chaotic. The Ancestral Dao felt compassion for the living beings struggling in the chaos, and with a single thought, opened up the Great Wilderness, allowing living beings to dwell, cultivate, and develop in the Great Wilderness. In the beginning, the universe was thick and untamed, and the living beings dwelling here endured hardships and became stronger, hence the name of the universe—the Great Wilderness.

"The Great Wilderness universe was opened up by the Ancestral Dao with a single thought at the beginning of time. It activated the Heavenly Dao to operate the universe. The Heavenly Dao is impartial, and all living beings revere it. This is the origin of the Great Wilderness."

Blood Devil was completely stunned.

None of this matched any universe he knew of.

The beginning of time, the Ancestral Dao opening up the Great Wilderness with a single thought, allowing living beings to dwell here?

Who was the Ancestral Dao?

What kind of existence was worthy of being called the Ancestral Dao?

He had never heard of the Ancestral Dao before, and prior to this, he didn't even have the concept of such a title.

What was the Heavenly Dao?

All of this was vastly different from the universe he knew.

"This isn't Tai Cang?"

Blood Devil was incredulous.

He looked down at his body. This was clearly Blood Lingzi's body, and that grand tomb was Blood Lingzi's as well.

"You, boy, I've told you this is the Great Wilderness!"

The herb-gatherer slapped him on the head again and then sighed, "Forget it, it's fate that brought us together. I'll help you treat your cultivation madness. From your symptoms, although your consciousness is confused, you can still be saved!"

"No, this must be the Tai Cang universe, where the Inner Domain is located."

Blood Devil took a deep breath, his eyes resolute. "I just came out of the grand tomb, how could I be wrong?"

"There has never been a grand tomb here. The so-called grand tomb is just a figment of your confused consciousness."

The herb-gatherer sighed helplessly.

"Impossible!"

Blood Devil's body moved, and he disappeared in an instant. He had to go back to the grand tomb to confirm once again!

"The Great Wilderness? How is that possible? Among the Seven Universes, there is no Great Wilderness universe, and in the Unformed Land, there is no eighth universe..."

Suddenly, his heart skipped a beat.

No one knew how vast the Unformed Land was, not even him. Could it be that in the Unformed Land, there existed a universe called the Great Wilderness?

"Impossible, absolutely impossible. I came from Tai Cang, how could I have ended up in a strange universe!"

Blood Devil shook his head, denying his own thoughts.

(End of Chapter)

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