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Chapter 865: Mountain Sea Flattening, Forbidden Land Revealed, Dust Settles
Chapter 865: Mountain Sea Flattening, Forbidden Land Revealed, Dust Settles
A figure, like a drifting feather, soared through the clouds, rising and falling, heading towards the direction of the Jade Sky Domain with slow but unwavering determination.
Golden eyes pierced through the layers of clouds, occasionally gazing downwards.
The scene that met his eyes was startling.
The river dam had burst, exposing countless fish and shrimp on the dry riverbed, feebly flopping their bodies.
Bubbles emerged, attempting to moisturize their bodies, but it was like a drop in the ocean.
"The intricate underground water system of the Taihu Domain has collapsed. A vast amount of lake water is pouring towards lower areas. Without the support of fundamental substances, the spiritual veins of this domain are essentially destroyed."
After a brief observation, Luo Chen quickly understood the situation in the Taihu Domain.
Without pausing, he continued towards the path he had come from.
Due to his deliberately slowed pace, it took three whole days to return to the Nine Spirit Domain.
Before even crossing the boundary marker, Luo Chen's footsteps came to a halt.
The sound of waves, carried from afar, had already reached his ears.
Luo Chen's face revealed a peculiar expression.
The Nine Spirit Domain, with its numerous mountains and steep terrain, had a high altitude, hence its connection to the Nine Heavens.
However, this sound of waves indicated a significant change.
Whoosh! Luo Chen leaped and landed on a broken cliff.
The sight before him caused him to gasp in surprise.
"Has the water from the Taihu Domain flowed into the Nine Spirit Domain?"
The vast water surface stretched endlessly, seemingly connected to the horizon.
The lake water roared with crashing waves, one after another, relentlessly pounding the shore, emitting thunderous rumbles.
The cliff where he stood occasionally shed small pieces of rock under the impact of the lake water.
Looking into the distance, sunlight shimmered on the lake surface, creating a dazzling sparkle like countless gems. The brilliance was almost blinding.
Occasionally, a small, pointed island rose above the water's surface, providing a brief resting place.
But upon closer inspection, these were not islands; they were clearly the mountain peaks of the Nine Spirit Domain.
This unfamiliar yet familiar scene made Luo Chen feel as if he had returned to the North Sea.
"The land sinks, mountains plummet, and lake water floods, forming a seamless sea and sky!"
Luo Chen muttered, filled with deep reverence for the destructive power of the Incarnation Cultivators.
Their unrestrained absorption of heaven and earth's energy had disrupted the spiritual energy, causing the earth's veins to collapse, forcefully altering the natural environment.
The Taihu Domain had become a desolate land.
The Nine Spirit Domain, within a few days, had mysteriously formed a vast lake, no longer just a lake, but a vast expanse covering tens of thousands of square miles, worthy of being called a sea!
And what about the main battlefield, the Jade Sky Domain?
Luo Chen took a deep breath, rushing forward.
Powerful waves parted the calm sea surface, like a white streak, rolling ahead.
One day later.
Hiss! Luo Chen, who had been advancing at high speed, suddenly stopped.
He reached out in astonishment, touching his cheek.
There was a warm, moist sensation.
Bringing his fingers to his eyes, he saw a faint crimson color.
As if realizing something, Luo Chen extended his hand and touched forward.
A gust of wind blew past, leaving a faint wound on his hand.
Due to the severe damage sustained during the battle with the Hundred-Foot Demon Emperor, the Mystic Dust Armor, which was always attached to his body, had been removed.
However, Luo Chen's innate defensive strength was no less than that of a True Artifact-level Mystic Dust Armor!
How could a mere breeze break through his external defenses?
What had happened in the Jade Sky Domain? Luo Chen's mind tensed, and his Origin Energy spread throughout his body, forming a resilient blood film.
Not only that, but he also cast several protective spells.
He proceeded forward cautiously.
Step by step, ten zhang, a hundred zhang, until he reached a thousand li away, Luo Chen reluctantly stopped.
Numerous protective spells had already collapsed.
The blood film covering his body was also torn apart and regenerated with each gale wind.
Although Luo Chen could still provide massive Origin Energy to support the protective blood film, the consumption rate was overwhelming.
But through this brief contact, Luo Chen had already sensed the profound changes in the Jade Sky Domain.
This place was filled with the essence of the metal attribute law!
Everything within, even the flying sand and stones, the gentle breeze, and the white clouds, was imbued with terrifying sharpness and cutting power.
Ordinary cultivators would struggle to enter even a hundred li, let alone a thousand li.
If Luo Chen disregarded everything and channeled his Origin Energy, he might be able to rush to within ten thousand li in one breath, but it would be extremely dangerous.
Luo Chen was not unfamiliar with such a unique environment.
In fact, he was very familiar with it!
In the Abyssal Sea Demonic Land, there were three heavens: Departure Forget Heaven, Five Elements Heaven, and Bright Declare Heaven.
In the Five Elements Heaven, each domain was imbued with the omnipresent single-attribute Five Elements Essence Law! However, compared to the orderly and artificial arrangement of the Five Elements Heaven, the essence law in the Jade Sky Domain was chaotic and hostile to all living beings.
Comparing it to the Five Elements Heaven might not be appropriate.
After all, it was personally arranged by the Refining Heaven Demon Lord.
The current situation in the Jade Sky Domain was more similar to another secret realm that Luo Chen had experienced.
The White Night Grotto Mansion!
In the Jade Cauldron Domain, beneath the Accumulated Thunder Nine Mountains, a powerhouse had fallen, leaving behind a palace transformation ruin.
Within, it contained the terrifying Thunder Essence Law!
Even the Thunder Accumulation Nine Mountains were formed bit by bit due to the Thunder Essence Law spreading from the ruins.
Luo Chen had heard a rough idea from some cultivators in the White Night Grotto Mansion. After a thousand years, the true intent didn't dissipate, and the deeper one went, the more dangerous it became, as if it were a Thunder Pool.
How similar was the current situation in the Jade Sky Region to the White Night Grotto Mansion?
The golden wind essence was everywhere outside.
The deeper one went, the more frequently the essence of the law appeared.
In other words, had the Ancient Demon Emperor Tian already fallen?
The true intent of the law he had painstakingly cultivated was no longer restricted by his body and filled the heavens and earth.
The Ancient Demon Emperor Tian, whose main body was a white tiger and whose law was metal, perfectly matched the current situation.
Through the changes in the environment, Luo Chen guessed the fate of the ancient demon.
The holy land was newly established, the demon court was not yet established, the body fell in the Jade Sky Mountain, and the life was cut off in the Abyss Sect. In the end, it was all just an empty dream of a grand and ambitious empire!
There was a sigh of pity for the Mountain Peace Lord's departure.
And there was shock at the ruthlessness of the Abyss Sect. If they didn't move, they would remain still. If they moved, they would suppress the demons. If they moved again, they would destroy the ancient demon.
This Eastern Wilderness would eventually be completely renamed as the Abyss Sect.
Luo Chen abandoned the idea of continuing forward.
With the means of three Incarnation Great Powers, killing the Emperor Tian, they would definitely not leave behind any good things for others to pick up.
The environment here was so chaotic and disorderly that one might lose their life with a single careless mistake. Why take the risk?
Perhaps after a few hundred years, under the influence of the golden essence law, the Jade Sky Region would naturally generate some precious resources like the Five Elements Heaven and the White Night Grotto Mansion, but that was not something the current Luo Chen could covet.
Just as Luo Chen turned around to leave, his steps paused for a moment.
Luo Chen turned back and looked at the depths of the Jade Sky Region with a look of astonishment and uncertainty.
There, he had a vague connection with something.
"Could it be... Emperor Butcher!"
Luo Chen had once taken the other's soul blood and placed a slave seal on his body.
Even if the slave seal was removed and the soul blood returned, it had only happened a few days ago, so Luo Chen could recognize the other's aura very precisely.
"How could the Emperor Butcher still be alive!"
Luo Chen swallowed his saliva and took a step forward.
But in the end, he retracted his steps.
He took one last deep look at the depths of the Jade Sky Region with his light golden eyes, then turned around and left!
After he left, the depths of the Jade Sky Region were still filled with howling golden winds, and the gale wind scraped against the bones.
A golden tiger, covered in scales and with a body hundreds of feet long, curled up in a pit, its breath barely perceptible.
Suddenly, the golden wind blew towards it, but upon touching its body, it became extremely gentle, brushing past it with a single stroke.
The golden tiger's body trembled, its eyelids tightly closed.
Dimly, a stream of turbid tears flowed down.
...
The peace talks between the two clans of the Jade Sky Mountain had changed!
On that day, Tiandu Zizi, who had escaped back to the Heaven Ascending Pass, informed everyone of this.
What did this mean? Everyone was clear.
If the Abyss Sect won, the Eastern Wilderness humans would once again take the lead.
If the battle was a draw, this was a situation that no one wanted to see.
Because if that happened, this human-demon war would inevitably continue to be a stalemate, and no other power, except for the Abyss Sect, could afford that kind of loss.
If the Abyss Sect lost...
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This last possibility was rejected by everyone.
With the three old ancestors taking action, plus the thirty-six Nascent Soul True Men of the Abyss Sect forming a grand array, who in the world, besides the Tianyuan Dao Sect, could defeat such a lineup?
So, everyone was looking forward to the first possibility becoming a reality.
Of course, during this process, everyone wasn't without action.
Those with slightly weaker strength were retreating to the rear with all their might, to avoid being affected by the battle of the Great Powers.
Those with slightly stronger strength were hovering at a great distance, observing the details of the battle.
After the great battle lasted for three days and three nights, everything settled.
The turbulent primordial energy between heaven and earth gradually calmed down, and Nascent Soul Cultivators could try to disperse and control the stray spiritual energy.
In the Nine Heavens, the stars no longer shone, and the thunder no longer rumbled, indicating that another battlefield had also reached a conclusion.
After the battle ended, the three old ancestors of the Abyss Sect did not appear and went straight back to the Netherworld Deep Abyss.
Not only that, but after the Nascent Soul Cultivators of the Abyss Sect returned, they also did not stay for long and quickly returned to their mountain gate.
Only the Heaven Ascending Lord, who looked severely injured, remained and continued to manage the affairs of the Heaven Ascending Pass.
Some busybodies went to the battlefield to observe, hoping to gain something.
But, they gained nothing. All they saw was a shocking sight that made their hearts tremble.
The Jade Sky Region became a forbidden land, off-limits to the living!
The Fire Ridge's veins were in chaos, with lava erupting and turning the area into a vast world of flames. It was impossible for non-fire cultivators to move an inch, and it was not suitable for cultivation at all.
In the Nine Spirit Region, the mountains were gone, leaving only an endless sea. When the Nine Spirit Immortal Lord reached the shore, he faced his homeland in silence, and gave this sea a name—Mountain Flattening Sea.
With the mountains flattened and the lakes and seas filled with land, this also symbolized the fall of the Mountain Peace Lord.
The Tai Lake Region suffered massive soil erosion, and the spiritual energy became thin, showing signs of future droughts.
Just a battle between Divine Transformation experts, and one with a restricted battlefield at that, had destroyed four entire domains! This truly showcased the might of the Divine Transformation stage.
The Overlord Saber Domain, already ravaged by Nascent Soul Cultivators, was relatively calm and suffered the least damage during this great battle.
Many cultivators used this relatively peaceful area as a transit point to gather information from various places.
Ling Feng Zi was one of them.
Luo Chen had disappeared! As the newly promoted Nascent Soul Elder of the Luo Tian Sect, Ling Feng Zi had no choice but to personally search for Luo Chen.
He first went to the Flaming Mountains, specifically the Fire Ridge, as Luo Chen cultivated the Fire attribute, and Ling Feng Zi thought he might be hiding there.
After an unsuccessful search, he had no choice but to detour to the Overlord Saber Domain and attempt to reach the rear.
Just as Ling Feng Zi was feeling lost and clueless, a voice suddenly transmitted into his ear.
Ling Feng Zi was startled, then overjoyed, and flew towards an empty valley.
Luo Chen, wearing a white robe, had been waiting for a long time.
"Senior Brother, you're still alive!"
Luo Chen smiled slightly and asked about the recent situation in the Luo Tian Sect.
Ling Feng Zi truthfully replied, "The Luo Tian Sect is fine and still resides in the Feng Hua Palace."
Luo Chen nodded, "That's good."
Ling Feng Zi was curious, "What happened that day to provoke the Divine Transformation expert to take action, and even involve all the Nascent Soul Cultivators of the Abyssal Sect?"
Luo Chen waved his hand, not revealing the specifics to him.
After all, the three Ancestors of the Abyssal Sect took advantage of the peace talks to launch a sudden attack, and it wouldn't be honorable to spread this news.
Knowing too much about the situation might be more harmful than beneficial for those with weaker cultivation.
He curiously asked about another matter.
"How many Nascent Soul Cultivators from the Abyssal Sect were injured or killed?"
Upon hearing this, Ling Feng Zi became more talkative.
"It's terrible!"
"During the Heaven Ascending Pass battle, the Abyssal Sect only lost five Nascent Soul True Men. But this time, they lost a total of twelve Nascent Soul True Men!"
"Not only that, out of the six Late-stage Nascent Soul Cultivators, only two have shown themselves, namely the Heaven Ascending Lord and the Rushing Profound True Man."
"However, the Heaven Ascending Lord suffered a severe loss of vitality and has been in seclusion since returning. As for the Rushing Profound True Man, his condition is not good, and he's recuperating at the Longevity Sun Mountain."
"According to what Tiandu Zizi said, the other one, Han Yang Zhen Ren, had his Dharma body destroyed, and only his Nascent Soul survived."
"What about Thunder Dao Zi? I haven't seen any news about him."
Hearing these updates, Luo Chen fell into deep thought.
Thirty-six Nascent Soul True Men joined forces to resist the Divine Transformation expert, and although they managed to suppress him initially, they suffered heavy casualties in the end.
Even the Heaven Ascending Lord, such a powerful cultivator, suffered a severe loss of vitality, so the other Great Cultivators likely didn't fare any better.
Indeed, when fighting against a higher cultivation realm, the price paid was far beyond what ordinary forces could bear.
Luo Chen wondered if Qing Hua Xian had escaped.
He asked about Qing Hua Xian's fate, but unfortunately, Ling Feng Zi wasn't clear about it.
"Forget it, let's head back!" Luo Chen said.
Regarding his killing of the Centipede Demon Sovereign, Luo Chen didn't inform Ling Feng Zi about it.
With his current reputation and established destination, he no longer needed such matters to enhance his fame.
Moreover, the Centipede was, after all, a Demon Sovereign, and if news of his death at Luo Chen's hands spread, it would be too shocking.
Demon Sovereign Great Cultivators were already the pinnacle existence in this world when Divine Transformation experts didn't intervene, and it was extremely difficult for them to perish.
The Mad Scatterer, the leader of the Three Scatters of the North Sea, remained alive and well in the North Sea Immortal World, despite going mad.
The Eastern Desolation War was extremely intense, but even after more than a hundred years, none of the Demon Sovereign Great Cultivators had perished.
Even the Seven Rhinoceros Commander, after consecutive battles and being severely injured multiple times, was still alive.
This was partly due to the fact that cultivators of the same level didn't kill each other, but it also demonstrated the strength of the Demon Sovereign Great Cultivators.
Luo Chen had quietly killed a Demon Sovereign, the weakest among the nine commanders. If this news reached the ears of cultivators of the same level, it might make others more cautious.
On their way back, Luo Chen casually asked about the situations of Tiandu Zizi and Shen Yuan Zhen Ren.
Ling Feng Zi informed him of the answers.
Tiandu Zizi was unharmed, but one of the twelve Doudian Divine Demon Banners was destroyed, and he was now vigorously collecting materials to repair it.
Shen Yuan Zhen Ren, as always, was elusive, appearing and disappearing without a trace.
Ling Feng Zi only learned from low-level cultivators of the Five Elements Divine Sect that their Supreme Elder was safe and sound.
"They're all old monsters with countless means to protect themselves!"
"If the Centipede hadn't suddenly decided to trouble me, if my combat methods weren't so versatile, and if Xiao Ling hadn't used her Divine Soul to stun him for a moment, he might have escaped with his life."
Luo Chen sighed.
Unbeknownst to them, they had already reached the outskirts of the Heaven Ascending Pass.
"Are we going in?" Ling Feng Zi asked.
Luo Chen hesitated, not particularly eager to enter the Heaven Ascending Pass at that moment.
But just as he was about to detour to the Feng Hua Palace, a weak voice transmitted into his ear.
"Since you've returned, why not come to my abode for a chat?"
(End of Chapter)
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