OBS Chapter 1977 Gods
Chapter 1977 Gods
Chapter 1977 Gods
The large-scale exodus of beings from the Xuan Yu Realm severely damaged its very essence, leaving the Heavenly Dao's will in a state of extreme weakness. Furthermore, the Destroyer Lord no longer had any worthy competitors within the Xuan Yu Realm.
With Cang Huaying's help, Po Mie Zun completed the initial erosion and control of the core of the Heavenly Dao of the Xuan Yu Realm with almost no effort.
Although it will take some time before he can fully refine himself and become a true world lord, the feedback from this initial refinement has already greatly benefited the Destroyer.
Cang Huaying looked up, her gaze seemingly piercing through the heavy demonic energy barrier of Black Fiend City, looking towards the distant sky shrouded in the power of the Flaming Sun Immortal Dynasty.
That place is in the direction of Tianhai Pass.
A playful yet cruel smile curled at the corners of Cang Huaying's lips as she said:
"I just received word that in three days, those guys from Tianhai Pass will be conducting a routine patrol in the Black Wind Gorge area."
Cang Huaying's eyes gleamed with the excitement of spotting prey: "Interested in coming along to take a look?"
"Maybe I can get a taste of those ants who just slipped through your fingers? Hahaha!"
Cang Huaying's laughter was filled with mockery and murderous intent.
Tianhaiguan Camp, North District.
After the other Xuan Yu Realm Sovereigns turned into streaks of light and disappeared, a figure did not return directly to his own camp. Instead, he quietly stopped, turned around, and walked back to the camp where the Heavenly Profound Venerable was located.
It was Chen Fei.
"Squeak!"
The heavy metal door was gently pushed open. Inside the barracks, Venerable Tianxuan was sitting cross-legged on a futon on a stone bed. Hearing the noise, he slowly opened his eyes, a hint of doubt appearing on his slightly pale face.
His gaze fell on Chen Fei, who had returned, and Venerable Tianxuan asked gently, "Chen Fei? Is there anything else?"
Although the memories of all beings in the Xuan Yu Realm about the evacuation have been blurred and altered due to the power of the Boundary-Breaking Jade Marrow, Venerable Tianxuan still holds great appreciation and expectations for Chen Fei, a junior who showed unparalleled talent in the Xuan Yu Realm.
Chen Fei entered the barracks and casually closed the door behind him.
The basic concealment array inside the barracks automatically activated, isolating it from both internal and external sounds and ordinary reconnaissance.
Chen Fei didn't exchange many pleasantries or formalities. He looked at Venerable Tianxuan and said in a deep voice:
“Venerable one, I have some Dao Crystals that I obtained by chance. They may be of some help in your recovery.”
As soon as he finished speaking, Chen Fei gently flipped his right hand.
A storage bag appeared, its opening emitting a soft yet incredibly pure light, from which a crystal flew out.
This crystal has a warm, milky white color throughout, and inside it seems that countless tiny, star-like specks of light are slowly flowing, appearing and disappearing.
A powerful spiritual aura and aura of the Great Dao, so pure as to be far superior to the highest quality Xuan Crystal in the Xuan Yu Realm, instantly filled the entire cramped barracks.
With each breath, one feels clear-headed and refreshed, with a subtle sense of joy emanating from the body's vital energy.
"This is……"
The pupils of Venerable Tianxuan involuntarily contracted slightly, and an undisguised look of surprise appeared on his face.
As the supreme ruler of the Xuan Yu Realm, he had never seen such a wondrous crystal before.
Seeing the astonishment on Venerable Tianxuan's face, Chen Fei released his grip, and the entire storage bag slowly flew to Venerable Tianxuan's front.
"Your Excellency, please accept this!"
Chen Fei's decision to take out the Dao Crystal was not made on a whim.
Venerable Tianxuan is currently the most powerful among the entire Xuanyu Realm's escape team, and the only one with a chance of reaching the sixteenth-level Tai Cang Realm in the short term.
Three days later, they will set foot on the Black Fiend border. If Venerable Tianxuan were to perish on the battlefield due to severe injuries, it would be a huge blow to all the survivors of the Xuanyu Realm.
Conversely, if Venerable Tianxuan can recover some of his strength as soon as possible, even if it is only to the point where he can protect himself, and if he has the opportunity to break through to the sixteenth rank in the future, then all the beings of the Xuanyu Realm will have a relatively stable backer.
The sixteenth level of the Tai Cang Realm is a crucial watershed moment.
Once Venerable Tianxuan successfully breaks through, even if he still needs to serve the Yanyang Immortal Dynasty, he will at least have higher authority and resource allocation capabilities.
At that time, Venerable Tianxuan will be able to secure more living space and development opportunities for the beings of the Xuanyu Realm in this cruel primordial continent.
This is vastly different from the current situation where everyone is like duckweed adrift.
Therefore, helping Venerable Tianxuan recover as soon as possible is an extremely important matter for Chen Fei and for the entire Xuanyu Realm.
"There are a total of 60,000 Dao Crystals among them!"
Chen Fei looked at the storage bag floating in front of Venerable Tianxuan and said softly, "It should allow Venerable to recover some of his energy within three days. As for how much of his combat strength he can recover, this junior cannot make an estimate."
Chen Fei had sensed Tianxuan Venerable's injuries before; they had damaged his very foundation and could not be easily healed by ordinary resources.
Chen Fei wasn't entirely confident that this crystal could play a crucial role in healing Dao injuries at the level of Venerable Tianxuan.
The radiant Dao crystal floated quietly in front of Venerable Tianxuan.
Every wisp of aura emanating from it caused an instinctive fluctuation in Venerable Tianxuan's damaged soul and Dao foundation.
Venerable Tianxuan could clearly sense that refining these Dao Crystals would greatly alleviate the weakness caused by his current injuries, allowing him to recover some of his combat power, so that he wouldn't be in a situation where even self-preservation was a problem.
However, precisely because he was aware of the preciousness and rarity of this crystal, Venerable Tianxuan hesitated.
As a senior, he not only failed to protect the junior, but also had to accept such a generous gift from the junior, which made him quite uneasy.
Seeing the hesitation and reluctance on Venerable Tianxuan's face, Chen Fei instead revealed a sincere smile and said:
“Your Excellency, I will always remember the support and protection that the Heavenly Profound Sect gave me when I was in the Profound Feather Realm.”
Chen Fei's words were not just polite formalities, but came from the bottom of his heart.
The Tianxuan Sect treated him like their own personal disciple, showering him with resources without reservation.
Chen Fei paused, his tone becoming more relaxed, even tinged with a hint of joking, and said, "If you really feel bad about it, why not wait until you break through to the sixteenth level of the Tai Cang Realm and then take care of this junior a little more?"
This last joke instantly dispelled the somewhat somber atmosphere in the barracks.
Chen Fei has always been clear about his gratitude and grudges.
The Heavenly Profound Sect has treated him well, and now that he has the ability to repay them, he naturally won't be stingy. Moreover, this concerns the future of all living beings in the entire Profound Feather Realm.
"Hahaha, good!"
Upon hearing Chen Fei's words, Venerable Tianxuan burst into laughter, and the slight worry and embarrassment in his heart instantly vanished.
Venerable Tianxuan no longer declined, and solemnly put the storage bag into his sleeve.
"Then I shall take my leave!"
Seeing that Venerable Tianxuan had accepted the Dao Crystal, Chen Fei did not linger any longer. He bowed respectfully, turned around, pushed open the barracks door, and his figure quickly disappeared into the dim light of the northern area of the camp.
Inside the barracks, silence returned.
Venerable Tianxuan stared in the direction Chen Fei had left, remaining silent for a long time.
His gaze fell again on his sleeve, where 60,000 invaluable Dao Crystals lay quietly. A complex expression involuntarily appeared on Venerable Tianxuan's face.
There are so many secrets about this young man, Chen Fei. He doesn't even know where he got this Dao Crystal, which he has never seen before.
Could it be related to that passing sixteenth-tier powerhouse? Or is it some other extraordinary encounter?
In the end, Venerable Tianxuan simply shook his head and suppressed these questions in his heart.
He didn't ask on the spot, nor did he intend to.
Everyone has their own opportunities and secrets. Asking too many questions is not only unwise, but may also damage the precious trust and friendship between people.
The most important thing now is to make good use of these Dao Crystals and restore our strength as soon as possible. This is the best way to repay Chen Fei's generous gift and the greatest responsibility we can show to all the beings of the Xuan Yu Realm.
After a while.
Chen Fei returned to his simple barracks.
Closing the door activated the only decent concealment and warning array on the wall, and a faint fluctuation enveloped the entire barracks, completely isolating the inside from the outside.
Without pausing for a moment, Chen Fei's figure vanished from the spot with a thought, and in the next instant, he appeared in the Realm of Return to Nothingness.
Chen Fei sat cross-legged in the void and slowly spread out his right hand.
Within the palm of his hand, a key with an ancient design, neither gold nor jade, and engraved with countless mysterious runes so fine they were indistinguishable to the naked eye, quietly emerged.
It was the beacon key that led to the martial arts arena of all the heavens and myriad worlds.
At this moment, the beacon key is emitting a soft yet continuous glow, the light flickering intermittently. The key itself also radiates a faint yet distinct warmth.
Chen Fei used his divine sense to carefully perceive the changes in the beacon key.
Chen Fei discovered that the beacon key could not only sense the path to the martial arts arena of the myriad worlds as usual, but also had an extremely weak yet exceptionally resilient spatial coordinate sensing.
"As long as the distance is right, and a teleportation array is set up, we should be able to reach the vicinity of the Xuan Yu Realm directly."
A hint of surprise flashed in Chen Fei's eyes. This change was even more significant than when he was in the Xuan Yu Realm.
Previously, when he was in the Xuan Yu Realm, Chen Fei thought that the beacon key would at most allow him to sense the coordinates of the Xuan Yu Realm.
Chen Fei quietly sensed it for a moment, then put the beacon key that was emitting a faint light back away. His face did not show any intention of returning to the Xuan Yu Realm or the Martial Arts Arena of the Myriad Realms.
At this moment, the Xuan Yu Realm has most likely been initially refined by the Destroyer. If Chen Fei were to return now, he would be facing a terrifying enemy whose strength might be even greater than in his prime, and who would control a portion of the plane's authority.
Returning with Chen Fei's current cultivation level at the mid-stage of the Dominator Realm would be tantamount to suicide.
As for the Myriad Realms Martial Arts Arena, according to the camp's regulations, all cultivators have only one opportunity per month to go to the Myriad Realms Martial Arts Arena, for a period of half a day.
Furthermore, within ten days prior to the commencement of each campaign mission, no cultivator is permitted to venture into the Martial Arts Arena of the Myriad Realms. Anyone found violating this order will be executed without mercy, regardless of the reason!
Three days later, they were to set off, which happened to fall within the "ten days before the battle" prohibition period.
"This rule is quite interesting," Chen Fei thought to himself.
He could roughly guess why the higher-ups at Tianhai Pass, or the Yanyang Immortal Dynasty, would formulate such rules; it was likely the result of a compromise.
Logically speaking, cultivators like them who signed "service" contracts with Tianhai Customs have already "sold" their lives to Tianhai Customs.
If one frequently travels to the Martial Arts Arena of the Myriad Realms, a place of life and death, and unfortunately perishes there, it would be a direct loss of combat power for Tianhaiguan.
From the perspective of those in power, it would be best to completely prohibit them from going there.
However, the problem lies in the fact that the "All Realms Martial Arts Arena" is too transcendent.
Its rules transcend many planes. Any cultivator, as long as they have a beacon and are in a relatively safe and undisturbed environment, can directly communicate with the training ground and teleport by setting up a simple receiving array.
This teleportation is based on the supreme power of the training ground itself, making it almost unstoppable.
Unless Tianhai Guan is willing to spend a huge price to set up powerful restrictions throughout the entire barracks that are strong enough to interfere with the teleportation rules of the martial arts arena, not to mention whether it is possible, even if it is possible, it would be a provocation against the martial arts arena of all heavens and myriad worlds.
Therefore, a complete ban is impossible.
So, could the training ground be used to evade the contract with Tianhai Pass? For example, could one hide in the training ground and never return?
The identity jade tablet clearly states that once the Tianhai Customs discovers that a cultivator is attempting to use the martial arts arena to evade military service for an extended period, they can directly travel to the Myriad Realms Martial Arts Arena by virtue of the identity mark left in the camp.
The rules of the training grounds, in this respect, support the hiring party, such as Tianhaiguan.
It will forcibly expel the cultivator from the training ground according to the contract, so trying to "renege" on the contract through the training ground is simply not feasible.
Similarly, if one were to engage in combat with an enemy in the wild, it would be absolutely impossible to escape the battle by hiding in a training ground.
The All-Heavens Martial Arts Arena encourages life-or-death battles; it will never allow itself to become a haven for desertion.
Therefore, when the All-Heavens Martial Arts Arena is receiving visitors, it can directly sense the state of the visitor and will refuse to receive them.
These rules of the Martial Arts Arena of All Realms are perhaps the fundamental reason why the Yan Yang Immortal Dynasty finally compromised and allowed it to be held once a month.
Putting aside his thoughts about the beacon key and the rules of the training ground, Chen Fei focused a wisp of his mind on the identity jade token in his hand, concentrating his attention on the two martial arts techniques recorded within it.
Although Chen Fei has already condensed a Heavenly Origin Dao Foundation that can be described as perfect, and his own cultivation system has also taken shape, this does not mean that he will be complacent.
The stones from other mountains can be used to polish jade!
As long as the spiritual energy of the plane can keep up, cultivating other techniques will only require more time and effort.
Three days passed in the blink of an eye, like sand slipping through one's fingers.
On this day, before the morning mist had completely dissipated, a deafening bugle call suddenly rang out over the Tianhai Pass camp.
"Woo!"
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
The deep, desolate bugle call, mixed with the heavy, thunderous sound of war drums, swept through every corner of the camp like a surging tide.
The sound contained a chilling and urgent power, penetrating the walls and formations of the barracks and striking directly into the depths of the souls of every cultivator.
"coming!"
Inside the barracks, Chen Fei, who was meditating, suddenly opened his eyes. He could clearly feel the jade pendant of his identity emitting a slight but rapid vibration and warmth, which was a signal for assembly.
Without the slightest hesitation, Chen Fei moved, transforming into a streak of light as he rushed out of the barracks and sped towards the huge training ground in the center of the camp.
At this moment, the entire camp seemed like a primordial beast awakening from its slumber.
Countless streaks of light shot into the sky from the east, west, and north areas of the camp, like a meteor shower flowing against the current, piercing the darkness before dawn and converging on the training ground.
In the blink of an eye, the once empty training ground was now a dark, boundless expanse.
Chen Fei's figure landed in the rear of the training ground, in the formation area belonging to the fifteenth-level cultivators.
His gaze swept quickly around him. Beside him were dozens of rulers from the Xuan Yu Realm, including Venerable Tianxuan. Their faces were solemn and dignified.
As Chen Fei extended his divine sense further afield, even with his current temperament, he couldn't help but feel a slight tremor in his heart.
Too much!
There are far too many cultivators at the fifteenth level!
Within the area covered by Chen Fei's eyelids alone, the number of fifteenth-level auras gathered exceeded one hundred thousand.
Compared to this enormous and suffocating number, the seventy-six level 15 beings from the Xuan Yu Realm were like a handful of grains of sand thrown into the ocean, so insignificant as to be almost negligible.
At this moment, all the fifteenth-level cultivators from the Xuan Yu Realm deeply and directly felt an unprecedented shock and awe.
In the Xuan Yu Realm, they were the rulers who stood at the pinnacle of countless living beings, the supreme beings whose words could decide the life and death of countless beings.
However, at this moment, standing on the training ground of Tianhai Pass, they were surrounded by hundreds of thousands of beings of the same level, some of whom even had more refined and powerful auras.
They suddenly remembered why the guide, Gu Lixin, had treated them so indifferently three days ago.
It wasn't that he was deliberately arrogant, but rather that there were simply too many fifteenth-level cultivators like them on this primordial continent, on the border of the Flaming Sun Immortal Dynasty.
They really have nothing special about them!
Just as the people of Xuanyu Realm were filled with turmoil and unable to calm down...
"boom!"
A terrifying aura, as vast as the starry sky, suddenly surged into the sky from the very front of the training ground.
Thousands of figures, radiating brilliant light like stars, had somehow appeared above the command platform in the training ground.
The aura emanating from each figure was as unfathomable as an abyss. Thousands of such auras connected together seemed to form an invisible chasm stretching between heaven and earth.
Faced with this terrifying pressure, the auras emanating from the hundreds of thousands of fifteenth-level cultivators and the even larger number of fourteenth-level cultivators on the training ground below were instantly suppressed.
The difference in quality is a fundamental difference at the level of life!
Chen Fei looked up at the thousands of god-like figures high in the sky, and his heart began to beat slightly faster at that moment.
It wasn't fear, but rather an instinctive awe and excitement when facing truly immense power.
Although Chen Fei had already witnessed the geniuses from the Primordial Continent in the Martial Arts Arena of the Myriad Realms, and even personally killed many powerful demonic cultivators, those were, after all, same-level contests under the special rules of the Martial Arts Arena.
Moreover, the Martial Arts Arena of the Myriad Realms that Chen Fei entered was only a tiny partition within the endless space of the Martial Arts Arena, and Chen Fei had never truly seen a supreme expert.
At this moment, Chen Fei was truly standing on the land of the primordial continent, personally experiencing the true essence and grandeur of this world.
This is merely Tianhai Pass, a key border town of the Yanyang Immortal Dynasty.
"Moreover, this is probably not even the full strength of Tianhai Pass..."
Chen Fei pondered to himself, his gaze involuntarily drifting to the far distance of the training ground, to the towering fortress that stood like a giant dragon nestled between the crimson sea and the dark mountains.
That is the main body of Tianhai Pass, and there must be more and stronger entities guarding it.
Such a scene can be found in a border region.
What about the entire Yan Yang Immortal Dynasty? What about the demonic cultivator forces that are constantly at war with the Immortal Dynasty? What about the vast and boundless primordial continent?
Just how vast is this world? And how many earth-shattering secrets and powerful figures does it conceal?
A strong desire for power and a yearning to explore this vast world quietly grew in Chen Fei's heart.
Just as the hearts of countless cultivators below were trembling, above the command platform, at the very front of the thousands of Tai Cang Realm experts, a figure dressed in a simple gray robe appeared.
He didn't exude any earth-shattering aura, and even his face appeared somewhat blurry, but the moment he appeared...
The entire noisy training ground instantly fell silent, as if every breath had been forcefully choked by an invisible hand.
An indescribable sense of oppression, seemingly originating from the very soul, enveloped everyone. Even the thousands of Tai Cang Realm experts high in the sky lowered their heads slightly in respect.
Then, a calm, indifferent voice, yet imbued with supreme authority, slowly resounded:
"Kuang Yezhou, you will lead a group of men to carry out today's patrol mission along the Black Wind Gorge line."
"The last general takes command!"
A solemn and resounding voice immediately rang out from the ranks of the Tai Cang Realm experts. A burly general with a resolute face stepped forward and bowed in response.
In the next instant, led by Kuang Yezhou, hundreds of streaks of light from the Tai Cang Realm shot out from the sky above the command platform like arrows released from a bow, soaring straight into the clouds.
They sped off towards the border line outside the camp, a border shrouded in blood and malevolent energy.
Almost simultaneously, the identity jade tokens on the waists of many fourteenth and fifteenth level cultivators on the training ground suddenly erupted with intense heat and violent tremors, and a clear instruction message instantly entered their minds.
"Quick, follow up!"
Without the slightest hesitation, on the training ground, tens of thousands of fifteenth-level cultivators and hundreds of thousands of fourteenth-level cultivators selected by the jade tokens transformed into streaks of light, like a flood bursting its banks, following closely behind the hundreds of Tai Cang Realm figures in front of them as they soared into the sky.
Chen Fei, Venerable Tianxuan, and all the other cultivators from the Xuanyu Realm were prominently featured on the patrol list.
(End of this chapter)