Chapter 1193 - 399: The Celestial Master Quells the Turmoil of the Earth Sea (Ten-Thousand-Word Epic)

Chapter 1193: Chapter 399: The Celestial Master Quells the Turmoil of the Earth Sea (Ten-Thousand-Word Epic)

Lei Jun’s comprehension had ascended from Serene Insight to the level of Naturalness, tightly bound to Bluestone Drop and the Netherworld.

Thus, having achieved the Natural level of comprehension, Lei Jun, whose senses in all aspects were extraordinarily acute, upon this foundation possessed a sensitivity toward Bluestone Drop, one of the Nine Heavens, and the Netherworld, one of the Ten Lands, that far surpassed his perception of other places.

At this moment he quietly pondered the burning Jade Ferry and the transforming jade seal.

The connection between the two at the same time sketched out for him the relationship between the Ancient Heavenly Palace and Bluestone Drop.

Mixed into it were two people.

One was Chen Yi.

The other was the Empress Zhang Wantong.

Both figures flickered, indistinct.

After silently contemplating for a short while, Lei Jun collected his mind, and his attention returned once more to the Jade Ferry and jade seal before him.

The Jade Ferry gradually burned away to nothing.

To Chen Yi, this was an exceedingly rare treasure.

Yet no matter how precious, it could not compare to his own life.

By using this Jade Ferry to perform the ritual instrument of death-substitution and rebirth, Chen Yi had, in effect, profited.

Precisely for this reason, if Lei Jun had gone to some other part of the Earth Sea beyond Strong Beam Abyss, he might have missed this strand of opportunity.

If there were no Jade Ferry, even if there were the jade seal, the jade seal would hardly undergo the unforeseen transformation now taking place.

The jade seal transformed into the Heaven-Sealing Mark and was taken back into Lei Jun’s palm.

After careful deliberation, Lei Jun nodded slightly.

This Heaven-Sealing Mark is unfriendly toward cultivators of the Ancient Talisman Sect, as well as the Witchcraft Sect’s Ghost Tao, Worm Arts, and similar inheritances.

"The design of this ritual instrument does indeed contain some ingenuity; the death-substitution and the rebirth are themselves separated."

Lei Jun understood in his heart.

The Jade Ferry that Chen Yi left behind in Strong Beam Abyss "died" in his stead.

But the place where he himself was reborn was not here.

The Qiwei Mountain mentioned in the perfectly neutral lot was precisely where Chen Yi would be reborn.

If Lei Jun had previously gone to Qiwei Mountain instead of Strong Beam Abyss, he would have missed the Heaven-Sealing Mark, yet just happened to intercept Chen Yi as he emerged from the ritual instrument into rebirth.

The lot’s indication that there was currently no risk meant that it would be difficult for Chen Yi to stir up any extra mischief at Qiwei Mountain.

However, if Lei Jun were to seize that pure-gold hall tightly suspected of being a second-grade expandable opportunity deep within Chen Yi’s Spiritual Soul, it might engender enormous hidden trouble in the future.

This hidden trouble should have nothing to do with the likes of the Mortal Tao Country.

For Lei Jun’s current cultivation to face potential huge future trouble, the details thereof were truly thought-provoking.

Strong Beam Abyss and Qiwei Mountain were far apart; if Lei Jun rushed there now, it would be difficult to continue searching for Chen Yi’s whereabouts.

Yet, through that burning Jade Ferry and the jade seal that had ascended into the Heaven-Sealing Mark, Lei Jun’s mind faintly sensed something in the dark.

He murmured slightly, the radiance of the Heaven-piercing Earth-penetrating Taliscript flowing through his twin pupils.

In the hazy blur of his vision, it seemed that a pure-gold, magnificent hall appeared.

The hall was vast, but bore signs of damage, as if a relic; only the aura and artistic conception contained within it remained profound and mysterious.

Lei Jun gazed at the hall from afar. Though between them seemed to lie a barrier of ten thousand rivers and mountains that prevented approach, he could already clearly perceive its existence.

Before that magnificent hall, Lei Jun could vaguely make out an illusory figure standing.

That posture did not look real; it seemed to be Chen Yi.

And in the heavens above the pure-gold hall, there appeared to be another presence.

In Lei Jun’s senses, it resembled a pair of closed eyes.

He did not know at what time, under what circumstances, they would open once more.

...So, the reason the Bone Flood Dragon King shielded Chen Yi is similar to the earlier situation where the Thousand Leaves Butterfly King and Northern Sea Whale King supported Huang Xuanpu?

To prompt the Bone Flood Dragon King to make such a choice, the one behind this must surely be far more brilliant than Huang Xuanpu.

The radiance of the Heaven-piercing Earth-penetrating Taliscript faded from Lei Jun’s twin pupils, his eyes returning to normal, as he pondered silently.

...

Qiwei Mountain, one of the Five Peaks of the Earth Sea.

Warfire had spread here as well, yet compared to Strong Beam Abyss and Qiongqi Abyss, it was not so fierce.

On the western side of the range, flames suddenly rose without cause.

At the heart of the sea of fire, the blaze burned fiercely; its color gradually changed, the flames turning to a white-yu hue like fine jade.

From the jade-colored flames, a human silhouette surfaced.

When the flames scattered, Chen Yi’s pale face was revealed.

"Shen Qubing..." Chen Yi’s expression was calm, showing no ferocious vexation, only the chill of his gaze.

He exhaled a long breath, then left Qiwei Mountain.

After changing to a relatively stable place, Chen Yi silently adjusted his breath in meditation.

His complexion remained ashen as before, never recovering.

Fortunately, as strands of black mana intertwined, the single-layer Netherworld round altar reappeared, marking that on his self-created path he had taken a great stride forward, attaining the Eighth Heavenly Layer.

He had arrived at the Earth Sea from Luo Yuan, and his original objective was now fulfilled.

Only, the price this time was ultimately somewhat heavy.

Although he had succeeded in death-substitution and rebirth, he had lost many treasures, and his own Primordial Qi was grievously damaged.

For Chen Yi, he would need a long time to recuperate.

Worse still, the Bone Flood Dragon King had his rear line cut off and was harassed by Xing Feng.

Even if Xing Feng did not fight the Bone Flood Dragon King to the death, his earlier wounding of the Bone Flood Dragon King was already a huge hidden danger to the dragon king.

Within Luo Yuan, there were other vicious Great Demons...

Having lost the Bone Flood Dragon King’s care and protection, Luo Yuan was no longer a safe place for Chen Yi.

He needed another foothold.

Chen Yi’s expression remained unchanged, his mood undisturbed.

Over these years, he had experienced countless similar incidents; to him, these no longer counted as setbacks.

What stirred Chen Yi’s mood somewhat was that the pure-gold, magnificent hall deep in his Spiritual Soul had of late undergone slight changes.

Change did not necessarily represent a good thing at any given time.

At this moment Chen Yi was secretly on guard, his emotions unusually somewhat agitated.

He did his utmost to rein in his mind, calm his mood, and then considered his countermeasures.

...

Lei Jun’s gaze scrutinized the Heaven-Sealing Mark in his hand.