Chapter 304 - 128: Sacrificial Scrying: A Vast World! Heaven’s Wrath

"Exchange..."

Su Bai whispered.

His powerful Divine Thoughts spread in all directions before enveloping the altar, conveying his request.

This Exchange Altar was also known as the Wish-fulfilling Altar. Its purpose was, of course, not limited to just exchanging items.

"Wish-fulfilling" was its hidden effect.

If it couldn’t grant every wish, how could it be called the Wish-fulfilling Altar?

How could an altar created by a Great Power of antiquity, one that had been passed down through the ages shrouded in mystery, have such a simple function?

Although he had only just obtained it, Su Bai’s familiarity with the altar already surpassed Xie Nian True Master’s years of research.

The ancient Patterns on the altar lit up once more and devoured the golden glow in Su Bai’s hand.

Su Bai felt an invisible ripple envelop him.

He did not resist, instead allowing the ripple to surge and spread.

BUZZ!

At a certain moment, Su Bai’s heart trembled.

As this invisible ripple enveloped his entire body, his Heart Spirit suddenly began to ascend, rising higher and higher!

It felt as if he were soaring beyond the high heavens.

’This is...’

Following the fluctuation, Su Bai felt his Heart Spirit rise infinitely.

The Cloud Sea he looked down upon turned into dense mountains, then into a boundless land. His perspective pulled back at an unimaginable speed, ascending infinitely.

In that instant, heaven and earth began to rapidly fade in his eyes. The mountains and rivers grew dim, all things lost their color, and the scene before him became like an ink wash painting, eventually turning into nothingness.

All the colors that once filled the world seemed to vanish in an instant.

But just a moment later, brilliant colors reappeared in his vision.

White, gray, yellow, red, black, blue, purple...

In an instant, the Ten Thousand Spirits and all things between heaven and earth seemed to transform into a vibrant, colorful scroll painting.

"Daoist Qi, Buddhist Qi, Demon Race’s Qi, Yin Ghost Evil Qi, Incense and Candle Qi..."

"And... the endless Vital Qi Mechanism of living beings..."

At this moment, Su Bai looked around and murmured to himself.

He was no stranger to these countless threads of Qi mechanism and spiritual light; he could often sense them when he entered a state of meditative tranquility.

But never before had he seen them so clearly.

These threads of Qi mechanism rose slowly from the beasts running in the mountains, the birds soaring in the sky, and even the tiny, dust-like ants and insects on the ground.

There were no exceptions!

Heaven and earth were rootless and boundless, yet at this moment, they were completely filled, stuffed with innumerable threads of Qi mechanism.

They were distinct from one another, yet interconnected, sketching out an infinitely large, colorful net between heaven and earth.

It covered the heavens and the earth, encompassing everything.

All sentient beings, the Ten Thousand Spirits...

No, even non-sentient things like grass, trees, sand, stone, smoke, and soil seemed to be enveloped by this colorful net.

Meanwhile, his Heart Spirit continued to climb unabated, as if there were no end.

Gradually, he ascended to a place among the Star River.

He saw that on each star orbiting the world, countless threads of Qi mechanism were also rising.

The same was true for the deeper reaches of the Star River.

Suddenly, a thought surfaced in Su Bai’s mind.

’This colorful net seems to pierce through every single corner of the universe.’

’This is a Celestial Net in the truest sense!’

BUZZ!

It seemed like a second had passed, yet also an eternity. He had no idea how high he had risen.

But he had a premonition that he had reached the highest point.

An invisible, terrifying Qi mechanism was brewing above his head, and here lay the source of the endless Qi mechanism that filled the universe!

Su Bai’s Heart Spirit stirred, and he slowly raised his head.

Through an invisible barrier, he saw an indescribably vast world.

That world was so enormous that from an unknown, immense distance, he could not perceive its entirety.

But he could feel a brilliant, endless, almost infinite golden light spilling from that massive world.

And the world he was in seemed to be orbiting that giant world in a regular pattern.

With each rotation, indescribable threads of Qi mechanism and Spirit Charm were drawn out, sucked away, and devoured by this giant world.

The speed was neither fast nor slow, yet it seemed endless.

This scene was strikingly similar to a video he had seen in his previous life.

The video showed a star being captured by a black hole.

The final scene was of the star being torn apart by the black hole, completely shattered and swallowed as easily as one might drink soup or water.

How similar this scene was to that one.

The only difference was that this process had not yet reached its final stage.

Su Bai wanted to continue observing, but suddenly, a chill shot through his heart.

A clap of thunder roared in his mind!

In an instant, his Heart Spirit plummeted as if falling from the sky.

The image in his eyes flipped rapidly and then shattered in a flash!

And his Heart Spirit had returned to his physical body.

BOOM!!

At that moment, the mountaintop shook. Rocks and dust tumbled down with a RUMBLE.

The Silver-White Dog Demon jumped up in alarm and then looked over in horror.

It saw Su Bai standing on the peak, his clothes stirring without any wind, with trickles of blood flowing from his seven facial orifices.

His long, black hair flew up, cascading like a waterfall.

"Senior!"

The Silver-White Dog Demon, panicked, lunged forward.

But before it could touch Su Bai, it felt an immense, invisible force surging toward it. With a muffled grunt, it was sent flying a thousand zhang away!

The Silver-White Dog Demon turned into a streak of white lightning, shooting across the sky for a moment before falling into the mountains.

’What’s happening?’

In a nearby village, Li Qing was prostrate on the ground, not daring to move. He too was startled by the sight.

He didn’t know what was happening, but he faintly sensed an infinite terror, and his Heart Spirit trembled.

WHOOSH!

After the Dog Demon was thrown back, Su Bai finally came to his senses.

The first thing he did was sever all distracting thoughts in his mind.

RUMBLE!

At the same time, a deafening thunderclap that shook heaven and earth exploded in the sky.

In an instant, the mountains trembled, and the Ten Thousand Spirits were terrified!

For thousands, even tens of thousands of miles, the birds and beasts flying in the sky were almost all knocked out of the air!

Within the borders of the Dayu Immortal Dynasty, every city was alarmed. Countless people looked up at the sky in horror, not knowing what had happened.

WHOOSH!

In Yu Province, within the Thirty-Three-Layered Buddha Tower of the Wansheng Institute, the Rebirth Buddha Venerable suddenly opened his eyes.

’It’s happening again...’

’Who could it be? Don’t tell me... is the Netherworld Venerable Master truly about to appear in this world!?’

CRACK!!

At the same time, in the back courtyard of the Gui Chen Sect, the Leader of Gui Chen Sect also felt this powerful fluctuation and subconsciously crushed the water kettle in his hand.

He raised his head, his eyes flickering with suspicion and uncertainty.

’This change has occurred time and time again...’

’If it happened once, it could be called a coincidence, but these strange phenomena have been happening one after another...’

’Could it be that the Netherworld is making another major move?’

Within a mountain range in the Dayu Immortal Dynasty.

An old, white-haired Daoist was sitting alone by a river, fishing. Hearing the thunder, he couldn’t help but frown.

He performed several divinations in his mind, then his expression grew dejected. He relaxed his grip and sighed deeply.

’The Celestial Secret was already in chaos, and now this change has happened repeatedly.’

’And I dare to call myself the Celestial Secret Sect Master. Nowadays, all I can predict is when it will rain and when it will stop...’

’Sigh!’

...

「On the mountaintop in the Desolate Province.」

"That was really a bit dangerous..."

Watching the thunder recede and the sky return to a clear, washed blue, Su Bai breathed a sigh of relief. The light in his eyes had dimmed somewhat.

A moment later, he lowered his gaze and looked again at the altar clutched in his hand.

His expression grew much more solemn.

Compared to the Divine Techniques and Cultivation Techniques he might obtain by exchanging items, what he was most concerned about was, naturally, the world that this altar had located.

He had sacrificed half of Xie Nian True Master’s Divine Spirit precisely to probe this secret.

Unfortunately, he still hadn’t seen the full picture.

However, in that fleeting glimpse, he had managed to spy on quite a few secrets.

That great world, which emitted an endless golden light so brilliant it was impossible to look at directly, was the world the altar had located.

’It is truly vast and boundless!’

"Heaven’s wrath! This is heaven’s wrath!?"

Meanwhile, inside the Dharma Tripod Prison, the heavily injured and dying Xie Nian True Master suddenly shouted, his voice filled with shock and terror:

"It was you! You triggered heaven’s wrath!? What did you do?"

"Damn it! How is this possible?"

Xie Nian True Master was shocked to his core and inexplicably terrified!

The universe is vast and limitless. How insignificant are humans in its eyes?

Even a powerhouse who has achieved Ascension to Immortality, who can roam the Four Seas and Eight Desolates, traverse the starry sky, pluck the sun, moon, and stars, and live for a long time...

...is still nothing compared to the universe.

Even if the lifespan of a Great Power who has reached Ascension to Immortality is measured in tens of thousands of years, what is that compared to the entire universe?

How could such a terrifying existence be thoroughly enraged by someone who hasn’t even reached Ascension to Immortality?

In all of history, the only one he had ever heard of who could trigger heaven’s wrath...

...was the Netherworld Venerable Master!

But in all these years, there has only ever been one Netherworld Venerable Master.

’This person...’

"Could it be... you are the Netherworld Venerable Master!?"

Xie Nian True Master blurted out, shocked by his own speculation.

’That’s it!’

’If this person is the Netherworld Venerable Master, then everything makes sense.’

’With the power of the Netherworld Venerable Master, even without True Qi fluctuations and with a low Realm, he could easily revive himself and suppress me!’

’Moreover, only the Netherworld Venerable Master can trigger heaven’s wrath!’

"Heaven’s wrath..."

Su Bai remained noncommittal, murmuring the words.

The sudden thunderclap did seem to be related to the "heaven’s wrath" Xie Nian True Master spoke of.

’However, this so-called heaven’s wrath wasn’t triggered by this world, the one where the Dayu Immortal Dynasty is located.’

’This "heaven’s wrath," I’m afraid, came from beyond the heavens...’

After taking a deep look at the altar in his hand, Su Bai tucked both it and the nearby White Bone Body into his sleeve and stepped into the air.

The Silver-White Dog Demon scrambled up from the mountains and followed him into the sky.

RUMBLE!

Just moments after Su Bai left, the mountain peak he had been standing on suddenly shook violently!

Huge swathes of earth and stone, along with plants and vines, came rolling down.

The entire mountain peak had completely crumbled in an instant!