Chapter 159 - 139: Divine Silkworm Ascendant, Celestial Silkworm Rebirth Scripture

Chapter 159: Chapter 139: Divine Silkworm Ascendant, Celestial Silkworm Rebirth Scripture

Just like the other Ruins Realms, this place was utterly dilapidated.

The only difference was that this place was even more decrepit.

The history of the Silk Heaven Sect traced back more than fifteen thousand years.

The human civilization on Origin Star was quite ancient.

While its history didn’t stretch into the tens of millions of years, formally established tribal civilizations had existed for a hundred or two hundred thousand years.

The numerous disasters that occurred throughout this period were the reason they never managed to develop an advanced civilization.

Otherwise, they would have long since reached the present stage and explored the universe to become an Interstellar Civilization.

But the intermittent opening of spatio-temporal rifts led to frequent disasters.

The intervals could be a few hundred years, a few thousand, or even tens of thousands of years.

Each time a disaster struck, it would almost completely wipe out the progress of civilization, and the common people at the bottom simply couldn’t withstand it.

It was just like the great flood Su and his people had once experienced.

The entire continent had been nearly submerged. How many could have possibly escaped?

Few of the buildings here remained well-preserved.

The erosion of more than ten thousand years was enough to destroy most physical matter.

Weeds grew in dense thickets, and small shrubs had taken over the spaces where the Sect’s buildings once stood.

Withered branches and decaying leaves carpeted the ground, forming a thick layer of humus.

The strangest part was that despite being so vibrant with life, there were no traces of animals.

There were no small animals, and even insects above a certain size were hard to find.

The answer was simple: they had all been eaten.

Zhang Ji flew straight to the core of the Silk Heaven Sect’s grounds. There, in a dried-up pond, a gigantic flesh cocoon occupied about two-thirds of the space.

The Divine Silkworm Ascendant had failed his reincarnation and turned into a monster. He had devoured his Sect’s disciples and the myriad other living beings within this Ruins Realm, turning them into nutrients.

Then, using a method similar to a tortoise’s hibernation, he had formed this flesh cocoon to minimize his energy consumption, waiting for new food to deliver itself to his doorstep.

As an insect neared the cocoon, coming within about five hundred meters, a strand of flesh-colored silk suddenly shot out from it. It instantly captured the insect and pulled it into the cocoon, where it vanished.

According to the information Zhang Ji remembered from playing the game, the *Celestial Silkworm Rebirth Scripture* was located inside that very flesh cocoon.

More precisely, it was inside the Divine Silkworm Ascendant’s body.

He had swallowed the jade slip.

Fortunately, the jade slip itself was made of an extraordinary, indestructible material; otherwise, it would have been digested long ago.

Zhang Ji raised his hand, purple energy Gathering in his palm. The next moment, he unleashed a Divine Dragon.

"ROOOAR!"

A massive Divine Dragon Wave shot toward the flesh cocoon.

However, as it came within ten meters of the cocoon, the mass of flesh began to change.

Streaks of red light emerged on its surface, completely blocking the attack.

’If nothing else, the Divine Silkworm Ascendant’s defense is absolutely top-notch in this cocooned state.’

’Unless I go all out from the start, activating both my [Qi Body] and [Spiritualization], and then use [Flower-Blooming Buddha: Annihilation]...’

’...I might not be able to break through its defenses in one go.’

"RUMBLE RUMBLE RUMBLE!"

The ground quaked and countless fissures appeared around the flesh cocoon. The cocoon itself began to tremble violently.

Suddenly, the cocoon split open. The flesh that formed it was absorbed inward, and a giant, forty-meter-tall monster of flesh and blood appeared before Zhang Ji.

Its body was covered in heads—it was impossible to distinguish male from female, or even whether they were human. It also had a multitude of arms and legs, some ending in wings, others in hooves or claws.

At its very core was the head of an old man with disheveled hair and eyes full of Chaos.

The entire being emanated chaotic Spirit fluctuations. The field formed by its spirit particles clashed against itself, even causing self-inflicted damage.

"Food... food... Food has arrived! Such tender, plump meat!"

The voice that rang out sounded like thousands of people speaking at once, interspersed with the roars of wild beasts. Countless eyes turned to fixate on Zhang Ji.

"I’ve fought this thing many times, but seeing it in person is still a bit unsettling," Zhang Ji muttered.

Good thing the game didn’t have this feature, otherwise Zhang Ji felt he’d need to make a Sanity check just from looking at it.

"WHOOSH WHOOSH WHOOSH!"

Several fleshy tentacles shot out from the ball of flesh, speeding toward Zhang Ji hundreds of meters away.

Zhang Ji formed a sword-finger, and with a flick, sent several blasts of Yuan Qi force flying.

"PFFT! PFFT! PFFT!"

The fleshy tentacles were instantly blasted to smithereens.

"Pain..."

"RUMBLE!"

The ball of flesh reeled in pain, tumbling over once.

The next moment, even more tentacles shot out from it.

They weaved together as they attacked Zhang Ji.

Zhang Ji raised his hand and thrust his palm forward.

"BOOM!"

A purple Yuan Qi Palm Seal pressed down from above. Red light flickered at the tips of the tentacles as they struggled against the purple Palm Seal, but they were still continuously annihilated, shattering inch by inch. Finally, the Yuan Qi palm struck the ball of flesh.

"BANG! RUMBLE RUMBLE RUMBLE!"

The ball of flesh rolled away, deflecting most of the force.

’Even without activating [Spiritualization], that was a perfected [Flower-Blooming Buddha: Annihilation]. And it only caused a minor injury? This thing’s health bar really is massive!’ Zhang Ji thought with a sigh.

"It’s all your fault! If you hadn’t moved that way, he never would have hit us! ...It’s your fault! You were the one who attacked first! ...It’s all your fault!"

A chaotic argument erupted as the individual heads began blaming one another.

’They still have some semblance of logic.’

"This is getting annoying!"

Zhang Ji’s eyes narrowed. His Spirit particles converged, and he instantly entered the [Spiritualization] state.

He wasn’t planning on holding back any longer.

He had wanted to relive the feeling of fighting a boss from the game, but it was clear now that the memory and the reality were worlds apart.

Zhang Ji raised a palm vertically before him. Yuan Qi surged through his Qi Veins, Gathering rapidly. It was a purple light mixed with a myriad of other colors, and at the same time, an aura of profound compassion began to emanate from him.