Longevity Martial Arts: Starting from Inner Core Skill

Chapter 791: Chapter 21 The Choice of the Nine Heavens World_2

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Three worlds, each carrying out their own actions.

In the blink of an eye, ten years had passed.

Nine Heavens World.

Hei Yang and Bai Yue stood together.

“According to our speculations, the time for Nine Heavens World to advance again may be soon,” Hei Yang said, his gaze deep. This was their only chance to protect the Nine Heavens World.

Bai Yue was somewhat worried, “Don’t try to be too strong. As long as you are alive, there is hope for our Nine Heavens World.”

“I understand.”

The two sat in quiet cultivation, waiting for the right moment to arrive.

Although there was no World Will to help remind them of the exact time, having experienced many world advancements, they had gained experience.

A few days later, the Nine Heavens World integrated another world as part of itself.

Suddenly, Dao Rhythm manifested.

Hei Yang instantly opened his eyes, knowing clearly that the moment had arrived.

“I’m here to help you,” Bai Yue was also prepared to assist and extended her hand onto Hei Yang, transferring her own power.

Feeling the power from Bai Yue, Hei Yang did not hesitate and devoured the Dao Rhythm brought by the Starry Sky Rules.

His aura began to grow, his cultivation that had not changed for hundreds of years slowly ascended.

Three days later, he felt a barrier, facing it as though he were still an ordinary creature facing a solid rock, difficult to destroy or cross.

A joy sprang up in Hei Yang’s heart.

The appearance of a barrier meant he was nearing the limit of the Tenth Realm.

The Eleventh Realm seemed just in sight.

But—

Half a year after the world advancement ended, he still saw no change in front of the barrier.

Breaking through to the Eleventh Realm was harder than he had imagined.

If he forced a breakthrough, death and ceasing to exist were the only outcomes; there was no second possibility.

In the end, he had no choice but to give up and return from his cultivation.

Bai Yue, having sacrificed most of her strength to assist Hei Yang’s breakthrough, appeared somewhat weak.

“Did we fail?” As a participant, she understood some things quite clearly.

Hei Yang sighed and said with a bitter smile, “Just as we expected. The barrier from the Ten Realms to the Eleventh Realm is more solid than we thought. Even if we take in the entire region, the chance of breaking through isn’t one hundred percent. It requires time to grind through…”

“Is that so… Then we can only execute the other plan,” Bai Yue knew that without a breakthrough, they had to prepare for the worst.

“Then let’s start preparing…”

However, an unexpected event occurred.

One month into their preparations for another way out, a strange powerhouse from the Ten Realms appeared.

The Nine Heavens Opening Sword, as the world’s core, immediately sensed it.

And Hei Yang, who had refined the Nine Heavens Opening Sword, naturally knew right away.

Without hesitation, he directly confronted the stranger from the Ten Realms.

“Who are you, where do you come from, and why have you entered our Nine Heavens World so stealthily?” He already had an answer in his heart, but he needed confirmation.

“Daluo World, Hua Yu!”

Hua Yu had no intention of concealing his identity.

As a powerhouse from the Daluo World, he had his own pride.

“So, Hua Yu, what brings you to our Nine Heavens World?”

“There’s no need to pretend you don’t know. You’re clearly aware of my purpose. You can’t avoid it. Submit or be forced to submit. Make your choice, knowing that we’re not the only ones eyeing your Nine Heavens World.” Hua Yu was straightforward about his purpose.

Hei Yang’s expression immediately darkened.

As they had predicted, the Daluo World had come, and they wanted their submission.

“May we have some time to think it over?”

“You may, but make it quick.”

“Very well,” Hei Yang nodded, “You can take a look around in the meantime. We will have an answer for you shortly.”

Hua Yu had no objections, simply nodding.

That was also his purpose for making such a high-profile appearance.

Hei Yang then left immediately to find Bai Yue.

“Just as we suspected, the Daluo World has come, and if I’m not mistaken, the Ten Thousand Tribulations Continent is surely close behind.”

Bai Yue had actually been observing and was ready to intervene at any moment if the situation turned sour, “Judging by Hua Yu’s attitude, he doesn’t seem to care much that you are a powerhouse from the Ten Realms. I’m afraid he has confidence because, as we guessed, the Daluo World possesses warriors from the Eleventh Realm.”

“That must be right. The worst-case scenario has indeed happened…”

“So, do we carry out the final plan?” Bai Yue inquired.

“Yes, but there are hundreds of billions of living beings…” Hei Yang knew that once they executed the final plan, the majority of the Nine Heavens World’s inhabitants would be abandoned, even dying.

After developing the Nine Heavens World for tens of thousands of years, he, too, did not wish to lead those living beings to their destruction.

“Hundreds of billions of living beings…” Bai Yue’s expression was also complex. In a way, the inhabitants of the Nine Heavens World had been nurtured by them from scratch.

Other powerhouses might not care about such insignificant beings, but they were different.

Their conduct had always been gentle.

After a long contemplation, Hei Yang finally said, “If it really comes down to it… let’s join the Daluo World…”

Bai Yue suddenly looked up.

Before this, Hei Yang was determined to leave and had even made preparations.

“Why?”

“If we leave, we are already facing great risks. With luck, we might arrive in a relatively weaker region and rise again.

But if we’re unlucky, we might find ourselves in the area of another strong world or a barren land. In either case, no matter what we encounter, there’s not much difference from staying. And, when we initially prepared for the worst, it was because we thought the Daluo World was a brutal one, and we had no choice but to go.”