Chapter 300 - 299: Traversing the Liangyi Great Realm

"What? You’re saying Chen has disappeared with all the high-ranking Great Demons of the Demon Race, and that even the entrance to the Kunlun Secret Realm has been concealed and can’t be found?"

Lin Yu, who had just answered the phone, was utterly shocked.

The fact that all the prodigies and powerhouses across the globe had been taken away by that Venerable Zuo Xuan was shocking enough. He never expected Chen to have also left with a group of Great Demons.

But it seemed to be true. When his subordinates had reported on the situation, they hadn’t mentioned any Demon Generals or Demon Marshals leading an invasion.

In other words, since the battle at Gao Yuan City, the only forces that had invaded Xia Country were the armies led by the Ancestral Great Demons of the Kunlun Demon Clan.

These Ancestral Great Demons might not even be a match for Zhu Li, the former master of Dongqi Lake near Gao Yuan City.

This was Xia Country’s weakness.

"Yes. I’ve already cleared out the Kunlun Demon Clan entrenched in the cities of the Northwest Province. Kunlun City is pretty much dealt with, too. I’m preparing to return to the Northern Boundary." On the other end of the line, Jiang Qiu let out a long breath. "When the time comes, I’ll open the Secret Realm passage between the Northern Boundary and Blue Star so the two realms can connect. I’ll probably try to find a way to travel to other Great Realms to intercept Venerable Zuo Xuan."

"Huh?" Lin Yu was dumbfounded. "You’re going to intercept Zuo Xuan!"

Although he hadn’t witnessed Zuo Xuan’s power firsthand, the devastated state of Blue Star spoke volumes. That man was synonymous with a cataclysm.

And now, Jiang Qiu was going to intercept this cataclysm. It was an audacious claim, to say the least.

"Zuo Xuan captured all those people, so he definitely won’t let them die en route. As long as I intercept him before he returns to the Nine Venerable Great Realm, there’s still a chance.

"Besides, traveling between Great Realms takes a long time. It’s not like he can just pop back over in an instant. In the meantime, I can become as strong as possible.

"Goodbye, Elder Lin."

The call ended. All of Jiang Qiu’s social media accounts turned gray. He had clearly entered the Northern Boundary, and the void had severed all communication.

"Intercept Zuo Xuan..." Lin Yu muttered the words several times, his eyes filled with a mixture of emotion and anticipation. "Now that’s an ambitious goal."

...

Having spent about three days in the Blue Star Realm, which equated to half a year in the Northern Boundary, Jiang Qiu opened the passage to the Secret Realm. He informed the higher-ups of the Initial Land, as well as the people of the North Snow Tribe and other tribes, of this development.

He didn’t explain in detail what had happened on Blue Star, nor did he reveal his specific plans. He simply left them with a message: "I am leaving for other Great Realms. I don’t know how long it will be until I return. You must all cultivate diligently and ensure our legacy is not broken."

Under the gazes of countless people, Jiang Qiu departed from the Northern Boundary Mountain. No one knew his destination. Meanwhile, Tian Ming and the other top prodigies were still cultivating at Dragon Lake, completely unaware of what had happened.

...

Returning to the Teleportation Array he had once found in the South Mountain Range, Jiang Qiu expended some Spirit Charm and activated it!

VMMMM—

RUMBLE—

A powerful fluctuation erupted. He felt as if he were adrift in a sea of dust, facing the myriad realms of the heavens!

As he teleported, a legacy of information about the Great Realms flowed into his mind. It seemed to have been part of the Teleportation Array since its creation.

"Leaving the Ancestral Great World Community... traversing a scale of ten thousand years... traveling to the Primordial Great World Community... Destination locked: Yin Yang Great Realm..."

"After the end of the Era of Dragon Fall, a vast cluster of Great World Communities suffered a devastating blow. The world will of this particular Great Realm gave birth to the Yin Yang Creation Technique, allowing it to be reborn in a new era and nurture countless races..."

"Under the influence of the world will, the Yin Yang nurtures life. Beings from across the myriad realms can be born through the Yin Yang. You have been drawn here by this force, just like the previous cultivator, Flower, descending upon this realm..."

Hm?

Immersed in the process of receiving this legacy, Jiang Qiu’s soul trembled. Suddenly, a memory spanning seventeen years surfaced in his mind. The subject of these memories grew from a baby into a young woman, and the vision ended on a moment filled with regret.

They never even saw each other one last time.

’She’s still alive!’

The moment this thought erupted, a joyous surprise blossomed in Jiang Qiu’s heart. He had known many people in his life, but aside from his parents, the person who had been by his side for over a decade was Flower.

Although the time dilation between the Northern Boundary and Blue Star had dulled his perception of the passing years, some people and events remained forever etched in his memory, often in the form of regret.

Back then, he had followed the Leader to the North Sea Palace to receive his ancestral inheritance. When he emerged, he learned that the entire North Snow Tribe had been attacked. He never saw Flower again. He only heard that she had fled with a large number of their people deep into the South Mountain Range, but they were never found.

’I’ll bring you home.’

With that final thought, Jiang Qiu’s consciousness drifted into a state of "slumber," continuously absorbing the legacy from the world will that came with traversing Great Realms.

「An unknown amount of time passed.」

...

Yin Yang Great Realm, Yin Realm, Netherworld Dynasty, Hundred Ghosts Sect.

This was a local Dominator Sect with a legacy spanning several thousand years. Legend had it that its founding Ancestor was the renowned Hundred Ghosts King, a Fusion Realm expert famous throughout the Great Realm!

However, the Sect had never again produced a figure with talent as peerless as the Hundred Ghosts King. In the present day, even those who managed to reach the Dao Entry Realm were exceedingly rare.

They secretly relied on an Advanced Array called the Yin Yang Summoned Life, performing a summoning ritual every ten years. This allowed them to call over souls from the void that did not belong to this Great Realm.

Given that the void is not a place ordinary people can traverse, most of those who die within it possess considerable strength—in other words, they are geniuses.

Each time they activated the Yin Yang Summoned Life, they could pull in over a hundred new souls. According to the Laws of the Yin Yang Great Realm, these souls would then automatically merge into new physical bodies.

Even those who arrived in their physical bodies would be reduced to an infant state through Refinement, unless their Realm was above the Fusion Realm.

Elder Zhao Sheng, clad in a Wizard Robe and wearing a black mask, gestured as if grasping the air. He silently chanted an ancient Spell passed down through the ages, and the already dim sky grew even darker.

Over a hundred of the Sect’s core members stood silently around the perimeter of the massive Yin Yang Array, seemingly praying for a bountiful harvest from this summoning.

"The overall quality of the souls from the last summoning was terrible. And that one from the far reaches of the void couldn’t even cultivate. I’ve never seen such a worthless person. I hope we don’t get that kind of dreg again this time."

"Things aren’t that strange. After thousands of years of these summonings, it’s normal to get an odd one out. We can’t have exceptions every single time. Who knows, maybe this time we’ll trigger a celestial phenomenon, and the Yin Yang will bring glory to our Hundred Ghosts Sect!"

A few young Elders discussed this in low voices. Their faces were also hidden beneath masks, and their tones were icy, possessing a serpentine softness that made it impossible to tell if they were men or women.

The essence of the Yin Yang Summoned Life was to scavenge corpses from the void, use the world’s Laws to nurture them into new infants, and in doing so, benefit the Sect.

There were, however, exceptions. Some mighty experts roamed the void in their physical bodies and might answer the summons out of sheer curiosity.

A Sect was once annihilated in the snap of a finger for this very reason.

But such situations were exceedingly rare. Few of those titans were so idle. And even if some exceptional, living being was summoned, as long as their Realm wasn’t too high, they would still be reduced to an infant via Refinement and could be easily controlled.

Soon, a beam of black light erupted from the center of the Array, and over a hundred new lives began to gestate...