Chapter 349 348: Crossing the Void

The moment he returned to the Netherworld Dynasty Capital, Jiang Qiu's aura could no longer be concealed. After all, the Netherworld Dynasty didn't just have the Netherworld Monarch as its sole Harmonization Realm expert; there were others who simply hadn't made it onto any lists.

They discovered Jiang Qiu's presence at the first possible moment and noticed that the Dragon Spirit Secret Realm had opened. Everyone knew full well what a new name appearing on the Yin Yang Celestial Pride List signified.

It meant an expert with a limitless future now had a chance to enter the Yang Realm.

As for Jiang Qiu, he also immediately noticed the change on the Yin Yang Celestial Pride List. He knew this would inevitably trigger some astonishing developments, and it would be difficult to explain clearly when he encountered people from the Yin Yang Great Realm.

'Besides, over two hundred thousand Cultivators were just wiped out!'

'What would it look like for me to be the only one to emerge?'

'Among those Cultivators were plenty of people from the top Sects of the Yin Yang Great Realm, not to mention figures similar to Crown Princes from other Great Realms.'

'Even a Venerable from the Nine Venerable Great Realm died. If word of this got out, what would people think? Wouldn't they hunt me down?!'

Therefore, Jiang Qiu had only returned to the Yin Yang Great Realm's Capital City temporarily due to the nature of his spatial jump. The very next instant, he consumed all his Spirit Charm and initiated a traverse between Great Realms!

For a Fusion Realm expert, traversing between Great Realms was no easy task. Yet Jiang Qiu had mastered such a technique at only the Half-Step Fusion Realm, and what's more, he could sustain the energy required to use it.

This was all thanks to his True Dragon Divine Ability: Day and Night Reversal.

And so, in the blink of an eye, dark clouds gathered over the Netherworld Dynasty Capital, and countless pairs of eyes turned toward the sky. They all wished to witness Jiang Qiu's glory for themselves. Among them was the very same registrar who had ridiculed Jiang Qiu when he first arrived in the Capital City, now utterly consumed by shame.

However, all they saw was a radiant glow blooming in the sky. As the scroll, exclusive to those on the Yin Yang Celestial Pride List, unfurled, a figure materialized, having just crossed over from the Secret Realm.

With a SWOOSH, space-time warped. The void above the entire Capital City tore open, and a phenomenal change swept through heaven and earth. The perpetually gloomy skies of the Yin Yang Great Realm suddenly blazed as if day had broken.

The young man was cloaked in an inextinguishable Holy Light, like a Dragon God descending upon the mortal world.

In the blink of an eye, the Dragon God was gone. Day and night reversed once more, the skies above the Capital City fell silent, and the onlookers hadn't even had a chance to commit the sight to memory.

The entire process had happened in a fleeting instant. No one had been able to get a clear look at Jiang Qiu; after all, he was still wearing a mask.

"He's gone already?"

A powerful expert couldn't help but sigh in regret. He had come specifically to witness the magnificent bearing of this peerless prodigy at the Half-Step Fusion Realm, but alas, the man was gone before the water for his tea had even begun to boil.

But as he mulled it over, the white-haired expert frowned. "That's not right. How can someone at the Half-Step Fusion Realm traverse between Great Realms?"

A similar question sprouted in the minds of countless others. They were all stunned, suddenly realizing that this prodigy was only at the Half-Step Fusion Realm, not the Harmonization Realm. How could he traverse worlds so seamlessly?

In the blink of an eye, with a reversal of day and night, he had vanished from their world. This was far more efficient than even a high-level Teleportation Array designed for travel between Great Realms.

"Hiss—"

Countless people drew a sharp, cold breath, marveling all the more at the discernment of the Yin Yang list. A figure like that was surely blessed with profound destiny; otherwise, accomplishing such a feat would be impossible.

The risks involved in traversing Great Realms were simply too high. Even many at the Fusion Realm, despite having grasped a degree of the Space-Time Law, dared not fly out to traverse the void.

Most chose to travel on flying vessels that could cross between Great Realms or used Magical Treasures to aid their journey.

Those who dared to traverse the void with only their physical bodies were an extreme minority.

And indeed, that was the case. When Jiang Qiu used Day and Night Reversal to forcibly tear through the void barrier protecting the Yin Yang Great Realm and step into the void alone, he suddenly felt an incredible, powerful gale crushing him, his internal organs aching from the pressure.

His vision was a vast, empty blackness, as if color itself had ceased to exist. He flew subconsciously, moving away from the Yin Yang Great Realm. An unknown amount of time passed, but still, he could see nothing else.

This was destined to be a long journey. His speed was not particularly fast, but thankfully, the Dragon Spirit Secret Realm in his eyes was still functioning, and Snow's embryo was still gestating. Time had not come to a complete standstill.

This was his first time entering the void. The feeling… was that there was no feeling. He had lost all sensation of the world around him. Even when he used his consciousness to peer at the vast Yin Yang Great Realm receding into the distance, his heart remained detached and cold.

There were no fluctuations of any Law; everything was frozen. His body was flying and drifting on its own, driven by a single thought that had been in the depths of his Soul before leaving the Yin Yang Great Realm: to teleport to another Great Realm.

In such a state, he could neither attack nor defend. Fortunately, there was no one else around—he was flying completely alone.

But Jiang Qiu, having long ago experienced True Dragon Vision at Northern Boundary Mountain, was not the least bit shocked or amazed by the sight. He knew that if he just flew far enough, another Great Realm would appear.

Of course, it might also be a small world. Small worlds were many times more numerous than the Great Realms, which were already as numberless as grains of sand. In theory, a single shattered Great Realm could decompose into an infinite number of small worlds.

'Weren't the countless, ever-spawning Secret Realms on Blue Star all just fragments split off from the shattered Celestial Profound Great Realm?'

In many of these shattered small worlds, everything was desolate. He recalled the first Secret Realm he had ever set foot in, the one in Qingmu Town. Inside, yellow sand swirled through the air above a boundless wasteland.

That was typical for most small worlds.

Secret Realms with resources that could be developed were few and far between; they had likely long ago become the property of the powerful, each with a clearly marked price.

'As for why Blue Star wasn't developed for its resources by Zuo Xuan, that's a mystery. Perhaps he never actually discovered the treasures hidden within those Secret Realms?'

Lost in these various thoughts, Jiang Qiu traveled for a very long time. Finally, a strange, flowing, radiant light appeared before his eyes. An enormous spherical vortex approached from the edge of his vision, suddenly filling the void with brilliance.

In truth, it was nowhere near as large as the Yin Yang Great Realm—it was just a small world.

However, he could sense the aura of life within it, the presence of a civilization. He could even see several oddly shaped, cubical flying vessels emerge from it, WHOOSHING into the distance and vanishing without a trace in an instant.

Those were teleportation-capable flying vessels owned by powerful factions from a Great Realm. Even in the Netherworld Dynasty Capital, such equipment was a rare sight!

'This small world looks rather prosperous!'