Chapter 409 - 384: The Birth of [Tian Ming], an Obscure Peerless Prodigy, a Follower of Jiang Qiu

With the establishment of the Human Union, Zhu Weiyi and Lin Yu temporarily took charge of its affairs. Their first order of business was to dispatch Martial Artists to every nation to eliminate the threat of the Demon Race, and they acted with swift and decisive force.

For Xia Country, there were no longer any rivals on Blue Star left to challenge them. Their true focus had shifted to traversing the void.

The void had once been an uncharted, mysterious territory for Xia Country, like a vast, boundless ocean. One could never be sure if what lay on the other side was a shore or just an even more distant sea.

But now, with the help of the Three-Life Race—the Celestial Star—and their fleet, they had easily constructed a massive relay station capable of crossing the void. Of course, the technology itself wasn’t the difficult part; what was truly time-consuming was gathering the necessary resources.

Blue Star was, after all, a barren land. Otherwise, the Zuo Xuan of the past wouldn’t have merely swept up its population instead of collecting its resources. All the resources on the entire planet, if loaded into the Eight-direction Reversing Ship, might not even be enough for a single energy refill.

In other words, resources for the level of energy required for Space-Time Travel were far too scarce. Even with the relay station completed, it would be difficult for Blue Star to conduct frequent jumps. At most, they could scrape together enough for a single trip, and even then, the number of travelers would have to be limited, and the distance couldn’t be too great—meaning they could only travel to the Desolate Realm, with which they had already established a coordinate lock.

Under these circumstances, the Human Union had to select the best of the best, choosing only those with true talent and potential to be sent to the Desolate Realm.

To ensure their continued development and to connect with the Primordial world cluster, the Human Race had to establish a firm foothold in the Desolate Realm and secure their own means of generating resources.

However, after observing on Blue Star for some time, Zhu Weiyi failed to find any suitable candidates to send to the Desolate Realm. Thus, he followed Lin Yu into the Northern Boundary.

By now, the development of the Northern Boundary was incredibly rapid. Its Cultivation System was flourishing, and the Human Race had discovered many ruins within this world, even unearthing some of the Cultivation Techniques that had once belonged to the Cyan Simurgh Palace.

They still knew very little about the Cyan Simurgh Palace. They only knew that it had once been a Human Race outpost in the Celestial Profound Great Realm and had likely enjoyed a period of great prosperity. Then, following the end of the Era of Dragon Fall, it vanished without a trace, leaving no other signs of its existence to this day.

What was undeniable, however, was that the Basic Cultivation Techniques of the Cyan Simurgh Palace offered a path to break through to the Fusion Realm. The Great Dao they followed was proven. Moreover, the Northern Boundary had no Realm restrictions on reaching the Fusion Realm, and now, even the restrictive feeling of the bottleneck on Blue Star had vanished.

It was likely that when Zuo Xuan forced his way onto Blue Star, he shattered a Realm bottleneck that had existed there for an unknown amount of time. Now, native Cultivators could also reach the Fusion Realm, provided they had sufficient Talent and ample resources.

Regarding Talent, however, Lin Yu didn’t believe there was any shortage. A generation of Human Race prodigies who grew up in the Northern Boundary, as well as geniuses from the tribes, had all been baptized by the Dragon Lake. Their comprehension abilities were incredibly formidable, and many had already reached the Peeping Dao Realm.

Then there were monsters like Tian Ming. His absorption of the Dragon Lake’s essence was the most ferocious of all; one could say he was truly blessed by the heavens. There was an unspoken feeling that he was the chosen one of this world. His Realm progression was as if divinely assisted, breaking through barriers with unstoppable momentum.

"So this is the Northern Boundary Mountain of today?" Zhu Weiyi remarked with feeling, standing atop the Northern Boundary Peak for the first time. "It really is different now."

He had only come to the Northern Boundary once before in his life. That was when the region’s Contest of the Chosen had concluded, and he had brought the powerhouses of North Border City to retrieve Jiang Sheng. That was the only other time he had seen this place.

However, the sky had been dark then, with Thunder Tribulation rolling across it, so he never got a clear look at the Northern Boundary Mountain in its natural state. Furthermore, because of BaKi, the Northern Boundary Mountain had "opened its eyes," and the aftermath had been a truly dreadful sight.

Looking at the Northern Boundary Mountain now, it was like a Human Immortal Realm. They had arrived at the peak via a subsidiary Teleportation Array linked to the *Celestial Dao Prison Dragon* technique, and it felt like being submerged in a white mist. A dense aura of Spirit Charm enveloped them. Before them, a great, mirror-like lake reflected the sky. It was clear and possessed a spiritual quality, like the eye of a recuperating dragon.

This was the Dragon Lake. It was in a constant state of nurturing and gestating, causing the density of its Spirit Charm to surpass even that of a Grotto Heaven Blessed Land. Moreover, because it was bound to the Laws of this world, it naturally drew in the most refined Spirit Charm from its surroundings.

The Northern Boundary Mountain covered an immense area, and beneath it lay the core of the Dragon Vein—the very heart of the entire Northern Boundary. It could be said that this was the place with the densest Spirit Charm in the entire world. As a result, it naturally developed the ability to enhance one’s cultivation Talent, an effect that was nothing short of miraculous.

However, while they knew such a place was rare and precious, they lacked a more concrete understanding of its true worth. They simply couldn’t imagine the terrifying storm it would cause in the Outer Realm if its existence were ever exposed.

To enhance one’s aptitude, to gather the essence of an entire world, to coexist and be nurtured alongside heaven and earth—it was all truly astonishing.

HUMMM—

Suddenly, a subtle ripple spread from the center of the lake’s surface, as if something had been disturbed. Zhu Weiyi and Lin Yu stopped in their tracks, a strange look flashing in their eyes. "Is that the aura of a transformation into the Fusion Realm?"

While many at the Fusion Realm might perish in the Outer Realm, those who survived were reputable powerhouses in any world. After all, the very next step for them was the Harmonization Realm, and experts of that level almost never made public appearances.

Reaching the Fusion Realm was enough to establish a sect and become a patriarch even in a Great Realm, so what to speak of a small place like Blue Star? Or a shattered world like the Northern Boundary?

Keep in mind, the number of Fusion Realm experts in the fleet sent by the Celestial Star could be counted on one hand, and all of them were high-ranking officers. To now sense such an aura on the Northern Boundary Peak, right in their own territory—how could they not be astonished?