Chapter 130: The Great Thousand Worlds
Time flew by, and the years passed.
The Immortal-Demon War continued for a hundred years, becoming the norm.
The Peerless Summit Sect regained its position as the number one sect in the Immortal Domain, its strength unparalleled, the only sect capable of directly resisting the Demon Abyss’s attacks.
The former Grand Elder of the Law Enforcement Hall died in battle, besieged by six Nascent Soul cultivators from the Blood Lord lineage of the Temple of the Nether Spirit. Before his death, at the cost of his soul’s annihilation, he took two of them with him and severely injured the others.
Hei Pao became the new Grand Elder of the Law Enforcement Hall, and Underworld Water Ravine merged with the Law Enforcement Hall, changing the structure of the Peerless Summit Sect from four peaks and one hall to three peaks and one hall.
The former Peak Master of Falling Flower Peak, Luo Huaxin, disappeared, and the position was taken over by the newly promoted Nascent Soul Elder, Bai Zhanying.
She had once ventured deep into the Nether Spirit forbidden area alone, fighting against ten Core Formation cultivators, killing four and escaping with injuries, achieving Nascent Soul.
After this battle, Bai Zhanying became famous, second only to the Heaven-grade pill cultivator of the Peerless Summit Sect, so she naturally took over as the Peak Master of Falling Flower Peak.
Compared to other sects in the Immortal Domain, the Peerless Summit Sect was still relatively well off. Others suffered far worse fates.
The Everspring Pavilion and the Immortal Music Sect, the weakest of the nine major sects, were the first to collapse during the long stalemate, merging with other sects in their respective provinces, becoming relatively independent branches.
The Heavenly Secrets Pavilion and the Xunfang Sect, although not destroyed, were also struggling, only maintaining their position with their foundations, barely avoiding collapse.
The Silent Temple was an exception. They used a drastic measure, sealing off the entire Fan Province.
Only cultivators at Nascent Soul and above could freely enter and leave, and how could cultivators of this level venture deep into enemy territory alone?
Therefore, Fan Province was the only territory in the Immortal Domain unaffected by the Demon Abyss’s attacks, but they also couldn’t provide much assistance to the other Immortal Domain sects, at most sending out a few Nascent Soul cultivators to salvage the situation.
The Silent Temple disciples who were traveling outside joined the local resistance, fighting against the Demon Abyss alongside the sects in their respective locations.
The Primordial Mother Cult, after the Primordial Mother’s disappearance, completely collapsed, less than 10% of their disciples remaining, and more than half of their Core Formation cultivators and above were killed.
Their former territory was divided among the other three forbidden areas, with a portion reclaimed by the Immortal Domain.
In the long years that followed, the Blood Sea deep within the Demon Abyss became a forbidden zone, even the forbidden area lords didn’t dare to enter it easily.
It was rumored that some cultivators had ventured into the Blood Sea and luckily returned, claiming that the Blood Sea now had a master, and a mysterious force repelled anyone who approached.
The forbidden area lords and the ancient beings remained silent about this.
The Temple of the Nether Spirit appointed a new Holy Son and Holy Maiden. No one mentioned the once unparalleled, yet cruel, Holy Maiden again, a fleeting chapter of history quietly erased.
There were no records of a Luo Xue in the Falling Flower Peak archives of the Peerless Summit Sect. Only the disciples who had witnessed it still vaguely remembered a petite, white-haired girl wielding a heavy sword, single-handedly facing the menacing disciples of the Temple.
The great tribulation, which occurred once every few thousand years, finally arrived, but few could sense its presence.
In the depths of the Blood Sea, Liu Lian sat with her eyes closed, and Phoenix Venerable, in her blood-red dress, sat beside her.
After the Primordial Mother’s death, there was one more spot for a peak Soul Transformation cultivator in this world, and Liu Lian naturally took it.
However, taking this position also meant facing the great tribulation.
But… Phoenix Venerable was the embodiment of the will of immortality. By bestowing a sliver of immortality, Liu Lian wouldn’t even have to face the risk of the tribulation.
“This world… will become peaceful again.” Phoenix Venerable murmured.
She looked into the distance, vaguely seeing a small figure in the Blood Sea.
She hadn’t left in a hundred years.
Phoenix Venerable shifted her gaze downwards, into the depths of the Blood Sea, landing on the immortal coffin, her eyes narrowing slightly.
“Just as I expected… her consciousness is gone, leaving only an empty space…”
Consciousness was self-awareness and memory, the foundation of one’s existence.
Both the soul and the body could change, but as long as the consciousness remained, it wasn’t true death.
In its withering state, the Eternal Withering Body’s soul and body were in a state of “death,” but only the consciousness was dormant.
But Luo Xue’s situation was different. Her consciousness wasn’t dormant, but gone.
“Gone,” not “dissipated.”
“Even I can’t understand its essence… Perhaps, she will find the answer herself in the future.” Phoenix Venerable closed her eyes again.
However, what she hadn’t told Luo Xue and Su Yiyao was that although the Eternal Withering Body could theoretically reach the Great Emperor Realm, it required an extremely long time.
So far, no one had ever become a Great Emperor with the Eternal Withering Body.
More importantly, the methods to temporarily awaken an Eternal Withering Body from its withering state… were few, and each consumed a massive amount of resources.
Previously, she could awaken Luo Xue with the will of immortality because Luo Xue hadn’t truly entered the withering state.
“Xiao Yao, I can only hope… that your wait won’t be forever.” Phoenix Venerable sighed softly.
But just as she was about to return to her millennia-long meditation, she suddenly sensed something and frowned slightly.
“Hmm?”
Her brow furrowed, and a puzzled look appeared in her crimson eyes. “Strange… why do I suddenly feel like something is missing from this world? Could it be that someone bypassed my perception and left this world?”
But after sensing carefully, she found that all existences above Nascent Soul were still present. Even the usually troublesome forbidden area lords and ancient beings had become much quieter due to the arrival of the great tribulation.
After searching for a while without any results, Phoenix Venerable could only give up.
“Well, if it’s just a few minor cultivators who returned to the Great Thousand Worlds, it shouldn’t cause much of a stir. At most, after a fleeting moment of a few hundred years, they will turn to dust, unknown to anyone.”
After a brief awakening, Phoenix Venerable returned to her meditation.
The Blood Sea returned to its state of withering.
…
“Thi-, this is… what is this…”
Li Guijiao, carrying her escape bag, looked up with trembling legs, her face filled with terror.
What did she see…
A monstrous beast, ten thousand feet tall, lay beside her, its fangs the size of mountains.
Ancient trees, reaching the clouds, surrounded her, their branches as thick as city walls.
Every being here emanated a terrifying aura, even the ants crawling on the ground were at least at the Spirit Condensation Realm.
Ten scorching suns shone in the sky, and ferocious roars echoed from the distant horizon…
“Where the hell did I end up?!”
Li Guijiao, whose Spirit Condensation cultivation was like that of an ant here, wanted to cry.
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