Chapter 326 An Ancient World, Where Immortal King Lineages Clash!
"The taste is so-so." Xiao Yan withdrew his finger, giving a fair assessment.
The Golden Crow descendant's eyes widened in disbelief as its prized primordial fire was swallowed whole.
"Nine Netherworld Meteor Flame? How could a human who hasn't even stepped into the Immortal Path possibly control a divine fire of this level?!"
Before it could even recover from its shock...
Little Shihao has already stretched out his fair and tender little hand.
His movements seemed slow, but the Golden Crow Descendant was horrified to discover that the surrounding space seemed to be suppressed by an invisible, ancient divine mountain, and it couldn't even move its wings.
Xiao Shihao grabbed the Golden Crow by the scruff of its neck and lifted it up like a chick.
"Shouting and yelling, not listening at all." Xiao Shihao frowned and turned to shout at Zi Yan.
"Ziyan, set up that black pot! This bird has a terrible temper; it'll burn easily if you roast it directly. Let's add some spiritual spring water and stew it for soup!"
Zi Yan cheered and immediately ran to move the pot.
The Golden Crow descendant, whose fate was being gripped by the scruff of his neck, felt the pure physical power emanating from Xiao Shihao's palm.
That's a strength that no human could possibly possess!
The blood energy dormant within this kid is even more ferocious than that of a pure-blooded ancient ferocious beast!
It panicked completely.
The domineering air she had just displayed instantly crumbled, and her two little wings quickly clung to Xiao Shihao's fingers.
"Heroes! Young heroes, please spare our lives!"
The descendant of the Golden Crow let out a mournful howl like a pig being slaughtered.
"My flesh is sour! It doesn't taste good at all! I can find treasure, I know where there are elixirs in this wilderness! Don't cook me, I'll be your guide!"
Seeing the once arrogant ancient creature transform into a chicken with an overwhelming will to survive in the blink of an eye, the old apothecary sitting on the stone bench couldn't help but burst into laughter.
He picked up his teacup and took a sip.
This perfect world is absurd in every way, yet it makes people feel extremely happy.
...
At the same time.
The Immortal State of Ten Thousand Snakes swallows the ancient mountains outside the sky.
Beside that pool of blood, churning with the dark red, savage blood of ferocious beasts, tens of thousands of snake-people from collateral branches of the race resided.
All eyes were focused on the faintly visible purple figure in the center of the blood pool.
Queen Medusa has been soaking in this pool for a full ten days.
For the past ten days, she has been enduring unimaginable torment every day.
The lingering wills of those ancient ferocious beasts transformed into hideous phantoms, tearing and ravaging her mind.
The violent, waste blood seeped into her body through her pores, shattering her meridians.
A layer of shed purple snake scales floated on the surface of the pool water.
Those were Medusa's shed old scales.
"Grandma Mo, will this girl from the mortal realm be able to make it through?" The three-colored snake woman named Qing Shuang stood on the shore, a hint of worry in her eyes.
Grandma Mo, leaning on her snake-head cane, squinted, her murky gaze piercing through the blood.
"Her physical body has reached its limit," Granny Mo said in a hoarse voice.
"If she cannot comprehend the bone script within this limit and draw the divine light into her body, she will be completely assimilated by this pool of water."
At the bottom of the blood pool, Medusa's eyes were tightly closed, her beautiful face as pale as paper.
She had bitten her lip until it bled, and bright red blood mingled with the pool water.
She felt her consciousness gradually fading.
The sound of wind and sand from the Tagor Desert seemed to echo in my ears, along with the calls of the Snake People.
"I... must not fall here."
Medusa let out a silent roar in her heart.
How could she, as the queen of her clan, willingly turn into a pool of blood?
She forcefully held onto the last vestige of clarity in her mind, frantically circulating the faint Devouring Heaven Source within her body.
"Buzz!"
Suddenly, a strange fluctuation rippled out from deep within her brow.
The raging beast energies in the blood pool became docile the moment they came into contact with this fluctuation, and they all converged towards her brow.
ashore.
Grandma Mo's eyes widened suddenly.
Amidst the stunned gazes of all the snake people, Medusa slowly rose from the pool of blood.
Her purple snake tail, which was originally covered in scars, now seemed to have come back to life.
The newly grown scales are no longer a single purple, but under the sunlight, they refract seven dazzling colors: red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, and purple!
And between her eyebrows.
An ancient, complex rune, exuding an aura that seemed to devour the heavens and earth, was slowly taking shape.
Bone script!
The cornerstone of the Immortal Realm cultivation system represents the true mark of stepping into the gate of cultivation.
"Seven-colored scales... Devouring Heaven Bone Script!"
Qing Shuang gasped, her voice trembling.
"Not only did she survive, she actually activated her ancestral seed!"
Grandma Mo's hand holding the cane trembled slightly, and a look of wild joy appeared on her aged face.
"May Heaven bless my Devouring Heaven Clan!"
"Quickly, ring the Blood Gathering Bell immediately and notify Uchiyama!" Granny Mo shouted the order.
"A new saintess has been born!"
...
The scene shifts again.
The Primordial Celestial Court, the Immortal Valley in the Back Mountain.
Xiao Yan sat cross-legged on the open ground, with the Eight Desolations Annihilation Ruler lying horizontally on his knees.
He was slowly guiding the circulation of Qi and blood within his body according to the cultivation path of the "Great Wilderness Manual" in his mind.
Xiao Shihao and Zi Yan were teasing the Golden Crow descendant that had been recruited.
The little bird, looking pitiful, held a wild fruit it had found somewhere in its wings and offered it to Ziyan in a conciliatory manner.
Everything looked so peaceful.
Suddenly, a sharp whooshing sound shattered the tranquility of the Immortal Valley.
A sharp sword light tore through the clouds and landed directly in front of them.
As the sword light dissipated, the figure of Li Changsheng, the first-ranked official of the Primordial Immortal Court, was revealed.
But at this moment, he no longer had his usual calm and composed demeanor; instead, his brows were furrowed and his expression was solemn.
"Senior Brother Changsheng?"
Xiao Yan opened his eyes, stopped circulating his cultivation technique, and stood up.
Li Changsheng glanced at Xiao Yan, then at Xiao Shihao beside him, his tone unusually urgent.
"Eleventh Junior Brother, little one."
"Pack your things, and get ready to leave the Celestial Court with me."
Xiao Yan was taken aback: "Left the Celestial Court? What happened?"
Li Changsheng took a deep breath and looked out into the endless void beyond the Immortal Court's territory.
"Just half an hour ago, the Immortal Lord noticed an anomaly at the edge of the Boundary Sea."
"There was a broken ancient world that, along with the chaotic flow of time and space, crashed into the barrier of our universe."
"An unparalleled opportunity has emerged in that ancient realm, and the major Immortal King lineages have already sent people to investigate."
Li Changsheng turned his head and looked at Xiao Yan, his eyes becoming somewhat meaningful.
"The Immortal Lord has issued a special decree, ordering you to accompany him."
"Consider it a learning experience and broaden your horizons."
"Go to the edge of the Boundary Sea to broaden your horizons?" Xiao Yan was slightly taken aback, and his hand holding the Eight Desolate Annihilation Ruler unconsciously tightened a little.
He had just ignited the divine fire, and the surging power within him, like a volcano, was eager to find an outlet.
Upon hearing that he could go out and fight against the geniuses of the various Immortal King lineages, his heart couldn't help but beat a little faster.
"Senior Brother Changsheng, since all the major sects have gathered here, there must be many top geniuses, right?" A hint of fighting spirit flashed in Xiao Yan's eyes.
Li Changsheng nodded, but his expression grew even more serious.
He casually set up a soundproof barrier around himself before speaking in a low voice.
"This situation is unusual."
"In that dilapidated ancient realm, there is a suspected birth of a great medicine of the Celestial King level."
"The entire Immortal Realm is now in an uproar. The young generation of the Longevity Families, the Immortal Sects, and several Immortal King lineages are already on their way."
At this point, Li Changsheng glared at Xiao Shihao, who was still running around catching butterflies.
"Especially you, little one."
"Don't cause me any trouble this time you go out."
"Those disciples of great sects are all arrogant and carry deadly weapons bestowed upon them by their elders."
"Our strategy this time is to make money discreetly and seize opportunities quietly, understand?"
Upon hearing that there was a powerful medicine, Xiao Shihao's big eyes immediately lit up like two small lanterns.
"Don't worry, senior brother! I'll definitely be good!" The little guy patted his chest to assure him, but drool was already dripping from the corner of his mouth.
"Are there any pure-blooded ferocious beasts in the ancient realm that are very large, run very fast, and sizzle with oil when roasted?"
Zi Yan chimed in, cupping her face in her hands with expectant eyes.
"Hopeless, these two gluttons." Li Changsheng covered his forehead and sighed helplessly.
Without further ado, he waved his sleeve, and a simple, unassuming wooden flying boat appeared in mid-air.
The flying boat looked dilapidated and lacked even a decent array of light patterns.
But as soon as Xiao Yan stepped on it, his eyelids twitched involuntarily.
He keenly sensed that beneath this seemingly ordinary wooden board, tens of thousands of defensive array patterns were densely engraved, and there were even void runes capable of tearing space apart instantly.
"Senior Brother Changsheng's steady nature really hasn't changed at all," Xiao Yan thought to himself with a chuckle.
Just to be on the safe side, Li Changsheng gave Xiao Yan, Xiao Shihao, and Zi Yan each a dozen or so concealment talismans, forcing them to stick them on the inside of their clothes before activating the flying boat, which transformed into a faint stream of light and silently disappeared into the boundless sea of clouds.
The Golden Crow descendant, whose feathers had been plucked, was also stuffed into Zi Yan's pocket, euphemistically called "storage rations and treasure-hunting radar."
...
The flying boat traversed the void for three days and three nights.
Along the way, Xiao Yan stood at the bow of the boat, looking at the scenery outside, and was deeply shocked.
The vastness of the Immortal Realm far exceeded his understanding.
They passed through sacred mountains stretching for thousands of miles, saw ancient behemoths that swallowed stars whole, and witnessed the spectacular scene of two powerful beings fighting and shattering dozens of star fields.
This is the essence of the higher-dimensional world.
Here, geniuses are as numerous as hairs on a cow, and strong individuals are even more abundant.
"Look, the Boundary Sea is just ahead," Li Changsheng pointed into the distance.
Xiao Yan looked in that direction and froze on the spot.
At the edge of the horizon lay a boundless black ocean. This water was no ordinary water; it was formed from the convergence of countless fragmented laws of the world.
Even a random wave, when it rolls up, can vaguely reveal the birth and death of a dilapidated universe.
At the edge of that black ocean, there is a massive spatial rift.
Within the crack, a desolate and ancient land looms in and out, exuding a chilling aura of vicissitude.
The void outside that rift was now filled with all sorts of flying magical artifacts.
There was a white jade chariot pulled by nine pure-blooded dragons, a bronze ancient palace as large as a mountain, and a huge divine bird whose body was burning with crimson flames.
Each magical artifact bears a large banner representing its respective lineage, fluttering in the wind.
"The Myriad Swords Immortal Sect, the Nine Heavens Divine Mountain, the Boundless Dojo..."
As Li Changsheng read out the names on the banners, his brows furrowed even more.
"Sure enough, those most troublesome Immortal King lineages have all sent people."
"Look at that white jade carriage. That's the divine child of the Wuji Daoist Temple. It is said that he was born accompanied by the immortal sounds of the Great Dao. He is only twenty years old now, but he has already reached the peak of the True One Realm and is only half a step away from the Heavenly God Realm."
Upon hearing the words "Peak of True Realm," Xiao Yan clenched his fists.
The True One Realm is a realm that surpasses the Divine Fire Realm.
He spent eighty-one days in the Dragon Transformation Pool before he could barely ignite his divine fire, while the successors of those great sects started much earlier than him.
However, there was no sign of backing down in Xiao Yan's eyes.
The eighty-one days of baptism by the true blood of ten thousand beasts gave him the confidence to challenge opponents of higher levels.
The flying boat slowly approached the edge of the crack.
Because the flying boat's design was so dilapidated, it looked out of place among a bunch of dazzling magical artifacts.
The gazes of many disciples from major sects around them unconsciously swept over.
"Whose crappy ship is that from some minor sect? How dare they come to the edge of the Boundary Sea to try and get a share of the pie with such a shabby thing?"
A young man dressed in brocade robes sat on the back of a ferocious beast that was entirely white and had two horns.
He glanced at the flying boat, a sneer playing on his lips.
The young man in brocade robes was positioned to block the side of the entrance to the crack.
"Senior brother, the people standing on the bow of that ship look like they're from the Primordial Immortal Court," a follower-like cultivator whispered to the young man in brocade robes.
"The Primordial Celestial Court?"
Upon hearing this, the young man in brocade robes not only did not restrain himself, but instead burst out laughing.
"Who do we have here?"
"Has the Primordial Celestial Court been unable to recruit anyone these past few years? Not only did they send a timid leader, but they also brought along two babies who haven't even been weaned yet."
The young man's gaze swept over Xiao Shihao and Zi Yan, finally settling on Xiao Yan.
He released his divine sense to investigate, and his smile deepened.
"Early stage of Divine Fire Realm? With that kind of cultivation, you wouldn't even be qualified to be a novice sweeper in our Wuji Daoist Temple."
"Did the Primordial Celestial Court send this kind of trash just to deliver provisions?"
The disciples from the other sects nearby burst into laughter upon hearing this.
The cultivation world is inherently one of belittling the low and praising the high.
Although the Primordial Immortal Court has a prestigious reputation, the various Immortal King lineages have always been engaged in open and covert struggles, and given the chance, everyone wants to step on it and lose face.
On the flying boat.
Li Changsheng sighed. He hated these brainless, trouble-making idiots the most.
He was about to send a telepathic message to Xiao Yan to be patient and enter the Ancient Realm first.
When he turned around, he saw that Xiao Yan had already placed his hand on the Eight Desolations Annihilation Ruler behind his back.
Xiao Shihao, who was squatting on the ground, stood up abruptly, his big eyes staring at the snow-white ferocious beast under the young man in brocade robes, his mouth practically watering.
"Eleventh Junior Brother." Little Shi Hao tugged at Xiao Yan's sleeve, his chubby little finger pointing at the ferocious beast.
"That white deer looks so fat, it would definitely taste delicious roasted."
Xiao Shihao did not deliberately lower his voice.
Everyone present was highly skilled, and this innocent remark reached everyone's ears clearly.
The surrounding laughter stopped abruptly.
The young man in brocade robes' face instantly darkened, turning so cold it was almost dripping with water.
The ferocious beast beneath him was also enraged, roaring to the sky and spewing out a stream of icy air that swept directly toward the Green Wood Flying Boat.
"You ignorant fool, how dare you lay a finger on my guardian spirit beast!"
The young man in brocade snorted coldly, and with a flick of his wrist, a sharp sword aura mixed with a cold current shot straight at Xiao Shihao's face.
This attack was swift and ruthless, clearly indicating a murderous intent.
(End of chapter)