Chapter 222: Three Great Rifts (1/2)

In the mountain rage where the Hell Sect was located.

Surrounded by three mountain peaks that were thousands of meters high, wisps of demon Qi were oozing out of a huge, dark pit that seemed to lead to the deepest parts of the earth.

The demon Qi that flowed out of the pit gradually filled the area in a fifty miles range, within which not a single wisp of the spiritual Qi of heaven and earth could be found.

WHOOSH!

The enormous demon Qi vortex appeared from the direction of the Ghost Sect and flew toward the huge pit while carrying numerous low-tier outsiders.

As the vortex landed next to the bottomless pit, a significant amount of low-tier outsiders marched out of it and stepped to the edge of the pit.

Under the leadership of Zelia, Caro, and Groete, high-tier outsiders also descended to the edge of the pit from the top of the demon Qi vortex.

At that moment, strong spatial fluctuations were suddenly born within the pit, as if it had become a portal that led to another heaven and earth.

“The portal is open. The three rifts that lead to our world have all opened.” Face calm, Zelia looked into the unfathomable, dark pit. It seemed that she wasn’t very frustrated by their failure to take the Realm of Flame Heaven. “Now that the legacies of the Ancient Fragmentary Star Palace have reappeared in this world through the Heaven Gate trial, the game between the Ancient Fragmentary Star Palace and us has finally begun.

“Those three rifts were sealed by saints from the Ancient Fragmentary Star Palace thousands of years ago.

“Now they’re open again. The Qi warriors from the Domain of the Falling Stars won’t be able to seal them with their strength alone.

“Only by obtaining the first, middle, and last part of the Fragmentary Star Incantation will a person be able to learn the secret magic of the Ancient Fragmentary Star Palace, and use it to channel power from the starry river to reseal the rifts.” With these words, Zelia turned to look at the three enormous mountain peaks surrounding the pit.

She knew perfectly well that they weren’t naturally formed. Instead, they had been moved from other parts of the Realm of Flame Heaven by saints with divine abilities from the Ancient Fragmentary Star Palace.

There were powerful, secret formations hidden within each of the mountain peaks, with every formation having its own central hub.

Only the person who had all three parts of the Fragmentary Star Incantation would be able to use the incantation to restart the grand spell formation and channel power from the starry river to seal the portal.

Caro, who was covered in black armor from head to toe, asked, “My lord, the other two rifts are in the Realm of Mystic Heaven and the Realm of a Thousand Devastations. The human Qi warriors in those realms are more powerful than the ones in the Realm of Flame Heaven. Do they have the ability to stop the spread of the demon Qi?”

“No, they don’t.” Arrogance could be seen on Zelia’s face. “If they did have a way to do that, they wouldn’t have sent their most powerful experts to the Heaven Gate trial and fought others to the death for the three parts of the Ancient Fragmentary Star Palace.

“The reason why the powerful clans from our world chose not to invade the Realm of Mystic Heaven and the Realm of a Thousand Devastations was that they knew that they wouldn’t have the best odds if they fought those powerful experts on their turf, where the spiritual Qi of heaven and earth was everywhere.

“Meanwhile, powerful human experts from the Domain of the Falling Stars probably won’t dare to travel to our world via the spatial rifts.

“The reason why we chose to attack the Realm of Flame Heaven was because human cultivators in this realm are too weak to stop us from traveling here and returning.

“However, it’s safe to say that the moment the three great spatial rifts are opened, the war between us and the Domain of the Falling Stars will have begun.

“If the three great spatial rifts can stay open, it’ll take no more than five decades to fill the Realm of Mystic Heaven, the Realm of a Thousand Devastations, and the Realm of Flame Heaven with demon Qi.

“If we step into the three realms via the spatial rifts at that time, we’ll definitely gain the upper hand in fighting against the human Qi warriors.

“That’s when we’ll start the full-blown war against the Domain of the Falling Stars.”

Caro frowned and said, “The leaders of the Domain of the Falling Stars probably also know about this. I bet they’ll try to find a way to gather all three parts of the Fragmentary Star Incantation. If they somehow manage to do that, they would be able to reseal the spatial rifts in the three realms. What will we do if it comes to that?”

Zelia chuckled and said, “It’s not as easy as it sounds. The Qi warrior powers in the Domain of the Falling Stars aren’t as united as you may think. They fight and kill each other all the time. What else do you think was stopping powerful experts from the other realms from coming to help defend the Realm of Flame Heaven?

“It’s almost impossible for one person to gather all three parts of the incantation. Furthermore, that person will need to be strong and intelligent enough to achieve total mastery of the legacies that hide with those magical symbols. Only then will they be able to restart the spell formations.

“Whoever obtains a part of the incantation won’t give it away so easily. It’ll take quite some time for one person to get all the parts, and during that period of time, the Domain of the Falling Stars will remain in turmoil.