Chapter 1868 - Xi, Yun (1/2)
The Western Divine Region, the Dragon God Realm.
The Dragon God Realm used to have the Nine Dragon Gods, thirty-four Dragon Sovereigns, and three hundred and eight Master Dragons. They also had the supreme Dragon Monarch reigning over them and the secret protection of the five Venerable Withered Dragons.
This was a strength that everyone in the universe would think was unshakable.
However, not even a single Master Dragon survived today.
The million year supremacy of the Dragon God Realm had been toppled in a single day, and this toppling had been completely irrevocable. Once Yun Che had given that merciless command to exterminate the entire Dragon God line, they did not even have a chance to catch their breath, much less revive their fortunes one day.
A king realm with no Divine Masters was like an old tiger whose fangs and claws had been pulled and whose bones had been broken. Even if their reputation still remained, they were already nothing more than harmless jackals.
When the Blue Dragon Realm and Qilin Realm returned with his order of “obey or die”, the Emperor Chi Realm, Hui Dragon Realm, and Myriad Manifestations God Realm could not even muster up the will to rebel. The cold and hard truth was that they simply had no choice in the matter.
Matters were even simpler when it came to the Dragon God Realm. The Qilin Realm simply swept in and took over the core of the Dragon God Realm, the most sacred and exalted location in the God Realm, the Dragon God Domain itself.
The entire Western Divine Region was still shaking from the aftermath of all of these actions.
If it had been Yun Che or Chi Wuyao who had led this incursion, the rest of the star realms in the Western Divine Region could have banded together to fight a common foe, briefly forming some resistance.
However, the ones who had come to do the Devil Master’s bidding had been the Qilin Realm and the Blue Dragon Realm, the two king realms with the best reputation in the Western Divine Region… This not only dealt a huge blow to their psyche, it also made it far easier for them to accept their defeat and subsequent submission to Yun Che’s rule.
Meanwhile, even as the Western Region was reeling in shock, Yun Che and Qianye Ying’er had arrived at the Forbidden Land of Samsara.
A huge barrier lay in front of them and the Dragon God aura that emanated from it was strong enough to make everyone in a five thousand kilometer radius feel as if an entire mountain range was pressing down on their backs. One could well imagine just how much power Long Bai had lavished on this barrier.
Yun Che’s eyes stared at the barrier fixedly… Even though he had already accepted the worst possible outcome, his heart was still beating like a drum in his chest.
“Can you open it?” Qianye Ying’er asked as she pursed her lips, her words pulling him out of his reverie.
Yun Che took a step forward, Phoenix flames igniting on his left hand and Golden Crow flames igniting on his right. Both divine flames merged together in the darkness, instantly becoming those peerlessly dreadful Devil Flames of Eternal Calamity. He directly hurled those flames at the Dragon God barrier.
Chiii, chiiiii, chiiiiii...
As the soul-tearing sounds of the barrier being consumed rang in the air, Yun Che slowly sank his hands into it. After that, his brow dipped in exertion as his flaming arms pulled the barrier apart.
Crack!
A long crack was torn through the Dragon God barrier. The Devil Flames of Eternal Calamity continued to gnaw away the edges of the crack, preventing it from repairing itself.
Yun Che’s brow suddenly furrowed even more at this moment.
Qianye Ying’er’s figure slipped through the crack as quick as lightning. However, when she turned back, she saw that Yun Che was still standing outside the barrier. He looked as if he was pondering something as he held the crack open.
“What’s wrong?” Qianye Ying’er asked.
Yun Che stepped through the crack before suddenly saying, “I can still sense Long Bai’s dragon soul inside this barrier.”
After Long Bai had died, the dragon soul he had suffused into the barrier started to swiftly dissipate. However, enough of it remained that Yun Che could clearly sense it.
“That’s normal.” Qianye Ying’er wasn’t the least bit surprised by Yun Che’s words. “He was covering up such a huge secret, so it would be strange if Long Bai had not infused his soul into this barrier.”
Yun Che’s eyebrows still remained knitted together. After a short and pregnant pause, he asked, “Qianying, are there any methods that will allow someone to slip into this kind of soul-infused barrier undetected?”
Qianye Ying’er stared at him as she lapsed into deep thought. After that, she replied, “From what I know, there are three possible methods.”
“The first is to use the Eternal Heaven God Realm’s Great Void Cauldron. As the strongest spatial artifact of this era, slipping through a soul-infused barrier shouldn’t pose a problem to it, no matter how many layers there are. The second is a special spatial profound technique from the Purple Micro Realm called the ‘Prime Purple Micro’.”
“However, I cannot guarantee that the Great Void Cauldron can slip through a soul-infused barrier of this level undetected. As for the ‘Prime Purple Micro’ technique, it’s a skill that no one in the Purple Micro Realm has been able to cultivate for two hundred thousand years.”
“The third is naturally the World Piercer that Shui Meiyin currently owns. As a Profound Heavenly Treasure and the undisputed strongest spatial divine artifact in the history of the Primal Chaos, an artifact that can even switch planetary objects across the universe, penetrating a mere soul-infused barrier like this one is nothing more than child’s play.”
When he had told Chi Wuyao the whole truth, Qianye Ying’er had been there as well.
Unfortunately, Qianye Ying’er’s reply had not dispelled the doubts and suspicions in Yun Che’s heart. He asked, “The Moon God Realm doesn’t have any similar secret spatial techniques, correct?”
Qianye Ying’er finally understood the source of Yun Che’s doubts. “So that’s what’s bothering you. I remember you telling me that it was Xia Qingyue who told you about Shen Xi’s death. So you are wondering why Xia Qingyue would be able to figure this out even though Long Bai had personally set up a soul-infused barrier around this area, right?”
Yun Che, “...”
“Hmph, there’s nothing strange about that,” Qianye Ying’er said with a cold snort. “Every king realm has their own deeply-hidden secrets and trump cards. It wouldn’t be strange if the Moon God Realm possessed some sort of secret spatial art or hidden spatial artifact that no one else knew about.”
“This is especially true for that woman Xia Qingyue. She possessed two extremely unique traits, the Heart of Snow Glazed Glass and the Nine Profound Exquisite Body. So it wouldn’t be surprising even if she performed feats which transcended all logic and common sense, much less snuck into Long Bai’s barrier without a trace… This is one point which she really does share with you.”
Yun Che shook his head to shake off any unnecessary thoughts. “Forget about it. It’s not important anymore. Let’s go.”
They soon reached the Forbidden Land of Samsara.
However, the light barrier that had been shielding the Forbidden Land of Samsara for several hundred thousand years had now grown as thin as mist. In fact, it looked so fragile that even a small storm could completely disperse it.
When Yun Che reached out to touch the barrier, his finger instantly shrank back the moment he made contact with it.
What lay behind this fading light barrier would undoubtedly destroy all of his hopes and fantasies in the cruelest manner possible.
After he steeled himself, Yun Che walked through the light barrier and stepped into the Forbidden Land of Samsara. It was so barren that it made his heart ache.
He no longer saw the birds or butterflies flitting through the air, no longer saw those rays of sacred light flash through the air, no longer saw the wondrous garden of herbs and flowers that used to fill the land… Everything was ruined, withered, and dead.
“Hoooo…” Yun Che closed his eyes and slowly exhaled.
Even though she was trying her best to stifle her voice, He Ling’s stricken sobs could be heard through the Sky Poison Pearl.