51 Shi Yans Return to Desolate Territory (1/2)

Slaughter Cosmos, deep inside the space chaotic basin peerless existences like Xuan He, Frederick, Adele, DeCarlos, Lei Di, and Azure Dragon were looking exhausted and dispirited. Like Shi Yan was teleported to Sea of Nihility they were teleported randomly here by Hui (an absolute beginning creature, earlier she was harem member of Shi Yan too when she didn't received her memories of being an absolute beginning creature) They are stuck here for dozen of years and also searching entrance to desolate territory. After so many years half their powers are exhausted by defending themselves from outer space aliens. DeCarlos was expert in Space Upanishad but due to some reason he can't get past the barrier around Desolate Territory. He was leading the way for others to find the entrance but they have failed from so many years. After several months they entered a sea which was Sea of Nihility and found three unconscious people. Surprisingly they were Shi Yan, God Lord Brian and Audrey. Ming Hao was there too but his soul was injured too. They asked Ming Hao about the situation. Ming Hao said that they have just returned from Sea of Nihility. Then Ming Hao explained whole story how they were trapped in Absolute Beginning vestige and how Shi Yan acquired an symbol and tower. Then he told about the seven clans and how they are blinded by their greed for tower and Symbol of Shi Yan. And finally also about the giant shadow which was formed my combined souls of God Lord, Audrey and Shi Yan which singlehandedly overturned whole situation and saved their life in a desperate situation where they could be killed. Everybody sighed as their eyes missed such an adventure. Azure Dragon understood and joined all the information from Ming Hao to think that it was actually Desolate who rescued this party. Ming Hao was unsure so told him to wait for Shi Yan and others to wake as only they can tell what exactly happened that time. Ming Hao asked from Xuan He's group if there's any news from Desolate Territory but they told their story about how they are in exile too by Hui. They even doubt that Hui must have destroyed or even swallowed whole Desolate Territory by now as they are unable to locate its entrance at all. DeCarlos pointed to Shi Yan that he is capable of breaking the barrier which is stopping him from executing his space upanishad to enter Desolate Territory. Shi Yan has the origin of the Grace Mainland which can help him locate the teleport node for Desolate Territory easily. Frederick suggested killing God Lord as he was the enemy of Bloodthirsty force and killer of their master. It was a golden opportunity for them to exact their vengeance. But Xuan He suggested that Ming Hao would have already taken action if he wanted revenge for Bloodthirsty's death. Ming Hao nodded and he can't take revenge because they have to confront a monster like Hui and Tian Xie to reclaim their Desolate Territory and for that they need strong forces. Thus the idea of revenge was dropped from all bloodthirsty's members and they patiently waited for the trio to wake up. Several months passed and they stood on guard to protect the sleeping trio. The trio was not in any fatal danger as they were breathing and their vitality was fine. Finally Audrey woke up first and was surprised to see that her dream is over and later she noticed that she is still in possession of Soul Refining Cauldron, an absolute beginning divine weapon which clarified that she was not in dream at all. She was blushing in excitement. Ming Hao coughed to bring her back to senses and she now noticed that a whole group of familiar people is surrounding her including her mother Adele. Ming Hong appeared on Audrey's shoulder and gave her news that she has reached Immortal Realm. Adele was surprised to see Ming Hong. ”Right, I am Ming Hong from Imperial Dark Tribe. Twenty thousand years ago, I was your grandfather's comrade. We'd accompanied each other for many years. Bloodthirsty had damaged us a lot. He also ended the ruling time of Imperial Dark Tribe. After that, the Bloodthirsty Force had risen.” Everybody asked Audrey about shadow thingy but she had no idea.

As Ming Hong was whole time with Audrey he should know about the shadow thing, thinking this Ming Hao asked him about what happened back there? And he told that Shi Yan's life was threatened by Neptune's attack that's why Desolate's consciousness alerted him that its host can be destroyed so he burst off instinctively. Also Audrey and Brian are parts of Desolate although they have separate origins. They also felt that their hosts i.e. Audrey and Brian might be destroyed too under Neptune's attack that's why they joined Desolate's clone too in Shi Yan. And it was not desolate himself who appeared there to collect his clones. The real Desolate should still be in Desolate Territory he just sent his supernatural powers to protect his hosts. Ming Hong also explained that just like audrey gained cauldron, God Lord has also obtained dark energy in this process and is one step closer to Territory Ancestor Realm. Suddenly the group found that God Lord has woken up and is listening to Ming Hong like them and he nodded and agreed that he has indeed acquired knowledge of dark energy and its secrets. But then what did Shi Yan get? Ming Hong explained that Shi Yan consciousness is strongest among the trio, because other two clones merged in his origin. As for what he has gained can be only explained by Shi Yan when he wakes up.

Meanwhile Adele was very happy to see a bright star Audrey of their Imperial Dark Tribe. She has gained so much in this trip unexpectedly. Ming Hao asked God Lord to sense the God continent and its situation. He replied that situation is not looking good. Everyone is following Hui now. His four great heavenly kings have got intimidating aura too, maybe they have gained dark energy too. Hui and Tian Xie must have enticed them with dark energy to accomplish some of their goals. Otherwise it was impossible for them to acquire dark energy in such short time.

But God Lord is unable to use space upanishad so he can't carry back this group to desolate territory so they still have to wait for Shi Yan to wake up. Everybody was getting impatient and they wanted to try some tricks to wake him up fast but Ming Hao snorted and refused to let them do so as Shi Yan may be learning something out of this mysterious experience and that's why he's still comprehending some secrets. Time flew and Several years passed waiting. They discussed the upanishads and started meditating as they have nothing else to do. Finally one day Shi Yan began to shake. A terrifying energy fluctuated and his blood mark activated and blood mark appeared on bloodthirsty forces of Ming Hao, Xuan He and Frederick. They were overjoyed as Shi Yan has finished refining energy received from Seabed. He is ready to share the excess energy with them now that's why their blood marks appeared. Others were surprised and Adele was worried as Ming Hao was her blood brother and Xuan He was her lover. Everybody stared towards Ming Hong wanting to know what's happening and he explained them that battle on seabed of Sea of Annihilation killed various experts at Immortal Realms and Shi Yan's devouring upanishad in form of black hole sucked in their essence qi along with their soul altars and that's why he slept for so long digesting all that stuff. And probably he is sharing the energy that his body can't handle at the moment due to its amount being massive. All three members of Bloodthirsty force were gaining tremendous energy. Ming Hao was even able to recall the teachings of Neptune about dark energy and he understood that dark energy is actually soul energy only but pure and ascended or evolved form of the latter. The energy sent by Shi Yan had dark aura which help him comprehend such secrets easily. Frederick and Xuan He were on second sky Immortal realm so they can't comprehend dark energy still. Energy sharing continued for several days. Eventually it came to stop. Shi Yan's consciousness returned. Refined energy entered his Incipient Extent and expanded it that's why gaining extra space. The misty air hovered there as if its heaven and earth energy which condensed into brilliant stars, and planets with mountains, lakes, foliage etc. Slowly plants appeared and Shi yan can see some creatures too. However they didn't have soul and were like dead objects. But suddenly his black hole released dark energy and poured into his incipient extent. Some stars in his incipient extent got their soul flames ignited. Shi Yan's host soul was feeling like he is a creator now. Soon some planets also gained feeble consciousness. Shi Yan was master of this world so his consciousness can reach every corner of this world instantly. He understood the marvels and origins of Dark Energy and God Power. He can create many things but still can't impart intellect to animals created by him, maybe his cultivation is not strong enough or understanding of his dark energy is not profound enough. But he understood that having living beings in his incipient keys is key to create Territory and enter the Territory Ancestor Realm. After a while he checked his sea of consciousness and found a strange pond there which was holding dark energy in its purest form. He noticed that he is on peak of Second Sky Immortal Realm. He just need to comprehend more about his upanishads to enter the Third Sky. Meanwhile Xuan He and Frederick have also reached Third Sky of Immortal Realm. They opened their eyes and asked Adele how much time has gone since their meditation and she replied that 30 years!!!!! If combined with their earlier locked in period here its equal to 100 years now. Shi Yan is still in his meditating state and nobody knew what's happening inside his head or body. But others can rely only on Space Upanishad of Shi yan if they wanted to return to their homeland. Finally after three years Shi Yan opened his eyes with two galaxies visible in his eyes. Others looked at Shi Yan and shivered as they can sense something archaic or melancholic from him. Even though he was youngest here but it felt as if he is more experienced than them and possess several eras of wisdom. God Lord thought that Shi Yan must have earned something much better than him or Audrey and thus asked Shi Yan what did he gained? But he didn't talked much and only said that he's still at Second Sky of Immortal Realm but gained knowledge about heaven and earth and some other important secrets. Later he noticed the gains of God Lord, Xuan He, Frederick, Ming Hao and Audrey and then understood that everybody is waiting for him to open path to desolate territory. He didn't wasted any time and created a light door and walked through it. Others were afraid to enter. Lei Di was so afraid that he thought that desolate territory should be like a bowl of soup placed in front of Hui on her table waiting to be swallowed. God Lord snorted and encouraged others that even after four heavenly kings have betrayed him he is still not afraid. After saying this he was the second one to enter the door. Ming Hao and Audrey followed him. DeCarlos leaped in afterwards warning other that this door has time limit. Others didn't hesitated now and jumped in door too.

Immortal Island, Endless Sea, Grace Mainland --- The immortal Island is now having the liveliest city and also have thickest heaven and earth energy. It is managed by Shi and Yang families. Many strong forces of Agate Star Area were based on surrounding islands. These forces were submitted to Immortal Island. Shi Yan appeared in a valley and sensed whole continent using his co-soul which was master of Grace Mainland. He couldn't help but be amazed. He found that the warriors of the Bloodthirsty Force like Yang Tian Emperor, Blood Devil, Leona, Fei Lan, and Ka Tuo had gathered by the island. Xia Xin Yan, Feng Han, Ling Xing, Gu Te, and Bath were also on the Grace Mainland. He sent his soul consciousness calling his friends and family. Everybody came out of the light door now too. God Lord was worried suddenly as he felt as if his connection with Ancient God continent is cut off after landing on Grace Mainland. Same thing happened with Audrey too who was linked with God blessed Mainland. Logically as long as they are in desolate territory they should be able to sense the aura of these two continents. Azure Dragon sensed that Cang Yun is dead and his origin is robbed by someone else. Seems like many things happened in these 100 years of their exile from Desolate Universe. Decarlos went somewhere and then reappeared in a flash, and informed everybody that barriers of all galaxies or star areas have been shattered and therefore many star areas have merged or come closer now in Desolate Territory. And now only three star areas are remaining and all available barriers have fused together to protect these three great star areas. It's difficult for him to pass through such barrier too. He further explained, ”Agate Star Area, Fiery Rain Star Area, Fantasy Misty Star Area, Dry Bone Star Area, Fearsome Hollow Star Area, Prosaic Star Area, Sirius Star Area, Black River Star Area, and Earth Eye Star Area have merged together. They are now a single great star area. Besides the Grace Mainland, I can vaguely feel Desolate around. Seems like it stays within this inter-star-area.” Shi Yan tried to sense all these changes and he confirmed that report of DeCarlos is true.

Finally Shi Yan's family and friends arrived. They were excited to see Shi Yan alive and had tears in their eyes especially Yang Tian Emperor. Ming Hao broke the reunion atmosphere and asked Yang Tian Emperor about the happenings and why are they not in blood sea which were Bloodthirsty's headquarters instead? Blood Devil spoke that they escaped from that place to arrive here and are incapable of going back there. It's now that Ming Hao checked and found that he has lost connection to Blood sea just like God Lord and Audrey lost connections to their respective land of origins.

Blood Devil explained, One hundred years ago Wederson came to Blood Sea and he suddenly became so fierce and unrivaled. He claimed to be the true heir of Bloodthirsty. He can use eight power Upanishads and Devouring Upanishad as well just like Shi Yan. He told everybody that Shi Yan and other three chiefs Xuan He, Frederick and Ming Hao are dead and thus he was the new master. After that many people tried fighting him but everybody who dared to rebel against him was devoured by him. That's why they were forced to run for their lives to this place.

Everybody was shocked as Wederson should be dead as per their knowledge. When he was young he has swallowed Bloodthirsty's bone to obtain Corrosion power upanishad. While fighting against Hui, God Lord and Ming Hao has used his body to implant Bloodthirsty's remaining bones in it to maximize the Corrosion power. And by this Wederson wounded Hui and gave chance to Shi Yan to obtain dark energy and evolve his lifeform. At that time Wederson's soul energy was burned and he was dead when his energy ran out. Nobody could make any sense out about the Blood Devil's claim of return of Wederson. But Shi Yan pondered and told that he's not Wederson but the Blood Ring's spirit or in other words Young master of Devouring Clan from Sea of Nihility. It was earlier trapped in Blood Ring of Shi Yan by Ming Hao but later Hui released him. And as per Shi Yan's theory he has possessed the body of Wederson now alongwith the remnants of Bloodthirsty's remnants bones and thus obtaining all upanishads and devouring power of Bloodthirsty. He is the heir of Devour, another absolute beginning creature just like Desolate and Hui. He had already obtained lot of inheritance earlier by swallowing original ring spirit of blood ring of Shi Yan too and during these 100 years he must have returned to Devouring clan to learn each and every upanishad available there too. Earlier it was just spirit but after getting unsealed from Blood Ring due to immense pressure of battle with Hui, it has acquired Wederson's body.

Ming Hao understood now as everything makes sense now. He further asked about remaining Bloodthirsty Forces? Blood Devil reported that leaving the people that ran that day, all other eight branches of Bloodthirsty forces have joined under Wederson's banner. Today under his lead, the dark abyss is towering above Ancient Demon Continent and that dark abyss seems to have consciousness which is devouring the ancient demon continent itself which is making him stronger day by day. Imperial Dark Tribe and Immortal demon clan has submitted to him. Their star areas are his territory now too. Hearing about dark abyss Ming Hao was shocked and said, ”Devour has awakened! The one that has occupied Wederson has awakened it! The Ancient Demon Continent's a part of Desolate. As the dark abyss is corroding the Ancient Demon Continent, Devour's attempting to refine Desolate's body parts!” Ming Hao shouted. God blessed Mainland is right next to Ancient Demon Continent. So once Demon continent is devoured he will start devouring God blessed Mainland as both are parts of Desolate's body.

God Lord now asked about his Ancient God Continent's status too. It is now largest star area managed by God Clan, Tsunami Chamber of Commerce, Broken Hall and Heavenly River Temple. They worship Goddess Mother Hui and Tian Xie is their spokesman. Four Heavenly Kings also serve Goddess Mother. They are currently strongest force in sea of stars. It seems two absolute beginning creatures have eaten Desolate's clones throughout these 100 years. Hui and Devour are existences on the same level as of Desolate. Desolate's losing his supreme power on his own territory and that's why star areas are shifting so much which is not a good sign.

Azure Dragon was worried about Cang Yun so he asked about him too. Then Hugo one of his clansmen from Heavenly Monster Tribe reported that he had a dispute with Ghost Hunter and thus Ghost Hunter swallowed him whole. Shi Yan was shocked hearing this as Ghost Hunter was his personal mount and served him with utmost loyalty. Ghost Hunter's rate of growth is unfathomable which made everybody envious of him especially Cang Yun. Cang Yun was discontented with Ghost Hunter becoming next Chief of Heavenly Monster Tribe too. Azure Dragon realized that he should have foreseen this dispute earlier and blamed himself for death of Cang Yun instead. But where's Ghost Hunter then? he asked again. ”Missing since that incident”, was the reply he received.