When Long Li saw the World Stone at the center of the nine flags, he immediately held his breath for an instant. A brilliant light shone in his eyes, and after being momentarily stunned, he started laughing loudly.
"Everything in the world has its own meaning. I lost the gourd, but I obtained the World Stone." Long Li was incredibly sentimental at that moment, but no matter what, he was a World Paragon. Soon, he forced down his emotions and excitement and approached the Rune. A faint glint appeared in his eyes as he stared at the World Stone. In silence, he brought out the ancient scroll from his bosom.
Once he studied it carefully, Long Li formed a seal with his right hand and immediately struck the entrance behind him. Dark light immediately shone at the entrance, and the entire entrance was covered by a gigantic diamond-shaped mark of light. It flickered a few times and sealed the entrance shut.
'Based on the descriptions in the ancient scroll, it won't be easy to take out the World Stone with the secondary core. Not only will I need a lot of skill, I'll also need some time … and during this process, I can't be disturbed. 'Long Li remained silent, but he still did not feel at ease. He lifted his left hand, formed a seal, and swiftly tapped the center of his brows.
Immediately, nine diamond-shaped scales appeared at the center of his brows. Once they separated from his flesh and blood, they surrounded the area. Light shone continuously, and within that light, a cocoon of light was formed. It enveloped Long Li within it, forming the tightest defense possible.
Only then did Long Li relax. His breathing quickened slightly, and he stared at the World Stone. When he lifted his right hand, he hesitated for a moment.
'When I take out the World Stone with the secondary core core, the Rune sealing this place will weaken by a large margin … Also, this stone that contains the power of one World will also spread out the power of the World, causing people to fall into a daze. But with my level of cultivation, I should be able to withstand it. ' Long Li no longer hesitated. He lifted his right hand and formed a strange seal, then pointed at the World Stone floating in midair.
With it, the nine flags on the ground immediately started dancing in a bizarre manner. Nine green-faced kirins manifested, and as they moved about in the area, they let out low growls at Long Li.
At the same time, a powerful light suddenly erupted from the World Stone, as if it had been stirred up by Long Li's strange attack just now. Long rivers, mountains, and plains immediately appeared on the surface of the World Stone, along with the faces of all manner of lives. Happiness, anger, sorrow, joy, birth, aging, sickness, and death instantly filled the air. Soon after, a ripple filled with the power of a World Plane swiftly spread out from the World Stone.
When the nine-headed green-faced kirin was touched by the ripple, it instantly stopped growling. Instead, it closed its eyes, as if it was in deep sleep. Long Li was not too far away. His body was instantly enveloped by the ripple, but he seemed to have been prepared for it since a long time ago. He did not dodge, but at the instant the ripple closed in on him, he suddenly bit the tip of his tongue and coughed up a mouthful of blood. He lifted his right hand and swung it, and immediately, ten dull black shadows flew out from his sleeves and crawled into his body through his eyes, ears, nose, and mouth.
The ripple spreading out from the World Stone shot straight through the defense Long Li had placed, but it did not damage him. Instead, once it shot through, it swept through the area and reverberated in the air.
The person closest to the ripple was naturally Su Ming, who was only ten feet away from the stone wall. Once the ripple shot through the stone wall, it swiftly reached Su Ming.
Su Ming was absorbing the physical power in the place. Before he could react to the ripple that was filled with the power of one World that had suddenly appeared, it had already swept past his body. In fact, even the bald crane was momentarily stunned before it was also enveloped by the ripple.
At that moment, if anyone stood at the highest point of the sealed region and lowered their heads to look, then if they could see through the stone walls, they would be able to clearly see a ring-shaped ripple spreading swiftly towards the beehive sealed with the World Stone as its center.
This spreading had happened too suddenly. Forget Su Ming, even Tian Lin and Sun Kun, who were both experienced schemers, had not expected this sort of result.
After all, the ancient scroll Long Li had obtained was a secret that was as hidden in his heart as it was in the gourd.
The ripple instantly closed in on Tian Lin. At that moment, Tian Lin was still in the form of a big tree, but all his branches were rapidly shrinking back. This was because he knew the correct path to enter the depths of the sealed region.
However, at the instant his branches shrank back, his big tree body shuddered. One of his branches was the first to touch the ripple, and almost in an instant, a small portion of his many branches touched the ripple containing the power of one World.
Due to the fact that the ripples had spread far and wide, Tian Lin's heart trembled and he wanted to swiftly recover from his tree-form. However, most of his branches had already been touched by the ripples and had sunk into a deep slumber. Even his consciousness was on the verge of dissipating. There was only a sense of danger erupting in his heart, but … it was completely useless.
After a moment, Tian Lin, who was in his half-tree and half-man form, closed his eyes and sank into the ripple from the World Stone as if he was in deep sleep.
The last person to be affected was Sun Kun, who had already entered the depths of the sealed region and was sitting cross-legged in the purplish black magma where the Duke of Crimson Flame was while excitedly absorbing the thick power of the World Plane.
He had fallen unconscious without even the slightest bit of notice. In fact, it could be said that he did not even know that he had fallen unconscious. When the ripple swept past him, he was still immersed in the excitement of absorbing the power of the World Plane.
Less than ten breaths had passed since the ripple spread out from the World Stone until it covered the entire sealed region. After those ten breaths, the ripple disappeared, and the sealed region instantly fell silent.
However, this silence did not last for long. Cracking sounds reverberated in the sealed region, and every single time they rang out, it sounded as if something was shattering.
As these sounds echoed in the air, the dark light in the eyes of the skeleton in the purplish black magma in the depths of the sealed region shone brightly. The sword at the top of his skull started loosening once again, looking as if it was about to be forced out of his skull.
Flesh and blood started growing on the skeleton's body once again. Then, an endless amount of white threads appeared around him, a telling sign that a new round of death by a thousand cuts was about to be carried out. However … about seventy to eighty percent of the white threads that appeared this time were damaged.
Even after they swept past the skeleton several times, there was still some flesh remaining on the skeleton's face. This was something that would have been impossible in the past, but now, it had happened.
The skeleton opened his mouth as if he was laughing soundlessly. His face was rapidly recovering, and it was the same for his entire body. The white threads around him were also sweeping back and forth ceaselessly, forming a form of resistance against each other.
However … a large number of the white threads had shattered, causing them to be unable to completely scrape off all of the skeleton's flesh and blood like before. Every single time, a little bit of flesh and blood would be left behind, but even if it was just a little bit of flesh and blood, if it accumulated to a large amount, it would still be shocking, and it would also be a form of hope.
If this continued, then perhaps it would take a long time before the skeleton could truly recover all of its flesh and blood. Su Ming and the others would then continue to sleep, and no one would come and bother them.
The operation to break into the sealed grounds would also be put on hold because of this matter. As for whether it was a good or bad thing, no one could tell. However, it was clear that things did not develop as they had expected. On the second day of everyone's slumber, in the empty space where Tian Lin was in his half-human, half-tree form, cracks gradually appeared on one of the tree branches that his body had transformed into. Perhaps because Tian Lin had lost control of his consciousness during his slumber, cracks gradually appeared on this branch.
Slowly, a drop of green liquid dripped down from the crack in the tree trunk.
That drop of liquid fell to the ground with a thud, but it did not shatter. Instead, it stood upright on the ground. Once the liquid became murky, it slowly turned into a layer of green fog.
That fog rose into the air, and once it occupied an area of about five feet, it swiftly shrank inwards. As it shrank, a small person the size of a palm appeared in the fog. As the fog shrank even faster, that person's figure became clearer.
In the blink of an eye, once all the fog was absorbed, the small person's complete appearance was revealed. It was Ye Shen Tong!
There was a slightly dazed look on his face. He floated in midair and looked around him, but the dazed look on his face only grew stronger.
After some time, the small person that was Ye Shen Tong seemed to have remembered something. As he mumbled under his breath, he charged towards the world outside. This was something Tian Lin had not expected.
This was something Tian Lin had not expected. He had previously imprisoned Ye Shen Tong with the intention of releasing him at a suitable moment so that he could summon Jing Nan Zi. That was why he had left behind some illusions in Ye Shen Tong's mind so that he could ensure that once Ye Shen Tong woke up, he would be able to complete this action without his real body noticing it.
Tian Lin had prepared for this for many years, but due to the ripples from the World Stone spreading out, he had lost his consciousness, causing his plan … to be brought forward.
As the small person that was Ye Shen Tong swiftly left the place, he appeared on the ground of Crimson Flame Planet several hours later. His entire body was burning, and once he used a unique method to set up a Rune for three days, he sent out the final shred of his clone's consciousness. At that instant, his clone died.
However, at the moment he died, there was a large number of cultivation planets filled with life force and spiritual energy in the area where the four Great True Worlds were keeping watch over the Barren Lands of Divine Essence. There were plenty of powerful warriors from the four Great True Worlds there as well.
When they did not head out to carry out their missions, most of them would isolate themselves in the places they chose to train. At that moment, there was a blood-red mountain on a yellowish-brown cultivation planet in the vast galaxy.
The color of the mountain was bright red, because blood-red rain was falling from the sky. At the top of the mountain was a bare-chested man. His hair was very long, and it floated in the wind. By his side was a red helmet and armor that was also red in color.
He sat there bare-chested and simply allowed the bloody rain to fall on his body. Drops of blood were left on his chest, but he was completely unbothered by it. As he closed his eyes, he breathed slowly. With each breath he took, the blood-red world would roar. He was Jing Nan Zi!
My condition has worsened. Today is the same as the first day. It should have turned into pneumonia. I'm coughing nonstop, and every single time I cough, I'll feel pain in my chest, and my breathing will quicken.
I'm feverish again. I didn't edit this chapter, please forgive me. (To be continued. If you like this work, please come to Qidian.Com and vote for me. Your support is my greatest motivation.)
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