The remaining power in the black stone was used by Long Yu to strengthen the Eye of Shadow. He raised the Eye of Shadow from the Seventh Heaven to the Ninth Heaven. The range of the Eye of Shadow had increased once again.
But immediately after, Long Yu slightly furrowed his brows.
He realized that after the power of the black stone was absorbed, the mysterious evil energy that was emitted from it seemed to be several times stronger than before!
A ball of black gas wrapped around the Path of Nine Underworlds, Soul Seal Siphon, and Eye of Shadow. The three Divine Art Fruits were completely sealed and could not be used!
Even the third stage of the Pure World Physique was unable to disperse the mass of black gas. The entire mass of black gas was like a maggot attached to a bone, completely attaching itself to Long Yu's three Divine Ability Fruits.
"Another tragedy!"
Long Yu could not help but curse. What exactly was this black stone? How could it produce mysterious evil energy of different intensities?
Previously, Long Yu had gotten rid of the aftereffects of the black stone by cultivating his Pure World Physique to the second stage. But now, even though his Pure World Physique had reached the third stage, he still couldn't get rid of the same aftereffects!
This was something that Long Yu had never expected. He no longer had the cultivation method for the Pure World Body. Now, he could only cultivate to the third level. In other words, before he found a special method, his Path of Nine Underworlds, Soul Seal Siphon, and Eye of Shadow would be sealed and could not be used!
Not only that, Long Yu had no idea what would happen to the Divine Art Fruits after they were sealed. He had a feeling that if the Divine Art Fruits were sealed by the mysterious evil black gas for too long, there would be some unbearable consequences.
"This is bad …"
Long Yu finally experienced what it meant to bring down the evils that he brought upon himself. However, when he absorbed the second black stone, he really did not expect such a situation to happen.
This also reminded Long Yu that there might be something extremely dangerous among the things left behind by the Jiuyou Dragon Emperor!
This kind of pitch-black stone was still alright. If he encountered something more powerful, Long Yu would be completely defeated. Some of the problems that Jiuyou Dragon Emperor could solve didn't mean that Long Yu could!
"I must be careful in the future … As for now, there's nothing I can do. I can only slowly think of a way."
Long Yu sighed and shook his head. There was nothing he could do about the three divine ability fruits that were sealed by a mysterious evil force in his inner world.
Fortunately, the Path of Nine Underworlds, Soul Seal Siphon, and Eye of Shadow, these three thaumaturgies weren't Thaumaturgies that Long Yu often used. Even if they were sealed, they couldn't affect Long Yu's overall fighting strength.
This could be said to be a blessing in disguise. But after this, besides dealing with the Dark Moon calamity, Long Yu also needed to quickly think of a way to improve his Pure State, or find a special pill that could purify his body. Both of these were equally unlikely, but they could be done at the same time.
"If I want to improve my Pure State, I'll have to wait until after the calamity of the Dark Moon is over before coming back to try and comprehend the Nine Underworlds Prison Tablet. As for pills with special purification effects, they'll probably be hard to find in Shen Wu world, so I'll have to rely on luck. "
Thinking that, Long Yu saw a thick sea of death aura in front of him. The eerie aura was coming towards him, he knew that he had arrived at the sea of death aura. Passing through the sea of death aura would be Shen Wu world.
He knew that it was about time for him to make his move, so with a thought, he turned into a normal-looking middle-aged man and disappeared into the thick sea of death aura.
Long Yu's disguise was, of course, executed through the Book of Shadows. However, the disguise this time was different from all the previous times!
Now that the Book of Shadows had evolved into an Emperor-level Thaumaturgy, Long Yu could change his appearance and presence at will through the Book of Shadows. This was the most powerful aspect of an Emperor-level Thaumaturgy.
The current Book of Shadows allowed Long Yu to completely disguise himself, and after disguising himself, he could even use his own methods. This was the biggest difference between the Book of Shadows and before.
As soon as Long Yu saw Consort Yu and heard Consort Yu's words, he knew that his existence was definitely not allowed by the Loushan Clan.
If the Loushan Clan found out that he, Long Yu, was slowly gaining control over the Nine Serenities Mark, he would definitely die!
That was why during this Dark Moon Calamity, he was prepared to hide his identity and tracks, as well as change his appearance so that no one would be able to find any suspicious clues!
The originally elusive Long Yu, after upgrading the Book of Shadows to an Emperor-level Thaumaturgy, would become even more elusive. Want to kill Long Yu?
Let's find him first!
Furthermore, after the Emperor-level Thaumaturgy Book of Shadows was disguised, it also had the ability to interfere with deductions, causing the deduction power that descended on Long Yu to become chaotic, making it impossible to accurately deduce anything about him.
Unless the other party's martial arts realm was much higher than Long Yu's, they would never be able to find out where Long Yu was!
…
After returning to Shen Wu world, Long Yu could sense that the Ninth Dark Moon was already nearby.
"Once the Dark Moon Calamity is over, maybe I should go check out the interior of the Ninth Dark Moon. Although no one has been there before, it shouldn't be a problem for me to go there, right?"
Long Yu thought to himself.
Since the Jiuyou Dragon Emperor had placed a few things in the Divine Martial Realm Core and the Nine Serenities Palace, then he might have also prepared a few precious things in the other forbidden areas. Since Long Yu had obtained the Nine Serenities Mark, he definitely couldn't miss out on these things.
Even if the black stone he obtained now was a big problem for Long Yu, overall, the things left behind by the Jiuyou Dragon Emperor were definitely very useful to Long Yu.
Although three of his Thaumaturgies were sealed, Long Yu's other Thaumaturgies had all evolved into Emperor-level Thaumaturgies, so not only did his overall strength not decrease, it actually increased!
After completing his evolution, Long Yu originally only wanted to go into seclusion to gain a better understanding of the Nine Serenities Mark, which he should've been able to fully grasp after 10-20 years.
But now that the Dark Moon Calamity had arrived, he couldn't just ignore it. After all, while the Dark Moon Calamity was a disaster for Shen Wu world, it was also a great opportunity.
As long as he could kill the awakened Ancient Souls, he would be able to obtain some decent cultivation resources. And right now, Long Yu was in desperate need of spirit energy!
Whether it's to increase the realm of martial arts, or to increase the level of understanding of [Balanced Control], he'll need a vast amount of spirit energy from the world. Just relying on pills is far from enough, as Long Yu has already collected almost all the pills he can get, unless he can leave Shen Wu world and travel to outer space …
Not to mention, Long Yu faintly felt that something wasn't right with the Nine Dark Moon this time. Perhaps something special would happen during this Dark Moon Calamity …
It was this premonition that allowed Long Yu to return to Shen Wu world before the Dark Moon Calamity arrived.
Long Yu turned into a normal-looking middle-aged man and returned to the Northern Snow Empire. Only half a year had passed, but the entire Northern Snow Empire had changed a lot.
First of all, the entire Northern Snow Empire had been divided into four main regions — — Northern Snow region, Heavenly Mandate region, Asura region, and the Red Emperor region!
The four main regions occupied the former territories of the Northern Snow Empire, Shenluo Empire, Tianqin Empire, and the Clouds Empire respectively. In the center were four large cities: Northern Snow Capital, Heavenly Mandate City, Asura City, and the Red Emperor City.
Due to the "inexplicable" death of the War Emperor and the ascension of the Cloud Emperor, the Northern Snow Empire ushered in a period of rapid development. During this period, no other forces could stop the rapid development of the Northern Snow Empire.
The 10 billion Shenbi Xi Yangwu obtained from the Strongest Emperor Realm became the biggest source of development for the Northern Snow Empire. Countless cultivation resources were transported from the Holy City of the Five Emperors to the Northern Snow Empire. Furthermore, the major forces of the Northern Snow Empire all had Ancient and Archaean martial arts manuals.
This allowed the Northern Snow Empire to attract countless martial arts cultivators from the surrounding areas in just half a year. Its overall strength was several times stronger than the previous four countries combined!
If this trend continued, in just a few years, the overall strength of the Northern Snow Empire would surpass the 6 sects and 10 countries, becoming a new superpower in the Shen Wu world.
As long as the Northern Snow Empire didn't endanger the rule of the Alliance of Five Emperors, the forces from beyond the heavens wouldn't care. In fact, the people of the Northern Snow Empire had never thought of going against the Alliance of Five Emperors.
For everyone in Shen Wu world, the Alliance of Five Emperors was the strongest existence. Anyone who tried to go against the Alliance of Five Emperors would only be courting death … Under such circumstances, no matter how much the Northern Snow Empire developed, it would be hard for them to go against the Alliance of Five Emperors.
Long Yu was very happy that he had once again returned to the Northern Snow Empire. Not only had this empire developed, it had also built 72 impregnable fortresses that were spread throughout the entire Northern Snow Empire!
This was what Long Yu had discussed with Xi Yangwu and Yu Hanxin before. They were all doing their best to prepare for the upcoming Dark Moon Calamity, but he didn't think that they would directly build 72 fortresses.
This preparation was definitely more than enough for the upcoming Dark Moon Calamity. Furthermore, the 72 fortresses and the four main cities of the Northern Snow Empire all had teleportation arrays built between them, so the speed of mutual support would be extremely fast.
No matter which place was about to collapse, the other places would immediately send reinforcements!
In comparison, the other empires that Long Yu passed through on his way back to the Northern Snow Empire didn't make any effective preparations. Only the neighboring countries of the Northern Snow Empire seemed to have heard some sort of news and built a few war cities. Their defenses were very tight, and they even built quite a few war machines.
"Looks like the Five Emperors didn't announce the Dark Moon Calamity to the world, hah!"
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