NFBE Chapter 2020
Chapter 2020
As soon as Chen Xuan and the other 126 people rushed into the void corridor, they were enveloped by a violent spatial turbulence—the inner walls of the corridor were covered with twisted dark purple light patterns, and fine spatial cracks spread like a spider web, with a constant "sizzling" tearing sound in their ears.
Everyone felt dizzy and disoriented, as if their bodies were being gripped by an invisible hand and falling uncontrollably into the endless black void.
Chen Xuan subconsciously activated his dantian's divine power, and a pale golden air-flying rune condensed at his fingertips. However, as soon as the rune touched the airflow in the corridor, it shattered into light points with a "bang." The feeling of weightlessness overwhelmed him like a tidal wave, as if a mortal had lost his footing and fallen from a height of ten thousand feet, without even a sliver of room for resistance.
This profound sense of powerlessness was something he hadn't experienced for hundreds of years since embarking on his spiritual path.
After falling in the darkness for an unknown amount of time, Chen Xuan suddenly broke through a layer of viscous black mist—the mist had a faint fishy smell, and when it touched his skin, it felt like countless tiny insects were crawling on him.
But the next second, with a soft "whoosh", the scattered divine power and magic power suddenly returned to his dantian, and a light blue sword domain appeared around him, finally stopping his falling body.
The moment Chen Xuan opened his eyes, he was completely stunned by the scene before him: the real Devouring Demon Star Ruins was as vast and boundless as the void universe outside.
Distant stars adorned the inky sky, yet gleamed with an eerie, blood-red halo; even more astonishing, the endless void was filled with crisscrossing battle scars—sword marks like inverted Milky Ways, blade marks like chasms piercing valleys, fist-sized imprints large enough to contain a medium-sized sect, and where palm prints landed, even the void itself retained faint, distorted ripples.
In some of the deepest marks, one could even see tiny golden particles of light swirling within. These were the quasi-emperor-level Daoist auras that had not dissipated even after several chaotic eras, exuding an eternal aura that sent shivers down one's spine.
"These marks must have been left by our Quasi-Emperors during the decisive battle at the Immortal Ancient Imperial Pass, when they fought against the Quasi-Emperors of the Strange Race." Chen Xuan raised his hand to touch the void, but his fingertips were repelled by a domineering sword intent as soon as they approached a sword mark. He clicked his tongue inwardly in amazement.
"This is terrifying. Even time cannot erase these battle scars. Is this the eternal path of a quasi-emperor?"
He had intended to use this Daoist aura to explore the eternal sword path that suited him—but when he closed his eyes and concentrated, the eternal aura was like an impenetrable wall, unable to penetrate his divine sense in the slightest, let alone probe it.
Chen Xuan quickly realized that he had not yet fully comprehended the sword path, and his current realm had not even reached the edge of tribulation. How could he possibly comprehend the great Dao left behind by the Quasi-Emperor?
Suppressing his distracting thoughts, Chen Xuan spread his divine sense over a radius of tens of thousands of miles—pale golden ripples of divine sense spread like a tide, sweeping over countless lifeless stars, yet he detected not even the slightest trace of life.
He stood with his hands behind his back in the void, his body radiating a pale blue light, and sped off toward the "Two Realms Mountain" in his memory.
Along the way, he took out a warm jade-colored mother-and-child jade talisman. After injecting a trace of spiritual power into his fingertip, the jade talisman only emitted a faint light. The other jade talisman he sensed was actually several star fields away.
“The fully opened Devouring Star Ruins can indeed extend to several territories.” Chen Xuan shook his head slightly, but there was not much worry in his eyes. “Now that we have dispersed, let’s first go and look for the whereabouts of the Pure World White Lotus. As for Zi Xian, with her strength, she should be able to protect herself.”
Within the range covered by divine sense, apart from the lifeless stars and the remaining traces of battle, there was no other movement, which shows how vast this world is.
After flying for an unknown period of time, two completely different halos suddenly appeared in the distant void—one was a verdant blue light like jade, and the other was a fiery red light like raging fire. The place where the two lights intersected was the Two Realms Mountain mentioned by the True Immortal of Blue Star.
As instructed by his master, about 3600 million miles west of Liangjie Mountain lies the strange Blood Sea space where the Pure World White Lotus is hidden.
Looking at the mountain peak that was half covered with green rocks and half covered with red stones, Chen Xuan could not hide his excitement. In the vast Devouring Demon Star Ruins, he was able to find the coordinates so easily. It seemed that this journey to find the lotus might be less troublesome.
He immediately accelerated, his body radiating a burst of light, and rushed towards the Two Realms Mountain like a streak of azure lightning.
But just as they were less than ten thousand miles from the mountain peak, three sharp, piercing whistling sounds suddenly rang out – “Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!” Arrows, carrying dark demonic energy, shot out from all directions through the void rifts. The tips of the arrows gleamed with dark purple light patterns that could corrode spiritual power, and even the air itself was rippled by the arrows.
Chen Xuan's heart skipped a beat; the arrow's speed was faster than his divine sense could react! Only when the arrow was upon him did he hastily raise his hands, clasping them together, and two longswords radiating the chilling aura of the Northern Darkness instantly materialized—
"Dang-dang-dang!"
Four crisp sounds rang out, and the power exploded. The arrow was deflected by the sword, but the enormous impact traveled through his arm and into his body, causing his blood to surge. He had to take three steps back before he could regain his footing.
"The power of this arrow far surpasses that of the Void Reversal Realm." Chen Xuan frowned, his gaze sweeping across the surrounding void, but he couldn't see a single person. "No matter who you are, if you dare to attack me, you will pay a bloody price!"
Instead of rushing to find the attacker, he had a thought, and a swirling lotus flower of water and fire bloomed beneath his feet—the lotus petals were interwoven with blue water patterns and red flames, radiating a holy halo that could resist demonic artifacts, and its defensive power was astonishing.
"Trying to stop me from going to the Two Realms Mountain? I'll just have to break through!" Before Chen Xuan finished speaking, pale golden spatial runes appeared around his body, and he directly used the Great Dao of Shifting the Universe to teleport towards the Two Realms Mountain.
He had flown cautiously before, precisely because he was wary of the powerful traps that might be hidden on this battlefield – Master Lanxing had long ago said that beneath the void of the Devouring Demon Star Ruins, there might still be remnants of the killing formations from back then.
Now that he was attacked, he was relieved: the arrows were coming from all directions, which meant there were no void formations along the way. He only needed to avoid the sneak attack to reach his destination.
After two teleportations, the Two Realms Mountain was almost within reach, and the ancient runes remaining on the mountain could even be vaguely seen.
But when Chen Xuan teleported and actually landed, he was completely stunned—where were the majestic mountains in front of him?
Only two enormous skeletons stood facing each other: the skeleton on the left held a rusty halberd, while the skeleton on the right gripped a broken ancient sword. The two weapons were stuck in each other's skulls. The flesh on the skeletons had long since decayed over the years, leaving only the dark gold-colored bones, still maintaining the posture of their battle. Even the void seemed to be frozen by this deathly battle intent.
"This eternal aura... these two were either Dao Lords or Eternal Realm experts in their lifetimes!" Chen Xuan was secretly astonished after sensing the eternal Dao aura constantly emanating from the two corpses. He immediately distanced himself and dared not even touch the two divine weapons and magic treasures.
"We cannot stay here any longer!"