When Wen Zi Shan said this, everyone immediately understood why a matter as trivial as the opening of the Four Seasons Realm could shock the Heaven’s Revelations Great Emperor.
The Heaven’s Revelations Great Emperor was involved when the Heaven Devouring Great Emperor was overthrown. They were able to track the whereabouts of the Heaven Devouring Great Emperor and saw his end with Heaven’s Revelations Great Emperor’s Divine Ability.
Otherwise, who would have dared to act rashly in front of the strongest master in the Star Boundary back then?
He would have been seeking his own death.
“What did Sir Heaven’s Revelations say?” Gao Xue Ting asked nervously.
Wen Zi Shan said, “It is not that serious, but it is quite unexpected for the Star Seal to appear in the Four Seasons Realm!”
“Star Seal?” Qiu Ran’s eyebrow jumped, “The ticket to enter the Shattered Star Sea?”
“Yes.”
“But…”
“I know what you want to say.” Wen Zi Shan waved his hand. “Over the years, the Star Seal has always appeared immediately prior to the opening of the Shattered Star Sea. It was unusual for the Star Seal to appear in one of the Sealed Worlds, but I assume it is probably a coincidence that this is happening at the same time as the opening of the Four Seasons Realm. Anyway, since it happened so suddenly, and we have been informed by Sir Heaven’s Revelation, we shall inform the disciples to work hard in searching for it. The number of Star Seals is related to the number of slots to enter the Shattered Star Sea, we absolutely cannot be careless about this.”
“What Sir Temple Master says does make sense,” Qiu Ran thought, nodded and said. “If that’s the case, I shall pass the order to the disciples to work hard. By the way, Sir Temple Master, since Azure Sun Temple received a message from Sir Heaven’s Revelations, the other great forces…”
“Anyone with a little bit of ability will definitely receive it.” Wen Zi Shan said.
“If that’s the case, the venture in the Four Seasons Realm will be many times more dangerous than before.” Qiu Ran could not help but reveal a worried look.
Wen Zi Shan smiled and said, “The seedlings must go through some rough patches, they can’t grow up if we’re always protecting them.”
“Sir Temple Master is right!” Qiu Ran said respectfully.
“Okay. Now that the situation has changed, we should depart earlier! Pass the order, gather everyone for departure tomorrow morning!” Wen Zi Shan said to Gao Xue Ting.
“Understood!” Gao Xue Ting replied.
Wen Zi Shan grinned and said, “Elder Gao, don’t forget what you have promised me…”
Gao Xue Ting’s pretty face changed slightly. She grit her teeth and said, “Does it have to be that way?”
Wen Zi Shan laughed sinisterly and said, “What’s wrong? You have to keep your word if you want to be a respectable person…”
Gao Xue Ting said bitterly, “Subordinate understands and will not disappoint Sir Temple Master!”
She finished her sentence with her jaw clenched, her beautiful eyes filled with bloody and tearful accusations!
“I’m looking forward to it!” Wen Zi Shan laughed loudly, he seemed to be in a good mood. In a blink of an eye, he disappeared.
Everyone cast curious looks at Gao Xue Ting, wondering what had happened between her and the Temple Master.
“Sister Gao…” Chen Qian said worriedly.
“There’s no need to speak, you’ll know tomorrow.” Gao Xue Ting was in an extremely bad mood, her emotions abnormal. Her chest inexplicably puffed violently as if she was in fury.
“Okay…!”
It was night when Yang Kai received the news for his departure to the Fallen Flower Peak the next morning.
To his surprise, it was Xiao Bai Yi who brought him the news.
He had no intention of any interaction and just left after passing on the message coldly.
It did not bother Yang Kai at all, but he secretly guessed that the advanced departure could have been related to what had happened during the day.
The next day, Yang Kai got up early and headed straight towards Fallen Flower Peak.
After a short while, he arrived at the square on top of the mountain.
Many people were already gathered there, some were Dao Source Realms, some were Emperor Realms, including Qiu Ran and Chen Qian whom he had met before, but they paid no attention to him after glancing at him.
However, the Dao Source Realm disciples were looking at him curiously.
It seems that the news of the battle between him and Xue Yi had spread among them, and everyone was very interested in him even as a stranger. Several people paled at the information that he was only a First-Order Dao Source Realm.
Xiao Bai Yi was among them but he did not even look at Yang Kai.
Yang Kai did not know anyone there and was not interested in making friends either, so he just waited quietly in a corner.
This was his first time witnessing disciples gathered in a big Sect ever since arriving in Star Boundary, but he was confident in his own abilities and did not feel intimidated.
As he waited quietly, someone approached him.
He turned his head to see an ordinary-looking young man in his twenties smiling at him.
The young man dressed very casually as well and did not possess any charisma. Such a person would not stand out in a crowd.
However, when he made his way towards Yang Kai, the few groups of disciples who were gathered stopped their chattering and turned their attention toward them.
Even a few Emperor Realm Masters noticed, including the young girl named Chen Qian, who had a look of worry on her face.
The young man stopped a short distance in front of Yang Kai, swept his eyes over him and broke into a bright and gentle smile, saying, “Are you the outsider who defeated Xue Yi?”
“I’m Yang Kai!” Yang Kai introduced himself while squinting at the man, giving him a sweep of his Divine Sense.
What changed Yang Kai’s indifferent expression was that he could not identify the level of the young man’s cultivation. It was as if he was non-existent after being scanned with Divine Sense. If Yang Kai did not see him with his own eyes, he would assume there was no one in front of him.
[This guy… is definitely not as ordinary as he looks!]
Combining the reactions of the surrounding disciples and Emperor Realms, Yang Kai privately deduced.
The young man smiled slightly and said, “So this is Brother Yang, I am Xia Sheng!”
“How can I help you, Brother Xia?” Yang Kai skipped the greeting and went straight to the point, maintaining vigilance.
“Nothing, I just want to chat,” Xia Sheng retained his bright smile and said. “I heard that Xue Yi was defeated by you, so I’m just a little curious.”
Yang Kai raised his brows, “Is Brother Xia planning to seek revenge for your fellow disciple?”
“Haha…” Xia Sheng laughed aloud, he waved his hand and said as if there was no one watching, “Don’t think like that, Brother Yang, I have no such intention. It’s just that… Although Xue Yi is crappy, considering that he was defeated by someone who has a cultivation a minor stage below him, Brother Yang’s abilities are not to be underestimated.”
At this point, Xia Sheng’s expression hardened. There was an enormous change in aura and demeanour, and he said in an arrogant and confident tone, “People like us are destined to dominate and become the overlords of the world, all of these old guys can kiss my foot…”
Yang Kai was speechless, trying hard to keep a straight face. The corners of his mouth twitched, feeling like something terrible was going to happen. As he had expected, a loud yell came from the side…
“Bastard!” Qiu Ran was furious and shouted at Xia Sheng, “I will tear your mouth open if you dare to speak such nonsense again!”
“Sir Deputy Temple Master…” Xia Sheng returned to his ordinary appearance again and said in a panic, “Disciple wasn’t referring to you, and I didn’t mean that… Please calm your nerves!”
Qiu Ran seemed to be familiar with Xia Sheng’s actions and did not really mean to teach him a lesson, but he did look extremely hurt by Xia Sheng’s words and sighed, “Subordinates imitate their superiors’ vices…”
But no one knew who was the superior he mentioned.
Xia Sheng looked at Yang Kai again, laughed, “Let me introduce myself again. Hello Brother Yang, I am Xia Sheng, ranked first place in the Sect’s martial arts challenge!”
“I had more or less guessed it.” Yang Kai nodded lightly.
Xia Sheng gave a stronger aura than Xiao Bai Yi, who ranked second place in the Sect’s challenge, so it was no question that he would rank first.
“We will definitely meet again, so… let’s work hard together!” Xia Sheng said.
“Okay! Let’s hope Brother Xia won’t be too far behind.” Yang Kai smiled sinisterly.
The smile on Xia Sheng’s face slightly stiffened, but quickly recovered and grinned, “Interesting, interesting! Brother Yang is indeed fascinating, much more than Little Bai.”
Xiao Bai Yi, who was standing nearby spoke in anger, “Who are you calling Little Bai? I will challenge you to a fight now!”
Xia Sheng shrugged his shoulders, looking helpless.
A streak of violet light gleamed across the crowd.
Wen Zi Shan appeared.
He swept across the room wondering, “Isn’t Elder Gao leading the group? Why isn’t she here?”
Chen Qian stepped forward and replied, “Sister Gao should be here soon.”
“Women… so troublesome!” Wen Zi Shan muttered to himself. He looked upwards to the sky and smiled, “There she is.”
For some reason, he had a look of extreme anticipation that his eyes had a slight glow.
The crowd followed the direction of his gaze. Sure enough, a bright white light was zooming towards them at an incredible speed.
The white light descended and faded in front of everyone, revealing the alluring figure of Gao Xue Ting.
“Elder Gao, all the disciples have assembled. Do you…” Qiu Ran rushed toward Gao Xue Ting. After all, she was in charge of the expedition to the Four Seasons Realm Sealed World, she was also the one to lead the disciples to the entrance. However, due to unexpected reasons, there was still something that everyone needed to be informed of before departing, especially regarding the Sealed Star!
Before Qiu Ran could finish, he gaped at Gao Xue Ting with huge eyes as if he had seen a ghost, exclaiming inside, “This woman is NOT Elder Gao!”
The visual impact was so shocking that he almost blurted out, “Who the hell are you and how dare you impersonate the Elder Gao of our temple? Reveal yourself now!”
He swallowed his words before they came out, but the look on his face said it all.
Not just Qiu Ran, Chen Qian also opened her pair of beautiful eyes wide and covered her red lips with a small hand, staring appallingly at Gao Xue Ting.
It was the same for all of the Emperor Realms, they were dumbfounded.
Even the Emperor Realms who usually kept their face straight were affected by this scene, so there is no doubt that those disciples were naturally more shocked.
Everyone gaped at Gao Xue Ting in astonishment, as if their eyes were popping out.
“Everyone… Why are you looking at me like this? Is there something on my face?” Gao Xue Ting asked faintly. The corner of her mouth curved slightly, revealing a charming smile, but her beautiful eyes were filled with intimidation.
An inexplicable chill struck them, making everyone shiver like they were in an igloo.
*Dong Dong…*
The sound of gulpings could be heard.
“Did I see it wrongly? Elder Gao is actually… smiling?” a voice came in suddenly.
“She really smiled! Oh my god, for several dozen years, since this disciple came to this temple, never have I seen Elder Gao reveal her smile. Now that I have seen it, I have no more regrets.”
“This is not real, this is not real, this is not real… It’s my imagination, it’s my imagination, it’s my imagination…”
A bunch of Dao Source Realm disciples were baffled, they could not believe their eyes. And the reason for it was Gao Xue Ting’s smile.
“You guys seem to have a lot of opinions about this Queen!” Gao Xue Ting turned to the disciples after hearing their discussions. She still continued smiling, but her expression became even stiffer.
None of the disciples dared to have eye contact with her. All of them turned their eyes away, afraid of getting caught by her.
“Sister Gao…” Chen Qian stepped forward and asked in worry, “Are you okay?”
“What’s not okay about me?” Gao Xue Ting slightly smiled and grit her teeth, staring at Wen Zi Shan as she spoke. “I’m okay!”
“Oh…” Chen Qian did not know what to say, confused.
Aside from those Dao Source Realm disciples, even her, a Sect Elder who was often together with Gao Xue Ting, had never seen Gao Xue Ting smiling, not to mention that she was smiling for so long. This made her feel strange and scared, and she could not help but shiver.
“Gao… Elder Gao!” Qiu Ran could not stand it anymore. Even though it was gratifying to finally see Gao Xue Ting smiling, her smile was more frightening than her usual cold expression. As a Deputy Temple Master, he thought that it was his duty to give her advice, “Stop forcing yourself!”
Gao Xue Ting turned to him, still smiling, and said, “Forcing myself? I’m not… Why? Does Senior Qiu find the smile of this Queen to be ugly?”
“No such thing!” Qiu Ran was shocked, immediately denying and changing the topic, “The disciples are all assembled. Elder Gao, do you have anything to tell them?”
“What else is there to say?” Gao Xue Ting’s eyes swept across the twenty Dao Source Realm cultivators and said crisply, “I’ll tell them during the journey, so now… Let’s depart!”
While speaking, she opened her mouth and spit out a miniature ship. With both her hands clenched together while chanting an incantation, the ship enlarged suddenly, reaching a length of several tens of meters, then it gradually stopped.
The design of the ship was slick and exquisite, with dragons and phoenixes carved on it, much better than the ship that Yang Kai got before.
After all, it was an artifact that belonged to an Emperor Realm, a flight type artifact of Dao Source Grade High-Rank!
“Get on board!” Gao Xue Ting said.
The Dao Source Realm cultivators did not dare to hesitate, they performed their movement skills and boarded the ship. Yang Kai followed the crowd, casually found a spot after he got onto the ship and sat down with his legs crossed.
Gao Xue Ting waited for everyone to settle down, then started to move towards the deck.
After that, she turned around slowly, with a ghastly grin on her face, staring at Wen Zi Shan, who had been hiding the whole time in the crowd, and said through her gritted teeth, “Wait for me… I will deal with you later!”
She looked like she had suffered from a shameful humiliation, which made her feel like killing him.
“Bon… voyage!” Wen Zi Shan waved his hand, with his body shaking lightly.
“Humph!” Gao Xue Ting coldly snorted, with a surge of Source Qi, the ship instantly speeded up and flew out of Azure Sun Mountain Range.
Unstoppable laughter burst out when the ship got out of everyone’s sight.
Wen Zi Shan laughed until his tears were about to flow out, hugging his own stomach and almost needed to roll on the floor to relieve himself. He spoke while continuing laughing, “Did you… did you see Little Xue Ting’s… face? HAHAHAHA, it was so funny…”
“Haiz… How improper!” Qiu Ran looked speechless, shook his head in sorrow, flicked his sleeves and walked away.
“Sir Temple Master, please behave yourself!” another Emperor Realm could not stand it anymore either, and he felt ashamed of this person.
“You are so dead!” Chen Qian looked at Wen Zi Shan in disdain, “Wait until Sister Gao comes back from the Four Seasons Realm, and see how she will deal with you!”
When the conversations ended, the people started to leave one by one, leaving Wen Zi Shan alone.
After a while, he got tired of laughing too. He straightened up with a solemn look and sadly mumbled to himself, “It seems that I haven’t seen Little Xue Ting’s smile for many years. I really miss it… She was such a playful and clingy girl during her younger days, why did she become so cold these days? Well, no wonder there is a saying: A girl changes quickly from childhood to womanhood!”
…
Everyone was quiet on the ship.
All twenty Dao Source Realms were silently cycling their Source Qi in order to resist the chill from the front.
Gao Xue Ting had been standing in front of the deck the whole time. From the time they departed until now, she had exuded a kind of bone-chilling sensation, which seemed to be able to freeze one’s soul.
From time to time, Gao Xue Ting chuckled like a crazy person, which made everyone feel creeped out.
In this situation, who would dare trigger Gao Xue Ting? Therefore, no one dared to make a noise, not even a whisper. Everyone was just giving each other uncomfortable looks.
Azure Sun Temple had twenty slots for entering the Four Seasons Realm. Initially, the slots were owned by the top twenty Dao Source Realm disciples in the Sect’s martial art challenge, but since Xue Yi was defeated by Yang Kai, Yang Kai had become the only outsider here.
Among the twenty people, seven were women and the rest were men.
Yang Kai only knew Xiao Bai Yi and Xia Sheng among them. He did not even know the names of the others.
However, he did not bother to inquire. His main purpose of this Four Seasons Realm journey was the Tribulation Fruit. As long as he could find this spirit fruit, he would not let Qin Zhao Yang down.
The ship was indeed a Dao Source Grade High-Rank artifact, it was remarkably fast.
There were no obstacles along the flying trip.
After all, an Emperor Realm master was guarding, an extremely foul mood Emperor Realm. The stormy murderous intent released by her put all of the cultivators in fear, and they were not foolish enough to cause a disaster.
This situation lasted for three days!
Three days later, Gao Xue Ting, who had been standing in front of the deck with her back to the people, suddenly turned around.
Sensing this, everyone’s expressions turned solemn, immediately opened their eyes and looked at her, feeling a great deal of apprehension.
But after seeing Gao Xue Ting’s face clearly, everyone breathed out a sigh of relief simultaneously.
Because Gao Xue Ting at this moment had finally regained her indifferent and cold expression, replacing the strange and scary smile on her face.
Yang Kai heard a lot of them secretly sighing.
“Elder Gao’s face indeed looks a lot more comfortable like this,” Xia Sheng said with a lingering fear while patting his chest. “Before this, Elder Gao looked like a completely different person, her face really scared me to death!”
As soon as he said this, Xiao Bai Yi sensed the incoming danger and quickly slapped Xia Sheng in the face.
Xia Sheng was stunned by the slap, and glared fiercely at Xiao Bai Yi, “Xiao Bai, did you just backstab me? How despicable and shameless of you! Believe it or not…”
Before he finished his sentence, Xia Sheng shivered involuntarily. He slowly lifted his head and looked at the spooky appearance in front of him. It was Gao Xue Ting staring down at him. With his mouth twitching, he weakly asked, “Elder Gao, did this disciple… say something wrong?”
“No such thing!” Gao Xue Ting replied faintly. Soon, she suddenly smiled and said, “Is this the face… that scared you to death!?”
The face of Xia Sheng turned green.
Gao Xue Ting stretched out her hand, catching him off guard, and lifted Xia Sheng before tossing him out of the ship like a piece of rubbish. Her moves were smooth as silk and fast as lightning.
“Elder Gao…” Xia Sheng’s shout came from afar, but he was just a little dot from the view on the ship.
“Great! The unpleasant guy is gone!” Gao Xue Ting clapped her hands and swept across the crowd with her eyes.
Those disciples who were seen by her during the process lowered their head and avoided contact with her eyes.
“That idiot!” Xiao Bai Yi cursed secretly in his heart. At the same time, he glanced at his back and saw that Xia Sheng was trying hard to catch up. As the top in Sect’s martial art challenge, he was undoubtedly strong and had hastily caught up with the ship.
However, there was a fluorescent curtain acting as a barrier on the ship. If Gao Xue Ting did not open the barrier, Xia Sheng would not be able to get on the ship, so he could only stick to the fluorescent curtain and kept crying for mercy.
Gao Xue Ting turned a deaf ear to his crying, and when she got irritated, she just isolated his voice with a wave of her hand.
Many of them looked at Xia Sheng with sympathy, feeling sorrow for his misfortune.
“I have one thing to tell you.” Gao Xue Ting spoke suddenly.
Everyone held their breath and looked at her intently.
“The Four Seasons Realm this time is a little different from previous years!” Gao Xue Ting continued, “You should have obtained the information of the Four Seasons Realm before you departed. I don’t need to say anything more about this, but this time, a Star Seal will appear in the Four Seasons Realm!”
“Star Seal?” Xiao Bai Yi’s face shifted, as if he thought of something. He questioned in astonishment, “The Star Seal that is related to the Shattered Star Sea?”
Gao Xue Ting glanced at him approvingly, and said, “Yes, it’s those Star Seals that are related to the Shattered Star Sea! The Star Seal is a certificate pass to enter the Shattered Star Sea, so those who obtain it may enter the Shattered Star Sea when it’s opened! As such, this Queen needs you to work hard in the Four Seasons Realm. Finding Star Seals will be your primary objective, and it is also your only objective!”
“However, because of the emergence of the Star Seal, the Four Seasons Realm will be much more dangerous than the previous years, so in addition to the search for the Star Seal, it is more important for you to ensure your own safety! You are all the Sect’s future. Any deaths will be a loss for the Sect, so this Queen wants each and every one of you to put in your best effort!”
“Yes, many thanks to Elder Gao!” The disciples replied in unison.
“Elder Gao, what exactly does the Star Seal look like?” Xiao Bai Yi asked.
“The Star Seal is formless, and you will be branded with a pattern on your body when you obtain it. If you really do have the opportunity to obtain it, you will naturally know it.”
“Disciple understands!” Xiao Bai Yi nodded.
“Also, the Star Seal can be transferred. If any of you obtains the Star Seal, it can be transferred to the Sect. Of course, in return for getting the Star Seal, you will be eligible to enter the Shattered Star Sea in the future!”
Everyone was breathing in excitement.
“Then… what happens if a disciple gets two or more?” Xiao Bai Yi asked again.
Gao Xue Ting said, “Keep one for yourself, and give the rest to the Sect, and the Sect will reward you correspondingly!”
She turned her head towards Yang Kai at this point, said, “Same goes for you!”
“Me?” Yang Kai looked alarmed.
“Of course!” Gao Xue Ting nodded gently, “Although you’re not a disciple of the Azure Sun Temple, you are going into the Four Seasons Realm using one of our slots, so you would have to abide by the rules.”
“Okay then,” Yang Kai obeyed helplessly, as there was no way he could defy her anyway. The officials of Azure Sun Temple would most likely fully examine him when he exited the Four Seasons Realm to ensure he did not keep any extra Star Seals on his own.
“This is the only extra instruction I have for you, there’s nothing else. You’re dismissed.” Gao Xue Ting finished and returned to the front of the ship with her back facing everyone, as still as a statue.
Outside of the ship, Xia Sheng managed to catch up to them, maintaining a parallel level with the ship. He had a pitiful expression, mouthing at them soundlessly. It seems like he was begging for mercy.
Gao Xue Ting did not even glance at him.
Xia Sheng looked at Xiao Bai Yi in exasperation, begging for him for help.
Xiao Bai Yi decisively turned his head in the opposite direction.
On the boat, Yang Kai frowned, pondering.
He was considering whether he should request some information about the Four Seasons Realm from Gao Xue Ting.
However, her mood seemed to be very unstable due to the previous incident, so Yang Kai did not want to have any contact with her in case she found out anything.
Just when he was hesitating, someone poked him quietly.
He looked around and found a woman with red lips looking at him.
She looked about twenty years old, but her actual age was far greater than that. She had a tall and slender figure, with fair skin and delicate features, her long hair moved with the breeze.
“How can I help you, miss?” Yang Kai asked curiously.
“I don’t think you have this. Here!” The woman handed him a jade slip as she spoke.
Yang Kai raised his brows and reached out to take it. He scanned the object with Divine Sense, and was delighted when he found out the content recorded in the jade slip, “This is…”
The contents recorded in the jade slip was the information of the Four Seasons Realm.
Azure Sun Temple was very familiar with the internal situation of the Four Seasons Realm as it would dispatch disciples into the Four Seasons Realm every time it opened. The information recorded in the jade slip included not only the locations of dangerous barriers but also detailed information of various Monster Beasts in the Four Seasons Realm.
Yang Kai did not expect someone to give him just what he needed while he was hesitating to ask Gao Xue Ting for it.
His favour towards this woman had greatly increased, as she had given him just what he needed most. It was a gift better than anything else he could have wanted.
She probably guessed that he did not have such a thing, and decided to give him one.
It was easy to tell that she was very kind-hearted.
“Many thanks, miss, how should I address you?” Yang Kai thanked her sincerely, and it was only polite to ask for her name in return for such a kind gesture.
“Murong Xiao Xiao!”
Yang Kai nodded, and when he was about to speak again, Xiao Bai Yi suddenly said, “Xiao Xiao, don’t waste your time with an outsider.”
Murong Xiao Xiao stuck her tongue out at Yang Kai, but did not speak further so as not to disobey Xiao Bai Yi.
Yang Kai said, “This Yang will remember your kindness, miss.”
“It’s nothing,” Murong Xiao Xiao smiled slightly, not caring.
“Brother Xiao Bai!” Yang Kai turned towards Xiao Bai Yi.
“Who are you calling!” Xiao Bai Yi turned cold.
“Brother Xiao…” Yang Kai corrected. “Although I’m not a disciple of the Azure Sun Temple, we’re considered companions now that we’re going to the Four Seasons Realm together…”
“Who wants to be your companion?” Xiao Bai Yi said dismissively, “You will soon pay for taking away Xue Yi’s slot!”
“Brother Xiao, do you really have to…?” Yang Kai shook his head and sighed, “You’ll never know if there will be a time in the Four Seasons Realm that you will need my help.”
“You?” Xiao Bai Yi snorted coldly, “You won’t be able to provide any help if ever there is something that this Xiao can’t handle.”
“I have nothing to say if you insist.” Yang Kai smiled bitterly and shook his head.
By the looks of it, Xiao Bai Yi had added him to his hate list, so Yang Kai assumed that he and Xue Yi must have had a good relationship, and as a Senior Brother to Xue Yi, he would not be giving Yang Kai a good time.
It would be extremely odd if he was on good terms with Yang Kai.
It was only understandable.
Gao Xue Ting did not involve herself in the clashes between the Dao Source Realms but continued to navigate the ship on her usual spot.
Five days passed.
That day, a giant mountain valley appeared ahead of the ship.
The silhouettes of a large crowd could be seen on the mountain valley, gathered in groups waiting for something.
From this distance, they could sense the aura of a few Emperor Realm Masters.
Upon perceiving this, Yang Kai was shocked that they had arrived at their destination.
The information provided by Qin Zhao Yang and the jade slip given by Murong Xiao Xiao regarding the entrance to the Four Seasons Realm was similar; it was in an unnamed, inconspicuous mountain valley. The mountain valley was ordinary and had no reason for anyone to stop by. However, there would be a congregation of strong auras before the opening of the Four Seasons Realm. After the level of the aura had reached a certain level, the entrance of the Sealed World would open and last for thirty-three days.
The entrance would be sealed after thirty-three days, and no one would be able to exit the Four Seasons Realm after that.
Those cultivators residing in the mountain valley should be cultivators who had arrived in advance.
The Azure Sun Temple group seemed to be relatively late because all the places on the mountain valley with good landscape and strong aura were already occupied by others.
The cultivators on the mountain valley looked up and stiffened at the sight of the ship that was slowly moving towards the mountain valley.
Azure Sun Temple was, after all, the top Sect in the Southern Territory, and the ship alone exhibited authority with its identity.
From the information recorded in the jade slip, Yang Kai learned that top Sects such as Azure Sun Temple, Heavenly Martial Holy Land, Orthodoxy Temple, Violet Source Chamber of Commerce and Seven Glories Chamber of Commerce, each had twenty slots to enter the Four Seasons Realm. Whereas Star Soul Palace, the Southern Territory strongest Sect has forty slots, which was twice as much as Azure Sun Temple.
The other lower rank Sects had approximately ten slots.
Some Sects only had a few slots.
As for how these slots were distributed, Yang Kai was not sure, but surely it had been carefully calculated and coordinated.
Judging from the four to five hundred bodies gathered below, the Southern Territory consisted of many Sects.
Gao Xue Ting merely looked down for a while and found a spot to anchor the ship.
She put the ship away when all the disciples had disembarked.
“Rest here and don’t cause any trouble. This Queen needs to discuss something with the other Sirs.” She left without waiting.
Everyone seemed to have looked forward to this a long time ago, so they were well prepared in advance. They pulled out their tents from their Space Ring and began setting up.
“Huh…” Someone gasped, and suddenly a person landed from the sky, and crashed into the ground, creating a big crater like a meteorite.
Yang Kai fixed his eyes on the crash site and found that it was Xia Sheng who had been deliberately ignored by Gao Xue Ting during the whole journey.
It was indeed quite admirable that he kept up with everyone by relying on his Source Qi alone for five days, and reached this place at the same time as everyone.
He was panting, but there was no sign of exhaustion.
“I… made it!” Xia Sheng, looking faint and weak, stared at Xiao Bai Yi sadly and said, “Xiao Bai, you’re too heartless!”
A vein on Xiao Bai Yi’s forehead jumped, but he made the clever decision to not respond to him.
“Brother Yang, you didn’t help me either! I had to fly all the way here on my own!” Xia Sheng put his hands on his knees, rolled his eyes at Yang Kai, and said “How are we supposed to conquer and dominate the world together if you’re so cold to me?”
Yang Kai said helplessly, “I’m just an outsider, it’s none of my business!”
“Forget it, forget it, you guys are all unreliable!” Xia Sheng sighed, waved his hand and sat on the ground, feeling rejuvenated, like a dying fish that had returned to the water.
Yang Kai gave him a last look, ignored him, looked for a quiet place and sat down crossed leg.
It was clear that there was still a little time before the opening of the Four Seasons Realm. There were many masters here, and Yang Kai did not feel like wandering around to cause any trouble, so he decided to rest together with the rest of the Azure Sun Temple disciples.
Time passed slowly, and smaller groups of cultivators from somewhere else gradually arrived at the place.
They were not many in number and were obviously the cultivators from small Sects or families from far away.
After they arrived, they were clever enough to find an empty spot to settle down. The cultivators who knew each other would gather together, prepared to join forces in the Four Seasons Realm in case a big fight broke out.
Those who could enter the Four Seasons Realm were cultivators of the Dao Source Realm level. Origin King Realm cultivators did not qualify for the Four Seasons Realm at all, because they would only be seeking their own death.
But this did not mean that Emperor Realm Masters could not enter the Four Seasons Realm too.
In fact, Emperor Realm cultivators could also enter, but every entry of an Emperor Realm expert would cause some unstable turbulence to the entrance, and once more than three Emperor Realm cultivators entered, the entrance would shut down.
As a result, the few slots for Emperor Realm cultivators could not be distributed at all, so under the proposal of Star Soul Palace, cultivators of Emperor Realm level were forbidden from entering the Four Seasons Realm to avoid the early closing of the entrance.
Yang Kai learned this information from the jade slip that was given by Murong Xiao Xiao.
While Yang Kai was recalling the data recorded in the jade slip, trying to memorize all of it, he was also strengthening the connection between him and Myriads Sword.
Even though this Emperor Artifact had to be returned to the Qin Family in the end, he believed that it might be useful to him in the Four Seasons Realm.
“What are you doing!?”
All of a sudden, a woman’s angry shout reached his ears, while in that instance, an extremely strong force burst out in a certain place.
The woman who yelled immediately gave a loud exclamation, then started to groan like she had suffered from a heavy blow.
Yang Kai opened his eyes and looked in the direction of the sound source with a frown.
Because he recognized the voice was Murong Xiao Xiao, who gave him the information about the Four Seasons Realm.
He found it strange, Murong Xiao Xiao was an elite disciple of Azure Sun Temple and her cultivation level was not low, so who would dare to trouble her in such a place?
Looking there, Murong Xiao Xiao was biting her red lips and looking in one direction with fear and anger. Beside her, was another Azure Sun Temple female disciple supporting her by her arms, and she nervously asked, “Xiao Xiao, are you alright?”
Murong Xiao Xiao nodded, indicating that she was fine.
However, in perceiving her slightly disordered aura, it was obvious that she had experienced a dangerous encounter just now.
Her sight was set on a group of Dao Source Realm, and there was one man among these cultivators who looked exceptionally weird.
It was a man, but there was an invisible demarcation line on the centre of his body that split him into left and right. The skin and hair of the left side were fiery red, but the right side of the body was snowy white. The two contrasting colours appearing on the same person created a strong visual impact, portraying Yang, the masculinity, on the right side, whilst Yin, the femininity, on the left.
The person Murong Xiao Xiao glared at was this man!
The hand that he raised high also indicated that he was the culprit, and there was still a trace of undissipated power at his fingertips.
A figure flashed past and stood in front of Murong Xiao Xiao, guarding her while staring quietly at the monstrous cultivator.
It was Xia Sheng!
Xia Sheng did not really have a tall figure, but when he stood in front of Murong Xiao Xiao, he was as dependable as a huge mountain.
Yang Kai frowned, stood up and walked towards that side unhurriedly.
“Xiao Xiao, what happened?” Xia Seng asked calmly.
Murong Xiao Xiao replied, “I have no idea, this person just suddenly attacked me!”
“Oh?” Xia Sheng squinted his eyes and said faintly, “Interesting. Someone just challenged us, the Azure Sun Temple disciples. It’s impossible to let this go!”
As he spoke, there was a dangerous light in his eyes.
The odd-looking cultivator on the opposite side also cast his eyes on Xia Sheng. The two gazes collided in the void, as if there were sparks in it.
The atmosphere immediately turned intense.
Both the disciples of Azure Sun Temple and the cultivators who had gathered opposite looked stern and secretly urged their Source Qi.
It seemed that a clash was about to happen.
The scene alarmed the rest of the cultivators who were waiting there too, like a stone thrown into a calm lake, and the ripple from it was rapidly noticed by everyone. All of them surrounded and watched with curiosity.
“Xia Sheng?” the odd-looking cultivator lifted the corner of his mouth and asked with a sinister smile. It seemed that he knew the name Xia Sheng, but this was just the first time they met.
“Wu Chang?” Xia Sheng’s eyebrows raised.
Yang Kai frowned when he heard it. He had never heard the name Wu Chang before, but judging from Xia Sheng’s expression as if he was facing a formidable enemy, he knew that this man was certainly not easy to deal with.
Given his strange body, this man most likely possessed a special kind of physique!
“Is he the Xia Sheng from Azure Sun Temple? It is said that he won first place in the last Sect’s martial arts challenge!”
Someone among the crowd of cultivators exclaimed. Xia Sheng appeared to be having quite a high reputation.
“Wu Chang? Isn’t he the rising star of Heavenly Martial Holy Land? Yes, it must be him because rumour has it that Wu Chang has a Yin-Yang Dual Body. So that’s what it looks like, it is really an eye-opener for me!”
“Shhhh… Keep your voice down. I heard that Wu Chang is bipolar and cruel, it would be bad if he heard you.”
“What are you afraid of? There are so many people here, how can he hear…”
He suddenly held his tongue before finishing his sentence, because he realized the Wu Chang, who was facing Xia Sheng over there, turned his head suddenly and stared at him coldly.
A mysterious power radiated from Wu Chang’s heterochromatic pupils, which then manifested in front of him, turning into a massive red and white vortex. The vortex spun towards the person, with an exaggerated noise of strangling power coming from it.
The man shouted in shock and wanted to back off hurriedly.
But what horrified him, was that his body had been stiffened instantly, and became immobilized. He could only stand still with his pale face and trembling eyes, as he watched the vortex continue to spin and shroud him in it.
“Ah!”
*Peng…*
With a deafening bang, the head of the person burst into pieces, like a watermelon that was smashed by someone, splashing the blood and brain all around. Seeing this, the cultivators beside him quickly retreated in fear.
The headless corpse slowly fell and hit the ground, raising a cloud of dust and painting the ground with blood. The scene was horrible to watch.
The other cultivator who previously spoke to this person witnessed the whole tragic incident. Instead of avenging his companion’s death, he was utterly dumbfounded in fear and fell to the ground like he had lost his soul. He could not speak a word, the only sound that could be heard from him was the clicks from the grinding of his teeth.
No one knew which small Sect and family the two of them were from. It was not easy for them to finally obtain slots in the Four Seasons Realm, and it was unfortunate that one of them suffered from a catastrophe just because of his own blunder.
In the place where the Orthodoxy Temple was stationed, a handsome man in green stood and watched this horrible scene. He could not help but snort coldly, then said to his Junior Brothers and Junior Sisters beside him, “Remember, if you bump into Wu Chang in the Four Seasons Realm, run as far as you can and never confront him head-on!”
“Yes, Senior Brother Zhuang!” Everyone responded with sorrow.
None of them thought of contesting Wu Chang after seeing his sadistic killing method. In their minds, Zhuan Bu Fan, the Eldest Senior, was the only one who could stand a chance in fighting Wu Chang.
“Is that Wu Chang from Heavenly Martial Holy Land?”
In the station of Star Soul Palace, Lan Xun, who looked like an elf dressed in blue, hovered in mid-air with an attractive fair-skinned youngster guarding closely on her left.
Lan Xun frowned slightly at the moment and asked, upset.
She was a woman after all and she felt uncomfortable and downhearted by witnessing what just happened.
“Yes,” The fair-skinned man nodded. While speaking, his eyes never left her charming face and he was undoubtedly madly in love with her. He said, “I have fought against this guy several times before, and he’s difficult to deal with.”
“Even Brother Xiao can’t deal with him?” Lan Xun was surprised.
Xiao Chen continued, “I can beat him if I use the Emperor Artifact bestowed by Lord Father, but the cost of it is too great!”
“I see…” Lan Xun was unimpressed. Although Xiao Chen was the son of Xiao Yu Yang and possessed the Emperor Artifact bestowed by him, Wu Chang might have an Emperor Artifact too.
The Heavenly Martial Holy Land he was born in was not an ordinary great force. As the first of Heavenly Martial Holy Land rising stars, having an Emperor Artifact in his hand to defend himself was only natural.
“Princess doesn’t believe me?” Xiao Chen vaguely sensed something and raised his eyebrows, “If Princess wants to see it, I will go now.”
“No need!” Lan Xun waved her hand and frowned, “I did not mean that.”
Xiao Chen said, “But Wu Chang really did not have any respect for the Star Soul Palace by killing someone in public. After all, the Southern Territory is not a place for their Heavenly Martial Holy Land to do whatever they want!”
Lan Xun did not express an opinion. While she was looking around, she suddenly shouted and looked at a figure in the distance with her beautiful eyes filled with surprise.
“It’s you!” Lan Xun secretly whispered in her heart.
She still remembered that during the last time she was breaking through the Dao Source Realm Level, in the Third Stage of the Five Colored Treasure Pagoda, he sneaked into the Third Stage too and robbed a lot of shattered Principle Fragments from her.
However, it was fortunate for her that he showed up too. Otherwise, judging from the situation during that time, even if she could successfully clear the stage, she would still have gotten hurt, or maybe worse, it could have severely damaged her foundation.
Lan Xun was very interested in this man and wanted to know the method he used to sneak into the Third Stage like a shadow when it was supposed to be closed. She also wondered what kind of Divine Ability tricks he had performed, resulting in snatching so much of her shattered Principle Fragments!
It was just that after she came out of the Five Colored Treasure Pagoda, she was too eager to consolidate her cultivation in isolation, so she didn’t think much about this man.
But she did not expect to see him again in this mountain valley, and this time, he was also promoted to Dao Source Realm.
“Is he a disciple of the Azure Sun Temple?” Lan Xun saw Yang Kai standing together with a group of disciples from Azure Sun Temple.
“What did you say, Princess?” Xiao Chen asked.
“Nothing,” Lan Xun shook her head.
Xiao Chen frowned slightly. Although he was a little upset at Lan Xun’s lack of communication, she was the daughter of the Bright Moon Great Emperor, holding a noble status, and it was inappropriate to keep asking. He followed her eyes and saw Yang Kai, and snorted coldly inside, “How could such a trivial person like him interest the Princess?”
On the other side, after killing the disciple from a small family, Wu Chang was calm and relaxed, as if he had only killed a cockroach, and continued to look at Xia Sheng with his head turned.
Xia Sheng said, “Brother Wu Chang is so strong!”
Wu Chang smiled coldly, without saying a word.
“I don’t care about the life or death of others, but will Bother Wu Chang give me a reasonable explanation for attacking my Junior Sister?” Xia Sheng squinted ahead of him.
Wu Shang said, “Brother Xia wants an explanation? Sure. My explanation is that no one can fly over my head, except if they’re dead!”
Xia Sheng froze. He did not expect that Murong Xiao Xiao had been attacked for such an absurd reason.
Murong Xiao Xiao came back to her senses, pursed her lips and said, “I just wanted to go to the Star Soul Palace.”
She had an acquaintance at the Star Soul Palace that she had not seen for a long time and wanted to meet, but she got attacked by Wu Chang just as she started to fly and fell from shock.
Wu Chang said, “Brother Xia should be thankful that she is from Azure Sun Temple, otherwise…”
“Otherwise?”
“Otherwise, she would be dead!”
“I see,” Xia Sheng grinned. Suddenly, he made an unexpected move.
He leapt, as swiftly as the wind towards and over Wu Chang’s head, and with a twist of his body, he flew back and leapt across Wu Chang’s head again.
While flying, he shouted, “I flew here, I flew back, then I flew here again, and I flew back again. Hit me if you can.”
He flew several times back and forth, then landed right above Wu Chang, with his hands on his hips and looked down, “Do you believe that I will pee on your head?”
As he spoke, he pulled up his pants, preparing to do what he had just said.
Murong Xiao Xiao and a few other female disciples of the Azure Sun Temple blushed.
Xiao Bai Yi and the others were speechless, turned their heads and pretended to not know this person.
“Hahaha!” The audience laughed at Xia Sheng’s extremely crude behaviour, which was extremely inappropriate for a Third-Order Dao Source Realm cultivator.
“Xia… Sheng!”
Wu Change was also subjected to shifting moods. With such a violent and perverse personality, he would not allow others to be provocative and presumptuous in front of him. He let out a low growl as Xia Sheng lifted his pants, and his arms shook violently. A tornado-like force rushed straight into the sky in an attempt to swallow Xia Sheng.
“Paltry tricks!” Xia Sheng snorted coldly, opened his palms and pressed downwards.
With a surge of Source Qi, the World Principles became chaotic, and a gigantic palm took shape and fell from the sky like a huge mountain. It had not landed, but gave everyone a destructive oppression.
*Hong…*
The giant palm collided with the tornado, and the World Energy raged in all directions.
At the same moment, Wu Chang leapt with his red and snow-white palms together, and two completely different auras were released with mysterious runes appearing around him.
He charged towards Xia Sheng like lightning.
Xia Sheng’s face was replaced by a solemn expression. With a change of his hands, clanging sounds of metals were transmitted from the void, and immediately many weapons, blades of every shape and design, appeared by his side. These weapons were formed by World Energy.
He stretched out his hand, and countless swords and blades charged downwards as ordered.
*Hong hong hong…*
The intense sound shook the air, a dazzling light burst out and swallowed both Xia Sheng and Wu Chang. For a while, no one could see the battle between the two, only the sounds of explosive kicks and punches could be heard from the void.
Yang Kai stared with his eyes narrowed, dazzled by the battle above.
It was the contest between the top rising stars from the top two Sects of the Southern Territory. In other words, it was the highest level battle of the Southern Territory. Such battles were rare for him.
Not only could he compare his own shortcomings from the fight between the two, but he could also collect more information.
“Is Senior Brother Xia going to be okay?” Murong Xiao Xiao asked, feeling responsible for what was happening. If she had not accidentally flown over Wu Chang’s head, she would not have caused such trouble.
“How could anything happen to him!?” Xiao Bai Yi snorted coldly, completely unworried for Xia Sheng’s safety, then continued, “He has a good chance to escape death if a normal Emperor Realm fights against him, how bad can it be if it’s just a Wu Chang?”
Yang Kai’s interest perked as he listened to Xiao Bai Yi.
Xiao Bai Yi obviously knew Xia Sheng well, but he did not elaborate, and Yang Kai did not ask.
Judging from the battle, it seemed that Xia Sheng did not reveal his true strength, and of course, Wu Chang was not at his full strength either.
“Childish!” In a remote area on the mountain valley, where a certain Sect named Eight Paths Sect had stationed, a cross-legged youth who was meditating and watching the battle in the air, had commented disdainfully.
Eight Paths Sect was not a top tier Sect in the Southern Territory, but it was not weak. It was on the same level as the Flying Saint Palace, and there was an Emperor Realm Master in the Sect.
Eight Paths Sect was fortunate enough to have seven slots to enter the Four Seasons Realm this time.
The cultivation levels among the seven were not equal, some were Third-Order Dao Source Realm, and some Second-Order and First-Order.
The youngster who spoke was only Second-Order Dao Source Realm, but judging from the reactions of the others, he was the leader among them.
The only Third-Order Dao Source Realm was a middle-aged man in his forties. He smiled and said, “You can’t stand battles like this, Junior Brother Luo Yuan?”
Luo Yuan replied, “They are just testing each other, nothing interesting.”
“You call this testing?” Another Second-Order Dao Source Realm woman exclaimed, “Why do I feel like they’re about to kill each other?”
“That’s because your cultivation is not high enough.” Luo Yuan replied bluntly, not caring if he had embarrassed his fellow disciple.
The woman choked for a moment, then chuckled dryly.
The middle-aged man said, “Junior Brother Luo Yuan indeed has sharp eyes. We’re counting on you in the Four Seasons Realm this time.”
Luo Yuan frowned, “Rest assured, after this expedition to the Four Seasons Realm, I will make Eight Paths Sect a renown Sect in the Southern Territory, but I’m not planning to take a bunch of trash with me, so don’t follow me when we go in, otherwise, don’t blame me for being impolite!”
No one dared to speak up to his arrogance, only fearing him quietly.
The middle-aged man said, “Of course we will be a hindrance to Junior Brother. You can do as you like.”
“Hmph!” Luo Yuan snorted coldly, closed his eyes, and said no more.
The others looked at each other gloomily.
It was quite unacceptable for them to be called ‘trash’, as they were all Dao Source Realm cultivators with equitable strength. However, knowing Luo Yuan’s temper and character, they did not refute.
The battle in the void continued.
Xia Sheng and Wu Chang were at a tie, none could overpower the other, the only result from the battle was the collapse of the void and the disorder of the World Principles.
“Enough!”
The majestic, furious bellow struck Xia Shang and Wu Chang like lightning, and they both froze mid-air, faces pale, and cold sweat dripping down their foreheads.
Two streaks of light flashed below them, and two people appeared.
Immediately, the light dispersed into spider webs. In a blink of an eye, it transformed into two cages, confining Xia Sheng and Wu Chang in mid-air.
The same voice echoed, “Xia Sheng of Azure Sun Temple, and Wu Chang of Heavenly Martial Holy Land, this King will confine you until the opening of the Sealed World for instigating a fight. I hope you will take this as a warning!”
Xia Sheng’s face turned green and quickly responded, “Sir Xiao, this disciple is innocent!”
He had recognized the owner of the voice and quickly begged for mercy. It was the voice of Xiao Yu Yang, the Silver Star Envoy of Star Soul Palace.
Xiao Yu Yang deliberately ignored him.
Wu Chang, who was also confined in the other cage, gave him a cold look and snorted, “Coward!”
“It’s none of your business!” Xia Sheng rolled his eyes at him and continued pleading, “Sir Xiao, please understand! This disciple has always abided by the rules! Unless someone provoked me, I would never do this kind of thing, Sir Xiao please let me go.”
He pleaded for a while before deciding that it was useless, then he changed his tone, “Sir Xiao, please at least confine me on the ground? It’s too embarrassing to be locked up in the air.”
“Will you shut up?” Wu Chang was initially not affected by the confinement. After all, it was a Second-Order Emperor Realm Master who confined him, so it was only natural that he could not resist. However, what Xia Sheng had said was true, it was indeed quite embarrassing, and he became angry out of shame.
Xia Sheng narrowed his eyes at him, “What’s wrong? Did I disturb you?”
“Noisy!” Wu Chang snorted coldly.
“How dare you say that!” Xia Sheng was angry, he pulled up his pants, said, “Would you believe that I will pee right in your face all the way from here? The breeze is blowing towards you!”
The corners of Wu Chang’s mouth twitched. He took a deep breath and closed his eyes.
He did not want to be shameless like the other party.
He only left a cruel remark, saying “Let’s settle this when we enter the Sealed World!”
A battle between dragons and tigers ended due to the intervention of an Emperor Realm Master.
“Is this all right now?” Xiao Yu Yang, who was at the station of Star Soul Palace, looked at Gao Xue Ting and Chen Wen Hao and asked.
Gao Xue Ting replied, “Thank you, Senior Xiao!”
Chen Wen Hao also nodded lightly.
Even though the rising stars of the two Sects did not have a pleasant encounter, it did not affect the relationship between the Emperor Realms of both Sects. To them, it was just some youngsters being competitive with each other.
Who had not been through this phase before?
“It’s okay, but these two kids are really hyperactive.” Xiao Yu Yang chuckled.
“Elder Gao has Xia Sheng under her while Brother Chen has Wu Chang under him, I envy them so much!” Feng Ming suddenly spoke bitterly from the side.
Gao Xue Ting glanced at him and asked, “Isn’t there a Zhuang Bu Fan in your Orthodoxy Temple?”
Feng Ming smiled, “Although Bu Fan’s name means extraordinary, he has only an ordinary physique. How can he be compared with these two kids?”
“Didn’t Brother Feng already pass down the Reverse Heaven and Earth Phantom Trick of your noble Temple?” Chen Wen Hao looked at Feng Ming and said, “Why so humble? Too much humility is hypocrisy.”
“Heh heh…” Feng Ming grinned and responded with a smiley face.
“It’s enough, will you stop testing each other?” Xiao Yu Yang could not help but roll his eyes, “It’s a good thing that the little kids are being active, but remember, the elders better just observe and not interfere. We are all from the Southern Territory, so I don’t wish for infighting!”
“What Senior Xiao said is right!” Everyone nodded together.
“Oh yeah, Senior Xiao…” Gao Xue Ting suddenly said, “Regarding the matter that the three of us asked when we went to the Star Soul Palace last time… is there any response?”
Hearing this, the faces of Feng Ming and Chen Wen Hao turned solemn and focused on listening.
Xiao Yu Yang frowned. After pondering for a while, he said, “About that Ancient Great Demon… The Great Emperor said that the demon hasn’t perished yet, but is only hibernating. However, the Great Emperor has no idea of its exact location.”
“Even the Great Emperor doesn’t know?” Feng Ming’s expression changed.
“The Great Emperor only told me eight words!” Xiao Yu Yang quickly said.
“What eight words?” Gao Xue Ting wondered.
“Seems dead but alive, alive but seems dead!”
“What does this mean?” Feng Ming was puzzled by the words.
Xiao Yu Yang shrugged his hands, “I don’t understand either. But relax, the Ancient Great Demon has been sealed for so many years, so its Divine Ability is no longer like in the past. If he dares to show up and do evil in the future, this King will slay it with his own hands.”
“With the words of Senior Xiao, we are not worried.” Chen Wen gave out a sigh of relief and nodded.
Last time, Feng Ming, Gao Xue Ting and he teamed up against the Ancient Great Demon. Unfortunately, they had failed at the last minute, as the Ancient Great Demon performed a terrifying Divine Ability and trapped them in a dark and boundless world. By the time they escaped it, the demon was long gone. In desperation, they went to the Star Soul Palace to request a meeting with the Bright Moon Great Emperor in hopes of receiving some guidance from the Great Emperor.
Regrettably, the three of them went to the Star Soul Palace but did not manage to meet the Great Emperor. In the end, they could only tell Xiao Yu Yang and let him pass on the message for them.
That was why the first thing that Gao Xue Ting did was to find Xiao Yu Yang as soon as she got here, in order to find out about the demon.
“Okay, let’s not think about the matter of the demon for now. Let’s talk about the Four Seasons Realm this time.” Xiao Yu Yang said.
When everyone heard it, they knew that he was going to talk about the matter of the Star Seal, and their faces immediately turned serious.
…
At the station of the Azure Sun Temple, Yang Kai, who was meditating crossed leg and recuperating, had his expression changed suddenly, opened his eyes and looked in a certain direction.
He frowned, pondering for a while, then he stood up and walked in that direction.
“Junior Brother Yang,” Murong Xiao Xiao hurriedly shouted when she saw him, “where are you going?”
She was like a burnt child that dreaded fire. She initially just wanted to hang out with her friends at the side of Star Soul Palace, but did not expect to trigger a storm and caused Xia Sheng to get detained. She was secretly blaming herself.
At this moment, seeing that Yang Kai was about to leave the station, she asked with concern.
“Just walking around!” Yang Kai smiled faintly.
“Then, you have to be careful,” Murong Xiao Xiao exhorted but did not stop him.
Yang Kai nodded lightly and continued to walk forward.
“Why do you care about the outsider’s life?” Xiao Bai Yi unpleasantly snorted beside her.
Murong Xiao Xiao responded, “Junior Brother Yang came with us after all.”
“You still call him Junior Brother?” Xiao Bai Yi glared at Murong Xiao Xiao, “He is not our temple’s disciple!”
Murong Xiao Xiao stuck out his tongue and said, “Senior Brother Xiao, do you particularly dislike him?”
“It’s not that I dislike him.” Xiao Bai Yi coldly snorted, “Just that he is not pleasing to my eyes!”
Murong Xiao Xiao shook her head slowly without saying much.
On the other side, Yang Kai kept going until he walked out of the mountain valley and came to a dense forest before stopping.
The breeze was whispering and the leaves rustled.
Yang Kai sighed and asked, “Since you called me over, why don’t you show up yourself?”
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a chuckle. A pretty figure appeared on top of a tree, looking down at him with a pair of beautiful eyes filled with curiosity.
She stared at Yang Kai, clicked her tongue and said, “I did not expect you to be promoted to Dao Source Realm in such a short time. A master from a low-level Star Field indeed has an extraordinary aptitude!”
Yang Kai looked at her with his head lifted, and chuckled, “Protector Bian, it’s been a long time!”
The woman who quietly transmitted her voice to him previously and told him to meet here was astonishingly one of the four guardians of the Blue Feather Sect, Bian Yu Qing!
It was this woman who took him into the Blue Feather Sect at that time.
And the Blue Feather Sect was also Yang Kai’s first stop in Star Boundary!
Bian Yu Qing knew some of his details and understood that he was a cultivator from a low-level Star Field. It was precisely for this reason, Bian Yu Qing accepted him into the Sect. Otherwise, with Yang Kai’s cultivation only being a Second-Order Origin King at that time, Bian Yu Qing would not be interested in him at all.
This woman had the cultivation of the Third-Order Dao Source Realm!
Meeting Bian Yu Qing again reminded Yang Kai about Liu Xian Yun who was with him at that time. This girl was like him, coming from a low-level Star Field, a place named Grand Desolation Star Field, and was also taken into the Blue Feather Sect by Bian Yu Qing.
Unfortunately, Yang Kai and Liu Xian Yun were separated when they fled from a calamity.
After such a long time, Yang Kai had no idea about how Liu Xian Yun had been.
“It’s remarkable that you still remember this Queen, which makes this Queen very gratified.” While he was still pondering, Bian Yu Qing smiled. With a slight effort of her feet, she gradually landed in front of Yang Kai, like a goddess descending from the sky.
“The great grace of Protector Bian was carved on this little brat’s heart, how can it be forgotten?” Yang Kai smiled faintly.
Although Bian Yu Qing took him in the Blue Feather Sect with an ulterior motive, this woman did not abuse him or treat him harshly. Of course, she did not deliberately care for him either, so Yang Kai just treated her with an indifferent attitude. Even though he sounded grateful, he did not mean it at all.
Bian Yu Qing looked at him, “You are good at lying through your teeth! If you really remember the kindness of this Queen, why did you come over so reluctantly?
“That’s not true!” Yang Kai showed an innocent face, “It’s just that I didn’t expect to meet Protector Bian here.” After a pause, he spoke, “Protector Bian is not alone, right?”
He glanced at the side while speaking.
Bian Yu Qing raised her eyebrow and said unexpectedly, “You, little brat, are sharp.”
She waved to her side, “Don’t hide anymore, come out.”
After her words, the laughter from a man was heard, “Haha, Junior Brother Yang. After a long time, you still look great!”
Yang Kai looked aside with a smile, and cupped his fist, “Senior Brother Kou!”
Surprisingly, that person was Kou Wu, a confidant of Bian Yu Qing. Kou Wu was the first Dao Source Realm Master that Yang Kai saw after coming to the Star Boundary and also the guy who caught him and Liu Xian Yun and sent them to Bian Yu Qing.
But unlike Bian Yu Qing who was apathetic, Kou Wu still took a little care of Yang Kai during that period, so Yang Kai had a good impression of him.
“This Kou is surprised that Junior Brother Yang is already in the Dao Source Realm,” Kou Wu scanned Yang Kai up and down with an amazed expression.
When he first met Yang Kai, Yang Kai was just a Second-Order Origin King, who knew nothing about Star Boundary. He did not understand how Yang Kai could get to the same level as him in just a short time.
No wonder it was said that the cultivators from the low-level Star Fields have outstanding aptitude and extraordinary potential. He did not believe it much before, but after seeing Yang Kai, he started to believe it.
“It’s just a fluke.” Yang Kai answered casually.
“What amazed this Queen even more is that you have become the disciple of Azure Sun Temple? It seems that Azure Sun Temple has put in a lot of effort into you!” Bian Yu Qing smiled faintly.
Previously, when she was watching the show between Xia Sheng and Wu Chang, she accidentally saw Yang Kai’s presence, so she privately transmitted a voice message to him, to meet her outside.
Yang Kai was resting at the station of Azure Sun Temple, and she naturally thought that Yang Kai had joined Azure Sun Temple. If so, it would make sense to her that he could swiftly be promoted to Dao Source Realm.
Blue Feather Sect, a small Sect that didn’t even have one Emperor Realm, was incomparable to a well-resourced Sect like Azure Sun Temple.
“Protector Bian had misunderstood,” Yang Kai shook his head. “I’m not from Azure Sun Temple.”
“Do you think this Queen is blind?” Bian Yu Qing glared at Yang Kai ferociously.
Yang Kai said, “I just came here together with the people from Azure Sun Temple for some reasons, believe it or not.”
“Really?” Bian Yu Qing was stunned at his words. She was astonished, but she felt that Yang Kai did not have any reason to deceive her on this matter, so she stopped asking anymore.
“As for me, I’m really curious about which great force are Protector Bian and Senior Brother representing here?” Yang Kai looked at the two of them suspiciously.
Kou Wu answered, “Of course it’s Blue Feather Sect!”
“Both of you are still in the Blue Feather Sect?” Yang Kai’s expression changed and he immediately thought of the Sect Master of Blue Feather Sect, Wu Meng Chuan.
This guy was the descendant of the Heaven Devouring Great Emperor. When he was being released from Bone Prison by Yang Kai during the last time, he turned the entire Blue Feather Sect upside down. Miao Qi, Tong Chong and Zhu Jun Shan, the three great guardians of the Sect were no match against him and were slain on the spot.
Luckily Bian Yu Qing was out of the Sect during that time, and she was the only one who escaped this calamity.
Kou Wu had travelled outside the Sect with Bian Yu Qing and had also escaped from the disaster. Otherwise, with Wu Meng Chuan’s temperament at that time, no doubt that he would have killed all of them.
“Seems like you figured something out!” Bian Yu Qing suddenly sneered, gritted his teeth and said, “Little brat, if it weren’t for you, this guardian wouldn’t fall into such a situation, and now my life is still being controlled by another!”
Yang Kai’s face turned slightly, and he acted dumb, “I don’t understand what Protector Bian is saying.”
Kou Wu sighed, “Junior Brother Yang, Sect Master was released by you, right?”
There was no way for Yang Kai to deny it, so he nodded, “Yeah!”
After that, he followed by explaining, “It’s because I had no choice. When I was being locked in Bone Prison, Senior Brother Kou and Protect Bian weren’t in the Sect. Desperate times call for desperate measures, I could only make a deal with Wu Meng Chuan at that time.”
Bian Yu Qing snorted, “As a result, the Sect Master carried out a massacre after he was released, and the almost entire Blue Feather Sect was slaughtered, leaving only a few of them who were quick-witted and surrendered to the Sect Master.”
Yang Kai chuckled, “So, Protector Bian is also one of them?”
“This Queen?” Bian Yu Qing coldly snorted, “This Queen was just lucky. Kou Wu and this Queen only returned to the Sect a month after that incident. We didn’t know about his release and it was too late for us to run away when we realized it. However, the Sect Master did not take my life, maybe because he thought that killing everyone and leaving him alone was not a good idea. Indeed, he spared my life, but…” At this point, she showed hatred on her face, “He cast a seal on this Queen, so from now on, I could only be a slave to him.”
“So that’s how it is!” Yang Kai understood now.
“You, little brat, were the cause of this incident. Speak! How should this Queen punish you in order to dissolve her hatred?!” Bian Yu Qing glared at Yang Kai spookily and considered punishing him heavily.
Yang Kai smiled, “Protector Bian, since you guys have been dealing with Wu Meng Chuan for all these years, you should have understood what kind of person he is. For such a person, either you pluck out the evil by the roots, or you just don’t provoke him. Not only did you provoke, but you also imprisoned and tortured him. Did you not expect retribution?”
Bian Yu Qing frowned and stared at Yang Kai, “What do you mean?”
Yang Kai replied, “What I mean is, even without me, Wu Meng Chuan would still get out of trouble, so your tragedy has nothing to do with me.”
“Bullshit!” Bian Yu Qing was infuriated.
Yang Kai shrugged his hands, “Besides, isn’t Protector Bian in good condition now? Even though Protector Bian had a seal cast on her by Wu Meng Chuan, who is the descendant of that person, he will definitely be successful in the future and you will be blessed with fortunes. It’s just a temporary hardship for now, can’t Protector Bian wait for it?”
Bian Yu Qing looked at him coldly and snorted, “How come it sounds like this Queen has won a grand prize? Should this Queen thank you for it?”
“You don’t have to,” Yang Kai waved his hand.
Bian Yu Qing said helplessly, “Anyway, what’s done is done. Kou Wu and this Queen can only take one step at a time now.”
Seeing that she did not really have the means to take revenge, Yang Kai finally felt relieved after a time of worry.
Kou Wu smiled, “Protector Bian and I were being ordered by the Sect Master to represent the Blue Feather Sect in the Four Seasons Realm this time. We saw you on the Azure Sun Temple’s side, so we decided to call you over to ask you about something.”
The Blue Feather Sect was just a small Sect. Although they lacked an Emperor Realm Master, originally there were still a few of Third-Order Dao Source Realm with them. As such, there were two slots for them to enter the Four Seasons Realm.
After the massacre by Wu Meng Chuan, it caused a massive shortage of manpower in the Blue Feather Sect, so Bian Yu Qing and Kou Wu were the only two left who could carry this responsibility.
“Information about the Four Seasons Realm?” Yang Kai raised his eyebrows.
“Yes.” Bian Yu Qing nodded, “Don’t tell me you know nothing. Since you are with the Azure Sun Temple, you must know more than us, right?”
Yang Kai frowned, and spoke after pondering for a while, “I do have the information, but I can’t disclose the information that is confidential to the other Sect.”
Bian Yu Qing smiled faintly, “No one will know if we keep it a secret.”
Yang Kai shook his head.
Bian Yu Qing’s face turned red, just when she was about to say something more, Yang Kai said, “I can only tell you about this… Star Seals will appear in the Four Seasons Realm this time.”
“Star Seals?” Kou Wu frowned, obviously he had no idea what they were.
On the contrary, Bian Yu Qing vaguely recalled something. After a while of pondering, she exclaimed, “You mean the ticket to enter the Shattered Star Sea?”
“Precisely!” Yang Kai nodded.
“Shattered Star Sea?” Kou Wu finally reacted to it and let out a low voice in shock.
Yang Kai smiled, “All the best to both of you. If we meet in the Four Seasons Realm, maybe we will still have a chance to cooperate with each other!”
After speaking, Yang Kai left them without turning back.
Neither Bian Yu Qing nor Kou Wu was his close friend. The information that he provided to them just now was fair enough to pay off the little favour that he owed them in the Blue Feather Sect last time.
He no longer owed either of them any favours. Nothing would happen if neither stepped on his toes. However, if one did anything malignant towards him, they should not blame him for his cruelty. After all, they were now under Wu Meng Chuan.
Yang Kai was very afraid of the descendant of the Heaven Devouring Great Emperor.
At that time, Wu Meng Chuan had actually passed on to him a complete set of Heaven Devouring Battle Law, which was the Secret Art of the Heaven Devouring Great Emperor. It was because of this Secret Art that the Heaven Devouring Great Emperor became the number one of Star Boundary at that time.
Yang Kai would have never believed Wu Meng Chuan did not have some sort of nefarious plan. It was just that he really did not understand what his intention was by passing on the Heaven Devouring Battle Law to him.
Yang Kai did not cultivate the Secret Art but gave it to the Embodiment. During the period of cultivation, the Embodiment had strengthened a lot. Yang Kai had also discovered the Heaven defying effects of this Secret Art.
If it were not for his own concern, he would have been tempted to cultivate it himself.
Occupied by his own thoughts, Yang Kai soon returned to the Azure Sun Temple.
Everyone was quietly meditating, taking advantage of the little time they had left to restore to their perfect condition.
Only Xiao Bai Yi opened his eyes and glanced at him, but he did not say anything.
Days flew by.
As time passed, the density of World Energy in the nameless mountain valley increased gradually to a level of where Spirit Qi Mist was formed.
Looking down from above, the entire mountain valley was enveloped in a white mist. The mist was not the regular mist but was a sign of the condensation of World Energy.
The cultivating environment had reached an incredible level.
Anyone who could cultivate in such a place for a long period of time would be able to increase in strength at an extraordinary speed.
Unfortunately, the condensation of World Energy was only a sign before the opening of the Sealed World. Even a Sect like Star Soul Palace did not have such a jaw-dropping cultivating area.
Finally, at a certain moment on the fourth day after everyone arrived on this nameless mountain valley, everyone heard a faint, strange noise coming from the void.
Immediately afterwards, the World Energy suddenly trembled, and the mist rolled over madly towards a certain location – the centre of the entire mountain valley, the only empty area.
It seemed that all of the Sects knew that the entrance to Sealed World was here as there was no great force stationed here.
At this moment, all the cultivators opened their eyes together to look over.
“It’s started!” At the Star Soul Palace station, Xiao Yu Yang shouted in a low voice. All the disciples stirred up and secretly rolled up their sleeves!
“The entrance is about to open!” At the Azure Sun Temple station, Gao Xue Ting looked at the twenty people in front of her and said, “This Elder hopes that you stay together for as long as possible after you enter to avoid the situation of being alone. If someone insists on going their own way, you may ignore what this Elder said.”
After a pause, she continued, “Best wishes to all of you, and return safely!”
Xia Sheng grinned and said, “Don’t worry Elder Gao, this disciple will take good care of them.”
Gao Xue Ting nodded and said no more, then turned her attention to the place where World Energy was converging.
At this moment, the World Energy between Heaven and Earth was swarming over there, arousing the whistling of the wind that sent the sand and rocks in the mountain valley flying, but did not affect anyone’s vision.
Suddenly, all the World Energy that had converged there disappeared, as if it had fallen into a black hole, and the space suddenly became unstable at the same time.
The more World Energy poured into the void, the more unstable it became.
At a certain moment, the void opened, and a gap was visible to the naked eye.
Auras continued to pour in, and the gap was getting bigger and bigger. Looking above, it seemed as if a mighty man had opened a window in the sky. Through that window, some scenery on the opposite side could be vaguely seen, ethereal and unmarked, twisting and changing.
This lasted for half an hour.
Half an hour later, the World Energy in the mountain valley that had been condensed into mist had all poured into the void gap.
The entire mountain valley, absent of any World Energy at this moment, had restored to its depressing state.
And the gap had become more than ten feet long and five feet high.
“The entrance is open!” Some exclaimed.
“Go!” People could not wait. They activated their Movement Skills and passed over everyone’s heads and rushed directly to the narrow entrance.
A man and a woman, probably cultivators from a small Sect like Blue Feather Sect with only two slots, had used what seemed to be a Secret Technique. They transformed into a stream of light and zapped towards the entrance as quick as lightning, ahead of everyone else.
They seemed to think that getting in earlier would give them some advantages.
It was a pity that it was unlike what they had hoped for.
Several Emperor Realms from the big Sects just looked at them coldly and silently, with no intention of stopping them.
“Aw!” Gao Xue Ting sighed, “There’s always someone desperate!”
Two screams radiated from the void just as she finished.
The male and female cultivators, who no one knew where they hailed from, crashed into an invisible barrier protecting the entrance of the Four Seasons Realm, forcing them to be unable to enter.
Not only that, the barrier that blocked the two of them contained an extremely brutal killing power, directly wringing the two into a mass of flesh and blood, exploding in the air.
The two of them died unexplainably!
“What?”
“What is going on?”
Below, many cultivators screamed, their faces turned pale.
[If the entrance of the Four Seasons Realm was so dangerous, how can we get in? I’m afraid that most of the people present can’t pass through the entrance at all, and all will die here.]
However, many Dao Source Realms’ faces stayed unmoved, as if they had long expected this.
Yang Kai sighed.
He got the jade slip from Azure Sun Temple, and he knew that the two’s behaviour was reckless. If he wanted to enter the Four Seasons Realm, he couldn’t force it. No matter how high one’s cultivation was, he would end up just like those two people.
If you wanted to enter the Four Seasons Realm, you could only wait for a mysterious force.
This was the benefit of information.
If Yang Kai went alone, if he was ignorant, he could just break in and cause some unpredictable consequences.
A transparent energy ball emerged from the crack. The energy ball was like a bubble, suspended in the air.
When the energy ball appeared, the disciples of Star Soul Palace moved into action.
Ten of the forty disciples rushed into the bubble one after another. It was twisted and deformed but never burst. It looked amazing.
The bubble seemed to have just enough space for ten people to stand. After ten Dao Source Realm cultivators got inside, there was not much space left. The bubble contracted very quickly and swiftly drifted towards the entrance.
Those that got on went into the entrance and disappeared.
The cultivators who came to participate in the Four Seasons Realm Sealed World for the first time now understood what was going on.
The bubble was the key to entering Four Seasons Realm.
Another bubble emerged, and once again, ten disciples jumped into action…
After the process repeated four times, the disciples of Star Soul Palace were all gone.
Star Soul Palace was the overlord of the Southern Territory. The first batch to enter Four Seasons Realm was of course going to be them. Meanwhile, for the other positions, no one really knew how the Emperor Realms negotiated the order. After Star Soul Palace, it would be the 20 disciples from Heavenly Martial Holy Land who would be divided into two groups. One group entering the Four Seasons Realm after the other.
The Azure Sun Temple came in as the third batch.
When it was Azure Sun Temple’s turn, Xia Sheng took the lead and pointed out nine people to follow him and they took the mysterious bubble to enter the Sealed World.
Yang Kai was with the remaining nine people.
The bubbles looked amazing. Yang Kai felt no obstacles when he got inside. Instead, they seemed to have fallen into the water. The surrounding area was soft, but there was no suffocating feeling.
While wrapped in the bubble and passing through the crack, there was no danger at all.
When he opened his eyes, he was somewhere else. In front of him was a flower.
The ten were still wrapped in a bubble, suspended in the air. As the bubble began to burst, everyone hurriedly circulated their Qi and suspended themselves in the air.
From the information recorded in the jade slip, Yang Kai learned that every batch of cultivators that were introduced into the Four Seasons Realm by the bubble appeared in the same area, but it was difficult to guess where in that area they would actually land.
At that moment, the ten were still together, looking around. There were no other cultivators around, and those present did not know where the dozens of people who entered the Four Seasons Realm before had been teleported to.
Azure Sun Temple’s second batch of ten was a team headed by Xiao Bai Yi. After all, in the Sect rankings, Xiao Bai Yi ranked second only to Xia Sheng.
This was also negotiated in advance, and he and Xia Sheng would each lead a team.
The moment the bubble burst, Xiao Bai Yi took out a communication artifact from his Space Ring and poured his Divine Sense into it, as if he wanted to see whether Xia Sheng was nearby or not.
After waiting for a while, there was no response. Xiao Bai Yi had no choice but to put away the communication artifact.
“This should be the Realm of Summer, right?” Murong Xiao Xiao, who had been exploring the surroundings, suddenly asked.
The sun was scorching where they appeared, and the air contained extremely abundant Fire Attribute spiritual power. The ground was dry and cracked, and there was little vegetation. This location was known as the Realm of Summer.
“It should be,” Xiao Bai Yi said with a gentle nod, when he was about to speak again, his expression hardened and he turned and looked in one direction.
At the same time, Yang Kai’s expression sank, and he shouted in a low voice, “Something is coming!”
Xiao Bai Yi glanced at him in amazement, shocked by Yang Kai’s keen sense.
“What do you mean?” Murong Xiao Xiao questioned.
There was no need for Yang Kai to explain anything. As soon as her voice fell, there was a bang from far away, as if some behemoth was rushing towards them, shaking the earth with each step.
Everyone was startled, and they all quickly urged their Source Qi to be on guard.
The sound was getting closer and louder, and the shaking of the earth became more apparent.
Less than ten breaths after Yang Kai spoke, several streams of light suddenly appeared in front of him.
The lead was reddish-white, extremely dazzling, and exuded an aura that made everyone feel familiar and jealous.
“Wu Chang!” Xiao Bai Yi’s face sank. He never thought that he would encounter the evil star of Heavenly Martial Holy Land when entered the Four Seasons Realm.
He had seen the battle between Wu Chang and Xia Sheng before and secretly felt that this person was a powerful foe. If he met him alone, his chances of winning would be slim. At that moment, Wu Chang and some elites of Heavenly Martial Holy Land were headed towards him. This caused Xiao Bai Yi’s nerves to suddenly constrict.
Because of Xia Sheng’s previous fight with him, Wu Chang could already be said to be an enemy of Azure Sun Temple. If he wanted to kill this time around, Xiao Bai Yi had no confidence to stop him.
As he gritted his teeth and cursed, Yang Kai changed his expression and shouted, “They are not chasing after us! Something is chasing after them!”
“Wu Chang is being chased?”
The face of a male cultivator in the team changed abruptly.
Wu Chang was already the cultivator of Third-Order Dao Source Realm, and he was also the top rising star of Heavenly Martial Holy Land. To force him to escape like a madman, it had to be an existence at the Emperor Realm.
The Four Seasons Realm was not without such beings. Over the years, many people who had entered the Four Seasons Realm had died at the hands of such powerful beings who they had no power to oppose.
While talking, the thing that chased Wu Chang and others was printed in everyone’s eyes. Behind Wu Chang, at a distance, a monster that was tens of metres tall was wrapped in flames and had red eyes. The monster moved its limbs and ran across the ground, dragging a long red light behind it.
Every time it leapt, it seemed to ignore the barriers of space, and the earth shook under it.
“Flame Beast!” Xiao Bai Yi’s face turned pale and they called out in alarm, “This is the locale of the Flame Beast!”
In the information recorded in the jade slip of Azure Sun Temple, there were mentions of the Flame Beast from the Realm of Summer. It was a genuine Twelfth-Order Monster Beast, capable of exerting a powerful force equivalent to a Master in the Emperor Realm.
The place where Flame Beast was located, was also listed as a Restricted Area in the jade slip, and disciples were not allowed to visit it.
No one expected that their luck would be so bad that they would appear in Flame Beast’s territory as soon as they arrived.
However, it seemed that Wu Chang and the others had worse luck. They probably appeared near the Flame Beast habitat, which led to the hunt.
“Roar…” The Flame Beast, who had been chasing Wu Chang and the others, couldn’t catch them, and roared in rage. Along with the roar, a fiery red light suddenly appeared from its mouth.
The space was penetrated, and the fiery red light, with unimaginable lethality, ran through the north and south, stretching more than a dozen kilometres.
Wu Chang reacted swiftly. After detecting the murderous intent behind him, he quickly rushed upwards. He avoided the killer move, but the others were not so lucky.
One of the disciples of Heavenly Martial Holy Land couldn’t avoid it, and was directly hit by the fiery red light, turning to ashes without even screaming.
Another disciple’s arm was nicked, and it melted away, as the disciple let out an earth-shattering cry.
“Hurry up!” Yang Kai took the lead in summoning the Dao Source Grade High-Rank ship. Stepping on it and urging his Source Qi, the ship flew in the opposite direction as swiftly as lightning.
The nine people who had been watching Azure Sun Temple finally recovered and summoned their flight type artifacts, turning them into streamers of various colours, and fleeing from Flame Beast.
It was not that they were not strong enough. It was mainly because that person in Heavenly Martial Holy Land suddenly died.
That was the elite disciple of Heavenly Martial Holy Land, not an average fish from some small sect. The dead cultivator is of the same level as them.
And yet, he suddenly evaporated.
If anyone were to encounter such a scene, they would run as well.
Immediately after, Yang Kai and the nine others tried their best to escape without stopping to fight with Flame Beast. Even with the strength of everyone present, there was no way to fight such a terrifying existence. The result of retaliation would certainly be death.
The remaining people of Heavenly Martial Holy Land flew close behind.
However, they were smart. They saw that someone was carrying the pot so they quickly scattered and went off in other directions.
After all, to the Flame Beast, no matter which sect they belonged to, anyone who trespassed in their territory had to die, so it simply chased.
“Wu Chang, you bastard, it seems you are not going to die a peaceful death!” Xiao Bai Yi saw Wu Chang on the left, flee. Meanwhile, the Flame Beast was chasing him and the others, releasing a deafening roar.
Wu Chang said nothing and gave him a look of mockery as he fled at an extremely fast speed.
“Roar…”
The earth-shattering roar came out again, producing a powerful shockwave, catching many off guard. The red flaming laser that followed was even more horrifying. It was a move capable of disintegrating their bones and all.
Fortunately, everyone had seen the Flame Beast use this before, so as soon as they heard the roar, they hurriedly changed direction and avoided the deadly attack.
“Split up. Fate will decide our life and death today!” Xiao Bai Yi yelled, and while speaking, he was the first to change where he was headed. He hurriedly turned to attack the Flame Beast.
That was how he was. He was obviously trying to divert the Flame Beast away so that the others had time to escape.
As the leader of the team, Xiao Bai Yi’s decision was appropriate.
It was a pity that the attack didn’t hurt. Before it hit the Flame Beast, it was completely destroyed by the scorching fire on its body.
The Flame Beast didn’t pay any attention to him, and carried on chasing the others.
After Xiao Bai Yi said his piece, the others scattered, turning into streamers of various colours, and fleeing in different directions.
“No way. Is my luck this amazing?” Yang Kai looked back in a hurry, but saw that the Flame Beast was chasing him, ignoring other people.
“Your dog eyes must be blind. Just staring at me and not chasing the others. But this is also good,” he said to himself. Although facing such a terrifying being, he did not have the capabilities to fight with it. Even Yang Kai had a little confidence he could escape from it.
And as long as the Flame Beast kept chasing him, the others were safe.
Although Yang Kai didn’t have much friendship with members from the Azure Sun Temple, entering the Four Seasons Realm could be considered as occupying one of their places, and doing this was within his acceptable range of contributing back to them.
Seeing the Flame Beast chasing after him, he slowed down and kept a certain distance between himself and the Beast. He still left himself some room to evade attacks, as he led it to the depths of the Four Seasons Realm.
Gradually, Yang Kai could no longer see the others. The Flame Beast was persistent; it kept chasing after him, and from time to time, it spouted the scorching energy attack from its mouth.
In terms of strength, it was certainly strong. But still, it was only a Monster Beast. The long-range attack was linear and did not cover that much of an area, so Yang Kai did not bother to avoid it. As long as he prepared in advance, he did not have to worry about being hit.
After half an hour. Yang Kai estimated that it was almost done, and then, he suddenly urged his Source Qi to increase speed.
The canoe Aunty Feng gave him was of Dao Source Grade High-Rank. Except for Emperor Artifacts, it was the best flight-type artifact. Furthermore, it was very small in size, extremely suitable for solo flight. With little effort on his part, the Flame Beast could only follow his ass and eat ash.
After a while, from a very distant location, the Flame Beast let loose an unwilling roar, but it had long since disappeared from Yang Kai’s sight. Obviously, it did not know how far Yang Kai flew off.
But Yang Kai still did not let up. He continued to release Divine Sense to explore the surroundings while continuing to fly further.
After another half hour, he waited until he was sure that he was safe before he landed.
He was still in the Realm of Summer, where the environment was scorching hot. The place where Yang Kai landed was a dry plain. Looking around, an area of several thousand kilometers could be seen clearly at a glance.
He took out the jade slip, checked the map of the Four Seasons Realm, and compared the places he had passed before to recognize where he was.
After a while, he summoned the canoe again and flew away.
His main purpose for entering the Four Seasons Realm was to find the Tribulation Fruit.
The Tribulation Fruit only grew in the cold environment, so it could not be in the Realm of Summer. He had to rush to the Realm of Winter as soon as possible to hope to find the spirit fruit.
In this Sealed World, he didn’t dare to fly too high and had to remain vigilant at all times. This was quite draining on his Divine Senses.
After an hour, Yang Kai flew over a cracked canyon.
But he flew back to it again, suspended in the air, looking into the canyon.
[I don’t know if this gorge was naturally generated or not. It’s not bottomless. But looking from above, everything inside is dark. I even hear the roaring winds from inside as well.]
The reason he flew back was that he had noticed something unique.
He took a closer look, he couldn’t help but brighten up his eyes and whispered, “Could it be…”
He rushed towards the bottom of the canyon.
It could be said that the Realm of Summer was hot everywhere, but the inside of this canyon was not affected by that. After entering it, Yang Kai felt a hint of cold. The further down he went, the less heat he felt.
That made him feel that his observation was not wrong.
The canyon was at least a few thousand metres deep, and when Yang Kai fell to two thousand metres, he could see some mist covering the area.
“Haha, it really is a Spirit Qi Sea!” he laughed.
From the information in the jade slip, he learned that there were places of extremely abundant World Energy in the Four Seasons Realm, like a sea of clouds and mist – the Spirit Qi Sea.
The World Energy contained in the Spirit Qi Sea was rich and extremely pure. It was most suitable for a cultivator’s cultivation.
However, because each Four Seasons Realm was only open for 33 days, even if cultivators encountered the Spirit Qi Sea, they could not stay for too long. At most, they would look for the Spirit Qi Sea and see if they could find any precious treasure.
The chances of a precious treasure being born in such a place with abundant World Energy were not small.
Some people found Emperor Grade spirit medicines from a Spirit Qi Sea, and their value was immeasurable, but others even encountered accidents in a Spirit Qi Sea.
Monster Beasts also enjoyed places with strong World Energy, so there was a strong possibility that there were some powerful Monster Beasts below.
The Spirit Qi Sea below the gorge was comparable to the situation where the World Energy converged when the Four Seasons Realm was opened. The more Yang Kai went down, the denser the World Energy got.
Being in such a place, even if he was not cultivating, the omnipresent World Energy penetrated his pores and restored the power he had consumed.
It took a full quarter of an hour before Yang Kai reached the bottom of the canyon. The ground seemed to be made of a material similar to gravel and was a little messy, but it did not seem to be dangerous. After Yang Kai released his Divine Sense, he did not notice any signs of living beings.
However, he did not relax his vigilance and walked around to check. After confirming that this area was safe, he returned to where he originally was.
He then took out the Sealed World Bead and injected some Qi into it.
In the next moment, three beautiful shadows appeared together.
One sat down cross-legged, as if cultivating, one stood silently, with an expressionless face, and the last was lying on the ground with a bored look, eyes empty and lacklustre.
Yang Kai glanced at the figure lying on the ground and could not help but sneer.
“Sir!” Zhang Ruo Xi, who was cross-legged meditating, heard a sound, opened her eyes and saw that Yang Kai appeared in front of her, and quickly got up.
Liu Yan, who appeared at the same time, also gently nodded to Yang Kai, and then looked around with her beautiful eyes to check the surroundings.
And Hua Qing Si, who was lying on the ground with a lazy look, was taken by surprise. Still a little groggy, she jumped up from the ground, urging Source Qi in her body. Looking at Yang Kai, and spoke up, “You bastard, what are you playing at?”
She had been imprisoned by Yang Kai in the Small Sealed World.
In that damned place, she was left alone, without anyone to speak to. She was about to be tortured to death.
She was lying on the ground and did not want to be summoned by Yang Kai directly. After all, such a scene caused her image to worsen. As a woman who wanted face, she naturally became angry out of shame.
While she was talking, her beautiful eyes burst into flames, her silver teeth rattled, her beautiful eyes looked left and right, and she suddenly fixated on Zhang Ruo Xi.
Yang Kai smiled and said, “Before you take any action, I have to warn you. If you dare to attack her, or try to capture her to threaten me, the consequences will be very serious. Other than that, I advise you to stay quiet!”
Hua Qing Si’s expression could not help but change slightly, and a hint of hesitation flashed across her face.
She really wanted to take down Zhang Ruo Xi, who was the weakest. Although she did not know what the relationship between Zhang Ruo Xi and Yang Kai was, she still had some guesses. After all, she did hear the little girl address him as ‘Sir’.
As long as Zhang Ruo Xi could be captured, she should obtain some leverage to negotiate with Yang Kai.
Her expression changed, and Yang Kai said again, “The idea of going for me is even dumber. Since I dared to let you out, I can throw you back in again! If you do not want to suffer, just stay still.”
Hua Qing Si grit her teeth and replied, “You devil, I curse you to die without a corpse!”
“Words don’t hurt me so they are worth nothing!” Yang Kai curled his lips. After speaking, he turned to Zhang Ruo Xi. “The World Energy here is very rich. You should cultivate here, and Liu Yan will stand guard for you.”
“Yes.” Zhang Ruo Xi did not ask any further questions and obeyed Yang Kai’s orders. She continued to sit cross-legged, closed her eyes and cultivated.
“But I cannot give you too much time. Two days at most,” Yang Kai added.
After speaking, he stretched out his hand and patted the Sealed World Bead. A ray of light flashed. Then, World Energy started to get sucked in. The force of attraction was so strong that it seemed all of the surrounding World energy was crashing into it.
On the surface of the Sealed World Bead, a small tornado of World Energy appeared, visible to the naked eye.
The average cultivator who encounters the Spirit Qi Sea can only sigh in disbelief. After all, they cannot waste their precious time stopping here to cultivate with the abundant World Energy of this place.
Yang Kai would not do so either.
But he had the Sealed World Bead!
The World Energy in the Sealed World Bead could not be considered to be thin, but there was still a huge difference when compared to this place. If he could use the Sealed World Bead to absorb all the World Energy here, the cultivation environment inside the Small Sealed World would undoubtedly improve.
Yang Kai got this great idea because last time, in the Five Coloured Treasure Pagoda, his Sealed World Bead had absorbed a large amount of broken World Principles. If even the World Principles could be absorbed, there was no reason why World Energy could not be absorbed.
And his attempt was successful.
A huge tornado formed on the surface of the Sealed World Bead and, as it rotated and pulled, all the World Energy around it was devoured into the Emperor Artifact, filling the Small Sealed World.
Seeing this, Yang Kai was overjoyed.
The success of this experiment meant that he could upgrade the cultivation environment of the Small Sealed World. It could even become as rich as the environments of the cultivation paradises in the Star Boundary! Of course, that was if he could find more areas with Spirit Qi Sea.
He handed the Sealed World Bead to Liu Yan and asked Liu Yan to hold the Emperor Artifact while looking after Zhang Ruo Xi.
Liu Yan took it without saying a word, then withdrew a short distance away so as not to disturb Zhang Ruo Xi’s cultivation with the noise from the Sealed World Bead.
Only then did Yang Kai tilt his head at Hua Qing Si, signalling her to move closer to talk.
Hua Qing Si said angrily, “Am I your pet? Do you take me for a pet that I will do whatever you want?”
Yang Kai replied, “If you don’t want to, then I can just send you back there.”
“Good! Great! Excellent! You have guts! You truly have guts!!!” Hua Qing Si’s rage seemed to cause steam to be produced from her ears. Her whole body was ready to pounce, but she knew she had to temporarily put up with this humiliation.
Hua Qing Si obeyed and moved. After confirming that Zhang Ruo Xi would not be disturbed, Yang Kai spoke while checking around, “Have you considered what I told you before?”
“What?” Hua Qing Si carelessly responded to Yang Kai while looking for an opportunity to make a sneak attack.
But what she didn’t know was that Yang Kai was in the First-Order Dao Source Realm, and kept his back towards her on purpose. He was intentionally showing a posture that was full of openings. With how haughty he was acting and how vulnerable he currently was, Hua Qing Si was having a difficult time deciding the benefits and drawbacks of her actions.
She didn’t know what would happen to her if she attacked!
But, she also had enough of being locked up in the Small Sealed World, and if she were to be locked up again, she would go crazy.
“Playing dumb?” Yang Kai stopped walking and turned around to look back at her.
“I don’t know what you’re talking about.” Hua Qing Si expressionlessly replied.
Yang Kai grinned and continued, “Let me explain it to you then, I just think it’s a bit inhumane to keep you in there all the time. After all, you and I have no enmity nor grudge ……”
“Were you always this sensible?” Hua Qing Si’s beautiful eyes lit up. She looked eagerly at Yang Kai and said, “If that’s the case, then ……”
“Stop dreaming first!” Yang Kai coldly snorted, turned around, and continued to walk forward, “You know of my biggest secret, so if there is no means to restrain you, I do not feel at ease to let you run about freely. This time is just an exception. You probably won’t have a next time. If you really do not wish to pass me your Soul Imprint, then be prepared to be locked up inside for the rest of your life.”
Hua Qing Si’s pretty face changed slightly. After a moment of silence, she said, “Would you give your Soul Imprint to someone you don’t know? Who would basically wield your life, and your death, out of your control?”
“Of course not!” Yang Kai shook his head.
“Then why would I do that if you wouldn’t?”
“Because I’m better than you!” Yang Kai replied straightforwardly.
Hua Qing Si’s mouth twitched and she continued, “A trivial First-Order Dao Source Realm dares to say such things in front of me! Just where do you get that level of confidence from?”
“There is no need for you to try to test my strength. If you really thought you could beat me, you would have done it already. Why would you still bother with words?” Yang Kai gave a cold laugh as he turned around again. With cold, emotionless eyes, he looked at Hua Qing Si and continued, “My patience is limited, you must give me an answer now. I will not give you another chance again in your lifetime!”
Seeing how serious he looked, Hua Qing Si’s heart sank and she realized that she could no longer muddle through in the face of Yang Kai’s ultimatum.
She grit her teeth and opened her lips slightly, as if she wanted to say something. But, in the end, she did not know where to start.
Yang Kai continued, “The reason why I did not force you last time was because I wanted to give you a little bit of time to ponder this. You should have already made a decision long ago. In the end, it is just a simple choice, is it so difficult?”
“Of course I have considered it thoroughly!” Hua Qing Si pursed his lips and replied.
“Oh? Then your answer?” Yang Kai looked at her with great interest.
Hua Qing Si grit her teeth, “If I offer you my Soul Imprint… damn it! Can you stop smiling like that? It makes me feel like I am being cheated and taken for a fool!”
“Just keep talking!” Yang Kai replied in a serious manner, relaxing the expression on his face.
“Will you ask me to do something life-threatening?” Hua Qing Si asked in a sharp tone.
“I have always been generous to my own people. If something is really dangerous, I will do it myself!”
While Yang Kai was answering, Hua Qing Si’s beautiful eyes kept staring into his, as if to see if there were any traces of lies. But to her surprise, what she saw were a pair of calm and clear eyes.
Hua Qing Si nodded, “I need to have my own privacy, so you must not pry into my secrets, and you must not order me to do anything against my will and conscience!”
“No problems!” Yang Kai agreed readily, causing Hua Qing Si to freeze, seemingly not expecting him to agree so easily.
“Will you treat me well in the future?” Hua Qing Si asked again.
Yang Kai’s entire face turned odd, “Are you going to marry me? Why are you asking such a humiliating question…”
Hua Qing Si became angry out of shame and barked back, “You think too much! Shameless!”
Yang Kai smiled, “Well, my answer would be… it would be like owning a dog…”
Before he finished his sentence, Hua Qing Si sent out a fist towards his face, Yang Kai raised his hand to block, and then continued: “I will be good to you, and I won’t forget that you are still a human!”
Hua Qing Si clenched teeth to the point it produced a gritting sound, and suddenly leapt back a few steps. Her Source Qi suddenly surged as she shouted: “The last question: Since you want me to offer my Soul Imprint, you must have the strength! Although I do not think I can beat you, I must at least try!”
Once she said her piece, she raised her hand, summoning her own ribbon artifact. Ribbons rose, fluttering about and they all stretched out. They started to intertwine and suddenly formed a rainbow bridge. It quickly rushed forward towards Yang Kai, filled with enough power to destroy.
“Are you sure you want to do this?” Yang Kai stood still without moving, and said coldly: “After seeing what I can do, you won’t have any more reason to refuse!”
Hua Qing Si did not speak anymore. Her hand shifted, and the rainbow bridge made of coloured ribbons suddenly condensed, and split apart, forming into ropes, and in the blink of an eye, Yang Kai was wrapped into a dumpling, to the point even his mouth and nose could no longer be seen.
“Huh?” Hua Qing Si looked stunned, not expecting Yang Kai to be so easy to deal with.
[If that is the case…]
Before the joy in her heart had finally erupted, she heard Yang Kai coldly snort, “It looks like you’re mentally prepared!”
At this point, Yang Kai’s figure actually became illusory. As though he had not formed and he disappeared from this space. The ribbons that were tightly strung around him had suddenly loosened.
Space Secret Technique, Nihility!
Once this technique was used, Yang Kai would disappear into the Void, allowing him to avoid lethal attacks, in addition, he could also use the Nihility Secret Technique to hide his body and aura, so as to spy.
“How?” Hua Qing Si’s pretty face changed.
“Never seen a Space Attribute Secret Technique before?” Yang Kai’s voice suddenly came from the side.
Hua Qing Si’s face changed again, and she turned her head to see Yang Kai hovering above, unharmed, looking at her playfully.
“A Space Attribute Secret Technique!” Hua Qing Si shouted, her beautiful eyes shone with disbelief.
“Moon Blade!” Yang Kai raised his hand and dozens of Void Cracks, as black as space, took the shape of crescent moons and flew towards Hua Qing Si.
Sensing the terrifying power hidden in this mysterious attack, Hua Qing Si did not dare to be slow and shouted: “Fluttering Butterfly Dance!”
She started to turn, and a colourful light suddenly burst forth. Each ray of light quickly formed into a colourful butterfly, facing Yang Kai.
Hong Hong Hong…
The Moon Blade clashed with the countless butterflies, emitting an array of sound. This space quickly started to become unstable.
“Star Chaser Arrow!” Hua Qing Si immediately used another move, Star Soul Palace’s Secret Technique.
After all, she hailed from Star Soul Palace, the Southern Territory’s strongest Sect, and with the powerful cultivation of a Third-Order Dao Source Realm cultivator, Hua Qing Si was not an ordinary woman. She could be considered first-class in terms of combat experience, strength and adaptability.
Once the Secret Technique was launched, starlight started to leak out of Hua Qing Si’s body. The starlight coalesced and turned into a giant arrow. Trembling as it moved forward, it pierced through the void and headed directly towards Yang Kai, trying to pierce him through the skull.
“Paltry tricks!” Yang Kai coldly snorted. With the power of Principle, he grabbed onto the Star Chaser Arrow, and with power, crushed it into dust.
Hua Qing Si’s heart started to beat violently, as if Yang Kai had shattered her heart instead of the Star Chaser Arrow. She could only speak in terror, “How is that possible?”
Yang Kai grinned, “Three thousand paths, thousands of Secret Techniques that make use of the combination between World Energy and World Principles. Your Secret Technique is only making use of World Principles, so as long as I understand the Principles used for it to form, it is easy to unravel.”
Hua Qing Si’s forehead was drenched with cold sweat.
She was already a Third-Order Dao Source Realm, only one step away from the Emperor Realm, and the Star Soul Palace she came from was not a small sect, but she had never heard of such an unbelievable idea as she had just heard.
But it was the absurdity of this statement that had touched and inspired her.
She furrowed her eyebrows and stood still with clenched hands, deep in thought.