Chapter 577: The Passing of Time, The Next Epoch is Approaching - Part 2
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Gulp!
After swallowing the food in his mouth, the True Spirit glanced at the few True Spirits lying in front of it, seemingly selecting which one might taste better.
At a certain moment, its massive jaws opened, and one of the True Spirits was sucked into its mouth, the chewing sounds resumed, and it chewed while moving forward. Meanwhile, the other True Spirits, though terrified, dared not flee or remain in place. Trembling, they followed close by the True Spirit.
Gargantuan Gluttonous King!
One of the three ancient True Spirits.
And the direction in which the Gargantuan Gluttonous King marched was the same as the Black Chi King, both heading towards the Great Wilderness Domain.
In the Imperishable Temple, the Divine Master still lingered within that palace, looking up at the sun, moon, and stars, seemingly reminiscing about something.
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At a certain moment, he frowned.
"The opening of the Next Era is imminent?"
The Unchanging Divine Master furrowed his brow, as if pondering something, and after a long while, he muttered to himself, "Since it's going to be earlier than expected, thankfully, the preparations are nearly complete. It's time to begin."
Immediately, an aura surged from his body, seemingly conveying a message. Once the message was sent, his gaze shifted from within the Divine Temple to a certain area in the Land of Imperishable.
And that place was precisely where the Great Wilderness lay.
"Let's begin, accelerate the pace, and head to the Taicang region."
After a pause, the Unchanging Divine Master spoke solemnly, "Send a message to King Chi Ni, do not interfere with my temple's plans, or it will be an endless fight!"
"Yes, Divine Master!"
Within the Imperishable Temple, a voice replied.
"And Yu Ting, tell those three that if they meddle in my temple's affairs, it will be an endless fight!"
"Yes, Divine Master!"
That day, two dim figures left the Imperishable Temple to convey messages to King Chi Ni and Yu Ting.
Boom!
Xu Yan struck down a Lord of Heaven and Earth-Level True Spirit that stood in his way and suddenly furrowed his brow, looking deeply into the Land of Imperishable as if sensing something.
"Is the opening of the Next Era approaching?"
At this moment, for some reason, he felt a sense of the passage of time and immediately realized that the opening of the Next Era was nearing.
"Xu Yan, I feel it, that light is about to appear."
At this time, Ming Yu also spoke up.
"Also, I remember some things. I was supposed to have died but somehow did not die completely, and then I was cast out..."
Xu Yan raised an eyebrow, "What do you mean?"
"It's like, I think I was killed before, but I wasn't killed completely, and then I was exiled... I only vaguely remember these things, I don't know the specifics yet."
"By the way, I think I was from the Exquisite Jade Mountain of Taihao. Where Taihao went, I forget."
Ming Yu cocked her head, pondering.
"Taihao!"
Xu Yan suddenly thought, do Taihao and Taicang have any connection?
"Is Taihao a Domain?"
Xu Yan asked thoughtfully.
"I don't know!"
Ming Yu shook her head.
"Do you know where Taihao is or if it still exists?"
"I don't know!"
Xu Yan was exasperated. Ming Yu's memories were fragmented, recalling only certain key words but not the details.
"Could it be that Taihao and Taicang have a connection? Taihe, Taikun... their names originated from Taicang, belonging to the first followers of Taicang."
Xu Yan mused.
"I must hurry back to the Great Wilderness!"
With the opening of the Next Era imminent and Xu Yan feeling a sense of urgency with powerful beings tracking him, it had to be King Chi Ni and Yu Ting!
Swoosh!
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Xu Yan reigned in his aura, so even if those True Spirits saw him, they were unable to recognize him as their target. His speed suddenly increased significantly as he headed toward the Great Wilderness.
In the Great Wilderness, Li Xuan looked up toward the Land of Imperishable and sighed, "My disciple has stirred up some formidable folks this time; fortunately, as a teacher, I'm no longer what I once was."
Having reached the Great Achievement of the Primordial Realm had given him sufficient confidence.
"The feeling of epochs transitioning, seems we're entering the Next Era."
Suddenly, Li Xuan sensed something and turned his attention to the Land of Imperishable as if seeing the patterns of rules turning; the moment had arrived for the changing of epochs, for the update of rules.
"So, that's how it is!"
Li Xuan understood that the Unchanging Divine Master aimed to seize this transition moment for some arrangement, which is why the Imperishable Temple was preparing to strike against the Great Wilderness soon.
"Senior Taoist Ancestor, I feel some changes. The transition of epochs is happening within the Land of Imperishable," Tian Zi said with a grave expression.
"Just another era," Li Xuan responded nonchalantly, as if he had already experienced countless such transitions.
"The Imperishable Temple is about to make its move?"
Tian Zi's expression grew solemn. Although the Power of Heavenly Dao had improved greatly, it was still insufficient.
"Almost time."
Li Xuan nodded.
Tian Zi's figure vanished as he gathered the mighty beings of the Great Wilderness, began assigning tasks, and started preparations for the imminent great battle.
Meng Chong sat cross-legged on top of a mountain. His muscles were trembling; each tremor shook the Land of Imperishable, stirring up small storms.
At a certain moment, with a resounding boom, his body seemed to break through some threshold, his aura becoming fierce and exuding an unshakeable presence.
He had broken through!
Elsewhere in the Land of Imperishable, Jiang Buping sat cross-legged, surrounded by an aura of utmost extremity, yet it seemed somewhat gentle.
A True Spirit ran wildly toward him, and the moment it entered the range of this extreme aura, it fell with a thud, lifeless and without a scratch, its Divine Soul extinguished.
And around Jiang Buping, more than a dozen True Spirits lay dead, all with their Divine Souls annihilated.
Boom!
Imperishable Qi and the violent Spiritual Energy swept up into a storm, the Land of Imperishable consolidated into a force, shaking thousands of miles around, an overall situation emerged from the Land of Imperishable.
Fang Hao stepped on Qimen, creating and dissolving Formations with a single thought, constantly changing and transitioning. Any True Spirits that intruded were turned to ash in an instant, becoming part of the grand pattern, further reinforcing its strength.
Roar!
The sound of a tiger's roar echoed in the distance. Demonic energy churned up storms; many True Spirits bowed low. Red Cat transformed into a mountain, its tiger aura vast, its demonic might peerless.
Not far from it was a True Dragon with a green back and white belly, spiraling and roaring with equal demonic ferocity, and on the other side, a Mountain Devourer Toad the size of a mountain, squatting there!
"They're all about to break through."
Li Xuan watched these scenes with satisfaction, as his disciples were growing stronger and improving. However, their power was still somewhat lacking for the looming great battle; their ability to face the stronger beings was limited.
Yet, anyone below the level of Master of Heaven and Earth, they could now sweep aside.
As for those at the level of Master of Heaven and Earth, Xu Yan could now sweep them aside; for those stronger than that, aside from him, their teacher, none could prevail.
"Still not strong enough!"
Li Xuan sighed.
The Power of Heavenly Dao in the Great Wilderness had significantly improved; the perfection of Yin Yang Reincarnation had ushered the Domain into a new starting point, making the Heavenly Dao even more profound and mysterious.
The current power of Heavenly Dao Rules had actually surpassed the Master of Heaven and Earth level.
Harnessing the Power of Heavenly Dao, Tian Zi could indeed confront a being who surpassed the level of Master of Heaven and Earth, but this was only within the bounds of the Heavenly Dao, and the beings he could confront were limited to those who had not greatly surpassed the Master of Heaven and Earth level.
Ultimately, there wasn't enough time. If there were a few thousand, even ten thousand years for improvement, the Heavenly Dao would have been capable of suppressing ordinary beings above the Master of Heaven and Earth level.
"Eh, is this the Imperishable Temple's arrangement?"
Abruptly, Li Xuan spotted a distant figure in the Land of Imperishable, a gray silhouette appeared, moving a mountain. The silhouette brought the mountain and placed it thereforth.
This mountain, far from ordinary, was filled with the Qi of Heaven and Earth and assembled from a variety of True Spirits.
"Similar to a base for a Formation, to prepare this mountain must have taken a long time. It's not just one kind of True Spirit embedded within to harness the mountain's strength, nor from a single era, and they're all Heaven and Earth Lord-Level True Spirits."
Li Xuan saw through the mountain at a glance and guessed that the Unchanging Divine Master had once made an arrangement, though it had not achieved its purpose. The emergence of the Domain had given him the key to success.
That key was to infuse the Qi of Heaven and Earth and to use it as a bridge, with the Great Wilderness as the crucial component, using the entire Domain of the Great Wilderness as the driving force to activate this arrangement, to achieve his objective.