Chapter 435: Strange Situation, Reunion
After the Boundary shattered, half of the twenty Ancestral Realm beings from the Vast Universe stood by, not intervening in this massive battle.
Eight Ancient Ancestors joined forces to break through the Boundary, but Martial Ancestor Yan Feng single-handedly killed three of them. Another Ancient Ancestor was slain by the Immortal Ancestor, and yet another died at the hands of the Heavenly Punishment.
This former youngest Martial Emperor of the Martial Hall, upon entering the Ancestral Realm, had already achieved impressive battle results.
Of the eight Ancient Ancestors who took action, only three survived in the end. One hundred twenty-eight Divine Mansions were directly wiped out of nine, and nearly twenty more Divine Mansions were affected, suffering disastrous losses.
The five vacant Ancestral Realm positions were quickly occupied by several Pavilion Masters who had long entered the Realm of Ancient Myths for many years, all clearly indicated in the intelligence Chu Zheng held.
[Lingtian Divine Mansion: Li Yunzhao]
[Purple Dragon Divine Mansion: Duan Yan]
[Red Blood Divine Mansion: Chi Lan]
[Tianya Divine Mansion: Zhang Ze]
[Chiling Divine Mansion: Feng Min]
Interestingly, among these five Ancestral Realm figures, two had some acquaintances with Chu Zheng.
Li Yunzhao from the Lingtian Mansion had crossed paths with Chu Zheng, and the Purple Dragon Prefecture was once the dwelling place of Shang Cangyun in the Vast Universe. Shang Cangyun was once the Vice Mansion Master of the Purple Dragon Prefecture and likely had a close relationship with Duan Yan.
As for Martial Ancestor Yan Feng's combat power, Chu Zheng was not surprised. According to the previous flow of Heavenly Fate, when the Boundary shattered, the Martial Path had already gathered thirty percent of the Heavenly Fate. With that amount of Heavenly Fate, Yan Feng's combat power was likely stronger than the Ancestral Dao of the past.
The prior Boundary shattering not only impacted the Great Universe but was also like a cataclysm for the Vast Universe.
Although the battlefield at the Cosmic Edge after the Boundary was extremely perilous, the actions of powerful figures from the Great Universe who arrived in the Vast Universe were no less than a great disaster, even far worse than the battlefield after the Boundary.
Because most who crossed to this realm had entered the Space-time Domain, their power was unpredictable, and the damage they wrought upon the Vast Universe was naturally more severe.
In the prolonged warfare lasting over ten years, more living creatures died in the Vast Universe than in the Great Universe, but the information Chu Zheng held abbreviated it in just two sentences, passing it over lightly.
Within the Vast Universe, emotions were always thin. There were no so-called blood ties, sect relations, or even in-law connections. At most, they were considered colleagues.
Since there was little affection between them, the living creatures of the Vast Universe naturally remained indifferent to the deaths of these colleagues.
The messages Chu Zheng acquired also mentioned the group from the Martial Hall.
Fu Pinglan and others had used a passage to negotiate with the Ancient Ancestors of the Vast Universe in West Pole City. The leader on the Ancient Ancestor's side was named Erosion Sun Rain.
The moment Chu Zheng saw this name, he realized that the surname Erosion Sun was rare in the Great Universe, and it was evidently someone from the lineage of Sun-Eroding Cry.
It seemed that in life, they must have been an impressive figure, and even after reincarnation, they still occupied a position within the Vast Universe.
After the great battle, the situation in the Vast Universe was quite strange. A group of Ancient Ancestors, led by Erosion Sun Rain, had thoroughly banded together, linking nearly eighty Divine Mansions throughout the Vast Universe, secretly plotting some grand scheme.
The newly appointed five Ancient Ancestors acted rather low-key, almost disappearing without a trace. As for the three Ancient Ancestors who survived that great battle, each went into seclusion to heal their wounds.
Thus, for the moment, the Vast Universe seemed very peaceful, and no one was shouting about invading the Great Universe again.
Having understood the current situation of the Vast Universe, Chu Zheng did not stay in West Pole City for long and headed directly towards the Lingtian Prefecture Domain.
At the same time, he controlled his Chaos Sea avatar to go to Tianwu Realm, seeking an opportunity to exchange resources.
This was merely an attempt. If things did not go as planned, he had no intention of taking too much risk and could instead turn to find that grand hall within the Illusion Realm instead.
With the Repair Panel on him, he did not have to worry about Evil Qi, allowing him to linger in the Vast Universe. Indeed, compared to the Great Universe, the Vast Universe seemed more suitable for a long stay, as there was no one constantly thinking of killing him here.
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However, soon after leaving West Pole City, Chu Zheng's thoughts were entirely overturned.
There were indeed many within the Vast Universe who wanted to kill him, as numerous as stars in the sky.
Previously, on the battlefield wasteland, Chu Zheng encountered few living creatures, and most of them were preoccupied, so he avoided conflict with them.
But after leaving West Pole City, nearly every living creature he encountered outside the city wanted to kill him.
To avoid attracting too much attention, Chu Zheng outwardly manifested a cultivation level fluctuating around the Eighth Order Fifth Layer. This level was not that of a top expert, but neither was it weak.
He thought he could avoid most troubles this way, but he hadn't anticipated that Eighth Order Evil Spirits and Demon Monsters would continually target him.
Traversing across several domains of the West Pole Divine Mansion, Chu Zheng faced more than a hundred attempted ambushes, mostly by living creatures around the Eighth Order Sixth or Seventh Layer, with occasional Eighth Order Ninth Layer attackers.
Yet, in the eyes of the current Chu Zheng, these attackers were largely dealt with by a mere finger point.
Those living creatures carried quite a few Yin Jades, but this small wealth no longer attracted Chu Zheng. However, the Heavenly Fate they carried gave him some thoughts.
The Luck Stealing Skill was continuously operating, and although the growth of the Heavenly Fate was slow, with patience and over the years, the results would likely be quite impressive.