Reigning Supreme in countless worlds With Beast taming

"So that's how it is!"

Qin Feng, upon hearing Liu Xuanling's words, couldn't help exclaiming, "The events of the world are indeed mysterious. Who could have imagined that the terrifying world of the Abyss would be connected to the Abandoned Land by a channel?"

However, after his initial amazement, he had a thought: "Since we can enter here from the Abyss Mist, could we not escape back to the Abyss from here?

Though the Abyss is dangerous, it is still part of the endless worlds within the Great Thousand Universe, and it is very special, connected to many worlds through space channels.

If we reach the Abyss, it would mean we could search for a channel to return to Biluo and rejoin the Sect. Do you think this is feasible, Senior Sister?"

Liu Xuanling laughed, "Do you think you're the only one who thought of that? With so many powerful beings gathered here, who isn't considering that idea?

But descending to the Abyss is easy; the real challenge is returning to the Great Thousand World from the Abandoned Land,"

Otherwise, why would the Abandoned Land have so many gathering points? They'd all be here lining up to go back."

"Where is the difficulty?"

Qin Feng knew it wouldn't be easy to return from here, but the gathering places are so because they offer a slim chance of escape; otherwise, those powerful beings wouldn't stay here!

"Firstly, the influence of the Time River and the Space Law on this channel; the space-time law above the channel is too chaotic, essentially preventing any reverse escape.

Only after the tide of the Time River has passed does the channel become briefly calm as the Time River stabilizes.

Of course, compared to the usual chaotic violence, the supposed calm still blocks over ninety-nine percent of the powerful beings!"

Liu Xuanling sighed lightly and continued, "Even if you manage to pass through that region of space-time law and enter the Abyss Mis, it doesn't guarantee a safe departure.

In the Abyss Mist, no energy can be used; all power dissipates into nothingness upon leaving the body!"

Seeing Qin Feng hesitating to speak, Liu Xuanling knew what he wanted to say and continued, "I know you've cultivated the 'Azure Dragon Divine Technique' and have a strong physical body.

But in the Abyss Mist, even the power of the physical body cannot extend outside; otherwise, it too will dissipate like other energy!

Otherwise, wouldn't this channel be an escape route just for the physically powerful?"

Qin Feng sighed at these words: "Indeed, there is no easy way to escape from the Abandoned Land!"

"Hmph, you think that's all there is?"

Liu Xuanling sneered, "Even if you finally manage to cross the Abyss Mist, you will still encounter immense danger!"

"Hmm?"

Qin Feng was momentarily stunned.

Despite having escaped, how could there still be danger?

Could it be that the Time River would stretch out in the direction they left?

"Idiot!"

Liu Xuanling gave him a sharp glance, "Have you forgotten what's above? That's the Abyss!

More dangerous than the Demon Realm or Hell, the most mysterious and powerful world among the three Dark Worlds of this Star Domain!

Surely, you don't think that escaping the Abandoned Land to the Abyss would earn you a warm welcome from the Abyss Demons?"

A trace of helplessness appeared on her face: "The Abyss Mist suppresses all types of power strongly. To fly through it, one must have enough immortal energy.

Only this immortal energy can counteract the Abyss Mist's influence on living beings!

Otherwise, not only will you fail to fly out, but you will also fall back into the Abandoned Land because of the inability to fly away!

In the past, some unfortunates have managed to escape its spatial barriers only to be thrown back by the Abyss Mist!"

Qin Feng frowned deeply: "Gathering sufficient immortal energy in the Abandoned Land is no easy task!"

"Haha, you think it would be easily obtainable outside?"

Liu Xuanling chuckled, "Immortal energy is the origin energy that can only be condensed by those above the Immortal Realm. Who would willingly give it away?

Moreover, even with the immortal energy, the higher you fly through the Abyss Mist, the greater the restraint and the stronger the consumption of immortal energy, forcing the Abandoned Land's experts to leave the Abyss Mist quickly!

However, leaving the Abyss Mist doesn't mean safety, because that means entering the Lower Abyss layers!"

Upon hearing this, Qin Feng finally understood the dangers his Senior Sister had previously mentioned.

The deeper the Abyss, the more powerful those Abyss Worlds become. The lower layers surely have terrifying entities that rival Creation Realm Great Powers, and not in small numbers, else why would the Abyss be called the most fearsome and powerful ruthless world of this Star Domain?

"No one knows how many layers the Abyss has, but there are undoubtedly numerous Abyss Lords of the Eternal Realm and Immortal Realm deep within. The deeper the Abyss, the more these experts know about the Abandoned Land.

In the Abandoned Land, we might get a chance to escape once every tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of years.

But the Abyss belongs to the outside world, with a different time flow, possibly encountering the escape of an Abandoned Land's expert every few decades or centuries."

Liu Xuanling spoke solemnly, "Every time this happens, many powerful Abyss Demons choose to hunt the Abandoned Land's experts.

After all, those who can escape from the Abandoned Land are all overwhelmingly strong Upper Divine-level peak experts, some even capable of battling Immortal Realm beings.

And those experts become the best food source for those Abyss Demons!"

Though Qin Feng had anticipated this possibility, hearing it still weighed his heart down heavily.

No wonder the Abandoned Land is called an Absolute Zone; even the Abyss Channel, which seems closest to the outside world, is fraught with peril, enough to make one despair.

But that wasn't all; Liu Xuanling continued, "Many Abyss Lords closely guard their territories, never allowing strong beings to appear within them.

For experts of such realms, once they reach the outside world, if they're willing to communicate with the Abyss Will, they can quickly ascend to the Immortal Realm and compete for lordship with other Abyss Lords.

This is one reason many Abyss experts cannot tolerate Abandoned Land experts!"

Qin Feng felt a sense of helplessness: "According to Senior Sister, attempting to escape from this gathering place is even riskier than in other gathering places?

Then why do so many powerful beings still gather here?"

"Because the interval for escaping from here is much shorter than other gathering places. As long as enough Immortal Energy is acquired, one can escape from here after the tide of the Time River passes.

Unlike other gathering places, where one often has to wait millions or even tens of millions of years for an opportunity. Although it is relatively safer, whether one has enough lifespan to wait until that day is questionable.

Many top-level powerhouses have ended up growing old and dying there, waiting indefinitely for an opportunity that never comes!"

Liu Xuanling thought for a moment and added, "I've heard that some strong beings can negotiate with those big shots deep in the Abyss Mist and choose to defect to them.

As long as the other party is willing to take them in and has the confidence and ability to suppress these strong beings, they can gain a chance to survive!"

"Then..."

Qin Feng hesitantly asked, "Are there any strong beings who have actually escaped from the Abyss?

Also, if one does acquire the Immortal Energy, why not directly traverse the Time River and escape from it, instead of seeking life through the channels of these gathering places?"

"What are you thinking?"

Liu Xuanling rolled her pretty phoenix eyes at him again, "You still want to traverse the Time River? Junior Brother, you really have some nerve!

Leaving aside the enormous amount of Immortal Energy needed to traverse the Time River, the degree of danger therein far exceeds the method of escaping from any gathering place.

The dangers within the Time River are unpredictable, and you could be swept into the undercurrents beneath the river if slightly unprepared. At that point, escape would be impossible, and even with abundant Immortal Energy, you'd just watch helplessly as you are washed clean by the river's waters!

Don't let your experience of entering the Abandoned Land from the Time River make you overconfident. You tell me, if given another chance, would you be confident that you could enter the Abandoned Land alive once more from the Time River?

Also, judging by the time you entered the Abandoned Land, it was likely during the calm period after the tide.

Otherwise, a mere Shariputra could hardly guarantee your safety; a few random big waves would have easily eroded the Immortal Energy within it clean."

Qin Feng pulled at the corners of his mouth, finally lowered his head, and said nothing more!

Previously, he really thought he had survived the Time River, leading him to believe that the Time River was no big deal.

Thinking back now, he realizes he had been a bit too arrogant!

The dangers of the Time River are not something he can fathom. Even though he once survived a journey through it, he only drifted a short distance, without encountering the hidden dangers therein.

Being able to escape by luck once was already great fortune; if that gave him the confidence to traverse it again with some Immortal Energy akin to a Shariputra, it would definitely be a binary between death and survival!

Liu Xuanling dispelled the delusion in Qin Feng's mind, then continued, "The countless strong beings in the Abandoned Land are willing to wait painstakingly in various gathering places mainly because the Immortal Energy needed to escape from these gathering places is far less than what's needed for traversing the Time River!

Acquiring Immortal Energy in the Abandoned Land is challenging enough, so how can there be so much to expend in the Time River?

As for strong beings who have escaped from the Abyss Mist, of course, there are!

A few who have acquired relatively more Immortal Energy can withstand the Abyss Mist, reach the upper levels of the Abyss World where danger is relatively minor, and naturally leave with ease.

Others have survived relying on their own formidable strength.

It's said that a few exceedingly powerful beings even used various methods to defeat the original Abyss Lords, seized everything from them, and became the new Abyss Lords themselves!"

At this point, she thought again and said, "Though the Abandoned Land is extremely mysterious elsewhere, it is not so mysterious for the powerful Lords deep in the Abyss.

These Abyss Lords just find it bothersome to interact with the weak of the upper layers, which is why ordinary strong beings know very little!"

She spoke extensively about the Abyss, then veered off the topic, choosing not to continue discussing it since they did not currently have the capability to escape from there.

Before Qin Feng could fully digest this information, Liu Xuanling eagerly asked, "Tell me quickly about the Sect's affairs. At first, I didn't know the flow of time in the Abandoned Land was different from the outside. You have no idea how worried I was during those first few hundred years here!"

Even later, though she learned of the time difference between here and the outside world, she stayed in the Abandoned Land for tens of thousands of years. Though she knew only a short time had passed outside, her yearning for the Sect was intensely strong.

After all, the Beast Taming Sect was her true home, while the Abandoned Land was merely a harsh Absolute Zone.

If not for the lingering glimmer of hope she had never forsaken, coupled with having gained some fortuitous encounters here, she would have long been among the countless white bone remains outside this gathering place!

When she first entered the Abandoned Land, her cultivation was meager, merely a small female cultivator in the Primordial Spirit Realm.

Yet through resilience in brutal combat and countless perils over tens of thousands of years of cultivation, she not only wasn't devoured by other creatures but also established her own faction, thriving within the gathering place — the hardships she's weathered are well imaginable.

It's precisely because of this that her longing for the Sect, her teachers, and her fellow disciples grew even stronger. Without the faith of returning to the Sect as support, even if she wasn't killed at the hands of other strong beings, the years of brutal combat and killing would have distorted and deformed her Daoist Heart, leaving her far from the current state of her Heart Realm!

Qin Feng, although unaware of these details, knew surely that his senior sister had to miss her master and fellow disciples dearly these years, so he didn't delay and promptly recounted the matters of the Sect in one sweep.

In fact, the time difference between when he and Liu Xuanling entered the Abandoned Land wasn't so vast. Apart from having launched two expeditions after Liu Xuanling's incident, the Beast Taming Sect hadn't changed much as an entity.

Though Qin Feng knew what she wanted to hear, so he embellished the tales with how many Elders in the Sect have achieved the Immortal Dao, how many disciples had gained fortuitous encounters during expeditions, causing their cultivation to rapidly advance, surpassing many of their peers, even their master, narrating them with great detail.

Liu Xuanling, propping her chin with one hand, listened keenly.

Although she had already cultivated to the Peak of Profound Immortal by now, yet for someone who hadn't heard any news of the Sect in tens of thousands of years, she was very earnest even with these little things. The heavy pressure brought by years of battles on her Daoist Heart was relieved, and after relaxing her spirit, her Dao Cultivation Realm experienced a slight enhancement!

In high spirits, once Qin Feng finished recounting the Sect's affairs, Liu Xuanling asked about the reason Qin Feng entered the Abandoned Land. After hearing it, even she felt a bit speechless.

The junior brother really had terrible luck to encounter someone capable of summoning the Time River.

Actually, instances like Qin Feng's, where someone falls into the Abandoned Land due to others summoning the Time River, are extremely rare. Ordinary strong beings who fall into the Time River usually get scraped clean by the endless Power of Time, leaving nothing but white bone piles — who else had his kind of luck?

Few great powers are as generous as those two Bodhisattvas from the Great Light Temple, giving away such crucial items as Shariputra!

"Junior Brother, you've arrived at the right time!"

Liu Xuanling said excitedly, "I'm currently plotting something, was originally a bit unsure, but now that you're here, I feel more confident.

"What has been concerning you so much, Senior Sister?"

Qin Feng asked curiously.

Though he's still in the dark about what his senior sister is up to, he can tell that given her current strength and the ease with which she crushed the group of Demon Clan members and even managed to freeze a Tiger-Head Demon Immortal with a single blow, whatever it is she's plotting can't be simple!

"It's something that will be beneficial for leaving the Abandoned Land!"

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