Chapter 837: Return to Heavenly Lake
In the Qian Domain, within the Death Valley, a battle of earth-shattering proportions raged. This time, the major powers of the Qian Domain had gathered, joining forces to invade the Death Valley. The ancient monsters within the sects made their move, causing heaven and earth to tremble, nearly destroying the entire valley.
Those demonic beasts, exuding an aura of death, desperately resisted the attacks of the human experts. But this time, the human assault was too fierce. Over a hundred powers from the Qian Domain joined forces to charge into the valley, paying a bloody price. Countless disciples perished within the Death Valley, either torn apart by demonic beasts or having their life force eroded by the deathly energy, their lives cut short.
Yet the results were also earth-shattering. The Death Valley, known as a forbidden land in the Qian Domain, was truly uprooted by the assembled experts. The name of the Death Valley as a forbidden land ceased to exist. After slaughtering the demonic beasts within the valley, the human experts finally stepped into its depths.
However, what followed was a massive internal conflict. These human experts had conquered the Death Valley, but they could not conquer greed and ambition. In the central area of the valley, they discovered powerful, mysterious sacred patterns, imbued with terrifying divine abilities, carved into the Death Valley. There were also the Demon Sealing Stele. The Three-Life Demon Emperor had shattered the air and departed, causing the massive Demon Sealing Mountain Wall to crack and break, leaving behind many fragments of the Demon Sealing Stele.
When these Demon Sealing Stele fragments were combined, they could suppress even a Demon Emperor. Even shattered into many small pieces, they still contained a fearsome power, capable of suppressing a region. Especially in the hands of a Venerable, they possessed a terrifying sealing and suppression divine ability—an absolute battle treasure.
Just as the crowd was engaged in a frenzied battle, the void above churned. Clouds rolled, the wind howled, and the world changed color.
A terrifying pressure descended, as if it could force even Venerables to prostrate themselves on the ground. It was overwhelmingly powerful.
The crowd trembled all over. The battle stopped at the same moment. Everyone raised their heads, staring into the void, their bodies shaking violently.
"What terrifying power." The ancient monsters of each sect showed expressions of fear, staring at the rolling clouds in the void. Heaven and earth were overturned, as if a terrifying spatial vortex had appeared there, a vortex that seemed to connect to an infinitely distant place.
"Boom!" A supreme pressure descended upon the sky. At this moment, many people were shaken until they spat blood. Even Venerables were forced to the ground, their bodies trembling incessantly, their eyes fixed firmly on the void above.
This kind of supreme power made them feel as if their breathing would stop. Could it be that the Demon Emperor had returned?
Finally, at the eye of the vortex storm, a face appeared there. It was majestic beyond compare, possessing the might of an Emperor, causing people to involuntarily feel a desire to worship.
"What a terrifying expert." The crowd's bodies trembled without end. But that face did not even look at them. It merely glanced indifferently at the location of the broken Demon Sealing Mountain Wall.
Then, its gaze swept over the crowd. That casual glance startled everyone, making them cower in fear, not daring to meet the eyes of that being.
The terrifying storm vortex let out a rolling, furious roar. The clouds above the sky churned. The face disappeared, and the terrifying heavenly storm also ceased. But the hearts of the crowd could not calm down for a long time.
That figure just now was absolutely an existence at the Great Emperor level. It was very likely the terrifying being who had suppressed the Three-Life Demon Emperor. Sensing that the seal had been broken, it had deliberately crossed the void to take a look.
A Great Emperor. They had actually seen a Great Emperor. The crowd was well aware that the storm vortex was the Great Emperor using a supreme divine ability to traverse the void. That being was not even in the Qian Domain. The reason the Demon Emperor had been sealed and suppressed in the Qian Domain was probably because the people here were weak. Suppressing him in the Death Valley meant no one could enter.
Yet they never imagined that, a thousand years later, Lin Feng's arrival would break the peace. He had used the Jade Emperor Palace to enter the depths of the valley and happened to have cultivated the Nine Revolutions Buddha-Demon Art, a remnant of the Three Lives Scripture, which could be used by the Demon Emperor. The Demon Emperor, using Lin Feng's hand, had shattered a tiny part of the sealing character, creating a crack in the seal. Only then did the Demon Emperor have the chance to break the seal and escape.
After the Demon Emperor broke the seal and left, there was no further movement. Sealed for a thousand years, his vitality was severely damaged. He knew that the one who sealed him would not let him go, so of course he would not cause a big commotion. Instead, he went into hiding, waiting to recover his peak cultivation.
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At this moment, in a mountain forest cave dwelling, demonic light swirled. Lin Feng sat cross-legged, his entire body covered in terrifying true essence energy. The light of the demonic path flickered as well, exuding a bone-chilling coldness.
In Lin Feng's sea of consciousness, there seemed to be a terrifying vortex, turning into a vast ocean of consciousness that roared wildly. Lin Feng's entire being was undergoing a transformation. The aura he emitted was already at the peak of the Mysterious Martial Realm, extremely terrifying.
Demonic qi surged out of the cave dwelling. The ocean of consciousness roared and rolled. Unity of Heaven and Man was achieved, yet his soul could never fully merge. His consciousness could not transform into divine thought.
"Boom!" The light of the demonic path and the true essence energy receded violently, all withdrawing into Lin Feng's body. The terrifying aura gradually calmed down. He was still at the peak of the Mysterious Martial Realm, as if a barrier could not be broken. Lin Feng knew that he was at the bottleneck of breaking through to the Heavenly Martial Realm.
Only by achieving Unity of Heaven and Man, a heart as still as water, a mind free of all distractions, sinking all his focus completely, and at the moment of breaking through to the Heavenly Martial Realm, discarding everything, having no attachments, no thoughts, could he merge his soul and spirit, give birth to divine thought, and step into the Heavenly Martial Realm.
Every time Lin Feng tried to break through to the Heavenly Martial Realm, he wanted to shatter all barriers, to make his heart pure with no other thoughts, to cast aside everything. But every time, he found he could not do it. He could not let go of everything. There were too many thoughts in his heart that he could not abandon. He had many unfinished attachments.
The figures of Mengqing, Xinye, his parents, and others would appear every time, preventing him from completely letting go and breaking through to the Heavenly Martial Realm.
Standing up, Lin Feng let out a breath, then stepped out of the cave dwelling. He looked at the mountain range, pondering where he should go next.
"Heavenly Lake!"
Lin Feng murmured to himself. He was supposed to go to Heavenly Lake. However, he carried heavy treasures. First, he had obtained the Jade Emperor Palace, and then he had walked out of the Death Valley alive. He had too many secrets on him. He was worried that even in Heavenly Lake, there might be people with ill intentions who coveted his treasures.
After all, his current cultivation was still too weak compared to true experts. If a powerful Venerable coveted the treasures on him, it would be very dangerous for him.
"Heavenly Lake, I hope you won't disappoint me." A clear light flashed in his eyes. The only place he could go now was Heavenly Lake. Otherwise, the East Sea Dragon Palace would hunt him down, which would be even more dangerous.
In the face of a major power like the East Sea Dragon Palace in the Qian Domain, he was completely unable to resist.
His figure flickered, and Lin Feng sped towards the direction of Heavenly Lake.
At Heavenly Lake, endless white snow continuously fell from the sky, boundless and infinite. The earth was a vast expanse of white, exuding a faint chill.
Heavenly Lake was still the same as before. Moreover, this time, Heavenly Lake had not even gone to the Death Valley.
In the past, seven Snow Eagles had brought the people of Heavenly Lake back to the Snowy Mountains. Those who returned had obtained some treasures. Especially Jun Moxi and the others, who had gained heavy treasures. From their mouths, the Venerables of Heavenly Lake learned that Lin Feng had actually refined the Jade Emperor Heart, attracting the covetous eyes of countless powers. Many forces had joined forces to deal with Lin Feng.
However, Lin Feng had let the people of Heavenly Lake leave first, facing the crowd alone.
After everyone returned to Heavenly Lake, news spread that outside the secret realm, all the people from the various sects and powers had completely disappeared—vanished miraculously—and a few corpses had been left behind.
Later, there was news that someone had seen Lin Feng chasing Duan Wuya all the way into the East Sea Dragon Palace, where he was then hunted by the people of the East Sea Dragon Palace. Duan Wuya had died.
No one knew what had happened in the East Sea Dragon Palace, why Lin Feng had chased Duan Wuya for a thousand miles, even risking danger to break into the East Sea Dragon Palace.
In short, the people of Heavenly Lake understood that their sect was now becoming a target of public attention. Many eyes were fixed on Heavenly Lake. One reason was that many from Heavenly Lake had seized heavy treasures, and another was because of Lin Feng.
Only Lin Feng and Duan Wuya knew how those people had disappeared. And since Duan Wuya had been killed by Lin Feng in the East Sea Dragon Palace, only Lin Feng knew the inside story. What secrets did Lin Feng hold?
Probably everyone in the Qian Domain wanted to know now. A storm might erupt at any moment!