Chapter 1383: Demonic Qi Overflow
What did it mean to be an Overlord Emperor at the age of twelve? It was absolutely enough to make those grandmaster-level Xuan Dao bigshots feel so ashamed they would wish they could smash their heads into the ground.
Looking back on those days, when Yun Che himself had broken through to the Overlord Emperor realm, his mindset had been exceptionally calm and peaceful. Yet upon hearing of Yun Wuxin's breakthrough, his excitement was hundreds or even thousands of times greater than it had been back then. He let out a series of cheers, completely forgetting his dignity, and hugged Yun Wuxin as he spun around in the snow more than a dozen times...
He spun himself until he was completely dizzy. If Feng Xian'er hadn't quickly stabilized him with her profound energy, he would have definitely plunged headfirst into the snow.
A red shadow appeared above, and Feng Xue'er's fairy-like figure descended. She smiled as she looked at the father and daughter, then spoke: "Brother Yun, Xin'er has not only succeeded in her breakthrough, but has also cultivated the Phoenix Ode Scripture to its great perfection."
Feng Xue'er's words made Yun Che freeze in shock, almost unable to believe it.
"Although, due to the limitations of her profound strength, Xin'er cannot unleash the 'Splendid World Red Lotus' or the illusion god technique 'Phoenix Descent,' that is only because of her profound strength limitations. As for the ultimate states of these two layers of Phoenix Flame Force, she has already comprehended and mastered them before I did."
"Hehehe," Yun Wuxin laughed happily. "Master says I'm extremely amazing. Daddy, you should praise me too!"
"... " Yun Che was stunned for quite a while.
In just over a year, to cultivate the Phoenix Ode Scripture to great perfection, and even to comprehend and master the realms of Splendid World Red Lotus and Phoenix Descent... Yun Wuxin had no idea that this was not just amazing—it was utterly and completely earth-shattering.
Yan Juehai, the Phoenix Sect Master of the Yan Shen Realm, had lived for over ten thousand years and still hadn't managed to cultivate the Splendid World Red Lotus!
Before Yun Wuxin, only Yun Che in the entire world had truly mastered it... and now that Yun Che was crippled, Yun Wuxin was undoubtedly the only person in the current era who had fully comprehended the realm of the Splendid World Red Lotus.
Even Feng Xue'er had yet to achieve this.
If Yan Juehai were to come here and witness Feng Xue'er's bloodline and Yun Wuxin's progress... he probably wouldn't have enough knees to kneel down with.
In terms of Phoenix bloodline, Yun Che was far inferior to Feng Xue'er, and Yun Wuxin's Phoenix bloodline was inherited from Yun Che, so naturally it couldn't compare to Feng Xue'er's. Yet she had managed to cultivate the Phoenix Ode Scripture to great perfection in just over a year. The only explanation was naturally the Evil God's divine aura in her profound vein, inherited from Yun Che.
After his daze, Yun Che revealed an incredibly relieved smile... Although he himself was crippled, being able to leave such talent to his daughter filled him with immense gratification and satisfaction. There was even an indescribable happiness that nothing else could replace.
This was a kind of satisfaction and happiness that only a father could possess.
"Xin'er, you are... the greatest pride of your father's life." He looked at his daughter and spoke from the bottom of his heart.
"Hehe!" Hearing her father's praise, Yun Wuxin's smile became even more radiant. "Then... what reward is Daddy going to give me?"
"Uh... what reward do you want?"
Yun Wuxin had obviously already thought about it. She immediately exclaimed charmingly, "I want Daddy to take me fishing in the great sea!"
"Hmm? Isn't that the gift I promised to give you for your thirteenth birthday?" Yun Che widened his eyes with a smile.
"I don't care! I want it now!" Yun Wuxin shook his neck.
"Alright, alright." Yun Che let out a hearty laugh. "Whatever Xin'er says today goes. Let's go right now, right now!"
"Xian'er, go get the fishing gear I just finished making recently. And also... decline all the invitations from the Su family and Old Man Zi Ji this afternoon. Today, I'm going to have a fair and square fishing competition with Xin'er!"
Watching the father and daughter who stuck together like sticky candy whenever they met, Feng Xue'er suddenly felt a longing to have a child of her own.
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Cang Yun Continent, Jueyun Cliff.
Standing at the edge of Jueyun Cliff, Lin Jun, Lin Qingshan, and Lin Qingyu all had changing expressions on their faces.
At this moment, the sun was blazing high in the sky, but the abyss beneath their feet was eerily pitch black. With Lin Qingshan and Lin Qingyu's cultivation at the Divine Soul Realm, their sight could not penetrate even a hundred zhang below.
They also couldn't detect any abnormal aura... yet they inexplicably felt a chill throughout their bodies.
Lin Jun, however, had his brows deeply furrowed.
Up to this point, the demonic qi was still very weak, almost no different from a thousand li away. Far from putting his mind at ease, this instead gave him a very ominous premonition.
"Master, is the demonic qi really coming from here? Why can't I sense it at all?" Lin Qingshan asked.
"The level of this demonic qi is far higher than you can imagine. With your spiritual perception, of course you can't detect it." Lin Jun said in a deep voice.
Lin Qingshan abruptly turned his head, his face full of disbelief.
He was a Xuan cultivator from the divine realm of the God Realm! Among the younger generation of their Star Realm, he could even be called a "genius." Yet beneath his feet was merely a lowly lower realm planet. How could there exist an aura whose level was far higher than his own realm?
He certainly didn't dare to disbelieve his master's words. That meant that the demon or demonic spirit or demonic beast hiding beneath this abyss could easily destroy him.
"Hmph!" Lin Jun gave a light snort. "Although the level is high, it's so weak that it's very likely severely injured, already on its last legs... Heh, if we can capture or kill it alive, that would be a huge merit among merits."
"Let's go, let's go down and take a look!"
After saying this, Lin Jun's body rapidly descended toward the Jueyun Abyss. Lin Qingyu and Lin Qingshan exchanged a glance, then gritted their teeth and followed.
As soon as they entered the Jueyun Abyss and had barely descended, the world before them turned pitch black. When they looked up, they couldn't see even a trace of light above.
This bizarre scene, which defied common sense, made Lin Qingshan and Lin Qingyu's hearts pound wildly. But Lin Jun did not stop; he continued downward, albeit at a rather slow speed.
In the darkness, a sinister wind howled past their ears. After descending several thousand zhang, at this distance, Lin Qingshan and Lin Qingyu finally sensed something and blurted out simultaneously: "Dark demonic qi!"
And it was at this moment that Lin Jun's figure suddenly halted. At the same time, he released a burst of profound energy, firmly immobilizing the two of them as well.
"Master?"
Lin Jun didn't respond. He seemed to be frozen there by some invisible force, his entire body rigid and unmoving, except for his pupils rapidly constricting... all the hairs on his body were standing on end.
Because he vaguely sensed that continuing downward, there existed a strange isolation barrier.
On the other side of the barrier was an independent small world.
The demonic qi, which he had sensed to be extremely high-level yet exceptionally weak, was seeping out from the "small world" behind this barrier. It was not coming from some severely injured demon he had envisioned.
Even just this slight seepage was terrifying to such a degree... What kind of horrifying dark world existed in the abyss below!
It was so terrifying that even a high elder of a divine realm king realm sect couldn't imagine it.
"Let's go... quickly!"
He muttered in a low voice, then directly reached out and grabbed the two of them. He had just shot upward, but before his profound energy could surge, he forcibly suppressed it and even restrained his aura as much as possible, flying back to the surface at an extremely slow speed.
Afraid of disturbing the dark world below.
Lin Jun's frightening tone made the two disciples fall silent in fear, and they hastily restrained their auras as well.
The sinister wind howled past their ears again. After a long period of darkness, light finally appeared in the world. But the light after pure darkness was too dazzling, causing Lin Qingshan and Lin Qingyu's eyes to shut instantly. When they opened their eyes, they were already standing at the edge of Jueyun Cliff.
They were about to speak when they both saw... their master, Lin Jun, standing in front of them, his entire body drenched in cold sweat.
"Master," Lin Qingyu asked, "Could it be a demon that even you, an elder, can't handle?"
"Heh... hehehe..." Despite the cold sweat all over his body, Lin Jun was laughing. He turned around, his expression strange, and slowly said, "This must be a blessing from the heavens... Hehehe... Hahahaha..."
The sudden outburst of laughter made the two disciples exchange bewildered glances. But then they heard Lin Jun say in a voice hard to suppress with excitement: "Below is not a demon, but... a hidden dark demon realm!"
"Dark... demon realm?!" These four words were enough to startle anyone.
"The level of this dark small world is extremely high. It might even be comparable to a lower-level star realm of the Northern Divine Realm... or even a mid-level star realm! No... just the mere overflow of its aura is already this astonishing; it might even be higher." The more Lin Jun spoke, the more excited he became. "Who would have thought that a tiny lower realm planet could be hiding an independent demon realm!"
"And this demon realm might even be larger than this small planet."
"This..." The two disciples grew more astonished the more they heard. Comparable to a lower-level star realm of the Northern Divine Realm—or more accurately, the Northern Demon Realm—or even a mid-level star realm independent dark world? How was that possible!?
"This independent demon realm has probably existed for a long time. Perhaps it's a certain race from the Northern Divine Realm hiding here, or it could be one of the 'outposts' set up by the Northern Divine Realm's king realm to spy on our Eastern Divine Realm. This pitch-black abyss is the entrance to the demon realm, and there is an isolation barrier above the entrance. Probably, the barrier's power has weakened recently, allowing some demonic qi to seep out, which caused the chaos among the profound beasts on this continent, and also allowed me to detect it."
Hearing this, the shock on Lin Qingshan and Lin Qingyu's faces was gradually replaced by increasingly intense excitement.
Discovering a demon, and discovering a hidden demon realm... these were clearly two completely different concepts. The former was a merit, while the latter was undoubtedly a monumental achievement!
Dark profound force, in the understanding of the Eastern, Western, and Southern Divine Realms, was an evil path force that should not exist in the world. It was to be exterminated upon sight. The Northern Divine Realm, as a special existence among the four divine realms, was not only completely isolated by the other three divine realms but also called the "Demon Realm." As the yin qi in the chaos gradually thinned, the Northern Divine Realm was also shrinking. One day, it would perish without being destroyed.
In the Divine Profound Conference three years ago, during the most important God Sealing Battle, "Wei Hen" suddenly erupted with dark profound force on the God Sealing Platform, dying together with Li Jianming. While severely damaging the face of the Zhou Tian God Realm, it also completely ignited the fury of all Eastern Domain profound practitioners. They immediately issued the Zhou Tian Sound, mobilizing all efforts to eradicate the demons hiding in the Eastern Divine Realm.
If they reported the existence of this demon realm to the Zhou Tian Arbiters, they simply couldn't imagine what reward the Zhou Tian God Realm would give them.
"Master, should we immediately recall Junior Sister Qingrou?" Lin Qingshan asked.
"No rush." Lin Jun stroked his short beard, a sharp gleam in his eyes. "Since she is also on the same lower realm planet, she might have other discoveries on the other continent. Before she returns, we'll split up and thoroughly investigate this continent... Hehehe, after today, the fate of us master and disciples is about to change completely."
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[The nine realms of the mortal body: Initial Xuan Realm → Xuan Entry Realm → True Xuan Realm → Spirit Xuan Realm → Earth Xuan Realm → Heavenly Xuan Realm → King Xuan Realm (Throne) → Overlord Xuan Realm (Overlord Emperor) → Sovereign Xuan Realm (Emperor Lord)]
[The seven realms of divine profound: Divine Origin Realm → Divine Soul Realm → Divine Tribulation Realm → Divine Spirit Realm → Divine King Realm (Lower Realm King) → Divine Sovereign Realm (Middle Realm King) → Divine Lord Realm (Upper Realm King)]
[PS: "Divine Emperor" is the title of a king realm's realm king, not an independent Xuan Dao level. Their cultivation is all at the Divine Lord Extreme Realm (Divine Lord Realm, Level 10).]
[The realms of ancient true gods: Divine Annihilation Realm (Demi-God) → True God → Creation God → Primordial Divine → ?]