# Chapter 1405: Crimson Shadow
Lan Ji Star was located far to the east of the God Realm, closer to the Chaos Wall in the east than the God Realm was.
It was also the first to see that red star.
And the first to see the outbreak of strange calamities.
The first beast upheaval began in the eastern part of Cang Feng Kingdom, then spread westward. The spread was very slow, and initially only affected the lowest-level Xuan Beasts.
This situation continued for over two years, until that day... when it suddenly erupted on all fronts.
On Tian Xuan Continent, Huan Yao Realm, and Cang Yun Continent, which had long been covered by disaster, all Xuan Beasts — from low-level to high-level, including hidden Xuan Beasts that were rarely seen even once in a thousand years — were thrown into complete chaos.
However, Tian Xuan Continent and Huan Yao Realm were undoubtedly fortunate. Besides Feng Xue'er, Yun Che had directly catalyzed eleven Divine Path Xuan practitioners using Life Divine Water, which was enough to handle any Xuan Beast upheaval in this world. More importantly, Yun Che was there. His Light Profound Force could quickly calm the agitated Xuan Beasts and silently resolve the disturbances.
But...
Even with Yun Che's presence, from that day onward, everyone clearly felt... that the world had changed.
Although the continent-wide Xuan Beast upheaval had just erupted before Yun Che suppressed it, the earth-shaking beast roars and miasma had already left a terrifying shadow over the entire continent.
It was also from that day that Tian Xuan Continent, Huan Yao Realm, and the distant Cang Yun Continent suddenly had an abnormal wind sweeping through. The wind was sometimes gentle, sometimes wild, sometimes cold, sometimes hot. Its direction was chaotically irrational — blowing southeast one moment, then suddenly swirling northwest the next...
On the second day, a torrential rain suddenly fell on Tian Xuan Continent. Within a few hours, the water was three feet deep... But the next day, the earth suddenly became scorching hot. The land that had been submerged yesterday now showed terrifying dryness and cracking, every crack on the ground seeming about to spew fire.
On the fourth day, the North Sea of Tian Xuan and the West Sea of Huan Yao churned with towering waves. Countless sea beasts surged toward the continents they would never normally set foot on, carrying an aura of extreme agitation...
"Big Brother Yun, there's another Xuan Beast upheaval in Shenhuang City. I've detected it — this time it might be a continent-wide outbreak again!"
Upon receiving Feng Xue'er's sound transmission, Yun Che furrowed his brow deeply.
In the past, every time he purified a region's Xuan Beast upheaval, the dense Light Profound Force would ensure that region would not experience another upheaval for at least three months.
But now, it had only been fifteen days since he last purified the sudden continent-wide eruption!
He didn't set off immediately. Instead, he looked up at the eastern sky.
In recent days, the sky's color had been constantly changing — sometimes deep blue, sometimes dark, sometimes withered yellow, sometimes reddish, sometimes flashing with random lightning without warning... The only constant was the red star in the eastern sky.
Whether under clear skies or clouds, rain or storm, it shone in the heavens, releasing an increasingly terrifying red glow.
Was it really about to "erupt"?
What exactly was it? Why was it coming so fast? Wasn't it said that even if it erupted, it should take several hundred years, or even further into the future?
"Father, has something bad happened again?" Yun Wuxin approached, her voice filled with worry. In recent days, the changes in the world were clear to everyone, every living being.
Everything was so sudden, so horrifying.
Yun Che turned sideways, forcing a relaxed smile. "Mm, there's another Xuan Beast upheaval."
"...How strange," Yun Wuxin also looked at the sky. "What's going on these past few days? Master said it's climate change, but I don't think so at all. And lately, I've been feeling inexplicably uneasy. Mother feels the same way. Even the lovely snow beasts in Ice Extreme Snow Domain have become very strange."
Yun Che reached out and gently patted her back, comforting her with a smile. "The climate is indeed a bit abnormal, but don't worry. Think about how powerful your father and master are. There's nothing your father and I can't handle... Let me go take care of the Xuan Beast upheaval first. I'll be back soon. Don't worry."
"Mm." Yun Wuxin nodded, but the worry in her eyes didn't dissipate.
She was only thirteen years old, but under the Life Divine Water, her profound strength had entered the Divine Path, and her spiritual perception had undergone earth-shattering changes... That strange sense of unease couldn't possibly be just climate change.
With a spatial shift, Yun Che arrived above Shenhuang Kingdom. Like Huan Yao Realm, everything around here had changed noticeably compared to the past.
The vast Shenhuang City was filled with an air of unease. In particular, the fire elements that were usually abundant in the air had become extremely volatile, frequently bursting into clusters of flames in the sky.
Around him, the roars of Xuan Beasts shook the heavens and earth... clearly mixed with sounds of volcanic eruptions from afar.
"Master, what's going on?" He Ling's puzzled and worried voice came from the Heavenly Poison Pearl.
Yun Che looked around and said in a low voice, "The elemental balance... has been broken."
"Ah? How... how could that be? What broke it?"
"I don't know," Yun Che said. And that was the most terrifying part.
Not knowing the cause was far more frightening than the collapse of the elemental balance itself.
"Perhaps... the most likely cause is the rift at the eastern edge of Chaos." Yun Che glanced at the red star, then quickly looked away. If everything was truly arising from the Crimson Rift, what kind of aura was it releasing that could affect such a distant star region?
If it was this terrifying without a full eruption, then on the day it fully erupted... what kind of catastrophic disaster would it bring...
A world-ending calamity?
Yun Che spread his arms, pure Light Profound Force shining on his body. He said in a low voice, "What can make Xuan Beasts so agitated is most likely Dark Profound Qi that stimulates and amplifies negative emotions. What I can do now is only purify and try to maintain this planet's elemental balance as much as possible. I hope this strange calamity will soon calm down on its own."
With that, the light of Light Profound Force descended... This time, it was denser than ever before. Given the current situation, he had no choice but to increase the Light Force he released... even if it increased the risk of being detected by the God Realm.
What he didn't know was that the distant God Realm was also in chaos at this very moment.
Soon, after dozens of spatial shifts, the Xuan Beast upheavals on Tian Xuan Continent and Huan Yao Realm subsided again. Finally, he made a trip to Cang Yun Continent, purified it once more, and took the opportunity to visit You Er.
All three continents became much quieter, but the sky was still shrouded in a faint black haze.
By the time he returned to Tian Xuan Continent, it was the next day. Just as he was about to return to Yun Wuxin's side, he received a sound transmission from Cang Yue:
"A conflict suddenly broke out on the border between the Canglan and Heisha kingdoms. It started from a very small friction, involving only a few hundred people. It shouldn't have even alarmed the domain lords, but somehow it reached the imperial clan.
"Even more absurdly, the Heisha king became enraged over this and directly declared war on the Canglan kingdom half an hour ago. The Canglan king is usually gentle and averse to war, but he accepted the challenge directly and immediately ordered conscription..."
Yun Che: "..."
"This is definitely not normal." Cang Yue's voice was heavy. As the ruler of Cang Feng Kingdom, she was quite familiar with the conditions, interactions, and temperaments of the rulers of the seven kingdoms of Tian Xuan. She would never bother Yun Che with such minor matters between the seven kingdoms, but this time... it was simply too bizarre.
"..." Yun Che's brow sank to its lowest point, then he said gently, "Don't worry. Their two kingdoms won't actually fight."
"Husband, given the frequent Xuan Beast upheavals in recent years, could it be... that they, like those Xuan Beasts, are being affected by some kind of negative influence?" Cang Yue asked worriedly.
Having achieved the Divine Path through Life Divine Water, Cang Yue's perception was naturally far beyond what it once was, and she could easily detect the abnormality in this.
"Very likely." Yun Che didn't deny it, then immediately comforted her, "But don't worry. I can easily purify the chaos among the Xuan Beasts, and I can certainly make their minds clear up."
Putting down the Sound Transmission Jade, Yun Che turned his body and directly headed for the border between the Canglan and Heisha kingdoms.
In just a few days, all his past fears had come true.
Arriving at the imperial city of the Canglan kingdom, as he expected, the entire city was in panic. Both Xuan practitioners and commoners bore varying degrees of aggression.
Except for madmen, both Xuan practitioners and commoners hated conflict and war.
A small border friction triggering the fury of both royal families and a declaration of war — it was utterly ridiculous, even more absurd than a childish squabble. But as Yun Che looked around, the Canglan imperial city echoed with countless passionate shouts. People cursed the Heisha kingdom, responded to the war declaration, and were fervent... including most women and children.
It was as if overnight, the Heisha kingdom had become the Canglan kingdom's irreconcilable enemy.
Having lived two lives and experienced countless upheavals, the scene before him still sent a chill down Yun Che's spine.
He waved his arm, and a layer of Light Profound Light invisible to others silently swept down, covering the Canglan imperial city, then quickly spreading over most of the Canglan kingdom. With a flicker, he directly appeared above the Heisha kingdom.
The situation there was the same, almost identical to that in the Canglan imperial city.
The same Light Profound Light descended, covering the Heisha kingdom... Instantly, the aggression throughout the city was swept away like a violent wind. One by one, the passionate, ferocious faces froze, then relaxed, becoming dazed, and even fearful.
They couldn't believe what they had just said, done, or thought... as if they had been possessed by a demon.
The Heisha king was drenched in sweat, as if recovering from a serious illness. He suddenly stood up and shouted, "Quick! Prepare an envoy to Canglan immediately..."
Before he could finish, a messenger rushed in: "Report! The Canglan imperial clan has sent an urgent transmission requesting a truce!"
"..." The Heisha king breathed a sigh of relief and heavily sat back on his throne, but remained unsettled for a long time, as if waking from a nightmare.
"How could this be..." He Ling, who came from the God Realm, was also frightened by what she had witnessed.
Yun Che was silent, his expression as heavy as water.
"Could it be that the God Realm..." He Ling's voice trembled. If the God Realm had also become like this, the terror would be unimaginable.
"The aura level of the God Realm is much higher than the lower realms, and the beings there are far stronger, so it won't reach this extent," Yun Che said, then paused briefly before adding, "At least not in the short term."
What kind of aura, silent, colorless, formless, could affect the elemental balance of such a vast star region and the soul state of countless living beings?
In the understanding of Yun Che, He Ling, and even all the powerful beings of the God Realm, no such power existed in the current world.
The Chaos space was constantly changing, constantly self-balancing.
In a world without gods, the aura of Chaos had been growing thinner and murkier. The current Chaos world's aura naturally couldn't compare to the ancient age of the gods — it was the difference between the divine and the mortal.
But it had long formed a complete and perfect balance.
However, if a force from the ancient era suddenly appeared in the current Chaos world...