Chapter 3808: White Pale Star
White Pale Star was not located in the Hell Realm but in a desolate zone at the edge of the Southern Universe, where no stars or life-bearing planets existed within dozens of light-years.
Almost no cultivator would set foot here.
In such a vast void, a single planet was like a drop in the ocean.
Of course, White Pale Star itself was not small; on the contrary, it was extremely massive, surpassing Ice King Star, and was a ninth-grade primary star with a diameter close to a hundred million miles.
Although the starry sky could be seen here, it felt infinitely distant, like being at the bottom of a deep sea, suffocating and inducing endless panic.
Moreover, White Pale Star's rotation caused severe spatial distortion.
However, on the periphery of White Pale Star, ancient sages from the Undying Blood Clan had long laid down measures.
Even if someone knew it was in this star domain, finding it would still be as difficult as reaching the heavens.
"Boom!"
A blood-colored beam of light descended from the sky, landing on a desolate belt tens of thousands of miles wide between the southern and northern hemispheres of White Pale Star, condensing into a burly figure clad in heavy armor.
This burly figure had blazing eyes, gazing at the white sand dunes before him.
The sand emitted a fluorescent glow, appearing like a luminous ocean in the dimness.
Beneath the burly figure was a hill-sized ancient moa beast, its dark eye circles scanning around as if searching for food.
"Shua! Shua!"
Atop a glowing sand dune, a slender figure flickered.
Moments later, she stood on the peak of the nearest sand dune to the burly figure, wearing a veil, a cyan feathered celestial robe, and a jade flute hanging from her waist.
She said, "Why is it you? Who sent you here?"
Blood Butcher stood with an arrogant posture, saying, "If you can come, why can't I, this god? After all, I am the fourth greatest prodigy of the Undying Blood Clan in this era, second only to the clan leader, master, and senior brother!"
Xia Yu, standing atop the sand dune, snorted disdainfully, clearly not recognizing him as the "fourth greatest prodigy." She said, "You are now a member of the Destiny Temple, and your father has betrayed the clan leader. If you don't explain yourself clearly, I won't be polite!"
Xia Yu's body emitted Soul-Devouring Flames, pressing her divine might toward Blood Butcher.
Blood Butcher was completely unconcerned, laughing, "Impressive, you've actually cultivated to the Great God realm. It's not in vain that senior brother and the clan leader have nurtured you so much."
"Speak!" Xia Yu said.
Blood Butcher pulled out a token, saying, "My coming to White Pale Star for cultivation is the clan leader's intention."
After confirming the token was genuine, Xia Yu threw it back to Blood Butcher, saying, "Unfold your Divine Realm World; I want to inspect it."
"That's impossible; you don't have the authority," Blood Butcher said firmly, with a hint of mockery.
"You should understand the rules of White Pale Star! If you don't follow them, even with the clan leader's token, you will die," Xia Yu said even more firmly.
After a moment's thought, Blood Butcher's expression softened, and he said, "I only brought two people. According to the rules, they don't know the route to White Pale Star."
"You've already broken the rules..." Xia Yu's voice trailed off as she stared at Chi Kongle and Yan Ying'er emerging from Blood Butcher's Divine Realm World.
"Auntie Yu!"
"Auntie Yu!"
Yan Ying'er, imitating Chi Kongle, also called out to Xia Yu.
Seeing Xia Yu lose her authority, Blood Butcher burst into laughter, saying, "I, Blood Butcher, wouldn't dare take the liberty of bringing outsiders to White Pale Star. Bringing them here is the clan leader's intention, and it has been approved by the Undying War God."
Seeing Xia Yu still had doubts, Blood Butcher added, "It was Yan Heavenly Venerable who personally visited the Undying War God, and the War God agreed. You should be clear about Ying'er's connection to White Pale Star."
When Yan Renhuan visited the Undying War God, Blood Absolute War God was also present.
Chi Kongle and Yan Ying'er traveling together was a condition set by Blood Absolute War God.
He was worried that Chi Kongle, while cultivating in the Yama Clan, might not be unable to leave but rather be detained as a hostage.
Zhang Ruochen had long told him about the relationship between the Great Demon God, Jiusi Yitianhuang, and the Yama Clan, so he was wary of them.
"How long will you stay on White Pale Star?" Xia Yu asked.
"With the current turmoil and bloodshed everywhere, I'm afraid it will be a while," Blood Butcher said, deeply aware of how dangerous the Destiny Temple was now, which was why he had begged Blood Absolute War God to stay away from trouble.
Blood Butcher felt the thick blood qi on White Pale Star, with dense blood clouds in the sky emitting a faint glow.
On the southern hemisphere of this planet grew countless Longevity Blood Trees, forming dense forests with blood mist bridging them like bridges.
Beneath each Longevity Blood Tree was a blood pool or blood lake.
Mother trees of the Longevity Blood Tree, extremely rare outside, numbered dozens here, with trunks tens of miles in diameter, exuding divine aura and having lived for at least ten eons.
The blood springs in the lakes beneath these mother trees contained energy comparable to divine blood, offering immense benefits to the gods of the Undying Blood Clan.
Yan Ying'er's attention, however, was drawn to another type of tree on the northern hemisphere of White Pale Star.
It was the Blood Shadow Tree!
The trunk of the Blood Shadow Tree resembled a young girl, pure white like jade, with a network of blood vessel-like structures inside.
The underground blood springs were absorbed by "them," flowing within their bodies.
But the tree body was not solid; it was like a phantom, like a soul, flickering and unstable.
Just as the name "Blood Shadow" suggested.
As Yan Ying'er arrived, these Blood Shadow Trees emitted eerie sounds, like wailing ghosts, rejoicing and leaping.
Xia Yu stared intently at Yan Ying'er, a thoughtful expression on her face.
What did the Undying War God mean by agreeing to the Heavenly Venerable's request to let her come to White Pale Star?
Blood Butcher, however, paid no attention to Yan Ying'er and the Blood Shadow Trees, feeling quite pleased, saying, "This cultivation environment is simply marvelous for the Undying Blood Clan. I have a question I've long wanted to ask: Have you and senior brother slept together?"
Xia Yu snorted coldly and turned to leave.
Blood Butcher jumped down from the moa beast's head and chased after her, saying, "We're all family, just asking casually. If you hadn't already slept together, why would such a good assignment fall to me?"
"You don't know how dangerous it is out there now. The Fate Divine Domain was nearly destroyed, even the Undying War God had his physical body shattered, gods and god kings are falling at any moment, and even the heavens... several of the heavens have died! It's better to stay on White Pale Star guarding the ancestral land."
"Shua!"
Xia Yu held the Soul-Capturing Flute against Blood Butcher's neck, saying, "If you keep talking nonsense, don't blame me for being rude."
Blood Butcher's cultivation was above Xia Yu's, so he showed no fear, saying, "I get it now; you definitely haven't slept together, or you wouldn't be so angry... Fine, I won't say anymore, I'll stop."
"But I still have to tell you, you've missed out big time. Senior brother is now known as Imperial Dust, on equal footing with the heavens. The only ones who catch his eye now are ancient legends like the First Queen A Fuya. With your current cultivation, there's no chance!"
A flicker of disappointment passed through Xia Yu's eyes.
It wasn't because of Blood Butcher's "no chance" remark, but because she realized that no matter how desperately she cultivated, even with an environment like White Pale Star, the gap between her and Zhang Ruochen only grew wider.
Imperial Dust, the heavens.
This was something she could only look up to, like an ant gazing at the sky.
A Great God was just a slightly larger ant.
That sense of powerlessness and distance left her feeling empty and lost for a moment.
Xia Yu lost interest in testing Blood Butcher's cultivation level, withdrew the Soul-Capturing Flute, and continued walking across the desert, saying, "There are many forbidden zones on White Pale Star. If you don't want to die, don't wander around. Also, keep an eye on those two."
Blood Butcher chuckled and followed, asking, "Is Lord Ice King cultivating on White Pale Star?"
Xia Yu didn't answer.
He pressed on, "I heard that many gods of the Undying Blood Clan bury themselves on White Pale Star, hoping to live a second life like Ancestor Yin. Are they buried beneath these sand dunes? Are there any Half-Ancestor or Ancestor corpses? Is there ancestral blood?"
Blood Butcher was bold; his purpose in coming to White Pale Star was to dig up Half-Ancestor and Ancestor corpses, use ancestral blood to boost his cultivation, and quickly reach the Infinite Realm.
Apart from Ancestor Yin, no one was known to have crawled out of White Pale Star's soil.
Living a second life was too ethereal.
As long as Lord Ice King wasn't around, Blood Butcher planned to make his move, and Xia Yu's cultivation couldn't stop him.
Suddenly, the sand beneath their feet began to tremble rapidly.
In the air, streaks of blood light flew toward the sky, imprinting into the blood clouds as blood-colored talismans.
The blood clouds churned violently, pressing down toward the ground.
Xia Yu said coldly, "The divine spirits and yin souls of White Pale Star sense danger and have activated their defensive power. Did you lead outsiders here?"
Blood Butcher couldn't stay calm, saying, "Impossible! The token from the clan leader has the Undying War God's power to conceal fate. If someone followed me, the Undying War God would definitely sense it."
"Boom!"
A blood-colored beam of light pierced through the blood clouds, stopping in midair.
The Hall Master of the Undying Divine Temple, with nineteen pairs of blood wings, hovered a hundred zhang above the ground, his radiance illuminating the darkness, turning it a bloody red.
"It's the Hall Master!"
Blood Butcher breathed a sigh of relief, glad he hadn't caused trouble.
"Greetings, Hall Master!"
The two bowed in unison.
But soon, they realized something was wrong. The Hall Master's aura was overwhelming, his divine power surging—this didn't seem like a routine visit to White Pale Star.
Moreover, why would the divine spirits and yin souls sense danger when the Hall Master arrived?
Almost at the same moment the Hall Master appeared, Lord Ice King's heroic figure materialized not far from Yan Ying'er and Chi Kongle, dressed in white, with deep, profound eyes, his refined features exuding an air of noble elegance.
Lord Ice King said, "You've come after all."
The Hall Master landed on the ground, his nineteen pairs of blood wings still spread, saying, "I knew you were waiting for me here. Back then, I did it for your own good; you shouldn't hold such resentment. If I hadn't helped you kill that undying bird, they might have already killed you. In matters of emotion, you are too indecisive—that's not a flaw befitting the future Hall Master of the Undying Blood Clan."
Lord Ice King was silent for a long time, as if struggling to control his emotions.
He looked up at the blood clouds that seemed to press down upon his head, saying, "You are the Hall Master; you should bear the greatest responsibility for the Undying Blood Clan. You shouldn't have brought outsiders. Are you so lacking in confidence? You've even cultivated your nineteenth pair of blood wings, yet you still need to join forces with outsiders to kill me?"
"You should have known that if you came to me, I wouldn't flee. I've been waiting for this day for a hundred thousand years!"
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