The ancient land of crossing, it sounded extraordinary from the start!
Xu Mo finally understood why the Great Wilderness had abruptly appeared on Earth.
"Wait, you said various realms? Besides the Great Wilderness, are there other continental worlds?" Xu Mo was a little unsettled.
The drifting bottle said, "Naturally. The land of crossing is anchored by dozens of worlds. When the crossing arrives, these worlds will manifest one by one."
Hiss!
Xu Mo inhaled a spiritual breath, feeling that the situation was becoming increasingly complicated!
At first, he thought he was still on Earth, and the Great Wilderness was just a part of it. Now he realized that it was not that simple.
Dozens of worlds anchored to Earth, and when the crossing arrived, they would all appear on Earth along with the Great Wilderness!
Xu Mo could already foresee that with dozens of extraordinary worlds appearing on Earth, the entire planet would probably go mad.
Xu Mo's expression turned solemn. "How many worlds have appeared on Earth now?"
"Only the Great Wilderness," the drifting bottle glowed with a faint light.
Xu Mo was surprised. "Only the Great Wilderness?"
The drifting bottle floated up from Xu Mo's hand, and various runes and Dao rhythms appeared on its body. It said with difficulty, "Yes, only the Great Wilderness for now. According to the rules of crossing, the various realms should have appeared on Earth a year later, but your Great Wilderness appeared ahead of time. Even I don't know why."
It was a manifestation of some of the rules of crossing, extraordinary indeed. Yet, even it could not deduce why the Great Wilderness had appeared on Earth a year early.
Xu Mo's heart stirred, wondering if it was not his doing?
He was from Earth, not the Great Wilderness. Could there be some entanglement between the two?
Xu Mo thought not. It should be the Great Wilderness's own reasons, or perhaps there was a loophole in the rules of crossing.
"What exactly is crossing?" Xu Mo continued to ask.
The drifting bottle said, "I cannot say. Only when you become a Saint can I tell you."
Xu Mo released his aura and said, "I am already a Half-Saint, just one step away from becoming a Saint. It's fine if you tell me."
The drifting bottle still refused, its tone carrying a hint of disdain. "I've seen many people who have one foot in the Saint realm, and half of them never manage to take the final step in their lives. Another half die during the Saint tribulation. Only a very few can become Saints."
Its meaning was clear: whether Xu Mo could become a Saint was still a question. He was just a half-baked Quasi-Saint at the moment.
Xu Mo's face immediately darkened, and he continued to press the drifting bottle to speak.
The drifting bottle was principled and refused to reveal the secrets of crossing, no matter how he pressured it.
"Fine, since you won't talk, then go into the furnace and stay there!" Xu Mo had long been annoyed by the bottle's arrogance. He directly threw it into the Chaos Furnace, ignited the Chaos Fire, and then covered the lid, letting it melt slowly.
The drifting bottle was furious and shocked. "You are despicable! You broke your promise, let me out quickly!"
"Heh heh, when did I ever say I would let you go?" Xu Mo chuckled and ignored the drifting bottle, retracting the Chaos Furnace into his body.
However, he had turned the heat down to the minimum. He wasn't really melting the drifting bottle, just teaching it a lesson and giving it a warning.
The drifting bottle was so angry its body felt like it would explode!
Since it had taken form from the rules, it had never experienced such a predicament.
In the past, all the crossing contenders had treated it with great care and respect, even sending exquisite bottles of various colors to accompany it.
But this quasi-contender before him actually disregarded it, was unafraid of the rules of crossing, and even wanted to refine it.
This filled it with shock and rage. It wanted to resist and teach this person a lesson, but under the Chaos Fire, its body couldn't even move.
The drifting bottle felt incredibly wronged. If its body contained blood, it would have spat it out in anger long ago!
After retracting the Chaos Furnace into his body, Xu Mo ignored the curses of the drifting bottle within the furnace.
He had calmed down now and began to ponder the information he had obtained from the drifting bottle.
"Earth is the ancient land of crossing. It seems all crossing contenders from various realms are supposed to come to Earth to cross. Why is that?" Xu Mo mused, unable to figure it out.
He recalled a stone tablet he had seen in an ancient ruin in the Southern Domain. It recorded that crossing was the only path for Saints to extend their lifespan and advance further.
Cultivators fought against heaven and earth, becoming incredibly powerful. But even Saints, as strong as they were, could not withstand the erosion of time, their lifespans only lasting ten thousand years.
To break through the barrier of lifespan, one had to ascend to the ethereal realm of Immortality and become an Immortal!
"Crossing is a secret of the Immortal Dao. Is it to compete for immortal destiny!?" Xu Mo was shocked, realizing that crossing was far from simple.
If it was a competition for a sliver of immortal destiny, it would undoubtedly be brutal!
Dozens of worlds, and likely dozens of Saint-level powerhouses. If a battle broke out, the heavens and earth would shatter.
Xu Mo felt the pressure, his heart heavy!
However, there was still a year before the other worlds manifested. In this year, he could make many preparations.
First, he had to break through to the Saint realm, and then attempt to advance further, from Lesser Saint to Great Saint!
Only then would he have the confidence to deal with the Saints from other worlds. If that wasn't enough, he would rally all the countries on Earth and unleash a nuclear cleansing.
Although ordinary nuclear bombs couldn't kill Saints directly, what about something like the Tsar Bomba? Even if it couldn't kill them, it would be enough to give a Saint-level cultivator a hard time.
Thinking of this, Xu Mo couldn't help but feel fortunate that the Great Wilderness had appeared on Earth a year earlier than the other worlds.
Otherwise, if dozens of worlds had appeared on Earth all at once, he would have been truly caught off guard.
Sensing the increasingly thin barrier of his cultivation realm within his body, Xu Mo's expression changed.
When he had refined the drifting bottle earlier, the Chaos Furnace had fed back a surge of pure spiritual energy to him, and now he could no longer suppress it!
"Not good! The heavenly tribulation is about to descend, I need to leave the palace immediately!"
Xu Mo took a step, and instantly appeared outside the imperial capital. He didn't want his sleeping quarters to be reduced to ruins by the heavenly tribulation.
After leaving the imperial capital, he stopped suppressing his cultivation, allowing the energy within his body to continuously impact the realm barrier, while his feet did not stop. He flew towards the prepared location for crossing the tribulation.
When he arrived at the tribulation-crossing site, a towering mountain that pierced the clouds, a crisp 'crack' sounded within his body. The barrier broke.
Rumble!!!
The sky instantly became overcast, and rolling heavenly thunder brewed, containing an incomparably terrifying heavenly might.
The demonic beasts near the mountain all looked up at the dark clouds in the sky, trembling with fear, and turned to flee. They even abandoned their lairs.
Xu Mo looked up at the sky, his eyes shining, and exhaled a breath.
"The Saint tribulation has arrived!"
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At the same time, over the Pacific Ocean.
The warships of the United Navy underwent resupply. This time, all sorts of artillery shells were loaded to the brim, and several new types of weapons were even carried additionally.
After the resupply, the leaders of various countries ordered the fleet to continue advancing towards the new continent!