Chapter 181 Good and Evil

Deep in the Black Sea, large patches of special, jelly-like dead zones connected, forming a giant area hundreds of times larger than ordinary dead zones.

These dead zones mainly existed as fragments, interspersed with something akin to mist.

This was a Death Realm, where new spaces were constantly being born and destroyed.

The large amount of unknown matter brought about by the spatial fragmentation caused a massive number of Black Sea creatures to gather around here.

They were like scavengers, traversing and searching among these materials, trying to find some resource they needed.

Whoosh!

Suddenly, at the center of the Death Realm, a point of white rapidly appeared, expanded, and turned into a giant white hole.

From the white hole flew a huge, pale humanoid figure. The figure wore a dark red linen robe, with a giant lightning python wrapped around its neck. It was none other than Hong, the leader of the Bai La Supreme Wax Statue.

"Tian Ju Pavilion, are you really going to exterminate us?!"

He roared in anger, his voice transmitting to a range of several light-years around in a special vibration pattern.

A large number of Black Sea creatures that were still searching for materials were instantly destroyed by the vibration, turning into ashes.

"The All-Knowing compete on who can provide a response faster. Even a single strand of initiative is a win. If Brother Hong has a next life, remember this."

Just then, from within the white hole behind Hong, more than a dozen pale human hands suddenly stretched out, like slender spider legs, tightly binding Hong and pulling him inside.

"No! You can't do this! What about the Liancheng Agreement?! You!" Hong struggled and roared, but his voice rapidly weakened and dissipated as he was pulled into the white hole.

Crack.

Suddenly, a crisp sound exploded from the white hole.

At the same time, Hong's sub-bodies, clones, and other remnants that were scattered in countless dead zones around Bai La began to rapidly expand, grow larger, and try to revive Hong's main body.

But another invisible force emerged at the same time, forcibly covering and enveloping all the sub-body remnants.

Soon, countless remnants of the sub-bodies emitted white smoke and quickly dissipated into the air, leaving no trace behind.

"Still some remnants?" A mental wave transmitted, scanning the dozens of dead zone worlds controlled by Bai La, discovering the aura of Bai La members hidden extremely deep within them.

"Jin Chuan's All-Knowing is struggling fiercely, we don't have the spare energy to solve them for now," another consciousness replied.

"The Dao of All Things takes benevolence as its foundation. What harm is there in giving them a way out?"

"Senior brother is truly benevolent."

The two enormous consciousnesses slowly dissipated, leaving behind only countless Black Sea creatures that had been震死 (zhèn sǐ - shaken to death) by the consciousness.

This Death Realm completely became a Death Realm in name and in fact.

Another dozen or so breaths passed.

A huge fish-shaped warship made of black crystal slowly flew past this Death Realm.

At the top of the warship, in the cabin, a black-haired, golden-eyed man sneered as he watched this scene.

"Truly a famous and righteous sect... After eating the flesh and bones, they use a little bit of residue to show their goodness, tsk tsk."

"Isn't that how Tian Ju Pavilion always is?" Another short-haired, golden-eyed woman walked up.

"After the Liancheng Agreement, they pretended to comply, but in reality, they expanded. As a result, there is resistance everywhere. The Divine Eagle Kingdom and the Eternal Ice Sea have expressed their dissatisfaction with Tian Ju Pavilion's wanton expansion, using the banner of dealing with the Void Mother and the Beast Cult to unscrupulously annex surrounding forces."

"If we really can't avoid it, Mirror City is preparing to transfer," the golden-eyed man replied. "Tian Ju Pavilion's Four Sky-Harvesting Elders are already infinitely close to the boundary. Ordinary All-Knowing are like children in front of them. If we stay any longer, the Old Ancestor is afraid that we will also be used as kindling for the Creation Furnace and thrown in as fuel."

"Alas... I have news that, according to rumors, Tian Ju Pavilion is actually behind the movements of the Void Mother and the Beast Cult," the woman sighed.

"Only say this here. Outside the solidified space of the warship, remember to delete this part of your memory. Otherwise, even a slight thought will attract the attention of the Four Sky-Harvesting Elders. That level of existence has reached a degree that we cannot imagine," the golden-eyed man reminded.

"Don't worry, I'm not that stupid," the woman said helplessly.

The two watched as the Death Realm returned to silence, recalling the once rampant and domineering Bai La organization, and they were both filled with emotion.

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In the starry sky.

Li Cheng Yi hid in the shadows, overlooking the yellowish-brown planet.

He had just completely left the planet teleported over by the Reverse Trace and wanted to find the source by following the Hua Yu Zhu (Flower Language Pearl) aura.

But strangely, no matter where he flew, the aura of the Hua Yu Zhu was the same concentration.

It was as if it had already been diluted evenly throughout space.

"This is troublesome..." Li Cheng Yi thought to himself. He had just devoured and burned various materials from half a city, at least several thousand tons of stuff, but the 강화 (ganghwa - strengthening) aura that came out of it was not much. The key was that the True Fire realm mainly looked at the intensity of the flame, not the number of Yuan Imprints.

When the physical body was strengthened to the extreme, it would automatically enter the next realm, and True Fire would also undergo qualitative change.

But... this speed was too slow.

‘It seems I have to think of a way to find people at the fastest speed. It would be good to leave this dead zone as soon as possible to strengthen True Fire and find materials.’

He searched his memories and determined a direction, turning around and flying rapidly towards it.

Compared to other fellow disciples, his biggest advantage was the various bizarre Hua Yu abilities. In other words, he could completely use the Hua Yu abilities to greatly shorten the time to enter the next realm.

Twelve abilities flowed quickly through his mind.

‘Since the strength of the physical body affects the strength of True Fire, then if I individually enhance the physical body, can I accelerate the crossing of this stage?’

Li Cheng Yi thought to himself.

After continuous long-distance shadow jumps, he arrived at the second, not-so-distant planet, Luo Lai Xing, about an hour later.

This time, he planned to test the strength of the so-called Star Spirits here.

It was said that Luo Lai Xing had two Star Spirits living there.

Floating in space, he overlooked the planet below.

The entire Luo Lai Xing was a huge pale blue planet with a white line in the center.

Its volume was almost more than twice that of Earth's moon.

Suspended in space, he left his hidden state and unreservedly released his body into the vast scanning waves near the planet.

Soon, waves of scans swept over him, but they immediately subsided and retracted.

Before long, a white stream of light rose from the surface of Luo Lai Xing and quickly hovered in front of Li Cheng Yi.

This was a strong, golden-haired man wearing a white metal fitted combat suit, his arms crossed, with an arrogant expression.

Golden light spots emanated continuously from his side, like a deity in mythology.

All four of his eyes shone with colored fluorescence, which was the symbol of the Star Spirits.

"Who are you? Not a Star Spirit?" the man asked.

Li Cheng Yi had already mastered his language through Shadow Substitute.

"I am Li Cheng Yi, passing by this place, looking for a subordinate. I wonder if my friend can do me a favor?" Li Cheng Yi cupped his hands and replied.

"Looking for a subordinate?" The golden-haired man sized Li Cheng Yi up and down. "Not a Star Spirit, yet you dare to associate with me as an equal? Who gave you the courage!?"

Before Li Cheng Yi could speak, he opened his mouth and spat.

Immediately, a gust of extremely cold wind rushed towards them.

Temperatures of hundreds of degrees below zero, accompanied by a large number of blue light particles, instantly enveloped Li Cheng Yi.

Boom!

But the next second, the low-temperature particle stream exploded. Li Cheng Yi's black light flashed, and he appeared out of thin air behind the opponent, reaching out and pointing at the back of his neck.

Clang.

His fingertip actually produced a metallic clang and vibration on the back of his neck.

"A bit interesting." The golden-haired man turned around and threw a punch.

His fist flashed with golden light, bringing with it a tassel-like golden ion wind.

Li Cheng Yi raised his hand to block, without dodging.

The two's fists connected, and instantly a huge shock wave exploded slowly like a golden ring.

Rumble...

A meteorite not far away was shattered by the golden ring.

Li Cheng Yi's palm only felt a burning pain. He was somewhat horrified in his heart.

The opponent's physical strength was actually so high, even stronger than his own physical body that had been strengthened so much.

The power was also extremely terrifying.

That punch just now seemed quite casual, but the impact had already exceeded a million tons.

In the memories he had merged with, the Star Spirits were terrifying beings who could defeat thousands alone. The strong among them could destroy planets with their bare hands, create black holes, slaughter fleets, and freeze oceans with their breath.

Ordinary people were simply ants in their eyes.

Now that he had personally tried it, Li Cheng Yi understood that in his normal state, relying solely on strength, he was far from being a match for a Star Spirit.

But... this kind of existence was very similar to the Flying Masters of Earth. They had fatal weaknesses.

Their consciousness was extremely complex, and they were only strong in pure physical power.

"Truly powerful strength..." Li Cheng Yi praised. "Your Excellency, I have no malice. I just want to pass by and look for someone."

"You mere ant, you dare to make demands of a god!?" The golden-haired man's eyes revealed ridicule and madness. His figure instantly turned into a golden light and rushed towards Li Cheng Yi, punching him again.

"Die! Trash!"

Boom!!

The golden halo completely enveloped Li Cheng Yi.

"You are strong."

Suddenly, a mental message entered the man's mind.

He was slightly stunned, and before he could figure out what had happened, his whole body suddenly paused. He lost control.

His eyes quickly became peaceful. Looking ahead.

Li Cheng Yi sighed and instantly took him into the Sword Furnace, beginning to burn him.

The Hua Yu's power of persuasion only looked at the opponent's resistance to mental consciousness. If it was insufficient in this regard, no matter how strong the physical power was, it would be like a lamb in front of him.

Before long, the Sword Furnace finished burning, and it fed back a rather large 강화 (ganghwa - strengthening) aura.

The aura was continuous and far different from the previous weakness.

Li Cheng Yi exhaled and a complex color flashed in his eyes.

He finally understood what path Tian Ju Pavilion's Creation Furnace was taking.

This was a path of taking the universe as kindling to strengthen oneself.

One Star Spirit gave him more enhancement than all the materials he had burned before combined, by hundreds of times.

This was simply encouraging him to hunt powerful beings.

Recalling that the entire Bai La world was swallowed by the Tian Xuan Zi Ancestor, it was probably directly burned into strengthening aura.

Li Cheng Yi couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart.

But looking at the True Fire that was obviously brighter, he couldn't suppress the idea of burning Star Spirits wantonly.

All things are kindling, returning to oneself... These words from the Yin Classics constantly echoed in his mind.

If he burned one Star Spirit every day, perhaps he could enter the next stage in less than ten years.

(End of Chapter)