937: Chapter 263 937: Chapter 263 And the first fox to enter the tomb — only knew there were nine levels, and on its first entry, it didn’t even make it to the second level.
It had wasted the opportunity to learn about the tomb.
Ji Feixue glanced at the fox and toad shrinking in the corner.
The two Soul Beasts, previously hostile, had somehow crawled out of their Inteniont Orifices and were now huddled in the corner, busy with something unknown.
Ji Feixue withdrew her gaze and stepped towards the end of the corridor, with Su He following closely behind.
The toad and fox in the corner hurriedly jumped up to follow, rushing out of the corridor, but with two thuds, they hit the edge of the corridor.
A barrier at the edge of the corridor blocked the two Soul Beasts from passing.
A toad and a fox hit the barrier and tumbled to the ground, staring blankly up at it.
The two beasts looked at each other and simultaneously half-dematerialized their bodies, neither fully real nor unreal, and charged at the barrier again.
Thud!
Thud!
Two dull sounds echoed, and the beasts fell to the ground again.
“Discrimination?” The toad exclaimed in astonishment.
Why were a dragon and a Dragon Turtle allowed in, but not them?
They weren’t trying to enter a bridal chamber!
It was one thing not to let the fox in, but it was a Void Frog!
Being naturally more adept at navigating the void than others, even it was blocked?
“Back we go!” The toad, experienced as it was, leaped to return to Su He’s Inteniont Orifice.
The fox followed suit.
The toad and the fox jumped simultaneously and landed together, unable to return to their owners’ Inteniont Orifices.
The world outside the corridor had imposed restrictions specifically against Soul Beasts.
This tactic the toad had only encountered once in the Seven Absolute Secret Realm’s Pill Room World, when the Witch of Void had created the Little Sixty-Four Hexagrams.
It couldn’t accompany Su He inside.
They really were being targeted!
Turtle Kid and Ji Feixue were going to experience something interesting, and they were not included?
The toad stamped its foot resentfully, “If they don’t take us, then they don’t!” It turned to the fox, “Fox, come on, big sis will take you to play something big.
Let’s not include them either.”
While speaking, the toad walked back to where it and the fox had just been, where a bean sprout-sized ethereal root tendril had just peeked through.
The fox leaned in, “What’s this?”
It had been studying this for a while now and still didn’t understand.
“The roots of the World Tree from the Profound Realm!” the toad spoke mysteriously.
“Eh?” The fox’s eyes suddenly widened.
The Profound Realm was the ultimate pursuit of all Soul Beasts; those with it and without it are entirely different.
Just as there is a distinction between Divine God Beasts who have Opened The Heaven and those who have not.
Just to mention one aspect, the combat power of Divine God Beasts with a Profound Realm skyrockets!
“Was this left by some powerful Soul Beast who tried to create a Profound Realm?” the fox asked cautiously.
The toad sneered with scorn, “Nonsense!
Some overambitious but underachieving fellow tried to create a Profound Realm and didn’t succeed.
He made a half-finished product, couldn’t carry on with it, and tossed it aside…”
As it spoke, its eyes darted around, “Fox, why don’t we snatch this half-finished Profound Realm and complete it?”
The fox turned its head in disbelief and looked at the toad, “You…
Ninth Grade?”
Creating a Profound Realm was an ability reserved for Ninth-Grade Spirit Beasts!
The toad shrugged, “Who knows?
But we’ve got experience in creating a Profound Realm; I trained in the Ancient Times!”
The toad had participated in the creation of the Mountain and Sea Mystery Realm for the Dragon Turtle Tribe, which was a collective effort of all their Soul Beasts.
It had been involved too, and with many Soul Beasts generously sharing their knowledge, it had truly learned many skills.
The toad might not yet be capable of creating a Profound Realm from scratch — it had no idea how to start from nothing.
But here was a Profound Realm that was already half-created, and it just might be able to work something out.
As it spoke, it pulled out a ball of yarn from its pocket, and the fox was astonished to find that the tangled mess was of the same substance as the tender white root on the ground.
The root of the World Tree from the Profound Realm!
At that moment, its confidence in the toad soared to an unparalleled height.
It regarded the toad as among the top-tier Great Powers of the Soul Beasts.
Then it watched as the toad pulled out an end of the World Tree root and with a gentle twist, connected it to the sprout on the ground.
Pulling back, it drew out something extremely ethereal and barely there.
Soon it was a piece of unformed Profound Realm — once a real Profound Realm is shaped, it becomes hidden and untraceable, not even discernible by the Soul Beast that created it.
One could only enter through the void and then pull other Soul Beasts in.
Only a Profound Realm that was not fully developed could be concretely displayed.
The toad propped up its chin as it gazed with shining eyes at the huge, ruined Profound Realm before it.
It actually managed to pull one out!
Stunned, it heard the delicate and glutinous voice of the fox next to it, “Senior, are you really going to open up a Profound Realm?
What shall this Profound Realm be called?”
The toad’s eyes flickered, “How about calling it Qianjiang?”
…
Su He took one step forward and knew he had entered the third layer of the great tomb, as a surge of malice assailed him.
The whole world changed its appearance, with two great suns waging war ahead—this was the Great Sun Tomb.
The third layer would resort to trickery, projecting the ins and outs of a battle from the intruder’s memory and then summon the strongest enemy.
If he won the fight, he would break through; if he lost, his journey would end here.
In front of Su He, sometimes the battle between Ji Feixue of the Great Sun Tomb and the pitch-black great sun appeared, and at times, it changed into the battle where Emperor Luan ambushed Red Ancestor, with the latter having half of his body blasted away, fighting Emperor Luan’s Battle Array against Wasteland Ancestor in the sky.
Suddenly, the scene shifted to the Ancient Times, in the temple, where Su He forcefully resisted the Big Witch…
The three scenarios intertwined and evolved, reinterpreting Su He’s experiences, and darkened his face.
In such battles, the strongest enemies were one Big Witch from the Yuan Sovereign Clan, one Emperor Luan who controlled the Battle Formation, and one pitch-black great sun—what was this joke?
Which one could the current Su He possibly contend with?
The scenes interlaced and gradually merged into a single pitch-black great sun, which then came crashing down with a thunderous smash.
The might that threatened to destroy heaven and earth came pouring down.
Su He looked up and let out a roar:
“I—surrender!”
Damn it, there was no chance to fight!
The moment he shouted his surrender, the scene in front of him instantly changed, transforming into a pure white space.
Behind him was the entrance to the passage; entering it, he would return to the second layer.
There was no path leading to the fourth layer ahead.
Unable to pass the test, one must stop at this layer.
Su He exhaled and looked to his side.
Ji Feixue stood quietly beside him, her body surging with killing intent, she seemed to be undergoing something.
Su He thought for a moment, then moved closer.
With her Stepping Sky Five-fold ability, what had she experienced?
As Su He approached, he automatically entered Ji Feixue’s world, and the scenery before him drastically changed into a boundless sea.
Still in the Mystery Huang World, but the scent of the sea breeze was entirely different from the Southern Sea; this place was the East Sea!
Above the East Sea, tsunamis towered heaven-high.
Four Azure Dragons besieged a Scholar.
As a dragon tail swept down, the East Sea toppled, but with a point of the Scholar’s spear, a puppet flew out from his bookcase and transformed into a giant, sky-quelling and earth-mauling.
Holding an enormous axe, he cleaved forward, parting the sea and slaying an Azure Dragon.
One man against four dragons was in heated combat—more precisely, three dragons!
There was one Azure Dragon that was not yet mature, apparently only at the Opening The Heaven Five or Six-fold strength, playfully splashing water at the sidelines.
It busily launched attacks, but couldn’t even get near the battlefield.
That Scholar…
was my father-in-law!
He was the puppet master who had stopped Su He in the starry sky, forcibly carving him.
“Ji Tianchen!
Did you approach Yue’er just for this finger bone?
Where is Yue’er?” bellowed an Azure Dragon.
So the father-in-law was called Ji Tianchen?
He didn’t sound like a nice person, and was Yue’er the mother-in-law?
Ji Feixue had never mentioned these things to him and was very averse to bringing up her parents—only Su He could bring it up in front of her.
If anyone else dared to mention it, they wouldn’t even stand a chance to scatter as ashes!
The Scholar stood on the giant’s shoulder, silent, throwing out another puppet that transformed into a Roc, which screeched and fought with the Azure Dragons.
The Azure Dragons were very wary of the Roc, and with a flip of their bodies, two dragons simultaneously attacked it.
The sieging instantly left a gap through which the Scholar leapt out and fled.
However, at this moment, the two dragons that were ostensibly attacking the Roc suddenly plummeted down.
The attack on the Roc was but a feint, waiting precisely for the Scholar’s escape.
The two dragons rushed down, transformed, and with a simultaneous strike aimed their tails at the Scholar.
The Scholar dodged just in time, but his back bookcase was swiped by the dragon tails and instantly fell apart.
Puppets scattered all over the ground.
Among these puppets, one Gold Pagoda suppressed a finger bone that was now revealed.
Su He’s gaze landed on the finger bone, and he was instantly stunned.
This finger bone gave him a feeling of the origin of all things, as if everything in All Heavens and Ten Thousand Realms originated from this bone segment.
The Origin?!
Su He was astonished.
In the scene, the Scholar suddenly turned his head, disregarding everything else, he rushed towards the finger bone: “The finger bone…
my master’s!”
His words were slow, his demeanor not too sharp.