369: Gravel space, great disaster

Somewhere in the World Sea.

A dark spatial rift silently opened.

Xiao Zhuo's figure stepped out from it, suspended in the Void Realm.

He frowned slightly, and his Divine Sense, vast as the sea, instantly surged out, sweeping in all directions.

This place was actually the outer edge of a solar star!

Three million li away, the fiercely burning star emitted terrifying high temperatures and flames.

The surrounding dead stars, under countless years of scorching, were already withered and desolate, like the Universe's charcoal.

"Is this the coordinate Xue Tian gave me?" Xiao Zhuo's Divine Sense, like an invisible giant net, quickly locked onto a dead star with a depleted aura. His figure transformed into a streak of light, arriving in an instant.

This dead star was massive, comparable to a Middle Thousand Worlds. Xiao Zhuo's powerful Divine Sense easily enveloped it both inside and out.

Upon initial exploration, it was utterly desolate, with no abnormalities.

However, when he concentrated and observed carefully, his Divine Sense sweeping over every inch of the star core and every grain of dust like a comb, his brows suddenly raised, and a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes.

Deep within the dead star, hidden within a seemingly ordinary grain of sand, was an extremely tiny Other Space attached to it!

This space was perfectly integrated with the grain of sand, and its aura was suppressed to the extreme. Had Xiao Zhuo's Divine Sense not reached an unimaginable Realm, it would have been impossible to detect.

"Is this what Xue Tian wants me to guard?" Xiao Zhuo murmured to himself. Even he couldn't help but feel curious—what kind of precious treasure could make Xue Tian so serious, sending him, a Great Luo Immortal King, to guard it personally?

He cautiously condensed his Divine Sense into a thread, attempting to probe into that Other Space to uncover its secrets.

"Buzz—"

A powerful and ancient Restriction force suddenly rebounded!

That Restriction was closely connected to the grain of sand and even the entire Other Space, profound and unfathomable.

Xiao Zhuo understood instantly.

If he were to forcefully break it, this grain of sand, along with the space within it, would be completely annihilated!

And if he wanted to slowly unravel it with persistent effort, it would likely take centuries... By then, the Blood Demon Realm's tribulation for advancement would have long been settled.

After weighing his options, Xiao Zhuo no longer hesitated.

His figure flickered, and he plunged into the dead star's interior, casually opening a temporary Immortal Cave, setting up concealment and defensive Formations, and sitting down cross-legged.

Guarding this place was also for his own benefit.

If the Blood Demon Realm could successfully advance, the largest share of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi would naturally go to Xue Tian, and he, Xiao Zhuo, would definitely receive a massive share second only to Xue Tian!

This Luck would be enough to nourish his zizai world, laying the most solid foundation for his future Impact to the Supreme Dao Realm.

Blood Demon Realm, No. 6 Giant City.

The frequency of spatial rifts appearing grew higher and higher, like sores covering the land.

The prehistoric creatures pouring out from them not only increased in number, but their individual strength was also skyrocketing!

Vicious Beasts comparable to Integration Stage Cultivators began to appear in droves!

Wang Xianzhi, Wang Xianyu, Cao Xiaochuan, and others finally officially entered the battlefield.

Their targets were no longer the low-level cannon fodder, but the various Vicious Beasts roaring and bellowing in the sky, exuding the pressure of Body Integration!

The Giant City's barrier/boundary had long been fully activated.

This specially made barrier/boundary was quite mysterious; attacks from within could pass through, while all external energy and physical impacts were firmly blocked.

To reduce the pressure on the barrier/boundary and slow its energy consumption, a large number of Body Integration, Undergoing Tribulation, and even Quasi-Immortal Rank experts in the Giant City ascended into the sky, actively confronting the powerful monsters capable of shaking the barrier/boundary!

For a time, the sky above the Giant City became a boiling meat grinder!

The roar of explosions, the collision of energy, and the roars of monsters intertwined into a symphony of destruction.

Wang Xianzhi, holding the thunder surge sword, his sword light flashed like a startled swan, instantly cleaving three black giant beasts, each with a wingspan of a hundred zhang and resembling a flying Dragon, into two sections!

Immediately, his finger gestures changed, and nine thunder beads floated above his head, summoning boundless thunder and transforming into a raging thunder prison covering several li!

Another six winged fierce tigers were struck by lightning descending from the sky, their bones clearly visible in the dazzling electric light as they wailed and fell to the ground.

On the other side, Wang Xianyu rode Cloud, weaving rapidly through the hordes of Vicious Beasts like a butterfly flitting among flowers.

Invisible soul spears shot out from her fingertips, accurately piercing into the Vicious Beasts' soul seas, while Cloud beneath her spewed breaths containing Immortal Spiritual Qi, exploding into dazzling yet deadly energy flowers in mid-air.

Cao Xiaochuan was the most ferocious!

His body shone with brilliant golden light, forming an incredibly heavy golden battle armor, making him look like an invincible God of War cast from gold!

The giant sword in his hand, condensed from vast Divine Soul power, swung wide and powerfully.

He charged fearlessly into the sky-darkening swarm of flying Vicious Beasts, and wherever he passed, regardless of the Vicious Beasts' strength, they were all cut into two by the Divine Soul giant sword!

Broken limbs and severed arms fell like rain.

Xiao Zhuo watched from the city wall, his eyes twitching slightly.

This style... why did it seem so familiar?

As expected of someone brought up by that monkey! A perfectly good Sacred Soul Scripture was actually cultivated by him into such a savage and overbearing Body Cultivator battle technique!

Xiao Zhuo couldn't help but reflect on whether he had been too lenient with this Disciple.

However, on second thought, accepting him as a Disciple back then was more of a promise made due to Destiny.

He had already improved the Sacred Soul Scripture for Cao Xiaochuan, enough for him to cultivate to the Golden Immortal Realm.

Among his three Disciples now, Cao Xiaochuan had the highest cultivation, with one foot already in the Mahayana Realm.

As the Great Tribulation continued, the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi of the Blood Demon Realm was undergoing astonishing transformations, converting into a higher level of Immortal Devil Qi.

The leap in energy Rank made all Cultivators' Bottlenecks looser than ever before.

The cultivation progress of Wang Xianzhi, Wang Xianyu, and Cao Xiaochuan was astonishingly fast, almost every day they could feel a significant improvement in their strength.

Unfortunately, the Xiao Zhuo currently stationed on the city wall was merely a carefully refined Clone.

No matter how surging the energy between heaven and earth, or how clearly the Laws of the Dao manifested, it had nothing to do with this Clone.

It only carried a portion of the Main Body's power and will.

Time flew by, the thirty-first day since the Great Tribulation began!

A sudden change occurred!

From a massive spatial rift, a giant towering a hundred zhang stepped out!

Its skin was a strange azure color, covered with profound demonic patterns that glowed eerily!

With every move, terrifying pressure swept across the heavens and earth, and a casual strike caused mountains to collapse and the earth to crack!

A True Immortal Rank creature had arrived!

Within the Giant City, True Immortal Rank experts were already prepared, and they immediately ascended to meet the challenge.

Xiao Zhuo recognized that this person was one of Mu Na's followers from back then.

He unfurled a pair of shimmering silver Immortal Artifact wings behind him, and his speed was so great that it was no less than that of an ordinary Profound Immortal!

However, he cultivated the Law of Seven Emotions, which had little effect on these monsters whose consciousness had been completely erased, so he could only rely on his speed to constantly harass them.

Several Quasi-Immortal Rank experts, seeing this, immediately ascended to support, desperately entangling the True Immortal giant, which bought enough time for the silver-winged True Immortal to unleash a formidable Immortal Artifact, finally slaying this colossal creature!

But this was just the beginning!

As if Pandora's box had been opened, more and more Immortal Rank creatures—True Immortals, and even stronger existences—began to continuously emerge from those massive rifts!

The Great Tribulation had entered its even more brutal third stage!

Fortunately, after a month of blood and fire baptism, the native Cultivators of the Blood Demon Realm, having accumulated vast power, broke through their Bottlenecks one after another!

New True Immortal Rank experts were constantly being born!

Even if a dozen True Immortal Rank monsters appeared at once, they were firmly blocked outside the Giant City, unable to advance an inch.

Xiao Zhuo's Clone also made several moves, always when his Disciples or subordinates encountered a fatal crisis.

He had long discovered that ever since Attribute Points were converted into Great Thousand World Attribute Points, killing monsters below the Immortal Rank yielded negligible Attribute Points, sometimes even less than zero point something.

These weaker monsters were precisely for his Disciples to temper themselves.

His main task was to provide support for them.

As True Immortal Rank monsters became the main force on the battlefield, Xiao Zhuo's frequency of action also quietly increased.

Under his encouragement, his three Disciples, as well as Yuan Tian, White Phoenix, and others (all of whom had by then successively broken through to the Mahayana Realm), began to attempt to join forces and actively intercept the relatively weaker True Immortal Rank monsters!

Their cultivation was also rapidly improving.

The forty-sixth day!

A Heavenly Immortal Rank existence appeared in No. 13 Giant City.

The intensity of the Great Tribulation increased once again.

And from deep within the Blood Palace, hundreds of figures flew out, supporting the various Giant Cities.

Every one of these figures was a Heavenly Immortal Rank existence.

Only then did everyone realize how powerful the Blood Palace's foundation truly was.

On No. 6 Giant City's side, the daily onslaught had increased to at least three Heavenly Immortals and twenty True Immortals!

The city originally only had Xiao Zhuo's Profound Immortal Clone, one Heavenly Immortal, and seven True Immortals stationed there.

After receiving reinforcements from the Blood Palace, the Heavenly Immortal Rank combat power reached seven, still barely able to stabilize the situation.

The sixtieth day!

A terrifying Golden Crow of the Profound Immortal Realm descended from a rift! Its might was monstrous, incinerating all directions!

The eight Heavenly Immortals guarding No. 14 Giant City were annihilated by the suddenly appearing Profound Immortal Rank Golden Crow.

The entire magnificent Giant City, along with countless living beings, was reduced to scorched earth in the world-destroying Golden Crow True Fire!

The news, like a clap of thunder, instantly spread throughout the remaining seventeen Giant Cities! Panic and solemnity permeated the air.

Deep within the Blood Palace, powerful auras erupted once again!

Another seven figures exuding mighty pressure soared into the sky, transforming into streaks of light, and shot towards the various Giant Cities under immense pressure.

This time, seven Profound Immortals appeared.

However, even with the appearance of seven Profound Immortal foundations, on the seventieth day, No. 9 Giant City was annihilated by three Profound Immortal creatures.

The Breakthrough speed of the Blood Demon Realm's native Cultivators had begun to fall behind the number of powerful creatures emerging from the rifts.