571: Leaving the bloody realm, the wild desert

“This boxing technique is extremely terrifying, and I will need to slowly comprehend it further,” Xie Weilou mused.

The Void Scripture, the Star River Sutra, the three sword moves given by the Sword Immortal, and now this Heaven's Emperor Fist.

These things are all extremely complex and profound, difficult to master instantly, and require more time to comprehend.

“......”

Xie Weilou waved his sleeve, and numerous storage rings flew before him.

He opened the storage rings and took out various spirit grasses, spirit medicines, and spirit materials.

Before heading to the Great Desert, he needed to refine more elixirs, prepare more Restriction, and some array discs.

Inside the storage rings, there were abundant resources, enough for him to use for a period of time.

After a brief contemplation.

Xie Weilou threw all the useless items from his storage rings into the storage ring where the bronze egg was located.

Last time, after the bronze egg swallowed the gray stone embryo, it remained silent and showed no signs of hatching. It seemed it still needed to consume more things.

Buzz!

Xie Weilou conjured the pure yang eight trigrams furnace and the Taixu Spirit Fire, and immediately began refining pills...

During the time Xie Weilou was in seclusion, the atmosphere in the Blood Domain became unusually tense.

Many people conducted their affairs with greater discretion, no longer as reckless as before.

With Blood Cloak Keep, Nine Heavens Tower, and the Divine Spear Sect—three of the seven major powers—directly annihilated, the remaining four powers became even more apprehensive, fearing they would be the next target.

Within the Blood Domain, all the major and minor powers chose to seal their mountains and close their gates, just in case a powerful enemy attacked.

Some also secretly went to the Gu Family, wanting to investigate some matters, as the destruction of Blood Cloak Keep was suspected to be related to the Gu Family.

This was a beginning, and perhaps the destruction of the other two powers was also related to the Gu Family.

However, the Gu Family did not provide much information regarding this matter, which displeased some powerful individuals, yet no one dared to act against the Gu Family, fearing they would provoke great trouble.

Three months later.

The Blood Domain welcomed a heavy snow, and the blood-colored world was covered in white, the land a pristine white, with cold air enveloping everything.

Seven Nights Snow.

Xie Weilou emerged from seclusion. In three months, he had prepared numerous elixirs, Restriction, and array discs, giving him some confidence for his journey to the Great Desert.

“Tower Lord!”

In the main hall upstairs, Snow Consort, Snow Rou, and Nan Zhiyi were gathered around a brazier, with fine wine warming on it. The window was open, offering a view of the falling snow outside.

Xie Weilou walked towards the women, found a seat, and sat down. He glanced out the window and chuckled, “It’s snowing again.”

Snow Consort poured Xie Weilou a cup of wine and softly said, “It rarely snows in the Blood Domain. This year is quite peculiar.”

Xie Weilou took the wine, took a sip, and whispered, “In three days, I will leave this place.”

Hearing this, Snow Consort and the other two women were not surprised in the least. The Blood Domain, though not small, could not contain a true dragon. A person like the Tower Lord was destined not to stay here his entire life; for him, this place was merely a temporary stop.

“Does the Tower Lord need us to prepare anything?”

Snow Consort asked softly.

Xie Weilou shook his head, “There’s no need to prepare anything.”

As he spoke, he took out an array disc and three Restriction jade talismans, handing them to Snow Consort: “This is a peak seventh-grade array disc, which can be placed in Seven Nights Snow for protection. The other three Restriction jade talismans are all peak seventh-grade; each of you will take one.”

“Thank you, Tower Lord.”

Snow Consort took the array disc and jade talismans, then gave one each to Snow Rou and Nan Zhiyi.

Xie Weilou smiled faintly, holding his wine and continuing to savor it, his gaze fixed on the outside...

Three days passed.

The snow still hadn’t stopped. Xie Weilou left Seven Nights Snow, and his bronze flying boat streaked across the sky, heading towards the Northern Lands.

The Northern Lands were vast and boundless; he needed to continue north for another three hundred thousand li to reach the outer edge of the Great Desert.

In the pavilion.

Snow Consort and the two women stood by the window, silently watching the sky.

“The Barren Desert is boundless. I wonder if the Tower Lord can cross it,” Snow Rou whispered.

Nan Zhiyi said, “The Tower Lord is immensely powerful. He will surely go further and further. I wonder when we will meet again.”

Snow Consort chuckled, “Cultivate diligently! We will definitely meet again in the future.”

Gu Family.

In the courtyard.

Gu Jianting was wielding a long sword. As if sensing something, she immediately looked up at the sky and saw the bronze flying boat. She murmured, “Is he… leaving?”

As she spoke, she put away her long sword and bowed towards the sky.

The Gu Family owed Xie Weilou an enormous favor, but they couldn't repay it yet. If Xie Weilou ever had a need in the future, the Gu Family would certainly do everything in their power to fulfill it!

— — — — — —

Half a month later.

The bronze flying boat cut through the sky, traversing the icy world and entering a vast, boundless Barren Desert.

Xie Weilou stood on the bronze flying boat, holding the map given by Zhou Xuantian. This map included parts of the Barren Desert.

He had now entered the Barren Desert, which was vast and boundless, harboring countless terrifying dangers.

In the outer regions, the dangers were slightly fewer, but there were still many savage beasts that often migrated south, constantly slaughtering.

Savage beasts, similar to demon beasts and fiend beasts, were born in the Great Desert and were extremely ferocious.

The deeper one went into the Great Desert, the more savage beasts there were, and the stronger they became. Even those in the Divine Court Realm were only qualified to enter the Great Desert; whether they could cross it depended on their individual abilities.

“Entering this Barren Desert truly feels like graduating from the Novice Village (novice village),” Xie Weilou sighed.

The Divine Court Realm was exalted, but it seemed to be merely a starting point. Once in this Great Desert, even a Divine Court Realm cultivator might not make it out alive.

He put away the map given by Zhou Xuantian and then took out the map showing the location of the Nine Luminaries Star Fire. This place was in the depths of the Barren Desert, and he needed to continue further.

Time passed silently.

Ten days flashed by in an instant.

Xie Weilou traveled on the flying boat, soaring over the Great Desert for ten days and ten nights, but still hadn't reached the deep part of the Great Desert; he was still in the outer regions.

During these ten days, he did encounter many ferocious savage beasts, some of which could even rival cultivators in the Divine Court Realm, extremely terrifying, but he managed to defeat them all.

To his disappointment, these savage beasts did not possess demon cores like demon beasts.

The Great Desert was boundless, with yellow sand filling the sky. Tornadoes and sandstorms were common occurrences in the Great Desert.

In the sky, a fiery sun shone down, making the sand scorching hot, and the air vibrated as if space itself was shaking.

Around him, no green vegetation could be seen, only a few thorny bushes. The most common sights were Gobi Great Deserts, sand pillars, and sand dunes.

What kind of places make people feel despair?

The vast ocean, the boundless forest, the endless grassland, the infinite Great Desert, and the silent, endless dark universe...