331: New Regions

Nan Dou Region.

Neither Xiao Shi nor Xiang Zizhen knew that the Great Wu Dynasty's destiny had once undergone changes.

After all, with their cultivation realms, they were unable to observe the Great Wu Dynasty's destiny.

Now, as Xiang Zizhen became a Saint,

Xiao Shi also enjoyed many conveniences and privileges in Xiang Zizhen's domain.

For example, he could now, through Xiang Zizhen, ascertain the number and locations of all Demonic Path forces martial artists in the Nan Dou Region.

He then provided this information to his Demonic Body Clone.

This allowed the Demonic Body Clone to continuously absorb Demonic nature by killing these Demonic Path forces martial artists at any time.

Of course.

While killing these Demonic Path forces martial artists, Xiao Shi also couldn't let the Demonic Body Clone kill too many.

He still had to maintain the balance of the Nan Dou Region.

If he killed too many,

and completely eradicated these Demonic Path forces martial artists, the entire “martial artist ecosystem” of the Nan Dou Region would be destroyed.

After all, every region needs Demonic Path forces and Demonic Path martial artists to maintain its “ecosystem.”

Now, with the Demonic Body Clone's continuous slaughter,

while gaining many items,

the strengthening of its Demonic nature also allowed the Demonic Body Clone to make good progress in the power system of the Martial Demon Realm.

Xiao Shi believed it wouldn't be long.

The Demonic Body Clone would be able to form a power system for the Martial Demon Realm.

At the same time,

Xiao Shi himself was not idle.

He had already begun to comprehend and cultivate the Martial Demon Realm's weapon techniques.

The weapon technique he was cultivating

was an incredibly powerful spear technique!

Its lethality was extremely high,

and its cultivation difficulty was also quite significant.

Even with Xiao Shi's aptitude and talent,

he felt the difficulty of this weapon technique during its cultivation.

Fortunately, he currently received a strong boost from Xiang Zizhen within Xiang Zizhen's domain.

Under this boost,

all his abilities and aptitudes were enhanced to a certain extent.

This made his cultivation of this weapon technique much easier.

This also made Xiao Shi sigh once again at the power of a Saint.

He knew.

These Saints were like gods within their own domains.

They could completely provide some special and powerful boosts to people within their domains through their own domains.

Now, with this boost,

Xiao Shi not only had his abilities, aptitudes, and combat power improved,

but even his luck within this domain was greatly enhanced.

Of course, this boost was only limited to his presence within Xiang Zizhen's domain.

Once he left this domain,

all these boosts would become ineffective.

Xiao Shi could now use these boosts to improve his cultivation speed and efficiency.

Just like that,

after several days of cultivation,

Xiao Shi successfully completed the cultivation of this Martial Demon Realm spear technique.

With the lethality of this spear technique, it could completely serve as a relatively powerful killing move in the Martial Demon Realm.

However, for Xiao Shi,

the successful cultivation of this spear technique was just the beginning.

More importantly, he needed to integrate this spear technique with his previous staff, axe, sword, and saber techniques.

Thereby aggregating them into the Martial Demon Realm's Thousand Weapon Dao Slash!

Now, as the weapons aggregated into the Thousand Weapon Dao Slash continuously increased, its power also became stronger and stronger.

Of course, the difficulty of the entire integration also became increasingly immense.

It required a lot of time.

However, Xiao Shi knew that once he formed the Thousand Weapon Dao Slash,

he would fear no one in the Martial Demon Realm.

Even those Martial Demon Realm martial artists of the second stage who had merged with or killed a Demonic Body Clone, he would have enough power to kill!

Currently, Xiao Shi's main body was immersed in the cultivation of the Thousand Weapon Dao Slash.

The Demonic Body Clone, on the other hand, was continuously absorbing Demonic nature by killing Demonic Path forces martial artists to construct its own power system.

On another note,

although Xiang Zizhen had successfully refined the Nan Dou Region, he still needed to expend a lot of energy to manage and stabilize the Nan Dou Region.

Typically, every Saint has different management and development directions for their domain.

Different management and development would determine the number and quality of martial artists in their domain.

Only when there are more martial artists in the domain and their strength is greater can these Saints obtain more powerful strength through their own domain.

At the same time, the development direction of each domain would also be different.

For example, in Chen Yuan's domain,

it was basically all martial artists cultivating the Four Symbols Divine Martial Sect system.

This allowed Chen Yuan to mobilize purer and more suitable power in his own domain.

For instance, Star Luo Lord's Star Luo Territory in the past had a relatively chaotic power within it.

It couldn't achieve the purity of Chen Yuan's domain.

However, throughout the entire Tianwu Continent, few people could achieve what Chen Yuan did.

The domains of most Saints would have very mixed powers.

Regarding the development of his own domain,

Xiang Zizhen had already had clear ideas and thoughts before.

At this moment, he hovered above the entire Nan Dou Region.

Looking down at the Nan Dou Region below.

Silently making plans.

“Hmm?”

Just then,

Xiang Zizhen suddenly noticed a hint of abnormality.

Swish!

His figure flashed.

He instantly appeared at the edge of the Nan Dou Region.

The abnormality he perceived came from here.

Under his focused gaze,

he clearly saw… the ground beneath him was in a state between illusion and reality.

This was a peculiar state Xiang Zizhen had never seen before.

It drew his high attention.

And what surprised him the most was that in this peculiar state, this piece of ground seemed to have detached from the Nan Dou Region, no longer under his control.

This was what surprised Xiang Zizhen the most.

One must know.

After he refined the Nan Dou Region,

everything within the Nan Dou Region was under his control.

But now, this piece of ground had directly detached from the Nan Dou Region, causing the entire Nan Dou Region to suddenly lose a part.

Just then,

Buzz!

Not only did the ground beneath Xiang Zizhen's feet transform into this peculiar state, but centered on this piece of ground, a large surrounding area also completely transformed into this peculiar state.

Even if Xiang Zizhen tried his best to stop it,

it was useless.

In an instant,

his Nan Dou Region directly lost a chunk.

“What exactly is going on here??”

Xiang Zizhen's expression was solemn.

Even with his current Saint power, he couldn't resolve this situation.

At the same time, he had never heard of such a situation happening before.

What he was most worried about now was that this peculiar situation would continuously spread throughout his Nan Dou Region.

Thereby causing the ground of the entire Nan Dou Region to continuously disappear.

Hiss!

Just then,

these grounds, in a state between illusion and reality, suddenly disintegrated and shattered, transforming into countless broken rocks and soil, all shooting up into the sky… Four Symbols City.

After receiving the order, Chen Yuan did not immediately go to Xiang Zizhen's Nan Dou Region for investigation.

Nor did he question Xiang Zizhen.

Instead, he silently returned to Four Symbols City and fell into contemplation.

He re-evaluated the entire matter.

“It can be confirmed that the Great Wu Dynasty's destiny surged because of bringing back those Four Symbols Divine Martial Sect disciples from the Star Luo Territory last time.”

“That is to say, if it really was due to the addition of a certain person that caused the Great Wu Dynasty's destiny to surge, then this person… must be among these Four Symbols Divine Martial Sect disciples.”

“But I have already investigated the backgrounds of all these Four Symbols Divine Martial Sect disciples before, and I haven't found any special or strange people among them…”

This was also what puzzled Chen Yuan the most.

Someone capable of bringing such immense destiny to the Great Wu Dynasty could never be an ordinary martial artist.

“Or… this person is hiding too deeply, so much so that even I cannot find him.”

Chen Yuan's brows were deeply furrowed.

He knew that it would be difficult to find this person based solely on this point.

Fortunately, he now had a second clue.

That is, this person is now very likely to be dissatisfied with the Great Wu Dynasty, and his heart is no longer with the Great Wu Dynasty, which is why the Great Wu Dynasty's destiny is declining.

This point had some connection with Xiang Zizhen.

After all, the person most dissatisfied and opinionated about the Great Wu Dynasty recently was Xiang Zizhen.

Of course.

Chen Yuan had already ruled out Xiang Zizhen early on.

He knew that Xiang Zizhen was definitely not the person who brought the surge of destiny to the Great Wu Dynasty.

But this person… perhaps had some connection with Xiang Zizhen.

Or, they shared a common stance.

Upon seeing how the Great Wu Crown Prince treated Xiang Zizhen, the other party became disappointed with the Great Wu Dynasty.

And no longer pledged allegiance to the Great Wu Dynasty.

Besides that,

Chen Yuan had another idea.

Although the Great Wu Crown Prince's actions this time would displease Xiang Zizhen,

ultimately,

Xiang Zizhen still successfully completed the refinement of the Nan Dou Region, and was still the winner this time.

Rong Sufei was the biggest loser.

This mysterious person… could also have come from Rong Sufei's side.

The loser's heart might also be dissatisfied with the Great Wu Dynasty.

Additionally,

within the Great Wu Dynasty, those dissatisfied with the Great Wu Dynasty were not only Xiang Zizhen and Rong Sufei.

Given the vastness of the entire Great Wu Dynasty,

there would be people dissatisfied with the Great Wu Dynasty in various regions.

If one were to investigate from this direction, the scope would be very large.

However, Chen Yuan could now narrow down the scope based on the information he had.

First, it could be confirmed that this person must have recently joined the Four Symbols Divine Martial Sect.

Secondly, the other party must have encountered something or seen something within the Great Wu Dynasty, thus developing dissatisfaction and resentment towards the Great Wu Dynasty.

As of now,

Chen Yuan felt that people around Xiang Zizhen had the greatest suspicion.

He decided to start investigating with the people around Xiang Zizhen.

Immediately,

Chen Yuan took out a sound-transmitting artifact.

He was about to transmit a message to Xiang Zizhen, informing him that he was preparing to go to his Nan Dou Region, when—

“Hmm?”

Chen Yuan's brows suddenly furrowed.

Swish!

His figure flashed.

He instantly appeared in a small town within his domain.

At a glance, he saw.

At the well in this small town, the entire well area was currently in a state between illusion and reality.

“This is…”

Chen Yuan's eyes narrowed.

Puff!

The well area, which was in a state between illusion and reality, suddenly shattered and broke apart, transforming into numerous broken rocks and soil, all shooting up into the sky.

At this very moment,

not only did this situation appear in the areas where Xiang Zizhen and Chen Yuan were located,

but similar situations appeared in all sixteen regions of the Imperial Domain.

Even in those areas that had not yet been refined by Saints, some places transformed into a state between illusion and reality, and after shattering, flew up into the sky.

Not only that,

even outside the Imperial Domain, in the Three Great Domains governed by the Three Heavenly Kings, the same situation occurred.

This immediately drew the high attention of the Three Heavenly Kings… Martial Emperor Imperial City.

As a majestic city once built by the Martial Emperor,

there were many statues of the Martial Emperor throughout the Martial Emperor Imperial City.

Some of these statues were built by the Martial Emperor during his lifetime, just like the saint statues in various regions, capable of bringing various boosts to martial artists within the Martial Emperor Dynasty.

At the same time, some statues were built by later generations to commemorate the Martial Emperor after his demise.

As various regions in the Imperial Domain and the Three Great Domains successively experienced peculiar phenomena,

one of the Martial Emperor statues within the Martial Emperor Imperial City

suddenly vibrated violently at this moment.

The entire statue's vibration was extremely fierce, so much so that the massive Martial Emperor Imperial City also shook along with it.

The Great Wu Crown Prince perceived the anomaly immediately.

His figure flashed,

and he appeared before this colossal Martial Emperor statue.

“This is…”

He looked at the statue before him with a surprised expression.

Among the many statues in the Martial Emperor Dynasty,

apart from those built to commemorate the Martial Emperor after his demise, other statues had various different functions.

Only this statue before him, no one knew its function!

All along, this statue seemed like a mere decoration.

At the same time, no abnormalities had ever occurred.

This sudden vibration was the first time!

Under the Great Wu Crown Prince's astonished gaze,

with a rumble,

this colossal statue suddenly shattered and exploded amidst the vibrations.

It transformed into countless fragments, soaring into the sky.

At the same time, above the Martial Emperor Imperial City,

a massive swirling gap appeared, and all the fragments formed by the statue flew into the swirling gap.

Immediately, the Great Wu Crown Prince clearly saw.

In the distant sky,

numerous broken rocks and soil, like meteors, shot up into the sky from all directions at an astonishing speed.

They directly began to condense and combine in the distant high sky.

All these broken rocks and soil aggregated together.

In an instant,

a vast land formed in the high sky, and this land was still rapidly expanding!

This scene was not only seen by the Great Wu Crown Prince.

The Three Heavenly Kings of the Three Great Domains, including the Saints in various regions, also witnessed this scene simultaneously.

Everyone's pupils constricted violently.

Soon,

under continuous condensation and expansion,

the entire sky above then formed a vast land suspended in the high sky!

This was clearly… a brand new region!!