332: Special Areas

Gazing at the massive landmass coalescing in the sky, the Three Heavenly Kings were deeply shaken and recalled an event from many years ago.

At that time, the Great Wu Dynasty was in its most flourishing period.

Every area ruled by the Great Wu Dynasty had been refined, so much so that the number of Saints within the Great Wu Dynasty reached its maximum limit.

There were no more empty areas where Saints could be born.

This situation was undoubtedly quite unfavorable for the Great Wu Dynasty at the time.

It would severely impact the development of the Great Wu Dynasty.

After all, the Great Wu Dynasty was in its most flourishing period then, with no wars and no external enemies.

It was vastly different from the chaotic times of today.

It could be said that all Saints at that time enjoyed long lifespans and did not have to worry about the appearance of enemies threatening their lives.

As a result, for others to ascend to Saint Realm, they had to wait until these Saints died of old age, only then would they have hope of ascending to Saint Realm.

If these Saints did not die, the Great Wu Dynasty would have no empty areas to give birth to more Saints.

However, the lifespan of Saints is long and extensive; living for tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands of years, is not an issue.

If one had to wait for these Saints to die of old age before other Saints could be born, this was clearly unrealistic.

On one hand, Martial Demon Realm martial artists did not have such long lifespans and could not wait that long.

On the other hand, it would greatly deplete those with good aptitude and talent.

Even if geniuses appeared in the Great Wu Dynasty, they would be stuck in the Martial Demon Realm, unable to break through to Saint Realm.

Especially if among these geniuses, there were peerless prodigies capable of challenging the Upper Three Realms, but were stuck in the Martial Demon Realm because there were no areas to refine, this would be extremely detrimental to the Great Wu Dynasty's development.

After all, for most martial artists, Saint Realm was already the end they could see in martial arts.

Whether it was the current Tianwu Continent or the Great Wu Dynasty during its prosperous period, martial artists capable of challenging the Upper Three Realms were extremely rare, like phoenix feathers and qilin horns.

If, due to insufficient areas, no Upper Three Realms powerhouses were born, this would undoubtedly be an immense loss for the Great Wu Dynasty.

To address this problem and allow more Saints to emerge in the Great Wu Dynasty, the Martial Emperor decided to create more areas within the Great Wu Dynasty.

At that time, this matter caused a great stir within the Great Wu Dynasty.

The feat of creating areas was, in everyone's eyes, like an Arabian Nights tale; no one had ever been able to achieve it.

Not even a Demigod could succeed.

Only the Martial Emperor in the entire Tianwu Continent had the ability and confidence to make such an attempt.

Amidst widespread anticipation, the Martial Emperor did not disappoint everyone's expectations.

In just three years, he successfully created ten areas!

However, the Martial Emperor, having only created these ten areas, was not satisfied with this.

He had an even grander idea and thought in his heart.

That was to create a... unprecedented special area!

However, even the Three Heavenly Kings did not know much about this special area.

Because at that time, the Martial Emperor did not announce any information about this special area.

They only knew... the Martial Emperor's purpose in creating this special area at that time was only one.

That was, he wanted to create the strongest Saint!!

Everyone knew that the power of Saints mostly originated from their own domains.

Under normal circumstances, all Saints strengthen their domains by cultivating and developing them.

But no matter how much they cultivate and develop, there is always an upper limit to the domain.

Therefore, even if there are differences in strength among Saints, they will not be too vast.

It wouldn't lead to a situation where one Saint could enter another Saint's domain and still kill him.

Typically, in one-on-one combat between Saints, it is rare for one side to kill the other.

Once one side is outmatched, he will immediately retreat to his own domain.

As long as he stays within his own domain, it is impossible for him to be killed by another Saint.

In fact, if another Saint were to invade the opponent's domain as a result, he might even face the risk of being counter-killed.

It can be said that among the nine great realms of martial arts, Saint Realm is definitely the realm with the smallest disparity among those at the same level.

In previous realms, at the same level, there would be huge differences in strength.

Killing a martial artist of the same realm was a very common occurrence.

Only in Saint Realm... it is very difficult for a situation where one kills another of the same realm to occur.

Therefore, in the Saint Realm, there has never been a concept of the strongest Saint.

Other realms all have their strongest at their respective levels.

Only the Saint Realm... it is difficult for the strongest to appear.

It was not until the Martial Emperor began creating areas that the concept of "strongest Saint" was officially proposed.

Before this, the entire Tianwu Continent did not have such a concept.

The Martial Emperor's idea was simple.

Since the power of Saints mainly originates from their own domains, he only needed to create a unique and powerful area to change the situation where there wouldn't be too much difference in strength among Saints, thereby creating the strongest Saint.

At that time, the person who refined this area would possess power even stronger than other Saints, and would be the undisputed strongest Saint.

However... although the idea was good, after some attempts, the Martial Emperor discovered that creating such a special and powerful area would require an incredibly long amount of time and effort.

Even after decades of dedicated creation, the Martial Emperor was unable to complete the creation of this area.

Subsequently, due to other more important matters, he had no choice but to postpone this matter.

Until the Martial Emperor's demise... he was unable to complete the creation of this area.

However, the Three Heavenly Kings once heard that although the Martial Emperor later did not have time to complete the creation of this area, he preserved it in another way, allowing it to continuously improve with the passage of time.

One day in the future, this area might reappear in the Tianwu Continent in a special way.

At this moment, gazing at the massive landmass appearing in the sky, the Three Heavenly Kings couldn't help but make a connection.

"This landmass... could it be that special area the Martial Emperor created back then!?"

The reason for this thought was mainly twofold.

Firstly, the appearance of this area was too bizarre; for so many years, such a situation had never occurred in the Tianwu Continent.

Secondly, this area did not exist on the ground like ordinary areas, but appeared directly in the sky!

In the current Tianwu Continent, the only area that can float in the sky is the Imperial Palace of the Great Wu Dynasty!!

Now that this area had just appeared and was floating in the sky, it certainly wasn't an ordinary area.

"If this area truly is the special area that the Martial Emperor left unfinished back then, then no matter what, we must seize it!"

Thinking of this, the Three Heavenly Kings did not hesitate.

They all rushed towards the massive landmass in the sky at the first opportunity... the Great Wu Dynasty.

The moment he saw the massive landmass in the sky, the Great Wu Crown Prince's breathing instantly became rapid.

As a descendant of the Martial Emperor, he was also very clear about this special area.

However, before he could take any action, he already saw three figures, like three shining stars, rushing towards the massive landmass in the sky with an indescribably astonishing speed.

"Not good!!"

The Great Wu Crown Prince's expression darkened.

He naturally knew that these three figures were the Three Heavenly Kings.

He could only watch anxiously.

Since the Great Wu Dynasty currently had no Demigods, they had no competitiveness whatsoever for an area like this that appeared outside the Imperial Domain.

Even if they rushed towards the massive landmass in the sky at the same time as the Three Heavenly Kings, under the absolute disparity in strength, they would not be able to seize it.

They might even give the Three Heavenly Kings an opportunity to kill them!

Therefore, he could only watch, unable to do anything.

At the speed of three Demigods, even though this area existed in the extremely distant sky, they were already incredibly close to it in less than a second.

But just as they were about to enter this area, they discovered an invisible barrier, imperceptible to the naked eye, outside of it.

As they approached, this barrier directly blocked them.

Even with their Demigod cultivation, they were pushed far away by this barrier, unable to get close.

"Hmm?"

This made the Three Heavenly Kings frown simultaneously.

They felt the Martial Emperor's aura on this barrier!!

They thus realized that this was a restriction left behind by the Martial Emperor when he first created this area.

Under this restriction, even if the three of them, Demigods, combined their strength, they might not be able to break through it.

"It seems this area cannot be forcibly seized..."

The Three Heavenly Kings exchanged glances, their eyes filled with strong vigilance and caution.

They retreated at the same time.

This also made the Great Wu Crown Prince, who witnessed this scene, let out a heavy sigh of relief.

If it weren't for the restriction left by the Martial Emperor, he would truly have no way to deal with this situation.

He would only be able to watch helplessly as this special area fell into the hands of the Three Heavenly Kings.

Fortunately, this area could not be forcibly seized.

"If that's the case... to enter this special area, some special methods must be employed."

A glint flashed in the Great Wu Crown Prince's eyes.

Now, they held the advantage.

As the legitimate line of the Great Wu Dynasty, no one would understand the things left behind by the Martial Emperor better than them.

Thinking of this, the Great Wu Crown Prince immediately took out a communication device and sent a message to Chen Yuan, asking if he knew how to enter this special area.

However, Chen Yuan stated that he did not know much about this special area.

Although Chen Yuan was from the Martial Emperor's era, at that time, Chen Yuan was merely a small Cleric and could not access the core levels of the Great Wu Dynasty.

Naturally, he couldn't have known such information.

The Great Wu Crown Prince thought for a moment and suddenly remembered a key figure.

Whoosh!

His figure moved, and he directly arrived in front of a dark hall within the Imperial Palace.

"How much do you know about this special area?" the Great Wu Crown Prince asked in a deep voice.

In the dark hall, a vague black shadow vaguely appeared, emitting a hoarse voice.

"This special area was personally created by the Martial Emperor back then."

"Because the time and effort required to create this area were too much, the Martial Emperor found it difficult to complete it in a short period. Therefore, the Martial Emperor cast an avatar, and this avatar has consistently been in charge of creating this area."

"From a time perspective, perhaps as early as decades ago, this area was already completed, but at that time, the Great Wu Dynasty's destiny was insufficient, and there weren't enough Saints, so this area did not manifest."

"It wasn't until now..."

"After the Great Wu Dynasty's destiny and Saints were sufficient, this area finally manifested!"

The Great Wu Crown Prince's spirit was invigorated.

The person he was currently questioning was precisely the Imperial Guard left behind by the Martial Emperor, specifically to protect his descendants!

Compared to Chen Yuan, the Imperial Guard clearly knew more.

After all, in the Martial Emperor's era, as a trusted guard of the Martial Emperor, the Imperial Guard was already able to access high-level information of the Great Wu Dynasty.

This made the Great Wu Crown Prince realize that the reason this special area appeared at this time was because the Great Wu Dynasty's recent destiny had grown to a sufficient extent.

Even though the Great Wu Dynasty's destiny had only recently begun to decline, the current decline in destiny was less than one-tenth of the previous surge.

Coupled with Xiang Zizhen becoming a Saint, the number of Saints in the Great Wu Dynasty had already met the required standard.

Therefore, this area appeared at this time.

"Then do you know how to enter this special area?" the Great Wu Crown Prince continued to ask.

This was also the most important point currently.

"From the situation just now, the formation of this special area is composed of parts differentiated from many ordinary areas, which means..."

"These ordinary areas that underwent differentiation will all have quotas to enter this special area."

"But only beings below the Saint Realm can enter it."

"Beings above the Saint Realm will certainly be unable to enter," said the Imperial Guard in the darkness.

The Great Wu Crown Prince nodded, then asked curiously, "But why would the areas of those three guys also differentiate a part to form this special area?"

The Great Wu Crown Prince was referring to the Three Great Domains controlled by the Three Heavenly Kings.

In his opinion, since the manifestation of this special area depended on the Great Wu Dynasty itself, it should logically be composed of ordinary areas within the Great Wu Dynasty, and should not involve ordinary areas within the Three Great Domains.

Now, within the Three Great Domains of these Three Heavenly Kings, parts that formed this special area had also differentiated, which would lead to the Three Heavenly Kings also having quotas to enter this special area.

"Has Your Highness the Crown Prince forgotten that those Three Great Domains were once part of the Imperial Domain?" said the Imperial Guard in the darkness.

The Great Wu Crown Prince was startled.

Only then did he remember that the Three Great Domains controlled by those Three Heavenly Kings were originally separated from the former Imperial Domain.

When the Martial Emperor created this special area, he treated the Imperial Domain at that time as a whole.

Therefore, these Three Great Domains would also be included now.