279: Star-Moon Cave, the Kingdom of the Other Shore

Xu Qing naturally also learned of this news.

The Star Moon Grotto-heaven, a ruin renowned throughout the entire continent and even the Eternal Dao Realm, is so famous because the owner of this Grotto-heaven can be traced back to before the Dark Era.

It is said that Moon Lake, one of the four lakes of the Eternal Continent, was formed after the Grotto-heaven's owner perished with an enemy.

Every hundred cycles, this Immortal Cave would open once. Since the Darkness Upheaval, this Immortal Cave has opened over three hundred times, and each time various forces have reaped considerable rewards.

Furthermore, since ancient times, no force has been able to enter the inner regions, but the treasures in the outer regions alone have produced six Great Emperors. Coupled with the Star Moon Grotto-heaven always appearing before the Mandate of Heaven Contention, it has become a battleground for many Prodigy True Kings.

Xu Qing learned from the System that the owner of this Grotto-heaven is named the Lord of Stars and Moon, the Lord of all stars in the Heavenly Court, responsible for managing the stars of the Eternal Dao Realm. Her authority is very high, and she is a Half-step Dao Ancestor.

In the Extinction Era war, she dragged a Dao Ancestor of the Yao Race to perish with her.

After her death, her inner world formed a Grotto-heaven, which opens once every hundred cycles. Beings below the Dao Realm can enter it to seek Opportunity.

Because the Lord of Stars and Moon is not an ordinary deity, although she is only a Half-step Dao Ancestor, she controls all the stars of the Eternal Dao Realm, and her strength is no less than a Dao Ancestor. To shake the Grotto-heaven, one must shake the stars of the Eternal Dao Realm, which also means that even a Dao Ancestor cannot break this Restriction.

They can only find another way, refining special forbidden artifacts to allow Dao Severing powerhouses to enter it. Of course, if power exceeding that of a Great Emperor erupts, it will be obliterated by the Grotto-heaven.

The Star Moon Grotto-heaven still needs half a year to open. Currently, it is only manifesting anomalies. Each opening lasts for one month.

However, the Star Moon Grotto-heaven is special; the time flow inside is different from the outside world. One day outside is one year inside the Star Moon Grotto-heaven, which is why it is called the elimination round of the Mandate of Heaven Contention.

And after coming out of the Star Moon Grotto-heaven, there is exactly one year left until the Mandate of Heaven Contention.

The tomb of a Half-step Dao Ancestor made Xu Qing's heart stir a little, but there was still half a year, enough time to travel through the Xi Yan Divine Continent, and then head north to the Beiming Divine Continent.

His younger brother had already left the Dongxuan Divine Continent. That kid challenged the Prodigies on the Dongxuan Ranking one after another, winning each time within a hundred moves. After defeating the Prodigy ranked tenth, he stopped challenging.

That kid's strategy was very steady. Everyone knew he wasn't using his full strength, so people kept challenging him, wanting to probe his limits. However, that kid always defeated them within a hundred moves.

Gradually, no one was willing to compete with him anymore.

Because they couldn't figure out Xu Yuan's true strength, if they challenged him, it would be fine if they won, but if they lost, they would become his stepping stone. No Prodigy would be willing to become someone else's stepping stone.

If they didn't challenge him, they could maintain their current status, so why bother competing at this time?

With the appearance of the Star Moon Grotto-heaven, that kid probably wouldn't return to the Family for a short time. He would likely use these six months to visit the other two academies.

Time passed bit by bit. The Sky Gazing Pavilion, perhaps due to the Star Moon Grotto-heaven, temporarily shelved the Tomb of Que Yu.

However, it made sense. After all, the Lord of Stars and Moon was a great deity of the Heavenly Court, and people from the Sky Gazing Pavilion would certainly go. Perhaps some forces from the Upper Realm would even enter it.

At this moment, Xu Qing had already left the Xi Yan Divine Continent and was heading north to the Beiming Divine Continent.

Ding! Conquer the Netherworld. Mission progress: 13.2%! Reward: 30 billion family points, trigger special reward, one mysterious gift package, one mysterious grand gift package!

“Oh?”

Xu Qing was a little surprised. Through his Dao body in the Netherworld, he understood the whole story.

The Breakthrough was in the Hoping Home Ghost Realm. Efeng and his forces actually decided the outcome in one battle, taking down the three great ghost domains of Guisui, Guichi, and Guichi, and killing the three Ghost Emperors of those domains. The cultivation of the three of them also soared significantly, reaching the Late Stage of Lower Heavenly Monarch.

Furthermore, after refining the Emperor bodies of the three Ghost Emperors with the Myriad Spirits Altar, they cultivated three new Ghost Emperors.

Now, E'feng's Third Army used the three great ghost domains as strongholds, while preparing to deal with the Seven Domain Allied Army and fully absorbing the forces of the three domains.

Compared to Efeng's side, the Other Shore Kingdom's progress was extremely difficult, with both sides locked in a stalemate, even erupting in Emperor Realm battles.

Heavenly King Rouzhao was even severely wounded, nearly dying. If Heavenly King Zhanmeng hadn't intervened at the crucial moment, the heart of the soldier would have almost been destroyed. Fortunately, it recovered.

Now, Chong Guang had arrived as reinforcement, which finally stopped the opponent's offensive.

“System, I want all the information on this Other Shore Kingdom!”

Xu Qing said in a deep voice. The ten great army commanders were cultivated by him; if one were lost, he would certainly be heartbroken.

“Thirty billion family points!”

“Good!”

Hearing the family points, Xu Qing knew that this Other Shore Kingdom was definitely not simple.

“Other Shore Kingdom: During the Extinction Era, a force secretly supported by some surviving powerhouses of the Underworld…”

Soon, Xu Qing understood this Other Shore Kingdom, and his expression couldn't help but sink.

Behind the Other Shore Kingdom, it was actually a force secretly supported by powerhouses from the Underworld. On the surface, there were only four Great Emperors and eleven Peerless Quasi-Emperors, but in reality, it possessed one Dao Master, three Dao Severing, and ten Great Emperors.

Most importantly, there was also a mysterious Other Shore Sect behind it. This force was also in the Ancient Land of Dao. Xu Qing was unclear about its strength, but this Other Shore Sect was one of the three evil organizations of the Ancient Land of Dao.

To be as famous as the Heavenly Palace, its strength was imaginable!

“This is a bit troublesome!”

Xu Qing's eyes narrowed slightly.

“Since that's the case…”

Xu Qing quickly transmitted orders through his Dao body, changing his strategy.

He transferred the Lan family's ancestors and descendants to the Other Shore Ghost Realm, recalled Heavenly King Rouzhao and Chong Guang's armies from the front line, and transferred them to the Hoping Home Ghost Realm, focusing on attacking this realm, and using the Hoping Home Ghost Realm as a springboard to invade the Minghan Ghost Realm.

At the same time, his Dao body paid close attention to the Other Shore Ghost Realm, ready to respond to any attacks from powerhouses above the Emperor Realm.

He planned to use the two armies' forces to train with the soldiers of the Other Shore Ghost Realm. If the Other Shore Ghost Realm couldn't endure and sent out Great Emperors, it would be a good Opportunity to severely wound them.

Next, he gave Qi Wude a mission, instructing him to go to various Ghost Realms to stir up conflicts between the various factions. The Netherworld was too peaceful, like stagnant water, which was extremely unfavorable for the Yin Court's conquest.

In this situation, it was easy for those forces to gather their troops in one place and resist the Yin Court.

In addition, Xu Qing had A Hui take control of the Wujian Minotaur clan and then go to the One Hundred and Eight Abyssal Lands to cooperate with the abyssal races to attack the Fengdu Netherworld.

Fearing the forces of the Ancient Land of Dao, he could not directly attack the Fengdu Netherworld, but if the abyssal races made a move, that would be another matter. He would also take this Opportunity to thoroughly examine the foundations of the two palaces.

Furthermore, those ancient existences hidden in the Netherworld might also be startled out during this upheaval.

At that time, the Netherworld would inevitably fall into great chaos, and this was exactly the result he wanted.

Ding! Congratulations to the host for obtaining the Netherworld Sacred Pool!

Xu Qing opened the mysterious gift package.