461: Chaos Travel

Thousands of dark warships, like a torrent of steel, crushed the Void Realm and sailed into the boundless Chaos Sea.

The Chaos Sea is the land of disorder outside the Ancient Land of Dao, where the Great Dao does not exist, and Laws are chaotic.

Ordinary Great Dao Spirit Treasures entering it would have their spiritual essence completely extinguished within a few days, turning into scrap metal. Only a chaotic spiritual treasure could navigate the Chaos Sea.

These warships were clearly designed for the Chaos Sea; they were entirely black, with ancient Chaos Dao patterns carved into their hulls. Their bows, like sharp blades, split the Chaos Qi currents, and their sterns spewed out an ethereal blue flame, trailing a long wake behind them.

"Om—"

The Dao patterns on the surface of the warships lit up, flickering like breathing, greedily absorbing the violent Chaos Qi from the Chaos Sea and converting it into immense power.

The hulls vibrated, and their speed suddenly soared. Each breath could traverse a light-year, tearing a brilliant streak of light through the Chaos Sea.

However, even at such speed, it would still take a full month to reach their first stop—Tianren Ancient City.

At the forefront of the fleet, a flagship stood majestically. Five figures stood on its bow. The leader, with deep eyes, gazed at the surging Chaos mist ahead and murmured, "The Chaos Sea is vast and boundless, full of endless dangers, but Opportunities are also plentiful."

"Grand Elder Xu, if you have leisure, you can explore the Chaos Sea. The Opportunities there will definitely not disappoint you!"

This person, Ji Qianling, was an elder of Ji Changge and had been immersed in the Half-Ancestor Realm for many years. He was also the overt organizer of this expedition.

Xu Qing looked at the Chaos Sea and nodded.

"After this Tianyang Competition, I will travel through the Chaos Sea and see the splendor of these myriad Ancient Lands!"

"Hahaha! It will definitely not disappoint you!" The person just now laughed loudly.

These warships were all provided by the Human Race Holy Temple, and the flagship at the head was the personal vessel of a high-ranking member of the Holy Temple.

Xu Qing and the four people around him were all Holy Temple Grand Elders. Except for Xu Qing, who was a Dao Avatar, the other four were all their true selves and Half-Ancestor powerhouses.

And on this battleship, there was also a hidden aura as profound as an abyss, presumably a Dao Ancestor.

As for Immortal Monarchs, the Holy Temple dispatched twenty this time; the five people on the thrones that day all came. In addition, the King of Humanity Family, numerous Immortal Ancient Clans, and Great Sects also had Immortal Monarchs accompanying them.

And those King of Humanity Family and Monarch-level forces all had Immortal Supremes and Immortal Venerables accompanying them.

Such a lineup was already enough to sweep away an Immortal force with a Dao Ancestor.

The chaotic exotic beasts encountered along the way, before they even had time to escape, were either captured and tamed by the various ancient clans or killed for their treasures and meat.

After a full month of traversing Chaos, thousands of warships finally reached their destination—Tianren Ancient City.

Tianren Ancient City is also one of the Ancient Cities guarding the Ancient Land of Dao. Stepping out of Tianren Ancient City no longer belongs to the territory of the Ancient Land of Dao, but rather to the domains of those Chaos Ancient Clans and Chaos Ancient Cities.

This majestic ancient city floated deep within the Chaos Sea, built on an ancient land suspended in the Chaos Sea, covering an area of only thousands of miles. Yet, even so, it was incredibly precious.

After all, the vast and boundless Chaos Sea, where ordinary land and stars simply cannot withstand the erosion of the Chaos Sea, having such an ancient land to rest is already extremely rare.

Tianren Ancient City's city walls were ten thousand zhang high. The entire city was pitch black, enveloped within a magnificent Formation, its surface inscribed with dense, ancient Formation patterns, each line exuding the pressure of an Ancestor-level Great Dao.

The Formation's light barrier, like an inverted giant bowl, isolated the Chaos Qi outside. Even a Two-Step Dao Ancestor would find it difficult to shake it in the slightest.

This ancient city has endured billions of years of Chaos erosion and remains Eternal. In the vast Chaos Sea, it is like an unsinkable island, exuding a reassuring, profound aura.

Deep within the ancient city, three majestic Dharma Idols flickered in and out of sight, their auras vast as an abyss, suppressing the four directions.

Those were the Dao Ancestor powerhouses dispatched by the Holy Temple to guard this place, precisely to defend against threats from the Chaos Sea. The Chaos Sea is not only dangerous due to wandering chaotic exotic beasts, but also due to ferocious Chaos pirates.

After all, as long as sentient beings exist, there will be conflicts. Some people, for the sake of treasures, resort to robbery and plunder, and Chaos pirates emerged from this.

The warships slowly sailed into the port, and the Formation's light barrier parted like water waves, welcoming everyone into the city.

The fleet was to rest here for half a month. While called resting, it was actually waiting for the teleportation Formation. Tianren Ancient City had a large teleportation Formation that led to the next ancient city.

Establishing a large teleportation Formation in the Chaos Sea is not an easy task. For such long-distance teleports, a Dao Ancestor powerhouse needs to personally open the channel and maintain it regularly, thus each teleportation is extremely costly.

Therefore, the large teleportation Formation only teleports once every three years, and each time, it charges ten thousand top-grade dao crystals per person.

Coincidentally, half a month later was the activation time for the large teleportation Formation.

Half a month later, the large teleportation Formation in the center of Tianren Ancient City finally opened.

Thousands of warships slowly sailed into the core of the large Formation. As a dazzling divine light shot into the sky, the entire fleet was instantly swallowed into a boundless Void Realm passage.

This passage traversed the Chaos Sea, built by the Human Race Holy Temple at no small cost. Due to the extreme length of the Chaos Sea's teleportation Formation, it could not directly teleport people to the next city.

It could only shorten the distance to a minimum through the large teleportation Formation. Although it could not directly cross endless distances to reach the next city, it could drastically reduce the originally lengthy voyage.

Even so, it still required a month and a half to reach the next ancient city. Without this large teleportation Formation, reaching their target ancient city would take over a hundred years at the warships' speed.

The inner walls of the passage flowed with brilliant Law divine patterns, like silk woven from starlight, shimmering with Eternal radiance.

The warships sped through the passage, the surrounding scenery dreamlike and illusory.

Below were endless star rivers, billions of stars spread like grains of sand. Each star reflected a microcosm of a world, some vibrant with life, some desolate and dim. Even more stars exploded outside the passage, turning into brilliant nebulae, then devoured by the Chaos Qi currents.

In the distance, Void Realm storms roared like Dragons, yet they were isolated by the passage's barrier, only able to stir up ripples. Occasionally, the massive figures of chaotic exotic beasts would flash past, their cold beast eyes peering through the passage's barrier, yet not daring to approach in the slightest.

Occasionally, strange Void Realm illusions would appear on both sides of the passage.

Sometimes it was a vast ruin of an immortal palace, suspended in the Chaos Sea, its crumbling walls still exuding a heart-pounding pressure; sometimes it was a towering ancient tree, its branches and leaves adorned with countless shimmering light spots, which upon closer inspection, were actually miniature worlds.

There were even blurred temporal vignettes, reflecting battle scenes from ancient eras, divine demons roaring, the Great Dao collapsing, yet vanishing in an instant.

The speed of this passage had already surpassed time, so much so that some temporal scenes from the places it passed through were displayed within the passage.

Xu Qing stood on the bow, watching this scene. It was his first time riding such a large teleportation Formation.

He was currently curiously admiring the beautiful scenery.

"I never imagined it would be so beautiful here. I'm going to record it with a memory stone and show it to Yan'an when I go back!"

Beside him, Xu Yuan was holding a memory stone, recording the beautiful scenery before them.

"No ambition!" Xu Qing said, annoyed, "When you go back, can't you create such a place for your sister-in-Law?"

Wang Yanan was already pregnant, so she didn't come this time. And whether it was because Xu Yuan had achieved a Breakthrough to Dao Monarch, or his talent was too immense, ten years had passed, and the child showed no signs of being born yet.

However, this was a good thing. It indicated that the child's talent was extraordinary and needed to absorb sufficient foundation in the womb before being born.