469: Chapter 469 City of Dreams

The night view of Dream City was worlds apart from Taiyi City.

If Taiyi City was still a place with a technological facade but mostly modern content, then Dream City was already a fully technological metropolis.

Preset tracks and neatly planned routes for flying tools were everywhere in the sky, while below, various Yao Race, Human Race, Spirit Race, and even humanoid robots wandered about.

Whether in economy, culture, or technology, it far surpassed Taiyi City.

At this moment, in front of a giant screen, a beautiful woman in a black trench coat was watching the content on the display.

“Meng Ke's world tour concert; a violent and bloody incident occurred at the Dome Concert Hall at 5:00 PM today.”

“The suspect, surnamed Lan, claimed to have been repeatedly molested by the victim, surnamed Li, and thus struck out, leading to this bloody incident.”

“Our reporter is providing continuous follow-up reports on this case.”

“Here, this station once again appeals to all citizens and tourists: Dream City is not a lawless land. Please do not indulge in your strange hobbies to the point of causing harm to others or Yao.”

Zhou Yan tightened his trench coat and turned away from the giant screen.

“I really didn't expect that concert to be Meng Ke's?”

“But something doesn't add up. Didn't Han Yue say her Master is the Joyous Union Sect Young Lord?”

“Then it should be Meng Ke. So why didn't he just say he was with his Master, but instead said he was here as a guest singer? Or am I overthinking it?”

“Well, forget it. That guy Meng Ke isn't exactly a good person either. Although I have some history with him, it's better to see him as little as possible.”

“The most important thing now is to return to the Northern Border.”

Zhou Yan moved through the crowd, but no one could hear his mutterings.

The partially recovered Law of the Heart was enough to activate a filter, helping him block out unnecessary trouble.

Just now, he had sent a message to Yuan Chenling, telling him not to carry that communication device anymore, because he was already back, and carrying it would only cause more lag.

As for why Zhou Yan was in such a hurry to go back, it was naturally because his long-dormant task panel had suddenly popped up two major headaches.

One was a quest prompt from the Sorrow of Time, asking him to prevent the activation of Sui.

This was logical; after all, the things Ma Hao did definitely had a purpose, so it was even more reasonable if the goal was to activate Sui.

As for why it only refreshed after he returned, Ma Hao must have done something again; otherwise, there would have been no reason for him to go to ancient times.

But regardless of what he was doing, that old fellow Ma Hao definitely wasn't up to anything good.

The other task was somewhat strange.

The Truth-Seeking Task asked Zhou Yan to prevent the activation of Apocalypse, and the target was still in the Southern Desert, which left him baffled.

He had obtained this task from Wang Yao, and there had been no progress since he got it. Now, it had suddenly issued a task similar to the Sorrow of Time, which was quite strange.

To make matters worse, he didn't even know what Apocalypse was.

So, forced to rush the tasks, he had to temporarily part ways with Han Yue and prepare to find a way to contact Yuan Chenling to ask what exactly had happened over the past few years.

How did so many tasks suddenly pop up after three years?

Walking on the street now, Zhou Yan felt like a certain captain who had just been defrosted.

He didn't know what to do now, so he could only wander aimlessly, waiting for Yuan Chenling's reply.

Originally, with time to spare, he had wanted to go back and see Han Yue again to chat about daily life.

But having just seen the display on the giant screen and learning that Meng Ke was also there, he was glad he had just left.

From Han Yue's story, it was clear that the Joyous Union Sect's recruitment of her as a disciple must have had another motive, so Zhou Yan had reason to suspect that Meng Ke was behind it.

That guy was likely still thinking about him, so he had gone to great lengths to find Han Yue, hoping to use her for something.

Before, Zhou Yan wasn't afraid of her.

Even though the other party had a high cultivation, at that time, even if Zhou Yan wasn't yet the Saint of Qingxu Grotto-Heaven, the other party had to give him Face on his home turf.

But it was different now; it was his turn to be on away ground. So even though he had Soul Transformation cultivation and should theoretically be able to crush the current Meng Ke, he didn't dare to take the initiative to contact him.

After all, in the other party's territory, it would be troublesome if some Joyous Union Sect powerhouse showed up.

Especially now, Zhou Yan was truly seriously injured because of that Great Unity Wind move he had unleashed in the river of time.

That's right, the lies he had made up earlier weren't entirely false. At least Zhou Yan had indeed suffered a dao wound.

Zhou Yan had heard of and seen dao wounds before, but this was the first time he had experienced one personally.

The feeling was no different from the state of his damaged Meridians when he first landed in this world.

Zhou Yan's originally thick health bar had its maximum reduced by 30% due to the dao wound, leaving only a mere 30 million HP.

Even his Mana output had decreased by 30%.

It left him completely without a sense of security.

Originally, as a Middle Stage Soul Transformation cultivator, Zhou Yan already had the confidence to challenge the Late Stage.

With this development, he felt he could at most kill an ordinary Middle Stage Soul Transformation cultivator.

If he encountered a Late Stage Soul Transformation cultivator, he would have to bring out the complete template of Feng Xu—using the template of that number one person below Body Integration—to forcibly blast the opponent to death.

In that case, having to rely on external items to protect himself was simply too unstable.

So Zhou Yan decided that until he found a way to repair the dao wound, he would have to stay quiet for a while.

Thinking of this, Zhou Yan, walking down the street, suddenly burst out laughing.

“I really can't help it; Ma Hao actually did me a huge favor.”

Originally, Zhou Yan, suffering from a dao wound and being in the world of the Demonic Sects, was undoubtedly in danger.

But he had only weakened his output and health cap; his own Power of Law was unaffected.

Not to mention that ordinary Soul Transformation cultivators couldn't beat him anyway; even if he was weakened by 30%, they couldn't be his match, let alone now that he had the true Feng Xu Armor.

As soon as his Law recovered, he could provide the Feng Xu substitute fighter at any time.

Although he had only tested it for a short while, Zhou Yan had already deeply felt Feng Xu's power; it was powerful beyond words.

The Feng Xu template was divided into three parts.

One part was the Law of Time, though it seemed to be missing bits, likely because he had naturally lost them when switching to the Law of Wind.

The other part was the Law of Wind.

The Law of Wind's 'Unstained Dust' directly manipulated flow concepts to deflect most damage with extremely low energy consumption.

In a Soul Transformation battle, it could definitely save a huge amount of Power of Law.

As for the application of time, Ma Hao had also briefly demonstrated it.

One could refresh their own state by reversing time—essentially the legendary 'save point'.

Although this move consumed a lot of the Law bar and somewhat overlapped in function with his Not Falling into the Yellow Springs,

It was like carrying a famous blade that could prevent situations where Not Falling into the Yellow Springs' CD couldn't keep up, adding a bit of error tolerance to his powerful resurrection mechanism.

It wasn't as powerful as expected, but it was still a major buff.

As for the third module, there was only one Divine Ability.

That was the Great Unity Wind that Zhou Yan had used before.

Only after using it did Zhou Yan understand its principle and why Ma Hao could send him back.

The essence of this move was the Fusion of the powers of time and wind, realized at the moment of his Law conversion, so it also carried temporal characteristics.

This move could be said to be the most broken Divine Ability now, powerful to an incomprehensible degree.

Simply put, Zhou Yan could push the wind to connect with the wind that Feng Xu had pushed in the past.

Through the fluidity of the wind, a connection was completed across time.

If he could push it completely, he could even bring over the wind from Feng Xu's Mahayana period.

It was no wonder that in history books, Feng Xu had no powerful Magic Treasures left behind, only functional ones like time like a shuttle.

With this Divine Ability, who would need a Magic Treasure Legacy?

So now, on the surface, Zhou Yan was weakened, but in reality, even if a Body Integration Stage cultivator came, he wouldn't be unable to escape.

He might not even die and could even have a chance to counter-kill.

The only troublesome part was that pushing the flow of wind easily caused dao wounds.

He didn't remember how much he had pushed in his final moments, but that one move alone had cut his cap by 30%.

But there was nothing to fear anymore; at least here, as long as no Void Refining cultivator intervened, he was invincible.

Of course, he still didn't want to Face Meng Ke directly.

“So, next time I see Han Yue, we'll catch up properly.”

“I'm so stupid, really.”

While Zhou Yan was wandering aimlessly, he suddenly heard a familiar voice.

Looking toward the sound, he saw a man sitting by the bridge, clutching his shoulder as if he had been knocked flying by someone.

The man was muttering something about copper or whatever; those who didn't know better would think he was a cable thief.

On closer inspection, he realized—holy crap, isn't this Mu Qianqiu, my brother Mu?

How did he end up in such a pathetic state?