Stop

To repay a debt of gratitude by hitching a ride with him was quite an absurd concept in the entire realm of gratitude.

Zhao Yu also felt his suggestion was a bit excessive, and he looked at Zhong Qing with an embarrassed smile, a hint of desire and helplessness flashing across his face.

To chase clues about the Fallen Immortal Secret Realm, he had endured countless hardships and crossed many domains, finally making some progress, only to realize he had done it all for someone else.

Even though he had already handed over the key to the Fallen Immortal Secret Realm, and all the treasures on his person, the other party still refused to give up.

They were determined to eradicate him.

Even those who followed him were all eradicated, leaving only him alive in the world.

In his current state, it was almost impossible for him to return to the Void Domain alone.

After all, in the Three Thousand Domains of the Lower Realm, each domain is basically unconnected.

The reason he was able to cross many domains back then was because he carried a treasure that could traverse multiple domains.

Without the help of a noble person, he might never return to the Void Domain until he died of old age.

Under Zhao Yu's persistent pleading, Zhong Qing finally agreed to take him part of the way.

It wasn't for the sake of his gratitude, but because Zhong Qing was truly unfamiliar with the Void Domain.

Although Phoenix Aotian and the others were also from the Void Domain.

But the current Void Domain was too far removed from the era they lived in.

So far removed that their understanding of the Void Domain remained in the distant past.

Zhao Yu's presence could indeed serve as a guide for Zhong Qing in the Void Domain.

Just like that!

Zhong Qing's group set off again.

When Zhao Yu boarded the Jian Lai Flying Ship, his entire body trembled slightly.

He had heard Zhong Qing say earlier that they were from the Void Domain.

Isn't the Void Domain considered the weakest domain in the entire Three Thousand Domains?

How could their flying ship be so large, let alone so luxurious?

He recognized no less than a hundred types of extremely precious rare metals on the flying ship.

Could it be that he had been out of touch with the Void Domain for too long, leading to a temporal deviation in his understanding of it?

Or perhaps, although the Void Domain is weak, its resources are far richer than people imagine?

With many questions in his mind, Zhao Yu fell into a deep sleep due to exhaustion.

Along the way, he was not only pursued for thousands of miles, but he was also seriously injured.

His energy and spirit were at their lowest.

Now that he had just escaped danger, he was truly exhausted to the extreme.

No matter what, it was a fact that Zhong Qing had shown him great kindness, and he would repay both favors once they entered the Void Domain.

...

The flying ship continued its journey!

It traveled northward into the vast expanse.

The journey was uneventful, and Zhong Qing and the others traveled through hundreds of large domains again.

What they saw along the way greatly broadened Zhong Qing's horizons.

There was a large domain that was a desolate desert, sparsely populated, filled with Death Qi, truly a land of death.

Another large domain was filled with lava volcanoes everywhere, as if they had arrived in a sea of fire.

There was also a large domain with rich vitality and endless creation, where the Spiritual Qi was more than ten times denser than that of the entire Void Domain.

On this day!

The flying ship entered a peculiar territory.

Here, Devilish Qi surged, Death Qi ran rampant, mountain ranges collapsed, and ravines were everywhere, clearly indicating that a terrifying battle had erupted.

Thousands of miles away, a column of Evil Qi shot into the sky, as if it could pollute one's Divine Soul, as if an ancient giant demon was suppressed beneath the ground.

This surprised Zhong Qing.

He asked the two beside him, Ye Ji and Fire Enchantress, "Do you know where this is?"

Although Zhong Qing had a route map from the Void Domain to the Void Domain, he was not very clear about the overall layout and distribution of the entire Three Thousand Domains.

Ye Ji and Fire Enchantress's expressions shifted upon hearing this.

The former cleared her throat and said, "Replying to Young Master, this is the Demon Race Domain!"

"The reason the Three Thousand Domains are separated by array boundaries, to a large extent, is to prevent demon calamities."

"Oh!"

"Could you elaborate?"

Zhong Qing's eyes moved, and he asked with some interest.

Fire Enchantress said loudly, "In the entire Lower Realm, the Demon Race will occasionally invade the Three Thousand Domains on a large scale."

"The Demon Race is inherently cruel and unruly, feeding on cultivators in the cultivation world and plundering their cultivation fruits."

"They are the mortal enemies of all cultivators."

"And demon calamities are polluting and contagious."

"Once a demon calamity spreads, it is a great disaster."

"Therefore, powerful beings used extraordinary means to divide the entire Lower Realm into Three Thousand Domains, to a certain extent, precisely to prevent the spread of demon calamities."

"Only in this way can losses be minimized."

"This domain is connected to an alternate dimension and is also a frequent landing place for Demon Race creatures, consistently serving as one of the main battlefields between the Human Race and the Demon Race."

"At the same time, it is also where the Fengtian Hall detains and suppresses the Demon Race, with a large number of Human Race experts guarding this place."

Zhong Qing sensed it and indeed felt several unfathomable auras.

At this moment, Ye Ji added, "The reason Fengtian Hall is so extraordinary in the entire Three Thousand Domains."

"Besides having immense power, it is also because they have always been the main force resisting the Demon Race invasion."

"And the appearance of the Heavenly Dao Rankings in the Three Thousand Domains is entirely due to some manipulation by Fengtian Hall."

"Its purpose is to select Human Race experts, cultivate them, and use them to resist the Demon Race invasion."

Hearing this, Zhong Qing's understanding of this world deepened by another level.

In the Phoenix Feather Sect, Feng Buqun and the others did not have this insight.

He slowly took a sip of wine, pondered for a moment, and then said, "Are these demon calamities very frequent?"

Ye Ji: "In the past, they were not frequent; sometimes they appeared once every few thousand years, sometimes once every ten thousand years."

"But recently, this time has been compressed many times!"

"Sometimes a demon calamity will appear every hundred years, sometimes every few decades."

"There is no fixed time, and the severity of demon calamities varies."

"But even the smallest demon calamity is not something ordinary people can withstand."

"Lightly, it can endanger the safety of a domain; heavily, it could potentially develop into a great disaster sweeping across the entire Three Thousand Domains."

"Several of the domains we passed through earlier were annihilated due to the outbreak of demon calamities."

As soon as she said this, Zhong Qing's understanding of demon calamities deepened even further.

His conversation with Ye Ji and Fire Enchantress also gave Zhong Qing a certain understanding of the layout of the Three Thousand Domains.

For Zhong Qing, life once again settled into a period of tranquility.

Every day consisted of drinking tea and wine.

Or lying on a recliner, enjoying a sunbath.

After another period of time, the flying ship was already very close to the Void Domain!

On this day!

As the Jian Lai Flying Ship entered and traveled through a new large domain, it was suddenly stopped by a flying ship that was larger, more luxurious, and more exaggerated than Jian Lai.