68: Guixu Sea

The Guixu Sea, deep within the Chaos Mists.

Lin Dao walked upon the waves, dark gold runes flowing around his body, pushing aside all the encroaching chaotic Laws and corrosive energy.

The further he went into the depths, the thicker the mist became. His Divine Sense was suppressed to a range of only a hundred zhang around him, and his vision was severely obstructed.

Beneath the sea's surface, massive shadows occasionally swept past, emitting heart-palpitating auras. However, they seemed to sense the intimidating divine-demon pressure emanating from Lin Dao and did not initiate an attack.

After traveling for an unknown amount of time, the mist ahead suddenly surged violently, and the sounds of intense energy collisions and angry roars echoed out.

Lin Dao extended his Divine Thought and saw a battle taking place within a relatively thin area of the mist.

One side consisted of several Cultivators wearing uniform silver battle armor, with cultivation levels ranging from the Early Stage to the Middle Stage of the Nirvana Realm. The battle formation they formed flowed with brilliance, serving both offense and defense, but it was currently teetering on the brink of collapse, and everyone was injured.

On the other side were three bizarre creatures shaped like octopuses but covered in countless pale eyeball-tentacles—the 'Soul-Devouring Magic Octopi.' Their strength was comparable to the Peak of the Nirvana Realm, and the mental shocks and corrosive slime they spat out made life miserable for the silver-armored Cultivators.

“Captain! We can't hold on anymore! These monsters' mental attacks are too strange!” A young silver-armored Cultivator bled from his nose and mouth as he struggled to maintain the shield.

The leader, a captain at the Middle Stage of the Nirvana Realm, had a pale face, yet his eyes remained firm: “Hold on! We've already sent out a distress signal! We must not let them break through the defense line and endanger the rear!”

Seeing the battle formation about to be breached, the tentacle of one Soul-Devouring Magic Octopus acted like a poisonous whip, tearing through space and aiming straight for the young Cultivator's head!

At that critical moment—

“Freeze.”

A calm voice rang out, seemingly containing the supreme authority of 'Words as Law'.

In an instant, that hideous tentacle, along with the massive bodies of the three Soul-Devouring Magic Octopi and the surging Chaos Mists, all seemed to have a pause button pressed on them, freezing in place!

Even the mental fluctuations they emitted were frozen!

The silver-armored Cultivators were dumbstruck, watching this incredible scene.

They saw a figure in green robes who had appeared in front of them at some unknown point, standing with hands behind his back as if he were merely passing through.

Lin Dao's gaze swept over the three frozen Soul-Devouring Magic Octopi, and he frowned slightly.

The aura of these creatures was vastly different from those of the Nine Provinces, carrying a thick scent of otherworldly evil.

He pointed his fingers like a sword and made a casual swipe.

Three subtle strands of Chaos Sword Qi swept past.

Puff! Puff! Puff!

The three Soul-Devouring Magic Octopi, comparable to the Peak of the Nirvana Realm, along with their bizarre Divine Souls, were instantly erased as if by an eraser, turning into nothingness without leaving even a trace of residue.

Silence.

The silver-armored Cultivators looked at Lin Dao as if they were looking up at a deity.

Freezing and obliterating three Peak Nirvana Realm magical beasts with a wave of his hand?

What kind of strength was this?

A Samsara Realm powerhouse?!

The captain was the first to react. Enduring his injuries, he led the group forward and bowed with extreme respect: “Junior Ling Feng, Captain of the Seventh Squad of the Silver Glow Guards, along with all my team members, greets the Senior! Thank you, Senior, for saving our lives!”

Lin Dao turned around and looked at them calmly: “Silver Glow Guards? You are not Cultivators of the Nine Provinces.”

He sensed that the Cultivation Techniques and energy attributes they practiced were significantly different from the system of the Nine Provinces.

Ling Feng's heart jolted, and he dared not hide anything: “To answer Senior, we come from the 'Xuanluo Realm' and are ordered to station at the 'Sea-Suppressing Sentry Tower' to clear the otherworldly magical beasts spawning in the nearby waters. Senior's strength is heavenly; could you be a traveler from another Great Realm?”

Xuanluo Realm?

Sea-Suppressing Sentry Tower?

Lin Dao understood in his heart; as expected, the Guixu Sea connected to other worlds.

“I am Lin Dao, from the Nine Provinces,” he said faintly.

Nine Provinces?

Ling Feng and the others looked at each other, seemingly never having heard of such a realm, but they didn't dare ask more.

“Senior's strength is profound; this Junior is full of admiration. May I ask where Senior is heading? The depths of this Guixu Sea are fraught with danger. Not only are there powerful otherworldly magical beasts, but there are also space-time turbulence and Law traps. There are even rumors of fallen Sea Realm Remnants appearing...” Ling Feng kindly reminded him.

“It's fine, I know what I'm doing,” Lin Dao interrupted him. “Your injuries are not light; return to the sentry tower quickly to heal.”

After saying that, without waiting for a response from Ling Feng and the others, Lin Dao took a step forward, and his figure vanished into the depths of the Chaos Mists.

Ling Feng and the others looked in the direction where Lin Dao had disappeared, the shock in their hearts unable to subside for a long time.

“Captain, this Senior Lin Dao... is too strong!”

“Nine Provinces... I've never heard of it. Could it be some newly discovered or extremely hidden Great Realm?”

“Report this immediately! A mysterious powerhouse suspected to be in the Samsara Realm has appeared in the Guixu Sea; this must be taken seriously!”

...

Lin Dao continued deeper, encountering several more waves of otherworldly magical beast attacks along the way. He even fell into a violent space-time turbulence once, but he easily resolved everything with his formidable strength and God-Demon physique.

He also encountered several broken continental fragments floating in the Chaos, which held ruins of ancient civilizations. However, most had been eroded by time and chaotic Laws, holding little value.

He faintly sensed that in the deeper parts of this sea of Chaos, there was an extremely obscure yet incredibly massive will slumbering. That might be the reason for the Guixu Sea's formation, or perhaps the key to other Great Realms.

Meanwhile, in the Nine Provinces continent, the trials of the seven Saints had also entered a critical stage.

Deep within the Meteorite Sea, the Sword Immortal's Legacy Tomb.

After enduring many hardships, Lin Hao finally stepped into an ancient Sword Tomb suspended within a massive spatial rift.

Here, Sword Qi soared to the skies, and ten thousand swords submitted.

He saw the personal sword of an ancient Sword Immortal stuck in the heart of the tomb, its body crystal clear like jade—'Void Severer'!

As he attempted to approach, the residual Immortal Dao Sword Intent within the Sword Tomb was triggered, transforming into a blurred sword-wielding phantom that launched a trial against him.

An earth-shattering Kendo duel erupted within the legacy tomb!

In the Myriad Beast Mountain Range, the Primordial Dragon Nest.

Following his Bloodline resonance, Ye Chen found a sealed Primordial True Dragon Nest.

He used brute force to blast open the Seal, awakening a slumbering wisp of dragon soul deep within the nest.

Though the dragon soul was fragmented, it possessed a pressure that surpassed the Heavenly Soul Realm!

Instead of being afraid, Ye Chen roared with excitement and threw a punch to meet it, intending to use his Ancient Desolate Sacred Body to clash head-on with the Primordial Dragon Soul!

The core of the Heavenly Mystery Ancient City, the Star Core Secret Chamber.

Lin Yun cracked the final stellar Restriction and entered a secret chamber constructed entirely from star cores.

Inside the chamber floated a crystal-clear skeleton. At the position of the skeleton's heart was embedded a complete, slowly beating 'Star Heart'!

Simultaneously, the star map above the ancient city shifted, and a figure condensed from pure starlight slowly emerged, blocking Lin Yun's path.

The Southern Bright Departure Fire Abyss, the Phoenix Ancestral Land.

Relying on the guidance of that True Feather, Phoenix Spirit broke through layers of obstacles and arrived at an ancient altar enveloped in Southern Bright Departure Fire.

Upon the altar was enshrined a drop of 'Phoenix Ancestral Blood', brilliant as a ruby!

When she tried to take the ancestral blood, countless Phoenix War Souls composed of pure Departure Fire woke up around the altar, letting out hostile cries!

The summit of Myriad Dao Mountain, the Dao Source Stone Wall.

Lin Feng ascended the mountain Peak and faced a stone wall as smooth as a mirror, reflecting the trajectories of the myriad Daos of the heavens.

When he pressed his hand against the stone wall, the entire Myriad Dao Mountain roared, and countless Great dao marks came to life, turning into a torrent that surged into his body!

This was the final trial of Myriad Dao Mountain for the holder of the Innate Dao Body: either bear the weight of the myriad Daos or have the Dao foundation shatter!

The core of the Yin-Yang Realm, the Chaos Spring.

Yang Yan and Moon Radiance joined forces and finally reached the core area of the Yin-Yang Realm—a spring that constantly erupted with Chaos Qi currents.

Around the spring, Yin and Yang Qi had transformed into two massive Yin-Yang fish, connected head to tail, swimming slowly while emitting an aura of creation and destruction.

What they needed to do was trigger the Taiyin and Taiyang Divine Power to resonate with this Chaos Spring, absorbing that wisp of Chaos Origin to complete the first deep transformation of their Divine Bodies!