True Martial World - Chapter 1001: Hidden Dragon Pit

Chu He failed to figure out how Yi Yun had seen through her trap. Little Blue was an Ancient Fey beast species whose bloodline was extremely powerful. It had an innate ability to conceal itself, which prevented even seven or eight-floor Dao Palace warriors from discovering its existence, let alone Yi Yun with his lowly cultivation level.

Chu He stopped acting after having her cover blown. The Black Blood Vine that entangled her gradually loosened as Chu He looked at Yi Yun and said with a huff, "How did you see through my trap?"

"Why should I tell you? You set up a trap by preying on the empathy of others and then use a Fey beast to devour them. Who knew that you would have such a wicked heart despite being so young and beautiful?"

Yi Yun naturally did not know about Chu He's background or goals. All he knew was that Chu He had set a trap to kill him and rob him. However, such incidents were common in the Ten Thousand Fey Empyrean Heaven. One could only blame themselves for being too weak if they were killed. There was not much to blame others for.

"You… " Chu He blew her top. She did not know how to explain, so she gave up by pouting her lips and fell silent. She allowed the fellow to make up his own conclusions.

Yi Yun's eyebrows twitched slightly as he could tell from the girl's expression that there was a story behind the matter. There was no need for her to continue her facade since she had been seen through. However, regardless of the reason, Yi Yun would not foolishly approached the green-dressed girl. The spirit snake that the girl reared had an extremely strong aura. It made Yi Yun lack the confidence to deal with the blue snake unless he used Felicitous Rain Lord's sword Qi, but the losses would outweigh the gains.

A thought flashed in Yi Yun's mind as his eyes happened to glance at a spot not far from the girl. There was a distortion in the void and in the Purple Crystal's energy vision, Yi Yun confirmed that there was another person standing there. Furthermore, the person's aura was very unique… noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

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At that moment, in the core area of the Azure Wood Great World, in a inhabited valley, there was large ravine. It was a long ravine that reached to the horizon and was ancient and rustic.

If one looked from above, the gigantic ravine was like a dragon that meandered through the lands. It would make one shudder in fear.

"This ravine is somewhat strange!" An elder floating mid-air said.

The person was thin and his body was hunched. He had six arms that hung softly from his body. If Yi Yun was here, he would immediately recognize the elder as the Fey Phantasm Sect's Supremacy, Gui Huazi.

Back when Yi Yun reached the Oracle Fey Kingdom, Gui Huazi had struck with a ghastly palm attack that nearly took Yi Yun's life.

And beside Gui Huazi was a middle-aged man whose body was covered in a faint swirling black fog. The middle-aged man had a pale face and had a mane of silver hair. It shimmered with a metallic luster and he looked outstandingly handsome. In between his eyebrows, there was a light stripe... It was a closed eye. He did not wear loose large black robes like the majority of the Fey Phantasm Sect's Elders, instead, he wore a well-fitted robe that befitted his position. He looked like an aristocrat from a mortal world.

The silver-haired man was the true person in power of the Fey Phantasm Sect — Demonic Eye Divine Lord.

The Demonic Eye Divine Lord looked at the gigantic ravine and pondered over it for a long time before he said, "If I'm not wrong, this is an ancient formation array named 'Hidden Dragon Pit'. I never expected that the 'Hidden Dragon Pit' recorded in the historical books would be seen here in the Azure Wood Great World. I thought that the art of the 'Hidden Dragon Pit' was long lost."

"Oh? Hidden Dragon Pit?" Gui Huazi looked at the meandering ravine, and indeed, it looked like a pit dug up to bury a dragon.

"That's right. By using a powerful spirit root with a powerful enchantment sealed in 'Hidden Dragon Pit', it's used to protect a spatial zone. The so-called dragon should be a spirit root. I never expected that the Azure Wood Manor would have such a mystical item. However, I will dig it up regardless of what it is protecting!"

A sneer flashed in Demonic Eye Divine Lord's eyes as he suddenly waved a hand. Behind him, a plume of bloody mist burst out and transformed into a gigantic blood-colored skull.

"The Hidden Dragon Pit is powerful, but too much time has passed. The formation array has already weakened. Today, I'll use my Blood Jade Skull to devour the old dragon!"

As Demonic Eye Divine Lord spoke, he made a sweeping gesture with his hand!

"Boom!"

With an explosive sound, the blood-colored skull flew at 'Hidden Dragon Pit' like a meteor. Large swaths of ground collapsed as a tumultuous explosion boomed.

Such an explosion caused the collapse of a void. Large tracts of mountains in the distance collapsed as lava burst out of cracks in the rocks and shot fifty kilometers into the sky!

"Oh? This world is too weak. Grand Elder, that strike of yours nearly caused the collapse of the world."

"The Azure Wood Great World is indeed weak, but it's not something so easily destroyed by my strength. It looks like the 'Hidden Dragon Pit' is not only protecting something, it is also holding the world in awe and prevent it from collapsing too soon. If I were to open the 'Hidden Dragon Pit', it would only accelerate the collapse of this world."

Daoist You Ming, who was beside Gui Huazi, asked, "Then, are we still going to open it?"

"Of course! Although it will accelerate the collapse of this world, a true collapse would need a certain period of time. It will not affect us at all. This world is bound to collapse, so what's the point of forcibly stabilizing it with an array formation? I might as well give it a push."

As Demonic Eye Divine Lord spoke, he produced his Blood Jade Skull once again.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

The ancient 'Hidden Dragon Pit' had maintained an ancient ruin for tens of millions of years, but even though the strongest member of every generation of the Azure Wood Manor would enhance it, it was unable to withstand the Blood Jade Skull's devouring. It began to collapse from the source…

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And at that moment, more than 5000 kilometers away, Yi Yun was still observing the distorted space beside Chu He. He had confirmed that there was another girl standing there.

The girl's aura was very special and for some reason, he had a familiar feeling to it and it left Yi Yun baffled. Could he know that girl?

How could there be someone that he knew in this distant Azure Wood Great World?

Yi Yun immediately thought of Lin Xintong, but unfortunately, the girl's aura was clearly different to Lin Xintong's.

This made Yi Yun sigh lightly. How was he to find Lin Xintong in the expanse of the 12 Empyrean Heavens?

After a moment of reverie, Yi Yun looked at the distorted void once again. Although he was sure that she was not Lin Xintong, he wanted to know why the girl gave him such a familiar feeling.

As Yi Yun was thinking over it, the mud suddenly stirred in front of the green-dressed girl. A large blue snake emerged and splattering large amounts of black mud in every direction!

Yi Yun's heart leaped as he pulled his sword out. He thought that the blue snake would be attacking him, but he never expected the green-dressed girl to panic as well.

"Little Blue, what are you doing!?"

The green-dressed girl retreated because the mud that splattered all over was about to taint her clothes.

The blue snake flailed around and completely ignored the green-dressed girl's exhortations. Instead, it revealed extreme fear and unrest.

"Little Blue! Could it be… Oh no!"

Beside the green-dressed girl, space distorted as a silver-haired girl walked out of the void!

True Martial World - Chapter 1000: No Sincerity

Despite how desperately the man ran, his speed was ultimately inferior to Yi Yun's.

"Punk! Don't you force me! No matter how powerful you are, you are only at the half-step Dao Manifestation realm. Being in the periphery of the Azure Wood Great World is already your limit. If you go any deeper into it, you will be met with certain death. If you continue to pursue me, you will not be able to get out!" The man yelled frantically, but the distance between Yi Yun and him continued to shrink rapidly.

"All I did was to conspire to hurt you, wasn't it? You were left with zero losses and you even killed my Senior Brother. Isn't that enough? Must you chase me all this way to put an end to me? How much enmity is there between us?"

As the man was speaking, Yi Yun suddenly slashed with his sword!

"Whew!"

A sword beam tore through the void and headed straight for the man's back.

The man exclaimed as he barely dodged it. Although he managed to dodge the sword beam, the wind that accompanied the sword beam brushed across his back.

Instantly, an indescribable feeling overwhelmed every cell in his body. The man began to convulse as he felt that the strike had struck the very source of his life. His vitality was rapidly being depleted and the flesh on the back of his body was shriveling. Even his clothes had turned to ash.

That was the power of the passage of time. Time laws and Withering laws synergized well with each other in the first place.

With the two laws merged into one, even though he had managed to dodge the sword beam, just the might of the winds that accompanied it had drained his vitality.

"Ah Ah Ah Ah!"

The man screamed in despair. He knew very well that Yi Yun's strike had already destroyed him because of his withering vitality. Not only could he no longer practice martial arts, his lifespan was also drastically shortened.

"I'll fight it out with you!"

The man turned around and frantically charged at Yi Yun, like an enraged beast.

Yi Yun raised his sword and thrust it at the man's glabella.

'"Puah!"

The man's body trembled violently as his eyes lost their luster. Corrosion of his body began from his glabella, and spread out in all directions. His skin and flesh were shriveling and drying up like they were turning to dust. In a few moments, the man's body looked like it had experienced millennia before being reduced to bones.

Yi Yun put his sword away — it was not the pure Yang broken sword anyway. He did not plan on using the pure Yang broken sword unless absolutely necessary. Doing so could prevent creating trouble for himself if others were to see the broken sword.

The whole scene of Yi Yun using the Sword of Time to kill the fleeing man was seen by Chu He.

Chu He was somewhat stupefied.

The youth's… cultivation level wasn't even higher than hers, so how was he that powerful?

The sword technique could sever another person's vitality with a single strike? The laws infused in it were way too horrifying!

Thoughts quickly flashed through her mind, but she was unafraid of Yi Yun. Even if her strength was inferior to Yi Yun’s, she never depended on herself for battle because of her pet, Little Blue, which was an ancient spirit snake left behind by her master. Although it had not fully matured, its strength was much stronger than hers.

And it was because of Little Blue's existence that Chu He dared to roam the Azure Wood Great World freely and target people who had nefarious thoughts against her.

"That fellow can't be a good person to act so ruthlessly… " Chu He muttered to herself as she began machinating a plan.

"Chu He, aren't you returning with me? Stop messing around." In the void, the silver-haired girl's voice sounded.

"Senior Sister, don't worry. I know perfectly well." Chu He was adamant as she retreated towards the marsh.

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"Save, save me… "

A clear shout for help once again echoed above the black lake. As Yi Yun flew mid-air, his eyebrows pricked up slightly when he heard it.

Back when Yi Yun was pursuing the man, he had actually sensed that there was someone in the vicinity. However, Yi Yun's perception was locked onto the man. As he had a vague feeling that the other person spelled no threat to him, he did not carefully investigate the matter.

Now, with a sweep of his perception, he noticed that a green-dressed girl was dozens of kilometers away and was trapped in a marsh. Black vines were wrapped around her and she looked to be in grave danger.

Yi Yun faltered slightly, but with a flash of his body, he flew towards the green-dressed girl.

"Save me… Hero, save me!"

When the green-dressed girl saw Yi Yun, it was like she had seen a life-saving straw. She yelled for help even more enthusiastically, but at that moment, the black vines that wrapped around her limbs were retracting into the deep recesses of the marsh. It looked like the green-dressed girl was about to be devoured by the marsh.

Yi Yun was not one to turn a blind eye to someone's plight. Furthermore, the black vine did not seem to be particularly powerful. so without any possible threat to his life, Yi Yun did not mind saving the green-dressed girl.

"Cha! Cha! Cha!"

Sword sparks emerged around Yi Yun like snowflakes. However, just as Yi Yun was about to take action, he suddenly stopped.

Oh?

A majority of the sword sparks disappeared from Yi Yun's body as he stopped mid-air. He only watched the green-dressed girl, but he did not take another step forward.

He had found many things amiss with the situation, so he had immediately activated the Purple Crystal's energy vision. He was shocked by what he saw. Gosh, there was a large blue snake hidden in the marsh beneath the girl!

"Save me! Save me!" Chu He yelled again and she seemed to be extremely anxious, but Yi Yun remained unmoved. He watched her for a while before deciding to hug his sword in his arms. It was like he was watching her shout.

Chu He was immediately dumbfounded. She had acted a couple of times today and the people she met were people from leagues or tribes. Their strength was inferior and they looked no different to ruffians. Those people were here in the Azure Wood Great World to try their luck, and they mostly had nefarious intentions when it came to her. Either they wanted to kill and rob her, or they wanted to rape her. Chu He got Little Blue to eat them all.

There was also a group of people that most likely came from sects. They mostly behaved appropriately and had dignified appearances. When saving her, they would showcase their graceful demeanor but that did not mean that they were good. Amongst them, there might be wolves in sheep's clothing. However, the green-dressed girl could not be bothered to distinguish them. Unless they clearly revealed their malfeasant intentions, Chu He would basically spare them.

However, Chu He never expected that someone would be like Yi Yun. All he did was stay motionless mid-air as he watched her act. This left Chu He irrevocably committed. She was left at an impasse to continue or to stop shouting. Furthermore, in her 'script', the black vine were wrapped around her body and just before she was pulled into the marsh, Yi Yun should have taken action in a timely fashion, severing the black vine to prevent her from being dragged in. However, without Yi Yun taking action, wouldn't she be dragged into the disgusting marsh?

How could Chu He endure the dirty and nauseating marsh?

"Save me!" Chu He felt indignant as she yelled once more.

However, not only did Yi Yun not take any action, the corners of his mouth curved into a teasing smile.

"Why are you so ruthless? Why do you turn a blind eye to my plight!?" Chu He clenched her fist and was like an enraged kitten. Her embarrassment had turned into anger because she had a faint guess that the youth had seen through her!

"The black vine behind you sure is well mannered. It clearly has trapped you, but it is dragging you at such a slow speed. If you want to entice me to come towards you, you should have a modicum of sincerity. You don't even wish to taint yourself with a bit of mud. That's way too unprofessional," said Yi Yun in derision.

When Chu He heard his words, her face turned blue from anger.

True Martial World - Chapter 999: Chu He

The Azure Wood Great World was bleak and desolate in all but its core region.

In the periphery of the Azure Wood Great World, there was a mountain range, and the sky above the mountains was black in color. Despite there being the sun to illuminate the sky, the sunlight was dim, like it was a dying old man.

The series of mountains continued on incessantly, but they were barren. Everywhere was a scene of desolation.

Some of the mountains were flowing with lava as billowing black smoke floated into the sky and filled it to the ends of its horizons. Other mountains were littered by swaths of withered trees and weathered bone. They were filled with death and looked more like mass graves. There were even other mountains that were enclosed in terrifying black storms. Some of the storms could rip powerful Fey beasts apart.

In the valleys between the mountain peaks, there were large series of black lakes. They emanated a stench with miasma filling the environment around the lakes. They were highly toxic and if an ordinary person breathed it in, not only would the person die from the toxicity, the person's corpse would also be corroded, leaving only bones behind.

"What can we find in this godforsaken place?"

Near one of the black lakes, two burly men were searching the area. They were not young geniuses from large sects, but a league that was created from itinerant cultivators.

In the Ten Thousand Fey Empyrean Heaven, leagues were very different to sects. Sects had their own heritages with strict sect rules. Disciples from the sect would usually cultivate similar cultivation techniques.

As for leagues, they were much more undisciplined. A league was only a group of people coming together for the same set of interests. The cultivation techniques that they cultivated were multifarious and people could leave at any time. Some leagues were simply bandit gangs, especially organized together to engage in the armed robbery of others.

The Azure Wood Great World was large, so there were many entrances into the Azure Wood Great World. A few itinerant members of certain leagues would enter the Azure Wood Great World's periphery, but of course, they would only linger around its periphery and not dare venture deeper.

"Junior Brother, this Azure Wood Great World has lots of good stuff. It's the location of a former seclusive sect, the Azure Wood Sect. When such an ancient sect collapses, could its treasures be anything inferior? Let's not even talk about the Azure Wood Sect, just the Azure Wood Great World itself would give rise to several treasures. Now that the world is about to collapse, those ordinary plants and animals have all died. The only things left are the treasures that will expose themselves."

As the two men conversed, they suddenly heard a staccato scream ahead of them —

"Save, save me— "

The voice was charming and it was clearly one that belonged to a young girl.

"What's the matter?"

The two men exchanged looks as they immediately rushed towards the voice. Their eyes lit up the moment that they saw what was in front of them.

A sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl, who had a pair of bright, beautiful eyes, was trapped in a marsh. A thick, black vine was extended out of the mud as it held onto the girl.

It was a Fey tree!

"Haha, Junior Brother, what did I say? After the Azure Wood Great World's plants die, the only things that survive are nothing to be scoffed at. Look at that Fey tree. Due to the lack of Yuan Qi, it's already starving in agony. It captured the girl in its quest for food. If I'm not wrong, it's a Black Blood Vine. Using it as a herb or as a poison would be rather effective. Good luck has befallen us, the Heavenly Calamity Duo." One of the men said as his eyes flashed with a glint.

"Black Blood Vine? That's indeed a great thing! Also, that babe is covered in treasures." As the other man said, he looked greedily at the girl's items. The Heavenly Calamity Duo had made it a career to rob graves, so they had keen eyesight. They could tell that the clothes that the girl wore, and the hair accessories that she wore, were all valuable ornaments.

"That's right. The babe must be from some large sect. Her elders must have given her lots of great stuff, but unfortunately, her cultivation level is too low and she was unable to use them to their full power. What a waste if she can't even finish a Black Blood Vine. Hey, Beauty, don't be in a rush. When I'm done finishing that Black Blood Vine, I'll treat you with tender loving care," said the man as he revealed a licentious smile.

The girl's aura was pure and unadulterated. She had a substantial foundation, so she was definitely a genius from a large sect. Such women stood high and mighty in the world, one that they could only look up to. But now, in the Azure Wood Great World, they could do as they pleased with her. How could it not excite them?

"What… what are the two of you going to do!?"

The girl turned flustered as she struggled with all her might, but the vine only tightened its grip on her. At that moment, the two men in front of her seemed to be more fearsome than the Black Blood Vine that wanted to consume her.

"Asking us what we want to do? Hehe, you are still asking such a silly question even at this point in time? Lass, all you can blame is that you are too willful. You entered this area riding on your master's coattails, I suppose? How you were trapped by the Black Blood Vine can be ignored, but for you to scream for help here really shows how quickly you want to die. But don't worry, in my hands, you will at least have a good time before your death."

"Senior Brother, the lass looks like a virgin. Senior Brother, you were given the honor to take the last virgin's virginity, so shouldn’t it be my turn this time?"

The Heavenly Calamity Duo exchanged lewd and sinister words as they moved closer to the girl. However, they did not lower their guard either. It was imperative that they finished the Black Blood Vine first.

Of course, with their combined strength, a Black Blood Vine was not a problem.

"Cha! Cha!"

The Heavenly Calamity Duo pulled out their sabers as they leaped up and coming from two different angles, they slashed at the Black Blood Vine!

The girl turned flustered as though she was extremely horrified, but at that moment, the black mud slush suddenly blasted open thirty feet in front of her!

"Si!"

The chilling sound of a snake's hiss echoed as a snake, whose circumference was about the arm span of three men, emerged from the mud and attacked the Heavenly Calamity Duo!

"Ah!"

"What is that!?"

The Heavenly Calamity Duo was alarmed. Before their attack, they had used their perceptions to survey the surroundings, but they had failed to discover any danger. How did that enormous python appear?

"Die!"

The Heavenly Calamity Duo changed their targets suddenly as they slashed their sabers at the snake.

However, the snake opened its mouth at that moment and a black vortex swirled from its throat. The surrounding void began to collapse as the Heavenly Calamity Duo felt themselves losing control of their bodies. They even dropped their sabers.

Engulfing laws!?

It was a Fey beast that was proficient at engulfing laws!?

The two were horrified, but they eventually fell into the snake's mouth. Spear like-teeth stabbed into their bodies as they cried out in agony!

"Ah, ah, ah!"

The duo spat out blood and felt extreme despair. However, the snake did not seem like it had any intention of giving them instantaneous deaths. They were forced to experience the torment before death.

At that point in time, the Heavenly Calamity Duo realized that the girl who was trapped by the Black Blood Vine had already escaped. She stood tall and gracefully above the marsh. The tip of her foot was gently placed above the water surface, while her watery-green dress was untainted. She looked like a beautiful lotus flower that had just bloomed, causing one to be ashamed of one's ungainly appearance. noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

And at that moment, there was a clear sneer on the girl's exquisite face.

"Wh… What?"

The Heavenly Calamity Duo had drastic changes in expression as they came to a realization that the girl in front of them was not some unworldly girl. They were the ones who were actually silly. From the beginning, it was a meticulously laid out trap.

"You witch… " One of the men said through gnashed teeth.

He wanted to lash out with more invectives, but his breathing was turning weaker. Finally, he was completely swallowed into the snake's belly.

"What dirty meat. Little Blue feels sick just eating you." The girl said with a wrinkled frown.

Little Blue was none other than the gigantic snake in front of her. Mud flowed down the snake's body, revealing beautiful blue scales. Although the snake had been in the mud, it was not tainted by the mud at all.

At that moment, there was a distortion in the void beside the girl. Space was ripped open as a silver-haired girl walked out and appeared in front of the green-dressed girl.

"Chu He, you are up to your mischief again. You left the Azure Wood Divine Residence on a whim and came all the way here. If you meet someone really powerful, will you even be able to return?" The silver-haired girl reprimanded Chu He, clearly furious at her antics.

The silver-haired girl was the successor of the Azure Wood Manor, who had just been praying in front of the Divine Tree Garden. She had prayed countless times, but she had never managed to stir the divine tree.

With her prayers unmet, the silver-haired girl came searching for her junior sister. To date, other than herself and her accompanying old servant, the Azure Wood Manor only had Chu He left.

"Senior Sister, these outsiders are here to rob us of our treasures, so can't I punish them?" The green-dressed girl pouted her lips as she answered unhappily.

The silver-haired girl shook her head and said, "What they do cannot be faulted. Searching ruins is a justified act in the martial world. If there is anything to be blamed, it is that our Azure Wood Manor has waned."

"I know," said Chu He as she blinked with her pair of black eyes. While giving a perfectly guileless look, she said, "But I don't wantonly kill anyone that I meet. If not, why did I act? I could just get Little Blue to swallow them directly. I was acting so as to see who had bad intentions towards me. These people with ill intentions deserve death! If they are good, I'll spare them. I know too that the Azure Wood Great World is about to collapse. Even if the outsiders don't come to search for treasures, many of the items would be destroyed as well."

"I really can't do a thing about you." The silver-haired girl shook her head. Suddenly, her eyebrows pricked up. "Oh, there are more people coming again!"

As she spoke, she vanished into the void. At that moment, about fifty kilometers away, a youth was shuttling through the sky with a sword in his hand.

And not far in front of him, a man looked ashen. He had sweat dripping down his forehead as he desperately fled. He was feeling extreme despair.

He never expected that the sword-wielding youth was that terrifying! The youth's cultivation level was only at the half-step Dao Manifestation realm, but his strength was extremely formidable!

A single strike. All it took was a single strike to kill his partner. Not only did his partner die, his partner's body aged rapidly and was reduced to bare bones.

Such a terrifying sword technique gave one the chills just thinking about it!

Without any thought, he fled immediately. Although he had stunning achievements when it came to his movement technique, he had never expected that the movement technique that he was proud of failed to help him escape the pursuit of the youth. Now, the gap was shrinking rapidly!

He would rather commit suicide than experience that terrifying sword technique that rotted bodies!

True Martial World - Chapter 998: Portrait

The sky of the world was not azure blue, but black, like black ink blots. It was perhaps because the Azure Wood Great World was on the brink of destruction. It was like the core of the world only had an eternal darkness. It felt extremely repressive.

However, amid this repressive pressure, there was a picturesque garden, where a divine tree stood in the middle. Although the world was losing its vitality, the divine tree remained lush and luxuriantly green with a proud crown that pierced the sky.

Even though the Azure Wood Great World was already beginning to collapse, the garden still possessed rich energy and was filled with Heaven and Earth essence. It gave a refreshing and pleasant feeling to people like they had ascended to become immortals in this plot of space.

"The divine tree remains undying, but the world is collapsing. Yet, I'm unable to redeem anything… "

A girl dressed in a light-green dress was prostrated in front of the divine tree. Silver hair flowed down her back and onto the ground, like scattered silver that covered the ground.

From behind, one could see that the girl had a long, fair neck that reached her white and petite ears. It made her look like an elf hiding in a forest.

The girl prostrated for a long while before she slowly got up. She could sense that the divine tree and the Azure Wood Great World's seismic network had fused together. It was like a dragon that stood atop this world, eternal and undying. The divine tree had been planted when the world was born, and it would live till the moment when the world faced destruction.

For hundreds of millions of years, the divine tree was the guardian of Azure Wood Manor by existing alongside it.

The Azure Wood Manor was a reclusive sect. In the Ten Thousand Fey Empyrean Heaven, there was no lack of reclusive sects. The Immortal Rain Sect and Azure Wood Manor were examples of reclusive sects. Back in the Azure Wood Manor's golden age, its scale far exceeded the Immortal Rain Sect’s.

However, even at its peak, the Azure Wood Manor seldom made contact with the external world. For hundreds of millions of years, the sect members of the Azure Wood Manor remained hidden in the Azure Wood Great World and only focused on their cultivation.

In the historical records of the Azure Wood Manor, the Azure Wood Manor had suffered a calamity that had threatened to destroy them hundreds of millions of years ago. However, due to the existence of the divine tree, they were spared from utter destruction.

Because of that, the divine tree was deemed to be an ancestral totem of supreme importance to the Azure Wood Manor.

However, even though the Azure Wood Manor treated the divine tree as a guardian, the people of the Azure Wood Manor knew that the divine tree never belonged to them.

The divine tree belonged to the Azure Wood Great World, and it was even possible that the divine tree was the owner of the Azure Wood Great World. Hundreds of millions of years ago, the divine tree had bestowed grace upon the Azure Wood Manor when it protected them from the calamity. Legends said that the female Lord of the Manor prostrated before the divine tree for three days and three nights before the divine tree's power was stirred, allowing Azure Wood Manor to survive the calamity.

The girl did not dare to imagine such a scene.

According to the historical records, the Azure Wood Manor's Manor Lord position was mostly helmed by females from that moment on. The Elders of the Azure Wood Manor looked forward to the day when a young lady with outstanding talent was able to stir the divine tree's power. However… that miracle never happened again.

Closer to present day, the Azure Wood Great World was approaching its end. The Heaven Earth Yuan Qi became more chaotic, making it unsuitable for cultivation. The Azure Wood Manor also began to wane and the number of experts that it had decreased in number. Slowly, their talents withered and eventually, there was a fracture in the Azure Wood Manor. A number of people left the Azure Wood Great World and set up an external establishment that was unfortunately destroyed due to unforeseen circumstances.

The people that stayed back guarded the Azure Wood Great World, but the number of people that they had shrunk. By the girl's generation, there was only a handful of people.

And from the moment that the Azure Wood Manor began to wane, the divine tree never did a thing again.

The girl had once fantasized if she could emulate her ancestor by awakening the divine tree's powers. However, none of her various and repeated attempts bore fruit.

For example, she had already been praying in front of the divine tree for several hours today. The divine tree was not moved as it stood aloof to the happenings of the world.

"Young Lord, those people are here again… "

Behind the girl, an old servant with white hair walked over as she spoke with a hoarse voice.

The servant was an old woman that looked like an ailing candle in the wind and her eyes appeared somewhat glazed. She was an old servant of the Azure Wood Manor, and she usually tended to the day-to-day needs of the green-dressed girl.

"Master is no longer around. It's probably insufficient for the Azure Wood Divine Residence's array to stop them."

The girl frowned slightly. The Azure Wood Great World was once completely hidden, but with the Azure Wood Great World's gradual collapse, the spatial nodes had weakened. It was finally discovered by others and from then on, people would probe the world like it was an ancient ruin. And the Azure Wood Manor had indeed left behind what seemed to be endless treasures and inheritances since ancient times. If it was obtained by outsiders, it would definitely be a great opportunity for them.

The Azure Wood Manor was already deteriorating. Tens of thousands of years ago, the girl's master was able to hold down the situation. With the arrays left behind by their ancestors, it prevented the outsiders from obtaining much. They managed to protect a large portion of the Azure Wood Manor's inheritance.

But now… her master had passed away leaving behind the a young girl and her old servant, so how could they stop the outsiders? All the outsiders were extremely powerful and any one of them was not someone that the duo could beat.

"Sigh! How infuriating! If it were a hundred million years ago, when my Azure Wood Manor was at its peak, our Azure Wood Manor wouldn't fear those people even if their numbers increase by several times! Unfortunately… "

The old servant was loyal to the Azure Wood Manor. Although she had never seen the golden age as written in the historical records, she still thought fondly of their history. She was also very familiar with Lords of the Azure Wood Manor from past generations.

"They don't even know that our Azure Wood Manor has survived to this day, and they probably think of the Azure Wood Great World as being a world without any owner."

Searching the ruins of worlds without owners to gain opportunities was a perfectly justified act in the world of warriors. In their present situation, the girl did not dare to appear. If the old freaks were to know that the mysterious Azure Wood Manor still had a successor, who knew what terrifying acts would play out.

"If only the divine tree would awaken… "

The girl looked up at the towering divine tree. As the wind blew, the leaves that were in the clouds gently swayed and rustled. A look of adamance flashed in the girl's eyes.

She knew that it was unlikely that the divine tree would hear her pleas. It could even be completely ignoring her, but she still needed to do something. She was the only successor of the Azure Wood Manor. Therefore, she could not watch idly as everything in Azure Wood Manor was taken away by others.

She got up and walked out of the garden and arrived at an exquisite courtyard. On a table in the courtyard was a portrait with offerings placed in front of it.

The portrait exuded an unbelievable aura. The portrait depicted a black-dressed woman, who had a graceful figure. However, her face was blurred.

The girl bowed respectfully to the portrait. It might only be a portrait, but it was probably the last thing that Azure Wood Manor could rely on.

It might sound unbelievable that a portrait was the last thing that a sect could rely on, but the portrait had a stunning history according to the historical records of the Azure Wood Manor.

It existed for a period longer than the Azure Wood Great World. And the identity of the person in the portrait was even more unbelievable. The first Lord of the Azure Wood Great World had once said that the undying divine tree of the Azure Wood Great World was planted personally by the black-dressed woman.

The silver-haired girl found it unbelievable that a divine tree, which had existed longer than a Great World, was planted by a woman.

True Martial World - Chapter 997: First Attempt of the Sword’s Blade

The two figures dressed in azure-colored robes quickly approached him. One of them was carrying a heavy-looking scabbard on his back, while the other did not carry any weapons at all. The two warriors were at the peak of the Dao Manifestation realm, and their auras were rich and dense.

They sized Yi Yun up before asking him with a smile, "Junior Brother, do you know which seniors were here just now?"

Yi Yun swept a glance at them and nonchalantly said, "I came here because of the aura that I sensed."

The identity as Felicitous Rain Lord's disciple was best not to be easily revealed to others in the Azure Wood Great World. Ignoring the Fey Phantasm Sect, if others were to know, there was a very strong likelihood for them to set their sights on Yi Yun. Various reasons like jealousy or greed for his treasures were sufficient motivation for them to attack Yi Yun.

"So, Junior Brother did not see the seniors as well?" The duo shook their heads and said, "But then again, seeing them might not be something good. The seniors might not like to be disturbed."

Noticing how Yi Yun did not speak any further, the duo exchanged glances. One of the duo, who was bearded, said amiably, "Junior Brother, are you now alone?"

They could already tell that Yi Yun was at the half-step Dao Manifestation realm. It was obviously impossible for such a person to come to the Azure Wood Great World alone. However, there were many young disciples that accompanied their sect masters or elders.

"Where is the rest of your esteemed sect?" The other man looked around, but they had only come here after confirming that there were no other auras around.

"I do not have a sect," said Yi Yun.

"Then, you must be a disciple of a reclusive master?" The bearded man said with a nod.

"The seniors from our sect have already entered the Azure Wood Divine Residence, leaving only the two of us. Although this place isn't the inner regions of the Azure Wood Great World, it is still quite a dangerous place."

The bearded man said warmly, "Junior Brother, instead of venturing alone, why don't you join us? We can take care of each other after all."

The other man did not say anything, but he looked at Yi Yun with an eager expression.

Yi Yun stroke his chin and looked at the duo. He planned on rejecting them when he suddenly thought of something. He changed his mind and said, "Alright."

"That's great. The two of us just came to the Azure Wood Great World as well. We don't know anything and will just be looking around."

"Let's familiarize ourselves with each other. Who knows, we might become friends in the future."

The two men took the initiative to descend.

Yi Yun followed slowly behind them.

"The buildings over there look rather new. There should be some array protecting them. The things inside must still be preserved," said the bearded man as he pointed to a particular courtyard.

The courtyard was situated beside the roots of the towering tree. Although the massive courtyard walls were estimated to be a hundred feet tall, the courtyard appeared to be minute in front of the tree roots.

The Azure Divine Tree, which held up the Azure Wood Great World, was just too massive.

"If there's anything, we will split them equally," said the other man.

"Alright." Yi Yun nodded.

After entering the courtyard, Yi Yun looked around the yard in a fascinated manner.

There were all sorts of strange rock engravings in the yard, while the ground was filled with engravings of leaves. Entering the yard felt like one had returned to ancient times.

The yard had probably been abandoned for more than a hundred million years, but the feeling that it gave was like someone had stayed in there only recently. Without the preservation from arrays, it would have long been reduced to ruins.

"Let's enter the hall." The two warriors said as they eagerly strode into the hall.

The corners of Yi Yun's lips curled up when he looked at the duo's back. It was a teasing smile as he followed behind them at an adequate pace.

After entering the building, he noticed that the two warriors were standing inside the hall.

"Senior Brothers, why aren't you in a rush to search for treasures? Are you waiting for me? The both of you are just too kind," said Yi Yun.

The two warriors chuckled and said, "Of course we have to wait for Junior Brother. It's best to search such a place together."

"Oh really? I thought the both of you were already very familiar with this place," said Yi Yun without any haste.

They had seen numerous courtyards from the sky, but the duo had chosen this one. They were in a hurry to enter the hall at the moment they landed, so wasn't it obvious that they were trying to lure him in?

The bearded warrior's eyes turned cold as he said with a laugh, "It looks like you are smarter than the previous one. But for you to follow us here despite knowing the truth, it can only mean that you do not know what it means to die. Even if your master is a Supremacy, there is no way that you can be rescued."

"It's not like that I didn't notice that something was wrong. I followed the both of you here because I actually wanted to test a new law that I learned after a few years of reclusive training. The both of you are at the peak of the Dao Manifestation realm, so you are qualified to receive my attacks." Yi Yun pulled his sword out.

With the Azure Wood Great World opening up, Felicitous Rain Lord had already said that there would be several Dao Palace realm warriors. There would also be people at the peak of the Dao Manifestation realm, but they would be relatively rare. Now that he had encountered two of them, Yi Yun planned to use them to gauge his strength. His intuition told him that his expedition in the Azure Wood Great World would be fraught with dangers. Since his strength was far from sufficient, he needed to battle to raise his strength. Now, with an opportunity to do battle voluntarily standing in front of him, Yi Yun naturally would not reject it.

"What?"

The duo was incensed. They were warriors at the peak of Dao Manifestation, but they were only qualified to receive the attacks of a half-step Dao Manifestation realm warrior?

Before the warriors could say anything, the bearded warrior's facial expression changed. "Be careful… "

Sou!

A cold sword beam shot out faster than he could speak. It seemed to fly out of an ancient spatial-temporal dimension as it attacked the bearded warrior without any warning.

The warrior's eyes flashed seriously as he roared and smacked the sword beam with both his hands.

His hands were imbued with Yuan Qi, allowing them to become extremely strong. A strike from his palm could shatter a person's skeleton.

And in between his palms, there was a spinning ball compressed from Yuan Qi. Not only did it manage to withstand the sword beam, it was able to shatter ordinary swords.

"How dare you think of slashing me with that cultivation level of yours!" The warrior thundered. His hands produced a tumultuous clap as he suddenly clasped the sword beam.

Boom!

A powerful shock wave blasted outwards from the warrior’s palms.

It was blocked!

But at that moment, the warrior had a sudden and drastic change in expression.

His hands were quickly shriveling up. The veins on the back of his arm protruded as his skin began to blemish. His hand had surprisingly aged!

What was going on!? He had clearly managed to parry the sword beam!

The bearded man was appalled when he saw the scene. What strike was that?

"Senior Brother, let's join forces and kill him!" roared the bearded man angrily.

But at that moment, Yi Yun's next strike had arrived.

"Withering Sword of Time." Yi Yun's voice accompanied the floating sword beams.

The sword beams seemed to lack offensive power, but even if they could be blocked, those who blocked them would show signs of rapid aging.

The two warriors frantically defended and attacked, but they began to find it helpless. The youth's sword techniques were too terrifying. Their martial arts, Dao Domain or anything else could not parry his attacks. noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

What was even more despairing was that the youth apparently could produce only one move. He slashed out with the same sword beams again and again. There was no other move, let alone the conjuring of a Dao Domain.

But it was such a sword beam that left them wallowing in despair.

Very soon, they came to a realization that they could not win.

"Senior Brother, work with me and use all of our trump cards!" yelled the bearded man.

Yi Yun gave the duo a nonchalant glance. This was the first time that he was using the Three-foot Passage Sword in battle, so he too wanted to see what trump cards the duo had.

But at that moment, the bearded man's figure suddenly shrank as it transformed into a snake like shadow and rushed out.

Yi Yun was surprised, while the other warrior cursed out loud, "You will die a horrible death!"

"Don't worry. He will accompany you in hell very soon." Yi Yun slashed out, slicing through the warrior's protective Yuan Qi easily.

The sword beam was like wind caressing the surface of a lake, but when it landed on the warrior's head, the warrior's appearance immediately aged rapidly. In a few seconds, all of his vitality had been drawn away.

His eyes were filled with anger and horror.

Yi Yun flashed forward and took the man’s interspatial ring before charging out of the building in pursuit of the bearded man.

True Martial World - Chapter 996: Demonic Eye Divine Lord

Yi Yun knew how dangerous it was for him if the Fey Phantasm Sect was also in the Azure Wood Great World. However, if he were to give up on the expedition, Yi Yun had no idea where or when he could gain insights into the Dao of Primordial Chaos. It would only result in him failing to form his Major Destruction Dao fruit.

Time was precious to him, so he could not delay any further. If he missed the opportunity, it would no longer exist in the future.

"Master, since I'm already here, I have no plans on returning."

"Okay, very well!" Felicitous Rain Lord nodded. Although he knew that Yi Yun's choice was extremely dangerous, he still admired Yi Yun's guts.

At that moment, a ghastly shadow flew out of the gigantic skull. Flying beside the ghastly shadow were a few figures.

The ghastly shadow appeared lofty in the void. It did not seem like it coexisted harmoniously with the surrounding space as huge distortions appeared around the shadow. It was like it was projected from another dimension.

"Felicitous Rain."

A sinister and odd aura surged over as Yi Yun felt like an extremely cold storm was ushered into his soul. His soul felt like it was being sealed frozen.

However, when the aura reached Felicitous Rain Lord's vicinity, a cold grunt from him dispelled the aura completely.

"Why are you giving me the cold shoulder? It's just a greeting. I heard about the recruitment of your disciple some time ago. I actually planned on sending a few lowly disciples to be evaluated by you to see if they could catch your eye. Is that your newly recruited disciple?"

Yi Yun felt a few penetrating gazes that seemed to pierce through his soul being cast on him.

Yi Yun found two of the gazes familiar.

The two Supremacies that had attempted to assassinate him were here as well.

Yi Yun would not forget the names and appearances of Gui Huazi and Daoist You Ming. If not for the God Advent Tower, he would have been killed by them. And Elder Duanmu and Elder Shi, who had been escorting him, were severely injured. It probably caused quite a serious dent on Elder Shi's aspirations to make the breakthrough that he was preparing for.

"You want to fight me?" asked Felicitous Rain Lord coldly.

"Haha, why so serious? See you later in the divine residence." The ghastly shadow issued a menacing cackle before it elongated itself, turning into a crimson line in the void and vanishing oddly.

The ghastly shadow had left.

Yi Yun immediately felt the pressure vanish.

"That person is… " The ghastly shadow clearly knew Felicitous Rain Lord.

"The Fey Phantasm Sect's Demonic Eye Divine Lord, as well as a dozen or so Supremacies from the Fey Phantasm Sect." Felicitous Rain Lord's expression was ashen. "He has come as well. That Demonic Eye Divine Lord is like a wretched dog that would rush over the moment he catches a whiff of something."

Yi Yun had previously heard that the reason why the Fey Phantasm Sect acted so tyrannically was because it had produced a Divine Lord. So it was that ghastly shadow…

"Was it the two Supremacies standing beside him who attacked you?" Felicitous Rain Lord suddenly asked.

He had also sensed the two Supremacies glance at Yi Yun abnormally.

"Yes," said Yi Yun with a nod.

A faint coldness flashed in Felicitous Rain Lord's eyes , "They are nothing in the Azure Wood Divine Residence, and the Demonic Eye Divine Lord's target is very likely the Azure Wood Divine Residence as well."

The Fey Phantasm Sect's Divine Lord and Supremacies would enter the Azure Wood Divine Residence, so there was no worry that Yi Yun would be harmed by them. And although Felicitous Rain Lord had the intention of killing the two Supremacies, they were not dumb either. They were most likely going to stick close to Demonic Eye Divine Lord.

Following that, the gigantic skull rapidly departed.

Felicitous Rain Lord watched the gigantic skull disappear. Although his personality was to do as he wished, if not for the Demonic Eye Divine Lord watching nearby, he would have wiped all of the Fey Phantasm Sect's younger generation nearby that could assassinate Yi Yun.

"I cannot let Demonic Eye Divine Lord and company enter the divine residence alone. I have to go in as well. My perception can only temporarily stop them from tracking you. After that, you need to be extremely careful," exhorted Felicitous Rain Lord.

"Yes, Master," said Yi Yun.

The gigantic skull had already vanished into the distance.

And in one of the eyes of the gigantic skull, an effeminate and intricate-looking man dressed in scarlet robes stood there.

He was still looking in the direction of Felicitous Rain Lord, despite not being able to see the Felicitous Rain Lord trio anymore.

"That punk really didn't die!" You Feihua revealed a look of disbelief.

"Are you talking about that genius from the Luo clan? What's his name? Yi Yun?" At that moment, a sweet and delicate girl's voice came from behind You Feihua.

The person speaking was a blue-haired female with gorgeous looks. Her eyes sparkled brightly and her every move had a natural charm to them. The corners of her eyes were smeared with a scarlet tinge that accentuated her with a mysterious and odd vividness.

Her looks were ones that could cause disaster to befall countries and men.

"He's very young," said the woman with a laugh. She had also seen Yi Yun a moment ago. "It's hard to imagine that a youth that's not even at the Dao Manifestation realm managed to survive a full strike from you unscathed. He even managed to survive an attack from your father. It's really perplexing. How did he do it?"

You Feihua glanced at her and frowned. "Yao Chuo, don't you poke your nose into this."

"Heh heh, I'm only being curious." Yao Chuo grinned in an alluring manner.

You Feihua grunted coldly and turned to look outside.

He did not dare to do a thing after seeing Yi Yun with Felicitous Rain Lord present. Neither could he stay there for long or he would have been courting death.

However, how could Felicitous Rain Lord protect Yi Yun all the time?

"Other than that avatar that managed to withstand a strike of mine, Yi Yun must have some impressive treasures!" A strange glint flashed in You Feihua's eyes.

A treasure that could withstand a Supremacy's deathblow! At the moment that the news was made known, it was likely that the warriors who had come to the Azure Wood Great World would be moved by it.

So how could You Feihua leak the information regarding the treasure? He wouldn't mention it even to Yao Chuo.

"Yi Yun's cultivation level has reached half-step Dao Manifestation after becoming Felicitous Rain Lord's disciple. Putting aside the fact that he hasn't manifested his Dao, he's still far from me even if he has! I'm at the six-floor Dao Palace realm. Without that defensive treasure, he wouldn't even stand up to scrutiny in front of me!" A menacing look appeared in You Feihua's eyes.

Although Yi Yun had become a Divine Lord's disciple, he had only been cultivating for a few years under the guidance of a Divine Lord. As for You Feihua, he had been taught by Daoist You Ming from birth. In addition to the two full realms of cultivation separating them, You Feihua thought nothing of Yi Yun's tiny bit of strength.

It could be said that in the eyes of You Feihua, Yi Yun's treasure was already his.

"That darn Felicitous Rain Lord, why doesn't he quickly leave? If this goes on, who knows when I'll find Yi Yun again. During this period of time, he better not die," thought You Feihua.

At the instant that the gigantic skull vanished, Felicitous Rain Lord said, "The people from the Fey Phantasm Sect have left. The Demonic Eye Divine Lord's aura is also heading towards the Azure Wood Divine Residence. They aren't pursuing you." Felicitous Rain Lord looked at the Azure Wood Divine Residence and said, "Yi Yun, we will be leaving."

"Be careful." Fairy Ningshuang said with a nod.

Yi Yun bowed and when he lifted his head, Fairy Ningshuang and Felicitous Rain Lord's figures had already transformed into beams of light that headed for the Azure Wood Divine Residence.

"Felicitous Rain Lord waited for the people from the Fey Phantasm Sect to leave before he left. That's already a level of protection for me. Next, it will all depend on me." When a warrior practiced martial arts, it was impossible for him to always be protected by his master. A warrior that was unable to face danger himself had no right to seek the path of martial arts.

Yi Yun looked at the ground. This was the first time that he was visiting the Azure Wood Great World, and just as he was preparing to find a seemingly safe spot to land, two figures suddenly flew towards him from ground level.

The two figures were feeling apprehensive in the beginning, but when they noticed that Yi Yun was alone, the two figures immediately accelerated towards him.

Yi Yun immediately turned wary as he pressed a hand on his interspatial ring.

True Martial World - Chapter 995: Enemies often cross each other's paths

A few months later, a dazzling and starry burst of light flashed on the floating island.

"The Divine Lord has left." The Oracle Fey Kingdom's Imperial Patriarch looked at the starry burst of light from afar. He could sense the terrifying power from the flash of light.

However, the floating island was still sealed. About a year ago, Felicitous Rain Lord had already settled several matters. His in-name disciples would stay behind and cultivate in the Oracle Fey Kingdom.

And on the floating island, Chi Zhuiyun watched the starry light as it flashed.

"We are already people from different worlds. Although I have no idea where you are heading, I wish you good luck." Chi Zhuiyun lowered his head and continued thrusting the spear in his hand forward.

Boom!

In front of Chi Zhuiyun, a gigantic mountain was covered in densely packed holes. About half the mountain was gone.

Although he could not chase up to Yi Yun, Chi Zhuiyun still wanted to pursue his own martial path.

Amid the stars.

"It will be a long journey to the Sinkhole. With the Meteor Cruiser's speed, it will still require a few days. Why don't you play a game of Go with me to kill time?" said Felicitous Rain Lord to Yi Yun who was sitting across him.

Yi Yun, who had not exited the abode for a few years, did not seem to have any change to his appearance. However, compared to before he entered the abode, his bearing had experienced drastic changes.

He was wearing a white robe and his hair was tied up simply. His eyes were like the night as they intermittently flashed with profound runes, and he exuded a mysterious aura.

"This disciple isn't that good at Go. Master, please go easy on me." Yi Yun said with a smile.

Stretching his hand out, a swirling beam of light flashed around his fingers. It condensed into a crystalline chess piece that was as warm as jade as he gently placed it on the board.

"Try playing Go whenever you have the time. It can help you focus and refine yourself. It is a cultivation of mind and body," said Felicitous Rain Lord as he condensed a piece from the void.

Fairy Ningshuang watched from the side as she revealed a faint smile, "The two of you are quite alike."

"That isn't a good thing. If he's like me, he will only attract hate," laughed Felicitous Rain Lord.

He had no lack of enemies.

The game of Go lasted for three days.

At the dawn of the fourth day, the Meteor Cruiser entered a strange world.

The starlight was dim and there were several black vortices swirling in space. There were gray planets and rocks of various sizes floating everywhere.

The planets were mostly silent with no life on them.

And those planets exuded different kinds of energies where most of the energies made people sense danger. In between the planets, there were space-time turbulences.

Felicitous Rain Lord's Meteor Cruiser had space-time laws protecting it, so it was unaffected as it shuttled through the space-time turbulence. All they saw was distorted space and countless flashing lights outside the windows.

And after crossing countless space-time turbulences, a gigantic star appeared in a warm and illuminated starry void.

Around the star, there was a beautiful nebula that encircled it several times. It was breathtakingly beautiful as it illuminated the starry void.

"The starry scenery of the 12 Empyrean Heavens is truly breathtaking." Yi Yun could not help but reflect on it.

But such a beautiful star emanated a deadly and silent but chaotic aura.

Yi Yun turned his head and noticed that Felicitous Rain Lord was silently looking at the star.

"This is?"

"That is the Azure Wood Great World," said Felicitous Rain Lord softly.

After such a long period of time, they had finally arrived in the Azure Wood Great World.

"The Azure Wood Great World… " Yi Yun looked at the star and he could not sense any signs of life around the star.

And in the star system that was on the brink of death, there was a new star system that was about to be born. The mysteries of the Universe where life and death could be companions was truly fascinating.

The Azure Wood Great World was too large, so when the Meteor Cruiser arrived in front of the star, it was like a speck of dust. Through the gorgeous nebula, Yi Yun could see a blob of gray shadows.

"The nebula is the space-time turbulence," said Felicitous Rain Lord.

As the Meteor Cruiser approached the star, Yi Yun began to sense the horror of the space-time turbulence as well. Even the space-time laws that protected the Meteor Cruiser could not fully withstand it.

Once they were sucked into the space-time turbulence, it was possible to be lost in the chaotic pandemonium of space-time till their deaths.

In the luster, Yi Yun saw the shadows of a few spirit cruisers and people. They were people who had previously been trapped by the space-time turbulence. To date, their souls were still trapped within it.

"This period of time is when the surrounding space-time turbulence around the Azure Wood Great World is at its weakest. But even so, there is a need for certain methods to enter it."

As Felicitous Rain Lord said, he tapped on the void with one hand.

Boom!

A palm that was dozens of times larger than the Meteor Cruiser appeared outside the window. It was nearly transparent, and it was filled with imprints of space-time laws.

Hu! Hu! Hu!

The palm pulled the space-time turbulence apart, allowing the Meteor Cruiser to immediately blast through it.

A few hours later, the Meteor Cruiser tore out of the lustrous nebula. Beneath them was a gigantic black lake, with gray building compounds around it.

Many of the buildings were toppled, and the mountains were already falling apart, while the ground was filled with cracks as well.

Only ruins could be seen on the vast plains. There was no life to it or at least from Yi Yun's perception, he could not even sense a worm.

This was indeed a dead planet that was on the brink of collapse.

Felicitous Rain Lord wanted to pursue that senior, and as Yi Yun looked at the planet, he found it hard to imagine that there were people living on it. From the moment they entered, Yi Yun felt as though the star system was repelling them.

It was like they were alien invaders.

"The place that I'm going to is the core area of the Azure Wood Great World, which is the Azure Wood Divine Residence. The Azure Wood Divine Residence is transformed from a piece of azure wood that turned into one of the divine. Where I want to go to is the Divine Tree Palace at the very core," said Felicitous Rain Lord.

"There it is."

Yi Yun looked into the distance.

A towering divine tree was stood erect on the ground while shrouding the skies. Its peak pierced through the gray clouds.

In the collapsing and dead world, the leaves of the divine tree had yet to wither surprisingly. It was truly evergreen. It was no wonder that this world was called the Azure Wood Great World.

That was the Azure Wood Divine Residence.

And below the divine tree were roots that were like mountain ranges. The roots similarly had several buildings on them.

"The Azure Wood Divine Residence has extremely strict restrictions. Supremacies and below are unable to enter. Even ordinary Supremacies can't enter the Divine Tree Palace. Around the divine residence is an important area of the Azure Wood Great World. With your cultivation level, you can move around it, but you have to be especially careful."

"The Azure Wood Great World is currently collapsing while the new world is in its nascent stages. The laws are chaotic, so there might be unexpected dangers. And the restrictions, array formations, and seals from the past have been affected by the collapse of the Azure Wood Great World. Some of them are damaged, but some of them have become even more terrifying."

"There are others. I can already sense several auras. Those people sure are fast."

As Felicitous Rain Lord said this, an immense aura suddenly surged over.

The aura only brushed past them before vanishing.

Felicitous Rain Lord frowned slightly and said, "The people from the Immortal Rain Sect have arrived as well. They are waiting for me."

Just as Felicitous Rain Lord said that, a gigantic skull appeared in the distant void. The skull was burning with purple flames as it slowly floated over.

Although it was still a great distance away, Yi Yun felt like his lifeblood was being stirred by the gigantic skull.

"That is… "

Yi Yun was stunned as he sensed an odd and sinister aura that he was familiar with but hated greatly.

"Fey Phantasm Sect. This would be tough. I never expected them to come as well." As Felicitous Rain Lord said that, he glanced at Yi Yun. The toughness that he was referring to was naturally referring to Yi Yun. The Fey Phantasm Sect could not affect him.

Felicitous Rain Lord knew that Yi Yun had a vendetta with the Fey Phantasm Sect.

The Fey Phantasm Sect wanted to swallow the six-country alliance, and several years ago, Yi Yun was nearly assassinated by the Fey Phantasm Sect after having just arrived in the Oracle Fey Kingdom to participate in Felicitous Rain Lord's disciple recruitment assessment.

Back then, the Fey Phantasm Sect had sent two experts. Logically speaking, Yi Yun would have definitely been a dead man, but Yi Yun had miraculously survived. It left the Fey Phantasm Sect astonished, and what shocked them the most was likely that Yi Yun became Felicitous Rain Lord's personal disciple. noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

As such, Yi Yun's status was extremely delicate to the Fey Phantasm Sect.

On one side, they had already become enemies of Yi Yun. The brighter Yi Yun's future was, the more they did not want Yi Yun to fully mature.

And on the other side, as a disciple of Felicitous Rain Lord, Yi Yun was not someone that they dared to assassinate recklessly. They would have to pay a heavy price for that.

However, it was completely different in the Azure Wood Great World.

The skull drew closer. Even Yi Yun did not expect that the Fey Phantasm Sect would come as well.

How true was it that enemies often cross each other's paths!

"Yi Yun, since the Fey Phantasm Sect actually came, while I will be deep in the core of the Azure Wood Great World, what about you? What are your plans?"