A journey of survival starting from Zhetian

Chapter 689 Battle Quasi-Emperor
The young divine ape lay on the desolate earth, his Dao weapon shattered, he fell from the divine barrier, his Dao body nearly dissolved, and the five great secret realms within his body had mostly collapsed.

The reason he can still retain consciousness is because the pure light emanating from the almost materialized Bodhi tree on the altar is at work, stubbornly keeping him alive.

"cough"

He coughed up a mouthful of turbid blood, and relying on his powerful survival instinct, he desperately activated the "Secret of the Character 'Zhe'", using this immortal method that had been updated many times to piece together the fragmented "Dao" and "Dharma" in his body, barely constructing a very weak holy law, which allowed the five broken secret realms to revive a trace of insignificant power.

"Cough cough."

The divine ape coughed up several mouthfuls of blood mixed with vital essence. A warm divine power slowly rose from the depths of the nearly destroyed life spring, flowing through the broken sea of ​​wheels, the Dao Palace which was almost in ruins, the four poles that had completely collapsed, and the great dragon of the spine that had broken into nearly ten thousand pieces. Finally, it flowed into the celestial platform and resonated faintly with the illusory image of the Bodhi tree.

The repair began. The Law Chains of the Fourth Level of the Nine Immortals pierced through his body, splitting into two, then four, and finally eight. Within a few breaths, they evolved into 108,600 incredibly fine threads, which unfolded and stitched together within his body. In an extremely bizarre way, almost turning his body into a marionette, he made the entire "shell" "complete".

One potential gate after another was pulled to the correct position and reopened, flowing out unknown substances that did not belong to the human world. This caused the laws of the fourth level of immortality to undergo a transformation step by step, restoring it to the quasi-emperor level. It also displayed powerful natural creation power, releasing wisps of warm and gentle vitality to repair the extremely damaged inner secret realm.

The young divine ape sensed the healing of its injuries, slowly breathed a sigh of relief, its pupils gradually dilating as its thoughts drifted.

"If I hadn't merged with heaven and earth at the last moment, had a sudden enlightenment, and sublimated a celestial law that allowed me to unleash a strike comparable to that of a newly entered True Immortal, I would surely have died a gruesome death."

"This is the level of danger of 'ominous'. If a breakthrough is not made, death will surely follow. If it is 'extremely ominous,' what kind of desperate situation will it lead to?"

"It's highly likely that the immortal being who spreads eeriness and misfortune has come to hunt us down personally?"

The young divine ape did his best to heal the terrible injuries within his body, restoring his mobility as quickly as possible.

The first indescribable and bizarre being was enough to rank at the pinnacle of humanity, almost indistinguishable from a normal supreme emperor. In terms of immortality and physical body, it was several times stronger than some special physiques, and even rivaled some immortal bodies that were not known for their physical strength.

The second bizarre creature, resembling a hundred-armed giant, was at the level of a supreme emperor who had lived three lives—at least in terms of combat power. He was fortunate to have unleashed a devastating attack using immortal laws, instantly annihilating it. If he were to do it again, he had no confidence he could succeed.

The divine ape coughed several more times, and a trace of turbid blood spilled from the corner of his mouth again, but a warm feeling rose from within his sea of ​​consciousness, spreading to his slightly cold body and restoring his ability to move.

"As expected of the 'Secret of the Character 'Zhe' after the Celestial Venerable of Longevity comprehended the 'Sixth Secret Realm', its ability to heal injuries is perhaps even slightly superior to the 'True Phoenix Treasure Technique,' a ten fierce treasure techniques at the King Realm level."

Supporting himself, the divine ape looked at the five secret realms that had almost perfectly healed on the outside of his Dao body, but were difficult to repair, as well as the immortal Dao wounds that were scattered throughout his body, and focused his mind slightly.

"Regarding the Dao injury, the only thing the 'Secret of the Character 'Zhe' can do right now is suppress it. To remove it or repair it, a lot of time is needed for nurturing."

"If it were in the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, it would be fine, since there is a Spirit Realm where some ordinary immortal fruits can be purchased with Xuanhuang Merit. But I don't have that right now."

His thoughts immediately returned to normal, and he unleashed a series of auxiliary spells. Various techniques tailored to the current special situation were activated simultaneously, working in conjunction with the power of the "Secret of the Character 'Zhe'" to seal the chaotic and intractable Dao injuries within his body.

With another hand gesture, pale golden light emanated from his body, stepping into the clouds and transforming into a stream of light that shot straight eastward.

Having traversed a distance of approximately 30,000 standard life-bearing star fields, the divine ape, on another whim, quickly looked back and felt a chill run down its spine.

Behind them, a chilling and ominous aura descended once more, like a terrifying legion closing in, or a devastating flood sweeping across the desolate land.

Everything shrouded in darkness lost its vitality. Even the earth and sky cracked, dissipating streams of the essence of heaven and earth, as if some terrifying being was frantically draining it, stripping it of the creation of heaven and earth, and sacrificing it to something even more terrifying and indescribable.

Just as the divine ape felt its scalp tingle and prepared to fight again despite its severe injuries, a ray of hopeful light descended from the sky, forming a barrier that reached the heavens and the earth, trapping all the strange and ominous things within its sight. This special method of near "isolation" imprisoned those terrifying, seemingly activated substances.

"A true immortal. A true immortal who has mastered the very origin of heaven and earth!"

The divine ape stared at the barrier, comparing it with the various laws and characteristics it had learned within the [Spirit Realm], as well as the strength classification of immortal beings in the True Immortal Realm.

"The strength of the Immortal Laws is roughly at the mid-stage of True Immortal, but due to the blessing of the Origin of Heaven and Earth, it directly climbs to the late-stage of True Immortal. Its combat power is roughly comparable to a top True Immortal who cultivates the 'Spiritual Root Law', possesses a damaged Immortal Cave Heaven, and has an extremely fragile foundation."

"What kind of cultivation system is circulating in this world? It is powerful yet indescribably fragile, giving me a very strange feeling?"

"It seems like it could dissipate at any moment?"

Upon merely observing the formation of this barrier, the divine ape used its vast knowledge of cultivation learned in the [Spirit Realm] to analyze the potential deficiencies in the cultivation system of this world and sensed something amiss.

"The world exists between existence and non-existence, and the cultivation system has a tendency to spontaneously dissipate in terror. In some details, the laws of the world present a kind of ambiguity that cannot be clearly defined. All of this is like a great dream that could end at any moment."

The young divine ape suppressed the unease that rose within him again and continued to traverse forward.

That barrier spanning heaven and earth must have been created by the leader of the resistance forces in Tainan. His movements were so clear, and the direction he traveled was all the way to the east. He didn't believe that a cultivator whose combat power was equivalent to a late-stage True Immortal wouldn't have noticed his existence.

When you meet that being at the level of a true immortal, all your questions will surely be answered.

After traversing a distance of approximately three thousand life-bearing star fields, the desolation on the land gradually lessened, and an ancient city that looked extremely dilapidated but was still functioning appeared before them. Within it were tens of thousands of life energies at the human level, also emanating a very strange feeling.

Riding on light, the divine ape landed before the ancient city gate.

Here stood a priest dressed in attire resembling that of the Church of the Stars, from the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, who was waiting beforehand. He bowed slightly to the young divine ape. His eyes held a flame that seemed never to be extinguished, and he said softly, "Honorable warrior, on behalf of the gods I believe in, I express my gratitude to you. Thank you for annihilating two strange beings, causing some injury and trouble to our great enemies."

The priest stepped forward a few paces, handed the book he was holding to the ape, and expressed his sincerest goodwill.

He continued, "Inside is all the information we have collected and compiled since the ominous arrival of the heavens, as well as the history and cultivation system of our realm before the calamity. Please take a look; it should answer many of your questions."

The divine ape took the book but did not immediately open it. Instead, it used its divine sense to try to roughly analyze the "Tao" and "Dharma" surrounding it, which were at the level of immortals.

His gaze sharpened slightly, confirming that this was the same law governing the barrier he had seen before, before he began to peruse the contents of the book.

A quarter of an hour later, the divine ape sighed slightly and looked at the Valkyrie statue in the center of the ancient city.

"You may call me the Quasi-Emperor of Battle. I have a general understanding of the matter concerning dark matter."
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Within the legal net of this bubble-like world.

A black cloud that had already occupied nine-tenths of the area suddenly trembled several times, self-destructing a portion of its immortal origin, freeing up about one-tenth of the Heaven and Earth Law Net, reducing its overall volume to eight-tenths.

A glimmer of hope, however, rapidly seized two-tenths of the vacant Heaven and Earth Law Net from its initial disadvantageous position, thus recovering some of its losses and causing the strange and ominous laws of the entire world to revert slightly towards normalcy.

After a few breaths, the power of the two forces once again maintained a "weak balance," partially saving the world from collapse.

The black aura slowly condensed, transforming into an immortal being with nine eyes, six heads, and three legs. It looked at the location where its own consciousness projection had been annihilated and muttered to itself, "A being outside the cause and effect of heaven and earth and destiny, a variable that appeared out of nowhere, carrying miracles, a divine ape that could break through to a higher realm on the verge of death and was almost born for battle. Is this support sent by the Central Divine Realm?"

The immortal being grinned, revealing a mouth full of interlocking sharp teeth, and chuckled, "You're quite impressive. A mere mortal who has never become a god, let alone attained immortality, has actually managed to unleash such a stunning ultimate attack, instantly erasing my consciousness projection."

"It's nothing but a last-ditch effort to delay my sacrifice of the entire world to perfect myself and attain the King Realm."

As the flames evolved, a muscular Valkyrie, clad in heavy armor, stood holding a shield.

She gazed at the immortal being before her, and calmly asked, "Knowing that the Central Divine Realm has once again set its sights on this world, do you still think you have any hope of attaining the King Realm?"

The eeriness and ominousness grew even heavier. An immortal being sneered, "The great emperors of the Central Divine Realm are now overwhelmed, locked in a fierce battle with the supreme being that contains the heavenly gift in the entire chaotic ocean. And the great Yellow Emperor, who symbolizes the 'Central Earth Element,' is now missing."

"Do your powerful star lords, or the earth deities standing at the pinnacle, still have enough manpower to support this insignificant, bubble-like world?"

"Or perhaps you're counting on this rather clumsy, ordinary mouse?"

The Valkyrie, clad in heavy armor, remained as calm as ever. "You, carrying a projection of one-ninth of the Origin's consciousness, were destroyed by this 'troublesome mortal rat.'"

"Your control over this world has clearly declined, and you are no longer able to control the changes of time within it. You can no longer use that strange projection technique in front of me a second time."

The Valkyrie raised her thick shield, and a towering golden barrier materialized behind her. Her expression was exceptionally solemn as she made her vow with her very spirit:

"I am the shield of this world."

"Before the annihilation of the Earthly Deity's origin, there is no longer any immortal mystery that can transcend this body."

The radiant divine power of faith was sublimating, and the heaven and earth's magic net, wielded by this Valkyrie, was trembling. Layer upon layer of "shields" against immortality were being generated, forming a seemingly boundless barrier that spanned the entire world.

Upon seeing this, the immortal being with nine eyes, six heads, and three legs also changed color, unleashing a series of terrifying offensive techniques, carrying a hint of eeriness and misfortune, attempting to tear apart the oncoming barrier.

However, all of this was in vain. All the offensive techniques could only create ripples on the barrier and could not penetrate this thick "shield".

In an instant, the eeriness and ominousness of the immortal level were "imprisoned," and all the laws that had been distorted by the eeriness and ominousness collapsed, leaving no power to interfere with the world.

The immortal being within the barrier roared in fury, "Madwoman! You are extracting the very essence of this world! You're dragging this bubble-like world down with you and causing it to perish!"

The Valkyrie did not refute. Apart from showing some fatigue, her expression remained calm. "You invaded my homeland, spreading eeriness and misfortune, and wanted to sacrifice all the 'Tao' and 'Law' of this bubble world to achieve your own ends. You should have expected this day to come."

The immortal being gritted its teeth and glared angrily, "I do not truly intend to sacrifice the entire world alive. You, a deity who has already attained the Dao of the Earth God, are not necessary and can leave at any time!"

The Valkyrie's lips curled slightly upward, her smile exceptionally radiant. "This is my home, and I am the most outstanding child in this world. Where else can I go if I leave here?"

"Thanks to that 'troublesome common rat' you mentioned, it would have been almost impossible for me to 'imprison' you."

"One more year, whatever the outcome, you and I will be free."

Alternatively, within a year, the reinforcements, who are suspected to have come from the Central Divine Realm, will annihilate all the strange and ominous things in this realm, including the immortal beings before us.

Alternatively, a year later, this world will collapse due to the depletion of its source, burying everything in a chaotic ocean of disorder, turning into nothingness and illusion.

(End of this chapter)