After the Skyfall

Chapter 876 The Final Crossover
"Half an hour has passed. Hong Ji, activate the Immortal Battleship and proceed with the interdimensional crossing. Destination: Earth's Golden Academy."

When the time came precisely on time, Li Yi immediately gave instructions to the AI.

The AI, Hong Ji, immediately took control of the immortal warship. The warship, which had been hovering in the sky, suddenly accelerated and streaked across the sky at an extremely fast speed, looking like a shooting star flashing by from afar.

Are we leaving this place?

Dozens of cultivators at the Great Perfection Realm were looking at this world of cultivation in the Dharma-ending Age through a projection inside the Immortal Dao Warship. To them, although this world was devoid of spiritual energy and cultivation no longer existed, it was still the homeland that gave them birth.

Although their departure at this moment was unavoidable, they were reluctant to leave.

"That's how the Way of Heaven is. A great cultivation world has its prosperous days and its declining days. With the end of the Dharma, this world has become a mortal place. How can we cultivators cling to the remnants and stubbornly hold on in a place devoid of spiritual energy? If we leave early, we will still have the opportunity to pass on our lineage and even continue the path forward." Daoist Yuqing sighed.

"Without a large group of cultivators like us in the Outer Heavens, perhaps the remaining people can live better. Maybe they will have a chance to survive until the next spiritual energy revival. Before I leave, I left behind all the spirit stones and pills, which can be considered as a little help to future generations." Xuanzhenzi said calmly.

"How could I not have thought of this? If they leave after crossing realms, they really won't need spirit stones and the like. Leaving them in the Outer Heavens is a way to give them a way to survive." Many cultivators at the Great Perfection Realm were quite annoyed.

They were so busy packing their things and making their final arrangements that they didn't think of this aspect.

"Everyone has their own destiny, and they can only walk their own path in the future," some people said with a carefree attitude.

In the Outer Heavens, it wasn't just these Great Perfection Realm cultivators who lived there; there were also many disciples, Daoist partners, and descendants. However, now, they have all been abandoned, and the reason is quite simple.

Li Yi doesn't need a bunch of useless people with no ability; he needs strong fighters.

"Is there only one Daoist in the entire Outer Heavens?" Li Yi suddenly asked from inside the Immortal Dao Warship.

The young Taoist priest smiled and said, "Those who attain enlightenment consume too much spiritual energy every day. After an internal struggle, only I am left. It's a pity that my fellow Taoists couldn't hold on until the day you, Celestial Venerable Taiyi, arrived."

Upon hearing this, the other cultivators looked at the Eastern Celestial Venerable with expressions of horror.

I never imagined there was such a secret behind Tianwaitian.

No wonder the rate of spiritual energy depletion in the Outer Heavens has slowed down considerably in the past year; it turns out that some enlightened beings have perished.

"When drought comes, the crocodiles in the pond always start fighting first." Li Yi narrowed his eyes: "Your methods are impressive; you actually managed to win in the end."

The Eastern Celestial Venerable shook his head and smiled slightly: "It's not that I survived to the end, but that you, the Taiyi Celestial Venerable, saw me survive to the end. If I had lost the battle, perhaps some other Celestial Venerable would be standing here now."

"It's only been a year since my last crossover, isn't it a bit hasty to start now?" Li Yi asked.

The Eastern Celestial Venerable said, "I dare not gamble on how many years it will take for you to arrive. This matter requires planning ahead. Moreover, no Daoist is willing to weaken their strength due to the depletion of spiritual energy. Therefore, plundering the spiritual energy of the Outer Heaven is something that every Daoist must do."

"This move will undoubtedly hasten the destruction of the Outer Heavens. Of course, one Celestial Venerable did consider killing Great Perfection cultivators to reduce the consumption of spiritual energy, but this suggestion was rejected. Fellow Daoist, do you know why?"

All the others who heard this secret were terrified.

Little did they know they had once walked on the edge of death; if that proposal had been approved back then, they wouldn't be alive today.

Li Yi said, "With Dao-masters around, cultivators at the Great Perfection Realm are still obedient. Killing them is pointless. Besides, how could they dare to compete with Dao-masters for spiritual energy? Judging from their listless appearance before, you can tell that they usually receive very little spiritual energy, barely enough to maintain their basic survival."

“That’s right. That’s what I thought back then too. Cultivators at the Great Perfection don’t consume much spiritual energy, so killing them is pointless. Those who have attained the Dao are the real culprits who consume a lot of spiritual energy, so internal strife is inevitable. Therefore, we Dao-attainers decided to decide the winner based on strength and determine the fate of the world in one battle.”

The Eastern Celestial Venerable remained calm and said, "Before the great battle, we will gather all the knowledge we have learned in our lives and all the Taoist arts in the world together and compile them into a Taoist scripture, which will be inherited by the surviving Taoist. In this way, the inheritance will be immortal."

It's easy to tell from his words that the Dao-achievers from the Outer Heavens were prepared to die in that great battle that determined the future of the cultivation world. Although the Eastern Celestial Venerable was the final winner, he did not show any joy.

“In the Dharma-ending Age, this decision is indeed correct.” Li Yi didn’t say much more: “It’s just a pity that I only managed to bring you, an enlightened being, on this trip. If I had come earlier, I might have had more helpers, since the other world is not very peaceful.”

He also glanced at this world of cultivation.

If nothing unexpected happens, Li Yi will not come again, and all the remaining cultivation masters in the world have been wiped out by him. In the future, this place will be completely reduced to a mortal world without spiritual energy, or it may evolve into a martial arts world.

After all, he once passed on the martial arts to this world.

As a dazzling beam of energy erupted from the main cannon of the Immortal Dao warship, the interdimensional gate opened, and the Immortal Dao warship flew into it, carrying the last batch of powerful cultivators away from this world.

Once again, the scenery of Earth came into view. Although they were inside a celestial warship, all the cultivators could immediately recognize that this was a world with abundant spiritual energy, but for some reason, this place was always filled with an ominous aura.

“This is Earth, where spiritual energy has only been recovering for a little over a decade. However, the spiritual energy here has been somewhat polluted, so you'd better not get involved easily,” Li Yi warned. “You should come with me to the Golden Academy first, abide by the rules here, learn about the situation, and don’t cause any trouble. This world is very special.”

"This world is indeed very special. Never before has such a large spatial rift been torn open in the sky of a world, and it even connects to another world." The Eastern Celestial Venerable had already noticed the Xuanxian Continent world at the end of the sky.

He could sense that it was also a great cultivation world.

Moreover, the world here is chaotic, filled with many incomprehensible and complex forces.

It's true that we should keep a low profile when we first arrive here and figure out the situation of this world first.

The immortal warship continued its flight and soon arrived at the Golden Academy once again.

However, when the many experts in the Golden Academy saw Li Yi's immortal warship reappear, they all showed some surprise, because just yesterday, a huge energy tide swept across space and even affected the Earth.

Many people thought this was a sign of another cataclysmic event.

However, Sun Boxiu, the vice dean of Golden Academy, quickly explained that this was a normal reaction caused by Li Yi finding the source of pollution that was contaminating Earth's energy on the moon and taking action.

Even images of the Crystal Palace on the far side of the moon have been released.

The reason for choosing to make it public is that the current cultivators are very powerful, and it would be easy for them to rush into space and land on the moon to explore. Rather than letting these people do whatever they want, it is better to make it public to avoid some trouble.

Surprisingly, with the end of that energy tide, the spiritual pollution on Earth was greatly alleviated, at least to the point that it no longer eroded other worlds and affected the evolved beings.

However, the pollution problem persists and has not been completely resolved.

But at least it pointed out a direction for all the experts on Earth, making people realize that the problem of pollution can be solved. If they succeed, they will not need to go to other worlds to cultivate.

However, the Crystal Palace on the far side of the moon is a terrifying entity that even Li Yi cannot easily resolve.

Fortunately, Li Yi reappeared safely at the Golden Academy.

The immortal warship hovered.

Li Yi and Lin Yue came out. He instructed Hong Ji to impart various kinds of knowledge to the group of cultivators at the Great Perfection stage during this time, and to have them stay inside the warship.

"Li Yi, what's happening on the moon? Is someone deliberately setting up a large array to pollute Earth's energy?"

As soon as he appeared, someone flew over from a distance and immediately asked him questions.

Li Yi looked at the newcomer, who was Ye Jingtian, whom he had met at Survival Base No. 8. He said, "This matter is very complicated. I have indeed discovered some secrets, but it's useless to say them out loud. The experts on Earth at present cannot solve this problem."

"Yesterday I managed to disrupt part of the array's operation, and it seems to have worked; the pollution problem on Earth has been temporarily alleviated."

"But now is not the time to worry about that. Cross-border operations are more important."

“Many people have heard about the cross-border operations. If you want to take action, Li Yi, of course I will participate,” Ye Jingtian said.

Li Yi said, "That's good. I'll talk to the higher-ups about this, and I expect to have a result soon."

“But Li Yi, haven’t you forgotten something?” Ye Jingtian said, “That old Martial Saint from the Martial Saint Continent, Wu Tianji, is looking for you everywhere.”

“He probably doesn’t care where I am, but rather wants to challenge me,” Li Yi laughed. “But it’s a small matter, it doesn’t matter. Can you help me contact him? Have him come find me, I’ll wait for him here.”

"You're as confident as ever. That's a Martial Saint whose strength surpasses even the Demon King, and a martial arts contest would be a huge disadvantage for you," Ye Jingtian said.

Li Yi said, "Suffer a loss? That's not necessarily true. Don't forget that I also come from a martial arts background."

"In that case, I'll go and inform them for you," Ye Jingtian said, and then he left immediately.

(End of this chapter)