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Chapter 227 226. Jade Makeup Graffiti, Outsiders (5.7K words - please subscribe)
It is clearly only autumn, but the snow is already heavier than winter, and the nights are longer and the days are shorter.

Song Yan's battle with the Lord of Heaven and Earth permanently changed the ecology of this world.

Outside the secret realm of the Wuxiang Ancient Clan, the snow was already above the knees, and many ordinary wild beasts in the forest had frozen to death, and all this was just the beginning.

Song Yan went out several times and saw devastation everywhere, all of which were scenes of the end of the world.

In addition to the mortal kingdom turning into a snowy country, he could also clearly feel that the mysterious energy in many places was beginning to weaken.

When the light of the true spirit was extinguished, the mysterious energy also began to be extinguished.

When the mysterious energy becomes extremely rare, no more cultivators will be born in this world.

However, Song Yan saw more information.

Along the way, as the realm changes, the strength and cultivation resources are also changing.

To practice the Mysterious Realm, all that is needed is pure Mysterious Energy, and the power is the spell;

The Crimson Palace Realm requires demon blood or a more powerful body-building technique, but the latter requires True Spirit Jade, and the power is mainly physical.

Purple Mansion Realm, the required resources are Xuanxin or body-building secret medicine, the power is telekinesis, and the race secret technique;

The Divine Infant Realm requires Xuanhuang substances or secret medicines, and the power is a magic weapon constructed by telekinesis, or one's own body;

To reach the Spiritual Transformation Realm, one needs the fire seeds of the lunar and solar projections and temporary six-path qualifications, while the strength comes from "the power of one realm" and "one's own small heavenly path characters."

Now, as the Taiyin and Sun Fires of this world decreased, the mysterious energy was also rapidly dissipating, and all this happened right after his great battle with the Lord of Heaven and Earth.

This can only prove one thing: the ultimate source of Xuan Qi is actually the "fire of the moon and the sun", and the power should be the "power of one world" and the "complete small heavenly text".

The reason why the Lord of Heaven and Earth went around in circles with him and tried to calm him down with earnest words, and then just suppressed him, was enough to show that the "power of one world" of the Lord of Heaven and Earth had almost disappeared, his soul had been cracked, and his body had been seriously injured or even disappeared.

'There is no doubt that this world most likely does not have the resources to break through the Xuanhuang realm.'

'Because the core resource is the real Taiyin Sun Fire, the source of Xuan Qi.'

'If the Lord of Heaven and Earth still had a way to obtain the fire of the Moon and the Sun, he would not allow his own world to become like this.'

"No matter what, let's go to the void first."

The restrictions on entering the realm of the void are actually a protection for the weak.

Those below the late Purple Mansion stage, once they enter the void, will be burned by the flames in the void even if they do nothing.

Those who are above the early stage of Divine Infant, once entering the void, will attract creatures from the underworld or the void due to their powerful life breath.

As for the time limit for entering the void, it is actually a protection for the landing place.

Because the void ruins are constantly moving, there is always a short period of time every few hundred years when the least dangerous side faces the world, and that is when the cultivators go up to look for the mysterious yellow substance.

But realm limitations and time limitations can no longer restrict Song Yan.

After a year of relative stability, Song Yan chose to go to the void after hearing that chaos had broken out in the Sword Alliance.

After half a year of exploration, nothing was found except that the creatures in the underworld became more dense and the number of corpse-level life forms increased.

Of course, to say that he gained nothing only means that he gained nothing from "escaping from this world". As for the other things, he still got something more or less.

First, he obtained a lot of Xuanhuang matter, which he gave to Tang Ningxin and Wang Susu;
Second, he determined that the source of the light in the void was not the Taiyin Sun, but most likely the huge dark dragon corpse mentioned by Tianzun. This was consistent with what old man Heilian had said before: "As soon as he entered the void, he felt something in the distance calling him, which made him feel palpitating and panicked."

The fire of the black lotus is the fire of the underworld "Narakshasa Karma", and "Narakshasa Karma" will eventually return to the corpse of the dark dragon, so this is also right.

In addition, the corpse of the giant dark dragon stretched across the distance, blocking the void. Even the Heavenly Master in his prime would have almost lost his soul at the mere sight of it, which shows how terrifying it is.

After his first return from the void, Song Yan remained stable for five years.

In the past five years, he temporarily gave up the idea of ​​causing trouble for the Lord of Heaven and Earth, because he had seen that the Lord of Heaven and Earth himself was in constant trouble. If he fought with the Lord of Heaven and Earth again, there would be no benefit except that both of them would perish.

By that time, this world will have not yet been destroyed by the air of the underworld, but will have been destroyed by the "Eternal Night of the Dharma Ending Time", because in order to repair himself, the Lord of the world will most likely pick off the only remaining solar and lunar fire in this world. By then, the world will no longer have the sun and the moon.

But during these five years, he did another thing, which was to refine the Heavenly Demon, and based on the causal fragments of the Heavenly Demon, he successfully created the Tianzun shadow puppet, Tang Changsheng shadow puppet, and Yin Yang Xuanlong shadow puppet.

As for the shadow puppet of the Lord of Heaven and Earth, he was unable to make it.

At the end of the fifth year, he went to the void for the second time.

This time, he stayed in the void for two full years.

The gains are as follows:

First, he was certain of one thing: when he first entered the void, he thought that it was the light of the void in the distance that participated in the formation of the dark yellow matter, but now he realized that the facts were just the opposite.

The light of the void did not participate in the formation of the Xuanhuang matter. Instead, it wreaked havoc, destroying all of the thin Xuanhuang matter, leaving behind the originally extremely thick and abundant Xuanhuang matter.

Perhaps the little bit of Xuanhuang powder that Zifu found in the void ruins in the late period was actually a huge piece of Xuanhuang substance in the past.

Second, he used the shadow puppets of Tianzun and others to conduct two small experiments. The first was to control the shadow puppet of Tianzun to fly towards the source of light in the void, and the second was to control the shadow puppets of Tang Changsheng and Yin-Yang Xuanlong to try to bypass the dark dragon corpse.

As a result, when a dark outline was vaguely seen, the Tianzun shadow puppet was directly burned to ashes.

Tang Changsheng and Yin Yang Xuanlong, who had taken a detour, entered a terrifying and extremely vast cave that was chilling and terrifying, and suddenly lost contact with Song Yan.

Song Yan didn't even see how they disappeared.

Third, he determined that the source of the evil thoughts from outside the domain was the corpse of the dark dragon. It could be said that whether it was the demon monk, the nine-son demon mother, or the heavenly demon dragon, they were all formed by the evil thoughts from outside the domain ejected from the corpse of the dark dragon.

Before the Tianzun shadow puppet was burned, it helped him see this spectacular and terrifying scene.

The corpse of the dark dragon is constantly throwing out evil thoughts from outside the domain into the void, which means that the devil will never end.

Twenty years passed quickly after returning from the second void exploration.

This time, he hunted a large number of demons and turned them into his shadow puppets.

On the other hand, he vaguely knew that Tianzun also "stepped on the Lord of Heaven and Earth" and took back his good corpse, but Tianzun did not reveal the true face of the Lord of Heaven and Earth, because Tianzun thought the same as he did: if the world collapsed, no one would be able to please it, and the Lord of Heaven and Earth would have to support this mess.

This made Song Yan secretly sigh: "After all, no one is a good person."

On this day, Song Yan went to an unexplored area as usual, intending to find some demons to use as "shadow puppet fillers". This would be a small contribution to delaying the collapse of this world while benefiting himself.

Within the cage of spiritual consciousness, there were scenes of destruction.

In this world, he is basically invincible.

But it was not until this moment that he felt deeply helpless.

So what if I’m invincible?
The light of the true spirit is extinguished, the mysterious energy is declining, the demons are endless, and the creatures of the underworld are constantly born.

Even if he could kill and kill non-stop, he still had to watch the decline of the world. What's more, there were unknown enemies in the void outside the world who were eyeing him covetously.

The Lord of Heaven and Earth in the Xuanhuang Realm even had his body destroyed and his soul shattered, which shows how terrifying the enemy is.

This situation is really not much different from the "siege on all sides" in the mortal world.

Song Yan never thought that he would have the honor to witness the destruction of the world.

As many thoughts were running through his mind, he suddenly felt a slight sense of familiarity.

Song Yan quickly released his spiritual sense and locked onto the source of that familiar feeling, only to see a female monk wrapped in a black robe, with the aura of the underworld surrounding her, running away frantically.

Chasing her were two divine infant natural disaster earth beasts.

In the howling cold wind, the nun opened her hood, revealing a classic oval face, and her almond-shaped eyes were filled with calmness.

Her five fingers slowly grasped the hilt of the sword at her waist, and then suddenly stopped. A divine infant natural disaster earth beast pounced on her and tore her body into pieces, but the torn body quickly turned into water mist and bubble.

The female cultivator was like a dreamy butterfly, with scaly wings like a fan. She disappeared on one side and reappeared on the other side. The sword flashed, and the tip of the sword pointed directly at the earth beast's brow with powerful force.

Bang!
The divine infant earth beast was blown away and staggered back a few steps, its momentum slightly weakened.

At this moment, another divine infant earth beast appeared behind the female cultivator, with its fangs bared, biting towards the female cultivator's long legs that were hanging in the air.

Click!

The divine infant earth beast hits and bites.

But the female cultivator who was bitten by it turned into nothing again, and its real body appeared in another place.

The divine infant earth beast that had been forced to retreat before recovered and pounced again.

The female cultivator did not dare to face the enemy head-on. She could only constantly transform into illusions, dodge and counterattack. In a short moment, the female cultivator turned into an afterimage and fought with the two divine infant earth beasts for no less than ten rounds.

During this confrontation, the female cultivator finally found an opportunity, jumped out of the encirclement, and flew away again, flying towards a place where there were many creatures from the underworld.

The divine infant natural disaster earth beast pursued relentlessly, and new natural disaster beasts joined the battle from all directions.

The female cultivator suddenly stopped because she was surrounded by natural disaster beasts.

She let out a long sigh, but there was no tension in her eyes, but a sharp light flashed in them.

She was ready to fight her way out.

At this moment, a big hand from the sky grabbed down, and with a wave of its hand, the natural disaster beasts exploded one after another, even the leading divine infant natural disaster earth beast was no exception.

The female cultivator looked up in surprise, only to see a young man in a black robe floating down. The female cultivator couldn't help but exclaimed, "Song Yan!"

Song Yan landed, looked at Su Yao, and said: "You"

Su Yao said: "Yuzhuang let me come back, oh, it has something to bring you."

Song Yan was really surprised.

As Su Yao spoke, she solemnly took out a slate from her storage bag and handed it over.

Song Yan took it and examined it briefly.

The slate is just a harder slate, nothing special about it, but there are many patterns on it, as if they were scribbled by a child.

Su Yao said: "It was painted by Yuzhuang. It's like a child who can't speak. It can only make the simplest expressions, but it cares about you very much.

I can sense that it seems to regard you as its father. That's why it drew this picture and urged me to come find you.

But it is wandering, and once I come out, I will never go back."

Song Yan looked at the graffiti for a long time and vaguely understood its structure.

There was a crooked corpse squatting in the middle. The corpse looked like a ship anchored there, or like a big house built in the air. There was a plaque hanging on the house, and on the plaque there were some twisted things that looked like words. There were little people in the house.

Five things appeared around the little man, namely tree, lotus-shaped fire, metal, soil, and water-shaped little man.

There was more than one little person, and one of them was standing at the door of the big corpse room, looking quietly into the distance.

In the distance, there is a vast earth, and on that earth there are "trees, lotus-shaped fire, metal, soil, and water-shaped little people". One of the trees even has a cute little head, and Song Yan can vaguely tell that it is Yuzhuang.

The little man seemed to be waiting and watching patiently.

Su Yao said: "I don't understand what this means. Yuzhuang seems to be saying that there is a terrible force hidden in our world, and this force has great ambitions."

But Song Yan already understood.

Poxu Yuzhuang said it was not this world, but beyond the sky.

How much does that "crooked big corpse" resemble the corpse of the dark dragon?
If so, could the corpse of the dark dragon be the headquarters of a mysterious force?
As for the disciples of the sect inside, their goal is to refine the heaven and earth.

It is not accurate to say that they are refining, because what those disciples seem to care about most is to extract the "Five Elements of the Underworld" from this world, and let the "Five Elements of the Underworld" absorb enough energy, and then carry the "Five Elements of the Underworld" with them.

Song Yan even felt terrified for a moment.

What kind of force can spend an extremely long time waiting for an entire world to wither, and allow a disciple to use an entire world as a resource for cultivation?
The pattern on the house plaque painted by Poxu Yuzhuang must have been seen by it, so it was specially painted. This should be the name of the sect.

But he didn't recognize those words.

Poxu Yuzhuang is not a human being. She grows extremely slowly. Her IQ is just like that of a two or three-year-old human child, which makes her sense of something. So, Poxu Yuzhuang is telling her father.

run! !

Su Yao entered the phaseless secret realm.

But Song Yan gave up the idea of ​​going to the void again.

He found that he only had two options left:

The first one is to transform into a demon and try to drift through the sea of ​​suffering to the next world that is far away and uncertain, where one is not sure whether one can reach it or not.
The second rule is to keep a close eye on the master of heaven and earth, see how he wants to jump out, and then "if you jump, I will jump too."

Today, the Wuxiang Secret Realm is already filled with animal skins. These animal skins are enough for Song Yan to make for a long time. This is a preparation for his first path, because he needs to ensure that "if he has to take the first path", he cannot die because of his insufficient lifespan.

But he was determined to try the second path.

Poxu Yuzhuang's graffiti paintings made him understand one thing: it was impossible to "put on the skin of the five elements of the underworld, and then try to escape when going to the corpse of the dark dragon" as Tianzun said.

If the corpse of the dark dragon was a dead thing, there would still be a glimmer of hope, but now it has become a sect and ship of a terrorist force, and there is something unknown on it. So... getting close to it while wearing the skin of the five elements of the underworld is simply the most foolish thing to do.

This also made Song Yan completely understand why the master of heaven and earth wanted to make the "gold of the underworld" into a sword, and use the souls of the sword practitioners here to refine the sword.

The master of heaven and earth must be waiting for something.

He was literally “packing his bags.”

The following year, winter.

Song Yan transformed himself into a sword cultivator and came to the Sword Alliance.

He only had one task left, which was to find the true incarnation of the Master of Heaven and Earth.

He really didn't believe that the "old man" who openly claimed to be the disciple of the Master of Heaven and Earth was actually the incarnation of the Master of Heaven and Earth, because although the old man was powerful, he did not have a good body.

Song Yan is looking for the strongest, the one with the greatest potential, and the one who is most favored in the Sword Alliance.

To nourish the body is like to raise pigs, you have to give them food.

Whoever the old man secretly treats best and most friendly is most likely the "pig".

That "pig" may not seem strong now, but for sword cultivators, character is paramount. You can never be sure that one of them will suddenly gain enlightenment and reach great heights in one step.

Time flies, and another fifty years have passed.

During these fifty years, a large number of soul thresholds have brought a large number of evil treasures, and some sword cultivators have crossed the sea of ​​suffering and reached the state of incarnation.

Song Yan used shadow puppets to place cues everywhere.

On this day, Song Yan was practicing in the alliance as usual, when suddenly his eyes opened abruptly, and then he used the anchor point of the immortal position to come to the Sea of ​​Bitterness without any hesitation.

He felt the strange changes in the sea of ​​suffering!

The change came from the sky!
A huge bronze ship covered with erosion and cracks is falling from the sky. A strange golden flame is flowing in each crack. There are nine long sword statues cast on the bow of the ship. Each sword is different, some are heavy, some are light, some are strange, and some seem ordinary.

Each of the nine long sword statues has a chain passing through it, and at the end of the chain are nine black cranes with wings like lightless black holes.

The moment the Nine Cranes Golden Flame Bronze Ancient Boat arrived from the void, Song Yan knew that this was simply not a power that this world could possess.

He went here quickly.

When he arrived, he saw a soaked and corroded dragon skeleton rising from the depths of the Sea of ​​Bitterness and landing on the deck. He had actually looked for this dragon skeleton, but the Sea of ​​Bitterness was extremely large and blocked his perception, and he was also worried that the Lord of Heaven and Earth might be causing trouble, so he really didn't find it.

On the other side, a crystal white human skeleton was being slowly carried onto the ancient boat. This human skeleton was what helped Song Yan shed his demon body and further comprehend the existence of the "free" small heavenly Dao character.

After the dragon skeleton and the human skeleton were loaded onto the ancient boat, two figures collected them respectively.

On the left side is a middle-aged female cultivator wearing linen clothes and straw sandals, with an ordinary appearance.

If this female cultivator had not been standing on the bronze sky boat, no one would even think that she was a cultivator.

On the right, there is a bald strong man who looks like a butcher. He looks ordinary, like a butcher selling meat in front of a street butcher shop in an ordinary world.

The butcher said, "It's worth the trip to recover a dragon skeleton. Fellow Daoist Ning, I also want to congratulate your Tianqi Sword Palace for recovering the complete skeleton of Senior Gu Mohan."

The female cultivator known as "Fellow Daoist Ning" nodded, then glanced at the bitter sea and said, "The Xuanhuang cultivator from this small world has had contact with our sect before, so I will take him with me."

The butcher narrowed his eyes and smiled, saying, "This place is not like the Wanjian Star Region. In the mortal world, there is a saying that poor mountains and bad waters often produce shrews and unruly people. The Xuanhuang cultivators here have been able to hold out against the Wuling Tianmo Palace for so long. Their ways are really wild."

The female cultivator smiled faintly: "A gentleman is harmonious but different. Our Tianqi Sword Palace does not need the same philosophy and can accommodate all cultivators."

Then she smiled and said, "Here it comes."

The butcher laughed and said, "Are there three Xuanhuang monks here?"

The female cultivator shook her head and said, "There are two clever little fellows."

The two chatted and laughed. In the distance, a figure in green quickly approached. After landing, his gray hair fell slightly. He bowed and said, "Emperor Cunxin, I greet the envoy of the Sword Domain."

After saying this, a cold chill flashed in his lowered eyes.

He had been extremely worried these days, and he never expected that at the last moment, the two little mice fleeing from this world would actually follow him here.

Song Yan glanced at the figure in green.

Di Cunxin is obviously the name of the master of this world, and the avatar he finally chose is actually an acquaintance - He Yueren.

He glanced again at the Tianzun who flew out from the other side of the sea of ​​suffering.

Tianzun stepped forward and said respectfully: "Hua Linglong greets the two seniors."

The female cultivator nodded slightly, and then said, "Go back to where you came from. The Great Dao is ruthless, and you cannot go with us if you have not entered the Xuanhuang Realm."

Tianzun:.
The female cultivator turned her head to look at Song Yan again and said calmly, "You too."

Song Yan hurriedly took out an ancient golden token from his arms and said respectfully, "Senior Ning, is this useful?"

The female cultivator raised her hand, took the golden token in her hand, and returned it, saying: "You are a boy with great opportunities. You can board the ship. If you have any secret realm of your destiny before you leave, take it with you."

Song Yan looked at Tianzun and asked, "Can she take it with her?"

The female cultivator said calmly, "Yes."

(End of this chapter)