After practicing Qi for a thousand years, one can finally become a god!

Chapter 244 World Towns
It was gray and hazy.

The fog was thick and heavy.

Qi Sheng walked alone.

This is the 'metaverse'.

The strange lair.

Several months ago, Qi Sheng used the Ten Thousand Swords Immortal Sect's Yuan Realm node to step into the unfamiliar Yuan Realm through a spatial rift.

then.

It was a continuous, dark journey.

The Yuan Realm was different from what Qi Sheng had imagined, but it wasn't that he only realized it was different now.

In fact.

Back in the four years when the strange creatures were lured and killed in the Barbarian Frontier, Qi Sheng was diligently improving his various cultivation techniques and spells while also learning about the major and minor events in the Yuan Realm through the records of the four sects of the Barbarian Frontier.

Metaverse.

High level.

It is aggressive and corrosive.

It is constantly devouring other worlds.

The Xuanming Realm, where Manjiang is located, is one of them, but it is not the first, nor will it be the last.

Long, long ago.

The Metaverse has already begun to devour other worlds.

The weak have long since perished.

The powerful are still resisting.

It's in the middle, neither high nor low, being swallowed up, but not completely swallowed up.

They used all the remaining essence of the world to shrink the boundless territory into a tiny place, creating a small town.

Born from nature.

Mysterious and boundless.

This town is a world unto itself, capable of resisting invasions from the dimensional realm and strange entities, but it requires a constant consumption of a large amount of its own essence.

Where does it originate?

First, it draws from the void and chaos, slowly and steadily.

Second, the transformation of external objects.

Like something strange.

It originated from the primordial realm and served as a precursor to the invasion of the primordial realm, naturally containing a trace of the primordial realm's origin.

Those 'world towns' rely on their residents to continuously hunt down and devour monsters from the dimensional world, thus maintaining the town's operation and providing shelter for its inhabitants.

The two are interdependent.

We struggled to survive together.

The architectural complex in the five sects of the Yuan Realm of the Barbarian Frontier is the ruined 'World Town'. It was brought back by the Five Ancestors, and only a tiny bit of the original power of the 'World Town' was preserved.

It is far inferior to even a fraction of the world town currently operating in the Metaverse.

Qi Sheng was new to the area and found it difficult to survive in most parts of the Yuan Realm, where gray fog and strange phenomena roamed everywhere.

A place to take shelter—

First, it is a 'world town'.

Second, 'the five directions and four seas and the eight extremes and twelve continents'.

……

"I always thought these places were also in the Xuanming Realm."

"That's not the case."

Qi Sheng walked through the Yuan Realm, amidst the swirling gray mist and bizarre creatures.

As he walked.

While recalling the more information about the Yuan Realm brought back by the Five Ancestors of the Barbarian Frontier.

As mentioned before—

Long, long ago.

The Metaverse has already begun to devour other worlds.

The weak have long since perished.

The powerful are still resisting.

In the middle, neither high nor low, it was swallowed up, but not completely swallowed up, forming a 'world town'.

Those powerful worlds, however, have not completely disappeared.

The nine strongest and largest worlds were known as the 'Five Directions' and 'Four Seas'.

The next level up are the 'Eight Extremes' and the 'Twelve Continents'.

Further down.

The third tier is known as the 'Upper Realm,' consisting of approximately one hundred and twenty seats.

The fourth category is 'territory', consisting of approximately 1,200 islands.

The fifth category is called 'small realm', which consists of approximately 12,000 sites.

in fact.

Further down.

'World Towns' can be considered the lowest level of surviving worlds, countless and as numerous as the stars.

Like the Mysterious Realm.

If it is swallowed by the Metaverse in the future, it may be transformed into a 'World Town'.

Or maybe.

There is no such thing.

Just like the countless other worlds that were swallowed up by the Yuan Realm.

“The big fish eat the small fish.”

"Major repairs consume minor repairs."

"The larger world eats the smaller world."

That's just how things are in this world.

The law of the jungle, where the strong prey on the weak, has existed since ancient times.

"The small Xuanming Realm is no match for the Yuan Realm."

The four patriarchs of the Barbarian Frontier had explored the Yuan Realm and visited many small towns in the world. They knew that the original strength and scale of these worlds almost all surpassed that of the Xuanming Realm.

Even these worlds have come to such a state.

The Xuanming Realm is as one might imagine.

"Staying in the Xuanming Realm will make it difficult to break the deadlock."

"Only by delving into the primordial realm can one hope to transcend it."

then.

The Fifth Patriarch came and went, went and came again.

then.

Qi Sheng also arrived.

……

"Shh!"

The gray mist of the primordial realm parted, and Qi Sheng appeared out of thin air.

Look around.

The nine-headed monster was nowhere to be seen; instead, countless, inexhaustible 'floating maggots' emanated from the gray mist, emitting a foul stench.

"They've gone."

Qi Sheng breathed a sigh of relief.

Just now.

He encountered a strange creature with nine chicken heads that could sing and dance, which inexplicably annoyed him.

The weirder they look.

The worse the strength.

Qi Sheng had died several times and was already experienced.

Fortunately, he was bound to the origin of the Ninth Heavenly Cave. The "Essence Blood Resurrection" technique in the Three Diagrams of Heaven was created by combining the origin of the Ninth Heavenly Cave with the application of Yin-Yang life-and-death transformation in the Stellar Transformation.

This is far more advanced than the 'Undying Coffin' in the Netherworld Palace.

Without harming the original source.

It does not shorten lifespan.

All losses are borne by the original source of the cave.

Qi Sheng, you can afford to die.

But it is not necessary.

Therefore.

Having died several times and learned from his mistakes, Qi Sheng now keeps his distance from strange-looking creatures when he encounters them in the Yuan Realm, avoiding them whenever possible.

There's no way around it.

Can't hide.

He left behind a trace of the essence of the cave heaven and decisively flashed back to the Ninth Cave Heaven to avoid trouble.

Wait a while.

The storm has passed.

Qi Sheng reappeared, and based on that trace of the origin, easily returned through the cave heaven.

in this way.

The chances of death are greatly reduced.

Go this way.

This is how you find it.

In the primordial realm, there is no sun or moon; in the gray mist, the years are unknown.

The location is unknown.

In short, wandering aimlessly, relying entirely on luck, is about seeing if you can stumble upon even a small world town scattered throughout the dimensional realm.

however.

While there are countless 'world towns', the dimensional realm is as vast as the starry sky.

In the metaverse, seek out a small town.

It's like looking for a needle in a haystack.

Fortunately, Qi Sheng wasn't in a hurry.

No hurries?
In the primordial realm, strange things are everywhere.

Qi Sheng actually managed to gain merit by killing monsters here.

Even the 'floating maggots' that are everywhere in the gray fog, even if a single one is only 'half a star' in difficulty, even if killing it casually only earns a 'four-star' rating.

but.

Killing tens of thousands a day can easily earn you millions of merits.

And then there are the other oddities below 'First Realm, Ten Stars'.

Since entering the Yuan Realm, Qi Sheng has been able to earn tens of millions every day.

It's not much worse than staying in the Xuanming Realm to lure and kill monsters.

Qi Sheng was enjoying himself.

If you can’t find it, you can’t find it.

The world's small town remains there, unmoved.

He'll eventually find it by fighting his way through and searching.

Incidentally, during the search, one can also gain a lot of merit, which can be used to improve one's own strength.

That's great.

Qi Sheng is not in a hurry.

Enjoy your leisurely life.

He possesses the 'Ninth Grotto-Heaven,' which is practically equivalent to a 'portable grotto-heaven.' No matter where he is, even in the Yuan Realm, he can return to his grotto-heaven anytime, anywhere. When he gets tired of walking, killing, watching, or feeling weary in the Yuan Realm...

I'll go back to the Ninth Grotto-Heaven for a few days to rest and recover.

The Ninth Grotto-Heaven is also connected to the Xuanming Realm.

Qi Sheng could see the beauties he left behind in the barbarian lands at any time.

Every now and then, we would cherish each other.

Dozens of beauties, each unique.

Changing it every three to five days keeps things fresh.

"Dongtian" (洞天).

"nice one."

Stellar Transformations!
It is an extremely precious secret technique.

Without "Stellar Transformation," and only with the Small Cave Heaven, Qi Sheng couldn't have been so carefree.

However, with the powerful combination of "Stellar Transformation" and "Ninth Heaven"—

Rather than saying that the 'Ninth Grotto Heaven' was Qi Sheng's personal cave dwelling, or that the Xuanming Realm was Qi Sheng's warm harbor, it is more accurate to say that the 'Ninth Grotto Heaven' was Qi Sheng's personal cave dwelling.

Rather.

The Yuan Realm had become Qi Sheng's backyard.

Come whenever you want.

Go whenever you want.

No one is more dashing than him.

Exploring like this, even ten or a hundred years wouldn't be too long.

and.

It doesn't necessarily have to take ten or a hundred years.

Cultivation period: 15 years.

This is the fifth year that Qi Sheng has been exploring the Yuan Realm.

at last.

Something was discovered.

……

"Hurry up!"

"Hold on!"

"If we can hold out for just 15 minutes, the Lord will be able to lead his troops to provide support."

"This 'Eight-Clawed Lion King' is a treasure from head to toe, especially the 'Power of Pain' within its body. After being extracted using a secret method and refined into a magical artifact, it gained much more power."

In the gray fog.

At the foot of Red Stone Mountain.

A small group of cultivators set up a sword formation and were engaged in a fierce battle with the 'Eight-Clawed Lion King'.

Eight tentacles.

Three lion heads.

Terrifying and ferocious.

He held his own against ten opponents.

The tentacles lash out, carrying immense power of pain, striking people and causing them to tremble and writhe in agony.

But each and every one of them did their best to persevere.

not far away.

Qi Sheng was observing from the shadows.

"The Eight-Clawed Lion King".

"This is a relatively common first-realm anomaly in the Yuan Realm. When it manifests in the Xuanming Realm, it is at the difficulty of 'first realm, eight stars'. Its normal strength is at most slightly beyond the peak, but far inferior to the invincible realm."

"Unleashing full power and utilizing the power of pain, he is comparable to the Invincible Realm, capable of crushing the pinnacle and posing a threat to the Invincible Realm."

That was in the Xuanming Realm.

In the Metaverse—

"The same weirdness."

"The difference in strength between the Yuan Realm and the Xuanming Realm is like heaven and earth."

Take the 'Octopus Lion King' as an example.

In the primordial realm, the power of pain is even more abundant, and it can be used freely. It is no longer used as a special move, but as a regular means.

In other words.

The 'Octopus Lion King' in the Yuan Realm is undoubtedly an invincible force. Once unleashed, his strength will surpass that of dozens of invincible beings across the barbarian lands. Apart from Qi Sheng, the 'true invincible,' none of the other 'pseudo-invincible' beings can stand against him.

This is strange.

Extremely strong.

Looking at the ten-person team again, their attire was strange, and it seemed that their armor and magical artifacts were made from materials from bizarre corpses.

The flying sword flashed with various colors of light.

The armor resembled strangely shaped beasts.

“Each one of them possesses invincible combat power, no less than Qi Huang, Wu Wang, and others.”

"In the remote frontier, they would be extremely rare."

"But in the Yuan Realm, it's fine if you don't encounter anyone, but if you do, it's ten pseudo-invincible beings."

Qi Sheng observed for a moment.

They decided to take action.

These were the first people he had encountered in the Dimensional Realm in five years.

Metaverse.

This is a strange world.

The presence of human cultivators indicates that a human settlement is not far away.

Qi Sheng found it hard to believe that he was so lucky to encounter the 'Five Directions,' 'Four Seas,' 'Eight Extremes,' and other worlds, big and small.

It's probably a small town in the world.

With the help of this group of cultivators, there is a high probability that they can reach that world town.

then.

Qi Sheng made his move.

"disease!"

He put two fingers together to form a sword finger and pointed, and immediately sword light appeared. As soon as the eight Sorrowful Cloud Swords appeared, a gloomy cloud gathered for thousands of miles.

Eight swords hang in the eight directions.

The sword is wielded into silk threads.

Swordsmanship at its peak.

"Hoohoho!"

In a single encounter, it severed all eight tentacles of the octopus lion king.

Then.

Eight swords combined into one.

A violent twist.

Chi Chi Chi!
The three lion heads of the eight-clawed lion king were immediately shredded into dust.

The Eight-Clawed Lion King.

Dead, utterly dead.

……

[Coordinates: Metaverse]

[Introduction: The Eight-Clawed Lion King, a legendary figure who wields the 'Power of Pain,' can inflict the pain he himself suffers upon his enemies through attacks. Now residing in the Elemental Realm, his power has been enhanced by the source of his power.]

[Difficulty: Level 1 · ★★★★★★★★]

[Rating: ★★☆; Although you personally slew the 'Eight-Clawed Lion King,' you only killed its form, not its spirit. In the primordial realm, demons are endless, and they can easily resurrect after death. Your actions were in vain.]

Reward: 1048576 Merits

……

Killing an eight-star monster comparable to a 'pseudo-invincible' is extremely easy for Qi Sheng now.

Even without using the "Four Symbols of Heavenly Will Technique," the perfect application of the "Sorrowful Cloud Sword Technique," with its keen insight and commanding perspective, is enough to easily kill it.

Nine years later.

Nine years of hard work.

Qi Sheng was different; he had long been invincible in a realm.

……

"who?"

Tu Su shouted, looking in the direction from which the sword light was coming, his face full of vigilance.

This man!

Stealing monsters!
This is a major taboo in Redstone Town.

Besides, who kills monsters like that?

The most valuable part of this perfectly normal eighth-tier monster is not its eight tentacles, but the power of pain contained in its three lion heads.

But that person.

With a single strike, it left behind tentacles to strangle the lion's head.

How can there be such a thing?
So Muggle!
Tusu secretly sent a telepathic message to the team to be on guard. He focused his attention and looked at the person who had come.

But all I saw was...

The newcomer was a Taoist priest, wearing a cloud-patterned crown, a water-patterned robe, a silk sash around his waist, and hemp shoes on his feet. He was truly handsome and had an otherworldly air about him.

Upon seeing this, Tu Su keenly sensed: "Fellow Daoist, could you perhaps be an 'Ascensionist'?"

Tusu realized what was happening.

If they were cultivators from Redstone Town, why would they be dressed like this?

and.

It wouldn't be such a waste.

Even more so.

His first thought was that the Taoist was stealing the monster, but when he came to his senses and checked the 'Red Stone Token' again, he found that his merits had increased.

Although the merits in the 'Red Stone Token' can be transferred, the situation just now was most likely not a transfer of money, but rather the merit of slaying the Eight-Clawed Lion King being attributed to him.

Why?

There is only one explanation—

That person did not have the 'Red Stone Token'.

Thinking of this, Tusu became much more enthusiastic.

Qi Sheng, on the other hand, seemed to understand the term "ascended one" somewhat but not quite: "What does 'ascended one' mean?"

really!

If someone doesn't even know what an 'Ascended One' is, then they must be an 'Ascended One' without a doubt.

Tu Su became even more enthusiastic, and he laughed loudly, "Fellow Daoist, did you escape into the Yuan Realm through a spatial rift?"

"Exactly."

Qi Sheng had nothing to hide.

Tusu explained, "The Primordial Realm has swallowed countless worlds and is the highest in rank, known as the Upper Realm. People like you, who enter the Primordial Realm through a spatial rift between the two before it devours smaller worlds, are called 'Ascensioners'."

It turned out to be the case.

Qi Sheng understood.

It seems that there are quite a few people like him in the dimensional realm, so much so that a unified term has been developed called 'Ascensioners'.

Not right either.

This is likely just the name used for the town in the current world, because in the records of the Four Ancestors of the Barbarian Frontier, other world towns do not have the term 'Ascension'.

……

(End of this chapter)