Swallowing the Stars: Heart of the Martial God

Chapter 137 Teacher Giant Axe's acting skills are still somewhat useful.
Venerable Time Nightmare stood still, staring intently at the Nine Nether Vortex, his eyes filled with resentment, but in the end he did not dare to go in, and could only linger outside and wait.

Upon entering the Nine Nether Vortex, the ancient giant's clone felt an overwhelming tearing and crushing force, as if a millstone were grinding beans.

However, this time he didn't even activate his innate secret technique, and with just his quasi-emperor body, he managed to withstand the tearing and crushing force of this spacetime power.

"This tearing and crushing force could easily tear apart a King-level expert; only a Universe Venerable could withstand it."

Before long, Ling Xuan felt the surroundings stabilize, and the tearing and crushing force disappeared instantly.

In its place lies a brand new world.

"Finally, we're in," Ling Xuan thought to himself.

A sweep of divine sense revealed an alien army stationed hundreds of thousands of kilometers away. All the alien warriors were blood-red and burly, with blood-red curved horns.

"It seems that these are the life forms created by the Lord of the Nine Netherworlds."

"Foreign!"

"They are foreigners!"

Several alien warriors immediately roared.

The Xuan Gu Giant's clone was enormous, over three million kilometers tall, with its two feet measuring over 50 kilometers in size. It was almost as if it were standing in front of this massive army, making it impossible to hide its presence.

"What a huge foreigner! Seize him quickly!"

The army roared and chased after the ancient giant.

"Heh, I'm not going to keep you company." The ancient giant turned and ran away.

"Follow."

"Don't let that big guy get away."

Many of the alien soldiers became excited, like hunters spotting their prey. The alien captain in the lead roared, "First and second squads, follow me. Third squad, continue to hold your position."

"Ow~~~"

"Ow~~~"

Immediately, streaks of blood-red figures flew through the air, each letting out an excited howl. About two hundred figures chased after the direction in which the Xuan Gu Giant's clone had fled.

Within the Nine Netherworld, the air is filled with wisps of blood-red mist, giving the entire world a rich, unique power.

This power completely stopped the spatial fluctuations within this area and suppressed all divine kingdom teleportation.

"Unable to teleport!"

"Unreachable Divine Kingdom Teleportation!"

Moreover, this force will also create resistance, making it difficult for behemoths like the Ancient Giant's clone to move.

"Ouch~~"

"Hahaha~~~"

"Outsiders, this is our land. You outsiders are under immense suppression here, while we are unharmed. You cannot escape." Voices, transmitted through divine power, resounded directly in the ears of the ancient giant's avatar.

Ling Xuan looked back at the blood-red figures rapidly approaching, clearly indicating that the blood-red mist in the world allowed these alien races to move about as if they were in their own water.

"A bunch of immortals dare to continue chasing me?" Ling Xuan sneered. If he didn't want to offend the Lord of the Nine Netherworlds, he would have already started a massacre.

However, that doesn't mean he has no way to deal with these alien races.

hum~
A spatial fluctuation even more powerful than the blood-red mist spread from Xuan Gu's clone, instantly enveloping the surrounding spacetime of nearly 100 million kilometers.

The entire space-time suddenly froze. The alien races that were howling and chasing after Xuan Gu's clone were frozen in time, still in the same position and expression as a second ago.

It is the third great talent secret technique of Xuan Gu's clone: ​​Giant Domain - possessing the power to control space and time comparable to the power of the Lord of the Universe.

It's easy to deal with these immortals.

At the same time, the spatial fluctuations in this space-time became suitable for the ancient giant's clone to fly, directly increasing his speed.

The ancient giant's clone simply flew away, continuously shrinking its physical form in the sky.

After flying for hundreds of millions of kilometers, the ancient giant clone, shrunk to about ten meters in size, finally landed again.

"No wonder the creatures in the universe are unwilling to change their body shape easily; this feeling is really unpleasant." Xuan Gu's clone felt that even his petite body was very clumsy.

This was after he used the Heaven-Covering Technique to change his size; if he relied on the power of the world, he would be lucky to shrink to one-tenth of his original size.

Xuan Gu's clone continued forward. He had already locked onto the core of this Nine Netherworld from the sky, where all 108 Imperial Seas were located.

Of the 108 imperial seas, 56 have blood-red water, resembling blood itself, truly deserving the name "blood seas"! These 56 blood seas are all the same size, with a diameter of approximately 8000 million kilometers.

There are 49 royal seas, with turbulent waves, the same size as ordinary seawater, but with a diameter of an astonishing 9.6 million kilometers. This is what the indigenous people call the 'Little Royal Sea'.

There are three royal seas, which are like ordinary seawater, but vary slightly in size, with diameters ranging from 32 billion kilometers to 101 billion kilometers. These are what the indigenous people call the 'Great Royal Sea'.

His target was the Blood Sea of ​​Lords among the 108 Imperial Seas.

Unlike other places, although the 108 Imperial Seas are the core of the Nine Netherworld, they have no troops stationed there.

Only the beings born from these imperial seas came to pay homage.

Of the 108 royal seas, especially around the Lesser and Greater Royal Seas, some natives were seen kneeling in reverence. However, there was no native worship around the smallest sea, the Blood Sea.

This gave Ling Xuan an opportunity to take advantage of the situation.

He concealed himself by manipulating the spacetime around him to refract light and make it impossible for him to escape, and landed on the shore of a small royal sea.

"Huh? What kind of seawater is this? It looks so peculiar." The ancient giant, with a silly yet curious look, reached out and scooped up a handful of Netherworld Seawater, while secretly hiding some Blood Sea Seawater in the crevices of his rocky skin.

"It's blood?" The ancient giant looked bewildered and put the sea of ​​blood he was holding back down. "How strange."

Shaking its head, the ancient giant looked around for a while, seemingly searching for something, before taking off again, as if looking for an exit to leave the Nine Netherworld.

After flying for a while, he still didn't find the natives, and finally he found the Nine Nether Vortex that led to the outside world.

Just as he was about to leave directly through the Nine Netherworld Vortex.

"Boom~~~~"

A great and incredible aura descended directly, and the power of the Nine Netherworld within hundreds of millions of kilometers around instantly formed a vacuum, completely converging in the air in front of Ling Xuan, directly forming a huge face outline. The surrounding world was filled with endless rage, and the world completely changed color, turning blood red.

In the blood-red world, the enormous head coldly looked down at the ancient giant's avatar.

The Lord of the Nine Netherworlds... has descended!

However, all of this was within the expectations of the Xuan Gu Giant's clone. He did not think that the sea of ​​blood hidden in the rock crevices could deceive the Lord of the Nine Netherworlds.

He only hoped to give the other party the illusion that he did it unintentionally, not deliberately.

In this way, the Lord of the Nine Netherworlds wouldn't know that he came to steal the blood sea water to nurture his clone, and might not even care about the blood water he inadvertently took away.

Just like in the original novel, Luo Feng didn't pursue the matter of the world ring equipment directly.

The enormous head hovered in the air, looking down at the Demon Slayer Clan clone below.

"Xuan Gu! How dare you!" A cold voice resounded throughout the blood-red world.

The avatar of the ancient giant looked terrified and at a loss as he looked at the other party, "Great Lord of the Universe, I don't know where I have offended you."

Now it was the Lord of the Nine Netherworlds' turn to be speechless.

Xuan Gu's clone didn't seem to have offended him much. Although there was some blood seawater in the gaps between his skin, it was clearly not intentional, and all rock-type life forms are like that—they don't bathe.

It's perfectly normal for some things to stick to your body and not be cleaned off.

Haven't you noticed that some rock-like life forms are growing grass?
Most importantly, the other party had been on the run and had not gathered any information about the Nine Netherworld, which left him with no way to retaliate.

However, being the ruler of the universe, he quickly recovered.

"Who gave you permission to run around in my Nine Netherworld?"

"I've been hunted down by powerful figures, and I had no choice but to do so." Xuan Gu's clone scratched his large head with his big hand.

"Moreover, you dare to hoard forbidden items from the Nine Netherworld, truly showing no respect for me, the Lord of the Nine Netherworld."

"So you are the great Lord of the Nine Netherworlds." The avatar of the Xuan Gu Giant bowed slightly.

Then he spun around in place, as if worried that the Lord of the Nine Netherworlds couldn't see clearly, "But I didn't hide anything, you see, I didn't bring any storage treasures with me."

The Lord of the Nine Netherworlds remained silent. This stone man looked simple-minded and had no brains at all.

Moreover, he did not intend to pursue the matter of that small amount of Blood Sea water, and he believed that the Xuan Gu King did not intentionally come to steal the Blood Sea water.

His goal has always been to bring this heaven-defying Xuan Gu King under his command.

This is a special life form that can unleash attacks from a Universe Venerable even at the World Lord level. It has a high life gene multiplier, a large divine body, and heaven-defying innate secret techniques.

Most importantly, this Xuan Gu King is also extremely rare in that he can move freely, which is simply a great weapon. Who wouldn't be envious?

Having finally arrived in his Netherworld, how could he possibly let the other party go so easily?
If the other guardian deities were shameless, then the title of Xuan Gu King would no longer belong to him.

"Hmph, your rocky crevices conceal the greatest secret of my Nine Nether Sea, the Blood Sea. Although ignorance is no excuse, I still have to punish you."

"I will wash away this seawater now. Please forgive me, Lord of the Nine Netherworlds." Xuan Gu's clone appeared to be preparing to clean it up.

"What's the use of cleaning up? You've already offended me." The Lord of the Nine Netherworlds immediately spoke up, not giving him the chance. "Unless you join my ranks and become a guardian envoy of my Nine Netherworld lineage, serving me, I will not hold your previous unintentional mistake against you."

“Xuan Gu is willing to join the Lord of the Nine Netherworlds,” Xuan Gu’s clone said, bowing his head.

He was secretly pleased; he had passed this hurdle.

Teacher Giant Axe's acting skills are still somewhat useful.

"Very well, very well." The Lord of the Nine Netherworlds laughed. "Since we are all on the same side, I will not hold your previous rashness against you. However, you must keep your mouth shut about the secrets of my Nine Netherworld Spacetime."

"With the great Lord of the Nine Netherworlds above, Xuan Gu will certainly not mention this matter again."

"From now on, you will be the guardian deity of my Nine Netherworld lineage. This is the Ancestral God's Decree, a symbol of your identity."

A black token appeared out of thin air and fell from the sky, landing directly in front of Xuan Gu's clone.

Xuan Gu's clone reached out and took it. It was heavy and icy cold. There were only two words on the Ancestral God Token—'Ancestral God'. The characters were composed of countless secret patterns. Xuan Gu's clone did not recognize them, but he knew at a glance that they were the words 'Ancestral God'.

"Imprinted with your life mark, the Ancestral God Token can only be used by you." The Lord of the Nine Netherworlds looked down at the Xuan Gu avatar. "Through this Ancestral God Token, you can contact the Ancestral God Sect. The Ancestral God Sect also issues missions through the Ancestral God Token. As long as you are within this universe, you can make contact through the Ancestral God Token."

"Many thanks to the Lord of the Nine Netherworlds. When I entered the secret realm, the Beast God of the Faith told me that I should join the ranks of a Faith God Lord to receive protection. Now I have finally succeeded," the Xuan Gu clone said in a simple and honest manner.

"Go," the Lord of the Nine Netherworlds said calmly. "If any powerful figures cause you trouble within this Ancestral Mystic Realm, feel free to contact me with this item. You are a key figure I'm cultivating, and I will certainly back you up."

After saying that, an invisible force enveloped the Xuan Gu clone. Having already experienced countless time-space transformations, the Xuan Gu clone relaxed completely, allowing the other party to transfer him outside the Nine Netherworld Time-Space.

Xuan Gu's clone glanced back at the vast and boundless Nine Nether Sea before turning and leaving.

Meanwhile, Venerable Time Nightmare was still guarding the Nine Nether Sea.

……

Meanwhile, Ling Xuan himself returned to Zijing Island, preparing to visit the treasure trove.

As the Candle Dragon King followed him, explaining the treasure trove to him, he also introduced him to his friends around him.

After passing through the spring in the middle of the main palace of Zijing Island that led to the treasure land, Ling Xuan appeared on the top of a mountain peak.

Looking out into the distance, one can see countless mountain peaks, some steep and others uniquely shaped, stretching for thousands upon thousands... seemingly without end. Between some of these peaks lie lakes, some large and some small, with some exceeding a million kilometers in size.

Those lakes are also very beautiful, some are emerald green like huge jade, and some are pitch black like ink.

"This land of treasures is full of hidden treasures; every mountain peak and every lake holds a treasure."

As the two walked, the Candle Dragon King explained.

But as soon as he finished speaking, Ling Xuan felt the mountain beneath his feet shaking violently.

Then countless divine lights surged up and enveloped the mountain peak.

"Uh... a treasure has appeared!" King Zhulong exclaimed in surprise. "Could it be one of us?"

It's no wonder he thought that way; the mountain had reacted as soon as the two of them arrived.

Rumble~
"Treasure."

"It's a treasure. Who found the treasure?"

"It was me, it must have been me, I must have accidentally touched the restrictions on this mountain and triggered the treasure."

"The treasure is mine."

Many immortal beings from various alien races near the mountain turned their gazes toward it, eager to see which lucky individual had obtained the treasure hidden within.

Although it's not the treasure trove of the 108 highest peaks, it's still incredibly precious.

This is comparable to most of the wealth of some poor cosmic venerables.

Under the divine light, most of the powerful figures were teleported to the foot of the mountain.

The Candle Dragon King glanced at Ling Xuan, who was still beside him, and shook his head regretfully.

"Unfortunately, it belongs to someone else."

"There's nothing to regret, teacher. With so many treasures here, others have to get some," Ling Xuan said with a smile, trying to comfort him.

"Haha, you're right."

"Damn it, who got the treasure? My treasure!" some powerful figures roared in anger and resentment.

At the same time, the spatial fluctuations near this mountain peak suddenly stopped, clearly indicating that a powerful figure had cast a spatial blockade to prevent the lucky person who obtained the treasure from teleporting away directly.

If the other party is weak and has no powerful backer, someone might intervene to force them to hand over the treasure.

At the very least, once the other party leaves the area of ​​the Five-Colored Aurora Lake, you can take action and directly seize the treasure.

"The treasure is mine, it's mine, hahaha, I've got the treasure."

Soon after, the divine light on the mountain disappeared, revealing the lucky one who had obtained the treasure.

It was the silver giant wolf that joined the Ancestral God Cult with Ling Xuan, the Azure Wolf King.

Seeing the menacing gazes of the various powerful figures from different races at the foot of the mountain, and wanting to teleport away, he discovered that the space had already been sealed off. King Bifa's expression hardened. "This treasure is mine. What do you want?"

"King Bifa, what treasures have you obtained? Could you please bring them out so that we may all appraise them?" King Zhulong asked with a smile.

“Yes, King Bifa, don’t be so stingy. Show everyone what treasures you’ve obtained,” a member of the Hongmeng alien race chimed in.

"Damn Hongmeng scum, do you want to start a war with my demon race?" At this moment, other powerful members of the demon race also chimed in.

(End of this chapter)