Honghuang Taihuang

Chapter 161 Tian Jue Realm

The westernmost part of the Western Rong Domain, where Youquan is now located, is an important place in the Western Rong Domain and the Tianjue Domain that the Xiongbo clan was ordered to guard.

After presenting his token as the Grand Elder of the Western Rong Royal Court, Youquan successfully entered the Heavenly Absolute Domain, which was shrouded in layers of circular array light curtains.

Within the hazy array space, three towering gates—blood red, pitch black, and gray-white—stood high on the earth, covered with countless characters resembling birds, beasts, insects, and fish.

The extremely fierce and unpredictable forces of heaven and earth transformed into heavy mists that covered most of the three heavenly gates. The chaotic power of time and the violent power of space intertwined, creating an indescribable chaotic scene.

Even with Youquan's cultivation level, he could only stand outside these three Heavenly Gates for thousands of miles and observe from afar. The space-time within the three Heavenly Gates for thousands of miles had completely turned into a pot of mush.

No powerful being of the Taiyi realm, not even the top-tier Primordial Saints, can step into this chaotic spacetime.

These three Heavenly Gates are the Heavenly Passages that Taotie once mentioned, used to connect the four great domains of ferocious beasts. Now that these three passages have appeared in the Western Rong Domain, it means that the other three lords of ferocious beasts are preparing to integrate the three great domains of ferocious beasts—Eastern Yi, Northern Di, and Southern Man—into the Western Rong Domain.

This was also within Youquan's guess. Among the four ferocious beast lords, Taotie was the first to develop intelligence and had the strongest cultivation, making it the strongest among the four ferocious beast lords.

Moreover, the opponent that the Western Rong Domain has to deal with is the Qilin Royal Family, not the White Tiger Royal Family which is close to the Western Rong Domain. With the strength of the Qilin Royal Family, even if it has the Mountain Giant Spirit as a powerful weapon, it will inevitably be greatly affected by the distance.

In other words, among the four royal clans of the True Dragon, Phoenix, Black Tortoise, and Qilin, the Qilin royal clan has the weakest military force that can be mobilized.

Because the four ferocious beast lords planned to join forces in the Western Rong Domain, first defeat the Qilin royal family's army, and then directly invade the primordial world.

Youquan knew this news and also informed Taiwei, but Taiwei did not make the news public.

Like other top-tier Primordial True Saints, Taiwei also witnessed the terrifying power of the five royal clans during this uprising.

Taiwei wanted to use the help of the four ferocious beast clans to further understand the strength of the five royal clans, and the Qilin royal clan was the first target Taiwei chose.

Faced with the combined forces of the Western Rong royal court, which consisted of four top-tier Primordial True Saints and an army of countless ferocious beasts, Taiwei believed that the Qilin royal family would inevitably have to reveal their true strength.

Youquan came here not to watch over the three Heavenly Gates. At present, these three Heavenly Gates will take some time to draw the other three ferocious beast domains into the Western Rong Domain, and Youquan cannot interfere for the time being.

Youquan came here to observe the true meaning of the two supreme Daos of Heaven and Earth—Time and Space—through the Heavenly Passage.

The Heavenly Passage can pull a vast domain of ferocious beasts, tens of thousands of times larger than the Great Thousand World, from the other side of the Primordial World. Even Yang Mei, who is skilled in the Great Dao of Time and Space and possesses the Taixu Lock, a supreme treasure of the Great Void, could not do such a feat.

If Youquan could master the method of constructing the Heavenly Passage, then selling this method to other major clans or forces would definitely allow him to acquire some top-tier treasures of heaven and earth.

Furthermore, since Qianshan has already decided to become the master of the monkey-like divine beasts in the primordial world, the ape clan naturally needs its own clan foundation, and this Heavenly Passage is a good fit.

A blood lotus rose beneath Youquan, and he sat cross-legged upon it. Youquan's divine sense split into countless strands, continuously extending into the chaotic spacetime.

As his divine sense crumbled and vanished, Youquan's face gradually turned pale. However, on the eve of his divine sense's shattering, Youquan also sensed a trace of the true meaning of the Great Dao of Time and Space. A strange divine power of the Great Dao of Time and Space was taking shape in Youquan's heart.

On a tower tens of thousands of miles away from Youquan, Xiong Xin, the patriarch of the Xiongbo clan, was watching Youquan comprehend the Heavenly Passage. Behind Xiong Xin, Qi Kun, one of the four Taiyi Realm elders of the Western Rong Domain, was hidden in the darkness, coldly watching Youquan, who was dressed in blood and whose aura was vast and mysterious.

"Youquan has been here several times." Qi Kun stepped in front of Xiong Xin. The countless patterns on his black clothes shimmered, completely erasing Qi Kun's aura. Even Youquan, who was only ten thousand miles away, did not detect the slightest trace of Qi Kun's aura.

"It's happened about a hundred times, each time around a hundred years. He seems to be trying to figure out the operating mechanism of the Heavenly Passage."

Xiong Xin looked at Qi Kun beside him with a respectful expression. Each of the twelve ferocious beast clans of the Western Rong Royal Court possessed the cultivation level of the Golden Immortal. Such cultivation was more than enough for them to serve as the leaders of their respective ferocious beast clans.

However, the Golden Immortal realm is far inferior to that of a powerful being like Qi Kun at the Taiyi realm. Moreover, the reason why Xiong Xin was able to become the head of the Xiongbo clan was mainly due to Qi Kun's secret assistance.

"Even the King cannot fathom the mysteries of the Heavenly Passage, so how could you possibly grasp it? It's utterly delusional. But that's fine too. In another ten thousand years, I will be able to advance to the late stage of the Taiyi Realm. At that time, it will be time for me to defeat you and become the First Elder!"

Qi Kun looked at You Quan, his anger surging. You Quan, second only to Tao Wu in the Western Rong Domain, had been in charge of all the affairs of the Western Rong Royal Court since Tao Wu went into seclusion. Therefore, You Quan directly used his power to plunder a lot of rare and precious materials.

This displeased the other three elders of the Western Rong Domain, Qi Kun, Er Luo, and Chi Tong, but their dissatisfaction was useless, as You Quan had no intention of paying attention to them.

Qi Kun once joined forces with Erluo to try to suppress Youquan, but Youquan overturned the table in front of them, and the three of them engaged in a great battle.

In that battle, Youquan was unharmed, Qikun was severely injured, and Erluo was on the verge of death. If Taowu hadn't come out of seclusion at the last moment to stop them, Qikun and Erluo would have been doomed.

Taotie did not punish the three of them. The ferocious beast clan believed in the supremacy of the strong. In Taotie's view, Youquan was stronger than Qikun and Erluo, so he should naturally enjoy more natural treasures.

Just as the rare and precious materials in his possession surpass those of Youquan, if Qikun and Erluo want to escape their current predicament, they should cultivate diligently. Constantly worrying about how much others have or how much they have will never allow them to catch up with Youquan.

After being on the verge of death, Erluo was rescued by Taowu and has been in seclusion to heal his injuries ever since. He has not yet emerged from seclusion. Qi Kun's injuries had only recently healed, and his cultivation had actually loosened slightly during this severe injury, and he was about to advance to the late stage of the Taiyi realm.

(End of this chapter)