A hundred years later.
Qin Shou's cultivation level remained at the third level of the Mahayana stage.
Once one enters the path of immortality, cultivators often spend thousands or even tens of thousands of years cultivating. Qin Beast didn't know how long it would take him to advance to the next realm. Fortunately, there was an Enlightenment Lotus on the mountain that would occasionally release immortal energy to support his cultivation.
Qin Shou was speechless.
My system has been upgraded for a hundred years, yet it still shows that it is being upgraded, which makes many functions of the system unusable.
However, Qin Shou was not too worried about the danger to the people below the mountain, because his divine sense was now enough to scan the entire continent. If Da Mei and the others encountered danger, they only needed to crush the soul talisman, and Qin Shou would be able to descend quickly.
Over the past century, the land has been in turmoil, and darkness has encroached upon nearly a third of the Tianxuan Continent's territory. Breaking through cultivation realms has become dozens, even hundreds of times more difficult than before, with the difference becoming more pronounced the higher the realm.
In the final era, the spiritual energy between heaven and earth was so thin that it seemed as if nine-tenths of it had been directly drawn away, and it was still flowing away continuously. In addition, all kinds of strange creatures and energies appeared, devouring humans and all other living beings.
Currently, the Vermilion Bird Empire has gathered half of the world's fortune and is thriving.
A hundred years ago, the Vermilion Bird Emperor gathered dozens of Tribulation Transcending cultivators and over a thousand Integration Realm cultivators, spending a century to set up a Great Array that covered all 108 states of the empire's territory, monitoring the world and resisting various 'strange' invasions.
The Vermilion Bird Emperor, wielding divine artifacts, quelled unrest in various places.
In addition, there are the ten great imperial clans of the Central Divine Continent, and an ancestor who is half-step into the Mahayana stage has been revived from his ancestral land. He has united with various powerful clans of heaven and earth to form an alliance to jointly resist the unpredictable events of the Dark Ages in order to peacefully pass through this turbulent period that may last for an unknown period of time.
Time stands still in the mountains, while a thousand years have passed in the world. Human life is fleeting, like a dream...
On this day, Qin Shou woke up from his cultivation and was sitting on the mountaintop watching the snow, feeling sentimental to himself, when he suddenly received a request for help from Luo Xihe. Without thinking, Qin Shou transformed and disappeared from the mountaintop.
Beiju Luzhou.
A river of blood stretches across the vast land, its end shrouded in mist, connecting to a forbidden zone.
A hundred years ago, the Phoenix Heaven Divine River, known as the number one river in Beiju Luzhou, underwent a strange change. Overnight, the river water was dyed blood-red and became as viscous as blood. From time to time, strange creatures crawled out of the river, devouring all kinds of energy and living beings in the world.
The combined efforts of hundreds of millions of sword cultivators in Beiju Luzhou suppressed this 'strange' phenomenon, keeping it within a 3,000-mile radius of the Phoenix Heaven Divine River. However, several years ago, an anomaly occurred in the ancient forbidden zone connected to the end of the divine river. Overnight, dozens of blood-red beings emerged from the blood mist of the forbidden zone and ventured into the human world. They preyed solely on the sword cultivators of Beiju Luzhou, and each of them was a cultivator who had reached the peak of the Tribulation Transcending stage.
After the higher-ups of Beiju Luzhou learned of this, some took action to suppress it, with the Luoshen Dynasty being the most prominent among them.
But the matter was far from over. Those creatures that emerged seemed to be just the vanguard. Several months ago, several more creatures appeared in that ancient forbidden zone. Strangely, they had no spiritual energy fluctuations, but their combat strength was undoubtedly at the half-step Mahayana level. Two of them were at the peak of the half-step Mahayana level, just one step away from the immortal path.
Three half-step Mahayana cultivators emerged from Beiju Luzhou and joined forces to suppress the turmoil. In that battle, the mountains and rivers of Beiju Luzhou were shattered, and all rivers changed their course. If it weren't for the fact that the five great continents of this world were somewhat special, and that it was rumored that in ancient times a celestial lord had imparted his teachings and blessed the continents, they would have been destroyed long ago.
At the last moment, Beiju Luzhou was at a disadvantage. There was a half-step Mahayana cultivator among them. Luo Xihe had no choice but to ask Qin Beast for help.
now.
Looking down from the sky.
The entire Northern Continent was in chaos. The spiritual energy of heaven and earth boiled and exploded, the laws of the Great Dao were disordered, and billions of sword cultivators raised their swords and converged into two pale dragons that charged forward one after another, fearless of death.
People say that among all the proud and unyielding people in the world, the sword cultivators of Beiju Luzhou alone possess nine-tenths of them.
Even Qin Shou couldn't help but sigh at the sight.
"kill! "
Luo Xihe let out a long roar, his black hair turned golden, his blood boiled, and his magic and techniques burst forth to their fullest extent, his aura sublimated, as if he were about to launch a desperate attack.
Buzz—
Just then, the space trembled, and the Qin Beast stepped out from it.
The moment he appeared, the world lost its color, and everything seemed to fall into a silent, black-and-white darkness, silencing all noise and color.
The Sword Realm covers the entire Northern Continent.
At this moment, the wind and snow seemed to stop howling and began to fall silently.
"Destroy!"
Lips parted slightly.
Qin Shou slowly lowered his raised hand.
Buzz—
A slight ripple sound emanated from the Qin Beast's body, spreading rapidly and sweeping across the entire sky above Beiju Luzhou in just a few breaths.
Immediately afterwards, the heavy snow in the world seemed to stop abruptly, and the billions of living beings under the snow seemed to have experienced a fast-paced editing playback that was more than ten thousand times faster, finally coming to an abrupt end at a certain point.
Finally, with a bang, the scene returned to normal, and the snowflakes continued to fall. The billions of sword cultivators above Beiju Luzhou looked up blankly, glancing around, at a loss, momentarily bewildered.
As everyone slowly regained their consciousness, they were astonished to find that the world had already turned completely white, and all the blood-red and strange creatures had vanished without a trace, as if they had never existed.
"this!!! "
Luo Xihe coughed up several mouthfuls of blood, staring in shock at the figure standing in front of him.
"How about it? Isn't it handsome!"
Qin Shou suddenly turned around, revealing a bright smile and a set of snow-white teeth.
"yes. "
Luo Xihe nodded instinctively, then realized what he meant and asked in a trembling voice, "Brother Qin, you... have entered the path of immortality!?"
"You were the being who ascended to heaven a hundred years ago!!!!"
Luo Xihe seemed to have just come to his senses and shouted with joy.
"What's the background of this restricted area?"
Qin Shou acquiesced, his gaze falling on the gray area at the end of the blood-red river.
"The Crimson Forbidden Zone, one of the ten most powerful ancient forbidden zones, its origins are unknown. It's mentioned in the secret history of my Luo Shen royal family that it is suspected to be inhabited by the 'Blood Spirit' race, a strange race capable of devouring all kinds of 'living' energy and cultivating by absorbing the blood of countless spirits... Legend has it that in ancient times, this race had an ancestor at the Celestial Immortal realm, but he was later killed by a powerful being... These Blood Spirits have been supporting the body of that 'Blood Spirit Ancestor,' emerging during each period of dark turmoil to wreak havoc, driving their people to devour the blood of countless spirits to support their ancestor, hoping to resurrect that supreme Blood Spirit..."
Luo Xihe said a lot, and finally stated that these were all records of secret history and all the conjectures and estimations of the ancients. There is currently no actual evidence to prove this matter. However, Luo Xihe also said that, according to his feeling, this secret story should be true.
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