"Three months ago, I broke through, with tribulation clouds spanning tens of thousands of miles!" Xiao Yun's face instantly turned extremely grim.
He certainly knew what tribulation clouds spanning tens of thousands of miles meant. His own tribulation clouds barely covered a thousand miles, while Jiang Li's were ten times larger. This implied that, in the eyes of the Heavenly Dao, Jiang Li posed ten times the threat he did, possessing unimaginable potential.
He had initially thought breaking through to Quasi-Emperor in half a year was already terrifying. To his surprise, Jiang Li was even faster and his potential was even more fearsome. How was he supposed to surpass him? Who was the true Chaos Immortal Physique...
"Impossible, how could he break through so quickly!" Xiao Yun muttered softly, completely unable to accept this fact.
"Yun'er, your master speaks the truth!" Feng Wuyang, standing beside him, delivered another blow.
Xiao Yun took a deep breath, and the memory of that battle filled with utter helplessness involuntarily resurfaced in his mind. In that battle, Xiao Yun believed that even if he fought a thousand or a hundred thousand more times, he would still have no chance of winning. It was a nightmare he could neither overcome nor escape.
"Master, I've decided to go to the Evil Spirit Battlefield in the Sky Star Sea for tempering. I request permission to go and gain experience, and also to seize a sliver of life for our Desolate Ancient Continent!" Xiao Yun gritted his teeth.
At this point, relying on cultivation to crush Jiang Li was no longer realistic. He could only push his Chaos Immortal Physique's potential to its limits through more rigorous tempering. Xiao Yun decided to head to the Sky Star Sea battlefield to fight the numerous evil spirits, honing his combat techniques, and then seek out Jiang Li for another battle. Moreover, in the Sky Star Sea at this time, many top powers were fighting against the Evil Spirit race, preventing their full invasion and thus winning more breathing room for the Desolate Ancient Continent!
"Breathing room? No need. Our breathing room is not in the Sky Star Sea. The Evil Spirit race is merely a stubborn minor ailment, not worth worrying about!" Murong Shengtian shook his head, rejecting Xiao Yun's proposal.
A stubborn minor ailment, not worth worrying about. Xiao Yun was stunned. But the Sky Star Sea was clearly vital. If the Evil Spirits were allowed to break through from there, the entire Desolate Ancient Continent would face the impact of two terrifying races: the Evil Spirits and the Dark Races. At that time, the Desolate Ancient Continent would be plunged into an unprecedented period of crisis.
"Then, what is important? The Dark Races?" Xiao Yun asked, confused.
After the Dark Races occupied the Central Province, they had not launched any further invasions. Instead, they had established defensive lines, seemingly no longer intending to plunder. In terms of aggression, the Evil Spirit race posed a far greater threat than the Dark Races.
"No, neither of them is important. What's important is that the endgame has begun!" Murong Shengtian turned his head towards the direction of the Central Province, his eyes burning with an intense flame.
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Central Province, Primordial Demon Sect.
The original Primordial Demon Sect was filled with majestic peaks and numerous spiritual lands, a beautiful and sacred place for cultivation. However, after the ravages of the Dark Races, the Primordial Demon Sect was now a scene of utter devastation. The towering peaks and various palaces had been completely wiped out, leveled to the ground. In the central area of the Primordial Demon Sect, several colossal blood-red pillars of light rose into the sky. These blood-red pillars carried strange array patterns, as if piercing through the entire heaven and earth. Upon closer inspection, at the center of several blood-red pillars was a massive, ancient, and weathered portal, emanating an extremely powerful aura. This portal seemed to connect heaven and earth, containing an extremely profound aura. On the portal, several enormous Spirit Fusion Divine Crystals glowed with brilliant streams of light, seemingly repairing something. Around the blood-red pillars, powerful void array patterns provided immense spiritual energy to the central portal.
"Xu Wuguang, the Domain Gate is almost repaired. Are you ready?" Not far from the portal, a middle-aged man with a ferocious appearance, clad in a large black robe, spoke slowly.
"Of course, Mo You. I have already paid too great a price for this. Our Immortal Reversal Cult will surely succeed!" The leader of the Immortal Reversal Cult, Xu Wuguang, said with fanatical fervor, his eyes fixed on the portal undergoing repairs in the distance. Around the Domain Gate, numerous cultivators from the Dark Races and the Immortal Reversal Cult continuously brought forth various resources and spiritual treasures plundered from the Central Province, feeding them into the great repair array of the Domain Gate, fully restoring it.
"Where is your Heavenly Lord? Now that the Domain Gate is nearing completion, without him presiding, once the passage opens, many of the warriors your Dark Races have painstakingly cultivated might be lost!" Xu Wuguang seemed to recall something and continued. During the full-scale invasion of the Central Province by the Dark Races, half of the hundreds of island lords at the Quasi-Emperor level from the Dark Abyss had emerged. They occupied every corner and vast city of the Central Province, plundering all resources. However, their overlord from the Dark Abyss, the Dark Heavenly Lord, had never appeared.
"You don't need to worry about that. Our Heavenly Lord already has a plan," Emperor Mo You stated calmly, his tone full of confidence. Seeing Emperor Mo You's confidence, Xu Wuguang did not press further, simply continuing to wait for the repair of the Domain Gate.
"Sect Master, we've detected that not long ago, many incredibly powerful auras entered the Central Province!" After a while, a member of the Immortal Reversal Cult approached Xu Wuguang and said respectfully.
"It seems those fellows are getting impatient!" Emperor Mo You sneered beside him, his eyes filled with derision.
"Yes, this is their last chance. Those people have no choice but to fight!" Xu Wuguang smiled, his face betraying no emotion.
"Sect Master, should we clear out some threats before the Domain Gate is fully repaired, to avoid disrupting our grand plan?" the subordinate from the Immortal Reversal Cult asked. Their Immortal Reversal Cult had invested too much in this operation, and any mistake was unacceptable.
"No need. They won't stop us. If we fail, they might be more anxious than us!" Xu Wuguang revealed a faint smile, seemingly utterly disdainful.
"Yes, Sect Master!" The subordinate bowed respectfully and then left the vicinity of the Domain Gate to attend to other matters.
"Alright, you watch over the Domain Gate. I have some matters that require your attention!" Xu Wuguang said, as if recalling something. With that, Xu Wuguang transformed into a wisp of black mist and vanished into the air. Emperor Mo You watched Xu Wuguang depart, his eyes flashing with a faint, dark glow.
"Lord Mo You, the Heavenly Lord has sent word. All preparations are complete and we can begin at any time!" Shortly thereafter, a tall Dark Race warrior clad in brown spiritual armor approached Emperor Mo You and said respectfully.