Chapter 230: The Half-Mad

Not far from the city, Xu Xing watched the Beast God clan repeatedly resurrecting and being erased, his expression utterly unmoved.

That detached, distant will seemed tireless, attempting again and again with extraordinary stubbornness.

It seemingly had no awareness that if this red light could repeatedly break through the seal to slay it, why not simply erase it at its source?

A normal 'Immortal' would have long sensed something was amiss by now…

Although he had suspected before, witnessing it firsthand now confirmed his suspicions.

The Beast God Realm was a world whose maximum limit was the Void Truth realm, yet it had forcibly birthed a being comparable to a True Immortal.

And the cost of this was—'Beast God' alone bore the entire weight of the Beast God Realm!

Thus, the Beast God Realm, which should have been able to birth Void Truth cultivators, now had no one above the Return to Void realm except the Beast God, this oversize entity.

Yet, to seize all the 'world's weight'…

That sounds simple, but severing the path of all sentient beings to prove oneself…

Only one being in the Beast God Realm could accomplish this.

That is—'Hun Tian Yi'!

"Interesting—the Hun Tian Yi of the Xuan Realm failed to accomplish this, yet the Hun Tian Yi of the Beast God Realm succeeded…"

Many past errors in this realm, especially the unclear final war ten thousand years ago between humans and the Beast God clan, were likely his doing.

"The Hun Tian Yi of this realm…" Xu Xing lowered his gaze, gazing at the distant city.

Though the Hun Tian Yi of this realm deliberately concealed it, combining what had occurred in the Xuan Realm back then with what he now saw, he could roughly deduce what had happened in the final battle of the Beast God Realm.

It was certain that the Hun Tian Yi of this realm had begun its preparations long ago.

Both humans and the Beast God clan must have had a peak Void Truth cultivator ten thousand years ago.

And both had surely been pre-planted with 'anchors' by this realm's Hun Tian Yi, so whichever side won, He would use the pre-planted anchor as a trigger to sever the path of all sentient beings and forcibly thrust the victor into the True Immortal realm.

And seize its essence!

Once successful, He would merely need to slaughter all sentient beings to fully control the myriad ways and phenomena of this realm, devour the Heavenly Dao and ascend beyond True Immortal!

"These Hun Tian Yi all share the same nature."

Clearly, the Hun Tian Yi of this realm succeeded—it successfully seized the essence of the 'Beast God' and merged with it.

But it succeeded incompletely, or rather, the Beast God's resistance was far fiercer than He imagined.

He underestimated the 'Beast God'!

Thus, although the Hun Tian Yi of this realm seized the Beast God's essence, it failed to fully annihilate or absorb its existence.

This resulted in their current coexistence.

The mad, sinister Beast God and the detached, distant Hun Tian Yi together formed what could now be called a half-mad—'Hun Tian Yi'!

Both constantly sought to erase each other, influencing one another; as a result, the detached, distant Hun Tian Yi ended up protecting the Beast God clan, while the 'Beast God' became utterly violent under the influence of annihilation's intent.

Most importantly, their mutual restraint rendered them incredibly slow and weak when outside the realm.

"Aba aba!"

Behind Xu Xing sat or lay many humans—fat, sluggish, their faces blank.

Men and women alike, completely naked, their white, flabby flesh trembling, their eyes devoid of any spark of intelligence—'Rou Ren'.

When exterminating all Beast God clan within the city, Xu Xing also brought back all the humans kept in the city's breeding farms.

But these humans had defective souls, their minds deliberately pierced, leaving their intellect lower than that of a half-year-old infant!

The Beast God clan was truly hateful!

Xu Xing did not consider himself a good man, nor did he possess the realm of boundless compassion.

He was human—he judged right and wrong solely from the human perspective.

After gazing deeply, Xu Xing vanished with the multitude of humans behind him.

That single sword strike severed the very concept of 'life' for those Beast God clan; thus, no matter how the Hun Tian Yi of this realm revived them, their fate was already sealed.

Xu Xing intended to visit the remaining humans and leave something behind.

Then, this fragment of divine awareness would secure a little breathing room for the humans of this realm. After that…

It was time to bring other Dao companions into this.

The Xuan Realm had a complete protocol for dealing with Hun Tian Yi.

And why fight alone when you can gang up?

Especially Huo—he must come; the damaged souls of this realm's humans, kept in captivity, are best healed by him.

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The Xuan Realm, Qing Xu.

Inside the 'Return Home' laboratory.

The central Jie Yan device slowly rotated, projecting light that constantly manifested boundless information.

Xu Xing flipped through Yuan's 'Notes on Realm Exploration,' while Yue Ying stood coldly behind him, her chilling aura like an eternal glacier.

"Beast God Realm… half-mad Hun Tian Yi…"

Xu Xing closed the notebook, leaned back, and tapped his fingers lightly on the armrests of his chair.

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This time, the harvest from the Beast God Realm exceeded his expectations by far.

The 'Hun Tian Yi' formed by the intertwining of Beast God and Hun Tian Yi, in some sense, subtly transcended the 'Immortal' state.

But its condition was extremely peculiar.

Using it as a mirror, he could glimpse his own path and peer ahead.

"This path is not solitary."

After witnessing the Beast God's state, he realized the half-step he had taken beyond True Immortal was not a path only he could tread.

This time, there's no need to fear that speaking of it might affect your fellow Daoists' paths.

It's said that the Tyrant Sovereign once gained insight from that sliver of his own spirit, but in the end, he seemingly severed it himself…

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Aside from the Beast God Realm, the other two Void Return-level worlds proceeded quite smoothly.

One is a technological world filled with cosmic stars, where numerous planets harbor human civilizations.

Yet the humans in that world have only just reached the point of escaping their home planet; achieving interdimensional travel will still take a long time.

One of his Sword Intent spiritual forms is currently guiding the Ascension Platform there, steering the "Spiritual Qi Revival."

The other Void Return-level world is a purely supernatural realm.

There, heaven is round and earth is square, countless races stand tall, and all beings vie for freedom under the frosty sky.

Humanity is one of the dominant races, possessing two Void Return-level cultivators.

Moreover, these two had exceptionally noble dispositions; upon learning of the Ascension Platform's existence, they did not rejoice, but instead considered destroying it.

For they feared they could not suppress their greed and would truly ascend.

But if they left, who would protect humanity?

Such character greatly pleased Xu Xing, so his Sword Intent spiritual form appeared in person to teach them cultivation.

Once humanity has sufficient foundation, they may depart without hesitation.

Even if they ultimately refuse to leave, Xu Xing will not force them—he respects their will.

Thinking this, Xu Xing took out his mobile phone.

He planned to inform his fellow Daoists of the Beast God Realm matter—such news naturally required first telling Ning Ruo. (End of Chapter)