Chapter 365: Anomaly in the Cave Heaven

Qingxuanzi, the closing-door disciple personally accepted by Qingyang Patriarch of the Qingyang Sect two hundred years ago.

Possessing a special Spirit Body, Qingxuanzi cultivated from Qi Refining to the Late Transformation Realm in just two hundred years.

Such a cultivation speed, even with the support of top sect resources, was undeniably the achievement of a peerless heaven-gifted talent.

It also silenced the wagging tongues of all those filled with envy, jealousy, and hatred.

However, after advancing to the Late Transformation Realm and entering the circle of Qingyang Patriarch as a Personal Disciple.

Qingxuanzi no longer possessed his former high spirits and became much more humble.

Outsiders looking on all assumed it was because Qingyang Patriarch taught him well.

But in reality, this was because Qingxuanzi had followed the Old Ancestor and seen the truth of the Canghao World.

They had already discovered that they, the top existences of the Canghao World.

Were nothing more than food in the eyes of higher-level existences.

Everything they did was merely to make themselves, this mass of food, harder to eat and harder to digest.

So that they could live a little longer.

This dealt a significant blow to Qingxuanzi's long-held worldview.

But in the end, he survived this mental shock, and his state of mind was not twisted by it.

Because of this, he truly gained the acceptance and trust of those top Great Abilities like Qingyang Patriarch.

Thus, he was able to learn of the Old Ancestors' research and analysis of the outside world firsthand.

Recently, or rather, in the last few months.

The changes outside the Canghao World have been more violent than in the previous several thousand years.

Previously, the Evil Qi Tide that caused great catastrophes occurred about once every two or three thousand years.

Now, in just a few short months, it has already occurred seven or eight times.

Furthermore, as this latest Evil Qi Tide caused a large gap to appear in the World Barrier.

Those Old Ancestors holding the front line, while battling the children of the Evil God.

Also learned a terrifying and desperate truth from them.

The violent changes in the Dark Void today are all because the existence known as the Supreme Mother God, who swallowed their Canghao World, is waking up from a long slumber.

And this awakening is happening ahead of schedule.

The impact caused to everything within the Dark Void will far exceed a normal awakening state.

And according to the information deliberately revealed by the children of the Evil God.

A Great World like the Canghao World.

Was chosen by the Supreme Mother God to be swallowed before sleep, left as winter food to satisfy her hunger upon waking.

It is destined to be among the first batch of internal desserts to be digested after that Supreme Mother God wakes up.

And the arrival of this day, no matter how one looks at it, is not far off.

The only difference is whether it is next year, next month, or tomorrow...

This imminent, great, terrifying future.

After the Old Ancestors used various means to confirm it was not a delusion.

It would be impossible not to panic.

Even though they are all Great Cultivators, they are equally terrified of that moment's arrival.

And for this reason, they have begun searching everywhere for a way to survive, like clutching at straws.

This time, Qingxuanzi came to the Taixu Sect representing Qingyang Patriarch.

He came carrying a mission.

Looking at the withered Jianmu Ancient Tree that had only one breath left.

Qingxuanzi, who no longer held any hope in his heart, thought for a moment before looking at the Sect Master of the Taixu Sect and the others.

After cupping his hands in a salute, he stated the task Qingyang Patriarch had given him.

It was that Qingyang Patriarch had once used an Immortal Relic a thousand years ago to trap the physical body of a child of the Evil God.

Now that a thousand years have passed, that child of the Evil God has turned into an Evil God Remains Crystal without self-consciousness.

Through research on this Evil God Remains Crystal, Qingyang Patriarch discovered from within it that the Jianmu Ancient Tree was also one of the wonders capable of creating worlds.

Incorporating the Jianmu Ancient Tree into one's own body is the key step to potentially achieving Dao Integration with one's body and stepping from Return to Void into the Harmony Realm.

Of course, considering the current state of the Jianmu Ancient Tree and the fact that the information came from the remains of a child of the Evil God.

One knows that the success rate is terrifyingly low.

However, since they know of such a path.

How could everyone be content without finding a way to try?

But such a low-probability matter is naturally not worth a True Monarch risking their own life.

Thus, Qingxuanzi was chosen to shoulder this great responsibility.

Becoming the first Cultivator in the Canghao World to attempt to fuse with the Jianmu Ancient Tree.

Qingxuanzi himself also agreed to serve as this test subject.

He knew very well that without doing this, with his current abilities, no matter how high his talent, it would be difficult to successfully break through the Return to Void stage under the great catastrophe.

And even a Return to Void Perfection True Monarch would be destroyed along with the Canghao World when facing such a catastrophe.

If he succeeded in fusing with the Jianmu Ancient Tree, he might instead gain the support of the entire Canghao World for being the Cultivator most likely to break through to the Harmony Realm, thereby seeking a glimmer of hope for the future!

"Fusing with the Jianmu Ancient Tree might provide a chance to bring the Jianmu Ancient Tree back to life."

"If it fails, the situation won't be any worse than it is now, right?"

Qingxuanzi added after stating the Old Ancestor's task.

This was actually just a face-saving gesture for the Taixu Sect.

If the Jianmu Ancient Tree were truly fused, it would be inside Qingxuanzi, and even if it came back to life, it would have nothing to do with the Taixu Sect.

It was just that the Vice Sect Master and the others of the Taixu Sect had long been unwilling to supply resources to this Jianmu Ancient Tree.

The Sect Master, meanwhile, just revealed a hint of hesitation.

Beside his ear came the persuasive voice of the Emperor's special envoy.

Thinking that the Emperor had already agreed to this matter.

The Sect Master of the Taixu Sect could only sigh lightly and agree.

Then, the group that had entered this Taixu Cave Heaven saw that Daoist Qingxuanzi take a deep breath, and in the blink of an eye, holding a wooden box in both hands, he appeared before the pale-colored Jianmu Ancient Tree.

Staring at the Jianmu, whose withered trunk was no more than three meters tall.

Qingxuanzi sat cross-legged and then opened the wooden box.

Inside the box was a Golden Core refined with the remains and crystals of the Son of the Evil God as the main material.

Qingxuanzi swallowed the Golden Core into his abdomen without hesitation.

He then took out more than ten Spirit Pills and miraculous medicines that caused fluctuations in Spirit Qi the moment they appeared, swallowing them one after another.

Before long, amidst the complex gazes of the crowd, Qingxuanzi's aura suddenly changed from that of the Late Transformation Realm to the aura possessed only by the Fanhui Jing.

This change made many who had been stuck at the Late Transformation Realm for a long time unable to help but click their tongues.

"Did he break through directly?"

"Even for a prodigy of the Qingyang Sect, such a breakthrough is truly too..."

"It's not a breakthrough; he must have used an external object to temporarily reach the Fanhui Jing."

"However, being able to perceive the Fanhui Jing in advance means his chances of breaking through in the future are much greater than ours."

"This is the benefit of being a prodigy from a top sect!"

While the crowd was lamenting.

Qingxuanzi, having adapted to his surging cultivation, made a new move.

He began to circulate the method for fusing creation-level wonders that the Qingyang Patriarch had painstakingly researched by combining ancient inheritances.

A faint green light emerged from his body.

Then, these green lights continuously expanded to form a faint ball of light.

Soon, this pale green ball of light completely enveloped the pale-colored Jianmu Ancient Tree.

Leaving the crowd outside unable to see clearly what happened next.

They could only judge by the aura that the situation should be fine.

The aura of that Daoist Qingxuanzi remained stable.

"Perhaps there is really a chance of success this time?"

The Emperor's special envoy stared at the pale green ball of light, recalling the Emperor's instructions, and was just about to report the situation to the Emperor.

Suddenly, the entire Taixu Cave Heaven shook just now!

Although it was very faint.

But those present were all high-level Cultivators, and they would not feel it incorrectly under any circumstances.

They were all startled in their hearts.

Following that, the Emperor's special envoy let out an "eh":

"Something is wrong!"

"There is a problem!"

"Evil Qi!"

"The speed at which the Evil Qi is entering has suddenly increased several times over... no, it is already dozens of times what it was before!"

"It is not just the Evil Qi of the Canghao Continent; the Evil Qi from the outside world has also been attracted here!"

"How could it be like this?"

The Sect Master of the Taixu Sect's expression changed drastically; with a sweep of his divine sense, he immediately discovered the problem due to his familiarity with his own Cave Heaven.

The other Cultivators who had come to assist all changed color upon hearing this.

Alarm bells rang loudly in everyone's hearts!

The people of the Taixu Sect wanted to activate the Array in the Cave Heaven to cut off the Evil Qi surging in like a flood.

The Emperor's special envoy, however, stopped them again.

After all, who knew if this was not necessary for that Qingyang Sect prodigy to fuse with the Jianmu Ancient Tree?

To obstruct a major event permitted and promoted by both the Qingyang Sect and the Emperor.

Everyone present would be considered unforgivable!

Seeing this, the crowd did not dare to stop him, but they also did not want to stay here to watch the spectacle anymore.

Within a few breaths of exchanging divine senses.

The crowd had already reached a new compromise.

The Emperor's special envoy would stay behind with a few disciples from other major sects to observe.

The rest, including the Sect Master and Vice Sect Master of the Taixu Sect, could withdraw from the Taixu Cave Heaven.

Just as the crowd who were unwilling to stay in the Cave Heaven were relieved and planning to retreat.

Suddenly!

They only felt the pale green ball of light in the distance suddenly explode and transform into a pale green Sun.

Under the pale green light, in an instant, they were actually dyed pale green along with the entire Cave Heaven and fell into a strange Yuanling.

The entire Taixu Cave Heaven.

In this instant, it all mutated, at one moment being a Secret Realm anchored to the Canghao World, and at the next, a completely independent Small World.

And during this process of transformation, it continuously devoured the Evil Qi surging in endlessly from the outside.

At this time, the Canghao World was suffering from an assault by an Evil Qi Tide, and there were Space Cracks everywhere.

It was precisely a moment when there was no shortage of Evil Qi.

However, it was also thanks to this change in the Taixu Cave Heaven.

The massive number of Evil Spirits that should have appeared on the Canghao Continent, and the Cultivators who would have fallen into demonic obsession due to this calamity, escaped a disaster because the Evil Qi had vanished.

It could be considered a case of gains and losses...

The Taixu anomaly.

Also immediately attracted the attention of the Emperor and those Great Abilities.

Even though they needed to resist foreign enemies.

More than ten True Monarchs still manifested Avatars and brought sect artifacts to the Taixu Sect.

The Canghao Emperor also personally descended, carrying his life-bound divine weapon, the Son of Heaven Sword, to handle it.

It was just that what they had not expected was.

Even with so much manpower and resources arriving to handle it.

It could only limit the scope of the Taixu Cave Heaven's anomaly to the surroundings of the Taixu Sect's Zhu Feng, preventing it from expanding further.

And they employed methods to slow down the subsequent rate of Evil Qi entering.

As for what exactly happened inside the anomalous Taixu Cave Heaven.

Sensing that the concentration of Evil Qi in this area was even denser and more intense than within the Evil Qi Tide.

Even the Emperor frowned slightly, unwilling to enter personally.

Similarly, none of the True Monarchs were willing to sacrifice themselves.

Thus, after discussing, they reached a decision.

They turned this Taixu Sect Zhu Feng into a Forbidden Land.

And set up a maze array to prevent Cultivators from accidentally entering.

As for the rest, they could only wait until the True Monarchs finished their urgent matters, then gather together to find a way to resolve this forbidden zone.

The original Taixu County City where Su Ping was located also experienced a minor disturbance due to this sudden anomaly.

After the anomaly appeared in the Taixu Cave Heaven, it would not be an exaggeration to say that the Taixu Zhu Feng was soaring with Evil Qi.

Furthermore, the Evil Qi in the surrounding sky was so concentrated that it appeared pitch black, falling from the sky like a physical substance onto that location.

The entire scene could be seen clearly from the county city a thousand miles away.

Causing even a Qi Refining Cultivator on the city wall to shout out after seeing this scene: The Taixu Sect is finished!

And when he shouted such treasonous words, no other Outer Sect Disciple of the Taixu Sect came to refute him.

The administrators of the county city had no time to deal with these matters at this moment; besides reporting it urgently, all they could think about was whether to evacuate the entire county.

Just as they were letting their imaginations run wild, there were successive anomalies in the sky, and the Avatars of True Monarchs arrived, causing the people of the county city to cheer one after another.

The county city guard let out a long sigh of relief, rarely pouring himself a cup of fine wine to calm his nerves, feeling that this matter should end here and their county city was safe.

Yet unexpectedly, after rays of light of various colors fell from afar.

That region shrouded in black gas still existed stubbornly.

It was just no longer as terrifying as it had been when it connected heaven and earth before.

But... those were all True Monarch Great Abilities, how could they leave behind such a large area that looked wrong at a glance after casting their spells?

And then, before the guard could figure out this question.

An imperial envoy of the Emperor drove a two-horse chariot to the sky above the city and announced the Emperor's decree.

It was shockingly to evacuate all personnel within a ten-thousand-mile radius, with the Taixu Sect Zhu Feng as the origin.

Until that anomaly was cleaned up, this area would become a Forbidden Land!

Su Ping did not follow the crowd onto the Immortal Boat for evacuation.

Instead, he quietly left the county city and entered the mountain forest.

After a short while, Su Ping discovered that this mountain forest was not right.

"The concentration of Spirit Qi is dropping, and the concentration of Evil Qi is rising."

"This is not as simple as a mere invasion and pollution of Evil Qi."

"It is that the earth veins of this region have developed a problem."

"The earth veins are beneath the Taixu Sect Zhu Feng."

"What have they done to directly sacrifice the earth veins, which are the main targets of the children of the Evil God?"

Su Ping recalled the memory fragments provided by the Spirit Qi-infused rats, birds, insects, and snakes he had released to the Taixu Zhu Feng.

Through piecing together a large number of fragments.

Su Ping only knew that a massive amount of Evil Qi had suddenly erupted within the Taixu Zhu Feng's grand array.

And this Evil Qi was Evil Qi that had been compressed and purified, resembling black mist!

In the blink of an eye, Su Ping's little tools had all turned into bizarre Evil Spirits.

Regarding such a situation.

Su Ping was still somewhat familiar with it.

This is what an Evil Domain looks like when it starts appearing in large numbers after a Small World can no longer hold on, right?

Of course, the Evil Domain appearing here in the Great World was worthy of the region it was in; it was definitely a leader among Evil Domains!

As soon as it appeared, it polluted the earth veins deep underground.

It was no wonder they had to evacuate an area of ten thousand miles.

It is just that, if the problem with the earth veins cannot be handled in a short time, the regions outside the Evil Domain will also undergo mutations as a result.

Then, like a snowball rolling, it will cause the other earth veins of the Canghao Continent to be polluted one after another.