Chapter 432

The point mission 【Boundless Ocean】 cannot be continued for the time being.

Zhao Xing began to engage in 'island fishing' and 'deep-sea gold prospecting'.

Deep-sea gold prospecting is mainly for obtaining 'Five-Element Source Stones' and 'Yin-Yang Source Stones', which can be exchanged for points in Seaweed City or used by oneself.

However, the buyback price is only half of the selling price, so most people use them themselves.

Island fishing is the same; using the Dao field as a rod and spiritual power as bait, the fish caught only fetch half the selling price if exchanged for extra points.

In the Primordial Ocean, on an uninhabited island.

An indistinct fishing rod drifted with the seawater, spiritual power flowed along the rod and line into the sea, and the other end was connected to Zhao Xing on the island.

"Whoosh~"

Zhao Xing jerked the rod up. A large fish with distinct scales and bones broke free from the restraints, slicing through the void. It then turned its head toward the island, and a trace of murderous intent flashed in its cold white eyes, reflecting Zhao Xing's figure.

"Truly rebellious; a Five-Element Dao Domain Realm fish wants to eat me?"

Zhao Xing was just about to strike when, unexpectedly, a gray light emerged from the sharp spike on the scale-bone fish's head, rapidly tearing through the void and disappearing into the horizon.

This was because it saw colorful fish bones scattered next to the human, almost piled into a small mountain.

Many were even its natural predators. Behind the mountain was a strange tree with leaves that looked like eyes, as well as a vine. Instinct made it give up on hunting and choose to run away.

"It ran away again! What a cunning fish!" A youth dressed in scholar's robes shouted from within the Thousand Illusion Tree. "Emperor, why are the fish in the Primordial Ocean so slippery? They've practically become spirits."

Zhao Xing said, "It's normal. The Primordial Ocean has existed for so long, and who knows how many people have come here to fish; they've all learned to be smart."

The Thousand Illusion Tree laughed, "Haha, the Emperor is right."

"To be able to break free from the Emperor's Dao field, this scale-bone fish can be considered a genius of the fish tribe. Seeing so many corpses of its own kind, and even the corpses of its natural predators at the Emperor's feet... this scale-bone fish must have been terrified."

"I wonder how it will spread the news of this scene when it returns to its tribe."

Zhao Xing couldn't help but smile as he listened to the Thousand Illusion Tree.

How will it spread it?

I, the Fish Emperor! Ascension is a trap set by the human race; don't take the bait, don't take the bait!

…………

The Dao fish couldn't be caught anymore. After the scale-bone fish ran away, it must have alarmed the surrounding sea area. This is also the difficulty of fishing; as long as one escapes, there will be no fish to catch around the island for a month or so, and one must change locations.

Zhao Xing's heart stirred, and a large number of clones walked out from his Origin Space and jumped into the ocean.

If the fish are alarmed, then go to the seabed to prospect for gold.

In any case, he couldn't return empty-handed today.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh~"

"Splash~ splash~"

The Giant Yang grass-man jumped into the sea and began searching for source stones on the seabed.

"In the 90,000-nautical-mile area of the Primordial Ocean, Five-Element Source Stones are relatively densely distributed, while Yin-Yang Source Stones are rarer."

"The difficulty of gold prospecting in the Primordial Ocean is also very high. The pressure of the seawater, when approaching the seabed, is enough to crush the physical body of a Five-Element Dao Domain Realm martial artist. During the descent, one will also encounter streaks of undercurrents, submarine volcanoes, and so on, which are even more terrifying in their lethality."

"Once hit, it can even blow a Giant Yang clone until it completely falls apart."

However, Zhao Xing had quite a few Giant Yang clones. As long as a small portion didn't encounter the impact of the undercurrents, they could obtain a rich harvest.

A few months later.

The clones brought the source stones with their five-colored brilliance ashore.

"This time there are 520 Five-Element Source Stones and only 34 Yin-Yang stones, whereas the first time I prospected, I got over 10,000. It seems it's about time to leave."

Under the Thousand Illusion Tree, Zhao Xing opened his eyes.

"Obtaining points is relatively easy in the early stages."

"However, if one's strength doesn't keep improving, it's impossible to rely on gold prospecting to reach the Coral rank."

"Deep-sea gold prospecting in the first 100,000 nautical miles of sea area can yield about 1.5 million points," Zhao Xing secretly mused.

The Primordial Realm will make adjustments; there is a limit to the resources that can be easily obtained.

If Zhao Xing continued to fish for source stones afterward, his luck would become extremely poor, and in the end, he might not even be able to obtain a single source stone.

"Time to go."

"For my current stage, the Primordial Ocean no longer offers many benefits, unless my strength reaches the next level and I can go to the area beyond 100,000 nautical miles."

Zhao Xing had already spent 58 years in the Primordial Ocean.

The diligent Zhao Xing worked almost day and night, and his Giant Yang clones were almost destroyed.

But he had also fished up a full 250,000 Five-Element Source Stones and 1,000 Yin-Yang Source Stones. This harvest was also commensurate with Zhao Xing's strength.

Having squeezed dry the value of the Primordial Ocean for the current stage, it was naturally time to leave.

"Whoosh~"

Zhao Xing immediately chose to leave the Primordial Ocean and return to Seaweed City.

When Zhao Xing returned to the Huailiu Courtyard, Bagel and Xinda immediately came up to greet him.

"My lord."

"Bagel, Xinda." Zhao Xing greeted them.

"My lord, how was the harvest from your trip to the Primordial Ocean?" Xinda asked curiously.

"Not bad." Zhao Xing waved his hand, and suddenly a small mountain of source stones appeared.

"What? So many?"

Xinda and Bagel were stunned as they looked at the source stones piled into a mountain on the courtyard lawn.

The brilliant Five-Element Source Stones practically blinded their eyes.

"About 250,000 Five-Element Source Stones and over 1,000 Yin-Yang Source Stones... It seems my lord's strength is approaching the 'Yin-Yang Dao Domain Realm'," Bagel exclaimed in admiration.

"The resource harvest in the Primordial Realm is always matched with one's strength. To be able to obtain so much in 58 years, my lord definitely has this level of strength," Xinda also praised.

"Truly amazing. Back in the day, it took me 500 years to squeeze dry the value of the first stage when I went to the Primordial Ocean."

"Me too," Bagel said.

Everyone knows the Primordial Realm has many benefits, but members below the Coral rank can only stay for a little over two thousand years.

Time is too short. If one cannot stay in the end, the resources one can consume are very limited.

How many resources geniuses can consume within the stipulated time depends on their ability!

Judging solely from Zhao Xing's trip to the Primordial Ocean, his potential is more than 10 times that of Bagel and Xinda.

The two sparring partners were naturally very impressed.

"My lord, the source stones you have here can be exchanged for about 1.75 million extra points," Bagel counted. "If you go to exchange them, you can reach the Seaweed sixth rank."

"If my lord's Origin Space has been upgraded to the limit, they can be exchanged for points. If you still have needs, I suggest keeping them for your own use."

"Hmm." Zhao Xing nodded.

The selling price of Five-Element Source Stones is 10 points, and Yin-Yang Source Stones are 100 points each. But the buyback price is only half.

If one has needs, exchanging them for points now would clearly be a loss.

Only those who have reincarnated, whose Origin Space has reached a bottleneck and no longer need Five-Element Source Stones, would go to exchange them for points.

Like Tuosen, Pu Guangrui, Fairy Youling, and others, they basically no longer needed them, so they exchanged them for points early on, and their status upgrade speed was very fast; they are now already at the Seaweed ninth rank.

Zhao Xing still had needs, so naturally, he wouldn't exchange them now; using them to accelerate the progress of the 'Primordial World' was the best choice.

…………

After returning from the Primordial Ocean, Zhao Xing went into seclusion in the Huailiu Courtyard.

"Boom~"

250,000 Five-Element Source Stones and over 1,000 Yin-Yang Source Stones floated in the Origin Space like stars. Cooperating with the circulation of energy from the Boundary-Fixing Towers, a phantom image of the Primordial Ocean was actually outlined in the void.

"Life begins in the Primordial Ocean. The first layer of the 'Primordial World' is precisely to capture the artistic conception of the primordial stage, so the first thing that will form in the Origin Space is a phantom Primordial Ocean."

While observing the four Primordial Diagrams, Zhao Xing constructed the Origin Space. The stars transformed from the Five-Element and Yin-Yang Source Stones dropped down lines.

The lines connected with the earth, eventually forming a turbid, dead ocean.

"Primordial World fixed, Primordial Ocean, formed!"

Zhao Xing formed seals with both hands, and the Origin soil suddenly surged as if boiling. The four Boundary-Fixing Towers erupted with brilliant golden light, and the cultivation progress of the 'Primordial World', which had originally been stagnant, began to soar, instantly breaking through the 100% threshold.

"The first layer is broken through; the Primordial Ocean has formed," Zhao Xing secretly mused.

With the 'Origin Sea World' at the perfection realm, the Origin Space was already very prosperous, with spiritual mountains, earth veins, lakes... it was like a scene of a world within the body.

Cultivating the 'Primordial World', with the first layer completed, the entire Origin Space is a scene of a layer of soil covered by seawater, as if the path of the self has only just begun.

The difference in cultivation techniques is immediately reflected.

Zhao Xing's divine sense stirred.

"Boom—"

The dead ocean quickly began to boil, as if it had been stimulated into vitality.

It was like an ocean possessing life and consciousness; wave after wave of seawater constantly expanded its boundaries, and the Origin Space was expanded accordingly.

"First wave impact, Origin Space expanded to 1.5 star-world units."

A star-world unit is the standard of measurement for the Origin Space and internal worlds of the Benwo Sect. It is the same as the 'Extreme' of a martial artist's body size.

Usually, only upon reaching the Five-Element Dao Domain Realm does the Origin Space have 1 star-world unit.

Before this, Zhao Xing cultivated the 'Origin Sea World', and he didn't even have 0.001; he couldn't even use this standard of measurement at all.

"Splash~"

The first wave impact ended, and the second wave began.

However, the power of the second wave was much smaller, only expanding it by 0.5.

Zhao Xing operated the Primordial Diagram, and it lasted for a total of four waves.

When the four waves ended, the Origin Space had reached about 2.3 star-world units.

"The first layer of the 'Primordial World' is completed. Next is to constantly expand the framework of the Origin Space, preparing for the opening of a world in the future."

"As the number one cultivation technique for the explosive-soldier style, cultivating the 'Primordial World' to the fourth layer is the Life-Death Dao Domain Realm, and the extreme record is 10,000 star-world units."

"In terms of the size of the Origin Space, it far exceeds other cultivation techniques."

"Looking back at the 'Origin Sea World', what a piece of trash technique it is," Zhao Xing sighed with emotion.

……

Just as Zhao Xing was cultivating in the Primordial Realm, in the Red Star Empire, in the northwestern territory, at the Jiachen Fourteenth Pass.

This majestic pass is one of the important barriers isolating the 'Siyue' Desolate Domain, and the Jiachen Pass is also the Empire's last line of defense against Desolate Domain-ization.

Outside the Jiachen Pass, there are also many large and small dynasties serving as buffer zones.

At this moment, at a Boundary Boat port of the Jiachen Fourteenth Pass, a dilapidated Boundary Boat flew in, swaying as if it might collapse at any moment.

After passing the inspection gate, it seemed it could finally no longer hold on and crashed onto the land.

The Boundary Boat mooring port built by the Taigu Zhi Qiu was naturally rock-solid; the ground was fine, but the Boundary Boat fell apart.

"Swish, swish, swish, swish, swish, swish~"

After the Boundary Boat fell apart, dozens of figures quickly appeared from the spiritual energy dust, actively cleaning up the wreckage and restoring everything to calm, so as not to be fined by the officials of the Boundary Port.

After the Boundary Boat fell apart, a small flying boat soon arrived.

Wu Di Ji Che appeared before everyone in a flash.

"Your Majesty, I am incompetent; please punish me, Your Majesty." Grand Minister of Works Lu Ying knelt on the ground with some shame, asking for punishment from Ji Che.

The civil and military officials on both sides were also exhausted, lacking their usual sharp spirit, and some were even being kept in medical pods.

The Wu Di swept a glance and then helped Lu Ying up. "Minister Lu, without you piloting the Boundary Boat, they might not have been able to return alive from the 'Annihilation Star Corridor'. How could I blame you?"

"However, what exactly happened?"

God Luo Wang gritted his teeth and said, "Your Majesty, it was the Carlos family of the Empire! The forces they control ambushed us."

"We must avenge this! The thirty-six star cities of Great Zhou cannot be lost in vain!"

Long Xiao's eyes were red. "Your Majesty, the despicable Carlos family set an ambush... Your Majesty, let's immediately summon the domestic forces and fight back!"

Behind him, he was carrying a medical pod, inside which lay Xia Jing, who only had half a body left.

Behind Lu Ying, he was protecting a spherical medical pod, inside which lay the Fate Official Ji Si.

Ji Che looked at the important ministers of Great Zhou. The military generals were all shouting for revenge, but there were also some who remained silent, such as Lu Ying, and the Si Nong Ministers Ling Ling Tianchen and Chen Shijie.

Ji Che took a deep breath. "Revenge must be taken, but the top priority is to treat the wounded."

"Cui Chengzhi, Li Fuhan, first count the wounded and take them for treatment."

The Great Zhou's Imperial Physician and Grand Physician immediately took over the medical pods.

After the group returned to their residence within the star pass, the Wu Di then summoned the survivors for a detailed inquiry.

Half an hour later, Ji Che's face was gloomy. "Lu Ying, are you certain it was the Carlos family that ambushed our territory?"

"Your Majesty, it is absolutely true. The forces that ambushed us belong to the Carlos family," Lu Ying said.

"Did you declare your identities?" Ji Che continued to ask. Exploration outside the Empire's territory is very popular, and many people engage in this interstellar great navigation. Under normal circumstances, forces within the Empire will not kill each other unless the interests are too great and the gap in strength is so large that they are completely unafraid of offending the other party.

Although Great Zhou's influence is not large, in terms of backing, Liu Liu Tianning is a disciple of Lord Qianhua, and Zhao Xing has entered the Primordial Realm and is a disciple of a demigod.

"Yes," Lu Ying said. "After Lord Ji discovered the other party's background, she immediately used the Great Divine Ability 'Wheel of Fate' to call out to the enemy leader."

"Lord Ji brought up Lord Qianhua, who is behind Liu Liu Tianning, but the other party had no reaction. She then brought up the name of the Grand Si Nong, but the other party launched an even more severe and swift attack."

Ji Che frowned. "It seems that my elder brother's name didn't fail to act as a deterrent, but rather, the interests were so great that it had the opposite effect..."

Sweeping away thirty-six star cities in one breath—it was clearly to silence them; otherwise, they would have just robbed them and run.

"The Carlos family... I don't know what was seen in our territory."

The Carlos family is a very powerful force within the Empire and a very famous first-class power.

Ji Che thought very far ahead. Now that Great Zhou has offended the Carlos family and their territory abroad has been seized, will the dispute extend to the domestic front and affect Great Zhou's development within the Empire?

"You may leave first." Ji Che dismissed everyone and pondered quietly by himself.

In the end, he still took out his star mirror and sent the information to the distant Primordial Realm.

……

Inside the Primordial Realm, in the 【Hundred Fathoms Void】 area.

A white flying boat was drifting in the void, as if it could be swallowed by the violent void turbulence at any moment.

Zhao Xing was piloting the flying boat while also casting spells, constantly resisting the compression from the void turbulence coming from all directions.

"Hum~"

A wave formed by pure void energy struck, and Zhao Xing felt his World Law being instantly compressed back into the hull.

"Not good!"

Golden light shone from the outer perimeter of the white hull.

The next moment, the powerless Zhao Xing appeared outside the entrance of the Hundred Fathoms Void.

At the edge of the deep black hole, Zhao Xing looked at his star mirror.

【Seaweed rank member Zhao Xing, you persisted for three quarters of an hour in the second fathom of the 'Dao Manifestation Layer' of the Hundred Fathoms Void. A new record has been set; you have obtained 150,000 extra points.】

"Three quarters of an hour, not bad." Zhao Xing nodded with satisfaction.

The Hundred Fathoms Void is also a popular place for 'leveling up'. However, the last time he came in, he was protected by Emperor Chen Jiu, and he went directly to the third fathom to contemplate.

Now, relying only on himself, he could only reach the second fathom.

"After the first layer of my 'Primordial World' is completed, using the World Law to resist void turbulence, my proficiency in Yin-Yang Division is also constantly rising. Once Yin-Yang Division reaches the fourth stage of Great Divine Ability, I can try entering the third fathom of the Dao Manifestation Layer."

Zhao Xing stayed on the boat and began to digest the harvest from just now.

Suddenly—

The star mirror trembled violently.

"Hmm?"

Zhao Xing's expression changed slightly.

"It's Ji Che's emergency communication."

Zhao Xing wanted to silently absorb nutrients in the Primordial Realm, so he had classified the communication levels of his star mirror. Normally, when he was cultivating, he would block all social interactions and not receive any messages. Only a few people possessed the authority for 'emergency transmission' to bypass this blocking.

The Wu Di, Ji Si, Liu Liu Tianning, and Yun Tiandao all had this authority.

And ever since he gave the Wu Di this authority, the other party had never used it once.

A bad premonition arose in his heart, and Zhao Xing immediately opened the star mirror.

"Hum~"

Ji Che's phantom appeared before his eyes.

"Elder brother, Great Zhou has encountered trouble."

"Fifth brother, could it be that something went wrong when Great Zhou was exploring abroad?" Zhao Xing asked.

When he returned to Great Zhou from Erliang Slope, the Wu Di had taken people to the northwestern star pass of the Empire to explore outward. Counting it now, it had been nearly four hundred years.

Since he entered the Primordial Realm, it was unlikely that Great Zhou would encounter any major trouble in the Beihe Star System; the only possibility was that it happened during exploration.

"Yes." Ji Che sighed. "I didn't want to disturb elder brother's cultivation, but when we were opening up territory abroad, we offended a first-class power of the Empire, the Carlos family."

"What, the Carlos family?" Zhao Xing's heart sank. "What exactly is going on?"

(End of chapter)