Chapter 532: The Third Era of the Desolate Domain, descends!

After the Star Mirror and the Primordial Order merged, once the soul consciousness entered, it felt as if it had stepped into a real space.

Zhao Xing flew amidst the clouds, silently reciting the name of Ten Thousand Star City in his heart. Before long, he flew out of the cloud layer and saw an ocean.

The ocean was illusory, containing all things; this was an ocean of the heart, and Ten Thousand Star City sat right beside it, with ten thousand stars overhead.

Whoosh—

Zhao Xing landed quickly and, following Five Poisons, arrived at the Heart Sea Tower in Ten Thousand Star City.

The Heart Sea Tower was bustling with figures; Zhao Xing could see the faces and even sense the aura of some, while others remained blurry.

Differences in cultivation realm and the strength of soul consciousness led to this result.

For instance, although he was currently a Twelfth-Stage Demigod just like Five Poisons, because at least eighty percent of Zhao Xing's mental will was occupied with official and private matters, Teacher Five Poisons' mental power was much stronger than his at this moment.

If Five Poisons did not wish to be seen by Zhao Xing, he could also remain blurry, or even become completely invisible.

Inside the pavilion, many rotating staircases were moving. Five Poisons pointed casually, and a staircase automatically appeared beneath their feet.

Following the rotating staircase upward, the two arrived before a luxurious private room, where four people were already waiting outside to welcome them.

"Disciple, the one at the very front is Venerable Wan Ying; he is a mental illusionist."

"The other three are his close friends: Venerable Hao Yu is a Fate Master, Venerable Sheng Yi is a Martial Artist, and Venerable Fu Ping is a Mechanical Martial Artist."

Five Poisons introduced them via telepathy.

Since there was no concealment, Zhao Xing clearly saw the faces and temperaments of the four. Venerable Wan Ying was all smiles, while the other three had been grumbling, but upon seeing the two ascend, they instantly straightened up.

"It's him?" Zhao Xing was somewhat surprised. He hadn't expected to see Venerable Fu Ping here. He had thought he would only be meeting Venerable Wan Ying this time.

"Hahaha, you've arrived, you've arrived."

"Brother Five Elements, Commandant Zhao, many thanks to you both for gracing us with your presence." Venerable Wan Ying laughed as he walked up to greet them. From the mental resonance, Zhao Xing could also perceive that Venerable Wan Ying was extremely enthusiastic, and even felt an extra sense of joy upon seeing him.

This stemmed from the ability gained through dual cultivation of the "Desire-Dream Art" with Fu Mengzhen.

"Disciple, Wan Ying and the others made a bet to see who could get you to come over for a gathering. They put up twenty units of contribution points each, and in the end, Wan Ying won against the other three." Venerable Five Poisons said with a smile, "He and I will split it, thirty thousand each. When we go back, we master and disciple will split the loot."

"Master, you really are something." Zhao Xing gave a thumbs up.

"Greetings, fellow brothers." Five Poisons also managed to be serious for once, though he broke character quickly. "Wan Ying, pay up my disciple's appearance fee."

Venerable Wan Ying laughed, "No problem, it has already been transferred to you."

Contribution points could not be traded, but items exchanged for contribution points could be.

Zhao Xing was also a bit puzzled; had his reputation already grown so high that people were actually spending money to invite him to a gathering?

Although it was said to be a bet born of interest, one still needed sufficient reputation to pique the interest of these four.

However, since Five Poisons and Wan Ying addressed each other as brothers, how should he address these few?

"Little Brother Zhao, let everyone address each other as they please." Wan Ying seemed to see what Zhao Xing was thinking, "That way, it's more comfortable."

Zhao Xing stopped being coy and immediately cupped his hands, "Greetings, Brother Wan Ying, Brother Hao Yu, Brother Sheng Yi, Brother Fu Ping."

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"Please, sit." Wan Ying led the two into the private room.

The room faced the Heart Sea, with a unique view, and the surrounding decorations were all very luxurious, making one feel relaxed and happy. Zhao Xing even felt his own mind being soothed.

After taking their seats, Five Poisons and Wan Ying took the lead in opening the conversation. Fate Master Hao Yu, Martial Artist Sheng Yi, and Mechanical Master Fu Ping all joined in, though Zhao Xing spoke relatively little, mostly listening.

After chatting for a while, seeing that Zhao Xing had also joined in, Five Poisons did not stay long.

He stood up with a smile and said, "Everyone, I am busy with affairs in the Primordial Realm and cannot spare much attention. I'll sell this disciple of mine to you all."

"Hahaha, we can't afford him." Venerable Wan Ying and the other three burst into laughter.

"If you don't name a price, how would you know you can't afford him? If the price is right, I'd sell myself." Zhao Xing also joked.

"If there were a mechanical puppet of Little Brother's caliber, I'd sell everything I own to buy it." Venerable Sheng Yi raised his wine glass. "Fu Ping, can you build one according to Little Brother Zhao's template? Having half of Little Brother Zhao's ability would be enough."

Fu Ping glanced at Sheng Yi, "How about I build you a Great Expansion Divine Weapon instead? Since we're all dreaming, we might as well dream big."

"Hahahaha." Everyone burst into laughter.

The four were intentionally trying to befriend a talent like Zhao Xing, so their conversation was all about flattering him.

All of them were Demigods who had lived for a long time, so they naturally didn't lack social skills; they usually couldn't be bothered with social niceties, but it was different when facing Zhao Xing.

The reason they were so enthusiastic was mainly due to something the Demigod Fate Master Hao Yu had told them:

This Demigod Fate Master knew more details about the Yuan Sea Dharma Assembly incident.

At the time, he had used Qing Qing Yu Zi, whom Venerable Sheng Yi knew well, as an example: "In the process of that person from the Reincarnation Temple becoming a god, Zhao Xing's influence was not small. I am not at liberty to say more about the specifics."

"But, if you can obtain Zhao Xing's friendship, perhaps your hope of becoming a god might be a bit greater!"

As long as it involved the hope of becoming a god, one would rather believe it to be true than not.

Thus, when Zhao Xing came to attend the four's gathering, he was immediately received with enthusiastic hospitality.

Of course, no one acted too deliberately; after all, even without the words of Fate Master Hao Yu, they had originally intended to befriend Zhao Xing.

The topic quickly turned to contribution point missions.

"..." "Speaking of which, you all wouldn't believe it. Last time when I was doing a contribution point mission, I don't know how, but I got bitten by a Demigod of the Monster Race."

Venerable Fu Ping drank his wine, feeling somewhat depressed, "We were getting along fine, everyone minding their own business, but on that last trip, that guy went crazy. He insisted on fighting me to the death."

Wan Ying asked, "Did you find out the reason later?"

Zhao Xing also pricked up his ears to listen. He felt a bit awkward; this was purely caused unintentionally.

He hadn't expected to be able to get to know Venerable Fu Ping here later.

"No, I came back and asked Hao Yu, but he couldn't calculate anything."

"I consulted the Chen Xuan Si God; he knew, but refused to tell me." Venerable Fu Ping still felt that battle was inexplicable to this day.

It was a classic case of being caught in the crossfire for no reason, and he couldn't figure it out no matter what.

"How could contribution point missions be so easy to do? Accidents can happen at any time." Venerable Sheng Yi also sighed, "I previously ran to the Dark Star Cave, entered through that entrance of the Pan Niu Monster Kingdom, but came out through the Heavenly Monster Kingdom."

"Three hundred years spent just spinning in circles in the Dark Star Cave, and I didn't even get a single Dark Star Source Stone."

"Clearly, before setting off, I had specifically asked Hao Yu to analyze it; I shouldn't have returned empty-handed."

Venerable Hao Yu put down his wine glass and said, "Fate is fickle. In a place like the Dark Star Cave, everything is hard to explain clearly."

Zhao Xing asked suspiciously, "What kind of place is the Dark Star Cave?"

Venerable Hao Yu said, "The Dark Star Cave is a peculiar region within the Black Heaven Desolate Domain, from which there is a probability of finding 【Dark Star Source Stones】."

"What use it has, the higher-ups haven't specified; they just collect them at a rate of one hundred thousand contribution points per stone."

Zhao Xing was stunned. So valuable?

"How come I don't have this kind of mission?"

Venerable Sheng Yi said, "Little Brother Zhao, you haven't been a Demigod for long. The Dark Star Cave is relatively dangerous. The higher-ups give us missions as a form of training, not to send people to their deaths. If a place is judged to be too dangerous, it won't be unlocked for you. You need to be a Fourteenth-Stage Demigod to go to the Dark Star Cave."

Zhao Xing suddenly understood. It seemed that contribution point missions were also tiered.

On the surface, he was still a Twelfth-Stage Demigod. Even if he used the Nine Marsh Divine Transformation, possessing combat power comparable to the Fourteenth Tribulation, it would be difficult to persist for long in the Dark Star Cave.

After all, the transformation also had a duration, and Sheng Yi had gained nothing in three hundred years in the Dark Star Cave; clearly, such a place required a war of attrition to gain anything.

Over the next half year, Zhao Xing often met with Sheng Yi, Wan Ying, Hao Yu, and Fu Ping in Ten Thousand Star City. He also gradually learned a lot of news that wasn't available officially.

One day, Zhao Xing came to the outskirts of Ten Thousand Star City again. He was there to watch Venerable Wan Ying 'build a house'.

"The City of the Mind is constructed from mental power. At the very beginning, it was just a 【Heart Palace】 built by three mental gods,

for the higher-ups to communicate with each other."

"Later, it expanded to include more God-General and God-Soldier levels, and even Demigods were often summoned here. The palace alone could no longer contain them, so it slowly expanded into the City of the Mind."

Matter constantly emerged before Venerable Wan Ying, stacking upon each other.

"The public areas of Ten Thousand Stars are all constructed from the mental power of the God Realm. As for private areas, they are expanded by the God Realm and Demigods who come in, so the scale of Ten Thousand Star City is also growing larger and larger."

"Of course, if a Demigod dies, all the buildings built in this Ten Thousand Star City will cease to exist, so this can also be used to judge the life or death of Demigods."

Zhao Xing nodded. Among these people, only Venerable Wan Ying, this Mental Venerable, could build a house in the area near the core of Ten Thousand Star City. Everyone else's houses were in the suburbs, which could be considered a symbol of status.

Zhao Xing's current mental will matched that of a Twelfth-Tribulation Demigod, and he was more than capable of controlling his own power; he was considered very outstanding among Twelfth-Tribulation Demigods.

But if placed among the Thirteenth Stage, he was only at a medium level.

As for Fourteenth-Stage Demigods, he was completely out of his league. Over the past half year, watching Venerable Wan Ying 'build a house' had also benefited him greatly, and Venerable Wan Ying was also happy to teach him.

"Zhao Xing, you try it, see if you can leave something behind in this area." Venerable Wan Ying pointed to an empty plot of land.

"Alright." Zhao Xing was eager to try.

The land chosen by Venerable Wan Ying was such that if one's mental will wasn't particularly outstanding, even a Fourteenth-Stage Demigod would find it difficult to condense matter that could exist for long.

"Where the heart points, the Dao manifests, condense!"

Zhao Xing pointed at the target land.

"..."

A grain of sand the size of a rice grain appeared out of thin air.

This was the special nature of the City of the Mind; as long as one's mental will was strong, one could turn anything into reality.

The grain of sand gradually expanded, and Zhao Xing also felt a powerful pressure, the burden becoming heavier and heavier.

"!"

After one breath, when the grain of sand expanded to the size of a thumb, it could no longer withstand the pressure and collapsed.

"Still not working." Zhao Xing shook his head.

Venerable Wan Ying, however, laughed, "Little Brother, your progress is already very great. Half a year ago, you couldn't even condense a single grain of sand."

"But now you can increase it to the size of a thumb."

Venerable Wan Ying had a sharp eye; he could see that Zhao Xing was manifesting matter with mental power. If he only maintained it at the size of a grain of sand, it could exist indefinitely.

"Even smaller, as long as you can successfully condense it in this area, your mental will will have stepped into the Fourteenth Stage. You are only a Twelfth-Tribulation Demigod; this is truly rare to see."

Half a year ago, Zhao Xing couldn't condense anything, but half a year later, he could do it. Venerable Wan Ying was also amazed at Zhao Xing's comprehension.

He had only watched him 'build a house' for half a year, and this speed of progress was simply terrifying.

"Not even one-billionth of Brother Wan's." Zhao Xing looked at the mansion that was more than half built.

Wan Ying's mansion covered a thousand acres, with tall palace walls, over ten million bricks and tiles, and inside were pavilions, water-side corridors,

main halls, side halls, gardens, and lakes—by comparison, he could only condense a grain of sand.

"Hahaha, I specialize in this, you're comparing yourself to me?"

"Little Brother, don't be too competitive. You're a Si Nong; do you want to leave me, this Mental Venerable, with no way to make a living?"

Wan Ying smiled and led Zhao Xing into a palace to sit down.

After chatting for a while, Wan Ying suddenly said, "Zhao Xing, we are about to enter the Third Era of the Desolate Domain."

"I think you also know some of the predictions the gods have made about the Third Era of the Desolate Domain."

Zhao Xing nodded with a grave expression. Now, there were less than forty years left until they entered the Third Era of the Desolate Domain.

Among the gods' predictions for the Third Era, the most serious disaster was the chaos caused by 【Space-Time Memory】.

"The impact of Space-Time Memory will cause many people to be unable to remember their friends and family, and even cause their own minds to become chaotic. The most serious consequence is that they will go completely insane, and even their true spirits will collapse."

"Hao Yu, Sheng Yi, and Fu Ping are either in seclusion or collecting mental-type treasures to guard against such things happening."

"Of course, candidates for the God Realm like us can enter this City of the Mind of Ten Thousand Stars and receive some protection. As long as you can build a Heart Palace, even in the suburbs, you will receive the blessing of the power of the God Realm. You will only lose some unimportant memories, and if you're lucky, you might be completely fine."

Zhao Xing asked curiously, "Then what about everyone else? I'm not worried about myself, but my friends and family,

will they not remember me? How sad would that be, and how chaotic would the entire Desolate Domain be?"

"It's not that serious." Venerable Wan Ying said, "I have experienced several large-scale Space-Time Memory impacts."

"When the impact occurs, the Chen Xuan Ling History Books, as well as the history books of various ancient kingdoms and the Chi Star Empire, will produce large-scale protective effects. The existence of historians will also stabilize major regions."

"The Space-Time Memory impact doesn't actually have a particularly large effect on those with low cultivation."

"If you're lucky and not in the affected area, those with low cultivation will actually be safer."

Zhao Xing suddenly understood. So historians and the Chen Xuan Ling History Books had this function. No wonder there wasn't much resistance when Bo Wei unified the star-sky historians and history scholars; the strong also hoped that the Great Dao of History would become stronger and more prosperous.

"The stronger the cultivation, the greater the impact; the weaker the cultivation, the smaller the impact."

"When it comes down to it, this is a premeditated flood discharge of the space-time dam, a targeting by the evil gods." Venerable Wan Ying said.

"Facing this kind of disaster, many Reincarnation Realm experts will choose to actively reincarnate to avoid this catastrophe."

"However, once this happens, after reincarnation, the origin returns to the universe. When the space-time flood rolls back, the evil god camp can smoothly roll away a portion of the origin and bring it back to ancient times."

Venerable Wan Ying waved his hand, and a river appeared: "You can try to imagine such a scene."

"The upstream flood is discharged, and the surging torrent of time rolls in. The first thing it does is force a portion of the strong to reincarnate or have their true spirits collapse."

"At this time, a large number of strong experts who cultivate the path of origin to become gods will return a portion of their origin to the universe and heaven and earth."

"And when this manipulated torrent hits the channels set up one by one, a backflow is generated."

Venerable Wan Ying waved his hand, simulating the scene of the disaster.

The long river of time was originally flowing peacefully, when suddenly, in a certain river section of the past, a powerful God Realm expert appeared on the bank, setting off a monstrous flood.

One after another, troughs appeared, as if some kind of giant beast was lurking beneath.

As the giant beast swept past, large groups of light clusters dimmed, symbolizing the death of strong individuals, their origins disintegrating and returning to heaven and earth.

"Boom."

At a certain moment, the torrent hit another large dam, forming a backflow.

The backflow was also very turbulent, and the ancient evil gods stood on the banks of different river sections, taking the opportunity to collect origin from the backflow.

In this way, the past camp completed a plunder of origin from the Desolate Domain era camp.

"Brother Wan Ying, what is this?" Zhao Xing pointed to the troughs in the river section; he vaguely saw the figures of some giant beasts.

"Heaven-Dimension Giant Beasts." Venerable Wan Ying said, "It is rumored to be a type of time giant beast, born in the God Realm, capable of freely roaming the long river of space-time. However, I have never seen one up close."

Heaven-Dimension Giant Beasts? Did this have anything to do with the Tian Shi Sect? Was what Yun Tian Dao saw at the site of the Yuan Sea Ancient Kingdom a Space-Time Giant Beast? Zhao Xing was thoughtful.

"With my understanding of the Dao and my knowledge of God Realm methods, I can only describe it to you like this. This kind of method cannot be used often; I have lived for thirty-six eras and have only encountered it three times."

"The first time, I forgot many things, and even my basic worldview collapsed. I was muddled and confused, becoming a madman who only knew how to cultivate."

Venerable Wan Ying sighed: "It wasn't until three eras later that I was lucky enough to become an Eighth-Tribulation Mental Emperor, was discovered by Palace Master Lu Ya, and brought back to the Primordial Heaven Palace, where I used the Ten Tables and Eight Books of the Chen Xuan Ling History Books to help me recover my memories."

"The second time, I was already a Demigod who had passed the Ninth Tribulation, but I still forgot that I had been a part of the Primordial Heaven Palace."

"The impact at that time was accompanied by the descent of God-Soldier-level evil gods. I even thought I was a rogue cultivator, and that evil god was so tempting that I almost knelt to him as my master."

"However, the Palace Master appeared and beheaded that evil god. After returning to the palace, I recovered my memories."

Zhao Xing listened quietly to Venerable Wan Ying's past. He hadn't expected the other party to have such experiences. Sure enough, making more friends was never a mistake. This kind of experience was very valuable.

"Brother Wan Ying, what about the third time?"

Venerable Wan Ying recalled: "The third time, I was already a Thirteenth-Stage Demigod. At the time, I was adventuring in a secret realm. Although I was very strong and had received a warning early on, the warning didn't know the specific time, and everything happened too suddenly."

"Because I was outside the Spirit Domain, the protective power of the Chen Xuan Ling History Books was weakened, and I was hit again."

"However, this third time, I only lost some unimportant daily memories, such as what I ate on a certain day,"

The Chen Xuan Ling History Books didn't waste power to recover those memories for me. "After the third time, I was promoted to a Fourteenth-Stage Demigod, and my mental secret arts were greatly improved." Venerable Wan Ying laughed, "The Palace Master said that because I walk the path of the mind, I have an advantage in resisting this kind of space-time turbulence, and my secret arts are also quite special—after that time, I entered the list of God Realm candidates; it was actually a blessing in disguise."

Listening to Venerable Wan Ying's experiences, Zhao Xing also felt quite emotional. Three major impacts, and Venerable Wan Ying had survived them all, and even became a powerful Fourteenth-Stage Demigod.

Five Poisons said that a Fourteenth-Stage Demigod like Wan Ying could unleash his strength at will without fear of triggering the True Spirit Tribulation, which showed how strong Wan Ying's talent was.

Usually, in such situations, one had absolute certainty of passing the next True Spirit Tribulation; it just depended on whether Wan Ying was willing to trigger it. This was also relatively rare among Demigods.

Like the Ice Venerable of the Carlos family, triggering the True Spirit Tribulation meant dying completely.

"Mental level, will-type secret arts, time-type treasures, history-type treasures, all can help you deal with this kind of disaster and keep your true self from being shaken during the disaster."

"You might even make progress because of it." Venerable Wan Ying imparted his experience without reservation.

"Secondly, hiding in certain places can also improve safety, such as the core areas of super forces. For example, the Primordial Realm of the Chi Star Empire, Yan God Star, the Three Realms of the Taigu Zhi Qiu, or beside the Chen Xuan Ling History Books, or the Taishi Palace of the ancient kingdoms."

"However, hiding is ultimately not the best strategy. The Third Era is so long; who knows which solar year or which world-star year it will be launched? We can't just keep hiding in safe areas."

"It's still more appropriate to master powerful ways to deal with it yourself. Hao Yu, Sheng Yi, and Fu Ping are all preparing for this."

Venerable Wan Ying's advice was undoubtedly very important. The Third Era of the Desolate Domain might start in the very first world-star year, or it might start in the very last solar year.

An era had so many world-star years; if you kept hiding, would you still want to develop?

"With less than forty years left, I also need to go into seclusion to prepare." Venerable Wan Ying said, "I invited you over today,"

"just to say these things."

"Many thanks, Brother Wan." Zhao Xing bowed.

"No need to be so polite. If I didn't say it, the Empire would have someone teach you anyway."

"How can written words be as profound as Brother Wan's personal experience?" Zhao Xing still bowed; he accepted this favor.

"I hope that in the Third Era of the Desolate Domain, you and I haven't forgotten each other." Wan Ying returned the bow.

Wan Ying was about to go into seclusion, and Hao Yu, Sheng Yi, and Fu Ping were the same.

Their act of befriending Zhao Xing before their final seclusion, although a bit deliberate, did not make Zhao Xing feel disgusted.

Not every friend had to be like Old Chen or Xia Jing, having to go through life and death together. There were also some like Wan Ying and the others, who could talk well and help each other.

Zhao Xing had indeed gained a lot from these people, and had even obtained some clues regarding the 'Origin of the Extreme Star'.

For example, Sheng Yi had provided a clue that in the Chen Xuan Ling Star Domain, some like-minded Demigods had formed a loose organization called the 'Light Chasing Society'. The purpose was to chase and explore the light left behind by the Extreme Star.

However, Sheng Yi had joined for thousands of years and hadn't found a single wisp of extreme light, so later on, he didn't keep in touch much.

Members of the Light Chasing Society were introduced by internal members, and Sheng Yi could act as a referrer.

"Time is running out. There are less than forty years left in the Second Era. In such a short time, it's impossible for me to gather enough contribution points to become a god. I'd better improve my ability to save my own life first." Zhao Xing thought to himself.

Ordinary wealth couldn't buy divine objects, and in the upcoming Third Era of the Desolate Domain, only divine objects could improve one's survival probability.

"There are twenty-one divine objects in the red jade ring left by Wei Ling Tianchen. After I handed over the Eight Directions God Mirror to Ji Si, there are twenty left."

"The Azure Water Golden God Gourd, the Yuan Wheel, and the Bai Yu Five Mausoleum Ship are all Great Dao Divine Artifacts, and I can use them, so it's not good to use them for exchange."

"Among them, seven are the divine objects for the 'Mending Heaven Art' of Wei Ling Tianchen. Let alone selling them, it's best not to even mention them."

【Three Beam Crown】, 【Star Luo Imperial Physician Robe】, 【Li Emperor Jade Belt】, 【Ten Thousand Phenomena Spirit Physician Cauldron】, 【Spirit Rhyme Rejuvenation Needle】,

【Black Cloud Boots】, 【Mending Heaven Seal】. These seven are all Great Dao Divine Artifacts.

Five of them are treasures for physicians, and as for the remaining two, Zhao Xing vaguely felt they were also imbued with some extremely powerful divine power, so it was impossible to take them out for exchange.

"The Seven Star Cabinet cannot be taken out for exchange either."

"The remaining nine can be taken out for exchange; I have no use for them at all." Zhao Xing thought to himself.

Profession-exclusive divine artifacts couldn't be used if one didn't cultivate the corresponding profession. Aside from the medical path, Zhao Xing didn't intend to cultivate anything else.

Cultivating the medical path was mainly because of Wei Ling Tianchen's Mending Heaven Art, which was related to the Heavenly Time, and there was a complete inheritance laid out.

"Exchange all nine of them, mainly for mental will-type treasures, space-time-type treasures, and history-type treasures."

In theory, the Chen Xuan Ling Treasury could recycle divine artifacts, but he was only a Demigod, and contribution points involved the opportunity to become a god, so this function wouldn't be unlocked for Demigods.

Contribution points couldn't be traded either. All contribution point missions would be strictly screened. Even if there were missions to recycle treasure materials, they would be strictly screened to see if they were obtained by oneself.

If the mission materials weren't obtained by oneself, one wouldn't even pass the Heart God-General's test.

Zhao Xing intended to dispose of these divine artifacts. He sought out suitable buyers for the transaction through Venerable Five Poisons, Venerable Hong Shan, Venerable Lushan, and even Wan Ying and Fu Ping.

This was where the importance of having many friends was reflected. Mental will-type treasures, space-time-type treasures, and history-type treasures were of great use in the Third Era of the Desolate Domain.

Very few people would sell them at this time, and even if one wanted to exchange, it was hard to find someone.

Zhao Xing waited for several years, and in the end, it was the Mechanical Master Fu Ping who found two potential buyers for him first.

As a Mechanical Master, his social circle was extremely broad. Fu Ping agreed to help, and even delayed his seclusion for several years because of this.

In the thirty-second year before the end of the Second Era of the Desolate Domain, Zhao Xing met with the two buyers on an administrative star in a super-first-class star system of the Empire.

"Zhao Xing, these two are my friends, 'Yu Ye' and 'Sai Yan'." Venerable Fu Ping introduced.

"Greetings, Venerable Yu Ye, Venerable Sai Yan." Zhao Xing cupped his hands toward the man and woman sitting opposite him.

"Commandant Zhao is too polite." Yu Ye and Sai Yan returned the salute in unison.

One was a mechanical master of the forging school, and the other was a musician, and they were a married couple, both from the Ancient Kingdom Alliance. Both were relatively wealthy Demigods.

After taking their seats, Zhao Xing didn't waste words and directly revealed his collection.

"Hum~"

"..."

Nine divine artifacts appeared instantly, divine light overflowing, and powerful fluctuations radiated out.

"Please take a look, you two."

"These are my collection. Four are Great Dao Divine Artifacts, and five are Force Divine Artifacts."

Before coming, Yu Ye and Sai Yan had also learned some basic information, and now was the time to test them.

Sai Yan reached out and summoned, and a dark green zither and a bronze horn arrived in her hands.

Both of these were products of the Five Emperors era, and both were musician divine artifacts.

Musicians didn't mind having many exclusive divine artifacts; they usually cultivated clones and held multiple musical instruments simultaneously, so one person was an entire orchestra.

Generally speaking, the more clones and divine artifacts a musician had, the more powerful they were.

Musicians who could cultivate to the Demigod level were all the richest of the rich.

"Ming~"

The Twelve Stages of the Five Tones emanated from Sai Yan's hands, and Zhao Xing instantly felt relaxed and happy.

Actually, he still had one musician divine artifact, the Eight Desolations Scorched Tail Zither he had snatched from Fu Mengzhen, but Zhao Xing didn't intend to sell it. Because Fu Mengzhen had said that this divine artifact required secret arts to activate, and without the secret arts, it couldn't be used. The others all had corresponding driving secret arts, which allowed Demigods to exert their effects.

The Five Tones flowed, and the great hall seemed to become an ocean of music.

Sai Yan tried them out shallowly and was very satisfied.

Even without mastering the driving secret arts, just by trying them out, she could see that these two divine artifacts were very good.

Zhao Xing also felt it.

The stock of this old antique Wei Ling Tianchen were all relatively rare treasures.

Back then, the Li Fire Divine Sword he had casually taken out as a reward had made Venerable Bamboo Sword willing to risk his life to capture Zhao Xing.

It was hard for Sai Yan not to be satisfied.

"Commandant Zhao, I like these two very much." Sai Yan raised her head, not hiding her liking at all. Divine artifacts had spirits, and she wouldn't say disparaging words about musical instruments she loved.

"I just don't know if the treasure I've prepared will satisfy you."

"Please."

After saying that, Sai Yan waved her sleeves, and a divine object was pushed toward Zhao Xing.

This was a sky-blue dharma robe, its edges lined with the color of dawn.

At the collar of the dharma robe, a pale green river flowed, and there was also a phantom of a sun hanging high.

"Hmm?"

After Zhao Xing took the dharma robe, a phantom appeared in his mind; he seemed to be in a star-sky filled with abundant spiritual energy.

Countless spiritual energy star-lands and spiritual mountains floated, with star-sky giant beasts and fairies swimming about.

"Splash~"

A fresh feeling came, and rain fell.

Zhao Xing looked up at the sky and instantly understood the function of this dharma robe.

He ended his observation, surprised that the progress of the Great Sun Sea within his body had actually increased by 1 point.

"Space-Time Grain Rain Dharma Robe! This dharma robe also records a solar term of the universe's Great Four Seasons. With such a wide scope and high intensity, it is truly a proper divine artifact."

The Space-Time Grain Rain Dharma Robe could be considered half a Si Nong exclusive divine artifact.

It could be used by those who weren't Si Nong because it possessed the characteristics of the space-time origin and had the ability to resist space-time-type secret arts.

If used by a Si Nong, it would also produce some additional effects.

First is comprehension. The Great Grain Rain solar term contains the changes of the universe's Great Four Seasons and has great research value for the Heavenly Time Art. The progress of the Great Sun Sea is proof of this.

The production of this dharma robe itself used materials from this solar term.

It was somewhat similar to the Rain Immortal solar term sacrifice effect of the Spirit Void Origin Realm.

Second, space-time travel!

It is a Great Dao Divine Artifact, but the owner who made this dharma robe also left behind a divine power imprint.

Cooperating with this dharma robe, it can lead the owner of the dharma robe to travel back to the space-time of this Great Grain Rain solar term. However, there is only one chance.

It belongs to a one-way ticket, and once this number of times is used, this dharma robe will also disappear.

Space-Time Grain Rain, dharma robe travel. Its conventional function allows for both comprehension and resistance to the impact of space-time secret arts, and naturally, it can also resist the impact of space-time turbulence.

It can also perform one space-time travel; it simply fits Zhao Xing's taste too well.

He also didn't hide his liking.

"Venerable Sai Yan, Venerable Yu Ye, I like this dharma robe very much." Zhao Xing praised.

Venerable Sai Yan had a sweet smile: "In that case, Commandant Zhao, how do you think we should exchange?"

Zhao Xing pondered: "Two for one, how about that?"

Sai Yan and Venerable Yu Ye looked at each other, then nodded: "Agreed."

Yu Ye even praised him specifically: "Commandant Zhao has great vision. I hope my husband and I can become friends with Commandant Zhao."

Clearly, Sai Yan and Venerable Yu Ye believed they had profited.

Zhao Xing also thought the same. The value of profession-exclusive divine objects couldn't be clearly divided; it all depended on the needs of both the buyer and the seller.

If one really liked it, one piece for one piece wasn't impossible. However, the Space-Time Grain Rain Dharma Robe involved the origin of the Space-Time Great Dao, so in this special period, its value was naturally higher.

If they only talked about business, it would be hard to explain how to exchange.

It was better to have a broader perspective and exchange two for one, saving the trouble of haggling and also making a friend.

Seeing that the transaction was reached by both sides, Venerable Fu Ping, who acted as the middleman, also laughed: "Both of your perspectives are broad, making me envious. I also wish I could have such a broad perspective."

Venerable Fu Ping also had divine objects, but he only had two Force Divine Artifacts. Great Dao Divine Artifacts? Let alone those of his own profession, even those of other types, he didn't have any.

Zhao Xing taking out nine pieces at once had truly shocked him.

What was called a rich person?

Zhao Xing's family background was a tycoon even among Demigods.

Of course, Yu Ye and Sai Yan being able to take out a space-time-type divine object also meant they were wealthy.

"Two people making money is always faster than one." With the transaction facilitated, Venerable Sai Yan joked: "Brother Fu Ping, you should also find a Dao companion."

"I want to too, but I haven't found a suitable one." Venerable Fu Ping laughed.

The circle of Demigods was not small, but it wasn't large either. A Dao companion had to share all secrets and live and die together. The longer one lived, the harder it was to be moved.

Just for private desires and enjoyment, what kind of mechanical puppet couldn't one build oneself?

"If I had a biological sister, that would be great." Venerable Sai Yan laughed.

"If you did, would you definitely introduce her to me?" Venerable Fu Ping asked.

"Of course I would introduce her to Little Brother Zhao; he is much wealthier than you." Venerable Sai Yan teased.

Zhao Xing laughed dumbly.

"Yu Ye, hurry and manage her; she's stabbing my Dao heart." Venerable Fu Ping held his chest with one hand and pointed at Sai Yan with the other: "If I don't get eighty or a hundred thousand contribution points, I won't be able to recover."

"Fu Ping, do you think I can manage her?" Venerable Yu Ye said helplessly: "Losing money is even more impossible; it's all in Sai Yan's hands."

"What a sin." Venerable Fu Ping hammered the table.

"Hahahaha."

In the time that followed, Zhao Xing didn't wait for any more suitable exchange opportunities.

The remaining seven divine objects still remained in his hands.

With the approach of the Third Era of the Desolate Domain, Zhao Xing's contribution point missions also entered a brief standstill.

He no longer left the Spiritual Energy Star Domain, and didn't even let his clones leave the Empire.

He was just doing the two super-difficult missions left behind by the Boundless True God.

Namely, the cultivation of the History Book Worm and the Fang Ji Flower God Seed.

Zhao Xing exchanged some ancient monster history books and rubbings of ancient kingdom history books from Feng Chen, the Great Elder of the Academy, to feed the History Book Worm.

At the same time, he began to cultivate the mental will technique "Great Dark Heaven" that Feng Chen had once given him.

Times were different now; this Demigod will secret art could no longer affect his mind and give birth to an evil split soul.

In the final world-star year of the Second Era of the Desolate Domain.

Zhao Xing stopped cultivating.

"The three realms of the Great Dark Heaven."

"Great Dark Heaven, One Thought Asura, Immovable Bright Venerable."

"I have already cultivated to the highest realm, 【Immovable Bright Venerable】."

"The split souls of the Primordial Grass Man have also reached 200 in these years. Aside from the study-abroad clone whose whereabouts are unknown, there is also the clone from the Taigu Zhi Qiu that hasn't returned."

"The current me is a 198-fold Twelfth-Tribulation True Spirit."

"Possessing the Thirteenth-Stage Qiankun Hunyuan Holy Body, while simultaneously mastering the work and art of the Heavenly Time, Earthly Benefit, and True Self sects."

"Thirty-first stage of Qi Luck."

"Possessing twenty-one divine artifacts. Among them, the Heaven-Changing Divine Needle, the Azure Water Golden God Gourd, the Yuan Wheel, the Bai Yu Five Mausoleum Ship, the Space-Time Grain Rain Dharma Robe, and the Hunyuan Dao Tower are all things I can use."

Zhao Xing stood on the "Great Wall of Desperate Situations" at Jia Chen Pass, looking out at the star-sky of the universe.

He had made sufficient preparations to welcome the arrival of the Third Era of the Desolate Domain.

He and Ji Si had temporarily moved the important figures of the Great Zhou into the Eight Directions God Mirror, leaving only unimportant magic power clones to preside over daily operations.

At this time, the Seven Great Ancient Roads of Jia Chen Pass had also been placed under martial law. The 【Great Wall of Desperate Situations】, which was both a legion divine skill and an imperial divine artifact,

had also been activated.

This made the already massive Jia Chen Pass even more majestic.

"Ji Si, is everything arranged?" On the lonely city wall, a second figure appeared; it was Ji Si.

"Great Si Nong, I have checked repeatedly several times, and everything has been arranged according to the plan."

"Is there any sensation?" Zhao Xing asked.

Ji Si shook her head.

Inside and outside the pass, everything was peaceful, yet neither of them relaxed their vigilance in the slightest.

Ji Si did not hide in the Heavenly Master's Mansion, and Zhao Xing did not hide in the Primordial Realm.

At this most critical moment, neither of them chose to escape; they had to stand out and actively protect the people of the Great Zhou.

"An unseen enemy, not knowing when the war will happen—this is probably the most difficult war I have ever fought." Ji Si sighed with emotion. "Great Si Nong, do you think this era can win?"

"Man proposes, God disposes."

Ji Si nodded, seeming to have gained confidence.

Next, the two stood side by side in silence, quietly waiting for the final day to pass.

"Clang~~"

At a certain moment, inside Jia Chen Pass, the clock on Crystal Island rang.

The Era Needle, the Sun Needle, and the World-Star Needle all overlapped.

The clock in Zhao Xing's heart also crossed the fourth quarter of the Zi hour.

Inside and outside the pass, everything remained peaceful, with only the sound of the bell echoing.

"Great Si Nong, is everything well?"

"Ji Si, I am well. Are you well?"

Zhao Xing and Ji Si greeted each other.

"I am also well." Ji Si breathed a sigh of relief: "It seems it's not now."

But just at this moment, Zhao Xing's eyes suddenly became sharp.

The Great Sun Sea within his body churned.

The reflection of the Extreme Star in the sea began to rotate.

"Hum~"

At this moment, Zhao Xing's Great Sun Sea surged. The reflection of the Extreme Star, which had originally been fixed, now rotated, and it seemed to have resonated with countless sun stars.

Zhao Xing could clearly feel the rotation of the sun star cluster, which made his perception range instantly become incomparably vast, many times larger than usual.

The next moment, Zhao Xing turned his head and looked toward the south of the Chen Xuan Ling Star Domain.

"Hum~"

In the Fan Sea territory in the south of the Chen Xuan Ling Star Domain, the nine top-level sun stars suddenly dimmed. Then, in a very short time, they were completely extinguished.

Coldness grew in Zhao Xing's eyes. Before the nine top-level sun stars were extinguished, he saw an unforgettable scene.

He saw that tens of thousands of star sectors in the Fan Sea territory had all suddenly frozen. Star-lands and world-stars had all frozen as if they were ice-sealed.

Whether it was the material ocean or the void turbulence, everything was freezing rapidly. The ice layer spread like a line of death, advancing toward the Chen Xuan Ling Star Domain.

"No, Ji Si, it has happened." ===== CHAPTER 533 =====

"No, Ji Si, it happened."