Chapter 556: Ji Si

In the bamboo house, inside an ice coffin, Zhao Xing had already been lying for fifty years.

On this day, Qing Yuzi came to check on Zhao Xing's injuries as per his routine, and couldn't help but feel a bit curious.

"The recovery speed is faster than expected. I originally estimated it would take eighty or a hundred years, but now, at most, he can break out of the coffin in a few more years."

Zhao Xing did not make a sound, still intensifying his cultivation to recover. The medicinal liquid in the entire ice coffin was rapidly thinning, glowing with divine light; clearly, he was at a critical moment of his cultivation.

Seeing this, Qing Yuzi did not disturb him. He helped Zhao Xing change a barrel of medicinal liquid and then left to attend to his own affairs.

Three years later, the golden light in the ice coffin gradually converged.

"!"

A large hand broke through the coffin lid, clouds rising and surging, and Zhao Xing slowly sat up.

"Fifty-three years, that was a long time lying down." Zhao Xing looked at his hands, muttering to himself: "I can't play around with these firecrackers recklessly in the future."

The firecrackers cultivated by the Penglai Divine General were extremely extreme and completely lacked true spiritual consciousness.

If they had true spiritual consciousness, he could control them like troop types to perform more precise directional explosions.

The reason the Penglai Divine General abandoned plant true spirits was mainly because he discovered that firecrackers with true spiritual consciousness would inevitably not hoard the Source of Destruction, because true spiritual consciousness would follow the instincts of life to maintain its own growth.

Hoarding the Source of Destruction and the Source of Fire would suppress the Source of Life, just as a person would not keep eating until they burst.

"I'll use the sub-bodies of the firecrackers in the future." Zhao Xing summoned a burst of rain to wash away the medicinal dregs from his body and put on his Grain Rain Dharma Robe.

The recovery was faster and better than expected.

This was mainly because in the latter half of his recovery, Zhao Xing was already able to use the techniques of the three schools to self-recover.

He had constructed a Life Earth Palace inside the ice coffin, and at the same time, had Old Qing pile a layer of Earth God Crystals at the bottom of the ice coffin to perform the Earth Treasury Returning Origin Method.

The Great Sun Burning Sea actively regulated the six heats within his body, while the world within him also continuously supplied the purest Source of Life.

"Whoosh~" A gust of wind blew open the room door, and Qing Yuzi appeared inside.

"Recovered quite quickly, how do you feel?"

"I have fully recovered. The medical skills I learned from Divine General Bi Qi were not learned in vain." Nine needles flew out from Zhao Xing's body. "By the way, Bi Qi and Chou Gu and the others—"

"Let them go," Qing Yuzi said. "Don't worry."

"Oh, it seems you know this place very well."

"Of course!" Speaking of business, Qing Yuzi immediately became a bit excited.

He took out a sand table, which contained the Map of the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths from the Luo Emperor era.

"This place is called 'Flowing Void Ravine', a void overlap located between the 【Panhu Land】 and the 【Seven Luminaries Moyi Heaven】."

"There's nothing much to say about the place; it's just a temporary cave dwelling opened up by Divine King Yu Heng."

"During the time you were recovering, I let Bi Qi and the others go and also took a turn around the surroundings."

"Originally, there should have been some star lands and boundary stars here, but they later shattered, forming a broken star belt."

"I observed some void-like scenes and the existence of some hidden means. It should be the arrangements left behind by Divine King Zhang Yue."

"Since Zhang Yue said that Divine Kings can no longer enter, we can safely go and explore the world within Yu Heng's body."

Zhao Xing looked at the map and nodded; the situation was basically the same as what Divine King Zhang Yue had described.

Because Zhang Yue had repeatedly attempted to distort time and space to reverse Yu Heng's life and death, the time and space changed after the failure, leading to the formation of a cosmic wonder in a place that was originally unremarkable, and Divine Kings could no longer enter.

"Then how do we get in?"

"Look here." Qing Yuzi pointed to the real-scene map: "Outside Divine King Yu Heng's body, there is a light blue arc-light mist area. According to Zhang Yue, one can enter the world within Yu Heng's body from this place."

"However, I haven't tried going in, just waiting for you."

Zhao Xing felt a warmth in his heart.

Old Qing was indeed reliable; with treasure right in front of him, he actually endured not going in, waiting for him to recover.

"Now that you have recovered, why don't we set off now?"

Qing Yuzi was already a bit impatient.

"Wait a little longer," Zhao Xing said. "Just recovered from a serious illness, give me a few more days to recuperate."

"That's true." Qing Yuzi did not suspect anything and nodded in agreement.

In reality, Zhao Xing was thinking about Bowei's theory of a closed loop.

The current closed loop was not yet complete; he had to leave, and Qing Yuzi would go in to explore alone.

However, Zhao Xing did not know what situation would cause him to leave suddenly, and he was still waiting for the arrival of this unknown event.

After waiting for about half a year, in the secret room, Zhao Xing suddenly felt a stir in his heart.

He then summoned the White Jade Five Mausoleum Ship and entered the Boundless True God Hall.

He lit the incense burner, and bursts of faint fragrance wafted over.

The statue of the Boundless True God also came to life.

"Greetings, True God."

"Zhao Xing, where are you now?"

"Reporting to the True God, after Qing Yuzi and I encountered a pursuit, we activated the world teleportation array, and since then, this subordinate has been healing—"

"Has there been any progress with your Mingli Shadowless Method?"

"Not yet broken through."

"Hmph, this Qing Yuzi is truly a disaster."

The Boundless True God was a bit angry.

How could he not be angry? If it weren't for Zhao Xing going to close the loop for Qing Yuzi, how could he have fought with Divine King Xi Tian?

And how could he have gone to eradicate the nest of the Zhizhen Tower and destroy the foundation of Divine General Lian Yin's path to enlightenment?

Although the Boundless True God was not afraid of trouble, nor did he fear the karma attached to him, he got very angry whenever he thought that these things were caused by Zhao Xing following Qing Yuzi.

This feeling was as if his own child had been led astray by someone else.

"Complete the closed loop as soon as possible and return to the Divine Machine City."

"Yes."

The Boundless True God gave a final instruction, and the statue lost its charm again.

Leaving the Divine Hall, Zhao Xing was lost in thought.

Originally, he guessed that it was the order of the Boundless True God that caused him to have to leave.

But after the conversation just now, Zhao Xing felt that although the Boundless True God had some arrangements for him, it was not so urgent that he had to return immediately.

In other words, he had guessed wrong.

"What exactly is it—"

Waiting for another three years, Qing Yuzi couldn't help but come to urge him.

Zhao Xing didn't know how to explain it and could only use the excuse that he was still in a state of recovery.

Another month passed.

One morning, the Ancestral Emperor's Court Tablet in Zhao Xing's body suddenly hummed.

"Hmm?"

Zhao Xing diverted his mind to entwine with the Ancestral Emperor's Court.

Hum~

The scene before his eyes changed, and his mind appeared on the carriage engraved with the Ancestral Emperor's Court.

At this time, there was also a human body made of ink and wash inside the carriage.

"Zhao Xing pays respects to the Moon God Palace Master."

The ink-and-wash person's lips moved: "Zhao Xing, the plan has changed, you need to return to the Desolate Domain Era once."

"Return to the Desolate Domain Era?" Zhao Xing's heart skipped a beat; so it was here, but what kind of urgent matter was it that required him to go back?

"Palace Master, I wonder what happened?"

"With the help of Ji Si, your luck cultivation system has had a breakthrough, and the Emperor of the Great Zhou has condensed the Luck Divine Seal."

"The Great Zhou recalled all the civil and military officials, suddenly killed their way to the Chenluo Desolate Domain, captured the Black and White Hall Masters guarding the old site of the Fengshan, and forcibly unsealed the Xuanhuang World."

The words spoken by the ink-and-wash person were like a thunderclap, exploding in Zhao Xing's mind.

Listening to the Moon God Palace Master's words, Zhao Xing was shocked.

"Such a change was unexpected, even I underestimated Ji Si's ability." The Moon God Palace Master said: "His Eight Directions Divine Mirror shielded the heavenly secrets, and even I did not perceive his true intentions."

Under the narration of the Moon God Palace Master, Zhao Xing finally understood the cause and effect.

After he and Ji Si parted ways in the 341st era before the Desolate Domain, Ji Si returned to the Desolate Domain Era, returning to the time point of the shuttle.

And he continued to shuttle, arriving at the White Phoenix Pavilion, and according to the script of the Moon God Palace Master, successfully broke away from the Desolate Domain camp and was led away by the Boundless True God.

The play performed at the White Phoenix Pavilion was truly too realistic; first, Divine General Xu Feng betrayed him, and later he was poisoned by the Physician God, Divine General Ruo Xi.

At the same time, the Monster Race Divine General Huan Li took the opportunity to "kick him while he was down" and took away part of his Classic of Mountains.

Afterwards, Yan Ao and Lu Ya, who had finished protecting the path, returned to the Desolate Domain Era.

Things began to ferment slowly.

Originally, it wouldn't have been known by Ji Si so quickly, but Ji Si was a Fate Master and had the help of the Hemp-Clad Divine Physiognomy, so he managed to learn this news very early.

He ran to the Origin Heavenly Palace to ask Lu Ya, and then to the Empire to ask Yan Ao. Having obtained more clues, Ji Si saw the scenes of Zhao Xing being assassinated and coerced.

Originally, Ji Si was only a demigod, and the Moon God Palace Master had no need to explain to Ji Si.

Such secret matters of being an undercover agent, of course, the fewer people who knew, the less possibility of leakage.

Lu Ya and Yan Ao were still kept in the dark by the Moon God Palace Master, let alone a demigod Fate Master?

Even if Ji Si knew the news, he couldn't stir up any waves at all; all the means of shuttling through time and space were under the control of the human super forces.

What could Ji Si do?

However, Ji Si really thought of a way; he first inherited the inheritance test of the Hemp-Clad Divine Physiognomy within a thousand years through a nearly crazy cultivation method, becoming the true master of the Eight Directions Divine Mirror.

Afterwards, Ji Si, having nowhere to turn, conspired with the Great Zhou Human Emperor Ji Che and Liu Tianning to save Zhao Xing.

Since the super forces of the Xuanling Human Race controlled the channels for shuttling through time and space, wanting to open them required sufficiently powerful strength.

Ji Si believed that the only way to break the situation was to make the Luck Divine Dynasty system break through further.

Thus, in the second thousand years, Ji Si traveled all over the Xuanling Star Domain and also flipped through the Empire's Heavenly Master Mansion.

And Ji Si really calculated some things.

The cultivation method of the Luck Divine Dynasty, which had been lost since the end of the Rui Emperor era, was pieced together by Ji Si.

Human Emperor Ji Che was able to promote to a Luck Free Divine!

Afterwards, the plan for the third thousand years began.

The Great Zhou crazily liquidated all assets, continuously recruited soldiers and bought horses, and expanded its territory.

Devouring territory, increasing the martial power of civil and military officials, expanding the population base, and searching for Five Emperor Coins and Xuanling Ancient Coins...

At the same time, Ji Si drove that Ancient God in the Tianze Star Domain to develop the Great Zhou's forces everywhere.

The Luck Dynasty system, in a fission-like way, rapidly helped the Great Zhou grow stronger.

By the end of the third thousand years, the actual strength of the Great Zhou was already ranked second among all ancient countries.

The Moon God Palace Master sighed slightly: "The expansion and annexation of secular forces is the survival of the fittest within the human race; usually, we don't care."

"Plus Lu Ya and Yan Ao felt a bit guilty towards Ji Si and the Great Zhou, so among the super forces, the Primordial Hill, the Empire, and the Origin Heavenly Palace almost all remained silent, letting Ji Si vent."

"At that time, although I perceived some of Ji Si's intentions, I didn't care about such expansion at first. Because it has an expansion upper limit; no matter how much it expands and grows, as long as it cannot incorporate the Divine Mirror into the National Luck River, it cannot cause a true qualitative change."

"The Great Zhou also has no qualifications to win over the Divine Mirror."

Zhao Xing nodded; yes, although Divine Mirrors appeared more frequently in the Desolate Domain Era, basically no one would take the Great Zhou, this emerging dynasty, seriously.

Maybe because of himself, they would take an extra look, but if it was just evaluating strength, no god would go to the Great Zhou to be an undercover agent; at most, it would only be at the demigod level.

"So, Ji Si set his sights on the Xuanhuang World?"

"Yes." The Moon God Palace Master nodded: "The place of Fengshan, since the end of the Five Emperor era, has lost its divine charm and is a lost land."

"Originally, it had already become Desolate Domain-ized, but now it is radiating new vitality."

"At the beginning of the third era of the Desolate Domain, the Reincarnation Divine Hall, which perceived this point, had different opinions internally; some believed that they should explore it,"

"control the power within it, while others believed that they should let nature take its course."

"At that time, the evil gods of the past camp launched an attack, and the Reincarnation Divine Hall believed that they should not waste more energy to contact this mysterious location, so they chose to seal it up and send people to guard it."

"The Black and White Hall Master is one of the deputy hall masters guarding it, and he is a Free Divine General."

"Originally, such strength was enough to deal with most situations."

"There is also a warning line there; assuming an evil god sets foot in the Chenluo Desolate Domain, it would immediately trigger the suppression of the six major super forces."

"But Ji Si is not a god; he entered the Chenluo Desolate Domain without triggering this warning function."

Zhao Xing said in surprise: "Are you saying that the demigod Ji Si captured the Black and White Divine General, a deputy hall master of the Reincarnation Divine Hall?"

"Yes." The Moon God Palace Master nodded.

At this time, Zhao Xing not only did not feel any urgency, but instead felt a bit gratified.

Pay-on-Delivery Heavenly Venerable is worthy of being Pay-on-Delivery Heavenly Venerable; he had invested for many years, and now he finally saw the results!

Well done, Ji Si!

However, although he thought this way in his heart, Zhao Xing did not forget the business:

"Palace Master, since you have already discovered it, you should be able to stop him easily."

That's right, Ji Si and the Great Zhou's development is indeed rapid, but capturing the Black and White Divine General is the limit.

There is no way they can fight a Divine King.

As long as the Moon God Palace Master takes action, Ji Si and the Great Zhou still cannot stir up any waves.

Then why did he still need to return to the Desolate Domain Era?

Although he knew this was part of the closed loop, Zhao Xing still wanted to understand clearly.

The Moon God Palace Master glanced at Zhao Xing, then separated a liquid, which quickly condensed into a sheet of white paper.

When Zhao Xing looked over, a scene appeared on the white paper.

The cross-time-and-space scene was reproduced.

Zhao Xing, from a first-person perspective, saw the Moon God Palace Master arrive outside the Xuanhuang World of the Chenluo Desolate Domain.

And at this time, Ji Si was already standing quietly outside the boundary waiting.

He stood under the starry sky, with a mirror as tall as a person behind him.

Ji Si did not see the existence of the Moon God Palace Master at this time, but still bowed towards the void.

"I, Great Zhou's First Fate Official Ji Si, call out to the gods of Xuanling, this is my destined word!"

Ji Si waved his hand, and the Eight Directions Divine Mirror reflected a Seven-Star Cabinet.

"Once I leave my current position, the Eight Directions Divine Mirror will immediately shatter. This Seven-Star Cabinet will immediately detonate."

"It is enough to destroy the entire existing cultivation system of the Xuanling Star Domain, causing half of the territory of the Spirit Domain to become Desolate Domain-ized!"