Chapter 628

"Cook, if you insist on going, then I can only take you there." The Year Beast said reluctantly: "But let's get this straight first: you can't let those big guys discover me, otherwise there will be trouble."

"Of course."

Zhao Xing immediately asked about the place where the Dragon Clan was located, but the Year Beast couldn't say it: "It's in the Hongze Land; I can't say exactly where."

"But I know how to go, and I can take you there."

"Then let's go quickly." Qing Qing Yu Zi said, "We don't have much time."

Whoosh~

The two and the beast flew out of Desolate A-Star quickly, then shattered the void.

They shuttled through the Fourth Heaven, Fifth Heaven, and Sixth Heaven, and didn't stop until they reached the Ninth Heaven.

"That's about it. In the Ninth Heaven, we can go to any place in the Ten Earths through the Heavenly River."

Qing Qing Yu Zi and Zhao Xing stood by a river.

The water flowing by the river was not clear; instead, it was like a screen, reflecting the scenes of the Ten Earths.

The Feather Emperor Heaven is the place where the Divine Court is located. Between the Nine Heavens and the Thirty-Three Heavens, there is a Heavenly River circling it.

The Heavenly River can reflect the Ten Earths. In the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, every generation of God King's Divine Court has a Heavenly River, and all can see the Ten Earths.

"When the Hongze Land appears in the river, we jump down, and we can descend directly into the Hongze Land."

"But it's hard to say exactly where; the flow of the Heavenly River is very fast. The place you think you're jumping into will have a deviation from the actual landing place."

"And we have to jump quickly, otherwise the Marshal True Person guarding the Heavenly River will come to catch people."

Zhao Xing was a bit surprised: "How are you so practiced? Have you jumped many times?"

"I've only jumped once in the Feather Emperor Era, but I didn't run into the Heavenly River Marshal True Person." Qing Qing Yu Zi looked left and right:

"The Feather Emperor Era was served by a Demon God; he had a pig's head and a human body, with dog teeth and a phoenix tail, and possessed the Dao-Proving Artifact, the Heavenly River Halberd."

"It is rumored that every era of the Five Emperors had a Heavenly River Marshal True Person. At first, it was conferred by the God Emperor, but after many reincarnation eras, whoever gets the Heavenly River Halberd is the Heavenly River Marshal."

"Breaking into the Heavenly River is dangerous; we must be careful."

Zhao Xing looked left and right, checking with the same Divine Eye, but found that the vast and boundless Heavenly River didn't even have a hair, let alone a person.

Where did the danger come from?

However, he still remained vigilant, quietly waiting for the Hongze Land to be reflected in the Heavenly River.

"Hum~"

After being safe for a few hours, a streak of golden light suddenly appeared in Zhao Xing's Heavenly Eye perspective.

Its speed was too fast; he only saw a streak of afterimage.

Zhao Xing's heart suddenly rang with alarm bells. If it appeared in his Heavenly Eye and was so fast, it meant this thing was very close to him.

"There's an enemy!"

Zhao Xing had just finished reminding him when he saw Qing Qing Yu Zi looking at the upstream direction in shock.

"It's the Heavenly River Marshal!"

"Your luck is too bad; the Heavenly River is boundless, and you can still run into him!"

Qing Qing Yu Zi immediately dragged Zhao Xing to run.

"Old Qing, why are you running? Can't you and I contend with a Marshal True Person now?" Zhao Xing didn't want to run anymore. After cultivating the Divine Law and obtaining his Life-Bound Divine Weapon, he hadn't truly competed with a Marshal-level opponent yet.

Always running, running, running—it had made him very frustrated.

"If you don't run, do you want to be the Heavenly River Marshal?" Qing Qing Yu Zi said urgently: "You can't win, you'll die; if you win, you'll become the new Heavenly River Marshal and stay here forever, without freedom."

"There's such a rule?"

"Of course, the Five Emperors left their respective eras, triggering Dao chaos, and many things have been deformed."

Zhao Xing immediately dismissed the idea and followed Qing Qing Yu Zi to run.

"Don't run."

Just as the two flew up, they heard a rough, deep voice coming from behind, as if someone were speaking while lying on their backs.

Zhao Xing and Qing Qing Yu Zi didn't care about that anymore and plunged into the Heavenly River.

"Bang!"

It was called a river, but the water surface was as hard as divine weapon material. After the two broke through the river surface, they didn't sink quickly.

Whoosh!

A divine halberd galloped over, aiming straight for their heads.

In a moment of desperation, Zhao Xing and Qing Qing Yu Zi took out their respective weapons to block.

"Clang!"

"Ow ow~~~"

The Killing Green Staff immediately cried out.

The Boundless Divine Machine had no weapon spirit, unless Zhao Xing wanted to create one. But at this moment, it also deformed; the sphere was dented, and it didn't recover for a long time.

"Bang!"

This collision instead helped the two sink faster. By the time the fluctuations from the collision disappeared, the river surface was already empty.

"Whoosh~"

A figure with a pig's head and a human body, wearing silver divine armor, reached out and grabbed the divine halberd, looking at the river surface with some regret: "It was hard to get two stowaways, and their strength wasn't bad, but it's a pity they ran."

The one who came was the Heavenly River Marshal. He had been trapped here for a long time, so long that even he couldn't remember.

The Heavenly River Halberd is a symbol of strength and glory, but it is also a curse; he could never escape and could only guard by the Heavenly River.

After Zhao Xing and Qing Qing Yu Zi sank into the Heavenly River, the surrounding time and space quickly twisted into lines, constantly circling the two.

Whoosh whoosh~ An attraction force was entangling the two.

Falling, constantly falling!

They didn't know how long they had been falling, but the scene around them finally stabilized.

Zhao Xing checked his panel for the first time and found that he had arrived at the Honggu Heaven again, only in a place called "Hongtian Cliff."

To the left and behind was a desolate mountain range, endless at a glance.

In front was a chaotic sea of mist, with rivers crisscrossing and shuttling chaotically in the sky, sometimes merging, as if playing Snake.

"Where is this?" Qing Qing Yu Zi asked Zhao Xing.

"Hongtian Cliff." Zhao Xing said.

"Hongtian Cliff of Honggu Heaven?" Qing Qing Yu Zi said: "If it really is here, then our luck is not bad; we didn't deviate too much."

"My luck has indeed recovered quite a bit." At this time, Zhao Xing's luck level was fluctuating around the twentieth stage, which was much better than before.

"What are you looking for?"

"Confirming if it's Hongtian Cliff. If it really is here, then we should be able to find the Cliff Tablet left by the Feather Emperor."

"Found it!" Qing Qing Yu Zi's eyes lit up.

He quickly flashed over many mountain peaks and arrived at the top of a large mountain. There was a flat piece of land with a stone tablet on it. There were many characters and a portrait on the stone tablet.

"We were supposed to go to the Hongze Land, but we descended into the Honggu Heaven."

"However, this didn't deviate too far, because Honggu Heaven and Hongze Land were both formed by the chaotic rivers left over from the Chaotic River Era."

"》"

While Qing Qing Yu Zi spoke, he began to set up an altar and take out offerings, seemingly wanting to worship.

"The Feather Emperor divided the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths and cleared out the chaotic river area."

"This caused the clear and Yang-like 'Nothingness' to evaporate from the chaotic river, forming the Honggu Heaven and many star mansions."

"The turbid and Yin-like 'Fierce' gathered and merged, forming the Hongze Land."

"Before the Feather Emperor, there was no concept of Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, and in many places, the myriad races couldn't live at all."

"After the Feather Emperor, the habitable range of the myriad races expanded rapidly."

"Look below the portrait on the stone tablet; there are many famous figures. Those are the sages of Si Nong, among whom is the Benwo Faction Si Nong 'Yuanji God King' who perfected the Four-Stage Theory of the Universe."

Zhao Xing suddenly realized, and like Qing Qing Yu Zi, he began to offer incense and worship.

This stone tablet had nothing special about it, except that it couldn't be destroyed because it was one with Hongtian Cliff.

After the worship, nothing happened.

Qing Qing Yu Zi groped around on the side, found a smooth mountain wall, and kept scratching with his finger as a pen.

Zhao Xing leaned over to look; Old Qing actually had quite a bit of style.

He wrote a poem here: "Nostalgia for the Cliff Tablet · Qing Qing Yu Zi"

However, Zhao Xing was in no mood to read it and immediately urged Qing Qing Yu Zi to set off.

"We are being hunted, and you actually have the mood to write poetry? Let's go quickly."

"Hahaha, what's there to fear?" Qing Qing Yu Zi held his long staff, high-spirited: "With you and me joining forces, where can't we go in the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths?"

Qing Qing Yu Zi wasn't afraid, mainly because the Hongze Land also had Dao Lords, and crossing the sea of mist was the Hongze Land.

A part of this place corresponded to the Tianze Star Domain of the Desolate Era.

It could be said that even if they were hunted, they could only send people to hunt them down.

"I, Qing Qing Yu Zi, first stole secrets from the Book City, then made a name for myself in the Stormy Sea, then lifted the siege of the Divine Machine City, and now I have eaten many fruits of the Water-Cloud Continent and escaped from the hands of the Zuming Dao Lord."

"Can't I be proud for a bit?"

"Green-haired god, except for the first thing, did you do the rest?" the Killing Green Staff's weapon spirit couldn't help but mock. "It would be reasonable for Zhao Xing to brag like this, but you really know how to gild your own face."

"It's all the same." Qing Qing Yu Zi didn't blush at all. "Let's go."

Seven days later, in front of the Cliff Tablet, three figures appeared riding a beast-headed war chariot. The person in the middle was the Rijue God King, and on his left and right were God Generals who had proven the Dao of Heaven and Earth.

The person on the Rijue God King's left was the God of Fate Masters, wearing black and white Dharma robes. After jumping off the war chariot, a Bagua formation diagram appeared under his feet, quickly covering the mountain range.

Soon, on one of the mountain walls, he discovered the traces left by Qing Qing Yu Zi.

"Wuji Staff sweeps the Water-Cloud Realm—stepping through the Nine Heavens of the Heavenly River... Hmph, what big talk." This Fate Master True God couldn't help but snort coldly.

He didn't read it all out, because it contained the meaning of insulting the Zuming Dao Court for being incompetent.

"Emperor transforms the ten thousand borders, sages shine... What kind of person does Qing Qing Yu Zi think he is, daring to compare himself to sages, and even leaving traces outside the Cliff Tablet?

Truly shameless." Another Sword God directly drew his sword and swept, shaving off the mountain wall with Qing Qing Yu Zi's inscription.

"Alright, Wu Yue Er, quickly find Zhao Xing's trail." The Rijue God King glanced around, trying to view the afterimages of time, but didn't find them.

He didn't care about these details, only wanting to catch Zhao Xing and go back to report.

"Brother, they crossed the sea of mist; they should have already entered the Hongze Land." Wu Yue Er turned back to look at the sea of mist area.

Wu Yue Er and Rijue were brothers, only Rijue had already become a God King, while Wu Yue Er was still stuck at the God General level.

"Can you continue tracking?"

"Yes." Wu Yue Er nodded, "One of them knows a profound Divine Concealment Law, but it's still impossible to completely erase the traces. It's just that the places they appeared were only the Heavenly River and here, and it's impossible to reverse time and space."

"It's possible after entering the Hongze Land, but this requires quick action."

The Hongze Land is the location of another Dao Court; it is a taboo for them to reverse time and space there, so they must be fast.

Catch the people quickly and go back, then argue afterward.

"Then let's go quickly and return quickly." The Rijue God King said concisely; he didn't want to stay in the Hongze Land for long.

【You have entered the Hongze Land, Ningta Divine Kingdom. Coordinates...】

Emerging from the sea of mist, Zhao Xing and Qing Qing Yu Zi had already entered the Hongze Land.

Seeing these coordinates, Zhao Xing was stunned, and at the same time, he felt a causal line being touched.

"Could it be..."

Zhao Xing took out the Heaven-Changing Divine Needle.

At this moment, the Heaven-Changing Divine Needle suddenly became ethereal.

This proved that there was another set of Heaven-Changing Divine Needles nearby; divine objects and divine objects produce a homologous conflict when shuttling through time and space.

"Is it really here?"

"What's wrong?" Qing Qing Yu Zi asked.

"I once pioneered the Star-Annihilation Ancient Road and excavated many stone slabs; those stone slabs were actually cross-domain flying boats." Zhao Xing said. "On one of the slabs, I discovered the inheritance of a demigod. I also obtained this set of Heaven-Changing Divine Needles. That person called himself Venerable Bai Han."

"Actually lived for so long? This is the Demon God Era of the Feather Emperor Era." Qing Qing Yu Zi was a bit surprised.

"I don't know." Zhao Xing wasn't clear either, but Venerable Bai Han had indeed left many life diagrams of the Dragon Clan on the inheritance island back then.

"Forget it, just a demigod." Qing Qing Yu Zi said, "Finding the Dragon Clan is the serious business."

Zhao Xing nodded. The Heaven-Changing Divine Needle had already been phased out, and the Nine-Marsh Divine Change was not as strong as the Cang Change, so it was of little use now.

He immediately put it away and then released the Year Beast to lead the way.

The Year Beast first looked around, then opened its mouth to swallow the surrounding light, and then reminisced: "Cook, it's not far now."

"Where are we going?" Zhao Xing released a screen, and a three-dimensional star map emerged.

"Here." The Year Beast stepped on the star map, landing on a place where the starlight was dim.

"Desolate Era belt?" Qing Qing Yu Zi frowned, "It looks familiar; could it be the early appearance of the Chenluo Desolate Era?"

Zhao Xing also found it familiar; he had long memorized the star map of the Chenluo Desolate Era, and comparing it with the current star map, he could vaguely see the outlines of certain star sectors.

"It's not an ordinary Desolate Era belt." The Year Beast shook its head: "It's the Desolate God Domain."

"Desolate God Domain?" Qing Qing Yu Zi and Zhao Xing were surprised.

"Yes, even gods will be suppressed." The Year Beast nodded: "I came here with Gu Xiao back then."

"After entering that area, our strength was severely suppressed, not even as good as the Reincarnation Realm."

"How could this be?" Qing Qing Yu Zi frowned: "The Feather Emperor preached the Dao, and the area around the Xuanhuang World should logically have the most abundant spiritual energy. How could it form such a terrifying region?"

"How would I know? I'm just a Year Beast, not a God Emperor."

"Entering there, I soon got hungry, and only certain areas were slightly better."

"I had no choice but to use the Treasure Basin to eat two eggs, and as a result, I was driven out."

"What did Gu Xiao come here for?" Zhao Xing asked.

"The same purpose as you; Gu Xiao wanted to enter the Xuanhuang World." The Year Beast said.

"Did he succeed?" Zhao Xing's heart moved.

"Hmm." The Year Beast nodded, "He had a powerful divine power clone enter, but I don't know how he did it. In short, he is very good at deceiving people; I think those big guys must have been deceived too."

"What does he want to do by entering the Xuanhuang World?" Qing Qing Yu Zi asked.

"How would I know."

"You didn't ask?"

The Year Beast glared at Qing Qing Yu Zi: "Why would I ask that? Even if the universe is destroyed, what does that have to do with me? I'm satisfied as long as I'm not starved to death. It would be best if I could die from being overstuffed."

Qing Qing Yu Zi: "..."

He felt that there was a reason the Year Beast could be rewarded by the Luo Emperor; it was simply stupidly cute.

"Hairy god, are you scolding me?" The Year Beast looked at Qing Qing Yu Zi fiercely. It had eaten many divine fruits in the Water-Cloud Continent, and while Zhao Xing and the others were running for their lives, it had digested most of them, and its strength had advanced another level.

"No, I was praising you." Qing Qing Yu Zi shook his head repeatedly.

"Alright, let's get going."

Zhao Xing interrupted their conversation and began to cast spells to shuttle.

Three days later, Rijue, Wu Yue Er, and Sang Huang Jian appeared at the location where Zhao Xing had stayed.

"Where is this?" The Rijue God King frowned, "Why is the power of the Great Dao so weak?"

Wu Yue Er immediately replied: "It should be the Ningta Divine Kingdom. This place is close to a Desolate Era zone. The Ningta God King was rewarded for blocking the Desolate Era, and the establishment of his Divine Kingdom was also to block the Desolate Era."

"It's not easy to reverse time and space here." The Rijue God King said with disgust: "These two little thieves really know how to choose a place to escape."

Being close to the Desolate Era means one cannot easily reverse time and space. A God King like him also has to rely on altars, offerings, and even choose an auspicious day.

In this way, he would cause a big commotion. How could he do that? If it triggered a conflict between the Zuming Dao Court and the Hongze Dao Court, it would make the Zuming Dao Lord unhappy.

"We can catch up without reversing time and space." Wu Yue Er held something in his hand: "He left a thick and heavy line in the Water-Cloud Continent and the Thousand Sails River; we can catch up in fifteen days at most."

When Zhao Xing and the others were on their way, they couldn't escape recklessly; every once in a while, they had to use the Invisibility Law to collect the afterimages of time, reducing the risk of time and space being reversed.

The Rijue God King actually had obstacles too; they couldn't determine the location as quickly as Zhao Xing.

In addition, every once in a while, the Fate Master Wu Yue Er had to deduce Zhao Xing's next move.

Both sides had obstacles, but overall, the Rijue God King still had the advantage.

The divination showed that they would catch up with Zhao Xing in fifteen days.

With Wu Yue Er's ability, this prediction was almost as good as a prophecy; it would definitely happen.

Fourteen days later, Zhao Xing and Qing Qing Yu Zi had already arrived at the outskirts of the "Sunset Desolate Era belt."

The starry sky was dim, and even viewing with the Heavenly Eye, they couldn't capture much light.

Because the origin was scarce and few, the closer to the Desolate Era, the less the Great Dao manifested, as if separated by countless layers of glass.

All spells had their power greatly reduced, and their speed began to plummet.

"This Desolate Era belt is indeed extraordinary. If we keep flying like this, it will take us at least a few thousand years to reach the core area of the Sunset Desolate Era and arrive at the Dragon Clan's territory."

Zhao Xing quickly realized the severity of the problem. The pursuers from the Zuming Dao Court would probably close in very soon.

Because his speed had greatly decreased, and assuming the pursuers had higher strength than him, their speed would be faster, and they would definitely catch up to him in the end.

Not only that, Zhao Xing and Qing Qing Yu Zi also felt the strings of fate in the dark plucking.

It seemed that a Fate Master was exerting force, influencing them.

"Lord Year Beast, how did you and Gu Xiao get past back then? Did you also fly slowly like this?" Qing Qing Yu Zi couldn't help but grab Zhao Xing's palm and ask.

In the palm of his hand, the Year Beast's head was revealed: "Of course not, Gu Xiao had an exploration ship named 'Cloaked in Stars and Wearing the Moon,' which could maintain divine speed even in the Desolate Era."

Zhao Xing was speechless; they didn't have such powerful treasures as Gu Xiao, and they would soon fall out of "divine speed."

"Lord Year Beast, is there any way to accelerate?" Qing Qing Yu Zi asked.

"Yes, didn't I just say it? The Cloaked in Stars and Wearing the Moon ship."

"Besides that?"

"There are a few Dragon Boats that can maintain divine speed." The Year Beast tilted its head: "I saw a few big guys who could also maintain divine speed. When they sent me out back then, I saw it."

"Do you have any token of the Dragon Clan?" Qing Qing Yu Zi asked Zhao Xing this time.

"I used to have the Dragon Emperor Dharma Code, but I gave it to Yin Xiu... but even if I had it here, it probably wouldn't be of much use... Hmm?" Zhao Xing suddenly remembered something and rummaged through his internal world.

Finally, he took out a fossilized egg.

A Supreme Dragon Egg!

Strictly speaking, this egg was the brother of the Dragon Emperor Fang Jie, but Zhao Xing couldn't hatch it at the time and had kept it as a souvenir.

He thought he would never be able to hatch it, but when Zhao Xing took it out, it actually began to emit a faint glow.

However, it just emitted a faint glow and had no other phenomena.

Zhao Xing didn't perceive any causality, nor did any Dragon Clan members come out to receive him.

"There's no other way, prepare for battle." Qing Qing Yu Zi said.

They could be certain that they would be caught up to 100%.

Since they had to fight, it was best to choose their own battlefield. Si Nong were not good at encounter battles, but they were definitely experts at positional warfare.

Qing Qing Yu Zi called out Lü and Du Yun.

They hadn't been in the outside world while running for their lives, but had been digesting the power of the divine fruits in the internal world, and now they had undergone great changes.

Among them, Lü's lifespan had greatly increased, and he could actually live for five eras.

His spirit and soul were complete, and his divine body radiated vigorous vitality; even his techniques had changed, and new combined attack skills had appeared.

Lü split into forty-nine, each holding a musical divine artifact; at least they were high-grade divine artifacts, and seven or eight were even top-grade divine objects.

Lü didn't have so many powerful divine objects before, but Zhao Xing did.

Zhao Xing didn't have them originally either, but he had looted too many treasures from Rui Chen Xuan, and he had given many of the musical instrument types to Lü.

"Protector Lü, you are quite spirited now." Qing Qing Yu Zi said sourly, thinking this was given by the Boundless God King.

Lü didn't answer; once he entered a combat state, he was very serious.

At this time, Du Yun had also climbed to the late stage of God General; he had no spirit and soul to speak of, because his spirit and soul had merged with his physical body.

So his leveling was relatively difficult, and being able to reach the late stage of God General was naturally a super-strong transformation.

"Uncle-Master, Zhao Xing, don't worry!" Du Yun said confidently, "Below the God King level, no one can cross me to hurt you."

"Less nonsense, if you were only at the God General level, why would I release you?"

Du Yun was stunned.

Was it to let him out to eat God King-level damage?

"Then you'll have to cross my dead body!"

Although he said that, Du Yun was already feeling guilty.

However, Zhao Xing and Qing Qing Yu Zi didn't really want Du Yun to block a God King.

They just wanted them to protect them from being ambushed.

Zhao Xing and Qing Qing Yu Zi had been running for their lives and hadn't had time to digest the power of the divine fruits, and now they had to be distracted to set up a battlefield, which was their weakest moment.

"Whoosh~"

Qing Qing Yu Zi opened his Dan Book and summoned two God King-level clones in one breath.

After the two clones appeared, they couldn't help but be stunned.

Where did you bring us? Why is this place so barren?

Qing Qing Yu Zi explained while setting up the formation.

Zhao Xing focused on digesting the power of the divine fruits.

Among the few, he had eaten the most.

The power of these divine fruits was hidden in his body and he hadn't had time to digest it, but now he had to quickly turn it into his own use, otherwise he couldn't even focus on fighting.

He operated his three major divine arts to begin absorbing, and the surging origin divine power began to surge in his body.

The Time Divine Tree accelerated its evolution, the nine boundary mountain peaks in his body grew rapidly, and the Great Wine Sea expanded by another fold, with the phantom of the Extreme Star rising from within, even showing signs of rising up.

After half a wine, Zhao Xing's spirit and soul had reached the realm of completion, only his divine body was far from completion, mainly because the Great Wine Sea lacked sufficient Heavenly Time origin, and the Heavenly Time cultivation method was dragging him down.

"Damn Gu Xiao." Zhao Xing cursed as usual.

He finished his cultivation and opened his palm.

At this time, the mark left by the Hemp-Clothed Divine Phase revealed a line of text: "There are three enemies: Rijue, Wu Yue Er, Sang Duan; two True God Generals, one Free God King. Four hours."

"Thank you, Senior Hemp-Clothed." Zhao Xing whispered to himself; it wasn't just the enemies who had Fate Master divination, he had it too!

At the critical moment, the Hemp-Clothed Divine Phase provided help.

He knew the enemies' strength and the time of their arrival in advance.

"Brush~"

Zhao Xing flipped his hand, and the White Jade Five-Mausoleum Boat appeared; this was Wei Ling Tianchen's boat.

He found the seven-scented Dao-Proving object of the Mending Heaven Law and separated the medical book, reflecting it on the seven-scented divine object.

Besides being a Si Nong God, Zhao Xing was also a Medical God!

The Book of Ancient Medicine radiated light, and the seven-scented divine object instantly began to tremble.

"Hum~"

With the flickering of flowing light, the seven-scented divine object erupted with brilliant colors.

The Dao-Proving divine objects were all activated!

"Before in the Thousand Sails Star River, I experienced a Heaven and Earth Dao-Proving once, but it was interrupted."

"Now that I am in the Sunset Desolate Era belt, if I can kill one, I will try to prove the Dao with the Mending Heaven Law!"