Chapter 107: Forbidden Land

Seeing Huo Yuhao's strange gaze, the Snow Empress added, "Of course, the Light Dark Douluo doesn't know the internal situation; the Spirit Pagoda's powerhouses above Super Douluo are scattered, and I and Di Tian usually each guard the Extreme North and Star Dou respectively."

"At the Spirit Pagoda Headquarters, the resident powerhouses above Super Douluo are generally only the Four Great Soul Masters, one Tower Master and one Vice Tower Master. At that time, that Vice Tower Master had gone out on business, so there appeared to be only one Limit Powerhouse."

"However, Bear Lord and Crimson King were invited over on business, and there was also that Limit Douluo from the Ji Family who doesn't often walk outside, serving as an elder with a leisure post at Headquarters, unknown to outsiders."

Speaking to this point, the Snow Empress revealed an indescribable expression, her tone strange:

"At that time, the Light Dark Douluo took a Tearing Heaven Claw from Bear Lord, Qian Gu Di Ting gave her a staff strike, the Ji Family Head's Sword Intent also landed on her, Crimson King and the Four Great Soul Masters also made a move... in short, her injuries were not light; she had only been inside a few minutes before being swept out. From that moment on, the relationship between the Spirit Pagoda and Shrek Academy became increasingly subtle."

"..."

After hearing the Snow Empress's account, Huo Yuhao fell silent.

Are the Spirit Pagoda and Shrek Academy born incompatible?

Even like this, the Light Dark Douluo still wants to barge into the Spirit Pagoda?

What, you still want to be like the original and go slap the "Chaos Tower Master"?

Huo Yuhao was somewhat speechless, secretly shaking his head, and asked about what interested him, "You mentioned the Ji Family? Jue Chen's family produced a Limit Douluo?"

Many of the first-generation members from ten thousand years ago were originally Tang Sect members, but by this era, the original work's Tang Sect basically never mentioned those people's names, nor was there any news of their descendants.

Whether they declined or something else happened, no one knows.

He also wasn't sure if joining the Spirit Pagoda could change their descendants' fate, but if possible, he still hoped his old friends' descendants hadn't fallen, continuing their glory.

"They have." The Snow Empress said lowly: "After all, they are descendants of first-generation members; as long as they don't cross the line, they'll be looked after a bit. A hundred years ago, that one named Ji Xuanqiu was Tower Master in his youth, later stepping down from the Tower Master position to pursue the Sword Dao, becoming an Honorary Elder who manages nothing."

"However, Ji Xuanqiu's seniority is even higher than the Light Dark Douluo's; he's already near the end, and is now one of the Spirit Pagoda's hidden foundations, retiring at home. Because of you, he's relatively close to the Extreme North faction."

Huo Yuhao's brows twitched, "Hiding this many trump cards, who did you learn it from?"

Divine artifacts again, and Limit Douluo allies; the Snow Empress has had quite a splendid time these years.

"From you." The Snow Empress smiled: "Of course, mainly because there's no need for so many Limit Douluo to stand in the open; the Spirit Pagoda is already glorious enough, keeping a hand hidden is just wise. The Qian Gu Clan also hid Qian Gu Qing Feng, and Di Tian has a First-Rank God behind him; which one hasn't kept a hand?"

"Moreover, what I've hidden definitely isn't as many backhands as you've hidden."

Hearing this, Huo Yuhao smiled, "Those things from ten thousand years ago, in today's world, I'm afraid they're of little use."

"That's not necessarily so..."

Amidst their words, the two arrived home, the final conversation dissipating into the darkness.

The next day, the sun blazed high; Huo Yuhao flew toward the great sea under the lead of Mu Ye's Divine-grade Mecha. The mecha's speed broke the sound barrier, emitting bursts of terrifying explosive roars.

At this speed, from the East Sea to Tian Dou City would only take a little over an hour.

The detection devices carried inside the mecha could detect soul power fluctuations within a certain range, but they flew for a very long time, and the mecha's detection devices also had no reaction.

Sea Soul Beasts, in the near-sea domain there wasn't a single one left...

Huo Yuhao's eyes flickered slightly, looking at Mu Ye sitting in the pilot seat, "Teacher, must the Second Awakening be conducted in the sea?"

"Actually, there's no need to go into the sea."

Mu Ye smiled and said: "Our sect's Second Awakening method's core is to squeeze a person's potential to the extreme, stimulating new potential to appear in a desperate situation; it doesn't necessarily require going to the ocean."

"It's just that the Body Sect's founding ancestor experienced a Second Awakening under deep-sea pressure, making this method of awakening in the ocean a tradition of our sect, but it's not mandatory."

"However, there is one place extremely suitable for stimulating potential. After all, you're a freak, and now Sea Soul Beasts have gathered in the deep sea; I'm afraid ordinary environments won't be able to stimulate you."

Mu Ye looked at the distant ocean, the corner of his mouth curling up slightly, "That is... the Deep Sea Abyss, one of the Six Great Deadlands."

Above the sea surface, fierce winds howled, dark clouds pressing down.

Huo Yuhao stood on the Divine-grade Mecha, his hair torn by the salty damp sea wind, his robes flapping loudly. He gazed at that bizarre, frenzied sea domain ahead, brows slightly furrowed.

The sea surface before him presented a gigantic vortex that the field of vision could not fully take in; seawater rotated and sank at astonishing speed, forming a bottomless abyss. The vortex edges raised towering waves dozens of zhang high, water splashing hundreds of meters into the high altitude, then torn into fine mist by the fierce wind. The vortex center was pitch-black like ink, as if a gateway to another world.

"Of the Six Great Deadlands, some places are naturally formed, some are formed by external forces after the fact; the Deep Sea Abyss belongs to the latter."

Mu Ye also walked out of the Red-Grade Mecha, looking at the Deep Sea Abyss ahead, his eyes turning solemn, "Many years ago, special energy fell from beyond the heavens into this sea domain, turning this place into a Deadland."

"Above the Deep Sea Abyss there is a Forbidden Air Domain; no one and no Soul Tool can fly. And inside the Deep Sea Abyss, Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi of all attributes are repelled, unable to recover soul power; Spiritual Power and Blood Qi power are also suppressed. Staying inside long turns one into a desiccated corpse. Inside is a dead zone; no life likes it here."

"Forbidden Land." Huo Yuhao suddenly looked at Mu Ye, "This place is very similar to that place."

Looking at Huo Yuhao with some surprise, Mu Ye praised: "Didn't expect you even have understanding of this kind of knowledge; this is usually something only forces with long inheritances know."

In the ancient era, certain regions were punished by heaven for offending the God Realm, called Forbidden Lands. These places were stripped of all possibility of life existing, even Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi unable to condense into form there.

But Tianmeng and the others, through I Lao's explanation, understood the truth.

These Forbidden Lands became like this because they were affected by Divine Power.

Divine Power can simulate a Small World, isolating Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi; a Divine Power fragment remaining in a certain place is equivalent to directly separating a piece of heaven and earth from the outside world, so Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi naturally cannot condense.

And Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi is a necessary condition for creatures to survive; without Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi, naturally no life would exist.

"This Deadland has been jointly investigated by quite a few Federation forces; the Body Sect at that time hadn't yet declined to its current state, and also got a share of the pie, so I know the secrets here."

"Initially some people found energy fragments here, but even though they were all taken away, this place remains like this; in the short term it seems unrecoverable; those energy fragments have already completely rewritten the rules here."

Speaking here, Mu Ye paused, thinking Huo Yuhao would sooner or later enter that realm, and continued:

"Upon reaching a certain realm, one can sense the God Realm's existence, but that kind of sensing suddenly disappeared many years ago; all peak powerhouses lost the God Realm's trail. And this Deadland's formation time is very close to the God Realm's disappearance, so some suspect that energy should have fallen from the God Realm."

Huo Yuhao looked at the ocean below, his expression somewhat bizarre.

The God Realm's exploded gold coins... there sure are a lot.

Besides Devil Island, there's actually another Forbidden Land born from Divine Power fragment influence.

Which deity did the Divine Power fragment previously left here belong to?

(End of Chapter)