Chapter 205: A Sensational Guess!

Gu Jiangming turned his gaze toward Jiu Jiu at his side; having been traveling about during these days, Jiu Jiu's understanding of this era was likely far beyond that of everyone else among them.

"This..."

"I am not too clear on this."

"During this period, those I have encountered who have attained Heaven and Earth Enlightenment have all been asking me, whether intentionally or unintentionally, when Shushan will lift its mountain-sealing order."

"Judging by their appearance, the war on the Northern Front must be extremely unfavorable, which is why they wish to invite the many sword immortals of Shushan to emerge."

"My attention was also drawn into the events of the Northern Front; after all, in such a short time, more than forty gods of the Human Race who reached the Enlightenment Realm have fallen. Such a tragic campaign is rare even in the Heavenly Human Era."

"I did not ask further whether those Human Race practitioners of Heaven and Earth Enlightenment were aware of this."

Jiu Jiu shook her head slowly. She was Gu Jiangming's wife, the wife of the Shushan Dao Venerable whom even Shushan had to acknowledge. Furthermore, as Jiu Jiu had already reforged her body and transformed into the divine Jingwei bird, many matters of the Human Race were not kept hidden from her.

And since Gu Jiangming was of the Human Race, Jiu Jiu's feelings toward the Human Race were much the same as her feelings toward the Guhuoniao clan.

However, it was a pity that Jiu Jiu could not find any traces of the Guhuoniao clan in this era.

"Let's go to the sea region and take a look first!"

"Come to think of it, although we have spoken of the Great Wilderness for so long, I have never actually seen what the Great Wilderness looks like with my own eyes."

"Even when I once held the Heavenly Will, I only kept my gaze on the Supreme Changyu and Nian Mo; I really do not know much about this so-called Great Wilderness."

Hearing Jiu Jiu's words, Gu Jiangming also sighed slightly.

Although the Human Race was strong at this time, a Human Race that had enjoyed long-term peace might not necessarily know that the Great Wilderness was encroaching upon Heaven and Earth.

And since the boundary between the Inner Sea and Outer Sea had already appeared in the sea region, Gu Jiangming also wanted to go and see it for himself, to see what the Great Wilderness in the sea region looked like.

Regarding Gu Jiangming's proposal, neither Jiu Jiu nor Long Xi raised any objections.

Liu Moran turned and walked into the Taiyi Stone, while Jiu Jiu, Long Xi, and Gu Jiangming took advantage of the night to fly a distance toward the sea region before Jiu Jiu and Long Xi successively revealed their true forms.

Gu Jiangming rode upon Long Xi, who had transformed into her dragon body, with a miraculous Jingwei bird beside him.

The three of them hurried toward the boundary of the sea region that Jiu Jiu had mentioned.

Even though the strength of both Jiu Jiu and Long Xi was at the level of Heaven and Earth Enlightenment, this journey still lasted for a full half-month.

But what Gu Jiangming did not know was that shortly after he left Leping County, a sword light arrived from beyond the heavens and landed within Leping County.

Within the territory of the Human Race, those who used swords as escape lights were, without a doubt, sword immortals from Shushan.

Jiu Jiu had not concealed her presence during these days; since Shushan knew of Jiu Jiu's appearance, there was no reason for them not to come and pay a visit to Jiu Jiu, whether out of respect for the Shushan Dao Venerable or because of Jiu Jiu's identity.

After all, those within Shushan knew that Jiu Jiu, this former wife of the Shushan Dao Venerable, was far stronger than others imagined.

It was a pity that although this Shushan Disciple sensed Jiu Jiu's aura in Leping County, they also perceived that Jiu Jiu was not in Leping County at this time.

Fortunately, this Shushan Disciple, Liuyu, had enough patience. Knowing that since Jiu Jiu often returned to Leping County, she likely resided there, Liuyu did not alert anyone and simply waited in Leping County for Jiu Jiu's return.

And looking at how Liuyu would look up at the sky every day, one could guess that Liuyu likely had something of extreme importance to tell Jiu Jiu. As for Gu Jiangming on the other side, he naturally did not know that a Shushan Disciple had come looking for him.

At this moment, Gu Jiangming, Jiu Jiu, Long Xi, and Liu Moran were all standing above the sea region, gazing at the sea below with solemn expressions.

At first, Gu Jiangming and the others had some hesitation regarding the old Dragon King's claim that the sea region was divided into inner and outer parts; after all, the sea region all looked the same, so how could it be divided into inner and outer?

But when they stood here, they had not the slightest doubt about the division of the Inner Sea and Outer Sea that the old Dragon King had spoken of.

The seawater of the Inner Sea within Heaven and Earth appeared entirely in vibrant shades of blue and green, but at the boundary between the Inner and Outer Sea, one could clearly see that the seawater of the Outer Sea appeared entirely grayish-white.

That kind of grayish-white was as if it were the color of Heaven and Earth withering, or even the color after deathly silence!

Although seawater had no life, at this moment, the thought inevitably arose in the hearts of Gu Jiangming and the others: the seawater of the Outer Sea was likely already dead!

"This is not the same as what Nian Mo said!"

"Nian Mo once walked to the extreme edge of the sea region and said that the limit of the sea region was an unfathomably deep Abyss."

"Boundless seawater poured back into the Abyss, thereby forming the incredible Return to Ruins!"

"Moreover, Nian Mo described to us that the seawater of the Outer Sea was basically colorless; although it had no life, it absolutely did not look like this deathly silence!"

Liu Moran's brow was furrowed the tightest; she still missed Gu Nianmo, after all, he was her own flesh and blood.

And regarding the sea region that Gu Nianmo had once described, both Liu Moran and Gu Jiangming and the others were well aware of it.

Back then, after Gu Nianmo returned from the Return to Ruins, he had excitedly talked about everything in the Outer Sea for decades, and in Gu Nianmo's description, the Outer Sea actually had life.

It was just that those life forms were extremely rare; an ordinary Supreme might not necessarily see a single sea beast of the Outer Sea even after flying for thirty or fifty years.

But looking at the appearance of the Outer Sea now, Gu Jiangming and the others all understood that in such an Outer Sea, it was absolutely impossible for any living creatures to survive! "The seawater has died..."

"This is no longer the withering of vitality, but the death of the sea region!"

"What else has happened beyond the Great Wilderness to cause the seawater beyond the Great Wilderness to become like this?"

Jiu Jiu frowned; not only Jiu Jiu, but the brows of Gu Jiangming and the others were also furrowing tighter and tighter at this moment.

After three or five days of observation, they all noticed that this boundary between the Inner and Outer Sea was clearly and continuously advancing into the interior of Heaven and Earth. In just three or five days, the boundary between the Inner and Outer Sea had expanded nearly a hundred miles into Heaven and Earth! If the Great Wilderness were allowed to encroach at this speed, I fear it would not take a million years for the entire Heaven and Earth to perish completely! "Such a terrifying scene, it shouldn't be that someone is ascending to immortality..."

"Although we do not know much about the realm of ascending to immortality, such a large-scale encroachment of the Great Wilderness, no matter what, could not be caused by someone ascending to immortality, right?"

Long Xi looked at the sea boundary in front of her, speaking words that were chilling to the bone with a lack of confidence.

Although Long Xi was asking Gu Jiangming and Jiu Jiu to confirm that her thought was absurd, at this moment, whether it was Gu Jiangming, Jiu Jiu, or Liu Moran, they all maintained a deathly silence.

It was not just Long Xi who had such an absurd thought; Gu Jiangming was actually also unable to help but wonder if the root cause of the Heaven and Earth anomaly was someone attempting to ascend to immortality beyond the Great Wilderness...

(End of Chapter)