Chapter 1241: South Sea Domain

South Sea Domain

Above the barren gray earth, a red figure stepped on a centipede, speeding away rapidly.

Chen Ling left the centipede army at the Integration Faction and took one centipede as a means of transportation, quickly rushing toward the South Sea Domain... But because the Integration Faction's location was truly too deep into the Gray World, even for Chen Ling, it would take a very long time to arrive.

Chen Ling stood on the centipede's back, looking down at Little Peach in his arms whose breathing was heavy. The solemnity in his eyes grew increasingly dense.

Little Peach was still unconscious, and Chen Ling could clearly feel her body temperature rising. The surface of her body was emitting a strange purple hue, as if something was eroding her vitality beneath her flesh and blood.

"Great King Chen Ling, Little Peach is..."

Little White's worried voice came from the shadow.

Chen Ling thought for a moment, raised his fingertips, and a wisp of hazy starlight lit up from the void. Following his guidance, it flowed bit by bit into Little Peach's body.

Although Chen Ling had many abilities, he didn't know how to heal. The only thing related to healing was the God-Sacrificing Dance. But unlike Shen Nan, Chen Ling's God-Sacrificing Dance fused the twisted Path of the Actor with the aura of the Land of Divine Rituals. It was considered a mad version of Nuo Exorcism. Once activated, even he couldn't control its intensity, and he couldn't bear the price it demanded.

As the starlight flowed into Little Peach's body, the faint purple hue beneath her skin was somewhat dispelled, seemingly brought under control, and her body temperature stopped rising.

Seeing this, Chen Ling finally relaxed slightly.

The toxin in Little Peach came from a Calamity and was also a part of "Evil." The starlight could temporarily suppress it, but thoroughly curing her would require more professional medical means.

In a daze, Little Peach's eyes slowly opened...

"Big Brother... Chen... Ling?"

Little Peach's face was full of exhaustion, as if she had just experienced a tragic slaughter. She vaguely made out the figure holding her and was slightly stunned.

"Little Peach, how do you feel?" Chen Ling asked.

"I... I feel so uncomfortable. My whole body is in pain... I think I have a fever..."

"More than just a fever! Little Peach, you nearly scared me to death." Little White's voice immediately followed. "Just now, if it weren't for Great King Chen Ling, I was afraid you would directly..."

"Where... are we right now?"

"On the way to the South Sea Domain." Chen Ling spoke calmly. "You can sleep a little longer. When we reach the South Sea Domain, I'll find someone to save you."

"The South Sea Domain...?" Little Peach was somewhat worried. "But will the doctors in the Human Domains treat us Fusionists?"

Chen Ling's brows furrowed slightly.

"Don't worry, with the Great King here, there definitely won't be a problem." Little White was full of confidence in Chen Ling. "The Great King is a hero of the Human Domains. Once we arrive at the South Sea Domain, someone will definitely help us."

"Oh..." Little Peach's voice was like a mosquito, but she was clearly somewhat relieved, her entire body weakly curling up in Chen Ling's arms.

A hero of the Human Domains...

Back when Zhao Yi made up these stories, he probably never imagined that one day the Integration Faction would move to the Human Domains. Now all the children of the Integration Faction viewed Chen Ling as the omnipotent red-clothed god, the hope that would save them in the darkness...

But Chen Ling was very clear in his heart about exactly what role he played in the Human Domains.

After a long silence, Chen Ling still spoke up:

"I'm not some hero, that was just a story Zhao Yi made up."

Little White was startled, then responded, "Don't be modest, Great King. You are the King of the Ghost Mockery Abyss. As a World-Ending Calamity, you actually consider humanity, and even personally rescued us from the Scarlet Heaven Cult... If you aren't a hero, who in this world is a hero?"

Little White quickly seemed to realize something and nodded repeatedly:

"Oh, I get it... the Great King wants to keep a low profile, I understand... I won't say anymore."

Chen Ling: ...

Little White had inherently fused with a Calamity of the Ghost Mockery Abyss, so he had a natural worship filter for Chen Ling. Coupled with the fact that Chen Ling had indeed helped the Integration Faction multiple times, the image of a hero was already deeply ingrained... Trying to reverse their perception now wouldn't be so easy.

Chen Ling still wanted to say something, but found that Little Peach, who had just woken up, had fallen asleep in his arms again...

He didn't speak further, but quietly continued the journey.

After an unknown amount of time,

At the end of the distant, monotonous, and barren earth, some changes finally appeared.

The pitch-black earth was divided by some meandering lines, and a light gray tide surged on the horizon. Chen Ling had already arrived at the end of this earth. Further away was an endless ocean of the Gray World.

This wasn't Chen Ling's first time seeing the sea of the Gray World. On his way to the Ancient Vault of the Military Path, he had crossed the Frozen Sea. But the sea before his eyes was not the same as the sea in the north. There was no biting cold wind, nor tumbling ice blocks; there were only turbulent gray waves rolling continuously.

"So the South Sea Domain really is on the sea..."

Chen Ling got down from the centipede and patted the latter's head, signaling that it could return. After all, centipedes couldn't swim. For the remainder of the journey, Chen Ling would walk on his own.

As the centipede dove headfirst into the ground, Chen Ling, holding Little Peach, stepped onto Cloud Steps and soared into the air, crossing the sea to advance.

This time he didn't need to follow the tracks of the Realm Train. Having studied at the Integration Faction for over half a year, if he didn't even know the coordinates of the Nine Great Realms, then his studies would have been for nothing...

After advancing a certain distance while identifying the direction, Chen Ling saw a behemoth towering over the surface of the sea.

That was a mountain, a turtle shell-like mountain, looking just like a steel dome crawling on the sea's surface. Its height reached straight to the clouds, and the area it occupied was no less than an entire province. Even separated by tens of kilometers, its sheer size made Chen Ling feel shocked...

And around this steel dome, one could also see a few very thin threads piercing through the sea surface and connecting to its interior. It wasn't until Chen Ling got closer that he saw clearly those few "thin threads" were actually the tracks of the Realm Trains.

How did they lay train tracks on the sea surface?

Chen Ling was very puzzled.

"Is this the South Sea Domain?" It was also Little White's first time seeing this scene, and he couldn't help but speak. "So big... it looks like a super large turtle shell."

Chen Ling stood beneath the leaden sky, pondering how to enter this steel dome. Whether from the sky or underground, it was completely sealed off by the steel dome. The only way in was through the doors...

But without an inside contact, walking through the doors openly and aboveboard would definitely be discovered by the South Sea Domain...

Just as Chen Ling was pondering bitterly, the roaring sound of a whistle came from afar.

He saw a Realm Train constantly decelerating along the railway tracks on the sea, heading straight for a certain small door of the South Sea Domain. As the train approached, that small door slowly opened.

Chen Ling's eyes lit up.