Chapter 480

In the mysterious space at the bottom of the Heavenly Pool of Cloud Sorrow Mountain.

Standing on the small island at the center of the Oasis Lake, Yunhe stared at the stone tablet before him with a somewhat dazed expression.

The content on it left him astonished.

After a while, he slowly came to his senses, his expression somewhat complex as he gently brushed off the dust from the stone tablet and exhaled a turbid breath.

"As for Yao Shou Shijie, I have indeed done my share of speculation."

It might be a world similar to the Cultivation World, except that what occupies this world are demon beasts rather than human cultivators.

But the many relics and remnants existing in this world gave rise to other ideas in him.

Perhaps this world is a prison, or even a 'breeding ground'?

Of course, this is the worst speculation.

But when he saw the stone tablet and interpreted its content, he gained a true understanding of Yao Shou Shijie.

Yunhe scratched his head in some distress, saying, "Even if we retreat ten thousand steps, at least it's not a 'breeding farm'; we don't have to face the fate of being slaughtered at any moment, which is good news. But"

Actually, in Yunhe's view, perhaps the Demon Beast World at this time should be a special region between the Earth Immortal Realm and the Lower Realm.

Yunhe sighed inwardly.

Ultimately, under terrifying power, this region's land was nearly leveled from end to end, and even the region itself was directly knocked down to the Lower Realm!

Numerous complex thoughts flashed through Yunhe's mind.

However, some problems arose as a result.

Then, in this realm, a Fourth Level Cultivation Base is simply not enough.

He took a deep breath, his eyes unfocused, and muttered, "Who would have thought that the Demon Beast World is actually the Earth Immortal Realm!"

At this time, does the Demon Beast World belong to the Earth Immortal Realm or the Lower Realm?

In the Demon Beast World, could there exist sixth- and seventh-level demon beasts surpassing fifth-level demon beasts?

Most importantly.

What truly affects him most now is whether this realm will have fifth-, sixth-, or even higher-level demon beasts.

Among human cultivators, demon clans, and devil clans, those with Cultivation Base penetrating mystery—the true top-tier existences—waged war in this region, shaking heaven and earth, moving mountains and rattling seas.

Earth Immortal Realm!

"More accurately speaking, the Demon Beast World I am currently in was once part of the Earth Immortal Realm."

However.

"Forget it."

He shook his head, saying, "Knowing is better than not knowing. At least I now have an accurate understanding of the Demon Beast World, and based on this understanding, everything I see and comprehend has a clearer direction."

If the spiritual qi concentration is insufficient, the Cultivation Base will certainly be unable to break through the shackles.

The Earth Immortal Realm is vastly expansive, hundreds or even thousands of times the size of the Demon Beast World and the Cultivation World!

The stone tablet is not large, appearing to have little text, yet it actually contains a considerable amount of information.

However, this Spatial Instrument suffered severe damage during the ancient war.

If this realm belongs to the Lower Realm, then when he breaks through to the Fifth Level, he will naturally feel the oppression of the Lower Realm's laws.

This also resulted in the Demon Beast World that Yunhe currently inhabits.

And if this realm's laws still belong to the Earth Immortal Realm, then there's even less of a problem—cultivation is cultivation wherever you are.

Perhaps by then it will truly be the Demon Beast Body carrying the Cultivator Body to raise the Cultivation Base.

"The danger level has greatly increased—looking back, this adventure crossing hundreds of thousands of li to reach Cloud Sorrow Mountain is far more perilous than I imagined."

At that time, even without the Flying Immortal Terrace as a special ascension treasure, one could still ascend by forcefully breaking through the Lower Realm's barriers, albeit with much greater danger.

Even if knocked down to the Lower Realm, everything would be leveled, yet a starved camel would still be larger than a horse.

Merely, who knows how many years ago—perhaps tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands of years ago—the Earth Immortal Realm erupted in an extremely brutal war.

The remnants of the Demon Beast World, as well as the origins of Qing Yao and so on, have also been clarified.

More importantly.

If one wants to enter the Earth Immortal Realm, will Yunhe in the future break through the spatial barrier by means of ascension, or

Of course, the problem of ascending to the Earth Immortal Realm, he temporarily does not need to consider it.

Because its spiritual energy is denser than that of the cultivation world, but it certainly will not reach the level of the Earth Immortal Realm.

Yun Chou Mountain, or rather the Yun Chou Region, originally belonged to the Spirit Turtle clan of the Earth Immortal Realm, and the hidden space he is currently in is not a space opened up by some powerful being with great power, but a spatial artifact!

A spatial artifact that possesses its own independent spiritual veins, can be entered freely, and can even "grow" on its own!

This is also the reason why the spiritual energy in this realm is much denser than that of the cultivation world.

Moreover, after the Cultivator Body ascends, it can also nourish the Demon Beast Body.

If this realm still belongs to the Earth Immortal Realm, there might indeed be high-level demon beasts present.

Even, in this realm, there might still exist a "teleportation array" connected to the Earth Immortal Realm.

Suppressing the agitation in his heart, Yunhe continued to browse downward.

And regardless of whether it is a demon beast or a cultivator, everything's foundation is built upon spiritual energy.

And the Demon Beast World (Yao Shou Shijie) he is currently in was once located in the Earth Immortal Realm; it is a region within the vast Earth Immortal Realm, called the Yun Chou Region, belonging to the demon tribe side of the Earth Immortal Realm.

For example.

According to the description of the content on the stone tablet.

Not only did the interior become filled with sand and dust, leaving only a single oasis, but even the originally vast space was shattered to a range of only several tens of li as it is today.

At the same time.

Since it is an "artifact", the artifact that could contain this space was also shattered.

Thus the Heavenly Pool of present-day Yun Chou Mountain, and the hidden space at its bottom, were formed.

That is to say.

Yunhe suddenly realized, and slapped his storage bag.

In his hand appeared a pitch-black mysterious gourd.

It was precisely the most mysterious 'Heaven's Net Mysterious-Colored Gourd' from the Heaven's Net Gourd Vine!

The wonder of Heaven's Net, it turns out, is like this.

Since obtaining this precious gourd that even Upper Cloud Realm Yuan Ying Cultivators fight over, he has still not figured out how to use it, nor does he know what mysteries lie within.

But after seeing this stone tablet, he somewhat understood.

Because that Heaven's Net Gourd Vine originally comes from the Yao Clan.

Furthermore, even in the Earth Immortal Realm, the Heaven's Net Gourd Vine is one of the rare treasures of the Yao Clan; this treasure itself involves spatial power, otherwise the Yao Clan could not have used it to invade the Upper Cloud Realm.

However.

Due to the dense spiritual qi of the Upper Cloud Realm, the Heaven's Net Gourd Vine simply cannot truly grow.

Even.

Theoretically, a 'Heaven's Net Mysterious-Colored Gourd' should not be able to form; the fact that this mysterious gourd did form is largely due to chance and coincidence.

And this stone tablet records some information about the Heaven's Net Gourd Vine and the 'Heaven's Net Mysterious-Colored Gourd'.

Among them, it also includes a strand of 'Heaven's Net Pure Qi' stored within the Heaven's Net Gourd Vine; this qi involves spatial power and can greatly assist the 'growth' of space.

That is to say.

'The Heaven's Net Mysterious-Colored Gourd can not only contain this space, but the 'Heaven's Net Pure Qi' inside the gourd can also assist the 'growth' of this space.'

'If it can be contained, isn't it like carrying a cultivation chamber on one's person? And not just a cultivation chamber—if the space is large enough, it could even contain everything.'

Yunhe's eyes glimmered slightly.

Of course.

The premise for all of this is to incorporate this space into the 'Heaven's Net Mysterious-Colored Gourd'.

'Moreover, this space does not appear to be merely an ordinary space.'

Yunhe looked around.

Finally, his gaze fell once more on the stone tablet.

Since it records the Heaven's Net Gourd Vine and the Heaven's Net Mysterious-Colored Gourd, the stone tablet ought to record the method for incorporating this space.

Huh?

Suddenly.

Yunhe furrowed his brows.

Then his figure flashed.

He left the small island in the lake.

Immediately after, his figure flickered again, arriving at the entrance of the space.

'Have I been discovered? With such a slow reaction, I thought I hadn't been noticed. Indeed, one must first deal with external problems.'

After muttering to himself, he unleashed a dharma seal, and a surge of spatial repulsive force pushed him out.

'Second Brother, I said there's nothing wrong; it's just that the little ones below caused a bit of a commotion.'

Outside the Heavenly Pool.

The Black Tortoise and the Fierce Wind Three-Headed Python arrived at the pool's edge.

Gazing at the calm lake surface, the Black Tortoise spoke without changing expression.

'Is that so?'

The Fierce Wind Three-Headed Python glanced at him askance and chuckled, 'Since there's nothing, that's naturally best.'

But after a pause, it immediately said, 'However, speaking of which'

'Third Brother, what secret does your Spirit Turtle Clan's Heavenly Pool actually hide?'

Its glance lingered on the Black Tortoise.

Upon hearing this, the Black Tortoise showed no change at all; he had long grown accustomed to the Fierce Wind Three-Headed Python's questions.

Even though the Fierce Wind Three-Headed Python always suppresses him in Cloud Sorrow Mountain, even causing part of the Heavenly Pool's bottom to be occupied by the Fierce Wind Python clan, he has never revealed the true secret of the Heavenly Pool.

'Second Brother is joking; this Heavenly Pool it'

Gush—

Suddenly.

The water inside the Heavenly Pool began to swirl, and a medium-sized vortex suddenly formed.

Huh?!

Upon seeing this vortex, the Black Tortoise and the Fierce Wind Three-Headed Python almost simultaneously contracted their pupils.

'How is this possible?!' the Black Tortoise blurted out instinctively.

Bang!!

The water surface suddenly exploded; a human clad in black robes hovered above the Heavenly Pool, looking down on the Black Tortoise and the Fierce Wind Three-Headed Python at the pool's edge, revealing a smile tinged with slight contempt.

'Third Brother! What's the situation?'

The Fierce Wind Three-Headed Python glared viciously at the Black Tortoise; his previous calm vanished, replaced by undisguised ferocity.

The Black Tortoise stepped back half a pace, yet had no mind to answer the Fierce Wind Three-Headed Python's question; instead he glared at Yunhe and sternly demanded, 'Who are you?! Why have you appeared in our clan's Heavenly Pool?'

The surrounding Spirit Turtle and Fierce Wind Python clan demon beasts, sensing the undisguised aura emanating from the Black Tortoise and the Fierce Wind Three-Headed Python, all started in alarm and fled quickly.

However.

Among the Spirit Turtle Clan, a few third-stage early-phase cultivators also froze upon seeing Yunhe.

'Old... Ancestor?'

"Ancestor?"

The Mysterious Turtle and the Fierce Wind Three-Headed Python, who heard their words, almost spoke at the same time, their faces showing astonishment.

The two exchanged a glance.

"You are the Ancestor of the Spirit Turtle Clan?" the Fierce Wind Three-Headed Python asked in amazement.

But the Mysterious Turtle was even more astonished.

Ancestor of the Spirit Turtle Clan?

How could it not know?

And again.

Couldn't the Ancestor of the Spirit Turtle Clan be it?

"Who on earth are you?!"

The Mysterious Turtle swung its massive hand, a surge of demonic energy rippling around it, and while shouting the question, it unhesitatingly pressed its hand toward Yunhe.

Buzz—

The next moment.

A gigantic phantom turtle claw materialized out of thin air, enveloped in a terrifying gust, descending from above onto Yunhe.

From his body, they sensed not a single breath of qi fluctuation.

But since they could appear here silently, they must not be ordinary demonic beasts.

Testing was part of the reason.

Stating their stance before the Fierce Wind Three-Headed Python was another reason.

Sure enough, after seeing the Mysterious Turtle act without hesitation, the shadow in the Fierce Wind Three-Headed Python's eyes faded slightly.

But the ruthless look remained.

Only the main target now fell on Yunhe.

At this moment, Yunhe, hovering above the Celestial Pool, stood with his hands behind his back, gave a faint smile at the incoming claw, and said softly:

"You strike at this Ancestor without even understanding the situation, insolent 'junior', you have such nerve!"

Boom!!

A terrifying wave of demonic power surged from his body; he raised his hand and gave a light flick, instantly forming a phantom turtle claw.

Even though it was only a single claw, its size and might far surpassed the claw the Mysterious Turtle had formed.

"What?!"

Bang!!

In the Mysterious Turtle's incredulous gaze, the massive claw easily shattered the whole turtle claw.

"Fourth Level Mid-stage!"

The Fierce Wind Three-Headed Python's expression darkened.

But what the Mysterious Turtle cared about even more was Yunhe's identity.

Ancestor?

Does an Ancestor truly exist?

Earlier, Yunhe had suppressed his qi, making confirmation impossible, but just now, it indeed sensed the aura of the Spirit Turtle Clan on Yunhe.

Though that aura was somewhat strange.

It seemed highly discordant, simultaneously bearing the auras of the Mysterious Turtle, Dragon Turtle, and Great Sea Turtle within the Spirit Turtle Clan.

Yet paradoxically very pure; each strand of aura was far purer than its own, meaning the bloodline purity was much higher.

That is indeed odd.

Nevertheless,

The strength and bloodline of this demonic beast before it far surpassed its own.

Could it truly be the Ancestor?

That thought flashed through the Mysterious Turtle's mind several times.

However.

In the end, it dismissed it each time.

"What a joke!" a ferocious expression appeared on the Mysterious Turtle's seemingly simple face.

If some nonsense Ancestor truly existed, how could it know nothing at all?

It is the Ancestor of the Spirit Turtle Clan!

It is the "King" of the local Spirit Turtles!

"Argh!!!"

The Mysterious Turtle's form flickered, instantly revealing its true shape, becoming a gigantic Mysterious Turtle.

It then lunged toward Yunhe.

Even though Yunhe's strength surpasses its own, thanks to the Mysterious Turtle's massive body, even if it couldn't defeat him, it need not worry about its own safety.

However.

Its aggressive attack seemed rather amusing to Yunhe.

"As a Spirit Turtle, to disrespect the Ancestor, you must be punished!"

Saying that, Yunhe twisted his wrist, and a subtle spatial ripple manifested in his palm.

The next moment.

The Mysterious Turtle's massive body vanished into thin air.

In its place, within Yunhe's palm, a tiny turtle, countless times smaller, appeared.

A small universe in the palm!

"What, what?"

The Fierce Wind Three-Headed Python stared.

The Mysterious Tortoise, a Fourth Level early-stage Mysterious Tortoise, was actually so easily

(End of chapter)