Chapter 286: Long Bo's Roar Scatters the Soul; Panicked and Lost, He Reaches Dongting

Fang Longye pondered for a moment, carefully calculating in his heart, and still decided to continue forward.

Regardless of what was ahead, since he had already walked this far, he might as well go and see.

In any case, he had previously divined the Heavenly Secrets—there was no danger, only surprise.

He already possessed several pieces of Supreme Merit Spiritual Treasure, and he had the Zhanxian Gourd, which rivaled a top-tier Innate Spiritual Treasure, on his person.

As long as he was careful, it could be said there was no great harm.

Having made up his mind, Fang Longye checked his Spiritual Treasure equipment, adjusted his state to the best, wore the Profound Spirit Escape Armor on his head, and stepped forward.

He walked along the desolate earth, heading forward all the way.

The further he went, the more powerful that oppressive feeling became.

Even with the protection of the Profound Spirit Escape Armor, Fang Longye could still feel his True Spirit trembling.

His expression was solemn, and he walked with steady, unhurried steps.

Walking along the way, he no longer encountered any remains or broken divine weapons and Spiritual Treasures.

But the more this was the case, the clearer Fang Longye became that something big was waiting for him ahead...

It was easy to understand.

Even on a battlefield where the strong and the weak fought, there was a great distance between the two.

Otherwise—

The weak would not be able to withstand even the aftermath of the strong.

Right now, he had likely arrived at the core area of this battlefield.

No, to be precise, he was about to step into the core area of this battlefield.

Just like that, not knowing how far he had traveled, Fang Longye stopped his steps.

"This is... space-time distortion?"

Fang Longye's eyes shone brightly as he looked at the void-like hollow in front of him.

At a glance, it seemed plain and ordinary. In reality, even space-time had become distorted and overlapped.

It was changing incessantly without a moment's pause.

This was not some Dharma array or Restriction; it was purely because the original struggle had been too intense, causing even space-time to be shattered, reorganized, and twisted out of shape.

It had forcibly severed this battlefield.

The roaring sound he had heard before should have come from the unknown world behind this distorted space-time.

However, if one were not proficient in the Dharma of space-time, it would likely be very difficult to pass through this distorted space-time, and one would only sink here, unable to get out.

Fortunately, this could not stump him.

"Hum!"

With a thought from Fang Longye, profound runes emerged amidst the thousands of rays of merit golden light shed by the Profound Spirit Escape Armor.

Each one was surrounded by the divine radiance of merit, like stars shining.

The Eight Trigrams runes of Qian, Kun, Xun, Dui, Gen, Zhen, Li, and Kan constantly arranged and combined, and incomparably profound Dao essence spread out.

He spent some effort.

Finally, he deduced the trajectory of the changes in this distorted space-time.

He smiled, tidied up his state, and immediately plunged into the distorted space-time before him.

In an instant, he felt the surrounding world suddenly change, and his whole person immediately appeared in a void.

Well, that was not accurate either.

This place was more like a broken starry sky.

It was unclear whether the great battle of the past had been too intense, shattering this world into a void, or if someone had forcibly torn down a starry sky during the conflict.

In any case, there were fragments of stars everywhere, a ruin of rubble, looking exceptionally jarring.

It was completely different from the desolate earth before.

"Boom—"

In the void, roaring sounds rang out again, transmitted from far away.

Fang Longye could not help but begin to investigate his surroundings.

Although his vision was restricted.

But after some investigation, he could still vaguely see that in this broken starry sky, there were several celestial bodies that had remained intact.

And that rumbling sound was coming from one of those celestial bodies.

"Boom!"

A moment later, that heart-palpitating roar sounded again.

Fang Longye blinked, his eyes filled with intense curiosity and leaping joy.

There was no other reason; with such a large commotion, it was clearly extraordinary there, and at a glance, it held good things.

Thinking this, he immediately moved across the void toward that celestial body.

During this process, Fang Longye could not help but feel moved: "Fortunately, there is the 'Profound Spirit Escape Armor' that involves the Dao laws of space."

It was also fortunate that he had completely refined this Supreme Merit Spiritual Treasure. Otherwise, he would likely be unable to move an inch in this broken starry sky.

How could he be like this now, carrying the pressure condensed to the extreme, constantly moving and flying away.

Sighing in his heart, he finally arrived near that celestial body.

"Boom—"

Muffled sounds spread in all directions.

Arriving here, he felt the sound becoming even more terrifying. The surrounding space-time was constantly being distorted amidst those roars.

It was terrifying to the point of being unimaginable.

What terrified Fang Longye most was that this was no celestial body at all!

It was a humanoid life form, a life form so vast it was beyond imagination! A Longbo Giant!

Fang Longye murmured in his heart.

It was too big! Inconceivably big~

A rough estimate alone was enough to rival the size of a dozen solar systems from his past life.

He saw that in the void, this Longbo Giant, who seemed like Pangu descended into the world, was curled up like an infant.

Just like that, it was sleeping in the void.

Its body was unimaginably vast, comparable to an ancient star. Every pore on its body was like a lake, and a single strand of hair was a mountain peak.

Its eyes were tightly shut, and with every breath from its nostrils, it exhaled and inhaled boundless energy.

The rumbling sounds he had been hearing all along were nothing more than its snoring.

Looking at it, just one glance, and it was as if he thoroughly understood what it meant to be insignificant and what it meant to be great.

"Go!"

Fang Longye had no time for further reflection; after seeing everything clearly, he immediately turned his head and fled.

At the same time, he activated the Profound Spirit Escape Armor, intending to directly teleport across the void back to his own Daoist temple.

The curled-up Longbo Giant before him was likely severely wounded but not dead, though it was also possible it was already on the verge of death.

But regardless, it was still hanging on by a thread.

This was not some piece of the starry sky torn down by someone; it was a piece of heaven and earth that had been forcibly shattered into a void state by intense fighting.

Fang Longye guessed that the other few so-called complete "celestial bodies" were likely in a similar state to this Longbo Giant.

What a terrifying thing this was!

Looking at this Longbo Giant alone, Fang Longye dared to assert that it must be a practitioner of Great Divine Ability above the Great Luo realm.

By extension, the other "celestial bodies" were likely no less formidable.

A group of dying old monsters~

This was no stroke of fortune or opportunity.

A moment of carelessness, and he would likely perish and his Dharma would dissipate.

"Damn it! Why is it so slow~"

Perhaps the environment here was special.

There was a sense of stagnation.

Furthermore, he was only a Golden Immortal, with limited Daoist practice and Dharma power.

The Profound Spirit Escape Armor was severely restricted here in tearing through the void, appearing exceptionally sluggish.

Communicating with the present world was very difficult.

"Done!"

Fang Longye's heart was filled with joy.

Just at this moment, a long, drawn-out sigh came forth~ reaching everywhere.

The withering of a race, bloody battles, how much bitterness, how much suffering, how much glory, how much honor, were all contained within this one sigh.

Fang Longye's brow twitched.

He could no longer care about spatial positioning; he made a prompt decision, directly activated the Profound Spirit Escape Armor, leaped, and plunged into the spatial ripples.

Heading toward a certain place in the present world.

……

"Plop—"

A spatial ripple swept by, and like a dumpling dropped into a pot, Fang Longye tumbled into a mountain forest.

Dizzy and seeing stars.

It took a long time before Fang Longye managed to climb to his feet.

"This place is..."

"Dongting Lake?"

After calculating the Heavenly Secrets, Fang Longye's gaze shifted, his expression unreadable.

(End of chapter)