Chapter 408: The Vast Ocean

The vast ocean is boundless; if anyone else wanted to find the Source of the Water Element World, it would be like looking for a needle in a haystack.

Even a Fifth Grade powerhouse could only spread out their Spiritual Power and spend a great deal of time searching bit by bit.

Coupled with the vast number of Sea Demons in the ocean, the difficulty of finding the Source of Water increases exponentially.

However, this world was created by He Dongliu. When he created the Five Elements World back then, he first created the Wood Element World. According to his secret technique, by mastering the Source of the Wood Element World, one could sense the locations of the other world sources based on the Five Elements Mutual Generation and Restraint.

Not only that, but He Dongliu also left behind a contingency plan when he fell: the sources of the Five Elements have an internal connection, and to refine a world source, one must first refine the Source of the Wood Element World.

Then, using the Wood Element as a guide, one must absorb the other world origins in the order of Wood overcomes Earth, Earth overcomes Water, Water overcomes Fire, and Fire overcomes Metal.

If someone who does not understand the method refines them haphazardly, it may seem to have no effect at first, and they can even mobilize World Power, but once they encounter someone who has mastered the Source of the Wood Element World, they will be backlashed by the World Origin.

The Five Elements World is the crystallization of He Dongliu's life's work and his hope for rising again. Naturally, he would not allow others to lay a finger on his world, so he left these contingencies. Unfortunately, after he awoke and tried to possess Meng Yifan, he encountered something as unreasonable as the Game Panel, and in the end, he lost his wife and soldiers, benefiting Meng Yifan instead.

"Haha, I never expected the World Origin to be a trap set by He Dongliu. I wonder if anyone has been foolish enough to refine the Source of the Five Elements?"

Meng Yifan's heart stirred, feeling he could use the World Origin to trap his enemies, but then he thought again: the Secret Realm World is exposed to the outside, causing a great commotion that has alarmed all the cultivators in Dongzhou. If he drags it out for too long, it is very likely to attract the National Teacher of the Great Wu Heavenly Dynasty.

One must know that the successive National Teachers of the Great Wu Heavenly Dynasty are all disciples and grandchildren of Qiu Shenji, and Meng Yifan is not sure if the current National Teacher maintains contact with Qiu Shenji.

If the National Teacher confirms that the Secret Realm World is indeed He Dongliu's Five Elements World from back then, then the National Teacher will very likely report this situation to Qiu Shenji.

If things really develop to that point, unless Meng Yifan returns to Earth and never comes to the Great Martial Heavenly Dynasty World again, he will surely die.

"I cannot delay too long. I must collect the Source of the Five Elements as quickly as possible, repair the world rift, and let the Five Elements World hide itself again."

Qiu Shenji is like an invisible mountain, placing immense pressure on Meng Yifan. He dared not hesitate and hurriedly used the method of sensing other world sources via the Wood Element Origin. After locking onto the direction, he took Lang Batian and the other three into the ocean.

The group dived continuously, soon reaching a depth of over ten thousand meters. One must know that the deepest depth a submarine built by humans on Earth has reached so far is only over ten thousand meters; any deeper, and Earth's most advanced submarines would be crushed into iron pancakes.

And that is for unmanned submarines; the maximum diving depth for manned submarines is only over six thousand meters.

Meng Yifan and the other four dived directly to a depth of over ten thousand meters without any equipment. If the scientists on Earth knew this, their jaws would drop.

Following the guidance, Meng Yifan continued to dive. After reaching a depth of over twenty thousand meters, they arrived at the seabed. Here, there were many glowing light-blue stones, some deep-sea jellyfish that could emit light, and small, colorful fish swimming to and fro, carefree and content, making the seabed look dreamlike, just like a fairy-tale world.

The arrival of Meng Yifan and his group broke the silence of the seabed. The deep-sea jellyfish emitted bursts of sounds like infants crying, twisting their bodies and hiding here and there.

These deep-sea species have mysterious ways of transmitting information, and before long, fifteen massive Shark Sea Demons rushed over.

Each of these Shark Sea Demons reached over sixty meters in length, twice as large as the blue whale, the largest marine creature on Earth. Their teeth were enormous, each one taller than an adult, emitting a cold, chilling light.

In terms of size, Meng Yifan and his group were merely insignificant specks in front of them.

Furthermore, judging from the energy fluctuations coming from these Shark Sea Demons, they were all comparable to Fourth Grade High Rank Immortal Cultivators.

"You beasts! If you don't want to die, get lost!" Meng Yifan shouted, the cultivation fluctuations of a Grade 6 powerhouse spreading outward.

These fifteen Shark Sea Demons were suddenly startled, like mice seeing a cat, trembling with fear. Just at this moment, a stirring song came from the seawater, like a battle song on the battlefield that inspires the heart.

The eyes of the fifteen Shark Sea Demons instantly turned blood-red, emitting a crazed light. They forgot their fear of Meng Yifan and launched a charge, fearless of death.

"A Supernatural Ability that confuses the mind." Meng Yifan spread his Spiritual Power to check the surroundings, wanting to find the direction from which the battle song was coming, but he found the sound to be elusive—sometimes it seemed to come from the front, sometimes from the back, and sometimes it seemed to come from all directions, above, below, left, and right simultaneously.

With Meng Yifan's Grade 6 Spiritual Power, he was actually unable to determine where the battle song was coming from.

The fifteen giant sharks rushed over, opening mouths larger than rooms, their sharp teeth biting toward Meng Yifan and his group.

"Hmph! Overestimating yourselves!" Meng Yifan snorted coldly. He did not dodge, nor did he activate any Supernatural Ability, letting one Shark Sea Demon bite his body.

"Crack!" With a crisp sound, the shark's sharp teeth snapped directly.

Meng Yifan's body was already like steel and iron, and coupled with the fact that when He Dongliu hunted down powerhouses, he absorbed a large amount of flesh-and-blood energy to temper Meng Yifan's body, his physical constitution was extremely formidable. Even without using Supernatural Abilities or spells, he could suppress a Fifth Grade powerhouse with his physical body alone.

Strength overcomes ten thousand techniques. Since ancient times, cultivators have been divided into Body Cultivators and Dharma Cultivators. Martial Artists in the secular world are considered Body Cultivators, while Immortal Cultivators belong to Dharma Cultivators. Both have their strengths and weaknesses; in close combat, Body Cultivators are stronger, while Dharma Cultivators' spells are mysterious and unpredictable, and they can also attack from a distance.

However, after reaching the Grade 6 realm, Body Cultivators and Dharma Cultivators merge into one. A Grade 6 powerhouse is not only profound in spells but also possesses a very powerful body.

This is because if the body is not strong, even if one perceives the power of laws and can open up a world, the body would be unable to support the refining of a world.

"Open!" With a thought from Meng Yifan, the Earth System World Power transformed into a pair of hands over ten meters large, grabbed the upper and lower jaws of the Shark Sea Demon, and tore them apart violently.

"Rip!" This massive, sixty-meter-long Shark Sea Demon was torn into two halves in an instant.

"It is said that shark fin is a highly nourishing substance; ordinary people can't even get to eat it." The fin of the Shark Sea Demon that Meng Yifan tore apart was over twenty meters long and contained rich Spirit Power; if made into braised shark fin, the taste would surely be quite good.