Chapter 1022: Exhausting Everything, Fighting Across the Sea

"Is this the Mirage Dragon Cave Heaven?"

In the crowd, Zhou Fuyou looked at the strange territory.

However, to his disappointment, the Dao Sect's number one Cave Heaven, which was recorded in the classics as extremely profound, had nothing unusual about it.

Even the most iconic "Phantom Beasts" were nowhere to be seen.

As Core Formation cultivators participating in the Great Competition this time, they basically all knew that after winning the top ten, they would have the opportunity to enter the Mirage Dragon Cave Heaven to practice, so most of them had checked the relevant ancient books in advance. But what they saw at this moment, the doubts in their hearts were the same as Zhou Fuyou's.

Apart from the ten Core Formation true disciples, there were also thirty-six Nascent Soul True Persons who entered this time.

Perhaps noticing the doubts in the hearts of the Core Formation juniors, someone explained: "This time the Cave Heaven was opened, it was opened through an unconventional back door, so the scene inside the Cave Heaven is also very different, you don't need to be surprised."

"Uncle-Master Li, is it normal for Phantom Beasts to be missing?" Someone asked curiously.

Uncle-Master Li smiled: "Of course not. Phantom Beasts are actually transformed from Mirage Dragon cloud energy combined with spiritual energy; unless the disciples of the previous generation of Cave Heaven Great Competition killed all the Phantom Beasts here, how could they not exist? Now that you don't see them, it's just that this exit has already been cleared by Ancestor Liancheng."

Speaking of this, his expression became slightly serious.

"You don't need to be curious about these things; entering this time is purely to accelerate your growth. The Mirage Dragon Cave Heaven has a time flow difference of one hundred to one with the outside world, a hundred years in the Cave Heaven, one year outside. You must make good use of these hundred years to break through to the Nascent Soul stage as much as possible, and become the new generation of leaders of our Dao Sect after going out!"

"Remember, do not go too deep into the Cave Heaven, where a large number of high-level Phantom Beasts reside, with strength comparable to Nascent Soul True Persons, which is not something you can deal with now."

The disciples promised resolutely, saying yes one after another.

Uncle-Master Li's gaze fell on the slightly unsociable white-clothed man in the crowd.

"Zhou Fuyou!"

"Disciple is here."

"You are the top of this Jiazi Great Competition, and the rest of the rewards have already been issued to the Tiannan Dao Palace and the family you are in. And the rewards related to you personally, should have been received, right?"

Zhou Fuyou's heart flowed with the names of a series of rewards, the Millennium Lei Ying that can be added to the natal magic treasure to increase power, the Profound Origin Heavy Water most suitable for water-attribute cultivators, and even a large amount of resources and secret techniques to assist in Core Formation, etc.

He nodded gently, "Received yesterday."

Uncle-Master Li showed a look of expectation, "I hope that when the Cave Heaven is reopened, you can become a fellow Daoist of our generation. In addition, there will be other opportunities at that time, and I hope you grasp them."

Zhou Fuyou was stunned for a moment, there will be other opportunities when the Cave Heaven is reopened?

He wanted to ask more, but Uncle-Master Li and a group of thirty-six Nascent Soul True Persons had long been unable to wait.

After giving everyone a general explanation of the situation, they hurriedly drove their escape lights and left.

Their directions were the same, very certain, as if they had been brought in with a mission.

Thinking of the name "Ke Lianshan" mentioned by Ancestor Liancheng before entering, Zhou Fuyou's face showed a thoughtful look.

The name Ke Lianshan was not famous among this generation of the Tianyuan Dao Sect, but it was very famous among the older generation, once being an existence as famous as the Alchemy Saint, known as the Chess Saint of the Central Continent.

He was the one most likely to reach Soul Transformation!

He had been missing for over a hundred years, but he did not expect that he had entered the Mirage Dragon Cave Heaven at some point.

"Chess Saint Ke Lianshan, plus thirty-six Nascent Soul True Persons, what big thing are they doing?"

Zhou Fuyou thought so in his heart, his thoughts a bit bewildered for a while.

When he came back to his senses, he found that the other nine companions were looking at him with strange eyes.

Was it because of Uncle-Master Li's special treatment earlier?

Zhou Fuyou snorted lightly and didn't care; as the top of the Great Competition who suppressed his peers, he was qualified not to care about anyone's thoughts.

With a leap, he turned into a stream of light and flew into the distance.

Seeing him so self-willed, the others didn't know what to say; the older ones just said "Everyone find a place to practice on your own", and then dispersed.

Ten figures turned into ten streams of light, scattering in different directions.

Compared to the five-hundred-year Cave Heaven Great Competition last time, this batch of Dao Sect true disciples was obviously much more relaxed.

Entering the Mirage Dragon Cave Heaven did not come with any competition mission, purely as a reward for the Jiazi Great Competition, letting them come in to practice with peace of mind for a hundred years.

Zhou Fuyou rushed to the front, but it took two or three days to find a spiritual land he liked.

That was a place with beautiful scenery of three-tiered waterfalls and white waves hitting the sky, the only drawback was that the mountain body was charred black, as if it had been burned by a fierce fire.

But wanting to move in was quite troublesome.

Because a fourth-level Jade Jade Jiao Long Phantom Beast was entrenched inside, comparable to a Nascent Soul cultivator!

Regarding this, Zhou Fuyou was not afraid.

If he wanted to break through to the Nascent Soul stage, he must have a fourth-level spiritual vein to help, and with his strength, he was fully qualified to kill this fourth-level Phantom Beast across realms.

Seeing Zhou Fuyou raise his hands, vast mist erupted from his body, and the thick black mist covered a radius of ten miles, and the sound of water hitting was faintly echoing inside.

Qi Sea Floating Heaven, Ten Thousand Phenomena Forest-like!

Not only that, Zhou Fuyou opened his mouth and spat, a bead flew out, hitting the fourth-level Phantom Beast that looked like a Jade Jade Jiao Long.

The two entangled together, making the spiritual energy within a radius of dozens of miles extremely turbulent.

In the distance, a woman looked at this scene, her expression horrified.

She originally thought that during the Jiazi Great Competition, Zhou Fuyou suppressed his peers, and his strength was already outstanding.

But she did not expect that it was just the tip of the iceberg.

The ability displayed at this moment was almost identical to that of a Nascent Soul True Person.

"Forget it, this Three-Tiered Waterfall was not my goal anyway, let's leave it to him!"

Seeing that the battle over there was about to be decided, the woman quietly retreated.

Boom!

Accompanied by a violent roar, the clouds and mist in the sky suddenly dissipated.

That huge Phantom Beast Jade Jade Jiao Long fell with a sad cry.

Zhou Fuyou's figure flickered, grabbing a beast core, his face showing a look of surprise.

"This should be the legendary Phantom Core!"

"Listening to Master, there is an opportunity to seize the creation of heaven and earth inside, and with the help of the Phantom Core, one hopes to comprehend the true meaning of the law."

"No rush, I haven't broken through to the Nascent Soul stage yet, so keep it well."

Zhou Fuyou put away the fourth-level Phantom Core well and glanced into the distance.

"Gu Muyu?"

That was his defeated opponent in the Jiazi Great Competition; he did not expect that she also did not listen to Uncle-Master Li's instructions and went so deep into the Mirage Dragon Cave Heaven.

The reason Zhou Fuyou dared to go deep was, firstly, to seek a better spiritual vein as a cultivation environment for the next hundred years, and secondly, he relied on his strong martial arts and was not afraid of the threat of fourth-level Phantom Beasts.

But Gu Muyu did not have that ability.

Frowning, Zhou Fuyou did not pay attention to the other party's scrutiny; anyway, Gu Muyu had already taken the initiative to retreat.

He raised his hand and sprinkled several array flags, setting up a simple isolation array, and then opened a new cave dwelling in the Three-Tiered Waterfall.

Unexpectedly, the flying sword had only been digging for a while, and it was actually opened up.

Inside, it was a cave dwelling in itself!

Zhou Fuyou walked inside and could detect traces of someone having been active here before, although it was already very faint.

"Perhaps it was a Nascent Soul true disciple of Master's generation!"

Since there was a cheap cave dwelling, Zhou Fuyou no longer demanded to do everything himself, taking out a pile of things from his storage ring and arranging them around.

After everything was arranged, he sat down calmly.

"Now my realm is the ninth level of Core Formation, next I will sprint to the Great Perfection of Core Formation with all my strength, nourishing the three treasures of essence, energy, and spirit, preparing for the breakthrough to the Nascent Soul stage."

Zhou Fuyou muttered to himself, the whole person gradually tending to a state of purity and inaction, starting to absorb external spiritual energy into his body.

His realm was also improving rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Outside Heaven Earth Island.

Luo Chen, who witnessed the Mirage Dragon Cave Heaven being opened again, had a slight change in his expression.

"What's wrong?"

Li Canghai was puzzled and looked at Luo Chen.

Luo Chen shook his head, "I once entered that secret realm before, I didn't expect that it wasn't time yet, but Liancheng actually opened it."

Li Canghai was puzzled, "Is there anything special about that secret realm?"

The Mirage Dragon Cave Heaven was very famous, but it was more limited to the mouths of Dao Sect disciples and the name of the Cave Heaven Great Competition.

As for the secret realm itself, outsiders rarely knew the specific situation.

Luo Chen perfunctorily explained a bit, but his heart was still full of doubt and uncertainty.

There were two special points about the Mirage Dragon Cave Heaven, one was that it produced Phantom Beasts, and the other was that the time flow was different.

The Phantom Cores of the former helped those who just entered Nascent Soul to comprehend the true meaning of the law, which should be the reason why that batch of Nascent Soul cultivators went in.

But the latter...

"If Liancheng puts the Lanke Chessboard inside to nourish it, a hundred years of work outside will have the effect of ten thousand years inside. Even if the Lanke Chessboard was severely damaged during the Central Continent Great War, I'm afraid it could recover, right!"

"Especially, Chess Saint Ke Lianshan is also inside!"

"Rumors in the world say that the Lanke Chessboard is controlled by the Dao Sect Master, but the object that truly recognizes the master is Chess Saint Ke Lianshan. Is it really as I imagined? The Tianyuan Dao Sect forcibly opened the Mirage Dragon Cave Heaven to nourish this spirit treasure with ten thousand years of time?"

"If this is the case, then the next battle..."

Luo Chen took a deep breath, his eyes showing a look of determination.

At this moment, the arrow was on the string and had to be fired; he could not afford to be hesitant, and this information could not be told to Li Canghai, otherwise what if the other party backed out?

He turned around and said: "Senior, I don't know what agreement you have with the North Sea Demon Race, but Luo has already contacted the Eastern Wasteland Demon Race. The next battle will be a joint effort between the Eastern Wasteland human and demon races, which can be called the strongest lineup. This battle must not be allowed to fail!"

Li Canghai withdrew his suspicious gaze and smiled: "You don't need to worry about my side. At that time, the North Sea Demon Race will do their best to attack the Libei Continent, and no one will be able to come to support the Eastern Yuan Continent. As for that Tiannan Continent, its strength is the weakest, even if there are reinforcements, it is not to be feared."

Luo Chen nodded, "Okay, since that's the case, let's separate first and gather people to prepare! I hope that by then, you and I can fight Liancheng together on Heaven Earth Island."

Arching his hands, Luo Chen turned into a stream of light and drifted away.

Li Canghai looked back at the entrance of the Mirage Dragon Cave Heaven on Heaven Earth Island, his eyes full of suspicion and a hint of greed.

He was puzzled why Liancheng sent thirty-six Nascent Soul True Persons of the family in at such an important moment. And what he was greedy for was the secret realm itself.

"Although I am a Soul Transformation great power respected by thousands, my foundation is too shallow among those of the same realm, far from being comparable to these Soul Transformation great powers of the holy land. If I can take this secret realm into my own pocket, perhaps I can make up for my foundation."

Muttering to himself, Li Canghai's figure gradually disappeared into the void.

Eastern Wasteland, Dongyang Domain.

On the coastline where land and ocean meet, the once bustling port was unusually deserted today.

There were only two or three sparse figures coming from all directions.

However, although the number of people was small, the forces they represented and the strength they possessed were enough to surpass all the bustling ports in the Eastern Wasteland.

Looking around, one by one, they were gorgeously dressed and had extraordinary bearing, all of them top-notch big figures in the Eastern Wasteland.

The leader was the Great Elder of the Dongyang Sect, followed by four Nascent Soul True Persons of the Dongyang Sect, and the Shouyang Mountain Person who reshaped his body was also among them, with a face full of excitement and hope.

He originally thought that his physical body was destroyed and his Nascent Soul was damaged during the human-demon war, and even if he reshaped his body, he would have no hope for the Great Dao. But he did not expect that Luo Chen of the Alchemy Sect had the Tiandi Creation Pill.

Therefore, when the Senior Brother brought back that news, the Shouyang Mountain Person agreed to this action without hesitation.

The Shouyang Mountain Person swept his gaze over, Nine Spirit Yuanjun of the Nine Spirit Sect, Tiandu Zi of the Tiandu Sect, a group of Daoists from the White Deer Cave...

Any Nascent Soul True Person with a name in the Eastern Wasteland was gathered here at this moment.

"As expected of the Alchemy Sect, this appeal is terrifyingly strong!" The Shouyang Mountain Person sighed in admiration.

The Dongyang Great Elder in front had lingering fears, but also sighed: "Not to mention the Alchemy Sect's personal ability, just this appeal alone, no one in the Eastern Wasteland dares to oppose him. As long as he gives an order, there are Nascent Soul True Persons following him, and countless Core Formation and Foundation Establishment cultivators running for him."

Their conversation did not have sound isolation, so other Nascent Soul True Persons of the sect could also hear it.

But no one opposed their statement.

The feeling from the previous discussion meeting was not deep, but when it really came to the time to mobilize, seeing such a lineup, they suddenly realized the Alchemy Sect's terrifying appeal.

Seeing that most people had arrived, someone asked when Deng Taiyue would set off.

Deng Taiyue only said one word: "Wait!"

Wait for whom?

The answer was self-evident shortly after, when the demon energy swept across the sky.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Figures descended from the sky, each one filled with surging and powerful demon energy.

For these existences, the human Nascent Soul cultivators of the Eastern Wasteland were no strangers.

In the blink of an eye, they recognized most of them.

Thunder Prison God Peng, Bi Zheng, Juan Kuang, Niu Gui, Blood Vulture Daoist, White Bone Mysterious Snake, White Eyebrow Immortal Ape...

There were no weak hands, almost all of them were existences who had made a great name in the human-demon war two hundred years ago.

And under their glorious reputation, they all corresponded to the countless corpses of the human race.

As soon as the two sides met, they formed a tense situation.

Deng Taiyue took a step forward, blocking between the two sides.

His intention was self-evident.

On the demon side, Thunder Prison God Peng issued orders on behalf of Luo Chen, and also restrained the demons of the Du Zhen Hall from conflicting with the Eastern Wasteland human race.

The two sides looked at each other coldly, until in the rolling ocean in the distance, the waves rolled, and a huge figure like a continent slowly emerged from the water.

Desolate Beast, Nether Mysterious Turtle!

A group of powerhouses from the Luo Tian Sect stood on it, their expressions extremely serious.

Fairy Canglong stepped forward and bowed to everyone from a distance.

"This trip is across the sea, the journey is long, to avoid wasting magic power in vain, this turtle can serve as a foot force."

"Fellow Daoists, please!"

Nine Spirit Yuanjun laughed heartily, "Fairy Fairy Canglong is so generous, then this seat will not refuse."

After speaking, he took two Nascent Soul True Persons of the Nine Spirit Sect onto the back of the Mysterious Turtle.

Seeing this, the others did not hesitate and jumped up one after another.

Even the group of demon powerhouses, led by Thunder Prison God Peng, stepped onto the back of the Mysterious Turtle, which was as thick as a continent.

Simultaneously carrying nearly sixty Nascent Soul-level powerhouses, the honest and honest Nether Mysterious Turtle seemed not to notice, just spraying water columns from its nose, its four feet paddling, carrying the entire Eastern Wasteland's combat power across the ocean, heading towards the Eastern Yuan Continent.

At the same time, in the North Sea direction.

A massive amount of low-level demon race surged towards the Libei Continent, and a human-demon war was set off again.

In the ruined city of Tao Hai, the chanting monk who was chanting scriptures suddenly stopped the wooden fish in his hand.

He took out a jade pendant, and a faint light flickered on it.

The chanting monk's expression was slightly complicated, and finally he gritted his teeth and left this Buddhist hall that looked like a pure land.

And shortly after he left, a loud explosion suddenly came from the ruined city of Tao Hai, and amidst the shivering of countless low-level demon beasts, a bloody light soared into the sky. ===== CHAPTER 1023 =====

In the ruined city of Taohai, the chanting monk who had been reciting sutras and singing Buddhist hymns suddenly stopped the wooden fish in his hand.

He took out a jade pendant, upon which a faint light flickered.

The chanting monk's expression was slightly complex; in the end, he gritted his teeth and left this Buddhist hall that felt like a pure land.

And just shortly after he left, a sudden explosive sound rang out in the ruined city of Taohai; amidst the shivering of countless low-level demonic beasts, a beam of blood-colored light shot straight into the sky.