Chapter 174: The End of the Wangchuan River

Tian Yuan, who was in deep meditation, slowly opened his eyes, a strange look in them.

For some reason, he felt an inexplicable stirring in his heart, as if some major event had occurred.

He was now at the Peak Primordial Golden Immortal realm; such a sudden premonition would naturally not be wrong.

Looking around, Tian Yuan muttered softly, "Could it be that there is a problem with the Buzhou Mountain Consciousness Space?"

He calmed his mind, but discovered nothing unusual.

Frowning, Tian Yuan vanished from Mount Buzhou.

He could not absolutely interfere with whatever happened in the Primordial World, but the Buzhou Mountain Consciousness Space was his greatest reliance, and Tian Yuan did not want any accidents to occur.

Standing upon the towering Heavenly Pillar, Tian Yuan looked toward the Northern Land.

Recently, there had been no changes here, save for sending a portion of the Wu Clan to absorb the Malevolent Qi of the north.

With a single step, Tian Yuan appeared on that scorched earth.

"The effect is unexpectedly good!" After sensing for a moment, Tian Yuan was filled with joy.

Not much time had passed, yet the Malevolent Qi in the circle around the foot of Mount Buzhou had thinned significantly.

He leaped up, and the figures of the Wu Clan were faintly visible in the distance. They were scattered all around, breathing in the Malevolent Qi between heaven and earth.

Flying at high speed in a circle, Tian Yuan saw Zhurong and the others who had arrived not long ago, all working hard at their cultivation, but Tian Yuan did not discover anything strange.

He calmed his mind once more and probed toward the north with the will of Mount Buzhou, but still found no abnormalities.

Tian Yuan landed back on Mount Buzhou, his brows locked in a frown, when suddenly a low roar came from the direction of the Netherworld.

Startled, Tian Yuan immediately turned his head to look, his eyes filled with surprise; it was the Fierce Beast Hou.

"Could it be the Wangchuan River?" With a mutter, Tian Yuan's form turned into a long rainbow and sped away.

In this Consciousness Space, apart from the sky that remained full of strangeness, the Wangchuan River was the only thing Tian Yuan had not yet figured out.

The water of the Wangchuan River could corrode one's will, and even with the Hou cultivating within it, Tian Yuan did not know where it extended to.

Before he even got close, Tian Yuan saw the anomaly of the Wangchuan River from afar.

The water, which usually flowed in a thin stream, was surging, rolling up waves of blood that roared toward the deep void.

The mighty body of the Fierce Beast Hou broke through the blood waves, landed on the bank, and let out a low growl at the approaching Tian Yuan.

Stroking the creature's head, Tian Yuan's expression darkened; indeed, the Wangchuan River had undergone a transformation.

From the thoughts transmitted by the Hou, Tian Yuan learned that some time ago, the Wangchuan River had shaken for unknown reasons. The resentment of the Fierce Beasts remaining at the bottom of the river had rioted from time to time, and the entire river had been surging incessantly.

The Hou had investigated along the river and devoured quite a bit of the resentment, but had found nothing else.

"Let's go! Follow the river and take a look!"

Having said this, Tian Yuan leaped up and landed steadily on the Hou's back.

The Hou let out a low roar and, without the slightest hesitation, leaped into the Gungun blood waves.

Previously, he had only followed the river downstream and had not found the end of the Wangchuan River. Now, riding the Fierce Beast Hou through the river, there might be an unexpected harvest.

As soon as he entered the Wangchuan River riding the Hou, thick blood water surged toward Tian Yuan, attempting to corrode the will surrounding his body.

"Roar!"

With a low roar, the surrounding blood waves exploded, and a faint aura of death emerged around the Hou, isolating all the blood water.

As its four hooves danced, it stepped on the blood waves and sped toward the end of the void.

The Hou was now also at the Peak Primordial Golden Immortal realm, traveling millions of miles in an instant; after only a short while, ripples appeared in the void ahead.

Joy appeared in Tian Yuan's eyes, but the flying Hou stopped, its eyes filled with confusion.

A faint low growl sounded, and upon hearing it, Tian Yuan's gaze instantly narrowed.

He patted the Hou beneath him, and the creature understood, leaping out of the Wangchuan River.

As soon as the man and beast left the riverbank, the void that had been rippling instantly returned to normal.

"Strange! Strange!" Tian Yuan exclaimed in wonder.

The Hou had run to this place before but had discovered nothing. And he had previously followed the Wangchuan River downstream and had likewise not seen such a change.

Coming here together now, they could actually see these ripples, and it was only visible while in the river.

Without waiting for Tian Yuan's command, the Hou turned back and returned to the Wangchuan River.

Tian Yuan's gaze narrowed slightly; the ripples that had just appeared were gone.

The Hou beneath him let out a low growl and charged forward. Before long, that faint layer of ripples appeared once again.

After several attempts, Tian Yuan finally understood the strangeness here.

Only when he and the Hou appeared together could they see the folds in this space. Moreover, they had to be in the Wangchuan River; once they left the surface, they had to travel the same distance to encounter it again.

It seemed that an inexplicable will also shrouded this Wangchuan River.

However, the corrosion of the blood water was too strong, and Tian Yuan's will could not probe it; otherwise, he might have been able to discern a thing or two.

"Go! I want to see what kind of strangeness this Wangchuan River is hiding." As he spoke, Tian Yuan's eyes were filled with joy.

The void of this sky cut off the connection with the Heavenly Dao, while the Wangchuan River blocked the Netherworld underground.

He had probed the Wangchuan River many times before without success, but now it seemed he had found the method.

The Hou, equally curious, leaped toward the patch of ripples.

With a faint resistance, Tian Yuan clearly felt that he had broken through a layer of space.

Before him was still the flowing Wangchuan River, but it had returned to its former tranquility, and the surface of the river emitted thick black energy. However, in Tian Yuan's eyes, the Wangchuan River beneath him was not a physical entity at all, but merely a reflected phantom.

"This aura." Looking at the black energy rising and disappearing into the surrounding void, Tian Yuan frowned.

The aura of death was wrapped in Malevolent Qi, very similar to the fluctuations of the Hou.

The Hou beneath him opened its mouth and inhaled; the Gungun black energy overflowing from the river surface was swallowed into its mouth, causing it to let out a happy, low growl.

A bright light flickered in its eyes, and all the black energy within its line of sight gathered toward it.

The Peak Primordial Golden Immortal Hou actually let out a satisfied burp.

Glancing at the Hou, which was looking at the Wangchuan River as if still unsatisfied, Tian Yuan spoke softly: "Let's go! Let's go ahead and take a look!"

This place was clearly related to the strangeness of the Wangchuan River, and the fact that it could still trigger a response in him meant it certainly wasn't a simple matter.

The Hou did not linger either; while swallowing the rising black Qi, it quickly fled toward the front.

After only a moment, Tian Yuan's eyes narrowed, and he looked ahead in astonishment.

The Primordial World—he had actually sensed the aura of the Primordial World.

The Hou beneath him had also sensed it and immediately increased its speed.

The space trembled slightly, and the Hou, carrying Tian Yuan, broke out of the void.

Sweeping his gaze overhead, he saw the sky full of stars shining, and Tian Yuan knew immediately where he was: "The Northern Land!"

Since the Wangchuan River connected to the Northern Land of the Primordial World, Tian Yuan was not very surprised.

During the Beast Calamity, the Northern Land was the base camp of the Fierce Beasts, and since the Wangchuan River was submerged with countless Fierce Beast corpses, it made sense for the two to be connected.

What truly surprised Tian Yuan was that he could actually reach the Primordial World by way of the Wangchuan River.

All these years, he had entered the Buzhou Mountain Consciousness Space entirely by relying on Buzhou Mountain as a medium.

He had not expected that there would be other places within this Primordial World from which one could enter that space.

With a sunken face, Tian Yuan looked into the distance, his brows knitting together once more.

Fierce Beasts!

He saw several Fierce Beasts charging over with roaring howls.

After the Beast Calamity, many Fierce Beasts still remained in the Primordial World; they mainly lived in the Northern Land, with a small number in other places.

Although these remaining Fierce Beasts were bloodthirsty and lacked intelligence, they would instinctively avoid powerful existences.

Earlier in the Eastern Land, Tian Yuan had also encountered Fierce Beasts from time to time, but they almost always fled upon contact.

Although there were many Fierce Beasts in the North, the Demon Race still dominated here, and the Fierce Beasts remained the lowest-level existences; there was no reason for them to be this crazy.

Without needing Tian Yuan to act, the Hou opened its mouth and inhaled, swallowing those few massive Fierce Beasts whole.

Roars came from the distance, and more Fierce Beasts were seen rushing over, surging toward them crazily.

Tian Yuan leaped up, his Divine Sense swept out rapidly, and he was instantly stunned on the spot.

With black Qi rolling, dense swarms of Fierce Beasts emerged, galloping and howling across the entire Northern Land.

It was that black Qi that had evolved into these many Fierce Beasts, and they came from the Wangchuan River.

"The Wangchuan River has indeed been tampered with." Tian Yuan whispered, looking at the rolling, rising black Qi with a sunken face.

After just one glance, Tian Yuan's eyes narrowed, and then he flew away with a look of joy.

Although that black Qi overflowed from various places, if connected together, the trend looked somewhat familiar.

"Strange! Strange! I actually can't get in!" As his figure escaped into the earth, Tian Yuan's eyes held confusion.

Diving into the ground, the black Qi emerged out of thin air, but there was no sign of the Wangchuan River.

Tian Yuan flew back, arriving at the place where they had first appeared. But he could not find that void again, nor could he see the projection of the Wangchuan River.

One could go from the Consciousness Space to the Primordial World via the Wangchuan River, but one could not return to the original position.

Tian Yuan calmed his mind, and his massive Divine Sense swept over rapidly.

"An Array! An Array covering the entire Northern Land!" Tian Yuan's face showed surprise, and his eyes held disbelief.

In the Buzhou Mountain Consciousness Space, the Northern Land had a massive array locking down the Malevolent Qi, and now, the North of this Primordial World also had a huge array.

The faint aura that leaked out carried traces of the grand trend of heaven and earth.

"It seems these two arrays are definitely related!" Tian Yuan stood proudly in the air, his brows tightly locked.

The sudden change in the Northern Land should have been caused by the Wu Clan absorbing the Malevolent Qi, but the black Qi in this Wangchuan River made Tian Yuan somewhat unable to understand.

He had already seen the endless stream of emerging Fierce Beasts, many of which were galloping toward the south.

But now, the might of Buzhou Mountain had greatly increased, heaven and earth were no longer what they used to be, and there were quite a few Hunyuan Golden Immortals in the Primordial World.

These appearing Fierce Beasts, no matter how they devoured and evolved, had absolutely no possibility of putting up a fight.

Let alone him, even the current Demon Court could easily crush these Fierce Beasts to death.

If someone was plotting with the Wangchuan River, it was impossible for them to perform such a useless act.

Glancing at the Hou in the distance, which was wantonly devouring Fierce Beasts, Tian Yuan ignored it. He carefully observed the direction from which the black Qi rose below and quickly fled in one direction.

If this black Qi was truly related to the Northern Earth Veins, there must be a Main Vein point.

Seeing Tian Yuan leave, the Hou hurriedly chased after him, though it did not let go of the Fierce Beasts along the way.

(End of this chapter)