Chapter 148: Destroying the Illusion

Longevity Realm, the edge of the heavens.

A huge island floated in midair, immortal qi swirling, vitality abundant, countless immortal cranes dancing, like a floating continent.

At the very center of the island stood a magnificent palace, upon which three ancient characters were inscribed: Azure Wandering Palace.

This is the famed holy land of the Longevity Realm, the dojo of a generation Half Ancestor powerhouse, Tongtian Jiaozhu.

However, after the group that went to Lost Paradise, the Half Ancestor Tongtian Jiaozhu was slain by the madman Xiao Chen, and the Azure Wandering Palace became much quieter.

Dang!

Just today, a bell sound suddenly rang from within the Azure Wandering Palace, echoing across the entire floating island and even resonating in the hearts of every disciple of the Azure Wandering Palace on the Longevity Continent.

Teacher!

It's the Teacher!

The Teacher has returned again!

Three refined and unworldly women entered the Azure Wandering Palace, seeing the familiar green-clad figure on the main seat, they hurried forward to salute, saying: 'Congratulations, Teacher, on your return!'

Hmm.

Tongtian Jiaozhu nodded, said nothing more, and the three quickly returned to their places, waiting for the rest of the disciples to arrive.

After a moment, figures stepped into the Azure Wandering Palace; seeing the familiar figure on the main seat, their faces lit with joy, they hurried forward to salute.

After an unknown amount of time, once all disciples of the Azure Wandering Palace had gathered, Tongtian Jiaozhu spoke with an indifferent expression: 'Heaven and earth are about to undergo a great change; starting today, the Azure Wandering Palace will enter another realm.'

Yes, Teacher!

Everyone in the Azure Wandering Palace hurriedly performed a respectful salute, with no one raising any questions.

In the Azure Wandering Palace, Tongtian Jiaozhu is heaven.

Moreover, as illusory beings born from the thoughts of all beings, all disciples of the Azure Wandering Palace originate from Tongtian Jiaozhu, this false god Half Ancestor; he is the source of the Azure Wandering Palace disciples.

Therefore, Tongtian Jiaozhu's decision is the decision of the Azure Wandering Palace.

Tongtian Jiaozhu merely announced this decision, with no intention of consulting the others.

Afterward, his aura shifted, and a vast divine light rose from his body, directly enveloping the entire floating island.

Hum

A humming sound rang out, and outside the floating island, in the void, it seemed as if a phantom gate had opened, leading to an illusory world that does not exist in the real world.

In the next moment, the entire floating island directly entered that phantom gate and vanished.

The phantom gate closed, the void returned to normal, aside from the vanished floating island and the disciples of the Azure Wandering Palace.

Almost at the same time, similar events occurred throughout the Longevity Realm.

Buddhism, the Chan Sect, the Jie Sect, Islam, etc.

One by one, the Half Ancestor experts who had fallen in Lost Paradise returned, and they led their own sect's disciples to disappear between heaven and earth.

Many cultivators on the Longevity Continent suddenly realized that numerous Half Ancestor-level forces, as if by agreement, all vanished into thin air at the same time, casting a shadow over their hearts, giving them a feeling of impending storm.

Dragon Island, Dead City, beneath the Heavenly Stele in the central plaza.

Countless black mists continually condensed, forming a tall figure like a desiccated corpse, which was Suirenshi.

He instinctively raised his head and saw that a pair of pale gold eyes had suddenly appeared above Dead City.

"Fuxi."

Suirenshi gazed at those pale gold eyes, vaguely understanding something, and asked: 'Is it time?'

Yes!

A calm and solemn voice echoed within Dead City: 'Senior Suirenshi, it is time to destroy the illusion and let the Nine Provinces fully recover!'

The moment the voice fell, the Heavenly Stele at the center of Dead City's plaza suddenly shook violently and emitted brilliant divine light.

In the next moment, the Heavenly Stele shot straight up, continually shrinking, and merged into the void where those pale gold eyes were, being caught by a palm.

Boom

As the Heavenly Stele disappeared, Dead City began to tremble incessantly, and Suirenshi directly merged with the entire Dead City.

In an instant, the entire Dead City vanished above Dragon Island, completely dispelling the suppressive force on Dragon Island against beings of demigod level and above.

Dragon roars instantly echoed across Dragon Island.

Nine Provinces, within the Ancestral Dragon Village.

Feng Yi's hand reached out from the void, grasped an ancient Heavenly Stele, and directly stored it into his own sea-of-wheels world.

Afterward, gazing at the Dead City hovering above the Ancestral Dragon Village, he moved his foot and instantly appeared within Dead City.

At this moment, Dead City was majestic and towering, like a celestial pillar standing horizontally between heaven and earth, covering the entire sky.

Feng Yi stood upon the walls of Dead City, following his inner sense, his profound technique automatically circulated, activating the power of Fuxi's Zither.

Ding-dong!

The melodious zither notes rang out, accompanied by Fuxi's primordial eight tones, echoing throughout the Nine Provinces and even drifting toward the four directions, resonating with some ancient force existing between heaven and earth in the Nine Provinces.

As the sound rang between heaven and earth, the entire land of the Nine Provinces trembled, causing all beings in the Nine Provinces to feel somewhat panicked and uneasy.

Hum

And as the zither sound rang out, ancient lamps suddenly rose up across the Nine Provinces.

There were nine ancient lamps in total, lighting up with the zither's sound, as if eternal and everlasting, illuminating the entire land of the Nine Provinces.

In a daze, layers of illusions overlapped between heaven and earth, as if the ancient history from myriad ages past were being reenacted now.

Pangu split the darkness, Suirenshi lit the firewood, Shennong tasted a hundred herbs, Fuxi derived the eight trigrams, Nüwa mended the heavens.

One after another, human sages cleared thorns and blazed trails, forging paths for humanity; the images floated between heaven and earth, and at the same time ancient ballads rang out.

A hymn to the ancestral gods, accompanied by the zither's sound, echoed between heaven and earth and within the hearts of all beings, causing the spirits of the Nine Provinces' inhabitants to give rise to endless sorrow, making them unable to hold back from crying out loudly.

Rumble

As the zither's sound rang out, the Nine Provinces seemed to have a certain seal undone; the laws of heaven and earth instantly underwent a tremendous change, and heaven and earth also began to grow at an extremely rapid pace.

At the same time, waves of booming sounds echoed across the land of the Nine Provinces, new mountains and rivers appeared one after another, new rivers wound about, the land extended, the mountains rose, the whole heaven and earth became broader and more vast.

Moreover, this change seemed like a kind of completion and restoration, without the slightest impact on the pattern of the Nine Provinces, as if the original Nine Provinces were already this vast, and now it is merely restored to wholeness.

The Nine Lamps illuminated heaven and earth, as if the human ancestors were protecting the beings of the Nine Provinces, so that the changes in heaven and earth did not greatly affect the beings of the Nine Provinces.

And at the moment the Nine Provinces underwent change, the Four-direction World outside the Nine Provinces also experienced tremendous change.

At the instant the zither melody echoed in the Four-direction World, worlds split open directly, regions were directly extracted and returned to the Nine Provinces, causing the Four-direction World to also revert to its original appearance.

Beyond the Nine Provinces, in the overseas lands, the regions torn from the Four-direction World fell here, forming one extraordinarily unique region after another, with great cities, vast deserts, and ancient islands comparable to continents.

Various special peoples lived in these regions, looking with astonishment at the changes in heaven and earth, feeling trembling and panic from the depths of their hearts.

Upon the Dead City.

Feeling the changes of the entire Nine Provinces world, Feng Yi's eyes showed a hint of satisfaction.

At this moment, the entire Nine Provinces world has been completely restored, forming a cultivation holy land where heaven and earth essence is abundantly rich and the laws of heaven and earth are exceptionally perfected.

Only now can the Nine Provinces be considered a true great world, capable of giving birth to a great world of supreme powerhouses at the Stone Person King level.

Ding-dong!

After a moment, Feng Yi's heart stirred, the zither melody slowly faded, and the nine lamps illuminating heaven and earth sank into the Nine Provinces below, as if guarding the Nine Provinces in darkness.

Glancing at the drifting black mist around, Feng Yi's figure vanished directly from the Dead City, returning to the Ancestral Dragon Village.

And the Dead City likewise sank beneath the Ancestral Dragon Village, as if entering another dimension, completely disappearing.

In the small courtyard, seeing Feng Yi's figure appear, Shennong sighed: 'From the initial illusion-reality battle to now, after endless ages have passed, the Nine Provinces have finally been restored to wholeness; alas, Youchao, Nüwa and other primordial gods can no longer witness this scene!'

"That's not necessarily the case!"

"Huh?"

Upon hearing Feng Yi's implied words, Shennong's expression slightly froze, and he instinctively said: 'Fuxi, have you deduced something? Could it be that Nüwa, Youchao and others did not truly perish?'

"Indeed, I have deduced some different truths."

Nodding, Feng Yi spoke calmly: 'Youchao likely truly perished, but Nüwa was reborn in the Death World, her cultivation advancing further, and even the true form of Suiren was reborn in the Death World.'

"Death World."

Shennong's eyes flashed with realization as he murmured: 'It seems that legend is true; death is not the end of the Death World.'

As he spoke, the power of the otherworld surfaced in his mind, and Shennong fell silent again.

Initially, when more than ten primordial gods faced the otherworld, they were utterly defeated; with the current strength of the Nine Provinces, it would likely be even harder, even if Suiren and Nüwa had not fallen.

After glancing at Shennong, Feng Yi's eyes flickered slightly as he said: 'Shennong, I plan to unify the forces of the Nine Provinces, undertake the unification of the world through martial force, striving to boost the Nine Provinces' overall strength before the otherworld notices its changes.'

Regarding the war against the otherworld, only primordial gods have the true ability to intervene; semi-primordials are at best middle-tier forces, or even cannon fodder.

Moreover, among the many semi-primordials of the Nine Provinces, many have the potential to break through to primordial god status, such as Zhuang Zhou, Sun Wu, Chiyou, Xingtian, Laozi after dispelling illusion, and Buddha, etc.

If these individuals could achieve breakthroughs, adding a few primordial gods to the Nine Provinces, then when facing the otherworld we could reduce casualties somewhat.

Of course, Feng Yi clearly understands that this is only the case if the otherworld does not pay much attention to the Nine Provinces, using it as a training ground.

Once the otherworld gets serious and deploys its true strength, not to mention those stone persons and supreme primordial gods, just the hundreds or thousands of primordial gods alone would be beyond the Nine Provinces' ability to cope.

Moreover, let alone the four primordial ancestors of the Stone Person Kings who are allied with the otherworld, such as the Stone King Zixiao, etc.

To truly resist the otherworld, we need Stone Person King-level strength, and it cannot be an ordinary Stone Person King.

As for the imperial soul shadow within the gate atop the ninety-nine stone steps, there's actually no need to worry too much.

In the present heavens, emperors do not exist; without leisure they must perish. This imperial soul shadow cannot endure long in heaven and earth, as long as one does not recklessly charge head-on like a nine-part stone person or the Five Kings of the Chaotic Land; with the Nine Lamps protecting, it would not dare to easily descend upon the Nine Provinces.

Of course, to truly annihilate the otherworld, we also need the strength to deal with this imperial soul shadow.

Therefore, besides undertaking the unification of the world through martial force, Feng Yi's own cultivation must not be neglected.

(End of Chapter)