A massive chunk of space vanished—not merely concealed. As it disappeared, the surrounding space seamlessly closed in, as if it had never existed, leaving no trace to be found. Clearly, that portion of space had been completely isolated from the normal continuum.
Such was the nature of the treasure left behind by the Divine Emperor Jiuyun.
Once hidden…
It could never be found again!
“It’s Xueying, it must be Xueying!” The Void Primogenitor exclaimed excitedly. “He vanished without a trace before, infiltrated the depths of the Fire Prison, and even the multiple arrays laid down by the Sacred Master couldn’t detect him! It must be the pinnacle of Voidform. The palm technique he just used, the spatial isolation… His mastery of the Void Path surpasses even mine! He might even rival the Divine Emperor Jiuyun himself. And he excels in illusions—the Hall Master of Tianshui was instantly ensnared, unable to resist.”
“Proficient in both the Void and the Illusory Realm, reaching such heights… A master like this doesn’t emerge without enduring countless trials. How could he appear out of nowhere? It must be Xueying! Xueying was always skilled in illusions and the Void, and he even inherited the legacy of the Divine Emperor Jiuyun!”
“Moreover, he knows about the Heart Realm Token!”
“To risk invading the Ancient Sacred Realm just to save Yu Jingqiu… Who else could it be? A conspiracy? I refuse to believe the Sacred Master could find such a master.” The Void Primogenitor trembled with excitement.
The death of his disciple, Gu Qi, had grieved him deeply.
And now, the death of Gu Qi’s only and most outstanding disciple, Dongbo Xueying, had filled the Void Primogenitor with guilt. But the appearance of this silver-masked expert—he was certain—was none other than his grand-disciple, Dongbo Xueying!
“Yes, over ninety percent certainty—it’s Xueying.” Ancestor Tianyu, too, was overjoyed. “Regardless, we must aid him. Once we meet, a final confirmation will settle it.”
“How long has he been gone? And he’s already reached the second level of Cosmic God?” The Witch Ancestor marveled. “Is the Heart Realm Token truly so miraculous?”
“Let’s observe for now.”
The Meta Ancestor smiled. “His strength is considerable. Even the Sacred Master won’t find it easy to kill him. If things turn dire, we can intervene in time. Besides, he’s already vanished—there’s no finding him now.”
“True.”
“Let’s wait.”
None of them were in a hurry now.
In their eyes, a second-level Cosmic God with the pinnacle of Voidform possessed near-invincible survival skills. Even the Divine Emperor Jiuyun had only fallen during the shattering of the Primordial Ancient Sacred Realm.
“Xueying?” Though the Void Primogenitor was convinced in his heart, he wouldn’t rest easy until he saw him face to face.
—
Within the sealed space.
The roughly nineteen hundred layers of the Fire Prison remained inside, its many guards in disarray, while the prisoners were bewildered—some even harboring faint hope. Trapped in the endless darkness of the Fire Prison, any upheaval was a welcome change, for it might mean a chance at escape.
Dongbo Xueying hovered mid-air.
“The Five-Phase Sealing Art alone won’t be enough to escape. If it were that easy, the Divine Emperor Jiuyun wouldn’t have perished back then.” He understood this well.
“Retrieve.”
With a thought, he manipulated the Void, shifting the entire Fire Prison—all nineteen hundred layers—into his pocket dimension. The guards were relocated to a single location, to be dealt with later, while the prisoners were temporarily freed from their torment.
“Boom—”
The entire sealed space trembled violently.
Dongbo Xueying looked up sharply. “Not good. This space is completely isolated—even the Boundary-Piercing Teleportation Art can’t penetrate it. Not even I can escape.”
This space was utterly severed from the outside world.
Only the Great Boundary-Piercing Teleportation Art could traverse it—otherwise, the only way out was to destroy the space itself.
From within, it was simpler: brute force could shatter the seal if the attack exceeded its limits.
But from the outside?
The sealed space had shrunk to an imperceptible point, nearly impossible to locate.
“Boom! Boom! Boom—” The sealed space shattered into fragments.
“To think you could perform spatial isolation—who are you? Since when did the Chaos Void produce a master like you?” The Sacred Master’s voice carried amusement as he struck. Within his domain, spatial isolation was a trivial matter—he could easily pinpoint the vanishing point. With his experience battling the Divine Emperor Jiuyun, he knew isolated spaces didn’t move.
All he had to do was attack that single point!
Within his domain—even within the Ancient Sacred Realm—spatial isolation was a joke. The Sacred Master controlled everything here.
But outside?
Finding it would be far harder.
Like when the Divine Emperor Jiuyun fled to distant lands, isolating a space and shrinking it to conceal his treasure vault.
The boundless Jiuyun Continent was vast beyond measure—how could the Sacred Master locate it? It was harder than finding a needle in the ocean!
—
“Whoosh—”
The moment the sealed space shattered, Dongbo Xueying shot upward at blinding speed. Yet, within the Sacred Master’s terrifying domain, his form remained visible.
“Trying to flee?” Clad in black gauze, the Sacred Master gripped an ancient, mottled spear.
At that moment, the towering Ancient Sacred Pagoda—its countless black rays of light enveloping the entire realm—channeled its overwhelming power into the spear, amplifying its might to terrifying heights. Dongbo Xueying, already surfacing above ground, paled. “Not good.”
This was why none dared invade the Ancient Sacred Realm.
Even if they did, their efforts would be futile.
The Sacred Master’s ‘Ancient Sacred Avatar’ was one with the realm itself. Here, he could draw upon its full power, elevating his strength to unimaginable levels. Outside, he was already invincible. Inside, even the combined might of the Blade Emperor, the Meta Ancestor, and others could only hope to retreat unscathed. Only the Stone Sage had ever dared charge in recklessly—and even he had been forced into a stalemate, left gravely wounded and slumbering.
“Shhht—” The Sacred Master hurled the spear. It vanished instantly, moving faster than thought.
“This—”
Dongbo Xueying had anticipated it.
But it was still too fast.
The spear struck his chest, its tip generating black fissures—the cracks of a shattered world-barrier! Even with his pinnacle Voidform, pain lanced through him.
“Riiip—” The spear’s impact sent Dongbo Xueying hurtling backward like a streak of light, flung hundreds of thousands of miles in an instant.
“What?!” The Sacred Master, who had been calmly confident until now, finally showed shock.
He saw clearly—
The spear had pierced the silver-masked youth’s chest, but only barely, breaking skin without drawing blood. Dongbo Xueying controlled his flesh, preventing even a single drop from spilling.
“He actually wounded me.” Dongbo Xueying glanced down. The ancient spear had broken his skin but could penetrate no further, halted by his dense musculature.
“My Hunyuan Body is the supreme physique-cultivation method of the Heart Realm Continent, refined with Hunyuan energy. It rivals that of ordinary second-level Cosmic Gods! Combined with my pinnacle Voidform… I thought my survivability would match the Meta Ancestor’s. Seems I still fall short.”
He had once witnessed the Sacred Master and the Meta Ancestor clash—the Sacred Master couldn’t even scratch the latter!
But Dongbo Xueying had overestimated the Meta Ancestor. Normally, the Sacred Master couldn’t shatter world-barriers. Only within the Ancient Sacred Realm, empowered by its energy, could he achieve such feats. That spear strike had breached reality itself—just as Dongbo Xueying had done through Void Path mastery. The Sacred Master had relied on sheer, overwhelming force.
Even the Meta Ancestor would have suffered minor injuries from such a strike. That Dongbo Xueying endured it with so little damage was terrifying.
“What a monstrous physique!”
“This body…?”
“Among us, only the Meta Ancestor and the Demon Mountain Primogenitor might slightly surpass him.” The distant observers—the Witch Ancestor, the Meta Ancestor, the Blade Emperor, the Sword Master, Ancestor Tianyu, and the Void Primogenitor—were stunned.
This physique defied reason.
The Demon Mountain Primogenitor and the Meta Ancestor were both physique cultivators, though the latter, guided by the Stone Sage, had reached the pinnacle of the second level.
The Meta Ancestor couldn’t help but mutter, “His physique isn’t overwhelmingly strong—likely on par with Demon Mountain’s. But with his pinnacle Voidform, his survivability nears mine. Void Path experts are already hard to kill—since when did they also possess such monstrous physiques? Has Dongbo Xueying achieved such heights in body cultivation too?”
His master, the Stone Sage, had valued Dongbo Xueying for his mastery of the ‘Vermilion Nightmare Legacy’—a soul-based art, not physique.
Little did he know…
This was the result of the ‘Xia Emperor’—the Heart Realm Continent’s unrivaled powerhouse—creating a Void Path physique technique infused with Hunyuan energy. Dongbo Xueying had exchanged a hundred thousand merits to obtain it.
“Whoosh—”
“Tell me, who are you?” The Sacred Master recalled the spear, which reappeared in his grasp. He pursued Dongbo Xueying at blinding speed.
Neither could teleport here—only fly. Within the Ancient Sacred Realm, Dongbo Xueying couldn’t use Boundary-Piercing Teleportation; a single stray lightning bolt would disrupt the channel.
And in raw speed… even a Void Path master was no match for the Sacred Master.
The distance between them rapidly shrank.
“With such mastery of the Void, such a formidable physique, and traces of higher-dimensional space upon you… You cannot escape.” The Sacred Master’s eyes burned with fervor. His aura shifted—once regal and commanding, now dripping with malevolence, so vile it chilled Dongbo Xueying’s heart.
“Roooar—”
Black flames wreathed the Sacred Master as scales emerged across his skin, even covering his face.
Dongbo Xueying, still fleeing, stared in shock. “A Destruction Demon!”
After eons in the Labyrinth Corridor, he recognized it instantly.
The strongest being in the Chaos Void… was a Destruction Demon!
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