“They’re here.” The two powerful figures standing guard on the city walls perked up as they spotted a group of cultivators emerging from the void in the distance.
“It’s Daoist Youya and Divine Emperor Feixue’s team.”
Their hearts raced slightly.
Indeed, the entire Chiyun City was in an uproar. From the three city lords down to the weakest cultivators with only late-stage Divine Emperor combat power, everyone had been whispering one name over the past half-day—’Divine Emperor Feixue.’
Divine Emperor Feixue’s methods were unprecedented in Chiyun City—no, more accurately, in the entire ‘Sacred Realm’s’ history! With his power alone, he could weaken all 1,200 perfected Divine Emperor-level Hunyuan lifeforms, reducing them to mere ‘late-stage Divine Emperor’ combat strength! Such a feat was simply unimaginable.
In the face of Divine Emperor Feixue, the most terrifying advantage of the Hunyuan lifeforms—their overwhelming numbers—was instantly nullified!
“Divine Emperor Feixue, let’s head straight to Chiyun Hall.”
“Too many in the city wish to see you now. It’s best we go directly to Chiyun Hall and distribute those Hunyuan lifeform corpses as soon as possible!”
The group surged forward, closing in on Chiyun City’s walls.
The cultivators all clustered around Dongbo Xueying, who had become the undisputed leader of the group. Even Daoist Youya and Xie Fan couldn’t help but sigh inwardly—after all, being with Dongbo Xueying made obtaining ‘food’ far too easy.
“Wait a moment.”
Dongbo Xueying’s gaze swept across the two guards on the walls, and he immediately called out before diving down, landing directly atop the battlements.
As he descended, the other cultivators followed, alighting on the walls as well.
“Divine Emperor Feixue,” the two guards greeted respectfully, their tones far more deferential than before.
“Brother Junqian, Brother Fushan, why so formal? Just call me Brother Feixue,” Dongbo Xueying said with a smile. “When I first arrived in Chiyun City and was besieged by a horde of Shadow Reapers, it was thanks to the two of you that Eagle-Snake Deity and the others came to my rescue.”
These two guards were none other than Junqian and Fushan.
Seeing Dongbo Xueying’s courtesy, the two couldn’t help but grin, swelling with pride. They knew full well that Dongbo Xueying’s current status was likely no less than that of the three city lords!
“With Brother Feixue’s strength, even without rescue, you could have easily fended off those Shadow Reapers,” Fushan said with a smile.
Junqian grinned widely. “We’ve all heard about it—Brother Feixue effortlessly weakened 1,200 perfected Divine Emperor-level Hunyuan lifeforms. Such a technique left us utterly dumbfounded.”
Dongbo Xueying chuckled.
With everyone in the group possessing communication treasures, his terrifying methods had naturally spread like wildfire. Soon, the entire Chiyun City was abuzz with the news.
“I must take my leave now—I still need to visit Chiyun Hall,” Dongbo Xueying said. “Once your guard duty ends, be sure to visit my abode.”
“Of course, of course.”
Junqian and Fushan quickly agreed.
They had taken on the tedious role of ‘guards’ in exchange for food precisely because hunting outside the city was fraught with great risk. If they could forge closer ties with Dongbo Xueying, joining his team would be effortless. Everyone knew the staggering harvests reaped by ‘Divine Emperor Feixue’s’ hunting parties—even a tiny share would be unimaginably bountiful.
“Let’s go.” Dongbo Xueying soared through the sky.
The other cultivators followed, flying straight toward Chiyun Hall, many of them brimming with anticipation.
Every hunt, the ‘distribution at Chiyun Hall’ was their most anticipated moment—but this time, it was even more so. After all, they had hunted a staggering 82 perfected Divine Emperor-level Hunyuan lifeforms.
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As Dongbo Xueying’s team returned, the news spread rapidly throughout Chiyun City.
In the underground hall of Vice City Lord ‘Wu Xiao’s’ abode…
“Hu…”
“Xi…”
A colossal humanoid figure, three thousand meters long, lay sprawled across the hall, snoring deeply. Its silver-white body emitted a faint glow, each pore on its skin a deep void passage from which countless mechanical constructs flew out, swirling around it. Just as many constructs continuously re-entered its body through those same pores.
A single strand of its hair, magnified billions of times, contained within it a vast universe—complete with countless warships and mechas locked in cosmic battles.
“Hmm?”
Suddenly, its breathing paused. The countless mechanical constructs orbiting its body swiftly retreated into its pores.
It sat up, rubbing its head.
“They’re back?” Wu Xiao murmured.
In all of Chiyun City—no, in the entire Sacred Realm—Wu Xiao’s origins were the most extraordinary.
His ancestor… was one of the most terrifying overlords among the transcendent Hunyuan experts! And Wu Xiao himself was the strongest descendant of that ancestor, the one closest to ‘transcending the cage and achieving Hunyuan.’
Even for the bloodline of an overlord, ascending to Hunyuan was an incomparably arduous task.
With his terrifying bloodline and relentless effort, Wu Xiao’s strength was naturally immense. If Xie Fan was the ‘heaviest’ being in Chiyun City, then Wu Xiao was the strongest in raw physique and power—and also the most adept at reconnaissance. His bloodline alone allowed him to rival the other two city lords, ‘Nine-Headed Serpent Ancestor’ and ‘Fengyun Yiyie.’
“Small, small, small,” Wu Xiao muttered.
His body rapidly shrank, compressing with terrifying force, his skin rippling with violent fluctuations. To Wu Xiao, his body was akin to a celestial body—shrinking it caused drastic internal changes.
“Tch. Everyone else in Chiyun City can maintain a normal size with ease, but I have to suppress myself,” Wu Xiao grumbled. His bloodline was unique, and his cultivated form was naturally enormous. His ancestor’s body was so vast it was only slightly smaller than an entire ‘Source World.’ Though Wu Xiao was far from that level, his unconstrained form was still staggeringly large.
In the Sacred Realm, under suppression, his height stabilized at three thousand meters—his ‘normal’ size. Further compression would disrupt his internal balance.
But there was no choice.
The abodes in Chiyun City were standardized, with most halls only a thousand meters tall. If he didn’t shrink, he couldn’t even enter his own abode’s chambers! And when conversing with other cultivators, he couldn’t very well loom over them at three thousand meters while they stood at ordinary heights.
“That ‘Divine Emperor Feixue’—I’ve never heard of such a terrifying technique before. I must meet him.” Wu Xiao left the underground hall.
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Fragrant incense filled the air as a handsome, bald youth sat cross-legged on the grass. His smile was gentle, his eyes brimming with boundless compassion.
This was the ‘Nine-Headed Serpent Ancestor.’
One of the three strongest figures in Chiyun City. While Wu Xiao’s background was unparalleled, the Nine-Headed Serpent Ancestor had indisputably climbed from the weakest mortal worlds, enduring countless trials and tribulations to reach unfathomable heights on the ‘Witch’ path. Normally, other cultivation paths were weaker than the ‘Dao Comprehender’ route.
Dao Comprehenders grasped the essence of rules, even creating their own semi-Hunyuan lifeforms. They could typically fight above their level against other paths.
Wu Xiao was an exception, of course.
But the Nine-Headed Serpent Ancestor, on the Witch path, could actually defeat normal ‘semi-Hunyuan lifeform Dao Comprehenders!’ Not only could they not surpass their level, they couldn’t even match him.
His strength was on par with Fengyun Yiyie—a monstrous Dao Comprehender who had cultivated two paths to the semi-Hunyuan level! The fact that the Nine-Headed Serpent Ancestor could rival him spoke volumes about his unparalleled genius.
His brilliance had long attracted the attention of certain Hunyuan experts!
“On the ‘Hunyuan Chaos Corridor’ I traversed before, I was invincible. But in this legendary world of survival… Wu Xiao at least has the full support of a Hunyuan expert. Yet Fengyun Yiyie, like me, climbed from the mortal realm step by step, matching me effortlessly.” The Nine-Headed Serpent Ancestor’s gentle eyes gleamed with anticipation. “Now, this ‘Divine Emperor Feixue’ has surpassed me in handling hordes of Hunyuan lifeforms. What kind of technique is that? A domain? A soul attack?”
At this moment, he was deeply curious about Dongbo Xueying.
Rising to his feet, he too left his underground hall.
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“I heard… he’s also a Dao Comprehender?”
Fengyun Yiyie—the only being in the entire Sacred Realm to have reached the semi-Hunyuan level in two paths—sent a direct message to Dongbo Xueying through his communication treasure.
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