Chapter 301: What Is a Lord?

Chen Jiu, the old bearded man, the bald old man in yellow robes, and Dongbo Xueying—this team of four were flying together toward Hongshi Mountain.

“Dongbo Xueying, from now on we’ll face life and death together. You probably don’t know Old Rogue and Fu Uncle’s names yet, hahaha. Let me introduce them to you first,” Chen Jiu smiled. “Old Rogue’s name is Chen Gu, and Fu Uncle’s name is Chen Fu.”

“Just call me Old Rogue,” the bearded old man, Chen Gu, chuckled.

“Greetings, Brother Dongbo Xueying. Just call me Chen Fu,” the bald old man in yellow robes grinned. “Once we enter Hongshi Mountain, we’ll need your help, Brother Dongbo.”

Dongbo Xueying immediately said, “Chen Fu, Old Rogue, from now on we’ll face life and death together, and support each other.”

Chen Jiu, Chen Gu, Chen Fu…

They all share the surname Chen?

Interesting.

“They’re all from my estate. They grew up together in my estate, and they all bear the surname Chen,” Chen Jiu smiled.

“Admirable. A single estate can have so many experts,” Dongbo Xueying praised. “Among my Xia Clan, there are very few powerful experts.”

“This world is different,” Chen Jiu said while flying. “The Material World and the Divine Realm differ. In the Divine Realm, it’s easy to become extraordinary, so there are far more powerful experts.”

“Our Feijian Estate is renowned. We have hundreds of Demi-Gods and even two full Gods. Actually, our Estate Lord doesn’t need to come here risking his life,” the bearded old man shook his head.

Dongbo Xueying was astonished.

Hundreds of Demi-Gods? Two Gods? And Chen Jiu is the Estate Lord?

“My Feijian Estate is now facing a major threat. We might be destroyed at any moment. That’s why I immediately sought the protection of a Boundary God, willing to take this risk for him,” Chen Jiu shook his head. “Sigh, compared to the mortal world, the Divine Realm is infinitely more powerful. However, even my Feijian Estate could be destroyed at any time if targeted. That’s why I agreed to this Boundary God’s request for this adventure—at least he can protect my Feijian Estate for ten thousand years! If I can successfully return, it will be even better. I have to take this gamble.”

“Everyone has their difficulties,” Dongbo Xueying said.

“Your Xia Clan is in an even worse situation than my Feijian Estate. You have a powerful Great Demon God, and another one who is reportedly a Lord of the Material World,” Chen Jiu shook his head.

“A Lord of the Material World? What do you mean?” Dongbo Xueying asked in confusion.

They were flying through the dark void, and no one was flying too fast since there was no urgency. Especially Dongbo Xueying’s team, this was actually their first detailed conversation, so they fell behind.

Chen Jiu answered willingly: “When an expert from your mortal world ascends to the Divine Realm and becomes a God, if they can continuously break through the thresholds within their ten-thousand-year lifespan to reach the peak of Divine-level strength, they can attempt to refine and control the ‘World Core’ of their mortal world. If they succeed in refining it before being forced to leave, then the entire mortal world becomes their territory. They can live permanently in that mortal world. Such gods are called Lords—the Lords of the Material World!”

“Refining a mortal world? Becoming a Divine-level peak within ten thousand years and successfully refining the World Core?” Dongbo Xueying asked in confusion. “Are these Material World Lords very powerful and unique?”

Divine-level peak.

Among the Xia Clan, even the ancestors who have been in the Divine Realm for countless eons have achieved this status only three times. Each of them had to obtain some rare opportunities and spend countless years to reach that level.

“Extremely powerful!”

Chen Jiu remarked, “To achieve all this in merely ten thousand years is truly extraordinary. Such profound enlightenment typically signifies that one can ultimately ascend to the level of a Boundary God! Though the Wushen is still quite young, he has already become a formidable Boundary God! You must realize… the disparity between a Boundary God and an ordinary god is akin to the difference between a celestial being and a mere mortal.”

Dongbo Xueying nodded slightly.

“Once they become Lords, as long as they obtain a cultivation technique for creating clones, they can cultivate clones to adventure in the Divine Realm while their main body stays permanently in their home world,” Chen Jiu sighed. “This is absolutely safe! Even the mighty experts of the Divine Realm cannot forcefully descend into the Material World. Therefore, the Lords of the Material World are almost immortal. Even if their clones in the Divine Realm are killed, they can cultivate new clones. Their main bodies never need to take risks.”

“Therefore—”

“In the Divine Realm, these Material World Lords usually hold special status. Because even if you kill them, you can only kill their clones at most. Therefore, they generally act more recklessly,” Chen Jiu said. “Of course, unless their mortal world gradually ages and collapses. However, once they become Lords, they usually do everything they can to delay this time. As long as their cultivated mortal world doesn’t perish, they are immortal.”

“The Wushen is precisely such a Lord!” Chen Jiu said.

Dongbo Xueying felt a heavy weight in his heart.

“Countless mortal worlds constitute the entire Material World. The entire Material World has extremely strong repulsion rules! Although many powerful existences in the Divine Realm are also very strong in space-time, they can’t even send some extraordinary beings into the Material World. The repulsion of the entire Material World is just too strong,” Chen Jiu said. “Only the Temple of Time and Space can send extraordinary beings into the Material World! And even then, only extraordinary beings. If it’s a god, they can’t even come in.”

“A Boundary God, in a mortal world he has completely refined and controlled! Who could kill him?” Chen Jiu said. “The Wushen is practically immortal. Since he is plotting to start a war, such an existence, when he moves… it’s terrifying.”

Dongbo Xueying nodded slightly.

Chen Jiu regarded Dongbo Xueying as a life-and-death companion, which was why he explained all this in detail.

“What a pity,” Dongbo Xueying sighed inwardly.

Although many gods had been born from the Xia Clan, reaching the peak of Divine-level within ten thousand years and refining the World Core was extremely difficult. No one had ever accomplished it.

If someone had achieved this, the Xia Clan’s world would have been truly as solid as a fortress, leaving no room for other forces to scheme.

…

Chatting along the way, the three main and servant figures from Chen’s side, together with Dongbo Xueying, finally arrived at the edge of Hongshi Mountain.

Looking at the majestic Hongshi Mountain, which seemed endless, Dongbo Xueying turned his head to look behind. In the distance, the silver-robed woman was watching—his wife! Alongside her were Palace Master Chen, Chi Qiu Bai, Sikong Yang, He Shan Zhu, Bu Cheng Zhu, and other Xia Clan experts.

“I will come back,” Dongbo Xueying said.

Then he turned his head forward.

“Let’s go, we’ll head up.”

Dongbo Xueying, Chen Jiu, and the other two formed the last team among the four. They all stepped onto the stone path on Hongshi Mountain, advancing cautiously. The entire Hongshi Mountain radiated endless heat, with scorching air currents occasionally surging forth, and sometimes even terrifying flames. However, the flames always erupted from the crevices between the mountain’s rocks, following predictable patterns.

As long as they were careful, vigilant, and observed every trace around them without the slightest carelessness, they wouldn’t be unfortunate enough to be caught in the flames.

Before long, the four of them had already reached the end of the stone path.

There stood a massive dark black gate. The edges of the gate were adorned with mysterious golden patterns. The gate rumbled open once again, and the first three teams had already entered one after another.

“Let’s go,” Dongbo Xueying didn’t look back, directly walking into the dark black gate with Chen Jiu and the others.

With a loud rumble~~~

The dark black gate closed again.

…

“We’re in.”

As soon as they walked through the gate, it quickly shut behind them with a loud bang.

Dongbo Xueying, Chen Jiu, and the other two looked ahead. At this moment, nearby were the teams of Wu Ma Hai, Meishan Master, and the young golden-robed swordsman Emperor. The three teams weren’t in a hurry to act and were all standing at the entrance of the gate, gazing into the distance.

Looking at a glance…

This was a vast island. Beyond the island, there was an endless starry sky!

The starry sky was brilliant, with countless stars constantly moving and changing their trajectories.