The Voidsky Palace, Soaring Cloud Peak.
Soaring Cloud Peak was one of the many floating mountains, chosen by Dongbo Xueying as his residence. The entire peak housed only a single cave abode and a single puppet servant.
Dongbo Xueying descended as a streak of light, landing at the entrance of his cave abode halfway up the mountain.
“Master,” a green-robed maidservant greeted respectfully, her eyes filled with curiosity as she studied her master. He was indeed unique.
Most inner hall elders either roamed the outside world or spent most of their time cultivating within their own abodes. Yet her master almost always trained within the Time Hall—a place exorbitantly expensive. This time, his cultivation session of 180 million years had cost him 450,000 merit points. Such extravagance was something other inner hall elders might indulge in occasionally, but none dared to sustain it long-term!
“Hmm.”
Dongbo Xueying entered his cave abode and immediately settled into a nearby pavilion, drinking alone in silence as he waited. The green-robed maidservant was puzzled but remained dutifully by his side.
Only moments later.
“Elder Dongbo,” a voice called from outside.
“Let him in,” Dongbo Xueying instructed. The maidservant obeyed and went to receive the visitor—no one dared to barge into an inner hall elder’s abode without permission.
Soon, a young man entered, respectfully holding an ordinary storage bracelet. “Elder Dongbo, these are the items the Hall Master instructed me to deliver.”
Dongbo Xueying stretched out his hand, and the storage bracelet flew into his palm. With a thought, he refined it and inspected its contents. Inside were densely packed daggers—3,600 in total. This was a complete set of group-combat flying daggers, named *Frost Shadows*. Each dagger contained formations that allowed them to attack as a unified whole.
However, Dongbo Xueying wasn’t particularly interested in their combined power. What he valued was their sheer quantity—perfect for refining one of his signature techniques, *Fish-Dragon Slaughter*. Though each dagger was relatively simple in material, the entire set of high-grade Void God weapons had cost him 600,000 merit points, a price he found quite reasonable.
After all, the true might of his *Soldier Annihilation* technique lay in its application to powerful weapons. Relying solely on the technique’s raw power was still somewhat lacking.
Aside from the daggers, the storage bracelet contained a few other miscellaneous items. Altogether, they had cost him 1.5 million merit points. Though expensive, these were treasures—even if he didn’t use them, he could always resell them later without loss.
“Dismissed,” Dongbo Xueying commanded.
“Yes.” The young man bowed respectfully and withdrew.
“Nineclouds Continent…” Dongbo Xueying then activated his communication token to accept a mission. The Nineclouds Continent mission had drawn forces from the Sacred World of Sevenstar Sea, the Sacred World of Eastlore, and the Sacred World of Myriad Eons. Even the Ancient Sacred Religion and the Mother Goddess Cult had infiltrated it.
After accepting the mission, Dongbo Xueying spent some time familiarizing himself with the flying daggers. Only after leisurely finishing a jug of wine did he rise to his feet.
“If any friends come looking for me, inform them that I have left—and that I will be gone for a long time,” he instructed.
“Yes,” the green-robed maidservant acknowledged dutifully, though inwardly she marveled at her master’s relentless pace. Barely out of seclusion, he was already departing again—most other inner hall elders lived far more leisurely lives.
*Whoosh.*
She watched as Dongbo Xueying transformed into a streak of light and vanished into the distance. What she didn’t know was that while other experts disregarded time, her master cultivated within the Time Hall precisely to save it. He was the last person who could afford to waste a single moment!
Many True God disciples had witnessed Dongbo Xueying’s emergence from seclusion, and soon, several inner hall elders extended invitations to meet him—even the couple ‘Lei Chen Qingruo’ came to pay their respects. Unfortunately, by the time they arrived, Dongbo Xueying had already departed, and his absence was said to be “long.” For a powerful cultivator, such a term often implied an exaggerated duration.
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The Nineclouds Continent was vast and boundless, teeming with countless experts. Even a Chaos Realm giant would require an immense amount of time to traverse its entirety via spatial tears.
Moreover, the continent’s de facto supreme ruler—the Cosmic God ‘Chunyi, the Law Ancestor’—had long decreed a ban on spatial teleportation arrays. While the Five Sacred Worlds boasted numerous teleportation arrays, travel was still arduous. The Nineclouds Continent, lacking any such arrays, made movement even more difficult. This was Chunyi’s way of hindering the infiltration efforts of the two great factions.
Without teleportation arrays, the number of top-tier experts the factions could dispatch remained limited. As for ordinary experts? They were incapable of shifting the continent’s overarching balance, given the sheer number of native powerhouses—some even reaching the Chaos Realm.
*Boom—*
A white-robed, white-haired figure emerged from the distorted space as the surroundings gradually stabilized.
“Nineclouds Continent?” The silver-masked man murmured, his disguised appearance meant to avoid recognition—he remained wary of the Ancient Sacred Religion. The rules of this world exerted a powerful suppression, only slightly weaker than that of the Sacred World of Sevenstar Sea. Yet the primal aura here felt oddly soothing to the soul.
“As expected of a fragment of the Primordial Ancient Sacred World. Though smaller than the Sacred Worlds, its aura nourishes the soul—beneficial to weaker lifeforms, though negligible for Void Gods.” Dongbo Xueying assessed silently. The foundational cultivation here surpassed even that of the Sacred Worlds.
“Arriving was easy, thanks to Hall Master Wentian’s teleportation. But returning will be troublesome.” He sighed.
The number of Chaos Realm giants on the Nineclouds Continent was minuscule. None possessed the ability for ultra-long-range teleportation—not even Chunyi, despite being a Cosmic God. To return to the Voidsky Palace, he would have to traverse the Chaos Void the hard way.
“Very well.”
“Nineclouds Continent…”
“Less perilous than the Void’s edge. A suitable place for me to earn as many Sourceworld Stones as possible.” He steeled himself.
*Whoosh.*
Dongbo Xueying vanished, phasing through the void.
Though his mastery of the Voidwalker lineage allowed him to tear open spatial passages, he needed to carefully observe his surroundings first. Hall Master Wentian’s teleportation had likely placed him far from his intended destination, and the Voidsky Palace’s map of the Nineclouds Continent was rudimentary at best—only marking major locations and factions. Lesser powers shifted too frequently to track.
*Whoosh.*
A luxurious airship soared through the sky, manned by numerous guards—all at the True God level, with a Void God as their captain.
“Hmm? Nine Void Gods and even a Unity Realm expert aboard this ship? Must belong to a significant faction.” Dongbo Xueying, still navigating the void to pinpoint his location, instantly detected the vessel’s occupants. In the Five Sacred Worlds, a Unity Realm expert was considered formidable—on the Nineclouds Continent, they were no less so. In smaller realms like Chaos Landmasses or isolated universes, they would reign as supreme overlords.
“Audacious!”
When Dongbo Xueying materialized before the ship, the guards roared in anger—though they knew better than to underestimate the white-haired, silver-masked man. Only Unity Realm experts could teleport, though some exceptionally skilled Void Gods might manage it. Regardless, this was no ordinary foe.
Soon, a group emerged from the ship’s interior, led by a red-robed woman with piercingly bright eyes. She studied the stranger outside.
“Who are you? How dare you obstruct a warship of the Heavenrend Sword Sect?” she demanded.
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