Master ‘Blood Blade Divine Emperor’ rushed off to pursue the leaders of the Ancestral Cult, and Dongbo Xueying let out a sigh of relief. With a thought, the hazy fluctuations surging from the mouth of the black gourd ceased, and he promptly stoppered it and put it away.
“What a close call. A group of leaders ganging up on me—if I hadn’t just cultivated the *Walker’s Secret Code*, I’d have been killed in an instant.” Dongbo Xueying glanced at his chest, where the wound had already healed. The *Annihilation Extreme Profound Armor* covering his body made him shake his head inwardly. “The armor’s usefulness is waning. After all, what I obtained was only the soldier-level cultivation method.”
With his current strength, if he were to return to the Ruin Realm, he might be able to obtain the captain-level method.
But Dongbo Xueying no longer cared! After cultivating the *Walker’s Secret Code*, his body had surpassed even the *Ten Thousand Demons True Body* in resilience. His skin alone was now as tough as the *Annihilation Extreme Profound Armor*! He was certain that once he reached the fifth or sixth layer—or even higher—the armor would truly become obsolete.
*Huff.*
His body faintly blurred, taking on a translucent quality.
Dongbo Xueying nodded to himself. This was another life-preservation technique of the Voidwalker lineage. At higher levels, when an enemy’s weapon struck, it would feel as though it had passed through empty space, never even touching his flesh.
Unfortunately, he was still only at the first layer and relatively weak. Relying solely on the Voidwalker lineage wouldn’t have been enough to withstand the combined assault of five leaders. Thankfully, he had also mastered the top-tier *Illusory Realm Path*. Within the illusory world, enemy attacks might still penetrate, but their power would be drastically weakened by the time they reached his body. This was the true might of *Rule Mysteries*.
Even *Gu Qi* had once said that the path of comprehending Rule Mysteries was exceptionally formidable in the later stages!
*BOOM—*
A terrifying ripple of power suddenly echoed from the distant void.
Dongbo Xueying’s head snapped up. “Master is fighting those Ancestral Cult leaders?”
*Whoosh.*
Silently gripping the black gourd, he sped toward the source of the disturbance. He didn’t dare move too quickly, instead closing the distance gradually. A battle of this level wasn’t something he could casually intervene in. The only reason he dared approach was his confidence in his survival skills—and the possibility that the black gourd might be of use.
*BOOOOM—*
An invisible shockwave radiated outward in all directions.
Barren stars trembled for an instant before crumbling into dust, vanishing into nothingness. Among them was a living world, teeming with mortals and even a few transcendent beings—though the strongest were only at the Demigod level. On this world, there were babbling infants, elderly enjoying their twilight years, ambitious youths, lovers entwined in passion… and cultivators seeking adventure.
None of them knew that catastrophe was upon them.
*Hum.*
A mere ripple of the aftermath swept toward them—a residual force from the clash between Blood Blade Divine Emperor and the five Ancestral Cult leaders. Even at such an extreme distance, it would have instantly obliterated even a first or second-level World God, let alone the fragile lives on this planet.
*”Halt.”*
Dongbo Xueying materialized in the void beside the living world. With nothing more than a glance toward the incoming ripple—*BOOM*—his willpower distorted the fabric of space ahead, effortlessly dispersing the remnant force. After all, this was merely a faint echo from an unfathomably distant battle. And now, Dongbo Xueying was strong enough to at least *contend* with a Paragon’s level of power. Surviving an assault from five leaders was proof enough.
“The scale of this battle is insane,” Dongbo Xueying muttered to himself.
“Xueying, come here.” A voice resonated in his mind.
Without hesitation, he teleported toward the battlefield, arriving frighteningly close to the heart of the conflict.
A stretch of void, once turbulent with particle streams, was now gradually settling. The cosmos was returning to normal—though the surroundings were devoid of any debris, dust, or celestial bodies. Standing amidst it all was Blood Blade Divine Emperor, clad in dark crimson robes. His aura of slaughter enveloped the space around him, staining the void with a faint crimson hue.
Noticing Dongbo Xueying’s momentary hesitation at the overwhelming bloodlust, the Divine Emperor quickly reined in his presence.
“Master’s aura is terrifying,” Dongbo Xueying thought. This was the first time he’d seen his master unleash such a fearsome killing intent in front of him. Normally, it was tightly suppressed.
“Impressive. To survive an ambush by five leaders with just a clone…” Blood Blade Divine Emperor remarked with an approving smile.
“My combat strength is lacking—I had to rely on the black gourd—but I’m confident in my survival skills,” Dongbo Xueying replied. “They probably don’t know enough about me yet.”
Blood Blade Divine Emperor nodded. “Exactly. Keep your life-preservation methods hidden—the more secrets, the better. That way, you’ll have a greater chance of surviving unexpected dangers. Once exposed, enemies can tailor traps specifically to counter you. Even Zhushan turned traitor… Now, we can’t even fully trust our own people.”
Dongbo Xueying nodded solemnly.
The betrayal of the Bamboo Mountain Prefecture Lord had sent shockwaves through the entire cultivator faction.
Suddenly—
A figure materialized beside them: a cold-faced man with black robes and hair—*Island Master of Time and Space*. His gaze swept the surroundings, and the starry scene instantly shifted, replaying fragments of the earlier battle in an instant. He turned to Blood Blade Divine Emperor. “Blood Blade, were these Ancestral Cult leaders here to ambush your disciple? In *my* territory… and you didn’t inform me?”
“If they dared strike in your domain, they must have prepared countermeasures against you,” Blood Blade Divine Emperor said calmly. “And with those in place, even you alone wouldn’t have been able to save Xueying from the Ancestral Cult’s assault.”
The Island Master’s brow furrowed, but he remained silent.
He knew it was true.
His mastery over time and space was unparalleled in the cosmos, but his other abilities were glaringly lacking.
“You’ve got some skill,” the Island Master said, turning to Dongbo Xueying. “Surviving an ambush by five leaders is no small feat.”
“Survival is my specialty,” Dongbo Xueying replied with a faint smile.
“Hahaha… In this universe, with his ability to escape the combined assault of five leaders, I doubt anyone could take down my disciple one-on-one now,” Blood Blade Divine Emperor declared.
The Island Master glanced at him.
Others might not be capable, but he believed… the current Blood Blade Divine Emperor certainly was.
They had been rivals for countless years, yet he knew all too well the gap between them had always been vast. And now, Blood Blade Divine Emperor had even created the *Void Dual-Polarity Array*, stepping half a foot beyond the threshold of the next realm. In the past, the Island Master could still rely on his *Path of Time and Space* to contend. But now, with his opponent half-stepping into a higher plane, he no longer even had the will to fight. Neither did *Primordial Origin Master* or *Abyssal Progenitor*. All of them had conceded that catching up to Blood Blade Divine Emperor was impossible.
*Hmm?*
The Island Master suddenly frowned, his gaze snapping toward the distance.
“What is it?” Blood Blade Divine Emperor asked.
“In other areas, you may excel. But when it comes to time and space, *I* am the master,” the Island Master said coldly. With a single step, he traversed the void to a distant stretch of stars. Blood Blade Divine Emperor and Dongbo Xueying followed.
The Island Master studied the space before him, his expression darkening. Then, with a wave of his hand—
*RIIIP!*
The starry expanse was violently torn apart, revealing a pitch-black circular passage roughly a hundred meters in diameter. Inside, an abyssal darkness led to the unknown, surrounded by churning gray mist.
“A… cosmic passage?” Blood Blade Divine Emperor’s eyes widened.
“After your battle, this region should have been utterly empty—completely still. Yet something felt off to me. And sure enough… a hidden passage between universes,” the Island Master said with a cold smirk.
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