Chapter 234: The Operation Begins

Chunyang City was a city located in the Ming Sha Province, in the western part of the continent.

Chunyang City was built upon an oasis, and surrounding it stretched an endless desert. In fact, the entire Ming Sha Province was a desert province, vastly larger in territory than ordinary provinces, sparsely populated, and it was perfectly normal for thousands of miles to stretch barren and uninhabited.

“Tearing~~~”

Above Chunyang City,

A series of pitch-black spatial rifts appeared, and from them flew out a young couple, stepping directly out of the rifts into the skies above Chunyang City.

Looking down from above, using the True Will of the Stars to sense the surrounding space, their perception extended for a hundred miles in every direction, fully encompassing the area. Chunyang City was merely a small city, comparable to Yishui City, and their perception easily covered it entirely.

“There.” Dongbo Xueying, holding Yu Jingqiu, blinked, and in an instant, they had teleported directly into the city.

Beside a street within the city,

A crater hundreds of meters wide lay there. Far from the crater, the area had already been cordoned off and placed under martial law, forbidding ordinary people from approaching.

“Xueying.” Standing beside the crater were two figures. One was the current number one in the world, Mountain Master He. The other was the other Demigod of the Black and White Divine Mountain, the Ghost Knight Feng Dong. Feng Dong exuded a cold and dark aura. He was considered an ordinary Demigod, best known for having once been defeated by Chi Qiubai, who at the time was a Saint-ranked Transcendent.

“Master He, Deputy Master Feng,” Dongbo Xueying and Yu Jingqiu greeted.

“You and young Puyang were still apprentices under the same master in the Chiyun Mountain world, weren’t you?” Mountain Master He sighed. “I never expected that just a month ago, you eliminated those demon nests, and I was very pleased. But now, Puyang has already been killed in battle. He was best at teleportation—could it have been that some hidden, powerful fifth-stage demon struck suddenly, instantly killing Puyang?”

“A ruthless move!” Feng Dong added coldly. “Instantly killing him, not even leaving behind Puyang Bo’s weapons or treasures.”

Dongbo Xueying and Yu Jingqiu stood before the crater.

Looking at the massive circular crater, over a hundred meters wide…

“Puyang…” Dongbo Xueying’s eyes flickered with a faint glimmer of murder, his voice low. “Damn those demons!!”

So many.

One by one, dear friends. Some were merely drinking companions, while others shared deep bonds. Back in Chiyun Mountain, they had lived together day and night, year after year… for over twenty years! For such a long time spent together in Chiyun Mountain, how many family members could stay together nearly every day for over twenty years? Dongbo Xueying had long considered Yu Feng, Puyang Bo, and Zhang Peng as brothers, and the youngest, Yuan Qing, was also close.

“Puyang, I will definitely avenge you! Tomorrow, tomorrow I will go searching for the demon generals!” Dongbo Xueying struggled to suppress his emotions.

The death of a fellow Transcendent friend, he had experienced it many times over the years.

But still, it hurt deeply inside.

…

Besides Dongbo Xueying coming to mourn, Sikong Yang, Gong Yu, and Chi Qiubai also arrived one after another. They had all been mentors in the Chiyun Mountain world, having taught Puyang Bo. Sikong Yang had once been frustrated with Puyang Bo, “hating that he wasn’t strong enough,” but now he merely sighed, burying his anger deep inside. These young Transcendents he had taught, some he might not have been satisfied with—but that was only in terms of cultivation.

After spending so much time together, these young Transcendents had become like his own nephews and younger generation.

Puyang Bo’s death also pained Sikong Yang deeply.

But they all buried their anger deep inside!

They understood…

The war against the demons—previously eliminating the demon nests had only made life easier for the Xia Clan’s Transcendents. But it didn’t mean that Transcendents of the Xia Clan would no longer die! And still alive were the five most terrifying demon generals, each lying in wait, hidden… until the demon generals were eliminated, this war would not end!

…

The next morning at dawn,

Dongbo Xueying left Xueshi Castle alone. Although he wished to immediately search for the demon generals, before that… he had to confirm exactly how powerful his “True Will of the Void” was in terms of detection! Would it instead lead to being discovered?

“Tearing~~~”

First, he tore open a spatial rift and headed north to the Snow Plains.

Then he entered the Void Realm, flying for over a thousand miles within the Void Realm, approaching the “Water Source Monastery.”

Within the Void Realm,

Dongbo Xueying, clad in black robes, carefully observed. Since the Void Realm reflected reality, there was also a Water Source Monastery within the Void Realm—identical to the one in the real world. And within the Void Realm’s Water Source Monastery, there were also weapons, treasures, and figures. Dongbo Xueying gradually approached, so the reflected range of the Water Source Monastery expanded more and more, first including Deputy Monastery Master Chao!

“Deputy Monastery Master Chao!” Dongbo Xueying immediately spotted him.

Deputy Monastery Master Chao was still fishing.

Alone, barefoot, he sat by the lake fishing. Although the entire Snow Plains were bitterly cold year-round, the Water Source Monastery maintained a controlled temperature, and some areas were even filled with birdsong and fragrant flowers.

“No movement.” Dongbo Xueying observed carefully. Deputy Monastery Master Chao sat fishing, eyes half-closed, leisurely and relaxed. His facial muscles and gaze showed no signs of fluctuation. He should not have discovered Dongbo Xueying.

“Let me go find Master Sikong Yang. Master Sikong Yang should be here, at least with a Dou Qi clone.”

Dongbo Xueying continued forward. He himself could only detect a range of a thousand miles, strictly speaking, a diameter of a thousand miles. In other words, within a radius of five hundred miles.

As he approached, the range of the Water Source Monastery he could observe expanded more and more.

Finally—

Atop a mountain peak within the Water Source Monastery, Sikong Yang sat cross-legged, radiating brilliance like a blazing sun.

According to the records of the Demigod Rankings, publicly speaking, in the entire Xia Clan world, only four Demigods had condensed their Divine Hearts. Among humans, only two: one was the Water Source Monastery’s Master Sikong Yang, and the other was Mountain Master He of the Black and White Divine Mountain. Therefore, in Dongbo Xueying’s test, Sikong Yang and Mountain Master He were the two most important figures.

Both had condensed their Divine Hearts, and in terms of cultivation, even the most powerful among the five demon generals would likely be no match for them!

“Hmm?” Dongbo Xueying carefully observed every movement of Sikong Yang, his facial expressions, and the fluctuations in the surrounding aura.

“No changes at all!”

Dongbo Xueying was both surprised and delighted.

“Master Sikong Yang must be at least hundreds of miles away, and he cannot sense my presence in the Void Realm.” Dongbo Xueying thought carefully and understood.

Separated by hundreds of miles…

Then it would rely solely on the sensing of the laws of the world through the mastery of the rules themselves to detect Dongbo Xueying! But Dongbo Xueying was within the ‘Void Realm’ and there was no fierce battle or combat happening at the moment. To sense a living being within the Void Realm solely through mastery of the laws was extremely, extremely difficult. If it were easily detectable,

Masters of the Void Realm would not be known as the most terrifying assassins and killers!

Unless there was a huge gap in cultivation, or the opponent’s mastery of laws had some degree of suppression over the ‘Void Realm,’ otherwise, a killer hidden in the Void Realm would be extremely difficult to detect before making a move.

“No wonder it’s said that among the second-grade true wills, this one is the weakest in power.” Dongbo Xueying secretly mused. Its power was indeed weak, not even matching a third-grade true will. However, in other aspects, it was incredibly formidable! There was even commentary from the Divine Realm: it was better to encounter other second-grade true will masters than to face one who mastered the Void Realm True Will. These masters hidden within the Void Realm were too insidious, perfectly suited to be assassins and killers.

“Master Sikong Yang’s cultivation is already extremely high; perhaps most of the five demon generals are not his match.” Dongbo Xueying thought to himself. “But before this, I should go check on Mountain Master He. After all, he is the strongest warrior in the world.”

Whoosh!

Moving through the Void Realm, flying at high speed, silently departing.

Within the Water Source Monastery, Chao Qing and Sikong Yang remained completely unaware.