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Chapter 321 - White Hair

The disciples quickly finished pondering further over the spells on the stone slabs and stood up four hours later, which was the time announced by the 'elders' until the barrier's opening.

At that moment, they were all positioned at the edge of that transparent energy shield, which prevented their access to that fairy-tale land outside the mountain peak where they had appeared upon entering the small world.

Since there were still a few minutes left before the opening, the disciple...

Chapter 320 - The Mansion's Next Challenge

Back at the survivors' camp, the news of the death of all those who had fled was soon shared directly by the leader of the shadow soldiers—that is, Aotian—without further explanation.

It did not take long for this information to turn into fear and apprehension among all the cultivators, especially those who had considered leaving with the others before but, for one reason or another, had ended up staying behind, which saved their lives from a certain tragic fate.

However, the ...

Chapter 319 - Aotian’s Mentality

With the news of victory, the humans in the camp became extremely motivated and, together with the shadow soldiers, forced the beasts to retreat with growing momentum.

The tragic battle on that terrain stained with black blood, beneath skies darkened by gloomy clouds, almost seemed as if, in the face of hopeful news, the entire environment became a little brighter and even pleasant to those who survived.

Among them, Wang Mei, the holy daughter, was exhausted from the battle, yet s...

Chapter 318 - Aces

With the fall of the rhinoceros king, the battlefield calmed considerably, especially when compared to the thunderous noises the battle had produced before.

Although, with the fall of their king, the Shadow Beasts did not flee in cowardice like normal beasts and instead continued fighting the shadow soldiers, for Aotian, everything became easier than before.

During the battle, he not only evaded and struck the rhinoceros king, but also made it direct its attacks against its own co...

Chapter 317 - Devastating Battle

Blackened and devastated, the entire battlefield, combined with the gloomy sky, seemed to narrate a painting of tragedy and death.

Millions of Shadow Beasts and Shadow Soldiers, battling each other, seemed, in the end, to exist only to compose a chaotic battle serenade, adding the final touch to a tragic composition called: War.

And at the center of the northwestern zone of the camp, the Shadow King, only at the perfection of the Soul Formation, cautiously circled the gigantic rhi...

Chapter 316 - Rhinoceros King

["Report."]

Hearing the cold order echoing in their minds, Wang Mei and Kong Huang did not dare to hesitate.

"Lord, the number of inhabitants in the camp is already very large. The sheer number of people, with impurities in their bodies, seems to be attracting more and more Shadow Beasts! We… might have to split up to reduce the attractive force," it was Kong Huang who spoke first, his face somewhat pale.

His gaze constantly drifted toward the battlefield, where the number...

Chapter 315 - No! No! He wouldn't!

Aotian did not sit with the others. He simply scratched his chin and looked at the first stone among the many monoliths arranged on that mountain.

'Rising Claws of the Deep Sea… a Core-Tier spell. It is basically based on gathering water-element energy to form claws for a short-range, high-damage attack.'

He analyzed it thoughtfully as the spell's energy circulation patterns filled his mind.

With Aotian's current knowledge, he did not even need his avatars to quickly maste...

Chapter 314 - The Second Test

Aotian continued walking forward before the ocean of spectral needles, without even furrowing his brow.

His calm walk through that corridor, which had previously seemed endless, in fact did not last long, and with the fall of the last needles, the path ahead was cleared, finally allowing the end of the long corridor to be seen.

There was, in fact, a large circular hall there, and as soon as Aotian arrived, a few gazes fell upon him.

"You took your time," the owner of one of ...

Chapter 313 - Who the Hell Are They?

As the sand dune was blown away by the spiritual power of Ancestor Bao, more and more of the enormous golden gate buried beneath it was revealed.

'Probably the last time this gate was opened must have been a few hundred years ago. Although, from what I've heard, the last time someone entered wasn't that long ago.'

Aotian reflected as he watched, eyes narrowed, the gate being exposed. The great movement caused the sand to whip around, lightly striking his body and that of the other...

Chapter 312 - Immortals Among Them

In a vast desert, with long sand dunes taking over the landscape as far as the eye could see, there was a single, yet gigantic, city-ship floating gently at low altitude, with only one of its bridges anchored to the ground.

Thousands of people watched from the railings of the vessel the desert below, focusing mainly on the few individuals descending the ship's enormous bridge, making that small group seem insignificant. Even so, they could be anything… but that.

Those were the c...

Chapter 311 - Constant Surprises

The world had recently seemed a little more restless than usual. 

In the Shadowfallen Domain, newly emerged dark beings dubbed Shadow Eaters were leaving their marks across the land, slowly gaining notoriety. 

Elsewhere, meanwhile, a discreet yet significant event was taking place.

At the edge of the Nanyun Continent (Southern Cloud), one of the four mid-continents, an enormous shadow suddenly appeared along the coast.

Several fishermen, ranging from Foundati...

Chapter 310 - Time Is Short

"W-World destruction?!"

Kong Huang stammered, staring wordlessly at the absurd statement uttered by the shadow king.

Normally, he would not pay much attention to something like that said by someone else, but that alien and bizarre being saying such a thing made him, unconsciously, doubt whether it could be true.

While Kong Huang reacted in shock, Wang Mei did not. She merely seemed surprised by the sudden question, not by the unusual topic itself.

That reaction was all...

Chapter 309 - Aotian's Strategy

Bowing respectfully before the creature that, by all indications, was the owner of that sanctuary that had allowed them to survive, neither of them dared to show any disrespect.

Of course, the sense of oppression coming from an extremely powerful spiritual pressure might also have had something to do with their excessive politeness.

There, they had no ancestors to protect them, so that creature should not become an enemy unless it was the last option.

The creature seated on ...

Chapter 308 - The King of Shadows

"Huff! Huff!"

Heavy panting echoed through the forest as a girl staggered forward. With each step, dark marks crept across her skin, spreading like a sickness she couldn't stop.

Wang Mei breathed with difficulty as she struggled to follow the trail left by the bear's body, but even that small effort already left her vision blurred and her hope faint.

'Just… a little more…' Her mind held only those words, moving purely by instinct.

Deep down, she wanted to give up o...

Chapter 307 - Shadow Beast vs. Shadow Beast

[Mission: Walk straight until the end of the small world.
Description: Walk directly without deviating, searching for a Silent Cadaver Orchid.
Participants: Divine Incarnation of Mo Yexuan.
Danger Level: Fatal]

Aotian looked at the mission in his mind and then raised his head, observing the location where the center of that small world should be.

'As expected, the danger there is fatal…...

Chapter 306 - Impure Zombie?

Aotian watched in disbelief as the old man completely transformed into a dark and bizarre creature, as if all the coloration of his body had been replaced by black ink.

At that point, even the storage ring on the being's hand seemed to have been corrupted, and with a light explosion, it split in half, while various items flew upward, soon also being overtaken by impurities and losing their effects.

The more he saw it, the more frightened Aotian became.

'What the hell is goin...

Chapter 305 - Corruption

The imposing Tribulation Transcendence cultivator continued delivering his relatively short speech before the trillions of cultivators gathered in front of the enormous crimson gates.

His words revolved around courage, risk, and reward, as well as the greatness and unprecedented opportunities awaiting those who completed the mission.

But Aotian noticed that at no point did he even mention the word self-sacrifice—that is, giving one's life to save the world. After thinking for a ...

Chapter 304 - Mission: Intercept

"Uhh… Master, what happened?"

Uncomfortable with the fixed, vacant gaze his master had after reading the jade slip, and which was now staring at him, Shen He ended up asking, shifting awkwardly under the intensity of that look.

His words ended up snapping old Liu out of his reverie, and he soon sighed as his mouth twitched slightly.

"Haah… Xiao He, your master has to admit his own incompetence. This technique is deeper than I anticipated; whoever created it is many times...

Chapter 303 - Unbelievable Technique

While senior disciples were still surprised by the sect's treasure being suddenly multiplied, clarification soon came through the elder presiding over the disciples.

"These crystal spheres in our hands are projections of the main body of one of the greatest artifacts of our sect, the Crystal Library. Each of you must step forward, insert your spiritual energy into it, and it will analyze the attributes of your roots, providing the best cultivation technique for you. After that, you must...

Chapter 302 - Multiplied Artifact

Above the sea, a huge vessel that seemed to almost eclipse the sun roamed the skies, leaving only a long, solitary shadow cast upon the waters.

Yet, in the vast ocean, even the imposing flying ship of the Infinite Dao Sect was no more than a tiny dot within its immensity.

Setting aside the smallness of that sect before the world, an interesting scene was unfolding on the lower deck.

On both sides of the ship, there were enormous rectangular openings that ran from one end of ...

Chapter 301 - New Ship

"Is everyone here?"

A loud voice echoed through the sky, overlooking the vast number of people gathered below, on the wide prairie.

To the side stood the great mountain of the Infinite Dao Sect, which now seemed rather lonely, without even a trace of life moving across its terrain, unlike in the past.

"Senior Brother Bai, all 358,756 disciples are already here."

Answering the question previously asked by Bai Yan, from the Punishment Pavilion and a direct disciple of Li...

Chapter 300 - The End, and a New Beginning?

Shen He clenched his teeth, his face pale.

Sweat ran down his face, trying to lower his body temperature, which seemed to be reaching a feverish state.

With every step he took forward, the urge to give up grew stronger.

It was natural for human beings to seek the easiest path and flee from hardship, and the greater the difficulty, the stronger this escape mentality became.

Thus, at that moment, faced with a pressure that seemed intent on crushing both his body and soul...

Chapter 299 - Judgment of Will

In the sky, observing everything, Aotian smiled faintly as he watched the disciples begin to climb the Judgment of Loyalty.

If the first judgment served to filter out those with evil hearts, then logically the second, by name alone, should filter out those with disloyal hearts.

But in truth, that was not the case.

After passing the first judgment, Aotian judged that it would be difficult for anyone to fail the second. So much so that, for all those who reached the 333rd stai...

Chapter 298 - The Judgment of Loyalty

As the hours passed, more and more people climbed upward, yet on the 333rd step the number of people was still small when compared to the total number who had attempted.

Fortunately, with about one and a half billion people participating, the numbers slowly began to accumulate.

Aotian admitted that, deep down, the tests conducted this time were even harsher than those he had carried out in the past.

But that was because the number of people he would accept into the sect this...

Chapter 297 - 333rd Step

Shen He, his eyes blurred and unfocused, climbed the enormous staircase slowly yet steadily.

Liu Taixuan, hidden inside the necklace, was surprised to see his disciple in such a state and quickly noticed that his soul seemed to be under the influence of the staircase.

'Infinite Dao Sect…' the old man muttered in his thoughts as he watched the scene in astonishment.

Even for him—someone who had completed the three soul realms of cultivation: Nascent Soul, Soul Formation, ...

Chapter 296 - The First Test

Shen He had descended from the mountain of the Infinite Dao Sect at that moment and was standing in the middle of the enormous crowd, waiting.

The recruitment was about to begin after thirty days of competition, and many wondered how the sect would deal with such a massive multitude gathered at its gates to participate in this major event.

Some said that the sect would probably accept only around ten thousand people and take the most qualified among the overwhelming number gathere...

Chapter 295 - The Recruitment Will Begin

It was a new day in the Infinite Dao Sect and its surroundings.

The sect was lively, with disciples moving back and forth, clearly busy with their tasks.

And indeed, they were.

With the arrival of the new recruitment, the sect had been sending more and more requests to the Missions Pavilion, and the disciples would not miss the opportunity to earn as many contribution points as they could with this undertaking.

In the Infinite Dao Sect, if there was something disciples...

Chapter 294 - Old Acquaintances (Part II)

While the great sect event was taking place, there was actually a very interesting scene happening in a certain private courtyard in Five Elements City, the city hosting the sect's external competitions.

Hui Lang, the old, formerly-toothless man, now a core disciple of the Infinite Dao Sect, was calmly sitting at a table, moving a chess piece with a distant gaze.

His long white beard and hair, aged appearance, and beautiful white robes with golden patterns made him look far more l...

Chapter 293 - Old Acquaintances

"What did you say?!" Liu Tianxuan trembled and widened his eyes slightly as he stared at the sly-faced man before him.

He had never told anyone that he found his necklace inside the Tree of Life. Although the man had called it the Planetary Tree, the name fit perfectly with what the tree truly was.

But when he spoke about fragments of Dao existing within the stone of the necklace, he couldn't help but remember that strange, vitality-filled sensation he had felt ever since his soul...

Chapter 292 - The Necklace

Shen He was not having a good day.

First, his master simply couldn't read between the lines and made him participate in a competition in which he would 100% perform terribly.

Second, his master still stayed behind and left him to enter alone into enemy territory. Besides feeling betrayed, the bigger problem was: what if he became a hostage?! He really didn't know what his master was thinking when he sent him instead of letting him remain by his side.

Third… well, he really...