Going to Earth
Time flies, and twenty years have passed since Zhou Tong entered the Central Plains Immortal Mansion World.
The blood and bones that were once so shocking have now vanished completely.
For the past twenty years, Zhou Tong has been constantly refining and fighting against the remaining flesh and blood of the Great Emperor, finally purifying all the Emperor-level flesh and blood in this place. He erased the indestructible mark within them, causing the remaining flesh and blood to transform into Dao and dissipate into the world.
For the past twenty years, Zhou Tong has been sitting here, resisting the Killing Intent and immortal imprint of the Great Emperor. This is the most direct confrontation with the Ancient Emperor Great Emperor. During this time, he also digested all the battle intent left behind by the Battle Saint Emperor who had transformed into a Battle Immortal, turning it into his own foundation.
After twenty years of arduous cultivation, his cultivation level has been increasing rapidly, and he is about to step into the higher level of Quasi-Emperor. If he is given another six months to consolidate his strength, he will definitely be able to easily break through to the Quasi-Emperor Fourth Heaven.
"Cultivating at the Quasi-Emperor level is indeed very difficult!" Zhou Tong stood up and sighed inwardly.
After surviving the Quasi-Emperor Tribulation, he spent five years in the Divine Domain further consolidating his realm, filling in gaps, and perfecting his scriptures and secret techniques; then he spent another ten years walking the Human Ancient Road, comprehending countless traces of the Great Dao along the way; and now he has been fighting against the Great Emperor's Killing Intent and the Immortal Mark for twenty years.
It took a full thirty-five years to find the path to advance from the third to the fourth level of the Heavenly Realm.
"But let's see where this Ancient Path to Immortality Endpoint first!" Zhou Tong crossed the place where the Great Emperor had once exploded and continued forward.
Ahead lay a chaotic and hazy scene, cutting off the entire Small World, indicating that the Path to Immortality had ended here and been shattered.
Zhou Tong arrived before this Chaos Small World, opened his Martial Heavenly Eye, and continuously examined this hazy chaos, seemingly trying to find its weak point.
But after a long time, he finally shook his head. Everything here had been buried in this chaos, and everything in front of him had been cut off.
"Forget it, let's leave. What if the deepest part is the Undying Heavenly Emperor? Then I'm doomed!" Zhou Tong was actually too afraid to go any further. Who knew Undying Heavenly Emperor was nearby?
Moreover, the Path to Immortality is about to open, and perhaps the Undying Heavenly Emperor has already awakened and is just waiting for the path to immortality to open so that those supreme beings will come to his door.
Zhou Tong didn't even dare to go to Mars, because he wasn't sure Undying Heavenly Emperor was hiding there.
Zhou Tong turned around and left this Immortal Mansion World, returning to the Sun Star.
Twenty years have passed, Yan Ruyu has emerged from seclusion. She has further solidified her realm of the Ninth Heaven of Saint King, and even taken a crucial step forward. Perhaps after another ten or twenty years of training, she will be able to break through smoothly and enter the realm of Great Sage.
"Speaking of which, there's something missing between us," Zhou Tong said softly, looking at Yan Ruyu's stunning beauty.
"Wait until I break through to the Great Sage realm!" Yan Ruyu nodded slightly.
She knew what Zhou Tong was talking about; it was just a ceremony, a formal wedding.
However, she didn't want to get married formally right now because the gap between her cultivation level and Zhou Tong's was too great. One was Quasi-Emperor, and the other was Saint King; the difference was simply too vast.
"Alright... but breaking through to the Great Sage isn't so easy. Let me take you to other star regions! Perhaps experiencing the different customs and scenery of different star regions will help you find a breakthrough." Zhou Tong invited Yan Ruyu to accompany him on a journey through the starry sky.
"I want to visit your hometown," Yan Ruyu said.
"Alright, it's time to go back and take a look!" Zhou Tong looked up at the starry sky and then at the Earth.
The two didn't have much of a connection. Zhou Tong was a loner; and the Eastern Wasteland Demon Clan led by Yan Ruyu was a loose alliance, the kind of clan that was almost impossible to find unless something major happened.
After making the decision, they set off quickly.
Knowing Earth's coordinates, and with Zhou Tong's current Quasi-Emperor cultivation level, it was easy for Zhou Tong to bring Yan Ruyu to the starry sky outside Earth's domain, overlooking that light blue Star Scripture.
"This is your hometown? It looks small, but actually..." Yan Ruyu noticed the problem immediately and showed a hint of surprise.
This planet was a Star Scripture no smaller than the Big Dipper, yet it had been completely sealed away by someone with supreme magical power. Even standing in the starry sky, she could sense the terrifying aura of that Array Patterns.
"That's right, it's probably the work of the Emperor Venerable!" Zhou Tong opened his Martial Heavenly Eye, and immediately Array Patterns appeared deep within his eyes. These Array Patterns became more and more numerous and complete, eventually transforming into a vast world of immortal laws!
"The Emperor Venerable's Array Patterns are indeed extraordinary." Zhou Tong kept deducing in his mind.
Having cultivated to Zhou Tong's current level, he is already qualified to comprehend the core essence of the true Great Emperor Array Patterns. Now, having only begun to comprehend the great arrays on Earth, he has already gained something.
The Array Patterns now appearing in Zhou Tong's eyes are the peerless Array Patterns evolved by the Emperor Venerable using the Nine Secrets: Zu and his own supreme array. This array has come to life and can sense people's hearts; if one harbors ill intentions, it will immediately bring about annihilation.
Zhou Tong continued to deduce, and more and more Array Patterns appeared in his eyes. Later, three more Great Emperor Array Patterns appeared there.
"The Array Patterns of the Amitabha Great Emperor, the Void Great Emperor, and the Hengyu the Great!" Zhou Tong recognized them immediately. These three Great Emperor were also here, cooperating with the Emperor Venerable's arrangement, and had also set up their supreme arrays.
Earth was completely covered by the Emperor Formation of Emperor Venerable, Amitabha Buddha, Void the Great, and Hengyu the Great. In particular, the layers of Array Patterns were perfectly coordinated, a masterpiece created by the four Great Emperor working together.
It's possible that the Dao De Tianzun made some arrangements back then, but many of them were definitely altered by the later Emperor Venerable.
Zhou Tong was completely absorbed in comprehending this formation. The Array Patterns within his Ten Cave Heaven Divine Rings spread once again, and countless rays of light from the universe covered Zhou Tong Zhou Tong, transforming into the most primordial essence and merging into his body.
"He's about to break through again!?" A look of shock appeared on Yan Ruyu's peerless face.
Originally, Zhou Tong was supposed to take him around to see if he could find an opportunity to break through to the Great Sage stage; but before he could break through, Zhou Tong had already taken another step into the Quasi-Emperor stage?
Under Yan Ruyu's shocked gaze, Zhou Tong's aura began to rise, and then broke through a limit—
"Wait for me here!"
Zhou Tong transmitted his voice to Yan Ruyu, then suddenly tore through the Void the Great of the universe and flew directly towards the desolate star field not far away.
"Boom!!"
The great tribulation of the Quasi-Emperor Fourth Heaven has arrived, with Thunder Sea Waves violently crashing down. Even Yan Ruyu, in the outer space of Earth, looked over in astonishment. This kind of Thunder Tribulation was too terrifying; even across a star field, one could feel its extremely terrifying impact.
"What a terrifying Thunder Tribulation... Is this the Thunder Tribulation of Quasi-Emperor?" Yan Ruyu sighed softly.
The Thunder Tribulation lasted for a whole day before finally dissipating. At this time, the universe also became quiet, the sea of lightning disappeared, and Zhou Tong inhaled and exhaled the essence of heaven and earth to replenish himself.
Beside him, the Hegemonic Bell shone brightly. After more than thirty years of refinement and the tempering of another Quasi-Emperor Thunder Tribulation, the Quasi-Emperor Artifact made of Phoenix Blood Red Gold had been completely refined by Zhou Tong during this Heavenly Tribulation.
The Hegemonic Bell was surrounded by a rotating halo of black, red, blue, and purple light, with Chaos Qi and primordial Profound Yellow Mother Qi, giving it an unparalleled aura that suppressed Myriad Heavens.
"It took him thirty-five years to break through to the first level of cultivation. It's getting slower and slower. At this rate of cultivation..." Zhou Tong retrieved the Hegemonic Bell, tore through the Void the Great, and returned to Yan Ruyu's side.
"The Array Patterns here can sense people's hearts. Be careful, let's go down together!" Zhou Tong.