[Large Chapter]The Top of the World

The colossal, pitch-black ship sailed through the abyss, like the Great Underworld roaming in darkness.

What is the abyss? There is no definitive answer in the Cultivation World.

For voyagers, the abyss is a shortcut.

The distance between the surface world of the True Spirit Continent and the surface world is tens of millions of miles. Traveling through the abyss may only cover one percent of that distance, much like the wormholes in science fiction novels.

But the greater the distance traveled, the deeper one ventures into the abyss, the more vulnerable one becomes to attacks from the Wraith.

Fortunately, this newest Class A hunting ship of the Dao Alliance is larger than most of the Wraith ships and can even release Spiritual Pressure close to that of the Great Ascension Realm. It did not encounter any harassment from the Wraith along the way.

This is similar to how Xiao Ran's Sword Ship sailed above the Flaming Flame Mountain, where Sand Worm lurked everywhere, yet none of Sand Worm dared to provoke him.

As the ship dived deeper, the blood mist in the abyss thickened, and visibility gradually decreased.

The occasional Abyss Current, like air currents harassing an airplane, caused the ship to rock violently.

Ships of this size make a lot of noise when they rock, which can be quite frightening.

Blue Spirit Runes quickly lit up the ship's hull, stabilizing it with Spiritual Power.

Council chamber.

Tea was spilled on the table.

Everyone looked very serious.

Although everyone present was a powerful figure renowned in their own right, this was, after all, the depths of the abyss. If the ship were to drop anchor and attract the swarm of Wraith beings, it would still be extremely dangerous.

In fact, most of the people in the council chamber had never been to such a deep abyss.

In the distance, a white spherical light source, slightly dimmer than moonlight, appeared.

But it was not as quiet as the moonlight; its surface resembled a surging sea or a blazing sun.

There is a kind of magnificence before death.

"Is that the legendary White Hole?"

At the council table, someone uttered a word.

Xiao Ran had only heard of black holes; what the hell was White Hole?

Everyone turned to look, captivated by the dim white light and the surging brilliance.

At the same time, a tearing force was felt on the ship's hull, producing a long, piercing clang.

Legend has it that if one is captured by the power of the White Hole, even Mahayana cultivator will not escape death.

The atmosphere in the council chamber was exceptionally heavy. Everyone Mind Concentration their breath and had no interest in appreciating the deathly stillness and magnificence of the White Hole.

Wen Yushu tried to put everyone at ease.

"Before its maiden voyage, this ship underwent dozens of trial voyages, traversing even deeper abysses, encountering Wraith clusters, turbulent Abyss Current, and massive White Hole... It has encountered them all and has corresponding countermeasures. Unless it encounters Mahayana- level Wraith of the Mahayana level, there will be no safety risks."

His words made everyone even more nervous...

Except Lingzhou Yue.

She sat next to Xiao Ran, sipping her drink in a daze, her long forearm draped over Xiao Ran shoulder.

"Since this ship is so powerful, it should have a name, right?"

When the Dao Alliance Hunting Boat were first manufactured, they only had serial numbers and no ship names.

Since the ship didn't have a name yet, and Lingzhou Yue asked curiously about its name, Wen Yushu casually flattered her, saying, "Its name is: Extermination Wraith Goddess."

Lingzhou Yue nodded, feeling quite imposing.

"Yes, I like this name."

Xiao Ran felt that his Master was still injured, and this mission would probably not be easy.

As the Myriad Laws Elder of the Saint Demon Sect, Mo Xuanyi always kept his slightly white hair in a neat and orderly manner, no matter where he went, not allowing even a single stray hair to fall out.

"If I'm not mistaken, more than half a day has passed since we entered the abyss. Where exactly is the Apostle Headquarters?"

With a folding fan lightly tapping his palm, Wen Yushu said, "The area controlled by the Apostle is located in the Great Wilderness, spanning tens of thousands of miles. The nearest mountain to the Central Plains Zongzhi Mountain, is tens of millions of miles away, but it does not exist on the common maps that you are all familiar with."

Xuan Yuan Longcheng, with his white hair and sturdy build, was old but strong, and his voice, like a booming bell, echoed endlessly in the council hall.

"If the Dao Alliance hadn't intentionally concealed it, how could the Apostle Headquarters have remained unknown to us?"

Wen Yushu glanced at Liu Hanzhen, and seeing that he had no intention of explaining, he had no choice but to take the blame and explain with all his might:

"The Dao Alliance concealed the location of the Apostle in order to reduce casualties. Over the years, thousands of the Dao Alliance have died at the hands of the Apostle. If the hunters knew the location of the Apostle, the Cultivation World would add countless skeletons every year."

The crowd stared at him coldly, clearly not believing his words.

Wen Yushu hardened, and he paced back and forth.

"What I'm about to say is the result of the Dao Alliance's years of covert investigation."

Everyone picked up their teacups, sipping tea while listening attentively.

"In the early days of the Dharma Ending Era, there was an epic battle that was not well known to the world at the time, but was enough to shake the heavens and the earth. It was called the Dragon-Wraith War."

"The two sides involved in the war are said to be the first Great Netherworld to appear in the Cultivation World, and the last dragon of the True Spirit Continent."

Wen Yushu was straightforward and made no attempt to hide anything.

"I've never heard of the first Great Nether, but there are legends about this black dragon."

Upon hearing the word "dragon, "Mo Xuanyi frowned slightly, suddenly recalling a certain legend.

"It is said that more than three thousand years ago, this black dragon injured Luo Cheng, the current city lord of Chaos City, one of the Nine Radiances. The fact that it has survived to this day means that it must have won the Dragon-Wraith War, which is why the legend of the Demonic Dragon spread throughout the entire Cultivation World."

Wen Yushu shook his head and steered the conversation toward the position of the Apostle.

"No one knows the outcome of this battle, but the battlefield has been preserved intact, and it is now the dwelling place of hundreds of millions of Apostle —the Illusionary Sea."

Xiao Ran also asked:

"You said the Apostle's Land spans tens of thousands of miles. How can such a vast place be hidden?"

"There is a way."

Wen Yushu spoke slowly and deliberately, telling his story in a leisurely manner.

"According to the investigation, the Illusionary Sea can be roughly divided into three layers from the outside to the inside. The outermost layer is the surging sea surface, the middle layer is a large area of wetlands, and the core area is the Saint Mountain Range. Now, many people within the Dao Alliance believe that the Saint Mountain Range must be hiding all kinds of treasures that the Apostle have plundered over the past ten thousand years."

Xuan Yuan Longcheng complained without reservation:

"Since the Dao Alliance has figured out the Apostle, why not just send troops to suppress them? Why send us old folks?"

Wen Yushu:

"The Dao Alliance has only roughly explored the terrain, but the Illusionary Sea contains a large amount of Wraith Fog, Illusionary Arrays, and Spatial Arrays, making it extremely easy to get lost. This is the origin of the name Illusionary Sea."

Xiao Ran thought to himself, with Wu Yu as my guiding light, how could I be afraid of getting lost?

"Will this mission be like the previous Heaven's Chosen Assembly, where we can choose our own direction for enemy reconnaissance?"

Wen Yushu shook his head.

"This time the direction is fixed. There are a total of seven teams. Six of them will explore from six directions on the ground to locate the enemy and coordinate their positions. The seventh team will explore downwards from the most difficult part of the sky. And this ship will patrol the abyss, ready to assist you all at any time to launch a cross-space Space-Wall Lightning Strike."

This ship can also Space-Wall Lightning Strike?

Xiao Ran underestimated the technological level of the Dao Alliance.

However, the Illusionary Sea stretches for tens of thousands of miles. If ships are sailing in the air, the distance to the target is too far, and the damage from lightning strikes is greatly reduced. It is not as good as in the Abyss, where the damage reduction from strikes across spatial barriers is fixed and predictable.

It's a pity that we can't choose the enemy's location this time, otherwise Xiao Ran would have to take Wu Yu's idea into consideration.

Wen Yushu quickly provided the specific location—

Northwest ground: Divine Martial Kingdom, Qin Biao and Ding Zhenzi.

Northeast Ground: Chaos City Team, consisting of Xuan Yuan Longcheng, Xuan Yuan Guang, and a female relative.

East side: Great River Gate team, Real Person Luo Mi and Qi Ming.

Southeast Ground: The Saint Demon Sect team, consisting of Mo Xuanyi, Purple Vine Woman, and Lu Pingtian.

Southwest Ground: Xing Tian Pavilion Team, Hua Lian and Wu Yu.

West side: Zongzhi Mountain team, Lingzhou Yue and Xiao Ran.

Abyss Support: Hunter Ship Mothership, Wen Yushu.

Aerial Search: Headquarters to the Wraith Punishment Bureau, Liu Hanzhen and Tantai You.

Xiao Ran glanced at everyone's starting positions, which were basically arranged according to the geographical locations of the Five Great Powers.

In addition, Chaos City was placed in the northeast, while Xing Tian Pavilion was placed in the southwest.

The closest to Xiao Ran and his disciples were the Divine Martial Kingdom's forces in the northwest and Hua Lian Wu Yu in the southwest.

Wu Yu is close to him; it's hard to say whether that's a good thing or a bad thing.

On the side of the Divine Martial Kingdom, he hoped that Divine Martial Kingdom did not have any secret plans, lest the Goddess of War appear, which would put him in trouble.

After tossing and turning in the abyss for another half a day, the Extermination Wraith Goddess finally arrived at its destination.

The Great Wilderness Illusion Sea.

The specific location is above the Great Wilderness Illusion Sea.

The ship cleaved through the spatial walls, slowly flew out of the abyss, and emerged from the clouds.

The auspicious clouds filled the sky, as thin as stardust, reaching to the heavens and stretching for thousands of miles, making it impossible to distinguish between heaven and earth.

The air was filled with a faint, salty, and watery smell, and occasionally one could see a faint Mirage Light or hear the cry of a seabird, which made it a place of longing.

Apart from the aimless, directionless clouds, there was nothing in the sky.

Lingzhou Yue looked for a long time but still couldn't figure out which direction the destination was in—north, south, east, west, up, or down.

"What kind of place is this?"

Wen Yushu:

"There's no doubt that this is above the Illusionary Sea, but you won't be able to find your way down. The illusions and spatial formations here are the strongest. Without superhuman willpower and unwavering faith, it's easy to get lost."

This is the top, but I don't know where the bottom is?

Not only Lingzhou Yue, but everyone else was also confused.

According to the previously determined enemy location, the entrance in the air is the Wraith Punishment Bureau is responsible for.

Liu Hanzhen and Tantai You left the cabin.

Stepping into the clouds, Liu Hanzhen looked back at the people in the spaceship, and the image was transmitted into the council hall.

"The shortcut is always the hardest road."

Liu Hanzhen said so.

Tantai You was still in the cabin, putting on his armor and confirming that the positioning and communication devices were working properly.

Suddenly turning to look at Xiao Ran, he pointed with his right hand to the knuckle of his left middle finger—where a ring should be worn:

"See you at the Holy Mountain."

He then left the cabin.

Xiao Ran was slightly taken aback. He had thought this person was mute, but he could actually speak...

He always felt that Tantai You was speaking to him alone.

And it points to the knuckle of the left middle finger. Is it hinting at something? The Black Ring? Or just a coincidence? Xiao Ran felt something was very strange.

The next landing point the ship reached was precisely where Xiao Ran and his apprentice's mission began—

The western entrance to the Illusionary Sea.

"At the ground entrance, are we the first one?"

Xiao Ran felt it was a bit of a coincidence.

Lingzhou Yue flashed and appeared on the beach, her Red Clothes contrasting sharply with the white sand and waves.

"After sitting on the fishing platform, the bait is always thrown into the water first before fishing can begin."

Xiao Ran was taken aback, not expecting his Master to say something so philosophical.

It seems that the Dao Alliance is the one fishing, and he himself is the bait.

The mission is exactly the same as the one in the Heaven's Chosen Assembly, which involves finding the Yan Mo Yan Armor.

"When a person is fishing, isn't the fish also fishing for the person?"

Xiao Ran said so.

Looking around, I noticed the Spiritual Pressure here was chaotic.

The clouds were low, but the wind was strong. The seawater rolled and surged against the shore, creating towering waves hundreds of feet high that destroyed everything on the coast.

In the distance, whether it was waves or clouds, it was all white and visibility was extremely low.

Xiao Ran stood on the white sandy beach, watching the ship's silhouette tear through the air and disappear into the distance—magnificent, powerful, mysterious, and unknown...

"Are you planning a honeymoon at the beach?"

Lingzhou Yue wasn't particularly interested in the raging waves, after all, she was an expert in that area herself.

So he put his hands behind his back, tucked the Wine Bamboo Tube into his sleeve, turned around, and stared in the direction of the Great Wilderness.

The Spiritual Energy concentration in the Great Wilderness is close to zero; as far as the eye can see, everything is withered and dead, turned into white sand.

There were no Wraith or Wraith Beast; the white desert stretched as far as the eye could see, burying silence and withered bones.

What is the Great Wilderness?

Compared to the Great Wilderness, the area of Central Plains is a drop in the ocean, which makes Xiao Ran suspect that the so-called True Spirit Continent may be a sphere, but the sphere is too large and the Central Plains is not large enough to measure the curvature of the spherical continent.

After all, the premise of an infinitely expanding continent is not a stable state.

Even though it's right next to the sea, the wilderness is very quiet, and you can't hear the wind or the waves.

Lingzhou Yue's eyes sparkled as she turned to look at the vast wilderness covered in white sand.

Compared to the desolate wilderness, her figure appeared more slender and graceful, and her Red Clothes stood out even more vividly.

What do you think lies at the end of the Great Wilderness?

She suddenly asked Xiao Ran.

Without hesitation, Xiao Ran replied casually, "Perhaps if we reach the end of the Great Wilderness, we can return to the Central Plains; perhaps if we go halfway, we will find green virtual boundaries ahead, and discover that the True Spirit Continent is actually the thirteenth floor of another world..."

Lingzhou Yue drank while listening idly, and as she listened, she found herself both confused and intimidated, but upon closer examination, she felt a chill run down her spine.

"I must say, these strange and wonderful things in your head do add a little bit of luster to your barren charm."

Are you praising or insulting someone? Xiao Ran laughed:

"Master has added glory to the Great Wilderness."

Lingzhou Yue drank it all in one gulp, her shimmering eyes becoming increasingly calm and resolute.

"I want to see the end of the Great Wilderness."

Who gave you the courage?

Xiao Ran's face stiffened, impressed by his Master's whimsical and childlike ideas.

"But the mission..."

Lingzhou Yue laughed and threw away the communicator.

"Don't you understand? You are the bait. We don't need to go looking for the fish; the fish will follow you."

Good heavens! Xiao Ran actually found it somewhat reasonable...

True wisdom often appears as foolishness; is Master's beautiful head actually full of wisdom?

"Let's go."

Lingzhou Yue left no room for argument, stepping into the vast wilderness with a light and agile gait, leaving not even a footprint.

Xiao Ran felt like he was in a dream, as if he had returned to his carefree and imaginative childhood.

He also discarded the communicator, leaving only the tracking device, and quickly followed.

"Master, why don't we fly?"

"If you can fly, you can do so from Zongzhi Mountain. Why come here?"

Xiao Ran followed behind his Master, gazing intently at her voluptuous and elegant figure.

Suddenly, I felt that after arriving in the Great Wilderness, my Master finally acted like Master, and his words were full of wisdom.

Before he knew it, Xiao Ran felt like he had been walking for a long time.

But with rolling hills all around, he couldn't tell how far he had gone or which direction he was heading.

It's as if the destination doesn't matter; just keep going.

The sky wasn't daytime at the seaside, nor was it nighttime; it was a color somewhere between day and night.

There was no sun, no moon, and no idea where the light came from.

"Master, how long have we been walking?"

Xiao Ran found the situation increasingly tedious and wanted to do something less boring.

Lingzhou Yue murmured:

"I don't know, it's been a long time. Maybe by the time we circle the world and come back, those idiots won't even have reached the Holy Mountain, or they might already be dead."

Xiao Ran remained silent and continued on his way.

The vast desert was slowly left behind.

The two seemed to be walking slowly, but each step was a long, steady stride, covering hundreds of feet at a time, no slower than flying.

I don't know how long I walked.

A tall mountain appeared ahead.

It blocked their path and obstructed their view, as if even the sky had been raised higher.

It felt like the pinnacle of the world.

Lingzhou Yue took a sip of wine to replenish her energy.

Are you alright?

Xiao Ran didn't feel tired.

"Certainly."

Lingzhou Yue suddenly had a whim.

"Then let's have a competition to see who can climb to the top. Pure physical climbing, no flying allowed."

Xiao Ran wasn't particularly interested in climbing mountains, but he was curious about what kind of scenery lay on the other side.

"Good."

The two climbed up the ridge, needing to stomp hard on the white sand to gain leverage.

Xiao Ran finally felt a little tired.

Looking up, the mountains stretched layer upon layer, reaching into the clouds, and seemed even higher than Mount Everest.

Master, however, moved with increasing lightness and quickly disappeared from sight.

Xiao Ran wasn't in a hurry and climbed slowly.

After climbing for an unknown amount of time, about ten feet from the summit, he finally saw his Master sitting cross-legged, drinking and waiting for him.

Lingzhou Yue's complexion was radiant, like that of a young girl. Holding the Wine Bamboo Tube, she said with a hint of reproach:

I overestimated you.

Xiao Ran, panting heavily, bent over and knelt down, saying, "In my hometown, it is the gentleman's thing to let the woman climb to the top of the mountain first."

Lingzhou Yue cross-legged, resting her chin on her hand, and thought for a moment.

"But I want to go to the top of the mountain with you."

"Alright."

Xiao Ran nodded, straightened up as much as he could, and vaguely felt that he was about to comprehend the true meaning of life.

Lingzhou Yue also stood up, turned around and looked at the mountain peak ten feet away. Her beautiful face froze slightly, and longing appeared in her eyes that reflected the Moon Wheel.

Do you think your hometown might be just beyond the mountains?

Chapter 216 The King of Lewd Talk:

Ancient (Full)

The lost youth knows the Young Master Hun Dun