Great Dao Mother Sea
Who could have imagined that the transformation of the world could happen in the blink of an eye?
The gods fell from the heavens, Transcendent Immortals became mortals. In order to find the last piece of transcendent pure land, they searched the universe and risked their lives to travel to distant lands and enter unknown worlds.
All of this happened too fast and too violently; the myth just vanished, and the world returned to normal.
"Whether it's Great Universe Error Correction that favors ordinary people, or some other reason, we don't know. Why do extraordinary beings exist, but only for such a short time?"
One of the top immortals spoke up, saying that in this era, what was the point of talking about immortality? If things continued like this, even he would become a mortal.
"Since it gives people hope and aspirations, and there are myths in the world, not just stories, why can't it last? A flash of extraordinary light is far too short."
A sword immortal spoke, his primordial spirit flowing with ten-colored sword light. However, his face was full of vicissitudes. In this era, his immortal sword was no longer sharp. Not to mention cutting through the void and Broken Mountain, he could not even fly on his sword now and had fallen into the mortal world.
Ahead, the scene was quite magnificent: Great Universe with Planar Crevice appearing one after another, usually invisible, but only recently have light begun to shine through.
People know that it was caused by the Supernatural Light Sea traveling far away, passing through plane clusters, filling caverns, and flowing through cosmic rifts.
Wang Xuan followed the others and entered the cosmic rift ahead. Long ago, the Vanished Super Civilization called this place the Earth Abyss.
Only when you get close to it can you feel its grandeur and depth. The crack is actually very large, and without light, it is like an abyss.
Now, it emits a soft light and is not so frightening anymore; it looks more like a heavenly realm, lying there, waiting for people to explore.
Wang Xuan didn't just send them in and leave; he also wanted to go deeper and see what was inside the dimensional rift. He personally brought the Nurturing Life Furnace with him.
If possible, he hoped to witness the Sword Immortal's resurrection here with his own eyes; he wouldn't feel at ease until he saw her emerge again.
Many powerful beings have come here. Among the gods and Transcendent Immortals, quite a few want to cross the sea, their extraordinary fire still burning within them, seeking new mythological ground.
Wang Xuan walked with many acquaintances and chatted with them.
From afar it looks like a crack, but once you enter, this place becomes Planar Channel, a world-class underground cave. Once you arrive here, you can feel some lingering extraordinary energy.
It's a strange plane, gray and Death Qi most of the time, but now it's alive. Supernatural Light Sea has seeped in, and everything changes after you pass through here.
"They really did go underground."
People have not yet seen the Supernatural Light Sea, but they can sense its presence; it possesses power in the underground world of this plane.
"This is a cluster of planes. The Sea of Light will linger here for a while, so everyone be careful. It will occasionally backflow. Chase the sea, not fall into it. Don't let it lead to your doom," someone warned.
The underground world was filled with vast passages, like giant wormholes, deep, mysterious, and unpredictable. They ventured in, and could faintly hear the sound of a tsunami.
In addition, strange wailing sounds are sometimes heard.
"It seems that other Super Civilization have predecessors who have followed this path, many of whom died, and their Mental Remnant still exist today."
Yan Mingcheng spoke, holding the Immortal Umbrella and leading the way, staring at the various broken primordial spirit shells in a cave. The people of this era were just later arrivals.
"That's a Six Tribulation Immortal Herb. It's incredible that such a rare and wondrous medicine could be born in a place like this." Someone exclaimed in surprise that such a powerful medicine could be found in the underground cave.
"There are several Phoenix Blood Tree saplings over there. Countless years ago, a divine bird died here, its blood staining the underground world. Now, the Supernatural Light Sea has passed through and the trees have been nourished by endless Spiritual Matter, giving birth to medicinal trees."
People were surprised; they had thought the Planar Crevice was a dead zone with nothing in it, but now it looked rather unusual.
"Watch out!" someone exclaimed.
Half of the Mental Remnant floated up. Ordinary people cannot see beings at the spiritual level, but those who dare to come here are all extraordinary individuals, extremely powerful in the past, and can naturally see them clearly.
A piercing scream, acting on people's mental state, caused discomfort to many.
"Puff!"
Zhang Daoling made his move, and with a wave of his hand, a streak of fire flew out, burning the object which struggled in the void before quickly dissipating.
"I never imagined that the Supernatural Light Sea path could allow the 'corpses' at the spiritual level to be connected with spirits and revive. I hope that in the next era, when future generations pass by here, they will not see our Mental Remnant. May our crossing of the sea be successful."
Some are pessimistic about the future. They don't even need to think about it; the civilization that found this place must be incredibly powerful, yet it still left behind only Mental Remnant.
Demon Ancestor Qi Yi said, "People must have hope. Judging from these spiritual remains, they were not assimilated by the Sea of Light back then. They probably missed the opportunity and arrived too late."
Along the way, they encountered many medicinal herbs, as well as numerous dangers. The underground caverns of the plane held all sorts of mysteries that amazed them.
Suddenly, Wang Xuan stopped, sensing a dangerous aura. The stone wall in front of him suddenly exploded, and a not-so-weak primordial spirit rushed out.
"A ghost!?"
He carefully put away the Nurturing Life Furnace, and with a clang, drew the Purple Heaven Dao Integration Sword. The sword energy surged, and the remaining Rule Aftermath swept across, covering the area in front of him.
"Awooo..." The creature was covered in blood-red light, its form was similar to a human's, it had blood-red wings on its back, and it wore crimson spiritual armor. It was only a little over three feet tall.
It has no physical body and is unrelated to the kind of creepy spirits found on technology motherships. This is Ancient Dreadful Spirits, a truly malevolent creature, beyond reason; it specifically devours people's primordial spirits.
This howl caused a considerable number of the now-degenerated Transcendent Immortals to turn pale, as they were naturally restrained by it.
Puff!
After dozens of attacks, even though it was extremely fast and dodged Wang Xuan many times, it was eventually caught up and killed by the Purple Heaven Dao Integration Sword.
People searched here and discovered a sizable cave behind the stone wall containing a hundred skeletons. The skeletons turned to ashes at the slightest touch, and their existence was too ancient to be traced back to the present day.
So many people missed the Supernatural Light Sea in the past, and passed away here, giving birth to a ghost.
Clearly, this is not an isolated incident. There should be many more caves in the underground world, or even more powerful and unpredictable ghosts.
It's difficult to say exactly how this monster came into being.
"It should be the resentment of ancient cultivators who were unwilling to accept their fate. In this life, the Supernatural Light Sea passed by and radiated it from afar, causing it to be born into the world," some speculated.
Wang Xuan took the lead on the road ahead, somewhat aggressively. He wanted to catch up with and get closer to the sea, because the closer they got to the Sea of Light, the easier it would be for the Sword Immortal to recover.
"Don't get too close to the sea. Haste makes waste, and it's easy to get into trouble," Bai Jingshu warned. If the Supernatural Light Sea were to overflow, their lives would be in danger.
Wang Xuan nodded. He hadn't seen the "sea" yet, but he had already heard its sounds and smelled its "odor"—an extraordinary aura.
Many people were excited. Even if they couldn't cross the sea, if they could keep following it, they could preserve a certain level of their Dao attainment and avoid degenerating into mortals.
"Boom!"
Ahead, a deafening roar came from a cavern, which was then flooded with the Supernatural Light Sea, and the dazzling light swept across the area.
Furthermore, accompanied by the sound of a tsunami, with waves crashing against the shore, a vast ocean was already appearing in the distance.
"Hurry, the Supernatural Light Sea has changed course! Don't let it catch up!" Gouchen Imperial Palace Progenitor. He steered the Carefree Boat, pulling his disciples and followers aboard, and began to flee.
If it were submerged, it would naturally be swept away by the sea of light and would surely die. It would definitely be assimilated into the sea of light and become a part of it as soon as possible.
Fang Yuzhu covered the rear, using the Sky-Veiling Bracelet to collapse the underground cave behind her, briefly blocking the sea of light, and made several attacks while retreating.
"It's unstoppable! This is just a small part of the initial surge; the real ocean is about to come and tear this underground cavern apart. We need to get out of here!" Wang Xuan shouted.
"I know," Fang Yuzhu nodded.
A group of people fled along the original route. This was something that could kill people, and no one wanted to be absorbed into the Great Dao Mother Sea.
"Oh no! The sea of light is spreading in from the front, the waves are crashing and tearing open the cave. Are we trapped here?!" Someone exclaimed, their face turning pale.
Following the sea is indeed very dangerous; we've already suffered a backlash at the very beginning.
"Don't panic, there are many exits in this underground cave. Come this way and follow me!" Yan Mingcheng shouted, leading the way.
"That's... the Good Fortune True Crystal!" The descendants looked back and saw many dazzling crystals, colorful and emitting a blinding light, being splashed out of the waves.
Some people didn't even look and fled frantically for their lives, but others hesitated for a moment and were caught up by the Supernatural Light Sea. A huge wave hit them and they were completely submerged and disappeared.
The underground cave is very large; from the outside, it would be like a Small World, but here, it can be easily filled with the Supernatural Light Sea.
Much later, the group finally escaped and left that dangerous place. Some were pale, some were silent. People had already died so early, casting a shadow over their hearts.
A small number of people began to consider leaving.
However, spaceships continued to arrive from afar. People in different star systems received the news at different times, and many were still on their way. It would take even longer for the Supernatural Practitioner were farther away to arrive.
Wang Xuan watched Jiang Qingyao in the Nurturing Life Furnace. Her vitality was growing stronger and improving, but the speed was still not fast enough, which made him frown.
As we approached the Sea of Light, a transcendent aura lingered, but it wasn't as intense as I had imagined. Should we go to the beach?
"Everyone be careful. The Supernatural Light Sea contains hope, but once it sweeps you away, all that's left is despair," Bai Jingshu warned.
No one dared to be careless. The Demon Lord, Zhang Daoling, Xu Fu, Qi Yi, the Demon Ancestor, as well as a large number of top experts such as gods and immortals, were all extremely serious.
Soon after, they set off again, this time more cautiously, exploring Planar Crevice and entering a new underground cavern, where they made an even more astonishing discovery.
The cave dwellings stretched out in rows, but sadly, not a single person was alive; they were all skeletons. Those ancient sages did not belong to this mythical civilization.
Two days later, as they ventured deeper into the Planar Crevice, they discovered a massive magic array, utterly dilapidated but completely decayed.
"This is a super Teleportation Array, and there's more than one, constantly stacking up. Is this an expedition that crosses planes and universes?" Yan Mingcheng was astonished.
Fang Yuzhu looked down and said, "They used this to cross the sea, and a group of people went far away with the Supreme Teleportation Array."
Dozens of super Teleportation Array arrays were stacked together, maximizing the teleportation capability and consuming the civilization's endless Heavenly Treasures.
"There seem to be a few fragments of a supreme treasure left here on the Formation Platform!" Bai Jingshu exclaimed in surprise, examining the area closely. There was a broken lamp base there.
"It's probably... the Dao Burning Lamp." Fang Yuzhu said solemnly as she revealed the origin of the lamp, which immediately shocked some of the people present.
Besides the existing treasures, Zhao Gu records, there should also be a Dao Burning Lamp, but it has never been found. Some say it was destroyed like the Sky-Veiling Mirror, while others say that this treasure never existed at all.
More people believe the latter, because at least fragments remained after the Sky-Veiling Mirror was destroyed, while the Dao Burning Lamp left nothing behind.
"It's here, with a supreme treasure as the central Formation Platform. This Teleportation Array is far more terrifying than we imagined, but the supreme treasure has collapsed."
Zhang Daoling was shocked. In order to launch an expedition, they went across the universe. The people of that civilization burned a treasure to activate the great formation.
"No, the Dao Burning Lamp was already damaged, otherwise it shouldn't have been destroyed. At most, it would have just exhausted its power of rules and gone dormant," Yan Mingcheng said, as he knew some secrets.
Bai Jingshu added, "It is said that the Dao Burning Lamp and the Dao Control Banner collided, and the lamp was cracked and could not be repaired. It was brought here and became the central Formation Platform of the Supreme Teleportation Array. It must have been unable to withstand the tearing force between the two Great Universe, and the earlier cracks broke open."
"Those people failed, and most likely died halfway through. They couldn't have survived the moment the central treasure platform of the Supreme Teleportation Array Formation Platform exploded," Fang Yuzhu said.
Upon hearing this, everyone fell silent. So many Heavenly Treasures been used up, and even the Dao Burning Lamp had been destroyed, yet those people had ended up in failure and all of them had died!
This is rather discouraging. Finding a way out and exploring a new mythological world is extremely difficult; not a single sage throughout history has succeeded.
So far, whether it is the records in ancient books or the real remains they have found, they are all bloody tragedies. They can't help but ask themselves, is there any way out?
Is it worthwhile to risk one's life to find a way out, to seek the truth in a hopeless environment, and is it even necessary to continue?
Five days later, they discovered tens of thousands of skeletons in the Planar Crevice. They were all once extraordinary beings, a very powerful faction that ended their expectations for the Supernatural Light Sea with their deaths.
"They're all dead. Were they assimilated by the Sea of Light, leaving behind only their remains? Or did they miss out on the Sea of Light back then, and die of old age in the Exhausted Era?"
People come here to pay their respects, and it seems they see their own future reflected in the scene.
Eight days later, they discovered a nest of Ancient Dreadful Spirits deep underground. There were even more skeletons here, covering the caves, as well as palaces and cave dwellings, which were continuous and dense. A mythical civilization had once migrated here, following the sea!
But sadly, they failed completely.
A piercing scream and a terrifying growl echoed in the distance as creepy spirits emerged and launched their attack. The strongest of these spirits was comparable to an Earth Immortal.
"How is that possible? There Are Supreme Treasures, how could it retain this power?"
"Because it has been adjacent to Guanghai recently, it has experienced a temporary recovery and improvement."
With a narrow escape, the entire group of creatures was annihilated by the group. With the supreme treasure in hand, plus several true Earth Immortals, the so-called Ancient Dreadful Spirits was no match for them.
On the thirteenth day, the sea of light surged back, and at the intersection of multiple planes, the vast ocean rolled back, swallowing up a portion of the extraordinary beings.
"The world is full of suffering, and cultivation is not easy. In an age without hope, were we wrong to pursue the extraordinary?" an old cultivator with white hair said in a trembling voice.
Even Wang Xuan fell silent. This path was uncertain and so dangerous, filling everyone's hearts with gloom.
"Qingyao!" He realized that the Sword Immortal had not woken up. He naturally understood that her mythical abilities and extraordinary power were being Death Zone the Great Universe.
Yan Mingcheng warned him, "Don't be impulsive and think about getting close to the Sea of Light. It's more like an underground river than a sea. If you make contact, you'll be swept away!"
On the fifteenth day, Wang Xuan suddenly staggered. He sensed three points of light and his intuition told him that something was about to happen.
"Are they about to transform, or is something wrong?" He steadied himself, looked inward, and observed the three points of light.