Contamination Descends!
[Out-of-World Village, Ji Wuqing is again pestering Ji Baiming, demanding that she be released.]
["Dad! Thirty years! A generation has had children in that time! Please let me out!"]
Ji Baiming threw the latest issue of the Heavenly River Monthly Gazette in her face.
"See for yourself!"
[Ji Wuqing felt like she was looking in Mirror when she read the monthly report.]
[Your and Ji Baiming's wanted posters haven't appeared for a long time, but Ji Wuqing is always on the front page.]
[In the past, they were captured alive; now, it's a matter of life or death.]
On this very day, some eerie black mist drifted in from afar.
[It's not just on the ground, it's in the sky too.]
[The black mist spread out, endless and continuous, quickly engulfing the entire Out-of-World Village.]
[Initially, the village's powerful figures thought this was an unusual phenomenon caused by some Cultivator in the vicinity.]
[A bunch of big shots are still pretending to be ordinary people, making all sorts of exclamations of amazement.]
"Oh dear, what is this?"
"Wow, that's scary."
"That scared me to death."
[After a while, everyone, including you, realized something was wrong.]
These black mists can penetrate deep into the body!
[Once they enter the body's internal environment, they neutralize the Cultivator's Origin Qi, Divine Power, and Immortal Power —these are the energies of the immortal path.]
The neutralization process is not fast.
[But if recovery isn't timely, and all the body's energy is neutralized, no one dares to imagine the consequences.]
Just as everyone was hesitating whether to circulate their internal energy to recover, someone stepped forward and revealed what this thing was.
"It's Contamination!"
[You and many others still have question marks above your heads.]
["Contamination?"]
[You all look at the old man at the village entrance; he has a full head of white hair and a thick white beard, so thick that only his eyes are visible.]
[This person's ancestor is unknown; he might be Immortal King of the Ji Family.]
"I once saw a record in my Lineage's ancient books that Legendary in prehistoric times, this black mist appeared on a large scale in our universe."
The origin of the black fog is unknown, and it poses two dangers.
The first type is what you are feeling now: neutralizing the Cultivator's cultivation level, ultimately turning the Cultivator into a mortal!
The second scenario is that if ordinary people come into contact with the Contamination, they will go insane!
[Even in Out-of-World Village, there are many ordinary people.]
[After observing the villagers, you found nothing unusual about them.]
The white-bearded old man also noticed this situation.
"The Contamination we're seeing today doesn't seem to be very severe, and its effect on ordinary people is not obvious."
[The Out-of-World Village quickly organized a meeting for Cultivator at the Immortal Lord and above.]
[You participated in this meeting because of your relationship with Ji Wuqing.]
[An important decision was made at the meeting.]
[The Out-of-World Village has been temporarily disbanded. Each family has brought their subordinate mortals back to their respective territories. In case any of them later go mad, their respective territories can use their resources to control them.]
[If these mortals are allowed to roam freely outside, the inhumane Alien Race forces might simply slaughter them.]
[ For Zhang Beihai, who has no powerful allies, everyone extends an olive branch to him; he can go to whichever one he wants.]
Everyone at the scene looked worried.
What this Contamination means, nobody can say for sure.
Only Ji Wuqing was overjoyed.
"Is it time to start cultivating?"
[Ji Baiming.]
"Silly girl, the Out-of-World Village has been temporarily disbanded, so the village rules naturally disappear as well."
You raised an eyebrow.
"Does this mean we don't need to erase the relevant memories either?"
Zhang Beihai nodded.
"There's no need for that anymore. If the Contamination subsides, we'll find another place to build our village someday."
[You are satisfied.]
[In the end, you still don't like anyone touching your memories.]
[ In the Out-of-World Village, everyone went back to their own homes, to their own mothers.]
[You, Ji Wuqing, Ji Baiming, you three wanted criminals cannot go back.]
[Because the Ji Family remains under close surveillance, a large number of the Peace Army are currently stationed in the Ji Family Ancestral Land, conducting strict checks on all personnel entering and leaving daily.]
[Although you also have many ways to disguise your identities, the devil is always one step ahead. Even the Peace Bureau and the Holy Dragon Society have many ways to break through this barrier.]
For the sake of the greater good, Ji Baiming did not choose to go home.
[You three wanted criminals can only temporarily team up and wander outside.]
[In all these years, Ji Wuqing has never mentioned marrying you again.]
She felt that as a top-priority fugitive, marrying anyone would only bring trouble to that person.
[A few days later, through the Heavenly River Monthly Gazette, you learn that the Contamination is not limited to Vermilion Purple Star.]
Most of the Southern Star Realm has been Contamination!
These things cannot be observed when they float in a vacuum.
[This dense, black fog only becomes visible when entering the planet.]
Currently, the Holy Dragon Society's investigation team has personally stepped in to investigate the source of the Contamination.
[Multiple organizations under the Holy Dragon Society are uniting with local forces on various planets to find a way to eliminate the Contamination.]
[The only way to do this right now is to use formations, treasures, or similar items to seal away some of the Contamination.]
[But what's frustrating is that neither formations nor Artifact Spirit can overcome this.]
[Although it can seal away some of the Contamination, it won't be long before these formations and artifacts are also Contamination, lose their spirituality, and become a pile of scrap metal.]
In other words, it only treats the symptoms, not the root cause.
[To address the symptoms, it seems the only solution is to passively neutralize these Contamination upon contact with the celestial energy.]
But nobody knows how much Contamination there is, or how long it will take to neutralize it.
Even the Immortal Qi has become thinner.
[Amidst the thick black fog, you and Ji Wuqing, father and daughter, walk along a desolate mountain path.]
[The Contamination is causing your inner Immortal Path Power to gradually diminish; you can only counteract it by circulating your inner energy.]
[However, the Immortal Qi has become thinner, causing the speed of power recovery to slow down.]
[Now, we're avoiding using any immortal techniques if possible, to conserve our power.]
The good news is that this black fog not only reduces visibility, but also hinders spiritual abilities such as Divine Sense and perception.
[Because once Divine Sense is released, it is Contamination and neutralized.]
[This is undoubtedly good news for you three wanted criminals.]
It's even harder for the Peace Bureau to find you now.
[But you'd think that with the Contamination affecting most of the Southern Star Realm, the Peace Bureau is probably overwhelmed and won't have time to arrest you.]
[You're carrying the Myriad Souls Banner on your back; Old Wan Great Strength on it, he loves Contamination too much.]
"Hey buddy, look! This pitch-black world is just like my persona!"
"Have you forgotten that you're emitting golden light right now?"
Before you could finish speaking, the golden light emanating from the Myriad Souls Banner suddenly changed, turning into pitch-black smoke.
"When you're out and about, wearing a golden outfit is for appearances, but I still prefer the original skin!"
Ji Wuqing tugged at the banner.
"Chen Yi, this Spirit Treasure of yours is really interesting, let me play with it!"
[The Myriad Souls Banner was being pulled back and forth by Ji Wuqing, causing him to shout and scream in frustration.]
["Woman! Don't touch me! Ah!! Don't kiss me!!! My first kiss!!!"]