Arc 115The Abyss Begins to Awaken

Lu Ye killed Zong Shenliang, escaped the Nameless Land, and helped bring down Senluo City before Fuguang’s rise to True Saint signaled the Star Abyss’s coming crisis. As the Origin Realm began merging with the Star Abyss, Lu Ye confronted corrupted treasures, Saint Wu, and finally Blood Calamity’s invading Half-Saints.

  • Lu Ye defeated Zong Shenliang through their battle across a fracturing Starry Sky Fragment, pursued him into the Hehe Realm, and beheaded him in the Initial Hall.
  • After the Pearl Spirit led Lu Ye through the Nameless Land, he claimed the Soul Suppressing Bell and took Jinyao as its spirit before returning to the Hehe Realm.
  • Lu Ye helped the Dragon Sovereign and Phoenix Lord attack Senluo City, then destroyed its Uniting Dao Pearl and went to investigate the disturbance caused by Fuguang’s breakthrough.
  • Lu Ye tried to stop Fuguang from becoming a True Saint, but Second Saint wounded him and Fuguang was taken into the Origin Realm as the two realms began to overlap.
  • Lu Ye cleansed the Primordial Parasol Tree, treated four corrupted Supreme Treasures, and helped the Dragon Sovereign and Phoenix Lord prepare for seclusion as their shackles loosened.
  • Saint Wu ambushed Lu Ye while he met the injured Si Shengya, and Lu Ye cleansed Si Shengya’s corrupted Sky-Shattering Saber before bringing him to the Hehe Realm.
  • Five Origin Realm Half-Saints escaped into the Inner Realm, and Blood Calamity led them to destroy a Desolate-tier Uniting Dao City and seek more Uniting Dao Pearls.
  • Lu Ye confronted Blood Calamity and challenged him about whether the poison used on Xue Tianxing remained in the bloodline Blood Calamity had refined.
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Ch. 2854Battle with Zong Shenliang

Lu Ye fought Zong Shenliang in the Thunder Pool, using the Azure Dome Mirror to turn the Nine Profound Heavenly Thunder Seal against Zong Shenliang’s own Dao Unity cultivators. The two then clashed with their Dao Soldiers, and Zong Shenliang realized Lu Ye’s saber had poisoned him.

  • Zong Shenliang attacked Lu Ye with lightning from the Nine Profound Heavenly Thunder Seal, while Lu Ye blocked his strikes and countered his ambushes.
  • Lu Ye used the Azure Dome Mirror to redirect Zong Shenliang’s lightning, killing every Dao Unity cultivator Zong Shenliang had brought.
  • Zong Shenliang put away the Nine Profound Heavenly Thunder Seal and fought Lu Ye with twin daggers, repeatedly attacking from concealment.
  • Lu Ye traded a severe throat wound for a saber strike that injured Zong Shenliang.
  • Zong Shenliang recognized the deadly poison on Lu Ye’s saber and grew wary of its effects.

Ch. 2855Fang Advances to Supreme Treasure

Lu Ye battled Zong Shenliang, whose Nine Profound Heavenly Thunder Seal purified the poison from the Myriad Poison Bead and whose Army Stabilizing Banner greatly increased his speed. Fang awakened and advanced the Crag Mountain Saber to Supreme Treasure, allowing Lu Ye to wound Zong Shenliang and cut through his Sub-Treasure dagger; Zong Shenliang then discovered that Lu Ye’s strike had also left Ba Qiu’s Sealing Power in his body.

  • Lu Ye poisoned Zong Shenliang and struck him with the Crag Mountain Saber, but Zong Shenliang used the Nine Profound Heavenly Thunder Seal’s purifying lightning to remove the toxin.
  • Zong Shenliang summoned the Army Stabilizing Banner and used its increased speed to overwhelm Lu Ye with repeated attacks.
  • Lu Ye endured Zong Shenliang’s assault while waiting for his opponent’s Dao Power to run low.
  • Fang awakened within the Crag Mountain Saber, revealing its new Supreme Treasure aura and distracting Zong Shenliang.
  • Lu Ye seized the opening, cut Zong Shenliang’s Sub-Treasure dagger in half, and slashed his neck.
  • Zong Shenliang purified most of the poison in his wound but sensed that Lu Ye’s strike had also inflicted Sealing Power.

Ch. 2856Power of the Wonder

Lu Ye battled Zong Shenliang in the Thunder Pool after Fang inherited Shang Power and weakened the City Lord. As Zong Shenliang unleashed the Nine Profound Heavenly Thunder Seal’s full power, the starry sky began to shatter, but neither man stopped fighting.

  • Fang told Lu Ye that it had inherited Shang’s power, and Lu Ye realized Shang Power had grievously weakened Zong Shenliang.
  • Lu Ye pressed his attack with the Crag Mountain Saber, exploiting Zong Shenliang’s pain and dwindling strength.
  • Zong Shenliang activated the Nine Profound Heavenly Thunder Seal to draw on the Thunder Pool’s lightning, forcing Lu Ye back with a relentless barrage.
  • Lu Ye prepared to retreat from the wonder, but a crack appeared across the Thunder Pool as the entire starry sky began to fracture.
  • Despite the spreading cracks and the backlash tearing up his body, Zong Shenliang continued attacking Lu Ye and demanded to know why he would not die.

Ch. 2857Starry Sky Shattered

Lu Ye nearly killed Zong Shenliang, but the Starry Sky shattered at the decisive moment and scattered them into separate fragments. Trapped with Hun Que in a drifting fragment, Lu Ye learned that time and space were frozen there and began recovering and cultivating while examining Fang’s new Supreme Treasure powers.

  • As the spectacle weakened, Lu Ye overcame the diminished Nine Profound Heavenly Thunder Seal and nearly killed Zong Shenliang with a saber strike.
  • The Starry Sky shattered before Lu Ye could land the final blow, and he severed Zong Shenliang’s arm, claiming the Nine Profound Heavenly Thunder Seal, while Zong Shenliang escaped in another fragment.
  • Lu Ye realized he and Hun Que were trapped in a small Starry Sky Fragment where time and space were frozen until it merged into the Star Abyss.
  • Lu Ye recovered from his injuries, began constructing the World Pillar, and examined Fang’s awakening as a Supreme Treasure with Shang Power.
  • Fang explained that Supreme Treasures had grades based on the density of their Rules and that Senior Sister Shang’s power exceeded that of the Nine Profound Heavenly Thunder Seal.

Ch. 2858Relentless Pursuit

Lu Ye completed his World Pillar and continued nurturing Fang, then sensed Zong Shenliang after their fragments merged into the Star Abyss and pursued him. Zong Shenliang escaped into a Uniting Dao City under his command, leaving Lu Ye outside its Protective Grand Array.

  • Lu Ye completed the expansion of his Small World, forming the World Pillar, and began cultivating the ninth level of the Small World Secret Technique.
  • Lu Ye nurtured Fang to eight hundred Dao and refined the Nine Profound Heavenly Thunder Seal into a Talent Tree fruit.
  • When his fragment merged into the Star Abyss, Lu Ye sensed Zong Shenliang through the lingering Fang Power and Shang Power on his wounds.
  • Lu Ye possessed Hun Que and pursued Zong Shenliang through the Void as Zong Shenliang fled while still weakened from their previous battle.
  • Zong Shenliang reached a Uniting Dao City under his command and entered through its Protective Grand Array before Lu Ye could catch him.
  • Zong Shenliang threatened to slaughter Lu Ye's relatives from inside the city while Lu Ye stood outside the array.

Ch. 2859Zong Shenliang's Sorry State

Lu Ye broke into the Flood-tier Uniting Dao City and destroyed its Central Great Hall, but Zong Shenliang escaped into the Hehe Realm. Zong Shenliang resolved to rally the other Top Ten City Lords against Lu Ye, while cultivators in the Hehe Realm recognized his grievous injuries.

  • Lu Ye used the Crag Mountain Saber and Azure Dome Mirror to corrode and break the city's Protective Grand Array despite attacks from Zong Shenliang and the Dao Unifiers.
  • Zong Shenliang fled toward the Central Great Hall as Lu Ye entered the city, and Lu Ye's saber strike destroyed the hall and shattered its Uniting Dao Pearls.
  • Lu Ye killed the Flood-tier City Lord, while the remaining Dao Unifiers fled and Lu Ye vanished using the Uniting Dao Pearl in his Small World.
  • Zong Shenliang escaped into the Hehe Realm and decided to join forces with the other Top Ten City Lords to deal with Lu Ye.
  • A cultivator recognized the badly injured Zong Shenliang in the Hehe Realm's great hall, drawing shocked attention from those present.

Ch. 2860Death of Zong Shenliang

Lu Ye confronted the badly wounded Zong Shenliang in the Initial Main Hall, where Zong Shenliang taunted him into attacking despite the Hehe Realm’s restrictions. Lu Ye killed him with one saber strike in front of a packed crowd, leaving Qin Feng and the other onlookers stunned.

  • Zong Shenliang recognized Lu Ye as his pursuer and mocked him while the gathered cultivators learned Lu Ye had driven him into the Hehe Realm.
  • Zong Shenliang tried to provoke Lu Ye by insulting Ba Qiu and threatening to seek him out.
  • Gong Mao told Qin Feng that Lu Ye had pursued Zong Shenliang into the Initial Hall, and Qin Feng hurried there with Bobo.
  • Lian and Qin Feng reached the crowded hall as Zong Shenliang taunted Lu Ye and threatened Ba Qiu.
  • Lu Ye ignored Qin Feng and Lian’s warnings, drew his saber, and beheaded Zong Shenliang before the assembled cultivators.

Ch. 2861Picked Up a Supreme Treasure

Lu Ye killed Zong Shenliang in the Hehe Realm and was exiled by its restriction to a boundless white expanse, where he sought the Pearl Spirit’s guidance. He found and absorbed Zong Shenliang’s Army Stabilizing Banner, then discovered another Supreme Treasure bell that could affect the Divine Soul.

  • Qin Feng and Lian found Zong Shenliang’s severed head in the Hehe Realm’s main hall and learned that white light had swept Lu Ye away.
  • Lu Ye revealed Zong Shenliang’s remains from his Small World and took the Army Stabilizing Banner and Storage Ring.
  • Lu Ye devoured the Army Stabilizing Banner with the Talent Tree, creating another Supreme Treasure Fruit.
  • After calling to the Pearl Spirit, Lu Ye sensed its guidance and followed it through the white expanse, passing the remains of exiled cultivators.
  • Lu Ye found a rust-mottled bell held by a skeleton and discovered that its Supreme Treasure power affected the Soul Sea.

Ch. 2862Spirit of the Supreme Treasure?

Lu Ye discovered that Jinyao, an ancient powerhouse who had made herself the spirit of the Soul Suppressing Bell, intended to seize his body. When she attacked his Soul Sea, Lu Ye used the Talent Tree’s roots against the bell, weakening its power and leaving Jinyao alarmed.

  • Lu Ye picked up the Soul Suppressing Bell, but Jinyao’s Soul Body emerged in his Soul Sea and used its ringing to subdue him.
  • Jinyao explained that she had replaced the bell’s original spirit with her own divine soul and survived for ages by seizing other people’s bodies.
  • Jinyao announced that she would take Lu Ye’s body while allowing his intelligence to coexist with hers, but Lu Ye refused.
  • Jinyao used the bell to immobilize Lu Ye’s Soul Body, while Lu Ye sent the Talent Tree’s roots to wrap around her and invade the bell.
  • Jinyao realized the Soul Suppressing Bell’s power was being drawn out and demanded to know what Lu Ye had done.

Ch. 2863Jinyao

Lu Ye absorbed the Soul Suppressing Bell into the Talent Tree, preserving Jinyao as its intelligent spirit, then followed the Uniting Dao Pearl’s guidance to find a way out of the white realm. He and Jinyao emerged in a courtyard in the Hehe Realm.

  • Jinyao stopped trying to suppress Lu Ye, and the Soul Suppressing Bell crumbled as her Soul Body swept into Lu Ye’s body.
  • Lu Ye found Jinyao preserved on the Talent Tree as the spirit of the Soul Suppressing Bell, and she agreed to remain with him rather than destroy her soul.
  • Jinyao learned that Lu Ye had entered the white realm by killing someone in the Hehe Realm and warned him that she believed no exit existed.
  • Lu Ye found a doorway with the Uniting Dao Pearl’s guidance, and Jinyao followed him through it.
  • Lu Ye and Jinyao returned to the Hehe Realm and appeared in a courtyard.

Ch. 2864Fuguang (Wishing Everyone a Happy Dragon Boat Festival)

Lu Ye and Jinyao escaped the Nameless Land, but Jinyao immediately attacked Fuguang, sending them back into it. As Lu Ye led her out again, Jinyao explained their ancient rivalry and her decision to sever her foundation, while Fuguang was left wondering how both she and Lu Ye could have appeared in the Hehe Realm.

  • Lu Ye and Jinyao found an abandoned courtyard in the Hehe Realm, where Fuguang sensed Jinyao and rushed over.
  • Jinyao recognized Fuguang as her mortal enemy and instinctively attacked him with the Soul Suppressing Bell, triggering the realm’s banishment and sending her and Lu Ye back to the Nameless Land.
  • Lu Ye sensed the guidance of the Uniting Dao Pearl and led Jinyao toward a way out, while she confirmed that Fuguang was real and had gained an endless lifespan from a Spring of Life.
  • Jinyao told Lu Ye that she and Fuguang had sworn to kill each other, but that her banishment had been her own choice after she severed her foundation to avoid becoming a puppet.
  • Jinyao explained that she had survived in the Nameless Land by turning her Soul Body into the Spirit of the Soul Suppressing Bell, while Lu Ye connected her fate to Ba Qiu’s sacrifice and the threat posed by the Abyss.
  • Lu Ye wondered why Fuguang had remained hidden in the Hehe Realm for countless years despite once being nearly as strong as Jinyao.

Ch. 2865The Dawn of Chaos

Lu Ye returned from the Nameless Land, reunited with Jinyao, and reassured Qin Feng and Lian that he was safe. Fuguang fled the Hehe Realm but was attacked by a masked figure marked with the character "Four," while Lu Ye found Yuan Xi City near Variegated amid a battle against a Desolate-tier City.

  • Jinyao explained that Fuguang had hidden in the Hehe Realm to escape the Star Abyss's corrupting aura, and Fuguang fled when Lu Ye and Jinyao appeared before him.
  • Lu Ye visited Qin Feng at the Battle Arena and told him he had escaped the Nameless Land.
  • Fuguang reached a hidden Earth-tier Uniting Dao City, where a masked figure marked with the character "Four" struck him down before black chains dragged the attacker away.
  • Lu Ye changed his appearance, visited Lian at the Golden Stamen Tower, and returned to Yuan Xi City.
  • You Die told Lu Ye that Yuan Xi City had traveled with Dragon City and Phoenix Nest to Senluo City's territory, where Yuan Xi and the others were attacking a nearby Desolate-tier City.

Ch. 2866Directly Strike the Yellow Dragon

Lu Ye joined Yuan Xi’s forces in attacking Senluo City’s outlying defenses, then hurried to aid the Dragon Sovereign and Phoenix Lord in their assault on the city. He arrived to find them facing Hongtu, Xuan Wuzong, and Gu Mingyue, whose threat to attack Sacred Dragon City had stalled the siege.

  • Lu Ye helped Yuan Xi, Su Yan, and Zhu Yin break a Desolate-tier City’s defenses and drove its occupants away.
  • Yuan Xi learned that Lu Ye had escaped banishment, then told him the Dragon Sovereign and Phoenix Lord were attacking Senluo City.
  • Lu Ye set off for Senluo City and sensed the Dragon Sovereign, Phoenix Lord, Xuan Wuzong, Gu Mingyue, and Hongtu confronting one another.
  • Hongtu threatened to send troops against Sacred Dragon City if the Dragon Sovereign and Phoenix Lord continued their attack.
  • The Dragon Sovereign recognized that Hongtu’s threat could force him to abandon the siege and return to defend Sacred Dragon City.

Ch. 2867Battle Xuan Wuzong Again

Lu Ye returned from the Nameless Land and disrupted the battle between the Dragon Sovereign, Phoenix Lord, Hongtu, and Xuan Wuzong. As Xuan Wuzong moved to confront him, he struck at Lu Ye’s vulnerable divine soul, leaving the outcome of their clash unresolved.

  • The Dragon Sovereign stunned Hongtu with a dragon roar and attacked while the Phoenix Lord engaged Gu Mingyue.
  • Luo Sen led Senluo City’s Vice City Lords toward the battle, but Lu Ye wounded them and warned them to stay inside the city.
  • Lu Ye joined the battlefield, prompting Xuan Wuzong to withdraw and order troops mobilized to attack Dragon City.
  • Hongtu struggled to defend himself against the Dragon Sovereign after Xuan Wuzong left.
  • Xuan Wuzong met Lu Ye and used a secret technique to assault his divine soul, visibly staggering him.

Ch. 2868Such Trash

Lu Ye fought Xuan Wuzong and revealed that Fang could devour the mysteries of Supreme Treasures, then used Ba Qiu’s power to grievously wound him. Xuan Wuzong escaped, forcing Hongtu and Gu Mingyue to flee as well, and Lu Ye returned to Senluo City.

  • Jinyao used the Soul Suppressing Bell to destroy Xuan Wuzong’s Soul Swords, while Lu Ye reflected his sword attack with the Azure Dome Mirror and counterattacked.
  • Lu Ye and Xuan Wuzong fought at close quarters, and Xuan Wuzong noticed that his Thunder Marsh Sword had lost power.
  • Xuan Wuzong recognized Lu Ye’s saber as a Weapon Race, and Lu Ye’s next slash gravely wounded and poisoned him while inflicting Liao, Shang, and Ba Qiu’s Sealing Power.
  • Xuan Wuzong transformed into Lightning and escaped the Starry Sky Chessboard’s blockade, then warned Hongtu and Gu Mingyue to retreat.
  • Hongtu and Gu Mingyue fled from the Dragon Sovereign and Phoenix Lord, who returned to Senluo City before Lu Ye came back.

Ch. 2869Breaking Senluo City

Lu Ye forced Luo Sen to lower Senluo City's Protective Grand Array by eroding it with the Myriad Poison Bead's power and triggering poison in the wounded Vice City Lords. The city fell into chaos as its cultivators fled to the Hehe Realm, while the Dragon Sovereign rushed to protect the Uniting Dao Pearl.

  • The Dragon Sovereign and the Phoenix Lord learned that Lu Ye had killed Zong Shenliang and joined him outside Senluo City.
  • Lu Ye demanded that Luo Sen open the array, then struck it with the Crag Mountain Saber and began corroding its defenses.
  • Lu Ye triggered the hidden poison in Luo Sen and the other wounded Vice City Lords, leaving them unable to stabilize the array.
  • Luo Sen fled to the Central Great Hall and opened Senluo City's Protective Grand Array before escaping into the Hehe Realm.
  • The Vice City Lords and countless cultivators rushed to flee as Senluo City fell, and the Dragon Sovereign hurried to the Uniting Dao Pearl to prevent its destruction.

Ch. 2870Someone Is Becoming a Saint

After Senluo City fell, Lu Ye learned that a True Saint was ascending and rushed with the Primordial Parasol Tree’s help to investigate. He and Jinyao identified Fuguang as the one breaking through, leaving Lu Ye to confront the reason for his sudden ascent.

  • Lu Ye shattered Senluo City’s Uniting Dao Pearl and gathered its fragments, while the Dragon Sovereign and Phoenix Lord sensed the Star Abyss trembling.
  • The Phoenix Lord recognized the signs of a True Saint’s breakthrough, and Lu Ye hurried to the Phoenix Nest to ask the Primordial Parasol Tree to send him toward its source.
  • The Primordial Parasol Tree opened a passage for Lu Ye, then exhausted himself and went to sleep before the Dragon Sovereign and Phoenix Lord arrived.
  • Lu Ye reached the source of the disturbance and sensed a powerful tide of Dao Power converging there.
  • Jinyao appeared beside Lu Ye and identified Fuguang as the one ascending to True Saint, while Lu Ye wondered why Fuguang had begun breaking through immediately after leaving the Hehe Realm.

Ch. 2871Fuguang's Ascension

Lu Ye tried to stop Fuguang from ascending after realizing the Star Abyss had chosen him to become a True Saint. A masked attacker wounded Lu Ye, and after recovering, he learned that Fuguang had ascended and disappeared.

  • Lu Ye concluded that the Star Abyss's erosion had taken over Fuguang and that its instinct was forcing him to ascend.
  • Lu Ye attacked Fuguang with the Crag Mountain Saber, then used the Unfettered Army Stabilizing Banner to intensify his assault against Fuguang's natural defenses.
  • Fuguang's gaze revealed a glimpse of the Abyss and struck Lu Ye's Soul Sea, but Lu Ye continued attacking until a masked figure marked "Two" appeared behind him and severely wounded him.
  • Lu Ye lost consciousness as Jinyao tried to stabilize his Soul Sea, and the Crag Mountain Saber returned to guard him.
  • After Lu Ye burned away the lingering Dao intent and began to recover, Jinyao told him that a pitch-black chain had bound Fuguang before he vanished.
  • Lu Ye realized that Fuguang had ascended to become a True Saint.

Ch. 2872Origin Realm Fusion

After Fuguang became a True Saint and was dragged into the Origin Realm, the Nine Saints began awakening the Abyss’s will as the Origin Realm started merging with the Star Abyss. Lu Ye warned the Dragon Sovereign and Phoenix Lord of the coming crisis, then stayed at the Phoenix Nest to strengthen himself and cleanse the Primordial Parasol Tree.

  • Lu Ye confirmed to Jinyao that the masked figure who stopped him was Second Saint, while Fuguang had been taken into the Origin Realm.
  • At Abyss Island, the Nine Saints gathered around the pillars, and the Abyss’s will began to awaken as Origin Realm Half-Saints sensed the change.
  • Lu Ye and Jinyao saw the Origin Realm overlapping with the Star Abyss, and Lu Ye recognized that the realms were beginning to merge.
  • Lu Ye told the Dragon Sovereign and Phoenix Lord that Fuguang had become a True Saint and that the Abyss’s will would soon awaken; he also warned them that Half-Saints could become stronger with Uniting Dao Cities.
  • Lu Ye contacted Zhu Yin, remained at the Phoenix Nest, and began cleansing the Primordial Parasol Tree while cultivating his Small World Secret Technique and nurturing Fang.
  • Lu Ye repeatedly replenished his dwindling Dao force by refining Dao Fish, and the Dragon Sovereign sent him a large batch from Dragon City.

Ch. 2873A Deal with Supreme Treasures

Lu Ye helped four Supreme Treasures, including the Ghost Sedan, ease the corrosive power threatening their consciousness in exchange for some of their Laws. After they left, Primordial Parasol Tree revealed that the Ghost Sedan had left Lu Ye a Supreme Treasure as compensation, though he would have to retrieve it himself.

  • Primordial Parasol Tree asked Lu Ye to help its old friends, who turned out to be the Supreme Treasures Ghost Sedan and three others.
  • Lu Ye agreed to treat the Supreme Treasures and told them that the process would consume some of their Laws without damaging their foundations.
  • The Ghost Sedan went first, and Lu Ye used the Talent Tree to burn away enough corrosive power to protect its consciousness for at least a thousand years.
  • Lu Ye treated the other three Supreme Treasures, easing their corruption and gaining a small amount of their Law power.
  • The four Supreme Treasures thanked Lu Ye and departed, while Primordial Parasol Tree told him the Ghost Sedan had left him a Supreme Treasure to retrieve.

Ch. 2874The Shackles Loosened

The Dragon Sovereign and Phoenix Lord told Lu Ye that their shackles had loosened and asked him to remove the erosive power from their bodies before they entered seclusion. When Lu Ye’s Clone found a hidden Supreme Treasure sword, Abyss killed it; Lu Ye retrieved the sword’s power and fed it to the Soul Suppressing Bell to prepare for Abyss’s awakening.

  • The Dragon Sovereign and Phoenix Lord revealed that the Origin Realm’s fusion seemed to have loosened their shackles, giving them a chance to advance beyond Uniting Dao Peak.
  • Lu Ye removed the erosive power from both of them, and they departed to prepare for seclusion while he agreed to guard Dragon City and the Phoenix Nest.
  • Lu Ye’s Talent Tree Clone found a dull Supreme Treasure sword in a dangerous wonder, but a sudden Divine Soul impact knocked it unconscious and severed Lu Ye’s connection to it.
  • Lu Ye returned to the wonder with Jinyao protecting his Divine Soul and sensed Saint Si’s aura, concluding that Abyss had killed the Clone through its descending consciousness.
  • Lu Ye devoured the sword’s mystery without another attack and sent its nourishment into the Soul Suppressing Bell so it could better withstand Abyss’s consciousness.

Ch. 2875Saint Si

Lu Ye returned to the Phoenix Nest after strengthening the Soul Suppressing Bell and asked the Primordial Parasol Tree to seek the Ghost Sedan’s help in locating other Supreme Treasures. A Dragon Scroll message drew him to the Origin Realm, where he learned that Si Shengya had escaped badly injured after Abyss awakened and turned against the Human Race.

  • Jinyao told Lu Ye that the Soul Suppressing Bell had grown stronger, and Lu Ye returned to the Phoenix Nest through a spatial mark.
  • Lu Ye asked the Primordial Parasol Tree to contact the Ghost Sedan about other Supreme Treasures, and the tree warned that the Ghost Sedan might refuse to reveal their locations.
  • Yang Zhao told Lu Ye that an injured Human Race Half-Saint had rushed out of the Origin Realm, and Lu Ye suspected it was Si Shengya.
  • Lu Ye tracked the fugitive to a ruined Dead Star and found Si Shengya, whose body was damaged and burdened by clashing Dao intents.
  • Si Shengya told Lu Ye that someone had advanced to True Saint, Abyss’s consciousness had begun to awaken, and Abyss wanted to exterminate the Human Race.

Ch. 2876Watchers

Lu Ye and Si Shengya were ambushed by Saint Wu, and Lu Ye discovered that Si Shengya’s Sky-Shattering Saber had been corrupted into one of Abyss’s watchers. After cleansing the saber, Lu Ye learned that Si Shengya could resist the Origin Realm’s weakening restraint and decided to take him somewhere to recover.

  • Lu Ye learned how Si Shengya had escaped the Origin Realm, then sensed danger as Saint Wu appeared and struck him from behind.
  • Si Shengya dragged the badly wounded Lu Ye from the rubble, and Lu Ye explained that Saint Wu had targeted him rather than Si Shengya.
  • Lu Ye noticed that the Sky-Shattering Saber had become an Abyss puppet and used the Talent Tree to cleanse it before returning it to Si Shengya.
  • Si Shengya explained that he could remain in the Star Abyss by resisting the Origin Realm’s faint chain-like restraint.
  • Lu Ye offered to take Si Shengya to the Hehe Realm to recover from his injuries.

Ch. 2877Five Half-Saints

Lu Ye brought Si Shengya into the Hehe Realm, where Qin Feng considered advancing to half-saint and asked about help for two friends troubled by corrosive force. Meanwhile, five Origin Realm half-saints entered the Inner Realm, and Blood Calamity discovered Blood Drinking City had fallen before planning to gather Uniting Dao Pearl Core Fragments.

  • Lu Ye brought Si Shengya to the Hehe Realm and confirmed that its boundary blocked the Origin Realm's restrictive force.
  • Qin Feng told Lu Ye he felt ready to advance to half-saint, and Lu Ye offered to help with corrosive force affecting Qin Feng's two friends.
  • Lu Ye returned to the Phoenix Nest while Qin Feng went to speak with his friends.
  • Five Origin Realm half-saints emerged into the Inner Realm, but a sixth failed to pass through the shattered opening.
  • Blood Calamity realized Blood Drinking City's Uniting Dao Pearl had been destroyed and restrained his urge to attack the Dragon and Phoenix Races.
  • Blood Calamity proposed helping the other half-saints seize Uniting Dao Pearls before they pursued the Core Fragments.

Ch. 2878Blood Calamity Returned

Lu Ye learned that Blood Calamity and four other Half-Saints had escaped the Origin Realm and pursued them after they destroyed a Desolate-tier Uniting Dao City. He confronted Blood Calamity alone and suggested that the poison once used on Xue Tianxing might have carried over into Blood Calamity’s Half-Saint body.

  • Yang Zhao told Lu Ye that Blood Calamity and four other Half-Saints had appeared near the place where Fuguang advanced, and Lu Ye concluded they had escaped through a flaw in the Origin Realm’s barrier.
  • Lu Ye sensed Blood Calamity’s direction and pursued him while Yang Zhao returned to hiding.
  • Blood Calamity and the other Half-Saints destroyed a Desolate-tier Uniting Dao City, shattered its Uniting Dao Pearl, and agreed to split up and seek out other cities.
  • Lu Ye emerged to confront Blood Calamity, who was startled to find him alive and tried to invoke their past friendship.
  • Lu Ye challenged Blood Calamity over whether the poison used on Xue Tianxing had remained in the bloodline Blood Calamity refined.
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