Yang Zhen, accompanied by the Empress of Emperor Su Palace and the two Shameless Cat, headed towards the Western Region.
Having not been here for some time, Yang Zhen couldn't help but feel a sense of nostalgia as he stepped onto the Western Region once again.
"Youth is wonderful."
Hearing this, the Shameless Cat looked completely bewildered. Empress of Emperor Su Palace chuckled and said, "Little guy, you seem to be only in your early twenties, yet you're making such remarks?"
Yang Zhen grinned and said, "In our village, there's a saying: 'Ambition knows no age, and a skinny person isn't necessarily small.' You wouldn't understand the profound wisdom of our people."
Emperor Su Palace was taken aback and asked, "I can understand that ambition is not limited by age, after all, ambitious people can be cultivated from a young age, but what do you mean by saying that a thin person is not necessarily young?"
Yang Zhen winked at the Empress of Emperor Su Palace and said, "Let's discuss this kind of thing after you find your other half."
Empress of Emperor Su Palace, unsuspecting, smiled and said, "My heart is set on the Emperor Su Palace. Romantic affairs are nothing but a pipe dream for me."
Yang Zhen shook his head, crossed his legs, and said, "No, no, once you find your other half, you'll realize that in this world, everything except love can be put aside for now."
Empress of Emperor Su Palace's expression was strange; she shook her head and remained silent.
Suddenly, the Heaven-Swallowing Hou let out a low roar. Yang Zhen was startled, released his Divine Sense, sat up, and said with a smile, "Interesting. It's been so long since I've been here, and the people of the Western Region are still so fierce."
Not far ahead, a young woman fled in panic, pursued closely by a group of men in black, their faces grim.
Yang Zhen watched in astonishment. The woman's clothes were torn to shreds, barely covering her body. He quickly covered his eyes, peeking through his fingers and exclaiming, "Damn it! In broad daylight, these people are shameless! So many men bullying a weak woman! The world is going to hell!"
Empress of Emperor Su Palace's face showed a hint of anger. She leaped forward and charged towards the woman.
Upon seeing Empress of Emperor Su Palace, the woman's face lit up with joy. She rushed to the Empress of Emperor Su Palace's side and cried out, "Senior, save me!"
A group of men in black, their faces adorned with gaudy black markings, appeared expressionless. However, upon seeing Empress of Emperor Su Palace, their expressions became unusually calm, and they stared at the Empress of Emperor Su Palace with wary eyes.
The Heaven-Swallowing Hou was so enormous that when Heaven-Swallowing Hou appeared before the men in black, they all instinctively took a step back.
This Savage Wilderness species had a strong sensory impact on the cultivators of the Great Wilderness. However, these men in black seemed determined to possess the young woman. Even after seeing the Heaven-Swallowing Hou and the Empress of Emperor Su Palace, they did not leave but merely circled around from a distance. Then, a white-haired man in black stepped forward.
"Wow, this guy is so cool!"
Yang Zhen looked surprised as he peeked from the back of the Heaven-Swallowing Hou.
The Shameless Cat curled its lip and said, "Kid, you've really changed. You didn't go to help out in this 'hero saves the damsel in distress' situation, but instead watched the show here?"
Yang Zhen waved his hand and said, "What do you know? What we hear is just one perspective, and what we see is just one angle from which we see the problem. We can't possibly understand what actually happened. Who says the beautiful one is always the weaker party in a hero rescuing a damsel in distress?"
The Shameless Cat was dumbfounded, and said with a sneer, "I can't argue with your twisted logic, but this little girl is about to die, she can't be the stronger party, can she?"
Yang Zhen nodded and said, "What you said seems to make some sense."
As he spoke, Yang Zhen swaggered down and came to the Empress of Emperor Su Palace, where he happened to meet the white-haired man in black.
The white-haired man in black was taken aback when he saw there were still people on the Heaven-Swallowing Hou. He said in a deep voice, " The Great Jiang Kingdom is pursuing criminals. Who are you?"
Yang Zhen waved his hand and said, "Who we are is not important. What's important is, is your Great Jiang Kingdom's Grand Preceptor alright? Is he really not blind?"
"You bastard!"
The white-haired man in black revealed a look of fury as he stared at Yang Zhen and said, "I don't care who you are, insulting the Grand Preceptor of my Great Jiang Kingdom is a capital offense."
boom--!
A muffled sound rang out, and a terrifying earthy-colored aura erupted from the white-haired man in black, making him look incredibly rustic.
Yang Zhen curled his lip and said, "What a waste of such fine attire, yet you cultivate such a rustic Cultivation Method. Truly, you have the air of the Great Jiang Kingdom. I don't care who you are; showing off your cultivation in front of me, your death sentence is already sealed."
Snap!
A crisp slap landed on the white-haired man in black, who immediately spun around and fell to the ground.
Seeing this, the rest of the group dared not linger. They scattered like birds and beasts, running in all directions at a considerable speed.
Yang Zhen was dumbfounded. He had thought they were a group of guys who would fight to the death, but they had run away so easily?
When did the Great Jiang Kingdom become so cowardly?
The young woman's face showed a respectful expression, her eyes gleaming with admiration. She said to Yang Zhen and the Empress of Emperor Su Palace, "Seniors, are you cultivators from the Great Wilderness lineage?"
Yang Zhen was taken aback and asked, "How did you know?"
The young woman exclaimed, "That's wonderful! All the seniors of the Great Wilderness lineage have come to the Western Region to participate in the Western Region Holy Assembly. Are you two seniors also here to participate in the Western Region Holy Assembly?"
Yang Zhen and Empress of Emperor Su Palace exchanged a glance, both seeing the confusion in each other's eyes.
"What is the Western Region Holy Assembly?" Yang Zhen asked curiously.
Damn, something incredible is about to happen here. The Western Region Holy Assembly —the name itself sounds very prestigious. It might even bring about some unexpected changes in the half-month period ahead of schedule.
Yang Zhen led the young woman all the way to her sect, and finally understood what the Holy Assembly was all about.
The young woman's Qiao Yunduo, and she belonged to a Cultivation World sect called Yun Kong Sect, which had little influence in the Western Region at the time.
Legend has it that when the Great Buddha of the Western Region reached the heavens, it prophesied that when the world opened up again, the Western Region would undergo earth-shattering changes, possibly returning to Savage Wilderness era.
The thing that could restore the Great Wilderness Era to the Savage Wilderness era was an High Antiquity treasure called the Void Heaven Seal.
High Antiquity treasures are neither good nor evil; when used for good, they bring blessings to heaven and earth, and when used for evil, they bring suffering to all living beings.
Legend has it that in High Antiquity times, a Devil Cultivator once controlled the Void Heaven Seal, directly opening it to refine heaven and earth, turning the entire Western Region into an existence similar to the Nine Nether Purgatory.
At that time, corpses floated for thousands of miles, all things in heaven and earth were destroyed, countless cultivators died tragically, and even many High Antiquity races in the Western Region were wiped out.
If it weren't for the suppression by the Heavenly Emperor's weapon, the ancestor of the Great Buddha of the Western Region Patriarch Xuanye, the entire Western Region would have been nearly destroyed.
The time has come, Void Heaven Seal is likely to be born soon, so almost all the powerful figures in the Great Wilderness have come to the Western Region.
Yang Zhen was stunned. The Shameless Cat beside him frowned and said, "Kid, this is no simple matter."
Empress of Emperor Su Palace nodded and said, "We must not let the Void Heaven Seal fall into the hands of evildoers."
Yang Zhen pondered for a moment and then asked, "Where is this Western Region Holy Assembly being held?"
" The Jade Pool Holy Land, the Yaoqing Mountain," Qiao Yunduo replied instinctively.
"What?" Yang Zhen was taken aback. "In the Jade Pool Holy Land?"