Just look at the sheer power of the Celestial Phenomenon Realm expert!
Feng Wuya and the others had just shown up and hadn't even spoken when the other side let out a howl and all of them took off running. In the blink of an eye, not a single one of the seven Heavenly Cycle Realm experts was left.
Not to mention the others, even Feng Wuya and the others were dumbfounded, exchanging bewildered glances and revealing wry smiles.
The two swaggering figures, Shameless Cat and Flirtatious Chicken, approached Yang Zhen with an air of arrogance. The sarcastic voice from earlier had clearly come from Shameless Cat. They chuckled as they stood before Yang Zhen and said, "Kid, you ran all this way just to scare these few Heavenly Cycle Realm?"
Yang Zhen shook his head and said, "Of course it's not that boring. You've all seen the situation; do you know what's going on?"
Feng Wuya and the others approached Yang Zhen, exchanged glances, and the Heavenly Venerable Five Wheels, being an impatient man, immediately said, "Boy, if we're not mistaken, the Youzhou Continent is about to get quite lively."
Yang Zhen rolled his eyes at the Heavenly Venerable Five Wheels. How novel! They've caused such a commotion; it's no wonder it's so lively.
The question is, what exactly is this Heaven and Earth Chasm?
Yang Zhen approached Wan Quan, patted the stunned Wan Quan on the shoulder, and said, "Sect Leader Wan, what are you still doing here? Are you really waiting for this Sage of Saunter to kill you?"
Wan Quan suddenly snapped out of his daze, coughing violently. He looked at Yang Zhen with a bitter smile and said, "Boy, I've schemed and plotted, thinking I could act with impunity in the Youzhou Continent. Although I had someone to rely on to survive, with the world undergoing such a great change, who can remain unscathed? I never imagined... I never imagined your situation would reach such a level. Are these seniors truly experts of the Celestial Phenomenon Realm?"
Yang Zhen nodded and said, "Of course it's true. By the way, were those old geezers really from that recently emerged Great Spring Holy Land?"
Wan Quan took a deep breath and nodded, saying, "That's right. The Holy Lord of the Great Spring Holy Land is a powerful expert at the Ninth Heaven of the Heavenly Cycle Realm. It's said that he's about to break through to the Celestial Phenomenon Realm. If it weren't for this great change in the world, he would probably have already entered seclusion to break through. Although you have a Celestial Phenomenon Realm expert by your side, don't underestimate the Great Spring Holy Land. Those people are extremely vengeful... Never mind, when it comes to holding grudges, who can compare to you, kid?"
Yang Zhen grinned, patted Wan Quan on the shoulder, and said, "You'd better watch yourself!"
With that, Yang Zhen stopped paying attention to Wan Quan and turned to look at Hua Youyue and Han Yan'er, asking, "Have you missed me?"
Hua Youyue smiled sweetly, while Han Yan'er glared at her, about to speak, when Wan Quan suddenly burst into laughter and slapped himself on the head.
"Sect Leader!"
A gasp rang out, and Wan Quan's expression changed. When he turned to look at Duan Langwen and the others, he was visibly shaken, and a look of reluctance appeared on his face.
Yue Yingying approached Yang Zhen with a strange expression. After hesitating for a moment, she slowly knelt before Yang Zhen and said, " Yang Zhen, please be merciful and spare the sect leader."
Yang Zhen looked at Yue Yingying with surprise, slightly avoiding Yue Yingying kneeling, and asked curiously, "Give me a reason?"
Yue Yingying bit her lip, glanced up at Hua Youyue and Han Yan'er, and said in a deep voice, "If... if you spare the sect leader, I am willing to be a slave for life!"
"Yingying, you mustn't!" Wan Quan's expression changed. Seeing Yang Zhen's mocking gaze, he said bitterly to Yue Yingying, "Why are you doing this to yourself, child!"
Yue Yingying smiled brightly, kowtowed three times respectfully to Wan Quan, and said, "I am grateful to the sect leader for not abandoning me, for rescuing me from the pile of corpses, taking me as his disciple, teaching me Cultivation Method, and teaching me how to be a person. How could I... watch you die?"
Yang Zhen's eyes widened suddenly as he looked at Wan Quan, whose face was full of age, and said with a strange expression, "I never expected that you, this cunning and treacherous old man, would still have this kind of conscience?"
Wan Quan was taken aback, then glared at Yang Zhen and said, "Boy, people aren't plants or trees, how can they be without feelings? You and I are just on different sides. In the dog-eat-dog Cultivation World of cultivation, where is there any right or wrong, good or evil?"
Oh my!
Yang Zhen was truly impressed by Wan Quan. How could someone with such insight be so lacking in character?
It seems Wan Quan isn't completely heartless; he's just gotten senile.
Seeing Yue Yingying kneeling, Yang Zhen curled her lip and said, "Do whatever you want!"
Yue Yingying opened her mouth but didn't speak. Instead, she silently helped Wan Quan up and walked step by step towards the outside of the mountain.
When Duan Langwen turned to look at Yang Zhen, his eyes revealed resentment and anger, but he was also a guy who dared not speak out against his anger.
In the past, Wan Quan might have spared him, but Duan Langwen would have certainly died.
But things are different now. Yang Zhen is now focused on figuring out what this Heaven and Earth Chasm in front of him is, and he can't be bothered with people like Duan Langwen.
Let alone leaving any hidden dangers, even if Duan Langwen were to open the Imperial Treasury and allow him to cultivate freely, with his temperament and comprehension, it wouldn't pose any danger to Yang Zhen.
On the Shangyuan Sect's side, the Grand Elder Gou Shengtian had not yet recovered from the shock. He stared blankly at Feng Wuya and the others, his face filled with excitement and astonishment.
Feng Wuya, Fifth-wheel Tianzun, Shangwu Tianzun, and Old Man Yuelong are all here. This is a genuine strong man of the Celestial Phase. Just standing there so quietly seems to be able to affect the atmosphere of the surrounding heaven and earth. Otherwise, he would not scare away the seven strong men of the Zhouxian phase just by showing up.
"Grand Elder? Grand Elder?" Yang Zhen waved his hand in front of Gou Shengtian and said, "Does the Shangyuan Sect have enough space to accommodate these people?"
A bitter smile flickered across Gou Shengtian's face as he said, " Yang Zhen, you've seen it too, the Shangyuan Sect these past few days..."
It's been almost completely destroyed!
When the tree falls, the monkeys scatter; when the wall collapses, everyone pushes it down. The fact that Shangyuan Sect hasn't been devoured piece by piece by those cultivators with ulterior motives in the past few days is already a result of Gou Shengtian's desperate efforts to protect it.
Yang Zhen rolled his eyes and said to Feng Wuya and the others, "Seniors, you've all heard it, we're really too poor. Why don't you make do and live in the trees?"
Upon hearing this, everyone present widened their eyes, especially Gou Shengtian, who almost rushed forward to cover Yang Zhen's mouth.
To have four powerful cultivators at the Celestial Phenomenon Realm live in a tree?
Perhaps only Yang Zhen could say something like that.
Gou Shengtian hurriedly said, "Seniors, please don't be offended. Yang Zhen has always been this reckless and unruly. I will order people to build a few dwellings tonight."
Before Gou Shengtian Feng Wuya Yang Chen and said, "What are you all standing there for? Go find someone to build a house!"
Yang Chen hurriedly scrambled to carry Li Ruxue toward the back mountain, but they were soon surrounded by a group of cultivators who had been watching the commotion.
Are you kidding me? This is a chance for a Celestial Phenomenon Realm expert to build a house! This might be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Even if you don't know how to build a house, you still have to get in first.
" Yang Chen, Yang Chen, do you still remember me? I once gave you a crystal. Yes, it was me. I can build houses, look..."
"Bullshit! Don't think we're all fools. What do you, an Alchemist apprentice, know about building houses?"
"Pick me! Pick me! I'm strong and hardworking!"
"Pick me! Pick me! I... I don't want any reward!"
"Pah! You shameless bastard, how could you say such a shameless thing?"
A group of people were fighting and scrambling, almost tearing Yang Chen apart.
Gou Shengtian respectfully led Feng Wuya and the others into half of the main hall of the Shangyuan Sect. He ordered the best tea to be served, and then stood respectfully to the side, refusing to sit down no matter what. It was only after Yang Zhen urged him repeatedly that he finally sat down on a corner of a stool like a young lady.
The Heavenly Venerable Five Wheels continued speaking, asking, "Boy, have you noticed that this Heaven and Earth Chasm isn't actually about heaven and earth annihilating any existence?"
Yang Zhen nodded. These were the words he had once spoken to Gou Shengtian, which he had discovered when he first arrived in the Youzhou Continent.
Seeing Yang Zhen nod, the Heavenly Venerable Five Wheels said in a deep voice, "Do you remember what I once told you? The current Cultivation World is merely a part of the Great Wilderness World."
Yang Zhen stirred. He exchanged a glance with Gou Shengtian before turning to the Heavenly Venerable Five Wheels, hesitantly asking, "Senior, do you mean...?"
The Heavenly Venerable Five Wheels took a deep breath, their expressions becoming solemn.
Gou Shengtian suddenly exclaimed in surprise, stood up abruptly, and was about to walk out.
All eyes instinctively fell on Gou Shengtian, Gou Shengtian stopped and said bitterly, "I've forgotten, the Shangyuan Sect is now only half its original size."
At this point, Gou Shengtian looked at Yang Zhen and said, " The Shangyuan Sect Sect's training once mentioned that the Youzhou Continent is actually just a fragment of the continent. The real Youzhou Continent is vast and boundless, comparable to the Northern Region of the East Sea, only slightly smaller than the Central Court."
Yang Zhen's eyes lit up, and he asked in surprise, "How come I've never heard of this ancestral precept?"
Gou Shengtian gave a bitter laugh and said, "... It's not just you; no one in the entire Shangyuan Sect believes in this ancestral precept, because this ancestral precept is simply... simply..."
"That's utter nonsense!" Yang Zhen curled his lip. If it had been a year ago, or even half a year ago, and someone had told him this ancestral instruction, even if it was Lu Chenghui himself who told Yang Zhen, Yang Zhen would have thought that Lu Chenghui was senile.
In retrospect, this was not unfounded.
Yang Zhen and the Heavenly Venerable Five Wheels exchanged a glance, hesitated for a moment, and then asked, "Seniors, do you think this Heaven and Earth Chasm means that the Youzhou Continent is about to revert to its original state?"
Upon realizing this possibility, Yang Zhen was utterly shocked.
What on earth is doing?
Feng Wuya shook his head, and under Yang Zhen's hesitant gaze, suddenly said, "Now that the world has undergone great changes and the Principle have been perfected, the power that the world can withstand is getting stronger and stronger. If it were just about restoring the world, that wouldn't be a problem. But we suspect that there might still be people inside the Heaven and Earth Chasm and earth!"
Is there... is there anyone else?
Yang Zhen's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets, then he suddenly remembered that he had once inadvertently sensed a trace of life in the Heaven and Earth Chasm.
This... is quite serious.
The Heaven and Earth Chasm has been sealed for tens of thousands of years. It was not created by human effort into the void, but rather by the power of heaven and earth.
Just how terrifying must an existence be to be so utterly rejected by Heaven and Earth Rejection, causing the entire world to be thrown into the void by the power of the Principle of Heaven and Earth?
During this period, under the self-contained world of this realm, just how monstrous have the people within become?
"Damn, this is really going to be interesting!"