Entering the Island

The scene before them left the descendants of Gods and Devils speechless for a long time. The dragon whale, the Xuanma horse, and the flaming bird were top experts from overseas, among the very few at the pinnacle.

However, these three powerful descendants of gods and Gods and Devils were easily torn apart by the alluring female on the deck. Their sturdy physical defenses and impressive Qi and Blood were no match for the opponent's three tails.

In the continued silence, the Lord of Raging Waves' brow twitched slightly. He knew that the Nine-Tailed Fox was a realm higher than himself, belonging to the second rank in the human race's classification.

I never expected the ruler of the Kingdom of Ten Thousand Demons to be so powerful.

Even a descendant of Gods and Devils like Xuanma, comparable to a third-rank deity, was nothing but a piece of trash in front of her, while the dragon whale was merely a slightly stronger piece of trash.

And what about me?

Thinking of this, Nu Lang's expression became complicated, and it became even more complicated when he saw Xu Qi'an, who appeared to be a second-rank official.

"Are there powerful individuals of this caliber overseas? Are they newly promoted descendants of Gods and Devils?"

"Obviously not. At her level, it's impossible for her to be unknown before being promoted."

More than a hundred descendants of Gods and Devils, scattered in various places, quickly exchanged information amidst their shock, and they guessed the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox's realm.

After all, the being capable of so easily slaying the Xuanma Dragon Whale must be on a completely different level from them.

While the descendants of Gods and Devils were lost in their own thoughts, the silver-haired enchantress's fox tail, like a leech sucking blood, began to absorb and devour the Essence Blood from the corpses of the Xuanma and the Flaming Bird.

On the sea and in the sky, the Primordial Spirit of Xuanma and Lieyan Bird roared angrily, their flesh writhing wildly in an attempt to reassemble, but as their vitality waned and their essence dissipated, they could only helplessly turn into "dead flesh."

The physical body died completely.

The fragments of the dragon whale's carcass never surfaced, but the blood that had stained the sea surface gradually faded in the process, until the water returned to its clear blue color.

At this moment, the nine fox tails turned completely red, their color a deep crimson.

"She is a nine-tailed celestial fox, a descendant of the Qingqiu foxes. It is said that this lineage established a Kingdom of Ten Thousand Demons on the Nine Provinces continent, and they are among the very few descendants of Gods and Devils who were not expelled from the Nine Provinces by the Dao Venerable."

"No wonder, no wonder killing Xuanma and the Dragon Whale was as easy as slaughtering dogs."

Finally, someone recognized the nine-tailed fox.

The Queen of the Kingdom of Ten Thousand Demons has sailed out to sea several times. Although she has not actively stirred up any storms or caused any trouble, there are still some rumors about her overseas, though they are not widespread.

The nine-tailed fox exhaled, a satisfied look on her face, and said with a smile:

"I'll store their Essence Blood for you, and refine it into a blood pill later. Hmm, if you can't wait, you can suck my tail."

She blinked her eyes knowingly.

It takes some time to refine the Essence Blood of a Transcendent Realm cultivator into a Blood Pill. She had been too rough with the process, so to prevent the Essence Blood from being lost, she chose to store it in her fox tail.

"Tail?"

Xu Qi'an looked at her with disdain, glanced at her bright red lips, and laughed:

"Could we go somewhere else?"

The two, a human and a fox, chatted idly, oblivious to the surrounding descendants of Gods and Devils.

The nine-tailed fox was "startled," reaching out to cover her pert buttocks, her face turning pale.

"What are you thinking? This won't do!"

What was I thinking? Xu Qi'an didn't react for a moment, then realized that he had been teased by the vixen again, and felt a surge of displeasure.

No woman had ever dared to repeatedly tease or mock him.

He was in control of everything, with Shen Gongbao on one side and fermented bean curd on the other.

At this moment, the ship had sailed to the edge of the realm of Gods and Devils, less than ten feet from the coastline. The Lord of Angry Waves Island gave a slightly changed warning:

"Don't go near, you'll get contaminated by the island's atmosphere."

Xu Qi'an applied slight pressure with the soles of his feet, and the boat obediently stopped. He examined the thin mist enveloping the island and asked:

How did Moyu get infected?

The Lord of Raging Waves said in a low voice:

It touched the fog.

Xu Qi'an pondered for a moment, looked at the nine-tailed fox, and said:

"I'll do it."

He is a first-class martial artist, whose essence, energy, and spirit are perfectly integrated. This characteristic gives him the ability to be "invulnerable to all magic," making it difficult for external forces to forcibly enter his body.

The silver-haired enchantress didn't try to be brave and nodded slightly.

Xu Qi'an took two steps forward and stepped off the deck, his actions causing the descendants of Gods and Devils in the distance to pause in surprise.

They could tell that the Kingdom of Ten Thousand Demons King from the Nine Provinces Continent intended to enter the island, but they did not expect that the first to approach the Gods and Devils Island was a male who appeared to be human.

Many of the descendants of Gods and Devils overseas have never seen a real human.

Are they cannon fodder used to test the waters?

Amidst the flickering thoughts of gods Gods and Devils, Xu Qi'an stepped through the void, arriving at the edge of the coastline, now only inches away from the barrier formed by the thin mist.

He stretched out his finger, trying to touch the thin mist.

Buzz!

The moment his fingers touched the thin mist, the slowly floating mist began to tremble. Then, wisps of mist, like maggots clinging to his bones, began to surge towards Xu Qi'an, first "drawing" strange, incomplete patterns on his fingers, and then on his palm.

As the thin mist invaded, Xu Qi'an's mind was jolted by a sudden burst of "memories," memories that seemed to be imprinted deep within his genes, instincts he had carried since birth.

For example, using both feet to walk and both hands to hold objects, except that the additional memory at this time is how to manipulate elements of heaven and earth such as wind, rain, thunder, and lightning.

Innate supernatural Divine Ability. These wisps of mist can indeed forcibly bestow Divine Ability upon a life form that does not belong to it. Xu Qi'an sensed his spirit gradually collapsing, his genes being forcibly modified.

If it were a nine-tailed fox, even if it could forcibly expel the gift of the "mist" from its body, it would still suffer greatly.

But Xu Qi'an wouldn't be like that; he was a first-class martial artist, a stubborn and unyielding rock.

"See, this is the consequence of touching the barrier."

"Only that lord can resist the corrosive influence of the mist. Once touched by that aura, he'll go mad. This guy's doomed."

Several descendants of Gods and Devils who arrived at Guixu long ago shared their experiences with those who came after them.

Are you alright?

At the bow of the ship, the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox stared at Xu Qi'an's hands, her brows slightly furrowed.

"It's alright!"

Xu Qi'an chuckled, clasped his hands together, and thrust them fiercely into the thin mist, like a knife piercing a hard barrier.

Xu Qi'an's palms pierced through the barrier formed by the thin mist, and his arms expanded outwards, tearing it apart little by little.

There was no sound, but at that moment, the thin mist over the entire island trembled, as if it had been violently shaken.

The thin mist frantically converged towards the foreign object, attempting to assimilate and erode it. However, the patterns clinging to the palms of a first-rank martial artist were often evaporated and dissipated by an even more powerful force before they could even take shape.

"Ahhh"

Xu Qi'an's muscles swelled, and blood mist gushed from his pores.

Blood sacrifice!

The thin mist barrier was pushed open once more, and through the gap, the scene inside the island was no longer hazy, but clearly reflected in the eyes of the three descendants of Gods and Devils on the deck.

The mist that enveloped the entire island was no longer just trembling; it was boiling over completely, like a turbid current being stirred up.

Seeing that the breach had been torn open, the silver-haired enchantress said to the mermaid queen and the Lord of Angry Waves behind her:

"You don't need to come along, just wait outside."

The two descendants of Gods and Devils had an extremely strong "desire" for the island of Gods and Devils, a desire that came from instinct, but reason told them that entering the island would most likely lead to their death.

Once they nodded, the silver-haired enchantress gracefully leaped up and disappeared into the gap.

Xu Qi'an turned sideways and squeezed inside as well.

A thin mist, flowing like water, filled in the gaping hole.

The descendants of Gods and Devils in the distance stood motionless, their expressions frozen.

After a long while, the extraordinary descendant of Gods and Devils, whose true form was a clam, murmured softly:

"Who is that person? What's their background?"

On the deck, the Lord of Raging Waves Island turned his head in a daze to look at the Mermaid Queen, and said in a tone that was both shocked and heartbroken:

"You... you knew about his cultivation level all along?"

Looking back on the mermaid queen's attempts to please him, he suddenly realized how oblivious he had been.

Such a powerful being, and I actually missed the chance to curry favor with him, and we barely spoke to each other.

Gods and Devils Island, a quiet wilderness somewhere.

The enormous, mountain-like Huang stood there silently, motionless, for a long while before slowly taking half a step.

"I hate this place. This is the essence of time."

He spoke in a deep, resonant voice, "Slowly."

The flow of time in this region is extremely strange, ten times slower than in the real world.

For any creature that ventures inside, each step takes ten times longer than the one outside.

"Who is Time?"

The same slow voice asked, coming from the supervisor.

"If there was one ancient Gods and Devils that was the most difficult to deal with and impossible to kill, it was time."

"His spiritual essence makes everything incredibly slow."

Huang spent a full quarter of an hour answering the supervisor.

In the real world, this sentence could be said in ten breaths.

I really can't stand the speed at which you talk.

The supervisor sighed:

"And you also reminded me of my disciple."

At this moment, the human-faced sheep head slightly raised its head and glanced up at an extremely slow speed:

"Someone has come in."

The supervisor asked curiously:

"Are there still experts overseas?"

Huang did not respond. He changed his course, slowly turned around, and returned the way he had come.

It took Him a very long time to finally leave this "slow" zone and return to the world where time flows normally.

Stop pretending!

His golden pupils flashed with a fierce light as he sneered:

"In the present Kyushu, besides Xu Qi'an, the only one who can tear apart the barrier by brute force is that half-step Martial God from the Southern Frontier."

"I guess it's Xu Qi'an. A half-step Martial God won't leave Southern Frontier; he needs to keep the Buddhist School occupied."

Then he saw a butterfly formed from thin mist flutter its wings and land lightly on a long horn—the very one that sealed the supervisor.

Huang exhaled softly, scattering the butterflies, which turned into a thin mist and disappeared.

"I know that as the gatekeeper, you have special methods here, but don't try to pull them off in front of me."

Huang Leng snorted, "Xu Qi'an's arrival is just in time. He can't use the power of all living beings overseas, so I can kill him, devour his Essence Blood, and strengthen my physique."

As for returning to the peak, what is needed is the spiritual essence of Gods and Devils, not the Qi and Blood of a martial artist.

Xu Qi'an stood on the "beach," and all he could see was a desolate, black earth, devoid of plants and animals, utterly silent.

Looking up at the sky, one sees a thin mist slowly rising.

The nine-tailed fox extended her small, white hand, paused for a few seconds, and said:

"There are no elements of heaven and earth here, not even earth spirits!"

She had just tried to summon the Yin and Yang Five Elements (earth, wind, water, fire), but all attempts failed.

"Then what we're standing on isn't dirt?" Xu Qi'an frowned, looked around, and said:

"I didn't see any footprints of 'Huang'."

Based on what we saw back then, the monster in the sea was as huge as a mountain. A monster of that size would definitely leave traces if it moved around normally.

Unless He rides the wind.

"Don't move for now, I'll have the puppet explore first."

He offered his advice with composure, while simultaneously waving his sleeves and unleashing a black dragon.

"Awoo."

A black dragon soared into the sky, baring its fangs and brandishing its claws, charging proudly and arrogantly towards the heavens.

Then it suddenly cracked into pieces, falling with a series of thuds in front of Xu Qi'an and the Nine-Tailed Fox.

"What's this? A live demonstration of what it means to 'crack open'?" Xu Qi'an muttered to himself, his expression grave.

"Something's strange in the sky!"

The black dragon was at the Transcendent Realm, and its innate divine Divine Ability included "defense." However, upon ascending to the heavens, it immediately shattered into pieces, revealing an unseen danger with terrifying sharpness.

At this moment, the nine-tailed fox hissed, and a bead of blood oozed from its slender, white finger.

"Less than three feet in front of me"

Before she could finish speaking, Xu Qi'an threw a punch, and a sound like a snapping string echoed through the air.

The nine-tailed fox stretched out her finger to probe again, only to find that the terrifying sharpness had vanished.

"Lyric strings? Spider silk?"

She offered a cautious guess.

Xu Qi'an did not answer, put the restored black dragon back into his sleeve, and walked forward silently.

This time, he was in charge of clearing the way. Along the way, he encountered countless cuts from invisible forces. After walking a dozen or so feet, his robes were already torn to shreds.

The powerful physique of a first-rank martial artist was covered with white marks.

The nine-tailed fox followed behind the boorish warrior, leisurely mocking him:

"Oh dear, turn around and let this lord see what that thing that makes Night Princess so obsessed looks like."

"I'm afraid if I turn around, I'll sweep you away," Xu Qi'an said irritably.

The further he went, the higher the temperature and the drier the air became. When Xu Qi'an saw a patch of lava ahead, it had been a long time since he had been cut by an invisible, sharp object.

The nine-tailed celestial fox stood beside him. As far as the eye could see, the earth vanished, and magma resembled an ocean, occasionally spewing out scorching tongues of fire.

"Laugh!"

The nine-tailed fox opened her palm, and an exaggerated tongue of fire shot out, startling herself.

"This place is entirely filled with the power of fire spirits. I only cast a small Law Technique, and it has already reached this scale."

She was shocked.

Xu Qi'an stroked his chin and pondered:

I have an idea!

The nine-tailed celestial fox had her own guess, but she still turned her head to listen to him speak.

Xu Qi'an said:

"We saw the figures of ancient Gods and Devils outside the island, but they disappeared after we came in. Could it have been an illusion formed from the residual spiritual essence of those Gods and Devils?"

"This place is one of the battlefields of ancient Gods and Devils, filled with the power left behind by them after their deaths. What we just encountered was the spiritual essence of that six-armed giant, while what we are seeing now belongs to another Gods and Devils."

"I just don't understand why the spiritual energy outside is incomplete and chaotic, while that inside the island is clearly distinct?"

The silver-haired enchantress explained:

"The stronger the spiritual essence, the stronger its exclusivity; a clear distinction is inevitable. As for those outside, they are probably formed by the fusion of overflowing spiritual essences. This also explains why the spiritual essences obtained by those descendants of Gods and Devils who have been tainted by it are incomplete and chaotic."

"That makes sense!" Xu Qi'an nodded in agreement and sighed.

"This place is the paradise of 'Wilderness'. Not long after the appearance of Gods and Devils Island, Wilderness came. He wanted to use this place to return to his peak. I am more and more certain of my previous guess."

"He may have even spent a long time touring the South China Sea with the Supervisor, playing and waiting for the appearance of the Island of Gods and Gods and Devils."

The latter sentence is a joke meant to make the best of a bad situation.

After saying that, Xu Qi'an did not ride the wind, but tentatively stepped into the magma.

"Hiss"

He gasped, feeling the terrifying heat accompanied by intense pain.

Then, Outer Dao:

"Magma has excellent body-tempering effects; it makes skin and flesh tougher, and the longer you soak in it, the stronger its fire resistance becomes. Are you in?"

The nine-tailed fox pouted:

"Go make your own!"

Xu Qi'an let out an "Oh," and while wading through the lava, he took the opportunity to temper his body.

Suddenly, he raised his hand, his energy condensing into a giant hand, and grabbed at the nine-tailed fox in the air.

The latter seemed to have been prepared, elevating itself without warning to avoid the giant hand's grasp.

She looked down at him, a smirk playing on her lips.

"When your great-aunt was navigating the complexities of politics, you weren't even born yet! The moment you opened your mouth, I knew what you were up to."

Want to see her body? Pshaw, dream on!

"This is boring!" Xu Qi'an muttered to himself and continued walking.

Seeing that they were about to cross this area, Xu Qi'an was taken aback and said:

I think I stepped on something.