Free Web NovelChapter 1886: Chapter 1871: Sand Sea Cataclysm
In the center of the Molten Hell Sea, above the lava vortex passage that Ye Zhen and Wang Baimu passed through earlier, Xuan Sheng of the Heavenly Temple, together with an elder in a blue robe, took just one glance before rushing into the lava vortex.
Before long, they reached the underground mire where Ye Zhen discovered the Five Seed Pomegranate.
Even though the path leading to the underground mire had collapsed, for someone like Xuan Sheng, getting through was a breeze.
Usually arrogant, treating the Grand Divine Masters of the Heavenly Temple like children, Xuan Sheng showed rare kindness toward this blue-robed elder.
Although the elder’s cultivation level, Mang Jie, was not as high as his, he dared not show any disrespect.
In the Heavenly Temple, status was usually determined by cultivation, but those devoted to studying the Dao had even higher status and prestige than some ordinary Divine Kings.
The elder in the blue robe, Mang Jie, was such a person.
"Old Mang, do you think it’s still possible to cultivate the Innate Spiritual Object, Five Seed Pomegranate here?" After Mang Jie finished his observation, Xuan Sheng cautiously asked.
"The overall environment here has not been destroyed; the Grand Formation set up years ago is still intact, and the subterranean Spirit Vein is abundant. As for the environment, as long as you don’t take the Ice River Pearl, and reinforce the passage after clearing it, as long as you still have the seeds of the Five Seed Pomegranate, you can naturally cultivate the Innate Spiritual Object, Five Seed Pomegranate here." The blue-robed elder Mang Jie spoke directly.
"If that’s the case, that’s wonderful." Xuan Sheng smiled and bowed slightly, "We ask Old Mang to wait here for a few days; Sun and Moon Heaven will send the seeds of the Five Seed Pomegranate over as quickly as possible. At that time, we’ll trouble Old Mang with the cultivation."
Mang Jie nodded indifferently, then once again surveyed the surroundings with a professional gaze, "The environment is fine, but the guarding needs to be strengthened."
"The Five Seed Pomegranate that is about to be acquired this time may have been lost; we don’t care about Sun and Moon Heaven’s share, but Qingli Peak’s must not be missed.
Our Peak Master will naturally discuss this with your Sun and Moon Heaven.
However, in this renewed cultivation of the Five Seed Pomegranate, the defense is your responsibility according to the agreement. You must double the defense here.
If anything goes wrong again, I’m afraid even Sun and Moon Heaven can’t afford the compensation," Mang Jie said.
Xuan Sheng nodded obediently once more, "Rest assured, Old Mang. This time, there will be no problems. As for how to enhance the defense here, everything will be done as you instruct."
The loss of the Innate Spiritual Object, Five Seed Pomegranate, has delayed the grand plans of the God Kings and Divine Monarchs, causing a storm within Sun and Moon Heaven.
However, with Innate Spiritual Objects becoming increasingly rare in the world, it’s not easy to find a suitable place for cultivation, so Sun and Moon Heaven plans to cultivate the Five Seed Pomegranate again.
Although it takes at least eight thousand years for the Five Seed Pomegranate to mature once.
For mortals or ordinary Martial Artists, eight thousand years is unimaginably long.
But for Creation Gods, eight thousand years are like several decades to an ordinary Martial Artist, not long at all.
However, cultivating Innate Spiritual Objects is not a simple matter, hence the current scenario.
"This place has already been exposed. Regardless of who’s behind the fleeing Three-eyed Demon clan or the person who stole the Five Seed Pomegranate, once they react, they will eventually guess one or two things about this.
You never know when they might come here again, even familiar with the place. Therefore, the defense measures here can’t rely only on the few Primordial Era Fierce Beasts or the natural concealment of the Molten Hell Sea; top-level manpower must be arranged for guarding," Mang Jie said.
"You say, how many guards do we need, how many Divine Masters and Grand Divine Masters, the numbers are up to you," Xuan Sheng said with a smile.
Mang Jie, however, shook his head, "Guarding such a place, neither Divine Masters nor Grand Divine Masters are sufficient."
"Then...." Xuan Sheng’s heart trembled.
"You’ll need to send at least three like yourself from Sun and Moon Heaven, and then appoint a Divine King to oversee from above the Sea of Hellfire Lava, ensuring that any crisis can be dealt with in the shortest possible time."
Mang Jie’s words made Xuan Sheng’s face turn unpleasant for the first time.
"Old Mang, isn’t that a bit too much? Sun and Moon Heaven might manage to send one Half-step Creation to sit here, but certainly not a Divine King.
Who would be willing to guard in this desolate place for eight thousand years?" Xuan Sheng said with difficulty.
"If you can’t send such forces, then there’s no way.
Cultivating Innate Spiritual Objects is not simple; especially in the first three thousand years, Qingli Peak has invested over twenty Acquired Spirit Treasures from various systems.
If one or two of these twenty Acquired Spirit Treasures are lost, the whole set of treasures would be ruined, and absolutely no accidents can happen.
A Divine King and three Half-step Creation experts must guard for at least three thousand years, and before Qingli Peak retrieves that set of Acquired Spirit Treasures, not one can be absent.
If you can’t achieve this, Qingli Peak will absolutely not take action." Mang Jie resolutely affirmed.
Xuan Sheng became anxious, "We could increase to two Half-step Creation experts, but a Divine King is really.... Old Mang, can you...."
"Absolutely impossible! This is the bottom line specially instructed by the Peak Master before I came!" Mang Jie said firmly.
Xuan Sheng was left with no recourse against Mang Jie, forcing a bitter smile, "Old Mang, allow me to contact for negotiation."
Afterwards, Xuan Sheng took out the Avatar of the Innate Spiritual Treasure, Heavenly Domain Ten Thousand Sky Divine Mirror, and upon seeing the cracks on it, Xuan Sheng’s heart ached intensely.
The avatar of the Innate Spiritual Treasure Heavenly Domain Ten Thousand Sky Divine Mirror has another function, which is to communicate with the owner of the original Heavenly Domain Ten Thousand Sky Divine Mirror in a very short time.
No matter which realm the other side is in, contact can be made.
There’s no way, the direction of the three half-step Creation Realm and one Divine King for the next eight thousand years is beyond his decision-making power.
Xuan Sheng could only hand over the decision-making authority to the leaders of Sun and Moon Heaven.
Soon, a reply came from Sun and Moon Heaven.
"The cost of guarding is too high, halt cultivation, reclaim all resources, and then choose another place for cultivation when the opportunity arises."
The resolution from Sun and Moon Heaven was similar to Xuan Sheng’s prediction.
Because having the three half-step Creation Realm entities and one Divine King trapped here in the Molten Hell Sea for at least three thousand years is simply impossible.
No one in Sun and Moon Heaven is willing.
Moreover, from the perspective of resources and power, it’s a waste.
"This is your Sun and Moon Heaven’s own affair. Since there’s nothing for me to do here, you should send me back first," Mang Jie said while looking at the avatar of the Heavenly Domain Ten Thousand Sky Divine Mirror in Xuan Sheng’s hand.
In a few breaths, the radiance of the Heavenly Domain Ten Thousand Sky Divine Mirror surged up, and Mang Jie, dressed in a green robe, disappeared instantly.
Xuan Sheng exhaled lightly, took out a jade scroll, and following its arrangement, began to personally reclaim the materials of the Grand Formation deployed here.
The materials used to deploy the Grand Formation in this Molten Hell Sea are extremely precious; even for Sun and Moon Heaven, they must be reclaimed.
The reclamation process went smoothly, but as the Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures used to deploy the formation were reclaimed, the Grand Formation that had been maintained for over eight thousand years collapsed in an instant.
Without the restriction of the formation’s power, an uncontrollable mass of magma surged towards this place like a flood.
In the same instant, Xuan Sheng’s figure appeared in a cold ice lake a hundred miles away.
It was the existence of this ice lake that caused the peculiar landscape of water and fire coexistence in the Molten Hell Sea, leading to the formation of Quagmire Lake at the edge of the Molten Hell Sea.
"Collect!"
With the incantation cast by Xuan Sheng, a spark of cold light rapidly flew out from the center of the ice lake and fell into Xuan Sheng’s palm, which was the Acquired Spirit Treasure Ice River Pearl of Sun and Moon Heaven.
With the Ice River Pearl serving as the formation’s core retrieved, the Ice River Grand Formation deployed here instantly collapsed.
Unrestricted, a vast quantity of ice river water surged towards a narrow river channel, while the channel originally maintained by the formation rapidly transformed into scorching red magma.
At that very instant, with a thought of divine sense, Xuan Sheng vanished immediately when the Heavenly Domain Ten Thousand Sky Divine Mirror radiated its splendor.
A few breaths later, within the deafening explosion, countless red magma and ice river water collided.
This extreme large-scale collision unleashed clouds of steam and dust, intertwining extreme high and low temperatures. Soon, countless dragon tornadoes formed out of thin air.
The dense network of tornadoes fused into several extremely sizable and terrifying dragon tornadoes that exceeded hundreds of miles in width, sweeping across the area filled with steam and high-temperature dust at an astounding speed towards the east, charging towards Yizhi Sand Sea.
Wave after wave of magma surged into the ice sea, perpetuating the extreme collision, which continued to generate the terrifying tornadoes carrying high-temperature vapors and dust.
From afar, the sky-covering swathes of reddish dragon tornado dust resembled an invading army, swarming towards the Yizhi Sand Sea in the distance.
Fortunately, the thousand miles of desert nearest to the Molten Hell Sea were uninhabited, with not a single Sha Clan person residing there.
This reduced the high temperature carried within the terrifying tornadoes, but within their cores, the high-temperature dust still retained considerable heat even after traversing tens of thousands of miles.
The Sand Sea itself is a place where temperature differences are large and winds easily arise.
Such a scale of terrifying dragon tornadoes quickly shaped themselves into an even more astonishing hurricane belt within the Sand Sea, devouring everything in their path.
After invading thousands of miles into the Sand Sea, the first oasis within the Yizhi Sand Sea suffered devastation.
The Sha Clan people who had lived in Yizhi Sand Sea for generations already had experience dealing with strong winds.
Before the strong winds struck, they had already taken refuge in the anti-sandstorm forts constructed underground.
This time’s Sand Sea hurricane lasted exceptionally long, persisting for over two months before finally ending.
As the unprecedented Sand Sea hurricane concluded, the Sha Clan people who emerged from the underground sand forts inhaled a breath of air with a strong sulfur smell.
And were stunned.
Staring at the countless wilted or rotting Yidongqing Divine Trees in all directions, they became dazed, stupefied.
The anguished cries of despair, heart-wrenching, echoed in all directions....
