Chapter 462 - 410: Liu Zili on the Verge of Unity, Thunder Great Realm Sealed

Although the resources in the treasury were dwindling at a massive rate every day, there was no denying that its reserves were still vast. Had they not been moved to another storage location, it would be hard to imagine how they could ever be used up.

His subordinates didn’t dare ask Zuo Xuan what had happened, as he was clearly in a foul mood. Something had probably gone wrong with the great battle in the Thunder Restricted Area, which was why he had returned in such a rush today and immediately ordered a departure from the Thunder Great Realm.

Under these circumstances, his subordinates activated the Eight-direction Reversing Ship’s hidden reserve power. They worked at top speed, gathering up the unsold slaves and their own kinsmen to prepare for their migration away from the Thunder Great Realm.

During this process, Zuo Xuan personally opened the only space in the core area that didn’t bear the thief’s scent—a room even more central than the treasury, its steel gate as imposing as the South Celestial Gate.

CREAK—

The gate swung open, and Zuo Xuan stepped inside. He felt like a shark entering the deep sea; even at his Realm, the Peak of the Unity Realm, he felt a significant resistance.

Indeed, this pocket of spacetime seemed to be brewing a special pressure. Even he, the master of the Eight-direction Reversing Ship, could feel a powerful sense of repulsion.

He stopped near the door, his gaze fixed on the center of the thousand-meter-wide room. There, four Vajra Iron Pillars surrounded a special Cultivation Pod that resembled a coffin. The normally formless aura of Spirit Charm surged out like an unceasing cold tide. Extremely peculiar spacetime fluctuations distorted the air, as if an unseeable black hole was hidden within.

Inside this room, the concentration of Spirit Charm had reached a peak, continuously supplying energy to the Cultivation Pod. Special Laws permeated the spacetime here. Just stepping into this area, even Zuo Xuan himself felt a powerful sense of restraint.

Yes, even at his Realm, he felt restrained. It was somewhat similar to the brilliant pressure he had felt during the battle in the Thunder Restricted Area, when that Bloodthirsty White Tiger was achieving Unity and awakening its pure White Tiger Bloodline.

The being inside this Cultivation Pod was also in the process of reaching the Unity Realm. It was somewhere between the Half-Step Unity Realm and the true Unity Realm; the path had already been cleared. All that remained was a matter of time.

"This mutated bloodline from the Human Race... it can actually be this terrifying?" Zuo Xuan let out a long breath, a glint of dread in his eyes. "The legends about the Human Race... might not all be false..."

Indeed, lying inside that "coffin" was Liu Zili. She was a young woman from the Blue Star Human Race, as pure as ice and jade, yet branded with a peculiar purple-black spider tattoo.

Ever since discovering her potential to reach the Unity Realm, Zuo Xuan had moved her here directly. This room had the highest security level on the entire Eight-direction Reversing Ship; even for him to enter, he needed to verify his identity, permissions, and other credentials.

At regular intervals, he would transfer large quantities of precious resources from the treasury into this room to nourish Liu Zili. And she had not disappointed him. Her Realm rose with astonishing speed; in just a few short months, she had gone from the Initial Tier of the Fusion Realm to the very brink of breaking through to the Unity Realm!

Such speed was unheard of. Even Zuo Xuan, with his vast experience, had never heard of such a Cultivation speed in any legend. It was simply inconceivable.

The crucial part was, he still didn’t know what Great Dao she was pursuing, how she was achieving Unity, or which world’s will she would gain acknowledgment from. That was the strangest part.

Logically speaking, achieving Unity required two core conditions. The first was to synthesize one’s own complete Great Dao. The second was to gain the acknowledgment of the world’s will in the world where one was attempting it.

Furthermore, the process of achieving Unity was usually accompanied by great disturbances. Take the Bloodthirsty White Tiger, for example. World-ending thunder constantly roared within its Thunder Restricted Area—an indescribably violent environment that showed just how arduous the process was.

Yet here, inside the core room of the core area of the Eight-direction Reversing Ship, Liu Zili hadn’t suffered the slightest harm. She simply absorbed resources and her Realm improved, as if she were a fish in water, completely immune to the usual trials and tribulations.

Even a peak expert who had already achieved Unity, fallen from that Realm for some reason, and was now recovering their power would not have such a peaceful process.

Zuo Xuan couldn’t figure out the reason, which only made Liu Zili more valuable. She possessed immense research value. He knew this body concealed a great secret. Even the so-called bloodline transformation was definitely no coincidence. ’The aura of the Dragon Race bloodline... how could that be a coincidence!’

"Ah, whatever. As long as you’re alright, that’s what matters. This pioneering journey has already been a massive success," Zuo Xuan muttered, slowly backing out of the room. "A Unity Realm seedling with astonishing potential, haha."

Lost in thought, he suddenly burst into laughter. Even his rage from being forced to retreat by the terrifying Bloodthirsty White Tiger and discovering his treasury had been plundered mostly dissipated.

After all, the value Liu Zili represented was just too high!

One must understand, the Eight-direction Reversing Ship’s current pioneering voyage had lasted for over two hundred years. The resources it had earned were enough to fill the vast treasury space within the ship, and almost all of them had been consumed by Liu Zili alone.

In other words, resources sufficient to cultivate several Unity Realm experts had been invested in Liu Zili alone. She was the greatest treasure on the entire Eight-direction Reversing Ship.

Consider this: even a great clan from a Great Realm, like the Soul Race, could hardly claim to possess the resources to cultivate a Unity Realm expert. Anything associated with the word "Unity" represented a qualitative leap.

The portion stolen by that thief was truly just a drop in the bucket, hardly worth mentioning to Zuo Xuan. The main reason for his anger was the blow to his pride and the sheer audacity of the thief taking so much.

After all, the cultivation resources he himself had consumed in his entire life might not even be more than what Liu Zili had gone through—excluding a few priceless, one-of-a-kind supreme treasures.

Given the circumstances, he was naturally delighted. He saw immense, unimaginable potential in Liu Zili. He had already made plans: when he returned to the Nine Venerable Great Realm, if she could achieve Unity in time, he would even bring her there to adventure and gain experience. Perhaps she could bring him an unexpected, wonderful surprise!

’If I’m a bit bolder in my thinking,’ he mused, ’once Liu Zili is fully cultivated, I can come back to harvest the Thunder Great Realm and reclaim all the face I’ve lost!’

At this thought, Zuo Xuan grew even more excited. But just then, a subordinate rushed in to report, "Lord Zuo Xuan, the Thunder Great Realm has been sealed! We can’t make the jump into the void!"

"What?" Zuo Xuan’s expression froze. "A Great Realm this massive... how could it be sealed so quietly?"

It wasn’t as if he had never seen a world be sealed before. He could even manually seal some small worlds himself—such was the power and intimidating presence of an expert at the Peak of the Unity Realm.

But the Thunder Great Realm was a well-known Great Realm; its status and foundation were far from simple. Its world will already possessed a degree of spirituality and thought, and no one in the entire Primordial world cluster could possibly force it to seal itself off completely.

Generally, when a Great Realm like this sealed itself off, it meant one of two things: either it was preparing for its own destruction, or its world will had sensed a great danger and needed to close off temporarily...

But Zuo Xuan didn’t understand what danger could possibly be in the void right now that would cause the Thunder Great Realm to seal itself so quietly!

’A Great Realm sealing itself is detrimental to its own development!’

Zuo Xuan took a deep breath. "Now we can’t return to the Nine Venerable Great Realm..."