Chapter 465 - 412: To the Ancestral Land, Lying in Wait, Snatching the Dusk Token

From the moment space and time were sealed within the Thunder Great Realm, it was clear the Bloodthirsty White Tiger wasn’t just trying to buy time. To a reincarnated expert who had just recovered a sliver of their strength, everything was a potential resource—and Cultivators were part of that. Some legends even told of beings who could treat an entire Great Realm or a lesser world as just another resource.

Under these circumstances, the Bloodthirsty White Tiger was destined to eventually slaughter everyone in the Thunder Great Realm. It was uncertain who its specific targets would be, but any Cultivator who had reached a certain level was a likely candidate.

After all, killing one elephant is more worthwhile than killing ten thousand ants. But that didn’t mean the tiger would necessarily ignore the ants. If killing them wasn’t a bother—or no bother at all—then it spelled a world-ending catastrophe.

Thus, the only way to survive was to find a way to leave the Thunder Great Realm. But there seemed to be no way out; after all, not even Zuo Xuan, who spent his years pioneering new worlds, could manage it.

Zuo Xuan’s Eight-direction Reversing Ship, after all, was the creation with the highest attainment in the Space-Time Dao in the entire Nine Venerable Great Realm. This meant its ability to traverse space and time surpassed that of some Unity Realm experts. Unless one was a peak expert who specialized in the Space-Time Dao, their ability to analyze space and time couldn’t possibly match that of the Eight-direction Reversing Ship.

Otherwise, how could the Eight-direction Reversing Ship have carried Zuo Xuan from the Nine Venerable Great Realm across countless worlds to pioneer and plunder?

They even had to rely on the Eight-direction Reversing Ship to navigate through certain unexplored Restricted Areas.

Yet even the Eight-direction Reversing Ship had failed to break free from the Thunder Great Realm’s spatial lockdown. This just went to show how solid this prison was. Jiang Qiu knew with certainty that if he couldn’t get out, annihilation was inevitable.

But the matter of the Dusk Tokens that Yang Lei had mentioned troubled him. ’How am I supposed to get my hands on that many Dusk Tokens?’

Dusk Tokens were exceedingly rare; most Great Realms didn’t necessarily have any, and they were practically nonexistent in lesser worlds. After all, he had only managed to find that one piece back in the Desolate Realm, and he wasn’t sure if there were any others to be found there.

Any Unity Realm expert would covet such a rare item. Never mind him, who was only at the Fusion Realm—or perhaps the Half-Step Unity Realm. Even if he truly reached the Unity Realm, he would still have to fight tooth and nail for even a chance to get a Dusk Token.

It was, after all, the key to entering the Dusk Holy Ruins. What Cultivator eager for progress wouldn’t want one?

Furthermore, the current situation in the Thunder Great Realm was putting immense pressure on everyone. If they couldn’t leave the Thunder Great Realm, they could all die. Even reclusive old monsters had to be wary.

This meant that if Yang Lei knew the Thunder Clan had three Dusk Tokens, then other powerful experts would surely know as well.

And now, the Thunder Clan had been exterminated, with no one left to guard this precious treasure. Whoever got to the tokens first would gain the means to enter the Dusk Holy Ruins and escape the Thunder Great Realm!

Jiang Qiu already had one Dusk Token, but neither Snow nor Shangguan Yue did. ’And I’m not even sure if Snow and I count as one person, or if she needs her own token.’

’What if the Dusk Holy Ruins considers us two different people?’

’If I enter the Dusk Holy Ruins but Snow gets left behind, it would be a massive blow to my power. My combat strength would be cut in half.’

’So, to be safe, I need to get at least two more Dusk Tokens!’

With this in mind, Jiang Qiu began to consult Yang Lei. "Senior, do you have any idea where the Thunder Clan might have kept their Dusk Tokens? Where should I go to find them?"

Indeed, he knew nothing about the Thunder Clan’s internal affairs. He had been here for less than a month and had only briefly visited a few of the main cities under their control. He had never set foot in their Ancestral Land or anything of the sort.

It was safe to say Jiang Qiu’s knowledge of the Thunder Clan was superficial at best. He hadn’t had time to learn about their structure, reputation, or anything else before they were suddenly gone.

Under the circumstances, his only option was to ask Yang Lei, an expert who had been stationed in this place for thousands of years. Since Yang Lei knew the Thunder Clan possessed three Dusk Tokens, he must know more.

After all, when the Soul Race had somehow managed to get their hands on a Dusk Token, they had guarded it with extreme caution, telling no one. No one knew of its existence until it fell into Jiang Qiu’s hands.

If word of such an item got out, it would inevitably be coveted by Unity Realm experts. Forget those at the Initial Tier of Unity Realm; even cultivators at the Peak of Unity Realm would be tempted!

"The Dusk Tokens... If my guess is correct, those old fossils from the Thunder Clan would have put them in their Ancestral Land," Yang Lei mused, his eyes narrowing. "The items are extraordinarily precious; only the Ancestral Land would be safe enough. It’s protected by all sorts of Barriers and traps. Any outsider who enters would be detected immediately. Besides, there were always several Unity Realm experts in seclusion there. Normally, no one would dare covet anything inside. It’s the most logical place to store the Dusk Tokens..."