Desolate Devouring Art - Chapter 1474 - Fourth-Level Void Realm
Chapter 1474 – Fourth-Level Void Realm
Like Liu Wuxie, none of the human cultivators present had heard of the Heavenly Deity Valley. Moreover, the tide of astral clouds looked dangerous, so who would jump into it for no reason? If they couldn’t find their way back, they would be trapped in there for eternity.
Upon learning that Liu Wuxie had seized the Great Dao of Wood’s fragment, more cultivators gathered. In just a few days, over fifty cultivators had gathered.
“Are you all talking about this person?” When the cultivators who arrived late heard someone discussing Liu Wuxie, a cultivator took out a portrait.
The portrait was a matching painting of Liu Wuxie, especially when they heard how he summoned a black hole to seize the Great Dao of Wood’s fragment. It wasn’t something many were capable of. Combined with the fact that Liu Wuxie was only at the third-level Void Realm, all the descriptions had lined up.
“It’s him. How do you know about this person?” Xiao Yuetian asked after looking at the portrait.
They didn’t know why these people carried a portrait of Liu Wuxie around. They wouldn’t be surprised if Liu Wuxie were a peerless beauty, but it was weird that a bunch of grown men would carry another man’s portrait with them.
“His name is Liu Wuxie, and he’s abnormally monstrous…” said the man who took out the portrait. He then told them about Liu Wuxie’s achievements over the past year.
The Dark Evil Emperor and the others had been wandering in the Outer Astral Spacetime for the past year, and they naturally didn’t know much about what happened in the Indigo Bamboo Astral Domain. When they learned of Liu Wuxie’s monstrous feats, they all drew in cold breaths.
Farther away, two Earth Immortals exchanged a look with a vicious glint shining in their eyes.
“This is a golden opportunity for us. The sect has been trying to find ways to kill Liu Wuxie, but he delivered himself to the Outer Astral Spacetime,” sneered the old man on the right.
“He has always been lucky, and he must’ve discovered the Heavenly Deity Valley’s secret. Let’s go down as well. Since he can even come back alive from somewhere like the Celestial Jade Star, he must have a way to return to the Astral Sea, too.”
Many people were tempted to follow, believing that Liu Wuxie knew the way back. After all, he decided to enter the Heavenly Deity Valley.
The Vine Demons’ roots were deeply planted in the Astral Sea, and this meant they couldn’t enter the Heavenly Deity Valley. If they could, they would have gone down long ago.
Since there was an entrance, there had to be an exit. Now that a secret realm was found, this instantly made many people restless as more cultivators voiced their agreement. They also wanted to enter the Heavenly Deity Valley to prevent Liu Wuxie from monopolizing all the benefits, just in case.
Right then, Sun Xiao also rushed over from the distance, arriving at the perimeter of the Heavenly Deity Valley like everyone else. When he heard Liu Wuxie mention that he would enter the Heavenly Deity Valley, he hesitated briefly but decided to come along as well.
After all, he couldn’t allow Liu Wuxie to put himself in danger when there was still no news of the third junior brother.
When he came to the Astral Sea, he chanced upon a strange wood that allowed him to make a breakthrough to the sixth-level Earth Immortal Realm, and his combat strength grew as well.
“Let’s go in!” The Dark Evil Emperor said, deciding to take the risk after he learned about Liu Wuxie’s achievements.
If he could seize the Great Dao of Wood’s fragment, he would be able to make his breakthrough to the Heaven Gaze Realm. He had been searching the entire Outer Astral Spacetime in the past year for treasures that could aid him in his breakthrough. He had been so close to success, only for Liu Wuxie to snatch the fragment right under his nose.
Now that the opportunity had appeared before him, how could he possibly let it go? Without any hesitation, his figure flickered, and he plunged into the tide of clouds. The others followed quickly behind him, not wanting to miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
Liu Wuxie felt himself plummeting rapidly as though there was a powerful suction force dragging him downward. He dropped rapidly as astral clouds churned above his head like an endless tide.
He knew that this should be the Astral Sea that others mentioned. The clouds rolled and churned like ocean waves, thus the origin of the name.
After falling for a few minutes, the scenery around Liu Wuxie began to change as mountains and rivers appeared in the distance, making him feel as though he had stepped into another world altogether.
“Where is this place?” Liu Wuxie asked after his feet touched the ground. He could sense an oppressive aura slamming against him, and he felt as though he was carrying a mountain on his back.
The spatial laws here were at least ten times sturdier than the Indigo Bamboo Astral Domain, making flight difficult for cultivators at the Void Realm.
The mountains were massive, the ground thick, and the river rapid. The ancient trees here were towering as they had been growing for countless years, and they looked as though they could pierce through the clouds.
“This is the Heavenly Deity Valley?” Liu Wuxie recalled Xiao Rou saying that no one had entered this place before. If that was the case, where did the name come from?
“Master, the environment here is oppressive, and the trees here lack spirituality, which is weird,” Xiao Rou said after sensing the surroundings.
She was a wood-attribute lifeform, and she could sense immediately if any of the trees here had developed intelligence.
Despite growing for countless years, the trees here didn’t contain any spirituality, and they seemed to be restricted by some sort of law.
“Xiao Rou, do you know the Heavenly Deity Valley’s origin?” Liu Wuxie asked.
“I don’t know. The other Vine Demons don’t know either. The information on the Heavenly Deity Valley seemed to have been passed down from ages, and the Vine Demons had only heard about it from our ancestor,” Xiao Rou replied, looking anxious that she couldn’t be of any help to her master.
“Let’s forget about it for now. We have to find a safe place for me to make my breakthrough first,” Liu Wuxie said after taking a deep breath. He began to scan the surroundings as his breakthrough was the top priority.
He knew that the Dark Evil Emperor hadn’t given up on hunting him, and it would only be a matter of time until the latter entered the Heavenly Deity Valley as well.
But what was a “Heavenly Deity”? Even in the Fleeting Cloud Celestial Realm, the Immortal Emperor was the strongest, and even they didn’t dare to proclaim themselves as deities.
Anyone who could claim the title of “Heavenly Deity” wasn’t ordinary.
The inability to fly meant that Liu Wuxie could only rely on his footwork to travel. The ancient trees became his natural cover, and Liu Wuxie vanished without a trace once he slipped into the dense forest.
Liu Wuxie found a massive hollow tree and set up spiritual arrays in the surroundings before going in. Once inside, he released Xiao Rou and Fiery to guard the surroundings. Even if anyone tried to attack, they could buy him some time.
When the Dark Evil Emperor and the others entered the Heavenly Deity Valley, they were stunned by the scenery. They clearly hadn’t expected that the Outer Astral Spacetime would have a place like this.
Many people even forgot to search for Liu Wuxie for the time being. Finding treasures became their top priority.
There was only one fragment of the Great Dao of Wood, and most of the cultivators at the seventh and eighth levels knew that they stood no chance of seizing it.
Moreover, the Dark Evil Emperor had reached the pinnacle of the Earth Immortal Realm, and they were nowhere near his level.
When Sun Xiao descended, he looked around and even took out a Communication Talisman to contact Liu Wuxie.
However, Liu Wuxie was so absorbed in his breakthrough that he had reached a selfless state.
The Great Dao of Wood’s fragment contained rich energy, and the moment he refined it, a violent energy surged from deep within the fragment.
Demonic flame also appeared to envelop the fragment, but this wasn’t a long-term solution. With his current cultivation, it would take a long time for him to refine the fragment forcefully.
“Gong Gong, help me refine it,” Liu Wuxie said. He could only ask for Gong Gong’s help to break down the fragment.
The Great Dao of Water’s fragment that he had obtained from Gong Gong was used to nourish the latter’s body for a long time before the remaining energy was refined by him. However, this Great Dao of Wood’s fragment was different, and it had been nurturing for hundreds of thousands of years.
Suddenly, Gong Gong struck with a hand chop, shattering the fragment, filling the inside of the cauldron with laws.
With the nourishment of the Great Dao of Wood’s fragment, the cauldron began to expand as the runes etched on it grew even clearer than before. Whenever the Sky Devouring Divine Cauldron evolved, its devouring ability would increase.
The broken-down energy all condensed into liquid and flowed into the desolate world. The moment the energy flowed in, the fourth Divine Gate in Liu Wuxie’s soul sea began to stir restlessly.
In the past, Liu Wuxie had been relying on Divine Fruits to open the Divine Gates in the past. This time, it was different this time, as he was relying on his own cultivation to break through the fourth gate.
The moment the gate opened, a violent surge of divine force poured out like a tidal wave and coursed through his limbs. The stronger his divine force, the stronger the mythical arts he could unleash.
Then, the gateway to the fourth-level Void Realm appeared, and the immense force crashed through the gate, breaking it apart in an instant.
Hhis breakthrough didn’t stop there, as the energy contained in the Great Dao of Wood’s fragment was just too powerful.
According to Liu Wuxie’s estimation, it could even help him reach the fifth level of the Void Realm, even though most of the energy was used to nourish the Sky Devouring Divine Cauldron.
Gong Gong’s cultivation was stuck, and it wouldn’t help much even if he absorbed more energy. What he needed now was primordial laws.
After reaching the fourth level of the Void Realm, Liu Wuxie wasn’t in a hurry to continue his breakthrough and planned to consolidate his cultivation first.
The desolate world expanded, and the Ancestral Tree also absorbed a portion of the laws from the Great Dao of Wood’s fragment as mysterious patterns began to appear on its leaves.
Xiao Rou’s roots were deep in the desolate world, and absorbing the energy could help her grow. Though the energy wasn’t enough to help her reach the ninth level of the Earth Immortal Realm, it greatly increased her combat strength.
The fifty-odd cultivators who came down the Heavenly Deity Valley all dispersed in small groups, heading deeper into the valley. Only a small group moved toward the dense forest.
There were too many towering ancient trees here, and the Heavenly Deity Valley was, in truth, an independent world. However, this world only looked like a valley because the central region had sunken in.
Just then, Fiery was engulfed in flames that even Xiao Rou dared not get too close to the former. After all, wood gave birth to fire, and Xiao Rou’s wood-attribute energy could increase Fiery’s combat strength greatly.
The two had formed into a strange relationship as Fiery countered Xiao Rou, but Xiao Rou’s energy could nourish Fiery.
After a full day of consolidation, Liu Wuxie finally stabilized his cultivation, and there was still roughly one-third of energy left in the Great Dao of Wood’s fragment.
He planned to use the remaining energy to reach the fifth-level Void Realm.
If he could reach the fifth-level Void Realm, he would have the confidence to deal with cultivators at the seventh-level Earth Immortal Realm. At the later phase of the Earth Immortal Realm, cultivators would begin to generate immortal energy, and it wouldn’t be easy to deal with such experts.
The Heaven Gaze Realm had already glimpsed into the mysteries of heaven and earth, and they had even grasped the power of a domain. Even if Liu Wuxie reached the Earth Immortal Realm, it wouldn’t be easy to defeat them.
The Sky Devouring Divine Cauldron advancement meant the demonic flame was strengthened, and the Divine Purgatory Palace no longer looked like a vague phantom.
Liu Wuxie firmly believed that he could one day manifest the Divine Purgatory Palace.
“Fiery, how long have you been with Master?” Xiao Rou asked.
Fiery had been following Liu Wuxie for a long time and rarely interacted with others. Upon hearing Xiao Rou’s question, it let out a snort, clearly reluctant to talk to her.
“A long time,” Fiery said at last despite the reluctance.
Just like that, a beast and a demon lay outside the hollow tree, forming a peculiar atmosphere.
Inside the Sky Devouring Divine Cauldron, the Great Dao of Wood’s fragment continued to break form, forming into a primordial force that charged into the desolate world.
Ten thousand miles away from Liu Wuxie, the Dark Evil Emperor stomped angrily and growled, “Damn that Liu Wuxie! He has already started to refine the Great Dao of Wood’s fragment!”
The Heavenly Deity Valley was vast, and it was impossible for him to pinpoint Liu Wuxie’s location. However, the law he had left behind in the fragment was severed by Gong Gong with just one strike.
