Chapter 706: Heart Demon Roams the Grand Thousand (Part 1)

RUMBLE!

Countless bolts of Divine Thunder rained down, and from the depths came innumerable muffled echoes, like a charging army of thousands.

Qin Feng unleashed various Divine Abilities, but as they struck the darkness, it was as if they were hitting empty air, finding no purchase.

‘Truly formidable!’

Qin Feng retracted his Divine Abilities. A white flame flickered in his eyes, and a torrent of fire erupted into the depths of the darkness, like a wave of immeasurable light, tearing it asunder.

It revealed a vast landscape of mountains and rivers, clouds and seas, and ancient, wild forests.

“He broke through the Nightmare Space?”

The expressions of the watching Saints changed.

The Wuding Demon Saint stared intently at the pure white flame in Qin Feng’s hand, his eyes filled with shock. “The Fire of Hope, one of the Heaven and Earth Divine Fires?”

The Nine Infant Demon Saint, Ox Demon Ancestor, Qingyang Ancestor, Shihun Ancestor Master, and Wan Hua Demon Monarch all looked aghast.

Heaven and Earth Divine Fires were exceptionally rare.

Among them, the Fire of Hope, also known as the Fire of Light, was said to be capable of incinerating the Three Realms and Six Paths.

The Three Realms—the Desire Realm, the Realm of Form, and the Five-Colored Realm—encompassed all sentient life. This fire was the ultimate nemesis of Negative Laws, such as the Nightmare Law.

The Six Saints’ gazes fell upon Elder Xuanxin, but they saw that he, far from being angry, actually looked pleased.

Shihun Ancestor Master couldn’t help but ask, “Brother Xuanxin, your Nightmare Space is being damaged by this Bright Divine Fire. How can you still be smiling?”

Elder Xuanxin looked down and laughed. “Younger Brother Shihun, there’s something you don’t understand. My Nightmare Space isn’t as fragile as you imagine. While it’s true the Bright Divine Fire is its nemesis, my Nightmare Space transcended the concept of ‘evil’ long ago. It has already unified good and evil. This Bright Divine Fire can’t burn my Nightmare Space!”

The Wuding Demon Saint laughed. “Of course. We’d forgotten that the Ancestor has already advanced to the Saint King Realm and achieved the Unity of Yin and Yang. This Nightmare Space is no longer bound by such elemental counters!”

The other five Saints nodded.

After reaching the Cultivation Saint Realm, advancing to the Saint King Realm required one to achieve the Unity of Yin and Yang and transcend the duality of good and evil.

While those in the Saint Realm could create and destroy with a single thought, birthing countless Grotto Heavens and Little Worlds in an instant, they still had to abide by certain fundamental constraints.

But upon advancing to Saint King, one could largely break free of those shackles.

Xuanxin Ancestor was exceptionally pleased with himself. Though he hadn’t stepped out of Xuanxin City for several hundred years, he had, in fact, been making constant progress.

It was no longer entirely accurate to call his domain the Nightmare Space.

The original Nightmare Space had fused with a “space of hope” borne from the wishes of the city’s inhabitants. With nightmare and hope unified, calling it the Great Dream Space was now more fitting.

At that moment, Qin Feng also began to understand.

‘This old coot is really something else,’ Qin Feng mused. ‘What an ingenious idea! He merged his Lifebound Cave Heaven with the Nightmare Space. The people of the city pray day and night, and the priests use their life and psychic energy to create an opposing space of hope. Nightmare and hope are unified, light and darkness are interwoven… He refined a true world of dreams in one fell swoop and advanced to Saint King!’

As he mulled it over, Qin Feng couldn’t help but admire Elder Xuanxin’s audacity.

Merging one’s Lifebound Cave Heaven with a city, turning the illusory into the real, was an extremely dangerous gamble. A typical Saint would hide their Grotto Heaven in the deepest recesses of the Endless Void, terrified of it being discovered by an enemy.

If their Grotto Heaven were to be shattered, a Martial Arts Strongman would lose at least half their power. The backlash would disrupt their vital energy and inflict grievous damage upon their soul, leaving Celestial Person Rebirth as their only option.

Although the scenery before him was beautiful, Qin Feng knew it was all an illusion. In reality, the Fire of Hope hadn’t harmed the Nightmare Space in the slightest.

‘What a pity. Qin Feng isn’t strong enough. If he had reached the Saint King Realm, I guarantee this old bastard would be in for a world of hurt!’

Shihun Ancestor Master thought with a private sense of regret.

As the saying goes, two of a trade seldom agree.

Shihun Ancestor Master had a peculiar origin. He was an Ancient Battle Soul born from an ancient tomb deep within the Barbaric Wilderness. He commanded countless War Souls to construct his Yin Si Netherworld, and the foundation of his cultivation was also the Soul Law.

Everyone else believed Xuanxin Ancestor cultivated the Nightmare Law or the Dream Law, but Shihun Ancestor Master knew that the old man had long since sublimated the Nightmare Law into the Soul Law.

This made the two of them mortal rivals.

In the future struggle for the Great Dao, they were destined to become archenemies.

If there was anyone in the city who most wanted to see Qin Feng kill Elder Xuanxin, Shihun Ancestor Master would undoubtedly be the first.

Xuanxin Ancestor either didn’t sense Shihun Ancestor Master’s enmity or simply chose to ignore it. He glanced at the scene in the mirror and said with a laugh,

“It seems the boy has run out of tricks!”

The five Demon Saints smiled and nodded lightly. It would be for the best if Ancestor Master Xuanxin could kill Qin Feng on his own, saving them the trouble of acting themselves.

A deep, cold sneer flickered in Xuanxin Ancestor’s eyes. He wasn’t in a hurry to make a move. He was waiting—waiting for Qin Feng to bring out his Medium-sized Cave Heaven.

He had received intelligence long ago that Qin Feng possessed a Medium-sized Cave Heaven.

The entire reason he had lured Qin Feng into Xuanxin City was to wait for him to deploy it.

If he had used an ordinary Little Grotto Heaven, it would have been instantly torn to shreds the moment Qin Feng’s Medium-sized Cave Heaven burst forth.

But his Great Dream Space was different from an ordinary Little Grotto Heaven.

As the saying goes, a dream can be as vast as the heart that holds it.

Swallowing a mere Medium-sized Cave Heaven would be no problem at all!

He was simply waiting for Qin Feng to deploy the Grotto Heaven so he could seize the opportunity to devour it in one fell swoop.

Thus, he was in no hurry at all.

‘Oh, Qin Feng, don’t blame me for not giving you a chance. I specifically opened my Grotto Heaven to let you in, even exposing the secret that Xuanxin City is my Lifebound Cave Heaven. This was all to give you an opportunity!’

A greedy fire blazed in Xuanxin Ancestor’s eyes. To him, Qin Feng was a fat sheep ripe for the slaughter.

Qin Feng, however, refused to play along. He delved deeper into the Nightmare Space, tearing open spatial rifts several times, looking for all the world like he was just sightseeing.

He would take a look here, then a look there.

Four hours passed, yet he didn’t show the slightest hint of anxiety. On the contrary, he seemed to be in high spirits.

The Six Saints exchanged glances. The hot-tempered Ox Demon Ancestor had long since grown restless. Seeing this, he couldn’t help but call out in his gruff voice to Xuanxin Ancestor on the throne.

“Ancestor, why aren’t you doing something to deal with this brat? You’re just letting him wander around in your space. Look at him! He’s having the time of his life, acting so carefree!”

Xuanxin Ancestor’s original intention was to wear down Qin Feng’s will. He believed that when Qin Feng could no longer bear the pressure, he would be forced to deploy his Medium-sized Cave Heaven. At that moment, Xuanxin would snatch it, devour it, and plunder its power. He would use Qin Feng’s Grotto Heaven as nourishment to propel his Great Dream Space forward, upgrading it into a Medium-sized Cave Heaven in one go.

But now, he too was starting to feel impatient. Qin Feng showed no signs of restlessness whatsoever. Just as the Ox Demon Ancestor had said, he was treating the Nightmare Space like a playground, having a grand old time.

Seeing the gazes of the other Saints upon him, he began to feel that he was losing face.

“Don’t be anxious, everyone. The best part is yet to come!” As he spoke, he formed a Seal Technique. In an instant, the world around Qin Feng transformed into a mountain of corpses and a Sea of Blood. Countless God-Demons charged forth, intent on crushing him…