Chapter 408: Reunion

Li Qi was living a life of leisure.

Meanwhile, in Boundless Outer Domain, a golden-furred fierce tiger was rushing madly.

With the enhancement of Spiritual Artifacts and secret techniques on his body, he unleashed an extremely terrifying speed, approaching thirty percent of the Heavenly Dao’s limit.

This speed was Jin Buhuan’s limit at this grade; even with the help of secret techniques and Spiritual Artifacts, he couldn’t go any faster. If he accelerated any more, he would be the first to disintegrate.

All the muscles and bones in his body groaned, trembled, and were overwhelmed, as if they would collapse at any moment.

Unfortunately, this speed was still too slow for the vastness of Boundless Outer Domain.

Even to reach a place where he could send a message, it would take several days.

Fortunately, Li Qi didn’t pursue him, actually giving him a few days to reach the necessary distance.

By discerning gravity through secret techniques and based on the gravitational pull between worlds, he found an unranked miniature heaven and earth floating in Boundless Outer Domain.

There are hundreds of millions of such worlds in the world cluster, found everywhere.

Of course, this means ‘found everywhere’ if you have a way to search; if you just drift by luck, you might not encounter one even after tens of thousands of years.

The emptiness and desolation of Boundless Outer Domain, if one has never seen it with their own eyes, will far exceed anyone’s imagination.

Even with the immense size of worlds, it is difficult for two worlds to collide in the Void Realm. It’s truly hard to imagine how the pioneers of old explored methods of traveling in Boundless Outer Domain and crossed such enormous chasms.

However, there are records in history.

If classified by the current First Grade system, there were no Third Grade existences back then, and the strongest were merely Fourth Grade. The cultivation methods at that time were also not fully developed.

Therefore, when they crossed the Void Realm, they chose to… endure it.

By calculating the position of a certain world through gravitational disturbances and optical observation, then marking this calculated ‘possible world’ location, they would set off with their belongings and drift towards that location.

This was a journey that often lasted hundreds of thousands of years, which was truly too long even by the lifespan of Cultivators.

Furthermore, during this operation, something very interesting yet sad emerged.

Some of these pioneers who resolutely dedicated themselves to cosmic exploration were only Sixth Grade or Seventh Grade; after all, the strongest at that time were only Fourth Grade. So, they could only choose those with the ability to achieve immortality, and their numbers were not small. However, their speed was too slow, slower than the speed of the world’s development.

Therefore, when later some people Broke Through to Third Grade and could cross the cosmos at an extremely fast speed, these later departures actually arrived faster than the pioneers.

During that period, pioneers continuously arrived at their destinations after tens of thousands of years of travel, only to find that the destination had long been built up and was already welcoming their arrival.

That scene was truly subtle, but no one would mock those Seventh Grade and Sixth Grade pioneers.

Because, if the initial batch of pioneers hadn’t found the worlds closest to the world and used them as sustenance for the world, nourishing the first batch of Third Grade existences, then the world would not have developed so quickly on its own.

The world was not inherently powerful from the start; in reality, it developed little by little.

This process… was not peaceful.

There’s a reason why there’s only one world among the countless heavens to this day.

Even now, many Dao Orthodoxy have abandoned expansion and war, and can even be said to have basically no malice towards the outside world, but they have already caused objective plunder.

Even if they don’t seize anything, countless worlds from Boundless Outer Domain clamor to join them.

Not to mention Dao Orthodoxy like the Human Race’s.

Setting that aside, what Jin Buhuan is doing now is the same clumsy method as the pioneers of the past: forcibly crossing the Void Realm with his Physical Body, finding a world, establishing a base, and then slowly proceeding.

However, this area has been thoroughly explored, so he didn’t need to travel for tens of thousands of years; he found a usable world in just a few days.

He directly broke through the world barrier and entered it.

This was an extremely barren world, almost devoid of life. The land was entirely rock, without plants, and the water was empty, without fish.

However, a faint green hue rising from the water indicated the presence of some primitive microorganisms in the water.

Even unranked worlds can give birth to such weak life.

And this is the seed of life.

Buddhist Pagodare higher life forms will evolve from these things, just as today’s First Grade mighty figures were once Ninth Grade.

Oh, not necessarily; some people are born at a high grade, but those are very few after all.

However, Jin Buhuan was too lazy to care about any of that.

He directly plunged his hand into the ground.

Then, he unleashed his power, which far surpassed this unranked world! A strong Jin Qi (Metal Energy) instantly rushed out for dozens of miles and spread rapidly at that speed.

If one were to view this from a God’s-eye perspective at this moment, they would see countless golden threads gushing out from his hand, continuously extending and rushing towards the earth’s core.

The earth and sky began to tremble, and earthquakes erupted.

This was the final resistance of the Heavenly Dao of this unranked world, as the Heavenly Dao seemed to have realized something.

However, it was utterly powerless to stop him, only able to watch as countless golden threads, after several minutes of traversing, directly pierced through the earth’s core and found the world’s core.

Then, these golden threads directly penetrated it.

The core of a world is a very mysterious thing; it is not some ‘material,’ but rather a certain concretization of the entire world, not to be touched in ordinary ways.

However, Jin Buhuan could completely solve it.

After inserting his hand into it, he activated a secret technique. It was merely an unranked world; its Heavenly Dao was instantly refined by him.

With a foothold, he then stirred this world.

After being refined, this world could no longer resist his command.

He saw that the world’s meager remaining vitality was forced out, a large amount of heat maintaining the environment was extracted, and life in the oceans began to die in large numbers.

The entire world’s Qi was destructively extracted!

This world let out a wailing lament, not the sobbing of dying life, but the bass note of a world’s destruction.

This fluctuation propagated especially far in the Void Realm.

The fluctuation also carried Jin Buhuan’s secret technique, greatly accelerating its speed and enabling the message to be transmitted over an extremely vast distance.

After doing this, his father would soon receive his message.

Although this destroyed an unranked world, it didn’t matter.

There are as many such worlds as one could want, and there were no living creatures within them, so it wouldn’t incur much Karma.

After doing this, Jin Buhuan sat down where he was, panting heavily.

Finally, he could rest.

He had been fleeing for several days and finally had a chance to rest.

Jin Buhuan collapsed to the ground, almost completely drained. Every part of his body ached, and his personal miniature heaven and earth was on the verge of collapse.

His current condition was like an ordinary person forced to undertake a thousand-mile sprint; even with Spiritual Artifacts, which were like transportation, it was enough to exhaust a person to near death, or even cause sudden death.

He waited like this for several hours.

Suddenly, a strong wind abruptly began to blow in the Void Realm!

The storm swept across hundreds of thousands of miles, even carrying many worlds within it, streaking across the Void Realm like a rapid meteor.

Amidst the howling storm, a golden tiger Dharma Idol, hundreds of miles tall, stood at its center.

This tiger Dharma Idol was the eye of the storm.

Wind follows the tiger; the tiger gains its might from the wind. Wind is the tiger’s wings, and the tiger is the beast of the wind. Thus, when the tiger roars, wind arises. The term ‘prestige’ (威风) originates from this.

Even in Boundless Outer Domain, Green Mountain God Jin Chi could still conjure storms out of thin air when traveling, allowing his speed to reach an extremely terrifying level.

The tiger Dharma Idol’s claws and teeth were not bone, but metallic, radiating a brilliant glow. Divine Qi surged within them, and its eyes flickered with sharp light, showing signs of solar and lunar eclipses, like rainbows appearing in daylight, the five planets aligning, and the four directions converging, creating a spectacle of dried up waters, collapsing mountains, and dimming daylight.

Though it remained still, one could still feel a sense of flowing wind and thunder, and lightning shattering mountains from the stretching of its body. Sharp Jin Qi (Metal Energy) mixed within the storm, and weaker substances within it would be mercilessly torn apart.

In fact, one could even see several unranked miniature heaven and earths struggling to float within the storm surrounding Lu Mountain God, relying on their world barriers to drift precariously, like balloons in a storm, liable to burst at any moment.

But Lu Mountain God paid no mind to any of that. He was moving at full speed, using secret techniques to modify the Heavenly Dao speed limit around him, boosting his speed to dozens of times the Heavenly Dao’s limit!

For a Sixth Grade, this was incredibly fast, as even Shen Shuibi’s cruising speed was only two hundred times the Heavenly Dao’s limit.

This was also the speed Lu Mountain God was proud of. Tigers are inherently swift, and being a wind beast, they are even faster. Moreover, he is a Jin Qi (Metal Energy) Spirit Beast, a White Tiger with orthodox Divine Beast Bloodline, and with the sharpness of Jin Qi (Metal Energy), his speed has broken through the limits.

Among Sixth Grade Cultivators, few could be faster than him.

The Heavenly Dao suppression in Boundless Outer Domain is very low. Only in such unconstrained places can Cultivators exert their true power, where a mere gesture can shatter heaven and earth.

No wonder those Cultivators in the world feel stifled.

In the world, the Heavenly Dao suppression is terrifyingly strong. The speed Green Mountain God Jin Chi is so proud of would be less than one percent effective in the world, yet there’s nothing he can do about it.

At this speed, traveling in Boundless Outer Domain, he was expected to reach the miniature heaven and earth where Jin Buhuan was hiding in just a few moments.

At this time, on the shoulder of Lu Mountain God’s colossal Dharma Idol, a man with an indistinct face stood there.

His face was indistinct not because it was unclear to see; in fact… if one stared at it, they could clearly see his facial features, but the next glance would reveal a brand new face.

Every time one blinked or looked away, they would find his face had changed, yet strangely, no matter how his face changed, one seemed to be able to recognize him at a glance, without mistaking him.

This seemed to be some kind of special technique.

The man stood on Lu Mountain God’s shoulder and said with a smile, “Mountain God is indeed an outstanding figure among the Sixth Grade. Now, it seems that Fifth Grade is within easy reach. I see that Mountain God’s foundation is already complete. As long as you supplement it with enough resources, I believe the opportunity for Breakthrough will be within two or three hundred years.”

“Demon Lord exaggerates. Jin Chi merely benefits from his Bloodline. As for Aptitude, it is truly dull; otherwise, he would not still be lingering at Sixth Grade now,” Lu Mountain God said, despite his Dharma Idol being domineering and mighty, his words were exceptionally kind and polite.

But that’s also quite normal.

Only an idiot would constantly exude domineering aura.

Politeness is fundamental to human interaction. Being impolite is the same no matter who it’s directed at, unless you are truly strong enough to disregard anyone’s opinion, or you are simply there to cause trouble. Otherwise, maintaining etiquette is always the correct choice, no matter who you’re dealing with.

It shows respect for the other party, and also for oneself.

And from Lu Mountain God’s address, this man with the shifting face was the mastermind behind this operation.

Heaven-Devouring Demon Lord.

“Haha, you have only cultivated for over six thousand years and have already reached Sixth Grade. How many people in this world could be faster than you? I was stuck at Seventh Grade for at least ten thousand years before I finally figured out the method of turning the Void Realm into reality. I was much slower than you. It’s already difficult for our demon race to cultivate, and it’s truly impressive that you, a Anomolus Spirit, can achieve godhood.”

Jin Chi seemed quite pleased by these words and nodded slightly.

demon race cultivation is harder than that of many naturally born Spirit Beasts, or races like the Human Race and Dragon Clan. Pure Demon Dao is even more profound, with only a few possessing the Aptitude of a Great Sage able to make a name for themselves.

Therefore, the demon race generally ‘borrows chickens to lay eggs,’ cultivating other Dao Orthodoxy.

It is precisely because of this that most cultivators of the Divine Dao in the world are various Anomolus Spirits, and there are also many Anomolus Spirits in the Human Race and Shaman Dao Dao Orthodoxy. Even the Dao of Heaven’s Evolution of the East Sea Dragon Clan is almost ninety-nine percent cultivated by the demon race, as True Dragons are, after all, too few in number.

“With Demon Lord’s intervention this time, and my assistance from the side, two or three ordinary Fifth Grade opponents should be no match. This Holy Flame World should still be conquerable. Thank you very much for your assistance, Demon Lord. If I had come alone, it would have been quite difficult. I truly don’t know how to thank you properly. After this Holy Flame World is taken, please accept this Holy Flame Clan, Demon Lord.” Lu Mountain God thanked Heaven-Devouring Demon Lord.

“There is no need for such formality. You and I both come from the Mountain-Moving Great Sage lineage. Mutual help is only right. I also hope you will soon Break Through to Fifth Grade and become my arm. Only by joining forces, you and I, Senior Brother, can we establish a firm foothold in Baiyue. The current situation, surrounded by wolves, still needs to be slowly broken.” Heaven-Devouring Demon Lord quickly refused.

The two demons, one offering and one declining, created an atmosphere of harmony.

As they spoke, distances measured in hundreds of millions of miles were crossed, and the two demons simultaneously descended upon the miniature heaven and earth where Jin Buhuan was hiding.

A Fifth Grade Great Demon and a Sixth Grade Mountain God—the mere pressure of their descent instantly crushed that miniature heaven and earth!

“My son, where are you? Your father has arrived, quickly show yourself!” Lu Mountain God’s Dharma Idol roared with a mighty voice.

Jin Buhuan’s face lit up with joy. He transformed, becoming a giant tiger with golden fur and white stripes, and roared back, “Father, I’m here!”