Chapter 1114: Peak of the Cloud Sea, Imminent!

Qian Guizhong, a very common name, but within the sixth-rank Star Domain, the meaning this name represented was a single word: "ruthless"!

As an Elder of the Huaqing Sect, his cultivation had already reached the Early Stage of shattered nirvana.

His Divine Ability was astonishing, and due to his personality, once someone provoked him, if their cultivation was insufficient or their School's power was not enough, their only end was death.

More than a thousand years ago, a small School in the sixth-rank Star Domain had accidentally killed one of his Disciples.

Qian Guizhong had slaughtered his way to their mountain gate and, together with several fellow Disciples, destroyed that School's lineage, leaving rivers of blood.

This battle made his reputation soar, and no one in the sixth-rank Star Domain's Schools did not know of him.

At this moment, his expression was gloomy as he sat cross-legged on the head of a Dragon-shaped giant python.

As the Spirit Beast beneath him traveled through this fifth-rank Star Domain, behind him, several Huaqing Sect Core Disciples followed.

"I didn't expect that the clue was actually real!"

Whenever Qian Guizhong thought of this matter, he could not help but feel his heart beat faster.

Several months ago, their Huaqing Sect had accidentally obtained a clue regarding a legendary Pill Formula for a Nirvana Emptiness Pill and a Jade Slip that could allow one to become a Core Disciple of the Heaven-Breaking Sect.

This discovery had shocked the entire Huaqing Sect.

As a native Cultivator of the Cloud Sea Star Domain, Qian Guizhong naturally knew about the earth-shattering event that had occurred in the Cloud Sea Star Domain eighteen thousand years ago.

Eighteen thousand years ago, the Heaven-Breaking Sect, an eighth-rank School that was already qualified to migrate into the ninth-rank Star Domain, had inadvertently discovered a space Rift two months before they were to migrate into the supreme ninth-rank Star Domain.

It was filled with Restrictions and dangers.

The Heaven-Breaking Sect gathered a large number of Cultivators and, led by several Elders whose cultivation had reached the Heaven-Man Five Decay, entered it.

They broke through the path, suffering countless casualties.

Finally, deep within this space Rift, they discovered a skeleton.

Beside the skeleton were three items: a Medicinal Pill, a broken sword, and a beast bone.

After obtaining these three items, the Heaven-Breaking Sect Elders who entered the space Rift went crazy.

They quickly left the space Rift, preparing to return to the Heaven-Breaking Sect as soon as possible.

Because their discovery was simply too incredible; it was enough to shock the entire Cloud Sea Star Domain!

It even had the potential to make the Heaven-Breaking Sect the number one School in the Cloud Sea, surpassing that supreme ninth-rank Divine Sect!

However, there was a traitor among them. The news was sent out, and what awaited them was the frantic mobilization of the entire eighth-rank School.

Countless Old Monsters who had been in closed-door cultivation for years and rarely went out emerged one after another, joining in this scramble and slaughter that made their eyes turn red.

But the Heaven-Breaking Sect, which was able to advance to the ninth-rank, possessed the strength to contend against all the Schools in the eighth-rank Star Domain.

Faced with this scramble and slaughter, the entire eighth-rank Star Domain was stirred into a bloodbath.

The seventh-rank Star Domain was pulled in and also took action; the sixth-rank Star Domain was the same, and even the fifth-rank Star Domain was slightly affected.

A catastrophe that swept across the Cloud Sea Star Domain unfolded.

The intensity of this matter was such that even after eighteen thousand years, Qian Guizhong felt his heart tremble when he thought of it.

In the end, it even caused the ninth-rank Star Domain, which almost never interfered with anything in the lower ranks, to take action.

The situation was extremely unfavorable for the Heaven-Breaking Sect, and it was at this very moment that the Heaven-Breaking Sect split!

The vast majority of the Heaven-Breaking Sect members were unwilling to continue fighting for those three items.

They took the Medicinal Pill and the broken sword to trade for the qualification to continue living, and they even offered them up to maintain their original School trajectory and enter the ninth-rank Star Domain.

A small portion of the Heaven-Breaking Sect Cultivators took the beast bone Pill Formula and engaged in a life-and-death struggle with the snatchers from various Schools, eventually disappearing into the long river of history.

As for that beast bone Pill Formula, it also disappeared from then on, and no one knew where it went.

Some guessed that this Pill Formula had been taken by Cultivators from the ninth-rank Star Domain, while others guessed that the Pill Formula was hidden in the hands of one of the eighth-rank Schools that had pursued the Heaven-Breaking Sect Cultivators back then.

In short, this matter came to an end, and where the beast bone Pill Formula actually was became an eternal secret, until eighteen thousand years later, when the sixth-rank School Huaqing Sect accidentally obtained that thread of a clue.

No matter whether this clue was true or false, it shocked the Huaqing Sect.

They sealed off all news regarding this clue and even went so far as to slaughter their own members, eliminating some Disciples who knew about it.

Because this matter was simply too terrifying; if they were slightly careless, it would lead to the destruction of the entire School.

After all, the bloody lesson of the Heaven-Breaking Sect back then was enough to warn future generations.

Compared to the Heaven-Breaking Sect of the past, the Huaqing Sect was like an ant; they simply did not have the qualifications to obtain that beast bone.

In fact, although they were extremely greedy, they did not intend to swallow it alone.

Instead, they held the intention of finding that beast bone Pill Formula and offering it to some eighth-rank School, thereby exchanging it for huge benefits and long-term protection, and even taking this opportunity, with the help of that eighth-rank School, to become the hegemon of the sixth-rank Star Domain.

However, for all this, they first had to prove that the clue was real!

If they only sent this clue to an eighth-rank School and the clue turned out to be false, the Huaqing Sect could not withstand the anger of an eighth-rank School.

Therefore, they did not dare to rashly offer the clue but had to verify it first.

But to verify it, they had to strictly seal off all possibilities of leakage, and they could not let other sixth-rank Schools catch wind of it.

Moreover, the clue pointed to a School in a third-rank Star Domain.

If the Huaqing Sect moved in force, it would definitely arouse suspicion.

This was the Huaqing Sect's concern.

Out of caution, they chose the always steady eldest Disciple, Shi Luoxing, and let him take nineteen Disciples to secretly head to the third-rank Star Domain.

Shi Luoxing's cultivation was not the highest in the sixth-rank Star Domain.

Him moving out with his Disciples would not overly attract the attention of other Schools.

The facts were indeed so; until Shi Luoxing went to the third-rank Star Domain, he had not caused any unnecessary trouble.

But even Shi Luoxing had not expected that the clue was real!

And it was extremely easy to obtain the beast bone fragment, and he even got a Jade Slip.

However, just on his way back to the Huaqing Sect, for some unknown reason, the news leaked, causing the Five Poisons Sect to pursue him.

Furthermore, for some unknown reason, the Schools of the sixth-rank Star Domain also became aware of this matter.

"Shi Luoxing, you must hold on!"

Qian Guizhong circulated the Yuan Qi in his body, merging it into the Spirit Beast beneath him, causing the Spirit Beast to speed up.

A long rainbow pierced through layers of star mist, heading straight for that Barren Continent.

The people he brought were just the first batch of reinforcements.

Behind him, almost the entire Huaqing Sect had mobilized and were coming one after another.

While speeding in flight, Qian Guizhong narrowed his eyes and stared ahead.

Within the range of his Divine Sense, he saw a Cultivator.

This Cultivator's Spirit Beast was a Black Ape the size of a hundred zhang.

Along the way, the white-haired Cultivator on this Black Ape was not the first person he had seen, but because this place was not far from that Barren Continent, it attracted Qian Guizhong's attention.

As he moved forward, his gaze remained fixed on that white-haired Cultivator.

Not only him, but even the dozen or so Huaqing Sect Core Disciples following behind him also cast their gazes over.

These gazes were like substance.

Wang Lin's face immediately turned pale, revealing shock.

He stared blankly at the dozen or so long rainbows whistling closer from ahead, as if he had forgotten to fly and stopped in mid-air.

He knew that his cultivation was strange and outsiders could not see through it for a while.

To avoid this matter causing unnecessary suspicion, he kept the Yuan Qi in his body dispersed at all times, condensing his cultivation to around the Middle Stage of Nirvana Scrutiny.

Qian Guizhong withdrew his gaze. He was anxious to get to the Barren Continent right now.

At a glance, that white-haired Cultivator did not have any anomalies; both his expression and appearance seemed startled by the sudden appearance of their group.

Especially according to the Star Map he possessed, there were a few more Barren Continents nearby.

Looking at the white-haired Cultivator's trajectory, he was obviously coming out from another Barren Continent.

Not bothering with it anymore, Qian Guizhong flashed, and the Spirit Beast beneath him passed directly by Wang Lin.

The dozen or so Core Disciples behind him also withdrew their gazes and passed by Wang Lin without saying a word.

Wang Lin secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

He could not tell which School these Cultivators belonged to, but they were clearly Cultivators from the sixth-rank Star Domain.

The place they were heading to was that Barren Continent.

But just at this moment, suddenly a fluorescent light from the distant starry sky broke through the air at an unimaginable speed.

This fluorescent light flickered in and out of sight.

Wang Lin clearly saw that it was a Jade Slip!

This was obviously someone sending a message via Jade Slip.

This type of Divine Ability within a School allowed the speed of the Jade Slip to far exceed that of a Cultivator, and there was no fear of being seen by outsiders.

It contained its own inherent Formation and Restriction; without specific Hand Seals, touching it would cause the Jade Slip to collapse.

Moreover, to prevent accidents, once a Jade Slip message was sent, it was often not just one.

This Jade Slip was too fast.

In the blink of an eye, it passed by Wang Lin and landed directly in the hands of Qian Guizhong, who had not yet traveled too far.

Qian Guizhong's expression changed.

His left hand formed Hand Seals, and with a unique technique, he grabbed the Jade Slip.

He utilized the secret Mind-Cultivation Technique of the School to view the Jade Slip message.

His Divine Sense swept over it, and his body immediately shook.

This was a Jade Slip sent from the second wave of reinforcing fellow Disciples from the rear.

Inside, there was only one thing: the Life Slip of Shi Luoxing in the School's Jiying Pavilion had shattered!

Shi Luoxing was dead!

Qian Guizhong's expression was extremely gloomy.

He gripped the Jade Slip fiercely, and his gaze suddenly landed on Wang Lin.

He was not suspecting Wang Lin alone; rather, at this moment, with Shi Luoxing dead and it being unknown who killed him—regardless of whether it was the Five Poisons Sect or some other School that took action—all Cultivators approaching the Barren Continent were targets of suspicion!

The matter was of great importance.

Qian Guizhong's thought was to rather kill a thousand wrongly than let one go!

"Take him with us to the Barren Continent!"

Qian Guizhong pointed at Wang Lin.

Immediately, eight Core Disciples behind him flew out and rushed toward Wang Lin.

Wang Lin's expression changed.

He stood up, his expression showing a just-right amount of panic amidst respect, and he cupped his fists, saying, "Fellow Daoists, what is the meaning of this?"

"Do not make us take action. Fellow Daoist, come with us immediately!"

Among the eight Core Disciples rushing toward Wang Lin, six were Yang Solid Cultivators, and one had cultivation that had reached the Early Stage of Nirvana Scrutiny.

If they had met Wang Lin in the past, they certainly would not have been like this; after all, Wang Lin's cultivation was higher than theirs.

But at this moment, with Elder Qian present, and it being a top-priority matter for the School, they all became impolite.

Outside, heavy snow is falling.

This winter in Mudanjiang, the snow seems to have never stopped.

Er Gen's lumbar spine has flared up again.

Walking back from the hospital facing the snow, sitting there makes his face turn pale with pain.

Gritting my teeth to write a chapter, I really wanted to ask for leave, but in recent days, Er Gen has rarely had bursts of updates.

If I can't even manage regular updates, I feel bad about it myself.

I will try my best to write the second chapter.

It might be slow, but I have done my utmost.