8mi Chapter 542: The Great Tribulation, Billions Of Lives Lost!
Chapter 542: The Great Tribulation, Billions Of Lives Lost!
The gathering of numerous Transcendent Level forces did not reach any substantial agreement. All the big shots were smiling on the surface, but in reality, they were wary and guarded against each other.
After all, there was only one World Creating Azure Lotus in its transformed form, and all the forces present wanted it. There was no possibility of compromise.
Since negotiations did not yield any results, they could only resort to force. Some hot-tempered quasi-saints had made up their minds that even if it meant the blood of their own disciples would be shed, they would not let other Transcendent Level forces succeed!
To achieve the Dao, to transcend eternally, to be immortal, and to be in harmony with the Dao... With such an unprecedented supreme opportunity, how could they allow it to fall into the hands of outsiders?
The consequences of letting outsiders take the lead would most likely result in the complete collapse of their own Dao lineage and the loss of any chance to escape to the depths of the chaotic void.
After chatting for a while, the quasi-saints bid farewell and left in streaks of light.
Only the nine quasi-saints of Utmost Clarity Boundless Heaven remained in place, silent.
"... Senior brother, what do you think?" After a moment, a voice asked.
"What else can we do? Since they are not willing to consider the overall situation and sacrifice for the peace of the chaotic void, we, Utmost Clarity Boundless Heaven, can only prepare for battle with all our might."
"That's right. If a genuine Primordial Origin Saint Supreme is truly born in the chaotic void in the future, all the Dao forces can only choose to submit or be annihilated. There is no third possibility."
"So, in order to ensure the peace and stability of the chaotic void, this World Creating Azure Lotus can only be in our hands, Utmost Clarity Boundless Heaven. This way, we can ensure that it will not be used by those treacherous Dao forces for evil purposes!"
"Yes, we, Utmost Clarity Boundless Heaven, are the orthodox sect of the Dao, the unquestionable supreme leader of the cultivation world, the first Primordial Origin Saint Supreme. It is only natural that it should come from Utmost Clarity Boundless Heaven. Why should those evil demons have the right to contend?"
"It should be so..."
After discussing for a while, the nine quasi-saints went their separate ways to make preparations.
As one of the oldest Transcendent Level forces in the depths of the chaotic void, Utmost Clarity Boundless Heaven's strength was indeed formidable. However, no matter how powerful they were, it was impossible to resist so many forces of the same level, so they inevitably had to resort to some shady means.
After all, the winner takes all. As long as they could obtain the transformed form of the World Creating Azure Lotus, they would establish Utmost Clarity Boundless Heaven's future position as the supreme ruler of the cultivation world. At that time, who would question whether their means were glorious or not?
At the same time, the representatives of other Transcendent Level forces formulated their respective secret plans after internal meetings.
In any case, they would never willingly give up the transformed form of the World Creating Azure Lotus. If necessary, they would go to war!
...
Luojia Divine Dynasty.
One month had passed outside, and time had accelerated a thousandfold within the time acceleration array. As the main gate of the inner palace slowly opened, a large group of stunning beauties surged out like a tide.
All the high-level female cultivators had blushes on their faces and were charming and alluring. Compared to before their seclusion cultivation, their cultivation realm, luck, and aptitude had all increased to varying degrees. It was evident that their cultivation during this period had benefited them greatly.
Now, following the orders of Empress Yun Wuyun, they returned to their respective Cave Mansions to cultivate in seclusion, consolidate their cultivation realm, and wait for the next opportunity for dual cultivation.
Qin Muling remained in the inner palace, still dressed in the company of Yun Wuyun and Qinying Immortal Venerable. After being served and dressed by the women, he began to enjoy a feast.
On the spacious green jade table, various rare treasures and Supreme Grade ingredients were meticulously cooked by the royal chefs and served by the maidservants. There were also many spirit wines and nectars from the royal treasury for Qin Muling to savor and enjoy.
Yun Wuyun and the other women changed into thin and cool dresses, accompanying him on the side. Their beautiful faces were intoxicating, truly a feast for the eyes.
"... Is there any new news from outside recently?"
After three rounds of wine and five flavors of dishes, Qin Muling finished the jade liquid in his wine cup and asked softly.
He wanted to know what new tricks those old monsters in the depths of the chaotic void had come up with recently in their attempts to plot against him.
Xiao Ruomei's cherry lips slightly opened, and she spoke softly:
"It is said that the quasi-saints of Utmost Clarity Boundless Heaven led a secret meeting, hoping that in the future, whoever finds the Innate Primordial Good Fortune Azure Lotus should share it with all the Dao forces and not monopolize it privately..."
Qin Muling couldn't help but laugh: "Do they really think they can fool three-year-old children with such tricks?"
"How is that possible?" Xiao Ruomei shook her head. "No influential force is willing to buy into their story. There was a big argument, and in the end, it all fell apart!"
"It's expected," Qin Muling nodded. He didn't expect these Transcendent Level forces, who have experienced numerous calamities, to act like naive and innocent saints. That's simply impossible!
Yun Wuyun covered her mouth and chuckled, "So in the end... we still have to see the truth of the matter with our own eyes, right? Who knows how many powerful beings will perish and the chaotic void will be stained with blood when the battle begins!"
Whenever she thought about this, the Empress couldn't help but feel grateful. Fortunately, Qin Muling's true identity was discovered by the Immortal Venerable Qinying by chance. Later, she sincerely befriended him, tried her best to get closer to him, and eventually succeeded in winning him over, making him accept the position of her consort in the entire Luojia Divine Dynasty.
Thanks to Qin Muling, the overall strength and destiny of the Luojia Divine Dynasty have greatly increased, surpassing the peak state of the Jade Sect by more than twice, and still rapidly rising. Meanwhile, the Jade Sect is declining and won't have many good days left.
Not to mention the tremendous benefits in other aspects, especially the opportunity to achieve eternal transcendence and detachment, which cannot be obtained with any amount of opportunities, treasures, or resources!
It can only be said that the heavenly will has favored the Luojia Divine Dynasty in a mysterious way. Otherwise, how could Qin Muling have happened to encounter them and even accept them?
"However, although this matter didn't reach a conclusion, another storm has started," Xiao Ruomei said, her voice slightly low.
Qin Muling looked at her, indicating for her to continue.
Yun Wuyun interjected, "Those Transcendent Level forces have coincidentally started targeting some relatively lower-level Great Worlds, deploying elite forces to destroy their foundations and plunder their world origins!"
"It is said that each Transcendent Level force has targeted no less than hundreds or even thousands of worlds! Their ultimate goal is to obtain a substantial reserve of world origins!"
"???"
Qin Muling's eyes flickered, already understanding their motives: "Is it because of me again?"
"Otherwise, what do you think?" Qinying Immortal Venerable sighed, "Since you know that you are still in the growth stage and need a massive amount of world origin to promote rapid improvement, they must be planning something in this regard!"
These world origins, sacrificed from thousands of low-level Great Worlds, are important bargaining chips for Transcendent Level forces to negotiate with the World Creating Azure Lotus in the future.
If they have the opportunity to meet Qin Muling in the future, they will definitely say, "We have all the world origins here. As long as you are willing to come here and never leave, these resources will all be prepared for you!"
As for the numerous Great Worlds sacrificed, the powerful figures at the pinnacle of power don't care at all. Compared to their own path to enlightenment, the deaths of cultivators outside are just slightly larger numbers!
"But, won't their actions provoke public anger and be attacked by all the low-level worlds?" Yun Qingzhi couldn't help but ask.
Yun Wuyun shook her head, "If their strength is not enough, it's all in vain! They have already reached a tacit agreement in secret, finding any excuse to make their many subordinate forces fight each other!"
When these subordinate forces have fought enough, the Transcendent Level forces will personally destroy them and naturally take away all the world origins.
Qin Muling was somewhat speechless. In order to achieve certain goals, the bottom line of those big shots is simply despicable, and they don't even have a bottom line. They don't hesitate to sell out their teammates and subordinates.
But this is the chaotic void, this is the cultivation world. The so-called benevolence, righteousness, morality, propriety, integrity, and honor are often worthless! Only strength is the eternal truth!
Qin Muling may not like this approach, but he will never let his saintly heart take over and make those extremely foolish mistakes that would put himself and his senior sisters in danger.
"Such a large-scale operation cannot be completed in a short period of time, right?"
Qin Muling pondered. Not to mention how troublesome it is to completely defeat the defense system of a Great World, even if everything goes smoothly, it would still be quite difficult to collect and transport the world origins due to their unique nature. It will definitely take a considerable amount of time.
Yun Wuyun said, "Indeed, this is a long-term operation. In the eyes of those old guys, finding you is not a matter of a day or two. There's no need to rush, take it slowly! Maybe when they have accumulated enough reserves of world origins, they can naturally attract you out."
Qin Muling remained silent for a long time, sighed lightly. These old guys are truly ruthless and merciless. He has already witnessed the cruel and dark side of the cultivation world without even encountering the true Innate Primordial Good Fortune Azure Lotus. Countless cultivators have perished in the plans of those big shots, and there is no room for resistance at all.
And in the future, such incidents will only increase. I wonder how much will be left of the Great World in the depths of chaos and emptiness after this unprecedented storm subsides?
"Junior Brother, what are your plans next?" Yun Wuyun asked with concern as she saw Qin Muling remain silent. Naturally, she hoped that he would stay here for a while longer for his own safety and to spend more time with the senior and junior sisters here.
Qin Muling snapped back to reality and thought for a moment before saying, "I'll stay for another three months to help you treat and heal a group of female cultivators, and then I'll go back and take a look."
Although he couldn't freely harvest the world's origin in other Great Worlds anymore, hunting the chaotic beasts and Innate Chaotic Divine Demons in the depths of chaos and emptiness was still possible, and he could also harvest a batch of Innate Spiritual Treasures.
"Alright then..." Yun Wuyun sounded slightly resentful and disappointed, but after a second thought, three months wasn't a short time. Besides, there was a time acceleration array for cultivation, so it was actually quite a long time.
When they were full and satisfied, Qin Muling, accompanied by Qin Ying Immortal Venerable, Yun Qingzhi, and Xiao Yuhuan, went to a Grotto-Heaven secret realm in the Divine Dynasty to begin the large-scale treatment and recovery of the severely injured and sleeping female elders.
Each Grotto-Heaven secret realm covered an area of tens of thousands of miles and housed millions of high-level female cultivators. Among them, some had been here for hundreds of thousands of years.
Underground in the Grotto-Heaven secret realm, there were large-scale time deceleration arrays, which made time pass here at only a fraction of the speed outside. This was to prolong the vitality of the sleeping female cultivators as much as possible and create conditions for their future resurrection.
However, under normal circumstances, most of the female cultivators here would never have the opportunity to leave the Grotto-Heaven secret realm and see the light of day again.
Qin Muling glanced around and already understood in his heart. Thousands of magnificent and brilliant columns of Good Fortune and divine light descended from the sky, enveloping a group of female cultivators in the worst condition.
After several hours, nearly twenty thousand of the most severely affected and highest-level female cultivators had already recovered and opened their eyes, stepping down from their jade beds one after another.
Yun Wuyun briefly explained the situation to them, and the elders in charge came to guide them out and arrange for them to rest in Cave Mansion Daoist halls.
As for the female cultivators whose conditions were not particularly severe, Xiao Ruomei would arrange for them to wake up and then enter the time acceleration array to receive treatment from Qin Muling, greatly improving efficiency.
Two months quietly passed, and tens of millions of high-level female cultivators successfully recovered to their peak state, further enhancing the strength of the Luojia Divine Dynasty.
In the following month, Qin Muling chose to continue her seclusion and cultivation with the Yunwu Yun and other exceptional female cultivators, which greatly benefited them.
During this period, Qin Muling naturally did not forget to continuously monitor the changes in the situation deep within the chaotic void. The forces of the Transcendent Level had already set off. Countless cultivators rushed into the chaotic void, spreading their nets wide, searching world by world, tracing the whereabouts of the World Creating Azure Lotus.
However, this method was destined to be futile, wasting an enormous amount of human and material resources without any return. The chaotic void was vast and boundless, even the oldest semi-sages in existence had not been able to determine its boundaries. Therefore, even if all the Earth Level Great Worlds united, it would be impossible to search through all the large and small worlds, as it was far beyond their capabilities.
Of course, the actions of the many Transcendent Level forces attacking lower-level Great Worlds were also in full swing. Under the relentless attacks of these top experts, a certain number of Great Worlds were destroyed mercilessly every day, resulting in countless trillions of lives being devastated.
"...Perhaps, this is the greatest calamity that the chaotic void has experienced since the existence of civilization?"
On the beautiful jade bed, Qin Muling rested her head on Xiao Ruomei's plump and shapely thighs, flipping through the information in the jade talisman. Yun Qingzhi and Xiao Yuhuan were carefully massaging her legs.
With a blush on her jade-like face, Xiao Ruomei's voice was soft and charming, "It can be considered as such! And right now, this is only the beginning. Greater calamities are still to come!"
Qin Muling couldn't help but fall silent. This was how it was even when she hadn't revealed herself. If she were to reveal her whereabouts in the future, it would likely attract thousands of forces from the Dao lineage to fight and compete for her. One could imagine how bloody and terrifying that scene would be, truly shocking.
"Forget it, there's no use thinking too much," Qin Muling said, "I will leave tomorrow, let's gather again next time."
Yunwu Yun suggested, "Junior Martial Brother, do you want us to go and clean up a few lower-level Great Worlds and help you collect some world origins? The number of top experts in the Divine Dynasty is sufficient to handle such an operation!"
"Don't take any risks," Qin Muling's tone became unusually firm, "I will handle this matter myself. You should focus on developing your own strength. Troublesome days are still ahead!"
He now understood that in order to completely end this calamity that affected the entire chaotic void, he must quickly achieve the status of a Saint.
Only by possessing the Primordial Origin Saint Supreme Dao Fruit in the truest sense could he forcefully suppress all the Transcendent Level forces coveting him and restore the relatively peaceful and tranquil state of the chaotic void.
Under the persuasion of Qin Muling, Yun Wuyun finally temporarily dispelled the idea of collecting the origin of the world.
The next morning, Qin Muling bid farewell to the women and drove the Void Divine Cauldron of the Other Shore to disappear into the depths of the chaotic void.
On the way, he released Yu Xingning, Linghu Xuelan, Immortal Venerable Qing Yao, and Zi Shiyun, and informed them of the recent changes in the chaotic void.
"So, are we not suitable for plundering the world now?" Yu Lingzhou, pure and young, frowned. Without enough world origin, the goal of promoting Extreme Void Starry Sky to the Profound Level Low Grade Great World would be greatly delayed.
The incarnation of the will of the Heavenly Dao, Qin Yulan, smiled and said, "Do we really need the world origin? If we have enough rare resources to offer to the heavens, it can also promote the rapid growth and evolution of the world."
Qin Muling pondered for a moment and said, "Can we satisfy the need by hunting a large number of Chaotic Ferocious Beasts and Innate Chaotic Divine Demons, and using their corpses as sacrifices?"
"Of course, these are very high-end offerings. After the sacrifice, they can be transformed into the resources needed for the growth of the world. As long as the quantity is sufficient, Extreme Void Starry Sky can complete its transformation as soon as possible!" Qin Yulan said confidently. She would also gain great benefits from the promotion of the Great World.
Qin Muling nodded and said, "Then let's do it this way!"
With the extraordinary power of the World Creating Azure Lotus, hunting those chaotic creatures was as easy as eating and drinking. Half of the spoils were refined by the Azure Lotus phantom, while the other half were brought back as sacrifices. They could also harvest a large number of Innate Spiritual Treasures, Innate Spiritual Objects, and rare spiritual materials.
So, for the next few months, Qin Muling drove the Void Divine Cauldron of the Other Shore in the depths of the chaotic void, and a large number of chaotic creatures met their unfortunate end.
First, using the Divine Ability of Heavenly Calculation, he determined the locations of large groups of ferocious beasts and the nests of Innate Chaotic Divine Demons. Then, he used the Void Teleportation to quickly arrive and directly controlled the area with the Azure Lotus phantom, suppressing them without any room for resistance.
After that, these greatly weakened chaotic creatures became the training targets for the senior sisters. Even the experienced Innate Chaotic Divine Demons couldn't escape death after being weakened by several realms.
As for the opportunities in their lairs, Qin Muling and the senior sisters naturally plundered them, occasionally discovering an Innate Primordial Supreme Treasure.
During this period, Qin Muling encountered other groups of cultivators, but with his innate Divine Ability, he was always able to avoid them. If he couldn't avoid them, he would decisively kill them, as he couldn't afford to expose his whereabouts.
With the Chaotic Ferocious Beasts being refined by the Azure Lotus phantom, Qin Muling's cultivation strength soared, and the range of the space within his body continued to expand, evolving towards a more complex and advanced Great World.
Originally, Qin Muling thought that as a quasi-saint of the Earth Level Great World, he was not far from the legendary Primordial Origin Saint Supreme Dao Fruit. But now it seemed that it was not the case at all.
Although there were no new small realms to distinguish, the accumulation of resources required to go from a quasi-saint to a true Primordial Origin Saint Supreme was simply unbelievable.
It was only because of Qin Muling's unique advantage that he could complete this process as quickly as possible. For ordinary human quasi-saints without special opportunities, the time required would be calculated in quantity of tribulations.
Unknowingly, a year had passed.
"Is it almost enough?" After killing another Innate Chaotic Divine Demon and cleaning up its lair, Qin Muling put a shining octagonal glass palace lamp into his bag and said to the senior sisters, "Let's go back and complete the sacrifice as soon as possible. We can travel again after the promotion of Extreme Void Starry Sky."
"Okay, let's go back." Yu Xingning and Immortal Venerable Qing Yao naturally had no objections.
Because they had gone too far this time, it took nearly a month for the Void Divine Cauldron of the Other Shore to return to the chaotic void near Extreme Void Starry Sky.
By shielding the Heavenly Calculation at all costs, reversing and confusing Yin and Yang, and with the full cooperation of the incarnation of the will of the Heavenly Dao, the existence of Extreme Void Starry Sky had never been known to outsiders.
Qin Muling returned to the Immortal Dynasty's Heavenly Court, quickly finished talking with Mu Yinghua and Emperor Qing Huan who were left behind, and began to prepare for the sacrifice.
One day later, the ceremony to offer sacrifices to the heavens officially began. The bodies of countless chaotic creatures, with various forms and fierce appearances, were placed on the altar, including the kings of ferocious beasts and Innate Chaotic Divine Demons.
When the ceremony reached its midpoint, colorless and invisible sacrificial fire appeared out of thin air and burned fiercely on these precious offerings, quickly reducing them to ashes.
A silent vibration spread from all directions of the Great World. After several years of accumulation, Extreme Void Starry Sky began its transformation once again.