Seeking Immortality in a Bizarre World-Chapter 678 - 672: The Realm of the End of Dharma, Ten Thousand Realms Paying Homage_1

Chapter 678: Chapter 672: The Realm of the End of Dharma, Ten Thousand Realms Paying Homage_1

After sealing the Thought Bizarre, it was impossible for it to grow into a Void-level Strange Creature that could destroy the Cultivation World.

With that pressing danger resolved, the void pursuit officially came to an end.

Jia Ren retracted the formation, but he wasn’t in a hurry to seal it with the Suppressing Bizarre Technique.

Maintaining the Breath of Stars Barrier in the void consumed a significant amount of power every moment.

Dividing the Thought Bizarre was not an easy task, both time-consuming and strenuous. Sustaining the power of five Mysterious Heavenly Spiritual Treasures for a long time was bound to reveal flaws.

Any accident leading to failure would risk the Thought Bizarre breaking free.

Better to find a safe place to slowly deal with this creature!

This journey wasn’t just about sealing the Thought Bizarre; there were additional gains.

One was the Jade Void Divine Boat.

During the first attempt to seal the Thought Bizarre, Jia Ren had quietly taken the Jade Void Divine Boat.

The Deceiving the Heavens Pearl affected the perceptions of both the Thought Bizarre and Luo Zongqi, creating the illusion that the boat was still there.

This was to prevent the Thought Bizarre from acting recklessly and destroying the Divine Vessel upon realizing its sealing was inevitable.

Facts proved his guess correct.

The Thought Bizarre indeed had similar plans, but regrettably for it, Jia Ren had anticipated its moves and secured the benefits in advance.

The second was Luo Zongqi’s Mysterious Heavenly Spiritual Treasure—an unexpected boon.

This treasure had been taken by the Thought Bizarre and placed on the Jade Void Divine Boat, and thus was acquired along with the boat.

Having resolved a major threat and gained a Jade Void Divine Boat and a Mysterious Heavenly Spiritual Treasure, Jia Ren’s rewards from this trip far exceeded his expectations.

To the Spirit Realm!

The Spirit Realm was even closer than the Mysterious Realm. Since he had already traversed the void to this point, he couldn’t leave the journey incomplete—he had to visit the Spirit Realm and see what spoils he could gather at least once.

Moreover, the treasures that ensured a one hundred percent advancement to the Mahayana Realm hadn’t been fully gathered. It wouldn’t feel right to return now.

It was too difficult to find resources to advance to the Mahayana Realm in the Mysterious Realm; he could only pin his hopes on the Spirit Realm to smooth the path to the Mahayana Realm.

Assuming the form of a Golden-Winged Peng Bird, Jia Ren flew toward the Spirit Realm.

Although the Jade Void Divine Boat could traverse the void, its actual flight speed was not as fast as the Golden-Winged Roc Form.

Jia Ren entrusted his body to the Gold-Winged Great Peng Bird Avatar to manage while he focused on cultivation, much like being on the Jade Void Divine Boat.

The advantage of the Jade Void Divine Boat was its safe, intangible state, while the Golden-Winged Peng Bird’s advantage was its speed. When not facing danger, the Golden-Winged Roc Form was the best means of traversing the void.

Having sealed the Thought Bizarre, Jia Ren felt the pressure lift from his heart.

The Gold-Winged Great Peng Bird Avatar no longer needed to be distracted by using the Tracing Bizarre Talisman to track the Jade Void Divine Boat and could focus solely on flying.

Occasionally, he monitored the movements of the Thought Bizarre inside the Demon-Sealing Spirit Tower to guard against any risk of it breaking free.

As the only Complete Cryptid in the Demon-Sealing Spirit Tower, half of the tower’s suppressing force was concentrated on it, leaving it no chance of escape.

「Over twenty days passed in a flash.」

Beyond the void, a Golden-Winged Peng Bird appeared outside the spatial node corresponding to the Spirit Realm.

A multitude of shattered objects floated in the void, broken beyond recognition, making it difficult to discern their original forms.

One could vaguely perceive that these were parts of palaces and terraces, but alas, their internal spiritual power had been depleted, and the sturdy material was gradually disintegrated by the erosion of the void.

The Spirit Realm was riddled everywhere with void rifts, as if countless crisscrossing domain passages were eternally fixed here.

This situation was similar to the golden scars left by using the Heaven and Earth One Slash to cut through the world, which remained for a long time, creating a connection between the void and this world.

However, the golden scars from the Heaven and Earth One Slash could not exist permanently and would eventually be repaired by space, allowing the world’s wounds to heal.

This world had ’died’ and was unable to repair its wounds. Like a body bleeding out, the nature’s spiritual energy within the world continuously poured into the void.

The duration of this channel’s existence was unknown. Perhaps the nature’s spiritual energy within had long been exhausted, so he couldn’t perceive its outward flow.

A foreboding premonition arose in Jia Ren without reason; he had a bad feeling about the state of the Spirit Realm.

The top sects and Cultivators of the Spirit Realm would not ignore spatial rifts; they would do everything possible to repair them or prevent the loss of nature’s spiritual energy.

Since the Spirit Realm has taken no remedial actions, it’s very likely a disaster has occurred!

The Golden-Winged Peng Bird flew into the Spirit Realm through a gap.

Instead of land, a boundless abyss formed of nothingness stretched before his eyes, the scene a mirror image of the void.

In the outermost area, connected to the void for too long, the land was no longer visible, having been completely assimilated by the void.

Deeper in, the land was still invisible, scattered everywhere with destructive cracks.

Some fractures were caused by aftershocks; others seemed to be the result of actions by some powerful entities. Despite the unknown passage of time, lingering power remained, leaving only ghastly scars.

Not a trace of nature’s spiritual energy existed in the Spirit Realm. It had long been vacuumed out by the persistent void rifts, all Spiritual Energy swallowed up.

Still holding a sliver of hope, Jia Ren flew deeper into the Spirit Realm.

He flew for a million li and still could not sense a trace of Spiritual Energy.

However, he finally saw the long-lost land.

Cracks were everywhere, a scene of utter devastation.

The remaining soil occasionally crumbled into the void, gradually expanding the domain of nothingness.

With no Spiritual Energy, no plants grew; cold and deathly silence intertwined.

Any way you looked at it, this was a world on the verge of collapse.

Jia Ren flapped his wings to accelerate, flying another million li. At last, he sensed an area untouched by the erosion of the void.

Here, flowers, grass, and trees grew, a stark contrast to the previous desolation.

In the distance, ordinary people tilled the land, while cattle and sheep grazed.

This was a kingdom of mortals, filled with warriors. What was disappointing was that there was not the slightest trace of Spiritual Energy; this final sanctuary was also a land of Dharma’s end!

How could a world without Spiritual Energy possess Cultivators?

Even if there once were, the dissipation of Spiritual Power had led to their complete demise.

Although humanity still existed in the Spirit Realm, the era of cultivation had long since concluded. Only some awe-inspiring structures, remnants of supernatural craftsmanship, stood as evidence of their past existence.

What on earth happened to the Spirit Realm?

How did it end up like this?

Jia Ren swept through one region after another, searching for the truth buried in history.

The destructive areas dividing the Spirit Realm were not singular; many regions faced similar circumstances, with only a few harboring surviving humans.

They seemed to live on isolated islands in the void. As the void continued to erode, it wouldn’t be long before they, along with the Spirit Realm, were buried together.

Jia Ren was not one to stand by and watch others suffer, especially when he had the ability to save them and was willing to offer a helping hand.

"This world is about to collapse. I will lead you out of this sea of suffering," he said.

His voice was not loud, but it reached the ears of numerous mortals with exceeding clarity.

"An Immortal?!"

"The gods have finally come to save us!"

It wasn’t clear who shouted in surprise, but it caused everyone to kneel in unison, while white-haired elders couldn’t help but weep openly.

They had waited for countless years, and at last, hope had arrived.

The Spiritual Energy inside the Heaven and Earth Mountain and Sea Pearl was too intense to shelter mortals. Fortunately, the Jade Void Divine Boat had its own space, making it no problem to accommodate a large number of mortals.

He could bring them back to the Mysterious Realm, saving them from perishing here and replenishing the human deficit in the Mysterious Realm.

The Mysterious Realm had suffered severe casualties due to the outbreak of Bizarre Demons and was lacking in population.

This act would save lives and replenish the Mysterious Realm’s population, so why not do it?

The Jade Void Divine Boat appeared. An invisible power lifted the mortals, sparing them from being buried with the Spirit Realm in the coming years, or even decades.

The mortals, along with their cattle and sheep, were taken and temporarily settled there.

In the medicinal garden of the Heaven and Earth Mountain and Sea Pearl, fertile fields were quickly opened up to plant food that mortals could eat, preventing them from dying of starvation.

The Spirit Realm was far larger than imagined. Even after a day’s flight on the Jade Void Divine Boat, its edges were nowhere in sight.

Its area far exceeded that of the Mysterious Realm by several times; the Spirit Realm was at least ten times larger than the Mysterious Realm.

It was hard to imagine how powerful the Spirit Realm was in its prime. But now... it had crumbled so much that only one percent of its land remained.

From south to north, from east to west, the number of mortals gathered into the Jade Void Divine Boat reached the tens of millions, yet not a single Cultivator was seen.

The decline of the Spirit Realm had been long underway.

The Cultivators were long gone, making it difficult to glimpse the truth.

Jia Ren had considered using the Heart-Mind Sensing technique to discover what the mortals thought and perceived, to glimpse the truth behind the Spirit Realm’s destruction.

Most mortals were ignorant, believing the world’s collapse was a punishment sent by the gods, merely hoping for someone else to save them. 𝕗𝕣𝐞𝐞𝘄𝐞𝚋𝚗𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹.𝚌𝕠𝚖

This situation had existed since before they were born.

Their ancestral memories told a similar story, the only difference being that their ancestors had a larger area to roam in the past.

Even if some were descendants of Cultivators, their heritage had unfortunately been severed for a long time, making it impossible to obtain useful information from them.

He had originally thought that entering the Spirit Realm would lead to wide interactions with like-minded companions and the mutual exchange of resources. He envisioned the Treasure-seeking Mouse accompanying him through the Spirit Realm, searching for rare resources. However, this outcome was unexpected.

Is there really not a single Cultivator left in the Spirit Realm?

Jia Ren employed methods for probing Secret Realms, searching far and wide.

He had completely abandoned hope for the Spirit Realm itself; the only places Cultivators might have survived were Secret Realm Worlds.

Since Secret Realm Worlds were not directly connected to the Spirit Realm, they wouldn’t be continuously drained by the shattered void and might still have a glimmer of life.

After searching everywhere, he did find several Secret Realm Worlds in the shattered lands, but their condition was similar to the Spirit Realm—they were also collapsing.

Secret Realm Worlds were vassals of their main world; they prospered and suffered together.

Hiding in a Secret Realm World could not prevent the danger of collapsing along with the Spirit Realm; it merely delayed the inevitable.

After checking several such places, just as Jia Ren was about to give up, he finally discovered a Secret Realm that still existed.

His palm tore through space, forging a bridge between the two realms.

This place was only slightly better off than the Spirit Realm. A faint trace of nature’s spiritual energy remained, so weak that it wasn’t even a tenth of that in the Great Wilderness Market.

The nature’s spiritual energy here was only marginally stronger than in a land of Dharma’s end.

The number of mortals living in the Secret Realm totaled several tens of thousands, with Cultivators being as rare as two or three cats in a vast space.

Using information obtained through Heart-Mind Sensing, Jia Ren found the Secret Realm’s sect: the Hidden Immortal Sect.

The Hidden Immortal Sect was situated on a cloudy mountain. Its only Teleportation Array connecting to the Spirit Realm had long fallen into disrepair and was broken.

The sect’s name was indeed imposing, but the strongest of its five Cultivators was merely at the Fourth Layer of Qi Refining.

Upon seeing a giant Divine Vessel flying towards them, they were instantly awestruck.

"Is this the Divine Vessel mentioned in legends, capable of traversing the Void?"

"The Spirit Realm was the mightiest among all realms, once commanding reverence from myriad worlds."

"At its strongest, the Hidden Immortal Sect also possessed three Divine Vessels. Alas, everything has changed."