The black abyss was pierced once more, and lightning and grey clouds erupted in tandem, unleashing deep purple thunder and silver-white lightning.
Within the mountain ravine, the heavens shook and the earth trembled, an invisible pressure pressing down with immense force.
Gales sent insects flying everywhere, subterranean beasts retreated into the mud, and the three-headed black dragons, prostrate on the ground, trembled uncontrollably. No matter how Yun Youyue cursed them, they dared not move.
Above the firmament, beyond the clouds, a deafening roar echoed.
On this day, cultivators across both the Divine Revelation Continent and the Forsaken Continent simultaneously looked up at the sky.
The black and white eight trigrams yin-yang eyes seared their vision, drawing blood. In an instant, various spiritual lights cascaded from the clouds, accompanied by torrential rain. Spirit beasts fled from the perilous jungles, and seawater churned. Strange phenomena occurred repeatedly.
"The heavens weep, the earth groans and collapses. Is heaven intent on destroying our Divine Revelation Continent?"
"Has the end of days arrived? What is happening?"
"Sect Master, disaster! The mountain behind our Supreme Sect has collapsed!"
In the far west, Li Tingyun and Chan Master Ku Le had just emerged from the demonic delusion when they received news from their sect.
Thinking of the great formation behind the mountain, Li Tingyun's expression changed drastically. "Esteemed sirs, I have urgent matters. Since the far west is no longer in danger, I shall take my leave."
With that, without waiting for a response, he flicked his sleeves and departed.
"Sect Master Li always comes and goes as he pleases," remarked Hua Ling Mountain Master with a smile, as if both mocking Li Tingyun's arrogant nature and explaining his character.
However, no one responded. At that moment, their communication talismans also chimed.
"More strange phenomena?" exclaimed Hu Yu Mountain Master, covering her mouth. "What has happened to the Dao of Heaven? With so many unusual occurrences, will the Red Moon Rebellion of ten thousand years ago repeat itself?"
Of course, her primary concern was whether Mount Qunyu would be affected.
For some reason, whenever she saw these anomalies, she couldn't help but recall the terrifying scene within the Heavenly Star Chessboard, which had left her deeply unsettled.
"Surely not?" Hua Ling Mountain Master frowned deeply and said, "The Red Moon Rebellion was caused by soul cultivators and demonic cultivators. Now, the far west is peaceful. I don't think it will happen again."
Even so, everyone dispersed, returning to their respective sects to maintain order.
The Divine Revelation world was thrown into turmoil by these celestial phenomena. Even the talisman competition, which was part of the Divine Revelation Grand Assembly, was urgently halted, and the leaders of each sect gathered to discuss the matter.
Meanwhile, on the Divine Revelation Continent, ordinary citizens were even more panicked.
Especially in Jin Cheng, formerly of the Golden Sparrow Kingdom, now Anping City of the Great Ning Dynasty, the citizens watched as the nearby mountains collapsed with a resounding boom, vanishing as if they had disappeared into thin air. They cried out, "Ghosts!"
When the news reached the capital of the Great Ning Dynasty, the current Emperor Qin Yu immediately dispatched Golden Core cultivators to investigate.
Concurrently, the royal families of the Great Ning Dynasty, Qi Zhou Kingdom, and Golden Sparrow Kingdom, along with the leaders of the eighteen noble families, all received secret letters from the Divine Revelation Academy. At the same time, the members of the Heaven Mending Team ceased their activities and converged on Jin Cheng, where the demonic delusion had suddenly intensified and showed signs of expanding.
Qin Si, who had caused all of this, had retreated from the marsh after unleashing that strike towards the heavens. As he passed by the ground, he saw Yue Shuxin and the Qiong Meng Vine coiled around her. He casually scooped up both the vine and the person.
As soon as he retreated, a giant red flower affectionately leaned towards him.
Qin Si initially intended to push the red flower away, but upon touching its petals, he changed his mind and pulled the red flower towards him.
The red flower, caught off guard, stumbled as its roots were exposed.
"Pfft! Pfft!" Two streams of nectar sprayed from the flower towards Qin Si, clearly expressing its dissatisfaction with his rough handling.
Qin Si, who had intended to use its flower to feed Bai Shengyi, changed his mind upon seeing the nectar. He formed a hand seal, and a long ice bowl appeared before the flower. He then tugged at the red flower again.
"Pfft! Pfft..."
The red flower was furious and sprayed him with even more force.
How could there be such a selfish person?
The nectar was both its offensive weapon and contained its vital essence. If Qin Si were not its master at this moment, it would have gladly infused the nectar with a hundred poisons and sprayed him to death!
"Spray more."
A cold voice commanded.
The petals of the red flower trembled with rage, and it sprayed even more furiously.
Bai Shengyi, this time, inwardly inspected her dantian. She saw a nascent soul, a small figure intertwined with red, green, and blue.
The little figure bore a strong resemblance to her, with a beautiful and bright countenance. It held a tiny brush in its left hand and a sword in its right. However, the little figure was currently in great pain.
Below the figure, black mist stirred restlessly, trying to break free from the restraint of the Samsara Brush.
"Black mist, do you want to go out?"
Bai Shengyi knew that although this little thing was quiet, it possessed some intelligence, albeit not much.
As soon as she spoke, the black mist quieted down. The thin mist dispersed and then gathered, looking more and more like a little black ball.
Bai Shengyi frowned, about to simply expel it, when she saw the black mist exhale streams of spiritual energy, feeding back into her dantian.
This spiritual energy seemed even purer than the spiritual energy Bai Shengyi had absorbed from the ravine.
With this thought, Bai Shengyi's gaze fixed on the black mist, and she realized, "Are you helping me purify all the spiritual energy I forcefully absorbed during my advancement?"
The sudden surge of energy made Bai Shengyi feel as if she had consumed a supreme ten-thousand-year tonic pill.
Bai Shengyi was momentarily stunned by the black mist's incredible thoughtfulness. However, the black mist made a "woo-woo" sound, as if answering her question.
Bai Shengyi did not sense any danger around her body and wanted to see if the black mist was currently a "friend" or "foe." After a moment of hesitation, she softly called for the Samsara Brush to move aside.
Although the Samsara Brush was in hibernation, its本体 (body/essence) was still controlled by Bai Shengyi. Therefore, as soon as Bai Shengyi spoke, the Samsara Brush zipped back into her sea of consciousness.
As the Samsara Brush departed, the black mist stopped making noise. It took a deep breath, absorbing all the spiritual energy on Bai Shengyi's body that carried chaotic and demonic energies, and then exhaled clean and pure spiritual energy.
"What exactly are you? Why do you possess such an ability?"
Although her dantian still ached intensely, perhaps sensing that the black mist would not harm her, Bai Shengyi's complexion had improved significantly.
Qin Si, mistaking it for the effect of the nectar he had fed it, coldly urged the giant red flower, which was playing dead in mid-air, "Continue!"
The petals of the red flower turned yellow and withered, appearing as if it were about to die.
Qin Si's sharp gaze swept over its pistil and he said coldly, "Either continue, or become flower mud."
An ice-and-snow sword materialized in front of the flower's body.
The red flower, enraged, suddenly turned white and spat out the ice bowl with a "vomit."
It was enjoying itself when a vine suddenly coiled around its roots, extending its branches and leaves into its pistil, letting out a sigh.
"So fragrant."