Chapter 1398: Reappearance at Cangyun

Yun Che took out another jade bottle and turned to Cang Yue. "And next, it's Yue'er's turn."

"Oh?" Cang Yue exclaimed softly, looking at the jade bottle in Yun Che's hand. She immediately guessed, "Is it the same spirit liquid as Xin'er's?"

"Yes!" Yun Che nodded. "Soon, like Xin'er, you will possess divine profound energy. Then, no one on this plane will be able to harm you."

Cang Yue's lips parted, then she smiled and shook her head. "With you and my sisters by my side, I don't need any profound energy. This divine item must be incredibly precious and shouldn't be wasted on me."

Yun Che had anticipated this response from Cang Yue, given her nature. "I know you're not interested in the profound way. However, achieving the Divine Path isn't just about increasing profound energy; more importantly, your lifespan will also extend to over ten thousand years."

He put on a nervous expression. "You wouldn't... be unwilling to stay with me for that long, would you?"

Cang Yue's gaze trembled, then she looked at Xiao Lingxi and the others.

"Not just Xin'er and Yue'er, I've prepared for everyone," Yun Che said, reaching out to produce another jade bottle. "This one is Lingxi's.""This one is Yuechan's.""This one is Xue'er's.""This one is Ling'er's.""This one is Caiyi's.""This one is Xian'er's."

"Huh?" Feng Xian'er froze, then took a small step back, her face filled with trepidation. "Me... I have one too? No... I can't. I'm just... How can such a precious thing be wasted on me?"

Yun Che looked at her, smiling. "Don't worry, this item is heaven-defying in this world, but in the God Realm, it's readily available. When I was in the God Realm, I drank it like plain water. I still have plenty, so there's no need to feel bad. It would be a waste not to use it on Xian'er."

Feng Xian'er stopped speaking, standing there with her head bowed, seemingly even more nervous.

Cang Yue's hesitation vanished, and she smiled with delight. "Good... In this life, of course, I will stay by my husband's side forever."

Although Yun Che had only recovered less than a third of his power, this level of light-element assistance consumed very little of his energy and placed no burden on him.

Immediately, after Yun Wuxin, Yun Che helped Cang Yue drink and refine the Divine Water of Life and Dragon Prowess Jade Liquid... followed by Chu Yuechan... Xiao Lingxi... Feng Xue'er... Su Ling'er... the Little Demon Empress... and Feng Xian'er. He elevated all their profound energies to the Divine Origin Realm.

Feng Xue'er, whose profound energy was already at the Divine Path level, reached the peak of the Divine Origin Realm, nearly breaking through to the Divine Soul Realm.

What is the difference in levels?In the history of the Blue Pole Star, the first person to possess power at the Divine Path level was undoubtedly Xuanyuan Wentian. To achieve this, he spent countless years cultivating, planning, strategizing, and enduring... and ultimately even abandoned his body, twisted his soul, and shortened his lifespan, only then finally acquiring the power of the Divine Path... and it was merely a pseudo-Divine Path.

Yet Yun Che, with just a few drops of spirit liquid obtained from the God Realm, easily produced seven Divine Path practitioners in one afternoon... and they were true Divine Path realms!

If Xuanyuan Wentian were still alive at this moment, he would be angered to death without Yun Che even needing to lift a finger.

And not to mention Xuanyuan Wentian... even someone from the highest-level King Realm in the God Realm would surely vomit eight liters of blood on the spot if they knew Yun Che had used a full eight drops of Divine Water of Life and eight drops of Dragon Prowess Jade Liquid on eight mortals from a lower realm.

Especially the Dragon God Realm... they would surely wish to devour him alive.

Yun Che spoke very casually in front of the women, as if these items were worthless in the God Realm. They had no idea that the Divine Water of Life and Dragon Prowess Jade Liquid they drank were supreme divine items in the God Realm, coveted even by the imperial sons and grandsons of King Realm God Emperors, yet unattainable.

"There are still nine drops," Yun Che said, taking out the jade bottle containing the Divine Water of Life and calculating carefully. "One drop for Father, one for Mother, one for Grandfather, one for my maternal grandfather, one for Yuanba, and the Frozen Cloud Asgard should also..."

"Master..." He Ling's faint voice came from within his soul. "There's still plenty of Dragon Prowess Jade Liquid left, but these last nine drops of Divine Water of Life are truly the last nine drops in the world. Are you sure you want to use all of them on others?"

"Uh... the last nine drops?" Yun Che was stunned.

"Profound Goddess Shen Xi takes an average of three hundred years to condense a single drop of Divine Water of Life. The seventeen drops she gave me were her entire accumulation; there are no more left. Each drop of Divine Water of Life can not only greatly enhance cultivation but also rapidly recover and heal injuries, saving lives in times of crisis. Master, wouldn't it be better to save some for emergencies?"

Yun Che pondered for a long time before answering, "At my current realm, the Divine Water of Life doesn't have as much effect on me. Using it on them will bring me greater peace of mind."

He Ling had no choice but to stop persuading him.

Yun Che unconsciously reached up to rub his chin, the illusory, fairy-like image of Shen Xi appearing in his mind.

It turned out that was all the Divine Water of Life and Dragon Prowess Jade Liquid, in addition to what he had consumed during his time in the Forbidden Land of Samsara...She was truly so generous to me...Hmm... She even gave herself to me, so perhaps it's not so strange?Could she really have fallen in love with me...? Yun Che entertained the thought for only a fleeting moment before forcefully quashing it.

Clearly, given Shen Xi's detached nature, this was absolutely impossible.

Yun Che had always clearly felt that Shen Xi seemed to be using him in some way, but he couldn't pinpoint how or why. Moreover, he had never lost anything, nor had she ever gained anything from him; instead, she had saved his life and poured everything into helping him.

Why exactly...?It seemed the answers to all these questions could only be revealed by Shen Xi herself, once he returned to the God Realm.

Above the Death God’s Wasteland in the Blue Wind Nation, a white light descended, instantly enveloping the entire wasteland and swiftly calming the chaotic and uncontrollable auras within it.

The Death God’s Wasteland, plagued by constant beast roars and endless calamities, quieted down. The long-lasting chaotic aura was swept away by a strong wind, vanishing without a trace.

"That's wonderful! Sister Cang Yue can finally be completely at ease," Feng Xue'er said with joy, looking down.

Yun Che, however, shook his head. "It won't last long, and it might get worse."

The worst-case scenario would undoubtedly be mortals, and even profound practitioners, being affected. If it truly reached that point... a world where all living beings' negative emotions were triggered and amplified would be unimaginable.

"The source of all this must be found."

"Have you found the cause already?" Feng Xue'er asked.

"Not yet," Yun Che replied, turning his gaze eastward. "But there's one place I must visit."

When he had lost his power, he was unable to concern himself with all this. Now that his power had recovered, he had to shoulder this responsibility.

Feng Xue'er's gaze followed his eastward turn, and she then thought of something. "You mean... the Azure Cloud Continent?"

"Yes," Yun Che nodded. "I'm going now."

"Then I'll go with you."

"No need," Yun Che said, the dark abyss appearing in his mind. "There's a very unique small world there that only I can enter. I'll be fine by myself."

While he spoke with Feng Xue'er, he was completely unaware that far above, a pair of icy eyes had been watching him, their gaze constantly trembling violently.

Mu Xuanyin.

This was not her first time here.

The first time she came to the Blue Pole Star, she saw Yun Che, alive but stripped of all his power. After returning to the Snow Song Realm, she resolved never to set foot on the Blue Pole Star again, nor would she allow Mu Bingyun to come.

Yet, after only three short months, she came again...Afterward, each time, she secretly vowed it would be the last, that she would never come to see him again, and would sever all thoughts of him, forgetting his existence forever... But, at most within three months, she would secretly return, unbeknownst to Mu Bingyun and everyone else—though each time, she merely watched him from afar, in silence, for a while.

It was as if she were possessed.

This time, however, upon her arrival, she suddenly discovered that Yun Che's aura had completely changed.He had actually recovered his former power!

She didn't know what had happened during this time, nor how Yun Che's power had been restored.She was also unsure whether to be joyful or apprehensive. For while he had regained his strength, it also meant he might once again be drawn into the torrents of the God Realm.

Parting ways with Feng Xue'er, Yun Che flew straight east.

Although Yun Che was not proficient in spatial laws, the space of the Blue Pole Star was so fragile that under his power, it was like thin paper, easily torn for teleportation. He moved his fingers, traversing through spatial rifts again and again, rapidly approaching the distant Azure Cloud Continent.

Above him, an ethereal figure he could not detect remained in constant pursuit.

Upon entering the Azure Cloud Continent, the scene before his eyes caused his brows to furrow deeply.

In his previous life, he had spent twenty-seven years on this continent. Although he no longer felt attachment, he still harbored special feelings for it.Within the Blue Pole Star, while the Azure Cloud Continent had fewer top-tier experts than the Profound Sky Continent, they belonged to the same level, possessing similar auras and elemental laws. Especially in terms of ecology and profound cultivation rules, it was essentially identical to the Profound Sky Continent.

But now... everything had changed.

From all directions, the frenzied roars and cries of countless profound beasts filled the air, each more violent than the last, interspersed with intermittent bursts of profound energy and sounds of the earth being destroyed.Everywhere his sight and spiritual perception reached, whether former beast territories or human lands, was permeated with savage auras. All profound beasts seemed to have gone mad... This scene closely resembled the frequent beast upheavals in the Profound Sky Continent and the Illusory Demon Realm, but its terrifying scale was incomparable.

For this aura of chaos and disaster actually covered the entire Azure Cloud Continent. What was more terrifying was that while the Profound Sky Continent and Illusory Demon Realm only experienced disturbances from low-level profound beasts, here... Yun Che clearly detected numerous high-level and even extremely high-level reclusive profound beasts.Each time these high-level profound beasts unleashed their power, it undoubtedly brought widespread, utterly terrifying calamity.It was easy to imagine that the Azure Cloud Continent had entirely become a disaster-stricken battlefield where humans and profound beasts fought desperately, surely already devastated, with countless lives lost in this tribulation.

As his spiritual perception was released and extended, Yun Che grew increasingly shocked. Soon, a terrifying thought arose in his mind: if this continued, what was happening on the Azure Cloud Continent today might very well be the future of the Profound Sky Continent and the Illusory Demon Realm tomorrow.

Yun Che was silent for a moment, then his figure flickered, reappearing in a place he knew all too well.Absolute Cloud Cliff!

Standing at the edge of Absolute Cloud Cliff, with the dark abyss below like a demon's gaping maw, Yun Che's brows furrowed slightly before he leaped down without hesitation.

High above, Mu Xuanyin's icy eyes suddenly narrowed, and her snowy hand instinctively reached out.

The first time she came to the Blue Pole Star, she had discovered the existence of this dark abyss due to its abnormal dark aura. She had also tried to investigate it, thus knowing that an incomparably terrifying dark world was hidden within... so terrifying that even Yun Che, with his recovered power, would be in mortal danger there.

Yun Che's figure, having leaped into Absolute Cloud Cliff, immediately disappeared into the darkness... Mu Xuanyin's eyes flickered, and finally, her figure blurred as she maintained her hidden state, following Yun Che down into the Absolute Cloud Abyss.

This descent, without his previous reservations, was extremely fast. Soon, the barrier sealing the dark world was close beneath him, and at the same time, an abnormally dense dark aura rushed up from below, causing Yun Che to frown deeply.

In the darkness, his figure paused above the barrier, and he quietly looked down.

A dark aura, like invisible smoke, slowly seeped upwards.

Without a doubt, this dark profound energy originated from the sealed dark world below.

The overflow of dark profound energy had certainly not just begun recently. Many years ago, due to a slight loosening of this barrier, some dark profound energy started to leak out... It was also because of this that Jasmine discovered the existence of this dark world.

However, at this moment, the extent of the dark profound energy overflow was clearly far greater than it had been back then.

This immediately caused confusion and unease to surge in Yun Che's heart.

There were two points that puzzled him:

Firstly, the dark world below was most likely a remnant from the era of the ancient gods. In that case, this dark barrier should have existed for at least a million years. After such a long time, it was certainly normal for it to loosen, but for a barrier of this level, its gradual loosening should undoubtedly be an extremely slow and protracted process. It took a million years for the previous minuscule demonic energy to seep out, yet only six years had passed since his last visit, so why had it loosened to such an extent?

Secondly, even if the loosening was ten times more severe than before, the overflowing demonic energy was not particularly dense. While it might affect the Azure Cloud Continent, even if it had maintained this level for six years, it absolutely should not have affected the distant Profound Sky Continent and Illusory Demon Realm.Moreover, although the level of this demonic energy was high, it was still far from being beyond his ability to sense.