Chu Feng set out. To break through and become stronger, he needed to enter that life forbidden zone.
Along the way, everything he saw and heard was eerie.
The zither music still resonated, non-aggressive, yet evoking a sense of Ragnarok. Countless lonely souls and ghosts wept and wailed in the dawn, under the sunlight, rushing in one direction, summoned to return to the underworld.
Although it was dawn, the world was far from brilliant. What Chu Feng saw now was unlike before: mountains and rivers bled, and the land was scorched for hundreds of millions of miles.
Moreover, the sun at that moment was a human-shaped corpse suspended in the sky, golden and radiant, yet emitting an endless flow of death energy that sank and fell.
Thus, what Chu Feng saw was bizarre; despite the morning glow, it wasn't entirely vibrant, but rather tinged with gloom and a hint of vitality.
For a moment, Chu Feng wanted to follow, to see what the underworld was truly like, to enter that terrifying place with the overwhelming number of lonely souls and ghosts heading in one direction.
But he shook his head vigorously, casting off that impulse. Without sufficient strength or a high enough standing, it was unwise to act rashly.
Otherwise, it would merely be a death wish!
This morning was truly peculiar: on one side was the vibrant, fiery red dawn, the world as people usually saw it; on the other, a golden human-shaped corpse hung in the sky, emitting a unique light mingled with faint wisps of death energy.
Blood-stained scorched earth and weeping mountains and rivers coexisted with majestic mega-cities and magnificent, spirit-rich mountains.
Like an old black-and-white photograph, yin and yang, illusion and reality, intertwined. All of it seemed incongruous, yet it truly existed, creating a profoundly unique sensation.
Ahead, a volcano appeared, entirely dark black. What flowed from it was not lava, but black blood, emitting thick dark smoke.
Chu Feng's pupils contracted, but he didn't stop, continuing forward. Such bizarre scenes were everywhere.
Further on, an immortal tree stood withered, devoid of a single leaf, bearing a gigantic bird's nest. It was the nest of a Golden-winged Great Peng, but next to it hung the rotting corpse of the Peng itself, its golden feathers dull and blood-stained.
Moving further, he encountered a swamp filled with countless corpses, including a herd of celestial horses, their stench pervading the air.
Chu Feng frowned, wondering how long his special pupils would continue to function.
Every moment, he saw a world hidden from ordinary sight, realizing how cruel the true world was.
It wasn't long before, as he continued to run, the human-shaped golden corpse in the sky ascended higher and higher, gradually blurring until everything finally became "normal" again.
Perhaps the effects of the special "nectar" had worn off. Chu Feng returned to his normal state; the sky full of weeping lonely souls and ghosts vanished, and the ravaged landscape blurred and disappeared, leaving behind only the flourishing and magnificent mega-cities of the present world.
Chu Feng entered the depths of a mountain range, choosing an exceptionally serene spot, undisturbed by others, where few primate-like creatures passed by.
He meticulously began setting up the field array, preparing to cross over to the Tai-Shang Eight Trigrams Furnace terrain.
Otherwise, the Yang Realm was simply too vast, with endless great prefectures. Unless one became a Celestial Venerable or higher, it would be difficult to even fly across a few prefectures.
For Chu Feng, with his mastery of field arrays, this was not an issue. Soon after, he stepped into an array of teleportation runes, where various divine magnetic stones burned, drawing in the essence of heaven and earth.
Mountains and rivers resonated, the ancestral veins of the earth roared, and the earth's energy boiled.
He vanished from his spot, traveling to the next location amidst the dazzling divine magnetic light.
Of course, that forbidden zone was extremely far from there; it was impossible to reach the destination in a single jump. He needed to set up multiple teleportation arrays along the way, relaying his journey.
In recent days, the Yang Realm had been far from peaceful. Various anomalies on the three battlefields had spread throughout the world: envoys from the heavens, the Soul River, the yellow talismans from the Heavens turning to ash and suppressing the Yang Realm... all sparked widespread discussion and astonished the entire world.
At the same time, everyone gradually realized that an era of world-shaking chaos was approaching!
Changes in the Yang Realm meant that all heavens might soon bleed; an unprecedented upheaval was about to manifest!
Therefore, all races began seeking change, aiming to cultivate supreme powerhouses, sparing no effort to strengthen their own clans.
Otherwise, with the arrival of chaos, it wouldn't just be a matter of a single clan declining, but potentially a calamity leading to their extermination!
The Soul River, which had only existed in legends for eons, was now appearing faintly in reality. Even the Heavens were resonating. Who wouldn't be afraid?
Many top-tier powerhouses already foresaw that in the near future, upon opening their eyes, the entire world would be blood-red, filled with wails. Who wouldn't be horrified?
Any clan with some foundation desperately wanted to protect themselves and survive.
People realized that the so-called rise, the struggle for supremacy among the heavens, and competing in an unprecedented great upheaval, were all extravagant hopes, almost impossible to achieve!
Perhaps only a select few individuals and clans could participate; they might originate from the Heavens, or reside in places like the Four Extremities Floating Earth, and other unknown locations.
Normally, for clans everywhere and other evolvers, merely surviving would be cause for tears of relief!
But now, every clan had only one goal: to struggle for survival in this unprecedented era. Everything was just for the sake of living!
People were unaware of the grievances among beings at the top of the pyramid, unaware of the depth of the unprecedented upheaval, and unaware of the cause-and-effect of the Heavens and Underworld resonating. The general populace of evolvers understood none of this.
Many felt lost and uncertain.
But, being in this era, what could they do?
Whether in prosperity or ruin, the common people suffer.
The same applied to the evolvers of the Yang Realm. So-called rise and fall always entailed cosmic resonance, mountains of corpses, and rivers of blood, with bloodshed inevitably flowing from the beginning to the end of any major transformation.
Yet this time, people didn't even know the cause-and-effect, lacking a clear answer as to why.
It was precisely this unknown catastrophe, this world-shattering eeriness, and the vast mist about to envelop everything, that caused even greater fear and widespread panic.
All beings, all clans, had only one thing they could do now: improve themselves, for in the bloody future, only strength would speak!
Chu Feng arrived. He had traversed a total of forty-nine prefectures, an epic journey during which he repeatedly inscribed field array runes along the way to relay his teleportation.
He had finally arrived; ahead lay the Tai-Shang terrain!
He stopped far away; direct teleportation into it was suicide. Before such a supreme forbidden zone, who would dare to recklessly traverse the void?
Even Celestial Venerables and great powerful beings wouldn't act rashly!
It was a place whose depths couldn't be discerned, as if dragons lay dormant and immortal phoenixes were buried there. The entire area exuded divinity, yet also carried a strange aura of death.
This truly felt anomalous. Was it a pure land, or a land of disaster?
It was absolutely transcendent!
In some areas, even the soil, rocks, and trees were vivid red, like clusters of dancing flames.
In other areas, some ancient lands were eerily emerald green, like will-o'-the-wisps flickering on and off, emitting mist.
Elsewhere, sheer cliffs echoed with dragon roars and Kun Peng cries, as if myriad spirits were being nurtured, and the strongest beast kings could burst forth at any moment, shaking the Yang Realm.
This region was vast, with a unique scene at every step. Extraordinary formations were everywhere, and invisible Dao patterns lay beneath the ground. Was this indeed the Tai-Shang Eight Trigrams Furnace terrain?
Chu Feng gazed, already seeing streaks of flying immortal light occasionally surging from the horizon, soaring and crying out, incredibly brilliant and incomparably sacred.
That was where the furnace body of the Eight Trigrams Furnace was located, displaying such extraordinary phenomena!
He could only marvel. The true Tai-Shang terrain was truly astounding, infinitely surpassing the replica on Earth.
In the eight directions, various formations intertwined, and eight types of energetic flames lay dormant. Once they erupted, incinerating this furnace, heaven and earth would overturn, and chaos itself would boil!
Otherwise, it could refine all weapons in the world, and even forge the flesh, blood, and soul light of living beings. It was truly a world-shaking place.
"I will rise here!" Chu Feng murmured to himself.
From a distance, he meticulously scrutinized and observed, wanting to understand it thoroughly, because this place held not only great opportunities but also grave dangers; one could easily perish here.
"Hmm, the Tai-Shang Eight Trigrams Furnace terrain... it actually has a human form?!" Chu Feng was greatly surprised.
On Earth, an Eight Trigrams Furnace matched with eight directions of energetic flames was considered complete.
However, in this place, he saw a human-shaped terrain next to the Eight Trigrams Furnace, even holding a mountain ridge shaped like a plantain fan in its hand.
This... was truly incredible. Chu Feng shuddered. How could he not be moved?
The field array rune manual recorded that such a Tai-Shang Eight Trigrams Furnace terrain was considered a supreme masterpiece, almost impossible to exist!
A wave of shock surged through Chu Feng's heart. What could be the origin of these eight types of energetic flames here?
If this human-shaped terrain were to fan the plantain fan, would it even pierce the firmament?
"According to the silver page left by the Sacred Master, this place is destined to defy the heavens!" Chu Feng was profoundly shocked from the bottom of his heart, feeling this place was far too anomalous.
The Sacred Master's entire knowledge came from that single silver page, and even he hadn't fully comprehended it.
After years of study, Chu Feng had naturally gained insight into many of its intricate field array runes and had seen descriptions of the Tai-Shang terrain.
"A mountain range with a human-shaped terrain is the true Tai-Shang Eight Trigrams Furnace terrain!" He was certain that this place was one of the most terrifying terrains.
According to legends and the scattered fragments mentioned in records, under this terrain, the eight types of energetic flames might not be the end, but merely the beginning!
This place might be nurturing and burying the ultimate fire, perhaps some kind of... Supreme Fire!
Chu Feng's heart pounded violently. He immediately thought of the legendary fire. Could this place really turn legend into reality and nurture one?!
If so, not only would he undergo transformation and advancement here, but his Seven Treasures Exquisite Art would also benefit, acquiring a peerless natural treasure!
In the distance, on a stone cliff, there was a nest, shimmering with golden light. It was a nest of divine birds—Golden Crows?!
However, Chu Feng's pupils contracted. He was astonished to discover that in that Golden Crow nest on the sheer cliff, birds had been burned to death many years ago, reduced to charred remains.
Those were Golden Crows, among the most terrifying divine birds and exotic beasts in existence, masters of the fire path, yet they were burned to death? It was simply unbelievable.
He became increasingly certain that this place was extraordinary!
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