Chapter 500

Chapter 500: The Sun Trees in the Desert

After Yun Ye destroyed the Kingdom of Cangpan, he gathered the people and taught them Extreme Spiritual Law so they could train on Cangpan Mountain.

With the three Great Demon Kings dead, their aura was enough to prevent all demons from approaching. Yun Ye also set up some restrictions to ensure their safety for a short time.

In a few years, or perhaps decades, the influence of the New Heavenly Dynasty would expand to this area, and they could easily join the New Heavenly Dynasty.

Yun Ye continued forward without looking back.

…

As Yun Ye moved through the nighttime, he occasionally spotted lights in the dark, whether from volcanic activity, peculiar environments, or spiritual herbs and plants.

Although the sky was completely dark, the world was not silent. As long as there was spirit energy, some forms of life continued to grow vigorously.

In a lake that once rivaled the ocean’s size, Yun Ye saw countless glowing spiritual grasses, illuminating the lake brightly. Within it lived intelligent monsters similar to mermaids.

One could say that across the sky, ocean, and land, all species were adapting to their environment.

Yun Ye traveled for three days, crossing a hundred thousand miles of sheer cliffs. After clearing away the last heap of fluorescent weeds, he finally stepped into the territory of the Wind Dynasty.

As far as the eye could see, the Wind Dynasty was a vast desert, filled with yellow sand and raging winds.

Some areas had peculiar green wind pillars rising from the ground. As Yun Ye approached and experimented, he found that these green pillars were made of heavenly spirit wind, and even the smallest wisp of this spirit wind could easily slice through high-level spiritual tools.

In this desert, even the shortest wind pillars stood over fifty meters tall. Entering them, even those skilled in Wind Spiritual Law, would likely meet a grim fate.

It was unclear if this was the norm, but if so, from a survival perspective, the Wind Dynasty was clearly much harsher than the Luo Dynasty. Not only was there endless desert and wasteland, but even walking on the road could lead to being swept away by suddenly appearing wind pillars.

As Yun Ye delved deeper, he encountered earth-element, fire-element, and wind-element demons and disaster beasts, with power ranging from high-level monsters to Great Disasters. The proportion of chaotic-level beings was high, and there were also many Great Disasters.

From the levels of monsters and their frequency, the Wind Dynasty was hardly suitable for low-level cultivators; the quality was simply too high and formidable.

In the Luo Dynasty, this would resemble the area of the Great Wilderness Spirit Marsh, but the problem was that the spirit energy density in this desert was far lower than in the Great Wilderness Spirit Marsh. If cultivators practiced here, their growth speed would surely lag behind that of the demons.

“Yun Ye, is that a… lighthouse ahead?” Tomorrow pointed into the distance, surprised.

Yun Ye squinted and saw the lighthouse flickering faintly in the night. After thinking for a moment, he activated a small amount of world will.

In truth, using Spirit Sense to scout was risky nowadays; pollution powers could lurk everywhere, and carelessly spreading his Spirit Sense would likely result in significant damage.

Moreover, if Spirit Sense brushed against demons, they would respond sharply; if it brushed against humans trained in Spirit Law, they would also sense it. Only when his power completely overshadowed theirs could he investigate without being detected.

If Yun Ye carelessly emitted Spirit Sense while inspecting, it could alert enemies and even lead to a counterattack, so whether in a hundred thousand miles of sheer cliffs or in the Wind Dynasty, Yun Ye maintained Spirit Sense within about a hundred kilometers.

Now he was in the Mystic Realm and had completed the baptism of Opening Heaven and Earth. The strength of his Spirit Sense was undoubtedly solid, and he hardly needed to worry about pollution.

Within that hundred-kilometer range, his Spirit Sense’s strength and response speed were at their peak, allowing him to react before startling enemies.

Furthermore, after Opening Heaven and Earth, Yun Ye could even use a Spirit Sense comparable to universe will or world will. Such will was extremely ethereal, and even Yun Ye himself couldn’t fully grasp it, let alone others.

For these reasons, Yun Ye was not stingy in employing his Spirit Sense when needed.

“By my estimate, it’s about five hundred kilometers away. It’s quite remarkable that light can penetrate this far.”

Yun Ye’s Spirit Sense suddenly expanded, covering the entire five-hundred-mile area in a straight line. In that brief moment, he fully read the information and then retracted his Spirit Sense, leaving no chance for a counterattack.

“What did you find?”

Tomorrow asked, as her Dao Domain was sealed by the Power of Opening Heaven and Earth, forcing her to follow beside Yun Ye without the ability to see what was happening herself.

Otherwise, given Tomorrow Dao Weapon’s domain range, five hundred kilometers would be inconsequential.

“It’s a lighthouse, but not just a lighthouse…”

Yun Ye murmured.

“This is a Sun Tree?” Tomorrow exclaimed, synchronizing into the shared memory. “Only the Tomorrow Nation could grow such trees; why would the Wind Dynasty have one?”

Sun Trees are specifically used to create Sun Stars. After countless iterations, they cannot reproduce on their own; otherwise, they would degrade.

The technology to cultivate Sun Trees is incredibly precise; without the foundation of the Tomorrow Nation, any small error could trigger a catastrophic explosion far surpassing a nuclear blast.

To have planted a Sun Tree as a lighthouse meant they had mastered the industrial foundation of the Tomorrow Nation, which could not be easily replicated and would require a vast number of skilled technicians.

“It’s possible that those from the Tomorrow Nation hid in a Secret Realm after you were sealed, and the Tomorrow Nation didn’t perish but merely took refuge. Perhaps they’ve since emerged after the fall of the Monarch and the disbanding of the Celestial Empire,” Yun Ye said.

“That does seem to be a plausible theory. The Sun Tree has no one around it; it looks like it’s simply used as a lighthouse. Who knows where their base is? Perhaps we can go find them and ask about what has happened… or we could try private communication,” Tomorrow suggested.

“Private communication?” Yun Ye paused, “Do you mean the Dao Artifact network?”

During the era of the Tomorrow Nation, a lot was built, including occupational systems, information storage, and the Dao Artifact network, which was completed first.

As long as one was within the Dao Artifact range, Dao Artifact wielders could communicate with one another, proving safer and more reliable than any Spirit Law.

The Ming Rihui Sword could echo over millions, and the Dao Domain’s diameter had reached one hundred thousand kilometers. A province is generally only three to four hundred thousand kilometers, so this range should be enough to contact anyone they wished to reach. However, if there were no Tomorrow Dao Artifact wielders here, and instead, only ruling Dao Artifact wielders, that would be a declaration of war.

While it was possible to expose the Ming Rihui Sword, revealing their entire plan from the outset would lead to significant risks unless they could eliminate all knowledgeable individuals in one go.

“Let’s skip it; directly using world will may be troublesome, but it’s more reliable,” Yun Ye rejected.

“Then let’s try the old Spirit Law communication. Even if they change the signals, they only have a few fixed options,” Tomorrow continued.

Yun Ye nodded, and after connecting to the communication channel, he realized that by the time he discovered enemies, it would be difficult to predict who should be worried.

After all, his panel clearly displayed his strength: EX.

Range.

Zhongzhou.

“Snap!”

Yun Ye snapped his fingers and activated the Spirit Law.