Chapter 77
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Chapter 77: Red Dust Immortal, Lin Qianmo
Having rested fully, the Myriad Phenomena Saint summoned his sacred weapon and continued his journey.
In merely two days, under the erosion of the chaotic waters, most of the Symbols on the sacred weapon had been worn away. The boat’s planks cracked and leaked as chaotic waters poured inside.
The sacred artifact had almost turned into scrap metal.
The Myriad Phenomena Saint gazed into the distance. The Sea of All Realms stretched boundlessly—where was its end?
He took out the jade slip. According to the route map, he had covered at most one-tenth of the distance. Whether he could reach the end if he pressed on remained unknown.
"I’ve searched bitterly for thousands of years just to seize this opportunity. I absolutely will not give up." The Myriad Phenomena Saint clenched his fist, summoning forth the Landscape Transformation Map, which hovered above him.
Boom!
The moment he left the boat, chaotic waters violently surged in, blasting the vessel to pieces.
The Myriad Phenomena Saint shuddered with lingering fear.
He was still only at the outermost edge of the Sea of All Realms. Mere chaotic waters alone rendered him nearly helpless.
A profound sense of powerlessness washed over him.
The Landscape Transformation Map drifted upon the sea, moving with agonizing slowness.
"Hmm?"
Suddenly, the Myriad Phenomena Saint spotted a colossal shape, as vast as a mountain range, adrift upon the Sea of All Realms—what seemed like immense skeletal remains.
Only when he drew nearer could the Myriad Phenomena Saint discern it clearly.
A skeleton of golden bones floated on the waters, its form bizarre. Divine patterns were inscribed upon its bones, constantly decaying under the erosion of the power of chaos.
Even the faintest trace of its aura made the Myriad Phenomena Saint’s heart tremble.
That single trace felt no weaker than the aura of Great Sage Xue whom he had once encountered.
And this was merely the remnant energy after its death.
"How terrifying must this entity have been in life?" the Myriad Phenomena Saint murmured.
"Hurry! Catch it!"
At that moment, voices rang out. "The skeleton of the Enlightened Beast is just ahead!"
"Brother, there’s a human Saint!"
"A Saint?"
A voice tinged with disdain sounded. "When did a mere Saint dare to tread into the Sea of All Realms?"
The instant the voices arose, the Myriad Phenomena Saint saw a group of cultivators standing upon a seven-story boat. Among them were both humans and members of the demon clan, a motley crew.
However, each possessed cultivation no weaker than the Saint King level.
Hearing their words, the Myriad Phenomena Saint instantly understood—they had come seeking those golden remains.
"Daoist brothers, I am merely passing through," the Myriad Phenomena Saint hurriedly explained.
Crumble!
Suddenly, a sword light slashed down from the sky, churning the chaotic waters and triggering a violent Chaotic Sea. A terrifying wave of the power of chaos erupted, towering like mountains and crashing towards the seven-story boat.
Myriad Phenomena Saint was also an unlucky soul, inevitably caught up in this turmoil.
"Brother, it’s Sword Gate cultivators!"
Someone aboard the ship exclaimed.
Myriad Phenomena Saint felt utterly confused.
He had traversed nearly the entire Yuan Realm yet never heard of Sword Gate’s existence?
"Have we encountered cultivators from elsewhere?" he instantly deduced.
"We must not let the remains of the Enlightened Beast fall into others’ hands!"
A great sage on the deck waved a demon flag. Ghostly wails pierced heaven and earth as monstrous energy blotted the heavens, converging into a colossal, blood-soaked maw that swallowed both the chaotic waters and sword energy.
As the turmoil subsided, two factions stood facing one another.
Nearly fifty figures.
At least a dozen were great sages.
"…"
Myriad Phenomena Saint wanted to weep without tears.
The surrounding ten thousand miles were sealed by the great sages’ power—escape was impossible.
"Attack!"
Clearly dismissing him as irrelevant, both factions clashed head-on.
BOOM!
In an instant, a cataclysmic battle erupted upon the Sea of All Realms.
…
Evil Dragon Island.
Lin Qianmo sat cross-legged, meditating.
Over a month, she’d ceaselessly refined the chunks of Sinful Dragon flesh, nearly purifying one dragon’s entire carcass.
Suddenly,
Lin Qianmo opened her eyes.
A surge of Sudden Inspiration arose within her.
Halting her cultivation, she extended jade-white fingers and began finger calculation.
"Qi Ruyu… is at the Sea of All Realms?"
"Is she in danger?"
The Red Dust Tribulation Sutra contained a method of predicting the heavens called Red Dust Providence Calculation, occasionally unreliable for outsiders.
Yet for those practicing this sutra, it never erred.
Qi Ruyu was indeed at the Sea of All Realms.
"How dare she come here?" Frowning, Lin Qianmo flicked her sleeves, storing the remaining Sinful Dragon flesh before vanishing from Evil Dragon Island.
A moment later, Lin Qianmo appeared at the site where the remains of the Enlightened Beast were drifting.
The cultivators on Sword Gate and the seven-story boat were locked in a fierce battle, attacking back and forth.
In the Chaotic Sea, a Landscape Transformation Map several feet long was rolled up into a ball, drifting aimlessly while enduring the residual shockwaves of magical attacks from all sides.
This was the only thing Myriad Phenomena Saint could do.
He could only rely on the Landscape Transformation Map to hide away in one spot, hoping to survive.
The moment Lin Qianmo descended, Myriad Phenomena Saint seemed to sense something. He gazed outward from within the Landscape Transformation Map, saying, "Master, is it you?"
Boom!
Abruptly, a jade-white hand stretched down from the void. Wherever it passed, the divine powers of the saints vanished like mist, and the sacred artifacts lost their divine might.
Almost instantly, the magical powers of everyone were sealed.
"Dare I ask which senior this is?" The Great Sage of the Demon Clan on the seven-story boat, clutching a demonic banner, shuddered inside and shouted anxiously.
The great sage of Sword Gate also narrowed his pupils intensely and announced his origins, "I am a disciple of Sword Gate of the Spirit Realm, ancestor is Cangyuan Sword Emperor. I venture to inquire about the senior’s background?"
Lin Qianmo paid no attention to the crowd. She scooped up the Landscape Transformation Map with one hand, gave it a gentle shake, and Myriad Phenomena Saint flew out.
"Master…"
Myriad Phenomena Saint stared blankly at the woman before him, tears spilling uncontrollably.
Thousands of years had passed, yet the master had not changed one bit.
"I’ve finally found you."
Myriad Phenomena Saint wept in joy, his excitement beyond words.
The great sages and Saint Kings on Sword Gate and the seven-story boat found it hard to believe that behind this saint, there was such a powerful master.
No wonder he dared to enter the Sea of All Realms alone.
Their own cultivation levels were not weak. Lin Qianmo, who suppressed their abilities so easily, must be at least a quasi-emperor, possibly even a Great Emperor.
"For someone so big, you still shed tears. Are you not ashamed?"
Lin Qianmo’s tone was gentle, her gaze kind. She softly wiped away Qi Ruyu’s tears and sighed, "Do you know how dangerous this Sea of All Realms is?"
"This disciple knows."
Qi Ruyu nodded, deeply concealing a peculiar emotion at the bottom of her eyes, and said resolutely, "But I have settled affairs at Red Dust Demon Sect. This sea journey was solely to find you, master."
"Even if it meant death, I would never regret it."
Lin Qianmo stared deep into her.
She well understood the disciple’s affection.
But the two of them did not belong to the same world.
Eventually, they would have to part ways.
"All these years, I, as your master, have not cared for you well. Now that we’ve met, let me grant you a meeting gift."
Lin Qianmo beckoned with her delicate hand, and the Enlightened Beast remains drifting in the Chaotic Sea flew over.
"Senior…"
The great sages had just started to speak when Lin Qianmo said lightly, "Do you have opinions?"
"No… no…"
"Treasure should indeed belong to the virtuous…"
The great sages laughed awkwardly, unable to voice their grievances after being outdared.
"The Enlightened Beast is an ancient auspicious beast of legend, rumored to see in all directions. I will help you refine its divine patterns to open a pair of divine eyes in you."
Lin Qianmo waved her delicate hand lightly, and the divine patterns on the Enlightened Beast’s remains were peeled away one after another.
The others watched in utter shock.
This method was like divine craftsmanship, seizing the essence of heaven and earth.
"Pity the divine patterns of this Enlightened Beast have been partly eroded by chaos, incomplete. Otherwise, I could have given you a pair of perfect Enlightened divine eyes."
As she spoke, streams of divine patterns were stripped off and rushed into Qi Ruyu’s eyes.
A warm, jade-like sensation rose within them.
The divine patterns condensed at the center of Qi Ruyu’s pupils.
Almost completely merging with her eyes.
After just a quarter-hour, Qi Ruyu had fully absorbed the Enlightened divine patterns, transforming her mortal eyes into divine ones. With a mere glance, she could see through chaos and view all directions afar.
Her cultivation level also advanced.
From the late saint realm, she surged to great sage level perfection.
"Thank you, master."
Qi Ruyu bowed in gratitude.
In her heart, though pleased, it paled in comparison to the joy of reuniting with Lin Qianmo.
The great sages watched with both intense envy and profound bitterness.
The Enlightened Beast’s remains they had toiled so hard to pursue were snatched away so openly.
The expressions of all the saints looked deeply wretched with frustration.
