Chapter 403: Chapter 396: Divinity Transformation Pursuit, Forbidden Land of Returning Ruins (Request Subscription, Request Monthly Tickets)_2
What a joke.
Never bet on the enemy keeping their word, because often the cost of failure is unbearable.
"The only plan now is to enter the Forbidden Land of Returning Ruins!"
A hint of ruthlessness flashed in Lu Xuanji’s eyes, his figure flickering as he proceeded towards a specific area ten thousand miles away.
In the Purple Mansion Realm, there are some special areas, rumored to be ancient battlefields, fraught with tremendous danger and death within.
At this moment, on the map, a dangerous area was displayed.
This area was marked in blood red, representing taboo and death.
But without any hesitation, Lu Xuanji sped towards it.
Entering the forbidden zone, the worst outcome would be dying on the spot;
But if he fell into the hands of that Dragon Race Divinity Transformation cultivator, it would mean skinning him alive, using his soul to light lamps, and endless tortures—truly a fate worse than death.
...
The void flickered, the Jade Dragon King using a drop of blood to calculate Lu Xuanji’s information, the distance closing in.
However, a trace of fear flashed through his heart, "Could it be that he’s planning to enter the Forbidden Land of Returning Ruins!"
Swish swish!
His feet moved swiftly, and soon he saw a Human Race cultivator.
Running at extreme speed, fleeing for his life.
The Jade Dragon King’s footwork flickered, ready to advance and capture him, but in the next moment he saw the Human Race cultivator transform into a ray of light and darkness, crashing into the array at the perimeter of the Forbidden Land of Returning Ruins.
Bang bang!
The array activated, the terrifying power of annihilation tearing everything apart, obliterating all.
As if plunging into a sea whirlpool, seemingly about to be shredded in an instant.
Buzz buzz buzz!
The array at the perimeter of the Forbidden Land of Returning Ruins activated, ripples and waves spreading, as if sensing Lu Xuanji’s approach, automatically operating to annihilate.
These ripples and waves spread out, vaguely resembling a landslide tsunami, like a galloping horde, like surging tides, even making the Jade Dragon King feel a hint of trepidation.
"Heavenly Dragon Dharma Aspect, Heavenly Dragon Great Strength, break for me!"
Upon witnessing this scene, the Jade Dragon King activated his Dharma Aspect, his body changing constantly, transforming into a heavenly dragon Dharma Aspect a hundred meters tall, seemingly crafted from white jade, with immense dragon claws tearing apart the array guarding the Forbidden Land of Returning Ruins, reaching out fiercely towards Lu Xuanji, seeking to capture him before he entered the forbidden land.
Yet as the Jade Dragon King activated his Dharma Aspect and collided with the perimeter array, the power of the array in the Forbidden Land of Returning Ruins was immediately activated.
Boom!
Rumble!
The array in the Forbidden Land of Returning Ruins changed again, five-colored rays bursting forth, transforming into the power of destruction, washing over, colliding with the Jade Dragon King’s Dharma Aspect, and in an instant, the dragon claws began to collapse.
Swish swish!
Then, the five-colored rays washed back, fiercely enveloping the Jade Dragon King, the destructive array sweeping down.
About to crush him.
"The Forbidden Land of Returning Ruins, the Annihilation Divine Light, truly formidable! The Nine Transformations of the True Dragon!" At this moment, the Jade Dragon King sensed a strong danger, his enormous Heavenly Dragon Dharma Aspect underwent rapid transformations, continuously changing forms to resist the Annihilation Divine Light of the Returning Ruins.
With a few flickers amid his changing form, he evaded the destructive power of the array.
In the next moment, he was already ten miles away.
"What a pity!"
The Jade Dragon King sighed slightly, "Evading the Annihilation Divine Light of the Returning Ruins is not difficult. But if one forcibly enters the Forbidden Land of Returning Ruins, there is no doubt of death."
He took out that drop of blood, intending to calculate the information of that cultivator, but saw only a blank space.
At the extreme point of deduction, the blood exploded.
Puchi!
The Jade Dragon King spat blood, suffering a slight backlash, losing a century of lifespan.
"What a pity!"
The Jade Dragon King felt a bit reluctant, but when he thought of the mystery of the Forbidden Land of Returning Ruins, he gave it up directly.
The Forbidden Land of Returning Ruins, an ultimate forbidden area above the East Sea, is fraught with great danger, and Divinity Transformation cultivators have once dared to enter, never to emerge again;
Void Refining powerhouses have also ventured inside, yet did not appear.
With a sigh, the Jade Dragon King disappeared.
...
Meanwhile, Lu Xuanji had already been struck by the Divine Light of the Returning Ruins, on the brink of annihilation, about to turn to nothingness.
The Pure Yang Broken Sword appeared, shielding him, with pure yang divine light enveloping him.
Clink clink clang clang!
Like a small boat rocking, being swept by massive waves.
Boom boom boom!
The array in the Forbidden Land of Returning Ruins operated, transforming into beams of destructive light crushing down.
The Pure Yang Broken Sword trembled, its light growing dimmer until the light completely faded.
Plop!
The scene changed, the world spun.
Lu Xuanji appeared in a vast hall.
The hall was incredibly vast and large, with pillars carved with poised dragons, towering majestically, grand and magnificent.
However, the most suitable palace was unbearably desolate, full of ancient traces, ruined steps, broken weapons, and weathered bones scattered on the ground.
The white bones piled up here shattered into bone powder with just a slight touch.
Weapons broke apart with merely a light touch.
Countless cultivators once ventured into this forbidden zone, only to be trapped, unable to escape, perishing inside.
At the sight of these bones, Lu Xuanji seemed to see himself in the future, perhaps becoming one of these skeletal remains.
"Golden Core cultivator bones are hard and won’t decay even buried underground for a thousand years, but countless thousands, tens of thousands of years have passed here!"
Lu Xuanji frowned slightly, sensing the peculiarities here.
The flow of time here was extremely fast.
He activated his device, the Destiny Calculation continued, soon deducing that time flowed differently here than outside.
The speed here was extremely fast.
Outside, a day passed but here it equaled a year.
A Golden Core cultivator’s lifespan is a thousand years, but after entering here, from the perspective of outside cultivators, only over three years would pass, but inside they’d age to death.
Those cultivators might have arrived decades ago, yet under the terrifying time acceleration here, they’d exhaust their lifespan in just a few short years.
Such a rapid passage of time is nearly fatal for cultivators.
Swish!
The next moment, Lu Xuanji activated his Magical Treasure, and Long Xuan appeared.
"Master, where is this?"
Long Xuan asked.
"Cultivating here for three hundred sixty years, while only a year passes outside, this is an ultimate Sacred Land for cultivation!" Long Xuan exclaimed joyfully.
"This place is unsuitable for cultivation! It’s exhausted of Spiritual Qi, virtually non-existent, completely unsuitable for cultivation!" Lu Xuanji replied. "Besides, cultivators need to absorb Spiritual Qi to cultivate, to replenish their own consumption, but the Spiritual Qi here is so scarce, that we could starve to death!"
At the mention of starving, Lu Xuanji chuckled wryly.
Ordinary people may starve, but Lu Xuanji was worried that without Spiritual Qi, they could starve to death.
"No, I have a Spirit Vein here, but it’s only enough to sustain us for a short time. It’s just that here the Spirit Trees find it difficult to absorb the light; they can’t generate Spiritual Qi, we have almost none, so we must save it!" Lu Xuanji frowned slightly.
Inside the Grotto World Pearl, the Eighth Grade Tree of Time could supply them for a time. But the Spirit Tree here cannot absorb the energy of the world, and thus cannot generate Spiritual Qi, so we must conserve it!"
The Pure Yang Broken Sword appeared just in time to block it, with pure yang divine light enveloping him.
Ding ding! Clang clang!
As if it were a small boat swaying in the massive tides.
Boom boom boom!
The array in the Forbidden Land of Returning Ruins operated, transforming into beams of destructive light to crush down.
The Pure Yang Broken Sword wobbled, its light dimming increasingly as the light completely faded
Splash!
The scene changed, and the world spun.
Lu Xuanji appeared inside a vast palace hall.
The hall was boundlessly vast and immense, with columns after columns carved in grandiose patterns, towering and magnificent.
However, what was supposed to be a magnificent palace was desolate beyond compare, riddled with ancient traces, ruined steps, broken weapons, and weathered skeletal remains scattered on the ground.
The abundance of white bones here was such that a light touch would cause them to crumble into dust.
Numerous cultivators had once entered this forbidden zone, only to be trapped inside, unable to escape, ultimately perishing within.
Staring at these bones, Lu Xuanji seemed to be looking at a possible future self.
"The bones of a Golden Core Cultivator are incredibly resilient, capable of withstanding millennia of burial without decay, yet countless thousands, tens of thousands of years have passed here!"
Lu Xuanji frowned slightly.
The Grotto World Pearl contained an Eighth Grade Tree of Time, capable of generating Spirit Medicine for a time. However, the Spirit Tree here had difficulty absorbing the spiritual energy of the outer world and could not produce fruit. We would have to be frugal!
Within the palace, there lay bones of many kinds, from Demonic Cultivators to Human Race Cultivators, their garments decayed and mottled, revealing their various origins.
Beyond the palace was chaos, with an overwhelmingly powerful aura.
Lu Xuanji wanted to escape, but couldn’t find a way out.
The Pure Yang Broken Sword shook, with its light growing increasingly dim as it was about to fade completely.
Plunk!
In a flash, the world spun around.
Lu Xuanji found himself inside a grand and vast hall.
The hall was incomparably spacious and immense, with pillars carved with magnificent dragons towering above, majestic and grand.
The most suitable palace was desolate beyond measure, ancient marks were everywhere, with ruined steps, broken weapons, and weathered bones scattered over the ground.
A slight touch was enough to make the bones shatter into powder.
Many cultivators had ventured into this forbidden area and were trapped there, unable to escape, meeting their demise.
Staring at these bones, Lu Xuanji felt as though he was looking at his own.
"Many Golden Core Cultivators, with bones so hard they don’t decay even buried for thousands, tens of thousands of years here,"
Lu Xuanji slightly frowned.
He proceeded to activate more Destiny Calculations, quickly deducing that time in this path differs from the outside.
The speed here was lethally fast for cultivators.
One day outside would be a year in here.
"Master, heaven always leaves a threshold, we may not necessarily die here!"
Long Xuan remained spirited, saying, "Let’s search carefully here, we might just find some treasures."
"Owner," Long Xuan added excitedly, "Endless possibilities might still lie undiscovered here!"