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chapter-1368

The two days passed very quickly. Xiao Yan disappointed Li Yuanfang. He still hadn’t exited his retreat even after the deadline had passed.

This left Zhu Yi, Wang Lin and the rest helpless. Yang Qing comforted, “After all, there are two parties trying to drag eldest senior down. It’s not completely unacceptable that it hasn’t gone according to plan.”

Even Li Yuanfang, who was normally the most serious, nodded his head when he heard Yang Qing’s words. He sighed as he said, “It’s not a big problem if Eldest Senior can’t exit his retreat today. But we may not make it if this delays for too long.”

Yue Hongyan, who was standing at one side, said, “According to tradition, Eldest Senior doesn’t have to be present. However, he hasn’t met Miss Zhener in quite some time. They agreed to meet.”

Yang Qing said, “There are ten more days. He can still make it.”

The ten days were there for buffering purposes, in case emergency situations happened. To cultivators, ten days was almost negligible. Every retreat wasn’t just ten days; it could extend to almost ten years and even hundred years.

However, at the level of Yang Qing and the rest, they were able to precisely control time and themselves.

If nothing special happened or if one didn’t change his mind, his retreat would start and end on time. If it’s supposed to be a year, it would be a year. It would drag one day longer or end one day faster. The precision of the timing was even to the seconds.

Luo Qingwu met with some problems as she cultivated her magic treasure, delaying her retreat. However, she didn’t exceed the timing for too long. She managed to exit her retreat soon and waited for Xiao Yan to exit his own retreat along with the rest.

That’s why ten days was sufficient buffer time. For Zhu Yi and the rest, they didn’t need to spend too much traveling if they wanted to proceed to a certain place.

However, Xiao Yan’s situation didn’t seem to bode well. The days were slowly counting down but he had yet to reveal himself.

Zhu Yi, Wang Lin, Yue Hongyan, Yang Qing, Li Yuanfang and Luo Qingwu looked at one another before revealing bitter smiles.

“All of you can proceed to the Longevity City first and take care of the preparations along with the Gu Empire’s cultivators. Your eldest senior and I will join all of you soon.” Lin Feng’s voice sounded in their ears. Zhu Yi, Wang Lin and the rest acknowledged his instructions as soon as they heard him, “Yes, Master.”

After pausing for a moment, Zhu Yi said, “Master, will seventh junior return from the Void Battleground in time?”

Lin Feng replied, “He will. He’ll be slightly later than all of you but earlier than me and your eldest senior.”

“We shall move then. Eldest senior’s Inferno Precipice disciples will follow us.” Zhu Yi, Wang Lin and the rest bade goodbye to Lin Feng before returning to their own abodes to settle everything before they left.

Although Xiao Yan wasn’t around, his disciples knew what to do. They followed Zhu Yi’s instructions and carried out their job.

After Zhu Yi, Wang Lin and the rest left the mountain, Lin Feng stood up on top of the Black Heavenly Treasure Tree. His eyes flashed with a radiance and he was calculating something in his heart.

His eyelids twitched slightly and he opened his palm. There was a dark-red, talismanic radiance that shone in the middle of his palm. This radiance exuded a ferocious aura.

Lin Feng crushed the talisman and a streak of red light shone. The red light revealed a door-like entity in front of Lin Feng.

Lin Feng entered past the door and streaks of purplish curses flew out of his eyes. They fused with the dark-red door before forming a pathway.

Lin Feng walked on this pathway. This unstable pathway was enclosed by barriers at the sides. Outside of these barriers, countless catastrophes appeared to be raging.

This was the Netherworld Sea, one of the Grand Celestial Seven Seas. The River Styx Primordial Water, Nefarious Spectral Primordial Fire, Heavenly Apocalyptic Blaze, Nine Nether Draught, Blood River Primordial Water, Avici Infernal Gale and other ferocious forces filled this place and turned it into an apocalyptic mess.

The satanic fire destroyed the Heavens and Earth, floods drowned the entire place and the uncontrollable, frightening windstorms engulfed this plot of land. It seemed as if this was hell, but even hell appeared to be more peaceful than the Netherworld Sea.

In the center of this world, there was an erected red light beam. It was like an anchor, but also seemed like the origin of all disasters.

Although very few people entered and exited the Netherworld Sea, everyone in the Grand Celestial World knew what it was like.

However, those who had ever seen what it was like in the Netherworld Sea would be shocked and find it unbelievable if they saw what it was like in the Netherworld Sea right now.

Part of the Netherworld Sea was in a mess and covered in all types of disasters. However, there was a part of it that was entirely peaceful.

In that peaceful part, the River Styx Primordial Water converted into a long river that flowed quietly. The Blood River Primordial Water turned into pungent patches of fluid, but they were very still.

The Nine Nether Draught floated in the sky like streaks of black lines. These black lines were high up in the sky and didn’t affect or distort space beneath them.

Beneath the ground, the Nefarious Spectral Primordial Fire and Heavenly Apocalyptic Blaze were both silent and ceased to burn, destroy or engulf everything that came into contact with them. The Avici Infernal Gale continued to blow, but it seemed more like a breeze now.

The Netherworld Sea was still the same Netherworld Sea, but it became peaceful now. While this gave off a peaceful feeling, it was an unbelievable scene. It’s extremely abnormal.

This was especially since there was another part of the Netherworld Sea that was still as grim and chaotic as ever.

There seemed to be an invisible barrier that separated the two parts. The two parts were like two different words. One world was covered in good weather, while the other world raged with windstorms and torrential rain.

The brutal side of the Netherworld Sea wanted to overcome the barrier and turned the peaceful region back into its chaotic self.

However, the peaceful region didn’t seem affected at all. In fact, this peaceful region seemed to be slowly expanding and taking over the chaotic region of the Netherworld Sea.

Lin Feng smiled as he saw this scene. He continued to walk forward towards the red light beam.

The red light beam was silently erected in the center of the Netherworld Sea. It was very difficult to tell the four corners of the Netherworld Sea. However, everyone could tell that the red light beam was the center of the Netherworld Sea.

Space in the Netherworld Sea was distorted. While the red light beam seemed to have an exact position, no one seemed to be able to get close to it.

Lin Feng made use of a ritual that he prepared beforehand and he was unobstructed. He came near to the red light beam. The surrounding space around the light beam overlapped and there seemed to be small worlds that resembled bubbles.

After entering one of the Middle Worlds of the Netherworld Sea, everything turned dark in front of Lin Feng. This world was covered in a red sea of chaos.

Amidst this red sea of chaos, it was very difficult to tell space and distance. The concepts of top and bottom, as well as direction, were invalidated. There was also a strange feeling as time passed. It’s as if the past, present, and future were combined into one entity.

There was a figure seated amidst this sea of chaos. He was seated in the center of this world. That’s because his presence made the concepts of space and distance relevant once again.

Time became clear again around this person. The past, present, and future were clearly separated too.

This person was a huge giant that had a height of around nine feet. He was like a flaming god who sat on a fire lotus. The lotus seat was completely formed by flames and its color kept on changing. Bluish-purple, pure-golden, milky-white, pitch-black…

There was an indescribable radiance flashing around the nine-feet tall giant. At one moment, the radiance was bright and blinding. In the next moment, the radiance became dim and dark. It’s like an ember that alternated between brightness and darkness but was never extinguished. However, it always seemed like it was on the verge of dying.

There was an intersecting black and white Taiji Diagram on this flaming god’s forehead. The Taiji Diagram was revolving slowly.

His eyes were shut until Lin Feng called him. His body jerked slightly before he opened his eyes slowly.

The disasters of the Netherworld Sea were projected in his eyes. A dark-red radiance surged out from his eyes.

At the same time, the red light beam in the center of the Netherworld Sea turned brighter suddenly.

The peaceful region of the Netherworld Sea started to shake as he opened his eyes. The invisible barrier disappeared and the peaceful part of the Netherworld Sea turned brutal and violent once again. It combined with the chaotic side of the Netherworld Sea once again.

This flaming god slowly disappeared and turned into a sea of fire. The sea of fire revealed a young man in purple who wore a black robe. He was charming and he looked exactly like the flaming god which appeared previously.

This youth smiled when he saw Lin Feng. He laughed as he said, “I met with a slight problem and got delayed. Apologies for making myself a laughing stock in front of you, Master.”

Lin Feng looked at this youth and laughed, “I’m fine. But your wife…don’t be late.”

The youth revealed a comforting look in his eyes before his expression turned gloomy, “I may…really be slightly late…”

Outside of the Netherworld Sea, the leaders of the various sects and powers gathered together in the south of the Divine Lands. Even though these leaders weren’t exactly the main leader of their respective sects and powers, they were still important figures who held great authority.

They all had a common destination – the Longevity City of the Gu Empire.

After the Emperor Gu’s lineage returned to the Divine Lands after the War of the Two Worlds, they were based in the Southern Territories. They also started to expand their influence.

Although the Great Qin Empire and Great Zhou Empire tried to resist their expansion, they were still repressed by the Gu Empire.

After news of Shi Xingyun reached the Divine Lands, the Great Qin Empire was in a better condition than the Great Zhou Empire. However, they still remained passive.

Not long ago, the current Emperor Gu of the Gu Empire, Gu Jun, managed to complete his Cardinal Tribulations and reached the Vipralopa Stage. This increased the pressure on the Great Qin and Great Zhou Empires.

Today, another huge matter regarding the Gu Empire happened.