Chapter 636 - 418: Saint of This Era
"In the Void World, the danger isn’t just from spatial turbulence. For Saint Realm powerhouses, spatial turbulence is actually the least dangerous..."
With no reference points in the Void World, it seemed as if the two were standing still, yet in reality, they were flying at incredible speeds.
"Once you break through to the Saint Realm in Martial Arts, any battle in the real world could turn hundreds to thousands of miles into ruins. Thus, in most cases, the Void World becomes the battlefield for Saint Realm powerhouses.
So, saying the Void World is empty is actually incorrect. Here, you might encounter shattered weapons of Saint Realm powerhouses, or perhaps an entire mountain range.
While traversing the Void World, you must open up your Heart Spirit to avoid crashing into weapons shattered in the Void World."
Wei Fan nodded. He hadn’t considered this before. If you were to crash into fragments of a Holy Soldier at such high speeds, it would be quite the disaster.
Moreover, since it’s a battlefield for those above the Saint Realm, where there are fragments of Holy Soldiers, there could also be Imperial Soldier fragments, and even stronger Emperor’s Soldier fragments. Crashing into such things might lead to the demise of even a Martial Saint Powerhouse.
Huangfu Nalan shook his head: "The weapons themselves aren’t the most dangerous. As long as you release your Heart Spirit in advance, you can avoid them. In the Void World, what you must never encounter are corpses or coffins.
Some powerhouses, worried that their bodies might be dug up and eaten by Demon Fiends after they sit in repose, would exile themselves into the Void World. These corpses might have existed in the Void World for hundreds of thousands, or even thousands of years, already breeding terrifying things.
So if you encounter such things, stay as far away as possible. Don’t let curiosity get the better of you and look. Unless it’s urgent, try not to travel through the Void World."
Wei Fan recalled what might be the coffins of Qi Daozhen and his beloved, truly terrifying things. It seems that after great powerhouses died, they liked to bury their bodies in the Void World.
Luckily, they hadn’t encountered what Huangfu Nalan described.
Three days later, Wei Fan felt he had arrived in a place where the Taoist Principles were vibrant.
"We’ve reached the Wilderness!"
Wei Fan felt a stirring in his heart. With Huangfu Nalan, he tore open the Void World, stepping into the real world. In front of them were magnificent mountains, radiating Spirituality. Even a random weed on the ground seemed to glow with vibrant life, and an incredibly dense Essence Qi rushed toward them, almost turning to fog.
"Such dense Essence Qi!" Wei Fan couldn’t help but be moved.
He had once entered the true Holy Sect Zilan Sect, and even the Essence Qi there wasn’t as dense, nor was the Spirituality as strong.
Yet, where he stood was just a desolate wilderness, not a famous mountain or river.
In the open world, he felt the various Great Dao within reach, almost tangible. The Primordial Spirit in his Sea of Consciousness emitted a joyful emotion. The Dao above his head sprouted branches, quickly consolidating and expanding.
"Clang, clang..."
Amidst the clamor of the Great Dao, some avenues previously undiscovered emerged, connecting and merging with his own Dao.
"No wonder after I slew Yuan Jie and destroyed the Zilan Sect, these Demon Saints and Martial Saints were reluctant to leave the Wilderness!"
Wei Fan understood why Beiding Continent’s Martial Saints and Demon Saints would go to any lengths to come to the Wilderness, even if their children were slain, they wouldn’t leave. Though he wasn’t actively cultivating, his cultivation was improving on its own, as if a supreme powerhouse was forcibly infusing power into him, even making the Great Dao appear and connect with him.
This wasn’t him actively cultivating; sitting down to cultivate quietly would surely enhance his cultivation even more swiftly.
Previously, he didn’t pay much attention to the world’s rebound after the Dao Collapse ended because he never relied on such things for cultivation. However, the moment he stepped into the Wilderness, he realized his mistake.
In this moment, his mind was clear, in harmony with the Dao, and from his body to his soul, he began to experience a cleansing, his body gradually suffused with a faint divine radiance.
"You... Are you a Saint of the current world?"
Huangfu Nalan looked at the faint divine radiance emerging from Wei Fan with astonishment because it wasn’t the kind of divine light emitted by a Saint Realm powerhouse activating their power but was instead automatically condensed by the heavens and earth, not coming from Wei Fan himself.
She had seen such a scene before. Nowadays, the world only knew that her father, Huangfu Qingyang, had entered the Dao with medicine, but few knew the details.
Back then, a terrible plague covered the Five Great Domains, afflicting Ten Thousand Spirits. It was her father who painstakingly researched a prescription that eradicated the plague. Only then, with the gratitude of thousands, did he enter the Dao.
Back then, Huangfu Qingyang’s body exhibited the same Holy Light as appears on Wei Fan now.
"What is this?"
At this moment, Wei Fan also noticed something amiss. Only he had this Holy Light; Huangfu Nalan did not. As this layer of Holy Light appeared, celestial melodies began to ring in his ear, interspersed with the praises of the people.
Upon hearing these voices, his heart filled with peace, fusing more deeply with the heavens and earth, accelerating the solidification of the Dao.
"This is the Holy Light only condensed by a Saint of the current world. Have you done significant deeds for the Human Race here?"
Huangfu Nalan’s face was full of shock; in the past, the reason her father ultimately became a Martial Emperor powerhouse was mostly because of this Holy Light.
Wei Fan was taken aback: "Does it have to do with this? I am a native creature here. A few months ago, I led the desert human race to clear out all the demon fiends in the world, ensuring the human race here would not suffer demon attacks anymore. I thought all native creatures of the wasteland had this thing."
Huangfu Nalan shook her head: "How foolish. Since you’ve achieved such deeds for the people, why not come back here to ascend to sainthood? If you achieve sainthood here, you might have a chance to glimpse the legendary Martial Emperor’s Realm in the future."
She looked regretful. This Holy Light was not just for show; it allowed Wei Fan to be more in tune with the heavens and earth, immune to all evils. If Wei Fan could ascend to sainthood on the wasteland, he might even be able to harness the Power of the People to attack the Emperor’s Realm in the future. But clearly, Wei Fan achieved sainthood outside of the wasteland, making it impossible for him to harness the Power of the People later on.
"No one told me about this..."
Wei Fan shook his head but wasn’t regretful. Given the previous situation, the end of the Dao Collapse was still months away, and he couldn’t possibly wait until the Dao Collapse ended to achieve sainthood.
For other Martial Kings, a few months would pass in the blink of an eye, but for him, after a few months, he might have already broken through to the Saint Realm.
Moreover, harnessing the Power of the People was merely a potential way to attack the Martial Emperor’s Realm, not a guarantee of becoming a Martial Emperor powerhouse.
"Yes, if not for my father having similar experiences, I wouldn’t know either."
Huangfu Nalan couldn’t help but sigh; such things were unheard of by the average person. Throughout endless ages, there had been fewer saints than Martial Emperor powerhouses in the Five Great Domains, with very few knowing the secrets involved.
"Miss Nalan, let’s continue our journey!"
The two did not linger here long; this was merely the outskirts of the wasteland, still some distance from the true wilderness.
"The native creatures of the wasteland, suppressed for thousands of years, have finally seen the end!"
Recently, the wasteland has been in a state of jubilation. Abundant essence qi suddenly filled the space between heaven and earth, allowing even ordinary people to perceive this change, feeling lighter, more energetic, and free of illness.
Some exaggerated claims even described rejuvenation, with people appearing younger by the day, their bodies growing ever stronger.
If this was true for ordinary people, then it was even more exaggerated for those practicing martial arts. Some woke up to find themselves at the level of Horizontal Cultivation of Innate, while others awoke to find all their acupoints opened.
Others directly condensed their Divine Soul, reaching the Divine Realm Martial Sect in one leap; individuals with more talent benefited even more.
It’s said that some broke through multiple small realms in a single day, cultivating from the Early Divine Realm to the Golden Body Realm. Others, on the brink of death, managed to break through to the Martial King realm, gaining two thousand years of life.
Later, news spread that the wasteland they lived in was but a corner of the Five Great Domains. The passing of the unrivaled powerhouse Qi Daozhen had severed this world’s connection with the Five Great Domains, wanning the Ten Thousand Dao and diluting the essence qi. Now that the Dao Collapse ended and the heavens returned its nourishment, such phenomena began to appear.
"Senior Brother, I’ve cultivated the Golden Body, and it’s the strongest Seven-Colored Golden Body. I’m under thirty and already a Martial Venerable powerhouse!"
In a mountain somewhere, Situ Ying couldn’t help but let out a long howl. In just a little over ten days, he had advanced in leaps and bounds, breaking through from the Celestial Human realm to the Martial Venerable realm, achieving the Seven-Colored Golden Body that once only Wei Fan had achieved.
"What’s there to brag about with this? You’re nothing but a waste; go look at the wasteland now—who isn’t a Seven-Colored Golden Body demon? Your senior brother broke through to Martial Venerable some days ago, and today he’s already a Sixth Forging powerhouse."
Zhang Xianlong strolled over, his Sword Intent twisting the void: "Master is already attacking the Martial King realm. Xueyi succeeded in breaking through to Martial King yesterday and has begun a closed cultivation of an unparalleled martial art. Elder Huo and the others broke through to Martial King several days ago.
Golden Body powerhouses are now worth less than dogs in the wasteland!"
"Haha..."
Suddenly a loud laugh sounded; Li Chuyang came walking in from afar: "Golden Body powerhouses are indeed worth less than dogs now. I heard from Elder Huo that in these ten-some days, the wasteland has seen no fewer than four-figure breakthroughs to Martial King powerhouse level. Once Divine Realm Martial Sect and Martial Venerable powerhouses are almost all at the Martial King cultivation now."
Their talents, although decent in the Dragon Kingdom, were only middle level when considering the wasteland. They experienced such advances, so those who broke through to the Divine Realm and Martial Venerable while the world was still suppressed would have even greater improvements.
Situ Ying was not bothered by Zhang Xianlong and Li Chuyang’s mockery and curiously asked, "What do you think Wei Fan’s cultivation is now? With his talent, could he have already become a saint?"
Wei Fan, the desert’s recognized number one powerhouse, the first genius.
Now that they had become Martial Venerables, what realm could Wei Fan be in?
This question prompted Li Chuyang and Zhang Xianlong to ponder deeply, carefully considering the matter.
"Are you guys idle? Hiding like mice, not focusing on cultivation, and you still have the time to chat here?"
Situ Feng approached, emitting a terrifying aura of the Martial King.
They originally lived atop the Holy Mountain that Wei Fan had established in the Dragon Royal Palace, but after the Dao Collapse ended, they had to hide. They had received news that external Demon Saints might use them to threaten Wei Fan.