Chapter 882 - 427: The Flame of Rebirth
Zultin Marsh is an island located in the southwest of the Ignis Sky Realm, where numerous Witch Doctors, Mages, and Druids reside, with many secret legacies. In Nebis, such places can be considered Professional Holy Lands, much like the Wotam Church Country is to the believers of the Goddess of Kindness.
But from this distance, you can still not see that island full of venomous miasma and swamps.
What Li Ang and the young girls wearing the Seer Pendant see is the shadow cast by the "Ten Thousand Spirits" upon this world.
In their eyes, taking the skyline as the axial line, two light blue lotus flowers with elongated petals open symmetrically toward the sky and the Bloody Red Land. The gentle radiance of the flowers harmonizes with the golden sunlight between the clouds, reflecting the colors of the heavens.
Upon closer inspection, the outline of the petals is composed of luminous lines reaching the earth and sky. In reality, they extend in all directions, but due to their curvature, they appear as flowers when observed from ships sailing afar.
The ends of these lines don’t stop—they’re so thin that vision can’t clearly see them, but looking at the whole picture, completing it in your mind, you’d realize they weave into a vast network supposedly extending across all aerial realms of Nebis.
On the axial line connecting the two flowers, the light blue glow gathers together, shining so bright it can’t be stared at directly.
This isn’t due to the typical painful glare on the eyes, but rather some powerful spirit detached from the material dimension.
These spirits have already detached from the material realm, returning to the world to circulate anew. With the birth of new things, they will solidify again someday.
Because the Star Flower Travel Corps girls are beings of the material dimension, their spirits don’t want to be part of such cycles, naturally causing resistance, giving them this sensation.
If Li Ang were not here, along with the Seer Pendant’s function, they couldn’t observe the Flow of Spirit.
Even Li Ang once couldn’t see this scene. It was only after upgrading during trials at the Sanctuary of All Spirits and looking back on his way out that he saw this magnificent view.
As the members took turns exchanging the Seer Pendant, Li Ang introduced to them: "It’s called the Lotus of Reincarnation, projected from the true Land of Ten Thousand Spirits."
"True?"
"Zultin Marsh becomes a Holy Land for ancient Priest professions because it has a gateway to the Land of Ten Thousand Spirits, which resembles an additional dimension."
"Is that the true center of the reincarnation of Ten Thousand Spirits? Zultin Marsh is merely an entrance?" ALulu asked.
"Correct." Li Ang patted Xiaoniu’s head. She lowered her head and chuckled softly, with a melodious sound that startled Othella beside her.
"What’s wrong?" Li Ang looked at the blue-haired Beast eared Maiden, noticing she has been avoiding him the past two days.
"No no no, nothing! Chief!"
Othella’s hair stood up, and her slim tail fluffed into a ball, immediately flashing to a nearby spot.
Perplexed by her strong reaction, Li Ang turned back to continue speaking with the others: "Perhaps there are other entrances similar to Zultin Marsh in Nebis to the Land of Ten Thousand Spirits, but I don’t know about them. I feel there should be more, otherwise relying on a single place for the world’s Flow of Spirit doesn’t seem sufficient."
Li Ang looked at the Da and Xiao Mei estates: "Do you know?"
"No." They responded in unison.
Despite Xiaomei’s experiences always ending with failure of the righteous forces and swift destruction of the world, she has seen very far-off things yet lacks the breadth of Meluna.
Meanwhile, Meluna always walks in war-torn lands, a hidden place like Zultin Marsh is unrelated to her profession, so she wouldn’t come here.
"But, if it’s related to the cycle of spirits..."
Meluna reflected, when her Nebis started deteriorating, besides the earliest abnormal snowfall and world freezing after the Fire Dragon’s downfall, the birth rate, whether of humans or animals, dramatically declined.
"This seems like the spirit’s cycle was disrupted." Li Ang summarized Meluna’s meaning.
"Who did it? The Empire?" Zoe asked.
"Possibly, maybe it’s the Eye of God." Farina said: "This ’Eye of God’ engraved pendant actually comes from the Annihilation Knight’s Helmet, indicating that forces related to Eye of God can see this Lotus of Reincarnation."
"Wouldn’t that mean it’s also dangerous for us?" Zoe worried, mainly concerned about affecting Li Ang.
"As for here, we should be fine."
Li Ang said: "Since we entered the Ignis Sky Realm, except for Lupus Island already caught in a catastrophe, we haven’t encountered any related enemies, proving that the Guild and Order Knights’ blockade against the Empire is well-executed."
"Credit to our chief’s actions back on Spark Island." Dorothy giggled.
"Something like that, though even if not going, I’d have noticed issues and confronted them."
"We must go! We must go!" Golden Canary chirped while tugging his sleeve.
"All in all, all in all," Li Ang pulled apart the Half Elf, "Zultin Marsh is inherently remote; we haven’t seen any Sky Island in four or five days. This is already the desolate area of the Ignis Sky Realm, the probability of something happening is slim."
Meimei pouted, displaying an attitude of acknowledging Li Ang’s impact on the Nebis incident progress despite having issues with him.
"I noticed similar signs on my side too, likely the Empire’s handiwork." The white-haired girl sighed.
"If other entrances are accessible, will there be other risks of destruction?" ALulu was very concerned about this aspect.