Cultivation starts from simplifying the exercises

Chapter 2165 Boundless Supernatural Power

In the Yan Yang Immortal Dynasty, within the cultivation system that Chen Fei is currently familiar with, above the Tai Cang Realm is the Xuan Qiong Heavenly Lord.

The Heavenly Lord is already in charge of a region and possesses great supernatural powers; he is a peak that countless cultivators look up to.

Above the Heavenly Monarch is the realm where one truly touches the origin of the Great Dao, the Primordial Dao Origin Realm.

"The beginning" refers to the beginning of all things, the beginning of chaos, the origin and root of everything.

The Dao source is the origin of the Great Dao, the beginning of rules, and the destination of all laws.

Those who can enter this realm have already transcended the scope of ordinary cultivation and have begun to come into contact with, understand, and even control the most fundamental laws of the universe.

Their every move is imbued with divine power, their every word carrying immeasurable weight. Their level of existence has undergone a fundamental leap, their lifespans becoming immeasurably long, allowing them to roam freely throughout the universe.

Such beings are extremely rare, even within a behemoth like the Yan Yang Immortal Dynasty. They are the force that suppresses the sect's fortune and stabilizes the dynasty's destiny. They are rarely seen, like dragons whose heads are seen but not their tails, and are practically impossible to encounter in ordinary times.

The Danchen Sect, where Chen Fei belongs, is one of the 108 sects of the Yanyang Immortal Dynasty. It has a long history and profound foundation, and there are only three Taichu Daoyuan Realm elders in the sect.

Each and every one of them is the pillar of the Danchen Sect, the foundation for its power to deter all sides and ensure its position in the Immortal Dynasty.

As for the royal family of the Yan Yang Immortal Dynasty, and other super sects, they may have more experts at the Primordial Dao Source Realm, but these are definitely the most core and precious resources of the sects, and are strategic forces that are not easily deployed.

The aura emanating from that man in the moon-white robe, which seemed to transcend the mundane and be in harmony with the Great Dao, perfectly matched Chen Fei's descriptions of experts at the Primordial Dao Source Realm.

"The Primordial Dao Source Realm... such an existence actually descended here in person..." Chen Fei's mind raced.

The dramatic changes at the ancient Heavenly Court ruins were no accident, but rather a scheme involving unparalleled giants like those at the Primordial Dao Source Realm. These pawns who intruded into the ruins, and even the Heavenly Monarchs who descended, were likely just part of this game.

"Junior Brother Chen." Cao Feiyu's cool yet urgent voice pulled Chen Fei back to reality from his reverie. She noticed Chen Fei's unusual behavior, but this was not the time for deep thought.

Chen Fei snapped out of his reverie, the seriousness and contemplation in his eyes instantly vanishing. He took one last look at the sky where the moon-white figure had disappeared, then a dark golden light suddenly shone, and he sped away.

The three flew away in silence, pushing their speed to the limit they could maintain. The desolate mountains below, the scorched earth stained with demonic energy, and the occasional streaks of other cultivators fleeing in panic... everything rushed past them at breakneck speed.

At this rate, it won't be long before they are able to completely leave the troublesome Kunyuan area and enter a relatively safe zone.

However, just as they had flown about 300,000 miles, the strange event, without any warning, struck again.

This time, there was no longer the vast, star-like spatial confinement power of before, but a change that reached the very soul and the origin of time quietly enveloped the entire world.

"Om..."

A buzzing sound, seemingly from the distant past, resounded without warning in the consciousness of every living being in this region.

The sound was not harsh; in fact, it possessed a strange rhythm that could soothe any restlessness.

But the moment the buzzing sound rang out, Chen Fei, Cao Feiyu, Wei Zhongqian, and all the scattered cultivators within their field of vision who were also fleeing in panic... everything suddenly froze.

It's not a spatial stagnation, but rather a forced alteration of the flow of time.

Chen Fei felt his thinking suddenly become incredibly sluggish. A simple idea took ten, a hundred, or even more times longer than usual to fully form.

He watched as Cao Feiyu's flowing hair rose and fell slowly, a slow, almost agonizing motion.

It's not that space is frozen, but rather that the perception of time is infinitely stretched and distorted.

It was as if a giant hand, manipulating the river of time, had casually pressed the slow-motion button in this area, slowing it down thousands of times.

The world fell into an eerie stillness.

The howling wind, the whistling of light cutting through the air, the beating of a heart, the sound of breathing... all the sounds were drawn out, and then gradually faded into a chilling silence.

Just as Chen Fei instinctively resisted the abnormal flow of time and tried to regain control of his body and mind, a point of light suddenly shone on the seemingly frozen sky.

At first, the light was just an extremely faint glimmer, but in the next instant, that faint glimmer suddenly burst forth with indescribable brilliance.

This stream of light is indescribable in color; it seems to contain endless colors, yet it also seems to have no color at all, merely the purest concept of light.

Chen Fei's slowed-down thoughts only saw the process of the stream of light appearing. He didn't even have time to "think" about its source and purpose before the stream of light had already crossed countless miles, like a divine sword that split the heavens and the earth, and went straight into the Kunlun Abyss.

The moment that stream of light disappeared, the power that had enveloped heaven and earth and infinitely stretched the flow of time quietly receded like a tide.

Chen Fei felt a sudden "buzz" as his sluggish thoughts returned to normal flow, as if he had been awakened from a long dream.

My body felt the surge of power again, I heard the whistling wind again, and everything before my eyes, which had been slowed down, instantly returned to normal speed.

Everything seemed to be just a fleeting illusion.

But the indescribable weariness and palpitations emanating from the depths of Chen Fei's soul clearly told him that everything just now was not an illusion.

Just as the feeling of time freezing completely dissipated and everyone's senses returned to normal, the next instant...

Dozens of beams of light suddenly appeared on the horizon.

The moment these lights appeared, they had already reached their target.

Space, in their presence, lost its meaning.

Chen Fei felt a blur before his eyes, and those dozens of streaks of light that were clearly still far away in the sky all appeared directly above the entrance to Kunyuan, and then all disappeared.

Dozens of Primordial Dao Origin Realm experts, dozens of giants standing at the pinnacle of the Yan Yang Immortal Dynasty—the significance of what was drawn out from the ruins probably surpasses everyone's imagination.

This is beyond a simple stroke of luck; it's something that even these top-tier beings would fight over.

"Cough cough..."

A hoarse cough came from the side, interrupting Chen Fei's turbulent thoughts.

It was Wei Zhongqian. The terrifying pressure brought by those descending streams of light, even if it was just the aftershock, made his already severely injured body and fragile soul even worse.

"I was wondering about that before..."

He took a breath and continued, "Faced with the ruins of the ancient Heavenly Court, even if it is just a fragment, it is still related to ancient secrets. Why has no powerful expert of the Primordial Beginning Realm shown up in person for so long?"

"It turns out it wasn't that they weren't interested, or that there weren't any treasures that would attract them; it was just that the time wasn't right. They were waiting, waiting for the moment when the things in those ruins would be drawn out."

"I also thought that even if there were treasures in those ruins, it might be difficult to attract a Tai Chu Realm expert to take action personally."

Cao Feiyu slowly said, "After all, for those beings, ordinary rare and precious materials and cultivation techniques are no longer of any interest to them. What they pursue are the higher-level mysteries of the Great Dao and the opportunity to touch the origin."

At this point, Cao Feiyu smiled and said, "Fortunately, we got out in time. We made the decisive choice to evacuate as soon as the incident occurred."

If they didn't emerge in time, those dozens of Primordial Dao Source Realm beings would simultaneously flood into the ruins... The potential conflicts, struggles, and battles among them...

Just imagining that scene sends chills down your spine and makes your soul tremble.

That will be a clash of rules, a turbulence of origins, a true cataclysmic event, a return to the void of space. That fragment of the ancient celestial court will likely be reduced to primordial chaos in an extremely short time.

Any living being or thing left inside will have no chance of survival unless protected by a power of equal strength.

“Let’s go back to the sect first; the area around here might not be safe.” Chen Fei’s deep voice rang out amidst the heavy silence of the three.

Wei Zhongqian nodded. Returning to Danchen Sect was his only and most urgent thought at that moment.

His internal injuries and the depletion of his soul desperately needed a completely safe environment to stabilize and heal. And Dan Chen Sect was undoubtedly the best choice.

Chen Fei said no more. With a thought, he activated the Devouring Heaven Divine Forging Technique within his body to its limit, and the dark golden Yuan Power instantly formed a streamlined dark golden escape light around his body.

Under Chen Fei's deliberate guidance, his dark golden escape light expanded slightly outward, forming a tough protective shield at the front and outer edges. Cao Feiyu's moon-white escape light remained contained within, while Wei Zhongqian's cyan escape light merged into the rear, drawing upon the pull of the former two.

This is a simple, temporary technique for merging with other light sources. It's not a particularly advanced secret art, but at this moment, it can effectively increase speed.

The merged beam of light increased its speed by another three points, transforming into a long rainbow that tore through the air and sped towards the direction of the Danchen Sect.

Time slips away, bit by bit.

They were already nearly ten million miles away from the entrance to Kunyuan, and the area behind them, where demonic energy was surging, had become extremely distant in their perception.

"Boom!"

A deep tremor, without warning, spread throughout the entire world.

Chen Fei felt the light beneath his feet tremble violently, and the surrounding space seemed to transform into a drumhead struck by a giant hammer, vibrating and oscillating intensely and frequently.

In the distance, the dark red clouds in the sky churned and surged wildly like boiling water.

Chen Fei, Cao Feiyu, and Wei Zhongqian turned around almost simultaneously and looked in the direction from which the sound came.

At the edge of their line of sight, a ripple was spreading outwards at a speed that appeared slow but was actually incredibly fast.

Where the ripples passed, the sky seemed like a crumpled scroll, displaying bizarre and fantastical colors and shapes. The thin, ethereal energy permeating the air was instantly purified and dispelled by these ripples, like ice and snow under the sun.

Chen Fei's Dao Domain was now like a small boat in a storm, violently rocking and swaying, its surface glowing and flickering.

The moonlight in Cao Feiyu's Dao Domain dimmed at a visible speed, and the domain rapidly shrank.

Wei Zhongqian's Dao Domain was already weakened due to his severe injuries, and it was torn apart by the impact of this ripple.

At the same time, a colossal celestial palace, whose size was beyond description, appeared out of thin air without warning.

The Heavenly Palace was a dark golden color that was neither gold nor jade. It was not floating in the clouds, but seemed to be located directly at the junction of heaven and earth. Its base was hidden in the endless chaos and darkness below, while its top pierced into the depths of the sky.

Pavilions and towers stand side by side, stretching for countless miles.

There are winding, jade-colored corridors that connect magnificent palaces. On both sides of the corridors, you can vaguely see swaying immortal plants and flowing spiritual springs.

The appearance of that celestial palace was awe-inspiring, stealing all the brilliance and thoughts.

This may be the true form of the ancient Heavenly Court ruins, or rather, the true manifestation of its core. It has always been there, hidden behind layers of space and restrictions, until now, when it has truly been revealed due to the entry of dozens of Primordial Realm experts.

However, this extreme shock and silent gaze lasted for less than a breath before the towering celestial palace vanished in an instant.

Or rather, it was suddenly enveloped, covered, and swallowed up by a darkness that devoured everything.

The darkness appeared extremely abruptly.

Centered on the location of the Heavenly Palace, it instantly expanded outwards, forming an irregular circular gap that was embedded in the gloomy sky.

Within the gap lies a darkness so profound it threatens to engulf the soul; no stars can be seen, no energy can be sensed, only a suffocating emptiness and deathly stillness.

The dark gap that had just swallowed the Heavenly Palace gradually faded and became transparent, as if it had merged into the sky behind it.

It only took a few breaths.

The huge gap disappeared completely before the eyes of Chen Fei and his companions.

What is that darkness? Is it some kind of terrifying restriction? Is it the aftermath of a battle between powerful beings? Or has some unknowable upheaval occurred within the ruins themselves?

And what about those dozens of powerful beings at the Primordial Dao Source Realm? Were they among them obtaining that thing, or were they engaged in fierce battle?

Along the way, Chen Fei and his two companions encountered other cultivators fleeing in panic. Some were from other sects, some were rogue cultivators, and most of them were injured.

They occasionally made eye contact with each other, but it was only a fleeting glance before they warily parted ways and flew in what they considered to be safe directions.

Finally, after experiencing two more small-scale spatial aftershocks, the majestic outline of the Danchen Sect's mountain gate finally came into view.

Upon seeing the familiar, continuous mountain range, Chen Fei and the other two finally relaxed their tense nerves a little.

Upon entering the sect's territory, a rich aura of heaven and earth washed over them, cleansing away the faint demonic energy remaining on their bodies.

Some fellow disciples they encountered along the way also showed strange expressions upon seeing the three of them, but since they were not very familiar with each other, no one went up to ask them anything.

Someone sensed Chen Fei's aura and, upon seeing his face, felt something was amiss.

Chen Fei and Cao Feiyu first took Wei Zhongqian to the sect's Yunling Valley, where there were elders specifically responsible for treating seriously injured disciples, and the spiritual energy there was the most abundant and rich, making it suitable for recuperation.

After explaining the details of their injuries to the elder on duty, Chen Fei and Cao Feiyu breathed a sigh of relief. They had returned in time; Senior Brother Wei's foundation should be able to be repaired normally, and his future path of cultivation would not be affected.

A day passed in the blink of an eye, and news about Kunyuan and the ancient Heavenly Court ruins had spread throughout the entire Danchen Sect. Centered on the Danchen Sect, it then spread to the even wider Yanyang Immortal Dynasty region.

At this moment, within the sect, whether elders, deacons, or ordinary disciples, everyone was discussing the same thing, their faces filled with a complex mix of emotions: shock, lingering fear, regret, greed, and relief.

"Have you heard? Something big has happened in Kunyuan."

"It's more than just a major event; the sky has collapsed! The ancient Heavenly Court ruins have been shattered!"

"What? It shattered? Wasn't it supposed to just shatter space and cause void turbulence?"

"It's absolutely true! It's said that dozens of supreme beings at the Primordial Dao Source Realm descended simultaneously and fought fiercely within the ruins. Dozens of Dao Source Realm beings..."

"No wonder... no wonder the world shook before, and even the sect's great formation could faintly sense it. It turns out that Dao Origin Realm experts were fighting."

"It's more than just a tremor; the Kunyuan area has already experienced a cataclysmic upheaval, and I've heard it's very likely to transform into an abyss like the Xu Ning Abyss."

"The Dao Origin Realm... those are legendary figures. Our Dan Chen Sect's patriarch was only at that level, right? Dozens of them went at once... how amazing must the treasures inside be?"

"No matter how amazing the treasure is, you still need to be alive to get it. The space inside has been annihilated and turned into a chaotic wasteland. Let alone the Tai Cang Realm, even a Heavenly Monarch would be in danger if trapped inside."

"Hiss... That was terrifying. I'm so glad I didn't go and join in the fun..."

"Who can argue with that? It's still terrifying to think about it now. However, most of the people who went in beforehand sensed something was wrong and ran out."

"Many escaped, but many died inside. Especially during the initial changes in the ruins, the demonic energy surge, and later when Dao Source Realm experts descended, those who didn't manage to escape were basically all gone..."

"Our Dan Chen Sect has also suffered considerable losses this time. I heard that quite a few senior brothers and sisters from the inner sect have perished..."

"Alas, people die for wealth, birds die for food... However, some are lucky; I've heard they've made quite a haul, acquiring many ancient treasures and heirlooms..."

"Even the greatest gains are only worth enjoying if you're alive. After this battle, no one will dare approach Kunyuan for the foreseeable future..."

Such discussions were taking place throughout the sect.

Teahouses, taverns, mission halls, in front of the skill transmission pavilion... everywhere were disciples gathered together, discussing excitedly.

Of all the news, the most crucial, the most shocking, and the most certain was that one sentence.

The fragments of the ancient Heavenly Court that emerged from Kunyuan were shattered by dozens of powerful beings at the Primordial Dao Source Realm.

Meanwhile, news of Chen Fei's breakthrough of two realms, advancing from the early stage of the Tai Cang Realm to the late stage, began to spread within the Dan Chen Sect. (End of Chapter)