#2123 - The Borderland Appears, the Dark Prologue

Mu Ciyin and the others received the blood essence baptism of the Nine Heavens Emperors, reaping tremendous benefits.

During this process, Jun Wushang saw a large amount of soul light information flying out of the Nine Cauldrons.

That was the lifelong cultivation insights of the Nine Heavenly Emperors.

Although Mu Ciyin, Ji Yinlan, Su Xiaoxiao, Lilia, Shangguan Wanwan, and Xiao Ruoqing's comprehension of the Dao in their previous lives had far surpassed the level of the Nine Heavens Emperors,

there was still useful information for them within the Nine Heavens Emperors' Dao insights.

Although the Great Daos lead to the same destination by different paths, everyone's understanding of the Dao always has different perspectives.

Most importantly, each of the Nine Heavens Emperors cultivated different Daos, and the things they comprehended in their respective fields were very refined. Many of the details were useful information worth absorbing.

A smile couldn't help but appear on Jun Wushang's face.

This time, their gains would be quite astonishing.

Not only would their God-Forbidden Domains receive a great boost, but they would also have a deeper understanding of the Dao of this era.

After all, even for people like Mu Ciyin and Ji Yinlan, although their Dao Fruits in their previous lives had reached the late stage of the Heavenly Emperor Realm,

re-cultivating the Dao in this life was still a long journey, and they had to take one step at a time to slowly complete this path and perfect the Dao Fruit of this life.

Their current state was estimated to last for a long time.

Jun Wushang retreated a little and found a place to sit down cross-legged.

While they were cultivating, it was time for him to cultivate as well.

The state of time within the palace was very special, different from the outside world.

Therefore, he didn't need to enter the Eight-Nine Mysterious Palace.

This time, coming to the Nine Cauldrons Secret Realm, he had killed a large number of powerful individuals and obtained a massive amount of high-grade resources.

Whether it was the powerhouses from the seven major forces of the God Ancient World or the youths from the Tiangang Great World, they were all useful resources to him.

Not to mention the essence of the Xuan You Two Emperors, which was the best and most excellent cultivation resource for him.

The resource energy obtained from devouring the powerhouses of the God Ancient World and the youths of the Tiangang Great World still belonged to conventional resources.

It was just that compared to most conventional resources, there was a slight difference. The conversion during cultivation would be a little faster, but it was limited.

The essence of the Xuan You Two Emperors' illusory bodies was different.

This two strands of essence were too pure.

Using it for cultivation would increase the effect by an unknown number of times and save a lot of time.

Jun Wushang quickly entered a state of cultivation.

He began to devour the illusory bodies of the Xuan You Two Emperors, turning them into essence.

The Xuan You Two Emperors struggled frantically in his Inner World, letting out hysterical roars.

Humiliation, utter humiliation!

For powerhouses in the Great Emperor Realm, this was unacceptable.

Their illusory bodies were being devoured as cultivation resources!

Even though the other party's previous life was the legendary supreme powerhouse.

But in this life, the other party was only in the Heavenly God Realm.

What they couldn't accept the most was that their illusory bodies were buried in this world, and their main bodies were unaware of the situation.

It was likely to have an impact on their Dao hearts because of this.

How proud were Great Emperors?

Their illusory bodies crossed realms to a world of lower cultivation civilization, and were actually buried here!

No matter how they struggled, how they roared in anger, they still couldn't change their situation.

Within Jun Wushang's Inner World, the Taiji Eight Trigrams Star Sea rotated, the golden Star Sea's stars were incomparably bright, and the ink-colored Star Sea radiated ink light.

The Natal Star operated, and the power of devouring was activated, sucking the illusory bodies of the Xuan You Two Emperors near the Natal Star.

They couldn't control their bodies at all, revolving around the Natal Star with the Natal Star's attraction.

During this process, their bodies gradually disintegrated under the enormous power of devouring, scattering into essence energy bit by bit, and being devoured into the Natal Star.

Time flowed by day by day in cultivation.

Major events were happening in the outside world.

One day, a vast continent appeared, connecting with the Canglan Ancient Star.

At the end of that continent, there was a giant ancient city, with a majestic aura, ancient vicissitudes, and unparalleled grandeur!

The moment that city appeared, an unspeakable desolate aura swept across the entire Canglan Ancient Star, rapidly spreading out, causing all beings in the entire Canglan Star Region to sense it.

On that day, the high-level figures and ancient ancestors of the major forces rushed out one after another, standing in the high sky and looking at the continent and the city, their faces filled with shock.

"Border Wastelands!

The Border Wastelands have appeared!"

They all let out trembling voices, their words filled with dread, and their moods were incomparably heavy.

All beings had an indescribable emotion growing from their hearts.

That feeling of desolation caused an unspeakable sorrow to grow in the hearts of every living being, and they couldn't help but want to shed tears.

This emotion couldn't be controlled at all, and many living beings shed tears.

At the same time, fear and trembling grew in their hearts.

"The torrent of the apocalypse is about to arrive, and the darkness invasion is about to begin..."

Yan Yu, Jing Ya, and Chan'er looked at the distant continent and ancient city, and couldn't help but sigh softly.

This day had finally come.

"How could it be so fast, without any warning!"

The geniuses of the major forces all hurriedly returned to their respective sects and families, and were with the high-level figures and ancient ancestors of their families.

They felt a huge pressure, and a sense of suffocation in their hearts.

Darkness represented nightmares and abyss, represented blood and despair!

Every time the darkness invaded, it would inevitably bring great disasters to the cultivation civilization of their world. They did not know how many living beings would die because of this, and how many warriors would die in battle on the Border Wastelands battlefield!

The predecessors threw their heads and shed their blood, building the Border Wastelands city defense with their flesh and blood, guarding this world, preserving the civilization's spark, so that the civilization could continue to this day.

Those heroic predecessors had mostly sacrificed themselves, their blood staining the Border Wastelands.

In this era, it was their turn.

"Are you afraid?"

Many of the great forces' ancient ancestors asked the geniuses of their families and sects.

"Afraid! But fear can't solve the problem, so we are willing to go to our deaths!"

This was the response given by the geniuses of the major forces to the ancient ancestors of their families and sects, sonorous and firm, regarding death as returning home!

The ancient ancestors of the major forces were silent.

After a long time, they looked at their descendants and said: "But we hope that you can all live.

Our sect has never produced such amazingly talented people like you.

Your future upper limit is very high, and you should go higher and further than the sect's predecessors.

It's just that this great world is cruel.

Dark creatures are a wall blocking your path forward.

Only by destroying this wall can you continue to move forward.

If, there is no hope of survival, and it is time to die, I hope you can pull one more dark powerhouse down with you!

What is a genius?

The outstanding person who stands out from the endless beings of an era, possessing strength and status far superior to all beings.

In special eras, the genius should also have responsibilities far higher than all beings, and shoulder the burdens of the era!

This is the cornerstone of our civilization's ability to continue to this day!

Like those predecessors and sages who shed their blood on the Border Wastelands in the past, go and fight bravely against the enemy!

Under the leadership of Lord Jun, in this era, we have hope!

A truly eternal prosperous age requires us to fight with our lives, to snatch our world, our civilization, and the hope of our destiny back from the hands of the dark creatures!"

"If darkness is not destroyed, we swear not to return!

Please, ancient ancestors, send us to the Border Wastelands!"

In the Canglan Star Region, the Dawn Dynasty, and countless forces, similar scenes were being staged.

The geniuses of this era took the initiative to volunteer, wanting to go to the Border Wastelands!

These geniuses may have fought each other in the past, fighting fiercely to compete for opportunities.

Some of them may have been selfish in the past, or had eccentric personalities, or were not liked by others.

But when faced with the darkness invasion, their choices were surprisingly consistent!

No one is spared when the nest is overturned. They deeply understood this principle.

This was a major event concerning the birth and death of the universe, concerning the future and survival of each of them, concerning the survival of their sects and families, concerning the survival of their relatives and friends, and concerning future generations!

At this moment, a voice resounded throughout the entire Canglan Star Region.

"All high-level figures and ancient ancestors of major forces in the imperial dynasty, quickly bring your sect's and family's genius-level disciples to the imperial capital!"

This was Jing Ya's voice.

Immediately, the geniuses of the major forces who were preparing to go to the Border Wastelands were stunned for a moment.

Their ancient ancestors, upon hearing the summons, couldn't help but look at the geniuses of their respective families and said: "What are you in such a hurry for?

Don't forget, we are different from the past now. We are forces of the imperial dynasty, and everything must be arranged by the imperial dynasty.

Now, quickly follow us to the imperial capital.

The imperial dynasty will naturally arrange matters regarding the Border Wastelands."

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In the Canglan Star Region, on various ancient stars of life, a large number of powerhouses rushed to the imperial capital, gathering in the central square of the imperial capital.

This square was arranged with a space formation, becoming extremely vast, otherwise it would be difficult to accommodate the huge number of people.

"We pay our respects to the three imperial consorts!"

On the high platform of the square, Chan'er, Jing Ya, and Yan Yu stood side by side.

Below, countless powerhouses from the various ancient stars of life all knelt down and saluted.

"All of you, rise.

Now that the Border Wastelands have appeared, it indicates that the darkness invasion is beginning, the torrent of the apocalypse is coming, and dark creatures are about to cross realms.

However, this is only the prelude to the torrent of the apocalypse, and there is still some time before they launch a general attack on our world.

Now, you don't need to go to the Border Wastelands to kill enemies.

This palace has just confirmed that the threat within the Nine Cauldrons Secret Realm has been eliminated.

Now, you quickly enter the Nine Cauldrons Secret Realm to seek opportunities and good fortune, and improve your strength well."

"Yes, we obey the imperial consort's decree!"

The ancient ancestors of the various forces did not say much, saluted, and then quickly retreated with their respective people, heading to the Nine Cauldrons Secret Realm, and entering the Secret Realm one after another.

Next, Yan Yu and the others issued orders to the elite army brought out from the Lanling Dynasty.

They were instructed to divide into small teams and quickly proceed to the outermost life stars of the Canglan Star Region to help those life stars reinforce their defenses in preparation for the Dark Legion's general offensive.

The desolate continent bordering Canglan Ancient Star had always been the main battlefield for the Dark invasion.

They dispatched a regular army composed of Eternal Sacred Realm cultivators from the Lanling Dynasty to the desolate frontier.

Yan Yu also personally went to the Ultimate Secret Realm world and brought out some people from Apricot Blossom Village.

Hua Qi, Xiao Yezi, Hua Qing, and Hua Hu all came.

The ancient ancestors of the three guardian forces on the Eternal Road also arrived, volunteering to go to the desolate frontier.

Yan Yu and the others granted their request, allowing them to go with the people from Apricot Blossom Village.

When Hua Qi and Xiao Yezi left, they repeatedly turned back to look at the Nine Cauldrons Secret Realm.

Master Yan Yu had said that their master was inside the Nine Cauldrons Secret Realm.

They really wanted to see their master.

It had been many years since their last separation.

They wanted to tell their master that they had been working hard in their cultivation all these years, never slacking off for a moment.

The entire Xuanjia Army of the dynasty requested to fight, but Yan Yu and Jingya did not agree.

What the dynasty's soldiers lacked most was time.

While the dark creatures had not yet invaded on a large scale, all the soldiers should seize the time to cultivate and improve their individual realms in order to enhance the combat capability of the army.

Sending them to face the darkness now would only be sending them to their deaths!

Qing'er had already sent news.

This Dark invasion was far more terrifying than any previous one.

Clearly, the dark universe corresponding to the Upper Realm was different in this era from what it used to be.

Perhaps it was the work of high-level dark powerhouses, which had raised the realm limit of the dark creatures in that dark universe by a great deal.

The strength of the Upper Realm had become stronger, and the dark creatures had also become stronger.

In addition to the dark creatures, there were even powerhouses from other worlds in the dark universe's army, with very special auras, which Qing'er said were very likely to come from some real universes.

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Inside the Bronze Palace on the last level of the Nine Cauldrons Secret Realm, Jun Wuxie was frantically refining the essence and energy of the illusory bodies of the Xuan and You Emperors to improve his cultivation.

He did not expect the Dark invasion to come so quickly, much sooner than he had anticipated.

It seemed that although the dark envoys he had killed had not been able to transmit the news back,

their deaths had already been learned by the dark universe corresponding to the Upper Realm.

He originally did not know what was happening outside.

But not long ago, Yan Yu personally came to the Nine Cauldrons Secret Realm, found him, and told him what was happening outside.

When Yan Yu left, he gave her all the resource energy he had obtained after devouring most of the powerhouses above the Heavenly God Realm, so that she could bestow these resources and energy upon the high-level members and ancient ancestors of the various forces.

As for the three armies of the dynasty, they did not need such high-quality resources at the moment.

In the current environment of the dynasty, the pure vital energy between heaven and earth was enough to provide them with sustained power for their cultivation.

"I must quickly finish converting all the essence and energy of the Xuan and You Emperors. After finishing my cultivation, I must also squeeze out time to impart cultivation insights to the soldiers of the three armies of the dynasty to reduce their bottlenecks in breaking through."

Jun Wuxie pondered to himself.

The soldiers of the three armies of the dynasty, after so many years of cultivation, had now entered the Supreme Sacred Realm on average.

The realms that were previously difficult to break through, due to the change in the environment and the clarity of the Great Dao, were no longer insurmountable barriers.

Just like breaking through to the Half-God Realm in the Upper Realm, it was very difficult.

On average, only one person out of hundreds of millions of living beings could do it.

But in the Ultimate Secret Realm world, breaking through to the Half-God Realm was many times easier.

In the Godly Ancient World, it was even simpler. As long as one had a little bit of comprehension, as long as one's comprehension was stronger than that of ordinary mortals, the probability of successfully breaking through to the Half-God Realm was not small, given the resources.

The upper limit of a cultivator's realm was not only related to aptitude and comprehension but also to the environment.

If the environment was limited, even with the potential of a Great Emperor, one might not be able to break through to the Half-God Realm in one's entire life, or even reach the Saint Realm.

For example, if one was born in the Lower Realm, even if one had the potential to become a Great Emperor, one would never be able to break through to the Saint Realm without leaving the Lower Realm to go to a higher world.