Read Novel Full Chapter 699: Chapter 538: Boss, Is That You?
Chapter 699: Chapter 538: Boss, Is That You?
After thoroughly learning everything about the City of Chaos from the Bald Golden Crow, the joy in Qi Ping’s heart was simply beyond words.
Only after truly experiencing that kind of despair where the path ahead is cut off and there is no Cultivation Technique to advance upon can one really understand just how exhilarating it is to glimpse a hope of breakthrough.
After that, Qi Ping’s journey through the Forest Sea Demon Realm proceeded without any further twists.
The matter of the Heavenly Calamity was completely resolved.
The trade and cooperation agreement between the Star Sea World and the Forest Sea Demon Realm was also formally signed, with only some minor details left to be discussed.
Once both matters were fully settled, the Bald Golden Crow took Qi Ping and began heading toward the ancestral land of the Golden Crow clan.
Having determined the direction of the City of Chaos within the mysterious and vast universe, Qi Ping’s mood had already been quite good; now, as he was about to meet an old friend he had not seen for a long time, the joy in his heart grew even stronger.
To Qi Ping, Yaya was, aside from the Golden Marrow Bees, the first comrade who had truly lived and died alongside him; the feeling was entirely different from that he had for the bees.
At this moment, Qi Ping suddenly recalled a scene that the little Immortal Tiger had once prophesied:
Yaya sat upright upon a throne, her expression looking down upon the world, and beneath that throne were tens of thousands of ferocious and unmatched Demon Beast armies.
Originally, Qi Ping had thought that upon their next meeting in the Forest Sea Demon Realm, he might already see that scene; yet looking at things now, Yaya, a Tier Seven Demon Beast, was still far from that vision.
“It seems that scene might only be realized in the City of Chaos…” Qi Ping thought to himself.
After understanding the significance of the City of Chaos and a portion of the cosmic layout, Qi Ping could finally roughly guess what the existence of those thousands of Demon Lords meant…
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Following the figure of the Bald Golden Crow as they flew at Extreme Speed, under the blessing of the Kunpeng’s Secret Technique of Wind’s Extreme Speed, the two of them flew for a full half month before arriving at the territory of the Golden Crow clan.
The Forest Sea Demon Realm was simply too vast—so vast it exceeded Qi Ping’s imagination, fundamentally incomparable to the Star Sea World. This in turn indirectly verified the current strength of the Forest Sea Demon Realm: the stronger a world, the broader its scope; conversely, it would continually shrink. This was also the reason why the Star Sea World was now far smaller than it had been in Ancient Times.
“Brother Qi, that friend of yours is currently cultivating within the ancestral land of our Golden Crow clan’s inheritance.”
Qi Ping followed the direction indicated by the Bald Golden Crow, and at the very first glance at the Golden Crow clan’s ancestral inheritance land, his pupils involuntarily trembled.
“Solar Divine Wood!”
Qi Ping could hardly believe his own eyes; he had actually seen the Solar Divine Wood that was said to have long disappeared in the river of years!
The Solar Divine Wood was a legendary Spirit Wood that could be mentioned in the same breath as the Phoenix clan’s Wutong Ancestral Tree; like the Lunar Divine Wood, it was a Heaven-and-Earth Divine Wood spoken of in legends, representing the highest pinnacle that the Spirit Wood race could reach.
However, the Solar Divine Wood before his eyes was not in its complete form, but only about one quarter remained. There was a cleft in the middle that seemed to have been split by a single sword strike, and the remaining three quarters had already vanished without a trace…
It was hard to imagine what sort of existence could have split apart such a terrifying Divine Wood, and even now there was still a strand of horrifying power coiled upon it that could not dissipate.
Even more astonishing was that around this Solar Divine Wood there were also a great number of precious Yang Attribute Spirit Woods and Fire Attribute Spirit Woods, among which at least dozens of types had already completely gone extinct in the Star Sea World.
They encircled the Solar Divine Wood, forming a symbiotic and nourishing relationship with it.
Countless Solar True Flames, drawn by the powerful Spirit Woods and the Solar Divine Wood, created an Immortal blessed land beyond imagination.
Even the various fruits, branches, leaves, and condensed Spirit Dew scattered upon the ground were all Yang Attribute Supreme Treasures that were rarely ever seen.
Especially those around the Solar Divine Wood—any one of them, if taken out, would be enough to trigger a massive upheaval in the Star Sea World as a rare heavenly material.
For the first time, Qi Ping so profoundly felt the disparity between the Star Sea World and the Forest Sea Demon Realm, finally understanding with such clarity to what extent the Star Sea World had decayed.
The ancestral land of the Golden Crow in the Forest Sea Demon Realm was already so astonishing; it was hard to imagine just how vast and bountiful the Forest Sea Demon Realm as a whole must be.
Yet in Qi Ping’s heart, even greater anticipation arose: what about the City of Chaos, which was said to be countless times more boundless than the Forest Sea Demon Realm? What kind of scene would that place present?
According to the Bald Golden Crow, in a place like the City of Chaos, even as a supreme powerhouse of the Golden Crow clan, it would not stand out much upon arrival.
Only existences of the level of the Profound Armor Old Turtle would truly draw serious attention when they went there.
Therefore, after seeing the grandness of the Golden Crow clan, Qi Ping did not feel much sense of loss; instead, his expectations for the future grew even stronger.
To him, this was the true hope of eternal life and invincibility. He had ample confidence in his own conviction, and believed even more that with his awakened Talent as an All Things Druid, as long as he remained sufficiently cautious, he would have the chance to climb step by step, and ultimately stand upon the summit of true eternal life and invincibility!
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And just as the Bald Golden Crow descended upon the Golden Crow ancestral inheritance land, because of that ultimate Bloodline Power, almost all of the Golden Crow descendants were immediately roused from Sleep.
“Is that Lord Gold Ancestor?”
“Why has Lord Gold Ancestor come—has something major happened?”
They stared feverishly at the Bald Golden Crow, at this supreme powerhouse of the Golden Crow clan.
At this moment they were also extremely curious—what on earth could have caused Lord Gold Ancestor to personally appear? Under normal circumstances, as the strongest existence of the current Golden Crow clan, a being that could turn into a blazing sun, the Bald Golden Crow would absolutely never show up in a place like this unless something monumental had occurred.
And with the Bald Golden Crow’s appearance, even the Sun God Tree, which was in a semi-sleeping state, awakened a portion of its consciousness.
The weight the Bald Golden Crow carried within the entire Golden Crow clan had long since reached an immeasurable level.
At the same time, there was another matter that left them aghast:
“A pure-blood Kunpeng? Didn’t the pure-blood lineage of the Kunpeng race already go extinct?”
“Could it be some Mixed-blood Demon Beast that reverted to its ancestors? When did it appear?”
By rights, since the Kunpeng bloodline was an even rarer Divine Beast bloodline than that of the Golden Crow clan, the emergence of such a formidable pure-blood Kunpeng should have already caused quite a stir throughout the Forest Sea Demon Realm.
What shocked them even more was that this pure-blood Kunpeng was actually standing shoulder to shoulder with Lord Gold Ancestor, and judging by the state of the two, their relationship was clearly extremely close.
Within the logic of the Demon Beast clans, this was nearly unimaginable, because among Demon Beasts, bloodline and strength represent everything.
A Demon Beast whose Bloodline Power and strength were insufficient would absolutely have no qualification to stand side by side with a true powerhouse. Who was the Bald Golden Crow? He was the supreme powerhouse of the Golden Crow clan, the object of worship for countless Golden Crow descendants.
So when they saw this scene, one could well imagine the shock of these Golden Crow descendants.
Consequently, these Golden Crow descendants couldn’t help but start speculating:
“Who exactly is this pure-blood Kunpeng that suddenly appeared, to be treated like this by Lord Gold Ancestor?”
Even the Elders of the Golden Crow clan guarding the Golden Crow ancestral land all cast doubtful gazes over; witnessing this scene, they too felt it was utterly inconceivable.
However, because of the Bald Golden Crow’s supreme authority within the Golden Crow clan, no one dared open their mouth to question him; they merely waited quietly for the Bald Golden Crow’s instructions to descend.
While all the Golden Crow descendants were plunged into shock and fanaticism, only one black crow with feathers black to the extreme froze completely when it saw the Kunpeng figure standing beside the supreme powerhouse of the Golden Crow clan.
It was as if its brain had crashed.
Then, a hot streak of tears uncontrollably flowed from its eyes.
Seeing this, the other Golden Crow descendants once again revealed expressions of shock and puzzlement.
“What’s going on—Black Sky Holy Son is crying?”
“Did I see that right? What could possibly make Black Sky like this?”
One had to know, Black Sky was the strongest prodigy of the Golden Crow clan to rise in the last several thousand years!
When Black Sky first appeared, he was nothing more than a little crow with a trace of Golden Crow Bloodline. Aside from having slightly firm Willpower, there was nothing outstanding about him.
Compared to other pure-blood Golden Crows with exceptional Talent, Black Sky fell far short.
Yet this very little crow, whom all Demon City folk looked down on, relied on that inconspicuous sliver of foundation to claw his way forward, struggling to break through again and again, rising step by step at an inconceivable speed to reach his current position.
Every time Black Sky advanced, it seemed as though he had already exhausted his potential and succeeded only by staking his life, making others believe that his achievements had reached their limit.
Until this little crow shattered his limits time and again, climbing from the most unremarkable bloodline grade to become today’s strongest prodigy of the Golden Crow clan.
A hundred years ago, after accepting the core inheritance of the Golden Crow clan, he even broke through to Tier Eight Lower Grade bloodline, carving out a fearsome reputation as the clan’s strongest prodigy, and became the one most likely to next break through to Mahayana within the Golden Crow clan.
Only those within the Golden Crow clan truly understood how difficult it was to attain his current status in a clan where prodigies gathered like clouds.
Naturally, Black Sky had become the true idol in the eyes of countless young Golden Crow blood descendants.
Yet this very existence was now shedding tears right before them?
Even when Black Sky experienced his most agonizing trials, when he struggled amid bloodline metamorphosis, he had never shed a single tear!
But at this moment, Black Sky could no longer care about any of that.
Standing atop a piece of Yang Attribute Spirit Wood, he stared blankly at the Kunpeng figure beside the supreme powerhouse of the Golden Crow clan—just like back then, on the Cloud Mist Mountain Range’s small hill No. 007, standing upon that blazing sun tree, watching that figure busily working in the Spirit Field…