Chapter 1 The Mysterious Region

At that moment, it wasn't just Xu Jingming. The thousands of half-step third realm cultivators in his original area were also transported to extremely distant locations under the terrifying spatial-temporal fluctuations, each unable to find their companions.

The deeper one went into this mysterious region, the more terrifying the spatial-temporal fluctuations became. Groups of half-step third realm cultivators were scattered, and some even had their bodies shattered by the spatial-temporal forces, losing their lives directly.

"Buzz." Without any companions, Xu Jingming could only fly cautiously, avoiding areas where he sensed extremely terrifying power.

After flying in the chaotic spatial-temporal fluctuations for about half an hour and being displaced more than ten times, Xu Jingming didn't know where he was or which direction to go.

Finally, swept by spatial-temporal fluctuations once again, Xu Jingming saw a boundless land in the distance.

Whoosh.

He went with the flow, swept by the spatial-temporal fluctuations to this land.

This land was boundless, and there were some native creatures living peacefully. Some flew in the sky, some dashed across the land, and some swam in the rivers.

However, when the half-step third realm cultivators were swept to this land by the 'spatial-temporal fluctuations,' the surrounding native creatures would sense their arrival.

"Outsiders!" The native creatures all looked in that direction from afar, clearly sensing the arrival of foreign life.

Whoosh.

Silently, all the native creatures in a large area disappeared.

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In reality, the tens of thousands of half-step third realm cultivators, including Xu Jingming, were swept along by the 'spatial-temporal fluctuations' again and again in the chaotic spatial-temporal fluctuations. Except for a few who were killed by the fluctuations, those who survived arrived on this land.

However, the land was too vast, and the ten thousand half-step third realm cultivators were scattered across the land, far apart from each other, making it difficult to sense other companions.

"This land?" Xu Jingming stood on the land, looking around. "There isn't any living thing, a deathly silence."

He didn't know that before his arrival, this area was home to many native creatures.

"The rules are suppressing me severely." Xu Jingming carefully sensed his surroundings. "The suppression is even stronger than in Featherfire City. I can't use Heart Realm teleportation, my causal perception has become very weak, and even flying feels strenuous."

Xu Jingming looked behind him. The location of his arrival was near the border of the entire continent, from where he could see a chaotic spatial-temporal fluctuation beyond the border.

"I'll head deeper into the continent." Xu Jingming remained vigilant and advanced cautiously.

At this time, a hidden, illusory creature was staring at Xu Jingming. Its size was slightly larger than Xu Jingming's, and it was carefully observing him.

Xu Jingming was completely unaware. When these native creatures were hiding, even third realm Heart Realm cultivators found it difficult to detect them.

"Outsider." The hidden creature observed quietly, slowly approaching. Its eyes were filled with coldness and murderous intent. "All should die."

Xu Jingming advanced cautiously, unaware that the illusory creature was getting closer and closer. Even further away, other illusory native creatures were spying on Xu Jingming.

"Kill!" The hidden creature suddenly attacked when it was extremely close to Xu Jingming.

As it attacked, its body transformed from illusory to real, fully appearing before Xu Jingming.

Because in a hidden state, although Xu Jingming couldn't sense it or touch it, it couldn't harm Xu Jingming in the slightest. Only by transforming into a real state could it hope to kill the outsider.

"Hmm?" Xu Jingming was shocked. A mysterious creature with a silver-gray body appeared out of nowhere in front of him. The moment Xu Jingming saw the appearance of this mysterious creature, he felt his mind being eroded and affected.

Fortunately, as a half-step third realm cultivator of the Heart Realm lineage, his mental strength was strong enough to maintain sufficient rationality.

"Whoosh." A pair of sharp claws slashed across Xu Jingming's body.

The distance was too close, and the mysterious creature's attack was too fast.

But Xu Jingming also instantly transformed, splitting into three. Each of the three Xu Jingmings held a Heart Realm spear and, without dodging, transformed into three beams of dark light that pierced through the mysterious creature's body in an instant.

The three beams of dark light were none other than the fourth move of *Jin Ge*—Night!

Compared to when he had just created it, this move was more restrained and its power was even more terrifying.

When it struck, it was merely dark light.

After that, the three beams of dark light spread throughout the mysterious creature's body, darkness spreading and expanding.

"Ugh." The silver-gray mysterious creature cried out in pain, glaring angrily at the three Xu Jingmings before completely turning illusory and disappearing.

"Disappeared?"

Each of the three Xu Jingmings held a spear, but two of the avatars had been torn with huge wounds.

"In one exchange, two of my avatars were injured, and nearly half of their bodies were destroyed. If it landed another claw, the avatars would completely collapse." Xu Jingming's expression changed slightly. "Moreover, all three of my avatars used Heart Realm weapons simultaneously, and it actually withstood them."

Although the weapon he used wasn't a third realm weapon, but the Heart Realm spear he had nurtured and refined.

But the power of three avatars attacking together was already terrifying.

"The first mysterious creature I encountered after arriving on this land is no weaker than me." Xu Jingming's mind stirred, and the two external avatars were retracted. He observed his surroundings even more carefully. "Moreover, its appearance was without any warning, and when it disappeared, I couldn't detect it either."

Coming and going as it pleased.

This made Xu Jingming feel vaguely uneasy.

"Ooh, ooh-ooh..."

Xu Jingming couldn't see it, but the surrounding illusory native creatures, after seeing the 'silver-gray creature' fight Xu Jingming and ultimately being heavily injured, were all cautiously keeping their distance from Xu Jingming.

That silver-gray creature was naturally inconspicuous in the entire boundless land. There were many more powerful than it.

But in the surrounding area, it was already one of the strongest. Since this silver-gray creature hadn't been able to defeat the outsider, the weaker ones naturally didn't dare to attack.

"Moreover, just seeing its true appearance, my mind was eroded, and I felt fear?" Xu Jingming was secretly shocked.

Low-dimensional life would be contaminated when observing high-dimensional life.

Xu Jingming daring to look at this native creature wasn't quite high-dimensional contamination, but it could erode the mind. This was terrifying.

"I have to be even more careful in an area related to an ultimate existence," Xu Jingming thought to himself.

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When Xu Jingming and the others landed, scattered across the various border regions of this land, except for a few lucky ones whose landing areas were special, the others were attacked by native creatures. When these native creatures hid, even invincible half-step third realm experts were completely unaware. The attacks naturally caused the half-step third realm cultivators to suffer quite a bit.

"Hmm?" Some half-step third realm cultivators with weaker mental defenses had their minds eroded and their consciousness twisted when they saw the patterns on the skin of the native creatures. They had no power to resist and were easily torn apart and killed by the native creatures.

Only those who could resist mental erosion were qualified to fight the native creatures.

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Xu Jingming initially advanced at a relatively slow pace, but because he hadn't been attacked since and hadn't seen any creatures, Xu Jingming's speed increased.

He transformed into a blur, rushing across the entire boundless continent.

"Apart from the mysterious creature I fought at the beginning, I haven't seen any other living beings on this continent." As Xu Jingming traveled, he carefully observed his surroundings. His brain was operating at super-high speed, carefully analyzing all the scenes he saw and studying various possibilities.

"Kill!"

Without warning, a scimitar-like black tentacle appeared directly in front of Xu Jingming, who was rushing forward at super-high speed, and flashed across Xu Jingming's body like lightning.

Xu Jingming's body was severely damaged, but it quickly healed, and two more Xu Jingmings appeared out of nowhere.

"Void Abyss!"

The heavily injured Xu Jingming stared at the black tentacle creature. This creature was quite tall, with nine black tentacles. Just seeing it seemed to trigger a power that eroded and affected Xu Jingming's rationality.

But Xu Jingming's mental power was so strong that he was not shaken at all.

The Void Abyss illusion descended, enveloping the tentacle creature, and two more Xu Jingmings rushed over, holding spears.

"Whoosh." "Whoosh."

Affected by the Void Abyss illusion, the tentacle creature struggled, but it was pierced by the two beams of dark light formed by Xu Jingming holding spears.

This time, after the two beams of dark light pierced through, an invisible darkness instantly spread, completely eroding the entire tentacle creature. The tentacle creature's body stiffened, its eyes dimmed, and its mental consciousness was completely destroyed.

"Dead?" Xu Jingming breathed a sigh of relief. He felt it when the Heart Realm weapon attacked. "The mental resistance of this tentacle creature is much weaker than that of the silver-gray creature."

Because he had traveled far enough, this tentacle creature didn't know about Xu Jingming's battle with the silver-gray creature. If it had known, it wouldn't have dared to attack.

"Killing one, I got a corpse. I can study what this creature is. I've never heard of a mere appearance that can affect the mind of a half-step third realm cultivator." Xu Jingming walked over, observing the corpse of the black tentacle creature.

Although the mental consciousness was annihilated, the corpse was still intact.

Just as Xu Jingming was observing, the corpse silently collapsed and annihilated.

"What's going on?" Xu Jingming was shocked. He mobilized the power of his Heart Realm to seal the corpse, but it was useless. The collapse and annihilation of the corpse couldn't be stopped.

In just a few breaths, the corpse of the black tentacle creature completely annihilated.

"Hmm?" Xu Jingming looked at what was left behind after the corpse annihilated. "What is this?"

A black character was suspended in the original position of the corpse.

This black character, with only a few strokes, formed an unknown word, or an unknown rune.

Xu Jingming could see clearly that the black character should have been inside the mysterious creature. Only after the corpse annihilated and collapsed did the black character appear.

"A mysterious creature, turning into a character after death?" Xu Jingming slowly touched it with his Heart Realm power. The black character was as solid as substance, suspended there. The more Xu Jingming looked at it, the more familiar it felt. "This character has only a few strokes, but these strokes... how do they feel very similar to the strokes that outlined the spear technique on the silver paper?"

That one spear technique was formed by numerous strokes.

Xu Jingming had carefully studied the silver paper, dividing it into small pieces, and carefully studying each stroke. He had studied it for hundreds of thousands of years, so he was naturally very familiar with this type of stroke. Therefore, when he saw the character, he quickly confirmed this point.

"The strokes of this character and the strokes of that one spear technique originated from the same ultimate existence?" Xu Jingming immediately guessed.
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