Chapter 163 : Chapter 163

Chapter 163: Changes in the Power of Laws, the Threat of the Immortal Realm!

【“The Laws have changed?”】

【You asked Xuanyuan Tianji what that meant.】

【Xuanyuan Tianji told you that when you left several months ago, she had already sensed a subtle change in the Laws of the Canglan Realm, this Dead Land.】

【Xuanyuan Tianji told you that the change had been too slight at the time. Even she had been unable to tell whether it was merely an illusion, so she had chosen not to mention it to you.】

【“During the months you were away, I went out every day to sense it carefully. Only recently did I become one hundred percent certain that the Power of Laws has changed.”】

【Xuanyuan Tianji told you that only those at or above the Immortal Realm could perceive this kind of change in the Laws. Although she did not currently possess Immortal-level cultivation, she once had, so she was especially sensitive to the Power of Laws.】

【You were inwardly shocked. You had not expected the Power of Laws within the Canglan Realm, this Dead Land, to be changing.】

【You knew exactly what this meant.】

【The Heavenly Dao’s power was gradually being perfected. Once its power fully recovered, the Canglan Realm, this Dead Land, would become a true Immortal World. At that point, the Tribulation Realm would no longer be the limit of cultivation within this Dead Land.】

【“How could this happen?”】

【“It’s happening too fast!”】

【You knew that the final fate of this Dead Land was bound to be rebirth, but you had never expected it to come so quickly.】

【You asked Xuanyuan Tianji how long it would take for the Power of Laws to be perfected to the same level as the Immortal World.】

【After hearing this, Xuanyuan Tianji shook her head.】

【“I don’t know. It may take only a few years, or it may take several decades.”】

【Xuanyuan Tianji told you that the exact length of time would depend on the struggle between the Heavenly Dao and the Progenitor of the Bizarre Insects.】

【Xuanyuan Tianji told you that no matter which side won, the day one of them claimed victory would be the day the Power of Laws was fully perfected.】

【The Heavenly Dao and the Progenitor of the Bizarre Insects had already reached the most intense stage of their struggle, yet you were unable to reach the Heavenly Dao’s space and thus could offer no help at all.】

【You knew that if the Progenitor of the Bizarre Insects ultimately won, then the situation in the Canglan Realm, this Dead Land, would become completely irredeemable—unless the Heavenly Dao was killed.】

【But if the Heavenly Dao were truly killed, then the Canglan Realm, this Dead Land, would enter the Age of Dharma Decline. At that time, Spiritual Qi would vanish, and the path of immortality would be severed completely.】

【Suddenly, you thought of a very serious problem.】

【You asked Xuanyuan Tianji whether it would be possible to break through to the Immortal Realm before the Power of Laws was fully perfected.】

【Xuanyuan Tianji looked at you regretfully and nodded.】

【“As the Power of Laws continues to be perfected, it will not be long before Tribulation Realm mighty experts can break through to the Immortal Realm. After that will come the Earth Immortal Realm!”】

【(Immortal Realm, Earth Immortal Realm, Heavenly Immortal Realm, Immortal Lord, Immortal King, Immortal Sovereign, Immortal Emperor!)】

【“But you can rest assured. With the cultivation resources the Canglan Realm currently possesses, even after the Power of Laws is perfected, the highest one could cultivate to would only be the Heavenly Immortal Realm.”】

【However, Xuanyuan Tianji had no idea what you were truly worried about.】

【What you were worried about were those old monsters slumbering within the various Holy Lands.】

【On the surface, those old monsters all looked like dried-up old men at death’s door, but once the Power of Laws was perfected, the situation would change completely.】

【Those old monsters would become the first batch of Bizarre Insects to suddenly step into the Immortal Realm. At that point, even if Zi You broke through to the Tribulation Realm, she would still be powerless to turn the tide.】

【At that moment, you suddenly realized that the change in the Power of Laws within the Canglan Realm, this Dead Land, had begun after the Great Calamity of Heaven and Earth.】

【A bold speculation suddenly surged up in your heart.】

【The Bizarre Immortal Race had foreseen the changes in this Dead Land. Before the Power of Laws began to change, they had carried out a wave of plunder across it. Once the Power of Laws was perfected, even invading this place would become difficult for them.】

【That was also why they had chosen to invade before the Power of Laws changed.】

【Therefore, you guessed that if someone broke through to the Tribulation Realm now, that terrifying descent would no longer occur.】

【After reaching this conclusion, you immediately took your leave of Xuanyuan Tianji and went to find Zhuge Qing.】

【You told Zhuge Qing your speculation, and he looked at you in shock.】

【The news you had brought him was simply too overwhelming. For a time, Zhuge Qing was unable to accept it.】

【Without waiting for Zhuge Qing to recover, you pulled him along to the main hall of the Sword Pavilion. Then you summoned everyone to gather there.】

【Very soon, aside from Zi You, everyone arrived in the hall.】

【You told everyone this news, and then quickly voiced the plan in your heart.】

【You told them that once Zi You successfully broke through to the Tribulation Realm, you would begin your counterattack. You had to kill the old monsters in the Holy Lands before they broke through to the Immortal Realm.】

【Zhuge Qing interrupted you and asked what should be done about the Heavenly Dao’s space.】

【“The Heavenly Dao and the Progenitor of the Bizarre Insects will not decide a victor anytime soon. Right now, the most important thing is that within five years, we must eliminate the hidden dangers within the Holy Lands.”】

【You told everyone that, at present, there was no way of knowing how far the Power of Laws had recovered, nor when the old monsters in the Holy Lands would break through to the Immortal Realm.】

【You told them that one thing, however, was certain: it would not be long before they broke through to the Immortal Realm. It might not even take five years. Perhaps they would break through in only two or three years.】

【You swept your gaze across the main hall of the Sword Pavilion. At the Mahayana Realm, there were only you, Zhuge Qing, Jiang Yang, Qin Yang, and Xuanyuan Tianji.】

【But when your gaze fell upon Ye Chuxue, you were suddenly stunned.】

【You suddenly discovered that Ye Chuxue’s cultivation had also reached the Initial Mahayana Realm. That was something you had not expected.】

【Xuanyuan Tianji’s cultivation speed was fast because her original realm had once existed, but Ye Chuxue’s astonishing speed left you deeply surprised.】

【But you also noticed something else with surprise—Ye Chuxue now gave off a feeling that kept others at a thousand miles’ distance, and her aura had become extremely cold.】

【“The Lord of the Lunar Body...”】

【You did not dwell too much on what had happened to Ye Chuxue. Right now, the hidden dangers within the Holy Lands were the most urgent matter.】

【And as for Ye Chuxue, she had consistently been helping you fight against the Bizarre Insects so far. That alone was enough. As for what might happen in the future, that could wait until the future arrived.】

【Retracting your gaze, you sighed inwardly. There were now more and more people among the Human Race at the Mahayana Realm, yet as for Tribulation Realm top-tier combat power, you did not have even one.】

【All of your hopes rested on Zi You alone.】

【And without top-tier combat power, the idea of destroying the various Holy Lands was nothing more than wishful thinking.】

【Right afterward, you turned your gaze toward Zhuge Qing and asked whether he was confident in breaking through to the Tribulation Realm.】

【Zhuge Qing shook his head helplessly.】

【“I can’t do it. I am still some distance away from tribulation, and with the Canglan Realm having diminished so drastically, there are not many Secret Realms left for us to cultivate in.”】

【As soon as those words were spoken, Qin Yang clenched his fists among the crowd. He had not expected the gap between reality and his imagination to be this great.】