Chapter 1270: A Star Destroyer
There were only a few realms that were close to the Realm of Maelstrom. The rest was endless empty starry river.
Nie Tian was aware that if his magnetic field continued to gather all sorts of energies from the starry river, it would expand even more, and the energies it contained would become even more violent.
No reminders from the others were needed. He knew what would happen if he controlled it to ram into a nearby realm.
He even felt that if he now controlled it to hit the Realm of Flame Heaven, where he had been born, the entire Realm of Flame Heaven would fall apart, killing all lives in it.
It was already mighty enough to destroy a realm.
Besides, its might was still accumulating and becoming more violent.
Violent ripping and twisting was the theme of the magnetic field, both the inner parts and the outer parts. At the same time, it continued to absorb all sorts of energies and auras from the starry river.
He had a feeling that if he stopped infusing the Primal Chaos with his power, the inner parts, which was the Primal Chaos itself, would vanish. Then, the outer parts would naturally scatter and dissipate.
However, he didn’t do so.
That was because he had a feeling that he would have to derive the key enlightenment that would allow him to forge his domain and break through into the Void domain from this peculiar magnetic field.
WHOOSH!
Enveloped in many layers of multicolored energies, he flew farther and farther away from the Realm of Maelstrom into the dark, cold void of the Domain of Heaven Python.
On his way, he encountered a number of so-called Star Hunters, who had traveled to this part of the starry river on starships, hoping to gain some information about the Realm of Maelstrom.
However, any Star Hunter starship that entered Nie Tian’s magnetic field was instantly crushed by its raging, twisting, and ripping power.
Perishing with them were the Star Hunters on board, some of whom were at the Void domain.
As Nie Tian floated towards the depths of the starry river, the magnetic field around him continued to expand.
Quan Zixuan from the Thousandsword Mountain Sect, who had been following Nie Tian, saw the remains of a wrecked starship drifting in the starry river, and said softly, “The Wonder Condors is a Star Hunter organization. The head of this organization was at the middle Void domain. Now, his corpse...”
With these words, he made a grabbing motion in the air.
The corpse of a burly man with a twisted face was pulled from a piece of wreckage.
Yu Suying from the Profound Purity Palace took a quick glance at it and determined his cause of death. With a puzzled expression, she said, “Both of his domain and sea of awareness have been ripped to pieces. Nie Tian hasn’t even forged his domain yet, but wherever he goes, starships explode. Even middle Void domain cultivators are being killed. How powerful will he be when his domain is forged?”
Mo Qianfan pondered in silence for a while before saying, “That’s not just Nie Tian’s power. On the outer multicolored layers are the energies that You Qimiao originally cast at you. It’s only right that those energies are extraordinary.”
Yin Xingtian agreed. “It’s understandable that Void domain cultivators couldn’t handle such energies.”
“But even You Qimiao didn’t have full control of them. Why does Nie Tian?” Yu Suying found this baffling.
Yin Xingtian and Mo Qianfan shook their heads unknowingly.
WHOOSH!
Dong Li and a crowd of Saint domain experts followed from a longer distance.
They didn’t dare to come too close because they had seen the wreckage of many starships on their way. Many from minor local forces in the Domain of Heaven Python and Star Hunters had been crushed to death by Nie Tian’s peculiar magnetic field as he had flown past them.
Furthermore, Nie Tian had warned them against approaching him. He had even asked them to pay no attention to him.
Yu Suying fixed Dong Li with a deep look. Sensing the strong dark aura she exuded, she asked, “Dong Li, right? Nie Tian is in a complicated situation. I suggest that the Saint domain experts from his three subordinate domains stop following him. They wouldn’t be of much help even if they did. It’s better that they return and prepare for the battles to come.”
“Do you mean that the Remote Beginning Heavenly Sect will come back?” Dong Li asked.
“That’s right,” Yu Suying said. “They won’t give up so easily. If Chu Rui handles things properly after returning to the Ancient Fragmentary Star Palace, this crisis may come to an end. But if he doesn’t, the Remote Beginning Heavenly Sect will surely come back. And it won’t be just You Qimiao and Duan Hongwen when they do.”
Dong Li pondered briefly before nodding and turning around to give instructions.
Shortly afterwards, all of the Saint domain experts headed back, except for Master Blood Spirit and Xie Qian, who were at the late Saint domain, and Jing Feiyang from the Divine Seal Sect.
Looking amazed, Mo Qianfan said, “It seems that wherever Nie Tian goes, the disordered mixed energies in the starry river are swept away. The starry river is filled with all kinds of energies and auras so that the realms can absorb them for nourishment and convert them into the spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth.
“If that magnetic field of Nie Tian’s takes away too many of the mixed energies and expands too much, will the Domain of Heaven Python be...?”
He put forth a hypothesis.
“Many realms in the Domain of Heaven Python will be affected,” Yin Xingtian chimed in, looking deeply concerned. “The realms take a wide array of energies from the starry river and convert them into the spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth with the help of their realm barriers. That magnetic field of Nie Tian’s is now absorbing all sorts of energies from the starry river endlessly, like an ancient super-large-scale realm.
“Plus, as it continues to grow, the speed at which it absorbs energies will also grow faster and faster.
“If the Domain of Heaven Python loses too much of its energies in the void, it’ll indeed result in many realms being rapidly drained of their spiritual Qi and descending to dead realms.”
As Jing Feiyang from the Divine Seal Sect heard this, the numerous talismans that hovered around him were stirred.
“What should we do?” he asked anxiously.
The Domain of Heaven Python was home to the Divine Seal Sect, the Thousandsword Mountain Sect, and the Golden Vast Sect. Their realms being drained of spiritual Qi and becoming dead realms was the last thing they wanted to see.
“The Domain of Flame’s End is fairly close to the Domain of Heaven Python. The Domain of Endless Snow is a little farther away. The Domain of Heaven’s Boundaries is even farther...” Dong Li searched her memories for a domain where Nie Tian could let go of himself and meditate on the wonders of domain-forging without scruple.
Yu Suying cleared her throat gently and said, “The Jade Heaven Sect’s home domain isn’t far from the Domain of Heaven Python. Besides, most of the domains that lie between it and here are associated with the Jade Heaven Sect. Like the Remote Beginning Heavenly Sect and the Shadow Society, the Jade Heaven Sect is also a major part of this operation against the Ancient Fragmentary Star Palace.”
A strange expression appeared on Yin Xingtian’s face.
As the sectmaster of the Streamcloud Sword Sect, he knew something about the history of the conflicts between the Jade Heaven Sect and the Profound Purity Palace. Those two sects had never gotten along.
In fact, if the Ancient Fragmentary Star Palace weren’t such a powerful sect, they would never have joined hands.
Yin Xingtian even suspected that the sectmaster of the Shadow Society had only written that letter to Yu Suying to persuade her to put their differences aside.
Apparently, by suggesting that the Jade Heaven Sect’s home domain wasn’t far from the Domain of Heaven Python, Yu Suying wanted Nie Tian to head towards it and its adjacent domains.
She wanted the Jade Heaven Sect to suffer, and intended for a conflict to break out between them and Nie Tian sooner.
“The Jade Heaven Sect...” Dong Li hesitated. “They seem to have God domain experts as well. Technically, they didn’t invade the Domain of Heaven Python. Would it be appropriate to have Nie Tian go there?”
“The Jade Heaven Sect is bent on overthrowing the Ancient Fragmentary Star Palace,” Yu Suying continued. “Besides, they have only one God domain expert, who’s at the early God domain. Their strength matches that of my sect, but with Sectmaster Mo, Patriarch Yin, and me here, we have nothing to fear.”
Dong Li turned to Master Blood Spirit, Xie Qian, and Jing Feiyang and asked, “What do you say?”
“Any domain other than the Domain of Heaven Python is fine by me,” Jing Feiyang stated his stance.
“The Jade Heaven Sect...” A blood-colored light flashed across Master Blood Spirit’s eyes. “They contributed to the destruction of my sect! I’m all for it!”
Xie Qian shrugged. “It doesn’t matter to me. Whatever Nie Tian says.”
Lightning wisps appeared in the depths of Mo Qianfan’s eyes. “Let me communicate with Nie Tian.”
A bolt of lightning seemed to scrape through the void and quietly reached the heart of Nie Tian’s magnetic field, but vanished in the next moment.
Seconds later, Mo Qianfan exclaimed, “He needs the exact direction!”
“I can show it to him,” Yu Suying said hastily.
“Alright,” Mo Qianfan said. “Now that he’s decided, let’s head towards the Jade Heaven Sect’s home domain while he meditates on his domain-forging method.”