Supreme Emptiness

Chapter 2153: Chapter 2197: Comprehension

As he contemplated, Jiang Fan activated the Mystic Sky Battle Armor.

At the same time, with a gesture, twelve black array stones circled around him, one white stone clenched in his palm.

Indeed, in the past half month, he had copied all of the other six black array stones.

Regrettably, six stones remain missing, unable to be replicated.

Either they were destroyed in a battle ten thousand years ago, or they are in some unique location, where not even a dog dish could draw them out.

With this dual defense, unless encountering exceptionally powerful foes, he should be unharmed.

Of course, this isn’t all.

With hands forming imprints, he quickly enters the Invisibility State.

After preparation, he punches open the world barrier and leaps into the Poison Realm.

Barely inside, he sees the entire Poison Realm engulfed in flames, traces of past battles everywhere.

Many creatures are engaged in post-battle cleanup.

Swish!

Almost as Jiang Fan enters, a figure materializes from void to real, without hesitation, unleashing a terrifying toxic law onto him.

Twelve array stones immediately emit patterns that weave into something akin to water ripples.

The law strikes it, as if sinking into a quagmire, unable to penetrate.

Jiang Fan silently marvels, the protective power of twelve array stones compared to six is like the difference between heaven and earth.

An attack from the One Calamity Realm can be almost completely immune.

All his effort over days to acquire the other six array stones was worthwhile.

Though he feels a bit sorry for Qiqi.

She should be alright now?

"A quasi-realm artifact defensive magical treasure?" The attacking sage exclaimed, then shouted to transmit: "A strong enemy is here, quickly come!"

Swish, swish, swish—

In the blink of an eye, several Virtuous Realm experts materialize from different directions, moving against Jiang Fan without hesitation.

"Stop! He’s one of us!"

A sudden urgent cry comes from within the sages, instantly teleporting to Jiang Fan’s side to block the attacks from others.

The others stop their action, looking towards the one who stopped them.

"Heavenly Poison, isn’t he from the Martial Vault?"

As it turns out, the protector of Jiang Fan is none other than the Heavenly Poison Sage.

"He is Jiang Fan from Central Earth! A distinguished guest I invited! You almost killed him!"

The Heavenly Poison Sage angrily reprimanded.

Jiang Fan put away his array stones and Mystic Sky Battle Armor, speaking sardonically: "Your Poison Realm’s way of welcoming guests is truly unique."

The Heavenly Poison Sage chuckled awkwardly, saying: "Little Friend Jiang, don’t take offense with the bunch of blind folks."

Of course, Jiang Fan wouldn’t take offense.

Looking at the devastated Poison Realm, his smile faded: "What happened in your Poison Realm? Just now you mentioned the Martial Vault is an enemy..."

The Heavenly Poison Sage’s face turned grim suddenly, saying: "You picked a bad time to come, Little Friend Jiang."

"Our Poison Realm just suffered an assault from the Martial Vault."

Martial Vault attacking the Poison Realm?

Jiang Fan silently activated the Heart of Ten Thousand Earths to sense, and was shocked to find half of the Poison Realm plunged into chaos.

The loss is severe, incalculable.

He solemnly said: "It seems very serious."

The Heavenly Poison Sage’s face became even more gloomy, with a hint of worry amidst the calm:

"This is just a small warning."

"If we continue to refuse integration into the Martial Vault, next time, we face a world-ending war."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Fan’s brows furrowed.

As he remembered, Feng Lingxiao also threatened various small worlds to join Nanqian.

It seems, as the dark tides commence, the Four Great Worlds are seizing their respective World Embryos in the name of integration.

The Hundred Realms of All Heavens are undergoing an unprecedented upheaval across millennia.

Having been away for so long, he wonders if Central Earth and the Southern Heavenly Realm are facing similar troubles.

Once he finishes dealing with the Void, he must hurry back to look.

"Heavenly Poison Elder, I don’t have much time, shall I help you comprehend the Poison Technique now?"

The Heavenly Poison Sage’s eyes gleamed with joy, saying: "Alright!"

"If we can decipher a Poison Technique for the poisonous body’s cultivation, our Poisonous World’s strength will advance another layer!"

"By then, if Martial Vault tries to destroy us, they’ll pay dearly!"

"Little Friend Jiang, follow me!"

The Heavenly Poison Sage led Jiang Fan, flashing away.

Leaving the group of sages looking at each other, the goat-bearded elder who initially attacked Jiang Fan frowned, saying:

"After all these years, Heavenly Poison still refuses to abandon the idea of creating a cultivation method for the poisonous body?"

"Success with the Poison Origin Scripture, failure with the Poison Origin Scripture."

"Back then, the Poison Origin Scripture he developed even caught people’s attention in the Divine Capital, with offers to serve there."

"But, in the end, he became obsessed with the poisonous body of the Poison Origin Scripture, missing opportunities, wasting away a thousand years."

"Now, with less than a hundred years left."

Earth.

In a valley with half of it cleaved away, and burnt by fire, countless top-grade poisonous plants are scorched to charcoal.

The Heavenly Poison Sage revealed a pained expression: "My thousand-year cultivated garden, those beasts!"

He tapped the tip of his toe, a gale rising suddenly, sweeping the charred remnants of the garden away.

Then, his toe tapped again, the ground cracked open, revealing a hidden underground space.

Vast in size, it spans ten thousand feet in length and width.

Inside are countless books and manuscripts.

"What are these?" Jiang Fan asked in surprise.

The Heavenly Poison Sage responded bitterly: "The birthplace of the Poison Origin Scripture."

"I have little talent, relying on the toxic scriptures left by predecessors here, I developed the Poison Origin Scripture, briefly rising to fame."

"Laughing at me for not knowing the heavens’ height, nor the earth’s thickness, in vain trying to reverse the heavens and create a cultivation method for the poisonous body."

"Ultimately wasting a thousand years, becoming a laughingstock."

It turns out, the countless manuscripts here are all the Heavenly Poison Sage’s insights accumulated over the years.

Even so, he still hasn’t found a new path.

He realizes that he might have underestimated the difficulty of creating a new Cultivation Technique.

Such an abundance of books, even with heaven-defying comprehension, digesting them would consume vast amounts of time.

What he lacks most now, is time!

After some thought, he casually picked up a somewhat old manuscript, saying:

"Let me first look at Elder’s ardent insights over the years."

The Heavenly Poison Sage’s manuscripts best reflect his understanding from reading numerous ancient texts.

Though fragmented, at least it saves time from reading some books.

Yet, the Heavenly Poison Sage quickly reclaimed it, embarrassed, saying: "This is my initial manuscript, containing rudimentary content that would incite laughter."

"Little Friend Jiang should look at other manuscripts, this one..."

The Heavenly Poison Sage directly crushed it with a palm.

Jiang Fan looked puzzled.

If it’s just about that, was it necessary to be so extreme?

First snatching, then destroying.

Could it be confidential content?

Unfortunately, it’s destroyed now, curious about what was written there.

At this moment, he faintly sensed something circling him from the remnants of the destroyed manuscript, refusing to dissipate.

Hmm?

Jiang Fan was perplexed, then checked the Heavenly Poison Sage, who seemed unaware of any anomaly.

Only he perceived this thing!

What could it be?

Suddenly, he recalled something!

The Fifth Domain!

He had tried numerous incomplete items, seeking new meanings.

Except, he hadn’t tried with damaged text!

Could it be, his Fifth Domain targets the realm of text?