Supreme Emptiness

Chapter 2156: Chapter 2200

Jiang Fan immediately felt something was wrong.

All those present were Sages, listening to the myriad sounds of heaven and earth.

No matter how faint a baby’s voice might be, it could hardly escape their Dharma ears.

The two of them were outsiders; it would be inconvenient for them to meddle in matters between the two worlds.

As soon as those words were spoken, the Sages with deeper composure feigned ignorance, while those whose composure was slightly shallower looked over in puzzlement.

Fortunately, it was only a glance before they withdrew their gazes.

After all, those words came from the mouth of an infant; how could they easily believe them?

Jiang Fan secretly let out a breath of relief. That was close.

He gently pinched the baby’s little mouth and spoke inwardly: "From now on, do not speak until I permit you to."

The baby’s eyebrows drooped, and tears were already starting to well up.

Jiang Fan had no choice but to take out a stalk of Spirit Grass from his Medicine Garden that had been nurtured by Breath Soil for one or two months.

Though it was no rare treasure of heaven and earth, after a month in Breath Soil it already had a vintage of two to three hundred years, its medicinal power quite decent.

The baby saw it, immediately wiped away his tears, hugged the Spiritual Medicine and broke into smiles through the sobs.

Threads of the Spiritual Medicine’s essence peeled away from within and sank into the infant’s body.

Seeing him quiet down, Jiang Fan also secretly relaxed.

Widow Wolf Sage slanted a glance at Jiang Fan without betraying any emotion, then turned to Soul Poison Great Sage and said:

"I implore Great Sage, for the sake of the past ties between our two sides, to help our Black Abyss Realm through this ordeal."

Soul Poison Great Sage fell silent for a moment, then said, "What does your father wish us to do to render assistance?"

Widow Wolf Sage said, "Naturally, we ask that the Great Sages of the Poisonous World come forward and plead with Qiqi to release our four Great Sages."

"Qiqi is merely angry in the moment; if there are virtuous and highly esteemed outsiders to intercede, she will consider letting them go."

The faces of the Sages present showed no surprise.

The only way to mend the pen after the sheep are lost was to beg Qiqi to release them.

The Black Abyss Realm had offended Qiqi; any plea from them would be useless. Only a third party could step in, and it had to be a Three Calamities Realm figure of extraordinary standing to have any effect.

Soul Poison Great Sage pondered for a long while, then said, "We can only try. We cannot guarantee success."

In truth, although Qiqi was black-hearted, she still had her principles.

With the Dark Tides before them, the myriad worlds ought to preserve their strength to jointly face the great catastrophe.

Qiqi should, for the sake of the overall situation, agree to release them—only, some price would need to be paid.

Widow Wolf Sage said gratefully, "Thank you, Soul Poison Great Sage!"

"No matter what price Qiqi demands, our Black Abyss Realm will bear it in full."

"Besides that, we will also send over the only three shares of ’Entry-to-Sage Merit’ our Black Abyss Realm still possesses to your Realm as thanks."

The Sages of the Poisonous World revealed looks of satisfaction.

After the onslaught of the Ancient Dark Creatures, all realms had suffered personnel losses to varying degrees.

They urgently needed all manner of resources to make up for it.

At such a time, Entry-to-Sage Merit was especially precious.

Soul Poison Great Sage finally spoke as well, saying, "Good."

"I will summon three Great Sages and depart at once."

He did not dare face Qiqi alone.

If that woman were to act on a whim and abduct him as well, where would he go to argue his case?

It was better to invite three companions to go along.

The Poisonous World needed only to leave one Three Calamities Realm cultivator to sit in town.

Widow Wolf Sage was endlessly grateful: "The four Great Sages may go without worry; we will assist the Dao friends of the Poisonous World in jointly guarding this place."

"We will absolutely not let you have any concerns behind you."

Soul Poison Great Sage did not say much more, merely took the Jade Box from Widow Wolf Sage’s hand.

Compared to oaths, he trusted this more.

With Mad Wolf Sage’s soul in hand, if the Black Abyss Realm tried any tricks, they would have to weigh the consequences.

His name was Soul Poison, so naturally he had deep attainments on the path of the soul.

Using this single wisp of soul to poison Mad Wolf Great Sage’s true body across a distance would pose no difficulty whatsoever!

Whoosh—

Soul Poison Great Sage, wrapped in Nine-Colored Poison Fog, dispersed and vanished; not long after, three other Great Sage auras flashed and disappeared as well.

A Sage of the Two Calamities Realm said, "The four Great Sages have already departed; we must be all the more cautious."

"You all quickly spread out across the world, to guard against..."

Just as he was speaking, Widow Wolf Sage interrupted: "Everyone, wait."

"In thanks for the Poisonous World fully rescuing our Black Abyss Realm’s Great Sages, I have prepared a small gift for you all."

As he spoke, he waved his hand.

Before them there appeared twenty shattered, ancient broken wall-slabs.

Judging by their appearance, they were fragments that had fallen from a wall.

The material was unknown, yet even after so many ages had passed, they still exuded a faint pressure upon the soul.

Vaguely, there was even a trace of the Divine Power of the Daqian Divine Kingdom about them.

On the stone slabs there still remained many drawings and inscriptions, containing supreme Dao insights. With just a single glance, one felt like a tiny mortal gazing up at a resplendent star river.

A tide of ancient Dao aura seemed to slowly surge into being.

Everyone present, Jiang Fan included, instantly lost themselves within, instinctively wanting to immerse themselves in the patterns and carvings and pursue those mysterious, supreme Dao insights.

Widow Wolf Sage’s voice, however, broke the spell.

"These were a gift from a high expert of the Divine Capital when I was nominated for the Divine Capital Holy Scroll."

"They were once walls of the Imperial Palace of the Daqian Divine Kingdom, steeped in the breaths of the era’s strongest beings under heaven and earth."

"Within them, the Dao of heaven and earth has long echoed, and Supreme silhouettes are ever re-enacting its flow."

"To immerse oneself within is certain to gain some insight."

"Today, with the Poisonous World lending its full strength to aid our Black Abyss Realm, I boldly take it upon myself to lend these to you all for comprehension, until my father is rescued and returns."

When they heard that these were once palace walls of the Divine Country, everyone’s pupils trembled.

Anything left from that era—what thing among them was not earth-shaking?

All the more so when this was a thing of the Imperial Palace that had gathered the strongest individuals of heaven and earth back then!

Heavenly Poison Sage’s eyes shone with desire as he said, "Widow Wolf Dao Friend, you truly can bear to let us comprehend this?"

How could this thing be described merely as precious?

It was wholly an immense stroke of fortune!

Widow Wolf Sage said, "All those present today may comprehend it. I will absolutely not break my word!"

At that, even the Sages of the Two Calamities Realm were moved; he cupped his fists toward Widow Wolf Sage and said, "Many thanks, Widow Wolf Dao Friend!"

"Everyone, comprehend briefly for now; do not sink too deep."

"We must still patrol the nine borders."

With his nod of approval, everyone, after expressing their thanks to Widow Wolf Sage, eagerly sank their Heart Spirits into the walls.

Jiang Fan was likewise greatly moved.

Could he perhaps find an answer within the Dao sounds of the Daqian Divine Kingdom’s era to the curse that barred the Ancestor Dao from entering Sagehood?

However, he himself had no need to immerse.

For these shattered walls, the broken patterns and inscriptions upon them, had already condensed into obscure forms that hovered around the slabs.

He quietly smiled and activated the Fifth Domain; a vague ripple swept forth, completely restoring the fragmented patterns and characters and projecting them intact into his mind.

The patterns on the twenty wall-slabs comprised three scenes in total.

What was depicted were three great trees.

He did not recognize one of them, but the other two were all too familiar!

One was a colossal Divine Tree entirely scarlet, its trunk like flowing magma, radiating scorching heat.

This was precisely that Undying Divine Tree of the Hell Realm!

And the other, so tall as to pierce the heavens, bearing many ancient treasures upon its branches—

was clearly the Void Divine Tree!