Chapter 259: Finding Another Way

Since its establishment, the Barren Holy Palace has always been a formidable enemy of the Wind Spirit Moon Shadow Sect in the Central Plains.

It is precisely because of the existence of the Barren Holy Palace that the Wind Spirit Moon Shadow Sect has pressure, and only then can it have such great development later…

Overall, the strength of the Barren Holy Palace may not be as good as the Wind Spirit Moon Shadow Sect, but in terms of combat power, it would certainly not be much inferior. Otherwise, it would not have made the Wind Spirit Moon Shadow Sect feel pressure and thus have such great progress and development.

But now, the Barren Holy Palace has been destroyed by the boundless blood tide.

Not only did it fail to eliminate the blood tide, but it also made the blood tide even more powerful. All the demon cultivators were assimilated by the blood tide and became a part of it…

The huge blood infant did not disappear with the destruction of the Barren Holy Palace.

Instead, it became the vanguard of the blood tide, like a child throwing itself into its parents’ arms, climbing forward first.

Destination?

There is none, or rather, any place with living beings is their destination!

When Zhou Xiaofan and others learned this news, they all fell into a strange silence.

The Barren Holy Palace didn’t even put up a decent resistance before it was completely destroyed by the blood tide. What about them?

How much stronger would they be than the Barren Holy Palace? Could they put up even a slight resistance?

Is that all?

They had spent years researching, and the Dao Ancestor had also painstakingly helped them, but they still couldn’t find a way to deal with the blood tide.

It can be seen that this disaster is truly a cataclysm for their world… Even the Dao Ancestor had admitted to them in person that before them, there had been another kind of living being in this world.

But at that time, it was also this blood tide that successfully annihilated that living being.

Strictly speaking, what Su Xun said was about himself.

But this does not prevent Zhou Xiaofan and others from knowing that this blood tide has truly destroyed worlds.

“What should we do?”

Now, the sect leaders of the major sects, and even the key figures of the various peaks of the Wind Spirit Moon Shadow Sect, can be said to be the most elite team in the entire cultivation world.

Everyone gathered at the Wind Spirit Moon Shadow Sect to discuss countermeasures.

But unfortunately…

There was silence at the meeting. Even Zhou Xiaofan, who was at the Enlightenment Realm, could not come up with any truly effective method… In fact, forcibly sealing the blood tide for three years before was already the highest level of array mastery of the Wind Spirit Moon Shadow Sect.

Now that even this array is ineffective, and the blood tide is constantly devouring living beings and growing stronger.

The array that could seal it for three years before, now probably can’t even last three months.

“We have to come up with a plan.”

Qin Hao, the sect leader of the Star Sect, frowned and said, “Sect Leader Zhou, you can directly contact the Dao Ancestor. Is there really no way?”

“The horror of this blood tide is something that could destroy the previous era. If it were so easy to think of a way, how could the previous era have been so easily destroyed?”

Zhou Xiaofan shook his head and said, “Moreover, according to my speculation, the Dao Ancestor is very likely a survivor from the previous era. From his fear of this blood tide, I can feel that he has probably witnessed the horror of this blood tide.”

“In other words, the Dao Ancestor has no way either.”

When the other sect leaders heard this, they all fell into silence.

That is to say, this time, the Dao Ancestor is also powerless, and they can only rely on themselves.

“I will first send out the disciples of the Wind Spirit Moon Shadow Sect to set up arrays along the way to hinder the blood tide’s advance.”

“No need.”

Suddenly…

Light and shadow flickered.

Su Xun had already appeared in front of everyone out of thin air.

Everyone hurriedly bowed respectfully and said, “Greetings, Dao Ancestor.”

“In times of crisis, there is no need for formalities.”

Su Xun entered the small world with his Nascent Soul and said in a deep voice, “I have changed the surrounding terrain to hinder the blood tide’s advance, so that they cannot invade so quickly, but this is just a stopgap measure and will not be able to stop them for too long.”

Zhou Xiaofan asked, “How long do we have?”

“Half a year.”

Su Xun said, “Half a year.”

Hearing this, everyone fell into silence.

Half a year… it’s too short.

Another cultivator, Ji Ning, frowned and said, “Our cultivation world has just begun to prosper, why is this blood tide coming? Dao Ancestor, may I ask what is the origin of the blood tide?”

“Pangu created the heavens and the earth, and transformed his body into all things. Only then did you humans exist, able to live and thrive within the world that Pangu transformed. And this blood tide is a disease that can kill Pangu… This disease is incurable. That is to say, even if Pangu did not transform his body into all things, he would have died under this disease in a short time.”

“Now that Pangu has transformed his body into all things, the disease has not disappeared, but has settled down. Now it has completely erupted, and this disaster has fallen on our heads.”

Everyone was lost in thought.

Qin Hao asked, “If there is a disease, there is medicine to cure it. What is the cure for this disease?”

“I just said that there is no cure, at least, with the methods I know, it cannot be cured. It can only be forcefully contained through chemotherapy, but it is only containment, not a cure.”

Zhou Xiaofan said solemnly, “In fact, the Dao Ancestor described the characteristics of this blood tide to me clearly years ago. Unfortunately, over the years, we have not been able to find a way to restrain it. This poison cannot be resisted even by the great god Pangu, let alone us?”

“Then what we can do now is quite limited. I propose that we can risk getting close to the blood tide and carefully observe its movements. Maybe we can find some clues, but some things must be stated first.”

Zhou Xiaofan said seriously, “Everyone, remember, once you are trapped in the blood tide, once you absorb the blood tide’s spiritual energy into your body, do not hesitate, immediately self-destruct. Even if you die, you must hinder the blood tide’s advance. Do you all understand?”

“Understood!”

Everyone was very clear that once they were infected by the blood tide, they would completely lose themselves and become walking corpses.

Rather than that, it would be better to die heroically.

This way, they can at least preserve their reputation in life and after death… They are all great cultivators who have cultivated for many years, how can they tolerate becoming puppets of others?

Immediately, everyone took action.

All the cultivators above the Spirit Transformation Realm set out towards the blood tide… This time, they would make close contact with the blood tide and try to find out its flaws.

And thus find a way to restrain it.

It’s very dangerous, even a bit like courting death, a feeling of delivering themselves to the door.

And Su Xun, as everyone’s spiritual leader, did not stop them… Either way, they will die. Maybe if they risk everything, they might really find a flaw or two.

As everyone left one after another.

Su Xun also disappeared, and when he reappeared, he was already inside a hidden cave.

He couldn’t help but sigh deeply. Although he was revered as the Dao Ancestor, he was still just a mere Nascent Soul Cultivator. If his true cultivation was placed within the Wind Spirit Moon Shadow Sect, he probably wouldn’t even qualify for the position of a peak lord.

What he could help with was the information gap between the two worlds.

In other words, what I can do is to find what the small world lacks in this world and help the small world fight against the blood tide… Even if I can’t completely eliminate the blood tide, even if I can only seal it, and buy another hundred years or so.

I’m afraid that cultivators at the stronger Ascension Realm, and even the Great Vehicle Realm, will reach those levels one after another.

In this way, maybe they can fight against this blood tide…

If all else fails, with Great Vehicle cultivators, even if they can’t win, they can forcibly undergo tribulation and attract heavenly lightning. I don’t believe that the mighty heavenly lightning can’t destroy this mere blood tide, right?

Right now, what the small world lacks most is time!

So how can I help them gain as much time as possible?

Su Xun frowned and pondered for a long time…

Then slowly, his eyes lit up.

He suddenly remembered the scene when he returned from the Barren Territory.

At that time, he passed through the isolated place between the Barren Territory and the human world.

It was filled with spiritual energy vortexes, which separated the Qian Dynasty and the Barren Territory… Only when the vortexes swept by would there be slight gaps. In fact, those barbarians were able to enter the Qian Dynasty to burn, kill, and loot through those gaps.

When Su Xun passed by there, he was once filled with emotion, this array was infinitely wonderful.

Being able to directly set up an array that completely isolates two countries, this kind of power would probably require at least the Ascension Realm or even the Great Vehicle Realm, and a mastery of arrays that was as high as the heavens to achieve.

What was even more terrifying was that this array could completely control spiritual energy.

The blood tide, to put it bluntly, is just spiritual energy after a mutation and deterioration… In essence, it shouldn’t have changed too much, right?

That’s also why it has such a terrifying infectiousness.

Because they are of the same origin, the infection is stronger…

But because of this, can I replicate this array in the small world, and then take advantage of this array to isolate the blood tide?

The areas that have already been invaded by the blood tide are temporarily beyond help, but can those that have not yet been invaded be directly isolated from their advance, buying more time for the Wind Spirit Moon Shadow Sect?

Thinking this, Su Xun suddenly stood up, no longer hesitating, and flew towards the Great Qian Capital in the distance.

With the Flying Divine Boots, his speed was so fast that it was almost impossible to detect, like fleeting shadows…

Especially with his Immortal Sense, no matter how powerful anyone was, they would never be able to discover his traces.

In just half a day, he had already arrived at the Great Qian Capital…

With Su Xun’s status and position, he didn’t even need to show his token. The generals responsible for guarding the imperial palace hurriedly invited him in with full respect.

Now that the battle between the Great Qian Empire and the barbarians had been a great victory, the Qian soldiers were chasing down the barbarian generals everywhere.

And all of this was thanks to the person in front of them, wasn’t it?

Moreover, these guards were all disciples of the Seven Clans, so they had naturally heard some rumors… For example, their Majesty, the most noble flower of the Seven Clans, had already been picked by Su Xun.

With this status and this position, who would dare to stop him?

He entered the Imperial Study unimpeded.

At this time, Zhou Qingyun was discussing something with several generals in front of her with a serious face, seemingly studying the route to annihilate the remaining barbarian forces?

Between her brows, there was an undisguised look of fatigue.

But her expression was extremely excited…

Obviously, with this great victory, Zhou Qingyun was destined to go down in history as the most enlightened and wise ruler since the first emperor. Even if Zhou Qingyun did not seek fame and fortune, she naturally could not hide her excitement about this matter.

And noticing Su Xun’s arrival, Zhou Qingyun’s eyes lit up even more. Without any hesitation, she stepped forward and took his hand, excitedly saying, “Why have you come? I thought you were on the front lines annihilating those barbarians.”

“The battle situation has been decided, the enemy forces are in complete disarray, and they can no longer form any effective means of attack. I have some urgent matters here, so I came back.”

Su Xun asked, “Qingyun, do you remember what I said before?”

“What words? What words?”

Zhou Qingyun blinked her eyes, couldn’t help but blush, glanced at the ministers beside her, and asked softly, “After destroying the Barren Territory, you’ll marry me?”

The ministers immediately looked at their noses and hearts, but their ears couldn’t help but perk up.

Su Xun was speechless, and reached out to tap her, saying, “I’m talking about serious matters. Do you remember that I once said that the spiritual energy vortexes in that isolated place are actually an extremely wonderful array? If I have the time, I will definitely find a way to completely unravel the mysteries of this array. At that time, we will have complete control over the barbarians, and at the very least, we will be invincible.”

Zhou Qingyun chuckled and said, “In fact, we didn’t use that array at all. You directly made those people deliver themselves to our door. Now our army has won a great victory…”

“But I need that array. The information you prepared, the Qian Dynasty’s analysis of that array over the years, have you prepared it?”

“Of course it’s prepared. Do you still need it?”

“Yes, I need it!”

Su Xun said seriously, “Give it to me, I need it now…”

“Okay, I’ll give it to you now.”

Only then did Zhou Qingyun come out of the joy of victory. She saw that Su Xun’s expression was serious, even more solemn than when facing the barbarian invasion.

She asked with concern, “Is there anything else you need my help with?”

“Not for the time being. We must eradicate all evil. You should first annihilate these barbarians!”

“Okay!”

Zhou Qingyun called for a servant… Soon, a stack of thick documents had been placed in front of Su Xun.

Zhou Qingyun even considerately signaled all the ministers to leave and went to the side room to discuss important matters with them, leaving the Imperial Study to Su Xun alone.

And Su Xun opened the thick documents and began to browse them carefully.

Obviously, there were still many capable people in the Great Qian Empire before Su Xun… They also discovered that the spiritual energy vortexes in this isolated place were not formed naturally by heaven and earth, but were created by human power.

It wasn’t that no one had tried to understand the mysteries of this array. At the very least, in this way, they could effectively isolate the barbarians’ attacks. Even if they could only predict their attacks, it would be a great blessing… Therefore, there were indeed many predecessors who dedicated their entire lives to this array.

Although limited by cultivation, knowledge, and many other reasons.

They failed to touch the most core mysteries of this array, but the insights they gained after spending their entire lives researching would naturally save Su Xun a lot of time!

To deal with the blood tide, I’m afraid we can only use arrays.

After all, we can’t get close, we can’t touch it!

Ordinary attacks are simply ineffective…

In Su Xun’s heart, he vaguely understood something.

He felt that his idea was probably correct.