Chapter 367: Meeting Wenren Caifeng Again

It can be said that Innate for everyone has already been achieved in this era, and the proportion of those stepping into the Spirit Condensing Realm is also constantly increasing.

Only a little over four hundred years have passed since Shen Xing’s time on the Academy Home Planet, but now the Spirit Condensing Realm can no longer be called the “upper echelons of society”, and they no longer have the qualification to govern an entire city as they did in the past.

Now, this threshold has been raised to the Fifth Realm.

Even in the last few decades, the number of Fifth Realm martial artists has been increasing dramatically.

After all, the cultivation system for spiritual herbs has already begun. Fifth-grade pills are already being mass-produced on production lines, and the price has been reduced again and again. As long as a Spirit Condensing Realm martial artist’s talent and will are not too poor, they have a chance to break through this threshold.

Even Shen Xing finds it hard to imagine what the entire Human Federation will be like in another thousand years, or even ten thousand years.

However, this does not come without a cost.

The cost is the accelerated collapse of the Tai Xu World.

That’s right, besides Shen Xing’s extraction and the extraction of the Eighth Realm World, Shen Xing gradually realized that the large-scale cultivation of spiritual herbs was, in a sense, also a frenzied extraction of the Tai Xu World’s origin Yuan Qi.

And with the rapid expansion of the industry’s scale, the amount of this extraction is also constantly increasing.

It has gradually reached an exaggerated level.

After all, Yuan Qi does not disappear for no reason, nor does it appear for no reason. Just like the matter in the Federation’s universe, it is essentially in a state of equilibrium.

Under these circumstances, a large number of spiritual herbs and pills being sent to the Human Federation is equivalent to a large amount of Yuan Qi being taken away.

With the accumulation of quantity, the total amount has gradually reached a noticeable level, so noticeable that Shen Xing can vaguely sense that the collapse of this world is accelerating.

This is already very serious.

“This is going to be difficult.” Shen Xing had a bit of a headache.

The development of the Federation cannot be stopped, not even slowed down. A large number of martial artists have already tasted the sweetness. Moreover, this development is beneficial and cannot be abandoned because of a temporary problem. The fundamental path of development and becoming stronger cannot be abandoned.

However, they cannot just sit back and watch the destruction of the Tai Xu World.

Even if Shen Xing doesn’t care, those Eighth Realm experts who are still in the Eighth Realm World cannot possibly not care.

In fact, Shen Xing is already suspecting that Wenren Caifeng, Ji Long, and Xue Weiguo are probably not having a good time in that small world.

Those Eighth Realm experts dare not casually interfere with the already fragile Tai Xu World, as that would directly lead to the entire world’s collapse. However, they can’t find the Federation, but finding these martial artists who ascended from the Federation is not much of a problem.

“Instead of being passive, it’s better to take the initiative.” Shen Xing narrowed his eyes, and an idea suddenly popped into his mind.

Honestly, if they don’t want the complete collapse of the Tai Xu World and want to solve the problem of insufficient Yuan Qi, there are only two options.

First, Shen Xing temporarily gives up his own cultivation and uses his own developing small world to support the entire Human Federation.

Second, find another world to support them, preferably a world abundant in Yuan Qi.

The Interdimensional Beast World is an option. However, in the past few hundred years, the Human Federation has accelerated the development of interdimensional battlefields, and some world fragments have been completely conquered and controlled.

So, unless a new world can be found, there seems to be only one choice left.

——The Eighth Realm World!

This world, as the “ark” prepared by the Eighth Realm experts for themselves, has been created for ten thousand years, and it has been continuously extracting Yuan Qi from the Tai Xu World for ten thousand years.

In addition to the large amount of Yuan Qi crystals, transcendent materials, spiritual herbs, and other resources that those Eighth Realm experts brought with them before ascending.

The Yuan Qi there must be extremely abundant.

Shen Xing has also had people from the Tai Xu World collect a lot of information during this time. The Eighth Realm experts in that world are roughly concentrated within a million years. Not few, but not many either.

The total number should be between eighty and ninety.

The reason for the uncertainty, apart from some information being unverifiable, is more because some Eighth Realm experts broke through quietly and ascended without making it known to everyone.

“It seems that we really need to be prepared.” Shen Xing made up his mind. However, he did not act rashly at this time.

Although he is in charge of the Tai Xu World, this matter concerns the entire Human Federation. With Shen Xing’s current strength, he is not yet at the point where he can support it alone.

He directly contacted the other Supreme Councilors and roughly explained the situation.

“This situation cannot be taken lightly.” The Supreme Councilors’ expressions also became slightly more serious upon hearing this. “The Tai Xu World, a complete Yuan Qi world, is of great help to us. Even the people of that world can serve as our talent pool, playing an important role in the development of the entire Federation.”

The few of them briefly exchanged opinions and reached a consensus on whether to try to save the Tai Xu World.

Preservation always brings greater benefits than destruction.

They really can’t kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.

However, the Eighth Realm World, with only eighty or so people, does not need to be treated so cautiously.

“Perhaps we can be bolder.” Lin Zhaoyang narrowed his eyes. “Since the essence of a world is a space bubble, then they can naturally devour each other. Can your world devour that Eighth Realm World?”

“Devouring it directly in one go is definitely impossible.” Shen Xing had actually thought about this. “But, just like how the Eighth Realm World extracts Yuan Qi from the Tai Xu World, if it can be attached to it and devour it bit by bit, there is no problem at all. But obviously, those Eighth Realm experts will not allow us to do so.”

“Then find a way to get rid of them all.” Lin Zhaoyang smiled. “Eighty or so Eighth Realm experts sound intimidating, but with your abilities, combined with our strength, we can easily suppress or expel them.”

“That’s right.” Shen Xing narrowed his eyes.

He couldn’t help but be amazed by Lin Zhaoyang’s boldness.

He is indeed no match for an Eighth Realm expert now. If he were alone, he would probably only be able to truly deal with eighty or so Eighth Realm experts when he reaches the Eighth Realm himself.

And this would take at least two thousand years, conservatively speaking.

But if he has the cooperation of other Eighth Realm experts, it’s a different story.

As long as they can suppress them, even if it’s only for a short time, Shen Xing can use the shuttle and his control over space to banish the Eighth Realm experts to the distant endless void!

It’s like banishing a Seventh Realm Councilor to a place outside the Milky Way galaxy without a spaceship.

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Even if they can survive in the vast universe, even if they can achieve a certain degree of warping, it may take thousands or even tens of thousands of years to return.

And this is assuming that the Yuan Qi is abundant and they don’t lose their sense of direction.

The dangers of the void turbulence to Eighth Realm Great Sages are far greater than the dangers of the endless universe to Seventh Realm Councilors.

When Shen Xing decided to take action against the Eighth Realm World, this idea had already surfaced in his mind. However, he didn’t expect that before he could even bring it up, Lin Zhaoyang and the others would propose it first.

“This can indeed be done, but the premise is to banish them one by one.” Shen Xing added, “The number of Eighth Realm experts we deal with at once cannot be too many, otherwise, you won’t be able to suppress them, and I won’t be able to banish them.”

“Then we’ll find an opportunity.” Lin Zhaoyang said with a smile, “We are in the dark, and they are in the light. There will always be opportunities.”

“That’s right.” Shen Xing nodded, also feeling a little expectant.

He has no good feelings towards those Eighth Realm experts. Moreover, there is a conflict of interest between them. According to the rules of the Tai Xu World, it is only natural to take action against them.

Not to mention banishment, even if they die, they can’t blame anyone.

Shen Xing then discussed the details with these Supreme Councilors in more detail. However, in the end, they decided to be more cautious.

After all, the Tai Xu World won’t have any problems for a while, and they already have three Eighth Realm experts there. They should first try to contact them and get some information.

So, after this first supreme council meeting hosted by Shen Xing ended, he went directly to the contact point that he had discussed with Wenren Caifeng and the others, leaving the relevant plan and the message asking for information.

Next was a patient wait.

He believed that Wenren Caifeng and the others would definitely come to check.

This wait lasted for a full one hundred and forty years!

Even knowing that the length of time is very different for Sages, this time still exceeded Shen Xing’s expectations.

Even Nangong Jin Yi and Mi Fei had reached the peak of the Sun and Moon Realm and were consolidating their martial arts, making their final preparations for breaking through to the Seventh Realm.

Only then did Wenren Caifeng’s contact finally arrive.

Shen Xing, who received the contact message, immediately arrived at the agreed location.

He finally saw Wenren Caifeng, whom he hadn’t seen for nearly three hundred years.

Compared to before, she looked a little worse for wear at this time. Her aura was somewhat unstable, and even her body was somewhat illusory. If this place were not the edge of the Tai Xu World, her appearance alone would probably shatter this already cracked world.

It was like a trembling old man holding a cracked ceramic, showing how severe her injuries were.

“So, did you guys really start fighting?” Shen Xing asked a pointless question.

“Do you even need to ask?” Wenren Caifeng rolled her eyes, “If we had known how powerful you are now, we would have come to ask for help long ago.”

It could be seen that she had not had a good time these past few hundred years. She almost didn’t look like the Martial Venerable Wenren from before.

“Didn’t Senior Xue know about the path I’m taking?” Shen Xing asked.

“But he didn’t know how strong you would become. Besides, those Eighth Realm experts have sealed off the entire world, precisely to prevent us from returning to ask for help.” Wenren Caifeng’s expression also became somewhat serious at this time, “My injuries were all sustained while breaking through. Moreover, those people’s hostility is very strange. Even if we ruled the entire Tai Xu World and competed with them for the world’s Yuan Qi, they shouldn’t be so aggressive—dealing with us is not that easy, it’s completely a thankless result. They even issued a threat that if the Taiyuan Sect ceases to exist, they will destroy the entire Tai Xu World. We don’t quite understand the meaning of this threat, but they are indeed serious.”

This information was quite substantial, making Shen Xing realize that the Eighth Realm World might not be so simple.

“Tell me in detail.” He stretched out his hand and directly brought Wenren Caifeng into his world.

A massive amount of Yuan Qi gathered towards her.

Although it had only been developing for a little over two hundred years, with the current size of this world, healing an Eighth Realm expert in the early stage was no problem at all.

And Wenren Caifeng just looked around, her eyes widening instantly.

“This is your world?”

“You can tell?” Shen Xing smiled slightly.

“Of course, the entire world barrier is filled with your Yuan Power, the entire world was created entirely by you, the entire space is under your control. Do you know, if the many Great Sages in that Eighth Realm World knew, they would be driven mad with jealousy!”

It can be said that in the endless spatial turbulence, such a world is the true foundation of a martial artist’s survival!

Even if the path ahead is cut off, just by continuously developing this world, one can increase their foundation and strength until they reach an unimaginable level!

Some Eighth Realm experts even believe that if the Ninth Realm of martial arts really exists, then this is likely the path to the Ninth Realm!

However, creating a world requires an extremely profound understanding of space. Some Eighth Realm experts have studied it for millions of years and have not even scratched the surface.

It’s like alchemists and artifact refiners, talent is an insurmountable threshold, and effort is worthless in the face of talent.

Therefore, if those Great Sages knew about the existence of this world, just jealousy alone might drive some Great Sages mad!

In fact, even Wenren Caifeng herself was a little jealous.

However, this is, after all, one of their own. If he can really reach that realm that may or may not even exist, then these people will also have a glimmer of hope!

At this moment, the way Wenren Caifeng looked at Shen Xing seemed to change slightly.

“Let’s talk about that world first.”

Shen Xing was very calm. He himself knew the value of this power.

But that is, after all, a very distant matter. At this moment, he is more concerned about the situation in the Eighth Realm World.

“The Eighth Realm experts in that world are all very indifferent.” Wenren Caifeng began to narrate, “Although the world is already very stable, it still can’t support the full force of an Eighth Realm battle. Perhaps for this reason, all the Eighth Realm experts just quietly stay on their own mountains, doing their own things, indifferent to everything else. When I first arrived, I spent almost two or three years before I found an Eighth Realm expert who was willing to talk to me. That one was an Eighth Realm expert who once emerged from the Azure Sky Sacred Ground.”