“Tian Muwan, you stay with me. Make sure you don’t stray more than three meters away from me. I’ll carry Senior Apprentice Sister Ye over my back. Even if I wanted to go out, I wouldn’t be able to find a way out in time anyway.” After Ning Cheng finished, he directly brought out the Everlasting Blue Thunder Fort[2].
“You have good weapons….” Seeing the Everlasting Blue Thunder Fort, the blue-robed female cultivator’s eyes flashed with surprise and spoke up in amazement. She still could use some scraps of her spiritual consciousness, which allowed her to understand that this blue thunder fort was an extraordinary item.
Unfortunately, this place severely restricted Ning Cheng’s spiritual consciousness; otherwise, with his current cultivation, his blue thunder fort’s projection would have been a lot clearer.
“Thump…..” Another sound erupted, which Ning Cheng’s Everlasting Blue Thunder Fort managed to block with its overflowing thunder rays.
Ning Cheng felt slightly relieved at this. Looks like the Everlasting Blue Thunder Fort could help in blocking that terrifying sound.
“Hurry up, if you don’t want to move then just wait for me here.” Ning Cheng started to feel a little impatient. This canyon made him feel really uneasy.
Tian Muwan, on Ning Cheng’s urging, quickly supported the blue-robed female cultivator onto Ning Cheng’s back. The blue-robed female cultivator did not squirm around but smiled, “Thank you, Junior Apprentice Brother Ning Cheng. By the way, why did you address Sister Muwan as Tian Muwan? Wouldn’t it be better to call her as Muwan?”
Feeling the softness and the fragrant scent from behind, Ning Cheng took in a deep breath. Then taking out a chain-type True Artefact, he quickly bound the blue-robed female cultivator tightly to his back. However, he did not answer the blue-robed female cultivator’s question.
Tian Muwan gave out a sigh and also did not respond.
Seeing Ning Cheng and Tian Muwan act in such a manner, the blue-robed female cultivator did not ask anything else.
Ning Cheng then tightly grabbed on to Tian Muwan and rushed out. However, when he had only covered a distance of about ten meters, a roar erupted from somewhere up ahead. Tian Muwan couldn’t bring out her spiritual consciousness in this place, but Ning Cheng saw it clearly. The canyon in front of him had started to collapse and extend towards him.
If it were an ordinary canyon, even with a mountain pressing down, Ning Cheng could have easily opened a path for himself with a punch. But in this place, Ning Cheng knew he could not do such a thing. This place had already suppressed his spiritual consciousness by a large extent, which meant escaping from this collapsed canyon would prove impossible.
When he had first come inside, then canyon still looked ordinary. It hadn’t been long since he came in, but the gorge that had stood for seemingly unknown years had now started to collapse on a large scale. If someone said that it had nothing to do with him coming in, Ning Cheng would never believe it.
Since the front of the canyon had already begun to collapse, Ning Cheng could only stop. He tried to determine if he should push forward and try rushing out of the collapsing canyon or retreat. Ning Cheng knew that if he did take a step back, chances were that he wouldn’t be able to come out.
The blue-robed female cultivator’s soft voice rang out in Ning Cheng’s ear, “Quickly go back, you can’t rush out.”
“Why?” Ning Cheng subconsciously asked.
Taking a deep breath, the blue-robed female cultivator spoke with a solemn voice, “Did you think that this was just a simple canyon collapse? This collapse is the result of sandwiching devouring spaces. If you dare to go through those devouring spaces, it will devour you without a trace left behind.”
Ning Cheng took in a deep breath and did not hesitate to quickly retreat. If he truly had no place to go, he could enter the Mysterious Yellow Bead, but he did not want to be swallowed by space. But the same cannot be said for the other two.
He didn’t doubt the blue-robed female cultivator’s words. In any case, the reason he hadn’t noticed the devouring space was that he hadn’t seen it before.
“This place is strange. From what I see, this collapse happened only because we came in. There should be something in here controlling it.” The blue-robed female cultivator spoke once again.
Ning Cheng did not answer; instead, he kept retreating. Tian Muwan also did not say anything. Caught in Ning Cheng’s arms, she held tightly onto Ning Cheng’s waist, seemingly immersed in memories.
Initially, Ning Cheng felt worries that the canyon would quickly come to an end, but the canyon now seemed like an unending and bottomless pit. No matter how deep Ning Cheng ran, the path still kept extending out ahead of him.
“We seem to have entered the Thousand Mound Forest’s subterranean area.” The blue-robed female cultivator spoke up again.
Ning Cheng finally stopped, feeling something wrong. If it was a canyon before, it could no longer be called a canyon now. The walls on both sides of the canyon had disappeared at some unknown time. Instead, they seemed to have entered a world filled with a fishy smell. Moreover, the collapse catching up to them also seemed to have disappeared.
“Thump” The sound echoed once again. This time it felt much bigger and more threatening than before. Ning Cheng’s Everlasting Blue Thunder Fort started to crack. However, as long as the Everlasting Blue Thunder Fort did not break apart in one blow, it would repair itself in an instant.
The blue-robed female cultivator did not speak anymore. She could tell that Ning Cheng had run for quite long, but it seemed as if they were moving closer and closer to the origin of that thumping sound.
“Thump ….”
“Thump-Thump….”
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In the dark space, Ning Cheng’s Everlasting Blue Thunder Fort kept defending against those thunder-like ‘thump’ sounds.
Ning Cheng hesitated for a moment before choosing a direction and quickly rushing over.
Although the blue-robed female cultivator’s cultivation had now completely disappeared, she still could use a small portion of her spiritual consciousness. She could feel that the direction Ning Cheng choose was the direction from where those thumping sounds originated. She didn’t say anything as at this point Ning Cheng was in charge. She knew that she can’t let Ning Cheng hesitate.
Although Ning Cheng ran fast, the thumping sounds grew more and more oppressive, which gradually increased the pressure on Ning Cheng.
More and more cracks started to appear over the Everlasting Blue Thunder Fort, while its recovering ability started to slow down as it could not keep up. Ning Cheng felt truly anxious now. Once the Everlasting Blue Thunder Fort’s shadow disintegrated, even if he could re-condense the Everlasting Blue Thunder Fort’s shadow, the blue-robed female cultivator and Tian Muwan would definitely suffer fatal injuries if they did not fall already.
A dim red light suddenly materialised in front of Ning Cheng. After a slight pause, Ning Cheng speeded up towards the dim red light. As Ning Cheng gradually came closer to the source of the red light, he finally saw what it was.
It was a lake filled with blood. In the middle of the blood-filled lake was a huge heart crisscrossing with meridians.
“Thump….” The thumping sound emerged again. When Ning Cheng felt the surging waves of sound reaching over, he quickly urged his celestial essence and spiritual consciousness to stabilise the already-cracking Everlasting Blue Thunder Fort’s shadow.
By this time, he could clearly see that those thumping sounds actually originated from the giant heart within the blood-filled lake.
Ning Cheng trio looked at each other. None of them had seen such a strange thing. Within this heaven and earth, there not only was such a large heart, but it could also unleash such destruction with just a beat.
Just who did this heart belong to?
“Those are Sifting Ferry Grasses.” The blue-robed female cultivator looked across the lake with spoke up with a slightly excited tone.
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nbsp; The same moment the blue-robed female cultivator saw the Sifting Ferry Grass, Ning Cheng also locked in on strands of Sifting Ferry Grassed on the opposite side.
“Thump….” The huge heart made another beat. This time, the shadow of Ning Cheng’s Everlasting Blue Thunder Fort could not keep up and completely cracked open, forcing Ning Cheng to spit out a mouthful of blood. As the pressure increased sharply, it disoriented Ning Cheng for a moment and he could not re-condense the shadow of the Blue Thunder Fort.
The blue-robed female cultivator quickly took out a talisman and threw it out; the next moment, a weak-looking membrane covered the three of them.
The blue-robed female cultivator showed a weak smile and said to Ning Cheng, “That was the last defensive talisman I had. Unfortunately, when my True Spirit World cracked, I could only take out a very few things.”
[1]
The raws so mention it as ‘Countless/Myriad Worlds’, I have no idea if it is a typo or is used as intended, so I decided to leave it as it is.
[2]
Our team had been contemplating whether to use ‘Fort’ or ‘City’ as the character ‘Cheng’ (
) used can mean both (in a more literal sense, it means ‘wall’). After long deliberation, we decided to change ‘Everlasting Blue Thunder City’ to ‘Everlasting Blue Thunder Fort’, since it feels much more accurate based on the context of it. Fun fact,
is also the same ‘Cheng’ from Ning Cheng’s name.
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“Since the defensive light shield would last us for a while, Senior Apprentice Sister Ye, you and Muwan should wait here for me. I’ll go alone.” After Ning Cheng finished, he took out an array disc and threw it on the ground before quickly rushing out.
Tian Muwan stared at Ning Cheng; she only heard a single word ‘Muwan’. Once upon a time, didn’t this same small form of address excite her?
The blue-robed female cultivator glanced at the array disc thrown out by Ning Cheng and smiled, “So it’s a Transfer Array Disc. No wonder he could achieve so much by this day. He really has a good head over his shoulders.”
As to supplement the blue-robed female cultivator’s words, Tian Muwan muttered, “He must have gone through a lot to get where he is today.”
The blue-robed female cultivator gave out a sigh, “Muwan, although he might have low cultivation, it’s still quite impressive. Unfortunately, you missed the chance with him…..”
“Ah…..” Tian Muwan looked at the blue-robed female cultivator in confusion.
The blue-robed female cultivator kept looking at Ning Cheng’s back and suddenly started feeling lonely.
“Big Sister…..” Tian Muwan also felt a little uncomfortable in her heart and spoke up with a slightly sad tone.
“Muwan, when you put me on his back, he took out a chain-type True Artefact. That chain had no effect other than to help lessen the load of carrying people. He should have crafted it himself. Why do you think he would keep such a chain-type True Artefact on him?”
Tian Muwan remained silent, she vaguely understood why. The blue-robed female cultivator also turned silent, it was the first time for her to feel this kindly towards a male cultivator.
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Moving around by himself, Ning Cheng found it a lot easier. However, as soon as he reached the blood-filled lake, the loud thumping sound once again shattered the Blue Thunder Fort’s shadow.
Recondensing the Everlasting Blue Thunder’s shadow, Ning Cheng did not hesitate to rush forward with the Twin Wings of the Heavenly Clouds at full speed. Just when he reached the heart of the lake, another thumping sound passed over.
The huge pressure that accompanied it crashed into Ning Cheng, forcing him to fall down immediately.
The two women kept their gazes trained at Ning Cheng with nervousness; therefore, when Ning Cheng suddenly fell down, both of them cried out in a frightened voice. They had no idea what was under the blood-filled lake. But because of that giant heart, it definitely did not feel like a comfortable place to fall in. They didn’t know what would happen if one fell into it.
Ning Cheng naturally didn’t want to fall into this blood-filled lake. No matter what would happen if one fell into the lake, he did not want to experience falling into this lake filled with blood.
Whether a blood lake or a blood river, Ning Cheng already had some experiences with such occurrences. When still in the True Cultivation World, Cang Wei had his Essence Blood transform into a blood river to absorb Spiritual Qi. In the end, he used the Essence Blood from the blood river to rebuild his body.
Although that blood river had made Ning Cheng a little uncomfortable, it did not make him feel this uncomfortable. As just nearing the blood lake made him this queasy, it made him even more unwilling to touch the blood lake.
Just when he was about to fall into the blood lake, Ning Cheng’s raised his hand and took out an airship-type Dao Artefact. Although he lacked a lot of such artefacts, he definitely had a lot of Dao Artefacts.
The moment the airship-type Dao Artefact feel into the blood lake, it gave out a loud ‘snap’ sound. Countless blood flowers started to bloom over it. When Ning Cheng’s foot touched the airship-type Dao Artefact, he used that momentary pause to stimulate the Twin Wings of the Heavenly Clouds once again. The following instant, Ning Cheng landed safely on the opposite side of the lake.
Tian Muwan and the blue-robed female cultivator, on seeing Ning Cheng reach the opposite side of the lake safely, felt immensely relieved.
Ning Cheng also breathed in a sigh of relief. He didn’t turn around but quickened his pace to reach the area with the several strains of the Sifting Ferry Grass.
“Something’s happening!” Tian Muwan pointed to the blood lake and cried out.
In fact, without Tian Muwan’s scream, the blue-robed female cultivator had also seen it. The previously calm blood lake seemed to have now turned agitated after Ning Cheng dropped a flight-type Dao Artefact in it. At this moment, the entire blood lake started to bubble.
“Gululu…..” More and more blood bubbles started to form as if someone had started to boil the blood lake.
Ning Cheng also felt alarmed when he heard those gurgling-like sounds. He turned his head back at the blood lake and immediately felt a sense of crisis. He quickly grabbed a strain of Sifting Ferry Grass and threw it into the other Transfer Array Disc with him.
With that strain of Sifting Ferry Grass transferred away, Ning Cheng immediately began to collect the rest of the strands of the Sifting Ferry Grasses. He knew the sooner he left the place, the better.
When the blue-robed female cultivator saw Ning Cheng sending over the strand of Sifting Ferry Grass through the Transfer Array Disc, she immediately grabbed it out of excitement. In just a short time, the strand of Sifting Ferry Grass in her hands withered into a dried husk.
The blue-robed female cultivator then closed her eyes, and her face started to quickly turn from pale to rosy. At the same time, her imposing aura also started to rise.
After Ning Cheng collected three strains of Sifting Ferry Grasses, he no longer wanted to gather the rest. He was just about to activate the Twin Wings of the Heavenly Clouds to rush across the blood lake when a huge pressure suddenly descended. Under this horrifying pressure, Ning Cheng could not move at all. Even though he could still utilise his celestial essence and spiritual consciousness, it couldn’t help him mitigate even the slightest bit of this terrifying pressure.
“Thump….” The giant heart pulsed again, and the shadow of Ning Cheng’s Everlasting Blue Thunder Fort turned into nothingness in just an instant.
“Gululu…..” The blood bubbles in the blood lake started to burst one after another, and a seemingly endless swarm of dark red insects flew out from the blood la
ke in droves. The moment these insects came out, they immediately shot towards the edges of the blood lake with unmatched speed.
“Aah….” Tian Muwan screamed. These insects looked utterly disgusting. She had never seen such disgusting insects despite experiencing the insect tide on Earth. Moreover, the largest among these insects was only the size of a bean but had a layer of dark red mucous covering it. These insects kept scrambling over each other to create a dense and seemingly inexhaustible wall.
That swarm of insects issued screeching-like noises, which made it sound like the approach of a hoard of demons.
Ning Cheng’s scalp turned numb. The pressure had utterly suppressed him to the point that he could not even struggle. The insects would reach him in less than half-an-incense stick worth of time. At that point, he wouldn’t even need to imagine what would happen to him.
“Xiaocheng, run away aah….” Tian Muwan screamed. Ning Cheng no longer had the protection of the blue thunder fort’s shadow. If he just stood there without even moving, wasn’t it equivalent to looking for death?
“Bong….” The huge heart, already covered with layers upon layers of those dark red mucus-lines insects, pulsed once again.
“Poof…..” Ning Cheng, now without any kind of defence, immediately spurted out a mouthful of blood.
“Big Sister…” Tian Muwan cried out anxiously. She wanted to help Ning Cheng, but she could not do anything. By this time, those dark red insects had already reached the periphery of their light shield. Seeing those insects swarming to cover the membrane, she instinctively understood that those insects could bite through the shield.
The blue-robed female cultivator suddenly stood up. Although she hadn’t recovered her full cultivation, she would not have any problems in activating the Opening Heaven Talisman’s child talisman.
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