Shennong Sequence

Chapter 380 Ritual: The Endless White Disaster

This bone-chilling, all-pervasive cold was so intense that even Zhao Yun, by mobilizing the power of his divine spiritual domain, could not resist it; he could only slightly weaken it.

Therefore, in an instant, the sky above the divine realm was covered by heavy snow, just like a vast flood being swept up by an endless cold current.

The rapid temperature changes are due to the rapid alternation between hot and cold air currents, until endless cold winds and snowstorms arise.

This not only caused panic among the dragons, demons, insects, spirit insects, and gu insects stored in the divine spiritual realm, but also made the soldiers who were training feel fear.

And they all felt bewildered by a strange celestial phenomenon that appeared out of nowhere...

Furthermore, Zhao Yun's space was the only guarantee of their survival in the great flood, which they had been unable to cross no matter how they tried before!

If anything were to happen to this space or to Zhao Yun, then everyone would be doomed.

So in this emergency, everyone was looking for Zhao Yun to ask what exactly had happened.
Zhao Yun glanced at the wooden dragon clone whose tail had been brushed by the cold current before it entered the divine spiritual realm.

It was discovered that although the Wood Dragon clone also felt somewhat uncomfortable with the cold air, it was able to recover completely after the flow of the wood-attribute authority within its body.

"In the cycle of the four seasons, winter and spring are connected, with winter going and spring coming. Therefore, the wood-attribute authority of this wood dragon avatar, in a sense, also has a certain effect of restraining or transforming cold!"

"Furthermore, if we allow that cold energy to continue to erode my divine spiritual domain, I'm afraid it won't be able to withstand it for long, and its interior will become frozen... It would be better to let the wood attribute authority within the wood dragon avatar empower the entire divine spiritual domain, and try to eliminate or weaken some of that cold energy."

"If this can be done, these large numbers of dragons, demonic beasts, and worms will not freeze to death due to the drastic temperature changes...and thus reduce the loss of these resources that can make me money!"

Thinking it over, Zhao Yun summoned his wooden dragon clone, Xin Ruyin and her ritual spirit beast Xiaoqing, and together they came to this location on the fourth-order spiritual vein of Longhu Mountain in the center of the divine spiritual domain. He then had the wooden dragon clone and Xin Ruyin's ritual spirit beast Xiaoqing transform into another form of their race, changing from the form of flesh and blood creatures to the form of plants!
They then settled down in the Longhu Mountains.

Then, Zhao Yun mobilized the world power of the divine spiritual realm to amplify and expand the powers related to the spring order and the authority of wood on the two small wooden dragons, to see if they could play a certain role in resisting the external cold.

In addition,

Zhao Yun was able to clearly see that his wooden dragon clone possessed the authority of the wood element;

The little wooden dragon that Xin Ruyin hatched only had one additional ability: the power to control the Great Flood Yuan Tai Weak Water. The rest of its power was limited to things like the power to bring back spring to all things and control the spring order.

This is weaker than the collective power of authority associated with the wood element.

However, Xin Ruyin's ritual spirit beast Xiaoqing's control over the spring order can be considered as the ability to dispel the endless cold and transform it into warmth as winter turns to spring. It is also a special blessing for the divine spirit realm to resist the severe cold.

Therefore, Zhao Yun also brought Xin Ruyin's little wooden dragon over and used the power of the world in the divine spiritual realm to amplify it in order to resist the severe cold.

Finally, when both little wooden dragons had transformed into plant forms and taken root on the mountaintop,
Zhao Yun mobilized some of the world power from the divine spiritual realm, which was mostly used to resist the endless cold and erosion from the outside world, and added it to the two small wooden dragons.

Then, with the wood attribute authority of Zhao Yun's wooden dragon and the spring order control power on Xin Ruyin's ritual spirit beast Xiao Qing, and with the blessing of the world's power, the blessing of Zhao Yun's divinity, and the infusion of divine power, they rapidly expanded towards the area surrounding Longhu Mountain.

Then, under the active impetus of the wooden dragon clone and Xiao Qing, the power of spring's return, the order of spring, the passing of winter and the arrival of spring, and so on, was superimposed, which temporarily reduced the severe cold in the entire Longhu Mountain Range.

And after waiting a while, the endless cold was transformed into a temperature above zero degrees Celsius.

Although it is still in a cold state, at least everything in the world is no longer truly frozen.

In addition, these dragon beasts, demon beasts, and Gu worms are all very resilient.

So, in this state between three and five degrees, the impact is only to reduce the willingness to go out and make them more willing to stay in one place for a long time without moving.

Therefore, this also proves that using the power of heaven and earth from the divine spiritual realm to empower the two little wooden dragons with the wood attribute authority and the ability to control the spring order is more effective than simply using the power of the world to resist the cold currents from the outside world that have frozen the vast and boundless flood into an ice field!
Subsequently, Zhao Yun continuously drew back the world power that was resisting the increasing cold currents surrounding the divine spiritual domain, further enhancing the bodies of the two small wooden dragons. He then continuously amplified the special powers of wood attribute authority and spring order control until they completely covered the scope of the divine spiritual domain.
All living beings felt that the previous scene of severe cold and heavy snowfall had suddenly changed.

Although it hasn't returned to that warm summer state, at least the temperature is steadily rising, and there's no longer that feeling of being frozen stiff.

However, it's still a bit cold, and I don't really feel like going out...

After finishing these tasks, Zhao Yun finally had time to reassure the numerous soldiers.
It also informed them of the current situation outside this space, within the great flood:
Everything was frozen into an endless ice field by a special current of cold air.

In addition, Zhao Yun, along with Jia Haoze, Jia Haoying, Shi Yangxu, Shi Yanghan, Xue Zhigao, Xue Zhiqiang, Wang Feng, Lin Lingfei, Song Yufan, Dong Xingze, and other scions of aristocratic families, selected several individuals of Sequence Six from among the soldiers, as well as Tu Qi, whom Zhao Yun was currently observing and needed to train, and others, gathered together to open the spatial passage between the divine spiritual realm and the outside world.

Looking out at the vast, boundless world of ice, Zhao Yun said:

"Everyone, the strongest wave of extreme cold that passed through has already been resisted by the Divine Spirit Realm."

"And now, with this extreme cold that carries some supernatural effects, everyone can resist it to some extent by relying on their own strength."

"My idea is to see if we can dig through this ice layer. Once we reach the top of the ice field, we can walk or fly back to the Great Zhou Dynasty and escape from here."

"Otherwise, if I stay under this ice field for too long, my spatial resistance to the extreme cold will not last long. It will probably only last for one or two months before it can no longer withstand the erosion of the extreme cold."

"At that time, not only will crops be unable to be grown, but everyone's situation will also become even more dangerous..."

Zhao Yun also found the sudden freezing of the world quite troublesome.

Originally, all I wanted was to escape the fighting range of these big shots. But what kind of suffering have I endured along the way?

It was truly a series of world-ending catastrophes, with disasters following one after another.

Moreover, the ordinary people at the bottom of society have all died long ago.

Only those cultivators who still had some skills were left, fleeing for their lives in a sorry state.

Who would have thought that, just when things were getting to the end, another cold front would hit, directly engulfing everything:
A thousand miles of ice, ten thousand miles of snow, a world draped in silver, dragons dancing like silver snakes, a vast and desolate scene unfolds...

Therefore, Zhao Yun was only thinking about getting away from this disaster-ridden area as soon as possible and returning to a normal life.

Moreover, after experiencing these multiple calamities, they realized that with a wave of their hand, the great supernatural being could become the source of endless disasters for all living beings at the bottom of society.

Only then did I realize how precious that relatively peaceful environment was!
Furthermore, Zhao Yun's divine spiritual domain is still able to draw upon the creative substances from the surrounding ice.

Because the essence of these ice crystals is still the primordial weak water.

Therefore, the substances created within can aid the growth of the divine spiritual realm, or help the divine spiritual realm condense more world power to bless the two small wooden dragons.

Therefore, theoretically speaking, as long as the absorbed resources are sufficient, they can be applied to the two small wooden dragons for a long time, helping them resist the severe cold.

The divine spiritual realm that Zhao Yun first told these noble families and soldiers about, where the current world power can only resist for two months, is not entirely unfounded.

After all, he did not mention the subsequent situation where the Divine Spirit Realm could continue to absorb the creative substances still contained in the ice field.

Therefore, Zhao Yun urged these men to work hard in the freezing cold to dig through the ice, reach the surface of the glacier, and then walk back to the Great Zhou Dynasty... In fact, he wanted to push these soldiers and give them something to do.

That way, he won't have to yell and scream every time a problem arises, which would give him a headache.

Zhao Yun also tried it, but with his Five Elements Escape ability, he couldn't penetrate even a little bit of the ice and felt uncomfortable.

Of course, Zhao Yun's serious tone caused a certain degree of panic among the many noble families and soldiers.

However, amidst this panic, they found a way out:
They dug through the ice and then walked back to the Great Zhou Dynasty!
Then, these noble families and soldiers discussed sending out a group of six to follow the spatial passage that could only be entered and exited by one person at a time, to the end of the spatial passage, to chisel through the endless ice layer.

Once a space large enough for several people to stand in has been carved out, more people will take turns going out to break through the ice...

In addition, Zhao Yun thought of another problem: when the Grand Minister of Agriculture had reminded him of the impending retaliation from the barbarians,

They also said that the barbarians' revenge was also a kind of compromise, thus filling the great flood hole in the sky.

In other words, now that this massive cold wave has arrived and frozen everything, the huge hole in the sky should also be frozen shut!
While they were frozen in the ice, Zhao Yun wondered if he could climb to the top of the sky and enter the area around the large hole to see if there were any real, undegraded innate primordial weak waters inside.

Then, some of it was pried off and sealed in the divine spiritual realm, which can be considered another miracle of creation!

However, there is still one problem:
That was a huge hole in the sky. Although it was frozen, it was unknown whether there were any immortals guarding the area.

In particular, are there any immortals from the barbarian tribes watching over this place?

If things go wrong, you might end up in the sight of the immortals, which would be asking for trouble!

"Sigh, let's just take it one step at a time and see what happens!"

As the martial arts expert of Sequence Six outside the Divine Spirit Realm used his power to carve through the endless flood frozen solid, some ice fragments were swept into the Divine Spirit Realm.

But at the same time, this frozen void outside the divine spiritual realm was also growing larger and larger, large enough to accommodate one person.

Next, the second Sequence Six warrior went to exchange with the first warrior who went out to break through the ice, allowing the first warrior, who was shivering from the cold, to return to the Divine Spirit Realm.

When the width expands to allow three people to exit simultaneously, the excavation proceeds diagonally upwards, heading towards the ice field.

Furthermore, due to the endless cold outside, it can penetrate the world in an instant.

Therefore, even if these Sequence Six warriors are well-prepared, every quarter of an hour, their surging blood energy will still be frozen and solidified, forcing them to return to the Divine Spirit Realm to escape the severe cold and recover.

Therefore, everyone will need to take turns going out to break the ice.

Gradually, two days passed, and the endless ice layer, which was harder than steel, was finally broken through by these tough and thick-skinned warriors!

When Zhao Yun decided to go out for a stroll, he felt an endless chill as soon as he left the divine spiritual realm and arrived at the endless ice plain. The chill penetrated deep into his bones.

If it weren't for the indestructible power within the golden bones of the physical body, subtly rippled and protected the body,
Zhao Yun felt that an ordinary Sequence 8 body would be completely frozen into an ice sculpture in an instant in this icy plain.

Therefore, having no other choice, Zhao Yun had to return to his Divine Spirit Realm. He then entrusted the Divine Spirit Realm to the bodies of those Sequence Six warriors who could go out for a quarter of an hour at a time, allowing them to run across the ice plains and thus move the Divine Spirit Realm.
And in the form of a relay race, one Sequence Six warrior after another braves the cold and runs outside.

(End of this chapter)