Bitter Realm: My Feet Step Through the Flames of War

Springtime worship is a tradition, and in previous years Luo Hou would not have emphasized it. Today, Luo Hou's words made Shao Hao feel a sense of heaviness.

"When you return, I will tell you about the Four Dark Gods and the laws of life and death that the God of Death holds."

"Hao'er understands, and will now embark on the boundless sea of ​​learning."

Luo Hou will take Shao Hao with him to the White Feather Realm Heavenly Dao. Shao Hao, who inherited the bloodline of the God of Death, naturally belongs to the Heavenly Clan. Whether it is killing the God of Death or directly plundering, Luo Hou must obtain the Law of Life and Death for Shao Hao.

But would Shao Hao lay a hand on his own father?

Will Death take action against a son who can increase his power?

After all, back then, Death used his son as a tool to make a deal with the Celestials.

However, entering the White Feather Realm Heavenly Dao does not mean one can immediately fight against the God of Death. Before that, there is still the first generation near-god, Mo Xingtian, and his devoted followers. In short, they will fight to the death, step by step.

Braving the wind and waves, covering a thousand miles in an instant.

The Broken Island Xuange stopped over the North Sea, and everyone went up to the deck to look out.

Liao Tian held up the cylindrical telescope that Ruo Ye Zhi Qiu had specially crafted, scanning all four directions of the royal city. Then, he handed the telescope to Ji Xia Shang.

"It's very quiet, there's nothing unusual about it."

With a wave of his arm, the evil spirit sent dozens of crows taking flight from the deck, soaring into the distance like a black cloud.

After Qing Haichao, Chao Yizhu, and the others finished reading, they found nothing new.

"Young Master, shall we drive straight into the royal city?"

"The remaining power in the Dead Sun has all disappeared. Perhaps there are even more powerful figures in the royal city besides Immortal Nameless."

Not long ago, Liao Tian was used as a filter by Xian Zong Wuming. Not only did Si Yang's violent power remain in his body, but he also established a mental connection with Si Yang.

With the vengeful spirit gone and his power gone, Si Yang was truly dead at this moment.

Chapter 475 Re-entering the Northern Sea Spirit Continent

The Broken Island Mystic Boat finally stopped at Thousand Flying Island.

Qianfei Island was equally peaceful. Yan Feihong and Baima Qiushui disembarked and began preparing tea for their guests.

After a short rest, the group, led by Liao Tian, ​​headed to the North Sea Royal City.

Unlike what was seen during the battle of the universe, there were no subjects coming and going in the royal city at this time. The joyful army of spirit nurturing had disappeared, and the vast royal city was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.

"A field trip? Oh no!"

When Princess Shuangyue Miaoruofan left with Liaotian and the others, she did not bring her maids along for the trip. Now that she saw the strange things in the royal city, she was immediately filled with fear.

"Princess, please don't rush. Let's go to the city lord's mansion first."

"Thank you, Mr. Ji."

When the group returned to the city lord's mansion, the palace, which had been ravaged by the battle with the immortal Wuming, was still in ruins and devastation.

I rushed to the backyard and sure enough, I saw Caifeng sitting on the broken ground, weeping.

"Going on a field trip!"

Upon hearing the sound, Caifeng jumped up from the ground and threw himself into Miaoruofan's arms.

"Princess, you're finally back!"

"What has happened these past few days? Why is there not a single person in the city?"

Cai Feng cried out, "Princess, you suddenly disappeared! I searched everywhere but couldn't find you. Then I saw a sun rise from the ground beneath the city lord's mansion, and then a coffin flew down from the sky. A corpse floated out of the coffin, and I was so frightened that I fainted!"

When she woke up from her field trip, she was all alone in the city lord's mansion. She tried to search the streets, but the once bustling and lively royal city was deserted.

"The sun beneath the earth is the dead sun; let's go and take a look."

Cai Feng's account was no different from what Liao Tian and the others had seen along the way. The royal city of Beihai Lingzhou, which was said to have a population of one million, had inexplicably become a ghost town. Since they had arrived at the city lord's mansion, they would start with Si Yang.

The group then rushed to the royal palace.

The formation, which originally required the blood of a true dragon to activate, was now wide open. Looking down into the abyss, one could see that the sun, having lost all its power, had long since stopped turning and was now floating helplessly in the valley.

"Go down."

Liao Tian was the first to jump.

With a flick of her silk scarf, Qing Shuangtai embraced Miao Ruofan and Caifeng as they slowly drifted down.

Soon, the group descended into the valley, landing before the Dead Sun.

This round sphere, the size of a hundred houses, resembled the pale eye of a dead fish, appearing exceptionally cold and eerie.

“Young Master, back then, Immortal Nameless only took half of the power of Death Sun. If what we saw in the survey is correct, then another person came here and took the rest of the power.”

"Indeed, the fact that he could directly take away the power of the Dead Sun proves that he is more powerful than the Immortal Nameless."

Liao Tian frowned deeply. He couldn't sense any trace of Si Yang's presence. Was Si Yang truly dead? Where had those enormous and violent vengeful spirits gone?

“Young Master, please let Ruofan try. There must be a reason why Master passed on the Bloodline Heavenly Lock to Ruofan.”

"Alright, please step aside for now."

After everyone left into an open space, Miao Ruofan immediately gathered his true essence, cast the Blood Vein Heavenly Lock, and then incorporated a drop of royal blood into the spell.

In an instant, a strange light flashed, forming a huge hexagonal sky lock. Then, the king's blood transformed into six crimson pillars, which plunged into the Death Sun.

"Waaaaah!"

"Roar~ Ah!"

The instant the blood of the king met the sun of death, various painful roars came from the depths of the sun of death, as if countless people were awakening at the same time, but were imprisoned in the eighteenth level of hell and could not escape.

This sudden awakening of pain and resentment coalesced into an extreme force, surging back against Miao Ruofan.

puff!

Miao Ruofan was immediately injured, and the Blood Vein Heavenly Lock also began to shake, showing signs of collapsing.

Seeing this, Qing Shuangtai immediately praised the merit with both palms, transferring a gentle true energy to Miao Ruofan, and the turbulent formation gradually stabilized.

The wrath and pain of the vengeful spirits are tied to the royal descendants, causing the soul of a mortal to be torn apart.

She endured the pain and said in a deep voice, "I am Miao Ruofan, the daughter of the King of the North Sea and the current Princess of the Twin Moons of the North Sea Spirit Continent. If you are citizens of my Spirit Continent, please tell me the truth, and I will definitely rescue you!"

Like a drop of oil falling into cold water, the dead sun boils even more vigorously.

"let me."

Xiangling raised a pure white conch shell, put it to her lips, and began to play it softly and gently, like heavenly music, soothing all misfortune and injustice.

As a priestess and medium, Xiangling's greatest skill was communicating with souls. After playing the conch shell for a long time, the screams from the dead sun finally transformed into a language that everyone could understand:

"It's the princess! Princess, please save me!"

"What princesses? They're all birds of a feather!"

"Princess, it was Haotian and the Shadow Master Bo Ying who captured our souls here, preventing us from ever leaving for eternity! How hateful!"

"Haotian is using our resentment to gain power! Princess, please save us!"

"We're dead! We're all dead! We can't get out! Hahahaha!"

Amidst the chaotic accusations, the concealed truth gradually emerges—

Long ago, the God of Doom, who guarded the Spirit Continent of the North Sea, suddenly went mad and wreaked havoc on the people. The Spirit King of the North Sea had no choice but to kill the God of Doom with a God-Slaying Thunder, thus incurring punishment from the Six Heavens Realm and being banished to the Heavenly Realm.

Just then, a powerful figure calling himself Haotian arrived in the Northern Sea Spirit Continent. Using some unknown sorcery, he extracted the souls of all the subjects in the royal city and created this underground sun.

To maintain an inexhaustible source of power, Haotian left behind her last royal blood, Miao Ruofan, using her royal blood and the magic of the Phantom Master Bo Ying to sustain the lives of the people of Lingzhou and ensure their immortality—this is called Spirit Nourishment.

To prevent discovery by the outside world, the royal city was closed off from the outside world, and no one was ever allowed to enter the city.

The innocent and ignorant Miao Ruofan gradually grew up until the day of her coming-of-age ceremony.

"So that's how it is... I betrayed my people and made them my father! I have harmed my own people!"

Miao Ruofan couldn't help but burst into tears.

Liao Tian comforted her, "Princess, it's not your fault. Now that the truth is known, the most urgent task is to save these hundreds of thousands of people."

"Although the Dead Sun has no power, it is the vessel for the souls of the people. Cutting it directly might harm their souls, but if it is not rescued quickly, their souls will gradually dissipate."

For a moment, everyone was at a loss.

Suddenly, a figure slowly descended; it was Yi Qingtian.

"Jian Shou, what happened?"

After not seeing him for several days, Miao Ruofan was shocked to find that Yi Qingtian had aged a lot. His original immortal demeanor had turned into one of decadence and destitution. Even the aloofness of a peerless swordsman had disappeared, and he exuded a sense of abandonment of the world.

"Ruofan, your master has passed away. Before he left, he asked me to tell you that Xianzong Wuming is the origin of all demons, and he was the one who created the disaster in Beihai Lingzhou."

"The Origin of All Demons?"

"If this demon is not eliminated, great calamity will befall humanity. To completely annihilate this demon, we need the five chaotic elements and the thunder of slaying gods. This task is entrusted to you."

"Jian Shou, where are you going?"

"Without Shiyu, I have no more attachment to this world."

Before he could finish speaking, Yi Qingtian had already vanished.

(There are only a few chapters left. After finishing the Demon Origin volume and concluding the main storyline, we will begin the final volume, the God War.)

Chapter 476 Preparations for the Great War

under the moon.

A thin spring mist lingers, carrying the earthy, slightly fishy smell of melting soil.

Liao Tian stood with his hands behind his back in front of an old plum tree that was still in full bloom. His tall figure, viewed from behind, had a certain air of a martial ruler.

Since the city lord's mansion was in ruins and uninhabitable, the people of Tiandu chose to stay at the magnificent guesthouse.

Ji Xiashang walked over.

"Young Master, it's time for a meeting."

"Ah."