190: Chapter 190 arrives one after another, the Town-Suppressing Dao Bell, [Qingxu Heaven] Past Events

The Incarnation observed the aura represented by the green lizard symbol atop the Green Lizard King's head; it could barely maintain his current level of strength, and any attempt to gain something from this would likely carry the risk of death.

As time passed, the fog began to spread outward from the continent, and the once-turbulent laws were now stable enough to support the entry of Transcendental Initial-stage entities.

"Hahaha, a relic has truly manifested here; it was well worth the consultation fee we paid."

A hearty laugh from a mid-stage entity echoed through space, reaching every life form above the Transcendental level.

Before long, the Ruins Hunter Group arrived from a more distant direction. It was a streamlined blue mid-stage Level 2 warship. As soon as it exited the Dark Universe, it moved near the [Tianhe] and the Green Valley warship, positioning itself slightly ahead.

The higher energy aura of this blue warship deterred the other two parties from competing with it.

At this moment, the Incarnation sensed that the leader of the Ruins Hunter Group, Lu Fei, already possessed the aura of a mid-stage Level 2 entity.

Although slightly weaker than Savage and his two companions, he was significantly stronger than the two mid-stage entities currently present.

Shortly after, a gray, void-fish-style warship emerged from the Dark Universe.

It was indeed the void-fish flagship of King Jianli from the Blue Chapter Civilization. The aura of this mid-stage Level 1 entity was deeper than that of the Green Lizard King, seemingly on the verge of reaching mid-stage Level 2.

This was not the only location; warships no weaker than mid-stage vessels were docked at the edges of the continent in other directions as well, with everyone tacitly occupying the perimeter of the relic in small groups.

However, given that the central continent stretched over a light-year in length, it was not easy to detect the actions of other entities of similar level.

"Dong~"

"Dong~"

"Dong~"

Three melodious chimes of the law-infused bell rang out in the void, spreading from the core of the continent to the surroundings. The turbulence and ripples originally caused by the giant objects rising were completely quelled by the bell's chime around the three continents—one large and two small.

Seeing that the laws had been smoothed out, all warships of mid-stage level and above released their pressure.

This made it impossible for the initial-stage ships lingering in the area to move; some mid-stage powerhouses even used sinister methods to extract their consciousness for use in pathfinding.

At this very moment, all mid-stage warships approached [Qingxu Heaven] on the central continent and entered the mist.

The Incarnation carefully sensed the position of the Bi Luoshui Avatar's aura and headed in that direction.

At this time, the mortal world within [Qingxu Heaven] was still peaceful, but after the Bi Luoshui Avatar arrived at a Xuanming Immortal City of the Qingxuan Sect, the cultivators there began receiving various orders and grew busy.

Under the cover of the laws activated by the Yin Spirit thought, the Bi Luoshui Avatar moved through Xuanming Immortal City as if it were an ordinary Qi Refining cultivator.

During this time, they had collected quite a bit of information; the cultivators here were indeed human, or perhaps humans created by some beings with great supernatural powers.

These humans possessed meridians and acupoints for various energy systems, which differed in part from the body structure of the humans that had evolved in the present day.

Moreover, just as described in various novels, the cultivation realms here were divided into Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Spirit Severing, and so on.

However, unlike the [Heavenly Talisman Dao Foundation Cultivator] system created by Wang An, where one begins to touch upon laws as soon as one achieves Transcendental status, the cultivators here only encountered laws upon reaching the Nascent Soul stage or higher.

It was precisely because of this that the Bi Luoshui Avatar could move about under his protection without being discovered; the lord of Xuanming Immortal City was a Golden Core stage inner disciple of the Qingxuan Sect.

Walking through Xuanming Immortal City, the entrusted Yin Spirit thought spread out, collecting information.

"Did you hear the bell chimes just now? That is the World-Suppressing Dao Bell of our [Qingxu Heaven]. Rumor has it that it is an Immortal artifact left behind by the Qingxu Immortal to protect the lineage when he ascended to the Immortal World."

"Yeah, and? What does that have to do with us poor Qi Refining cultivators who only earn 30 low-grade spirit stones a month?"

"Aiya, you don't understand. Once the Dao Bell rings, a major event is bound to happen. And this time it rang three times; it must be a major event that will change the landscape of the world. Isn't this our chance as bottom-tier rogue cultivators?"

"Forget it. With our meager strength, we couldn't even get the leftovers."

"That's where you're wrong. We might not be able to compete with big sect disciples, but there are plenty of other rogue cultivators. Tell me, brother, are you willing to invest?"

In a corner, two destitute Level 5 Qi Refining cultivators were loudly plotting to engage in robbery.

"World-Suppressing Dao Bell?"

The Yin Spirit thought searched the memories within the minds of the cultivators it had encountered along the way.

It is said that the World-Suppressing Dao Bell was passed down by Qingxu Zi, the last Mahayana loose immortal before the End of Dharma era, who foresaw that this world was about to fall into the End of Dharma and sent this Immortal artifact down from the Immortal World to protect it.

But unexpectedly, the two direct disciples of Qingxu Zi from his lineage, the Taiqing Immortal Sect, had a conflict over the ownership of this Immortal artifact. Under the instigation of certain individuals, this even triggered a civil war that left this realm in ruins, eventually leading to the formation of the Qingxuan Sect and the Diling Sect, and causing the world to enter the End of Dharma era prematurely.

This was also why, in addition to the Qingxuan Sect and the Diling Sect, three other lineages of the same level had participated in the matter; only then did this information leak out. Otherwise, it would have remained a mystery.

The World-Suppressing Dao Bell possessed a spirit and did not become the private tool of these people; instead, it began to resonate with the origin to help with the Repair.

Since then, this realm was renamed [Qingxu Heaven], in an attempt to summon the Qingxu Immortal to save the world.

However, the situation was delicate; the concentration of spiritual energy plummeted, and the lifespans of high-level cultivators were greatly reduced due to the changes in the laws of heaven and earth. A large number of high-level cultivators, spiritual plants, and spiritual objects faced their life tribulations and perished.

From then on, a large number of high-level spiritual objects and herbs in this world withered and disappeared, and the world could no longer support the survival of high-level cultivators.

Without cultivators at the Void Refinement stage or above to ingest external chaotic matter and replenish the spiritual energy consumed by the vast number of cultivators, the broken origin of this world was forced to contract and undergo Repair, falling further into a vicious cycle of deterioration.

In just 20,000 years, the major sects wantonly hoarded spiritual energy, causing spiritual energy in the outside world to wither. Only the major secondary immortal cities could sustain Foundation Establishment cultivators, and only Xuanming Immortal City could provide an environment for Golden Core cultivators to survive.

The Bi Luoshui Avatar swayed its way toward the teleportation array in the center of Xuanming Immortal City.

That's right; in this [Qingxu Heaven], there was already the capability to set up spatial arrays.

The laws here differed greatly from the physical Great Universe outside, allowing entities at the mid-stage Nascent Soul and Spirit Severing levels to build large-scale cross-region arrays.

In comparison, the spatial laws that only high-level beings could touch had loosened by one level.

Before long, the Bi Luoshui Avatar arrived at a square covering 10,000 square meters, where 12 spatial arrays connecting the 12 secondary immortal cities of the entire Southern Region were arranged.

Arriving at the payment counter for the array, a Foundation Establishment cultivator glanced at it and was about to question it when a wisp of wood energy drifted into his body. He shivered, then immediately spoke in a businesslike manner.