Shennong Dao Master

When beasts break through to the Ascension Realm, Origin Realm, or Tao Domain Realm, a Void Passage will appear to ferry them to the various demon country territories.

Now the effect of this ferrying has weakened somewhat; basically, by the time they break through the Tao Domain Realm, it can no longer draw away the spirit beasts within the Human Clan’s territory.

At this moment, on Langping Road, near a gray-yellow Boundary Star in the Wangliang Star Region.

"Swish swish swish~"

Three figures were chasing through shattered stars when they suddenly entered a region where the Spiritual Energy Index soared.

"Meow?" One of them—a large cat with agile limbs, its whole body black-gold and filled with a metallic sheen—stopped and let out a puzzled cry.

"Woof woof?" Beside it, a large dog wreathed in red flame-like qi, and a small sheep with pink wool, also came to a halt.

"Buzz~" Suddenly, three beams of spiritual light condensed out of the void; Spiritual Energy gathered to the extreme, even beginning to liquefy, and at the same time froze the Mountain Cat, the Gray Lion, and the Spiritual Illusion Sheep in place.

The three pet beasts began to break through against their will.

The next moment, the light pillars extended from the depths of the void and fell upon the steps of a dark-red palace; the shadows of the three pet beasts instantly turned blurry.

From within the dark-red palace walked out a black mountain goat; its curved horns seemed to hang both moon and sun.

Seeing the silhouettes within the three pillars of light, it was stunned for a moment.

"How strange."

"What exactly was that battle of Cause and Effect within the Human Clan about? I took part in it, so why did I end up guiding in three pet beasts?"

This Reincarnation Emperor–level black mountain goat fell into deep thought.

A moment later, it gained some insight.

"Looks like I only got some leftover scraps; I’ve no idea what those Human Clan powerhouses are truly fighting over."

"Forget it. These three little ones are Demon Race after all; I’ll take them back to the Demon God Hall first."

......

In Scholar City, after Zuo Qiyu handed Zhao Xing over to the scholar in charge of reception, he was planning to find a place to rest.

However, he quickly changed his mind and said to Feng Chen again, "Wait, when will Scholar Bo Wei appear?"

Feng Chen replied, "The Great Elder said he will leave seclusion in three days, and first apply the initial stage of Ancient Medicine treatment to Zhao Xing to extend his survival time."

"Oh." Zuo Qiyu said, "Can I watch from the side?"

"This..." Feng Chen was taken aback.

Zuo Qiyu said, "He is, after all, a genius from my Primordial Realm; the Ancient Hill has also strongly requested that his safety must be ensured."

"It’s not that we don’t trust Academic City; we just want those who care about him to feel more at ease."

Feng Chen nodded in understanding: "I understand, but I have to ask Scholar Bo Wei first."

"All right, I’ll wait for your news."

Zuo Qiyu changed his mind not because his conscience suddenly awakened, but purely because Zhao Xing had protested to Lord Lu Shan.

He did not want to undergo a secret treatment; at the very least, someone had to be present as a bystander.

To put it bluntly, deep down Zhao Xing did not believe that this Great Elder Bo Wei was that kind-hearted.

This fellow gathered a bunch of Academic City’s discarded disciples as henchmen, and he secretly kept a group of demonic-path scholars working for him.

For such a person to hold his true body in his hands—if no one was watching—there was no way to feel at ease.

Under Zhao Xing’s strong insistence, Lord Lu Shan agreed to this request, and so Zuo Qiyu followed Feng Chen back into the inner high tower of Academic City to wait.

Three days later, good news arrived.

"Zhao Xing, Bo Wei has already agreed to let Zuo Qiyu oversee the entire process."

"Right now your true body is about to be placed into the [Ten Cold Ice Coffin]."

"Academic City’s attitude is very good; I think you’re worrying too much."

Emperor Lu Shan pointed at the image on the Star Mirror; at this moment, Feng Chen had sent people to carry the ice coffin, and together with Zuo Qiyu they had arrived in a world of ice and snow.

Snowflakes filled the skies around them; it looked unimaginably cold. In this world of endless white, an ice-crystal corridor appeared, stretching toward an ice mountain.

"What’s happening to my body?" Zhao Xing saw his own body constantly growing larger, many blood-red vein-like lines like earthworms appearing on his face.

His body was enlarging and cracking, and the wounds that opened up were all dried out.

At the same time, the split body’s residual soul also felt a wave of scorching pain.

Before the Grassman Skill completed its great rending of his soul, Zhao Xing’s remnant soul would still be influenced by the soul core.

"Zuo Qiyu relayed Academic City’s judgment: they said your soul is decaying."

"The Magic Body is no longer under the soul’s control and is reverting to your original physique."

"The [Ten Cold Ice Coffin] is a naturally formed Divine Object. Although after countless ages its power is far from what it once was, it can still suppress the True Spirit Heavenly Poison in your body and buy more time for treatment."

"How long can it buy?" Zhao Xing asked.

"Feng Chen said it can extend you to an extreme of about three hundred years," Lord Lu Shan said. "If the problem still isn’t solved within three hundred years, then there will be absolutely no way left."

Three hundred years? Zhao Xing let out a breath of relief.

In his previous life, he remembered that Martial Artist had also had this limit number.

That Qi Sect Martial Artist was a Reincarnation Emperor–level existence, while he himself was only at the Life and Death Dao Domain Realm.

Under the True Spirit Heavenly Poison, all are equal.

Even with the [Ten Cold Ice Coffin], it could at most delay things by 300 years.

"If the True Spirit Heavenly Poison is this terrifying, I wonder what level the Desolate God Poison suppressed by Fan Qianrou is at."

Thinking about it now, that Seven-Star Chest taken away by the Ancient Medicine practitioner was indeed extremely dangerous.

"Wei Tianchen didn’t obtain the ’Seven Orifice Heart Sealing Technique’; I don’t know if he can open the deepest layer of the Seven-Star Chest." Zhao Xing thought to himself.

Now that his life could be extended to three hundred years, he had the mind to think about some other matters as well.

For example, obtaining the ’Seven Orifice Heart Sealing Technique’ from the Seven-Star Chest.