Cultivation Starts from Killing Pigs

As the saying goes, "Many hands make light work."

When you are alone, you may be extra cautious, but when thousands are together, you can feel the power of the group, daring to attempt any danger.

The captains of the Immortal Path Alliance fleet are now experiencing this.

Over a thousand starships, large and small, have gathered together, with the count of Immortal-level ones already exceeding a thousand, crossing the starry air with an overwhelming momentum.

Of course, Zhang Kui’s mind remains clear.

He knows that the belief that more people bring greater power isn’t an absolute truth. Its flip side is the rabble, and the difference between the two lies in whether there is a shared goal and vision.

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"The Star Realm didn’t appear only after the collapse of the Immortal Dynasty..."

Dragon Demon Wu Tianya’s eyes glimmered with an excited dark light, "When I was still a roving son, I liked to travel and explore all over. I heard that the ruler of the Immortal Dynasty, the Emperor Venerable, once owned a Star Realm, and the ruins buried in the map also date back to the early Immortal Dynasty."

Fish Demon Priest’s face turned strange, "Can it still be used?"

Wu Tianya shook his head slightly, "I’m not sure, I just observed it from afar, because that place is in the Black Tide Zone..."

What they were discussing was the abandoned Star Realm mentioned by Dragon Demon.

Because the location happened to be between the Celestial Capital and Celestial Splendor Star Zones, the Immortal Path Alliance fleet would stop midway to explore.

"Black Tide Zone..." Zhang Kui was contemplative.

The cosmos is vast, with countless bizarre and dangerous areas. Besides those forbidden zones formed by various magnetic storms and evil lights, the most famous is the "Black Tide Zone."

The army of bizarre creatures from the Underworld called the Black Tide, and the "Black Tide Zone" is likewise related to them.

If the Yin and Yang Realms are simply understood as being separated by a membrane, then the Black Tide Zone is a space decay area caused by massive corrosion by powerful underworld creatures, where the distinction between Yin and Yang no longer exists, and even underworld creatures are unwilling to approach.

Yet, as the saying goes, there must be a cause for every effect.

The reason the Black Tide Zone could form is because it once had something capable of attracting massive underworld creatures, usually ancient ruins containing powerful forces...

...

Scarlet starry sky, dreamy and enchanting.

Unlike the Divine Dynasty Starship Fleet, the folks from the Immortal Path Alliance are either star pirates roaming the starry sky or daring adventurers. In short, each is a veteran and can travel through the Underworld for long periods without issue.

Leaving the Celestial Capital Star Zone for over a month, they finally reached the location.

The fleet quietly hovered in the starry sky, everyone staring ahead, eyes full of solemnity.

It was a bizarre, terrifying area.

Black star clouds constantly surged, with twisted runes appearing in the surrounding space.

The starry sky is inherently void, but in contrast, it seemed like it had substance.

"Black Tide Zone..."

Fish Demon Priest’s eyes flashed with a hint of nostalgia, "My master was astonishingly talented, he even led us to escape the control of the Star Whale, but once when exploring the Black Tide Zone, he never returned."

Zhang Kui didn’t speak, his eyes operated Tongyou Skill, the Tai Chi Light Wheel spun in his pupils, two divine lights suddenly pierced the starry sky, illuminating the black star clouds.

The three demons around quickly kept silent.

In fact, their curiosity about Zhang Kui was no less than the Black Tide Zone.

The new Immortal Path, Yin Yang True Fire, Refining Realm Master, powerful skills... the rumor that Zhang Kui is the reincarnation of an ancient monster is starting to spread secretly.

Zhang Kui naturally couldn’t bother with the thoughts of the three demons.

At this moment, he was fully operating Tongyou Skill, the black star clouds gradually faded, but remained blurry, only vague shadows of a mountain and an island could be seen.

Zhang Kui’s brow furrowed slightly, "Let’s get closer, others stay where they are."

They were all on a Starship made from desolate beast demon bones, after leaving the team and progressing for some time, Zhang Kui gradually saw the outline.

The larger one resembled a star reef, made from piled meteorites, the mountain top seemed to have ruins, enormous beyond contemplation for human habitation.

While the smaller one was a floating island, its vast size was astonishing, comparable to half of the Divine Dynasty.

"Sect Leader Zhang, can you see it?"

Dragon Demon Wu Tianya couldn’t help but ask.

Zhang Kui shook his head, "Not very clearly, there’s something strange about the space inside."

Tongyou Skill is indeed powerful, even Earth Demon Skill can reach the legendary level of observing the heavens above and the Nine Netherworld below, and since achieving the Immortal Body, every Earth Demon Skill has transformed into Immortal Skill, with great power.

Of course, this is correlated with his cultivation and Tao Cultivation.

This place reminded Zhang Kui of the Underworld, similarly blocking Divine Sense exploration, though it’s even more difficult to see clearly.

But even so, it surprised the three demons.

Fish Demon Priest couldn’t help but praise, "Sect Leader Zhang’s skill is truly formidable, my master barely entered with the aid of an Immortal Artifact."

Wu Tianya nodded, "The Black Tide Zone is dangerous primarily due to the chaos of space’s Yin and Yang, making exploration difficult, and secondly due to spatial invasion. Only Immortals can rely on Domain Power to isolate entry, I only saw a corner of the abandoned Star Realm when the tide receded."

Rakshasa Insect Mother laughed, "Now with Taoist Friend Zhang leading the way, we’re able to go in and investigate."

Zhang Kui nodded solemnly and said, "If that’s the case, let’s go!"

He instructed the fleet to wait in place, and the four of them instantly traversed the starry space, each opening their domain and diving into the dark nebula...

...

Dim and murky, unable to see clearly.

What’s more terrifying is that this Black Tide region space has its own permeability, even making a hissing sound around the Void Domain.

Though Dragon Demon and the others practice an Immortal Path that mimics the Evil God, they similarly imitate Domain Power with their physical bodies and Law origins.

Originally, they all had their own opportunities, like Dragon Demon and the Fish Demon Priest who captured the Law of the Star Sea Cold Tide, and the Rakshasa Insect Mother whose power is a dim Buddha Land flame, but now they have the better quality Yin Yang True Fire, so they have all switched.

Thus arose a strange phenomenon: the domains of the Three Demons are all flickering with silver flame, while around Zhang Kui, the master of the Yin Yang True Fire, is pitch-black void.

"Stay close to me!"

Zhang Kui frowned and said in a deep voice.

He had already noticed something strange; the Three Demons seemed to be getting farther away from him.

"How can this be..."

The Fish Demon Priest felt a tingling along his scalp.

Their race has a special ability to perceive stars and magnetic fields for orientation, and even without a Star Map, they wouldn’t get lost in the starry space.

But here, he felt like he was following Zhang Kui yet would unknowingly change direction.

Zhang Kui looked around at the black fog, "The Yin and Yang are chaotic here, probably even the Laws have changed; don’t be deceived by your eyes."

The Three Demons immediately gave bitter smiles; they didn’t have Zhang Kui’s Tongyou Skill, their Divine Thought was blocked, and the only thing they could rely on were their eyes.

Fortunately, all of the demons were highly cultivated and keen. With Zhang Kui’s reminder, they all became more cautious and soon reached the Abandoned Star Realm.

This place was exactly the Floating Island Zhang Kui had seen earlier. Its vast size even shadowed mountains and rivers, but unfortunately, it was barren, without a single blade of grass or a drop of water.

In the center of the island was a gigantic city. Although mostly in ruins, one could still vaguely discern the orderly outlines of palaces.

"Follow me!"

The Three Demons couldn’t see that far; if they had explored on their own, they might have circled around the outskirts for quite a while, but following Zhang Kui, they quickly arrived at a palace ruin square.

"The architecture is of the Infinite Immortal Dynasty style!"

Dragon Demon Wu Tianya was filled with confusion, "This is actually a Star Realm belonging to the Immortal Dynasty; how could it have fallen here?"

Zhang Kui squinted his eyes slightly and walked straight towards a certain place.

The Three Demons followed closely behind, and soon they saw a towering Divine Statue.

This Divine Statue was miraculously intact, depicting a figure in a long robe, with horns on its head, and a face hidden in the shadows of a hood.

Dragon Demon looked solemn, "It’s the No-shine Celestial Immortal Monarch Duan You!"

"No-shine Heaven?"

Zhang Kui glanced around, "What are they doing so far from home?"

With the gathering of intelligence, he already knew all the Star Realm names of the Ancient Infinite Immortal Dynasty, namely:

Colorless Celestial Immortal King Qianwu, ruling the Colorless Star Realm,

Silent Celestial Net Immortal King Luo Changsheng, ruling the Longevity Star Realm,

Formless Celestial Immortal King Baili, ruling the Formless Star Realm,

Wuyou Celestial God Illusion Fairy Monarch, ruling the Wuyou Star Realm,

No-shine Celestial Immortal Monarch Duan You, ruling the Dark Star Realm,

Wumiao Heaven Chi Bai Luo Immortal Monarch, ruling the Wumiao Star Realm,

Wuzhen Celestial Lady Tianluohua, ruling the Wuzhen Star Realm,

Formless Celestial Ruler Divine Power Immortal Monarch, ruling the Formless Star Realm,

No-View Celestial Dragon Flower Witch, ruling the No-View Star Realm,

No-Void Celestial Donghua Immortal King, ruling the Void Star Realm,

Unattainable Celestial Demon Venerable Immortal Monarch, ruling the Lawless Star Realm,

No-Origin Celestial Taiyuan Immortal Monarch, ruling the No-Origin Star Realm.

The twelve Immortal Monarchs governed the Star Sea, displaying the Ancient Infinite Immortal Dynasty’s might, and the peculiarity lay in this very fact.

The Distance between No-shine Star Realm and Longevity Star Realm is vast, not like the nearby Colorless Star Realm, nor was it a need to build Immortal Sects everywhere with the Formless Celestial Immortal Ship, so why would such an important Star Realm be abandoned here?

Of course, the Three Demons didn’t bother investigating this matter; Dragon Demon Wu Tianya asked expectantly, "Sect Leader Zhang, can this place be repaired?"

Zhang Kui looked around, suddenly smiled slightly,

"Whether it can or cannot be done depends on your choice..."