HUMM.

The bow of the Ghostly Flood Dragon, like a sharp blade, pierced into the gray wall.

SHHHHK.

The gray fog, a barrier stretching from heaven to earth, was effortlessly sliced open by the bow of the Ghostly Flood Dragon!

As Boundary Wall Remains,

the Fog Sea Gray Wall had a peculiar characteristic: it was difficult to enter, but easy to exit.

From the side of the Far South Continent, the wall’s isolating power was quite weak!

Even Foundation Establishment cultivators could pass through it!

He sailed into the gray wall.

A few breaths later...

CRACK.

A faint shattering sound echoed in Su Ye’s ears.

A buoy-like lighthouse appeared within the range of his Divine Sense Perception!

"Haaaah..."

Su Ye had a look of deep emotion on his face.

This lighthouse was the very marker his subordinates had set up to make navigating the Mist Sea easier!

Seeing the lighthouse meant one thing.

—He was back in the Yaoguang Islands!

"I’m home!"

Su Ye spread his arms, his gaze lowered slightly.

He could feel it—as if a heavy, invisible shackle had been cast off.

His entire body suddenly felt light!

"Haaaah..."

Su Ye wore a look of contentment, his eyes narrowed as he let out a long, clear breath.

He didn’t need to look at his status panel.

He knew that the [World Rejection Level] lingering around him...

had, at this very moment, vanished like smoke!

Su Ye twitched a finger, circulating his Magical Power to compare the difference between the two worlds.

He quickly discovered something.

’Even with my World Rejection Level at zero,’

’the Far South Continent’s affinity for me is nowhere near that of the Yaoguang Islands...’

Su Ye lamented.

In the Yaoguang Islands,

the amount of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi he could command with his Magical Power...

was about three times what it was back in the Far South Continent!

This kind of difference...

was clearly...

not just because of the nature of the Spiritual Qi.

’Is this the world favoring its native experts?’

Su Ye wondered.

Just then,

for some reason, a thought flashed through his mind.

Su Ye thought of the Eternal Hunting God.

That being had reached Tier Five and attained godhood.

’A being like that, in the long eons past, must have enjoyed the world’s favor, just like me, right?’

And yet,

the Eternal Hunting God of today was hated by the world, plagued by resentment!

It could only cower within its divine kingdom, eking out a pathetic existence through blood sacrifices!

When fortune smiles, the world is on your side; when it turns, even a hero is helpless!

’Why?’

Su Ye couldn’t help but ask himself.

The answer wasn’t hard to figure out.

For the last several thousand years,

the gods of the Far South Continent...

had suffered a crushing defeat, lost the Yaoguang Islands, and retreated to the Far South Continent!

They were incompetent at home, resorting to blood sacrifices to survive and suppressing the progress of their civilization!

’Disaster befalls those whose virtue is not worthy of their position.’

’Having lost the ability to drive the world forward, they instead became obstacles to its progress... Even one once favored by the heavens will become one condemned by them.’

Su Ye mused aloud with a sigh.

His eyes flickered.

’Obstructing the world invites heavenly condemnation.’

’Propelling the world forward earns heavenly favor.’

’Even if the path of cultivation emphasizes self-reliance, the world’s favor can’t be a bad thing...’

’At the very least... when I face tribulations for major realm breakthroughs, maybe the intensity will be a bit lower?’

Su Ye thought to himself.

That was quite necessary for him.

Su Ye knew that the more divine seeds one had, the stronger their Golden Core Tribulation would be!

’Forming the Core with Nine Methods...’

’The intensity will probably be maxed out, won’t it?’

The corner of his mouth twitched, his eyelashes fluttering.

Besides,

even if Su Ye wasn’t afraid of the Golden Core Tribulation, after that came the Nascent Soul Tribulation, the Divinity Transformation Tribulation...

In the Cultivation Realm,

countless cultivators had fallen to their tribulations, their bodies destroyed and their Daos extinguished!

’It’s not that I’m actually afraid of any tribulation.’

’It’s more that I want to pay proper respect to the tribulation’s intensity!’

Therefore,

it was still necessary to grind some favorability points with the Celestial Dao.

’I remember I already have some heavenly favor.’

’Killing the Blind Saintess, shattering the Reverse World... that gave me a wave of heavenly favor.’

’So... where can I get more?’

Suddenly,

Su Ye chuckled in spite of himself.

It seemed... he was already doing it!

Developing the Far South Continent!

Annexing the Divine Land World!

Without a doubt,

for a world, the benefits gained from annexing another were immense!

And the one who led this endeavor would surely become a person favored by the heavens!

In other words.

’The protagonist of destiny?’

Su Ye’s eyes flickered as he murmured to himself.

In that case, he had one more reason to develop the Far South Continent.

...

His thoughts came to an end.

Su Ye was about to pilot the Ghostly Flood Dragon out of the Mist Sea.

Suddenly,

he sensed something, a look of surprise flashing across his face.

’My heavenly favor... increased for no reason?’

Then,

within the sea,

countless streams of Spiritual Qi began to surge on their own, crashing against the gray wall!

’What is this...?’

Su Ye’s eyes flickered.

He could see the gray wall trembling violently under the assault of the Spiritual Qi!

HUMMM!

The dense gray fog began to dissipate.

This barrier, formed from fog and the Power of Rules, seemed to be on the verge of collapse, like a truly crumbling wall!

’Could it be... the gray wall is about to disappear?’

Su Ye was astonished, his focus sharpening.

However,

that didn’t happen.

After a short while,

the natural Spiritual Qi between heaven and earth calmed down. The assault stopped, and the gray wall still stood, seemingly unaffected.

Except...

Su Ye piloted the Ghostly Flood Dragon closer to the gray wall.

He used the power of his Divine Sense to inspect its condition.

After a moment of thought,

he made a grasping motion with his right hand, summoned the Moonfall Halberd, and swung it in a slash!

SHHHHK!

The silver, frosty Moon Arc Slash struck the gray wall!

BANG!

A gash was torn into the dense gray fog!

Nearly ten breaths later, the gash was finally filled in by the surrounding gray fog, fully recovering.

Su Ye’s eyes narrowed slightly as he gripped the Moonfall Halberd and continued to slash!

SHK! SHK! SHK!

Dozens of breaths later,

Su Ye recalled the Moonfall Halberd. He looked at the dozen or so gashes left by his Moon Arc slashes on the gray wall and came to a conclusion.

’Just as I thought.’

’The strength of this barrier has decreased significantly.’

After his confirmation,

he was certain.

Compared to before, the Fog Sea Gray Wall’s strength had dropped by a large margin.

’Perhaps now, Tier Four isn’t necessary.’

’A Tier Three Late Stage cultivator could break through the gray wall and reach the Far South Continent?’

’Or even...’

’a Mid-stage Crystal cultivator who has mastered an offensive Quasi-Technique could also cross it?’

Moreover,

Su Ye looked up slightly, studying the fog barrier... With his spirit eyes, he could see wisps of Spiritual Qi seeping through the gray wall.

—This was causing the gray wall to weaken even faster!

’Is it because of me?’

Su Ye asked himself.

’Did my passage through the gray wall, connecting the two realms, cause an interaction of matter and energy between them?’

’And did that, in turn, cause the gray wall’s strength to weaken?’

And...

it didn’t seem to be just the gray wall?

Su Ye’s gaze flickered, and he swept the area with his Divine Sense.

He discovered,

the concentration of fog in the Mist Sea had also decreased!

This would make exploring the Mist Sea much easier...

Other cultivation factions would very likely discover the Far South Continent and join in its development...

Su Ye’s eyes narrowed.

Then, just as quickly, he relaxed.

’So what?’

’Competition?’

’Bring it on.’

Su Ye chuckled softly.

He steered his spirit vessel and headed north!

Back to Weiyuan Immortal City.