Seeking Immortality in a Bizarre World-Chapter 670 - 664: Cleaning up a realm, is it really that terrifying?_1

Chapter 670: Chapter 664: Cleaning up a realm, is it really that terrifying?_1

The Thought Bizarre had most likely used the Vast Wave Realm as a stepping stone to other Cultivation Worlds.

Jia Ren faced two options. One was to feign ignorance, silently leave this realm, and pretend nothing had ever happened.

The ’walking corpses’ remaining in the Vast Wave Realm were the source of the Thought Bizarre’s power. Unless Jia Ren cleaned them out, he could not seal it, even if he found the Thought Bizarre in other Cultivation Worlds. By eliminating these beings, the Thought Bizarre’s development would inevitably be affected, its momentum curtailed. The only trouble was that Jia Ren would reveal himself. The Thought Bizarre would realize it was being sought and would prepare in advance.

Jia Ren didn’t hesitate for a moment, his actions proving his resolve.

No matter where you flee, even to the ends of the earth, I will find you!

Wherever his gaze fell, both the sky and the earth were tinged with grey flames, under which countless bizarre corruptions and Bizarre Demons burned fiercely. This would not completely cleanse the Vast Wave Realm of Bizarre Demons, nor would it solve the Bizarre Demon problem here once and for all. When the power of the grey flames was exhausted, the Bizarre Demons would regenerate and continue to rule this land.

Restoring a world is far more difficult than destroying it. Unless, like the Mysterious Realm, a tremendous amount of time was spent cleaning and sealing all sighted Bizarre Demons, thus cutting off the source of corruption. Only then, when Cultivators from other Cultivation Worlds migrated here aboard Divine Vessels, would there be hope of restoring vitality to the Vast Wave Realm.

Jia Ren’s actions were not in vain. When the Thought Bizarre left this world aboard the Jade Void Divine Boat, the malicious thoughts it left behind could no longer regenerate after death. By clearing out these power sources in this world, he would eliminate any beings who knew of its existence, thus preventing a scenario where the Thought Bizarre could not be sealed.

In a world teeming with Bizarre Demons, pervasive with Bizarre Qi and corruption, the grey flames that consumed bizarre power stood out markedly. The grey flames spread like wildfire, and from the sky came the lamentations of billions of malicious thoughts. The walking corpses had no chance to dodge and were instantly set ablaze.

It was as if, in that moment, the Vast Wave Realm was undergoing a correction, the power of the bizarre finally suppressed.

"Jia Ren?!"

The moment the grey flames appeared, the malice circling in the sky intensified, and a new glint of color appeared in the eyes of the walking corpses, their raw resentment seeming to pierce the heavens. The grey flames—a fusion of Southern Ming Separation Fire and Phoenix Flame—were unique. It was obvious who had arrived.

To the Thought Bizarre, it was scarcely believable. Only a month had passed since its malicious thoughts in the Mysterious Realm were destroyed, and Jia Ren had already left that realm. A month was nothing to long-lived Cultivators, but for Jia Ren to cross the vast Void and track it from the Mysterious Realm all the way to the Vast Wave Realm in such a short period was astonishing.

Did he come here by accident? The Thought Bizarre couldn’t believe it. The Mysterious Realm had been isolationist for too long; its inhabitants shouldn’t have possessed the ability to leave it. The ease with which Jia Ren found its previous sanctuary inevitably led the Thought Bizarre to wild speculation, suspecting he possessed some means of tracking it.

At this moment, the Thought Bizarre couldn’t help feeling some regret. It had claimed to be a Void-level Strange Creature merely to intimidate Jia Ren, hoping he would live out his remaining years in constant fear, terrified that it would descend upon the Mysterious Realm. As long as it had any impact on Jia Ren, its tactic would be considered successful. The Void was immeasurably vast, and having forty years as a buffer, it hadn’t worried about Jia Ren finding it. Unexpectedly, Jia Ren had taken just a month to reach the Vast Wave Realm and was now destroying what it had accumulated there.

Feeling its forty-plus years of hard work rapidly going up in flames, the Thought Bizarre felt like it had shot itself in the foot. Now, it was too late for regret; the Thought Bizarre was reaping what it had sown. The parasitic malicious thoughts and the devoted followers it had intentionally left behind were the wealth accumulated over forty years in the Vast Wave Realm. Now, they were ignited by the flames.

Even when facing other restraining Evil-Warding Treasures, including Mysterious Heavenly Spiritual Treasures, the extinguished malicious thoughts could regenerate. However, once the grey flames—a fusion of Southern Ming Separation Fire and Phoenix Flame—attached to them, they burned continuously. Even Bizarre Demons that revived after death would be consumed by this seemingly inextinguishable fire. Malicious thoughts, unlike Bizarre Demons, could not regenerate indefinitely. After nine annihilations, they were completely obliterated.

The sea of malicious thoughts was vanishing at an alarming rate, signifying the end of the Thought Bizarre’s era in the Vast Wave Realm.

"Now that you’re here, die here!"

The malicious thoughts the Thought Bizarre had left in this realm became uncontrollably enraged, swiftly gathering all remaining malevolence in this world. Better a short pain than a long one. If Jia Ren was eliminated, further losses could be avoided. The Mysterious Realm was Jia Ren’s territory; the Vast Wave Realm was the Thought Bizarre’s.

The second conflict in a month erupted once again!

Billions of malevolent entities surged like a tide from all directions, forming an ocean of malicious thoughts that stretched beyond the horizon. The Black Sea churned, and countless hideous, resentful faces glared out, as if selecting their prey to devour. From east to west, from all directions, came malevolence; there was nowhere to hide, nowhere to flee. The resentful thoughts of billions of beings permeated the area, creating the sensation of plummeting into an endless abyss, a true hell.

The countless malicious thoughts fused into a pure black spear, from within which the wails of billions of beings could faintly be heard. Countless Magical Treasures, Spiritual Treasures, and Sky-reaching Spirit Treasures shattered, their myriad fragments converging upon the black spear, encasing it in an outer shell. The Thought Bizarre had learned from its previous mistakes; it didn’t want to expose its malicious thoughts directly to the grey flames. The shell of treasures acted as a buffer, preventing the malicious thoughts from being instantly ignited. The longer it could hold out, the higher the chance of killing Jia Ren.

The combat power unleashed by these remnants in the Vast Wave Realm far surpassed that of Complete Cryptids. This was merely the power of its remnants; one could hardly imagine how formidable its main body must be. Compared to its state in the Mysterious Realm, its combat power had increased tens, even hundreds of times. And it had only been forty years since it escaped the Mysterious Realm! The Thought Bizarre’s growth rate was astonishing!

The only contrasting element in this world was the color grey. It invaded like fire, plundering everything in its path and swiftly engulfing the black territories. Under the control of an unseen hand, all the grey flames quickly gathered in the sky. In the blink of an eye, a massive Greyflame Phoenix with a wingspan of a hundred thousand feet took shape, hurtling towards the black spear formed of malicious thoughts.

The two colossal beings collided, like needle against spike. At that moment, the world fell silent, only the colors black and grey remaining.

The black spear possessed superior piercing power. Its tip tore through the Greyflame Phoenix and, with undiminished momentum, shot straight towards Jia Ren. But the Greyflame Phoenix’s power was not so easily overcome. The tear in its form instantly regenerated under the grey flames, and its talons reached back to grasp the spear. The moment the phoenix talons seized the black spear, its outer shell rapidly melted. Hidden within, the billions of malicious thoughts lost their protection and were ignited from the outside in, the flames spreading rapidly inward.

"Mourning Demon Sound!"

BOOM!

The instant the black spear exploded, the ocean of malicious thoughts unleashed a soul-shattering wail in unison. Only the funereal dirge of death echoed between heaven and earth!

This was not an attack using bizarre power, but a Divine Soul attack originating from Cultivators. In their past lives, these malicious thoughts had all been Cultivators and still retained their mental power. The combined Divine Soul attack of billions of such thoughts was something not even a Mahayana Stage Cultivator could withstand. The black spear and the direct assault of malicious thoughts were not the true killing blows; the attack targeted at the Divine Soul was!

The one who knows you best is always your enemy! The Thought Bizarre knew Jia Ren was not invincible. His physical body, Magical Treasures, the grey flames that countered Bizarre Demons, and the speed of the Golden-Winged Great Peng Bird—none of these were easy to deal with. His Divine Soul alone was his vulnerability!

Meticulously prepared for so long, all for this moment.

As the Mourning Demon Sound struck, the Jia Ren standing at the original spot shattered like a soap bubble. It was an illusory double meant to deceive the Thought Bizarre.

The Thought Bizarre scanned its surroundings but found no trace of Jia Ren, no matter how desperately it searched. The newly regenerated malicious thoughts were quickly ignited by the grey flames, burning fiercely. This signaled its own defeat. Its all-out counterattack had ultimately failed.

The Thought Bizarre did not give up, searching everywhere for Jia Ren. But alas, even when all the malicious thoughts were burned to ash, it still found no sign of him. Its desperate counterattack, launched from a position of certain death, had ended in failure.

From beginning to end, Jia Ren had merely summoned the grey flames to coalesce into a phoenix. No matter what myriad techniques the enemy employed, Jia Ren was confident that the Greyflame Phoenix could deal with the malicious thoughts left by the Thought Bizarre, and he saw no need to place himself in peril. Indeed, reality did not disappoint his expectations.

All billions of malicious thoughts were incinerated, and the vast majority of the Bizarre Thoughts the Thought Bizarre had left in this world were instantly obliterated. The grey flames continued to spread in all directions, advancing at an astonishing speed to every corner of the Vast Wave Realm. The pervasive Bizarre Qi and corruption served as the best fuel. Without requiring much effort or attention on Jia Ren’s part, the grey flames would burn their way to every corner of the Vast Wave Realm.

"Go!"

The Golden-Winged Great Peng Bird Avatar flew off, its talons clutching a Palace Lantern within which grey flames flickered. This was the Heavenly Fire Palace Lantern, a vessel designed to contain flames, and it could indeed temporarily house the grey flames. He and his Golden-Winged Great Peng Bird Avatar went separate ways to cover all bases, ensuring no malicious thoughts could escape destruction. Weeds can’t be burned out completely; they grow again with the spring breeze. Since I’ve decided to act, I must be thorough, cutting the weeds and digging out the roots.

Without the support of the Vast Wave Realm, how much power can the Thought Bizarre possibly retain?!

The Thought Bizarre felt the sources of its power dwindling, crumbling away just as they had in the Mysterious Realm, being utterly uprooted. An emotion called regret rapidly swelled within it, feeling like thousands of insects gnawing from the inside, an unbearable torment. One misstep leads to a cascade of errors. If only it had vanished mysteriously in the Mysterious Realm and not revealed its whereabouts to Jia Ren, could things have turned out differently? Alas, it was all too late.

Meanwhile, deep within the Void, a jade-lit Flying Boat was in transit, carrying a multitude of powerful malicious thoughts. This was the contingent of power the Thought Bizarre had deliberately brought with it, intending to introduce it into other Cultivation Worlds and rapidly seize control of a new realm. With its power bases in the Mysterious Realm and the Vast Wave Realm disintegrated, these malicious thoughts were now its only significant remaining forces.

At the prow of the Bizarre Boat, Luo Zongqi still retained his own thoughts and will, making him the most unique existence aboard this vessel.

A moment later, a piercing shriek echoed.

Luo Zongqi glanced towards the depths of the boat with slight surprise. This is the first time in my life I’ve seen the Thought Bizarre in such a frenzy. What could have provoked it to this extent?

Whether the Thought Bizarre had caught his fleeting thought or not, a cold voice suddenly resounded in Luo Zongqi’s consciousness.

"Leave at full speed!"

"Do not linger in any nearby Cultivation Worlds! Do not go to the world whose location you revealed to Jia Ren! Reach the most distant Cultivation Worlds possible!"

What on earth could have happened? What could make this Void-level Strange Creature, so powerful it induced despair, undergo such a drastic change? Is Jia Ren truly that terrifying?