Chapter 1369: His Five Hundred Years

Where does the end of the Sea of Forests Realm lie?Whether folks of old knew, those born after the Dark Era surely do not.After the Nightfall came, every night became a synonym for disaster.The Land of Divine Shade is the sole safe haven, its reach limited by time… merely a single daytime.The lives of countless in the entire Sea of Forests Realm are imprisoned within a single day!Whether you are a valiant hero or a bewitching beauty.Even the strongest of the Sacred Race warriors must return home before dusk.Divine Dragon Incense can ward off the Nightfall. But to burn Divine Dragon Incense merely to explore the end of the Sea of Forests Realm?That is too extravagant, and too perilous.Ching Qishu spent his entire life desiring to see the world's end.His dying wish was for Qinghua to see it.Yet his own life likely did not venture as far as Jiang Wang travels now.From the Land of Divine Shade to the Forest of Hanging Skulls, already a journey of some distance.To say nothing of how long Jiang Wang has already flown.The ink-black night, naturally, does not impede his supernatural vision.Especially after cultivating the Sunbright Eye, while not as "all-seeing" as Li Longchuan, ordinary clues are also hard to escape his gaze.The Swallow Owl flies swiftly ahead, its captive chains rattling in the night sky.Jiang Wang controls the chains, his feet treading on green clouds, drifting far away, effortless and graceful…As if walking his pet at night.Of course, this starless, moonless night lacks some romance after all.The scene of countless lights of faith soaring into the sky has passed for some time.I wonder how Master Guanyan is doing…"To consume your Dragon God's divine power, and thus provide some support to Senior Guanyan." Jiang Wang said, "In the intervals of our journey, every thirty breaths, I will kill you once. Do you understand?"Naturally, the Swallow Owl could not understand.But whether it understood was clearly not important.Sword light flashed across the sky, and the Swallow Owl cried mournfully…The resurrected Swallow Owl obediently waited for the captive chains to bind it, then strained with all its might to fly ahead swiftly. Its speed was astonishing, pulling the captive chains taut, causing Jiang Wang's green robe to flutter in the wind.The Swallow Owl did not know how long this situation would last, but Jiang Wang said that if it could fly a little faster, the time before he killed it could be extended accordingly.It was already flying forward with all its might, and had successfully made Jiang Wang extend its survival time by ten breaths.From dying upon resurrection at the beginning, to now being able to live for forty breaths before dying…This immense progress made it full of vigor. It even wanted to work harder!It had completely forgotten that in the beginning, it only wanted to inflict more pain on Jiang Wang.Man and Swallow Owl flew swiftly over the pitch-black Sea of Forests, occasionally punctuated by a few mournful cries for "entertainment."This scene could almost be called terrifying.Fortunately, thanks to the Swallow Owl's effort, they soon saw a distinct place within the vast Sea of Forests.Like a beautiful maiden with emerald hair, a patch had gone bald.Only when they drew near could they see clearly, the boundless Sea of Forests was broken here.This was a colossal canyon, winding and twisting, its ends not easily seen whether looking left or right.It easily reminded one of the Broken Soul Gorge in the mortal world, but the feeling it gave was entirely different.Jiang Wang looked left and right, and no matter how he looked…It seemed like a dragon had harshly crashed down, leaving a mark that pierced through the ground."Did He fall down on His own, or was He struck down by His enemy?" Jiang Wang asked directly."That, I do not know. When I was born, He had already been awake for a long time," the Swallow Owl replied honestly."Did He used to sleep here? Fell down here, and slept right where He fell?" Jiang Wang asked again."No, this is just where He first descended." The Swallow Owl led the way, flying over the massive canyon, and continued onward.Thinking about it, it wasn't right. Such a colossal dragon crashing down would surely cause quite a stir.If the Dragon God had just fallen into a deep sleep like that, He would likely have been skinned, had His tendons drawn, and His body dismantled by the people of the Sea of Forests Realm long ago.The journey of man and Swallow Owl continued.After killing the Swallow Owl about seven more times in between, they finally reached their final destination—A colossal Divine Dragon Tree.It wasn't particularly tall; in the Sea of Forests Realm where giant trees formed a forest, its crown height could probably only be considered a relatively high "wave" in the "Sea of Forests."But it was extremely thick, almost the size of a building.Within a radius of a hundred li, there were no other trees.Around the giant tree were many broken sacrificial vessels, and even on the tree itself were bound objects of mysterious significance, such as divine pattern banners and divine tablets.Unfortunately, the inscriptions on them had mostly been eroded by time, or even if they existed, it would be difficult for Jiang Wang to recognize them… After all, he was not a high-ranking disciple of the Heaven-Stealing Mansion like Su Qiyun.One particularly striking feature of this giant tree was that its interior was hollow. The entrance to the tree hollow was arched, like a door.The Swallow Owl introduced, "In the beginning, this tree was very small, and the tree hollow was also very small… about the size of your fist. The Dragon God hid inside and slept for many years."Jiang Wang suddenly recalled a ancient text he had read during his time in the Shepherd Kingdom grasslands, which described dragons:"A dragon can be great or small, it can ascend or hide; when great, it stirs clouds and exhales mist, when small, it hides its form; when ascending, it soars among the cosmos, when hidden, it lurks within the waves."Who could have imagined that a terrifying existence that later almost controlled the entire Sea of Forests Realm and nearly swallowed the world's will, once hid like a crawling creature in a tree hollow the size of a fist?The Swallow Owl continued, "His blood flowed out and was absorbed by the tree, and His life force also affected this tree. So the tree grew larger and larger, and its branches and leaves had miraculous uses, and gradually it was worshipped by people… I think it was in this way that He slowly began to become the Dragon God.""You analyze very logically." Jiang Wang nodded in approval.This recognition made the Swallow Owl somewhat excited."When I was bored, I would fly everywhere, and He wouldn't care about me. So I've been to many places." It said, "There used to be many people here, often worshipping here, but later there were none."This was the earliest origin of the Dragon God's faith.If the Dragon God had embarked on the path of a true god and seriously developed followers, then its importance might be similar to the Qionglu Mountain in the present-day Shepherd Kingdom.And now it seems to have been abandoned for who knows how many years."You were later catalyzed by the Dragon God, how would you know that this Divine Dragon Tree was just an ordinary small tree before?" Jiang Wang asked."I heard it from someone, it was a very old old man." The Swallow Owl said seriously, it dared not be careless about Jiang Wang's questions: "He was still here when I flew over. I talked to him, and he wasn't afraid, and talked to me happily. He said he was the priest here and had read many historical records and remembered them all.""What about that person later?" Jiang Wang asked."I ate him," the Swallow Owl said as if it were natural.Jiang Wang said nothing, only saying, "Let's go in and see."The captive chains gently vibrated, and the Swallow Owl obediently went ahead, flying into the tree hollow, which could perhaps be called the Dragon God's first temple.In the vast cosmos.A towering glazed tree, its branches spanning the void, with a thousand thoughts and ten thousand leaves, held the radiant golden divine dragon fast.This is the World Divine Tree of the Sea of Forests Realm!With the true god's staff of the Sea of Forests Realm as its trunk, blessed by the world's will of the Sea of Forests Realm, and the prayers of its living beings.It can almost represent the entire Sea of Forests Realm, representing everything that has been ravaged and persecuted by the Dragon God.Buddhists often speak of karmic retribution, and at this moment, retribution is swift and unavoidable.From where the divine tree pierced the dragon's tail, its roots continuously spread out, like spirit snakes, like vines, intertwining and climbing up the dragon's body, wrapping Him tighter and tighter.Like emerald blood vessels, and like dynamic tree纹.He once invaded and plundered everything in the Sea of Forests Realm, and now the World Divine Tree, representing the will of the Sea of Forests Realm, is in turn invading the dragon's body!In a void deep within the cosmos, such a scene is being enacted—The radiant golden, majestic divine dragon, baring fangs and claws, roaring and soaring through the cosmos.The emerald-green glazed tree, firmly pinned to the dragon's tail, its roots starting from the dragon's tail, intertwining and climbing towards the dragon's head. The divine and elegant monk, clad in a moon-white kasaya, stood firmly atop the emerald crown, his gaze calm yet compassionate.If one were to ignore the sounds of suffering, this scene is breathtakingly beautiful.Like a sculpture of an emerald-green glazed tree wrapped around a golden dragon, as if every detail has been meticulously polished by a craftsman.Rather than being the result of accidental collision, it seems more like the work of nature's divine craftsmanship. Otherwise, how could it be so exquisite?And the Star of Jade Balance not far away is still rapidly expanding.It's hard to describe the shape of this cosmic star because it's constantly changing. Sometimes it's an uneven sphere, sometimes it's square, sometimes it's like a pot lid…The only constant is its expansion.How vast will it expand?How vast can it expand?This infinite expansion itself is perhaps a choice to avoid being occupied by an external will.Under the suppression of the Sea of Forests Realm's World Divine Tree, the Dragon God struggled fiercely, roaring like thunder: "Ants! Ants!"This thunderous sound declared the intensification of the battle. The Dragon God fought while bearing the World Divine Tree!Ripples formed in the void.Invisible sound waves gained substance, spreading out in circles in the void.Shallow, faint ripples quickly converged towards Guanyan, who stood on the World Divine Tree. They appeared as gentle as flowing waves, yet gave a feeling of—an invisible giant mouth suddenly opening, about to devour everything.It was not merely a feeling.These dragon sound waves possessed the power to annihilate energy, a famous spell of dissolution during the era when dragons dominated the world.But Guanyan did not move half a step, only opening his mouth and saying: "You were born with great power, thus you despise all beings. Know that the will of ants cannot be moved!"In the void, countless voices sounded at the same time—"Good!"One voice rose, and ten thousand voices responded.The ripples in the void suddenly ceased, and then surprisingly calmed down.The dragon sound waves were easily broken, and the Dragon God was naturally unwilling. While struggling against the invasion of the World Divine Tree, He shook His dragon body.From His dragon body, thousands of zhang long and stretching like mountains, a piece of golden scale flew through the air. As large as a square table, the scale's surface was smooth as a mirror, vaguely reflecting human faces. The edges of the scale were sharp as blades, cold light flowing back and forth.It cut through the void, as if to end fate, following the boundaries of the Dao, and in a flash, reached the peak of the emerald tree.If the Dragon God used a saber, He would surely be a supreme saber master.This single strike carried the intent to fell the heavens and destroy the world.And Guanyan remained calm, his gaze merely sweeping lightly, and a speck of faith light leaped out from behind him.The process of the light speck expanding was like a seed growing into a flower bud, and then a flower blooming.It formed a shadowy figure of a warrior holding a spear, plunging directly downwards!The tip of the spear struck the golden scale, pinning it firmly, and then, from there, plunged into the depths of the vast cosmos.There was no need to unleash thousands of golden scales, naturally there were thousands of light specks to greet them.The Dragon God's left mustache swayed, like a radiant long whip, lashing out in the void—Crack!A crack rapidly extended.Cracks could even form in the void!With a single strike, the void was like a spiderweb.Terrifying cracks covered it, and seeing that they were about to fall on the World Divine Tree, Guanyan looked with another glance.A leaf fell from the tree.As soon as the leaf left the branch, its radiance changed.In an instant, it transformed into an emerald-green divine post, suppressing the crack in the void, and then the crack surprisingly rapidly healed!The Dragon God's right mustache suddenly plunged downwards at this moment, piercing into the void, and when it reappeared, it was directly above Guanyan's head. The tip of the mustache was like a spearhead, just plunging down!Guanyan was still in the posture of clasped palms at this moment. His left hand, at this moment, rose close to his right palm. It rose, raised high!The left hand was held perfectly straight.At this moment, its sharp edge was fully revealed. The range of the void within sight seemed to be illuminated by a blade light for an instant!Just a simple upward thrust of a vertical palm turned into a saber, and it actually split the hanging dragon mustache spear from the middle, and the saber energy was still attacking upwards!The Dragon God had to withdraw His right mustache and raise His head to glare angrily at Guanyan. Golden light erupted in His eyes.At this moment, there was no sound, but the majesty was immeasurable.Divine might like a prison! Dragon might like the sea!At this moment in the void, nothing could be seen.But in the eyes of sufficiently strong experts, this moment was a sea of surging spirit power.Violent spirit power, like sabers, like spears, like halberds, charged from all directions.And Guanyan remained unmoving.He stood alone atop the World Divine Tree, assisting it in firmly pinning the Dragon God, his moon-white kasaya fluttering like a wine banner.His clasped palms lowered, and his five fingers opened like blooming flowers.The spirit saber came, and was shattered by a flick of his finger.The spirit spear came, and was shattered by a flick of his finger.The spirit halberd came, and was shattered by a flick of his finger!It was the Minor Formless Flower-Plucking Sword Finger that Zhao Rucheng had used on the Guanh River Platform!However, Zhao Rucheng used sword energy… The Minor Formless Flower-Plucking Sword Finger itself was a technique of finger-sword that used Dao Yuan to drive sword energy.Used by Guanyan at this time, it actually broke the boundary between Dao Yuan power and spirit power, directly piercing the spirit killing technique.And it was a spirit killing technique unleashed by an existence like the Dragon God!So terrifying.In the void, one saw tree after tree of blooming flowers.The formation of spirit killing was like an angry sea, but in the vast ocean, Guanyan stood alone on an isolated island, a single tree forming a forest.Wind and rain could not enter, wild waves could not invade.The battlefield was not only here, and the Dragon God would not run out of techniques here.He glared angrily at Guanyan, extending the battlefield.In the World Origin Sea of the Sea of Forests Realm.The radiant golden divine dragon's vertical pupils were icy cold, even colder than His gaze in the void. The golden ocean, occupying fully half of the space, suddenly churned with towering waves!In the entire World Origin Sea, this half of the sea surface was clearly higher by a mountain peak. The勢 was like a fierce tiger sitting on a mountain, looking down from above, and once it plunged, it instantly became a sweeping force.The Dragon God fought for the Star of Jade Balance with His true dragon body, and presided over the World Origin Sea with His true dragon primordial spirit, both possessing unimaginable might.After encountering strong resistance at the Star of Jade Balance, He immediately turned to the World Origin Sea of the Sea of Forests Realm. No matter how strong Guanyan was, his cultivation time was limited. Since he had invested so much power at the Star of Jade Balance, the World Origin Sea must be empty.The Dragon God had always felt that He was feigning strength in the World Origin Sea, but now He knew that perhaps the opponent was even more so.Therefore, He did not hesitate, and at the same time unleashed a decisive battle in the World Origin Sea. If He could completely occupy the World Origin Sea, it would also be a clever move to cut off the roots of this World Divine Tree in return.Guanyan cultivated the Path of True Spirit. This path was unique in the world, and no one had achieved it before.Not only had no one achieved it.Almost no one had survived relying on a trace of true spirit!His creation of the Dao Embryo from his true spirit back then, preserving his memories with the terrifying power of Other Mind Communication, and wandering in the gaps between worlds, while a stroke of genius, was also an adventure in itself.And this also meant…No one in this world truly understood Guanyan's strength, or even his fighting methods and style.Because this was the first time since the beginning of the world!The Dragon God was fortunate enough to encounter it for the first time.He saw the true Guanyan for the first time, while Guanyan had been observing Him for five hundred years.The partial spirit remaining in the World Origin Sea was indeed no match for the true dragon primordial spirit, especially when the opponent was gambling everything to completely overturn the Origin Sea…His cooperation with the world's will of the Sea of Forests Realm was difficult to resist.So Guanyan raised his palm and lightly bowed to the giant tree formed by the world's will of the Sea of Forests Realm: "Please leave it to me."There were no impassioned speeches, no stirring lectures.Only these simple four words.The giant tree formed by the world's will suddenly flew up, flying directly in front of Guanyan, its emerald light flowing, transforming into a wooden fish!This was a complete surrender of the leading role, handing over the entire world it guarded as the world's will into Guanyan's hands."This is impossible!" The Dragon God was both shocked and angry: "When did you control the world's will?"In His long life, He had never seen a world's will trust a being so completely!Protecting the world was the instinct of the world's will, and this scene undoubtedly showed that the world's will of the Sea of Forests Realm had ignored its instinct. Besides being manipulated and controlled, there should be no other possibility."Although your life is long, it is only of control and utilization, and there has never been the word trust." Guanyan said, "This is your sorrow!"The world's will may not have the thoughts of intelligent beings, but the world's will of this realm knows best every bit of Guanyan's actions in the Sea of Forests Realm for over five hundred years!Over five hundred years of selfless dedication brought about this trust today.Now the world's will of the Sea of Forests Realm hung before Guanyan, manifesting in the form of a wooden fish.The wooden fish had no mallet.And Guanyan bent his finger and lightly tapped!The emerald green and the clear sea instantly merged into one place, from clearly distinct to inseparable.The pale green waves suddenly surged up and collided with the golden angry sea.Rumble!They were evenly matched!In this World Origin Sea, the towering waves were like two giant beasts, tearing and colliding with each other.In the depths of the cosmos, beside the infinitely expanding Star of Jade Balance.The Dragon God seemed to have heard something amusing: "I know not that the human race, who are faithless and unrighteous, has the word trust! Little bald donkey, you should have perished but did not, today I will teach you to perish!"He was about to make a move, but Guanyan had already flicked his finger. Immediately, a gust of finger wind howled out, roaring like a whirlwind in an instant, breaking through the sea of spirit power and rushing forward!The Dragon God's golden pupils turned, and He immediately swept up the sea of spirit power that covered Guanyan's surroundings, and incidentally annihilated the incoming gust of finger wind.In His golden vertical pupils, a mirage of a building flashed by.In the Sea of Forests Realm, in that icy Forest of Hanging Skulls, roars suddenly echoed.The small trees with hanging pale skulls, one after another, pulled themselves out of the ground, using their roots as feet and their branches as hands, with橫生木刺. They transformed into withered tree men with human skulls on their heads, each grotesque and bizarre, leaping out at astonishing speed.Their target was naturally the Land of Divine Shade, to kill the Sacred Race of the Sea of Forests who had abandoned their faith, and thus the faith of this realm would naturally return to the Swallow Owl's side.And the Dragon God could then regain control of the divine authority of the Sea of Forests from the evil aspect, digging up the foundation of Guanyan's resistance from the source of faith.But also at this moment, at the entrance of the Forest of Hanging Skulls, where Guanyan first stood when he talked to Jiang Wang.A pair of footprints suddenly became clear in the darkness.Guanyan's footprints!As soon as these footprints appeared, they circled the entire Forest of Hanging Skulls at astonishing speed, and then the footprints disappeared, as if nothing had happened.But when the first withered skull tree man tried to cross this line, a pillar of light suddenly shot up into the sky, piercing it on the spot!One after another, then a fourth and a fifth…No matter how many skull tree men rushed out, no matter how agile or ferocious they were.As long as they crossed the line, they would be pierced!The skull tree men did not stop, and the pillars of light did not stop.When the pitch-black had become the constant backdrop of the Sea of Forests Realm's night, this night saw pillars of light erupting like a forest.The withered trees once hung skulls, and now they hang in the air.Dense pillars of light pierced countless skull tree men, forming a colossal ring of light.If one were to look down from the high dome at this moment, it would be particularly striking.Perhaps no one could have imagined before that the Forest of Hanging Skulls, which could be called a forbidden area in the Sea of Forests Realm, would end in such a way, heading towards extinction.Unfortunately, neither the Swallow Owl nor Jiang Wang were here to witness it.From the battle between the Swallow Owl and Jiang Wang, to the struggle for the faith of the Sacred Race of the Sea of Forests between the Dragon God and Guanyan, from history to tradition, and then to every specific individual…From beside the Star of Jade Balance, to the World Origin Sea of the Sea of Forests Realm, and then to the Forest of Hanging Skulls.The struggle between the Dragon God and Guanyan erupted in all aspects.This battle had lasted for over five hundred years, and entered its final chapter tonight.After being pinned by the World Divine Tree, the Dragon God attacked Guanyan seven times, displaying all His divine abilities, and Guanyan repelled Him seven times!This was a breathtaking struggle.The Dragon God had plotted for a long time, gradually capturing Jade Balance, His scheme was undeniably grand.But His thousand and ten thousand mistakes were in giving Guanyan five hundred years.The lifespan of dragons is too long, so perhaps He did not know what five hundred years meant to the human race.A Divine Realm cultivator who has broken the lifespan limit has a lifespan of no more than five hundred and eighteen.Five hundred years is the lifespan of a Divine Realm cultivator.And a talent as peerless as Guanyan… who could compare to his five hundred years?Five hundred and thirty-seven years of accumulation have brought about almost complete suppression of the Dragon God at this moment!