Chapter 1452: Good Treatment of Empty Nesters... Ultimate

Chu Feng gritted his teeth, deciding to follow and see, otherwise, he would be truly unwilling to give up. Before setting out, however, he was extremely cautious. He smeared a layer of Samsara Soil all over his body and manipulated the stone jar to conceal his heavenly secrets. He had to be careful; what kind of creatures were lurking about now?

For example, ultimate experts like the Martial Maniac, a prehistoric being known as the Martial Emperor. Tai Heng, one of the dark sources of the underworld—and if that wasn't enough, even his father had revived and been invited out of seclusion! Tai Yi, a living fossil-level being whose background couldn't be verified, with no one knowing what era or even what epoch he was born in. What kind of monsters were these? Each one more terrifying than the last, yet today they were running rampant across the world! Was there any living left for ordinary people? How could Chu Feng not be cautious? Never before had the Yang Realm been so dangerous!

Silently, Chu Feng arrived outside the infamous perilous land in Taizhou, observing from a distance. No one dared to approach this area. Even Tai Yi's direct descendants and blood relatives could only gaze at it from afar, utterly unable to set foot inside. This perilous land was no mere figure of speech; even ordinary rocks here had crystallized, all due to Tai Yi's radiation. By now, it was hard to imagine just how powerful a being like Tai Yi truly was. The energy emanating from him had transformed this place into a perilous zone, unbearable even for Great Sages. Staying here for too long would lead to erosion and bizarre transformations, making the area extremely dangerous!

At the same time, due to the deadly radiation, even plants struggled to survive here. However, any that did manage to survive became rare variants, true treasures of heaven and earth. Of course, for some, these medicinal herbs were also lethal, carrying potent radiation energy and being too strong in their effects, potentially causing death.

The path of evolution was never a smooth one; it became increasingly dangerous after entering advanced realms. What were called ultimate pollen, world-rare fruits, and the like, many mistakenly considered celestial elixirs, but these items were, in fact, extremely dangerous. Otherwise, there wouldn't be the saying that when a Heavenly Venerate tried to advance to Great Sage, only one in a hundred would succeed! The higher the level of life transformation, the more terrifying it became; every step was bloody, the path extremely arduous. Even with invincible pollen right before them, over ninety percent would still fail. For example, Grand Universe level evolvers were few and far between in the entire world. Once they ventured into that realm, it was difficult to avoid strange metamorphoses, ultimately becoming indescribable.

Clearly, Tai Yi's secluded cultivation ground was a forbidden zone! Even without guards, no living being dared to approach it on ordinary days; they all kept far away. Only those tired of living would willingly expose themselves to the lethal radiation. Chu Feng was at least eight hundred li away from that area and dared not be careless. Relying on the Samsara Soil and stone jar to conceal his heavenly secrets, he observed cautiously. He had excellent eyesight, with golden runes swirling deep within his pupils, allowing him to roughly discern the details of that area.

Steep cliffs, entwined with silver immortal vines, and wisps of white mist. To ordinary people, this might seem like an immortal's pure land, an ultimate dwelling. However, evolvers understood that the energy radiating from this place was far too potent; it was no benevolent land at all, capable of splitting Great Sages into four or five pieces. Even so, Chu Feng swallowed hard. The half-acre medicinal field beneath the cliff radiated an incredibly dense energy, likely containing pollen and immortal herbs that were difficult to find anywhere else. At the very least, he spotted Primordial Golden Immortal Fruits, which could temper one's physical body and were effective even for supreme experts. Otherwise, Tai Yi wouldn't have kept them, always cultivating them. Furthermore, there was Buddhist Awareness Grass, entirely white as jade, its leaves blooming like rays of Buddha's light, the entire plant resplendent. This was a sacred object highly beneficial even to the spiritual consciousness of supreme experts. Leaving aside everything else, just these two plants alone could reshape one's body and soul, allowing for transformation after facing death nine times, truly treasures!

Chu Feng watched eagerly, unable to stop himself from swallowing. These were rare wonders; a single plant could drive outside experts into a frenzy of bloody battle, turning human heads into dog heads. Of course, his ability to see clearly was also due to the black light, which had pierced through the mist. Otherwise, as Tai Yi's secluded cultivation ground, even if he wasn't particularly concerned, there would still be some arrangements. On ordinary days, clouds and mist would enshroud it, and a domain would obscure the sky.

“Where’s that light?” Chu Feng wondered. He hoped that after the light pierced through this place, it would quickly leave after a brief ransacking, giving him a chance to follow and get a share.

“Hmm?!” Chu Feng suddenly realized something was wrong: the cliff was gone, and the silver immortal vines wrapped around it had also disappeared. Next, the pond in the stone forest vanished, and the eight-colored soul flowers within it naturally disappeared too—a priceless great medicine!

“My… goodness!” Chu Feng sadly discovered that the entity seemed to intend to leave nothing behind. Even the red-gold pine, a medicinal tree in front of the mountain gate, was not spared, disappearing along with the gate. He thought that since even the herbs in these peripheral areas had been pulled out, there probably wouldn't be anything left in the medicinal field either. Chu Feng could only pray, "Go ahead and harvest everything clean, just leave me the land itself. All I want is the soil from that medicinal field, which has been radiated for years!"

Clearly, he had been overthinking! With a whoosh, just as the mountain gate and pond had vanished, the entire medicinal field abruptly… disappeared, evaporating into thin air!

“One shouldn’t be so black-hearted; you didn’t even leave a single hair?!” Chu Feng’s eyes nearly popped out, his heart truly aching. Then he saw that the entire perilous land had been lowered, as if something had sliced off a section from it, swallowing several meters of its height. Chu Feng's eyes went wide. This was no illusion but a real occurrence: Tai Yi's secluded cultivation ground was continuously losing various features. By the end, there was no longer a cliff, or even flat ground; it had become a black abyss. First, the mountain was carved away, then the ground was dug into a pit! No need to think further; just a streak of black light passed by, and then everything was gone. At that moment, that light was so utterly dark that it made Chu Feng panic. It took everything, leaving not even earth or stone, digging a hundred zhang deep and seizing all. If Tai Yi returned, could he still cultivate in this place? If water were added, it could become a large lake for raising fish!

“Its purpose is very strong. Is it searching for something, unwilling to miss anything, which is why it’s so ruthless?” The unsettling light flashed and then vanished. Chu Feng looked again and again, then decisively fled. He truly didn't dare to stay in this desolate place; everything had been moved. Going there now would be like rushing to take the blame, wouldn't it?

“I, Chu, roam the world. This time I caused trouble to save people. I won’t get involved in these rotten affairs; I’m leaving!” He comforted himself this way, but along the way, he thought: the direction the black light left seemed to be the same as where he wanted to go. Doubt filled his mind. He pondered carefully: Were there any famous places along the way worth such a brutal act?

“Blackblood Institute?” Chu Feng wasn't entirely sure. This was a renowned research institution, unfathomably deep. The most astonishing rumor was that the Blackblood Institute was, in fact, one of the dark sources of the underworld! Of course, few believed it. In the eyes of the world, it was one of the most sacred institutions, making the greatest contributions to the Yang Realm, certainly not a dark source of the underworld. Every year, it publicly released many research findings, explaining the mysteries of evolution and promoting the process of life transformation. It was an institution with enormous influence and contribution.

Chu Feng used a domain to tear through space and depart. With a suspicious attitude, he traveled along the path, stopping in Blackblood State, approaching the legendary place. He was merely passing by, stopping incidentally. Unexpectedly, something truly seemed to have happened in the forbidden zone of the Blackblood Institute! The headquarters were quiet, but there seemed to be something abnormal in the back mountains; a flicker of black light appeared and vanished in an instant.

“My God, it really came?!” Chu Feng's heart jolted; he wondered if he was seeing things. If he wasn't mistaken, what did this imply? Today, the "empty nest" ultimate beings were all going to suffer bad luck! Who were those lurking in the depths of the starry sky and in Yin State? All were ultimate beings. The unsettling light was clearly targeting these "empty nests"! This also meant that the Blackblood Institute might truly be one of the dark sources of the underworld, rather than the brilliant research institution it appeared to be in the eyes of the world! Though it had made immense contributions, it was indeed one of the underground forces, stained with the blood of innocent beings.

There was nothing wrong with the headquarters here; everything was as usual. The light did not linger at the institute's headquarters but appeared in the back mountains, quickly entering the deepest parts of the mountains. Even with his Fiery Golden Eyes, Chu Feng dared not actively track its trajectory, fearing detection. However, he soon discovered an astonishing change. The Blackblood Institute's headquarters bordered the Hundred Thousand Mountains, and something was happening in their deepest reaches. Some mountains had mysteriously disappeared, quite abruptly, vanishing into thin air! And that area was extremely far from the Blackblood Institute headquarters, thousands of li away.

Chu Feng immediately realized that it might be the Blackblood Institute's true lair, targeted by the black light, which was now moving out all valuable items. Runes flickered deep within his eyes. Avoiding the black light, he saw part of the truth. Beneath the vanished mountains were sprawling underground palaces, numerous laboratories, and vast amounts of research data, all now exposed and swept clean by the black light. Chu Feng felt a strange sensation in his heart. This black light was too eerie; it knew this place so well. It was either a repeat offender or intimately familiar with this dark organization. At the same time, his heart pounded. This underground palace and the exposed parts of the laboratories were all covered with astonishing domains, so profound they sent chills down his spine. It was a death trap at every step; this was a perilous land! However, the light flashed past, breaking through everything, methodically selecting the things it needed. There were evolvers in the underground palace, but now all lay motionless on the ground, their fates unknown. Silently, the entire underground area was dead silent. Not only that, later the black light outlined a set of strange patterns, altering the domain and embedding boundless killing intent.

Chu Feng was awe-struck and abandoned the idea of going to investigate after it left; he didn't want to step on a landmine. Of course, he even less wanted to become the scapegoat. This time, he was even more thorough. Without waiting for the light to leave, he fled early. This "black pot" (blame) was simply too massive; he feared being crushed to death by it. Chu Feng knew that the earlier battles in the Yang Realm today were just an appetizer. Major events were likely to erupt in Yin State as well, and with these "empty nests" completely plundered, it could trigger an eighteen-magnitude earthquake in the Yang Realm.

“Tai Yi’s cultivation ground is almost a fish pond, and the Blackblood Institute’s underground palace has also been emptied. Who will be the next ‘empty nest’ ultimate being to suffer misfortune?!” Upon thinking this, Chu Feng gulped furiously; this was truly insane! There were several "empty nest" ultimate beings today, and they were probably all going to suffer greatly. At this moment, Chu Feng truly felt a suicidal impulse: if it wasn't too late after rescuing the people, should he take a trip to the extreme north and watch the Martial Emperor's lair be emptied?!