Chaotic World Book

Don't even mention whether Hai Pinglan truly grasped the Imperial Realm, based on conventional logic, there weren't many people who could have anticipated the Sea Emperor's resurrection to be so efficient. Xia Longyuan might not have expected it; otherwise, he might have come after them with injuries to chase down the defeated enemy. It wouldn't have been Zhao Changhe's turn to handle this.

Those who knew of the existence of Ancient Demons also knew that they were still in a weakened stage and had not fully recovered. The Sea Emperor had lain dormant for an entire epoch and only began to stir a dozen years ago, and even then, he was extremely weak. He used sneaky methods, arranging for San Niang's mother to obtain the treasure "Water Soul," taking the opportunity to secretly possess her spirit.

Only after compromising and making an exchange with Hai Pinglan, building temples for him, and gathering faith did he gradually recover to his current state.

If he were to experience another self-destruction, even if it wasn't as damaging as when the last epoch collapsed, it wouldn't be too different, especially with the weakening of faith and the massacre of his race. How could it be possible to recover so quickly back to square one overnight?

San Niang felt uneasy, urging them to come out quickly. That was the anxiety a strong person felt about potential future problems, a premonition that they wanted to remove the root of the issue, but it didn't mean she really could foresee the Sea Emperor's recovery to this extent.

Only Zhao Changhe had a vague guess in his heart. The Sea Emperor didn't have the Heavenly Book when he was asleep in his early years, but maybe he obtained a page over a decade ago. When it came to the Heavenly Book, things could not be simple.

Xia Longyuan had the Heavenly Book and was invincible in the world; I have the Heavenly Book and made it onto the Earth List within two years.

Those were lives with cheats, and others could only watch in despair, unable to comprehend.

However, he hadn't been able to fully utilize the effects of the Heavenly Book. He always felt that, despite having many pages, it hadn't caused much of a qualitative change compared to when he had just one or two. It just kept adding new features, which was somewhat disappointing. He cautiously suspected that the blind man was suppressing the Heavenly Book's effect or perhaps the greater effects were already enjoyed by the blind man himself, and he was only using a portion of its value.

That portion of value was already so significant if the Sea Emperor had a page that could be fully utilized...

This page of the Heavenly Book was likely related to the Power of Faith and the path of incense and worship, belonging to a very ethereal level of Martial Arts, and shouldn't even be considered Martial Arts. In terms of recovery, it might be much more useful to the Sea Emperor's condition than the one Xia Longyuan had.

When the Tang family's warship just turned back and returned to this sea area, Tang En, who had been muttering about his lonely journey, suddenly shivered.

He realized that the sea surface, which had been covered with floating corpses, was now clean...

The bones were scattered and almost invisible.

With such a vast area of bones, if they were carried away by the waves, it wouldn't be so fast, and there hadn't been any big storms these past two days. This seemed very much like someone had cleaned up the battlefield.

Who would have the leisure and interest to clean up the battlefield, and why would they fear a plague breaking out here?

Zhao Changhe flew out of the ship and landed atop the Chaotic Reef, squatting down to examine a set of bones that hadn't completely vanished, his brows tightly knitted.

By now, his knowledge was extensive, especially in understanding the Life Path, far surpassing ordinary folk. He could tell these were signs of Life Energy being thoroughly drained, flesh and bones devoured.

What tribes, what believers, weren't these just leeks to be harvested?

Xia Chichi was also nearby, inspecting the broken Divine Hall's woods and stones. After a moment, she shook her head: "There's nothing special about the wood and stone, the energy reactions have long since dissipated."

Zhao Changhe looked around and fell into deep thought.

There must be a Secret Realm here... but after exploring countless Secret Realms, he was unable to find the entrance this time.

Don't be fooled by these Chaotic Reefs. It seems like there's nothing there, but he had experienced this before in the Xuanwu Secret Realm. The islands or reefs exposed above the water surface were in fact all mountain bodies, possibly more colossal than one could imagine. To find an entrance to a Secret Realm in a sea mountain range was an almost impossible task.

Actually... Ying Wu believed he had a destiny with Secret Realms, yet in this area, his expertise was far inferior to hers. His frequent discoveries were simply due to special fate, and so-called special fate was nothing more than having a cheat.

"Blind man..."

The blind man didn't hide his annoyance: "Even if you say the Heavenly Book is what I wanted, I still can't give you any hints."

"Why not, someone is restricting you?"

"That's the Heavenly Dao Rules, what can't be done just can't be done."

"If I can't find the way, and he recovers and comes out, I get killed... oh, my death doesn't concern you, but what if the Heavenly Book is taken by him?"

The blind man said indifferently, "Then I will follow him."

"...For some reason, even though I wanted to get rid of the blind man, hearing this made me feel uncomfortable. Yet upon further thought, it was completely illogical.

It was also hard to understand the blind man's thinking. Before, he was willing to talk about things, like when he directed me to kill the Sea Emperor with a soul-destroying item, but now he was unwilling to reveal how to solve the Secret Realm and find the Sea Emperor. What was the difference?

Was the difference that he couldn't be too specific? For example, she didn't say you needed Dragon Soul Wood; she just said you needed a soul-destroying item. Whether the Dragon Soul Wood I found was actually effective, no one really knows. Could this be a way of avoiding the Heavenly Dao Rules, playing on the edge?

No wonder the writer of the Chaotic World Book was complying with Qidian's review. How could I make the blind man reveal something, even if it was in a roundabout way?

While contemplating this, San Niang's voice came from a distance: "I've found something; come and have a look."

Zhao Changhe and Xia Chichi quickly gathered beside San Niang, who stood at the edge of Chaotic Reef, looking down at the process of a Sea Race corpse gradually disappearing.

"Their bodies decompose into various types of energy – Water Element Energy, Life Energy, Spiritual Soul Power... and then get absorbed into somewhere, like rivers converging into the sea. I can sense the direction of the energy flow, gathering towards the center of the reef, like a vortex... Since energy can enter, it means that this Secret Realm is not absolutely sealed, there's a way through..."

Zhao Changhe clapped his hands and said, "Since it's not absolutely sealed, it means that our energy can seep in too."

Xia Chichi said, "So should we add a bit more to it?"

She flipped her palm, and a clump of green gas emerged: "The essence of Azure Dragon grass and trees is not only revival but also encompasses intense poison and withering. What I've comprehended most today is this..."

San Niang exclaimed in surprise, "In such a vibrant place, how did you manage to comprehend it in reverse?"

"I've copied too much of the 'Hundred Herbs Poison Scripture' before, it's filled my mind, so naturally, I went in this direction."

Zhao Changhe: "..."

San Niang: "..."

Xia Chichi said, "Don't underestimate the Hundred Herbs Poison Scripture; it's an Ancient Poison Scripture, right? Do you guys know what this clump of green gas is for?"

San Niang said, "To put on top of your head, very fitting."

Xia Chichi: "?"

She grinded her teeth fiercely, "This poison can reverse the Power of Restoration, anything that's meant for bodily healing and recovery will turn into damage. Since you can see the direction the energy is seeping into, let's send this in first. Whether the Sea Emperor can be immune or not is another matter, and we'll find other tricks later on."

Although San Niang spoke in jest, she was in fact taking it very seriously. She quickly directed the green gas from Xia Chichi's hand into the corpse below, and effortlessly dissolved the green gas into the Water Element Energy that was decomposing from the bones, allowing it to seep through.

She was all too familiar with the structure of Water Element Energy of the Sea Race; the crystal cores of the water constructs were almost thoroughly researched by her.

Zhao Changhe said, "If that's the case, let's up the ante."

San Niang curiously asked, "Your Evil Qi?"

"No." Zhao Changhe began to undo his belt, "Help me guide a stream of urine in there..."

Before he could finish, Chaotic Reef shook violently, as if earth and mountains were trembling.

In the very center of the reef, a mountain split, transforming into a huge vortex, into which all the incomplete absorbed corpses disappeared in an instant.

A massive suction force was also frantically tearing at the three of them, trying to pull them into the vortex, but by now, the three of them were far different. Planting their roots firmly around, they didn't budge an inch.

What a joke, the Secret Realm is your home turf, and we don't know what's inside. Who'd willingly go in there? Wanting to enter before was out of desperation, but now that you yourself can't hold on, we can just wait outside, right? You won't come out, why don't we add another stream of urine for you to sip on?

Three foolish humans..." A figure, no different in size from an ordinary person, emerged from the center of the vortex, body like condensed water, covered in scales, even the face overlaid with fish scales, appearing much like a fully armed war god.

Zhao Changhe's expression was extremely solemn, "He has actually recovered to this extent!"

This level was definitely not inferior to when Xia Longyuan had injured him before, the time of his decisive battle with Hai Pinglan.

It was about that standard, the peak of the Third Layer Secret Treasure, yet not yet at the Imperial Realm.

Everyone's timing was perfect, allowing him to recover any longer would certainly reach the Imperial Realm!

"Ha..." The Sea Emperor's bloodshot eyes were filled with nothing but hatred and savagery, "The last bit of absorption I wished to complete was in preparation for the possible arrival of Xia Longyuan, not for you lot. Where do you get the confidence and courage from your petty skills to dare to provoke like this..."

The three of them were armed and ready for battle.

"Since you don't cherish the chance to live a little longer, then go to die!"

"Whoosh!" A trident pierced directly towards Zhao Changhe's face.

This was the Sea Emperor's own trident of fate!

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PS: Somehow, as I write, it seems like I've become blind. The day Changhe turns blind, can you put yourself in his shoes?

Or maybe shove a few monthly tickets up my ass to rehearse it a bit?