Chapter 1049, Return

Translator: Jon

Translation Checker: Silavin

 

If Lu Ye came across opponents who were equally powerful or slightly stronger than he was, he wouldn’t have the time to get prepared to use his trump cards. Also, it would be pointless to do so if he had to deal with opponents he couldn’t defeat.

 

Moreover, a moment of delay would determine the outcome of any battle. As such, even though he had these two trump cards, he had rarely used them.

 

It would be good news for him if he could solve the problem by burning his blood essence. He gave it a try and discovered that his speculation was right. Burning his blood essence would allow him to activate Bloodrage in a heartbeat.

 

However, since his cultivation had improved significantly, Bloodrage could no longer boost his power as tremendously as before.

 

When he activated Bloodrage on several occasions in the past, the boost in his power was massive. Now that he was in the Divine Ocean Realm, the increase was minimal.

 

Hence, the trump card had become useless. Fortunately, he had another trump card. But he couldn’t try out Beast Form as he had to collaborate with Amber.

 

As time passed, he had become accustomed to his new power with the help of a different Senior every day. Initially, he was always beaten up, but now, he was able to counterattack.

 

This was the kind of growth he could see and feel. He had no intention of defeating them as it was unrealistic. All of these Seniors had reached the peak of the Divine Ocean Realm. Even though they only used a power that was equivalent to the First-Order Divine Ocean Realm, they had more combat experience and better eyesight than Lu Ye.

 

In their eyes, Lu Ye was no different from a toddler who had just started learning to speak. When he had some time, he would drink and chat with Feng Wujiang.

 

One day, when he pushed the door open and saw what was in front of him, he was shocked.

 

With Feng Wujiang at the head, many Seniors had gathered. Upon registering his presence, some people sported playful expressions. Some smiled faintly, and others appeared calm.

 

Lu Ye grimaced. “Eldest Senior Brother, it’s supposed to be a one-on-one fight.”

 

In the past, only one Senior would be waiting for him outside the room every day. For some reason, all of them had arrived this time. If they all made a move at the same time, he wouldn’t stand a chance to counterattack. He’d better just stay there and let them beat him up.

 

“It’s time,” Feng Wujiang said.

 

Lu Ye instantly understood what was going on. “So soon!”

 

After giving it some thought, he realised the time had indeed come. It had been three to four months since he became a Divine Ocean Realm Master. He had forgotten about something since he had been engrossed in contending with these Seniors during this period.

 

“Do you need to prepare anything, Junior Brother?” Feng Wujiang asked.

 

Lu Ye shook his head, for there was nothing he needed to prepare. He had only brought Dao Thirteen with him when he came, so he didn’t need to prepare anything when he left. Certainly, he first had to find out if he could even leave.

 

“Let’s go, then,” Feng Wujiang said. They then strode towards the Sanctum of Providence.

 

A moment later, Lu Ye stood in front of the Divine Opportunity Column in the sanctum. He turned around and saluted them respectfully. “Thanks for taking good care of me during this period, Seniors. I’ll never forget what you’ve taught me.”

 

Yue Ji smiled faintly. “Stop putting on a pretence. Why don’t I see you being so polite usually?” Then, she passed him a jade tablet. “Take this with you.”

 

“What’s this?” Lu Ye took it in puzzlement.

 

“It’s nothing. If you come across people from the Thousand Spell Clan who oppress you, just show it to them.”

 

Lu Ye instantly realised this item was probably a token.

 

When a Sword Cry was heard, a petite flying sword floated in front of Lu Ye. Jian Guhong said, “If you need help from the Northern Profound Sword Clan, just take this item to Heavenstone.”

 

This was another token. Not long after Lu Ye kept it, another jade tablet flew towards him. Somewhere in the crowd, an old man said, “This is my identity token. Although it’s been years since I went missing, I believe some people in the Surging Waves Clan will recognise it. Just take it with you.”

 

All sorts of tokens were passed to him. Every token represented a major Sect. Lu Ye kept them carefully.

 

Not all Seniors had tokens. An independent cultivator like Wu Chang didn’t have a token to be given to Lu Ye. After all, he didn’t belong to any Sect in Jiu Zhou. Anyway, there were only a small number of them.

 

“Do you need me to pass a word to your Sects, Seniors?” Lu Ye asked.

 

Yue Ji said, “To our Sects, we’re no different from dead people. These tokens might be useful if you take them with you, but if you tell those people we’re still alive, no one will believe you. It might even bring you trouble. Just take good care of yourself.”

 

“Maybe I can’t even go back.” As soon as Lu Ye finished speaking, Yue Ji knocked on his forehead.

 

“Don’t jinx it.”

 

Lu Ye stood there and rubbed his forehead. He then turned to look at Feng Wujiang. “Do you have a word for anyone, Eldest Senior Brother?”

 

During this period, he would drink and chat with Feng Wujiang, who had learned from him about what was going on with Feng Yuechan. However, Lu Ye knew little about Qiu Min since he had never seen her before. Naturally, he couldn’t tell Feng Wujiang anything about her.

 

Feng Wujiang shook his head. “Don’t say a word when you return. It’ll only cause them more trouble. We’ll meet again if there’s bound to be a reunion.”

 

“I understand.” Lu Ye nodded.

 

Time went by as they waited patiently. Around an hour later, the silent Divine Opportunity Column suddenly exuded some fluctuations of energy.

 

The fluctuations were insignificant compared with the ones wafting from a normal Divine Opportunity Column. If not for the fact that Lu Ye had a stronger Divine Ego now, he wouldn’t have detected it.

 

Every few years, the Heavens of Jiu Zhou would send them a lot of resources including Spirit Pills, Spirit Stones, and Spirit Artifacts. After all, an environment such as Blood Refinement Boundary was hostile against Humans. Apart from World Spiritual Qi, Humans didn’t have other energy they could use.

 

Unless it was time for the transmission of resources, the Divine Opportunity Column was usually dead silent. Now that it had some reaction, it showed that the Heavens were sending them some resources.

 

After the weak fluctuations of energy continued to drift through the air for quite a while, a large number of Storage Bags finally appeared out of thin air in front of the Divine Opportunity Column.

 

“It’s time to leave, Junior Brother!” Feng Wujiang turned to glance at him.

 

Without hesitation, Lu Ye sent a signal to Dao Thirteen. They stepped forward at the same time and pressed their hands against the Divine Opportunity Column.

 

They would soon find out if they could leave. Lu Ye shuddered the next moment, realising he could leave. He turned to look at Feng Wujiang. “I’ll be back, Eldest Senior Brother!”

 

As soon as he finished speaking, the weak fluctuations of energy suddenly turned violent. His location started contorting as ripples spread from him.

 

As that happened, Lu Ye’s figure started blurring, seemingly about to disappear from this world.

 

On the other hand, nothing happened to Dao Thirteen. He only motionlessly stood there while his hand was against the Divine Opportunity Column.

 

Suddenly, a clap of thunder was heard coming from the sky. A malicious intent descended from above. In the Sanctum of Providence, these Seniors looked up at the sky.

 

Although a dome protected the entire place, they could still penetrate it with their Divine Egos and see everything clearly.

 

In the sky, blood clouds had suddenly gathered. Bolts of lightning flashed through the clouds as they came together and formed a huge streak of lightning, looking like a Dragon in the sky.

 

As soon as the huge streak of lightning was formed, it came striking down at the Divine Opportunity Column like a Blood Dragon descending from the sky.

 

“Oh, no!” Feng Wujiang shouted and leapt into the sky. He penetrated the dome of the Sanctum of Providence and tackled the lightning.

 

More figures leapt into the sky and followed Feng Wujiang.

 

Spell Cultivators like Yue Ji remained on the ground as they activated their Spiritual Powers and cast their amazing spells to attack the Blood Dragon. Some used a spell to cover the entire Sanctum of Providence. Although the turn of events happened suddenly, they could collaborate perfectly.

 

The clap of thunder was so deafening that even these top cultivators from Jiu Zhou felt pain in their eardrums. It was the Heavenly Wrath as well as the manifestation of the willpower of Blood Refinement Boundary.

 

In the past, the Divine Opportunity Column was usually silent. Even when resources were sent to this place, the fluctuations of energy were frail. Therefore, even though this world had willpower, it had never detected the presence of the Heavens from Jiu Zhou.

 

But this time was different. A loud noise was made as Lu Ye had to use the Divine Opportunity Column to go back to Jiu Zhou. The willpower of Blood Refinement Boundary discovered it and flared up.

 

Feng Wujiang suddenly radiated a bright glow like the Sun and crashed into the red lightning. He shuddered as cracks appeared in his skin and his blood spurted from his wounds. Although his figure was forced to descend, he gritted his teeth and never avoided the attack.

 

Some figures showed up and used their respective moves to attack the red lightning.

 

Unlike how these Seniors held back their powers when giving Lu Ye some training, they had no reservations this time. As they collaborated to launch an attack this time, no one in this world could withstand it. Even a Holy Seed would be torn apart in an instant.

 

But how were they supposed to deal with the Heavenly Wrath? Although the willpower of Blood Refinement Boundary wasn’t as strong as the Heavens of Jiu Zhou, no cultivators could go against it.

 

Following a boom, these figures fell from the sky in all directions like aerolites.

 

That said, the red lightning had become smaller. The counterattack from the top cultivators of Jiu Zhou wasn’t useless.

 

The red lightning soon struck the Sanctum of Providence. Yue Ji and the other cultivators who had stayed behind to protect the place were astounded.

 

The lightning broke through layers of protection while Yue Ji and the others flew away quickly.

 

After breaking through layers of protective barriers, the red lightning became smaller again. It was only 20 per cent of its original size.

 

The turn of events happened too quickly. It had only been two breaths of time from the moment Feng Wujiang shot into the sky until the red lightning struck the Sanctum of Providence.

 

Feng Wujiang and the others were battered. When they returned to the Sanctum of Providence, everything had returned to normal. The blood clouds in the sky had also disappeared.

 

A sense of unease washed over Feng Wujiang as he stood there and furrowed his brows.