Chapter 60 - 59: Myriad Yore Continent

Chapter 60 - 59: Myriad Yore Continent

The Myriad Yore Continent was a vast, daunting landmass surrounded by oceanic waters. It was divided into six countries, three mountain ranges, and one grand forest. Each country spanned millions of kilometers, divided into further various domains and states.

The Scarlet Solaris Domain was one domain amongst the nine total in the Wu Country, which was further divided into various lands of territory such as cities, towns, villages, lakes, and individual mountains - like the Scarlet Solaris Mountain.

It was a small blip in regards to the entirety of the Myriad Yore Continent.

There were seven others like it: Jade Lotus Domain, Sky Sword Domain, Aqua Lotus Domain, Hidden Shadow Domain, Gaia State, Ji State, and White Wind Valley.

All of these locations held Godlord-level figures standing behind them. The Bai Clan, one of the two great clans, controlled the White Wind Valley. The Ji Clan, also one of the two great clans, controlled the Ji State.

While the final power, the Hidden Shadow Domain, belonged to a loose alliance of cultivators who strived for independence within the country, far from accepting the power structure of the Five Great Sects & Two Great Clans.

They were the strongest power amongst the forces, with a Mortal Godking, a Ninth Stage of Qi Condensation Realm expert, holding down the fort and leading the way. Even the Wu Central Lands, and by extension the Wu Imperial Clan, avoided open conflict with the alliance.

Wei Wuyin sat quietly upon Bai Lin as she glided through the skies. Su Mei was next to him, her eyes closed. She was cultivating by absorbing the refined essence within an essence stone. Despite her vulnerable state, she cultivated wholeheartedly beside Wei Wuyin. To her, this was the safest place to cultivate.T/his chapter is updat/ed by nov(ê(l)biin.c/o/m

They had been traveling for several days already, but there was a definitive issue that Wei Wuyin hadn’t solved: where to go.

The Scarlet Solaris Sect had been his home, but now he was untethered and free. Before then...

His previous home was the Wei Clan. It was a clan located in Red Dove City. They were subordinates to the Saber Wolf Sect, a subordinate to the Scarlet Solaris Sect. However, the Saber Wolf Sect and Wei Clan had long since ceased to exist.

He was alone.

His eyes were calm as he recalled his past. A crushing sensation emerged in his heart, forcing himself to well up in a sense of despair and loss. These feelings and emotions were immediately pushed deep into his heart, hidden and suppressed once more as it had been before.

"The Wu Country is vast, and I haven’t seen all of it yet. Leaving too early without doing all the things I’ve wanted to do since young would be too hasty." As he thought this, he looked at his right arm:

Karmic Luck Value: 602.8.

First Calamity: Survived - 7/7.

Second Calamity: Suppressed - 41 Years.

"...I have thirty-nine years before I face the second calamity, and I may not be as lucky as I was with the first." Wei Wuyin had this responsibility forced into his hands, unable to walk away or escape from the title of an Inheritor of Sin. However, according to the skeleton, it should’ve waited until he’d reached the Realm of Sages.

At that time, he could cultivate the third scripture, Soul of True Sin and could use sin to cultivate the soul. The only reason it interfered was because his natural karmic luck made it impossible for him to avoid his upcoming calamity, ensuring his untimely demise. Likely, since he didn’t know what an Inheritor of Sin was, if he was killed, forget passing it along, he couldn’t even curse his murderer.

"What?! The Ancestral Elder came out and he still escaped? How?" He couldn’t hide his disbelief, even Bai Lin let out a confused whimper. After all, the Ancestral Elder was a legitimate Godlord while the Wei Si was only at the First Stage of the Qi Condensation Realm, with a body that could rival Third Phase experts. He was far from being his match, nor had the ability to retreat while facing such an enemy.

"I’m not sure on the details, because the sect formation activated and even I had to retreat. I do know, however, that someone had broken through the barrier and took him away," Su Mei said with helplessness. She had only heard the general recounting of the story, except for the last bit.

The formation had ceased abruptly and she personally saw Wei Si brought away by a dark brown ray of light.

Wei Wuyin frowned throughout her story, but the confusion piled on.

"I wonder..." he slowly pondered and then asked, "how long did this happen?"

"Five years and ten months ago," Su Mei answered swiftly. If Wei Wuyin wanted to know the exact day, she knew that too.

His pupils constricted, and he had an idea. Could it be that when Wei Si went berserk, he had called upon something? Whatever happened, in the end, he had escaped and broken the spiritual formations and qi arrays of the sect.

Wu Xinghong had to have been injured then, right?.

"Before Mei Mei returned?" He added on another question.

Su Mei nodded her head, then added: "Three months before he left, exactly. When she returned, the Helios Witch had also joined the sect in an official capacity."

"I see." He felt like he knew a little more about what happened, such as what was responsible for the Ancestral Elder’s current state, and even the Helios Witch’s return. In fact, he could’ve called in a chit of sorts to have her reside in until he recovered.

After all, the Helios Witch had to have some interactions with the Scarlet Solaris Sect if she had returned to heal Mei Mei before. While he knew he was still ignorant of quite a few things, he assumed some of the events.

He soft sighed. The only thing he could do was hope Wei Si was okay. However, if he was dead, then he was dead. If he was alive, then he would be alive. He didn’t dwell. As someone with a ticking clock on life, he didn’t feel the need to overreact or make any immature promises as he did before. While it might sound cold-hearted, he didn’t have the luxury, time, or ability to search the world for him.

He softly rubbed Bai Lin’s back. She promptly resumed her flight path.

"We’re going to the Wu Central Lands!" Wei Wuyin said, his eyes glowing with anticipation.

Su Mei nodded obediently. Wherever Wei Wuyin would go, she would follow.

Wei Wuyin couldn’t wait to see the landmarks known throughout the country, the Wu Astral Tower, the Jade Pearl Lake, and the Warring States Pagoda. These were just three of the many places he wished to see. Outside of those places, there were people.

In the Wu Country, there was a lifestyle-type force that ranked cultivators of prominent renown and status. It included any force that had a Mortal God-level figure standing behind it. One of these ranking lists was a beauty ranking.

According to the list, the top three beauties of Wu Country were the Granddaughter of the Aqua Siren, who was the descendant of the Godlord of the Aqua Echo Sect, the Bai Clan’s White Holy Priestess, who was a Mortal God, and the youngest Princess of Wu: Wu Baozhai.

That was ten years ago. When he had learned those names still hadn’t been moved from the ranking list, his desire to see them grew even further.

"Bai Lin, faster!" Wei Wuyin impatiently urged.