Chapter 1 Replacement

"Replacement..."

An Qisheng murmured inwardly.

His powerful mind then surrounded the altar, voicing his request.

This Replacement Balance is also known as the 'Wish-Granting Altar,' and its effect is naturally more than just the function of replacement. Wish-granting is its hidden effect.

What kind of Wish-Granting Altar would it be if it couldn't grant wishes?

How could the consumed ten thousand Dao forces simply be for obtaining the basic information of this altar?

Although he had only acquired it for a moment, An Qisheng's familiarity with this altar surpassed that of the heretical Daoist's centuries of research!

Whoosh~

As the patterns on the altar lit up again, An Qisheng felt an invisible ripple envelop him.

He did not resist, allowing the ripple to spread.

Buzz~~~

An Qisheng's heart trembled.

He felt that as this ripple enveloped him, his divine will suddenly began to rise, constantly elevating, as if about to ascend beyond the endless high heavens.

'This is...'

Following this wave, An Qisheng felt his divine consciousness infinitely elevate, overlooking the sea of clouds that turned into mountains, then into boundless lands, his vision rising at an unimaginable speed.

In that instant, the world faded in his eyes, the mountains and rivers dimmed, the world became irrelevant, and the colors filling the world seemed to disappear all at once.

But only for a moment, his eyes saw color again.

White, gray, yellow, red, black, blue, purple...

In an instant, the world seemed to become a colorful painting.

'Spiritual energy of Daoism, spiritual energy of Buddhism, spiritual energy of the demon race, Yin Sha ghost energy, the power of incense and wishes... and, the Qi of humans...'

An Qisheng looked around.

He was no stranger to these countless Qi and spiritual lights, and he could often detect them when entering stillness.

But he had never seen these Qi so clearly.

This was no longer simply the Dao, Buddha, demon, ghost, evil, and incense Qi derived from the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

The Qi, even rose from the beasts running in the mountains, the birds flying in the sky, and the humans as small as dust on the earth.

Without exception!

The boundless heaven and earth, the vast earth, were now filled with these countless Qi.

They were distinct from each other and yet connected, forming an infinitely large network in this world, covering the heavens and the earth, encompassing everything.

All sentient beings, no, even the plants, trees, sand, and stones without spiritual intelligence, seemed to be shrouded in this great net.

His vision continued to climb, seemingly without end.

Gradually, he had risen to the stars.

Among the stars rotating around the heavens and the earth, there were also countless Qi rising up, and the same was true in the depths of the distant galaxies.

This great net seemed to penetrate every tiny corner of the universe!

Heaven and Earth Net!

Suddenly, such a thought arose in An Qisheng's mind.

Buzz~

It seemed like an instant, and it seemed like a long, long time, he didn't know how high he had risen.

But he had a premonition that he had reached the highest point.

An invisible and terrifying Qi was brewing above his head, the source of the endless spiritual light and Qi was here!

He slowly 'looked up'.

Through an invisible barrier, he saw an indescribably huge world.

That world was so huge that he could not see its full appearance even from such a distant distance, but he could feel the dazzling and endless golden light spreading.

And the world he was in seemed to be rotating around this world.

Every time it rotated, indescribable things were drawn, absorbed, and devoured.

Not fast or slow, but seemingly endless.

This scene was very similar to a simulated video he had seen on Xuan Xing.

It was a scene where a star was captured by a black hole.

Being torn apart, crushed, and swallowed as if drinking soup.

How similar was this scene to that one?

The only difference was that it had not reached the final step yet...

He wanted to see more, but a chill rose in his heart, and a thunderclap exploded in his heart.

In an instant, he fell from the sky, and as the picture spun extremely, he had returned to his body.

Bang!

The mountaintop shook, and rocks and sand rolled down with a 'crash'.

The yellow dog jumped up in fright and looked in horror.

He saw his master's clothes moving without wind, blood flowing from all seven orifices, and his long hair flying up, breaking through his Daoist crown.

"Master!"

The yellow dog pounced on him, but before it could touch An Qisheng, it felt an invisible force rolling in, and it was immediately blown away hundreds of feet without even a whimper.

It drew a parabola and fell into the mountains.

"What's going on?"

The heretical Daoist was prostrate on the ground, unable to move. Seeing this scene, he was also shocked.

He didn't know what had happened, but vaguely, he felt fear, and his heart throbbed.

Whoosh!

An Qisheng came back to his senses after this collision.

The first thing he did was cut off all distracting thoughts in his mind.

Rumble!

At the same time, a thunder that resounded through the heavens and the earth exploded in the sky.

In an instant, the mountains shook, all spirits were terrified, and the birds and beasts flying in the sky within thousands of miles were almost all shaken from the high sky!

Cities were all alarmed, and countless people looked blankly at the sky, not knowing what had happened.

Whoosh!

In Qingdu City, on the thirty-third floor of the Sharira Pagoda, the Ruyi Monk suddenly opened his eyes:

"It's coming again? Who is it? Is the You Ming Fu Jun about to appear in the world?!"

Crack~

In the backyard of the Heavenly Will Teaching, the Heavenly Will Master snapped his kettle in half.

He raised his head, his eyes flashing with suspicion:

"Several times, if it was just once, it could be said to be a coincidence, but it has happened repeatedly... Is You Ming making a big move again?"

In a mountain range somewhere in Daqing, an old white-haired Daoist was sitting by the river, fishing. Hearing this thunder, he couldn't help frowning.

He deduced it several times in his mind, loosened his palm, and sighed for a long time:

"The secrets of heaven were already disordered, and it's happened several times, I even call myself Tianji, but now, I can only calculate when it will rain and when the rain will stop..."

"What a close call..."

Looking at the clear blue sky, An Qisheng slowly breathed a sigh of relief, his eyes dimming for a moment.

Looking at the altar in his palm again, his eyes became much more solemn.

Compared to the so-called cultivation methods and secret manuals he might obtain, what he was most concerned about was naturally the secrets of this world.

By sacrificing half of the heretical Daoist's primordial spirit, he wanted to see the secrets of this world.

Unfortunately, he did not see the full picture.

However, with a glimpse, he had already spied a lot of the secrets of this world.

That great world that radiated endless golden light, that was so bright that it could not be looked at directly, was that the Huang Tian Realm?

"Heavenly wrath! This is heavenly wrath?!"

The heretical Daoist suddenly shouted, with suspicion and fear: "It's you, you caused the heavenly wrath?! What did you do? How is this possible?"

The heretical Daoist's heart was shaken beyond words.

Heaven and earth were vast and boundless, and how small was man in them.

Even if a Yuanshen True Person could travel to the desolate lands and seas, cross the starry sky, pick the cores of stars, and live forever, compared to heaven and earth, they were nothing.

What was the thousand-year lifespan of a Yuanshen True Person compared to heaven and earth?

How could such an existence be angered by a mere person who had not even achieved the Yuanshen?

In the past hundred thousand years, the only heavenly wrath he had ever heard of was You Ming Fu Jun.

But there was only one You Ming Fu Jun in a hundred thousand years, this person, this person...

"Are you You Ming Fu Jun?!"

The heretical Daoist blurted out, shocked by himself.

That's right!

If it was You Ming Fu Jun, then it would make sense.

With You Ming Fu Jun's ability, he could easily revive without mana and suppress himself.

Only You Ming Fu Jun could cause heavenly wrath!

"Heavenly wrath, heavenly wrath..."

But An Qisheng had no intention of paying attention to him, and muttered a few words in his heart.

He suddenly stood up, and with a wave of his sleeve, he collected the heretical Daoist and the corpse puppet who was half-dead, and stepped into the air.

Whoosh~

The yellow dog followed, stepping into the air and chasing after him.

Rumble!

No more than a moment after An Qisheng left, the small mountain suddenly shook, and large swaths of soil, sand, and rocks rolled down mixed with grass and vines.

The entire mountain collapsed in an instant!

.......

Daqing is located in the central region, and there are still many small countries around it.

Three thousand miles north of Liangzhou is the Míngchuan Mountain Range, which stretches for tens of thousands of miles. Further north of the Míngchuan Mountain Range is a black swamp that seems like a vast ocean.

It is not known how far this swamp stretches, and there are countless peaks within it. Looking as far as the eye can see, it seems to extend to the edge of the sky.

It is unknown how many wild beasts live in it, preying on each other, showing a naked drama of survival of the fittest.

The muddy water in this black swamp churns, bubbling like boiling water, with heat, and the environment is extremely harsh and sparsely populated.

Only some cultivators who collect spiritual materials occasionally pass by here.

Rumble!

At the moment when the thunder exploded in the sky, a sudden change occurred in this swamp.

In a loud noise, mud dragons wrapped in tens of millions of catties of stinky mud and water soared into the sky for thousands of feet, seeming to connect with the sky.

Looking at it, the mud dragons stood like a forest, incomparably magnificent.

For a time, the swamp surged, and countless fierce beasts living in the swamp let out terrified howls.

Even more fierce beasts were directly wrapped by the mud dragons and flew into the sky.

Then fell from itself, heavily hitting the earth.

Boom!

The sea of clouds rolled above the sky, the sky changed drastically, and dark clouds from nowhere rolled across the sky and covered the entire swamp.

Thunder and lightning snakes danced in the dark clouds, as if torrential rain would fall in the next moment.

The mud dragons seemed to have lost their strength and collapsed, and countless mud and water crashed down like covering the sky and covering the earth, causing countless fierce beasts to scream and howl in terror.

Crack~

A bolt of lightning pierced through the void, illuminating the dim sky and reflecting everything within it.

It could be seen that after countless mud and water slipped down, thousands of black peaks as straight as swords were exposed.

The boundless swamp trembled, as if an indescribably huge beast was trembling and struggling.

The countless black peaks that stood like swords were actually its fur.

Amidst the thunder and rolling dark clouds, a cold and angry roar shook the world:

"Gu Changfeng!!!!"