From a high vantage point, the boundless great domain resembles a floating landmass, covered by a thick canopy of gray mist.
The higher the observer's realm, the deeper their understanding of laws, and the stronger their authority, the higher they can stand to overlook. At a glance, they can encompass the vast great domain, and several or dozens of surrounding great domains. In the eyes of such beings, a great domain is as small as an island seen by mortals from a high place, like toy models.
If one could elevate their perspective further, the scenery would resemble the three-dimensional map edited by Xiao Huan.
—Great domains are like solitary boats, gently floating and sinking, separated by vast distances, seemingly always on the verge of sinking into the sea of gray mist.
Fang You's high vantage point offered a considerable height. Even while within the secret realm, he could overlook hundreds of great domains in the Eastern Gui Realm at a glance.
He could even extend his gaze in a straight line, pointing towards a specific domain.
In this manner, without any anchor point, he could see the situation in the Yunhui Great Domain of the Southern Gui Realm, though not clearly, nor for long. His eyes would easily become sore, and it was better to simply step into the Southern Gui Realm.
However, when he looked towards the Central Gui Realm, his gaze, sharp and invincible like a blade, was blocked. The entire Central Gui Realm was enveloped in thick, unresolvable gray mist, making it impossible to distinguish islands from the sea.
Perhaps, the islands had already sunk, leaving only an endless sea of gray mist.
Before this ultimate sea of gray mist, his gaze could only penetrate ten thousand li, a million li, a mere fraction.
At this moment, the resistance suddenly increased, and the calm sea of gray mist churned with 'hundreds of meters', 'thousands of meters' of tides.
Hundreds and thousands of meters, these were distances from his high vantage point.
Under normal circumstances, the gray mist of each domain was in a state of flux, and the gray mist of the Central Gui Realm was constantly surging day and night. However, from a high vantage point, the great domains and Gui Realms were shrunk by billions of times, making slight surges seem insignificant.
The sea of mist had been calm, but at this moment, it began to boil.
'Thousands of meters' high tides, with the Central Gui Realm at its core, rapidly spread towards the surrounding Gui Realms.
The boiling was spreading.
And, in a way that defied spatial laws, it spread throughout the entire Gui Realm in an instant.
Some of the gray mist waves, in his eyes, were not much smaller than great domains the size of 'large islands'. One could imagine the immense shock such waves would bring to a great domain when they struck.
Fortunately, the essence of the gray mist waves was still just mist; it would not wash away the entire great domain.
However,
Rumble—
Both the inner and outer circles, countless great domains trembled. Gray mist waves crashed down one after another, as if tearing apart the very sky.
Above the gray mist were the colorful scenes of evil gods' disasters, like colossal beasts coiled in the sky, looking down on the minuscule beings.
The third gray mist tide had arrived!
It was sudden, yet not entirely unexpected.
At least, most of the oases in the Human Alliance were prepared. They knew well that if it didn't erupt today, nor tomorrow, it would eventually come, at the latest in a few years.
However, many still harbored a glimmer of hope, thinking perhaps… the tide of disaster would not come again? Seeing the disaster scenes unfold now, they couldn't help but feel disappointment, dejection, and pessimism.
Oasis after oasis quickly activated defensive rituals and entered a state of readiness.
With the experiences of the previous two disaster tides, people knew clearly what they would face during the tide. Most ordinary soldiers were not afraid, just somewhat numb, a helpless numbness.
They had no idea what the future held, nor the capacity to think so far ahead. They could only live day by day.
Ordinary people were even more terrified, herded into various shelters, packed together like cans of human meat, the air filled with a stench of decay.
This was the capital of the "Gilded City," a super oasis power in the Eternal Frozen Soil Great Domain of the Eastern Gui Realm, a colossal city that had already been upgraded to an eight-level oasis.
On the city walls, soldiers in armor stood ready.
"My lord, there are still 14 exploration teams and 6 merchant teams that have not returned."
"Never mind them, close the city gates, run the rituals at maximum power. The tide of evil spirits has already arrived."
The defending general said indifferently.
It wasn't that he was cold-hearted. The survival rate of teams still outside when a disaster tide erupted was never high. If the team was not far from an oasis, they might be able to return and seek refuge in an oasis before the evil spirits truly surged. But if the team was far from a safe area, with nowhere to hide, they could only await death.
No one could save them.
Among their Gilded City's direct teams operating outside, the leader of one such team was the great-grandson of a certain important figure in the city.
But still, no one was willing to go to their rescue, or rather, they couldn't.
Dispatching several or a dozen six-awareness powerhouses into the gray mist for rescue at this point was still futile. Only if a Mythical Lord personally intervened was there a possibility of saving them.
However, the Mythical being themselves was unwilling. The risk of rescue was too great, with the danger of annihilation.
The other important figures in the city also did not wish to lose one or two Mythical combat strengths at this juncture. Doing so would multiply the risk factor for the entire royal capital.
No one was willing!
"This is reality, this is the Gui Realm."
"The great-grandson of an important figure could also die due to an accident. We can only live in the present."
"Fortunately, the city defense rituals have been successfully activated. There shouldn't be much of a problem."
The general mused.
Soon, a tide of evil spirits swarmed in, constantly battering their towering and majestic precipice.
Countless evil spirits fell.
And countless more surged forward.
Warriors fell one by one, but others took their place, fighting valiantly.
A considerable number of awakened individuals died, but as the tide of evil spirits gradually thinned, a smile appeared on the general's blood-stained face.
The Mythical beings, observing various battlefields from afar within the city, also smiled.
They had safely weathered the first sudden wave.
From now on, just like during the second tide, as long as they were careful and well-prepared, passing through should not be difficult.
As for annihilation? How could that be possible?
The evil gods never cared about these minuscule bugs. It was just that in the future, the living environment would become increasingly arduous, but arduous or not, they had to survive.
"Hmm?"
Inside the Gilded City, the strongest individual, an elder who had already ascended to the demigod realm, suddenly changed his expression.
In the distance, the gray mist condensed to an extreme, advancing rapidly like a deep gray mist wall. The mist wall connected the ground below to the sky above. Under the continuous compression, the entire dim sky became wrinkled, and space gradually solidified.
"This is..."
The elder's breath quickened, sensing a premonition. He detected heavy gray mist rolling in.
If he had already ascended to a high position and could overlook it from a high vantage point, he would have discovered that after the gray mist tide impacted this great domain, it dispersed into several waves, and one of these waves was heading straight for the Gilded City.
From a high vantage point, the wave was not large, only a few meters to a dozen meters high.
But the oasis city from a high vantage point was also merely a slightly larger model.
The elder of the Gilded City could not see the full picture of the giant gray mist wave, but he instinctively sensed something was amiss. Seeing the mist wall, stretching from the sky to the ground, rapidly advancing towards the oasis and on the verge of striking it the next moment, the elder gritted his teeth and strode out in front of the oasis, unfurling his sky-covering Dharma Appearance.
The Dharma Appearance spread its arms forward.
The giant wall crashed down.
Boom—!
!
The ground shook violently, and an immense pressure descended. On the elder's Dharma Appearance, the more ethereal parts cracked with fissures. After all, he was only a newly ascended demigod, his Dharma Appearance had just formed its head, and the defensive power of the other parts had not yet been refined.
But,
He blocked it!
He thought, and the next moment, his eyes nearly burst with rage.
While maintaining his arms extended forward, behind the thousands of meters tall giant, the vast oasis city had already become a scene of devastation.
The city defense rituals could not withstand the pressure and shattered. A massive amount of gray mist poured in, sweeping across the entire territory.
At this moment, the city was only damaged. Many important areas within the city still flickered with the faint light of defensive rituals. At first glance, the foundation of the Gilded City seemed intact.
But,
"Roar!"
The roars of evil spirits were deafening.
As the gray mist poured down, powerful evil spirits emerged one after another from the mist. Outside the oasis, the great walls, having lost the support of the rituals, soon collapsed. Countless evil spirits formed a black tide, advancing unchecked, swallowing land after land.
The elder's eyes turned crimson, and he let out a roar that echoed through the heavens and earth.
It was soon covered by evil spirits.
Giant figures emerged from various gray mists.
Seven-star, eight-star.
In the blink of an eye, the Gilded City, which had been prosperous and glorious for over a thousand years, dominating the entire great domain and even radiating deterrence to over a dozen surrounding great domains, was annihilated and reduced to mere smoke.
And at this moment, the disaster tide had only just erupted, and various great domains and oases were engaged in fierce combat.
Great domains trembled, cannons roared, and Mythical beings ascended to the heavens.
"Boom—"
Before the first island chain of the Seven Star Alliance, the White Radiance Sage stood in the sky, projecting endless starlight like thousands of meteors falling, shattering the rolling gray mist wall that was advancing.
…
In the Yunhui Great Domain,
The old Sovereign of the Red Sand Kingdom wielded the authority of a nine-level oasis, drawing upon the mighty power of heaven and earth laws to form a giant palm tens of thousands of meters long, which swept forward.
"Boom—"
The giant palm struck the gray mist wall, causing it to tremble and cracks to spread, finally shattering and scattering.
…
North of the Gui Realm, before the borders of the Wudong Empire.
The Ice Empress, wearing a crown and holding a scepter, pointed afar, and the rolling mist wave giant wall quietly froze in extreme cold.
The next moment, it shattered with a bang.
…
Outside the Gui Realm, in the Starfall Great Domain.
After the disaster tide impacted the great domain, a residual wave of gray mist rolled towards the City of Blazing Flames.
This luck was truly abysmal.
"It doesn't matter, this Empress will handle it."
A voice boomed, echoing above the City of Blazing Flames. As people looked up, they saw a noble, majestic, and vaguely formed red figure standing in front of the city, facing the incoming gray mist giant wall.
She pointed one finger to the sky and the other to the earth, and millions of roaring fire dragons burst forth.
On the other side of the sky erupted endless light and heat.
An orange-red sun slowly rose, illuminating the northern part of the Starfall Great Domain, burning away all the gray mist in the sky.
The dim sky was also transformed. Bright and dazzling sunlight fell upon the land, shining on the astonished faces of passersby.
"Empress Yinluoxi?"
"This is the great honored one, known as the second strongest of the Pyre?"
"That's right, it's her. Madam Yinluoxi once suppressed the Yuan Devouring Beast with a single glance at an ancient alliance meeting. As expected, she is the second strongest human after the Pyre mentor! Praise Empress!"
"Praise mentor! Praise Empress!"
Many awakened individuals from other domains breathed a sigh of relief, their determination to settle in the City of Blazing Flames further solidified.
However, the housing prices in the City of Blazing Flames were indeed very expensive.
Since their financial resources were limited, perhaps settling for purchasing property in other oases within the Starfall Great Domain was also an option.
Affected by the situation in the Gui Realm, the major oases in the Starfall Great Domain had become highly sought after, with housing prices steadily increasing.
…
The third disaster tide had erupted, and oases everywhere were resisting the surging impact of the evil spirit waves.
Compared to forces with established homes like the Human Alliance and the Elemental Spirit Court, lone adventurers were much freer.
Lone adventurers were never weak. A minority were divine offspring, and most were ancient existences or special beings.
They roamed various parts of the Gui Realm, carving out secret places as their residences.
Due to the extreme secrecy of their residences and their small targets, even during disaster tides, lone adventurers rarely attracted wave attacks. They also did not fear ordinary seven or eight-star evil spirits.
However, with the disaster star hanging high and calamity approaching, many ancient beings were aware of this.
They were trying to find a way to break through.
If one path was blocked, they had to take another.
But no matter what path they took, their own strength was fundamental.
Within a certain secret location, the sea surface swelled, rapidly forming continuous land.
An ancient being, shrouded in the radiant glow of brown-yellow laws, let out a laugh.
"Hahaha, I, the Lord of Earth, have finally reclaimed my former authority and gone even further."
Outside the Gui Realm,
Within a higher world hidden deep in the starry sky, three ancient existences simultaneously opened their eyes.
They were the Lord of Destruction, the Lord of Creation, and the Lord of Balance.
They were the three ancient gods worshipped by the Great Mi Chaos City.
They were three individuals, yet one entity. This was a cultivation path taken by a top-tier ancient god to further advance.
"The time has come!"
"Divine body, divine soul, return!"
The law power around the three ancient beings rapidly increased, soon breaking through the profound and mysterious barrier, stepping into… or rather, returning to the tenth realm.
Before the Lord of Balance, a magnificent authority appeared and gradually became complete.
Before the Lord of Creation, a magnificent authority appeared and gradually became complete.
Before the Lord of Destruction, a magnificent…
The Lord of Destruction's eyes widened, and the rhyme of laws around him was like the earth cracking and the sky collapsing.
"My authority, where is my great authority of Destruction?!"
…
At the same time,
A thread of profound power descended across vast great domains. A great primal existence set foot in the City of Blazing Flames.
She gazed at the space before her, retrieved the information she needed, and walked towards a certain location within the city.
She was about to embark on a long journey to escape disaster, but before that, she had to do one thing.
She glanced sideways into the distance, where intense flames burned, carrying the power to incinerate the world.
"The second strongest human? You do possess some skills."