Chapter 1 The Imprisoned

In a chaotic void, Island Lord Di Long stood alone, gazing into the distance.

"I haven't been back since I was exiled."

"But my familiar friends are all there." Island Lord Di Long's mood was complex, because his master's close relatives were spiritually corrupt and twisted, making the place a miasma of chaos.

His master even tacitly allowed some of his close relatives' actions, and that endless territory seemed to have become his close relatives' playground.

Island Lord Di Long thought to himself, "This time, I'll go back in the name of helping Wu Ming. Master will definitely not let his close relatives interfere with Wu Ming's affairs."

He was really afraid of his master's close relatives; after their minds were corrupted and twisted, they were simply lunatics. But they were also the group of creatures his master cared about the most.

"Going back once."

"Take a good look at how those people are living." Island Lord Di Long took a step and disappeared. That distant place was the true home he cared about, where he had lived since he was a low-dimensional life.

The Nanting 3609 Territory was too far away, so far away that the causal connection was very vague, and there was no way to contact his friends.

Only his master, in the Third Realm, could contact him.

And this time, he was going back.

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In the blink of an eye, more than a hundred years had passed since Xu Jingming became a semi-Third Realm being.

In Xu Jingming's study on Ten Thousand Star Island, he was focused on studying *Void Abyss* and *Nine Annihilation Strategies*. After becoming a semi-Third Realm being, the transformation of his life form also greatly increased the speed of his thinking, and he gained more and more insights.

"I can feel that *Void Abyss* can become a semi-Third Realm at any time," Xu Jingming frowned.

*Void Abyss* was a complete Third Realm inheritance! And it was from the illusion lineage.

He only needed to comprehend a little, and he should reach the semi-Third Realm.

He was proficient in the three major schools of the Heart World.

The Heart World Weapon lineage, he had just comprehended the third style of the *Golden Halberd* spear technique a few years ago, and had broken through to the semi-Third Realm because of it. To comprehend the more profound fourth style of spear technique, he obviously needed more accumulation. This could not be rushed.

The Scarlet Lotus Fire required watching the Abyss Scarlet Lotus, so he could only put it down for the time being.

Xu Jingming had great expectations for the illusion. Because when he comprehended *Void Abyss*, he could feel that the illusion lineage was growing very fast. When watching the timeline, Xu Jingming also found that in the future, the illusion lineage was the lineage that grew the fastest.

Heart World Weapons were the main focus, illusion was secondary, and the Scarlet Lotus Fire had the lowest potential.

"Brother Wu Ming." Suddenly a voice came from afar through cause and effect.

Xu Jingming showed joy and said with a smile, "Brother Ancient Tree is looking for me suddenly. Is there good news?"

"Hahaha, there is good news. Haven't you been looking for the Abyss Scarlet Lotus?" Realm Lord Ancient Tree said, "I've collected a lot of relevant information."

"Are there any suitable ones?" Xu Jingming asked.

The power of the Scarlet Lotus Fire method was secondary; Xu Jingming valued its 'severing cause and effect' effect the most.

"The abyss is boundless and doesn't know how many layers there are. Naturally, there are many Abyss Scarlet Lotuses growing." Realm Lord Ancient Tree said, "And there are two places relatively close to our Nanting 3609 Territory, and the maturity date is relatively near."

"One is in the Black Bone 339166th layer of the abyss space in the seventh branch. The Abyss Scarlet Lotus is estimated to truly mature and fully bloom in 500-600 years."

"The other is in the Blood Jade 735293rd layer of the abyss space in the seventh branch. That Abyss Scarlet Lotus is estimated to mature in 300-400 years."

Realm Lord Ancient Tree informed him of the collected information. "Because they are about to mature, the Abyss Scarlet Lotuses in these two places have been occupied by extremely powerful abyss lords in that layer of abyss space. If you want to watch them, if you want to pick them, you need to think of a way."

"I understand," Xu Jingming said with great joy. "Thank you, Brother Ancient Tree."

Realm Lord Ancient Tree had lived for nearly a hundred abyss epochs and had more friends than he could compare to.

Semi-Third Realm beings might enter closed-door cultivation for hundreds of thousands or millions of years at a time, so it was not easy to make enough friends.

"I'm just collecting some information. But Brother Wu Ming, each layer of abyss space has at least hundreds of lords, and there may even be abyss monarchs. The abyss monarch might not care about an Abyss Scarlet Lotus, but those lords care a lot. The one who can occupy the Abyss Scarlet Lotus must be the best of the hundreds of lords." Realm Lord Ancient Tree said, "Their strength is probably no less than mine."

"I understand." Xu Jingming certainly understood, and his eyes already had a look of anticipation.

After stillness comes movement!

It was time to go to the abyss.

Realm Lord Ancient Tree then transmitted the detailed intelligence and map information.

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That day, Xu Jingming took more than a dozen avatars and five Heart World spears and came to the intersection of the abyss space and the Nanting 3609 Territory.

It was very simple for each Heart World spear to integrate three Heart World Beads. Xu Jingming had modified eight Heart World spears in one go in just ten years after becoming a semi-Third Realm being.

The reason why he didn't modify too many was because the third style of the *Golden Halberd* spear technique, 'Rising Sun,' was a great burden on the heart. Even if the life form transformed and became stronger, Xu Jingming could only use this move with six avatars at the same time.

"The abyss." Xu Jingming watched from afar. "Last time, I chased and killed Nato's avatar and arrived directly through Heart World teleportation. I killed him and left, and I haven't had a good look around this abyss yet."

Whoosh.

With a step, Xu Jingming had already entered this layer of abyss space.

In the vast and gloomy abyss space, many high-dimensional beings were conceived and lived. They were born high-dimensional, but it was difficult to survive in the abyss space. In countless killings, only a very few could live to become Eternal Realm.

Almost every abyss Eternal Realm being was good at abyss sacrifice. Without killing and sacrificing, they simply could not grow to this point.

"Outsider?" A winding serpent opened its gray eyes and looked at Xu Jingming, who appeared in the distant sky.

At the same time as it looked at Xu Jingming, an invisible attack had already descended on Xu Jingming, wanting to completely freeze Xu Jingming.

"As expected of the abyss, the customs are really simple." Xu Jingming was dumbfounded. In the outside world, high-dimensional beings would first observe and investigate each other if they met. Even those like Xu Jingming who had grown up from low-dimensional life, many of them liked to make friends and treat friends kindly.

Unlike the abyss, killing was like drinking water.

The invisible power of time and space freezing acted on Xu Jingming. As a powerful semi-Third Realm life form, a huge life form enough to penetrate all spatial layers, it could not be shaken by this little power at all.

Xu Jingming glanced at the winding serpent, and faint black flames rose in Xu Jingming's eyes.

Immediately, the winding serpent's body burned with black flames. Under the flames of the Nine-Leaf Black Lotus Realm, the serpent didn't even have time to scream before it turned to ashes.

"This serpent is really poor." Xu Jingming waved his hand and looked at the broken copper and scrap iron. "It's not even worth 0.1 drops of abyss mother blood."

"That's right. The real powerhouses in the abyss are those who still maintain enough sanity under the erosion of the abyss. They are all very cunning and ruthless. Unlike this stupid serpent, it attacked me when it saw me." Xu Jingming took a step and left the spot.

Xu Jingming continued to move forward.

With the help of Heart World teleportation, he traveled through the abyss much faster than Island Lord Di Long and the others. In two or three steps, he entered a new layer of abyss space.

The abyss space was layered on top of each other, countless layers stacked together. No one knew how big it was.

It existed in any timeline, any territory, any parallel space.

"I should have come to the abyss for a good look a long time ago." Xu Jingming had been walking in the abyss for half a month. Although he also crushed some abyss shrimp that didn't have eyes, what surprised Xu Jingming the most was...

"*Void Abyss*, this Third Realm inheritance, uses illusions to build a virtual abyss." Xu Jingming was pleasantly surprised. "I should have come to the abyss long ago to see the abyss with my own eyes."

"The abyss seen with my own eyes is different from the guidance in the inheritance."

Xu Jingming only felt that he had gained a lot.

"I think I only need to travel and sightsee in the abyss for ten or eight years, and this *Void Abyss* inheritance will definitely step into the semi-Third Realm," Xu Jingming said with confidence.

He did not travel at the limit speed, but carefully looked at each layer of abyss space and experienced the differences in each layer of abyss space, and he also had many ideas for building his own 'virtual abyss'.

Finally, more than half a month after entering the abyss, Xu Jingming arrived at his destination—the seventh branch of the abyss, the Blood Jade 735293rd layer of abyss space.

"I'm here."

In this layer of abyss space, the sky was like a layer of blood-colored crystal jade, and the light of the sky was transmitted through the blood-colored crystal jade, which was beautiful.

Xu Jingming followed the intelligence and map information sent by Realm Lord Ancient Tree and came to the area where the Abyss Scarlet Lotus grew.

"Hmm?" Xu Jingming looked into the distance and saw a vast expanse of turbid water completely covering the vast area ahead!

Xu Jingming's 'Black Lotus Fire,' which he had cultivated to the Nine-Leaf Black Lotus Realm, could resonate with the 'Abyss Scarlet Lotus' deep in that area.

"The Abyss Scarlet Lotus is hidden under that water," Xu Jingming could sense and confirm.

"Rumble~~~"

The vast expanse of turbid water suddenly revealed a nine-eyed face, staring at Xu Jingming: "Who are you? How dare you trespass on my territory?"

Because Realm Lord Ancient Tree had sent detailed information long ago, Xu Jingming knew about the more than 600 abyss lords in this layer of abyss space.

"Lord Yan Zhai," Xu Jingming said politely, "I am Wu Ming. I have come to this layer of abyss space in the hope of watching the Abyss Scarlet Lotus bloom once. I do not seek any materials from the Abyss Scarlet Lotus, I only hope to watch it once."

"Wu Ming?" The nine-eyed face was a little impatient. "Never heard of you! Seeing that you are still polite, get out quickly."

"Brother Yan Zhai." In the rolling water flow, a withered tree figure appeared, and he immediately said, "This is Wu Ming, the Heart World lineage semi-Third Realm being who is quite famous in Featherfire City today. Realm Lord Ancient Tree is his close friend."

"Ancient Tree is not worth mentioning in front of me," the nine-eyed face also said disdainfully.

"The reason why this Wu Ming is famous is because many semi-Third Realm beings have discovered that this Wu Ming's future branch...is almost certain to become semi-Third Realm invincible," the withered tree figure said, "So give him some face."

The nine-eyed face looked at Xu Jingming with some surprise and laughed loudly: "Interesting! Semi-Third Realm invincible?"

"What if you are invincible in the future? What if I don't give him face?" The nine-eyed face laughed triumphantly. "I don't give the monarch face. Let alone...just a future invincible outsider."

"Brother Yan Zhai..." The withered tree figure was anxious but helpless. His boss's personality was like this, and he couldn't do anything about it.

"I'll count to ten. If you don't get out, I'll eat you," the nine-eyed face grinned.

"Lord Yan Zhai." Xu Jingming still wanted to say a few words.

"Ten!" The nine-eyed face suddenly said the number ten. "I've already said ten, and you haven't left yet. So don't blame me." His voice rang out strangely in Xu Jingming's body.