“It's Black Abyss Fire.” Black flames rose within Xu Jingming's body, but his body transformed into an illusory lamp. The scorching black flames couldn't extinguish this lamp.
“Light a lamp, illuminate my heart, destroy the darkness.” Xu Jingming's entire body was composed of Heart Realm power. Using his body as a weapon, he executed the second stance of the *Jin Ge* spear technique, 'Lamp Light'. His body's resistance greatly increased. Although he could still feel the pain, it was within his tolerance.
But as Xu Jingming looked around, the other high-dimensional lifeforms were all turning to ashes in the flames.
“Brother!”
“Mingaoya!”
“No--”
These high-dimensional lifeforms had been in high spirits, about to ascend Feather Mountain, but who would have thought they'd suddenly encounter such a calamity? They watched in agony as their friends and cherished loved ones turned to ash in the flames. They themselves were also turning to ash!
“It's a Abyss Master.”
“Lord Chan Ming!!!”
“Lord Chan Ming, I curse you!!!”
Many high-dimensional lifeforms turned to ash and died amidst hatred and pain.
In just ten breaths, only seven high-dimensional lifeforms were still alive under the scorching Black Abyss Fire! Five of them were at the Half-Step Third Realm, and the other two were comparable to the Half-Step Third Realm, with sufficiently brilliant methods.
Xu Jingming was among the seven survivors.
“Lord Chan Ming.” A fire-red scaled lifeform's face was contorted in rage. “You killed all my Yu Feng's brothers and disciples! Killing one avatar was not enough; you had to kill all the other avatars in the distant territories?”
Lord Chan Ming, hearing the question from afar, frowned slightly and flicked his finger casually.
Swish!
A black ark flew out from his finger. It was tiny when it first appeared, but in the blink of an eye, it became incomparably huge, forcibly crushing the area where the fire-red scaled lifeform was. Although the fire-red scaled lifeform held a long staff and resisted furiously, it was still annihilated.
“What trash dares to question me?” Lord Chan Ming sneered. With a wave of his hand, all the treasures left behind by the more than ten thousand dead high-dimensional lifeforms flew towards him. The six surviving high-dimensional lifeforms in the distance didn't dare to say another word, each of them extremely vigilant.
Lord Chan Ming glanced at the six survivors, smiled, and strode away.
As he flew out of sight, the remaining six high-dimensional lifeforms relaxed.
“Brother Yu Feng was too enraged. He foolishly questioned Lord Chan Ming. Being killed an avatar by Lord Chan Ming, wasn't that just sending the avatar to its death for nothing?”
“It's just the loss of an avatar. Although Lord Chan Ming is powerful and can easily kill Brother Yu Feng, he can't possibly destroy all of Brother Yu Feng's avatars across the distant territories by relying on karma...”
“Chan Ming, he deserves to die!”
“My disciples, my clansmen, were killed before my eyes. He truly deserves to die.”
The six high-dimensional lifeforms present who had acted alone and not brought companions could calmly face the situation. But those whose companions had been completely annihilated had rage burning in their hearts. Their hatred was extremely intense.
“Without any grievances or enmity, he slaughtered more than ten thousand high-dimensional lifeforms at will. We few survived. But Lord Chan Ming doesn't care at all; he's even too lazy to cut the weeds and eliminate the roots. Well, he is an Abyss Master! His true body in the Abyss...unless a Third Realm being takes action, he's eternally undying.”
“Lord Chan Ming, I will definitely take revenge in this life!” A Half-Step Third Realm also had eyes full of hatred.
...
“I've gained a few more enemies.”
Lord Chan Ming flew along, sensing the several intense karmic connections. “The hatred is still very strong.”
“Come, come, go to the Abyss one by one, go to my territory, come and kill me. Hahaha...” Lord Chan Ming was actually looking forward to it. He slaughtered at will and never had the idea of cutting the weeds and eliminating the roots.
“Without enemies, wouldn't life be much less fun?”
“With more enemies, life has more color. It's a pity that these enemies are all trash. I've become a Master through Abyss Sacrifice, and not one of them can threaten me.”
“Such a life is too lonely, too boring.” Lord Chan Ming shook his head.
Becoming a Third Realm, he saw no hope.
Below the Third Realm...as an Abyss Master, he could walk sideways! Even those invincible Half-Step Third Realm existences couldn't threaten his true body in the Abyss.
He only felt that life was becoming increasingly dull.
“This Feather Fire City, it's not worth staying any longer. I'm leaving.” Lord Chan Ming, having been expelled by the Feather Serpent this time, no longer wanted to stay.
******
Xu Jingming flew to Feather Mountain before releasing Dean, Tower Master, Island Master, and Chi Meng.
“We've reached Feather Mountain.” Dean and the others all showed joy. After yearning for so many years for the Third Realm inheritance, they were finally about to learn it.
Chi Meng noticed that Xu Jingming's condition was not quite right and asked, "Jingming, are you not in a good mood?"
“Just before climbing the mountain, the Abyss Master 'Lord Chan Ming' came down. He groundlessly vented his anger on all the high-dimensional lifeforms within his sight.” Xu Jingming said, “More than ten thousand high-dimensional lifeforms, only six survived! All the others were killed on the spot.”
“He acted without any reason?” Dean, Tower Master, Island Master, and Chi Meng all looked solemn.
Although they had long known that being too close to some powerful existences made it easy to be affected.
But killing so many high-dimensional lifeforms without any reason was too terrifying.
“He slaughtered so many high-dimensional lifeforms and even followed the karma to destroy all their avatars.” Xu Jingming said, “Although it was just a casual blow from Lord Chan Ming, I estimate that ninety-nine percent of the high-dimensional lifeforms are completely dead.”
“Casual slaughter, and even following the karma to completely kill them?” Dean and the others all trembled.
Too ruthless!
“The Abyss Sacrifice lineage are all lunatics; they don't regard other lifeforms as anything, and the most terrifying among them, the 'Abyss Masters,' are even more terrifyingly insane.” Eternal Tower Master said in a low voice, “They might decide to completely destroy a territory with a single thought. To them, it's just a game for entertainment.”
“The Abyss Masters are so crazy, yet there are still so many high-dimensional lifeforms residing in this Feather Fire City.” Chi Meng said.
“Feather Fire City suppresses the power of the Heart Realm, Mother River, karma, and other aspects. That's why we have to fly slowly when traveling. Abyss Masters and Half-Step Third Realms reside in the inner city, while ordinary high-dimensional lifeforms are all terrified and hide far away, residing in the outer city.” Xu Jingming said, “There are countless high-dimensional lifeforms and numerous opportunities here. Taking a little risk is worth it.”
Xu Jingming looked up towards the top of the mountain. “Let's go, let's ascend the mountain.”
“Ascend the mountain.” Dean and the others stopped thinking too much. The Abyss Sacrifice lineage were all devils, and the Abyss Lords and even higher Abyss Masters among them couldn't be judged by ordinary reasoning.
In the eyes of normal high-dimensional lifeforms, those were all lunatics corrupted by the Abyss!
“Abyss Master!” Xu Jingming wasn't in a good mood because he greatly disliked the act of slaughtering the innocent. This time, he was cautious enough and kept Dean and the others. If he had been careless and released Dean and the others early, and they had flown forward together, what would have been the consequences?
How many of Dean and the others would have survived under the Black Abyss Fire?
Without a doubt, Chi Meng would have completely died. Dean and the other two would also likely have died completely under the Black Abyss Fire of an Abyss Master.
Although Xu Jingming felt stifled, he had no way to do anything about it. Facing a crazy Abyss Master, he could only endure it.
******
Within a space marked out on the mountain, this vast space was empty, with only one figure.
He had white wings, and his entire body emitted fiery light, illuminating the entire space.
He had been sitting there for who knew how long, and his eyes always held confusion.
He had too much confusion.
There was too much he didn't understand.
“Ultimate, ultimate.”
He murmured, “The closer I get, the more I feel my own insignificance. I have too many confusions to resolve. Only by resolving all confusions can I hope to break through to that step. I'm still too far away.”
His gaze suddenly fell on the five people ascending the mountain, Xu Jingming.
In his gaze, the countless information of these five people was observed by him. Past information, countless future information, even information from numerous timelines, and even some faint perceptions of the aura of distant parallel universes.
“Hmm?” He was somewhat astonished, his gaze completely falling on Xu Jingming alone.
“There's such a genius in countless territories?” He couldn't believe it. “No matter what I do, I can't stop his rise. Even if I spare no cost to erase all his possibilities in this parallel universe, he can still rise in other parallel universes?”
“Although Third Realm existences have jumped out of the timeline and cannot be窥探 (kuī tàn, be spied on), judging from his various futures, he is very likely to become a Third Realm.”
“Wanting to stop him can't be stopped; he is almost certain to become a Third Realm.”
Lord Feather Fire was curious.
“It's strange. I've nurtured countless high-dimensional lifeforms, nurtured them for endless years, and haven't nurtured a single one.” Lord Feather Fire looked at Xu Jingming. “This Xu Jingming, however, can't be stopped even if I try to.”
Lord Feather Fire was discouraged by not being able to nurture one, but that was relatively normal.
Because according to normal probability, it would be normal for one to appear among the countless high-dimensional lifeforms he had nurtured! It wouldn't be strange if none appeared.
Third Realm beings are inherently incredibly rare.
“If I were to take him as a disciple, wouldn't I have nurtured a Third Realm disciple?” Lord Feather Fire smiled self-deprecatingly. “Too embarrassing! He doesn't need my guidance, and he doesn't even need the help of the *Bafang Tu*. With his talent, he will still step-by-step approach the Third Realm.”
“This is his individual talent.”
“This shows that becoming a Third Realm still depends on individual talent. No matter how much I nurture, it's useless.” Lord Feather Fire gently shook his head. “Half-Step Third Realm, and even invincible Half-Step Third Realm, can be nurtured.”
“But Third Realm existences can't be nurtured. The individual themselves is more important.” Lord Feather Fire observed Xu Jingming, and the more he looked, the more he liked him. “Xu Jingming is the kind of most excellent disciple who naturally grows up without the need for a master to worry.”
“It's clearly the first time I've seen him, but I feel close to him.”
Lord Feather Fire's expression suddenly changed. He suddenly looked up into the distance. In his observation, countless timelines were before his eyes, and he even saw vague scenes of other parallel universes.
He examined many timelines, checking all traces.
“Not right.”
“Something's not quite right.” Lord Feather Fire frowned, carefully checking countless timelines, especially the intersections between him and Xu Jingming in different timelines, which were his main focus of observation.