DiploNovel Chapter 1852 Witnessing the Calamity of the Sea
Chapter 1852 Witnessing the Calamity of the Sea
“After careful examination, we determined that this person’s cultivation level was at the mid-stage of True Immortal, and he had been dead for no more than a hundred years. His fatal wound… is suspected to be an extremely advanced Star Annihilation-type divine power, which killed him instantly.” Zhang Yuhuai said in a deep voice, “What’s even stranger is that his personal treasures have been taken away, but a token is still hanging on his waist.”
As the image zooms in, the token appears dark silver, its surface etched with intricate star patterns, and at its center is an ancient character.
Neither Zhang Xuan nor Jiao'er recognized it, but its structure conveyed a sense of vastness and grandeur.
“This token is made of a special material that can spontaneously absorb void energy and faintly resonate with a certain location in the distant void,” Zhang Yuhuai said.
"The area where the remains were found is already on the edge of the influence of the Calamity Sea. The space is extremely unstable, and there are often strange energy tides and void rifts."
“We dared not go deep, but after several subsequent explorations, we found some residual fluctuations of positioning arrays on the outskirts of that area.”
Jiao'er stared intently at the star map on the token in the image, and suddenly said, "The arrangement of this star map... is different from the corresponding star map of the known realms. This person probably comes from a powerful realm with an equally ancient heritage."
Golden light flashed in Zhang Xuan's eyes: "Being able to move around on the edge of the Tribulation Sea and leave such traces indicates that the other party not only has the ability to travel a great distance to reach the vicinity, but also has a certain understanding of the Tribulation Sea or protective measures. Have you encountered any living people who seem to be from this realm since then?"
Zhang Yuhuai shook his head: "I have never encountered it directly."
“The Sea of Calamity…” Zhang Xuan repeated the name in a low voice.
Regarding the Sea of Calamity, the descriptions are very vague, whether from the ancient texts remaining in the Nine Domains or from the information exchanged from the Xuanxu Great Realm.
It is a permanent wasteland formed after the collapse of the rules of the Holy Ancient Road and the tearing of the spacetime structure.
Its internal laws are so chaotic that they are incomprehensible, and spacetime is distorted.
One moment they might be on the edge, and the next they could be swept into a completely distorted, abandoned realm billions of miles deep.
Time might flow there ten thousand times faster than outside, gravity might be strong enough to crush a Golden Immortal in an instant, and it might be filled with strange energy that specifically annihilates the soul...
Even more terrifying is that the Calamity Sea itself seems to possess some kind of instinct, actively devouring everything that comes near, turning it into nourishment to maintain its chaotic state.
Even a Golden Immortal, once caught in the core area, is almost certain to die; they may be lost forever or torn apart in an instant.
"The dragon was born in the nine provinces, and its aura lingers among them."
This saying has been passed down from ancient times to the present day.
The nine dragon veins are like nine relatively stable giant bubbles floating in the sea of tribulation, separated from each other by the vast and dangerous sea of tribulation.
The membrane formed by the Heavenly Dragon's body protects these bubbles from being completely eroded by the Calamity Sea.
The weak points of the boundary membrane, such as the Xuhai Market, are like a natural small dock at the edge of a bubble.
Although dangerous, it is also a springboard to other bubbles.
The Xuanming Ancient Domain that Zhang Xuan entered through the Immortal Gate was merely a realm transformed from the Youhai Dragon Vein, one of the nine great dragon veins.
Even so, the dangers and opportunities involved far exceed expectations.
How many bubbles like the Nine Divine Realms and the Mysterious Void Realm exist in the entire universe?
"Is the direction the token points to deep within the Sea of Calamity?" Zhang Xuan asked.
Zhang Yuhuai nodded: "Based on the faint resonance of the token, it roughly points to the depths of the Calamity Sea. The exact distance cannot be calculated, but it must be extremely far away."
Jiao'er came to Zhang Xuan's side and whispered, "Husband, do you want to..."
“I want to go to the place where the remains were found and see for myself.” Zhang Xuan’s gaze was deep. “Golden Immortals have a far greater perception of the Great Dao and spacetime than True Immortals, so they might be able to find more clues. Moreover, I also want to personally experience what this Sea of Tribulation, which makes cultivators in all the heavens and myriad realms tremble with fear, is really like.”
Zhang Yuhuai was startled upon hearing this: "Daoist Master, the edge of the Tribulation Sea is already extremely dangerous, and the place where the corpses were found has complex spatial folds and is often erupted with strange energy. Although you have already advanced to the Golden Immortal realm, but..."
“It’s alright,” Zhang Xuan waved his hand. “My wife and I know what we’re doing and won’t venture too far into the Sea of Calamity. We’ll just explore the outer perimeter. Chief Yu Huai, you can send a guide who is familiar with the route.”
Seeing that Zhang Xuan had made up his mind, Zhang Yuhuai stopped trying to dissuade him and personally selected Tie Zhan, a late-stage Mahayana commander who had participated in the discovery of the remains, to guide them.
One day later, everything was ready.
Zhang Xuan and Jiao'er suppressed most of their Golden Immortal Daoist aura to avoid causing unnecessary fluctuations in the fragile space.
Guided by Tie Zhan, the three left the protective array of Xuhai Market and transformed into three streaks of light, flying towards the deep void in the southeast direction.
The further away from the market town you are, the stranger the surrounding environment becomes.
The void was no longer dark, but filled with all sorts of indescribable colors.
The space rippled like water, greatly interfering with the divine sense's exploration, sometimes stretching and sometimes compressing.
Occasionally, spatial rifts will appear and disappear without warning, swallowing up everything in their path.
Tie Zhan carefully manipulated a specially made shuttle-shaped Xuan Tian treasure, his expression tense, clearly filled with awe for this mission.
After flying for over 20 billion miles, the scenery ahead became increasingly breathtaking.
An endless wall of darkness stretched across the horizon.
In the vicinity, the void is no longer distorted in color, but becomes viscous and sluggish.
A violent and chaotic flow of energy continuously erupted from the wall of darkness, tearing the nearby void to shreds.
"Two Immortal Venerables, the area ahead is roughly where the remains were found." Tie Zhan pointed to a relatively calm area to the left front, but filled with spatial vortexes of various sizes.
"The spatial structure here is like a honeycomb; what seems stable may suddenly collapse. The corpse was floating next to the largest silver vortex."
Zhang Xuan and Jiao'er stopped.
Jiao'er gently raised her slender hand, and a layer of pale blue icy aura spread out from her center. Wherever it passed, the violent energy turbulence calmed down slightly, and the distorted space showed a tendency to stabilize.
Zhang Xuan closed his eyes, the chakra seal between his eyebrows glowed faintly, and threads of cause and effect spread out, seeping into every inch of this area, capturing all the remaining information.
He saw the spatial coordinates where the corpse from eighty years ago had once stood, where a faint trace of the Daoist aura of stardust still lingered, exactly the same as that at the wound site on the corpse.
Further away, several inconspicuous energy disturbance nodes could be seen, where there were indeed traces of array formations, the techniques of which were exquisite.
Following the direction of the resonance felt by the token, he extended the threads of cause and effect as far as he could towards the sea of calamity.
Then, his threads of cause and effect touched the edge of the sea of calamity.
“This is… the graveyard of the Great Dao.” Zhang Xuan was startled.
Countless fragments of the Great Dao's rules danced endlessly like a blizzard.
Space was folded and torn apart.
Even a fleeting glimpse at the edge is enough to shake the soul of any true immortal and destabilize their Dao heart.
Even Golden Immortals felt a tremendous threat and rejection.