Chapter 1272: 494: Pre-catastrophe Sign! Senior Sister’s Sacrifice! Eradicating Demons Completely
Forty-three years had passed, and though the celestial changes came late, they ultimately confirmed the outcomes Chen Dengming once divined from the Heavenly Will.
Initially, the catastrophe began to show signs primarily in the mortal kingdoms and areas where low-level cultivators congregated.
A large number of mortals suddenly experienced physical discomfort, struggled to breathe, felt chills, and suffered loss of Primordial Qi, with many of the elderly succumbing first.
Following that, many Qi Cultivation cultivators in low-level cultivator areas also experienced the same conditions, with some even perishing during cultivation.
After these incidents occurred on a large scale, they immediately attracted the attention of the Longevity Sect and the Heavenly Dao Sect, who had always been vigilant of unusual celestial phenomena.
When these sects, together with Shu Sword Pavilion and many other Sects, initiated investigative actions, even more severe situations began to arise as Spirit Veins across various regions showed signs of exhaustion and decline.
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Moreover, meteor showers began to fall frequently from the sky, particularly severe within the domains like the Longevity Dao Field, causing casualties among mortals and low-level Loose Cultivators, and the Longevity Thirteen Peaks even had to activate the Mountain Protection Array, reducing outings for the disciples within the sect.
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On the outskirts of Outer Space, near the barriers of the Broken Heavenly Immortal Realm.
Countless shattered meteors whizzed through the sky like blazing comets, engulfing everything beneath a sweeping electrical charge.
Chen Dengming hovered in this region, resisting the massive, imposing meteorites falling toward the ground below.
His eyes glowed with a misty azure blue light as he spread his hands; his sleeves ballooned and fluttered, immediately spreading a suffocating, melancholic aura in all directions.
The countless meteorites falling within thousands of miles around him seemed as if they had plunged into a swamp, each impacting with bursts of shockwaves.
The air and the mist suddenly seemed to solidify, entwining the falling rain of stones like clumps of cotton.
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“Shatter!”
Chen Dengming’s low shout echoed.
Instantly, a tremendous will spread in all directions as he clenched his hands.
Bursts of violent, earth-shattering sounds exploded in the air, resembling the rumbling of deep thunder spreading outwards.
All the entrapped meteorites within a thousand-mile radius burst open, creating a spectacle akin to grand fireworks exploding near the boundary of Outer Space.
Massive meteorites shattered into fine rocks, then continued to fall, bombarded and whirled by the layers of Spirit Thunder Layer and Linggang Wind Layer below, posing no further threat.
From the distant ground below, Chen Dengming’s extensive intervention seemed to have suddenly brightened the deep night sky eerily.
It was as if the deep night transitioned instantaneously to dawn, the profound sky shedding its azure veil, revealing a clear radiance.
Numerous mountains, buildings, and trees also began to peek through the soft milky twilight.
But soon after, the violent, resonating roars that thundered for thousands of miles arrived belatedly, causing tremors in the cosmos. Numerous beings and cultivators, even those thousands of miles away, felt the shock and anxiety.
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High above, the dense azure glow in Chen Dengming’s eyes gradually faded, revealing a trace of fatigue.
He looked towards the scene of fiery rain falling from all directions, which, despite its splendid appearance, signified the downfall of the Broken Heavenly Immortal Realm and possibly foretold the complete decline of the Ancient Region.
Fortunately, after an episode of fierce collapse of barriers, the situation gradually calmed down, and the number of meteor showers began to decrease.
If the situation continues to develop this way, the Broken Heavenly Immortal Realm could still hold on for a while.
At that moment, Su Yanyan, looking slightly haggard, suddenly flew over and reminded him, “Junior brother, many places are experiencing an exhaustion of Spiritual Energy, and signs of depletion and decline in Spirit Veins… A special aura causing discomfort to mortals and low-level cultivators has been partially collected, waiting for the Sect pharmacists to examine it…”
Chen Dengming’s eyes flashed brightly and with his hands behind his back, he said, “I have already noticed it. Nowadays, even the Immortal Spirit Qi within the Broken Heavenly Immortal Realm has begun to show signs of accelerated decline. Though the Immortal Spirit Qi has been declining since the Ancient Times, it only reached a terrifying rate during the Ancient Calamity, leading to a state of declining Spiritual Energy across the entire Cultivation World…
The indicators now point to the imminent occurrence of the Ancient Calamity…”
He spoke, forming a hand gesture, and a faint gray aura appeared from his palm.
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“This is the gas that appeared in the Mortal World, causing discomfort to mortals and a large number of low-level cultivators…”
Su Yanyan gazed at the grisly aura and nodded, “So junior brother, you have already investigated personally. Indeed, it is this gas…”
“This is not the Tribulation Force, but a special aura formed from Dead Qi and Resentment Qi…”
Chen Dengming looked intrigued and pondered, “I suspect that this aura is synthesized from the accumulation of Ghost gas within the Ghost Shade and Resentment Qi from the Mortal World…
If this aura continues to accumulate over the years, it might transform into a complicated Tribulation Force, and then even high-level cultivators could hardly escape.
Even now, with the emergence of this aura, it gradually occupies the air’s Spiritual Energy and other gases… They are highly corrosive, rapidly growing in strength…
‘Qi’ here refers to oxygen, as labeled by cultivators of this world.
For high-level cultivators, Spiritual Energy is essential; ‘Qi’ is not absolutely essential.
Yet, for many low-level cultivators, as well as mortals and beings, ‘Qi’ is indispensable.
Once ‘Qi’ gradually diminishes, the entire cosmos will undergo earth-shattering changes, human life will be deemed trivial, and future life might evolve uniquely due to the environmental shifts.