Chapter 1138: Chapter 1137: The Terrifying South Sea Martial World (4k MegaChapter, Requesting Subscriptions!)_1
The shallow waters of the South Sea are obviously much larger than those of the North Sea and the West Sea.
The sailing vessel was specially made by the Ling Family, light yet durable. Propelled by dozens of Divine Barrier Realm masters who took turns day and night, it was as swift as an arrow. Nevertheless, it took a full three months to just leave the shallow waters and enter the mid-level waters.
Along the way, Shi Xiaole discovered that there were hardly any islands.
"The South Sea is different from the other three seas. In a few days, we’ll enter the Floating Stone Realm,"
Ling Zixin walked onto the deck.
"The Floating Stone Realm?"
The other party hadn’t mentioned this place before.
"It’s the barrier that separates the South Sea from the East Victory continent. For countless years, only a handful of extremely lucky individuals have been able to pass through the Floating Stone Realm and travel between the two places. That’s why you find the South Sea mysterious, and we find East Victory continent mysterious as well."
Shi Xiaole soon saw the Floating Stone Realm that Ling Zixin spoke of.
That was two days later.
From afar, a soil-yellow barrier that connected heaven and earth appeared at one end of the sea.
On closer inspection, the barrier was indeed made of countless floating stones, large and small. Each stone was enveloped in a layer of strange power. When Shi Xiaole’s spiritual power tried to probe it, it was repelled back.
Logically, such a massive barrier shouldn’t have been discovered only now, but it had indeed appeared abruptly.
"Within the Floating Stone Realm lies a kind of void power that can isolate light, Vigorous Air, and even spiritual power. It cannot be discovered until one is at a specific distance,"
Ling Fu volunteered an explanation.
Shi Xiaole glanced at him.
That night, the furious aura like a raging lion had emanated from him. Strangely, ever since they met, the old man had been extremely polite to Shi Xiaole, even reverent.
Ling Fu continued, "Anyone who enters the Floating Stone Realm will gradually be stripped of their strength and vitality. Lost and disoriented, they can only die within, not even the Forbidden Martial Emperor is an exception! Since ancient times, only a very small number of people with heaven-defying luck have managed to cross this realm."
Before Shi Xiaole could ask further, Ling Zixin said, "But things have changed recently. Perhaps it’s the surge in spiritual energy of heaven and earth affecting the Floating Stone Realm. A year ago, all the top powers of the South Sea joined forces to create a passage that allows entry and exit at specific times."
As she spoke, the vessel suddenly veered off its original course and entered the Floating Stone Realm at an angle.
"This is..."
The vessel entered a space filled with rocks, and around the perimeter, there clearly enveloped a light path leading forward. Streams of very faint power sprinkled onto Shi Xiaole through the light path, giving him a sensation of his flesh and spirit being drained away.
Without asking, it was clear that this feeble force was the power of the Floating Stones Ling Fu had spoken of. If not for the light path blocking most of it, even with Shi Xiaole’s cultivation, he would struggle to resist it.
"It feels like... the power of martial arts?"
Shi Xiaole frowned.
"You are indeed sharp. The Floating Stone Realm didn’t originally exist. It formed after the first great battle between heaven and earth that happened over a hundred thousand years ago, where many unparalleled powerhouses fought in the South Sea, most of them perished. After their death, their martial powers mixed, creating the Floating Stone Realm."
"Their level of cultivation?"
"Most were beyond the Void Origin Realm!"
Shi Xiaole took a deep breath.
His current spiritual power, in essence, had reached the Sky Origin, and yet he still couldn’t probe the Floating Stone Realm, which was telling already.
The Sky Origin, once considered a legend unattainable by humans, was gradually unveiling its mysterious face to the Martial World.
Perhaps stimulated by this, his Life-Death Martial Path and Supreme Martial Arts suddenly began to operate, frightening Shi Xiaole who quickly suppressed them to prevent exposure of his aura.
The Floating Stone Realm was only about a few hundred meters wide, but according to Ling Zixin, to create this light path, the Martial World of the South Sea had mobilized dozens of top masters.
After passing through the Floating Stone Realm, islands began to appear more frequently. Some islands had an aura so powerful it formed its own realm.
Shi Xiaole conducted a brief probe and found that some small islands were inhabited by Void Origin Realm masters. Medium islands had no fewer than ten, and large islands had more than twenty such masters.
Of course, most of these Void Origin Realm masters were at the human and Earthly Realms, with very few at the Heavenly Realm, but it was enough to illustrate many things.
"The spiritual energy of heaven and earth in the South Sea is even richer than in East Victory!"
Shi Xiaole seemed to have found the reason. The deeper they traveled into the sea, the more apparent this trait became. Shi Xiaole tried cultivating for a bit, and the effects were indeed better than before.
It might not be evident once or twice, but over time, it would translate into a tremendous gap!
"Cousin Zixin, may I ask about the strength of the top masters of the South Sea?"
Shi Xiaole couldn’t help but inquire.
Ling Zixin smiled, "Masters of the Fake Sky Origin Realm!"
Seeing Shi Xiaole’s shocked expression, Ling Zixin’s mood inexplicably improved, and she spoke leisurely, "The method to break through to the Sky Origin Realm was lost during the first great world-shattering battle."
"After over a hundred thousand years of re-exploration, the method to break through has gradually been perfected. Especially in the last thousand years, six Fake Sky Origin Realm masters have emerged in the open in the South Sea. Many people say that in a few thousand years, we might see the reemergence of Sky Origin Realm masters!"
The method to break through to the Sky Origin Realm was of great significance, and to ensure its utmost secrecy, it was usually passed down orally by those in the know to the next generation, rather than being recorded.
In this way, the risk of leaking the information was indeed reduced, but the downside was equally apparent. The great battle between heaven and earth nearly collapsed the world of East Victory, and with the loss of those unparalleled masters, the breakthrough method was also lost.
