Realm-Hopping Martial Master

Chapter 1155: Chapter 619: The War Alliance’s Secret! (Part 2)

Zhan Jiuxiao’s voice was decisive, carrying a sinister killing intent.

"At the moment the Jade Scroll shattered, the Memory Pearl transmitted the last fragment seen by this Venerable Elder."

"Within the core forbidden land, it is no longer a place suffused with sacred Spirit Light."

"What meets the eye is endless resentment and evil, black tides surging, countless filthy stickiness, twisted in form, shadow monsters between reality and illusion, continuously emerging from the cracks in the War Soul Stele!"

"They are gnawing at the restriction sigils, polluting the Star Source Earth Vein, even attempting to erode the ancient heroic soul remains and Undying Battle Intent sealed in the deepest part of the stele!"

"The core of that sacred space has already been corrupted into a wound oozing filthy blood!"

Hearing Zhan Jiuxiao’s words, even Jiang Shu couldn’t help but have his pupils contract abruptly, inhaling sharply.

"What?!"

Eroding heroic soul remains and Undying Battle Intent?!

This is not just an instability of energy, but a complete desecration and pollution.

This is so similar to what he saw at the core of the Ancient Battle Soul Path where the altar eroded the Ancient Road Origin Creation Power!

"Don’t speak of you, even I was taken aback after seeing the scene at the Ancestral Land. Thus, after probing with a Supreme Elder, we discovered this is not an invasion by external enemies, but an internal core pathology originating within the Ancestral Land!"

Zhan Jiuxiao’s eyes gleamed with cold light, like the sharpest blade.

"The source of the pollution, as you said, is akin to the mutation of the War God Atlas, the altar power seen at the core of the Ancient Road, and even earlier memories stolen from the Bronze Ancient Road, all coming from the same lineage!"

Jiang Shu’s heart trembled greatly, finally confirming his deepest doubts.

All seemingly independent bizarre events did have one malicious black line intertwining them!

And this black line directly connects with the lifeline of the War Alliance’s Ancestral Land, linking the entire core region of the War Alliance, and even the Ancient Battle Soul Path, though fortunately nothing too serious occurred.

Zhan Jiuxiao’s voice sank lower, filled with the calm before the storm.

"The situation has developed to such an extent that it can no longer be resolved properly by someone in the Venerable Realm. Therefore, I summoned a Saint to personally intervene, using the power of the Guardian Array to break through the star-sea barrier, and approach the Ancestral Land to repair the space."

The true body of the Saint descended!

Jiang Shu couldn’t help but shudder once more.

The Saint is the strongest in the Star Ruins Realm, and every move affects the gaze of all people. They cannot leave the Core Star Domain unless it’s a matter of life and death. This time, the true body has set out for the Ancestral Land, demonstrating the urgency of the situation far beyond Jiang Shu’s expectations.

"Yet the filth entrenched in the core is far more cunning and treacherous than anticipated."

"It is no longer simply energy dissipation or alien intrusion, but more like an entity with will, with extreme hatred for all order and life."

"This is almost identical to the world’s malice you felt in the Ancient Battlefield Small World Embryo, and their nature is the same, definitively proving that both stem from the same lineage."

Zhan Jiuxiao opened his right palm, and in the center, a black speck of crystal dust, almost invisible, floated silently, itself without any aura but exuding a terrifying evil intent that makes all life instinctively abhor and causes the Divine Soul to tremble, as though the gaze would be polluted from looking too long.

"This is the residue from forcibly purifying a major pollution node."

"Even this insignificant part, its contained malice can make a cultivator below the Tenth Realm instantly go insane and enter madness!"

Jiang Shu stared closely at that black speck of crystal, the curse pattern of bone rust hidden beneath his flesh seemed to faintly agitate.

He personally experienced the corruptive power of that filth on the Creation Origin and knows its horror.

Zhan Jiuxiao clenched his palm, crushing that tiny speck of crystal, as the slightest black smoke seeped through his finger gaps, subtly twisting the space, and his face hardened like iron.

"That battle was exceptionally dangerous, already beyond mere magic duels."

"The Ancestral Land core space rules have been twisted into a marsh full of malicious traps, where we must move carefully with every step, not only defending against the tireless, fearless dark spawn formed directly from filth resentment but also constantly resisting the erosion of the Divine Soul by the intangible malice lingering at the source of pollution."

"What’s more critical is our need to maintain the Ancestral Land’s stability!"

"The entrenched core filth is like a cancer rooted in the Ancestral Land; if we were to violently uproot it completely, it would definitely endanger the Origin of the Ancestral Land, possibly triggering unpredictable chain collapses!"

"In this precarious balance, even with the presence of the Saint’s true body, alongside us, it was still a difficult siege!"

Jiang Shu could visualize that scene.

A Saint, a strongest traversing the star sea, along with several warriors at the Venerable Peak Realm, battling the sacred Ancestral Land transformed into a filthy battlefield, fighting invisible malice and endless dark spawn, being restrained everywhere, and struggling with every step.

That was a soul and will level brutal consumption war far beyond ordinary power confrontation.

No wonder Zhan Jiuxiao disappeared for several days, it could indeed be described as the War Alliance throwing all its highest battle forces into a covert campaign!

"Ultimately, we utilized Secret Techniques to use the residual War Soul power of the Ancestral Land as a trigger, setting up the Ancient Wilderness Purification Divine Furnace Array, focusing brilliant sacred might, and sacrificed the stability of one core area of the Ancestral Land as the price, forcibly refining ninety-nine percent of the body of that pollution node."

"After this battle, although the core foundation of the Ancestral Land is damaged, the Spirit Light reignites, only needing a hundred years to return to the state of Origin."

"Regrettably, the main brain of the pollution source and nearly half of the filthy essence slipped away like slippery eels, in the last moment the Divine Furnace Array fully formed, into deeper layers of the Ancestral Land, hiding within the void crevices overlapping with the star-sea origin!"

Zhan Jiuxiao’s voice was filled with icy anger and a trace of frustration hard to detect.

He was not only speaking to Jiang Shu but also to the eavesdropping siblings Zhan Feng and Zhan Yun.

As his successors, they must know such things sooner or later, and now that the situation was basically stable, Zhan Jiuxiao was not worried that they would lose their composure upon hearing this, thus he explained everything in one go.

"They escaped!"

"Though we severely damaged and scattered their origin, turning it into countless tiny flowing strands of pollution, its malicious intent persists, lurking in the void crevices, waiting for the opportunity to absorb scattered War Soul embers and negative energy from the star sea to recover."

"More frightening is that these escaped fragments carry strong infectiousness; should they successfully infiltrate other energy nodes or possess living beings, the consequences are unthinkable."

Jiang Shu instantly understood why the core region of the War Alliance was as if preparing for an enemy invasion, the vigilance extremely heightened.

Even the Saint could not completely eliminate this existence; its remnants escaping are like scattering seeds of destruction virus to the four winds.

No wonder the Star Token was temporarily disabled, to thoroughly isolate any potential information leaks and energy fluctuations, preventing those escaped polluting strands from exploiting these gaps.

No wonder not even the elders occupying high positions in the War Alliance are aware of this matter.

Such a matter concerning the Ancestral Land’s foundation survival, possibly threatening the safety of the entire Star Domain, is indeed the utmost secrecy.

Any power would be interconnected.

The War Alliance as an ancient mighty power, its affiliate forces have intricate ties.

If the news leaked out, who knows how many related forces outside would have changes accordingly.

This is something the War Alliance cannot accept.

"Now, the outer entrance of the Ancestral Land is completely sealed, with two Saints leaving behind parts of their power to jointly guard, monitoring crevice fluctuations, preventing any more counterattacks or escape."

Zhan Jiuxiao paused, his gaze cast afar, as if penetrating the heavy barriers of the forbidden land.

"Meanwhile, Zi Ling is also leading people to clean up the already escaped fragments, ensuring the responsibility for the star-sea’s peace is not slackened."

"This matter is dangerous and treacherous, heavily relying on stealth tracking, and keen perception of the foul aura; only those with resilient minds and unique methods can undertake this task effectively."

Zi Ling, huh?