Chapter 780: Blood Moon Sea, Acquaintance_1
The remnant soul of the Eastern Cosmic God was wiped out by him.
He had no patience for idle talk. The more a cosmic god prattled on, the less advantageous it was for him.
Regrettably....
His microcosm had been shattered long ago. Otherwise, Chu Yuan would have gained even more from it.
Of course, he would not be able to handle a fully powered cosmic god with a microcosm on their own.
Not unless he advanced to the fifth step of the World God Realm.
As for this ball of soul energy in his hand.
Truth be told, it was not particularly useful to him, as it couldn't significantly boost his cultivation.
However, he could seal it up and bring it back to the empire. The Purple Blood Demon Book, lacking a physical form and wholly being a book spirit, was rather a special kind of soul body and could enhance his cultivation.
With so many powerful beings in the Divine Martial Empire, only the Purple Blood Demon Book had a real chance of becoming a cosmic god in a short time.
He needed a genuine cosmic god within the empire.
As for the ancient palace that the Eastern Cosmic God had constructed, it indeed contained numerous prohibitions. Yet, with one swing of Chu Yuan's emperor sword, the glimmer from the Supreme God Artifact broke through everything, opening the palace and allowing him to retrieve the treasury.
"Let's go."
He once again stepped onto the golden armored beast, heading in the direction indicated by the treasure map.
Half a month later, Chu Yuan reached the edge of the Epoch Battlefield. Before him was a vast, chaotic region shrouded in dense fog and presenting scenes of boundless ruination.
It was as though the cosmos itself was coming to an end, with a step forward leading to an unknown world.
"Hm? The location of the sixth treasure map is quite far away, not within the Epoch Battlefield. It'll probably take five or six more days."
Driving the golden-armored beast away from the Epoch Battlefield, Chu Yuan arrived at a new location five or six days later. His gaze intensified, revealing a swath of crimson light.
Before him was an enormous ocean.
The blood-colored sea billowed and raged in tumultuous waves. It was anything but calm, often whipped up into a frenzy by the sea winds, and astonishingly, a massive blood moon appeared to hover just above the sea, appearing extraordinarily colossal.
No matter where you were on the Blood Moon Sea, you could still sense the blood moon just beside you.
The Blood Moon Sea!
Another major relic within the Cosmic Sea.
Famous for its blood moon and blood-colored waters, no one knew which cosmic era bequeathed such a treasure.
"The location of the sixth treasure is here."
Chu Yuan walked within the Blood Moon Sea, where the elemental energy was entirely different from that of the Epoch Battlefield, exuding an eerie, chilling sense of deception.
Boom! Beneath his feet, a boundless wave suddenly surged up from the bloody sea. An immeasurably massive beast imbued with the scent of blood burst forth from the water. It opened its bloody maw, seeming capable of summoning the power of the bloody sea and devouring the living beings within.
With a casual attack from Chu Yuan, the bloody beast collapsed and turned back into bloody water.
"Interesting."
A smile appeared on Chu Yuan's face.
The Blood Moon Sea was far smaller in size than the Epoch Battlefield, but the relics and eeriness it housed were on par.
He looked up at the blood moon.
Although the blood moon appeared omnipresent, as if one could just step right into it.
Chu Yuan, however, realized this was not the case. Ascending into the sky would not lead one to the blood moon. It existed in a peculiar dimension separate from the current time and space.
Everyone knew there were vast treasures within the blood moon, but until now, no one had been able to find the correct path in.
"I've found the sixth divine light."
Whoosh! Chu Yuan opened a space-time portal and brought out an orange-red glow.
Six divine lights.
Black, red, orange, gold, cyan, blue.
With nine lights gathered, an unbelievable power would burst forth.
"Only the last three remain."
Chu Yuan murmured, "It's time to return to the empire."
Upon his return, he intended to go into seclusion, using the countless divine objects from the Cosmic Sea to cultivate and advance to the fifth step of the World God Realm.
"Hm?"
Just as he was about to leave, he suddenly saw a figure moving across the Blood Moon Sea in the distance. Each move was not an ordinary traverse and more like jumping in and out of the spatial folds.
There were many experts in the Blood Moon Sea, Chu Yuan initially didn't want to care about it, but the aura of this figure felt vaguely familiar.
"It's her, she is in the Blood Moon Sea."
Chu Yuan exclaimed in surprise.
"Empress Jiuyou, it's been a long time. I didn't expect to run into you in the Blood Moon Sea. What a coincidence."
Chu Yuan's voice suddenly echoed in the person's ears.
"Who?"
The figure turned with a start. It was Empress Jiuyou from the Nine Netherworlds. Afterwards, she noticed a silhouette landing in front of her.
"Who are you?"
The Empress Jiuyou faced this young man brimming with boundless overbearing aura.
"You don't remember me?"
Chu Yuan smiled.
He had deep memories of the Empress Jiuyou. Back then, he traded several divine corpses from her when he was setting up his trading house in the Nine Netherworlds, which helped him break through the realm.
He saw Empress Jiuyou's realm had reached the third step of the World God.
Although it's not as good as his, her speed of cultivation terrified him. Clearly, she had gotten some opportunities in the Blood Moon Sea.
"So it's you!"
Empress Jiuyou was also taken aback.
On the day Chu Yuan met her, he appeared in his spirit form. However, today was the first time they met in person. As he stood there, he emanated an unparalleled sovereignty. Surprised to see how young he was, she realized that he was the one she remembered.
"Indeed, it's me."
Seeing a familiar face in the Blood Moon Sea, Chu Yuan was pleased. He laughed and said, "I believe this is the first time we've met in person. I am from the Divine Martial Empire."
"Martial Emperor!" Empress Jiuyou said: "The Emperor's cultivation is terrifying compared to the day we traded."
"Run, where else can you run to!"
Suddenly, an existence shrouded in sinister aura arrived. His cultivation had reached the fifth step, his face dark, he cast a glance over Chu Yuan before focusing on Empress Jiuyou.
"Have you found someone to help you? Thinking that any random person can block me, I must say, you are really good at running, making me chase you for so long!"
He didn't pay much attention to Chu Yuan, his gaze was fixed on Empress Jiuyou.
"What's going on?" Chu Yuan asked, displeased.
"Nothing serious, I found some treasures in the Blood Moon Sea and this person has been relentlessly chasing me since then," Empress Jiuyou said calmly, not panicked even under the pressure of a fifth step powerhouse.
Her words revealed a terrifying fact, that she, at the third step, could evade a fifth step powerhouse, which indicated she must have some trump cards in the Blood Moon Sea.
"I hate to implicate you today, but his target is me."
A Blood Moon Mark appeared on Empress Jiuyou, seeming to harness the power of the Blood Moon.
"Blood Moon Mark!"
The man's eyes glittered with greed.
"If you don't know your place, I'll just kill you."
Chu Yuan glanced at the man, then cast out his Heavenly Hand.
"Kill me?" The man's face flashed with anger, "Big talk, let's see who kills whom!"
However, just as his words left his mouth, the Power of the Heavens unfurled around him, freezing him in place. He watched, wide-eyed as the Heavenly Hand crashed into him.
With a soft bang, the man's body exploded and was obliterated in one strike.
"He obliterated a fifth step realm in one move!"
Empress Jiuyou was shocked, she even doubted her own eyes.