Chapter 1017: Chapter 61: Preparations Complete, Entering the Netherworld_2
Primordial Qi Gathering Spirit Powder: Quickly replenishes consumed energy and stamina, keeping one in peak condition at all times.
Hundred Veins Gathering God Pill: Specially used to restore inner strength, highly effective for martial artists.
Condensing Magic Essence Dew: Quickly restores mana, suitable for magic professions.
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These elixirs are no longer of much use to him personally, but once he successfully resurrects his teammates, they will most likely be in a “whiteboard” state. These top-tier supplies are exactly the resources they urgently need during their “newbie period.”
Apart from elixirs, weapons and equipment are naturally indispensable.
This leads to the Ten Thousand Treasures Hall. Guarding the hall is an immortal whose whole body shimmers with a metallic sheen, resembling a golden armored god. He informed Xiao Jie that ordinary standard swords, armor, crossbows, and other weapons and equipment can be obtained for free, and can even be custom-made to a certain extent upon request. However, those containing special powers, possessing growth potential like “magic treasures,” “spiritual artifacts,” “immortal artifacts,” and even “divine artifacts,” require a significant expenditure of cause and effect points for purchase.
Xiao Jie once again leveraged his “free-loading” spirit, gathering a batch of various types of swords and weapons, protective armor, and ornaments that can slightly increase strength, agility, and spirit attributes, free for the taking. He deliberately chose newbie-friendly items without level and attribute requirements, filling his system’s bag to the brim, finally feeling well-prepared.
After bidding farewell to the immortals at Dan Ding Hall, Ten Thousand Treasures Hall, and his constant companions Lin Xuance, the Martial Arts Immortal, Miao Fa Yuanjun, and Su Moyan, Xiao Jie finally embarked on his return journey to the Netherworld.
It’s time to resurrect his teammates!
Xiao Jie left the Mountain and Sea Painting Realm, once again feeling the thin and chaotic spiritual energy of the outside world. Without a moment’s hesitation, he leaped straight up into the clouds.
“Cloud Soaring Skill!”
At the thought, a cluster of white clouds naturally formed beneath his feet, steadily supporting his form. Standing atop the cloud, Xiao Jie identified his direction and flew swiftly toward the endless void beyond Gu Yun State.
As he flew along, gazing down at the battered, demon-qi-shrouded desolate landscape of Gu Yun State, his mindset was completely different from before.
Previously, he was filled with confusion and surprise; now, knowing the tragic stories and sacrifices that had occurred in this Immortal Realm, his mind was filled with contemplation and emotion.
For Gu Yun State to separate from the main body of the Nine States and drift here, it’s likely not by chance… In the past, when the Outer Heaven Demon invaded, its advance force might have torn through the boundary wall from here. The immortals, to isolate the battlefield from the Nine States and protect the living beings of the Mortal World, perhaps did not hesitate to pay a great price, using the entire Gu Yun State Immortal Realm as the last bastion to fight the decisive battle here?
Xiao Jie speculated in his heart, “The mortals of the Jiuzhou World only know that immortals are carefree, far from the mortal world, but they do not know that if not for the blood-stained struggles of the immortals of Gu Yun State back then, the entire Jiuzhou World would have long fallen into a demon land, devoid of life.”
Just the terrifying demonic scars, shattered mountains and rivers, and silent palace ruins on the earth of Gu Yun State to this day easily convey the tragic and heroic nature of the battle to defend it in the past. Hundreds of immortals fell and were wounded, and how terrifying must that Outer Heaven Demon have been?
As thoughts raced through Xiao Jie’s mind, the cloud beneath his feet had reached its maximum speed, and in the blink of an eye, he rushed out of the broken border of Gu Yun State and entered once more into the cold, deathly still, and empty void.
This time, Xiao Jie did not need to transform into a demon dragon to arduously cross. As an immortal, his body is not of mortal flesh, requiring no breath, fearing neither heat nor cold, and can directly draw thin energy from the void to sustain himself. Even in this absolute vacuum environment, he feels no difference, rather feeling his movements are more free.
With some interest, he observed the surroundings: “This so-called ‘void’ is clearly the ‘outer space’ of the real-world universe! Vast and boundless, dark and silent, only the distant, faintly twinkling stars provide a weak light source.” When he thought of this, an idea popped up: “With my current immortal body, if I were in the real world, wouldn’t I be able to directly enter space with my flesh, and even reach the moon or Mars? It’s just that as an independent immortal, I wonder if my current cultivation allows me to reach the third cosmic velocity necessary to escape the Sun’s gravity? It might still be difficult…”
Though immortal magic is endlessly miraculous, it still seems to adhere to some basic physical laws. For example, in terms of flying, Xiao Jie has tested that his current maximum speed while riding the cloud is about ten times the speed of sound. In the atmosphere, this speed can be described as astonishing, but to rely on this speed to fly out of the solar system undoubtedly is a fool’s dream.
“Unless I can learn those high-level immortal techniques involving space jumps and tunneling light instant teleportation… but that type of magic is probably exceedingly profound, not something I can aspire to now as merely an independent immortal.” He shook his head, temporarily setting aside the impractical notion, focusing on the journey ahead.
As he pondered, Xiao Jie had already crossed the vast path through the void, entering the “atmosphere” range of the Jiuzhou World. Previously, Xiao Jie had always subconsciously believed that the Jiuzhou World, like Earth, was a gigantic planet. Until he once trekked to the edge of the land in search of the Immortal Path, did he faintly perceive the difference in this world. Now suspended above the Nine Heavens, in the void, he could more clearly see the overall form of the Jiuzhou World—it is indeed not a sphere, but a vast expanse, seemingly floating amidst infinite void, surrounded by chaotic qi and endless void, arranged precisely in the classical mythological concept of “heavenly round, earthly square”!