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Chapter 678

Wham!

The moment Hui Yao's gigantic head smashed fiercely on the ground, Duo Si's heart was almost smashed into pieces as well. Everybody's heart immediately sank. Hui Yao's gigantic body seemed to have turned into a gigantic dragon corpse once again.

"Noooooo…" Duo Si uttered a heartrending cry as she rushed forward. Opening up her wings, she hugged Hui Yao's head in her arms as devastating cries filled the air. Her head was lifted up high as tears of pain dripped down from her eyes.

Just one step short of success, her hopes crumbled to dust. Duo Si's originally agonized heart could no longer withstand such a heavy blow.

With a pale face, Tian'er slumped into Zhou Weiqing's arms weakly. Her eyes were still staring unblinkingly at Hui Yao's body.

Lowering her head, Duo Si cast a glance at Hui Yao before looking at Zhou Weiqing and Tian'er, the tears in her eyes had suddenly stopped flowing, "Humans, I've said before, in any case, I still want to thank you all. I no longer have the strength to save our children so please, I beg you, please save my children once you leave this place. I'll go with Hui Yao very soon and this Lustre Spatial Realm will not be destroyed. Without him, I really can't live anymore."

Her gaze had become very gentle. After waiting for so many days, everything still failed on the eve of success. It had completely shattered the last ounce of hope in her heart. Right now, all she wanted was to go with her husband even if it meant that she would have to go to another world.

The three Shangguan sisters were already choking with tears. Looking at the tragic scene of the pair of dragon spouses, they were also immersed in deep sadness.

Creases crept up between Zhou Weiqing's brows. He could not say anything that would stop Duo Si from killing herself. This was a female that was willing to die for love and for the sake of her husband. On top of that, she was a powerful dragon for God's sake. It was absolutely impossible for him to stop her. Even if he managed to stop her this time, it did not mean that she would not try to seek for death again the next time.

Duo Si slowly closed her gigantic eyes. The originally strong vitality in her almost instantly dimmed down. She was intentionally shutting her heart down. Once her heart was completely shut down, she would lose her life. To kill a dragon, one would have to pay a terrible and painful price but for a dragon to take its own life, was actually a very simple matter.

Whether it was Zhou Weiqing or the three Shangguan sisters, right now, their eyes were all filled with heartbreaking sadness. Such a powerful being was ending its life in such a way. How could they possibly not feel sad over the loss?

"… Duo Si, d-dont." Without warning, a low and weak voice rumbled.

The moment the voice sounded out, Duo Si's rapidly deteriorating vitality became stable almost instantly. Zhou Weiqing and the girls' eyes were widened in surprise. Each of their gazes landed on the gigantic body. W-What was that? What had just happened?

All of a sudden, an enormous terrifying tyrannical aura suddenly erupted out of Hui Yao's body. Like an erupting volcano, a shade of eye-catching red light suddenly broke free from all constraint as massive energy gushed out into the air. The rich and terrifying Atmospheric Energy dyed everything within the proximity into red all at once.

Duo Si's eyes that were originally closed flickered open immediately as she lowered her head to look at her husband.

Hui Yao's body that was lying on the ground gradually began to move. Even though the speed was slow, it was stable and powerful. First, he lifted up his proud head as his gigantic body followed suit. Slowly, he finally stood up on his own.

The enormous dragon's eyes slowly opened, his huge thick wings unfurled and wrapped Duo Si in his embrace. A strong sense of vitality quickly filled the air. At once, the petrifying dragon aura shot out of his body, piercing through the clouds up to the sky.

Yes, he was back! Hui Yao the dragon who once controlled the Lustre Spatial Realm was back.

A strange peculiar energy radiated from the dragon's body as it transformed into five red halos. Instantly, the halos enveloped Zhou Weiqing, Tian'er, and the three Shangguan sisters.

To their surprise, the five of them could feel a wave of strange energy fluctuating and entering their brain from the point between their brows. In the next moment, their brains immediately went blank.

There were no changes in their strength and the Heavenly Energy in their bodies but at this very moment, their mental energies seemed to be bursting out almost infinitely.

Hui Yao's gaze landed on his wife and the moment their eyes met, their gazes never left each other again.

Duo Si took the opportunity to strengthen her vitality again. Her claws clutched tightly at her husband, it was so, so tight as if she was afraid of letting go. She was extremely scared, scared that all of it was just an illusion. However, feeling the dragon aura in Hui Yao's body that was getting more powerful with every passing second, she knew that her husband had finally, FINALLY, returned to her side.

At that moment, the pair of dragons only had one thought in their minds, "How nice it is to be able to live." Even if they had already lived for tens of thousands of years, at this moment, they still found life to be a precious thing.

The red halos gradually disappeared from the five humans. Their eyes had once again regained their lights as they looked at each other in surprise. Their mental energies and soul energies seemed to have been elevated to another level. Zhou Weiqing who was already at the Ninth Jewel level could vaguely feel that in those short moment of ascension, his mental energy had risen to the Heavenly King level. Without a doubt, it was a great advantage for his next cultivation. It would be extremely useful in helping him to break through the Heavenly King tier and solidify the Saint Nucleus Core.

With a powerful soul energy, along with the energy in his veins, he was no longer daunted by the pressure of facing a Heavenly King-tier opponent.

This was the repayment from Hui Yao. He had used the most primitive force of his dragon clan to help elevate the soul energy of the five humans even though such a feat would greatly hurt his primordial qi.

Now that his vitality was restored, Hui Yao the dragon was completely resurrected. Tian'er's Resurrection technique was a great success after all. Not just that, the Saint Energy would be useful to him, too. Of course, what was even more important was the fact that he could finally see his wife again.

"Thank you, humans. Thank you for saving my life," Hui Yao's gaze finally moved away from his wife and landed on Zhou Weiqing and the girls. Deep gratitude could be seen from both of the dragons' eyes. Although they did not say much, the raw emotions in their eyes said plenty.

Zhou Weiqing chuckled lightly, "You don't have to thank us. We just hope that the both of you will continue to protect this Lustre Spatial Realm instead of destroying it. That would be the greatest way to thank us."

Hui Yao studied Zhou Weiqing. Just as Duo Si nodded her head at his side, he suddenly shook his head and growled in a low voice, "I'm afraid I won't be able to do that."

The moment they heard his words, Zhou Weiqing, and the girls were taken completely by surprise. Shocked, they stared confusedly at Hui Yao. From their point of views, they just saved his life for f*ck sake! Why the hell would he not agree to such a simple condition?

Hui Yao continued to stare at Zhou Weiqing. It was apparent from his eyes that he was not willing to compromise on the issue at all, "My children have been abducted! For the sake of my children, I'll have to destroy the Lustre Spatial Realm. Only after I leave this place that I can rescue them. Even if you are the one who saved my life, you cannot stop me from rescuing my children. The most I can do is to let you take my life after I rescue my children."

Zhou Weiqing was instantly placed in a difficult situation, he could not say anything to stop Hui Yao at all. After all, as a father, how could he possibly live with the fact that his children have just been abducted? If Zhou Weiqing was in his shoes, he would probably do the same thing.

Smiling awkwardly, Zhou Weiqing asked, "Is there any other way? Perhaps, we can rescue your children on your behalf?"

Hui Yao stared at Zhou Weiqing with his flashing red eyes. Instantly, Zhou Weiqing felt as if he was being x-rayed. A faint golden layer emerged out of thin air as it enveloped his body, as if the layer could sense that he was being threatened.

All of a sudden, Hui Yao asked in shock, "T-This is the energy that saved me? Wha… What attribute is it?"

Zhou Weiqing decided to tell the truth, "This is the Saint Energy. It's an energy that is refined from the Divine, Time, Spirit and Evil attributes."

At once, a light gleamed in the dragon's orbs, "Saint Energy? It's actually the energy that's formed from the solidification of the four Great Saint Attributes? How is this possible? You're only a mere human! W-Wait… Perhaps, it is actually possible…"

Zhou Weiqing was a little confused by his words, "Sir, as long as you don't destroy the Lustre Spacial Realm, we will definitely give all our might to do whatever you want. Maybe I'm not strong enough at the moment but once I've succeeded in solidifying my Saint Core Nucleus, I definitely would be able to fight to the end even if my opponent is a Heavenly Emperor tier master. Please let us humans solve the dispute among humans ourselves. I promise that I will do my best to save your children."

Nodding his head, Hui Yao's eyes twinkled, "With the strength that you have right now, it's far from enough. Even I do not have the confidence to say that I can successfully save my children. That energy is just too horrifying! It's as if it came fro… from…"

Zhou Weiqing was surprised, "From where?"

After a moment of silence, Hui Yao replied, "From the Netherworld."

Taken aback, Zhou Weiqing asked, "… N-Netherworld? What's that?"

Chapter 679

Hui Yao let out a long sigh before he said, "You're my savior, I don't see any reason to hide this from you. Actually, the Netherworld is a place that doesn't exist in our world. You can think of it as a place that exists like the Luster Spatial Realm, a parallel space. However, that place is much more terrifying than the Luster Spatial Realm. There're many Nether creatures over there. There's no light in the Netherworld but only bloodlust and bloodshed. To put it simply, in the Netherworld, any ordinary, run-of-the-mill Nether creature is much stronger than a Sixth Jewel-tier Heavenly Jewel Master. If the Netherworld is connected to your human world, the human world will perish in no time."

After listening to Hui Yao's descriptions, Zhou Weiqing was stunned by his words. This was something that he had never heard of before. Disbelief began to form in his eyes.

Of course, Hui Yao knew what he was thinking. In a composed tone, he continued, "There's no need for you to doubt me. The Netherworld really does exist. The Luster Spatial Realm was built because of the Netherworld. A hundred thousand years ago, the Netherworld almost opened up a channel that could connect to the human world. At that time, there were many powerful dragons like us in your human world and under their combined effort, they managed to seal the passage completely before they specially assigned people to guard it. Ever since then, the dragon clan has been responsible for guarding it. This is also why we rarely show ourselves in the human world. In the past, the dragon clan's head was responsible for guarding the Netherworld's passage. In order to guard it, the dragon clan paid a hefty price. Because of the influence of the Netherworld energy, our conceiving rate is very low. It's also because of this that our ancestors decided to build this Luster Spatial Realm and sent Duo Si and me here when we were still young, with the objective of continuing the dragon lineage over here."

Zhou Weiqing gasped. If what Hui Yao said was true and the person who kidnapped their children was somebody from the Netherworld, it meant that the human world was in danger.

Hui Yao continued, "There's a high possibility that the energy that previously caused the spatial tear came from the Netherworld. After all, only the Nether Lord possesses that kind of power that's able to temporary cause a spatial tear. Even though he and the other Nether creatures can't enter our world, he can send his delegates here. It was exactly them who took my children away. I've no idea what they planned to do but I'm certain that it wouldn't be good for you human beings, too. Your cultivation base is considered quite good among the humans, especially that strange Saint Energy of yours. However, you're still far too weak compared to the delegates from the Netherworld."

After mulling over it, Zhou Weiqing queried, "Who or what exactly are the Netherworld delegates that you speak of?"

Hui Yao replied without any hesitation, "Humans! Among you humans, there are some who thirst for power. Iann order to pursue this power, these people are willing to use unscrupulous tactics. It's exactly because of this that they're lured by the Nether Lord to become his servants. The Nether Lord would give them power so that they c help him carry out his plans. As long as there's an opening, they'll help the Nether Lord weaken the seal of the passage."

A gleam flashed in Zhou Weiqing's eyes, "Then, this means that the human world is in danger! Are you certain that the Nether creatures won't be able to cross over to our world?"

Hui Yao nodded his head, "As long as the seal is not destroyed, even the extremely powerful Nether Lord will not be able to enter the human world. All he can do is create a spatial tear and send energy ripples over. On top of that, he'll have to pay a hefty price every time he does so. Therefore, if you want to stop the Nether passage from opening, you'll have to deal with those filths in the human world first. Truth be told, me and Duo Si leaving the Luster Spatial Realm is not entirely a bad thing for you human beings. We have a keen perception towards the Nether aura. As the descendant of a Dragon Emperor, the Dragon Emperor's energy in my blood would be able to lead me to those people."

Zhou Weiqing smiled awkwardly, "However, if you leave, it would deal a devastating blow to the entire human world. Perhaps, you don't know but there is a palace built on the Heavenly Jewel Island in this Luster Spatial Realm. It's called the Heaven's Expanse Palace. Not only that, under this Heavenly Jewel Island, there is a gigantic city that is inhabited by more than ten million people. If the Luster Spatial Realm is destroyed, then, the biggest city in the human world would be gone as well. This is why we are fighting to stop you from leaving."

Closing his eyes slowly, Hui Yao contemplated for a moment before replying calmly, "Actually, there might be another way. Right now, our children have not hatched so no matter what those people planned to do with our children, they will have to wait till they are fully hatched. However, without our energy, no matter what methods they use to speed up the hatching, it will take at least five years before it can happen. Six months have passed since that incident, so we still stand a chance if you can get us out of here within three years."

Shangguan Xue'er who was standing by the side suddenly interjected, "We will do our best to meet your request. Do you have any methods that you can use to leave this place without destroying the Luster Spatial Realm?"

Hui Yao nodded his head, "Other than destroying the realm, there is another way. Teleportation. Forcefully tear open the space and teleport the two of us out of here, just like how they tore open the space and sent the humans in last time.

Zhou Weiqing drew a long breath, "But that can only be done if we are extremely powerful! I'm afraid that even a Heavenly God tier person would not be able to do that!"

Hui Yao replied, "Being powerful is one thing. If you can find the Spatial Teleportation Stone, you'll be able to save a lot of energy. With the amount of Saint Energy that you possess right now, it's more than enough for you to activate the stone. I'll give you a coordinate and you only need to carve the coordinate on the stone. As for how to activate it, well, I don't really know how either. After all, this Spatial Teleportation Stone is extremely rare even in the ancient times."

Zhou Weiqing quickly looked over at Shangguan Xue'er, "Have you heard of this stone?" The richest place in the mainland was the Heaven's Expanse Palace. There were many treasured collections in the palace. Perhaps the Spatial Teleportation Stone might be amongst them.

Unfortunately, she shook her head, "I've never even heard of such thing before. But, if it really exists in this world, I'm sure that we'll be able to find it."

Zhou Weiqing turned and looked at Hui Yao. If it was not for the Netherworld, he would do his best to persuade the pair of dragons to not destroy the Luster Spatial Realm. But now, the matter was a lot more serious than he had originally thought. The presence of the Netherworld not only threatened Zhongtian City, but the entire human population as well. How could he possibly stop them from going out?

At this moment, Little Fatty Zhou's vigor came back again. After a short while of mulling it over, he looked at Hui Yao as he said in a deep voice, "Sir, how about this? We prepare ourselves for both eventualities. Give us three years and we'll use this three years to search for the Spatial Teleportation Stone. At the same time, we'll slowly relocate Zhongtian City's civilians to another safe place. If we're not able to find the stone in three years time, you can leave the Luster Spatial Realm. That will give us enough time to move all the inhabitants away. But of course, finding the stone would be the ideal solution. And at that time, I give you my words that I WILL open a passage for you and send you out from here."

It was the most plausible idea so far. Hui Yao nodded his head, the gaze that was trained on Zhou Weiqing had a tint of appreciation, "You're a clever human. Let's do as you say. I'll give you three years."

Zhou Weiqing nodded his head, "Thank you, sir. In that case, we shouldn't waste anymore time. We'll take our leave now and help you search for the stone."

Hui Yao suddenly exclaimed, "Wait a minute! Before you leave, please absorb more of my Heavenly Energy. Otherwise, I can't guarantee I can hold back the urge to find my children."

Zhou Weiqing was stunned. But, at this moment, Hui Yao already stretched out his claw towards him. Although he had a calm look on his face, Zhou Weiqing understood his intention clearly. Smiling, he replied, "Thank you, I'll take it then."

…

Heavenly Jewel Island, Heaven's Expanse Palace

Shangguan Tianyang and Tianyue were standing in front of the activated the formation of the Luster Spatial Realm with bitter looks on their faces.

Six months! Since the day Zhou Weiqing and the girls entered the Luster Spatial Realm, six months had passed! There were still no signs of life in the Luster Spatial Realm. The occasional energy ripples were no longer as intense as before.

Although the Luster Spatial Realm was obviously more important than Zhou Weiqing and the four girls, the three Shangguan sisters were their only successors for f*ck sake! If all of them died inside the Luster Spatial Realm, it would spell disaster for the Heaven's Expanse Palace. Even worse, Zhou Weiqing and the daughter of the Heavenly Snow Mountain Lord were in there as well! Before this, somebody from the Wan Shou Empire had entered the Luster Spatial Realm and all of them had retreated due to the terrifying force inside. Those people had already returned to the Wan Shou Empire and they even spread the news that Tian'er was inside. If they really died in the Luster Spatial Realm, Long Shiya the Six Ultimate Heavenly Emperor and Xue Aotian, the Heavenly Snow Mountain Lord would definitely come demanding an explanation. Even though the Heaven's Expanse Palace was strong, it would never be able to fight against the both of them.

Frowning, Shangguan Tianyue said, "Brother, I think it's better if we send somebody to have a look! There's no movement at all after so long. We need to get the bodies back if they're really dead!"

Shangguan Tianyang sighed out loud, "Brother, it's all my fault! I shouldn't have let them enter the realm in the first place."

Tianyue's eyes had a worried look as he shook his head, "It's no use saying all these now. What's done, is done. All we can do now is to pray for those children. Brother, I…" As he uttered those words, tears began to well up in Tianyue's— who was a freaking Heavenly Emperor Level master— eyes.

Tianyang did not know how to comfort him.

Without warning, a powerful ripple suddenly fluctuated in the Luster Spatial Realm. Both the brothers quickly looked over at the golden screen.

In a flash, five shadows appeared soundlessly out of thin air. Another shimmer flashed past and in just a blink of an eye, five people were already standing in front of them.

Zhou Weiqing was standing at the front with a smile on his face. However, there was something different about his temperament. The instance he appeared, even Tianyang and Tianyue who had a high cultivation base could feel an obvious crushing presence from his body. They were both completely taken aback by it. It looked like he must have had a fortuitous meeting inside the realm.

Their gaze moved to the three Shangguan sisters who were standing behind Zhou Weiqing. Seeing that they were all safe and unharmed, Tianyue was so happy that he almost shed tears in front of them. He immediately went to the three sisters and spread his arms wide before pulling them into his warm embrace.

"FINALLY! You three are finally out! You really gave me a huge fright, you know!"

The worries and solemnity in Tianyang's eyes vanished instantly. Chuckling, he looked over at Zhou Weiqing, "You brat! You're really one lucky bastard! Looks like you've got quite a harvest this time!"

Zhou Weiqing chortled, "This time, we managed to solve a huge problem for the Heaven's Expanse Palace. Just take it as the bride-price for Xue'er, Fei'er and Bing'er, okay?"

Tianyang laughed out loud, "What a sly boy! You just don't want to pay that one billion gold, huh? Alright then! As long as the Luster Spatial Realm's problem is resolved for good, I'll let you go this time."

Zhou Weiqing smiled awkwardly, "… Actually, it's not completely resolved," Although they just came out of Luster Spatial Realm, the matter was too important so he did not dare to drag it out a second longer. At once, he spilled all the details about the situation in the Luster Spatial Realm to Tianyang.

Tianyue walked towards them to listen to the story. The more they listened to it, the more they began to worry, particularly the part about the Netherworld which elicited a deep frown on their foreheads.

Zhou Weiqing continued, "Uncle, Father-in-law, have you heard of the Netherworld before? Does this place really exists? I find it a little unbelievable."

Creases appeared between Tianyang's brows, "The dragons don't lie. On top of that, our ancestors in the Heaven's Expanse Palace had mentioned the existence of the Netherworld before in the ancient books and records but the information is very vague. Before this, we did not pay much attention to it but if what the dragon said is true, then we would be in great trouble."

Zhou Weiqing replied, "The Netherworld is not that most pressing issue at the moment. Let us just put this matter aside and solve the Luster Spatial Realm issue first. Although the dragons gave us three years, it's actually quite a short time. Have any of you heard of the Spatial Teleportation Stone?"

Tianyue shook his head blankly while Tianyang's eyes had a look of contemplation in it. After giving it some thoughts, Tianyang proclaimed, "That actually sounds quite familiar to me. I think I've seen it before in the records. How about this, you guys get some rest first and I'll think back to where I've seen the term before."

Zhou Weiqing nodded his head in agreement. They had been in the Luster Spatial Realm for so long, it was indeed true that they needed a good rest.

This time, he was not arranged to stay in the Heavenly Jewel Island hotel. Instead, he was given a place to stay in the Heaven's Expanse Palace. And perhaps it was the three Shangguan sisters who deliberately arranged it, but Tian'er was taken away by them, leaving him alone in the room staring at empty walls.

Regarding this matter, Zhou Weiqing did not have any complaints at all. Besides, when he excused himself from the four girls, they seemed to have a look of cheekiness on their faces.

There was a reason why he was so relaxed about it. After all, he had already completed the request from Shangguan Tianyang.

After Hui Yao was resurrected, he had offered his energy for Zhou Weiqing to devour using the Demonic Devour. Along with the massive amount of Atmospheric Energy that he devoured in the Luster Spatial Realm, when he was devouring Hui Yao's horrifyingly vast Heavenly Energy, not only was Tian'er's body filled with the Saint Energy, even the three Shangguan sisters were the same. On top of that, the four girls' cultivation base managed to have another breakthrough. Tian'er even successfully entered the Eighth Jewel Level, leaving her much closer to the regeneration stage.

The three Shangguan sisters had no Saint Attribute so it was impossible for them to regenerate their energy like how Zhou Weiqing did. Even though that might be the case, he was still able to fulfill the original request that Shangguuan Tianyang made. In other words, he was eligible to marry the three sisters now. This time, no matter what, he would take the three Shangguan sisters along with him when he left. Since they had only arrived a short while ago, he had no time to voice out his request to Shangguan Tianyang.

Zhou Weiqing already had a plan. Although he no longer had to devour Heavenly beasts, when he left this place, he would still have to go to the Heavenly Snow Mountain.

From Hui Yao's words, and the terrifying Destruction Energy in his body previously, he had a speculation about the Netherworld. This was because when they were still at the Heavenly Snow Mountain, the technique that Tian'er's mother, Phelia passed to him was the Nether State. It also seemed as if she was guarding a place. Perhaps, she had something to do with the Netherworld. As the most powerful person in the world, the only Heavenly God tier master among humans, the Heavenly Snow Mountain Lord would be the person who most likely had heard of the Netherworld.

As for the Spatial Teleportation Stone, Zhou Weiqing did not have the intention to look for it himself. With his power, it would be like looking for a needle in a haystack. It would be much better to let the Heaven's Expanse Palace carry out this task. One of the reasons he wanted to go to the Heavenly Snow Mountain was to ask the Mountain Lord to use his energy to search for the stone as well. If the two most powerful people in the two Great Saint Lands were unable to search for the stone, needless to say, it would be even more impossible for him to obtain it. If the worst happened and he was unable to get his hands on it, at least they were still left with the choice to relocate all of Zhongtian City's civilians. Even though the destruction of the Heavenly Jewel Island would greatly impact the Heaven's Expanse Palace, but with the three years as a buffer, it would still be acceptable.

The next morning, a Heaven's Expanse Palace pupil came to inform Zhou Weiqing to meet Shangguan Tianyang.

It was still the palace that he was familiar with, the white fog of illusion made it him he feel like he was in a paradise on Earth. Shangguan Tianyang and Tianyue were both present and the three Shangguan sisters and Tian'er stood beside them. Looking at how close they were, Zhou Weiqing felt a great relief in his heart.

"Uncle, Father-in-law," The titles had slowly grown on him.

To his surprise, his future father-in-law did not seem to have any objection to the way he was addressed. Right now, the two Palace Masters had a solemn look on their faces.

"T-There's no clue at all?" Zhou Weiqing frowned as he asked.

Shangguan Tianyang replied, "There are, but they're a little troublesome."

Chills ran down Zhou Weiqing's spine. Shangguan Tianyang was the Palace Master of the Heaven's Expanse Palace. If even he found it to be a difficult task, then it was certain that obtaining the Spatial Teleportation Stone would not be a stroll in the park.

Tianyang replied in a low voice, "My memory serves me correctly, there IS a record of the Spatial Teleportation Stone in my Heaven's Expanse Palace ancients books and records. In the record, it's stated that the stone was the greatest treasure of a place named Mystical Heavenly Palace."

"Mystical Heavenly Palace? Where's that?" Zhou Weiqing asked. The Five Great Saint Lands of the Boundless Mainland were the Heaven's Expanse Palace, Heavenly Snow Mountain, Passion Valley, Blood Red Hell and the Heavenly Demon Sect but he had not heard of the Mystical Heavenly Palace before. If this Mystical Heavenly Palace was not even powerful enough to be even classified as one of the Saint Lands, why did Shangguan Tianyang seemed so wary of it?

Tianyang continued, "It's not just you. I've never heard of this place as well. The Mystical Heavenly Palace is actually not situated in our Boundless Mainland."

"W-What?" Astonished, Zhou Weiqing looked at him with a face full of doubts.

Shangguan Tianyang added, "In our world, other than our Boundless Mainland, there is another relatively small mainland that stands alone in the middle of the ocean. It is called the Mystical Heavenly Mainland. Because they are very far from the Boundless Mainland, not many people have heard of them before. It was only when a few of their people came over to our Boundless Mainland and got into a quarrel with our people that they were recorded down in the ancient books and records. In this Mystical Heavenly Mainland, they also have a few Saint Lands like ours. And this Mystical Heavenly Palace is the most powerful and strong land over there. At first, even though they were forced to retreat after under the cooperation of our few Saint Lands, we could not do much to them because they possessed the Spatial Teleportation Stone. In the end, we signed an alliance treaty that specified the two mainlands would never interfere with each other and the people from both sides would never step foot again on the other's land. That was how we finally solved the problem. However, that was around a thousand years ago. Now, it's really rare to find anyone who knows anything about them."

"A-Another mainland exists out there?" Zhou Weiqing asked, "Then, is there a map or something? The ocean is completely different than a mainland. Even if we don't take the number of powerful Heavenly beasts into consideration, how the hell are we supposed to find a palace in a freaking vast ocean if we don't even know where the specific location of the Mystical Heavenly Mainland is?"

Shangguan Tianyue replied, "You don't have to worry about this. That year, we managed to snatch a piece of the ocean map from one of their people. The map has a detailed account of the location of the Mystical Heavenly Mainland. After all, it's a large mainland, not just a small island. It would not be hard to find the place. Still, the mainland is probably several tens of thousands of miles away from the Boundless Mainland. It won't be easy getting to that mainland. On top of that, the treaty of alliance between the two mainlands are still valid to this day. If we're to send somebody to search for the Spatial Teleportation Stone in the Mystical Heavenly Mainland, not only will we offend the people there, there might be a possibility that a war might break out as well. Right now, we already have enough matters on our hands. It's absolutely unwise to provoke such a powerful enemy."

The clever Zhou Weiqing immediately understood the underlying meaning behind the two brothers' words. With a slight chuckle, he answered, "I'll go then. I'm not from the Saint Land anyway. Besides, my goal is relatively smaller. If I can't fight them, I can just borrow the stone from them, can't I?"

Without a doubt, his 'borrow' was no different from 'taking without asking'.

Satisfied with his answer, a smile could be seen on Shangguan Tianyue's face. Although this future son-in-law of his was not really compatible with his daughters in terms of appearance, when it came to his power and ability, there was rarely anyone of his age that would be able to match up to him.

Chapter 680

Shangguan Tianyang looked at Zhou Weiqing before he said in a deep voice, "Weiqing, for the sake of the Heaven's Expanse Palace and the survival of the mainland, I'll be frank with you. You're the most suitable candidate for this matter!"

Zhou Weiqing scratched his head, "But… I still have many things I need to do. I'm afraid I won't be able to carry out this task for the time being.

Shangguan Tianyang continued, "The Mysterious Heavenly Mainland is more than ten thousand miles away from us. Not only that, the Mysterious Heavenly Palace is very, very powerful! Wanting to snatch food from a tiger's mouth is not an easy task. You'll need quite some time to prepare for this. That's why we hope that you'll be able to move as soon as possible. As for your other matters, we'll settle them on your behalf. I, the Palace Master of the Heaven's Expanse Palace, give you my word that no harm will come to Heavenly Bow City while you're away. We'll also take good care of your father. When you come back, we'll send people over to assist you in restoring the country and save your family. Before you leave, Tianyue and I will set up a wedding between you, Xue'er, Fei'er and Bing���er. What do you think about this?"

Tianyue's words touched the deepest part of Zhou Weiqing's heart. He did not expect that the Palace Master of the Heaven's Expanse Palace would agree to the matter without giving him any trouble. At the moment, the thing that worried him the most was his family and Heavenly Bow City. Now that he had the Heaven's Expanse Palace's promise, he did not have to worry about them anymore. What surprised him more was the fact that the Palace master would agree to his nieces marrying him so easily. From what he could see, Bing'er would definitely be married to him and he might stand a chance with Fei'er, too. However, Shangguan Xue'er? She was the heiress to the Heaven's Expanse Palace for f*ck's sake! Now that Shangguan Tianyang had given his permission for him to marry her, it meant that he was handing over almost half of the future of Heaven's Expanse Palace to Zhou Weiqing. The way Tianyang handled the matter showed his utmost sincerity. Zhou Weiqing was taken aback that Shangguan Tianyang would treat him, a nobody, in such a way,

Fei'er who was standing by the side could not help but exclaim loudly, "Uncle! Must it be Zhou Weiqing who goes there? We know absolutely nothing about the Mysterious Heavenly Mainland! It's going to be dangerous!"

It was not just her. The other three girls were not happy about it as well.

Shangguan Tianyang heaved a sigh, "Although Zhou Weiqing isn't the most powerful person here, he's got a bright future ahead of him. Especially with that Saint Energy of his. This time, he managed to turn his misfortune into a blessing and made a breakthrough to the Ninth Jewel Level. His strength is no weaker than any Heavenly God master. On top of that, he's still very young. He's the most suitable for this task because he won't be too eye-catching. For this reason, I think he's the perfect candidate for the task."

Shangguan Tianyang was right. Although there were many powerful Heavenly Jewel Masters other than those who were from the Five Great Saint Lands, like Zhou Weiqing's teacher, the Six Ultimate Heavenly Emperor Long Shiya, they were rare and hard to find. Even if they managed to get in touch with one of them, a master who was at the Heavenly God tier or higher might not want to work for the Heaven's Expanse Palace. Not only that, they were also no match for Zhou Weiqing's intelligence, craftiness, and the almighty Saint Energy that he possessed. Better yet, he had a great relationship with the Heaven's Expanse Palace.

Chuckling, Zhou Weiqing replied, "I think that I'm the most suitable for this task, too. Since you've made your points clear, I'll make my move soon to obtain the Spatial Teleportation Stone. However, I can't guarantee that I'll be able to complete the task successfully. You'll need to come up with a backup plan for the Heavenly Jewel Island and Zhongtian City."

Now that he had agreed to it, Tianyang finally let out a smile of relief, "Weiqing, we'll count on you this time. This is a life-or-death matter for the Heaven's Expanse Palace. Once we lose the Heavenly Jewel Island, I'm afraid it won't be long before the Heavenly Expanse Palace loses its title of the Number One Biggest Saint Land to other lands. Just let us know if you need anything else."

Shaking his head, Zhou Weiqing replied, "Other than the Heavenly Bow Empire and my family's safety, there's nothing else I need. This time I'll carry out the task by myself. Just tell me more about that mainland later."

"NO!" The four women shouted out in unison.

Shangguan Tianyang and Tianyue looked at them in astonishment.

Colors crept up their cheeks at once. In the end, Fei'er, who was the bluntest, spoke up as she threw a dirty glance at Zhou Weiqing, "This guy is a womanizer! W-What if he suddenly brings back a few more girls from that Mysterious Heavenly Mainland? We must go with him!"

Shangguan Tianyang's face immediately darkened a few shades, "Nonsense! You're all from the Saint Land. Do you want us to go against our words and betray the treaty? The more people there are, the more apparent our goal will be. If Zhou Weiqing goes alone, it'll be easy for him to escape if something happens. Furthermore, he has already reached the Ninth Jewel cultivation base so this would be a great training for him to break through to the Heavenly King stage."

Unsatisfied, Fei'er pouted. Still, due to her fear of her uncle, she did not dare to press the issue any further.

Suddenly, Bing'er walked forward after summoning up her courage, "I'll go with Little Fatty. I'm not from the Saint Land and I've never agreed to join the Heaven's Expanse Palace. I was not brought up in this palace anyway," Having said that, she lowered her head in embarrassment. Before this, she was separated from Zhou Weiqing for 3 years, she really did not want to be separated from him anymore.

Xue'er who was standing by the side nodded her head, "I, too, feel that it���ll be better if Bing'er goes with him. At least, she can help watch over him and take care of his daily needs. Bing'er is extremely agile so I'm sure she'll be able to flee in time with Weiqing if they come across any danger."

As she was speaking, she glanced over at Tian'er who was standing by her side. Of course, Tian'er's opinion was very important. If she wanted to go with him, none of them from the Heaven's Expanse Palace would be able to stop her. Besides, if the two of them worked together, their strength would be much more powerful as well.

To their surprise, Tian'er actually nodded her head in agreement before she told Zhou Weiqing, "It's better to let Bing'er follow you. However, Bing'er, remember not to be too soft-hearted, okay? You must NEVER let this bastard bring another girl home. I'll go back to the Heavenly Snow Mountain to visit my father," Her last sentence was directed towards him.

Zhou Weiqing scratched his head, "Alright. I'm okay with any of you following me there, I've no objections."

Xue'er chimed in, "After you leave, Fei'er and I will go to the Heavenly Bow Empire."

Zhou Weiqing did not know that there were actually two reasons why Tian'er did not insist on going to the Mysterious Heavenly Mainland with him. First, because Zhou Weiqing could generate his own Saint Energy now and there was no need for him to worry about it being depleted. Second, which was also the most important reason, was because she wanted to make peace with the three Shangguan sisters.

Without a doubt, the four girls were no longer able to leave Zhou Weiqing's side. Since there were three of the Shangguan sisters, Tian'er felt like she was fighting the battle alone. It would do all of them good if she could forge a strong relationship with them. Besides, Bing'er had long known Zhou Weiqing before she did. Although there was still a tiny bit of unwillingness in her heart, she knew that it was the best solution to their situation.

Shangguan Tianyang nodded his head in agreement, "Alright, so it's set. Weiqing, Bing'er, follow me at once. I need to tell you more about the Mysterious Heavenly Mainland in details."

The next few days, Zhou Weiqing continued to stay in the Heaven's Expanse Palace to pass on the remaining matters to the others. The remaining time was spent in some secret meetings with both Shangguan Tianyang and Tianyue. Nobody knew the content of their meetings, not even the three Shangguan sisters. They could only vaguely guess that it had something to do with the Destruction Energy.

Zhou Weiqing also asked Shangguan Tianyang for a favor. He asked for someone to escort Tian'er back to the Heavenly Snow Mountain. Although with Tian'er's current cultivation base, there was no need for him to do that. But since she was carrying his child, Zhou Weiqing could not help but feel worried about not being able to accompany her.

As for the Heavenly Bow Empire, Zhou Weiqing had also written a few letters for Ming Yu, Hua Feng, and a few other people so the two Shangguan sisters could bring the letters back with them. With Xue'er and Fei'er attending to the matter, there was no need for Zhou Weiqing to worry about the situation anymore. He was not that proficient in being a commander on the battlefield anyway. Might as well let Ming Yu, who was much better in commanding, handle the troops.

Early in the morning on the third day, Zhou Weiqing and Bing'er quietly walked down the Heavenly Jewel Island. The moment they left Zhongtian City, they instantly made their way to the east.

With her little hand in Zhou Weiqing's hand, she kept turning to look at his pale face, "Little Fatty, are you feeling unwell?"

Zhou Weiqing laughed, "Of course not! How can I possibly feel sick with this strong body of mine?" In truth, there was one thing that he was hiding from Bing'er. Because he had to leave for an indefinite amount of time, Tian'er had been squeezing the juices out of him for the past few days, making sure that she dried him up completely before she left. But of course, Zhou Weiqing did not have any complaints.

After they had ridden far away from Zhongtian City, Zhou Weiqing unleashed his Horned Ghost Demon Horse and let Bing'er sit in front while he hugged her slender waist from behind. They continued to head East along the path as he urged the horse to go faster.

In accordance with the map that Shangguan Tianyang passed to him, the Mysterious Heavenly Mainland was to the East of the Boundless Mainland. For this reason, they needed to sail to the East from the Mi Ou Empire that was situated in the East.

For their task this time, the Heaven's Expanse Palace had gone all out. Shangguang Tianyang had given Zhou Weiqing many good things that were specifically designed to deal with all sorts of potential troubles.

Zhou Weiqing was actually very curious about the Mysterious Heavenly Mainland. It had been thousands of years since this Mysterious Heavenly Mainland had any contact with the Boundless Mainland and it must have its own specialty. Not only that, wanting to take their greatest treasure would not be an easy task as well.

When they were about 30 miles away from Zhongtian City, Zhou Weiqing slowed down his Horned Ghost Demon Horse without warning. Lowering his head, he placed his chin on Bing'er's shoulder and the warm breath that came out from him sent shivers down Bing'er's back. Finding it to be itchy, she whispered, "L-Little Fatty, what are you doing?!"

The Horned Ghost Demon Horse started to speed up once again and in a blink of an eye, Zhou Weiqing suddenly disappeared from the horse. With no warning at all, he abruptly appeared above the woods by the side as he pushed down his hands to hover in the air. Instantly, terrifying bluish purple color light cloud formed under his palms. Thousands of lightning pearls materialized and enveloped the entire area next to the path with a radius of at least several hundred meters.

In truth, the Flying Lightning God Technique that he just used was no longer the same as the previous one. Because of the transformation of his Heavenly Energy to Saint Energy, all of the techniques that he used would be cast using the Saint Energy.

In each and every lightning pearl, silverish white color could be seen at the core. Suddenly, thousands of pearls erupted at once, instantly tearing up the air in the sky. In within the few hundred meters radius, a gigantic black hole could be seen from the air. It was caused by the explosion of the Saint Energy lightning pearls.

That was right, Zhou Weiqing had sensed two people tailing them since the moment they came down from the Heavenly Jewel Island. Had it not been for his Ice Cold Perception that had long merged with his Saint Energy, he would not have discovered the two vague shadows behind them. The two shadows had been following them and through the vague murderous intent in the air, Zhou Weiqing was certain that the two people did not have any good intentions. That was why he decided to lure them here so he could ambush them.

The moment he launched his attack, Shangguan Bing'er quickly put away the Horned Ghost Demon Horse into her Spatial Ring. A pair of gigantic wings burst out from her back without warning. With just a light flap, she immediately vanished from the spot, far away from Zhou Weiqing's Flying Lightning God attack.

Two heedless shadows were thrown out from the vicinity of the Flying Lightning God technique almost instantly. A powerful and tyrannical destruction aura appeared in a flash, shielding them from the terrifying explosion's aftershock.

From the red light of Heavenly Energy and the Destructive attribute aura that was being emitted out of their bodies, Zhou Weiqing instantly figured out that those people were from Blood Red Hell without even having to ask them. He had been on the Heavenly Jewel Island for almost half a year, so it came to him as a surprise that there were still Blood Red Hell people waiting for him after so long. Without a doubt, they only had one aim and it was to kill him. And at that moment, Zhou Weiqing could clearly sense the level of their cultivation base.

Heavenly Kings! The two followers were Heavenly Kings!

To be fair, even the two powerful young Eighth Jewel Masters who had the Destructive Attribute from the Blood Red Hell's Dan Dun Troop were defeated in Zhou Weiqing's hands. Of course, they would send Heavenly King Masters in order to successfully kill him.

Before this, Zhou Weiqing could only sense that the people following him were quite formidable but it did not cross his mind that it would actually be two Heavenly Kings. Although they were only at the lower level of the Heavenly King tier, they were still freaking Heavenly King Masters for f*ck's sake!

Since a Heavenly King Master possessed the ability to fly, escaping from them was almost impossible. However, Zhou Weiqing was no longer the old him. Although his Consolidating Equipment was not fully assembled yet, with his current cultivation base, he was no longer the Little Fatty Zhou who shat his pants when he came face to face with a Heavenly King.

The Ringless Ground Purging Set instantly suited up on his body. After the Flying Lightning God Technique exploded, without wasting any time, he was already on the move looking for one of the Blood Red Hell's Heavenly Kings.

Currently, the two Heavenly Kings looked rather shabby. The clothes that they were wearing was torn and ragged from the previous explosion. They could not avoid the explosion due to the fact that Zhou Weiqing cast the spell without any warning at all. On top of that, its explosive power was far beyond their imagination. Had it not been for the danger-radar they had from being a Heavenly King that incited them to launch their Consolidating Equipment, they would have been heavily injured from that attack. Even so, they were not in a good state right now. The explosive power of the Lightning attribute was still wreaking havoc in their bodies. The numbness in their body slowed them down significantly. To their surprise, even the Destructive attribute in their body was not able to withstand the impact of the Lightning attribute! How could they possibly not be taken aback by such a situation?

In just a blink of an eye, the distorted light suddenly enveloped one of the Heavenly King. Zhou Weiqing's Blink was unleashed almost immediately after he had cast the Flying Lightning God Technique.

At once, the Heavenly King's entire body was restrained by an invisible force, everything seemed to be slowed down at the moment. Without warning, Zhou Weiqing's Dual God Strength Hammers crashed down fiercely on his head.

Absolute Delay! With the Saint Energy, his Absolute Delay was much more powerful than he had expected. Even a Heavenly King stood no chance in front of the technique.

It was all that he could do to lift his sword up to resist Zhou Weiqing's dual hammers.

He could clearly see a hint of purplish-red color in Zhou Weiqing's eyes. What was more peculiar was his dual hammers began to turn purplish red as well.

Without any warning, a glimmer of purplish-red light shot out from Zhou Weiqing's 'cry' hammer and shone on his body. Under the effects of Absolute Delay, the Heavenly King had no chance of dodging at all. In the next second, the Consolidating Equipment on his body vanished without a trace, leaving him defenseless against Zhou Weiqing's hammers. In the midst of the crisis, all he could do was use his arms to defend against the dual hammer's attack.

WHAM!

A blood-curdling scream filled the air at once. The Heavenly King's arms were instantly crushed into a bloody pulp by Zhou Weiqing's horrifying dual hammers. The Ringless Ground Purging set on his body was still in its original 5-piece set, the power boost was 32 times higher than his usual power and because he was already at the Ninth Jewel cultivation base, that was another 32 times higher than his usual energy. What do you think it would total up to? Without his Consolidating Equipment to guard his body, even a Heavenly King would not be able to defend against this ruthless attack.

Now that Zhou Weiqing had crushed his opponent's arms, he continued to smash the hammers down on the Heavenly King's chest, smacking him down directly into the ground and leaving him buried mid-waist.

Blood gushed out from the Heavenly King's mouth. Although he was still breathing because of his tyrannical strength, he was already completely defeated by Zhou Weiqing's attack.

The Heavenly King was not the only one that was surprised, Zhou Weiqing himself was taken aback by the current situation, too. Slightly stunned, it never occurred to him that a low-level Heavenly King would be so easily defeated with just a single blow. Yes, it was true that his attack was quite sudden but that was a Heavenly King for goodness sake! How could that guy be so vulnerable to his attack?

At this moment, a terrifying energy ripples behind him woke him up from his stupor. Without any hesitation, his body turned half a circle and he waved his dual hammers around as a rich silverish light formed in front of him, solidifying into a light shield.

"WHAM!" The attack was instantly blocked by the silverish light. Tyrannical flames scattered all around the shield. Yet, none of it pierced through the Spatial Rend that solidified into a silver shield. Without a doubt, that was the other Heavenly King.

Seeing his partner being reduced to such a state with just a blow, this Heavenly King was aghast at the scene in front of his eyes. Yet, he could not discern how Zhou Weiqing managed to do that.

Without warning, two green lights suddenly swept down from the air. It was a huge pair of wings making its way towards the Heavenly King like a green tornado.

Zhou Weiqing lifted up both of his hammers, a flash of purplish-red light beamed out from his hammers. It was exactly the same technique he used to defeat the first Heavenly King earlier. B-But, what was that? It was the freaking Dragon Silencing Seal!

Eye-blinding purplish red light flashed past all of a sudden. Just as the Heavenly King tried to use his long staff to resist Bing'er's attack from the sky, in the next moment, he discovered the Consolidating Equipment on his body had dissolved into nothingness.

However, the man seemed to have a backup plan. Before the purplish red light reached him, a gigantic tortoise phantom suddenly emerged from his back. Rich red light mixed with Destructive attribute formed a layer of light shield and blasted Bing'er's attack away.

However, in the next second, his shield vanished without a trace. Zhou Weiqing's dual hammers appeared in front of him in a flash.

The Heavenly King finally understood how his partner was defeated by Zhou Weiqing. The young man in front of him, their target, did not seem to have to store and accumulate his power before casting his techniques. On top of that, his techniques were all exceptionally powerful. It far exceeded his expectations. Ninth Jewel? How could he possibly be Ninth Jewel? Wasn't their target supposed to be only at the Sixth Jewel?

Unfortunately, he was not given the opportunity to even finish his thoughts. Before he could do anything, he suddenly felt his body being constricted by something invisible and multiple lights were shining on his body. In that instance, the lights transformed into a force that started to constrict and strangulate his entire body at once. It left him with no chance to cast his Heavenly King level attack.

Bing'er could clearly see the Fetters of Wind, Absolute Delay and the Touch of Darkness on the Dual God Strong Hammers. That was how Zhou Weiqing defeated the Heavenly Kings. The Heavenly King was so infuriated that he wanted to freeze Zhou Weiqing's arms. He was a Heavenly King after all.

Just when the Dual God Strong Hammers were about to slam down on his head, Zhou Weiqing saw the crazy colors that were filled with Destructive aura in his eyes.

"SH*T!" He quickly activated Blink again. Forfeiting all his attacks, he leaped to Bing'er's side and pulled her into his embrace. The wings of the Dragon-Tiger Transformation sprouted out from his back before wrapping around his and Bing'er's bodies.

In the next second, a burst of madness and Destructive aura erupted from behind him.

The Heavenly King from Blood Red Hell instantly turned entirely red before he detonated abruptly at the same spot. A fireball erupted out from his Dantian and smashed into Zhou Weiqing's back.

The fireball pierced through the Dragon Silencing Seal instantly. It was so powerful because the Blood Red Hell Heavenly King actually chose to blow himself and his Heavenly Core Nucleus up. It was the most powerful attack of a Heavenly King Master. Even Zhou Weiqing was not able to grab Bing'er to escape such a horrifying scene in time.

The eyes of the Heavenly King who detonated his own Heavenly Core Nucleus were currently filled with madness. In truth, he was forced to unleash this ultimate technique. His partner had obviously lost his combat ability and he was unable to counter Zhou Weiqing's strange techniques. Instead of being killed, he might as well gamble with death. There was a secret method in Blood Red Hell that allowed a person to survive even after he blew his Heavenly Core Nucleus up. Of course, it would also take 10 years for him to completely heal. Although the price was high and painful, it was still much better than being killed without resisting.

A battle between two Heavenly Jewel Masters often would end in a very short time. Even if your cultivation base was much higher than your opponent, as long as the gap in between was not too large, you still risk being wiped out by your opponent if you lost the upper hand. That was why he decisively chose to use this suicide attack.

After the fiery red Heavenly Core Nucleus smashed into Zhou Weiqing's back, the terrifying Destructive flame broke out instantly, completely enveloping Zhou Weiqing and his wings that were covering Bing'er.

That Blood Red Hell Heavenly King slumped down to the ground instantly. Blood was gushing out from the numerous wounds on his body, particularly from the huge bloody gaping wound on his Dantian that looked extremely gory. With the last remnants of his Heavenly Energy, he struggled to seal his vessels up. When you reached the Heavenly King level, as long as you were not dead, even the last drop of blood in your body could be your key to survival.

However, his hand suddenly stopped in its track. Something had just entered his sight. It was a layer of gold color that had an edge to it.

The horrifying flame that was filled with Destructive attribute was actually being extinguished at an alarming rate. The people who were supposed to dissolve in the hot flame were hovering in the air like nothing had happened. Rich, flavorful golden lights formed a layer of light film on Zhou Weiqing's body. And the horrifying energy from the Heavenly Core Nucleus did not even manage to pierce through the layer of light; not even a tiny bit.

"… T-This is i-impossible!" The Blood Red Hell Heavenly King croaked in a hoarse voice. His eyes were opened so wide that it seemed like it was going to pop out of his eye sockets.

There were flashes of silver lights and a soft 'swish' sound and before anyone had any time to react, the first Heavenly King's head instantly left his body. The Silver Emperor Wing Slash!

Zhou Weiqing would never make the same mistake twice. He quickly killed the buried Heavenly King first before he had a chance to blow himself up, too. If he had done that, Zhou Weiqing would not be able to withstand that attack another time.

The fiery and golden light was extinguished at almost the same time. Zhou Weiqing released the wings that were enveloping Bing'er as an evil smile crept up onto the corner of his mouth. He slowly turned and looked at the Blood Red Hell Heavenly King who was no longer able to even seal his vessels up.

"I'm a good-hearted person. I know what you're thinking. Let me tell you before you die, okay? The thing that blocked your Core Nucleus Detonation is actually my defensive skill that came along with my cultivation. It's the Immortal Deity Shield. Alright then, that's all. Goodbye!"

Within seconds, the 'cry' hammer in his right hand mercilessly slammed to the ground, completely crushing the head of the Blood Red Hell Heavenly King.

Looking at such a gory scene, Bing'er paled a little. Yet, her eyes were filled with astonishment. She looked up at Zhou Weiqing with a look of disbelief, "…T-They're at Heavenly King level?"

It wasn't her fault that she had a hard time processing the scene in front of her. After all, in her mind, the Little Fatty Zhou was still a noobie whom she had to lead to the path of becoming a Heavenly Jewel Master.

Looking back, he was completely clueless and he even needed her to constantly guide him. However, in just a few years after that fateful meeting, the two Heavenly Kings were like fruits being chopped and cut under his dual hammers. Even the explosion of the Nucleus Core seemed to have no effect on his body at all! What kind of strange strength was this!

Listening to Bing'er's question, all Zhou Weiqing could do was gasp for air heavily. A trail of blood flowed down from the corner of his mouth. Like Bing'er, he himself was completely taken aback by such a scene as well. If somebody told him that he would be able to win against two Heavenly Kings before this battle had taken place, he would definitely think that it was impossible. However, the fact was now laid out in front of him. In truth, he did not even find it that exhausting to fight with two Heavenly Kings.

C-Could it be because of the Saint Energy? A wonderful feeling welled up in Zhou Weiqing's heart as he was struck by an epiphany.

Zhou Weiqing was not bothered and decided to leave the corpses as it was. He shouted, "Let's go, Bing'er. You ride the horse this time."

Bing'er released the Horned Ghost Demon Horse and once again, both of them leaped up on the horse. Passing the reins to Bing'er, Zhou Weiqing hugged her slender waist from behind as he closed his eyes, still caught up in the epiphany that he had earlier.

The battle seemed to have ended quickly and decisively with Zhou Weiqing emerging as the victor. But in truth, he had to unleash his full power and cast his technique quickly to catch his opponents off guard. Otherwise, if the two Heavenly King released their full power, it would not be so easy for him to emerge victoriously.

Another thing that contributed to his victory was that Dragon Silencing Seal. No storing of power, no Heavenly Skill Projection, and one could even say that the power of the technique had increased tenfold. The two Dragon Silencing Seals managed to cause the Heavenly Kings to lose their consolidating and storing ability. That was the main key to his victory.

After his Saint Energy gained the ability to regenerate itself, Zhou Weiqing realized there was a difference in using his Saint Energy to cast techniques, particularly techniques that had Heavenly Skill Projection. That was right! Even those people from the Dan Dun troop who possessed the Destructive attribute could prevent the Heavenly Skill Projection from missing its mark so how could he possibly not be able to do that now that he had Saint Energy?

From his epiphany, Zhou Weiqing discovered that his own powerful skills could be unleashed in two different states. The first one was how he carried out the resurrection method last time, it was also called the Charged technique while the second one was called the Immediate technique.

For techniques that were unleashed immediately, the power would not be strong. It was basically as strong as its original power but the advantage was that it would be an instant kill! Like the Dragon Silencing Seal, even if the immediate launching only had an effect of 5 seconds, it was more than enough to turn the situation around.

The reasons both of the Heavenly Kings died in Zhou Weiqing's hand was mainly because of the Saint Energy. Techniques that were unleashed using Zhou Weiqing's Ninth Jewel Cultivation base of the Saint Energy was much stronger than the two Heavenly Kings. The Saint attributes managed to block all other attributes' attacks and it also helped increase the strength of the technique itself several times over. Although Zhou Weiqing had not solidified any Saint Nucleus Core yet, how could the Saint Energy be called the most powerful energy if he could not even fight against a Heavenly King or two?

As for the Nucleus Core Detonation of the Blood Red Hell Heavenly King, it did indeed cause a lot of trouble to Zhou Weiqing. Fortunately, the main attribute of the Blood Red Hell Heavenly King's attack was fire and Zhou Weiqing himself was immune to Fire attribute.

Moreover, he also had the help of the Immortal Deity Shield. To be honest, that was the first time he had seen the power of the Immortal Deity Shield. At first, when he had just unlocked the Immortal Deity Shield, it felt just like an ordinary defensive skill. There were not many changes as well when the shield was upgraded to another level.

However, after the completion of the Immortal Deity Technique, Zhou Weiqing finally found out that the Immortal Deity Shield was actually quite formidable after the battle. It could even be compared to Ling Tian Ao��s Consolidated Equipment Assembly Set.

In truth, when a Heavenly King detonated his Nucleus Core, even a Heavenly Emperor would choose to avoid it rather than clashing with it directly. Zhou Weiqing actually received the blow heads-on and even though he was injured, his injury was relatively mild. It only took a short time before it began to heal again. Under the magic of the Saint Energy, his originally tenacious body somehow managed to heal even more quickly now.

Zhou Weiqing studied his actual strength carefully for a moment. He was certain that with his cultivation base now, he could actually be on par with a Mid-Level Heavenly King. And, he might even stand a chance facing a High-Level Heavenly King. Could this mean that if he managed to solidify the Saint Nucleus Core, he would be able to fight against a Heavenly Emperor?

Six months in the Luster Spatial Realm had no doubt turned his life around. Shangguan Tianyang also saw this in him, which was why he insisted that Zhou Weiqing was the best candidate to send to the Mysterious Heavenly Mainland.

What Zhou Weiqing did not know was that the leap in his power was actually greatly related to Hui Yao. If Hui Yao did not consume his own Soul Energy to enhance their Spiritual Energy, Zhou Weiqing would not be able to control this huge amount of energy with the sudden increase in his cultivation base. Unfortunately, he did not have much time to assemble his Consolidating Equipment to make it complete. Otherwise, with his cultivation base along with the Ringless Ground Purging Set that could help him multiply his energy manifold, he would be able to fight against a High-Level Heavenly King directly.

One could say that, after he had left the Luster Spatial Realm, Zhou Weiqing was a real strong and elite Heavenly Jewel Master.

Bing'er leaned against Zhou Weiqing's warm arms while controlling the direction of the Horned Ghost Demon Horse. Her heart was filled with a tranquil warmth and serenity. Right now, there was only one thought in her mind, "My Little Fatty has managed to become this powerful!"

In the next 2-3 weeks, the two of them rarely dismount from the horse to rest. Only the Horned Ghost Demon Horse's endurance could stand such a long journey, running in high-speed without any rest. During this time, Zhou Weiqing was mostly in a daze. Bing'er did not disturb him. Instead, she took care of his basic needs throughout the journey. However, there was one thing that she found funny and embarrassing at the same time. Although this guy seemed to be deep in thoughts and enlightenment every day, once night had fallen, he would suddenly be brimming with energy…

Chapter 681

The speed of the Horned Ghost Demon Horse was indeed amazing. Along the way, Zhou Weiqing and Bing'er followed the shortest path and left Zhongtian Empire to head to Mi Ou Empire. They did not stop to rest as they rode all the way past Ocean Blue City, Coast Stout Town and East Frontier Ocean of Mi Ou Empire.

For nearly 20 days, even though they were constantly on the road, Zhou Weiqing was not idle at all.

Using this period of time, he gradually merged the strength that he gained in the luster Spatial Realm to his body and changed it to entirely his. Apart from that, he also discovered that even though he had not been cultivating since his stint in the luster Spatial Realm, the regeneration of his Saint Energy no longer needed to be cultivated. At the moment, it was absorbing the Atmospheric Energy in the sky through the regeneration process to supplement his own body. On top of that, the Saint Energy was further strengthening his body and through this process, the Saint Energy in his body was slowly solidifying. Zhou Weiqing could vaguely feel that all he needed to do was to accumulate the energy in his body in order to solidify a Saint Nucleus Core.

The two of them bought a massive amount of food and drinking water in Ocean Blue City and put them all in a Spatial Ring that had a silver gemstone on it. The ring was one of the treasures Zhou Weiqing obtained from the Heaven's Expanse Palace. When he saw the pained look on Tianyang's face, he thought to himself, "Isn't this just a plain ring? The Heaven's Expanse Palace is so rich and powerful. Why does he look so unwilling to part with this one tiny ring?"

But the moment he infused his Saint Energy into it, he finally understood why the Palace Master of the Heaven's Expanse Palace acted that way.

The Spatial Ring was called Sumeru. The space inside of the ring was so enormous that it was even large enough to hold a mountain. In short, if it was used as a granary, it could support an army of 100,000 troops for six continuous months without other external supply. The ring itself was a confined space, an absolute vacuum. For this reason, the food stored inside would not go rotten.

Any object could become an artifact after it had reached its capacity and functionality limit. Of course, the same went for the Sumeru Ring as well. It was impossible to find another Spatial Ring in the entire Boundless Mainland that was on par with this ring. Besides, it was obvious that once this object had fallen into Zhou Weiqing's hand, it would pretty much impossible to pry it away from his hands. That was why Shangguan Tianyang had looked so unwilling when he was giving the ring to him. However, the reason Zhou Weiqing was going to the Mysterious Heavenly Mainland was for the sake of Heaven's Expanse Palace, and the ring was nothing compared to the survival of the Heavenly Jewel Island. After all, nobody knew how long it would take for them to sail the sea. With the ring, Zhou Weiqing and Bing'er could wander the sea for years and they still would not have to worry about their food supply.

After they had purchased enough food, drinking water, vegetables and fruits, Zhou Weiqing and Shangguan Bing'er headed to Ocean Blue City and straight to the seashore.

At the moment, it was late in the evening. The moon was bright and the stars were few. The bright round moon that had its shadow reflected on the sea shone down on the roaring waves, giving off a special kind of tranquility.

Looking at the endless sea, they could feel their hearts gradually relaxing.

It was their first time seeing the ocean. They were in awe of the sight.

Leaning on Zhou Weiqing's shoulder, there was a dazed look in Shangguan Bing'er's eyes, "The moon looks so bright! What a beautiful sight!"

Zhou Weiqing chuckled lightly as he said, "We'll be sailing for a few months, I'm afraid by that time you won't find it as beautiful anymore. I wonder how many obstacles are waiting for us up ahead in this huge, vast sea."

Bing'er threw a dirty glance at him, "Urghh, you're terrible! You don't know anything about romance at all! Let's just start our journey now. The sooner we start, the sooner we can go back."

Zhou Weiqing nodded his head. Standing there enjoying the sea breeze that had a tang of saltiness, a gleam flashed on the Sumeru Ring on his finger before a peculiar object dropped with a 'thud' in front of them.

Under the brilliance of the moonlight, the object emitted a hazy white light from the reflection of the moonlight.

The object was about 7 meters wide, with the two ends tipped and the center round. The object was completely transparent, like a jujube pit that was carved out of a giant clear crystal. On the surface of that jujube pit, special patterns were carved on them. The carvings looked like some peculiar sea monsters that both Zhou Weiqing and Bing'er had never seen before.

Zhou Weiqing could not help but be fascinated with the object. Even if he did not know the function of that thing, the appearance was more than enough to enchant a person into a trance. It was just too damn beautiful! Even a Heavenly King's full strength would not cause a dent or scratch on this thing. One could imagine how terrifyingly tough the object was.

The two ends of the structure were as sharp as a needle. Circles of screw mark could be vaguely seen hidden in the structure. In fact, some of the internal structure could be vaguely seen as well from the surface. Unfortunately, due to the refraction of light, the internal structures could not be seen clearly.

It was Zhou Weiqing and Shangguan Bing'er's first time sailing out to the sea. They had no guidance and no experience in traveling by sea. So, how did Shangguan Tianyang managed to sleep at ease letting those two inexperienced people cross tens of thousands of miles across the ocean? Well, it was all thanks to these gadgets.

Zhou Weiqing flipped his wrist. A small crystal suddenly appeared in his palm. This crystal was octagonal with thousands and thousands of transversal surface on it. Under the moonlight, it appeared to be twinkling lustrously and brilliantly with splendor.

Looking at Bing'er, Zhou Weiqing chuckled, "Let us see how good this Neptune Shuttle is. Your uncle has high praises for this thing. He even told me to return it to the Heaven's Expanse Palace after we're done using it. How stingy!"

Bing'er was speechless, "Come on! Don't be so greedy! Since Uncle has this much high praise for it, it means that the Neptune Shuttle must be quite extraordinary!"

A streak of Heavenly Energy flew out from his hand into the crystal. At once, a golden light illuminated Zhou Weiqing's hands. In just an instant, the golden light enveloped the entire Neptune Shuttle. With a loud crisp 'Ding", in the center of the golden-lit Neptune, a fully transparent crystal lid slowly lifted upwards.

The lid was about 2.5 meters long. The entire time when the lid was opened, there was no sound at all and no Heavenly Energy ripple could be felt. Curious, Zhou Weiqing and Bing'er extended their heads to have a better look and they could see that there were only 4 seats inside the Neptune. Every seat was wide and comfortable and they were also made of the same transparent crystal. Other than that, nothing else stood out.

Slightly disappointed, Zhou Weiqing sighed, "T-That's all? He wants us to travel across the ocean in this little thing?"

Shangguan Bing'er chimed in, "Well, we don't really have to use it. Both of us can fly. We just need a place to rest every once in a while. I think we can use this as a resting place when we're tired."

Zhou Weiqing shook his head, "How can it be so easy crossing the vast ocean? How are we supposed to differentiate the directions when we are flying? How are we supposed to know where the hell that Mysterious Heavenly Mainland is? As the saying goes, a miss is as good as a mile. Your uncle told me that the map has been uploaded into the boat. Let us just go in and have a look first."

As he was saying that, he leaped and quickly entered the Neptune Shuttle.

The crystal seat gave off a cooling sensation when he sat on it. The seat was a little too big for him, even his big-sized body was unable to fill up the seat completely. When Bing'er sat on the large seat she appeared even more petite.

Zhou Weiqing inserted the crystal in his hand into the groove in front of him according to Shangguan Tianyang's instruction. However, nothing happened even when the crystal was inserted. Even the lid was still wide open.

"Could this thing be broken because it's not been used for such a long time?" Zhou Weiqing mumbled miserably.

A gleam flashed in Bing'er's eyes, "Since this is used in the ocean, should we push this into the water and see?"

Zhou Weiqing took back the crystal, "Alright, then you sit here. I'll push it into the water." Then, he descended from the Neptune and started to push from behind.

In Zhou Weiqing's opinion, with his strength, the Neptune would be directly thrust into the sea with just a push. To his surprise, the Neptune only moved a foot after his strong push. It was far heavier than he expected. In truth, his energy had at least a force of 500 kg. However, the average looking shuttle only moved a little on the soft sandy beach.

S-So heavy? Zhou Weiqing was surprised. Transmitting his power to both of his arms, he shouted out loud, "HAH!"

Finally, the Neptune Shuttle was pushed into the sea under his might. With his push, Zhou Weiqing could clearly sense that the weight of the Neptune was at least 1500 kg. After all, with his cultivation base being upgraded to the Ninth Jewel Level, he was not quite sure how strong he had become.

The moment the Neptune entered the sea, it did not sink even though it was heavy. Instead, only half of its body sunk in and the other half remained above water with its lid wide open. However, Zhou Weiqing could see the difference. When the Neptune came in contact with the water, the body started to emit a layer of blue light, giving it a sense of dreaminess in the darkness.

Once again, Zhou Weiqing leaped into the shuttle. This time, when he placed the octagonal crystal into the groove, a peculiar scene started to unfold in front of his eyes…

The lid started to close and the second the lid was completely shut, the interior of the Neptune turned bright.

Multiple dazzling blue lights outlined the interior of the Neptune. The crystal screen in front of them suddenly became clear, magnifying everything outside so that the view would be clearer.

"It's so beautiful," Shangguan Bing'er could not help but exclaimed when she saw the blue glow. No girl would not like such a beautiful scene.

Zhou Weiqing's interest differed from Shangguan Bing'er's interest. When the lid closed, he realized that the Neptune Shuttle immediately started to stabilize. It was as if the huge waves had no effect on it at all, the Neptune remained steadfast and unfaltering.

Suddenly, a round crystal ball rose up slowly between the armrest of their seats. It was at exactly where Zhou Weiqing's right hand was positioned, allowing him to place his palm comfortably on the ball.

Smart as he was, Zhou Weiqing immediately knew what he had to do. After attempting to diffuse part of his Saint Energy into the crystal ball beneath his palm, the surrounding suddenly showed a series of changes again.

The blue light in the cabin dimmed down but everything outside seemed to light up at once. Looking through the crystal cabin, the outside seemed as bright as daytime. Everything was so clear and visible. It did not seem like it was because of the lights. Instead, it seemed to be some sort of special unique ray transformation

After that, something even more bizarre happened. A helmet-like thing gradually descended from above them, enveloping Zhou Weiqing's head. Immediately afterward, changes could be felt on the crystal seats. As if it was alive, it slowly converged and covered their bodies. It felt like they were completely embedded in the seats.

"Seriously?" Zhou Weiqing was completely amazed by the Neptune. No wonder Shangguan Tianyang insisted that he return this object to him. Zhou Weiqing had no idea how the shuttle was built but if it was also equipped with speed, then, it would definitely be classified as an artifact.

At that moment, a strange ripple in the cold helmet suddenly jolted Zhou Weiqing out of his amazement. After that, he was surprised to find that his own consciousness had grown. There seemed to be a peculiar kind of spiritual ripple in the helmet that could connect and merge itself with his own Spiritual Energy.

When Zhou Weiqing closed his eyes, he could see everything around him more clearly. However, instead of being limited to the view in front of him, he could see the entire outside world. He had a 360-degree panoramic view of the Neptune Shuttle with not a single blind spot.

"Whoosh" A strange peculiar sense suddenly merged with his Spiritual Energy. He instantly felt like his consciousness became one with the shuttle. When the strange spiritual fluctuation was merging with his body, the profound secret of the Neptune Shuttle was laid bare in his consciousness. It gave him a clear grasp on the use and origins of this shuttle.

As it turned out, the Neptune Shuttle utilized the hegemon of the ocean to function, the Nucleus Core of the Dreadfiend Sea Naga. This Dreadfiend Sea Naga was a Heavenly God tier Heavenly beast, sitting at the top of the ocean's food chain. The dragon had a gigantic body that's nearly 1000 meter long. It was even bigger than Hui Yao the dragon and his wife, Duo Si. The Dreadfiend Sea Naga was absolutely invincible in the sea. One could easily imagine the amount of energy stored in its Nucleus Core. When they were trying to build the shuttle, the people on the Mysterious Heavenly Mainland had spent an enormous amount of manpower, materials, and resources. First, they had to strip the Heavenly Energy from the Dreadfiend Sea Naga's Nucleus Core before they could begin the forging process. With the collective efforts of numerous smithies, they finally succeeded in building this artifact of the sea. The shuttle originally belonged to the Mysterious Heavenly Palace. It was also considered one of the greatest treasures owned by the palace along with the Spatial Teleportation Stone.

At that time, when the Mysterious Heavenly Palace Palace Master brought his people to the Boundless Mainland, he harbored the intention to conquer the land. But much to his surprise, the Boundless Mainland was far stronger than they had imagined. In the end, they were totally crushed and defeated. It was all thanks to the Spatial Teleportation Stone that they could escape with their lives. As long as there was a set destination, the stone would be able to send the user there no matter the distance. So, the armies fled but unfortunately, the Neptune shuttle fell into the hands of the Heaven's Expanse Palace and became their war trophy. It was because of this, that Zhou Weiqing was able to use it now.

Since the Neptune shuttle was built with the Dreadfiend Sea Naga, the aura that was emitted from the shuttle was enough to repel most sea creatures. Its body was sturdy and under the Heavenly Energy of a Heavenly Jewel Master, it could sail at a very high speed and it would not have any problems crossing tens of thousand miles of sea.

Apart from that, the Neptune Shuttle was also equipped with a navigation system. Due to the fact that the Mysterious Heavenly Palace people had recorded a complete sea map into the database when they journeyed to the Heaven's Expanse Palace, the Neptune Shuttle would bring them directly to the Mysterious Heavenly Mainland with the help of the shuttle's GPS system.

"Wow! This is indeed a great artifact!" Zhou Weiqing retracted his Saint Energy and the helmet on his head retracted as well. Without explaining anything, he changed places with Bing'er and asked her to infuse her Heavenly Energy so she could experience what he had just experienced.

Everyone would be extremely curious about new things, the same went for young people like them. Once again, they exchanged positions and activated the sea map. While Zhou Weiqing was enjoying the sensation of being enveloped by the world outside with his 360-degree view, he infused part of his Saint Energy and activated the shuttle according to the instructions that he received.

He realized that the moment he infused his Saint Energy into the crystal, the energy was instantly magnified by the Neptune shuttle. THAT was the powerful effect of the Heavenly God tier Heavenly Beast's Nucleus Core. A streak of light blue flame suddenly burst out from behind the Neptune like a tail and propelled the shuttle forward like a missile, disappearing into the deep ocean.

As the Neptune Shuttle drilled into the sea, the surrounding scenery was still very clear. Because of the shuttle's special feature, even if the sea was dark and gloomy, Zhou Weiqing could see as far as 1km and he could even sense things that were further away.

The seawater did not seem to have any resistance towards the Neptune at all. Under Zhou Weiqing's domineering Saint Energy, the Neptune's speed was at its peak, far exceeding the speed of the Horned Ghost Demon Horse.

What was even odder was the fact that Zhou Weiqing noticed that he did not need to use much of his Saint Energy at all. All he needed to do was infuse it with a small amount of Saint Energy. At the same time, the Atmospheric Energy outside was not blocked by the Neptune Shuttle's wall. Instead, it became much purer and concentrated after being filtered by the shuttle. The amount that he was absorbing was more than enough to replace the Saint Energy that he was using. The Water attributes in the sea even produced air for the two of them, leaving them with zero chance of hypoxia.

Under the control of his Spiritual Energy, the Neptune glided like a gigantic fish. Riding in the shuttle gave Zhou Weiqing a feeling of freedom. He was like a kid that had just received a big toy.

Since the Neptune was sailing entirely under the sea, no matter what was happening above water, it did not affect the speed of their advancement at all. And under the deep ocean, there was no such thing as terrain so they were actually heading directly in a straight line towards the Mysterious Heavenly Mainland.

After a few tries, Zhou Weiqing discovered that although there were also Heavenly Beasts in the sea, the moment they sensed the aura that was being emitted by the Neptune Shuttle, they would quickly swim away. Occasionally, they would encounter some sea creatures that were slightly slower but the horrifying speed and hard outer shell of the Neptune would directly smash into the creatures, without slowing down at all. Under the scouring seawater, there were no scratches or marks on the shuttle at all.

In the beginning, Zhou Weiqing and Bing'er were filled with curiosity. Due to the clear view of the Neptune, they enjoyed watching all sorts of sights in the sea. For them, it was something they had never seen or heard of, particularly those weird-looking sea creatures that were colorful and gorgeous. There were all sorts of fishes with different colors swimming and moving in an elegant manner.

However, as time went by, the novelty gradually subsided and it was replaced with loneliness.

That was right. The biggest enemy of sailing in the sea was not the marine life, it was the feeling of loneliness.

Zhou Weiqing and Bing'er would take turns to maneuver the Neptune Shuttle while the other would cultivate as they rest. In this vast ocean, time no longer had any meaning to them. They were constantly moving forward, constantly repeating the same thing over and over again. They had absolutely no idea how far they had traveled.

Secretly, Zhou Weiqing was actually very relieved that he had brought Bing'er along with him. Otherwise, had he been alone, he would probably become crazy due to the extreme loneliness.

Fortunately, there were two of them and they could at least talk and communicate with each other. Sometimes, when they absolutely could not stand it anymore, they would bring the Neptune up to the surface and get some sunshine as they enjoy the scenery.

The consumption of Heavenly Energy and Saint Energy was very little but the speed of the Neptune was so fast. However, the journey seemed to have taken a toll on their minds.

Five days… Ten days… Slowly, a month had gone by. Both of them were about to go stir crazy.

"Bing'er, I can't stand this anymore. How far left to the Mysterious Heavenly Mainland?!" Controlling the Neptune, Zhou Weiqing lamented to Bing'er.

Looking slightly pale, Bing'er shook her head as she smiled bitterly, "We've been at sea for a long time now. It's too late for us to turn back now. I think we've traveled for at least 20,000 miles. Just continue forward, Little Fatty. If you really can't stand it anymore, let us take a break on the surface. Or maybe you can take a short nap."

Zhou Weiqing sighed, "It's fine, let us continue. Sigh, I can't believe that I'm on the verge of breaking down even before we reach the Mysterious Heavenly Mainland. It's a good thing that I have you here with me. If I was alone and had nobody to talk to, I'm afraid I'd probably go crazy before I even reach the Mysterious Heavenly Mainland."

Smiling gently, Bing'er took hold of his arm and rubbed it softly. Feeling her gentleness, Zhou Weiqing somehow relaxed a little…

An endless sea that stretched as far as eyes could see, far off into the distance with no sight of an end. Right now, Zhou Weiqing suddenly understood why people said the ocean was powerful. That was right! Compared to the power of nature, human power was really much too small.

"Little Fatty, why don't we fly in the air for a while? Since the Neptune Shuttle has a GPS system, even if we deviated from our path, it would help us find our way."

Zhou Weiqing's eyes twinkled, "This is a great idea! Our flying speed is much faster than the Neptune. Besides, breathing in fresh air is much better than being confined in this small place."

Bing'er's proposal was immediately approved by Zhou Weiqing. He quickly directed the Neptune to the surface and took off the crystal embedded in the Neptune.

Once the crystal was taken off, the lid would automatically open and the blue light would turn itself off.

Zhou Weiqing unleashed his Dragon-Tiger Transformation while Bing'er summoned her gigantic Wings of the Wind God. After putting the Neptune Shuttle away, they leaped up and flew at the same time.

The feeling of the air blowing on their faces freshened and lifted their mood instantly. Bathing under the bright sun, both of them felt much at ease. Both of them exchanged glances before speeding up and flying away.

Although Zhou Weiqing's cultivation base was at Nine Jewels, when it came to the speed of flying, Bing'er was not inferior to him. After all, her Wings of the Wind God was formed by the combination of four pieces of Deity Master Level Consolidating Equipment Set. When it came to flying, no other equipment was a match for her wings.

Although the Neptune's speed was amazing, it still could not compare to flying. Leaving two residual images behind, Zhou Weiqing and Bing'er continued flying, the sea flowing past continually under their feet.

Zhou Weiqing gazed into the distance. Still, all he could see was the water that stretched endlessly to the horizon. The Mysterious Heavenly Mainland was still far in the distance. However, now that he had changed his traveling method, he was feeling a little relaxed.

Right now, they were flying across the deepest part of the ocean. The sea was dark blue in color and there seemed to be no life in the endless sea, not even a bird could be seen in the air. There were no clouds in the blue skies, and below their feet were choppy and rough waves.

As they were flying, a ray of light suddenly appeared in front of them without warning.

Zhou Weiqing froze for a moment before he quickly called out to Bing'er. Instantly, both of them slowed down.

As he watched closely, he discovered a rainbow appearing in the far distance. The beautiful colors caught his attention instantly.

"It's a rainbow, let's go have a look," Zhou Weiqing exclaimed joyfully. After more than a month of loneliness, the two of them were easily excited. They were in need of something different to lift up their moods.

A huge stream of water sprayed out from the sea before it crashed down into the sea again in a parabolic curve. That was how rainbows were formed. What made their blood boiled even more excitedly was the sight of a large ship not far away from the huge water column.

Back in Mi Ou Empire, Zhou Weiqing and Bing'er had come across a few ships but compared to the one in front of them, those were like tiny ants. What was more important was the fact that a ship would mean there are humans on board. Nobody could imagine how happy they were being able to lay eyes on their own species again.

However, at that moment, the ship seemed to have met with some kind of troubles. Rays of light were shooting out non stop from the large ship to the sea. At the same time, the water that was spouting out of the sea seemed to be aiming at the ship as well.

On the large ship, a layer of shimmering light enveloped the deck, protecting it from the water that was shooting at it. Still, the ship seemed to be a little unstable as it was constantly rocking about as if it was going to capsize at any given moment.

"They've encountered a Heavenly Beast," Zhou Weiqing exclaimed.

Bing'er quickly asked, "What should we do?"

Chuckling, he answered, "Of course we should rescue them. Bing'er, we're going to be free soon! Since there's a ship here, then this must mean that we're not far away from the Mysterious Heavenly Mainland!"

In truth, Zhou Weiqing and Bing'er had kind of underestimated the speed of the Neptune Shuttle. This thing was known as an artifact of the sea and its speed was far faster than ordinary ships. Although they had only been traveling for a month plus, they had already sailed at least 30,000 miles. Right now, just as Zhou Weiqing had said, they were indeed very close to the Mysterious Heavenly Mainland.

If it wasn't for the Neptune Shuttle, they would probably need thrice the time to reach the Mysterious Heavenly Mainland. After all, with the shuttle's navigation, they did not have to take any detours at all.

At this moment, all of a sudden the sea's surface started churning, a deep blue light rushed up from around the massive water column and transformed gradually into a deep blue halo before charging towards the ship. At the same time, a huge head emerged from under the sea.

Zhou Weiqing and Bing'er were still in the air so they had first class seats to the scene that was unfolding in front of their eyes. The both of them could not help but gasp when they saw the Heavenly Beast.

That Heavenly Beast was humongous. Just the head itself had a diameter of at least 50 meters. The beast was an enormous, gigantic turtle. As it lifted its head, the huge shell floated up to the surface as well. It looked like a small island in the middle of the ocean.

The thick water column was actually water that it was spitting out of its mouth. The gigantic turtle seemed to have lost its patience as deep blue halos continued to bombard the ship. The shimmering protective luster seemed to be dimming and signs of damage began to show on it.

The beast was at least at the Heavenly King level. Although Zhou Weiqing had never fought against a Heavenly sea creature before, with his fighting experience, he could vaguely determine its strength from its Heavenly Energy ripple.

"Little Fatty, shall we go help?"

Nodding his head, Zhou Weiqing replied, "Let's go then. But, we can't fly there. After all, as the saying goes, 'when we're talking to strangers, it's wise to be somewhat reserved.' It's better if we don't show our cards yet. Let's go! Let's go into the water!" Having said that, he took out the Neptune Shuttle again and leaped inside it together with Bing'er. When Zhou Weiqing inserted the crystal, the Neptune plunged into the water instantly.

After a month of controlling the shuttle, Zhou Weiqing was now familiar with the operation. Under his maneuver, it sped up like a lightning towards the scene of the accident.

Perhaps it was due to the aura that was being emitted by the Neptune Shuttle, without warning, the gigantic turtle paused in its action before diving again into the water as it looked towards Zhou Weiqing and Bing'er.

A sneer could be seen playing on Zhou Weiqing's lips. The Neptune was not just a simple sea carrier. It was also equipped with combat ability.

With his Chi torrent running wildly through the 36 major Death Acupuncture Points, enormous Saint Energy gushed out of his hands and he quickly injected it into the shuttle.

The Neptune Shuttle that was emitting a faint blue glow instantly turned into a silverish white color. The soft silverish light illuminated a big area under the sea. In the next second, a silverish white beam shot out straight at the head of the gigantic turtle.

This gigantic turtle could also be considered as one of the hegemons in the sea. Being able to cultivate to such a huge size meant that he was already partially in the Heavenly Emperor level of a Heavenly Beast. However, in terms of cultivation base and the tiers of vessels, it was still much weaker compared to the Dreadfiend Sea Naga.

Because of that, the instance it sensed the aura of the Dreadfiend Sea Naga, it was terrified to death as it quickly plunged back into the sea. However, when it laid its eyes on the Neptune shuttle, it felt a little skeptical. After all, the Dreadfiend Sea Naga was extremely enormous but the thing in front of him was just a tiny little thing. Just as it was doubting itself, Zhou Weiqing had already unleashed an attack.

Through the boost of the Neptune Shuttle, the Saint Energy's explosive power was easily ten times more than its usual power. It was a good thing that the shuttle could only be used in the sea. Otherwise, with the help of this artifact, Zhou Weiqing could even challenge a Heavenly Emperor-tier master with it.

The enormous silverish white beam smashed into the huge body of the giant turtle without any reserve. At once, a roar could be heard from the sea. The giant turtle was abruptly lifted up over the sea surface as it tumbled and rolled multiple times on the waves. The seawater whirled along its gigantic body, creating whirlpools. Terrifying energy ripples were surging under the sea, rocking the ship roughly causing it to spin around in circles. Fortunately, thanks to its heavy weight, the ship was not destroyed by the huge vortex.

The Saint Energy was truly powerful. Being able to live for this long meant that the giant turtle was not a simple-minded creature. Sensing its life was being threatened, it quickly turned around and fled from the scene, diving straight into the deep blue sea.

If it wasn't for the big ship, Zhou Weiqing might have continued pursuing the beast. Now that they had the Neptune shuttle with them, they were pretty much invincible. Perhaps, they could find an opportunity to devour the power of this giant turtle as well. However, he was not concerned about it at the moment, being able to meet another human being was apparently much more important to him and Bing'er. Looking at the silhouette of the turtle in the distance, he whispered something towards Bing'er before he started to activate the Neptune again.

After leaping out of the shuttle and storing it away safely, the two of them began to swim towards the surface.