The Chaotic Immortal Wood Sect: Immortal Cultivation War - Chapter 11

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11. The Mystic Realm World Collapses

“What good stuff will come out?”

“Haha, well, the boar magical beast you caught had strong earth attributes, so probably a Spirit Fruit with similar attributes will emerge.”

“Ah, that’s a bit disappointing.”

For In Deok, unless it’s lightning or metal attribute spiritual energy, it wouldn’t be particularly special.

Even if he consumed Spirit Fruits of other attributes, they would just provide dense spiritual energy absorption to help with cultivation, which is why he’s disappointed.

“It’s not wood attribute anyway, so it won’t be of great help to me either, but still, being able to obtain a Spirit Fruit is something, isn’t it?”

“Well, that’s true.”

Whatever it was, Spirit Fruits contained dense spiritual energy, helping to raise the level of spiritual energy accumulation.

Moreover, unlike Spirit Pills that develop tolerance and lose effectiveness when consumed multiple times, Spirit Fruits have the advantage of barely developing tolerance even with repeated consumption.

In other words, the advantage of not building up toxicity.

However, since Spirit Fruits become much more potent when made into Spirit Pills, consuming them directly is considered wasteful.

Of course, that only applies to ordinary Spirit Fruits.

The Spirit Fruits that Trent bears have energy concentration so high and purely refined that they can compare to Spirit Pills themselves.

So essentially, Trent’s Spirit Fruits are no different from Spirit Pills of specific attributes.

And ones that don’t build up toxicity at that.

“It’s a bit disappointing that only one flower bloomed.”

“Are you expecting too much from one magical beast corpse with its Inner Core extracted? This probably only bloomed because of what we fed it before.”

“But last time, three flowers bloomed at once.”

“Instead, the quality of the Spirit Fruits was lower.”

“Then will this time produce something better than last time?”

“Well, wouldn’t it? If there’s input, the output should match accordingly.”

“There you go with strange talk again.”

“I was saying it should come out matching the level of what goes in.”

“Oh, I see. Hehe.”

“You laugh so carelessly. Anyway, it’ll take some time, so let’s move again. This guy came from over there, and there seems to be spiritual energy gathered there, so there must be Spirit Herbs or something.”

“Spirit Herbs? You can see them?”

“Try concentrating a bit. You can see them too, but you can’t because you’re distracted.”

“Ah, got it. Don’t get angry.”

In Deok flinched at Kang Hyeon’s scolding and watched his expression.

“Such a drama queen. Let’s go.”

“Yeah!”

Kang Hyeon sent Trent back into his Mental Space and flew toward where the golden spiritual energy was visible, taking In Deok with him.

But when Kang Hyeon and In Deok discovered the Kudzu Root Spirit Herb that the boar seemed to have been guarding, a sudden earthquake occurred.

Rumble rumble rumble! Boom boom boom!

“What’s this?”

Kang Hyeon and In Deok surveyed their surroundings while floating in mid-air.

And at that moment, Kang Hyeon felt a chilling sensation down his spine.

It felt as if a cold wind was blowing from somewhere far away.

“This… is strange!”

Kang Hyeon felt a strong danger signal from his instincts.

“What’s wrong?”

In Deok asked with an anxious expression as he moved closer to Kang Hyeon.

“Don’t you feel this? Some kind of sinister energy is spreading throughout the world.”

“Sinister? I’m not sure?”

In Deok seemed unable to perceive what Kang Hyeon was feeling and made a puzzled expression.

That’s when it happened.

Booooooom!

Once again, a strong resonance was transmitted.

“It’s not an earthquake?”

In Deok also realized that the resonance wasn’t just affecting the ground, but touching everything in the Mystic Realm, and turned his head this way and that to survey the surroundings.

“Look at that!”

Then, Kang Hyeon pointed toward the distant Horizon.

When In Deok looked along the tip of Kang Hyeon’s finger, something tremendous was happening.

“What? Is the ground sinking?”

“It’s collapsing. This is no ordinary matter.”

Kang Hyeon said this and quickly took out a palm-sized Wooden Boat from his Storage Pouch.

Then he threw it into the air, imbued it with spiritual energy, and chanted a Magic Incantation.

“Reveal your true form!”

Then the palm-sized Wooden Boat swelled greatly, becoming large enough for three or four people to board.

“Get on!”

Kang Hyeon shouted to In Deok and kicked off the air to climb onto the Flying Ship.

It was a Low-Grade Flying Artifact that Hyeon Gak had given him as a gift to commemorate reaching the Mid Qi Refinement Stage.

Originally, it was an instrument that could only be properly operated at the late Qi Refinement stage, but it was a Magical Instrument that Kang Hyeon and In Deok, who were at the Mid Qi Refinement Stage, could also handle for short periods.

“What’s wrong?”

In Deok asked as he climbed up beside Kang Hyeon.

“The ground is collapsing right now, so obviously it would be safer to float in the air, wouldn’t it?”

“That would be the case. But what could be happening?”

“Be careful. It’s not just the ground sinking. With this complete upheaval, even the spiritual energy will get tangled into chaos.”

“Huh? Even the spiritual energy?”

“This is a Mystic Realm, you know. It’s a small world, so naturally when such a small place experiences this level of catastrophe, even the foundation supporting the world will inevitably shake.”

“You’re saying there will be problems with the entire framework of the Mystic Realm?”

“I hope not, but that’s what it looks like. The world’s energy has become turbid and tangled, rampaging wildly.”

Kang Hyeon had superior Spiritual Energy Sensitivity compared to In Deok.

So right now, Kang Hyeon was watching with his own eyes as the phenomenon of collapsing landmasses in the distance rolled toward them, along with the world’s energy tangling chaotically.

“This is driving me crazy.”

Kang Hyeon hurriedly maneuvered the flying ship and began ascending high into the sky.

“Whoa, what’s wrong?”

In Deok looked at Kang Hyeon with wide, startled eyes.

“If we get caught in that, the flying ship and everything else will be completely destroyed. We’ll just crash.”

“Cr-crash? Then isn’t it more dangerous the higher we go? We’d have that much farther to fall.”

“Sigh. Then do you want to get sucked into that earth-shattering ground? Do you think you could survive in there?”

“N-no.”

“With a crash, once you reach terminal velocity it won’t get any faster, so we can think about it after going up first. There shouldn’t be any danger if we use Flying Technique before crashing somewhere. That’s assuming we can use the technique though.”

“Huh? What?”

“Never mind. Let’s think about that when the time comes.”

Saying this, Kang Hyeon poured spiritual energy into the flying ship to maximize their ascent speed.

But no matter how fast they climbed, they couldn’t outrun the speed at which the world was collapsing.

At some point, the ground beneath their feet shattered into pieces and was sucked down into the depths below, and the tangled energy of heaven and earth surged toward Kang Hyeon’s flying ship.

“Ahhhhh! K-Kang Hyeon! My spiritual energy won’t move!”

“The rampaging energy is so strong that you can’t control it. Try to make at least the part closest to your body yours.”

Kang Hyeon grabbed In Deok’s sleeve to prevent him from falling while shouting.

Crackle!

And at that moment, the flying ship that Kang Hyeon had lost control of shattered completely and scattered into the void.

It had broken apart, unable to withstand the violently rampaging energy of heaven and earth.

“Ahhhhh.”

In Deok was immediately caught up in the fierce energy of heaven and earth, screaming in pain.

“Endure it! And draw out as much spiritual energy as possible to protect your body. And absolutely don’t let your spiritual energy get stolen!”

“K-Kang Hyeonnnn!”

“Trust your body. When it comes to being sturdy, you’re several times sturdier than me!”

“Ahhhhhhh.”

In Deok gripped Kang Hyeon’s hand and wrist that held his sleeve with both hands, screaming.

The chaos of the world turning upside down was filling In Deok with terror.

Even in this situation, Kang Hyeon bit his lower lip and operated his spiritual energy to steady himself in the air, struggling to avoid falling.

Whoooosh! Crash! Boom!

“Grrrgh!”

“Ahhh, we’re falling!”

But enduring the tangled energy in this hellish upheaval with just Mid Qi Refinement Stage level was too much.

Eventually, Kang Hyeon also lost control of his spiritual energy and his Flying Technique broke.

Immediately, Kang Hyeon and In Deok began plummeting toward the surface.

In Deok’s thunderous screams drew a long line rapidly downward.

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The overturned earth.

Kang Hyeon and In Deok were hiding in the gaps between the crudely tangled earth.

Roooooar! Graaaah!

Screeeech! Hissssss!

“Ugh, scary.”

“Quiet. We need to stay still as if we’re dead.”

At the end of their long fall, Kang Hyeon had barely managed to release the spiritual energy in his body to prevent himself and In Deok from colliding with the ground.

But immediately after, sensing the tremendous energy around them, he had to quickly drag In Deok and hide in the gaps between the tangled earth.

“Those are demonic beasts and magical beasts, right?”

“I don’t know if there are any divine beasts mixed in. But since the energy feels raw, demonic and magical beasts are probably the majority.”

“Wh-what level might they be?”

“How would I know that? What’s certain is they’re at a level I can’t even dare to gauge.”

“How many are there?”

“I don’t know if they can be counted as individual creatures, but there are definitely at least five, no six.”

“R-really?”

“There are two not far away in this direction and that direction, another two far away over there, and two more even farther in this direction. I’m certain up to here, but the distances are hard to gauge.”

“Wh-what could they be? What’s happening?”

“I don’t know. Seeing that even the Return Talisman has stopped working, it seems the Twelve Sects Tower isn’t safe either. Well, with the world in this state, how could the Tower have held up?”

“Elder Yang Gwang is at Great Perfection of Qi Accumulation Stage. But those monsters aren’t at a level Elder Yang Gwang could compete with, right?”

“I don’t know either. It seems like even hundreds of Elder Yang Gwang wouldn’t be enough, but honestly I can’t gauge it. It’s just like a blind man touching an elephant. Just tremendous, that’s about it.”

“Really?”

“Let’s stay quiet for now. Besides those monsters, there are other magical and demonic beasts roaming around.”

“Huh? Other magical and demonic beasts?”

“Among them, there are several that feel like they’re at Qi Accumulation Stage or higher.”

“Wh-what? Then what do we do?”

“For now, those creatures also seem to be unable to think straight and are either cowering or fleeing because of those tremendous monsters, so if we stay still, they probably won’t come looking for us to cause trouble.”

“D-do you think so?”

In Deok’s eyes trembled anxiously.

“I’m keeping track of the surroundings, so once that’s done, let’s properly make a hiding place where we can stay hidden. We’ll set up formations too.”

“R-really?”

“Ah, wait. Let me try using this first.”

Kang Hyeon suddenly remembered the formation flags sleeping in his storage pouch and tapped it to take them out.

Eight flags.

They were magical instruments made to be thrown at the eight vertices of an imaginary hexahedron to activate formations.

“Oh, that thing?”

“This is a defensive formation, but you said it had decent concealment effects too, right?”

“Yeah, but you also said the duration was a bit short.”

“Still, if there’s no external shock, it should hold for about ten days.”

Saying this, Kang Hyeon threw the eight flags into the air and fixed them in place, leaving enough room for himself and In Deok to enter.

Then he formed hand seals and recited incantations to activate the formation.

Wooooong wooooong! Ziiiiing!

“It worked! Kang Hyeon, the formation is deployed.”

“Phew, don’t make such a fuss. Thanks to the formation we have some breathing room, but we still need to refrain from provocative words and actions.”

“Huh? Got it. Yeah.”

At Kang Hyeon’s words, In Deok lowered his fidgeting bottom to the ground and rolled his big eyes around.

Then, as if something else came to mind, he looked at Kang Hyeon and asked.

“About this incident.”

“Yeah?”

“Don’t you think that underground cavern collapsed?”

“That could be the case.”

Kang Hyeon replied calmly with an uncertain expression.

“No, think about it. If the world collapsed to this extent, what else could it be other than that underground cavern collapsing?”

“I don’t know. Elder Yang Gwang said the underground cavern was wider than the surface where we were. He said there was an underground area larger than the surface, which we originally identified as a small Mystic Realm.”

“Oh, I heard that too.”

“Does that make sense? The underground being wider than the surface. They said originally only the surface was identified as a Mystic Realm, but now an underground cavern with no confirmed end was added to it, so this is beyond our understanding.”

“Senior Hyeon Gak did say it was a mystery of the Mystic Realm that couldn’t be understood.”

“So the surface where we were collapsing might be nothing at all.”

“What do you mean by that?”

“What we experienced is just the tip of the iceberg, and we can’t even guess with our abilities what actually happened.”

“But Kang Hyeon.”

“Yeah? What?”

“What will happen to the Great Unity Festival?”

“Hmm.”

At In Deok’s question, Kang Hyeon fell silent.

There were still several years left before the Great Unity Festival would end.

And they could only leave the Mystic Realm after the Great Unity Festival ended.

“Can we return to the Tower?”

“Even if we go back, I don’t think the Tower would be safe? We have to assume the Mystic Realm where the Tower was located completely collapsed and disappeared.”

“Then where is this place? Another Mystic Realm? Or somewhere in the reality of Daecheon World?”

“….”

Again, Kang Hyeon couldn’t answer.

There was nothing that came to mind as grounds to answer In Deok’s question.

“You don’t know.”

In Deok lowered his head with a disappointed expression.

“We’re just fifteen-year-old children. We don’t know that much about the Cultivation World. But.”

At Kang Hyeon’s word “but,” In Deok raised his head.

“What we need to do now is clear.”

“What? What do we need to do?”

“Survival.”

“Survival?”

“Now is not the time to think about other things. The area is crawling with monsters that could swallow us whole in one bite. Since we need to survive somehow among them, there’s nothing else to think about.”

“I see.”

“But it’s not that hopeless. We are cultivators.”

“What about being cultivators?”

“With the cultivation methods we have, we can aim for the Great Perfection of Qi Accumulation, we have some foundation in other spell arts and Hundred Arts of Cultivation, and we have quite a few books and jade slips about them, so if we want to, we won’t lack anything for cultivation for a while.”

“So you’re saying we should cultivate diligently and raise our realm?”

“Otherwise, the threat of becoming food for demonic beasts or magical beasts is close.”

“I see….”

In Deok couldn’t hide his gloomy expression.

“Cheer up! You have me by your side, and I have you by mine.”

“Yeah, right. Because Kang Hyeon is here!”

At Kang Hyeon’s comfort, In Deok clenched his fist tightly as if trying to muster his spirits.

Thus began Kang Hyeon and In Deok’s independent journey in the Cultivation World, in a world where heaven and earth had been turned upside down.

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