Published at 29th of December 2025 8:20 am

Chapter 3998: Underground

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On the third day, Xue Zhans aura changed. The blood-colored energy gained new power and pressed at Gui Ji with greater force. It was time to end things.

Gui Jis expression grew grave.

Elsewhere on the battlefield, Ning Xiao relied on the Nine Deficiency Technique to directly resist Jis brute strength. Then, the giant started being pushed back, much to Jis disbelief.

Little Lotus King strode across heaven and earth, each step spawning a phantom, forcing Jian Heng to nearly lose his grip on his sword.

One step, one ghost; every step was enough to stir inner demons.

This was a terrifying battle technique that amazed even Lu Yin.

It was no wonder why the people of the Nine Odysseys Megaverse had pinned their hopes upon the prodigies of the Scion Spire. Little Lotus King and the others still had not revealed their full strength, and they were already suppressing their opponents.

Its time.

In an instant, countless insects converged throughout the Blackmarsh, and they all charged at Little Lotus King and the others.

In Blackmarsh City, people let out gasps of shock. How are there still so many bugs?

Impossible! We were almost done clearing them out.

No, look. The coloring on those insects means that theyre from the far western part of the Blackmarsh, while the surviving Septastar Blades should be from the far east.

Every bug in the entire Blackmarsh has come

Behind the swarm of insects, the green furball Verdant Sage preened. It could not resist glancing in the direction of the city to claim credit.

As for fleeing, that had never even been considered. It had seen Chang imprisoned on the Zenith Mountain, and that creatures aura had left the green furball trembling. It instinctively recognized Chang as one of the most powerful Verdant Sages. If even that creature had been captured, then what qualified the green furball to try to run?

The arrival of the horde of insects disrupted the battle for Little Lotus King and the others. Instead, the battle transformed into a different kind of contest: exterminating the bugs.

At Lu Yins orders, the furball kept leading the swarm in a certain direction. Luckily, Lu Yin had found traces of Cheng Xue just a short distance from Blackmarsh City. It would only take half a day to reach there.

A furious roar rang out as Ji threw the strongest punch of his life at Ning Xiao.

It seemed like a signal, as both Gui Ji and Jian Heng also attacked in unison. They were trying to conclude the battle in an instant.

The ground quaked and was sliced open, layer after layer. In every direction, the void collapsed, shattering as ripples of shockwaves spread out.

In Blackmarsh City, the Ortuser blocked the ripples, yet he was actually forced back a step. He was aghast, as he had just been pushed back by a mere shockwave from a battle between Spirit Ancestors. It was unimaginable.

This commotion caused the entire Blackmarsh to tremble.

Lu Yin stared deep underground. This was still not enough. He still had not seen the defenses that gave those hiding underground such confidence, as any means that he used to examine the area would alert them. That was why he had arranged for the competition for the title of First Scion to be held in the Blackmarsh.

For those beings to hide underground without being discovered for so long, they had to be extremely cautious. Any method that he tried to use would be sensed, which would give them an opportunity to escape.

The commotion still was not enough, but fortunately, the competition had not yet determined a winner. All that had happened was that Jian Heng and a few others had been eliminated.

Meanwhile, beneath the Blackmarsh, the skeletons were speaking to each other. Three of the seven layers of earth have been sheared through.

We must relocate.

We cannot. If we move, Greater Sancte Awe Gate will surely sense our movements. We wait. These Scions can only damage the sixth layer, at worst. They cant even touch the seventh. That is within the limits that we can accept.

Master has not returned yet.

In Blackmarsh City, countless grew increasingly excited. Amazing! Remember, we need to start digging the moment the battle ends, right at that spot.

Of course. Finally, such a large region has been broken open.

Many other people are also eyeing that area. We have to get there first.

Ling Guang and Ling Shu were also staring at the area. They wanted to call Fugui to have him join them, but seeing him standing beside Yu Xiang'er and the others made the siblings change their minds.

They felt that Fugui was no longer the same as them.

Above the Blackmarsh, most of the insect swarm had been annihilated. There were just a few scattered around the edge of the battlefield, and they created hair-raising sounds.

Little Lotus King, Xue Zhan, and Ning Xiao were now standing a kilometer apart from each other.

The pests are finally gone, which means that its our turn now. Xue Zhan stared at Little Lotus King.

The man just gave a faint smile. Not pests; they are qualified to fight me. In my eyes, they are no different from you.

Ning Xiao chuckled. Why dont we see?

With that, an even fiercer battle began. This was the true contest to determine the First Scion. These three had all been frozen in the Scion Spire.

The ground trembled nonstop.

Lu Yin watched from a distance. Guided by the insects, knowingly or not, the trios battlefield remained confined to a specific area, and they continuously dropped lower and lower. The first to be eliminated was Xue Zhan. He attacked Little Lotus King and Ning Xiao with his Blood Towers Eight Styles, but just like Ku Zhou, the lone attacker was launched far away by the other two working together.

In the end, only Little Lotus King and Ning Xiao remained to fight.

Another layer or the earth was shorn away.

Deeper underground, Cheng Xues skeleton looked up. That was very close.

Theyre already at the fifth layer, and theyre still not done.

So what? What can two children do? Breaking the sixth layer is their limit. They cant even touch the seventh, much less anything below it.

It was true that Little Lotus King and Ning Xiao could not do so. The skeletons had separated the earth into seven layers, though to outsiders, there was nothing different between them. It was simply a matter of depth.

However, to the observant Lu Yin, there was indeed a difference.

When Little Lotus King used Thousand-Petaled Lotus Hand and Ning Xiao used the Nine Deficiency Technique, they reached the sixth layer, and it was then that Lu Yin finally saw the true form of the underground defenses.

The seventh layer of earth was also just deeper, but already, without using any technique or ability, Lu Yin could perceive the extraordinary defenses arranged beneath the ground.

It was a chaotic mess of time and space. It reminded him of how Yi Xia and Zhan Ming had stored the pieces of the key to the Gate of Laws; they had placed it within a container that was so unstable that even the slightest touch would have caused everything inside to vanish.

Lu Yin had guessed that the beings hiding underground had to have special means for them to have remained hidden for so long, but he had not expected them to use this particular method.

How should he describe thedefenses? There was a sense of mutual destruction to them.

Whoever tampered underground would see everything farther below simply disappear. Where it went, no one would know. It might go somewhere, but it also might go nowhere.

The reason why such chaos had been able to hide underground was that Lu Yin had not been able to probe it. Only after Little Lotus King and the others had unearthed enough had Lu Yin been able to sense what lay below, though he still had not found the reason behind it.

Without the chaotic time and space present, it would be normal for Greater Sancte Awe Gates to miss the underground layers. The Blackmarsh was too busy a place, with people digging for treasure everywhere. Not even a Greater Sancte could sweep through the entire Nine Odysseys Megaverse.

However, that chaotic time and space should have drawn a Greater Sanctes notice. The fact that it had remained undetected for so long was too strange. There was something wrong.

Still, after he saw the defenses, they were manageable.

If Greater Sancte Awe Gate took action, there was no doubt that everything underground would be preserved, but there was no need for her to do so.

An Immortal was an ultimate weapon. If they did have to do anything, that was preferable. After all, as soon as such a weapon moved, it would pose less of a threat.

Far away, the fight between Little Lotus King and Ning Xiao continued to hold everyones gaze. Only Yu Xiang'er noticed that Fugui had gone missing.

Puzzled, she looked around. He isnt here?

Where is Fugui?

Her maid was startled by the question, and she looked away from the fight. What was that, young lady?

Where did Fugui go?

The maid looked around. Where is he?

The incredible battle in the Blackmarsh grew ever larger and more impressive. It had already far surpassed many peoples expectations.

Little Lotus King and Ning Xiao had unleashed their full power.

Underground, the skeletons were nervous. Theyve already broken through to the sixth layer!

If they break through to the seventh layer, we will relocate. We cant take that risk.

Agreed.

Agreed.

No need.

It will be too dangerous. From the very beginning, Master said that, if the sixth layer is breached, it would be deliberate.

Wait, who? One of the skeletons suddenly reacted, looking over at where the last voice had just come from.

Consciousness fell, freezing everything in place. A person slowly stepped forward. Lu Yin.

The skeletons in the underground chamber stared blankly at Lu Yin. There was only one word filling their minds at this moment: impossible.

How did he get in here? How did he enter? He shouldnt have been able to get in without a guide.

In addition to all of that, there had not been even the slightest sound.

In a corner, Cheng Xue stared at Lu Yin in shock, also thinking that his presence in the chamber was impossible. She had only been able to enter because she herself was a skeleton, and she had been aided by Lord Yong Hengs ability to counter Bone Script. How had a human gotten in? The chamber was in a space that should have been completely sealed.

At the same time, Yong Heng, who was still sharing Cheng Xues vision, broke the connection. He stood up and looked across distant fields. In the end, I was still found Lu Yin.

Above the Blackmarsh, Little Lotus King and Ning Xiao were still fighting, while deep underground, stabbed into the dirt above Lu Yins head, was Unbroken Times broken needle. That was precisely what had allowed Lu Yin to pass through the chaotic time and space without the smallest disturbance.

The underground chamber was fully enveloped by a region of chaotic time and space. Even the slightest touch would cause everything within the container to be transferred away. However, what if it was touched by time that did not belong to the same megaverse?

Unbroken Time had possessed its own River of Aeons, and its broken needle had been capable of drawing out time that did not belong to the Nine Odysseys Megaverses River of Aeons. That was what had enabled Lu Yin to bypass the chaotic time.

Even without Unbroken Times broken needle, Lu Yin could have entered easily enough, but it would have been impossible for him to do so without alerting those inside. In that situation, he would have had no choice but to call upon Greater Sancte Awe Gate.

Doing so would have also been extremely risky. Regardless of whether it was Silent Death or the Netherfiends hiding underground, both groups were capable of hiding from the Greater Sancti. No one knew if they were also capable of briefly standing up to one of the Greater Sancti.

Lu Yins consciousness swept through the chamber, and he immediately noticed Cheng Xues skeleton. However, he ignored her after just one glance, instead focusing on the massive, unfinished spirit treasure formation.

Yong Heng had been shaken by the sight of it, and so was Lu Yin.

There were already at least thirty Boundless Advanced sourceboxes, and yet the formation was still only a half-finished product. How many Boundless Advanced sourceboxes were needed to complete the sourcebox array? Lu Yin could not tell. He was not even considering the number of Perceptive Intermediate and Discerning Elementary sourceboxes that were also scattered around the formation.

This was Silent Death. The moment he saw the array, Lu Yin thought of the attack on Li Guo. Clearly, this sourcebox array was the reason why the man had been targeted.

Why does Silent Death want to build such a complicated sourcebox array?

There were more than 100 skeletons underground, some of whom possessed considerable strength. What drew Lu Yins attention were the few skeletons surrounding the sourcebox array. Those ones had to be Array Grandmasters.

He was looking at all the sourceboxes and Array Grandmasters that Silent Death had gathered over the course of countless years. Just what were they planning?

In front of Lu Yin, Silent Deaths skeletons stared at him in a daze. None of them could comprehend how he had entered without alerting them, but that was also no longer important. All they wanted to do was take the sourceboxes away. Unfortunately, that was impossible.

With Lu Yin present, not even Silent Deaths master would have been able to do anything.

Unless there was an Immortal present, there was no way for them to deal with Lu Yin.

Dust continued to fall in the underground chamber, shaken loose by the ongoing battle between Little Lotus King and Ning Xiao.

Lu Yin strolled past one skeleton after another until he arrived in a corner. It was currently empty, but it had once been occupied by someone, or something.

Lightstream flickered around him, rolling back time.

Once, he had only been able to see a few dozen seconds into the past, but he had since become capable of seeing three days into the past.

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