Night without Borders

Chapter 595 Immortal World
Qin Ming felt a chill run down his spine just from hearing it.

What a calamity that was! It could actually remain in this world forever!
Xie Yunshu's voice was slightly hoarse as she said, "Time has not erased it. Yezhou is like its feeding ground, and perhaps it can spread even further and go even further. It is like a ghost, wandering from ancient times to the present. Under the shadow of death, it makes people feel desperate and suffocated."

Qin Ming couldn't help but look up at the abyss-like night sky, where a blurry giant face seemed to be blending into the sky, its cold and ferocious smile slowly approaching.

He listened quietly as Xie Yunshu slowly recounted that past event.

Even someone as powerful as Lu Zizai fell into the trap, wasting half his life, and ultimately had to flee to another place to avoid disaster.

"It has even affected this lifetime..."

Qin Ming felt a sense of unease, as if weeds were growing wildly in a graveyard. At the same time, a chilling aura emanating from the deepest part of his heart was quietly rising and spreading.

The events of a distant era have continued to this day; when will they finally end?
"What does it look like?" Qin Ming asked.

Xie Yunshu shook her head and said, "I have not seen her face, so I do not know her appearance."

However, throughout history, there have been more than just one or two victims; some people have seen parts of the surrounding scenery.

Qin Ming immediately perked up and earnestly asked Aunt Lu for details.

Xie Yunshu recounted in detail: "It was an old house, with a very ancient style, exuding a strong sense of decay..."

You can even hear the creaking sound of the dilapidated wooden door being pushed open, and the sound of old, slow footsteps, as if stepping into the depths of one's heart.

Outside the old house, there is a magnificent little courtyard, like a garden of the gods, planted with many legendary flowers and herbs, each of which is a rare and precious medicine, and a single fruit would be priceless.

Any blade of grass or a delicate flower bud, if placed in the outside world, will cause a frenzy and fetch an astonishingly high price at auction.

Qin Ming was lost in thought. What kind of courtyard was this?

In its front yard, the grass and trees are lush, the flowers are vying for beauty, and the dazzling sunlight shines down.

In the backyard, however, the situation was quite the opposite. Strands of black silk, carrying a biting chill, clung to the window frames, accompanied by a strange wind, and were covered with black ice particles. The snow fell to the ground as if dyed with ink.

Qin Ming looked surprised and asked, "Is that a strange phenomenon naturally brought about by the disaster, or were the victims abducted into its physical lair?"

Xie Yunshu shook her head; these things were impossible to judge.

The disaster always occurred abruptly, and even those with divine eyes could not see it. They could only catch a fleeting glimpse of the strange scene, leaving the victim's mind blank, but they could clearly hear the sound of chewing.

Xie Yunshu clenched her knuckles tightly and said, "It's like it's gnawing at flesh and spirit."

Qin Ming felt a chill run down his spine and got goosebumps all over his body. Was he going to be slowly chewed up and eaten alive while he was still alive?
"Does such a calamity have a physical form?"

Qin Ming felt that it was a man-made disaster.

Xie Yunshu said, "I can't see it."

In the night fog, this monster... comes silently, feeding on bloody prey, while the victims are left blind and unable to move. Just imagining this scene is enough to send chills down your spine; it is truly terrifying beyond measure.

Qin Ming asked, "Senior Brother Lu... he was once gnawed on and almost eaten. How did he manage to escape in the end?"

Xie Yunshu said, "At that time, Senior Lu Yu mobilized all his connections and asked his friends to help find Lu Zizai. In some suspicious places, he even used the Heaven-Stabilizing Stake. Finally, they found him lying quietly on the ground, weak."

Qin Ming was horrified. Even Lu Zizai, who had once stepped into the supreme realm, was so covered in blood, with only his mutilated body left on the cold ground. What a chilling event this was.

Xie Yunshu corrected, saying, "That kind of disaster doesn't devour the physical body, but rather the most precious life force."

At that time, after Lu Zizai fell into misfortune, his body was intact, but he aged prematurely, his hair turned white, his eyes were dim and cloudy, and his potential had been drained away, leaving him like a withered tree.

Even the powerful celestial light he had cultivated was still there, untouched and undamaged, except that his life force had reached its limit.

Qin Ming was taken aback. When he first met Lu Zizai, although he had the face of a young man, he gave people a deep sense of fatigue and vicissitude, with white hair mixed in with black hair.

The "decrepit air" that he exuded was not due to his inherent aging, but rather the result of his life potential being extracted, leaving him with only a broken and decaying body.

Without a doubt, when Lu Zizai was reborn, he was constantly reborn and worked hard to undergo a great rebirth, shedding his old body and living a brand new life. Only then could he be considered to have truly returned.

This achievement is truly astonishing.

Even after its body and spirit were exhausted, it was able to revive like a withered tree in spring. In the end, it not only returned to its full glory but also surpassed its former glory. It is no exaggeration to call it a miracle.

Qin Ming muttered to himself, "So Senior Brother Lu is much younger than I guessed."

Xie Yunshu nodded and said, "Although he didn't progress as quickly as you, he still broke the records of all the previous masters, but his fate was full of twists and turns."

Qin Ming realized that it was no wonder that Lu Zizai was able to step into the Supreme Realm, and even before he recovered, he had already made a grand vow to pave the way for the new system.

Senior Brother Lu has enough confidence, and he truly has that ability.

Xie Yunshu explained, "His original trajectory would have been brilliant, but one major realm was disrupted by an accident, preventing him from achieving a complete rebirth and nirvana. In the end, his fate was further disrupted, leading to a tragic end."

It wouldn't be bad for him to have a second chance; it could make up for his regrets.

Of course, how many people in this world can start over?
Lu Yu exhausted all his resources to find a small amount of resin from the immortal tree for Lu Zizai, "freezing" him to that age permanently, waiting for him to revive in the future.

In that era, and even in earlier times, there were other victims, so everyone was terrified of the disaster.

Fortunately, Xie Yunshu was not well-known at the time, and to avoid trouble, she was frozen by the elders in the sect.

Qin Ming sighed, "Senior Brother Lu's dying body was able to revive after being thawed and ultimately undergo a true transformation. He is truly an anomaly."

Xie Yunshu said, "I suspect that the disaster intentionally left Lu Zizai's withered body, wanting to witness whether he could 'rise again in the spring breeze'."

After all, judging from the nature of the disaster, it is difficult for outsiders to scare it away immediately when searching, and it has enough time to take away its prey.

If that's the case, then this monster roaming Night State is truly terrifying. Over the long years, it has occasionally revealed its blurry, ferocious face, watching something from the shadows.

Xie Yunshu believes that if that ghost-like figure still exists in the world after Qin Ming reaches the fifth realm, then he may also be targeted.

"Fortunately, you didn't expose yourself too early."

That monster prefers exceptionally talented individuals with vibrant life force, who are also reasonably accomplished in their field.

The allure of the gifted and the energy of youth seems to be endless.

Fortunately, if it were a man-made disaster, times have changed. In this cruel environment, that monster might not still have the terrifying power it once possessed.

Qin Ming said, "If it becomes immobile, I'll kill it sooner or later. I want to avenge Senior Brother Lu."

Xie Yunshu stopped him, saying, "Keep quiet. It has existed for a long time, many eras have passed, and it can be called a calamity. It is very difficult to deal with."

She looked quite wary, gazing at the boundless night, as if afraid that some extremely dangerous entity in the darkness might hear something.

After all, even the patriarchs of past generations couldn't solve it.

Even a patriarch was once abducted by it, but the monster only inhaled a breath of the old man's life force before spitting it out.

"If it is a physical disaster, specifically, is it a man-made disaster, or a divine disaster, a celestial disaster, or a demonic disaster, what is its origin?"

For a moment, Qin Ming's mind wandered, and he thought of many possibilities.

For example, if Cao Qianqiu is a restless monkey, is it possible that the disaster is caused by the person behind him?
In addition, Qin Ming had seen experiments conducted by three major organizations—the God-like Society, the Rebirth Figurine, and the Strange Insect Alliance—in the longevity experiment field of "The Forgotten Corner."

They not only targeted their own people, but also captured some of history's most brilliant minds and buried them underground.

And what about the sage, this old monster who lived for at least nine hundred years? Could he be him?

Xie Yunshu also spoke up and started discussing with him.

"The Heaven-Stabilizing Divine Stake is located underground in Yezhou. When it was discovered, its original state seemed to be suppressing something. However, that area had already been shattered, and whatever it was, it had escaped."

Upon hearing this, Qin Ming gasped.

There are no wrong names, only unfathomable destinies.

Could the thirty-six Heaven-Stabilizing Stakes have originally suppressed some mysterious entity?

If we look at Yezhou this way, it is indeed somewhat unusual. After all, Yujing has lingered here for far too long, remaining high above without leaving.

Compared to the past, the inverted supreme temple is lingering there, clearly having "exceeded its time limit."

When mentioning Yujing, Qin Ming naturally couldn't help but think of the terrifyingly powerful individuals who lived there.

He began, “Could it be a corrupt being from within that supreme city, such as a god, or even a being of higher status? It quietly emerged, possessing evil magic, and in order to prolong its lifespan, used rising stars as elixirs to maintain itself.”

After thinking it over, Xie Yunshu said, "Any method is hard to sustain in the long run, and the accumulation of toxins in human medicine will be even more terrifying."

Then, Qin Ming talked about Night Ruins, which is rooted in the present world and has many root-like passages connecting it to Night State. Could it be the source of the disaster?
Most importantly, the Night Market has thirty-six layers, which is enough to make one's scalp tingle just thinking about it; it is simply unfathomable.

Xie Yunshu said, "Many places in the Night Fog World are connected to the Night Ruins, and there are passages to them."

Qin Ming was taken aback. If that were the case, would there be a shortcut between the two places in the Night Mist World, which were infinitely far apart, if they went through the Night Ruins? Or were the routes actually similar and not shorten the time at all?

This level is quite profound, and it's estimated that only an old monster at the Earth Immortal level could understand it and have a true grasp of it.

People in the past naturally had many speculations about that kind of disaster.

Xie Yunshu recounted everything, giving Qin Ming a lot of inspiration and deeply moving him. For example, the glowing giant footprint that turned a huge city to ashes after it landed, and the Qilin Toe, were all suspected.

Qin Ming deeply felt that this world was too mysterious. The vast and boundless world of night fog contained endless secrets and was extremely terrifying.

Even now, as a grandmaster, he still feels a great sense of crisis and worries about survival.

This is outrageous; a grandmaster is still struggling to survive.

Qin Ming kept thinking about this matter, and soon he remembered a very shocking and terrifying scene he had witnessed in the past.

During his long journey, as he traversed the Black and White Mountains, he saw the sky "open a window," with human-shaped silhouettes composed of words and symbols shooting down.

Its form was like smoke and mist, not a very realistic human figure. It once said, "When it is unveiled in the future, this place will be my territory."

The scene was incredibly striking, like a window suddenly being opened in a sealed, dark box, letting in light from the outside world.

In addition, Qin Ming also thought of the Fire Spring. This substance was like a source without roots. No matter how hard you tried to dig, you would never find the end. It would eventually stop flowing along the way, and you would eventually lose sight of your goal.

His mind was racing. Talking about mystery and speculating about the truth filled him with endless thoughts, but at the same time, it gave him a headache. This world was currently incomprehensible, with too many unsolved mysteries.

Xie Yunshu said, "Don't overthink it. It's normal for the Night Mist World to be misunderstood. It would be strange if it were understood. After all, even if you can enter Jade Capital, such a supreme training ground is only in the outer region of the Night Mist Sea, where the various supreme factions are like islands scattered along the edge of a black ocean."

Qin Ming was momentarily lost in thought. He longed to venture into the deepest part of the Night Fog world and see what lay there.
Xie Yunshu came to Shuangshu Village in person mainly to deliver the "Yuqing Scripture" and to warn him that the calamity that has lingered since ancient times may still exist, and that he must be careful.

Soon after, they inevitably started talking about Chaos Energy.

Xie Yunshu said, "It is really difficult to master. On the surface, only a sage can maintain a human body and successfully step into the seventh realm. Moreover, he also benefited from the blessing of the cave left by the God of Pugong."

It is a consensus that, barring unforeseen circumstances, the Chaotic Force, when cultivated to its ultimate state, will inevitably lead to the destruction of both body and spirit.

"Where is Senior Brother Lu?" Qin Ming asked. He believed that anyone who could step into the Supreme Realm was an anomaly, someone who was ridiculously powerful.

After all, he had personally witnessed Lu Zizai attacking his master from below and even beheading him.

The higher the level, the more difficult it is to fight across levels, because those who can reach the later stages are all exceptional talents, with top geniuses from all walks of life gathering in one place to climb to the peak together.

Xie Yunshu said, "He did not practice Chaos Force, but in the previous era, in the realm of Grandmasters, he once used Six Control Force to fuse the true force of another ancestral court."

When discussing these topics, they also mentioned the people who pioneered Chaos Energy.

“Besides the major ancestral courts, there are at least three rogue cultivators involved, and they are very likely from outer regions. It’s too mysterious,” Xie Yunshu revealed this secret.

Qin Ming immediately sat up straight. This was the first time he had ever heard of more than three rogue cultivators.

"Besides Ancestor Qin, who is suspected to be your ancestor, there are two or three other people whose origins are also quite strange. They all disappeared without a trace, like a fleeting moment."

In fact, Master Qin was very low-key and did not leave behind many legends. Moreover, he had already left the stage and disappeared completely nine hundred years ago.

Xie Yunshu revealed a secret, saying, "In a sense, the grand framework built by the several rogue cultivators is extremely important and also extremely mysterious."

Qin Ming pondered. He had naturally realized a problem long ago: although the Silk Script was a newly established system of rules, it actually contained extraordinary scriptures from other regions.

For example, the golden threads, which possess the quality of longevity, once shocked and terrified the third Dao seed of the parasitic civilization.

Even the Dream Insect, ranked fifth in the world, was once injured by this method.

The president, after seeing Qin Ming covered in the jade robe, also said that he seemed familiar.

Qin Ming said, "If the mysterious rogue cultivator from the depths of the Night Mist World dominated the overall framework, the birth of this true scripture is indeed shrouded in mystery."

Most importantly, according to the limited anecdotes, the other two or three rogue cultivators were of no less status than Master Qin, and when they set up their makeshift group, they were completely drunk and acting on impulse.

"They raised their glasses, which sparked brilliant flames against the sky, and shouted that they would create the supreme and wonderful method."

They set off in high spirits, and after sobering up, they drifted away, displaying a carefree and unrestrained attitude.

"Hiss!" Qin Ming couldn't help but gasp again upon hearing this.

If that's the case, then there truly is something extraordinary within the rough framework of Chaotic Force.

Of course, the subsequent ancestral temples of various religions also contributed greatly by being able to unearth all kinds of top-level true scriptures and strange books.

"Some mothers are truly remarkable!" Qin Ming remarked as Xie Yunshu was about to leave.

As they parted, Qin Ming asked a question: Where did Senior Brother Lu Zizai have his accident, or where was he eventually found?
"You want to investigate?" Xie Yunshu turned back before leaving.

Qin Ming nodded and asked, "Is it dangerous there?"

Xie Yunshu shook his head and said, "The patriarch investigated it and found nothing."

She secretly sent a telepathic message, informing him of the location of that place.

"Thank you, sister-in-law, take care!" Qin Ming watched her disappear into the night.

He really wanted to investigate, after all, he had the ability to resonate and wanted to find some old things there and uncover the truth.

He might be able to unravel this thick fog of history!

Qin Ming wanted to see just who this so-called immortal being was.

With the Jade Purity Scripture in his hand, and thinking of Xie Yunshu's admonition, he couldn't help but feel secretly fortunate that he had always been quite cautious and had been lying low in Black and White Mountain for a long time.

Otherwise, if he had been exposed early on, having already broken through to the Grandmaster realm, a big black hoof might have come crawling over.

In the afternoon, a huge commotion came from Black and White Mountain.

Qin Ming had a feeling that the guild leader was practicing martial arts in the mountains, and he hoped that it wouldn't explode.

He was a little worried and wanted to go and check on it.

A moment later, in the misty drizzle, the president returned with an umbrella. She was injured; her plain clothes were torn in several places, revealing patches of her fair skin.

Blood trickled from the corner of her mouth, but she didn't care at all. On the way back, she was still pondering the problems with this sacred scripture.

She suddenly looked up and saw Qin Ming, and immediately said, "This true scripture is impossible to master if you start from scratch."

Before Qin Ming could respond, she continued, "Unless one has already achieved profound mastery within the so-called New Path system and has entered the inner sanctum, and forcibly abandons their terrifying cultivation halfway through to practice this true scripture, they can only enter the path. However, their ultimate fate will not be good; they are destined to shatter."

Qin Ming was truly astonished. The president was incredibly knowledgeable; he had only practiced for two or three days and had already figured out this secret.

It can only be said that her talent for cultivation and her extraordinary qualities accumulated over the years are truly exceptional.

The president said, "Moreover, this scripture looks familiar to me. I seem to see the shadows of certain classics in the meaning of this scripture. There is a great problem in putting them together like this."

Qin Ming remained expressionless, but his heart was far from calm.

He appeared very composed and said, "Go on."

The president raised his eyes and said, "I believe this is not a martial art for living people to practice."

Her eyes were deep as she gazed at the sky and said, "The creator's original intention seems to have a big problem."

However, when she saw Qin Ming, she was speechless again. After all, the person in front of her had indeed mastered the skill, which was the biggest problem she had encountered in her guess!
Qin Ming felt it was necessary to have an in-depth discussion with the president, as some of her views could corroborate what he had learned and thought.

He nodded and said, "Not bad, you've made progress. Your understanding is deeper, and you've glimpsed some of the essential secrets from another perspective."

"How did you master it?" The president stared at Qin Ming, her brows furrowed, clearly puzzled.

"You want to learn?" Qin Ming asked.

"I want to study it," the president said, still somewhat unconvinced.

Qin Ming spoke, his words laced with undisguised seduction: "I can enlighten you to enlightenment overnight, do you believe me?"

"I don't believe it!" The president naturally didn't believe it. How could someone's casual guidance compare to her enlightenment over two or three days?
"Watch how I enlighten you." Qin Ming extended a finger and touched her brow.

At the crucial moment, the president dodged, somewhat guilty, and said, "Wait, it's not time yet. I'll test your methods again after tonight!"

She was seriously injured from practicing martial arts, and her whole body was weak, but she was stubborn and maintained her last bit of defiance.

"Okay, I'm going out for a bit, we'll talk when I get back." Qin Ming was going to the site of the disaster to investigate the truth, and he was quite impatient.

Before leaving, he summoned Wenrui and sent him to take Liu Bai into the mountains to pay his respects to the Dog Sword Immortal.

He figured the Beast God probably wouldn't let Liu Bai kowtow there.

He asked Wenrui to pay his respects at the mountain, but it was just a routine greeting to strengthen communication. At the same time, it was also to guard against the president secretly spying on the truth and essential secrets of Wenrui's training. If that happened, he would be in a difficult position.

Qin Ming went far away, heading straight for the scene of the horrific incident.

Even from a great distance, he had already made ample preparations, concealing his physical body within the tattered cloth.

At the same time, he released the malevolent insect.

Then, Qin Ming's divine light and consciousness attached themselves to Old Cloth, allowing him to travel in spirit, and resonated with the little insect's body, making him run on the ground, approaching the place where the blood calamity occurred.

"Holy shit!" Qin Ming's hair stood on end as soon as he arrived!
(End of this chapter)