Longevity, starting from being a chicken raising servant Chapter 2377: 194: The Four Great 2
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His eyes moved just a touch, tracing those nearly invisible disordered rules to uncover their origin in no time.
“Beyond the barrier?”
Wang Ba felt a bit taken aback.
Next, his attention turned to the realm barrier.
Strands of rules from the Sea of Chaos Realm leaked through the apparently flawless realm membrane little by little.
Such rules were scarce to the extreme, having minimal impact on the cultivators of the Inner World.
Without Wang Ba's latest progress, which helped the Little Cang World achieve its upgrade, and his sharper grasp of rules, detecting this subtle intrusion would have been nearly impossible for him.
“Can even a Great Realm not fend off the effects of the Sea of Chaos Realm’s rules?”
“Could this explain why the Jade Pot Realm, once a true Great Realm, fails to nurture Tribulation-Transcending Realm cultivators?”
With the passage of time, the Sea of Chaos Realm’s rules had quietly reshaped all the rules of the entire Great Realm.
“Should the Little Cang World stay inside the Sea of Chaos Realm, might it end up just like the Jade Pot Realm—a evident Great Realm, but incapable of yielding Tribulation-Transcending Realm cultivators?”
A weight settled heavily in Wang Ba's chest.
This rule suppression proved devilishly cunning, as though it sealed off every avenue for cultivators to advance. Wang Ba grew more convinced that the rules inside the Sea of Chaos Realm had been intentionally crafted by some entity.
“Could it be Tibo?”
“Yet, with that level of might, why bother with such elaborate efforts?”
Puzzle deepened within him.
Still, as the Thunder Tribulation drew close to completion and the rules around Jiang Chi started to spread out, Wang Ba pulled back from his wandering thoughts and ceased his excessive pondering.
Assimilation by the Sea of Chaos Realm’s rules lay in the distant future. Right now, in the Little Cang World, cultivators could still endure the Thunder Tribulation and enter the Tribulation-Transcending Realm.
No sooner had the idea crossed his mind than a low groan burst forth from the Thunder Tribulation!
At once, cries of alarm from the nearby cultivators erupted!
Wang Ba's chest clenched. He hastily turned his view, and a shift appeared on his face!
There, amid the Thunder Tribulation, Jiang Chi—who had just rebuilt his Eighth Tier Dao Domain—saw the domain crumble like flowing sand, exposing a faint rule utterly unlike his personal one…
In the instant that followed, the overwhelming Thunder Tribulation slammed down, hitting the unguarded Jiang Chi square on!
His body melted into sludge right away, while his Primordial Spirit got rapidly shredded…
“Those are the rules of the Sea of Chaos Realm!”
Wang Ba's mind jolted!
Foreign rules had blended into the Dao Domain. In everyday situations, it posed no issue, but during this vital moment of ascension, it delivered a deadly strike without question!
This held especially true for typical cultivators who grasped just a single type of rule, amplifying the disruption far more than for Wang Ba, with his command over many rules, where such oddities barely fazed him.
As Jiang Chi teetered on the brink of death beneath the Thunder Tribulation, a shadow crossed Wang Ba's features; he flicked his sleeve.
The Thunder Tribulation—dense like a barrel of water and snapping with bolts—abruptly froze in the air.
A gentle power scooped up Jiang Chi’s shattered Primordial Spirit, bringing it before Wang Ba. He lightly administered some elixirs, swiftly steadying Jiang Chi’s Primordial Spirit and roughly mending it into human shape, albeit frail to the core, as Jiang Chi offered a thankful bow to Wang Ba:
“Thank you, Taoist Master Taiyi, for saving me.”
“No trouble at all.”
Wang Ba gave a faint head shake, then swept his sleeve once more, reviving the Thunder Tribulation overhead.
But lacking a primary focus, the thunderclouds above scattered away.
“What went wrong? Success was so near!”
The onlookers around all sensed a burden in their hearts. Many among them grappled with entering the Tribulation-Transcending Realm themselves. Seeing Jiang Chi, who after years of rule comprehension seemed poised for victory, inexplicably collapse, shock and uncertainty gripped them all.
This mystery eluded everyone, including Chongyuan Patriarch and Qitian Patriarch, whose faces showed clear confusion. To them, Jiang Chi's odds of reaching the Tribulation-Transcending Realm stood at eight or nine in ten.
Indeed, unlike standard Unification cultivators, Jiang Chi had not only acknowledged rules' presence but started to wield them, greatly boosting his resistance to the Thunder Tribulation over regular ones.
And yet, Jiang Chi had fallen short regardless, losing even his fleshly form, stunning the entire assembly.
“It’s the rules of the Sea of Chaos Realm!”
Cang Fuzi creased his forehead sharply, catching on at last. He turned swiftly toward Wang Ba.
Wang Ba wore a grave look, seeming to hold the explanation already, and Cang Fuzi promptly uttered:
“Realm Master, please see…”
Wang Ba eyed Jiang Chi’s feeble Primordial Spirit, on the verge of fading, let out a quiet sigh, and delivered a firm reply:
“Yes, it stems from the Sea of Chaos Realm’s rules… I hadn’t foreseen that a Great Realm’s Domain fails to halt outside rule intrusions.”
With this revelation, dread filled the hearts of all cultivators there.
Qiao Zhongxu, beholding Jiang Chi’s dire condition, shed his prior grudge over the betrayal, harboring only profound pity now.
Their cultivation levels matched closely. Jiang Chi’s tribulation defeat meant Qiao Zhongxu might face the identical fate.
After brief uncertainty, Qiao Zhongxu bent in salute to Wang Ba and voiced his query:
“Might Taoist Master Taiyi possess a way to shield against the Sea of Chaos Realm’s rule effects?”
Difficulty rarely marked Wang Ba’s expression, but he shook his head gently:
“A Great Power established the Sea of Chaos Realm’s rules, and not even a rule-level Domain can keep them out. How could I possibly… hold on!”
A sudden thrill raced through his mind!
Throughout the vast Realm Sea, items able to repel the Sea of Chaos Realm’s rules numbered scarcely more than the fingers on one hand. Remarkably, one such treasure existed right in the Sea of Chaos Realm.