Chapter 2454: Chapter 88: The Calamity of 333 Years_2

A face of utmost terror!

Jiang Wang’s vision suddenly darkened.

It was as if he had returned to the rundown temple of yesteryears, huddled under the incense table, tormented by severe illness, in a muddled state, nearly glimpsing the figures of Black and White Impermanence! The sound of clashing and banging in his ears, was it the fierce battle of the powerful from other countries? Every bone and limb was in pain, was it also experiencing the slaughter like that between the Barbarian Clan and the Touch Clan?

At this moment, a sliver of light pierced the gloom, akin to dawn breaking the night sky.

Jiang Wang’s eyes came alive at that moment.

The Red Heart Divine Power had already suffered severe damage and couldn’t suppress the spirit’s true self. But Jiang Wang had long practiced Eye Immortal skills, not without progress. Though lacking the Technique Introducer of the Myriad Immortals Palace, with the aid of the Dream Order, he already possessed a semblance of the Eye Immortal’s demeanor.

What is it you call sight?

When you open your eyes, the world is filled with light!

Those whose eyes have light bring light to the human world first, only then seeing the world’s light.

Jiang Wang abruptly woke up. The crimson fire domain erupted suddenly, pushing back the approaching evil view of the human-spider several yards away! Grasping the longsword tightly in hand, the sword Qi around him was rampant yet his heart still lingered with trepidation.

Just one glance at that wild-haired, single-eyed woman and he suffered a terrifying influence.

This was under the dual suppression of two Yan Dao experts, Chen Pu and Si Yu’an!

"Are you okay?" Xu Ximing swung a sword horizontally and stepped over.

"I’m fine." Jiang Wang exhaled a long breath and stopped looking at the battlefield over there: "Brother Xu, do you understand Saint Water? Do you know what’s happening now? How come there are two appearances of the Yan Dao level evil view? Is Saint Water always this dangerous?"

"It is not normally like this, I do not know what’s happening this time either." Xu Ximing shook his head: "The Evil Sea has always had a calamity every 333 years, never changing. During each calamity, a large amount of evil observation condenses and charges at the Door of Mortal World. But this time, the calamity hasn’t arrived yet, and the Yan Dao level evil view appears one after another... At least in the sect’s records, I haven’t seen the same situation."

Jiang Wang by now was already pondering whether the Nanxia Governor’s Mansion had received the information. Wondering when Ruan Qin would arrive.

Unexpected events kept occurring in Saint Water, along with the influence of that unspeakable terrifying existence mentioned by Si Yu’an. He now felt that even with four Yan Dao experts present, the situation was not very secure.

As a Star Divination Grandmaster, Ruan Qin may better discern the root cause of this change.

"I truly don’t know how we can thoroughly eradicate these things," Jiang Wang said with some worry.

"They can’t be completely eradicated," Xu Ximing said: "The world’s negativity gave birth to Saint Water, the accumulation of evil turned into evil observations. They are the aggregation of negativity, the waste produced by living beings. After the human race dominated the present world, it can almost be said that all evil observations in Saint Water are the filth generated by the human race. The Evil Sea world is like the current world’s cesspool, and the evil view is like the excrement of living beings. So cleaning Saint Water is also the responsibility of each of us."

Xu Ximing’s explanation of the Evil Sea reminded Jiang Wang of the expression of Chaos within the Mountain and Sea Realm—

"All that is splendid and dazzling are illusions; this world is like a giant insect, excreting in the Withered South Abyss! Innocents struggle in the cesspool, called resentment. But is the world outside the Withered South Abyss truly pure and resplendent?"

Yue Tiannu said at that time, within the Mountain and Sea Realm, the Withered South Abyss is akin to the existence of Saint Water.

Today, Jiang Wang personally came to Saint Water, and after hearing Xu Ximing’s interpretation of Saint Water, he could turn back and see the Mountain and Sea Realm more thoroughly.

Whether the world outside the Withered South Abyss is pure and resplendent was something Jiang Wang had already seen after Zhu Jiuyin appeared.

And how the present world compared, Jiang Wang had already seen a lot as he traveled this path.

Huang Weizhen’s understanding of the world had indeed reached an incredible level. He transformed imagination into reality, almost truly completing a "creation of the world". Not only creating a realm and beings with power but perfectly shaping a world, every being with flesh, blood, and soul, every bit of history, each relationship of love and hatred...

But at the same time, more worrisome to Jiang Wang was the thought.

Could there be a "chaos" within this world of Saint Water, comparable to the Withered South Abyss?—That kind of terrifying existence seemingly surpassing the limits of one world’s power?

That unspeakable existence mentioned by Si Yu’an, could it be the "chaos" of the Evil Sea?

"What is Brother Jiang thinking?" Xu Ximing asked.

Jiang Wang naturally couldn’t utter the name to bring trouble upon Xu Ximing, he simply said: "I think every practitioner who has achieved something in their path should indeed come here to cleanse these waters."

"Of course!" Xu Ximing affirmed: "I say it should be set as a law, implemented across the world, mandating that every cultivator who achieves God Arrives should regularly come to clean Saint Water. I’m really sick of the current lazy and selfish attitudes, some people have no sense of responsibility at all. All their cultivation, useless to the world, might as well feed it to a dog!"

Although the Triple Punishment Palace is powerful, to say setting laws implemented worldwide, Jiang Wang could only advise him to drink less.

Regardless, Xu Ximing’s intention is good.

"Regularly coming to clean Saint Water is indeed something we cultivators should do." Jiang Wang mused, planning his future visits to Saint Water: "Brother Xu, when was the last time you came?"

"Didn’t I just tell you?" Xu Ximing said strangely: "Thirteen years ago."

Jiang Wang’s hand twitched, the sword meant to slash the evil view’s neck ended up on its face, he spent double the usual effort to split the goat-headed evil view’s head open.

Seeing this guy’s assured demeanor, he would have thought he came to Saint Water every three days! But it turned out to be thirteen years! To date, he has only been here twice!

Jiang Wang seemed to understand that unlike Xiang Qian’s pure lie-flat style, Xu Ximing belongs to the affirming type. Although he always appears motivated, he acts far less than he speaks. He talks twelve points, does half a point.

Truly don’t know how such a Great Grandmaster of the Punishment Palace, Wu Bingyi, who appears so serious, cultivated such a true inheritor. It’s quite inconsistent with the style of the Legalists.

The two killed evil views while engaging in occasional small talk.

Primarily, Jiang Wang was supplementing his understanding of the Triple Punishment Palace, specifically inquiring about the Body-Binding Chain.

Amidst this continuation, the sound of waves suddenly reached their ears.

Jiang Wang slashed back an evil view, looked back, and saw a blood boat riding the wind from afar.

The speed was extreme, it drew near instantly.

A man in a gray robe stood on the blood boat, seemingly middle-aged, with a gentle appearance, a black hairpin slantingly inserted in his hair.

The entire aura was exceptionally elegant.

But the attitude was not gentle.

He arrived on the blood boat, frowned upon seeing Jiang Wang from a distance, and said: "Are you Marquis Wu’an of Qi, Jiang Wang?"

"That is me." Jiang Wang, having dealt with the evil view in front of him, politely asked: "And who are you?"

The person was evidently self-centered, asked without answering: "What are you doing here?"

Seeing him so rude, Jiang Wang only shrugged: "You’ve already seen it."

The person asked again: "Su Guanying or Shi Mingcheng isn’t coming? What about True Monarch Ruan?"

Jiang Wang, with patience, said: "I received the message first, so I came quickly, that’s my personal stance. As for who from the Nanxia Governor’s Mansion will come to Saint Water, it’s likely not up to you to decide... Who are you?"

The person looked at him twice without saying anything else, merely with a point of his foot, the blood boat sped away towards the battlefield of the Yan Dao True Monarchs.

"Tsk, he truly is condescending," Xu Ximing remarked with a smirk.

Jiang Wang then realized that person hadn’t even glanced at Xu Ximing, and asked blandly: "Who was that?"

"That was Peng Chongjian," Xu Ximing said casually: "A self-conceited fellow. Although he is indeed quite strong."

Left Protector of Blood River Sect, True Man Peng Chongjian!

Having consecutively seen several Yan Dao experts, a True Man of the Age was no longer enough to awe Jiang Wang.

But Peng Chongjian’s appearance undoubtedly indicated that the situation in Saint Water became more severe.

Otherwise, with the True Monarch of Blood River, Huo Shiji already present, why would Blood River Sect send its second-ranking individual to join the battle?

"Is he really that strong?" Jiang Wang asked.

Xu Ximing said: "In those years, he fought the invincible Xiang Fengzhi from Dongzhen for three days and nights, losing only half a move."

Saying this, he turned his head to see Peng Chongjian indeed went far away before saying: "Did you see the hairpin on his head?"

"Any particular significance?" Jiang Wang asked.

"That’s Taiyi Mountain! Isn’t there a ’Thirteen Peaks of the Magnificent Mansion’ in Xia Territory? The third-ranked should have been Taiyi Mountain, moved during the Liang Country Restoration War by him."

Jiang Wang was momentarily speechless.

Peng Chongjian’s strength indeed required no further elaboration.