Chapter 194: Find the Black King, Seize the Secret Realms!
【“Could it be...”】
【At this moment, you suddenly recalled the first time you entered the Heavenly Dao Space, when you had nearly been possessed by the Progenitor of the Bizarre Insects.】
【Although, with the help of the Protection of the Heavenly Dao, you had successfully escaped from the Heavenly Dao Space back then,】
【before escaping, you had already been contaminated by the Progenitor of the Bizarre Insects.】
【And the greatest flaw of the Protection of the Heavenly Dao was that it only activated when you faced a fatal crisis.】
【“So it was at that time...”】
【“I was too careless...”】
【You rose to your feet and looked at the Great Desolate Secret Realm before you, unable to stop a bitter smile from appearing on your face.】
【At present, the Great Desolate Secret Realm could be used for at most one more year. After a year, it would be completely lost.】
【With a grave expression, you gathered everyone together and informed them of the current situation.】
【“Little Junior Brother, you are joking... right?”】
【Gu Xinyue looked at you with a deathly pale face. She could not believe what you were saying at all.】
【On the other side, the expressions of Zi You and the others were equally ugly.】
【They had not expected that after coming to the Great Desolate Secret Realm only a few years ago, before they had even truly had the chance to make good use of it, it would already be polluted because of the Progenitor of the Bizarre Insects.】
【“He is right. I really can sense a trace of an eerie aura within this Spiritual Qi.”】
【Xuanyuan Tianji frowned and spoke while looking into the void.】
【“Was it from that time? Then what about me?”】
【Zhuge Qing looked at you, his face full of conflict.】
【When Zhuge Qing heard you say that you had polluted the Great Desolate Secret Realm, he thought about how he himself had also stayed in the Heavenly Dao Space.】
【Although you had not said that he would also pollute a Secret Realm, Zhuge Qing instinctively assumed that he too had been contaminated by the Progenitor of the Bizarre Insects.】
【After hearing that, you used the True Eye to examine Zhuge Qing’s condition.】
【When you saw that he had not been contaminated, you shook your head at him.】
【You told Zhuge Qing that the reason you had been able to pollute the Secret Realm was because you had come into close contact with the Progenitor of the Bizarre Insects at the time.】
【For a moment, everyone fell silent.】
【No one knew how much time had passed before Ye Chuxue was the first to break the silence.】
【“Does Huangzhou have any other Secret Realms?”】
【You recalled what the Black King had said back then.】
【At the time, the Black King had told you that Huangzhou had a total of three Secret Realms, and only this Great Desolate Secret Realm fell under his control.】
【“Yes! There are still two more!”】
【After hearing that, Ye Chuxue’s eyes lit up.】
【“Negotiate with the Demon Race. If they refuse, then seize them by force!”】
【“If the Demon Race is willing to cooperate, that would be best. If not, then for the sake of dealing with the Bizarre Insects, this is the only thing we can do.”】
【“Seize them?”】
【When you heard Ye Chuxue’s suggestion, you froze slightly. You had not expected her thinking to be so aggressive.】
【However, it really was a good idea.】
【Back when your strength had still been lacking, you had once thought about seeking cooperation with the Demon Race so that you could fight the Bizarre Insects together.】
【But after so many simulations, you had discovered the depth of the Bizarre Insect Clan’s foundation. It was simply not something that the Human Race and Demon Race could contend with.】
【You knew that if you wanted to truly defeat the Bizarre Insects, the only way was for you to break through to the Immortal Realm. Only then would you have a chance to reclaim the Dead-Land Canglan Realm, and only then would you have a chance to face the Canglan Realm of the Upper Realm afterward, and the Bizarre Immortal Race beyond it.】
【“Leave it to me!”】
【The next day, you left the Great Desolate Secret Realm and headed for the Hundred Thousand Mountains together with your External Incarnation.】
【Inside the Black King’s palace, the Black King looked at you and your External Incarnation with a dark expression.】
【“You are saying you want the other two Secret Realms as well?”】
【“That is right!”】
【“Did I not already give the Great Desolate Secret Realm to you humans? Why do you still want the others?”】
【When you heard that, you coldly spoke four words.】
【“The Progenitor of the Bizarre Insects!”】
【“The Progenitor of the Bizarre Insects?”】
【When the Black King heard those words, his expression instantly froze.】
【The Black King had never heard anything about the Progenitor of the Bizarre Insects before, but from the word “Progenitor” alone, he could tell that this being’s status within the Bizarre Insect Clan was absolutely not low.】
【“You do not need to know too much. You only need to know that the Progenitor of the Bizarre Insects can pollute Spiritual Qi. The polluted Spiritual Qi that currently exists in the Canglan Realm is all connected to the Progenitor of the Bizarre Insects.”】
【Upon hearing that, the Black King instantly understood everything.】
【“So... the Great Desolate Secret Realm has been polluted too?”】
【When the Black King saw that you did not speak, he knew his guess was correct.】
【At that moment, the Black King felt a sharp ache in his heart. The Great Desolate Secret Realm was a Secret Realm rich in Spiritual Qi, and it was also an extremely important existence for the Demon Race.】
【Moreover, you had promised the Black King back then that you would not drain the Great Desolate Secret Realm dry. Yet only a few years had passed, and now the Great Desolate Secret Realm had already fallen and become unusable.】
【Although the Black King was unhappy inside, there was no way he could openly fall out with you.】
【The Black King knew his own strength very clearly. If he truly turned hostile, he would absolutely not be your match.】
【“I have no say over the other two Secret Realms. They are controlled by other Demon Kings!”】
【In the end, the Black King let out a long sigh, compressing all his helplessness into a single sentence.】
【“I know you are very unwilling to accept this!”】
【“But what if I told you a few things that will happen in the future? I wonder what you would think then.”】
【“These are things you could never possibly imagine, and they will bring enormous changes to the entire structure of the Canglan Realm.”】
【After hearing what you said, the Black King’s body trembled violently.】
【Because he knew that you possessed the Heavenly Secrets Art, the Black King did not doubt your words in the slightest. And from what you had done in Youzhou, he had already sensed that something was amiss.】
【“What things?”】
【The Black King narrowed his eyes and looked at you with a grave expression.】
【“The first thing is that eleven years from now, the Canglan Realm will face a Great Calamity of Heaven and Earth!”】
【“A Great Calamity of Heaven and Earth? Will it affect us?”】
【You glanced at the Black King, whose body was trembling slightly, and spoke calmly.】
【“Do not worry. This Great Calamity of Heaven and Earth will only target cultivators at the Tribulation Stage and above. It will not affect you, a Mahayana Realm cultivator.”】
【Hearing you say that, the Black King instantly let out a breath of relief.】
【The moment he had heard the words “Great Calamity of Heaven and Earth,” all kinds of possibilities had flashed through the Black King’s mind.】
【He had considered the possibility that this might be a slaughter carried out by the Bizarre Insect Clan against the Canglan Realm, and he had also considered that it might be an invasion from beyond the realm.】
【Right after that, the Black King suddenly lifted his head and looked at you.】
【“Could it be that you are planning to act after the Great Calamity of Heaven and Earth...?”】
【“Your guess is correct!”】
【You told the Black King that you truly were planning to conserve your strength and wait until after the Great Calamity of Heaven and Earth before making your move.】
【After receiving your confirmation, the Black King finally understood why you were so desperate to obtain Secret Realms.】
【With a little more than ten years left, only by cultivating inside Secret Realms at all times could you raise your cultivation to the greatest possible extent.】