“Just defending ourselves is a problem here, let alone start a fight. It’s strange. The power of chaos here is very strong, but the power of death has become very weak. How strange.” Chen Feng utilized his eye technique to continuously inspect their surroundings but failed to find anything. Their surroundings were greatly impeding his eye technique and he was incapable of displaying even 1% of its normal capabilities.

Weng! Weng! Weng! Weng!

The Chaos Chain that was swirling around suddenly shook, rumbling as a formidable aura kept assailing their position. As a result, the rate at which it devoured the power of chaos increased.

Oh, the Chaos Chain has levelled up to the top-grade Immortal tier! A pity, it is not possible to undergo tribulation here. Still, it can stockpile its power for a moment first. Chen Feng felt delighted. The fact that undergoing tribulation could not be done here was not an issue. In truth, Chen Feng already had a plan in mind. In his opinion, by utilizing the Longevity Tower and the pseudo-Divine artifacts, he should have no issues punching a hole through this mysterious space.

Naturally, this was still not the best time to be doing that. Punching open a hole would not be easy and Chen Feng wanted to make the best use of this opportunity.

Chen Feng possessed quite a number of magic treasures on him, after all. He would absorb the power of chaos to improve them and increase their level. Moreover, Chen Feng himself also needed to undergo his tribulation.

However, this environment is just not suitable for undergoing tribulation. Mumbling to himself, Chen Feng then landed on a tumbling asteroid.

Like a mountain, the asteroid had a width of a thousand zhang and its surface was smooth, polished by the surrounding forces. It had managed to remain intact in the face of forces capable of destroying Immortal artifacts.

After Chen Feng’s team landed on it, the asteroid immediately stabilized.

“This asteroid contains wondrous metals. They can be used to forge weapons, magic treasures and pill furnaces,” Chen Feng said smilingly. After landing on the asteroid, Chen Feng had tried to release a beam of sword energy at it only to find that the toughness of the asteroid had surpassed his imaginations.

“This asteroid is good. It can indeed be used to forge out magic treasures.”

“Eh, careful!”

The Dark Kirin’s face abruptly sank and he swung to send a massive black paw swinging forward at space, resulting in a chaotic explosive sound. Next, a strange-looking extra-terrestrial creature suddenly appeared before them. A strong body and a crazed look on its face, it was so fast that the Dark Kirin’s attack had failed to wound it. On the contrary, this extra-terrestrial creature managed to arrive before the three of them with a charge.

Boom!

Tangible energy waves sent Chen Feng’s team of three flying. After that, a high number of cracks spread out across the asteroid beneath them before it blew up into smithereens.

“What a formidable attack!”

“Ba careful, its attack contains the power of death, designed specifically to invade the soul!” Chen Feng’s eyes flashed. His soul spun and his Death acupoint sprang into action to absorb and refine the power of death that had entered his body.

“What kind of monster is this?”

“It must have been born here. Its body contains the power of chaos and death. Hopefully, it does not possess the power of imprint left behind by the corpse. If it does, we can forget about escaping.”

“If a Heavenly Immortal is really the cause of this mysterious space, just the aura they left behind would be enough to easily finish us off.”

“Treasures lie amidst danger. Now that it’s come to this, we can only take a gamble.”

“Careful, it’s attacking again.”

The extra-terrestrial creature’s size was actually not that big. However, by pouncing forward, it gave Chen Feng’s team a sense of oppression. It felt as though a gigantic mountain was pressing down on them.

It was a formidable assault on their souls. This alone was enough for Chen Feng to tell that this opponent was far stronger than them.

“Work together to kill it!” Chen Feng waved his hand and the Chaos Chain stirred about, sealing up the surrounding space in an attempt to stop the opponent’s movements.

The Dark Kirin employed dark-type techniques to restrain and disrupt the opponent’s abilities. As for Huo Yunlong, he unleashed his strongest attacks against it.

Somewhere far away from Chen Feng’s team, space was stacked together and the power of death there was so concentrated it attained tangibility. There in the central part of the space was a massive corpse. Although there was no telling how long this person had died, the invisible atmosphere of might that it emanated made it so no living creature could exist near it. Not even the impure energies on a universal scale could approach it.

Suddenly, the corpse that had been lying still shook and strands of energy sprayed out from the corpse. Those were the death energy born from the corpse. After reaching a certain degree of concentration, the death energy would spray out into its surroundings. The death energy easily broke through the layers of stacked space and some large asteroids that had inadvertently entered the area were instantly eroded away into bits before disappearing away amongst the stars.

On the other hand, Chen Feng’s team was still fighting the extra-terrestrial creature. Despite having gained the upper hand in the fight, Chen Feng instead sensed great danger.

“Something isn’t right. We should leave this place first,” Chen Feng said.

“I feel it too. There is an indescribable feeling of danger,” the Dark Kirin agreed.

However, just as the three of them were thinking of leaving, the extra-terrestrial creature suddenly went all out in an attempt to entangle the three of them. At the same time, another extra-terrestrial creature appeared. Surprisingly, this new extra-terrestrial creature had a humanoid shape. Only, its whole body was enveloped in death energy and there was a vacant look in its eyes. It looked like a puppet. That said, it was in no way slow. One careless mistake from Chen Feng allowed the extra-terrestrial creature to smash him aside.

After stabilizing himself, Chen Feng found that the cries of alarm coming from his heart was becoming even stronger. His heart was palpitating faster, going beyond his control. It felt as though it would blow up.

No, we must leave! Chen Feng’s eyes shone as his gaze pierced through space to see distant shadows spreading towards them. Although he did not know what created the shadows, he could see everything in space turning into ash in its wake. Chen Feng watched as an asteroid – as big as a planet – silently disappear into darkness. Rather, the shadows were able to devour even Chen Feng’s gaze.

What is that? Is it the power of death? Chen Feng’s heart lurched. Having no more time to think about it, he waved his hand. In a flash, Chen Feng and his team were brought into the Bedazzling Star Map.

“What happened?” Huo Yunlong was quick to ask.

Chen Feng did not reply. Instead, he continued waving his hand. The Primary Spirit Diagram of First Origin shook as well and a tough yet pliable power of water descended to envelop them. With the two pseudo-Divine artifacts’ power stacked together, Chen Feng’s heart began to slowly calm down.

Weng!

The shadows swiftly arrived. Chen Feng’s team of three, who were inside the pseudo-Divine artifact, grew astounded at what they saw. The two extra-terrestrial creatures that were fighting them earlier were engulfed by the shadows before disappearing from sight. In their shock, they sucked in a sharp breath of air.

At the same time, the Bedazzling Star Map began shaking violently and the stars within the Bedazzling Star Map began flashing and shaking. Some began flickering away and cracks appeared, causing energy streams to surge about. Seeing that caused Chen Feng to grow anxious once more.

“Not even a pseudo-Divine artifact is capable of enduring this attack?” Chen Feng blurted.

Thankfully, the vibrations quickly lessened before fading away. Even so, the cracks on the Bedazzling Star Map remained and high amounts of energy charged inside. The energy streams left destruction wherever it went. In response, the Primary Spirit Diagram of First Origin’s power of water moved to wrap up the invading streams of energy.

“It’s the power of death. What a pure power of death! It must be directly from the source!” Chen Feng had only just absorbed a strand of the power of the shadows, but his Death acupoint nearly blew up as a result. And so, he gathered up all the power of death there before keeping it.

“It’s not just the power of death. It has already given birth to devastation power. This is the grand dao of death. By comprehending some of its laws, one would be able to trample cultivators who are on the same level as them,” the Dark Kirin said.

“The grand dao of death. Easier said than done. I cultivate the grand dao of longevity. Still, I can use it to improve my strength somewhat,” Chen Feng said as he absorbed strand after strand of the power. At the same time, he also fused the power with his magic treasures.

Speaking of which, Chen Feng’s method of refining his magic treasures was also very special. For some, he would forcibly shove in various essence powers into the magic treasures to allow the magic treasures to keep on levelling up. However, this was a risky move. Chen Feng had to utilize the opposing forces of life and death, yin and yang, void and actual to balance it out. Naturally, the power of the Longevity Scripture was also involved. Only, there was a long and winding way to go before Chen Feng could embark upon his very own grand dao of longevity.

It was the same path, but different cultivators would end up walking down different paths. Upon reaching the Earthen Immortal stage, a cultivator would begin cultivating the grand dao. As someone chosen by the Longevity Tower and in possession of the complete Longevity Scripture, Chen Feng was fated to walk a different path compared to the others, the grand dao of longevity.

“The earlier power of death could even kill off True Immortals. I wonder, were our pursuers affected?” The extra-terrestrial creatures that the three of them had to work together to fight against had been easily obliterated by the power of death. Thus, they believed that, should the True Immortals from the Immortal Plane encounter the power of death, they would surely be incapable of escaping from it.

“Hopefully, those fellows would all die. That way, we’ll be able to return.”

“Return? It won’t be that simple. Besides, since we’ve found this place, it’d be wrong for us to not get something out of this place first.”

Eh, not good! What’s going on here? I’m losing control! Chen Feng’s face abruptly sank as an unknown power struck the Bedazzling Star Map. As a result, his divine sense went numb and he felt something stripping away his control over the Bedazzling Star Map. At the same time, a formidable suction force enveloped his soul. Despite having utilized the Soul Subduing Mantra again and again, he was incapable of stabilizing his soul. Rather, it would appear that his soul was already on the verge of being sucked away.

During that critical moment, the Longevity Tower suddenly appeared in Chen Feng’s sea of wisdom. With an abrupt pulse, it pacified his sea of wisdom and the suction force was shattered apart. Next, Chen Feng sensed that his connection with the pseudo-Divine artifacts had been restored. Chen Feng’s eyes flared with light and he roared skywards. In response, the two pseudo-Divine artifacts thrummed simultaneously and they swiftly flew through space.

Earlier, as Chen Feng was under attack, Huo Yunlong and the Dark Kirin had remained safe. Rather, they didn’t even know that there was an attack.

A Soulgobbler from the Soulgobbling Clan! To think that I would encounter a cultivator from the Soulgobbling Clan here. The discovery left Chen Feng’s mind in turmoil. At the same time, there was also a strong killing intent. Since he had encountered a cultivator from the Soulgobbling Clan, he must not let them escape, no matter what.

1 zhang = 3.333 m

Note: ‘Extra-terrestrial creature’ is translated from ‘異獸’, pinyin: ‘yì shòu’. I used to translate it as ‘variant beast’, given the context at the time. Right now, though, they’re exploring through outer space and meeting ‘alien lifeforms’ and all. So, extra-terrestrial it is.