Chapter 1122: Chapter 1078: Big Retreat

The epiphany burst forth from the spiritual essence lasted for only a few moments before it completely dissipated.

Chen Fei opened his eyes, and at this moment, just a fraction less than one piece was missing from the fragments of rules within his soul, then he would reach the peak of the mid-stage Rule Integration Realm.

Once the fragments of rules reached seventy-two pieces, Chen Fei could immediately start his breakthrough to the late stages of the Rule Integration Realm.

He didn’t need any so-called fermentation, nor did he need to wait for the right moment to mature.

As long as the hardware conditions were met, Chen Fei could break through whenever he wanted, especially now that his Desolate Universe God Slaying Technique had already reached sixty percent of the stage of Perfection.

With insights into martial arts at this level, controlling two, or even three complete secondary rules, was already more than enough, let alone advancing to the later stages of the Rule Integration Realm.

Chen Fei put the mid-grade mystical treasure in front of him into his sleeve. The items inside the mystical treasure were low-grade Primordial Crystals and various spirit materials, nothing special.

In the Return to Nothing Realm, the Black Stone Domain was just an average area.

Average meant that the vital energy of heaven and earth was relatively scarce here, which also limited the kind of precious treasures that could be produced.

Therefore, the Rule Integration Realm beings of the various races in the Black Stone Domain could only obtain those kinds of spirit materials.

Moreover, having remained secluded for so many years, the Black Stone Domain had been peaceful, largely because there was nothing worth looting here.

The Black Stone Domain limited the growth potential of the beings of its races, but it also protected them.

The arrival of the Wu Meng Clan, wars incited by the Xuan Clan, and the appearance of the Soul-devouring Worms marked the noisiest period in the Black Stone Domain in a hundred thousand years.

Chen Fei’s figure flickered and disappeared from the spot, appearing a thousand miles away the next moment.

More than six thousand miles away, Kou Fen looked at the soul token in his hand, calculating the next possible location of that strong figure who was hunting the Evil Clans.

The next moment, Kou Fen’s gaze slightly condensed, and his figure vanished on the spot.

Moments later, Kou Fen appeared five thousand miles away, frowning slightly as he looked at his fellow clansman of the late-stage Rule Integration Realm who was safe and sound ahead.

“Emperor!”

Zongyan of the Evil Clans sensed an abnormality behind him. Looking back and seeing Kou Fen, he hurriedly flew forward to pay his respects.

“Over this period of time, have you noticed anything unusual around here?” Kou Fen asked as he looked at Zongyan with a somber voice.

There were only nine late-stage Rule Integration Realm members of the Evil Clans in this area, and in a short time, three had died. Kou Fen did not want to see any more losses among the late-stage Rule Integration Realm members of the Evil Clans.

“If there’s anything unusual, it’s that I can no longer sense the Rule Integration Realm members of our clan and the Ice Race.” Zongyan thought for a while before responding.

With an anchoring mark, as long as the distance wasn’t extremely far, one could still sense the state of the surrounding marked individuals.

But Zongyan couldn’t pinpoint when it started, the anchoring marks seemed to be sensing fewer and fewer fluctuations of their kind.

Previously, Zongyan hadn’t given it much thought, assuming that members of his clan and the Ice Race were seeking further distances looking for humans.

After all, in order to avoid being caught up by the Soul-devouring Worms, the human race had scattered in all directions, continuously widening the distance between them—nothing particularly strange.

But at this moment, with Kou Fen suddenly appearing before him, Zongyan realized there might be trouble.

“You…”

Kou Fen was just about to speak when his expression suddenly changed, and two more pieces of the soul token in his sleeve shattered.

They were not of the late-stage Rule Integration Realm, but even two mid-stage Rule Integration Realm losses were a great loss to the Evil Clans.

In just that brief moment, the number of Rule Integration Realm members that the Evil Clans had lost had already matched the previous losses in the war with the Xuan Clan.

The war with the Xuan Clan was exceedingly brutal, but the losses were shared among all the races of the Black Stone Domain, and those above mid-stage Rule Integration Realm were not easily killed.

On the contrary, it was the Sun Moon Realm that suffered the most losses.

And yet, today’s attempt to ambush the human race instead caused such significant losses to the Evil Clans!

“Emperor, what’s wrong?” Zongyan, seeing the change in Kou Fen’s demeanor, couldn’t help but ask aloud.

“An alien race is targeting us. From now on, let the Rule Integration Realm members of our clan leave this area, abandon the ambush on the human race!” Kou Fen’s eyes flickered for a moment as he made a decision.

Kou Fen no longer wanted to gamble, mainly because he couldn’t catch the strong figure who was killing their members; that figure’s Heavenly Escape technique showed no pattern whatsoever.

Kou Fen suspected that the opponent could perform long-distance spatial teleportation, and might even have grasped the whereabouts of their Race or even the Ice Race’s Rule Integration Realm members.

Otherwise, it would have been impossible to kill members of the Rule Integration Realm of the Evil Clans so swiftly.

Of course, it might not be the act of one strong figure, but a large number of late-stage Rule Integration Realm members of alien races laying in wait to ensnare the Evil Clans.

However, once the number of aliens increased, traces would be hard to conceal, so the likelihood of many alien forces present in this region was not high.

In any case, since Kou Fen couldn’t stop the losses of the Rule Integration Realm members of the Evil Clans, the best course of action was to cut the losses in time and have the Rule Integration Realm members of the Evil Clans leave the area.

Ambushing the human race was a tempting proposition, but it couldn’t be premised on the vast sacrifice of Rule Integration Realm members of the Evil Clans.

“Abandon the ambush on the human race?” Zongyan was momentarily taken aback, completely unexpected that Kou Fen would give such an order.

But seeing the look on Kou Fen’s face, Zongyan knew this was definitely not a joke.

“At your command!”

Zongyan clasped his hands together, showing no hesitation as he flew toward the peripheral areas, no longer seeking members of the Human Clan’s Rule Integration Realm.

Despite having just captured the trail of a human, Zongyan estimated that with more time, he could have pursued and forcefully slain that human.

But since Kou Fen had spoken, Zongyan understood that something exceedingly unfavorable to the Evil Clans must have occurred in this region to prompt such a command from Kou Fen.

Watching Zongyan leave, Kou Fen took out a soul token from his sleeve, formed a hand seal with one hand, and then pointed at all the soul tokens.

A unique ripple spread from the soul token, quickly expanding at an astonishing rate before vanishing into the sky.

Within tens of thousands of miles, from the nearest to the farthest, every member of the Evil Clans’ Rule Integration Realm felt an abnormal mark, and upon examining the rhythm within, they found it was a signal for a full retreat.

All the members of the Evil Clans’ Rule Integration Realm in the area couldn’t help but feel stunned.

They had come here, braving the risk of being devoured by the Soul-devouring Worms, to ambush members of the Human Clan’s Rule Integration Realm. How did it suddenly turn into a full retreat in such a short time?

Noticing the fluctuations of the mark, which were sent out by the Imperial Sovereign of the clan, Kou Fen, everyone, despite their myriad questions, started retreating toward the rear.

Kou Fen watched the light spots on the soul tokens begin to move away, his expression slightly relaxed, and then, his face took on a ferocious look.

He had ordered the other members at the stage of perfection to retreat, but Kou Fen himself had no intention of leaving; he wanted to see who exactly was slaughtering members of the Evil Clans.

So unrestrained and brazen, Kou Fen couldn’t quell the rage in his heart unless he tore the perpetrator limb from limb and incinerated their soul.

Inside Kou Fen’s body, the two secondary rules of water and fire erupted, his senses heightened to the extreme, and he hurried toward the location where two mid-stage Rule Integration Realm members had just perished.

At the same time, his mental defense was continuously searching within a thousand miles for any possible traces.

Kou Fen had reached the Peak of Rule Integration Realm with the full mastery of the secondary rule of fire, and afterward, he began to comprehend the secondary rule of water, of which he now understood twenty percent.

Water and fire are incompatible, but that is under normal circumstances. If one uses a special method, they can actually harness the conflicting natures of water and fire to unleash even greater power.

Having an ancestor at the Open Heaven Realm, even if it was only a Fake Open Heaven Realm, the Evil Clans excelled in many aspects, especially in the philosophy of cultivating, far surpassing most of the races in the Black Stone Domain.

The ancestor of the Evil Clans knew the orthodox method of breaking through to the Open Heaven Realm. Unfortunately, the ancestor had taken the wrong path at the Peak of Rule Integration Realm and lacked both the heart power and aptitude to start over.

In the end, he used a shortcut to reach his current position.

Afterward, the ancestor of the Evil Clans left the Black Stone Domain and traveled through other regions of the Return to Nothing Realm, returning not only with severe injuries but also with many secrets of the Open Heaven Realm.

Included among them was the correct method of cultivating for the Open Heaven Realm.

Although this martial arts technique was ordinary within the Open Heaven Realm, it was considered an invaluable treasure within the Black Stone Domain.

Now, most of those at the peak of the Rule Integration Realm within the Evil Clans were cultivating this technique.

Whether they could eventually break through to the Open Heaven Realm was another matter, but at least this technique preserved the hope of making that breakthrough.

Kou Fen tracked for thousands of miles, gathering everything detected along the way, and slowly, Kou Fen picked up a trace of something different.

However, this scant evidence was far from enough to track down that powerful individual.

But there was not a hint of anxiety on Kou Fen’s face; as long as there was progress, the target would eventually be found.

“Hmm?”

Just as Kou Fen was about to continue the pursuit, his expression shifted, and he turned his head to look aside.

A figure flew toward him at extreme speed, slowing down only when it was dozens of miles from Kou Fen, and its shape gradually became clear; it was Ao An, the Imperial Sovereign of the Ice Race.

“Why have you come?” Kou Fen asked.

“Some members of my clan’s Rule Integration Realm have perished, and it is not a normal occurrence; I am searching for the cause,” Ao An replied with a furrowed brow.

Kou Fen’s eyebrows twitched slightly; he hadn’t expected the Ice Race to have lost many members of their Rule Integration Realm as well. It seemed that the enemy had spared neither the Evil Clans nor the Ice Race.

Were they targeting both the Evil Clans and the Ice Race, or were they slaughtering the Human Clan too?

“Quite a few from my clan’s Rule Integration Realm have also died. I’ve already ordered them to go back. You should let members of the Ice Race leave as well,” Kou Fen said gravely.

Hearing Kou Fen’s words, Ao An was taken aback. Kou Fen’s initiative to have the Evil Clans leave must mean his losses were significant for him to abandon the plan to ambush the Human Clan.

“Alright, I’ll also instruct the members of my clan’s Rule Integration Realm to leave first.”

Ao An nodded, took out the soul token from his mystical treasures, and was about to imprint it when suddenly two of the soul tokens shattered.

One from a mid-stage Rule Integration Realm member and the other from a late-stage Rule Integration Realm member.

Upon seeing this, Ao An’s expression became incredibly gloomy.

Six thousand miles away, Chen Fei looked at two portions of spiritual essence in his hand, crushing the one from the mid-stage Rule Integration Realm.

Rich epiphanies enveloped the surroundings, and a massive tide of insights surged in Chen Fei’s sea of consciousness, his mental defense completely immersed in it.

A few moments later, as the epiphanies dissipated, the seventy-second fragment of rules condensed within Chen Fei’s soul.

A flash of black light flickered in the depths of Chen Fei’s eyes. The Desolate Universe God Slaying Technique roared into action as the seventy-two fragments of rules within his soul began to tremble violently.

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