After Bi Qing’s departure, Chen Feng stayed in outer space for a while before using his magic treasure to return to Eternal World.

Along the way, he encountered some fleeing warships; they were in groups of twos and threes. There were also some fleeing cultivators. Due to that, Chen Feng grew confident, knowing that Eternal World had been saved.

Naturally, he also chose to attack them. He was fully capable of dealing with the lone True Immortal. Thus, by the time he returned to Eternal World, he had managed to gain a lot. He was especially shocked to see the treasures stashed inside the enemy warships.

“War represents plunder and wealth. These cultivation materials are 10,000 times greater than what our East Dragon Island Alliance has. More, these are just the cultivation materials kept within a few warships.” Seeing the cultivation materials, Chen Feng’s eyes turned inflamed. However, he was not strong enough to go after the others.

“We’ll consider these items as compensation for the losses of our East Dragon Island Alliance, then.”

When Chen Feng arrived at Eternal World, his heart roiled. His eyes gazed far into the distance, sweeping across tens of millions of li. Everywhere he looked, he saw only destruction and ruins. No, it cannot even be called ruins. It was more accurate to call it barren. In the face of absolute power, everything was destroyed, leaving utter devastation upon the place.

“A calamity and devastation. At least this world is saved. However, who knows how long it will take for it to recover? Naturally, its rate of recovery will be faster if it can absorb some spiritual energy from the Immortal Plane.” Chen Feng landed on a place that used to be East Dragon Island’s territory. Compared to the continent, the endless ocean appeared to be in a slightly better state. Even so, some time will be needed for the aura of death lingering in the ocean to dissipate away.

Weng!

As Chen Feng was looking around in a dazed state, a stream of thick, yellow-coloured energy suddenly emerged from the ground to quickly enter his body. Chen Feng’s body quivered. Next, he felt his essence, energy and soul power rising steadily. It was a rate of progress surpassing any of his previous rates of cultivation.

“This is the essence power of Eternal World. It also contains the will of the world. Is this my reward?” Chen Feng said with a smile.

That said, Chen Feng noticed that the lands were quaking and yellow-coloured streams of energy were continuously spraying out. Clearly, he was not the only one receiving this reward. Anyone who had contributed during this period of calamity would receive this reward of essence power.

Even the cultivators who were inside the Bedazzling Star Map were included. Shocked, those who received the essence power swiftly began cultivating themselves.

“I can already undergo my tribulation.” After his strength rose to a certain point, Chen Feng began suppressing it. Not doing so would bring his Heavenly Tribulation down upon him. Though, thanks to the recent calamity in Eternal World, the Heavenly dao there was in a state of turmoil, leading to the existence of loopholes. And so, Chen Feng was able to easily suppress his strength and evade the Heavenly dao’s detection.

“Eh, my strength is still improving!”

Chen Feng then grew shocked. He felt a faint connection between himself and Eternal World. With a thought and just one breath, he was able to synchronize himself with Eternal World. Thanks to that, Chen Feng’s cultivation base rose by leaps and bounds yet again.

I cannot suppress it anymore. I really have to go undergo my tribulation now.

 A wry smile appeared on Chen Feng’s face. It had only been a short time since his last tribulation, but his rate of improvement was simply too high. He had a hunch that his Heavenly Tribulation was already slowly brewing somewhere deep in space.

Chen Feng wanted to bring out the others from the Bedazzling Star Map before heading out to undergo his tribulation. But before he could do that, he sensed several auras locking down on his position.

Streaking through the sky like streams of light, several Ascendant Immortals then appeared before Chen Feng.

“You are the Island Lord of East Dragon Island, Chen Feng?” one of them shouted, his face revealing iciness while his eyes contained a look of ridicule.

“Yes. And you fellows are?” Chen Feng already knew their background.

“So, it’s just a minor Earthen Immortal. Come with us,” the cultivator said as he reached out with one hand to grab Chen Feng. This move from him caused a palm silhouette to envelop the surrounding space, making any movements impossible.

Chen Feng, though, merely chuckled. He did not evade. Instead, he simply allowed the other party to grab his shoulder.

The Ascendant Immortal was surprised to see that he could so easily capture Chen Feng, but he simply grinned. He did not dwell too much about it. At any rate, he was an Ascendant Immortal taking action against an Earthen Immortal. Easily taking down Chen Feng was only natural. Only, this Island Lord of East Dragon Island appeared somewhat different from the rumours.

Next, his face immediately sank, and sharply at that. An incomparably ferocious suction force had emerged from Chen Feng’s body, charging into his own body to furiously plunder him. It felt as though there was a ravenous wolf devouring his flesh.

The Ascendant Immortal only had enough time to release one wretched cry before most of his blood disappeared. Following that, his whole figure fell limply to the ground.

“Are cultivators from Heavenly Firmaments Palace only capable of putting on airs in lower-levelled worlds?” Chen Feng said.

“You’re courting death!”

“Attack!”

When they saw what happened, the Ascendant Immortals behind the cultivator shouted and they rushed forward to surround Chen Feng. They attacked simultaneously. Instantly, several attacks fell upon Chen Feng’s body.

However, when the attacks – capable of punching open the sky and cracking apart the lands – fell upon Chen Feng, they became like a cow figurine thrown into the ocean, disappearing in the blink of an eye. Immediately, the Ascendant Immortals realized that the situation did not look good for them. Thus, they wanted to retreat only to find that their bodies had been restrained, incapable of moving anymore.

Five Ascendant Immortals had attacked Chen Feng. Likewise, five black vortexes appeared from Chen Feng’s body. With one gulp, all five Ascendant Immortals withered before falling to the ground.

While Chen Feng did not kill them, he did drain almost all of the essence, energy and soul power within them. It would not be an exaggeration to say that he had damaged their foundation. Even with immortal pills, there was no telling when they would be able to recover.

The incident promptly alarmed the cultivators elsewhere. In the immortal soldiers’ opinion, a minor native cultivator launching a sneak attack on their companions was an unforgivable thing.

Due to that, tens of Ascendant Immortals charged forward.

Given Chen Feng’s present level of strength, the average Ascendant Immortal was not even worth looking at; not even those from the Immortal Plane. Only, this was not a good time to be getting into a fight with them. Additionally, there were simply too many immortal soldiers. They were so powerful that they could even repel the invaders from the Heavenscrown Immortal Region. By taking on the immortal soldiers here, Chen Feng would end up facing a slew of troubles.

Even so, due to the unreasonable siege from the other party, killing intent began glinting within Chen Feng’s eyes. With a wave of his hand, he sent sword light flashing out. Wave after wave of sword energy rippled out and tens of Ascendant Immortals were sent flying. Half of them were killed in the process.

Chi!

Just as Chen Feng was about to continue attacking, a tangible beam of light arrived before him. The aura of devastation contained within the beam caused Chen Feng’s heart to tremble.

Energy cannon!

 With a thought from Chen Feng, a mote of starlight appeared before him to block the beam of light. 

Boom!

It was as though a star had blown up right before Chen Feng, who then disappeared from sight.

“Humph! A minor aborigine dares to attack immortal soldiers? Getting blown to bits, such is your end!” A high-level Ascendant Immortal strode forward, a spherical magic treasure floating beside him. It was none other than the energy cannon.  

“No. The other party is unscathed. He has already reached outer space now,” a True Immortal suddenly said.

Hearing that, the Ascendant Immortal’s face turned extremely ugly to behold and he wanted to go pursue Chen Feng.

“You fellows, stand down. This is not someone that you fellows can handle,” the armour-clad True Immortal said, his figure flashing to re-appear up in outer space. After looking around for a moment, he then flew in a certain direction.

After he disappeared, several more True Immortals appeared. All of them were from the Immortal Plane and they all followed suit, disappearing into the starry space.

“Humph! That earlier is the aura of a pseudo-Divine artifact. A magic treasure at that level is a good thing even in the Immortal Plane. It is a must-have. No wonder Liu Jiashi would quickly go after it.” 

“A pseudo-Divine artifact. No one can take it for themselves.”

“By the way, what background does Chen Feng have? How could he possess a pseudo-Divine artifact? Does he have a backer?”

“Even if he has a backer, we must not let him escape.”

“Let me check it out.”

Several strands of divine sense began sweeping across the surface of Eternal World. Wherever it went, the seas of wisdom of the Ascendant Immortals there would be searched through. They were practically incapable of stopping it. This was the might of a True Immortal.

“Chen Feng, from the Longevity Clan.”

“The owner of the Longevity Tower!”

“What? To think that he would have this background! But how is that possible? Isn’t the Longevity Tower already destroyed?”

“That’s probably not the real one.”

“Even so, something isn’t right. Those who possess Longevity Towers are all formidable characters, but this Chen Feng is not even an Ascendant Immortal.”

“We’ll figure it out once we capture him.”

“Huh! I will not be participating in this, then. If we piss off the Celestial Longevity Plane, all of us will die. Not even Heavenly Immortals will be exempted.”

“Yes. Although the Celestial Longevity Plane is no longer as powerful as it used to be, it is still not something that minor characters like us can afford to provoke.”

Despite that, some True Immortals continued to chase after Chen Feng. The allure of a pseudo-Divine artifact and the Longevity Tower was enough to make them go crazy.

There are people coming after me. Do they have a death wish?

 Chen Feng quickly noticed that someone was on his tail.

Eh, so many of them? Looks like the Bedazzling Star Map’s aura was leaked earlier. This is bad.

For Chen Feng, it was most imperative for him to find a place to undergo his tribulation. Unexpectedly, some cultivators would choose to pursue him. Additionally, the distance between him and his pursuers was continuously shrinking. Due to that, Chen Feng ended up swearing.

“There aren’t that many of them. Let’s just kill them all off.” The Dark Kirin had already almost fully recovered from his wounds.

“That’s right. We managed to kill some True Immortals back then. Killing a few more won’t be an issue. Besides, these Immortal Court guys are an eyesore.” Huo Yunlong egged on as well.

“You’re not wrong. If there are less than 10 of them, we can indeed fight them. But there are already more than 30 True Immortals coming after us. Additionally, they also have the energy cannons, which possess astonishing destructive powers, and some other methods from the Immortal Plane. Heh! Presently, Bi Qing is not here. Given our strength alone, we will not be able to fight them,” Chen Feng said coolly.

“In other words, we’re going to just keep on running?”

“Yes. Only, we can try to counter attack whenever appropriate.” Chen Feng chuckled. Then, the Bedazzling Star Map that was flying through space abruptly stopped and the cluster of stars rapidly expanded to suck the frontmost enemy True Immortal into it. It was none other than Liu Jiashi, the first True Immortal to pursue them.

Sou!

After sucking the True Immortal in, the Bedazzling Star Map promptly flashed as it began flying forward again. As for Huo Yunlong and the Dark Kirin, they spaced out for a moment before swiftly charging forward to attack the True Immortal. Even Patriarch Heavenly Sword and the other Ascendant Immortals joined in the fight, borrowing the power of the formation of stars to unleash sneak attacks.

1 li = 0.5 km