Ten days. For cultivators with formidable strength, a single closed-door session might not even be enough.
But for those below the Dou Wang level, ten days was truly not a short period.
Especially after learning that a grand migration of the entire tribe would occur in ten days, time felt even more drawn out amidst such anticipation.
And Chen Xiao, during these ten days, did only one thing.
That was to request a batch of ancient texts that were useless to the White Tribe from the High Priest. These texts held no value for the White Tribe, who were about to flee, but in Chen Xiao's eyes, they could be used to complete the follow-up to his pre-emptive cultivation technique.
Thus, Chen Xiao flipped through the ancient texts, and time quietly slipped through his fingers.
One day, two young Saintesses found Chen Xiao.
"Mister, the High Priest wants you to come over."
Qing Huan performed a proper bow before speaking.
Xing Yao beside her was much more casual.
Ever since breaking through that day, the two girls had changed their form of address when they saw Chen Xiao again, seemingly at the High Priest's instruction.
Chen Xiao nodded gently, put away the ancient text in his hand, glanced at the sky, and sighed inwardly.
Time had come!
"Let's go. From now on, you two stay close to me, don't get separated."
"Don't worry, Mister. The High Priest has already told us," Qing Huan replied obediently.
Without further ado, Chen Xiao stood up and strode towards the stone monument.
The High Priest and the others' temporary residence was located there.
When Chen Xiao and the two girls arrived, they happened to hear the High Priest inquiring with the City Lord of Tinglan City.
"Do all the tribesmen know about the boundary-breaking?"
"They've all been informed. Some tribesmen are full of anticipation, but more are filled with confusion and worry."
"That's understandable. They'll get used to it slowly."
After replying to the City Lord, the High Priest looked up and saw Chen Xiao and the two girls approaching.
"Young friend, I'll be entrusting Qing Huan and Xing Yao to you."
"It's no trouble. I like them very much too," Chen Xiao replied with a smile, shaking his head.
"That's good. The ten-day period has arrived, so let's begin directly!"
The High Priest took a deep breath and stood up. With a wave of his sleeve, the surrounding Dou Wangs and Dou Huangs immediately took flight and scattered in all directions.
Following that, the mournful sound of a horn suddenly reverberated through the heavens and earth.
In an instant, dense crowds surged out from the temporary residences, somewhat disorderly converging into formations.
Chen Xiao, with the two girls, ascended into the air together with the High Priest.
Looking down from above, one could see that each formation had anywhere from tens of thousands to over a hundred thousand people, with a Dou Wang or Dou Huang leading them in the sky above.
In the higher void, Saintess Qiwu also watched this scene with a complex expression.
She rejoiced for her tribe's escape from their cage, but also worried about the challenges her tribe would face next.
"All listen to my command!"
"Once the great array operates to break the boundary, Venerable Chen Xiao will clear the path for you. Do not panic, do not cause chaos. Follow your leaders and leave the Dream Realm, leave this False Heaven in an orderly manner."
"Once outside, you must remember to obey the commands of your respective leaders. The consequences of acting recklessly are something I don't need to emphasize; you will quickly understand them once you are out."
"Yes!"
The sea of people responded with a thunderous roar, their voices shaking the heavens.
The High Priest smiled with satisfaction, cast a final glance at the crowd below, and then looked up at the sky.
Noticing his action, everyone else did the same. No one dared to speak, waiting for the miracle to appear.
Rumbling!
Suddenly, overwhelming waves of sound erupted simultaneously across various parts of the Dream Realm. The sounds converged, causing countless people to experience temporary deafness.
Following that, the ground began to shake violently, and bottomless cracks appeared between the cities, causing towering city walls to topple and magnificent buildings to collapse. Cities turned into ruins in an instant, resembling a scene of doomsday.
Only Tinglan City, intentionally spared by the White Dragon Honored One, was least affected. Although it continued to tremble, it did not reduce to ruins.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Abruptly, wide array meridians appeared on the surface of the Dream Realm. They intertwined and connected, emitting countless brilliant golden light pillars from various convergence points, shooting straight into the sky.
Looking at this scene, Chen Xiao, standing high in the sky, couldn't help but show a look of shock.
He had a feeling that the energy of each light pillar could easily tear apart a high-level Dou Zun!
Under his gaze, an astonishing number of light pillars, after climbing to several thousand meters, began to gradually shift their trajectory, all converging towards a single point.
"Yin Yang Harmony Heaven Great Array, empower me, break!"
In the depths of the void, a majestic voice echoed through the heavens and earth, resonating in everyone's ears.
Following closely, under the gaze of everyone, a pair of thousand-zhang giant hands radiating golden light suddenly reached down from the impossibly distant high heavens, landing at the edge of the horizon before the crowd.
RIIIP!
As if tearing a piece of ragged cloth, a spatial rift dozens of zhang wide was immediately ripped open.
Looking out from this spatial rift, one could clearly see the hazy sky of the outside world and the ice sea below.
Chen Xiao could also sense two familiar auras rapidly approaching.
In just a moment, Little Fairy Doctor and Qing Lin, their faces lit up with joyful smiles, came into view.
Without any hesitation, the two women flew through the spatial rift.
"Little friend, the rest will be up to you."
The High Priest looked over and bowed his head in greeting.
Chen Xiao nodded slightly, taking Qing Huan's hand in one and Xing Yao's in the other, and headed towards the spatial rift first, to meet the approaching Little Fairy Doctor and Qing Lin.
"Xiao!"
"Young Master!"
"We'll talk later, let's get out first."
Little Fairy Doctor and Qing Lin both nodded in unison and turned back.
On the way back, Qing Lin kept curiously observing the two girls following beside her.
Qing Lin had already heard Little Fairy Doctor mention their names, and now seeing them, they were indeed very delicate and cute.
Exiting through the spatial rift and standing in the air above the ice sea, Chen Xiao took a deep breath.
They were back, everyone was back!
Glancing back into the small world, Chen Xiao felt countless gazes fixed upon this place.
Some were eager, some hopeful, and some hesitant.
Without overthinking, Chen Xiao turned and handed the two girls over to Little Fairy Doctor and Qing Lin for the time being. They had just begun their cultivation and couldn't fly yet.
Immediately, Chen Xiao turned his gaze to the ice sea below.
For those above Dou Wang, flying across this ice sea was not difficult, but for those below Dou Wang...
Unless they possessed flying Dou Skills, even a 'strong' Dou Ling would struggle to cross it.
One had to remember that it had taken him and Little Fairy Doctor a long time to get here, following the Purple Spirit Cold Qi.
To have all the White Tribe people cross the sea...
His thoughts raced, and soon, Chen Xiao had a plan.
Under everyone's watchful eyes, Chen Xiao extended his right hand flat.
At this moment, everyone could see a cluster of cold white flames erupting from his palm.
It was none other than the Bone Spirit Cold Flame!
Controlling it into an extremely cold state, Chen Xiao waved his hand.
Instantly, the Bone Spirit Cold Flame grew explosively in the wind, transforming into a sea of fire that descended below.
The moment the flames touched the seawater, the surging water was immediately frozen, turning into a clear and wide path that everyone could walk on!
With a thought from Chen Xiao, the Bone Spirit Cold Flame rapidly spread to the horizon.
At this moment, the ice sea seemed to have vanished!
"Dou Zun!"
Only now did Little Fairy Doctor and Qing Lin realize, with a delayed reaction, that Chen Xiao's strength had quietly advanced to the Dou Zun realm.
It wasn't that they were slow to react, but rather that their focus, upon seeing Chen Xiao, wasn't on this aspect at all.
After a long while, sensing that the frozen sea surface had connected with the Fallen God Ice Plain, Chen Xiao finally retracted the Bone Spirit Cold Flame.
"Thanks to this Heavenly Flame, I was fortunate enough to break through."
This wasn't a joke, nor was it false modesty.
This time, it was truly fortunate.
Everything was thanks to the instincts of the Bone Spirit Cold Flame.
Hearing this, Little Fairy Doctor and Qing Lin both smiled.
Whether it was luck or a desperate struggle, regardless, Chen Xiao's strength had greatly increased, and they were happy to see it.
After responding to the two women, Chen Xiao circulated his Dou Qi and descended in a spiral.
Before long, a winding staircase, several zhang wide and purely constructed of profound ice, was formed.
One end of the stairs touched the ice layer below, and the other reached the spatial rift. There were also ice railings nearly a meter high on both sides, ensuring that one wouldn't slide off even if they fell.
Having completed this, Chen Xiao turned to look into the spatial rift, met the High Priest's gaze, and nodded slightly in acknowledgment.
The High Priest clasped his fists in another salute before beginning to issue his orders.
The White Tribe's great migration begins now.
One could see the dense crowds surging towards the spatial rift, moving in an orderly fashion under the command of the Dou Wangs and Dou Huangs, pushing without chaos.
Before long, the first batch of White Tribe members stepped out of the False Heaven and onto the true Dou Qi Continent.
They were filled with curiosity about this unfamiliar world, everything so fresh and new. They looked around in all directions.
"Thank you, Honored One, for paving the way!"
The leader of the first batch was a five-star Dou Huang. After emerging from the False Heaven, he first bowed respectfully to Chen Xiao.
Chen Xiao nodded slightly and waved his hand, signaling.
The other party immediately understood.
"Advance along the ice, everyone move faster, don't block the tribesmen behind you!"
Batch after batch, the spatial rift, dozens of feet wide, was actually not small. However, in the face of the massive population, it was still insufficient, appearing quite congested.
"Thank you, Honored One!"
"Thank you, Honored One, for paving the way!"
Without exception, every leader who emerged expressed their gratitude to Chen Xiao.
Once, and again.
"If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, it would be hard to believe that an ancient race would decline to such an extent under the erosion of time," Qing Lin murmured, looking at the leaders. The strongest was only at the Peak Dou Huang level, and most were Dou Wangs. In total, there were only a few hundred Dou Wangs and Dou Huangs.
She had followed Xun Er and stayed in the Ancient Realm for several years, knowing the terrifying power of ancient races. The contrast was stark.
"Actually, the White Tribe is already considered quite fortunate. In their time of crisis, they encountered an Array Heaven Sacred Hand, allowing them to live in seclusion. After problems arose in the small world, a White Dragon Honored One, who is hard to judge, appeared," Chen Xiao chimed in with a sigh.
Ancient races were too reliant on their Dou Di bloodlines. This inevitably led to their decline as their Dou Di bloodlines weakened. Unless a second Dou Di was born! For such a clan, quietly exiting the stage of history was already a good ending. Otherwise, if they encountered ambitious and ruthless figures, the fate of the Xiao Clan, Stone Clan, and Spirit Clan would be theirs.
"If the White Dragon Honored One hadn't used the soul-splitting secret technique, he likely would have become a Saint," Little Fairy Doctor added. She had also stayed in the False Heaven for a period and knew many inside stories.
"Perhaps."
It took a full day and night for the ten million members of the White Tribe to emerge from the False Heaven. Looking back into the small world, only two figures remained within. One was the High Priest, and the other was Saintess Qiwu.
Saintess Qiwu had long since perished, leaving behind only a remnant soul. She had been able to persist until now solely through the replenishment of her soul origin. Now that the Dream Realm was in ruins and the power accumulated by the Yin Yang Harmony Heaven Great Array was depleted, her remnant soul would find it difficult to survive. It wouldn't be long before she completely dissipated.
Within the High Priest's body was half of the White Dragon Honored One's soul. The other half of the White Dragon Honored One's soul had merged with the great array, destined to be unable to leave. When the great array perished, he would also fall. However, the remaining half could fully live on as the High Priest.
But as he met the gazes of Chen Xiao and his companions, the High Priest smiled and shook his head.
"For over ten thousand years, I have nurtured saint after saint, and maiden after maiden. Some viewed me as a teacher, others as a father, yet I could only watch them fight with all their might and die with regret."
"The demon beast disaster ten thousand years ago, and the puppet disasters that occasionally appeared in the stone tablet space, caused countless tribesmen to die."
"Although the breakthrough this time was successful, the losses for the White Tribe will be in the millions!"
"All these things, piled upon me, I am already a heinous criminal beyond redemption. For the time to come, this place will be my place of exile. I want to properly observe this broken world."
"You all go ahead, don't come back. This place is not home."
Meeting the eyes of the two girls from afar, the High Priest smiled and waved his hand. Saintess Qiwu also smiled and waved goodbye, "Little ones, farewell."
As their voices faded, the spatial rift, which had been maintained for a day and a night, suddenly closed, as if it had never existed.
Watching the disappearing space, the two girls were speechless for a long time, neither knowing what kind of mental storm was raging within their young minds. But to Chen Xiao and the other two, the High Priest's unwillingness to leave was understandable.
Looking at his smile, it was more relaxed than ever before. To allow the White Tribe to emerge, the High Priest had toiled for tens of thousands of years, exhausting all his energy. Now that his wish was fulfilled and all matters were settled, he no longer had to live for anyone or worry about anything.
Staying in that small world, while not as exciting as the outside, was also free and unrestrained, allowing for a good rest.
Perhaps, in ten or several decades, the High Priest would regret the decision made at this moment and feel lonely.
But in the short term, she would absolutely enjoy her freedom!
Shaking her head slightly, Chen Xiao couldn't be bothered to think about anything else.
Chen Xiao then turned his gaze to the two young Saintesses.
"For the time being, you two will follow me and experience the true Dou Qi Continent. If you have any questions, feel free to ask. Xian'er and Qing Lin will help you adapt quickly."
The two girls nodded in unison.
"We'll listen to you, sir!"
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