Beastmaster of the Ages

”If Myriadpath Valley represents life, then the Yin-Yang World is the land of death. The Yin-Yang World has always been the most terrifying secret realm in the astralscape,” Eminent Jiguang said.

It’s actually another fallen seventh-level nova source world? Tianming hadn’t expected the Yin-Yang World to be of such a high level. He couldn’t quite understand, so he asked, ”Auntie, if the place is so dangerous, why do you want to go there?”

Eminent Jiguang shook her head with a smile and said, ”It isn’t just me. Every time the Yin-Yang World enters a calm season, all those above the level of a reverend will go try their luck. You’ll see a grand event where only a fifth of the 50,000 reverends and several thousand eminents of Myriadpath Valley remain. The rest will have gone to the Yin-Yang World. Even those who don’t go at first will still find a time to try their luck there.”

”Calm season? Trying their luck?” Tianming grew more curious.

Seeing his confusion, Eminent Jiguang started from the beginning. ”Myriadpath Valley has midsky essence, and the Yin-Yang World has its own yin-yang essence. The yin-yang essence has already gone out of control and forms destructive storms that sweep everywhere. Due to the collapse of the world, the space in the Yin-Yang World is distorted, making it impossible to move in a straight line from one place to another. There’s cracks everywhere and the yin-yang essence storms are deadly even to ordinary reverends. As you are now, you’d be trapped in the Yin-Yang World with no way out. Even if you don’t immediately die, you’ll eventually perish. A collapsed world isn’t a place for cultivators.”

”But you can enter during the calm season?” Tianming asked.

”Yes! Most of the time, the Yin-Yang World is covered in constant storms, but it occasionally enters a calm season. The yin-yang essence storms weaken, allowing ordinary reverends to barely withstand them. They can move around and explore.... Of course, the Yin-Yang World is still terrifying, and typically, ordinary fourth-level foundationeer saints who enter it might still be torn apart. So we set up a formation at the entrance to the Yin-Yang World that requires the power of a reverend to pass,” Eminent Jiguang explained.

”During the calm season, those below the level of reverend will die if they enter? That place is indeed terrifying!” Tianming was amazed; he had never seen such a place before. All the nova source worlds he’d encountered had been relatively stable. Even Myriadpath Valley, despite having fallen, was stable enough.

He thought for a moment and continued, ”Could it start as a calm season but suddenly turn into a stormy season? If that happens, wouldn’t the tens of thousands of reverends all die in there?”

Eminent Jiguang sweetly smiled. ”You really have a vivid imagination,” she sighed.

”Your guess was considered long ago by our ancestors, so we’ve recorded the patterns of every stormy season transitioning into a calm season. By now, we’ve basically figured out the Yin-Yang World. It’s a slow transition both ways, with many signs. It won’t suddenly change that much. So the situation you mentioned has rarely occurred in history. Though, occasionally, a few people have died because they stayed too long out of greed.”

”Stayed too long out of greed? What exactly is in the Yin-Yang World?” Tianming asked. If it weren’t for something valuable, it wouldn’t attract so many reverends and eminents.

Eminent Jiguang pursed her lips and said, ”Since it’s a fallen fortuna-class world, to be honest, it has everything that Myriadpath Valley has... except for people. Someone once obtained a top-tier cosmic artifact there, and even Suishen Yue’s Kunlun Watcher was found there. Others have obtained manna, celestial tomes, and even fortuna- or maniverse-class cultivation techniques and battle arts. In fact, some have even claimed to have seen something similar to the myriadpath idols!’”

”Is that even possible? Are there treasures just lying around to be picked up?” Tianming asked.

”Pretty much! Unlike Myriadpath Valley, where all resources are distributed according to rules and mainly controlled by the Three Exalted Houses, the Yin-Yang World is a place of chaos. What you can obtain depends on your ability and luck. Even ordinary reverends can find great treasures and elevate their status. That’s why reverends and eminents will flock there to try their luck. The Myriadpath Celestial Formation also affords us instant travel,” explained Eminent Jiguang.

”Auntie, you said the Yin-Yang World has everything that Myriadpath Valley has. So... does it also have a Myriadpath Sourcespring?” Tianming was particularly curious about that. The Myriadpath Sourcespring could be considered the number one treasure of Myriadpath Valley and held many secrets!

”Yes! The Yin-Yang World has a Yin-Yang Baleflame, which is the most coveted resource there. It is a mass of black and white flames mixed into the yin-yang essence storms that lucky individuals might encounter. Like springwater, it can enhance the cultivator’s blood, flesh, and comprehension abilities!”

Eminent Jiguang smiled as she looked at Tianming and continued, ”You can easily obtain springwater, so you don’t know how intense the competition is among the reverends and eminents. Springwater’s an extremely rare item with strict distribution rules. Only the Three Exalted Houses can be exceptions to the rules, but even those exceptions are within the rules agreed upon by the Three Exalted Houses themselves. For reverends and eminents who aren’t part of the Three Exalted Houses, their desire for springwater is extremely intense. Thus the Yin-Yang Baleflame, which can be obtained by luck and skill, is extremely important to them.”

Tianming understood. The Yin-Yang Baleflame was what drove the reverends and eminents to madness. Those who weren’t part of the Three Exalted Houses had few opportunities to obtain Myriadpath Sourcespring and the Yin-Yang Baleflame had become their hope for changing their fates. Even the reverends and eminents of the Three Exalted Houses, bound by the strict distribution rules of Myriadpath Valley, would go there to try their luck!