Outside of Time [Webnovel] - Chapter 1568: Stars Appear in the Blood Sky

The cost of crossing the river is in such a manner…

So expensive, it doesn’t hold much meaning if it is merely for crossing.

Most likely, there’s something else hidden within this.

Xu Qing continued to check the information recorded in the map jade slip. Soon, he confirmed his judgment.

This God Blood River doesn’t just exist between the South and the West; it also appears at the junctions of the other two starfields.”

Moreover, the crossing of the river is completely safe!

Xu Qing’s gaze froze.

As long as one steps onto the ferryman’s boat, during the six-day journey, the ferryman will be responsible for the passenger’s safety, and no external interference will be allowed.”

The strength of the ferrymen is unfathomable. After all, they are all criminals from the Immortal Capital and were punished to work here.”

Xu Qing fell silent as he thought of a possibility.

According to what I know about the hunting trials of the Immortal Capital, everyone who obtained a qualifying token is like insects raised in a jar, slaughtering and robbing each other. So, this so-called ferrying…”

It will give every possessor of the token two times of protection and respite!”

No matter what kind of danger they face, as long as they step into the ferryman’s boat at a critical moment, they will have six days of rest.”

If the enemy is given six days to recuperate and prepare, the final outcome of the battle between experts will become unknown.

A sharp glint flashed in Xu Qing’s eyes.

From this perspective, this opportunity to cross the river was extremely valuable.

The main point is when to use it. Moreover, if I can realize this, most of the other cultivators in the Fifth Star Ring probably realize it as well.”

This hunting trial of the Immortal Capital is interesting.

Xu Qing pondered for a while and analyzed and digested these contents one by one. After confirming that there were no more doubts, he walked through the bustling city and began to check the information on the heaven’s chosens from all over the world recorded in the jade slip.

There were many heaven’s chosens recorded in it.

About a hundred of them from each of the four starfields were listed.

Some came from sects and clans, while some were rogue or lone cultivators…

Every one of them had extraordinary strength. Moreover, those who could be recorded on the map by the Immortal Treasure Hall were naturally famous people.

Therefore, in Xu Qing’s view, the information about the heaven’s chosens of the Fifth Star Ring contained in this map could, to some extent, be seen as a ranking list.

Among them, eight were highlighted in the map.

Among the hundreds of heaven’s chosens in the entire Fifth Star Ring, they were the brightest stars and were looked up to by countless people.

The first thing Xu Qing paid attention to was the Southern Starfield he was in.

Among the eight stars, two existed in the Southern Starfield.

The first was from the orthodox Great Immortal Mountain. He was the disciple of a Quasi-Immortal Great Emperor named Lan Yun.

It was said that this Quasi-Immortal Lan Yun had extremely high seniority. He was the junior brother of the Sky Patroller of the Great Immortal Mountain.

It was said that back then, he could have broken through to the Lower Immortal Realm very early but due to some accidents, it was delayed. Now, he was only half a step away from breaking through.

The disciple of such a person was naturally extraordinary.

His disciple’s name was Jiang Fan. He had cultivated for less than five hundred years and was already at the early-stage Ruler Realm. Moreover, he had grasped seven authorities and had once killed a peak Ruler Realm expert at the price of serious injuries.

That battle happened thirty years ago and shocked the entire Southern

Starfield. Even the heaven’s chosens from the other starfields heard about this through their respective information sources.

It was also because of this that Jiang Fan’s reputation as the number one heaven’s chosen of this generation of the Southern Starfield was established.

Apart from this person, another one of the eight great stars from the Southern Starfield did not come from a sect but was a cultivator from the Yuanshan Clan, which ranked among the top three clans in the Southern Starfield.

This person’s name was Yuanshan Su. She was a female cultivator. Because she liked to wear blue clothes, she was known as Fairy Qingsu©.

Her cultivation was mid-stage Ruler Realm which was slightly higher than Jiang Fan’s, but she didn’t grasp as many authorities as Jiang Fan and only had four.

Even so, she had experience fighting against a peak Ruler. Although she failed, she still successfully escaped.

Looking at the information about the heaven’s chosens in the south, a sharp glint appeared in Xu Qing’s eyes.

An early-stage and a middle-stage…

The former has seven authorities and has killed a peak Ruler; the latter has four authorities and has survived a fight with a peak Ruler.”

They can indeed be considered peerless.

As he pondered, Xu Qing continued to check the information of the great stars of the other three starfields.

The two great stars in the Northern Starfield are both from the orthodox Sword Immortal Sect!”

These two are twin brothers, and it’s said that their birth was accompanied by heavenly phenomena related to sword,and possess an innate sword body. They were personally taken as disciples by the current Sword Immortal Sect’s Sky Patroller!”

They were given the names Qianjun and Piyi.

Since they began cultivating, they have dominated their generation, gaining endless fame and becoming prominent figures in the Northern Starfield.”

Currently, they both are at the initial stage of the Ruler realm, with each possessing four authorities. Individually, they can contend with a late-stage Ruler, and together, they can challenge a Quasi-Immortal Great Emperor!”

Because of their astounding battle results, they are listed as two of the eight stars of this generation of the Fifth Star Ring.”

When Xu Qing saw these, he couldn’t help but feel a sense of yearning. After that, he looked at the introduction of the great stars of the East.

The heaven’s chosens of the east caused Xu Qing’s eyes to narrow.

The Eastern Starfield was ranked at the top of the four major starfields of the Fifth Star Ring.

It wasn’t just because three of the eight great stars were in the East but also because the number of heaven’s chosens in the East far surpassed the other three regions.

Among the three stars in the East, one was a rogue cultivator, one came from a clan, and the other came from the orthodox Star Ring Tower.

Among them, that rogue cultivator heaven’s chosen known as Xie Lingzi rose to prominence through life-and-death battles. Using a devouring technique, he slaughtered countless beings and practiced the demonic Dao.

When he was still a young cultivator, he joined a sect but later betrayed it. For over sixty years, he was relentlessly hunted but vanished without a trace.

Several years later, he reappeared, joined another sect, and once again betrayed it, leading to another pursuit with the same outcome: failure to capture him.

In the following years, similar things happened a total of seven times.

He had become a disciple seven times and betrayed the sect seven times, and eventually, under endless pursuits, he rose against the odds. At the moment he achieved the rank of a Ruler, he slaughtered everyone in the sects he had once joined.

He had accomplished his Dao of Slaughter amidst mountains of corpses and seas of blood.

After that, he fought against another star, who came from a clan in the East, and was evenly matched.

Hence, he was listed among the great stars.

As for that heaven’s chosen from the clan, he was also extraordinary. He was at the mid-stage Ruler Realm and had five authorities. He had a battle record of defeating a late-stage Ruler Realm cultivator.

His name was Zhou Zhengli©, and his clan was the number one clan in the East. His reputation matched his name; he was known for his chivalry, benevolence, and was revered by countless cultivators in the East.

It could be said that he and Xie Lingzi belonged to the two extremes, so they both wanted to kill each other.

As for the third person, the star from the Star Ring Tower was the number one heaven’s chosen in the entire Eastern Starfield.

This person was given the title of Star Ring. He was the Star Ring Son of this generation. His cultivation had reached the late-stage Ruler Realm and he possessed nine great authorities. His strength was unfathomable, and he rarely made a move.

There was only one public battle where he challenged a Quasi-Immortal Great Emperor.

He won the battle.

His name spread throughout the world.

Any one of these seven stars could be said to be peerless.

As for the last one, he was from the Western Starfield.

The Western Starfield was the weakest of the four starfields. Not only was there only one star, but the orthodox Dao Immortal Sect in the Western Region was also in dire straits.

On one hand, it was because the Sky Patroller of the West had a transcendent mindset and was not particularly concerned with the development of the sect, resulting in a small number of disciples within the sect, with most of the sect members showing indifference towards this issue.

On the other hand, the clan forces in the Western Starfield were more numerous than in the other three starfields. Upon noticing the Dao Immortal Sect’s attitude, they chose to compete and encroach upon each other, expanding and growing stronger.

Even the star of the west came from a clan. However, because of his own efforts and the foundation of his clan, he finally entered the Dao Immortal Sect and became the disciple of the Dao Immortal Sect’s Sky Patroller.

This person was called Li Mengtu.

His clan had a special characteristic. All direct descendants had the word ‘tu’ in their names.

He was only at the early-stage Ruler realm and had four authorities. However, his combat strength, together with a set of bizarre spells inherited from his clan and his master, allowed him to have the battle record of killing a mid- stage Ruler.

It was also because of this that he was barely listed as a star.

Otherwise, there would be no other suitable candidates in the entire Western Starfield.

After all, the standard to be listed as a star was to have cultivated for less than a thousand years.

After reading the information of these eight stars, Xu Qing had already gleaned much about the prosperity of the Fifth Star Ring.

He couldn’t help but feel a strong battle intent.

I have to work hard to reach such a height here!

Xu Qing took a deep breath and searched the crowd for the shop he was going to next.

During this trip to the city, other than purchasing the map, he also wanted to buy some medicinal pills and magic treasures that were suitable for him.

In order to prevent any accidents, Xu Qing didn’t buy them in the same shop. Instead, he spread out and bought everything he needed in different shops.

Finally, when the new aurora small vortex was about to appear in the sky, he began to walk out of the city.

“I’ll find a desolate mountain to enter seclusion.

I have to comprehend the Dao of time and space, and try to realize the eighth extremity as soon as possible…”

It will allow my cultivation to break through and become Soul Accumulation Eight Worlds.”

The information from the map gave Xu Qing a stronger sense of urgency regarding his own strength.

Just like that, time flowed by.

When Xu Qing wasn’t far from the city gate, a new small vortex appeared in the aurora in the sky.

This meant that a new day had arrived.

The instant this small vortex appeared, the sky changed drastically.

The blood color in the aurora instantly erupted. The light enveloped the entire sky of the Southern Starfield.

In the blood light, stars appeared!

There were about 1,000 to 2,000 stars in the sky. Some were very close, some were very far from each other, some were shining, and some were dim.

The instant they appeared, countless cultivators in the South instinctively raised their heads.

Xu Qing frowned.

He realized that the Immortal Capital Qualifying Token in his storage bag was shaking. It emitted a power that even his storage space couldn’t block and was connected to a star in the sky.

That star was dim.

Beside this star, there was another star that was shining.

In just an instant, the scene in the sky dissipated and the commotion in the surroundings immediately rang out.

The Immortal Capital’s hunt has entered the second stage!”

All the tokens have been revealed… and they can sense each other.

I don’t know how the other starfields are doing, but the South… will definitely be covered in blood.”

When the voices in the crowd entered Xu Qing’s ears, the scene he had seen earlier appeared in his mind. There were other stars near his star.

The reason why I didn’t activate the token is because I had some thoughts about this situation.”

However, from the looks of it now, even if it hasn’t been activated, the token will still appear in the sky during the second stage.”

However, I’m not sure if the other token holders can precisely lock onto the unactivated token.”

Xu Qing muttered to himself, his expression returning to normal. He didn’t reveal anything unusual among the crowd nor did he immediately accelerate. Instead, he maintained his previous pace and headed towards the city gate.

Meanwhile, at the spiritual mine where Xu Qing had appeared over thirty vortex days ago, a young man with crimson hair, emanating the aura of dozens of vortex tattoos, stood there, gazing at the sky.

A long time later, he retracted his gaze from the sky and looked at the damaged small bubble worlds in the surroundings, sensing the thin spiritual energy here.

His expression was gloomy.

Lingdu once said that he wanted to give me a qualifying token as a gift.

Now… he’s dead and the token is gone.

The collapse of this place also indirectly affected my battle…

Courting death!