Zhang Ken was deep in concentration, and the three flowers above his head appeared and disappeared, seeming to be spinning every moment, and yet seemingly still.
A trace of white mist was drawn from the void an inch in front of the nose.
Following the breath, it is like a stream of clear air taking advantage of a void, descending and spreading throughout the body, and then blending into the three flowers on the top of the head.
Over and over again, the cycle continues.
After three years of cultivation, relying on the powerful healing effect of 'Nine Breaths Convincing Qi', Zhang Kezhou's injuries have long since healed.
And in the process of recovery, many insights emerged, so I have been in seclusion in the quiet room.
"Uu~~!"
As the white mist around Zhang Ke dissipated and turned into the three flowers on the top, he exhaled a stream of white air from his mouth, and the three flowers of essence, energy and spirit gradually disappeared, and the whole person forgot himself and woke up in concentration.
Refining essence into Qi, refining Qi into spirit, and refining spirit into void.
The essence is energized, the qi generates the spirit, the spirit merges with the Tao, returns to its original state, and enters Taixu, which is called the gathering of three flowers at the top.
Now Zhang Ke's Sanhua has manifested, but his essence, energy, and spirit have not been able to mix and gather in one orifice of the entrance, so his realm is stuck in the first realm of Yuanshen and cannot be broken through.
However, Zhang Ke is not in a hurry about this matter. He has reached the peak of the first level of Yuanshen after three hundred years of practice, and he is already very satisfied.
Sometimes walking fast may not be a good thing, but he still understands that going too far is never enough.
The 'Nine Breaths Convincing Qi' is so powerful that during its three daily cycles, it not only doubles its speed, but also more than doubles the total amount of vitality absorbed from the outside world.
The key is that when practicing, it does not have any adverse impact on one's own foundation.
Zhang Ke spent a very long time in meditation this time. In addition to normal practice, he spent more time observing his own changes, which was very draining on his mind.
After closing his eyes and resting for a moment, Zhang Ke raised his hand and dozens of letters from the door of the quiet room flew into his hand.
These are the letters he accumulated during the three months of his imprisonment. Most of them are from Qingmei, Ding Xiaoxiao and others, and some are summaries of the battle situation sent from the command room.
First, through the contents of the letter, Zhang Ke learned that Qingmei and others had returned to the rear to rest a month ago.
I also came to see Zhang Ke, but saw that he was still in seclusion and did not disturb him.
After the repairs were completed, Qingmei and others went to the void battlefield again a few days ago.
Zhang Ke felt a little pity. If he had left the border a few days earlier, he might have been able to fight side by side with Qingmei and others.
Then he checked the current situation of the void battlefield.
Ever since Zhang Ke wiped out the Zerg clan with a basic combat strength of 50 million Blade Worms three years ago, the situation in the void battlefield has instantly reversed.
The Dao Lord of Destruction had a strong control over the battle situation. On that day, after discovering that the Zerg race was in chaos, he and several other Dao Lords destroyed the insect nest.
Hundreds of medium-sized insect nests were wiped out in a very short period of time.
If many high-level Zerg hadn't reacted and attacked a few people like crazy, Daojun Daojun and others could have achieved greater results.
In the past three years, Dao Lord Shattered has organized many Dao Lords to attack everywhere, with the primary target being the remaining insect nests.
Without the Zerg half-lord, the Zerg will be unable to create new insect nests, and its strength will be greatly weakened.
The advantage of the Zerg lies in quantity. At this time, the number of remaining Zerg is less than 20 million, and the remaining small insect nests cannot make up for the loss of the Zerg.
Therefore, it can no longer pose a threat to the 'Hunyuan Heluo Formation', and the situation has deflected towards the blue world.
The battle report is very detailed, with analysis, results, and statistics, allowing Zhang Ke to make accurate judgments and understanding of the situation on the void battlefield.
In addition to showing the number of insect nests destroyed, the three-month battle report also showed the key point of killing seven more insect leaders.
Zhang Ke was in a very excited mood.
A few years ago, after the death of the Zerg half-lord, all the Zerg went crazy and broke into the Heluo formation.
The annihilation of 50 million blade bugs has resulted in the Zerg being locked in the Heluo Formation and unable to escape.
As long as the Azure World persists, these remaining Zerg races will all be wiped out here.
In fact, in terms of overall strength, even without the massive Zerg army, the number of surviving high-level Zerg now is still several times greater than the practitioners of the Azure Realm.
But relying on the geographical location and individual advantages, Azure World can definitely win this war.
Among these letters, in addition to the void battle report delivered from the command room, there was another letter that caught Zhang Ke's attention.
A letter sent to him alone by the Taoist Lord of Destruction three days ago.
After opening it and taking a look, his expression changed slightly. After a slight hesitation, he stood up and walked out.
As he walked, fine cracks appeared again on his body, as if the injury had not yet healed.
...
Inside a certain palace of the 'Pojun' treasure ship.
Dao Jun of Destruction and several others were arguing endlessly about something that happened in the blue world.
"When fighting against foreign forces, we must first make peace at home. Now that something like this has happened in the Azure Realm, the disciples of the various factions fighting abroad may no longer be able to fight with peace of mind.
In my opinion, it is better to withdraw some sect disciples..."
With a serious look on his face, Taoist Xiaoyao of the Great Freedom Heavenly Palace slowly spoke.
‘Sun Moon Star Palace’ Banxia Daojun shook his head and said:
"No, now is a great time to wipe out the Zerg. Once the fighting practitioners are withdrawn, the advantage we have finally won will be destroyed.
If the Zerg regain their numerical advantage, the world will be in danger.
Furthermore, there are so many sects fighting in the void, which ones should be allowed to return and how many should be returned are questions.
If coordination is not good, the hearts of the various factions fighting in the void will be dispersed, and then we will be in trouble."
Lord Tusita of the ‘Eight Views Palace’ also said:
"Friend Banxia is right in saying that the Zerg are the most serious problem.
It's not easy to gain the upper hand now. Once people are distracted and morale is lost due to this incident, it may not be that easy to unite people again.
We must not lose ground because of this matter.
As for matters within the realm, leave them to other fellow Taoists to resolve. Even if they cannot resolve the matter, please ask them to find ways to maintain the situation.
My suggestion is to go all out to wipe out the Zerg as soon as possible, and then return to the realm to resolve the matter."
Xiaoyao Daojun frowned and said:
"If there was no other way, I don't think there would be any message within the realm asking for help."
Just when the Taoist Lord of Destruction was about to speak, his expression suddenly changed slightly. He did not speak, but looked towards the door.
Not long after, Zhang Ke quickly entered the palace, bowed and saluted in front of many Taoist Lords,
"Junior, I pay my respects to you Dao Lords!"
Taojun Banxia saw the fine cracks looming on Zhang Ke's body and couldn't help frowning:
"Ruyi, since the injury has not recovered, don't leave the seclusion easily. It's better to go back to recuperate."
Zhang Ke smiled and said:
"Thank you Daojun for your concern, but this junior is already much better, and it will probably take a few more years for him to recover!"
After a brief pause, he asked:
"I just saw a message saying that something big happened within the realm. What is it?"
Xiaoyao Daojun sighed softly and said:
"A few days ago, True Monarch Sanle of 'Yungu Leifeng' came from the realm and said that there was a ghost gate in the Netherworld that was opened in the far east of the Eastern Territory.
Countless wronged souls and evil ghosts have appeared from the ghost gate, and hundreds of villages and towns have been slaughtered by ghosts."
Zhang Ke was shocked.
Hundreds of villages meant at least hundreds of thousands of casualties. This was simply a huge disaster.
"The underworld and the human world are separated by the fetal membrane of heaven and earth. How can the gate of hell be opened?"
Xiaoyao Daojun shook his head and said:
"I don't know the reason yet."
The Taoist Master of Destruction took out a ‘Shadow Bead’ and handed it to Zhang Ke.
"This is what Sanle Zhenjun brought here, take a look!"
Zhang Ke felt a little strange.
The opening of the ghost gate in the underworld means that there is a flaw in the yin and yang worlds, but why would I be notified of such a thing?
Zhang Ke secretly thought about the reason, a white light flashed from his fingertips, and the shadow bead immediately projected a scene in mid-air.
Judging from the footage shown in the image, it is obvious that it was filmed from high in the sky.
The first thing that caught my eye was darkness, with only the faint mountains visible.
'Could this be at night?'
As the photographer flew downwards, he quickly got a clear view of the scene below.
After seeing the landscape revealed below through the faint starlight, Zhang Ke's breath couldn't help but stagnate.
I saw countless people on the ground slowly moving in one direction.
No one spoke or shouted, and countless people moved forward staggeringly.
When Zhang Ke took a closer look, he discovered that the eyes of these countless people were gray and dull, and their blue-gray faces had no expression, just like dead bodies.
The joints of the limbs are stiff and I cannot lift my steps, so I can only drag myself from side to side.
From time to time, someone would fall down while walking, and the people following behind would turn a blind eye and walk straight up.
Zhang Ke could clearly see that after these people tripped, they would get up and continue moving forward.
‘Ss—!’
Zhang Ke took a breath of air. Although there were no injuries on these people's bodies, these people were obviously no longer alive.
In addition, Zhang Ke vaguely saw some translucent shadows looming in the crowd.
As the photographers continued to patrol the sky, the living dead were marching everywhere in the mountains and plains.
Around these living dead, there is a thick gray mist that follows like wind, smoke and water.
There weren't many scenes captured by the 'Photography Bead', but what he saw only made Zhang Ke feel heavy.
Returning the 'Shadow Bead' in his hand to Lord Dao Destruction, Zhang Ke said:
"Master Dao, what do you need from this junior?"
The Lord of Destruction said in a deep voice:
"If I remember correctly, you seem to have two powerful ghost followers.
While in the mysterious realm of mist, they also solved the rampant incidents of ghosts that had plagued it for thousands of years.
Now, the void battlefield has reached a critical juncture, and it is impossible to send manpower back to the realm to deal with the matter.
So I would like to ask Ruyi to go back to the realm to see if this matter can be resolved.
If it really can't be solved, please try your best to stop the ghosts from running rampant and persist in wiping out the Zerg in this realm."
After a brief pause, the Taoist Lord of Destruction said again:
"Ruyi, you are good at all kinds of changes. If possible, please also find out why the ghost door was opened."