CHAPTER 595: CHAPTER 138: DROUGHT FALLS ASLEEP

Cold Star Primordial World, ranked fifth in strength among the Central Heaven World, was established by the Chaotic Demon Gods known as Cold Star Ancestor.

Speaking of which, this world bears some resemblance to Technology Mysterious City, both utilizing the powers of technology and Taoist Skill to become formidable. However, unlike Technology Mysterious City, the Cold Star Primordial World venerates Taoist Skill more, and technology is merely a tool to aid in Cultivation.

Perhaps it is because of this dual focus that the Cold Star Primordial World is not as powerful as Technology Mysterious City.

At the highest level of the Pyramid Battleship.

Yin Xi frowned as he looked around at the cosmos and said, "Qingmingzi, according to the Star Map described by Fire Feather Ancestor, this is indeed the Cold Star Realm?"

"But how could the Cold Star Primordial World possibly become so desolate?" Li Qingming stroked his chin and said, "The scenes I saw in Sangla’s memory were not like this. In his memory, every planet in the Cold Star Realm was teeming with vitality, bustling with numerous life forms! It’s only been the span of one Primordial Meeting, how could it have turned out like this!"

"There’s a possibility!" Xuan Tian pointed to the greyish stars and said, "This place has been conquered, taken over by another Central Heaven World!"

"You mean... Hiss! No way! Even if an entire world invades, it’s impossible to completely destroy the Cold Star Primordial World in just the span of one Primordial Meeting and undertake such a massive invasion." Li Qingming gasped and vigorously shook his head, dispelling the thought, and said, "Let’s fly forward a bit more, maybe we’ll uncover some clues!"

Naturally, everyone agreed, nodding in unison.

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Li Qingming continued piloting the Pyramid Battleship forward, flying for about a week. Along the way, they encountered many grey planets, occasionally seeing some green stars, which were just specks of grasslands.

One day, as Li Qingming was about to change direction of the battleship and proceed to another Central Heaven World after searching once more. Suddenly, a potent surge of Tao Origin Qi erupted skyward, an enormously huge star in front, not inferior to the Huaxia Land in Pangu’s Great Thousand World, and it carried an imposing momentum.

The aura of Heavenly Dao!

"How could there be such a dense Heavenly Dao aura here?" Xuan Tian felt shocked inside, sensing that within the massive star below, there seemed to be a Heavenly Dao Level powerhouse in hiding. The terrifying pressure was ten times, a hundred times stronger than that of the Ancestor of Ten Thousand Demons!

Yin Xi’s expression turned serious, his voice trembling slightly, "Could the legend be true?"

"Legend?" Li Qingming and Xuan Tian exchanged glances, seeing a hint of confusion in each other’s eyes.

Long Xuhu felt like countless kittens were scratching at his heart, and he couldn’t wait to ask, "Senior, what legend?"

Yin Xi calmed the palpitations in his heart somewhat and said, "Back in Wanling Pass, among many Great Powers, there circulated a legend. It was said that the Great Witch Hou Yi once walked the Path to Heaven and obtained the Tao Origin Qi, which allowed him to Instantly Become a Saint and achieve an Undying Body. However, afterwards, Great Witch Hou Yi mysteriously disappeared, and the legend continued to spread, and it spread even wider!"

"Senior, the Hou Yi you mentioned, is it the Witch Hou Yi who shot down the nine suns?" Li Qingquan coughed lightly and asked with a peculiar expression.

"Hmm?" Yin Xi glanced at Long Xuhu and said, "Could there be someone else named Hou Yi?"

The brothers Li Qingming exchanged glances and asked, "Are you talking about the Hou Yi from the First Epoch, or the Hou Yi from the Second Epoch?"

Yin Xi then realized and chuckled, "Oh, I see what you mean! The Hou Yi I’m talking about is the one from the First Epoch."

"Is that Tao Origin Qi really real?" Xuan Tian spoke up.

"Why not go down and see! With such a dense Heavenly Dao aura, I can’t think of any other explanation!" Yin Xi spread his hands, showing an expression of helplessness.

"Alright!" Li Qingming nodded and controlled the Pyramid Battleship, charging towards that ancient star comparable to the Huaxia Land.

Time slowly passed, this short distance seemed to be engraved with spatial array patterns, making it exceptionally long. The Pyramid Battleship and the Sky Wolf Battleship flew through this stretch of space for several days, advancing only a few light-years.

Everyone finally realized something was wrong, but their curiosity grew stronger.

Suddenly, a violent fluctuation transmitted from the space ahead, and a dazzling immortal light surged, radiating in all directions!

Everyone on the two battleships was greatly surprised, unsure of what that immortal light ahead was.

"Qingming, quick! Head towards that bright spot, there seems to be something there!" Yin Xi’s eyes brimmed with sharpness, vaguely spotting a red object amidst the blinding light.

The battleship turned its direction, and increased power towards the five o’clock direction to approach it.

Two hours later, the battleship arrived at the location of the immortal light.

"This is..."

Seeing the object in front of them, everyone was collectively horrified.

It was a ten-zhang long red copper coffin guarded by a thick iron chain. Dots of black light under the reflection of the surrounding stars gave off an extremely chilling presence.

The red copper coffin was simple and unadorned, with some blurred engravings on it that had been worn away by the years.

Around the coffin, there was a small stele carved from shiny white jade, with only four glistening Tao runes engraved on it: "Drought sleeps!"

"Drought!"

Li Qingming and Yin Xi exclaimed in unison.

Others might not know who Drought was, but Yin Xi, who had experienced the First Epoch, and Li Qingming, who was versed in Earth’s mythology, knew Drought very well.

Drought was the daughter Nu Ba of Emperor Xuan Yuan among the ancient Three Emperors.

Due to Chi You rebelling against Xuan Yuan by invoking Great Witch Marquis of Wind and Master of Rain, whose water flooded the camps and whose wind battered the soldiers, Emperor Xuan Yuan cast a spell using the body of his descendant Nu Ba to accept the curse of Heavenly Dao, transforming into Drought to halt the havoc of wind and rain.

As the saying goes, "Where Drought passes, a thousand miles turn to scorched earth." When Nu Ba fully transformed into Drought and brought scorching heat to the Zhulu Battlefield, she instantly stopped the calamity of wind and rain. Emperor Xuan Yuan seized the opportunity, leading his great army to annihilate Chi You and unify Primordial.

However, after the war, Nu Ba could no longer return to her human form and could only appear as Drought. To prevent Drought from causing chaos among the Human Clan, Emperor Xuan Yuan painfully decreed "God’s Northward Journey!"

Since then, Drought left the Human Clan and vanished without a trace!

But who could have imagined, after disappearing for countless years since the First Epoch, that Drought would actually be slumbering here, truly beyond belief!

Swallowing his saliva, Li Qingming glanced at Yin Xi and said, "Senior, could it really be Drought?"

Yin Xi shook his head and said, "Whether it is her or not, it’s better for us to continue onward, perhaps the answer we seek is just ahead!"

Li Qingming nodded, controlling the battleship to leave the area and continue forward.

Time gently passed, and after traveling on this seemingly short pathway for about a month, a path not engraved with spatial array patterns finally appeared before everyone’s eyes. (To be continued. If you like this work, welcome to Qidian (qidian.com) to cast recommendation votes, monthly tickets; your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian.com to read.)