Chapter 317: The Ninth Seat Exposed?
“In the Endless Cloud Sea, it wasn’t the Ice Condensing Saintess who defeated you. Who was it?”
Inside the meeting hall of the Star River Bathing Rain Sect, the Umbrella Immortal’s cold question echoed, causing the Yin Robe Saintess’s pupils to dilate with terror, her forced composure crumbling as her breath hitched.
At the same time, the Sea Shadow Purple Smoke, curled up on the girl’s lap, its fur bristling, instinctively recoiled.
That single question had dragged them both into a dark abyss of memory, a terrifying image.
That… unsettling, bone-chilling, purple figure. Just the thought of it sent shivers down their spines, their minds freezing, every cell in their bodies trembling.
The Yin Robe Saintess, her face pale, stared at the Umbrella Immortal’s back, speechless.
No, she couldn’t…
Even as a Lord Attendant, she understood the vast gulf that separated legendary beings.
The Heavy Rain Realm… they wouldn’t understand, they couldn’t handle the consequences of this revelation.
She had initially intended to tell the Mist-Born Sea Emperor, but upon arriving at the Star River Bathing Rain Sect, she knew it was impossible.
The difference in their auras was too vast, so profound that she began to question the very hierarchy of legendary beings. Were they truly on the same level?
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“…”
Seeing the Yin Robe Saintess’s terrified silence, the Umbrella Immortal’s heart sank. It had anticipated a reaction, but this… this was far beyond its expectations.
What had happened during the Yin Robe Saintess’s brief absence from the secret realm?
Had she been threatened? When?
Had its own actions been exposed?
Even the Star River Bathing Rain Sect might not be safe now…
As the Umbrella Immortal’s mind raced, desperately searching for an escape route, a sudden, deafening shout from outside made its breath catch in its throat.
“Holy shit! An unknown legendary being has descended upon the Star River Bathing Rain Sect!!!”
The Umbrella Immortal froze, its umbrella clattering to the ground, revealing its pale, delicate face.
Finally seeing the Umbrella Immortal’s true face, the Yin Robe Saintess felt no admiration, her mind consumed by the earth-shattering roar that echoed from outside, shaking the entire Star River Bathing Rain Sect.
Frantic screams, and following the black, watery figure tearing through the sky, the Heavy Rain Realm Spirit Masters were in chaos.
A humanoid figure, its body formed from swirling black water, a dark crown on its head, massive ink-black moth wings flapping, leaving a trail of inky droplets that rained down, transforming into a massive, churning black torrent.
An unknown legendary being, descending upon the Heavy Rain Realm.
The black Water Element casually circled the Star River Bathing Rain Sect, its presence a blatant provocation, right under the Mist-Born Sea Emperor’s nose.
At this moment, the entire Heavy Rain Realm’s attention was focused on the Star River Bathing Rain Sect.
Meanwhile, the Mist-Born Sea Emperor, hidden within the palace, its gaze fixed on the black Water Element above, sighed, a grim expression on its face.
“With the Moon Calamity about to awaken, it seems the Heavy Rain Realm is about to descend into chaos…”
Two and a half years remained until the Moon Calamity. Whether they intended to fight it or simply observe, countless powerful beings would be arriving in the disaster zones. The Heavy Rain Realm couldn’t possibly control them all. They might even be destroyed before the Moon Calamity even arrived, caught in the crossfire. Their only option was to avoid these powerful beings, lest they make new, even more dangerous enemies.
Amidst the frantic screams, the Nether Spring Narcissus descended slightly, its moth wings flapping, allowing the ordinary Spirit Masters below to see its true form and offer their precious tokens of affection, which it readily accepted, the treasures vanishing, swallowed by the black torrent. After a brief… shopping spree, it left the Star River Bathing Rain Sect.
Its appearance lasting less than twenty seconds, the black Water Element vanished the moment it left the Star River Bathing Rain Sect’s territory, its aura disappearing without a trace. Those who had been tracking it were stunned, exchanging bewildered glances.
Impossible. Not only its current aura, but even the residual traces from its visit… all gone, as if it had been a shared hallucination, as if it had never even existed…
“A warning! This is a warning!!!”
The Yin Robe Saintess had gone to observe the legendary being, while the Umbrella Immortal trembled, hiding in a corner of the meeting hall.
It had come here, determined to uncover the identity of October’s Ninth Seat, only to have it appear so openly.
This was a message to the Moon Protection Court: she had nothing to hide.
The Ninth Seat of October, confirmed to be that mysterious black Water Element…
Meanwhile, among the crowd, watching the black Water Element disappear into the distance, the Yin Robe Saintess’s anxiety gradually subsided.
Her initial assessment had been correct. This Water Element, appearing so openly at the Star River Bathing Rain Sect, clearly wasn’t afraid of them, using them as a distraction, its true purpose hidden.
Three terrifying figures flashed through the Yin Robe Saintess’s mind: ink, white, and purple, then merged, transforming into the image of a blue-haired, teardrop-eyed girl.
She recalled the moment before leaving the Yin Lake Palace, that frozen world of purple starlight.
That purple figure with its icy ram horns, its chilling aura…
That brief, five-second encounter, a shared moment, longer than any other being had been granted.
A single, whispered word—
“Shhh…”
It had meant everything.
The Yin Lake Palace, frozen for five seconds.
Chapter 318: Moon Calamity, White Moon Lord, Moon-Chasing Demon Rabbit
–Heavy Rain Realm
Nearly a month had passed since the Heavy Rain Realm trial was announced. A sense of foreboding filled the air as powerful beings with unfamiliar auras arrived.
First, a legendary black Water Element had casually circled the Star River Bathing Rain Sect, then a seductive, blood-red full moon had flashed across the sky above the Grand Yin Concealed Rain Pavilion.
Soon after, a large number of powerful water and moonlight-attribute beings, drawn by the aura of overlord-level legendary spirit beasts, arrived in the Heavy Rain Realm.
However, after briefly disrupting the Heavy Rain Realm, the auras of these two legendary beings vanished without a trace, leaving chaos in their wake.
The first legendary being’s identity remained unknown, tentatively classified as an elemental water-type.
The second was the Laughing Red Moon, a moonlight-attribute, weapon-type legendary being.
The combined might of the Mist-Born Sea Emperor, the Ice Yin Sword Princess, and the Umbrella Immortal was no longer enough to control the situation. The Heavy Rain Realm was on the verge of chaos.
Although they had anticipated this, it had come sooner than expected.
Two years and four months remained until the Moon Calamity.
Three Lives Gate
“The Laughing Red Moon…?”
“Never heard of it. But if it’s not an ally, it must be an enemy, right?”
Within the Three Lives Gate palace, the blue-haired, teardrop-eyed girl, dressed in her Sea Concubine Palace uniform, casually arranged the resources before her, muttering to herself.
She didn’t know if it was a provocation or a copycat, but a few days after the Nether Spring Narcissus’s shopping trip…
A red moon hung in the sky, painting the world crimson.
The Laughing Red Moon had descended upon the Heavy Rain Realm.
Bizarrely, this legendary Laughing Red Moon had mimicked the Water Element’s actions, appearing briefly above the Grand Yin Concealed Rain Pavilion before vanishing, leaving behind a terrifying aura of blood-red moonlight and taking all the offerings left by the Spirit Masters.
Gong Lianyue had asked the White Flower Moon-Treading Deer about it, but it hadn’t recognized the being, its origins unknown.
However, any moonlight-attribute being was undoubtedly connected to the impending Moon Calamity.
The White Moon Lord, the Moon-Chasing Demon Rabbit, leader of the Six Disasters, one of the oldest and most powerful legendary beings, was about to awaken, sending the spirit world’s moonlight beings into a frenzy.
Those who wanted to kill it, protect it, subdue it, defeat it, surpass it, violate it, steal its title and its Disaster Ring, claim kinship with it, or simply worship it… And among them, countless deviants, some even traveling thousands of miles just to be killed by it.
Since joining October, Gong Lianyue had heard countless stories about the White Moon Lord’s terrifying power:
Shattering worlds across three thousand realms with a single step, punching through three Sacred Domains with a single leap, annihilating several legendary beings in a single breath.
And all of it… was true!
The White Moon Lord’s legends were even recorded in countless myths, like those of Time, the Divine Court, the Azure Sky Maiden, and the Cold Moon Palace. Its name appeared in almost every other myth.
Even the isolated Sea Region had numerous stories about the White Moon Lord, practically a celebrity in the spirit world.
Most of these stories detailed its younger days, before it became one of the Six Disasters, entertaining tales, like fantasy novels, though the White Moon Lord’s personality and behavior varied wildly from story to story, clearly embellished and unreliable.
According to the records, with each breath after awakening, the White Moon Lord’s power would increase exponentially.
Yes, its power levels were measured by the number of breaths, not by health points like some video game boss.
Its transformations were so numerous, even a random guess would have a one in a thousand chance of being correct. Its final form could be anything.
“But, based on its movement speed and breathing rate, when it reaches the Heavy Rain Realm, the second disaster zone, it should only be at the Dawn and Dusk or Dead Sea Stage. Couldn’t the ordinary Sun and Moon Realm legendary beings handle it together?”
The Mist-Born Sea Emperor, the Ice Yin Sword Princess, and the Umbrella Immortal were all long-established, Sun and Moon Realm legendary beings. How could they possibly be unable to defeat a Dawn and Dusk Stage legendary being?
Therefore, when Gong Lianyue raised this question during the October meeting, even the White Flower Moon-Treading Deer was stunned.
Ordinary Sun and Moon Realm legendary beings… against the Moon Calamity…?
The White Moon Lord had already reached the Lost Realm. Although its cultivation level wouldn’t immediately recover upon awakening, its aura would undoubtedly be at the Lost Realm level.
Its terrifying Disaster Ring aura would crush the designated disaster zone seconds before its arrival, annihilating the surrounding realms along with it.
Hong Xiaoqianyu had merely been grazed by the shockwave from the White Moon Lord’s passing and had almost died. Facing it directly in a disaster zone…
Unless they were overlord-level legendary beings, they couldn’t ignore a Lost Realm aura.
As for the Mist-Born Sea Emperor and the others… they wouldn’t even see the White Moon Lord’s true form before the Heavy Rain Realm was annihilated by its aura.
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Thinking about this, Gong Lianyue fell silent.
In two years, she would have to face this invincible, despair-inducing being.
Compared to the impending Moon Calamity, the upcoming Seat Challenge was insignificant.
Her own Seat Challenge was about to begin. Although it was a big deal within the Three Lives Gate, legendary beings didn’t care about the rankings of Saint-ranks.
In fact, the Umbrella Immortal wasn’t even aware of Gong Lianyue’s presence within the Three Lives Gate.
At this moment, with half a day remaining until the Seat Challenge, the blue-haired, teardrop-eyed girl was sorting through her spirit crystals, the resources required for the Ice Soul Cold Star, the Tyrant Demon Seed, Sacred Water, Lover, and the scorpion to construct their spirit diagrams.
The Heavy Rain Realm only provided enough resources for a single Saint-rank spirit beast, so the Nether Spring Narcissus’s shopping trip had been incredibly fruitful, instantly filling their needs.
The Nine-Colored Cloud Dream Flower, a high-rank spirit beast, didn’t require much, just a small portion.
As for the two overlord-level legendary beings, the Nether Spring Narcissus and the Nether Princess Bai Xue, the resources required for their spirit diagrams…
October had said it would take another two years to gather…
