Chapter 106: The Nine Great Desolate Lands

  Ding Yan stretched out his right hand, took the bottle of Dan medicine into his hand, opened the lid, smelled it, and found that this nourishing soul Dan did not have the expected medicinal fragrance, but instead emitted a burnt smell. Upon closer inspection, he discovered that each of these brown Dan medicines seemed to have a thread of moving soul energy within them.

  Pills refined with demonic souls?

  Ding Yan's alchemy level was not high, but at least he wasn't an outsider. Adding his thousand years of experience from his past life, he could see that the main medicine in this Nourishing Soul Pill was the soul of a demonic beast.

  He waved his hand and returned the Dan medicine to the other party's hand, and Ding Yan spoke up, "I really haven't seen this kind of Dan medicine before, I don't know what grade of Dan medicine this Nourishing Soul Dan is?"

  He took over the Dan medicine and put the jade bottle into his storage bag, then opened his mouth and said.

  "The Soul Nourishing Pill... should be considered a mid-grade pill, but this kind of pill is only sold within the Illusory Sky. In the outside world, I haven't seen it before." Within the 9th layer of the Illusory Sky, the Soul Nourishing Pill was the most common pill, and almost every cultivator had one bottle on them.

  "I don't know, friend..."

  "Ding said." Ding said with his mouth open.

  "It turned out to be Ding Daoyou, I wonder why Ding Daoyou would appear on this Tianmu Star?" Xiong Tiangong asked, looking at Ding Yan, he really couldn't remember when such a master appeared in the ninth layer of Void Heaven. "Speaking of which, I haven't thanked you for saving my life..."

  Ding Yan shook his head "I saved you just hoping to get some information from you, no need to thank me."

  Xiong Tianmu smiled and said, "Brother Ding is indeed a straightforward person. Speaking of which, the purpose of my trip to this desolate land has already been achieved. Next, I will return to Longyun Star. Before that, if Brother Ding has any questions, feel free to ask, Xiong will certainly answer without reservation."

  Ding Yan felt a sense of wonder and turned his head to look at the green planet, where life was thriving, but he couldn't connect it with the barren land in any way.

  "Tell me about this desperate situation first."

  "Huh... Brother Ding doesn't even know about the ancient tree's absolute land? How did it end up here?" Xiong Tianmu was shocked, in his opinion, Ding Yan coming here must have also been to steal the spiritual liquid inside the ancient tree.

  "I didn't enter this realm long ago...... As for here... it was just an accidental discovery." Ding Yan said directly.

  Xiong Tianmu was stunned for a moment, revealing an expression of looking at a monster as he stared at Ding Yan. After a long time, he came back to his senses, coughed, and said awkwardly: "I didn't expect that there would be such a genius like Brother Ding in the world, who dares to wander in the starry sky as soon as he enters this heavenly realm, and can even save Xiong's life from the ancient demon..."

  Ding Yan smiled and didn't say anything.

  Xiong Tianmu sat down and began to carefully tell Ding Yan about the news of the ninth layer of Void Heaven.

  The nine-layered void sky is a vast starry expanse. Those who can enter this starry expanse are all masters who have passed through the dispersal of the immortal calamity, and among them, there are those from the Eastern Domain, Western Domain, Northern Domain, and Southern Domain. Even the legendary masters from the Central Plains region are not few in number. Within this vast starry expanse, there exist countless star balls, most of which are dead stars that contain endless killing intent. Only a small portion contains immortal energy, suitable for human cultivation. The Dragon Cloud Star is one of the most famous star balls among them.

  Xiong Tianmu was cultivating on Longyun Star before coming here, but he is not the master of Longyun Star, but a guest living on it. Every ten years, he has to pay one immortal yuan to the star master.

  What is called a star master is actually just a title. A respectful term for those who can dominate a life planet alone.

  In the Nine Heavens, being a Star Master is an honor and a symbol of power. Those who can become Star Masters are extraordinary people, each dominating a star, and others must pay in Spirit Coins to enter for cultivation, or they can use treasures of equivalent value.

  The strength of the star owners is not equal either. The thicker the fairy air on a planet, the stronger the star owner's power will be. Like Xiong Tianmu who has been in seclusion on Longyun Star, his power far surpasses that of ordinary star owners. Many people have challenged him over the years, but ultimately ended in failure.

  On such a planet, the consumption of immortal yuan is naturally not small. Xiong Tianmu has been cultivating on Longyun Star for 60 years. After 60 years of seclusion, almost all the treasures on Xiong Tianmu's body were used up. Just as it was about to be time to hand over the treasures again, Xiong Tianmu had no choice but to take a risk and enter the ancient wood star's forbidden land to steal the spiritual liquid.

  It's not just because he dared to make this decision, but also related to the cultivation method of Xiong Tianmu himself. The divided shadow escape is actually Xiong Tianmu's greatest reliance. However, he still underestimated the danger of the absolute land, and if he hadn't met Ding Yan, he would have lost his life.

  The soul is dead, although it will not lead to a direct fall, but for the scattered immortals themselves, it is also a severe injury of absolute degree. In severe cases, they may even fall into a large boundary. Those scattered immortals who are about to pass through the tribulation, if their souls are destroyed, will face a dead end in the next heavenly calamity. Even gods cannot save them.

  In Xiong Tianmu's narrative, Ding Yan also noticed something, that is, a stele.

  It is said that the Monument of Abundance is a natural product of the Void Sky, and every cultivator who enters the Ninth Heaven will leave their name on it, even recording the years they have been cultivating.

  "So it seems that everyone knows about me entering this realm?" Ding Yan furrowed his brow "It's just unknown, how long I've cultivated... as written on the stele"

  As he pondered, Xiong Tianmu began to tell Ding Yan about the nine great absolute territories within the starry sky.

  The Nine Great Abysses are some of the absolute lands discovered by these scattered immortals while exploring the planet. These places were not found at the same time, but gradually emerged over a long period of time as nine star balls.

  On these nine planets, the immortal energy is extremely dense, and even some top-grade treasures that can enhance spiritual cultivation are growing inside. There are thousands of immortal yuan inside, such a number of immortal yuan, enough to make everyone crazy.

  Gumuxing, a planet discovered 2,600 years ago. At that time, many masters rushed to this place, wanting to occupy the star and become its master. However, all of these people eventually died on Gumuxing, with not one person escaping.

  In the more than 2,000 years that followed, countless people entered this star, but none of them were able to come out. It wasn't until 500 years ago, when the master of the Dark Extinction Star, a Second Tribulation Loose Immortal, died on this planet, that the reputation of the Absolute Ground spread...

  "Didn't you escape from inside?" Ding Yan glanced at Xiong Tianmu and asked.

  "I just went in and stole some spiritual liquid, I didn't dare go deeper." Xiong Tianmu said with embarrassment.

  What he did was like a thief sneaking into someone's house to steal something, compared to those who want to be the master of the stars, it's really nothing. Moreover, his own escape methods were quite numerous, and being able to escape didn't count as any miracle.