The river is wide and boundless at first glance, as if it is connected to the sky. Its vast momentum is awe-inspiring.
It is unimaginable how many gods must have been killed before such a level of god's blood could be gathered, making this god's blood river reach such a terrifying scale.
Especially under the aurora in the sky, the blood-colored river water shimmers with dim light, like countless drops of blood jumping on the water.
Want to compete with the aurora.
It forms a magnificent picture.
This scroll is thick, contains the accumulation of history, witnesses the changes of heaven and earth, carries the story of gods and immortals, and is a witness to the changes in the pattern of the fifth star ring.
Meaningful and far-reaching.
At this moment, in this bloody picture, the lone boat is riding the wind and waves and is moving forward.
The voice from the boatman also echoed between heaven and earth.
Every sentence, every word, is like thunder, roaring in Xu Qing's mind, like the sound of Taoism.
"The only immortal."
"The fifth human ancestor."
All these words quickly gathered in Xu Qing's mind until they transformed into the figure of an old man.
The old man was the one Xu Qing saw sitting cross-legged on the fifth star ring on the map of the Demon Feather Holy Land. He was also the one he saw outside the Wanggu Continent.
"Senior, why is the Immortal Lord...called the fifth human ancestor?"
After a while, Xu Qing took a deep breath and asked in a low voice.
The boatman picked up his pipe, took a puff, exhaled the smoke, and spoke lightly.
"The thirty-six upward star rings belong to the upper realm, and each has a different number of lower star rings below them, which is the lower realm."
"Some planetary rings have names, and some do not."
Having said this, the boatman glanced at Xu Qing, which seemed to have profound meaning.
"The descending realm of the fifth star ring does not have a name. A long time ago, when the ascending fifth star ring was dominated by gods, the lower planet ring was called the fifth lower realm."
"In it, all races are enslaved by the gods, and each race needs to worship the gods to survive."
"Then war, resistance, suppression, rise, world collapse, and war with gods."
"Every time, it is a failure. After the failure, everything in the fifth realm is wiped out. It starts over and continues to become the food of the gods."
As the boatman's voice rose and fell, his words seemed to become symbols of time, intertwining a long river of time and flowing into Xu Qing's cognition.
"Until the last time, under the leadership of the emperor of the fifth human race at that time, unprecedented brilliance burst out, bringing this war between immortals and gods, below and above, to the extreme."
"During the war, as the Human Emperor of the Fifth Realm stepped into the level of Immortal Lord, something unexpected happened to the original God Lord of the Fifth Star Ring, which finally subverted the Fifth Star Ring and changed the situation."
"That's why he is called the fifth human ancestor."
After the boatman finished speaking, he raised his head and looked at the sky with a touch of emotion in his expression.
Xu Qing listened silently. History has similarities at many times.
For example, this fifth star ring is actually very similar to Wanggu Continent to some extent.
But obviously, the development here is smoother.
"What about other planetary rings..." Xu Qing asked instinctively.
"Most of them failed. There was only one place where I could have succeeded, but due to some accidents, I also failed."
The boatman's voice was filled with reminiscence and he shook his head.
"Because, the thirty-six star rings ascending do not belong to monks or immortals. This place... is the domain of gods."
"Gods and immortals, on these two roads, immortals... have their limits, and they can only fall short of the gods."
The boatman's tone was a little low.
"To be precise, immortals have no way forward after reaching the level of the Immortal Lord. For countless years, the Immortal Lord of the fifth star ring has always stopped."
"And God... above the gods, there are gods!"
"Gods are not legends, they are real."
"Although only one person has appeared throughout the ages, this one is called the original god. It is said that it was his appearance that created the world of ascending and descending."
"It is difficult to tell whether the theory of Genesis is true or false. The history is too ancient and there is no conclusive proof."
The boatman's words shocked Xu Qing even more than his previous words.
"The first god..." Xu Qing breathed rapidly, and before he could finish speaking, the boatman already knew what he wanted to ask.
"He went to an unknown place and never came back."
"After that, countless epochs passed, and no second god appeared in the thirty-six star rings, until the desolation in the ninth star ring."
"He was the one who had the most hope of becoming a god after the original god. Fortunately, he failed in the end."
"otherwise……"
The boatman didn't say the consequences, but Xu Qing could already imagine them.
If Shanghuang succeeds, then the divine power of the entire Ascending Thirty-Six Star Ring will skyrocket by countless amounts, and immortals... will no longer have any possibility of survival from now on.
Xu Qing was silent, digesting the words from the ferryman in front of him.
During this day, the other party talked a lot, from the core and divisions of the Dominion Realm, to the abilities of the quasi-immortal, and the entire world view, and it seemed that he had nothing to hide.
This practice is obviously beyond the scope of the ferryman's duties.
There is absolutely no need for the other party to tell you these things.
Think back to the earliest days, when you were being chased, what the other party did...
Xu Qingruo still had no guesses about all this, and it was unrealistic. He already had a lot of thoughts in his heart.
He suspected that the ferryman in front of him... was related to Wang Gu.
As for whether he came from Wanggu, or was familiar with some cultivators from Wanggu, Xu Qing couldn't figure it out, but he noticed that the other party's eyes swept over his sword many times.
So, after Xu Qing pondered for a while, he suddenly spoke.
"Senior, do you know Wang Gu..."
The boatman narrowed his eyes and said nothing.
Xu Qing waited for a long time and sighed in his heart.
Although the other party did not respond, the lack of response actually represented some answers.
"Senior, there has been a drastic change in Wanggu..."
The boatman remained silent, smoking his pipe and blowing out smoke.
Xu Qing was silent.
Didn't choose to ask.
Just like that, time passed by and the sixth day... gradually arrived.
The cost of crossing the river is six days of the life of the person crossing the river, because the time to cross the river is fixed at six days.
At this moment, as the sixth day passed, this vast river of divine blood appeared to have an end in Xu Qing's eyes.
That is the western star region of the fifth star ring.
Approaching here, the river became calmer and the waves became less and less. Only the boat remained the same. After a few hours, when the sixth day was about to pass...
Finally arrived at the western shore.
The soil here is different from the swamps in the south. There is no swamp here. The earth is red and seems to contain fire energy.
"Go down. If you have to cross the river a second time, the cost will no longer be six days of life, but one mile."
The boatman spoke calmly.
Xu Qing took a deep breath, stood up and bowed, without saying a word, he stepped out of the boat and reached the shore in one step.
Stepping on the western land, Xu Qing turned around and looked at the boat.
On the boat, the boatman wearing a raincoat and a bamboo hat was smoking a pipe, and the smoke he exhaled made his figure even more hazy.
Recalling these six days, Xu Qing lowered his head and bowed again.
"Thank you, senior."
Although the other party did not respond to my inquiries and stopped speaking in the last few days, the things he told me before were of great significance.
It is equivalent to directly opening up Xu Qing's understanding of the world.
So according to Xu Qing's way of doing things, this is a great favor.
So his bow was extremely sincere.
After bowing, Xu Qing turned around and quickly left in the distance.
Until his figure disappeared from the shore, on the river of divine blood, in the lone boat, the boatman slowly raised his head and looked at the direction Xu Qing left.
"Has that stubborn guy with the sword fallen..."
He murmured, his tone reminiscing.
After a while, he sighed softly.
"Wanggu... I haven't heard these two words for a long time, and I'm afraid that my name has long been forgotten by all the people in Wanggu... and has been erased from history."
While muttering, the boatman raised his right hand and looked down at the palm of his hand.
In the palm of his hand, there were runes that looked like human faces shining, emitting a strange aura.
If Xu Qing were here, he would definitely be able to recognize him at a glance...
Those runes that shine like human faces are clearly... magical arts!
At the same time, in the mid-air in the western part of the fifth star ring, Xu Qing, who had left the shore, could hear the sound of the mud fox breathing in relief while he was galloping.
"That person from before... was a bit scary. I feel like the moment he saw you, he had the idea of catching me out and ruthlessly ravaging me."
"Xu Qing, this place you came to is not fun at all!"
Mud Fox was frightened, especially when he recalled the river of divine blood, his heart was in atrial tremor.
"Forget it, I'd better go back to sleep..."
Mud Fox muttered and quickly controlled his breath again.
Seeing Xingyan like this, Xu Qing couldn't say anything. He had already reminded him that he was going to a place where the gods might not be welcome.
But obviously, Xingyan didn't believe it at that time.
"After that, it may be more dangerous..."
Xu Qing hesitated and finally reminded him again.
Instantly, the mud fox's aura became more restrained.
Such a gesture is rarely seen in Wanggu. You can imagine how much the ferryman intimidated Xingyan.
As Xu Qing pondered, the figure of the ferryman could not help but appear in his mind.
"Who is he?"
Xu Qing murmured.
There is no answer to this matter.
After a while, Xu Qing took a deep breath, burying the matter in his heart, and the map and information of the Western Star Region appeared in his mind.
Compared to the other three regions, the Western Star Territory is overall weaker, especially the orthodox Dao Immortal Sect in the west, which is also somewhat in decline.
The fundamental reason is that the Western Patrol has an extraordinary mentality and does not care about the development of the sect or the opinions of the outside world.
Most of the monks in the entire sect looked indifferent.
But because of this, the families here have more power than in the other three regions. They compete with each other, cannibalize each other, and grow stronger.
Looking at this information, Xu Qing thought of the star in the west.
As the weakest of the eight stars, this person is a disciple of the Daoxian Sect's Sky Patrol.
"Li Mengtu..."
"The family has a special characteristic. All members of the direct lineage have a native character in their name."
"In the early stage of cultivation as a master, he has four powers. With his own combat power, combined with the strange spells inherited from his family, and the training from his master, he has a record of killing the master in the middle stage."
In his thoughts, Xu Qing stared at the world in the west.
"This place is much more comfortable than the south. It is suitable for healing, but it is not suitable for challenges and self-discipline."
"But for me now, the most important thing is to find a place first and try to recover from the injury as soon as possible."
"As for the way out... we'll just have to play it by ear."
Xu Qing's eyes showed determination, his body swayed, and he moved forward quickly.