Three days later, as the day of sacrifice came to an end, the Red Moon Temple emitted a dazzling red light in the sky, roaring away into the distance.
Around the heart, dozens of meteorites, large and small, accompany it to the left and right, moving forward together.
The ethnic groups in the valley that had not yet left, wearing the same masks, all prostrated on the ground and paid homage to him.
The departure of the temple also made them feel relieved. After this sacrifice, they would not have to think about sacrifices for at least five years.
While they are relieved, every ethnic group actually feels heavy in their hearts.
Because according to time, the countdown to the arrival of the red moon has already begun.
Generally speaking, the time limit for the Red Moon's return to this domain is not fixed, but there is a characteristic that allows people to roughly judge it.
That's how often the temple harvests offerings.
When the interval becomes once every three to five years, it means that the red moon...will appear at any time.
So when this life is about to end, all kinds of evil will grow rapidly, and in the end, there will be complete collapse, and war will occur among all ethnic groups.
This happens again and again, without exception.
"The Moon Sacrifice Domain is about to look like purgatory." Above the bloody heart, the woman in red stood outside the temple, looking at the earth in the distance, and spoke calmly.
Xu Qing stood beside her, looking back at the distant valley. After a long time, he looked back and looked down at the ground beneath his feet.
In the past three days, he had explored the heart where the temple was located.
This heart is very strange, it is alive and still beating, and the pounding sound has the power to shock the mind.
"Outside the Red Moon Temple, there are some organs." Sensing Xu Qing's gaze, the woman in red said calmly.
"Senior, does anyone know whose organ this is?" Xu Qing asked.
The woman in red shook her head.
"I have also checked before that these are not my brothers and sisters. At the same time, there are traces of being sacrificed in these organs."
"I have been sealed for too long and don't know much about the outside world. I only learned some information about the outside world by eating people from these temples."
"But unfortunately, their level is too low and they don't know whose organ these are."
Xu Qing nodded. At this moment, he had changed into a red robe.
This is the sacrificial robe of the Red Moon Temple. In addition to being a disciple of the Yin Yang Huajian Sect, he has also been given the qualification of a divine slave.
"Senior, I have read in some ancient books that your father fought against Hongyue, and there are also many legends leaked out in the Plains of Repentance..." Xu Qing thought for a while, and then asked the biggest doubt in his heart.
He wanted to know the true origin of Chi Mu.
The woman in red was silent for a while, then spoke calmly.
"Chimu died once, and it was my father who killed her. There were grudges and resentments during that time."
"When she returned again, she had become a god. At that time, I heard my father say that she had returned from the ancient realm."
As soon as the woman in red said these two words, the sound of thunder suddenly appeared in the sky, streaking across the sky and roaring in all directions.
Xu Qing felt huge emotions in his mind. This was the first time he knew about Chi Mu, so he couldn't help but speak.
"Isn't Chi Mu a god? How can I hope that the ancient world is?"
The woman in red did not answer immediately, but looked up to the sky with a strange light in her eyes. Then she looked at Xu Qing, thought for a while and then spoke.
"Some gods are born as gods, some are acquired through cultivation, some come from outside the sky, and some come from the depths of the earth."
As soon as the words were spoken, the thunder from the sky rose again, shocking all directions.
Xu Qing felt something was wrong in the sky, and at this moment, some fog actually appeared around him, and then strong winds rose, followed by heavy rain, and snow began to fall further away.
These changes in the world occurred at the same time, which made Xu Qing think of the laws of heaven.
"Do you still dare to continue listening?"
The woman in red gave Xu Qing a meaningful look.
Xu Qing looked at the sky, felt the mosasaurus slowly recovering after being shattered in his body, recalled the scene of the ten-intestine tree, and nodded.
"You dare to listen like this... well, let me see how much you can hear."
The woman in red smiled and continued to speak.
"The history that existed under Wangu Earth has been erased one by one by the ancient emperors who have unified Wangu for generations, so very few people know about it, and that place... was always called Huangtian before the ancient times."
"There are rumors that the first tribes on the Wanggu Continent all came from there."
"Until Ancient Emperor Xuanyou named it the Earth Boundary."
A more violent sound came from the sky, and the surrounding void instantly distorted. A terrifying pressure came from the heaven and the earth. Whether it was the sky or the mountains and rivers, there was a will rising at this moment.
Under this huge will, Xu Qing's face turned pale, and his mind was overwhelmed. This change in the world seemed to tell Xu Qing that these words were taboo.
I hope all the heavens in the ancient continent will not allow this matter to be spread.
"It's interesting. After hearing these words, Heaven has not yet sent down the power of silence and forgetfulness. Little baby, Heaven is very partial to you."
The woman in red had strange eyes and looked at Xu Qing carefully.
Xu Qing tried to be calm, but the will coming from all around still made him tremble.
"Then let me tell you another secret. In fact, all gods and their ultimate goals..." The woman in red showed interest and continued to speak.
But his voice echoed, and Xu Qing's eyes shrank because he couldn't hear it anymore.
All the sounds around him were as usual, except for the words of the woman in red, he couldn't hear anything.
The woman in red also noticed this scene and did not continue.
It took half an hour for Xu Qing to recover and feel more confident.
In this way, time passed day by day, and the Red Moon Temple headed north at an alarming speed.
During this period, Xu Qing also tried to inquire many times. Although he would not be able to hear it at the critical moment, under this temptation, he still learned more or less some secrets.
This includes the realm above Yun Shen.
"Sacred Fire..." Xu Qing murmured in his heart. He only knew the name, but he couldn't hear the specifics.
Until a month later, as we moved forward, the earth turned white and the wind that blew became colder and colder.
The unchanging glaciers in the north caught Xu Qing's eyes.
The entire northern land was formed by glaciers. There is no soil here, only thick layers of ice, submerging everything in the depths.
The standing peaks are also made of ice, which makes the place full of decay and rare life.
"We're here, little doll, let me go."
In mid-air above the northern glacier, the woman in red had memories in her eyes, her voice was hoarse, and she took a step forward.
Xu Qing followed behind.
As for the Red Moon Temple, it did not stop here. It changed its direction and roared away into the distance.
Xu Qing looked back.
"There is a gift in there that I gave to an old friend of the Red Moon Temple. He will take it with him."
The woman in red spoke calmly and walked on the glacier. She sensed something as she moved forward, as if she was looking for something.
Xu Qing said nothing and followed silently.
The two of them walked forward for several days in the cold wind. Finally, Xu Qing saw a sect living on the glacier. It was quite large and many disciples could be seen coming in and out.
"That is the You clan, attached to the Red Moon Temple. Their clan has made great contributions to the Red Moon, so they are allowed to send their clan members to the temple as bodyguards from generation to generation."
The woman in red showed some sarcasm on her face, but without saying much, she led Xu Qing straight to the sect.
The sect was not aware of their arrival, and their cognition was affected. In their eyes, Xu Qing and the woman in red did not exist.
Walking in this You Clan, Xu Qing also had doubts in his heart. He didn't understand why this sect was called a clan in the mouth of the woman in red.
And what he saw was that the disciples of this sect were from various ethnic groups, and they did not appear to be one ethnic group.
But the woman in red didn't say much, and Xu Qing stopped asking. The two of them went all the way to the depths of the sect, where there was a huge crack on the glacier.
Outside the crack, the woman in red closed her eyes and felt it.
"This is it."
She looked a little sad and stepped into the crack.
Xu Qing looked down and then stepped in after thinking.
The cold wind blows from under the crack, freezing not only the body, but also the soul. The further down, the stronger the cold air here is.
The two of them sank for an unknown distance, and when Xu Qing's hair and eyebrows turned white, they reached the bottom.
This is a huge ice cave, like a small world, the sky is replaced by ice, and the earth is boundless.
From a distance, Xu Qing saw an underground lake.
There is obviously something strange about the water in this lake. It is not frozen here, and bursts of water mist are emitted from it. From a distance, it looks very hazy.
In this lake, Xu Qing also saw many disciples of the You clan.
Those disciples all came down from above, carrying crystal coffins one after another and placing them one by one on the shore.
At a rough glance, there are hundreds of coffins, densely packed around the lake.
After the coffins were delivered, the disciples left immediately.
As for the inside of the coffin, Xu Qing glanced from a distance and vaguely saw figures lying inside. Judging from their clothes, they were also disciples of this sect.
This scene made Xu Qing a little surprised. Just when he was about to take a closer look, the lake suddenly surged, and illusory light strips emitting colorful lights rose from the inside like tentacles and rolled towards the surrounding coffins.
Each colorful tentacle wrapped around a coffin and pulled it down into the lake.
Not long after, all the coffins here sank into the lake and gradually disappeared, and the lake gradually stabilized.
"On the surface, the You clan is a sect with members from all clans, but in fact only those who become members of their clan can become guards of the temple."
"Those who have not become tribesmen are just food."
"Those who want to become members of their clan need to undergo a ceremony. What you just saw is this ceremony. Those disciples will be sent to a special place. If they walk out alive there, they will be considered complete."
"Because they are no longer the ones who walked out."
The woman in red spoke calmly.
"Seize the body?" Xu Qing thought thoughtfully.
"The ancestor of the You clan was once under the command of my father. When the Red Mother came, he chose to betray and was killed by my father. The great world collapsed and fell into pieces. Most of it was destroyed, and all life in it perished."
"One of them fell here."
"The Red Mother thought of her meritorious service and blessed the dead tribesmen in this fragment of the world to keep their remaining souls, so the You tribe appeared."
Xu Qing turned his head and looked at the lake again after hearing this. He knew very well that he could be killed by the master himself and the world collapsed. This showed that the ancestor of the You clan back then had a cultivation level of Yun Shen.
"Let's go, the place we want to go is not here yet."
The woman in red looked at the lake, with some fluctuations in her eyes, then turned and walked towards the depths of the ice cave.
Xu Qing noticed the meaning behind the other party's words, and without asking any more questions, followed behind, walking further and further away.
However, because the colorful tentacles of the lake were pulled down too quickly, there were so many coffins, and there was a certain degree of isolation between sight and perception, Xu Qing did not notice a familiar figure lying in one of the coffins.
At this moment, under the lake, a corpse lying in hundreds of coffins suddenly moved, its eyes slightly opened and closed, and it quickly scanned the surroundings.
After noticing that there was a lake outside, the man showed a proud expression. He quickly glanced at the colorful tentacles pulling the coffin, and his proud expression became even stronger.
"Little You Clan, I think coming in is as easy as picking out something from a bag."
"Next, after entering the small world of this clan, I can start my plan."
"I wonder how little Aqing is doing now. I guess he is not as happy and exciting as me. He should be waiting for me in Tianniu Mountain..."
This corpse is none other than the captain.
"Little Ah Qing, it's not that I'm late here, senior brother. I can't help it. For our important event, you just have to wait for me a little longer. Who told you not to follow me?"
The captain was proud in his heart, and his coffin shook. He quickly closed his eyes and continued to pretend to be dead.
At the same time, under the glacier far away from the lake, the woman in red was getting faster and faster. When she reached the back, she simply waved her hand and pulled Xu Qing forward.
The speed was astonishing, and after seven or eight hours, Xu Qing was brought to the deepest part of the glacier.
The icy cold atmosphere here is extremely strong, and bursts of the red moon's restraining power are emitted.
Feeling the fluctuation of the restriction, Xu Qing narrowed his eyes, knowing that he had arrived at his destination.
This was indeed the case. Soon the woman in red stopped and stood on the ice. She lowered her head and looked down with a sad look on her face.
This sadness was so strong that it affected the surroundings, making it seem like there was a faint sound of crying echoing here.
Xu Qing looked solemn, remembering the purpose mentioned by the other party in the east before, so he followed the gaze of the woman in red and looked at the ice beneath his feet. At one glance, his mind was condensed.
It was dark here, especially inside the glacier, so what Xu Qing looked at was pitch black, but he had a vague feeling that there seemed to be a huge thing below.
"Do you want to see it?"
After a while, the woman in red spoke softly. It was obviously a question, but he did not let Xu Qing give an answer. As he spoke, he raised his right hand and waved lightly.
Suddenly, countless fireflies appeared in the surrounding glaciers.
The individual fluorescence is weak, but in large quantities, it illuminates the surrounding area brightly.
With the help of the diffusion of light, Xu Qing saw the scene under the glacier, and his mind was filled with waves.
Under the glacier, a body lay.
This corpse was ten thousand feet in size, sealed in ice, and dressed in brown armor.
Even though he had been dead for a long time, the evil aura on his body still rushed into Xu Qing's mind the moment he saw it, turning into an angry roar of filial piety.
Xu Qing's body trembled, she took a few steps back, suppressed the fluctuations in her mind, and stared carefully.
The corpse was that of a young man, with a resolute face and a handsome face, especially his eyebrows were like swords, full of heroism.
There was just a huge black nail between his eyebrows that penetrated his head, and blood solidified on his cheeks, making his expression look full of ferociousness.
And his body is even more shocking. Most of it has withered, and you can see that many areas that have not withered are oozing blood.
This blood, which contains the meaning of death, spreads under the glacier and gathers in the distance, without knowing where it is going.
This scene made Xu Qing have countless speculations in his heart, and he looked at the woman in red with a sad expression on the side.
"This is my third brother. He liked to follow me when he was a child. As the heir apparent, I have to help my father handle government affairs and I am busy with affairs. Wherever I go, he follows me. Sometimes I get annoyed with him.
If you leave it aside, he will cry and call you brother..."
"He has a somewhat impulsive personality and doesn't get along with my ninth brother. The two of them often fight..."
"And every time, I will prefer Lao Jiu."
The woman in red spoke softly.
Xu Qing was silent, and he felt the sadness around him getting stronger.
"The nail between his eyebrows was my father's weapon. It was taken by my fourth brother and nailed into his forehead."
"You know, my fourth brother was originally going to take action against me, but my third brother helped me to die for him."
When the woman in red said this, a smile appeared on her face and her voice echoed.
"Boy, I haven't introduced you to the identity of my fourth brother. He relied on this incident as a declaration of prominence when Chi Mu arrived. Now he is very famous and has become the Son of God of the Moon Sacrifice Territory."
Xu Qing's heart suddenly shook when he heard these words. He knew that the Son of God existed in the Red Moon Temple of the Moon Sacrifice Domain, and he also guessed that the other party must be good. However, he never expected that the origin of this Son of God would be like this.
The fourth son of the former ruler is now the son of Red Moon God!
"He has been the one who has fed us for countless years." The woman in red laughed.
"He was worried that our brothers and sisters would die too quickly, so he took his people and let us eat them. In the past, he would occasionally cut off our meat thoughtfully and exchange it with each other to eat."
"Later on, he rarely appeared in person."
"So you see, how good he is to us brothers and sisters."
The woman in red gritted her teeth, with a strong murderous intent in her eyes.
"Do you know where my third brother's blood has gone?"
"You'll find out soon enough."
Xu Qing was silent. He didn't know what to say, so he could only sigh.
Along the way with the other party, he heard many things, and his understanding of the Moon Sacrifice Domain suddenly became clear.
But the more he understood, the more he felt the oppression of all living beings in this large area.
"Little doll, help me open a gap in the Red Moon Restriction here, just a tiny bit." The woman in red looked at Xu Qing, and the expression on her face turned calm.
Xu Qing nodded, sat down cross-legged and circulated the Purple Moon Nascent Soul in his body. In an instant, the surrounding red moon fluctuated intensely, and the power of restraint suddenly broke out, revealing wisps of red threads all around.
These threads spread in all directions, forming a huge network that covered everything. Soon one of the many threads changed color and revealed a purple meaning.
At the moment when it completely turned purple, the red moon here suddenly stopped and slowly started to rotate.
Xu Qing's breathing was rapid. It was not difficult for him to simply use the restriction here to use it for his own use, but it was not easy to open a gap in it.
So what he can do at this moment is to absorb the power of the Red Moon here to make the restriction weak, and then use his Purple Moon authority to barely open it.
This is his current limit.
Time passed slowly, and three days passed quickly.
During these three days, Xu Qing continued to absorb and fuse, until at dusk on the third day, he reached the extreme limit of his endurance. His eyes suddenly opened, he raised his right hand, and pressed towards the ice below.
The surrounding red moon restrictions suddenly rolled and formed a vortex.
Almost as soon as the whirlpool appeared, the body of the woman in red immediately transformed into a lake. In a flash, her body disappeared and turned into a ball of blue mist. It was vaguely visible that there was a residual soul in the mist.
This soul looks like a young man, similar to the man under the glacier, but more majestic. At this moment, it flies out quickly and goes straight to the whirlpool, blending into it in the blink of an eye, trying to rush in.
The Red Moon Restriction erupted violently, forming a blockage. Xu Qing controlled it with all his strength, but the feeling of a small horse pulling a large cart made his soul feel like it was being torn apart. The Purple Moon Nascent Soul was also trembling, with a painful expression.
This is just for the remnant soul to integrate from the outside in. It is conceivable that if it were not for the remnant soul, but from the inside out, then even if Xu Qing tried his best, he still would not be able to let the opponent in and out successfully.
Even at this moment, Xu Qing couldn't do much.
But for the existence in the coffin, he was certainly confident that he could choose this place as soon as possible after escaping.
At this moment, his soul shadow shines with blue light, and he chooses to burn. In exchange for the ultimate power, he rushes in with the help of the vortex formed by Xu Qing.
During the roar, Xu Qing spurted out seven or eight mouthfuls of blood in succession, and Ziyue Nascent Soul also succumbed. The remnant soul of the young man finally broke through the barrier, forming a slight gap and blending in.
After entering the restriction, the remnant soul dissipated visibly with the naked eye, and it seemed that it could not hold on for long. Without any hesitation, he went straight to the nail between his third brother's eyebrows.
Before it completely dissipates, blend into it and disappear.
Xu Qing wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, stepped back, sat cross-legged and adjusted his breath. He had tried his best. Whether the other party's plan could really be completed was not something he could control.
And he didn't have the energy to take the opponent out.
At the same time, under the lake far away from here, hundreds of coffins finally reached the bottom after being dragged by colorful tentacles for several days.
There is a vortex there, which emits emotional fluctuations containing greed and desire.
These coffins were pulled by it and headed straight for the whirlpool.
Entered into a strange world.
The captain, who was lying in one of the coffins, opened his eyes again, showing anticipation.
"It's finally here, haha, little house sparrows, grandpa is here!"