"The lad’s guess is not wrong; that is the land of the Rotten Seal."
Su Ping remembered that he had heard this term and, after thinking for a moment, said:
"One of the Dark Calamities, the Rotten?"
The Dwarf Taoist nodded and said,
"Indeed, that is the Rotten..."
"That part of the Time-Space Sea Domain must have been afflicted by the Rotten in Ancient Times and then contaminated by its dark forces."
"No one knows the conditions for the appearance of the Rotten; it is only known that when the Rotten appears, the entire Time-Space Sea Domain begins to wither, and nothing can survive."
"Luckily, although the Rotten can spread contamination, its speed is far slower than that of Chaos, Ancient Gods, and other Heavenly Disasters."
"The Time-Space Sea Domain contaminated by the Rotten cannot be saved, but it is possible to seal off the contaminated areas by cutting through space and prevent the Rotten from expanding."
"Logically, that area should be trapped within the built-in space of a Divine Object."
"But now it has reappeared..."
The Dwarf Taoist paused here but then feigned calmness and said:
"However, it’s not a big problem, for that area has long been destroyed, and the spatial seal is still in place."
"Once the forces that dealt with this matter from the Three Alliances send someone over to replace a Divine Artifact, everything will be restored to its original state."
a flicker of red light began to emerge from the edge of the verdant glow in the distance.
Su Ping activated his Dharma Eye.
He then saw that the red lights were from Immortal Boats, incredibly large, rivalling over half of the Biyuan Realm, structured like multi-tiered palaces.
Out of one of the palaces, thousands of Human Clan Cultivators flew out.
The leading few, sensing something, looked towards Su Ping’s direction.
They frowned slightly but did not take any further action against Su Ping.
Instead, they refocused their attention on the verdant glow.
"The Divine Artifact of our sect’s ancestor has fallen into the Rotten area."
"This is troublesome; it’ll probably be impossible to retrieve it."
"That is the foundation of our sect; with it lost , we might not get punished but won’t be able to claim much merit either."
"Elder Brother, why not wait and let me see if there is a way to enter the Rotten area and retrieve the Divine Artifact."
After a low discussion among the leading Cultivators,
the team leader nodded, allowing the Immortal Boat and Disciples to form an array as a precaution.
Then they watched as the Disciple took out a red paper figure.
After spouting a mouthful of golden blood,
the red paper figure suddenly grew to the size of a normal man.
With a flash of red light, it transformed into a green-robed Taoist identical to the Disciple.
After that, layers of spatial barriers began to appear around the paper-transformed Taoist.
Only then did it swiftly enter the verdant glow.
Seeing this, the concerned team leader looked towards the Disciple.
"Brother, don’t worry; I know what’s at stake, so I have already severed all connections with the paper Avatar."
"Whether it’s a curse targeting the Divine Soul or the Primordial Spirit, it’s impossible to be transmitted through that paper figure."
"Besides, the seal is still there, and we have so many spatial secret techniques."
"Moreover, this place has been suppressed by our sect for so many years; it might already have returned to normal inside."
As the Disciple spoke, he noticed a ripple of spatial fluctuation suddenly appeared in the verdant glow.
Then, the paper Avatar emerged,
holding a Three-legged Small Tripod that seemed to be crafted from bronze.
"Brother, look! The Three-legged Divine Tripod of our sect’s ancestor has been brought back!"
"Good, let’s quickly operate the Big Array and seal off this spatial domain."
As he spoke, a silver-white Prison Bull Tourmaline appeared beside the leading Brother.
it began to produce ripples in space, covering a vast area of the Time-Space Sea Domain.