Hengsheng was stunned by the quest he had received from the random quest generation. He squinted as he read the details of the quest.
"Blue, do you have any more information about this quest?" he asked, hoping she might have additional details since her system had generated the quest.
"Wait a moment, Master, I will review the system log for a second," she replied, not keeping him waiting for long.
"Master, the quest was generated from the largest causality impact across this entire secret land. It is so significant that all other causality is worthless—that's all I know," she said, her voice laced with curiosity about the unfolding events.
"Alright, thank you for your help. Let me know if you need me inside the System World," he quickly added, not wanting to disturb her work.
"Yes, Master," she responded, and her attention swiftly returned to the System World.
Hengsheng frowned at what he had heard. It seemed he had hit the jackpot; had he not received this quest, he might never have learned about the disaster. Even though he did not fully understand what Calamity Qi was, it certainly did not bode well for him or for the rest of his clan.
Hengsheng quickly activated [Heavenly Insight Mode]; this time, he set it to search for his quest target.
[Heavenly Insight Mode Activated]
[100 System Points Deducted]
[01:00:00]
[00:24:59]
Hengsheng's pupils then displayed a golden ring inside it, and he began to see countless transparent lines—only one of which caught his attention. It was a causality line that linked his quest panel to the quest's target.
Hengsheng quickly followed that direction. "If I remember correctly, the First Elder said not to pass the barrier to the inner circle of the outer rim, as it might offend the Overlord. But according to the quest, they do not seem to be in good shape. It should be okay, right?"
He decided not to worry about whether he would offend the Overlord; however, if they lost the so-called artifact and Calamity Qi descended, he would be in trouble.
After he traveled for a while, Yunsu began to react—she started hissing. Hengsheng frowned because he knew what that meant immediately. "The God Spawn around here!" was the name of a strange monster he had heard not long ago.
Soon, Hengsheng began hearing the sounds of battle, so he slowed down and approached the battlefield carefully. From afar, he saw a group of nine golden-robed figures, and he immediately recognized them as disciples of the Golden Sword Sect.
They were now fighting against 15 attackers wearing black masks and similar robes to those of the Thunderclap Blade Sect he had killed before, but their technique was not that of lightning or thunder—instead, it was a strange Qi with an oppressive aura. They were not only fighting the black-masked attackers, but also the God Spawn. Hengsheng saw one of the God Spawn sealed in the air by the golden sword seal formation as it tried to break free but failed, while another four God Spawns were being beaten into pieces by nine disciples, without any chance to fully recover.
Hengsheng became confused. "Doesn't the quest say they should be in bad shape? Then why do they seem to be okay?" He thought the disciples of the Golden Sword Sect would be in trouble, but what he saw made it appear they were holding their own in the fight.
Hengsheng observed the nine disciples closely. He could feel a Dao aura emanating from their bodies—similar to his own Dao Heart aura—but it felt weak, as though it were only at the surface. What fascinated him was the way they used that aura during combat: every time their dao aura struck a wound, it actively suppressed the God Spawn's regeneration ability. He had never known it could be used that way before—usually, he would simply attack the enemy repeatedly without doing anything actively to affect the wound's healing.
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As he watched them fight, he thought that perhaps he wasn't needed after all; from his perspective, they seemed to be doing fine unless something unexpected happened.
Unexpectedly, the Dao aura that enveloped their body suddenly faded, and one of the disciples was killed instantly! Hengsheng immediately became alert. He stopped hesitating—he couldn't let them die. He quickly prepared his technique, the Heaven’s Pulse Fist Technique, and swiftly formed a seven-colored Fist Qi within his fist, ready to release.
"Yunsu, stay hidden around the area—don't let any black-masked attackers escape," he ordered Yunsu in a serious tone.
"Meow," she replied, jumping from her spot and looking at his face before her body dissolved into the shadows of the bamboo forest.
Crash!
Then he saw a God Spawn break free from its seal in mid-air and rush toward the group of eight disciples on the ground. Not waiting a moment longer, he released his Massive seven-color Fist Qi to strike the target in mid-air.
DOOM!!
That attack carried the full power of his Dao Heart. He could sense that the God Spawn was about to die, so he released his Qi Cannon to finish the job.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Ding!
[You have earned: 1,000 SP.]
"Roar!" Four other God Spawn rushed toward him as soon as they noticed his arrival. Hengsheng attacked each of them with his Palm Qi, shattering their bodies.
He kept attacking them nonstop, not letting them regenerate at all. He also used the technique he learned from watching the disciple of the overlord fight; its effect was great. He could sense that the Dao heart aura was dealing damage over time to the God spawn.
The battle lasted for ten minutes before his attack drained their essence dry, stopping their regeneration and leaving them completely dead.
Ding!
[You have earned: 1,000 SP.] x 4
Hengsheng then observed the group of eight disciples who were finishing off the remaining black-masked attackers. Soon, the black-masked fighters fell, and they came to face him, their expressions filled with doubt and hurry.
One of the disciples seemed to be the most senior of them stepped forward, bowed with both hands, and greeted him, "Greeted Fellow Dao, I am Cao Feng a disciple of the Golden Sword sect, Thank you for helping us. May I have your name? The Golden Sword Sect will return the favor later. We don't intend to be rude to the benefactor, But now we have an urgent mission."
Hengsheng looked at them; they seemed desperate. He then noticed that one of the causality lines was missing, which meant there was another group of disciples! Hengsheng bowed with both hands and replied, "I am Lan Hengsheng from the Lan Clan of the Southern Metal Flow Plain. I see you're in a hurry, I also have my own issue with these black-masked attackers—they seem to be causing trouble for you as well. Allow me to follow you. I believe I can find them this way, and I’ll handle them."
The group of disciples looked at him with suspicion, Cao Feng who was in front of him asked, "May I ask what these traitors did to you?"
Hengsheng thought, "Traitor?" before replying, "I found out that these people are responsible for the appearance of the strange white demon—it killed many of my clanmates. I have come to avenge them."
When he answered, the disciples nodded in understanding. Their doubt had lessened, though they remained guarded.
"Then please follow us quickly," one of them said. Without any extra words, they began moving west.
Hengsheng watched them dash in the same direction as the missing causality line, and he quickly followed. As he observed the Golden Sword Sect disciples, he noted that they were nearly comparable to him when he did not activate his Dao Heart aura—much stronger than Xiaorong who now should enter the spiritual foundation realm already, The number two in his clan's young generation, It was like a complete joke to compare them. He did not expect that the Overlord's disciples could be this much stronger compared to other factions, thanks to both superior resources and technique.
He also began to pity his own Lan clan's young generation. He knew they were also delicate in their path of Dao, but the gap between the Overlord and the second-rate forces was so large that it could not be bridged by normal means. He thought, Maybe I should give a system to my people to give them an edge in this unfair world.
Shaking his head, he realized it was risky if someone caught them and discovered the system's existence; he might be in big trouble. But with the Clon node, it should be safer to do so. Hengsheng began to plan how to strengthen his generation of clan members—the first step was to have them all come completely under his command….
A group of nine people continued to move west and eventually left the bamboo forest behind, entering the endless forest. However, this forest was different from the one near Hengsheng's Lan Clan Cave—it was made of metal trees!
Hengsheng saw through the causality line that they were close to the target. Soon, his divine sense picked up the sounds of battle a dozen miles ahead.