Chapter 967: Atavism
Editor: Dragon Boat Translation

Space and time distorted, with his head heavy and feet light. Chen Fei opened his eyes to find himself falling headfirst from the heavens toward the ground.

Chen Fei rotated his body and stood in mid-air, surveying his surroundings. The Sun Moon Realm experts, which had entered with him, were now scattered across various locations in the Glass Space.

A tremendous pressure enveloped Chen Fei, a response from the Glass Space to outsiders.

Although many of the Glass Space’s rules had become incomplete due to its collision with the Return to Nothing Realm, this targeting still existed, though not as severe as before.

Chen Fei slowly descended, landing on a mountaintop.

The elemental essence of the Glass Space was also unfriendly to outsiders. Chen Fei could clearly sense a repulsion while absorbing it.

However, as his divine powers adjusted, this repulsion was weakening, and even the dimension’s hostility towards Chen Fei was decreasing.

The Qianyuan Sword appeared in Chen Fei’s hand, and the Concealment Bell hovered above him.

After absorbing so much spiritual essence, the Qianyuan Sword and Concealment Bell had finally evolved to the level of mid-grade Celestial Treasure and reached the peak of mid-grade Celestial Treasure.

Even without absorbing more spiritual essence, nurturing them for a decade or so would likely give them a significant chance of breaking through to the upper-grade Celestial Treasure level.

After all, the two Celestial Treasure that the Qianyuan Sword and Concealment Bell had absorbed were essentially in the top-grade Celestial Treasure category, with extremely astonishing spiritual materials and essence.

Chen Fei considered this, and his Celestial Treasure and appearance began to change, with a slight shift in aura.

He looked up toward the distance, where a mountain range, barely visible, stood tall and reached the clouds.

This was the highest peak in the Glass Space, located at the very center of the entire dimension.

According to the information gathered from the early explorations of the Mountain Sea Realm and Sun Moon Realm, this was the most dangerous place in the Glass Space, but it was also likely to have the most treasures.

Currently, there were no scattered Glass Clan members to be seen in the entire Glass Space. As the dimension was dragged and about to collide with the Return to Nothing Realm, the Glass Clan had gathered most of their people on this central peak.

This place was exceptionally unique. Even before the dimension encountered any mishaps, it was the most important location in the Glass Space.

After the collision with the Return to Nothing Realm, while other parts of the Glass Space were upheaved, the central peak withstood all the pressure.

However, gathering on the central peak was not without its drawbacks.

Although many Glass Clan members survived, including those in the Rule Integration Realm, they could not leave the central peak even a step.

During the collision, the rules of the Glass Space were compressed. Since the central peak remained steadfast, the dimension’s rules were all pressed outward from the central peak.

As a result, a rule barrier formed around the central peak, chaotic and difficult for the Glass Clan’s Rule Integration Realm experts to break through.

However, due to the presence of this barrier, the Mountain Sea Realm and Sun Moon Realm entrants had faced more of the Glass Space’s chaotic environment rather than threats from the Glass Clan’s Rule Integration Realm experts.

Chen Fei had learned this information and dared to enter for the sake of Primordial Crystals.

As long as the Glass Clan did not appear and only other mid-level Sun Moon Realm forces were present, Chen Fei had little to fear.

Currently, the greatest threat came from the dimension’s natural dangers due to its compression and some powerful surviving exotic beasts.

Chen Fei withdrew his gaze and decided not to fly through the skies but instead began running across the ground.

With the arrival of various mid-level Sun Moon Realm experts, the previous Mountain Sea Realm and early Sun Moon Realm experts had gradually withdrawn from the Glass Space.

Staying longer would likely result in being casually killed by mid-level Sun Moon Realm experts from other exotic races.

Here, there were no rules; if one had to state a principle, it was simply that the one with the stronger fist had the greater authority.

Therefore, for those in the Mountain Sea Realm and early Sun Moon Realm, the danger far outweighed the benefits of staying, and almost everyone who was not recklessly fearless had already left.

This time, over a thousand mid-level Sun Moon Realm experts from the human race had come, and the number of experts from the other dozen or so exotic races was similar.

Thus, there were nearly twenty thousand mid-level Sun Moon Realm experts currently wandering the Glass Space.

The Glass Space, which can produce Rule Integration Realm experts, was actually very vast in its real extent. It was likely several times larger than the Endless Sea from before.

It was likely several times larger in area compared to the Endless Sea from before.

Given that mid-level Sun Moon Realm experts cannot tear through space to travel, exploring the entire Glass Space is not something that can be accomplished in a short period.

To find sufficient Primordial Crystals, Chen Fei needed to explore not only the areas previously covered by the Mountain Sea Realm and early Sun Moon Realm experts but also employ some special methods.

A shadow emerged from Chen Fei’s sleeve and appeared on his shoulder.

It was the Black Rat, a beast that Chen Fei had brought out from the secret realm together with Baka.

The Black Rat had been extremely powerful when it first appeared in the secret realm, and at that time, no one in the cultivation realm could deal with it.

Later, Chen Fei had subdued it and, not finding immediate use for it, had let it keep Baka company.

The Black Rat’s sense of smell was exceptionally sharp, even when it was only at the first level.

As its realm increased, its sense of smell became even more acute.

Upon arriving in the Return to Nothing Realm, the Black Rat even began to exhibit some ancestral traits.

For this journey to the Glass Space, Chen Fei had upgraded the Black Rat to the fourth level of Monster King using spiritual materials.

With the Black Rat’s breakthrough to the Monster King realm, its ancestral traits had become more pronounced. Its innate sharp sense of smell was now focused on detecting specific types of elemental essence.

“If you catch a whiff of Primordial Crystals, let me know,” Chen Fei instructed the Black Rat.

To give the Black Rat a concept of Primordial Crystals, Chen Fei had used several hundred top-grade Elemental stones to exchange for a Primordial Crystal.

“Master, don’t worry!” The Black Rat, with its human-like demeanor, nodded and began sniffing the elements in the air.

Chen Fei moved swiftly, covering several miles with each step despite not flying through the sky.

According to the information, Chen Fei was currently at Navigation Stone Mountain. Two thousand miles to the east was a canyon inhabited by a late-stage fifth-level serpent-like beast.

This beast was dozens of miles long and occupied the entire canyon.

Due to the collision of rules, the canyon had naturally absorbed elemental essence, and it was unknown whether it had once been a place for growing spiritual materials.

According to investigations, the canyon was now filled with various spiritual materials, which the serpent-like beast fed on. Rumor had it that a sixth-level mutated spiritual material was located in the center of the canyon.

The beast guarded this material, hoping to use it to break through to the sixth level.

Whether the rumor about the sixth-level mutated spiritual material was true could not be verified.

However, a late-stage fifth-level beast far exceeded the strength of those who had previously entered the dimension.

Various races had gathered forces several times, attempting to slay the beast by sheer numbers.

But the results had been disastrous, and they had eventually decided to bypass the area.

For Chen Fei, the two thousand miles was nothing. In no time, he arrived at the narrow canyon ahead.

As he got closer, he could hear the immense sound of a colossal creature scraping the ground.

“Human race? Are you heading to that canyon? Would you like to cooperate?” A voice came from afar, and a figure floated ahead, watching Chen Fei.

Chen Fei looked up. The figure, though looking like a human, was quite short, resembling a child from the human race. It was a member of the human alliance, a Gong Clan.

With the appearance of the Glass Space, several exotic races, including the Gong Clan, had arrived.

“I’m used to traveling alone, sorry,” Chen Fei replied, shaking his head.

“Traveling alone? In the Glass Space, that’s not a good habit. Good luck!” The Gong Clan gave Chen Fei a deep look, then vanished from sight.

In the Glass Space, even among humans, mutual caution is necessary, let alone with other races.

Although the Gong Clan were part of the alliance, in the face of interests, the alliance was merely talk.

“That Gong Clan carries the scent of other exotic races,” the Black Rat’s voice echoed in Chen Fei’s ear after the Gong Clan had disappeared.

Chen Fei nodded in acknowledgment but remained silent, his steps already carrying him away from the spot.

A few dozen miles from the canyon, Chen Fei halted. From this position, he could clearly sense the strong aura of the beast within the canyon.

At the peak of the late-stage fifth level, it was on the verge of breaking into the pinnacle of the fifth level.

However, this beast, having possibly gained some fortuitous opportunity during the catastrophe, exuded a bloodlust far surpassing that typical of a late-stage fifth level.

Even among the demon race, known for their bloodlust, it was rare to find such intensity at the late fifth level.

This alone significantly enhanced the beast’s power.

Chen Fei scanned his surroundings and noticed several exotic races hiding in various positions but paid them no mind. He swiftly moved directly into the canyon.

With each step forward, Chen Fei’s aura diminished, until he became almost imperceptible, blending seamlessly with the canyon.

The Desolate Slaughter Night Star Sword was a technique for extreme enhancement of combat power, but its Eternal Night Chant had a method for blending one’s aura into the environment.

Combined with his divine power of Indestructible Vision, Chen Fei, using the perfected Desolate Slaughter Night Star Sword, had a good chance of evading detection by the beast in the canyon, unless they were too close.

Chen Fei’s goal was not to forcefully kill the beast but to explore the depths of the canyon for any Primordial Crystals.

Of course, if he found any rare spiritual materials, he would not miss them.

Outside the canyon, seeing Chen Fei silently enter, many exotic races hoping to use him to draw the beast’s attention so they could fish in troubled waters furrowed their brows.