Hunt for Realm Essence Crystal from Ancient Tai Chu Realm

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The Ancient Tai Chu Realm is a very ancient realm, and the current consensus is that it was the predecessor of the Tai Chu Continent itself. The Ancient Tai Chu Realm is constantly in the process of breaking down, so its current area is already less than one percent of the area of the Tai Chu Continent. During the process in which the realm breaks down, an item known as the Realm Essence Crystal would materialize, which is an extremely important material for constructing realms.

Due to the restrictions of the laws of a crumbling world, cultivators who are close to or above the Dao Integration Stage will experience severe backlash upon entry. Not even Return to Void Final stage cultivators will be able to enter the Ancient Tai Chu Realm. This is why we can only send cultivators of Return to Void Intermediate Stage and below into the realm. Within the Ancient Tai Chu Realm, there are two large sections. The Void Star Section can be accessed by Return to Void Stage cultivators, while the Ancient Divine Section can be accessed by Soul Formation Stage cultivators.

There are countless ancient inheritances and mystic treasures there, but it’s also an extremely dangerous place with spatial abnormalities, mutant beasts, and savage alien races. There have even been cases where teams sent in by the Heavenly Court were completely wiped out.

At the moment, there are only sixteen ancient powers that have access to passageways into the Ancient Tai Chu Realm. The Heavenly Court has access to one of those passageways, which can allow five Return to Void Intermediate Stage cultivators and thirty Soul Formation Stage cultivators into the Ancient Tai Chu Realm.

The Ancient Tai Chu Realm is only open for a month. Once the time is up, the teleportation talismans will teleport you back to the Heavenly Court.

## Rewards

As an extremely important material for constructing realms, Realm Essence Crystals only appear in crumbling worlds. These things aren’t very useful to you all, but they are extremely useful to the Heavenly Court, and we are willing to purchase them at high prices.

 Green Realm Essence Crystal
 Blue Realm Essence Crystal
 Red Realm Essence Crystal
 Golden Realm Essence Crystal

## Powers & Teams

There are representatives from sixteen powers within the ancient realm. Aside from the Buddhist Kingdom, the Garden of Eden, the Hall of Creation, the Dragon Court of the Eastern Seas, the North Cang Mountain Realm, and the Spirit Lake Realm, all the other powers are enemies.

## Ancient Divine Section

### **Fake Tai Chu Continent (Fairy Clan)**

"An Lin looked around with curiosity to find that there were two suns in the sky, one of which was golden and the other was red. The sky above was also a peculiar mix between blue and purple.

The ground was quite flat with many small mounds littered over its surface.

A loud commotion was reverberating beside his ears along with a series of booms.

An Lin turned his eyes to the side, and his mouth gaped open in shock.

He saw many ants on the ground… no! They were people!"

This place was like an ant farm, and all people were miniature human beings, members of the Fairy Clan. They referred to all beings of normal stature as Giant Godfiend.

This Tai Chu Continent was entirely surrounded by an endless expanse of glacial lands, and any creature who ventured into those glacial lands would be frozen to death.

Large animals were extremely rare on this continent, but there was a strangely huge amount of mutant beasts who were around the size of insects. The entire environment was basically like a miniature world, like an intricate playground for ants.

The tall mountains were like small mounds, the lakes were like puddles, and the rivers were like tiny creeks…

#### **Main Locations**

* Bronze Nation
* Central City

### **Pan Long Mountain**

The Pan Long Mountain is a region within the Ancient Tai Chu Realm where ancient dragons dwell at, and there’s a certain probability that the Realm Essence Crystals might have materialized in their bodies. Furthermore, within the region itself, there are also certain places with extremely high chances for the Realm Essence Crystals to appear. Due to these reasons, battles would frequently break out here, thus making this region an extremely dangerous place to be at.

### **Mainland Dragon Valley Sanctuary (Mystic Realm)**

On a stretch of white land, which sat hundreds of meters away from, numerous Realm Essence Crystals sprouted from the ground like plants. They were fan-shaped and grew around a black pillar that was thousands of feet tall.

At a glance, there were at least three hundred white Realm Essence Crystals, dozens of green Realm Essence Crystals, and over twenty blue Realm Essence Crystals. There were nine red Realm Essence Crystals, and these were as dazzling as flowers in full bloom. Moreover, there were even three golden Realm Essence Crystals. These golden Realm Essence Crystals sat on the edge of the black pillar and radiated with alluring golden glows.

However, this mystical kingdom had a certain peculiarity. Because of the high density of Realm Essence Crystals, it has become a Slow Mystical Realm, which prevents the use of spell techniques and made everyone's movements instinctively slow.

In addition, there were also skeletal creatures that acted as guardians and attacked everyone who set foot in the sanctuary.

However what they didn't know was that this field of Realm Essence Crystals was part of a time-spell formation established by a powerful figure from the Return to Void Stage destined to kill him so that he could be reborn another location outside the Ancient Divine Division that does not allow the existence of powerful figures from Return to Void Stage.

### **Heavenly Snow Abyss Mountain**

This was an area engulfed by boundless ice and snow.

The sunlight that descended upon this area was transformed into rays of blue light with no hint of warmth to them.

There was a huge black rift extending across the entire sky, exuding an aura of death and annihilation, as if the very heavens had been wounded.

There was a mountain over a hundred thousand feet tall under the rift, and it appeared as if the tip of the mountain had almost been engulfed by the rift in the sky.

#### **Main Locations**

* **Hanging Ice Lake** - This was a bottomless lake with light blue water. The darkness at the bottom of the lake seemed to be threatening to engulf all living beings that dared to enter its depths. Second Xiao Tu there are Snow Soul Beasts at the bottom of the lake.

## Void Star Section

Unexpectedly the massive crack in the sky above Heavenly Snow Abyss Mountain began to expand at an extremely alarming rate, as if it were the abysmal mouth of a giant and ferocious animal, foreshadowing the ruin of this section of the continent ...

When destruction became the only constant in this world, and everyone had lost sight of where the next piece of unscathed sky was, An Lin saw a flash of light in the darkness, as if it were the light of hope in the midst of a world of chaos.

It was a mountain!

This was a massive mountain that was hanging upside down in the pitch-black sky!

The mountain glowed lightly with spots of light, as if they were bright stars in the night sky.

When everyone caught sight of this mountain, it was as if they suddenly discovered a green oasis when they were on the brink of death from extreme dehydration in the desert. Renewed hope ignited in their hearts, and they immediately unleashed their full speed without hesitation to throw themselves toward that massive mountain.

He finally came to the peak of the upside-down mountain, and he made one final charge!

A devastating power instantly engulfed his entire body, and he felt the space around him began to shimmer and warp. Immediately following this was an extremely terrifying bout of spatial twisting and tearing, which struck him with extreme nausea and vertigo.

Tina and Xue Zhantian gripped tightly onto An Lin as they let loose collective shrieks before they were plunged into complete sensory deprivation.

Liu Chuchu, Hong Dou, Ling Ying, and Xue Mengmeng all charged toward the mountain as well, and their bodies disappeared from this crumbling section of the continent as the space rippled around them.

Unconsciously they ended up being transported to the Void Star Section, the battlefield of Return to Void Stage cultivators.

### **Huge Starry Mountain**

The black mountain had no end in sight, as if its peak were piercing directly into outer space. There were specks of light sprinkled across the surface of the mountain, as if they were ethereal stars shining in the night.

After a moment, An Lin realized that this mountain was exactly the same as the description Emperor Ziwei had provided him with.

An untraceable, otherworldly mountain.

Rocks, cliffs, mounds… Everything on this massive mountain was completely pitch black in color. It was exactly because of this that all the white specks of light on the mountain appeared so dazzling and eye-catching in comparison. It was as if the mountain were the night sky and the specks of light were the beautiful stars shining in the night.

That was the Huge Starry Mountain, and before coming to the Ancient Tai Chu Realm, Emperor Ziwei had entrusted him with a mission to collect a Stardust Fruit.

After using his Divine Inspection Technique, An Lin discovered that entire mountain was composed of Star Essence—a substance created from the energy of the stars absorbed by the Huge Starry Mountain.

### **White Jade Mountain**

The White Jade Mountain lay amid a series of pristine, white mountain ranges; the surface of which was covered in a layer of white jade.

The white jade glowed with a faint light under the light of the stars, giving the peaceful environment a sense of majesty.

Amid all the mountains covered in white jade, there was one that was thicker at the top and thinner at the bottom. There wasn’t a marked difference between the top and bottom, however, and it appeared like a thick, cylindrical pillar from afar.

It was quite clear that this was a special place.

There were five human-shaped jade statues of about a hundred feet tall situated in a circular formation at the top of the cylindrical mountain. There was no sign of life emanating from the structures, but they still gave a sense of extreme danger.

In no time the cylindrical mountain began to crumble as a golden pillar of light shot forth into the sky.

The golden light was imbued with immense power and the cylindrical mountain was reduced to powder from the fearsome blast.

The five hundred-feet tall statues basked in the golden light and not only were they not destroyed, but they also appeared to become more powerful. Extremely dazzling light burst forth from their eyes and their joints began to tremor as if they were doing some sort of robotic warm-up exercise.

The pillar of golden light slowly vanished and Realm Essence Crystals began to appear amid the debris that was once the cylindrical mountain!

There was only a cluster of twenty-one Realm Essence Crystals bunched together amid the debris, but all of them were golden! They were the highest-grade Realm Essence Crystals!

### **Realm of Dead Souls**

The Realm of Dead Souls, was located on the central tectonic plate of the Void Star Section, which was comprised of nine tectonic plates.

This was an extremely important place in the Ancient Tai Chu Realm as all the information gathered by past explorers suggested that this was very likely to be the capital of the Ancient Tai Chu Realm.

All the grandeur and luxury had long since been reduced to ashes and dust.

Countless trapped souls wandered the area, all of which were unable to pass on to the afterlife.

Some of them were malicious and cruel, some of them had no desires, and some of them were filled with melancholy and resentment…

This was the most lively place in the entire Ancient Tai Chu Realm as it was filled with the chatter of dead souls, some of which one could even communicate with, just like they would with a normal living being.

The Void Spirit Tribe was extremely fond of this place as there were always many delicious dead souls they could feast on. Although not all the souls were edible, the Void Spirit Tribe cultivators were always ecstatic when they found one that was suitable for consumption.

#### **Main Locations**

* Qi Lou City - Located in the southwestern region of the Realm of Dead Souls
	+ **Star-Picking Tower** - This was an extremely imposing tower over one thousand meters tall that appeared as if it were a massive pillar reaching into the heavens.

### **Black Sea**

On the boundless Black Sea, there was a huge island.

There was a vast array of fluorescent plants on the island that was glowing with red, green, blue, and golden light, thus making the island appear as if it were the venue for a spectacular light show in the middle of the ocean.

At the center of the island, there was a white cave, and at the opening of the cave was a black dragon that glowed with a faint metallic hue. The dragon had a pair of crimson eyes, and its body was over a kilometer in length. Its aura was extremely vast and formidable, and the Spiritual Energy of Heaven and Earth surged with its inhalations and exhalations.

None of the ferocious beasts on the island dared to even venture into a five-kilometer range of the dragon as they were afraid of being accidentally blasted to death by a sneeze.

Within the stone cave, there were many sculptures of mysterious ferocious beasts, and in the center of the white stone cave, there was a pool of black liquid, this is a pool of Demonic Dragon Marrow Liquid.

Before Xiao Ze (Black Dragon) came here, this was already a cave abode that was left behind by an ancient mighty figure.

### **Remorseless Realm**

On this colorful and vibrant land, all manners of unusual creatures roamed, and holy music from an unknown source could be heard throughout heaven and earth. The density of vital energy here was ten times that of the outside world. This was an area fit to become the cultivating ground of a huge sect.

On top of that, this bizarre land was over five thousand kilometers wide!

At the center of the Remorseless Realm was an extremely dangerous area.

Those who enter wouldn’t be able to turn back as the laws of heaven and earth would prohibit them from doing so, and they also wouldn’t be able to use spatial manipulation to get to the other side. They had to exit by crossing through the black line on the other side of the Remorseless Realm, which meant that they would have to cross through the entirety of the Remorseless Realm.

One particular emotion that was within all living beings would be greatly amplified upon reaching that area, and that emotion would remain with them until they reached the other side.

Thus, that area was known as the Realm of Boundless Emotions.

#### **Realm Essence Crystals\*\***

 red Realm Essence Crystal
 blue Realm Essence Crystals
 green Realm Essence Crystals
 white Realm Essence Crystals

## Trivia

* At Huge Starry Mountain An Lin found star-like creatures in the sky called Star Beasts, which formed the Starry Sky Tribe.
* After obtaining the 21 golden Realm Essence Crystal from White Jade Mountain, An Lin and the others discovered that the heart of the humanoid Jade Beast was a golden Realm Essence Crystal.
* The cave in which Xiao Ze lives is actually an ancient home that Xiao Tu left behind.
* Of the thirty-one cultivators on Soul Formation Stage of the Heavenly Court, only eighteen managed to return (besides An Lin and Liu Chuchu who were sent to Void Star Section by coincidence). However, all the powerful figures in the Return to Void Stage have safely returned.
* During his time at the Ancient Tai Chu Realm, An Lin managed to obtain 93 golden Realm Essence Crystals, with only seven left to reach the 100 golden Realm Essence Crystal mark needed to avoid becoming a eunuch for 10.000 years, in the end he managed to exchange 6 crystals with the other participants and the last one was given to An Lin by Emperor Ziwei.

**Note\***: The mentioned Realm Essence Crystals are the ones he got, those acquired from other participants are not included.

**Note\*\***: Here it is not clear which crystals he found and which ones he obtained from Snow Maidens, so all were included