Douluo: Starting with the Signing in of Goddess Xiaowu

"When do we depart, Chu Qin?" Gu Yuena inquired.

"That's a question for Yina ah... the Moon Emperor," Chu Qin, gazing towards Yuè Yīnà, said.

"Me?" Yue Na, slightly startled, responded.

"Yes, Moon Emperor, didn't you say that the Life Forbidden Zone opens only once every hundred years? So, we have to ask you," Chu Qin said with a smile.

"But I don't remember either," Yue Na said with a furrow in her brow.

"No need to ask her, I know," at this moment, Xi E spoke up.

"Xi E, you know?" Chu Qin asked with a hint of confusion.

"Because I've been there," Xi E nodded.

"Ah?" Chu Qin and everyone else exclaimed in surprise.

"Perhaps you don't know yet, but my life emperor technique has a certain connection with the Life Forbidden Zone," Xi E said with a graceful smile.

"Sister Xi E, can you tell us about it? What exactly is the connection?" Luo Yiyi inquired.

"It's actually not much," Xi E replied, "Our Ancient Family's Supreme Elder from two generations ago, who was my master, Chu Yun Great Emperor, originated from the Life Forbidden Zone."

"What, the Pirate Empress Chu Yun Great Emperor, came from the Life Forbidden Zone?" Yue Na said, slightly shocked.

"Mhm," Xi E nodded, "And although everyone thinks she has passed away, in actuality, she returned to the Life Forbidden Zone due to special reasons. However, many years have passed, and there's been no news of her since."

"Could it be that Chu Yun Great Emperor died in the Life Forbidden Zone?" Bi Bidong wondered aloud.

"That seems unlikely. My master, being from that place and still within the Life Forbidden Zone... Our Ancient Family sent search teams too but the Life Forbidden Zone is much larger than we had imagined. We never found any trace of her on the outskirts; we suspect she must've gone to the center of the Forbidden Zone. Yet the center is incredibly dangerous, and even our Elders dare not venture there. As I needed to hold my position in the Ancient Family, I too had no chance to go..." Xi E explained, "Chu Qin, do you really want to go to the Life Forbidden Zone?"

"Yes," Chu Qin confidently replied.

"Now that the Extremely Evil Aristocrat Family has been destroyed, the Ancient Family faces no more dangers. There's probably no need for me to hold the fort any longer. Chu Qin, we can go to the center of the Forbidden Zone to see. Maybe we'll find her," Xi E said cheerfully.

"Alright, that's a mission then," Chu Qin nodded. "Go and get ready, everyone, and let's meet up at the Pangu Great Hall Plaza later."

"Yes, yes!"

"Yay, time for another adventure," Wang Qiu'er was exceptionally excited.

As a result, everyone arrived at the plaza in front of the Pangu Great Hall. Chu Qin activated the Kongming Soul Guidance Device, and they boarded the Supreme God Warship. Through the Kongming Soul Guidance Device, they arrived at the core of the Central Domain, the Dark Realm.

This was a region of space pitch-black as ink, seemingly devoid of any stars or, thus, light sources, making visibility extremely low and revealing no planets at all.

Or perhaps, there were simply no planets here.

"This is the Dark Realm, which used to be part of the Central Domain; it was completely destroyed by a Heaven-level Monster," Xi E explained. "The location of the Life Forbidden Zone is just ahead."

"Right, I remember now," Yue Na nodded, "A long time ago, we also entered the Life Forbidden Zone from here."

"But there are no planets visible here, are there?" Long Meng said, somewhat puzzled.

"The Life Forbidden Zone opens once every hundred years, and it will open in exactly two days from now," Xi E said, smiling sweetly.

"So do we have to wait two days?" Xiaowu said, feeling a bit disappointed.

Chu Qin smiled faintly, "There's no need to wait."

"Really?"

"Chu Qin, do you have a way to find the Life Forbidden Zone?"

Chu Qin smiled slightly, his pupils turning green. His True Dragon Eye could scrutinize all formations and objects, but was ineffective against some high-level formations.

However, what Chu Qin had now activated was the True Sight Eye!

This was bestowed by the System, a peak Supreme God Rank Secret Manual, far more powerful than the True Dragon Eye.

In the instant that Chu Qin's True Sight Eye was activated, the entire Dark Realm was within his field of view; at the same time, Chu Qin detected a faint energy fluctuation before him.

This energy fluctuation was extremely faint, like a breath exhaled by a person, imperceptible in the vast universe.

Yet, Chu Qin's True Sight Eye still noticed it.

Having located this fluctuation, Chu Qin flicked his finger, and the golden Xuanyuan Divine Sword flew out from his body on its own, stabbing towards the energy fluctuation.

In the instant that Chu Qin made his move, the whole space seemed to shudder slightly, and Xiaowu and the others all felt a bit of oppression, while Sister Xi E's enticing lips curved upward slightly.

They all knew that after half a year of growth, Chu Qin had become even stronger!

As for how much stronger, only Chu Qin knew.

Indeed, not to mention anything else, over this half-year, Chu Qin's mastery of the Xuanyuan Divine Sword had increased dramatically.

The Xuanyuan Divine Sword was not gifted by the System, so at first, it did not operate as effortlessly as the Pangu Axe; now, Chu Qin found that the Xuanyuan Divine Sword seemed to be no less powerful than the Pangu Axe.

"Boom!"

Accompanied by a loud noise, the Xuanyuan Divine Sword directly collided with the energy fluctuation, immediately after, a visible spatial rift appeared and quickly grew larger.

"We did it!" everyone exclaimed in great joy.

"Follow me, let's enter the forbidden zone."

Upon saying this, Chu Qin recalled the Supreme Divine Ship and rushed into the Life Forbidden Zone, with all the women closely following behind.

Just as Yue Na had said, the area was shrouded in dense fog, but one could vaguely discern that it was a vast jungle.

Once again, Chu Qin's True Sight Eye worked its wonder, allowing him to see through the fog; meanwhile, all the women, being Supreme Gods, could also perceive some of it.

The only disappointment was that the range for Divine Sense probing here was limited.

"It seems our Divine Sense has been restricted again. So annoying," Xiaowu said with a slight furrow of her brows.

"Xiaowu, Divine Sense restriction is one of the most basic formations and methods studied by all beings. Think about it, if in this territory one could freely probe everything at will, what good would strength be?" Sister Xi E said, smiling sweetly.

"Yeah, but even you and Chu Qin are restricted by the Divine Sense here, which seems out of the ordinary," Xiaowu nodded in agreement.

"What's the point if you can see everything at a glance?" Chu Qin said with a smile, then he looked at Yue Na, "Moon Emperor, do you still remember the direction to the Tree of Life from when you first found it?"

"I don't remember the specifics," Yuè Yīnà said. "But I remember that we had to cross a mountain that blocked the sky."

"A mountain that blocked the sky?" Chu Qin and the women said, puzzled.

"It's Tian Kun Mountain," Sister Xi E said. "This mountain has been reported back several times by the Ancient Family powerhouses who entered here; moreover, you can't teleport over it. If I remember correctly, it should be in the east."

"But how can we discern east from here?"

Chu Qin smiled lightly, "Let me teach you a trick, 'Purple Qi Coming from the East.' The place where your heaven earth origin energy is absorbed the most concentrated will be the east."