A Broken Dragon Tattoo

Healing a being infected by the Calamity Virus was nothing more than a trivial task for someone like Ye Ancai, a True Immortal.

It was like wiping away grime from a glass—one gentle swipe, and it would shine bright once again!

Most True Immortals might find the Calamity Virus disgusting, but Ye Ancai... wanted to eat it!

“Gurgle~ Senior, I could...”

“No!”

“Oh... okay.”

Disappointment was written all over Ye Ancai’s face.

To be honest, even he didn’t quite understand what was going on with himself.

He had never been to this cursed place before, yet there was an inexplicable feeling of coming home. What others despised as filthy, he found strangely alluring. The scent was simply intoxicating, making it impossible to resist!

Could it be that this was truly home? The home from before his transmigration?

This place bore traces of modern technology, but it had become a post-apocalyptic wasteland, inhabited by evolved beings with special powers...

Could it be that after transmigrating, his homeland suffered some disaster and turned into this?

But wasn’t this the Calamity Realm?

Staring at the ruins of the city, Ye Ancai hesitated before asking, “Senior, may I release my divine sense to scout the situation?”

Since the senior had emphasized caution and insisted that every action must be reported, he hadn’t dared to open his divine sense to gather information.

Though he felt the senior was a bit overly cautious, there was no choice—the necklace hanging around his neck was quite heavy.

“Yes.”

The Chaotic Color Pearl necklace gave an affirmative response.

Chen Yi didn’t expand his divine sense too far, only covering a radius of about a hundred meters, so the information he gathered was limited.

Mainly because he felt as if he had contracted a kind of “Wuji-type cleanliness obsession.”

Ever since he accidentally ingested some filthy substance from Wuji and was forced to sever sixty percent of his primordial spirit power, he dared not recklessly use his divine sense to touch unknown things, fearing he might pick up some other unknown filth.

At the same time, Wuji’s actions exuded an extreme cleanliness obsession—acting as the white glove of the entire fake Immortal Realm, shutting down the Immortal Gate to isolate all pollution. Even the influence on the Little Golden Dragon was handled through some special method, without direct contact. It was as if Wuji was an extreme germophobe, utterly repulsed by any contact with foul, unlucky filth—even a glance would make him shudder.

In summary, the Wuji-type cleanliness obsession was confirmed, clinically manifesting as an unwillingness to come into contact with any unknown filth.

Of course, Chen Yi didn’t think he had germophobia; he was just being cautious. After all, the Calamity Realm was no joke, and he really didn’t want to have to sever his primordial spirit power again.

So, all the dirty and exhausting work had to be left to Ye Ancai!

Don’t underestimate a True Immortal. They were actually pretty formidable. If they fully unleashed their divine sense, as long as the rule suppression wasn’t too strong, covering a small universe wouldn’t be a problem!

As for the rule suppression in this “Calamity Realm”... it was a complicated matter—actually weaker than that of the Tiānshū Star Domain back when the Tribulation Crossing rules weren’t yet perfected.

Soon, Ye Ancai gathered enough information and reported back with a summary:

"Senior, this is a floating continent suspended in the void, shaped like a perfect square with clean edges. It looks as if it was cut off by some force, almost like a puzzle piece. Each side measures about 150 million li, and there’s no sign of the Heavenly Dao’s presence!"

"At the same time, the strongest monsters on this continent are roughly at the Fusion stage in strength—kind of weak, huh? Is this really the Calamity Realm?"

By the time he finished speaking, Ye Ancai’s expression was already full of puzzlement.

Chen Yi pondered for a moment, then calmly replied, "Sometimes what you see isn’t necessarily the truth. This realm is full of oddities. Let’s first ask those two kids over there to verify if our information is off."

"Alright." Ye Ancai nodded slightly, then turned his gaze to the two brothers who had just barely survived a catastrophe and were now clinging to each other in tears. Using the common language newly mastered in this realm, he said:

"Hey, little friends, had enough hugging yet?"

Honestly, it was a bit eye-watering.

When these two brothers had erupted with power, their clothes had completely melted away. Now, naked and clinging to each other like this... well, what kind of decency is that?!

The bald older brother and the fiery younger one shuddered, suddenly realizing what was going on. They quickly pushed each other apart and each pulled out pants from their subspace abilities to put on.

"Thank you, sir, for saving my life. My name’s Liu Bi, and this is my younger brother Dai Yuanshan. If there’s anything you need, just say the word—we brothers are ready to serve you!"

The bald older brother Liu Bi bowed politely. Despite his rough appearance, he had a refined heart.

But the younger brother Dai Yuanshan was a different story. After shedding his flames, he looked fair and gentlemanly but was actually quite the rogue, with half of a dragon tattoo running down his back.

He patted his chest and said bluntly, "Same here. Big boss, your lifesaving favor means the world to me. From now on, this life of mine belongs to you. Damn it, just say who you want me to cut down, and I’ll do it!"

Ye Ancai glanced at him with interest and asked with a smile, "Why is that fire dragon tattoo only half done? That looks like a special rune tattoo that amplifies abilities, right?"

"It hurt too much—I couldn’t keep going..." Dai Yuanshan scratched his head awkwardly, then suddenly seemed to remember something and asked with mild surprise, "You mean that tattoo can actually boost my powers?"

Ye Ancai nodded slightly. "If you can finish that dragon tattoo, it’ll amplify your abilities at least fivefold. The monster you faced today wouldn’t stand a chance against you then!"

To be honest, these two brothers were at such a low rank they were like unnoticed grains of sand by the roadside—hardly worth his attention!

But the presence of something beyond their level on them was unusual.

A grain of sand might be ignored, but a glowing grain of sand is definitely worth investigating!

At least a rune tattoo that boosts power five times over is a rare treasure. It shouldn’t exist on a continent where the highest strength barely reaches the Fusion stage!

"Hiss~" Dai Yuanshan gasped, "So, if I hadn’t been such a wimp about the pain back then, the big bro wouldn’t have suffered so badly? I really deserve to die..."

"It’s all in the past now. As long as you’re both fine, there’s no need to blame yourself, little bro," Liu Bi comforted him kindly.

“Hold on!” Ye Ancai waved his hand and continued, “Let's put the matter of Wen Qing aside for now. I want to ask you all—when did this world turn into an apocalypse? And when did those monsters first appear?”

Although Ye Ancai had already retrieved the answers to these questions through his divine sense, the objective reality still differed somewhat from the subjective traditions of the local natives.

This realm was filled with strangeness at every turn. Even the senior had said that what he saw might not be the truth and that the information needed verification.

So what else could he do?

In front of that senior, he had no right to resist—just like these two guys standing before him. All he could do was cooperate.

The second brother, Dai Yuanshan, was simple-minded and straightforward. He had a bit of historical knowledge, but not much.

The eldest, Liu Bi, was a bit sharper. He quickly grasped the key point and cautiously asked, “Big shot, you’re probably not from around here, right? An alien?”

“Just answer the questions. Don’t ask what you shouldn’t,” Ye Ancai snapped.

“Got it!”

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