Chapter 1998: Bound by the Realm, Who Shall Depart? | Red Heart Survey [Translation]
Red Heart Survey [Translation] - Updated on May 2, 2025
Killed how many times?
Are you really sure about what you’re saying?!
The feeling of playing fate is extremely absurd!
But even more absurd is that from Jing Li and Bai Yu Xia to Lin Xian and Lian Yu Chan, these individuals, who can also be called proud talents – these guys who have ears and their brains are normal – not a single person expressed objection to Jiang Wang’s sentence.
How this world changes so quickly.
Isn’t a divine arrival killing a True King not ridiculous anymore?
When everyone else isn’t doubting, playing fate begins to seriously doubt himself.
Some things seem impossible, but they aren’t completely impossible, are they? Isn’t there still the word “miracle”?
Furthermore, with Jiang Wang’s reputation of “one promise goes to sea, a hundred tribulations not return” there, this person shouldn’t lie and has no need to boast. So perhaps the problem is with me?
Xi Ming suddenly thought, before running to Xing Yue Yuan to open a tavern, this guy surnamed Jiang was the first military merit marquis of the young generation in the various countries, a famous general of the world!
Everything makes sense!
Surrounding and killing a True King with a military formation is also very reasonable for military strategists to accomplish.
But currently, there are no soldiers for you to command.
“The Human Race and the Sea Race cannot coexist. Dealing with a Sea Race true dragon is the duty of us Mohist disciples,” Xi Ming said. “But the enemy is strong and we are weak, so we still need to be cautious… Do you really have confidence?”
Jiang Wang said while walking, “I’ve fought this evil dragon for several years and have some understanding of him. He has been imprisoned for a long time and has just escaped, so his state is very poor. His entire cultivation is less than one-tenth of what it was. As long as we can quickly draw him out, we are sufficient to kill him.”
He couldn’t rely on the others in the Bai Yu Jing tavern, so Xi Ming maintained a clear head. “One who can grow up in Cang Hai is not weak, and a True King is already a hero of the world. Your judgment of his current state… is it reliable?”
Jiang Wang countered, “But if his state were still there, do you think he would let us go? Or would he need to seal this world?”
“No! No need!” Jing Li vigorously shook his head, extremely flattering.
Jiang Wang continued, “His strength is not enough to kill us now, and he’s afraid we’ll call for aid and be disturbed by others, so he made such a choice. He’s certainly already hiding somewhere to start recuperating and recovering.”
In the past three years, Jiang Wang had constantly been vigilant, from time to time sucking on the Sen Hai old dragon to keep it in a weakened state. Even if there were elements of disguise, after three years, this old dragon could also be called exhausted.
Furthermore, although the Sen Hai old dragon escaped by the method of a wall lizard breaking its tail, through the response of its true name to the wonders of the universe’s myriad gates, what he left in the prison room of the Yu Heng Star Tower was the vast majority of his power. What escaped was actually the “tail” of that wall lizard. His strength would need to be cut by at least another eighty percent.
Regarding the Sen Hai old dragon’s state, there was another piece of evidence left.
A True Monarch’s lifespan is ten thousand years, a True Person’s lifespan limit is one thousand two hundred and ninety-six years.
The Dragon Race’s physique is particularly special. After all, they can be called “true” early on, so True Kings enjoy three thousand years. For Imperial Lords, their lifespan limit is the same as strong individuals of other races at the same realm. After all, ten thousand years is a heavenly barrier that cannot be crossed.
These are known.
Although it’s unknown exactly how old Ao Kui is this year, this fellow’s thousand-year layout in the Sen Hai source world is real. Before being exiled to the universe, Ao Kui was already a True King level. Considering the slow growth of a dragon body, to be able to grow to the level of contending with Imperial Lord Tai Yong, one would think he wouldn’t be too young.
Three thousand years is the lifespan limit for a Dragon Race True King, but it doesn’t mean every Dragon Race True King has such a long life.
This old dragon has been displaced, driven out of Cang Hai ever since, and his state has never been good, which must have also affected his lifespan. So, calculating it, how many years this old dragon has left to live, one can perhaps optimistically estimate – he shouldn’t have many hundreds of years left.
Although it is said that a superhuman’s cultivation can reach the realm of divine arrival and not decline until death, Ao Kui has been beaten to near death and his Dao body has changed several times, which must have had some impact.
At least many desperate secret methods, the old thief shouldn’t be able to use.
In this square world, the old dragon Ao Kui’s biggest reliance is nothing but the Tian Fo treasure artifact, the Qi Huo Ru Shi Bo. But the old dragon sealing this world with it precisely proves that his current application of this treasure artifact is limited to this extent.
Otherwise, wouldn’t it be much simpler to just smash Jiang Wang to death with one Bo?
“I have a doubt,” Xi Ming pointed directly to the key point. “If this Sea Race true dragon is in a very poor state, unable to contend with us.”
He emphasized the word ‘us’ and then said, “Then why doesn’t he just escape, but instead seals this realm and shares a cage with us?”
“This of course shows his confidence,” Jiang Wang said. “He believes he can quickly recover during the sealed period and crush us with overwhelming strength. Frankly speaking, he is primarily targeting me, and all of you are innocently affected.”
“That’s wrong!” Lian Yu Chan said clearly. “Since I entered Jun’s door, I naturally advance and retreat together with Jun. There is no such thing as being innocently affected.”
Lin Xian glanced at her and said, “She said what I wanted to say.”
Bai Yu Xia silently sensed this world and did not speak.
Jing Li rolled up his sleeves and muttered to himself, “He doesn’t get along with you, which means he doesn’t get along with me, Jing Li, with my master Ku Jue, with our San Bao Shan. Not getting along with San Bao Shan means not getting along with Xuan Kong Temple, not getting along with the Buddhist gate, not getting along with the World Honored One—”
This set of infinitely escalating rhetoric, you could tell it came from Ku Jue’s mouth the moment you heard it.
Jiang Wang was very moved and told him to stop speaking for now. “I will definitely lead you all to slaughter this evil dragon!”
Xi Ming on the side suddenly felt a kind of lonely feeling.
Among this group of people, only he was innocent.
“What’s your plan?” he suddenly asked.
Jiang Wang actually still had one point he hadn’t mentioned—this square world very likely truly had a remaining inheritance of Mu Han Gong.
So the poor-state Ao Kui was unwilling to directly take the treasure and escape, wanting to fight in this floating land world, lest Jiang someone get a bargain. Otherwise, with this old dragon’s cautious character, there was no need to contend for life and death with a damaged body.
“The thief dragon is cunning, and his traces are all gone now,” Jiang Wang said. “I’ve tried all sorts of methods, but I can’t find any trace of him. Mohist mechanisms are unparalleled under heaven, do you have any good methods?”
Xi Ming only asked, “Do you have his flesh? Or his breath?”
He had flesh, but it was still in the prison room of the Yu Heng Star Tower. Contact with the Star Tower was already isolated, so naturally, he couldn’t obtain it.
Jiang Wang could only shake his head.
Xi Ming asked again, “Do you know his true name? His birth eight characters?”
Jiang Wang smiled bitterly, “Eight characters are too difficult for me. I do know his true name—”
He opened his mouth, but finally learned his lesson and didn’t dare to speak carelessly. “Come, I’ll write it for you.”
Xi Ming’s fingers flipped, and he clipped out a thin, long bamboo tube from between his fingers, its surface covered with dense symbols. He then drew a blank strip of paper from the bamboo tube, took a fine pen, and handed them together to Jiang Wang. “Write it on this.”
The symbols on the bamboo tube were quite familiar. After a slight thought, they seemed similar to those seen on Zhuan Lun Wang’s chains.
Jiang Wang showed no expression on his face, took the paper and pen, casually waved his hand, and handed them back.
Xi Ming glanced at the paper strip and laughed, “Did you suffer this loss? Not everyone can be praised and recorded in history. Before ancient times, names all had power, and there were rules about what could and couldn’t be used, unlike now where it’s just a title. The Dragon Race has inherited this tradition very well.”
“Is that so?” Jiang Wang was not convinced. “I have also faced and rebuked the names of Fu Hai and Gao Jie.”
Xi Ming said faintly, “Next time, pick a living one to try, when they are not busy.”
While speaking, his hands were not idle either. With a casual flick of his finger, a round, dumpling-like small mechanism bird appeared on the back of his hand. The wood grain on its body was still very fresh, and strangely, it had a kind of vibrant feeling.
Xi Ming rolled up the paper strip on which Ao Kui’s name was written and put it into the bamboo tube. The mechanism small bird then lowered its head, took it in its mouth, and after spreading its wings, flew up into the high sky.
Jiang Wang looked up expectantly.
Jing Li, Bai Yu Xia, and the others also came to appreciate the profundity of Mohist mechanisms.
But they saw the mechanism small bird drawing circles in the air, flying rapidly, flying, flying, and then flying back again.
Xi Ming’s tone was calm. “Couldn’t find it.”
Several people instantly scattered.
Saying things like “tsk,” “alas,” “this isn’t very good either,” and so on.
Jiang Wang continued to lead the way in front.
Xi Ming followed at the back of the team and asked again, “Where are we going now?”
Jiang Wang said calmly, “To find an old friend of mine.”
Jing Li the monk praised incessantly, “Junior Brother, you have friends here too!”
Jiang Wang smiled faintly and didn’t say much.
The old friend he was talking about was naturally Qing Huo Bu!
Time flies, rushing like this!
Things from four years ago seemed very far away, but when he checked his memory, they were as fresh as yesterday.
The cunning and stingy but wholeheartedly dedicated to his race, the clan leader Qing Huo Gao Chi.
The Wu Zhi Di Ku warrior leader, full-faced beard, and strong character Qing Huo Heng.
That one-armed warrior, the young warrior Qing Huo Yuan Chen, who followed him to participate in the life and death chess match…
And of course, the most familiar, but already dissolved in You Tian, the witch Zhu, Qing Huo Qi Ming.
Based on the known situation, Ao Kui’s recovery methods probably include three types.
The first type is that this thief has already tried it once in the Sen Hai source world, using the power of faith to recover himself. According to what Qing Huo Qi Ming said initially, the floating land is vast and boundless, with an unknown number of tribes. Just the life and death chess involves a hundred tribes contending. Faith resources are very rich, far surpassing the Sen Hai source world. Although the people of the floating land do not believe in gods, with Ao Kui’s means, he thought it was no problem.
The second type is relying on the Qi Huo Ru Shi Bo. The Tian Fo
treasure artifact has extraordinary qualities and can perhaps help him recover.
The third type is relying on the possibly existing inheritance of Mu Han Gong in this realm. What methods of recovery the ancient sage left are not certain.
This is the floating land world.
Jiang Wang had come here once.
He was here once, helping Qing Huo Bu participate in the life and death chess and winning a hundred years of kingship in the floating land world.
In other words, for a hundred years after that, Qing Huo Bu is the king of the floating land world!
What’s special about a kingship tribe?
A single conscription order, and the world responds!
If they have the help of the kingship tribe, whether it’s to block Ao Kui’s seizure of faith power, or to find the Qi Huo Ru Shi Bo, investigate inheritance clues, or even search for Ao Kui’s traces, everything will become much simpler.
He deeply knew that Ao Kui’s advantage lay in the vision of a True King, and his advantage lay in the fact that he had truly fought in this world in those days!
The old thief wants to use this realm as a cage, let’s see who lives and who leaves!
Jiang Wang was full of confidence, and the crowd from Bai Yu Jing was also very encouraged.
They flew fast in this vast world, for one hour, two hours, three hours…
Xi Ming finally couldn’t help but ask, “Is your friend still alive?”
Jiang Wang glared at him, then flipped his body and fell, blocking a passerby. “Hello, excuse me, can you tell me the direction to Qing Huo Bu?”
A long time had passed, and the floating land world was too big. Initially, during Qing Huo Bu’s time, the fighting was mainly fierce in Wu Zhi Di Ku… so it was very reasonable that he couldn’t find the way!
The passerby who was suddenly intercepted was somewhat panicked. “You, who are you?”
Because at the instant he was intercepted, he subconsciously reached out, but was instantly suppressed. More so because he felt this person’s strength, yet couldn’t detect any totem power!
Jiang Wang had already seen the red lightning pattern on this person’s forehead, pretended not to notice this person sending a distress signal with totem power, and only laughed. “You’re from Red Thunder Bu, right? No need to be nervous. I have no ill intentions, we are Qing Tian comers.”
The passerby could hardly hide his doubt. “The life and death chess game is contested every hundred years. It’s not yet time to point to the star generals.”
“Our mission this time is unrelated to the life and death chess,” Jiang Wang’s expression was gentle, but he had a strong oppressive feeling that came with power. “Little brother, no need to be nervous, you only need to tell me the location of Qing Huo Bu.”
“I need to think,” the passerby clumsily delayed. “Please allow me to think.”
Jiang Wang smiled at him. “No rush. Tell your tribesmen on the road to slow down a bit, don’t fall and get hurt.”
The passerby panicked and nodded. “Okay, okay, okay— Huh?”
Jiang Wang hadn’t said anything.
Not long after, they heard hoofbeats like drums.
A hundred riders galloped over, raising dust.
The leader shouted in a delicate voice, “Who is so blind as to dare come to my Red Thunder Bu and act wild?!”
The person who came was actually an acquaintance!
Several years hadn’t passed, yet she was still so fiery. Whether it was her temper or her figure, both were the same.
Wearing tight, short leather clothes, riding on horseback, her body was like undulating mountains. Her small braids were tied up and flying up and down. In her hand, she held a leather whip, and lightning flashed on the whip.
This person was indeed Red Thunder Yan of Red Thunder Bu. Initially, she had gone shoulder to shoulder with Lei Zhan Qian and had also offended Li Feng Yao’s woman.
So, leading a hundred riders, the killing intent soared, and thunderclouds followed in the sky.
The face of the Red Thunder Bu passerby in front of Jiang Wang showed joy.
But Jiang Wang only said in a low voice, “Don’t kill people.”
Lian Yu Chan flew out from behind him like a spring swallow. Her twin swords crossed and cut, the sword light as agile as lightning, passing through the hundred riders.
Bang bang bang bang bang!
Including Red Thunder Yan’s mount, all the war horses wailed together and fell to the ground, lifeless.
The warriors of Red Thunder Bu just wanted to charge, but they all stumbled and fell, crooked and askew.
Lian Yu Chan was very obedient.
She killed all the hundred horses but didn’t kill a single person.
And the thunderclouds that followed in the sky were also torn apart by the sword light.
Looking at the scene of horse corpses everywhere and fresh blood flowing horizontally, Jiang Wang sighed.
Lian Yu Chan, this woman, looked smart and beautiful, but her heart was quite ruthless. Did she have to make it so bloody?
“Red Thunder Yan, do you still remember me?” He silently walked to the front of Lian Yu Chan, forcing a smile onto his face. “We met during the last life and death chess.”
Red Thunder Yan was first stunned, then suddenly startled, and even retreated. “What do you want to do?”
Of course, she remembered Jiang Wang!
It was Jiang Wang who defeated Lei Zhan Qian, who was like a god and a demon in her heart, with one sword, shattering Red Thunder Bu’s victory in the life and death chess game.
“Don’t be nervous,” Jiang Wang spread his hands to show that he had no hostility. “I just want to ask for directions.”
Red Thunder Yan barely stood firm. “Ask for what road?”
Jiang Wang said warmly, “I just want to know how to get to Qing Huo Bu from here. It’s been a long time since I came, and I can’t find the way.”
Red Thunder Yan didn’t hesitate. She took out a roll of sheepskin from her leather pouch and threw it directly over. “Here’s the map, you can look at it yourself.”
Jiang Wang caught the sheepskin map, opened it and looked at it twice, confirming that there was no mistake, then said thank you and left with his people. He didn’t stay here to scare people, after all, Lian Yu Chan’s sword method was cruel, and Xi Ming also looked quite fierce.
“Wait,” Red Thunder Yan suddenly called out from behind.
Jiang Wang stopped and looked back. “What is it?”
Red Thunder Yan at this time already felt that he was indeed not malicious. Her tension eased a lot, and she organized her words and said, “I thought I would have to wait another hundred years, I didn’t expect you to come now.”
“Normally speaking, it is like this,” Jiang Wang maintained his patience. “My mission this time is special.”
“Then…” Red Thunder Yan bit her lip and finally said, “Is Lei Lang coming this time? When is he coming? He promised me he would come find me.”
Jiang Wang was silent for a moment, then smiled and said, “He won’t be able to get away for a while.”