I picked up skill fragments in the demon world.

Chapter 873 The Great Array Collapses
The Queen Mother of the West knew what she was about to face. If she stepped out of the feng shui formation, given the current state of the world, she would be drained of her energy and fall from the Great Luo realm within three days.

Within a year, he will fall from the realm of fruition and become a twelfth-order being.

She no longer had time to find a hiding place, so she set her sights on Zhang Chen, hoping to find a solution from him. As for the Thirty-Three Heavens spiritual world? It would have little effect on her. The Thirty-Three Heavens could slow down the rate at which the Empress's essence was lost, but it was of little use to her.

Zhang Chen didn't refuse. He had originally wanted to keep the zombie by his side so he could use it to save face in a critical moment: "I do have a place to go."

Zhang Chen opened his Frost Domain and then expanded the Frost Hell: "I wonder if my Frost Hell can conceal your aura. As long as you conceal your aura and hide inside, the Frost Hell should be able to protect you."

The matter of imprisoning the Queen Mother of the West in the Frozen Hell requires her consent. If the Queen Mother of the West were to destroy the Frozen Hell, Zhang Chen would also suffer injuries.

Zhang Chen knew that although his Frozen Hell was powerful, it couldn't hold a Primordial Saint.

It wasn't that the Frozen Hell was ineffective, but rather that his cultivation level was too weak; the gap between him and the Queen Mother of the West was too great.

"It's actually a spacetime of absolute zero. You really have a lot of tricks up your sleeve!" The Queen Mother of the West gave Zhang Chen a meaningful look. Although she was unwilling, she had no choice but to accept Zhang Chen's coercion and reluctantly walked into the Frozen Hell.

Upon seeing this, Zhang Chen revealed a smug smile. He first manipulated the physical body of the Queen Mother of the West, and then manipulated her soul. With the wisdom of an old woman like the Queen Mother of the West, choosing the most suitable option was the secret to surviving countless eons. For them, nothing was more important than survival.

Assessing the situation and not being concerned with temporary honor or disgrace is a required course for all immortals.

As for the Queen Mother of the West, her soul and body were already under the control of the other party, and the other party would never let her leave. Therefore, she chose to lie low and wait for an opportunity to find a way to break free.

For Xi Wangmu, staying alive was the most important thing, and being by Zhang Chen's side would also allow her to observe his weaknesses and flaws, making it a good choice for her.

Besides, how could a mere icy hell possibly trap her? If she wanted to, she could easily pierce it with a single finger.

This is equivalent to her following Zhang Chen closely, secretly monitoring him, and spying on all the secrets of this tiny ant.

What could she do? She was desperate too! A tiger fallen into the plains is bullied by dogs; nothing could be more true than this.

As countless thoughts raced through Zhang Chen's mind, the Queen Mother of the West automatically entered a cell and sat quietly, looking at Zhang Chen: "This place is quite a good place. You must live well and never die, otherwise it will implicate me."

After the Queen Mother of the West finished speaking, a beam of light emerged from the Frozen Hell, cutting off Zhang Chen's view of the Frozen Hell.

"I said... I still have some things to ask you, why did you cut off contact with me?" Zhang Chen muttered unhappily as he stood outside the Frozen Hell.

"You simply want to ask about the great changes in the world and about Biyun, but I know nothing about it. Before I entered the Great Tomb, I left Biyun and the white ape to guard the Five Directions Flag Array, and I myself went into the Great Tomb to sleep until today. During this time, I have been completely cut off from the outside world. I know nothing about what happened outside. I don't even know as much as you do." The Queen Mother of the West's words came from the Frozen Hell.

Zhang Chen was speechless upon hearing this, but he did not doubt the truthfulness of the Queen Mother of the West's words. After all, the Queen Mother of the West, with her cultivation and realm, had no reason to lie.

“The key is that I have planted a reincarnation mark in Biyun Niangniang’s soul. As long as I find the Six Paths Reincarnation Disc, I can lock Biyun Niangniang’s soul. As long as her soul is still in this world, she will not be able to escape my perception.” Zhang Chen was not in a hurry.

He closed the Frost Domain, and his eyes swept over the tomb of the Queen Mother of the West. The entire tomb was too ancient; anything of value had already been destroyed.

Only the coffin left by the Queen Mother of the West, as well as the jade-paved walls and floor tiles in the tomb, are very valuable.

“This coffin is a good thing.” Zhang opened the Bashe space and swallowed the coffin directly. Then he looked at the entire thirty-six-story altar, pondered for a moment, and decided to stop for the time being. Such a large altar was not something he could move.

Even if he wanted to cut it, he couldn't, because the entire altar had been tempered by the power of the earth's veins, and even a being at the Fruit Realm couldn't shake the altar in the slightest.

After staring at the altar for a while, Zhang Chen turned and walked out of the tomb. However, when he passed the burial chambers where the bones of the innate beings were buried, he stopped in his tracks, and all the bones had disappeared.

"That kid Chen Xu has the bloodline of the Bashe. He's really struck gold this time. Those skeletons were all innate beings in life, and after being nurtured by the power of the earth veins for countless years, they are a rare blessing. In the future, Chen Xu's strength will advance by leaps and bounds, and he will ascend to an unbelievable realm." Zhang Chen glanced thoughtfully at all the skeletons, then walked unhurriedly through the palace. Just as he was about to leave the palace gate, he suddenly stopped. In the distance, he heard a series of shrill screams, accompanied by eerie roars. The mechanisms in the feng shui formation were being activated one after another.

Zhang Chen listened intently, a jolt running through him: "Someone has broken in! And there are many of them!" He then pondered, "They are definitely not Zhou Chuan's people. If they were, they wouldn't have triggered the mechanism."

Thinking of this, Zhang Chen slowly walked towards the trigger point. In the distance, he could see blood splattered, countless bones lying on the ground, and golden threads dancing in a passage. Everyone who entered the passage was cut apart by those golden threads.

On the other side of the passage, a group of people looked helplessly at the golden threads in the passage, seemingly discussing something.

Zhang Chen's sudden appearance startled the crowd on the other side. Zhang Chen saw the people opposite him, and they saw Zhang Chen in return. Someone pointed at Zhang Chen at one end of the passage and shouted, "Someone's there!!!"

Upon hearing this, everyone turned to look, their gazes all falling on Zhang Chen.

The group was led by a young master, who was surrounded by everyone and treated like royalty. Beside him was an old acquaintance of Zhang Chen, Zhuge Cheng, the former pride of the Zhuge family, who was as famous as Zhong Xiang, the Southern Kirin.

"There's someone over there!" Zhuge Cheng was the first to spot Zhang Chen and quickly called out. But when he saw Zhang Chen's face clearly, his expression changed. Enemies meeting each other are bound to be extremely hostile.

Years ago, Zhuge Cheng and Tu Shanqing joined forces to control monsters to ambush the Dragon Tiger Escort Agency's caravan during a monster horde. It was Zhang Chen who intervened to chase them down and thwart their grand plan.

Zhang Chen never expected that Zhuge Cheng would appear here.

"Judging from his attire, he should be an outsider, not a being from the tomb," said the young man beside Zhuge Cheng, his eyes scanning Zhang Chen's clothes thoughtfully.

Zhang Chen's gaze swept over the crowd, a strange look appearing in his eyes. Before he could speak, the young man leading the group greeted him with a gentle bow, saying, "Greetings, sir. I am Gong Chun from the Gong family of Kyoto. May I ask your name?"

"Gong Chun?" Zhang Chen looked surprised upon hearing this. "I've heard of your name. It seems you were chosen by Huang Tiandao as one of the future Star Gods. Could you be him?"

"Since you know such a secret, it seems you are not an outsider. Could it be that you are one of my Huang Tiandao people?" Gong Chun's eyes lit up upon hearing this.

Zhang Chen recalled Huang Tiandao Star God Zhang Xiaohua, who died at his hands; Zhao Lie, whose physical body he destroyed; Gu Mingyue, whom he had tricked to the point of no return; and the Gong family disciples who had died at his hands before. He spoke vaguely:

“I have had dealings with the higher-ups of your Huangtiandao.”

“Since we’ve met before, we’re practically family. May I ask how you managed to get through this ordeal?” Gong Chun quickly asked.

Zhang Chen glanced at the crowd behind Gong Chun, a cold smile appearing on his lips. He had a blood feud with the Gong family, and if he could kill Gong Chun, the Gong family's number one prodigy, here, that would be perfect.

So Zhang Chen was quite generous and showed everyone how to get through the trap. After Gong Chun led everyone through the trap, he came to Zhang Chen's side and bowed to him, saying, "I haven't yet had the pleasure of asking your name, brother."

"My surname is Zhang." Zhang Chen said, looking at Bei Wolong, "This brother looks somewhat familiar."

Upon hearing this, Zhuge Cheng gave a cold laugh: "You look somewhat familiar to me."

At this point, Zhuge Cheng said to Gong Chun, "Since this person has appeared in the tomb, he must be quite proficient in mechanisms. I wonder if we could ask him to lead the way for us?"

Gong Chun looked at Zhang Chen: "Brother Zhang seems to know about mechanisms and feng shui. Could you lead the way for us? If we can successfully enter the main burial chamber of the great tomb, we will certainly not be stingy with any benefits."

“Of course, I’m worried about the dangers of the tomb. Although I have the skills to break through the mechanisms, there are still many crises that I can’t handle. I need some help.” Zhang Chen nodded without hesitation. He was wondering why Zhou Chuan and Chen Xu had disappeared and why Gong Chun had broken in.

"I am proficient in mechanical arts. Gentlemen, please follow me, and I will lead you inside." After speaking, Zhang Chen led the way. He was somewhat wary of Zhuge Cheng's time-stopping ability. Only after mastering the power of time would he realize just how heaven-defying Zhuge Cheng's methods were.

Although he possessed the power of time, Zhuge Cheng also possessed the power of time. Moreover, the ability to stop time could suppress his own power of time. He could not discern the depth of Zhuge Cheng's power of time, so luring everyone into the feng shui formation and using traps to kill them was the best option.

(End of this chapter)