Nine Transformations of the True Spirit.

After Chen Yuan entered the gate of spiritual light, spatial turbulence surged from all directions, threatening to tear him to pieces.

But when these tearing and squeezing forces fell on Chen Yuan, they were like a spring breeze, gently brushing past without leaving a trace.

As Chen Yuan moved through it, the Kunpeng Dharma Image behind him flapped its wings, enveloping Chen Yuan, and the tearing and squeezing forces around him became more gentle.

A few breaths later, Chen Yuan felt the tearing and squeezing force around him suddenly disappear, the colorful light in front of him vanished, and a field came into view.

He had already passed through the protective array and arrived at the secret realm of Dongxu Mountain.

The Kunpeng Dharma image behind Chen Yuan slowly dissipated, and the pair of black wings behind him folded up.

The last time he entered the Dongxu Mountain Secret Realm, he had to break through the formation with force and take advantage of the situation to enter.

But this time, all it takes is to forcefully open a gap in the formation, and the protective array will be unable to stop him.

Feeling the rich spiritual energy in the world, Chen Yuan smiled slightly, his figure flickered, and he flew towards the depths of the secret realm.

Since the Lingyun Sect unified the cultivation world of Qi Kingdom, the opening interval of the Dongxu Mountain Secret Realm has been extended to once every thirty years.

The Foundation Establishment Pills obtained from the five sects of Qi, along with the three spiritual herbs used to refine them, are enough to keep the Lingyun Sect busy for decades.

After that, Chen Yuan sent back a large number of low-grade spiritual herbs obtained from the Yuling Sect's secret realm, which ensured that Lingyun Sect would not have to worry about a lack of Foundation Establishment Pills for the next hundred years.

Moreover, without the constraints of the other five sects, the Dongxu Mountain Secret Realm has become entirely in the hands of the Lingyun Sect. Naturally, they should take it slow and steady, rather than exhausting their resources.

The last time the secret realm opened was twenty-three years ago.

Wei Cifeng was ordered by Chen Yuan to temporarily modify the formation in order to forcibly open it.

At this point, there were only twenty days left before Chen Yuan held the Nascent Soul Ceremony and rebuilt the mountain gate.

For over twenty years, no Lingyun Sect disciples have entered the secret realm. The secret realm is now filled with low-level spiritual herbs, and low-level demonic beasts that migrated from within the secret realm have reclaimed its outer perimeter.

Chen Yuan moved with incredible speed and soon arrived at the entrance to the inner ring of the secret realm.

Between the inner and outer rings of the Dongxu Mountain Secret Realm stands a ring-shaped mountain range that is tens of thousands of feet high.

Like a colossal wall reaching to the sky, the mountainside is covered in snow, with a fierce wind that locks in the abundant spiritual energy within the inner ring, allowing passage only through a few narrow, deep valleys.

However, these gales that would frighten even Nascent Soul cultivators were like flat ground to Chen Yuan. He easily passed through the gales and arrived at the center of the inner ring, where he landed his escape light on a flat plain.

He flipped his hand and took out the Tai Xuan Token. On the empty ground in front of him, a blue light screen appeared out of thin air. The light flowed and slowly revealed a passage, from which thick spiritual mist surged out.

Chen Yuan stepped inside, took a gentle breath, and the spiritual mist entered his body. His true essence sea rippled slightly, but there was no other reaction.

He couldn't help but shake his head. When he first came to this herb garden, he was completely absorbed in the intoxicating magic.

Now it seems ordinary, far less than the rich spiritual energy in Suyue Lake when he was in seclusion trying to break through to the Nascent Soul stage.

The herb garden is about a hundred acres in size, surrounded by white spiritual mist. Every ten feet or so, it is divided by arrays that shimmer with various colors of spiritual light.

However, the spiritual herbs among them had already been picked by Chen Yuan, leaving only some seedlings absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth and growing slowly.

When Chen Yuan left the Dongxu Mountain Secret Realm, he took the spiritual herbs with him, but left the seeds behind.

More than a hundred years have passed, and these spiritual herbs have taken root and sprouted under the supply of pure spiritual energy and the suitable environment created by the array.

However, it will take hundreds or even thousands of years for it to grow back into a thousand-year-old spiritual herb, or even a three-thousand-year-old spiritual herb.

Chen Yuan passed through the formation and arrived at the thatched hut deepest in the valley.

The room was furnished very simply, exactly as it had been when he left, with only a square table, a jade bed, and a stone tablet.

The stone tablet stands in the center of the thatched hut. It is grayish-white and about three feet tall. It is engraved with five complex ancient characters: Dongxu Mountain Blessed Land.

Chen Yuan arrived in front of the stone tablet, raised his hand and placed it on the tablet, injecting his true essence and divine sense.

A huge, transparent sand table emerged, inside which was a miniature version of the Dongxu Mountain Secret Realm.

Most of the sand table was dark and dull, with only a few areas slightly lit.

A colorful, semi-circular barrier surrounds the entire sand table, with many areas appearing slightly dim and even showing a few tiny cracks.

Inside the sand table, a white energy vein runs through the earth, winding and branching out into many branches, each branch connecting to a luminous place.

The source of the white energy vein is in the center of the inner ring, which is also the brightest area on the sand table.

However, in the middle of the energy channel, a thick layer of black energy shrouded it, cutting it off in half.

Chen Yuan's gaze swept across the entire sand table, landing on the central part of the white energy vein, a place shrouded in black energy, his expression slightly solemn.

This black aura, like a dark cloud, shrouded the energy veins above them, slowly spreading along the white energy veins, and wherever it passed, the energy veins gradually turned black.

Almost nothing had changed since he last entered the Dongxu Mountain Secret Realm.

Only this area, shrouded in demonic energy, has spread further than it did a hundred years ago.

However, his purpose in entering the Dongxu Mountain Secret Realm this time is to resolve this hidden danger.

Chen Yuan withdrew his divine sense, and the sand table in front of him disappeared.

He turned and walked out of the thatched hut, crossed the valley, left the herb garden, and in a flash of light, rose into the sky and flew westward.

A dozen or so breaths later, Chen Yuan arrived at the western part of the inner ring, above that large spiritual vein shrouded in black demonic energy.

This place is no different from other places in the secret realm, except that it is slightly darker, and even under the sunlight, it still gives people a gloomy feeling.

Chen Yuan spread his divine sense and went deep underground, where he saw that a layer of demonic energy enveloped the earth veins and spiritual veins, like a malignant tumor clinging to the bone.

The surrounding rocks and soil have been melted away, creating a huge cavity.

Chen Yuan's figure flashed, instantly teleporting a hundred feet underground to the side of the earth's veins.

Looking at the black demonic energy slowly flowing on the earth's veins, Chen Yuan narrowed his eyes, raised his hand to form a hand seal, and his eyes suddenly turned silver-white.

Behind him, the image of the Kui Niu (a mythical bull) materialized, opened its mouth and roared, causing thunder to rumble.

The black mist, as if startled, suddenly contracted.

Chen Yuan flipped his hand and took out the Purple Kui Thunder Drum, gripped the drumstick, and struck it heavily.

Boom!

Endless rumbling thunder echoed in the empty underground cavern. Above the ground, dark clouds gathered and lightning flashed. Streaks of silver lightning, glowing with purple light, fell down, ignoring the earth's obstruction, reaching a hundred feet underground and striking the demonic energy.

The malevolent demonic energy, capable of corroding and devouring large spiritual veins, was utterly powerless against the heavenly lightning.

Where lightning flashed, the demonic energy vanished completely.

Once the heavenly thunder was exhausted, Chen Yuan struck the Purple Kui Thunder Drum again, and the thunder roared incessantly, with the heavenly thunder rolling endlessly.

Before long, the black demonic energy was shattered into nothingness by the continuous heavenly lightning, revealing the earth veins that were wrapped within it.

The evil demonic energy that Chen Yuan had once been helpless against was completely unable to withstand the power of the Kui Niu.

The chronic problem that had plagued this large spiritual vein for tens of thousands of years was completely eliminated in one day.

Chen Yuan stared intently at the earth's veins, which resembled a dark yellow stone dragon covered in rough stone scales and had four claws, coiled deep within the earth.

However, over tens of thousands of years, the earth's veins have been continuously eroded by evil and demonic energy, and its surface has turned a faint black, faintly exuding an aura of decay.

Chen Yuan frowned, and gently tapped the Purple Kui Thunder Drum. Countless bolts of lightning fell again, but they were much thinner and gentler than before.

The lightning bolt pierced the earth and struck the earth's veins, sending rocks flying and sand scattering, leaving behind numerous wounds.

At the same time, wisps of extremely faint, eerie demonic energy emerged from the stone dragon's body and then dissipated completely.

Several bolts of lightning struck, leaving the earth's veins scarred, but the evil demonic energy that had invaded them was completely wiped out.

Endless earth energy surged in, slowly repairing the wounds on the earth's veins.

The earth's veins were damaged, and the spiritual veins attached to them were also affected, suffering considerable damage.

Chen Yuan put away the Purple Kui Thunder Drum and drumsticks. The Kui Bull Dharma Image behind him disappeared, and his figure flashed, instantly teleporting to the ground.

The spiritual energy of heaven and earth was slightly disordered and thinner than before.

Looking around, several gullies appeared on the ground, some low hills collapsed, the soil churned up, and rivers changed course, all caused by damage to the earth's veins.

Chen Yuan shook his head slightly, and with a flash of light, he flew into the sky.

He flew higher and higher, until he reached a height of ten thousand feet in the sky, before finally stopping.

Above was a clear blue sky, but Chen Yuan knew that this was just an illusion created by the great formation.

He flipped his hand and took out the Tai Xuan Token, infused it with true essence, and shook it gently.

A flash of light appeared in the azure sky, then vanished silently, revealing a multicolored array of lights that flickered erratically.

Chen Yuan activated the Kunpeng True Blood, and a pair of black wings unfurled from his back.

He raised his hands, conjuring a layer of black blades, and with a gentle tear, easily ripped a gap in the five-colored array.

Spatial turbulence surged forth, sweeping towards Chen Yuan, but it couldn't shake his figure at all.

Chen Yuan entered the array, where the tearing and squeezing force enveloped him, but it was much weaker than when he entered the secret realm.

With the earth's veins and spiritual veins damaged, the protective array based on them also loses some of its power.

This time, Chen Yuan did not condense the Kunpeng Dharma Image. Instead, he flapped his wings, passed through the spatial turbulence, and arrived at another five-colored barrier, arriving much slower than before. His expression turned solemn, and he flipped his hand to take out a pale blue spear. His black hair turned snow-white, and the Zhu Yan Dharma Image condensed behind him.

Zhu Yan, in his Dharma form, pounded his chest and roared. Chen Yuan's aura surged, and his true essence burst forth. He thrust his spear towards the five-colored array and shouted, "Break!"

The azure spear trembled slightly, seemingly unable to withstand the immense force, and struck the multicolored barrier with a single, soft "ding."

A ripple spread from the tip of the spear, and the next moment, the multicolored barrier shattered, revealing the true azure sky behind it.

The colorful barrier trembled violently and then quickly repaired itself.

At the same time, the spatial turbulence became increasingly violent, surging in from all directions.

Chen Yuan flipped his hand and took out the scroll of the Refined Void Kun Fish skin, then tossed it, and it landed at the gap in the five-colored barrier.

Spatial turbulence and multicolored spiritual light surged forth, but they were all blocked in front of this roll of Kun fish skin.

Chen Yuan raised his hand and made a hand seal. The Zhu Yan Dharma Image behind him disappeared and was replaced by the Kunpeng Dharma Image.

He can only condense one true spirit avatar at a time; two avatars cannot coexist.

Chen Yuan turned and flew back. Under the protection of the Kunpeng Dharma Image, he ignored the spatial turbulence, tore open a gap again, and returned to the secret realm.

Outside the secret realm, Jin Luoheng and the others, who were struggling to maintain the formation, saw a five-colored spiritual light suddenly appear in the sky, like a five-colored cloud, which quickly spread out.

At the same time, the pressure they were under suddenly eased a lot, and they could maintain the formation without injecting so much true energy.

Wei Cifeng's expression brightened: "The Supreme Elder has made his move; he has already opened another gap in the secret realm's grand formation."

"By destroying the central array of the Dongxu Mountain Secret Realm and then completely breaking through the array from the inside out, this secret realm can be reintegrated into the world!"

Bai Yanji showed a hint of regret: "It's a pity that in this way, the great formation will be forcibly destroyed, the secret realm will be greatly damaged, and even the spiritual veins will be significantly damaged."

Jin Luoheng gazed at the colorful clouds and said in a deep voice, "This is also a last resort. The great formation cannot be broken, and only Qi Refining cultivators can enter it."

"Only by completely destroying it and allowing the Dongxu Mountain Secret Realm to be reintegrated into this world can it serve as the sect's main gate."

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Inside the secret realm, Chen Yuan repeatedly used the teleportation technique, returning to the spirit herb garden within ten breaths and rushing into the thatched hut.

He flipped his hand and took out a black longsword. His true energy surged out, and the longsword emitted a dazzling golden light. He slashed at the stone tablet with one stroke, as if a sharp blade had sliced ​​through white paper, cutting it in two.

After obtaining the two divine weapons, Chen Yuan used his spare time to infuse them with his essence blood, and spent a year completely mastering them.

Although the incompatibility of their attributes prevented them from fully unleashing the power of these two divine weapons, under Chen Yuan's full strength, they were still superior to top-tier magic treasures.

The stone tablet, which served as the central hub of the grand formation, was already extremely sturdy, yet it still could not withstand the power of the divine weapon, nor could it withstand Chen Yuan's immense strength.

The stone tablet broke, and the azure sky receded like the tide, revealing a colorful array of lights that flickered and sped faster and faster.

The spiritual energy of heaven and earth was in complete chaos, mountains collapsed and rivers overflowed. In their panic, low-level demonic beasts fled in all directions, some even going berserk and fighting each other, creating a scene of utter devastation.

The towering mountain range between the inner and outer rings trembled slightly, and boulders rolled down, blocking several passages and crushing countless demonic beasts that were trying to escape from the inner ring to the outer ring.

However, the herb garden in the secret realm was protected by an array and was not affected, remaining completely intact.

Chen Yuan flew into the sky again, tore open a slit, and rushed into the two arrays.

He conjured the Zhu Yan Dharma Image, enduring the spatial turbulence. With a blue longsword in his right hand and a black longsword in his right, and the Zi Xu Sword swirling around him, four Kun Feather Arrows spun and shot out together, piercing the five-colored barrier and leaving gaps.

The earth shook more and more in the secret realm, and the spiritual energy began to become violent, condensing into the prototype of a spiritual energy storm.

However, since Chen Yuan had destroyed the central core of the formation and broke it from the inside, the secret realm could no longer destroy itself.

Outside the secret realm, Jin Luoheng and the others looked up and saw that the colorful clouds in the sky were increasing, covering an area of ​​a hundred miles and spreading rapidly.

The formation no longer needed to be maintained. As the formation gradually collapsed, the gate of spiritual light grew larger and larger, revealing the mountains and plains behind it.

The earth-shattering scene in the secret realm came into everyone's view, and the Lingyun Sect cultivators who participated in setting up the formation were all extremely excited.

This is a complete upheaval!
Jin Luoheng turned to look at everyone and ordered, "You all must return to the giant ship immediately!"

Some of the people were reluctant, but none dared to disobey Jin Luoheng's orders. They all used their lightness skills to gracefully fly onto the giant ship.

Jin Luoheng then turned to the elders beside him and said, "We should also retreat to avoid being affected by the aftershocks."

The group dared not delay. Jing Shuhan looked back at the Spirit Gate and saw the apocalyptic scene in the secret realm. A hint of worry flashed in her eyes, but she still returned to the giant ship.

Jin Luoheng raised his hand and made a hand seal, and the giant ship slowly rose into the air, changed direction, and flew into the distance.

Just as the giant ship had flown a few hundred feet, the gate of spiritual light rippled and suddenly collapsed.

The colorful rays of light spread out, and wherever they passed, the barren mountains vanished silently and completely, leaving no trace.

Instead, there was a field overgrown with grass, but in a mess, shrouded in a distorted, silvery-gray light.

Everyone who witnessed this was terrified and their eyes were filled with reverence as they looked at Jin Luoheng.

Jin Luoheng's expression was serious. The giant ship increased its speed again, moving away from the barren mountains.

Behind the giant ship, the colorful rays of the sky condensed into colorful shooting stars, which fell from the sky and spread out after landing.

Wherever the colorful rays of the sunset reached, the desolate Gobi Desert disappeared, replaced by mountains, rivers, plains, and forests shrouded in a silvery-gray light, all distorted and severely damaged.

Wu Zexian spotted a cliff and his eyes narrowed: "This is Starfall Cliff. I passed through here when I entered the Dongxu Mountain Secret Realm."

Like Jin Luoheng and Chen Yuan, he joined the Lingyun Sect through the Ascension Ceremony and once entered the Dongxu Mountain Secret Realm to search for spiritual herbs before successfully establishing his foundation.

Wei Cifeng's gaze swept over the distorted and unstable areas, and he said solemnly, "The great formation has been broken, and the secret realm has initially merged with this world. It's just unknown how much will be left behind..."

Before he finished speaking, the Starfall Cliff suddenly froze, then shattered like a broken bronze mirror, turning into pieces of silver-gray fragments that vanished into thin air.

A hint of reluctance flashed in Bai Yanji's eyes, while Jin Luoheng said calmly, "As long as the large spiritual veins are not fundamentally damaged, no matter how many secret realms are destroyed, it is not worth mentioning."

The giant ship flew for more than two hundred miles before finally escaping the area shrouded in colorful clouds.

But the colorful clouds continued to expand rapidly, so Jin Luoheng had no choice but to maneuver the giant ship to continue flying backward.

Colorful meteors kept falling from the sky, transforming into various landforms shrouded in silvery-gray light. About half of them shattered and disappeared, while the other half remained.

Among them were many low-level demonic beasts, who looked bewildered and lost, but the Lingyun Sect cultivators' eyes lit up when they saw them.

Most of these people practiced beast taming, but lacked high-quality spirit beasts.

Although these demonic beasts are of low rank, they have thrived in the Dongxu Mountain Secret Realm for tens of thousands of years, and their bloodlines are not weak. If they can be taken in as spirit beasts and properly nurtured, they will be a great help.

The colorful glow of the sunset stretched for thousands of miles before finally stopping.

The giant ship came to a stop, and everyone watched as colorful shooting stars fell, the desolate Gobi Desert disappeared and was replaced by strange and rugged landforms.

Fortunately, the Gobi Desert is vast enough to cover thousands of miles, with a harsh environment and few human footprints, so it will not harm ordinary people.

Such a massive and peculiar celestial phenomenon even caused the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to become disordered. It was clearly visible for tens of thousands of miles around, but very few cultivators came to investigate.

Before arriving here, Jin Luoheng dispatched over a thousand Lingyun Sect cultivators to patrol the area around the Gobi Desert, strictly prohibiting cultivators from other sects from approaching. He also issued an edict informing Qi Kingdom's independent cultivators that they were not allowed to enter the Gobi Desert.

He was originally a rogue cultivator and knew how much rogue cultivators longed for opportunities. Seeing this strange celestial phenomenon, he was willing to risk his life to come here in search of treasures.

They naturally couldn't influence the integration of the Dongxu Mountain Secret Realm into this world, but Jin Luoheng always held a sliver of pity for the rogue cultivators. He would rather let the Lingyun Sect disciples work harder than see a large number of rogue cultivators come to their deaths.

However, even the most meticulous plans can have oversights. Some people were unaware of the imperial edict, and others harbored rebellious thoughts, believing that the Lingyun Sect intended to monopolize the treasure.

Within a radius of two hundred miles around the giant ship, six or seven streaks of light flew toward the multicolored glow, like moths to a flame.

Seeing this, Jin Luoheng shook his head slightly, letting it be swallowed by the multicolored light and disappear silently without leaving a trace.

A day later, the colorful glow in the sky slowly dissipated, and the Gobi Desert in front of everyone had disappeared, replaced by familiar yet unfamiliar places.

The reason they were familiar with it was that many of the people present had entered the Dongxu Mountain Secret Realm and had seen or even walked through those cliffs and dense forests.

The place felt unfamiliar because it was in complete disarray and severely damaged, with only a rough outline of its original appearance remaining.

The most striking feature is the towering, circular mountain range that stretches into the clouds, even more majestic and imposing than the towering cloud wall of the Lingyun Mountains.

A streak of light flew from the horizon, instantly traversing a hundred miles and landing on the giant ship, revealing Chen Yuan's figure.

He clasped his hands in a fist and bowed to Jin Luoheng: "Disciple has been fortunate to fulfill his mission. The secret realm's grand formation has been completely destroyed, and the Dongxu Mountain secret realm has been integrated into this world."

Jin Luoheng quickly stepped forward, helped Chen Yuan up, and said with a smile, "You've worked hard to lay a foundation for our sect for generations to come."

Jing Shuhan looked Chen Yuan up and down, and seeing that he was unharmed, a smile finally appeared on her face.

Wu Zexian and Bai Yanji both bowed and offered their congratulations. Suddenly, two points of blue light appeared in Wei Cifeng's eyes. He looked into the distance, raised his hand, and made hand seals, which changed repeatedly.

After a while, the blue light in his eyes faded, and he nodded: "The spiritual energy of heaven and earth is only slightly disordered. It seems that the damage to the earth veins and spiritual veins is not significant. They can be restored to their original state after a hundred years of nurturing."

Upon hearing this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Although the recovery time is somewhat long, as long as it takes a hundred years, Lingyun Sect will be able to possess its own large spiritual vein, which is already an immense opportunity.

Jin Luoheng looked at Chen Yuan: "You should return to the sect to recuperate. I will order people to build the mountain gate. It will not delay the Nascent Soul Hall."

Chen Yuan shook his head: "Why go through all that trouble? This disciple will rebuild the sect. This large spiritual vein won't take a hundred years to recover; it can be restored now."

Jin Luoheng was taken aback: "What good plan do you have?"

Everyone looked puzzled. Chen Yuan turned to look north and said calmly, "Since the Blood Spirit Sect was destroyed by my disciples, its large spiritual veins should naturally belong to our sect." (End of Chapter)