Taming Beasts and Cultivating Immortality from Two Realms

Chapter 249 Terrifying Demonic Ape

"This formation is a relatively rare earth formation in the Immortal Alliance."

The array's concept and evolution are somewhat similar to the ancient fourth-order spatial array, [Mysterious Void Filling the Heavens], which encapsulates a small area into a universe, separating heaven and earth into two realms. However, it contains many flaws that shouldn't exist.

"However, this is normal. Many formations created by imitating the Xuanxu Mitian Formation contain errors."

Su Miao Zhenjun flicked her finger, and eighty-one silver array diagrams appeared in front of her.

"This array appears to have six layers, but it is actually nine layers of space superimposed."

"Once triggered, each layer of space will turn into a cage, even imprisoning the teleportation ability of a Nascent Soul cultivator, making it suitable as a protective formation."

After replying, Su Miao Zhenjun opened her phone screen, recorded all eighty-one array diagrams she had evolved, and sent them to Chen Beiwu.

"Breaking this formation is simple. Every three quarters of an hour, the formation will automatically rotate, gathering and absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth."

"By carefully timing our actions and seizing the brief moment of delay in the formation, we can use the Immortal Alliance's [Star-Fixing Plate] to forcibly anchor the space, causing the formation to become disordered and revealing a gap. This is also the simplest way to break the formation."

Chen Beiwu's eyes lit up slightly as he saw the messages popping up on his phone screen.

The Star-Fixing Compass is a second-tier high-grade spiritual artifact, priced at three thousand spiritual yuan on the Immortal Alliance's official website.

Its effects are twofold: first, it regulates and balances the evolution of array patterns, allowing array masters to gain a deeper understanding of the mysteries of array patterns.

Secondly, by harnessing the power of the stars in the heavens, the power of the array master's array can be amplified.

I never imagined that this kind of magical artifact used by array masters to set up arrays could actually be used to break a third-tier treasure array. Is this the understanding of a fourth-tier profound array master?
With this in mind, Chen Beiwu quickly asked a few more questions about array formations.

For example, how should this third-tier treasure array be modified, and how should it be arranged into a one-time array plate?

Faced with Chen Beiwu's ingenious ideas, Su Miaozhenjun shook her head. Instead of being perfunctory, she explained the feasibility and specific ideas of these thoughts one by one, which could be considered as leaving a good impression.

'He's a promising student in the art of array formations, but unfortunately he's already taken on a master.'

Looking at the last thank-you message on her phone, Su Miaozhen sighed, feeling quite regretful.

Young people are energetic and always want to establish their own sect in the field of array formations, creating array formations that are different from the mainstream of the Immortal Alliance.

It sounds pretty good that a one-time spatial array plate can be activated by simply inputting a little bit of magic power, without needing to be set up in advance, without needing to expend spiritual energy to activate it, or needing to rely on the timing and terrain as the array's core.

However, Chen Beiwu was not the first formation master to have this idea.

If array masters could truly unleash their array formations instantly, just like talismans, then high-level array masters would undoubtedly become the strongest cultivators in combat among all the arts of cultivation.

Therefore, the seniors of the Immortal Alliance in the field of array formations also tried to simplify the array formations, but array formations are not the same as talismans.

Without a formation master constantly adjusting and maintaining the formation to maximize its effectiveness and unleash its power by drawing upon the power of heaven and earth, how could the power of a formation of the same level far surpass that of a talisman of the same level?

Thinking of this, Su Miao Zhenjun slowly closed her eyes and began to visualize the image.

On the other side, Chen Beiwu put down his phone, his expression revealing his excitement.

To avoid arousing suspicion from Su Miaozhenjun, he deliberately asked a dozen more questions about the problems that had puzzled him for so long in the cultivation of array formations.

Several of these difficult questions were only discovered through discussions and exchanges between Chen Beiwu and Elder Yu of the Array Hall.

As it turned out, none of these questions stumped Su Miao Zhenjun. Almost as soon as he sent the message and asked the question, his phone vibrated and a reply popped up from Zhenjun.

"Phew!" Chen Beiwu exhaled a breath of stale air.

After this explanation and clarification, he benefited greatly and vaguely touched the barrier of a third-tier array master.

But Chen Beiwu knew this was just an illusion.

Becoming a third-tier array master, whose status surpasses that of a Golden Core cultivator, is no easy feat in the Immortal Alliance.

In theory, a third-tier array master must memorize the evolutionary relationships and combinations of 129,600 basic array patterns and 108 basic array diagrams of the Nine Palaces, Five Elements, Yin and Yang. This is the most basic point.

In practice, a third-tier array master must independently complete the improvement of ten second-tier spirit arrays and the completion and arrangement of two third-tier ancient incomplete arrays.

Alternatively, one could create a third-tier treasure array and have it certified by the Immortal Alliance Array Association.

The former is easier to handle, as Chen Beiwu has mastered eight or nine tenths of the third-order theoretical knowledge thanks to the Yuqing Immortal Sect's library.

However, to meet the latter's practical needs, he must condense a trace of immortal golden essence and advance to the Golden Core True Person level.

Otherwise, the mental energy required to complete and innovate the third-order ancient fragment array would be enough to exhaust a Foundation Establishment cultivator's mental strength and damage their spiritual platform, not to mention the mana required to set up and preside over the third-order treasure array.

Suppressing distracting thoughts, Chen Beiwu shook his head and logged onto the Immortal Alliance's official website to purchase the Star-Fixing Plate.

Settlement successful!

Account Balance: 41624.28 Spirit Yuan
After glancing at the order information, Chen Beiwu hugged the golden egg to his chest and began to study the secret realm medicine hall formation under the guidance of Su Miaozhenjun.

The astrolabe arrived successfully the following morning.

Chen Beiwu opened the express package and took out a second-tier high-grade array plate with a 360-degree star scale on the surface and seven jade beads inlaid in the center to simulate the Big Dipper.

After confirming everything was correct, Chen Beiwu returned to his cave with the array plate, sat down cross-legged, activated the Illusionary Concealment Pendant to change his appearance and aura, and activated the Ten Directions Gate for teleportation.

……

The True Realm of Heavenly Evolution, the Great Hall of the Medicine Garden.

As the spatial ripples spread, a figure slowly appeared.

Chen Beiwu immediately looked at the medicinal field, his expression somewhat surprised.

The medicinal field, shrouded in the protective array, remained as desolate as when I first saw it.

However, there were more footprints and five cultivators wearing the robes of the Qingmu and Fenyan sects outside the fourth-order Xuanquan.

Clearly, Chen Beiwu was not the only cultivator who discovered this hall; there were also cultivators from the five major sects, and they even engaged in a deadly battle over the fourth-tier Xuan medicine, the Myriad Manifestations Mysterious Grass.

However, although they were able to determine a winner, they were unable to overcome the protective formation left behind by True Lord Tianyan.

They could only watch helplessly as the treasure mountain lay before them, unable to take even a single precious herb.

"Tick!"

"Tick!"

"Tick!"

Hearing the sound of the fourth-level Xuanquan spring water spraying onto the ground, Chen Beiwu narrowed his eyes slightly.

'interesting. '

He pretended not to know anything, took a few steps forward, then stopped and cautiously looked around.

'One hundred zhang... seventy zhang... fifty zhang... this little beast is quite cautious.'

The bald, nine-foot-tall man with a robust physique licked his lips and thought to himself.

The burly man was dressed in a heavy gold Taoist robe, his muscles bulging, and his left hand, hidden in his sleeve, always tightly gripped a formation plate.

There is a consensus among the cultivators of the four major sects: those who cultivate the body of the Heavy Metal Sect are all brainless brutes.

In a battle of magic, they would only rush forward and fight head-on, relying entirely on their animal instincts to fight, using their bare fists to directly confront magical artifacts and treasures, without any strategic thinking in the battle.

However, the cultivators of the Chongjin Sect did not think so.

Given the immense power they have at their disposal, they can completely overcome skill with brute force, making it entirely unnecessary for them to employ their extraordinary wisdom.

Wu Jie, however, disagreed with this view.

As the third-ranked disciple on the rich list, Wu Jie has survived in the secret realm until now, acquiring considerable resources, thanks to his boldness, meticulousness, and strategic thinking. He never makes a move before his prey steps into the trap.

'Boss, has this kid spotted us?'

Another short cultivator with a pointed mouth and monkey-like cheeks, and a thin build, who was completely out of place with the muscular giants of the Heavy Metal Sect, transmitted his thoughts through divine sense.

'That ichthyosaur only has the precious medicine in its eyes; it's unlikely its reaction is that it has discovered us.'

Gazing at the golden fish-dragon soaring through the air in the distance, its eyes burning with fervor, the square-faced cultivator dressed in the Burning Flame Sect's Daoist robe shook his head.

The second-tier superior spirit array he spent three days and three nights setting up, the Crimson Shadow Concealing Kill Array, not only has the effect of concealing one's aura, but also possesses unparalleled killing power, making it a nightmare for Foundation Establishment cultivators.

Unless the visitor is a Golden Core True Person with Golden Core Divine Sense, even a Second-Rank High-Grade Array Master would not be able to see through the array he inherited from his master.

‘Gulu. ’

Following Chen Beiwu's command, Jin Dan turned the tables and secretly activated the True and Illusory Spirit Technique.

To be fair, the golden egg's talent for understanding magic is average, but it can't resist eating!
Even if he couldn't understand the "Mirror Cause and Moon Fruit Profound Illumination Heart Sutra" bestowed by the sect's patriarch, Jin Dan could still use his talent of "All Rivers Run into the Sea" to absorb and expel the cultivation technique jade slips several times, and roughly understand its meaning.

He successfully glimpsed the third level of "transformation into true form" in the mirror, reaching the realm of "bone within the mirror, sharpness hidden beneath the flower".

When the "illusory flower in a mirror and the moon in the water" technique reaches this stage, it can solidify the illusory and harm people invisibly.

For example, right now, even though the Golden Egg is using the Mirror Flower Water Moon technique, the three cultivators who are hidden by the formation do not notice anything amiss.

'Three Foundation Establishment Peak cultivators, two with auras comparable to Pseudo-Core Formation cultivators, and one with aura at the peak of Foundation Establishment; they'd be suitable for Golden Egg to practice on.'

Chen Beiwu did not make a move. While letting the golden egg deal with the opponent, he meditated on the Tai Xuan Shou Yi, pushing his divine sense to its limit.

He wanted to find out the brief delay in the protective formation based on Su Miao Zhenjun's guidance.

At the same time, the masked demon ape wandering in the secret realm twitched its nose and looked toward the direction of the medicine field hall.

"tread!"

"tread!"

"tread!"

Unlike before, this time the masked demon ape is clearly serious.

With each step he took, spiderweb-like spatial rifts would appear where he stepped, completely engulfing his figure, and he would instantly appear a thousand miles away. This was the profound power of the Nascent Soul True Monarch: Instantaneous Teleportation.

Traveling at such a terrifying speed, the masked demon ape could reach the Medicine Garden Hall in just a few breaths.

‘Something’s wrong! ’

Chen Beiwu's heart rate gradually increased, and his gaze fell on the three cultivators on the pillars of the hall.

His keen intuition suddenly made him feel an indescribable and terrifying crisis.

The next second, Chen Beiwu's pupils contracted.

"boom!!!"

Four zhang above the pillars of the palace, the space shattered like a mirror above the heads of Wu Jie and the other two Foundation Establishment cultivators.

"Crack, click, click!"

As spiderweb-like, pitch-black spatial cracks continued to spread, a figure, both godlike and demonic, ruthlessly shattered the void and arrived, the vast aura emanating from it causing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth within a radius of a thousand miles to suddenly solidify.

At this moment, Chen Beiwu seemed to lose his cultivator instincts, and the magical power in his dantian instantly became silent.

'What kind of monster is this?'

As the demonic ape broke through space and descended, the [Crimson Shadow Concealing Kill Array] jointly set up by Wu Jie and his two companions collapsed with a bang, revealing their hidden figures.

'Could it be that Senior Brother Zhou died at the hands of this demonic ape?'

Wu Jie's face turned pale, and he subconsciously gripped the third-tier life-saving talisman bestowed upon him by his master.

As if sensing Wu Jie's gaze, the demonic ape turned its head slightly, and its cold and cruel eyes suddenly paused.

"Please, Master, save me!"

Wu Jie swallowed hard and instinctively crushed his treasured Tier 3 superior life-saving talisman, the Five Mountains Demon-Suppressing Talisman.

A warm, deep yellow light suddenly shot out and hovered above his head.

In the next instant, the yellow light moved, combined, and expanded, faintly outlining the silhouettes of five majestic mountains.

Although the five mountain shadows were blurry and their true forms were impossible to discern, the immense pressure of the Golden Core, capable of suppressing the universe and bearing all things, descended with a thunderous roar.

"Buzz!"

Under Chen Beiwu's watchful gaze, each rotation, sinking, and movement of the mountain phantom produced a thunderous roar, distorting the space where the masked demon ape was located, as if it had completely gained the upper hand and was about to completely suppress the demon ape.

However, Chen Beiwu showed no joy on his face. Instead, his eyes grew increasingly solemn as he gripped the Jade Purity Demon Subduing Talisman given to him by his senior brother.

The reason was simple: Chen Beiwu could sense that the masked demon ape's gaze was not on the three Foundation Establishment cultivators, but was fixed on him.

In this situation, he had no chance to activate the Ten Directions Gate to teleport away.

After all, in the face of such an existence, a two- to three-breath teleportation delay is no different from standing still and waiting to die.

"Gulu."

The golden egg stood in front of Chen Beiwu, its body trembling. It was the fear that was instinctive in its bloodline, and could not be suppressed by willpower.

In a daze, Jin Dan couldn't help but recall what he considered to be the strongest being, the Guixu Emperor Dragon, whose very existence was the source of all waters.

However, compared to the images of dragons online that lacked any real dragon spirit, the demonic ape before it was undoubtedly more terrifying, so much so that it couldn't muster the slightest thought of resistance.

It's done.

Unlike Chen Beiwu's reaction, Wu Jie was overjoyed to see the demonic ape suppressed by the Five Mountains Demon-Suppressing Talisman, and a golden light immediately flashed from the storage ring between his fingers.

The golden light dissipated, revealing a jade talisman about an inch in size and as thin as a cicada's wing—the very talisman that could teleport one out of the secret realm.

As for the other two fellow cultivators, Wu Jie had no time to consider them in the face of death.

However, the next second, the masked demon ape seemed to have had enough fun. It stretched out its right palm, which was wrapped with dark gold chains, and gently squeezed it. The illusory images of the Five Sacred Mountains manifested by the talisman immediately dissipated.

On the contrary, Wu Jie and his two companions showed expressions of terror. Their bodies sank as they were crushed into a pulp by an invisible force, like ants being casually crushed to death.

Upon seeing this, Chen Beiwu's eyes narrowed as he recalled the inscription on the inheritance stone tablet.

How can you make him subdue his restless mind?

What a joke!
A being who has accumulated immortal blood and immortal energy, and whose cultivation has lasted for thousands of years, is revered by the Immortal Alliance cultivators as the King of Ten Thousand Demons. How could a mere Foundation Establishment cultivator possibly subdue such a being?

Moreover, the bloodline contained within this masked demonic ape was extremely noble, beyond Chen Beiwu's imagination.

It is even possible that with the passage of time, their bloodline will grow to its peak, becoming a fifth-realm demon lord with strength comparable to a human god-level true lord, capable of controlling the rise and fall of a race.

Fortunately, my divination skills were not flawed; this trip to the secret realm ultimately ended without serious danger.

Recognizing the masked demon ape, Chen Beiwu took a deep breath, extinguished his distracting thoughts, put the golden egg into his spirit beast pouch, and then looked at the masked demon ape, confronting this fourth-realm demon king from afar.

He knew very well that in front of this demonic ape, running away or fighting was meaningless; on the contrary, he would die a terrible death!

(End of this chapter)