Starting with a daily divination to build an immortal clan

Chapter 279 True Dragon Array Foundation
Seeing the four monsters that suddenly appeared in the sky above the backyard of the clan's main courtyard, Huang Lingshan frowned slightly, and then glanced at the many Yin generals surrounding her.

"Are their true forms all this ugly and repulsive?"

Shen Chongming came to his senses and nodded, saying, "That's their truest self."

"Grandpa and Third Uncle both believe that human cultivators will undergo some kind of mutation after entering the Dao Source Secret Realm, eventually turning into a kind of neither-human-nor-ghost appearance."

Before Huang Lingshan could respond to these words, the underworld generals surrounding them broke down.

The words "ugly and disgusting" from Huang Lingshan and "neither human nor ghost" from Shen Chongming seemed to strike a nerve with them. Upon hearing these words, their faces contorted with rage, their bodies radiating an intense aura of malevolence, and they immediately revealed their true forms.

"Kill these two ants!"

The monster, formed from the Yin general surnamed Lu, waved its fleshy, tumor-covered hand and slapped at Shen Chongming, saying!

The remaining monsters transformed from Yin generals also pounced on them!

Seeing this, Shen Chongming and Huang Lingshan were about to make a move to defend themselves when a streak of emerald light suddenly flew in from a distance.

The light was incredibly fast, arriving in front of Shen Chongming in the blink of an eye, directly colliding with the palm of the Lu-surname Yin general as he slapped down!
puff!
puff!
The enormous hand, enveloped in a dense, sinister aura, was instantly pierced by the emerald light!

Consequently, the monster's enormous head also couldn't dodge it.

The sounds of two sharp blades piercing flesh rang out almost simultaneously.

A Yin general who had manifested his true form was instantly killed on the spot by the emerald green light.

The monster that the Yin general surnamed Lu had transformed into had four long, narrow eyes on its head filled with horror and disbelief.

The aura around its body gradually became disordered, and then, centered on the wound between its eyebrows, blackish-purple flames gradually ignited on its entire body, quickly burning its flesh and blood to ashes and dissipating into the void.

This sudden scene startled the other seven monsters who were preparing to attack Shen Chongming and Huang Lingshan!
"What was that green light!?"

"It looks like an insect!"

"Could it be the Gu worms cultivated by that shaman!?"

"Where did that bug go!?"

The seven monsters that the Yin General had transformed into no longer cared about attacking Huang Lingshan and Shen Chongming. They all looked around warily, trying to find out where the green-eyed man who had just killed the Yin General surnamed Lu had gone.

At this moment, Shen Chongming and Huang Lingshan also looked around in surprise.

"Was that green light just now Shen Li's doing?"

But seeing that the body of the Yin general surnamed Lu had been completely turned to ashes, Huang Lingshan looked at Shen Chongming and asked in a low voice.

Ugly as it may be.

After this Yin general surnamed Lu revealed his true form, the aura emanating from him made even Huang Lingshan, who was about to reach the Golden Core Perfection Realm, feel troubled.

Unexpectedly, such a powerful being was instantly killed by a green light.

She hadn't noticed what the green light was, but the monsters that the Yin generals around her seemed to be saying that the green light was a "Gu worm".

Faced with Huang Lingshan's question, Shen Chongming could only shake his head slightly.

“Over the years, Li’er has hardly ever made a move in the Shen family, so I don’t know her strength or methods.”

After hearing his words, Huang Lingshan did not press further, but instead warily observed the monsters around her.

Under the moonlit night sky, a life-or-death battle had already begun, but it was abruptly stopped when that green light instantly killed the Yin general surnamed Lu.

The remaining eleven monsters transformed from Yin Generals dared not make a move for a moment.

Meanwhile, within the golden pillar of light descending from the Heavenly Gate, Shen Li remained quietly suspended.

As a large amount of pure and immaculate spiritual energy from the Heavenly Gate surged into his body, streaks of silvery-white light once again appeared behind him.

These halos drifted and lingered, intertwining and gradually forming a blurry figure about ten feet tall, its entire body ethereal and indistinct.

The moment the figure took shape, a faint, intermittent clamor suddenly arose in the surrounding void.

The noise seemed to be coming from a very distant place, carried by the wind, and Shen Chongming and Huang Lingshan in the room could not hear the specific content.

But as the phantom behind Shen Li became clearer and brighter, the shadowy figure behind her grew clearer and brighter.

The surrounding noise grew louder and louder.

Finally, as the silver phantom behind Shen Li gradually transformed into a strange figure dressed in a nine-colored rainbow feather robe, wearing a jade flower crown, and holding a bronze staff, the previously annoying noises around them suddenly became regular.

Shen Chongming listened carefully for a moment and vaguely felt that the rhythmic and varied sounds were like the chanting of millions of people kneeling and praying for blessings.

The chanting style was very strange. Although Huang Lingshan and Shen Chongming couldn't understand it, they both suddenly had a strange feeling.

That is a secret technique that can communicate with the heavens and communicate with the gods!

As this illusion arose, the moonlit night sky over Yunshui City gradually began to change.

Suddenly, large swaths of auspicious clouds appeared in the pitch-black night sky, surging in from all directions.

These auspicious clouds all emitted a pale golden light, and after gathering above Yunshui City, they illuminated the entire night sky.

Just as many members of the Shen family in the city were wondering what these auspicious clouds were...

A fine drizzle, resembling golden threads, suddenly fell slowly from the auspicious clouds.

These raindrops passed through the Renshui Concealing Spirit Array, bypassed numerous building barriers, and fell directly on all the Shen family members in Yunshui City.

Bathed in the golden rain, some ordinary people in Yunshui City suddenly felt their bodies enveloped by a warm and comfortable energy.

This energy cleansed their bodies, removing chronic ailments and eliminating hidden diseases.

The cultivators in the city clearly benefited even more.

After the golden raindrops merged into their bodies, many of the Shen family cultivators immediately felt refreshed and their spiritual energy in their meridians was increasing rapidly.

In just a few breaths, it was equivalent to more than a month of their arduous training.

The golden rain, which was like celestial dew to the common people and cultivators of the Shen family, was like the blazing sun on white snow when it fell on the eleven monsters transformed from Yin generals above the clan's main courtyard.

In just a few breaths, any underworld monster that came into contact with the golden raindrops had its body corroded and riddled with holes, screaming in agony.

They tried to dodge, but the golden rain had already enveloped the entire space of Yunshui City.

These tortured underworld monsters could only launch terrifying attacks haphazardly at the auspicious clouds above, attempting to destroy them and stop the golden rain from falling.

But this measure was clearly futile.

The golden rain lasted for about several dozen breaths before the auspicious clouds in the sky slowly dissipated.

Before the eleven underworld monsters could even breathe a sigh of relief, the green light that had instantly killed the underworld general surnamed Lu suddenly reappeared.

The green light twisted and turned in the night sky at an extremely fast speed.

Even with Shen Chongming and Huang Lingshan's eyesight, they could only vaguely see green light weaving among the monsters transformed from the many underworld generals.

Any underworld monster touched by the green light would freeze instantly, its enormous and evil body then slowly ignite with blackish-purple flames.

After one after another, the underworld monsters were burned to ashes by the blackish-purple flames. The remaining two underworld monsters were so terrified that they immediately turned into a wisp of blackish-gray mist and tried to escape from the place.

But Shen Li clearly had no intention of letting them go.

The green light suddenly increased its speed again, appearing almost instantaneously in front of the two dissipating blackish-gray mists.

squeak!
The green light emitted a low, eerie cry.

Although the sound was not loud, the two wisps of blackish-gray mist that were about to dissipate were momentarily frozen, and then they were forced to reveal their true forms.

"It's actually the legendary Heavenly Capital..."

One of the monsters, transformed from a Yin general, seemed to recognize the true identity of the green light. Its horrified voice abruptly stopped before it could finish speaking.

Once the last two Yin Si generals were dealt with, the green light flew directly back into Shen Li's body.

The strange phenomena around them continued, while Shen Chongming and Huang Lingshan, not far away, looked completely bewildered.

The two of them felt as if they were dreaming.

Twelve underworld generals!

Both of them were prepared to fight to the death, but unexpectedly, they didn't even have a chance to make a move.

Twelve Yin generals, comparable to those at the late stage of the Golden Core realm to the peak of the Golden Core realm, were so easily killed by a single Gu worm!

After a moment of silence, Huang Lingshan smiled wryly as she put away the illusory image of the Heavenly Bamboo Sword behind her, then turned to Shen Chongming and said, "Your Shen family members are all really freaks."

"Ordinary Golden Core cultivators, when they see people from the Underworld, are often like mice seeing a cat, so frightened that they have nowhere to hide."

"And your Shen family not only dares to attack the people of the underworld, but also kills them as easily as slaughtering chickens and dogs..."

Shen Chongming was stunned for a moment, then he recalled the scene when Xu Zhan used the "Nine Fiends Body-Gathering Technique" to tear apart the monsters of the underworld.

And then there's the scene of Uncle Shen Wen'an's natal flying sword almost instantly sucking a ghost monster down to its skin, which made me laugh.

It seems that the Shen family really does have a way of controlling those guys in the underworld.

As the two were talking, Huang Lingshan's gaze turned to the empty space in the backyard of the clan's main courtyard.

"Does Auntie know what that phantom behind the fox is?"

Shen Chongming also looked over and noticed the strangely dressed, over ten-foot-tall phantom behind Shen Li. He asked softly.

Huang Lingshan frowned and pondered for a moment, then said softly, "Witchcraft practitioners are not commonly seen."

"However, a senior member of the Qingluo Sword Pavilion was fortunate enough to meet a sorcerer who came to Danzhou from the Dawan region."

"According to the notes left by my senior from Qingluo Sword Pavilion, there seem to be two rather special types of beings among the witch cultivators."

"These two types of sorcerers are called 'witches' for women and 'shamans' for men."

“Witches and shamans hold an extremely high status within the entire witch-cultivation community.”

"It is said that both shamans and sorcerers possess the means to communicate with the gods of heaven."

Upon hearing this, Shen Chongming glanced strangely at the figure behind Shen Li, who was dressed in a nine-colored feather robe and wearing a crown of jade flowers.

"Does your aunt think it's a phantom of a deity?"

After examining the illusory figure for a moment, Huang Lingshan shook her head slightly: "It shouldn't be."

"My aunt guessed that they were probably some ancient ancestral witch phantoms from the witch cultivator clan, belonging to the great powers among the witch cultivators who ascended to immortality."

Cultivators tend to be quite restrained in their understanding of immortals and gods.

They generally believe that the so-called ancient gods and immortals were mostly beings who cultivated themselves.

"Once this girl achieves the Golden Core stage, she will be a significant asset to your Shen family."

Seeing that the Heavenly Gate above Shen Li's head was already showing signs of closing, Huang Lingshan couldn't help but sigh.

As he finished speaking, the golden pillar of light that had descended from the Heavenly Gate slowly disappeared.

Shen Li's figure did not fall from the void; it remained suspended silently.

A moment later, the night sky lit up with golden light again, and then golden lotus flowers appeared in the void.

After these golden lotuses bloomed, they slowly transformed into rays of golden light that converged in the void.

"The metal element is about to appear."

Huang Lingshan murmured and smiled faintly, "In the past, this was the best time for the people of the Underworld to make their move."

"but now……"

She guessed that the underworld probably never expected that sending twelve underworld generals to carry out a mission would result in the complete annihilation of the entire army.

"Alright, there shouldn't be any danger here anymore. Auntie, let's go back to Yunmeng Daze first."

"Once the matter of the spirit is settled, we can discuss going to the Western Wilderness to find your third uncle and the others."

Huang Lingshan left Yunshui City.

In the void, Shen Li's metal element finally condensed completely and then directly entered his body.

After receiving the gold, her figure slowly descended from the void towards Shen Chongming.

After her smooth, jade-like feet touched the ground, Shen Li smiled and said softly, "Brother Chongming."

Shen Chongming nodded and said, "Congratulations, Li'er, on achieving the Golden Core Dao."

As soon as he finished speaking, the golden toad and the silver-threaded centipede beside him also rushed over in a flash.

Jin Chan's words were filled with obsequiousness.

"Congratulations, Master, on your great fortune and success in achieving the Golden Core!"

Shen Li gently kicked him, sending him flying, then looked at Shen Chongming and said, "Brother Chongming, after breaking through to the Golden Core stage, I want to go out for a walk."

"I'll leave the matters of the clan head to you and Xiuyan."

Go out for a walk?

Shen Chongming said with a worried look, "Why don't you talk to Grandpa about this in person after he comes out of seclusion?"

In his early years, Shen Yuan had always instructed Shen Li to stay at home and cultivate without going out.

Shen Chongming also felt that with Shen Li's talent, as long as she cultivated peacefully within the family, she would eventually become one of the Shen family's most powerful assets.

This was already demonstrated when the Yin General of the Underworld was killed.

With the situation outside becoming increasingly chaotic, even a Golden Core cultivator couldn't guarantee absolute safety, so he didn't actually want Shen Li to go out and take risks.

After a moment's thought, Shen Li shook her head: "I don't know how long it will take for Grandpa to come out of seclusion."

"Don't worry, Brother Chongming, Li'er is just wandering around Yangnao Land and won't do anything reckless."

Seeing her insistence, Shen Chongming didn't say anything more.

"In that case...when do you plan to depart?"

Shen Li thought for a moment and said, "Tomorrow."

Shen Chongming nodded: "Your aunt came when you broke through just now."

"I was worried that she would be harmed by the people of the underworld, so I sent her back first."

"Now that you've successfully broken through, go back and see her first."

Shen Li nodded.

"By the way, what method did Li'er use to kill the Yin Si person just now?"

Mentioning the underworld, Shen Chongming couldn't suppress his curiosity and asked a question.

Shen Li slowly raised her hand without saying a word.

As Shen Chongming gazed at her slender, fair hand, he noticed a green light emanating from it. Then, a tiny, emerald-green worm, as if carved from jade, emerged from her flesh.

"This is the Heavenly Capital Grass Sword Insect."

"The reason why Tanuki wanted to go out for a walk this time was to find some things to help it advance."

After a pause, Shen Li continued, "If the Heavenly Capital Grass Sword Insect can transform from its larval stage to its adult stage, Li'er's strength can be further enhanced."

Upon hearing this, Shen Chongming looked at the strange insect in his hand, which resembled a small jade sword, with some surprise and murmured, "You mean this little guy is still only in its larval stage!?"

Shen Li held the Heavenly Capital Grass Sword Insect, gently teased it with her finger, and nodded, saying, "The Heavenly Capital Grass Sword Insect in its growth stage is much more powerful than it is now."

Shen Li tapped the little head of the Heavenly Capital Grass Sword Insect with her fingertip and then retracted it into her body. She looked at Shen Chongming with a puzzled expression and asked, "I just heard Brother Chongming say that Third Uncle and Brother Xu Zhan have gone missing?"

After nodding, Shen Chongming briefly recounted how his third uncle, Shen Wen'an, and Xu Zhan had gone to Flame Lake City.

Shen Li seemed to be deep in thought upon hearing this.

moment--

"In that case, if it's on my way, Li'er will go to Flame Lake City to see if she can find any clues."

"Brother Chongming, I'm going to see Mother first. I won't say goodbye to you tomorrow."

With a slight bow, Shen Li immediately flew towards the back mountain.

……

Western Wilderness, Dragon Slayer Valley.

Before the collapsed ancient tree, Shen Wen'an sat cross-legged on the ground, constantly mobilizing the primordial tree in his sea of ​​consciousness to release pure life force to heal Xu Zhan's injuries.

The two were surrounded by a mess, and three mangled corpses lay not far away.

Forced to do hard labor by Feng Jingyang, who was at the Nascent Soul True Monarch Realm, the two came to the valley to find and capture the eight cultivators of the Calamity Fire Sect who had infiltrated it. They were unable to resist.

Furthermore, the Shen family and the Jiehuo Sect already had a grudge against each other. Although Shen Wen'an did not believe Feng Jingyang's previous statement that "the Jiehuo Sect destroyed the Dragon Slaying Valley's formation, and the Shen family would be the first to suffer,"

But he understood one principle well.

The more something is something the enemy wants to do, the less we should let them have their way.

The Fire Calamity Sect went to great lengths, risking their lives to break into this place guarded by the Nascent Soul True Monarch; their purpose must be extremely important.

If Xu Zhan and I could really ruin their plans, that would be great.

Moreover, that old man Feng Jingyang said that if the two of them could complete this task, he would also give them a great opportunity.

No matter what, the old man is a Nascent Soul True Monarch. Even if there's some exaggeration in what he says, he shouldn't go back on his word.

Nourished by the pure life force of the primordial sapling, Xu Zhan's injuries quickly stabilized.

After finishing his treatment, Xu Zhan looked at the scabbed wound on his chest, slowly stood up, and said, "Damn it, that was really ruthless!"

"Even my high-grade dragon scale armor couldn't stop it."

Shen Wen'an then stood up and said, "That talisman should have been made by a cultivator at the Purple Mansion Realm."

"If it weren't for your superior-grade armor and flawless golden body, you would have been seriously injured even if you hadn't died this time."

"Don't be so impulsive next time."

Xu Zhan nodded solemnly.

Recalling the battle just now, he was indeed a little scared.

After searching the valley for several months, the two finally encountered two late-stage Golden Core cultivators from the Tribulation Fire Sect.

After meeting, the two sides didn't waste any time and immediately started fighting.

Originally, with his and Shen Wen'an's strength, dealing with two late-stage Golden Core cultivators wouldn't have been too difficult.

But little did they know that a third enemy was lurking in the shadows.

Just as the two were about to kill their companion, the concealed figure suddenly attacked, unleashing two powerful talismans right from the start.

He could have easily dodged it using his agility.

However, in order to quickly kill the attacker and prevent them from escaping or self-destructing, he relied on his superior-grade dragon scale armor and flawless golden body to withstand the talisman's attack and charged forward.

As a result, although he successfully killed his opponent, he also suffered a severe blow from the dark light conjured by the talisman.

The superior-grade dragon scale armor was shattered, and even the powerful defense of the flawless golden body could not withstand the attack of the dark light.

His chest was ripped open, and his entire body was almost cut in two.

In other words, the vitality of a fifth-level body cultivator is strong enough. If it were an ordinary fourth-level body cultivator, they would probably be a corpse by now.

“Take a look at their storage bags.”

The two approached the three corpses and searched them thoroughly, looting all their storage bags and magical artifacts.

"Yo!"

"They are all mid-grade magic artifacts of excellent quality."

"His clothes, shoes, and waist accessories are all magical artifacts!"

"These bastards are really rich!" After a thorough search, besides the three people's storage bags, Xu Zhan looked at the more than ten magical artifacts piled up in front of him and couldn't help but grin.

Shen Wen'an was also somewhat surprised.

The Shen family has its own weapon refiners, and in addition, they have captured many magical artifacts through years of fighting with other forces.

The cultivators in the family were already considered quite wealthy.

However, including him and Xu Zhan, some of the high-level cultivators in the family only had a magic robe and a few offensive magic weapons at most.

The three Golden Core cultivators of the Calamity Fire Sect who were killed by them had, in addition to their offensive magic weapons and robes, other items such as magic weapon boots, and accessories worn on their waists, wrists, and necks, which were all magic weapons!

“These things should be called magic weapons.”

Shen Wen'an held a gleaming, bluish-green jade pendant and smiled faintly.

He had only heard of "magic weapons" before, but seeing several of them at once was quite an eye-opener.

Xu Zhan waved his hand and put all the items into his storage bag, then chuckled and said, "This time was quite dangerous, but the harvest was also good."

"These magical artifacts, robes, and treasures, if taken back to our people, will definitely greatly enhance their strength."

"Third Uncle, quickly check if there are any good treasures left in this storage bag!"

Urged by Xu Zhan, Shen Wen'an used his powerful divine sense to break through the restrictions left on the storage bag by the three people and opened it.

The two found a clean spot and dumped all the contents of the three storage bags out at once.

In addition to a large number of pills and spirit crystals, the storage bags of the three Golden Core cultivators from the Calamity Fire Sect also contained some ordinary clothes and daily necessities.

After discarding the clothes, the two found some good quality herbs and spirit ores among them.

"Third Uncle, the jade slip!"

"And books!"

After searching for a while, Xu Zhan suddenly saw three jade slips of different colors and two old books.

Shen Wen'an took the jade slip and the book, his expression somewhat excited.

Compared to pills and spirit crystals, this thing is clearly more precious.

The jade slips and books that can be carried by Golden Core cultivators are very likely to contain some kind of secret technique and cultivation method.

These things are the most important to the Shen family.

After putting the pills, spirit crystals, and other miscellaneous items back into their storage bags, the two sat together, intending to study the two ancient books and three jade slips in their hands.

"The Miscellaneous Records of Master Ziyu?"

Xu Zhan grabbed an ancient book first, opened the first page, and saw a line of small characters written on the title page.

"I thought it was a cultivation technique, but it turns out to be a collection of miscellaneous notes written by an old senior..."

He muttered something and was about to throw the book down.

Shen Wen'an then smiled and said, "Don't look down on these ancient cultivators' miscellaneous notes."

"These ancient books usually record the local customs, secret places and dangerous places, strange stories and strange events that a cultivator encounters when traveling to various places. They may even contain some rare and precious materials, exotic beasts and strange objects."

"If this book is treasured by a Golden Core cultivator, there must be something important inside."

Upon hearing this, Xu Zhan asked in surprise, "Really?"

Shen Wen'an nodded without saying anything, and began to study the jade slip in his hand.

After hearing his words, Xu Zhan was still somewhat suspicious, but he still carefully looked through the book in his hand.

After a long while, Shen Wen'an was the first to put down the jade slip in his hand.

"This jade slip contains a technique for cultivators with fire-attribute spiritual roots, called the 'Flaming Dragon Divine Fire Cover,' which combines offense and defense and is quite good."

Xu Zhan simply hummed in response, his gaze remaining fixed on the book in his hands.

Clearly, he was deeply captivated by the book's contents.

Shen Wen'an didn't disturb him and began to examine the remaining two jade slips again.

After examining them, he discovered that the remaining two jade slips contained only spells and techniques, not cultivation methods.

The two jade slips are respectively the water-attribute technique "Ninefold Azure Wave Technique" and the wood-attribute technique "Small Heavenly Cycle Yi Wood Spiritual Qi".

Of these two techniques, the "Ninefold Azure Wave Technique" is an offensive technique. Its specific effects are roughly the same as his Tidal Realm, which can accumulate power for an attack by stacking the power of the waves.

Having mastered the Tide Sword Intent, he could use this technique to improve and perfect his own "Tide Sword Manual".

The "Small Heavenly Cycle Yi Wood Spiritual Qi" is a decent auxiliary technique.

When used by a cultivator with a wood-attribute spiritual root, it can utilize wood-attribute spiritual power to stimulate and improve spiritual herbs and plants.

Upon seeing this technique, Shen Wen'an immediately thought of Hua Qing, the powerful plant demon that the Shen family had subdued after the battle of Tianyuan Mountain.

After we return this time, we can give the "Small Heavenly Cycle Yi Wood Spiritual Qi" to Hua Qing to cultivate.

After examining the jade slip, Shen Wen'an was about to pick up another ancient book to look at when Xu Zhan handed him the book directly.

"Third Uncle, look here."

Shen Wen'an took the ancient book and discovered that it contained the account of what the cultivator named "Ziyu Zhenren" had seen and heard during his travels in Yangnao.

"Beneath Dragon Slayer Valley lies a Dao Source Secret Realm!?"

Upon seeing the contents of the book, Shen Wen'an spoke with some surprise.

"Does Third Uncle think that the suppressed Tianlong Temple might be related to that group of bald monks at Canaan Temple in Southern Xinjiang?"

Xu Zhan spoke in a deep voice.

Upon hearing this, Shen Wen'an pondered for a moment and then said, "Back then, Feng Changyou of Tiantan Mountain said that Canaan Temple was not a local force in Yangnao Land."

"Their lineage can be traced back to the era of Daying Immortal Mansion."

"If what Master Ziyu said is true, then the Great Ying Immortal Mansion was indeed powerful back then, actually able to directly seal off a powerful Dao Source Secret Realm."

Xu Zhan felt somewhat disappointed after hearing this.

"The Great Ying True Lord's scale is truly impressive. He actually captured twelve true dragons at the Nascent Soul True Lord realm as the base of the formation, and supplemented them with tens of thousands of dragon-related souls to set up the Myriad Dragon Formation..."

Shen Wen'an frowned and nodded, feeling very puzzled.

According to the information previously obtained from Li Qing, without entering the Dao Source Secret Realm, the highest cultivation level a cultivator can reach is the Nascent Soul Perfection stage, and it is absolutely impossible to break through to the Nascent Soul stage or higher.

The Great Ying Immortal Mansion occupied the Yangnao Land back then, but did not refine the Yangnao Land into a Dao Source Secret Realm.

This means that the master of the Great Ying Immortal Mansion, the Great Ying True Lord, is at most at the Nascent Soul stage.

The Tianlong Temple, which was suppressed, was a powerful force that controlled the Dao Source Secret Realm and was very likely to have experts above the Nascent Soul stage.

How did the Great Lord of Great Harmony, with his Nascent Soul Perfection strength, manage to suppress and imprison his opponent in Dragon Slaying Valley using the Myriad Dragons Formation?
While Shen Wen'an frowned in thought, Xu Zhan had already picked up another ancient book.

After flipping through it for a moment, he handed the book over.

"The method to break the Ten Thousand Dragons Formation is actually recorded in this book."

Shen Wen'an's thoughts were interrupted. He took the book handed to him by Xu Zhan and glanced at it. He found that the method of breaking the formation used by the Calamity Fire Sect was very simple.

The idea is to have someone infiltrate Dragon Slaying Valley and use a secret technique similar to "spirit summoning" to forcibly condense the vengeful spirits of the dragons maintaining the Ten Thousand Dragons Formation within the valley, causing them to break through the barrier above and dissipate into the world.

These vengeful spirits of dragons have been trapped in Dragon Slaying Valley for countless years. Once their intelligence is awakened and they take shape, they will instinctively want to escape from this place.

The most crucial aspect of this method is finding the souls of the twelve true dragons that the Great Lord of Great Harmony captured back then.

The twelve true dragon souls that reached the Nascent Soul True Monarch realm are the foundation of the Myriad Dragons Formation.

If the Calamity Fire Sect could awaken any one of them and allow the dragon soul to break free from the Myriad Dragons Formation, it would be enough to shake the entire formation.

When the Tianlong Temple, which was suppressed underneath, sensed the loosening of the formation, it would definitely launch a counterattack.

With such coordinated attacks from within and without, the formation can be easily broken.

"Ah……"

"I thought these old guys hiding behind the scenes were really something else."

Xu Zhan chuckled and stood up, continuing, "In the end, didn't you still leave such a huge flaw?"

"The plans of a dignified Nascent Soul True Monarch are about to be ruined by a few Golden Core cultivators."

“If it weren’t for us, uncle and nephew, who knows how long it would have taken for that old man to come in and catch those bastards from the Fire-Slaying Cult.”

"After all the scheming, if a force that controls the Dao Source Secret Realm breaks through from within, we'll probably end up with nothing..."

Shen Wen'an put the two ancient books into his storage bag and then stood up.

He was also somewhat puzzled.

Xu Xiu and his group had been planning for so long, and everything seemed to be fully prepared.

Why did such a huge loophole have to be left in Dragon Slayer Valley?

Why did Feng Jingyang fail to defend Zhanlong Valley, allowing the Jiehuo Sect to sneak in?
"Let's go, Uncle. Let's hurry up and finish capturing the old man. We need to get out of here as soon as possible."

Trapped inside, they could hardly see the sun or the moon.

The two of them didn't know exactly how long they had been there, but they vaguely sensed that it wouldn't be a short time.

The Fire Calamity Cult has a total of eight members, and they've only killed three. There are still five left, and it's unclear how long it will take to find them.

Luo Tianxing had already given them instructions; they only had sixty years left.

The two of them didn't want to waste most of their time in this eerie place.

……

Dang County, Yunmeng Great Marsh.

Another strange black snow fell. Huang Lingshan, Liu Qixuan, and the others stood in the void not far from Yunmeng Great Swamp, silently watching the black snow falling all over the sky.

"It's been a year, when will this spirit finally emerge?"

"I'm getting really impatient waiting..."

Liu Qixuan held up his wine gourd, took a big gulp of wine, and mumbled something.

The Moonlit Sword Immortal and Qiu Wufeng, who were beside him, were clearly also getting impatient.

For cultivators at the Golden Core Sword Immortal realm, a year is not a long time; a period of seclusion may take several years.

But the key is that the spirits of this Yunmeng Marshland could appear at any time.

Let alone seclusion, they didn't even dare to meditate and cultivate in their daily lives, for fear that their spiritual energy would suddenly emerge before they could even complete a full cycle of spiritual energy within their bodies.

By the time the spiritual energy completes a full cycle, the initiative will be lost.

If you don't wait, forcibly interrupting the process can easily lead to going astray and suffering a backlash.

Therefore, the six of them could only sit there, gazing longingly at the sky above the swamp that stretched for thousands of miles, as snow fell and melted, only to fall again.

"Lingshan, is there still no news from Junior Brother Wen'an?"

The Moonlit Sword Immortal suddenly asked.

Huang Lingshan nodded slightly: "Wen An and Xu Zhan must be trapped in some kind of secret realm."

"We can't contact them even with the sound transmission stone."

At this point, her expression turned somewhat solemn as she said, "As long as this spirit does not manifest, we cannot leave."

"If this drags on any longer, I'm really worried something will happen to Wen'an and the others..."

The Moonlit Sword Immortal lowered his head, about to speak, when a sword beam suddenly flew from afar.

The sword light arrived in front of them and transformed into the figure of Qi Sanjue.

"Old Qi, how is it?"

Upon seeing this, Liu Qixuan immediately approached and asked.

Qi Sanjue shook his head slightly: "The parties still haven't made any moves. It's clear that their understanding of this spiritual entity is not as good as ours."

"I'm afraid it's going to be..."

"Fellow Taoists!"

Qi Sanjue had only spoken half a sentence when Jiang Xiuqi, who was in the simple house below, suddenly shouted excitedly.

Upon hearing his voice, Huang Lingshan and the others immediately slipped back to the houses below.

"Has Fellow Daoist Jiang discovered anything?"

Moonflower Sword Immortal hurriedly asked.

Meeting their gazes, Jiang Xiuqi nodded slightly and said, "I just sensed a change in the surrounding天地之势 (heaven and earth's power)!"

"If I'm not mistaken, that spirit should manifest after this black snow ends!"

Upon hearing this, a hint of excitement flashed across their faces.

"Hey! After a year of waiting, is it finally coming out?"

Liu Qixuan tucked the wine gourd in his hand to his waist, rubbing his hands together excitedly.

"Fellow Daoist Jiang, have you made any other discoveries?"

After a moment's thought, Huang Lingshan asked softly.

In terms of strength, they all far surpassed Jiang Xiuqi.

But when it comes to comprehending the power of heaven and earth through array formations, all of them combined cannot compare to him.

The matter of the spirit is known very little to all parties.

They had no idea when the Mysterious Frost True Water would manifest.

However, Jiang Xiuqi was able to roughly estimate the time of spiritual manifestation by observing the changes in the overall situation of the Yunmeng Great Swamp.

Huang Lingshan wanted to see if Jiang Xiuqi had made any other discoveries. If he could determine the approximate location of the spirit's manifestation, that would be the best outcome.

However, Jiang Xiuqi shook his head with a wry smile and said, "I can feel the surrounding天地之势 (heaven and earth's great power) slowly gathering."

"But where they will ultimately converge is uncertain."

"but……"

He hesitated for a moment before continuing, "However, if we wait a little longer, until the general trend of the world becomes clearer, I may be able to obtain some definite information."

Upon hearing this, the Moonflower Sword Immortal quickly cupped his hands and said, "Then I'll trouble Fellow Daoist Jiang to keep a close eye on things. We'll be prepared, and once you've confirmed the location, we'll make our move immediately."

"After obtaining this spirit, we must hurry back to help the Shen family find Junior Brother Wen'an."

Jiang Xiuqi cupped his hands and said, "Fellow Daoists, please rest assured."

After saying this, he returned to the wooden house behind him and sat down cross-legged.

……

Crane County, above Hidden Dragon Mountain.

Shen Li stood above the deep pit left by the Purple Mansion Flood Dragon when it underwent its tribulation.

A moment later, a green streak of light suddenly flew swiftly from the forest below.

The green light fell into his hand and transformed into a small jade sword.

"how?"

"Where shall we go next?"

Holding the Heavenly Capital Grass Sword Insect, Shen Li asked softly.

The tiny Heavenly Capital Grass Sword Insect, barely an inch long, raised its head in his palm and then looked towards the southeast.

Shen Li nodded slightly and said, "Then let's go take a look."

"Xiao Jin."

As it landed, a golden light suddenly shot out from the forest below.

The golden toad flew over, wiped the blood from the corner of its mouth with its short forepaws, and asked obsequiously, "Master, where are we going?"

Shen Li gracefully landed on its broad back and said, "Head southeast, but don't fly too fast."

"Got it!"

The golden toad responded happily and immediately flew towards the southeast.

Soon, the figures of a human and a demon arrived in Dang County.

Seeing that the Heavenly Capital Grass Sword Insect was still gesturing forward, the Golden Toad couldn't help but say, "Master, if we go any further... we'll be entering the Cloud Dream Swamp."

"They're fighting for their souls there. Would it be dangerous if we just barged in?"

Danger?

Shen Li looked towards the direction of Yunmeng Marsh and said calmly, "It's alright. As long as we can find something that can help Xiao Lü, it's fine to go to Yunmeng Marsh."

"Besides, with the seniors of Qingluo Sword Pavilion here, there shouldn't be too much danger."

Upon hearing this, the golden toad didn't waste any more words. It immediately transformed into a golden ray of light and carried Shen Li towards the direction of the Yunmeng Great Swamp.

The southwestern corner of Yunmeng Marsh, an area controlled by the Fushan Kingdom.

A cultivator from the Fushan Kingdom saw the golden toad carrying Shen Li coming from afar.

The cultivator frowned and looked him over, then hurriedly turned and went into a nearby tent.

"Report!"

Inside the tent, Wu Shi Kui was using a secret technique to absorb the essence and blood of a female cultivator from Yangnao Land when he saw the soldier rush in, and his eyes immediately flashed with killing intent.

"What's the matter?"

The soldier knelt down, cupped his hands, and cautiously reported, "Your Majesty, I have discovered a female cultivator riding a giant golden toad toward our Fushan Kingdom's camp!"

"Female cultivator?"

Upon hearing this, Wu Shi Kui suddenly clenched his fist!
The female cultivator in front of him, who was at the Nascent Soul stage, immediately let out a scream as she was instantly drained of her life force and turned into a dried-up corpse!

Holding a ball of crimson energy in his hand, Wu Shi Kui flipped his hand and took out a jade bottle. After putting the ball of crimson energy into the bottle, he released his divine sense.

In the void, Shen Li stood on the back of the golden toad, staring at the Heavenly Capital Grass Sword Insect in her palm, wondering where it was going, when she suddenly felt a divine sense sweeping over her without restraint.

"Master, it's the divine sense of a Golden Core cultivator!"

Feeling the divine sense sweep across his body, the golden toad was startled and quickly spoke.

Shen Li did not speak.

He simply waved his sleeve lightly, deflecting the divine sense, and said calmly, "Ignore it and keep moving forward."

She came here mainly to find something that could help the Heavenly Capital Grass Sword Insect transform, and did not want to clash with other cultivators.

In the tent below, after Wu Shi Kui's divine sense was blocked, he did not choose to give up.

"Early stage of the Golden Core realm, virgin primordial yin..."

"We should stop them and ask which cultivator they are."

"If I don't have a powerful backer... I can first win her over to help me compete for the soul essence, and then find a way to take her virginity to raise my cultivation to the Golden Core Perfection realm in one fell swoop..."

A glint of greed flashed in Wu Shi Kui's eyes. He then flashed away from the tent and appeared in the void, blocking Shen Li's path.

(End of this chapter)