Cultivation: I can solidify equipment attributes

Chapter 730: Master of the Yuan Sect

Tianyue Sect, Council Hall.

When Li Yuan returned from the deep valley, several streaks of light had already stopped in front of the council hall.

The palace doors were open, and Zhou Heng stood at the entrance, his expression different from usual.

"The Nascent Soul cultivator has arrived," Zhou Heng said, "one day earlier than expected."

Li Yuan entered the hall.

Several unfamiliar faces appeared in the hall. On the left were three Nascent Soul cultivators, their robes styled after those brought from the Mingyuan Sect. On the right was Xuanpu, standing silently.

A male cultivator stood in the center of the hall.

A surge of Nascent Soul level spiritual energy emanated from him, calm and restrained, unlike Xuan Ying's deep pool-like aura, more like a boulder pressed down into the ground.

Li Yuan recognized him.

It's not the face, it's the aura.

The leader of the Yuan Sect.

The sect leader of Yuanzong glanced at everyone in the hall, his gaze lingering on Li Yuan for a moment before turning to Zhou Heng.

Explain the situation.

Zhou Heng began to speak, recounting information one by one about the Netherworld Valley Crack, the Six-Point Resonance Sealing Array, the Dark Vein Purification, the Seven-Star Demon Gathering Array's backup path, and the Netherworld Blood Sacrifice Array's activation in half a month.

The sect leader of Yuanzong remained expressionless after hearing this.

"The communication between Yuanzong and the Netherworld is no secret."

He spoke in a flat tone, as if he were talking about someone else's business.

"From the very beginning of its establishment, the Yuan Sect had dealings with the Netherworld. In the Netherworld, many human demon cultivators possess the Yuan Sect's heritage. The Yuan Sect had also previously revealed information about the Netherworld Valley Rift to the Mingyuan Sect."

He paused.

"The expansion of the rift may not be the work of the native demonic cultivators. The demonic cultivators of the Netherworld also understand the Abyss Sect's spiritual runes. As long as they infiltrate the lower realm through small spatial rifts, they can set them up on their own. The purpose is simple: to open up this large rift and allow the demon race to enter on a large scale."

Xuanpu asked, "What about those smaller passages? Does Yuanzong know about them?"

"I don't know," the sect leader of Yuanzong shook his head.

The hall was quiet for a few breaths.

The sect leader of Yuanzong said nothing more and turned to walk out of the hall.

"I'll go into seclusion first." He paused at the door. "I'm originally a cultivator from the lower realm, so I'll adapt faster than Xuan Ying. It won't take too long."

9

The light rose and flew towards the deep abyss valley.

The atmosphere in the hall eased a bit after everyone left.

Over the next two days, Nascent Soul cultivators from all sides arrived one after another.

Two Nascent Soul cultivators arrived from the Kunpeng Alliance: a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator and a newly promoted Nascent Soul cultivator. The short, stout man from the Demon Toad Palace also arrived; he was a high-grade fourth-tier demon. There was also another Nascent Soul cultivator who had previously participated in the Divine Transformation Ceremony; he was unfamiliar, and Li Yuan had never met him before.

Two individuals possessed the combat power of a Nascent Soul cultivator: Xuan Ying and the Sect Master of Yuan Sect.

It's not much; it's almost all that I can gather right now.

Li Yuan did not participate in the coordination among various parties, and devoted all his time to cultivation.

The ruins of the ancient demonic sealing chamber in the Dark Vein Abyss Zone.

The synchronized refinement of his entire body after mastering the ancient demonic body-refining technique is still progressing. The permanent timer for the green affix of the Abyss Demonic Essence has also not stopped, with the accumulated cultivation days increasing day by day.

The third night.

Li Yuan was practicing his internal energy in the abyss zone when the permanent entry for the Abyss Resonance suddenly trembled violently.

The state of the six-point resonance sealing array surged into the sea of ​​consciousness.

The pressure suddenly surged from 70% to 95%. All six array eye stones glowed red under load, and the spatial folding chains were stretched to their limit, with two of them already showing fine cracks.

At the same moment, a roar came from the direction of the deep valley.

It wasn't a shockwave; it was space itself tearing apart.

Li Yuan immediately got up and used the Shadow Erosion Technique to clear a path through the rock layers. After a few breaths, he passed through hundreds of feet of rock layers and returned to the bottom of the valley.

The valley floor has changed.

The crack was no longer just a gap a few feet wide; it had been forcibly stretched to nearly ten feet. The walls of the space at the edge shattered and peeled away, and a dark purple beam of light shot out from the depths of the crack, heading straight for the top of the valley. Even standing fifty feet away, Li Yuan could still feel the demonic energy rushing towards him.

The Demon Blood Sacrifice Array has been activated ahead of schedule.

A large number of figures emerged from the pillar of light.

The first batch consisted of Nascent Soul level demons. They had dark gray, dark green, and dark red scales, and came out of the crack in a continuous stream.

Immediately following, two streams of demonic energy at the Nascent Soul level exploded from the depths of the pillar of light.

One force was as heavy as a mountain, the other as violent as magma.

Two demons who had reached the Divine Transformation stage stepped out of the rift.

The one with the heavy aura was enormous, nearly two zhang tall, covered in thick, dark gray armor, with a single, thick horn whose tip gleamed with dark gold. The one with the violent aura was slightly shorter, with crimson scales, eyes like lava, and demonic energy constantly emanating from its body, scorching the surrounding air.

As soon as the two Nascent Soul demons appeared, two beams of light shot out from both sides of the valley wall.

Xuan Ying burst out from the depression on the left, unleashing her full power of Nascent Soul level spiritual energy, and rushed straight towards the crimson scales.

The sect leader of Yuanzong emerged from the right side of the valley wall, his dark gray robes fluttering in the demonic energy, and the rock-solid spiritual energy surged towards the dark gray armored demon.

The four divine-level powers collided at the bottom of the valley.

Large sections of the space wall shattered, and the cracks expanded outward by another ten feet.

Li Yuan did not interfere in the battle for the Nascent Soul stage.

His attention was focused on those Nascent Soul demons.

More than ten Nascent Soul demons scattered and rushed towards various parts of the valley wall, some attacking the ground, and others burrowing into the dark vein branch.

The defensive formation was triggered first.

Three layers of spiritual energy barriers lit up eighty feet in front of the crack, a pale silver membrane blocking the five Nascent Soul demons charging towards the valley entrance. The demons crashed into the barriers, were bounced back several feet, and then charged again.

The attack formation was then activated.

Twelve nodes emitting demonic energy lit up simultaneously, unleashing dark red corrosive waves that covered the area in front of the defensive array. The three-headed demon was within the range; its protective demonic energy was penetrated, leaving large patches of corrosion on its scales.

The two formations, together with the six-point resonance sealing formation, formed a three-layered interception, temporarily suppressing the demons in the direction of the crack.

The offering token at his waist suddenly trembled.

Emergency frequency band.

Li Yuan infused his spiritual power, and Zhou Heng's voice entered his mind.

"Li Yuan, another spatial rift has appeared in the northeast of Lingzhou. It's located about 30 miles east of the Demon Abyss ruins. The rift is expanding, and Nascent Soul level demonic energy is already seeping out. We don't need you on the front lines for now. Go there immediately and use an array to seal the rift."

The message paused for a moment.

"The method for setting up the sealing formation was sent along with the message and has been stored in the token."

Li Yuan took out the jade slip attached to the token and scanned it with his divine sense.

This sealing formation is at the fourth-tier level, with spatial sealing as its core, supplemented by spiritual energy barriers and demonic energy suppression runes, specifically designed to seal small to medium-sized spatial rifts. Once set up, the rifts will be forcibly compressed by the formation until they close.

The plan is well-structured and shares similarities with the Six-Point Resonance Sealing Array. Given Li Yuan's mastery of fourth-order array formations, setting it up is not difficult.

Li Yuan put away the jade slip and glanced back at the battlefield at the bottom of the valley.

Xuan Ying was locked in a fierce battle with the Crimson Demon Clan, their spiritual energy and demonic energy exploding continuously, causing large slabs of rock to crumble from the valley walls. The Yuan Sect Master's battle with the Dark Gray Armored Demon Clan was even more intense, the two forces repeatedly crushing each other in the narrow space, causing layers of rock to peel away one by one.

The two Nascent Soul cultivators can hold on for now.

The Nascent Soul demons were blocked by the three-layered formation, preventing a large-scale breakthrough at the valley entrance. The remaining Nascent Soul cultivators had also arrived and were forming an array behind the main formation.

Li Yuan turned around and transformed into a beam of light, rushing out of the valley and heading straight for the northeast of Lingzhou.