Starlit Path of the Mystic Forge

Yuan Magnetic Heaven.

Warships spanned the void, terrifying auras spreading and crisscrossing.

Countless cultivators from high-martial worlds trembled in fear.

Even mighty experts knelt under this pressure, not daring to speak recklessly.

These were the conquest armies from the Upper Realm—far too powerful; the Lower Three Heavens had no way to resist.

Upper Realm cultivators held absolute dominance in the Lower Three Heavens.

The last time the Upper Realm army attacked Nihility Heaven, they only sent Dividing God realm forces, yet the pressure alone suffocated the various realms of the Lower Three Heavens.

This time, the dispatched army consisted of Unity, Tribulation, and Immortal Transformation realm experts—an army with the might to end worlds.

Within an ancient warship.

Ye Bei closed his eyes to nurture his spirit, deepening his connection with the Travel Array Word.

The Cloud Clan divine son sat cross-legged when suddenly a Cloud Clan Immortal Ascension expert entered the warship.

“How goes it? Has anyone agreed?”

The divine son asked calmly.

Yet the Immortal Ascension expert outside the cabin hesitated slightly: “Report to the divine son—the many Immortal Transformation experts in the Lower Three Heavens are all unwilling to traction the Heavenly Gate.”

Boom!

Within the cabin.

The divine son’s aura suddenly surged, his eyes seeming to boil with killing intent of annihilation.

“This bunch—when did they grow such backbone?”

“Even the chance to enter the Upper Realm cannot sway them.”

The divine son stood, his killing intent sharp—these people were challenging his authority.

“Pity—it’s merely meaningless backbone.”

The divine son said coldly and gravely.

“The world is vast; there are always a few without spine.”

“Capture some Tribulation Transcenders nearing breakthrough; use spirit herbs to force their cultivation into Immortal Transformation… let them traction the Heavenly Gate.”

The divine son addressed the Immortal Ascension expert outside the cabin.

His mind turned quickly—the Heavenly Gate required sufficient strength to traction; since the original Immortal Transformation experts were unwilling to help.

Then he would directly use treasures to create an Immortal Transformation.

The Upper Realm had countless artifacts and spirit herbs; piling up an Immortal Transformation was effortless.

“Yes.”

The Immortal Ascension expert withdrew and soon carried out the orders.

Immortal Transformation experts were few in the Lower Three Heavens, but Tribulation Transcenders were extremely numerous.

Many ancient Yan Six high-martial Holy Lands basically had several hidden top Tribulation Transcenders.

A team of Immortal Ascension experts captured these Tribulation Transcenders, then used spirit herbs to irrigate their cultivation into Immortal Transformation—even sparing no rare herbs capable of condensing golden body flowers.

Though somewhat wasteful giving to Lower Three Heavens cultivators.

But able to traction the Heavenly Gate and conquer the ascension land—mere spirit herbs were inconsequential.

Boom!

One Lower Three Heavens Tribulation Transcender flushed red; herbs stuffed into his mouth; unable to control his own aura.

“After breaking through to Immortal Transformation, traction the Heavenly Gate; otherwise… slaughter all disciples and beings in your Holy Land.”

The divine son stood atop the warship, coldly and ruthlessly gazing at this Tribulation Transcender.

This Tribulation Transcender’s heart quivered.

His power—how could he contend against the Upper Realm? Thus he obeyed.

Boom boom boom!

Golden body flower and Dao intent flower were tractioned out by him.

The two flowers entangled in the void, soon charging into the skies—as though causing the heavens to quake with ceaseless rumbling.

The void seemed torn.

The thousand-zhang Heavenly Gate slowly emerged.

Thunder sea surged; dreadful thunder rumbling like the end of the world.

The rare beasts etched on the Heavenly Gate seemed to come alive!

Qilin, Xie Zhi, true dragon, phoenix…

Myriad rare beasts caused the entire Yuan Magnetic Heaven to bloom with brilliance.

“It appeared! The Heavenly Gate!”

Atop the warship, the divine son’s hair was whipped constantly by the thunderstorm.

From the cabin emerged Ye Bei—though not his first time seeing this Heavenly Gate, he still felt shock.

That cultivator who tractioned the Dao intent flower and primordial spirit flower soared upward.

Thunder dropped.

Snap!

This person’s cultivation was after all irrigated by spirit herbs—how could he resist this thunder penalty?

Struck until blood and flesh blurred.

“Act!”

The divine son’s eyes were full of fanaticism—such a mysterious Heavenly Gate surely held endless secrets!

“This is very likely a secret left by ancient Great Emperors!”

Boom boom boom!

One after another Immortal Ascension experts’ auras fluctuated; robes surged.

They were like immortals descending to the mortal world, charging toward the Heavenly Gate.

Faintly—they had already seen beyond the Heavenly Gate many cultivators gathered, stepping on thick clouds, coldly and hatefully staring at them.

Those were the Lower Three Heavens cultivators who had ascended through the Heavenly Gate?

“Kill!”

“Kill them all.”

The divine son coldly and ruthlessly ordered.

One after another Immortal Ascension experts unleashed mighty auras; immortal energies coiled around their bodies as they prepared to charge into the Heavenly Gate and slaughter within.

Yet…

In the next instant, silver patterns on that ancient Heavenly Gate seemed to come alive.

An anomaly appeared!

The silver patterns peeled from the Heavenly Gate; then the etched rare beasts seemed to revive!

These silver patterns actually formed array patterns.

“Array Words?!”

Ye Bei, who had emerged from the cabin, suddenly had a bad premonition.

Boom!

The Heavenly Gate issued a deafening rumble—as though enraged at these people’s disrespect.

Array words intertwined; dense streams spread, devouring countless energies from Yuan Magnetic Heaven; one after another high-martial worlds’ essences steamed like dragons!

Hum…

Around the warships.

A figure abruptly emerged.

This was a five energies toward origin realm expert.

“Divine son! An ominous array is reviving! Flee quickly!”

This toward origin realm expert was gravely serious.

The divine son’s expression turned horrified.

An ominous array reviving?!

Because they were opening the Heavenly Gate?

No time for the divine son to think much—he wished to flee; controlled the warship to span the skies; the warships prepared to detach from this Yuan Magnetic Heaven.

Yet…

In Yuan Magnetic Heaven, centered on the Heavenly Gate, it seemed to become a great disk.

As though one after another great worlds were dissolving; countless beings wailing.

Intertwined killing intent steamed—as though a peerless great ominous was reviving!

“A killing array!”

“This is a killing array!”

Ye Bei’s hair stood on end; his face full of despair.

He never imagined—this Heavenly Gate actually etched a great killing array!

A killing array—that harmed heaven and reason array method; once a killing array emerged, blood would surely flow like rivers!

Even array masters might not be capable of deploying one.

Compared to defensive arrays, killing arrays were far more complex.

“The plan has changed—we were already cautious, not violently attacking the Heavenly Gate; yet still triggered the killing array!”

“We must break the array and breakout!”

“Notify the clan Sacred Ancestor!”

The Cloud Clan and Dao Clan commanding toward origin realm experts for this conquest—hair stood on end.

They never imagined this conquest would capsize in an instant.

This was even more miserable than the last Cloud Clan conquest of Nihility Heaven.

Boom!

The toward origin realm experts’ gazes blazed; purple energies even surged around their bodies; endless purple energies like flames covered them.

The two turned into purple lights—charging toward the killing array’s exterior!

Yet…

The killing array operated.

Crimson haze steamed; killing meanings rolled!

“No!”

A wretched voice abruptly resounded through the void.

Between array pattern surges.

Countless sword energies dropped; sword energies transformed into unparalleled meanings; myriad swords resounded; purple energies collapsed.

That toward origin realm expert was actually pierced with thousands of holes by sword energies on the spot; his head pierced; blood poured like a heavenly river.

Pfft!

Endless sword energies burst from within his body.

This toward origin realm expert instantly exploded into countless pieces of flesh.

His primordial spirit was ground to nothing by the killing array!

The other Dao Clan toward origin realm similarly faced great calamity.

“An ancient Great Emperor’s killing array! We cannot escape!”

This toward origin realm before death could only issue such a感慨—the Upper Realm Sacred Clans dominated for myriad ages; now finally faced retribution!

Pfft!

The array method’s meanings—thousand changes, myriad transformations; the only unchanging thing was that world-shocking slaughter.

Sword energies turned into blade lights.

The Dao Clan toward origin realm’s eyes extinguished; primordial spirit shattered; only a headless corpse remained, falling into the void.

The killing array operated!

Rare beasts revived from the Heavenly Gate.

The Upper Realm conquest army at this moment fell into an Asura hell.

Blood dyed heaven and earth.

Boom!

The divine son charged out of the warship, his face full of terror.

No longer his prior calm and heroic spirit.

An unnamed rare beast charged over; its claw obscured the skies; the divine son urged an immortal-tier artifact to strike.

One strike shattered the rare beast’s claw; yet killing meanings were torrential—this rare beast actually restored to original.

The divine son was struck until bloodied all over; his originally brilliant armor tattered.

The killing array was like a great millstone—constantly grinding; one life after another stripped and crushed.

How long did this scene last?

The world did not know.

Only heard countless wretched howls and roars—hair-raising.

In Yuan Magnetic Heaven.

Experts from one after another high-martial world stared wide-eyed.

Gazing at the Upper Realm conquest army shrouded by the killing array; only felt endless blood rain sprinkling over—sprinkling their faces full.

Beyond the Heavenly Gate.

Blood rain sprinkled.

One after another ascenders prepared to guard the ascension land and fight bloodily—yet utterly stunned.

“Hahaha… Upper Realm unrighteous; wished to attack the Heavenly Gate; stimulated the great killing array on the Heavenly Gate!”

“Too miserable! Limbs and arms severed; blood flowing like oars…”

“A peerless killing array! The Heavenly Gate is tied to ancient Great Emperors; this killing array is an ancient Emperor killing array!”

“The Upper Realm is courting death!”

The Lower Three Heavens ascenders laughed greatly.

They squeezed before the Heavenly Gate.

Saw a shocking scene.

The Cloud Clan divine son utterly wretched; stood in the void.

Myriad swords resounded; sword energies soared; under rolling killing intent; under the killing array’s grinding.

The divine son’s flesh was shaved inch by inch; hair tips bloodied; he issued wretched howls; knelt in the void… finally lost signs of life!

An Upper Realm Sacred Clan divine son—ground to nothing in the killing array!

…

What was the peerless killing array that suddenly appeared in Yuan Magnetic Heaven?

Perhaps only Lu knew.

That array method was the killing array “Heaven-Absolving” from the “Four Heaven-Punishing Arrays.”

Lu had long deployed it.

After activating the array, Lu no longer minded it—under the killing array; the Upper Realm surely had no survivors.

The killing array was slaughtering people.

While the instigator Lu was in the misty rain of South River City in the south of the Yangtze; gracefully traveling.

That breakthrough mood clearly lingered in Lu’s heart—yet hard to capture.

After falling into pondering; Lu’s ethereal aura began constantly concealing; then his cultivation vanished—as though he became a mortal.

His appearance also began changing; his white robes became somewhat worn.

As though from a lofty immortal; he became an ordinary mortal.

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Returning to mortality.

Lu thoughtful—seemed to have comprehended something; his hands moved the wheelchair wheels; from detached from the dust world; to integrated into the rolling red dust crowds.

He wished to grasp that fleeting feeling.

Perhaps he should incarnate as a mortal; walk through this rolling red dust.