Chapter 1530 - 118: Ten Thousand Demon Array
"Not taking action doesn’t mean being afraid of battle."
Qilin Miaofa True Monarch slightly furrowed his brow and said, "After I ascended the stage, my Heart Lake suddenly had an ominous sign... Didn’t you also refrain from taking action last night?"
"So you noticed it too, huh..."
Xie Xuanyi stared at True Monarch Miaofa, "The Nether Sea was strange last night."
"Indeed."
True Monarch recalled last night’s scenes.
He did sense something peculiar, but couldn’t articulate exactly where the peculiarity lay.
Clearly, they were long-time acquaintances.
Yet, he felt the other party was incredibly unfamiliar.
"Because the one who appeared last night wasn’t the true ’Nether Sea’!"
Xie Xuanyi slowly began to speak, revealing the existence of a shadow from impure beings.
Qilin Miaofa True Monarch has cultivated for over a hundred years.
To reach this level.
What hasn’t he experienced, what strange events hasn’t he heard of?
But the existence of the shadow shattered his imagination.
If not for Xie Xuanyi’s personal account, if not for Cui Zhen’s corroboration, he simply wouldn’t believe that such absurd things existed in the world.
"..."
Qilin Miaofa True Monarch listened quietly.
The existence of the shadow needs to be traced back a thousand years.
Even for Miaofa True Monarch, who has cultivated to the Yang God Realm Late Stage, he only has slight knowledge of events a thousand years ago. He only knows that a thousand years ago, this world faced a Great Tribulation where the Primordial Energy suddenly vanished... Countless Great Divine Power Users from Grotto Heavens and Blessed Lands came forth to turn the tides, thus forming the current two worlds.
"So..."
True Monarch rasped, "The ’Great Tribulation’ a thousand years ago was merely a minor tribulation?"
"In a certain sense, that’s indeed how it was."
Xie Xuanyi said seriously, "The existence of the shadow is the true Great Tribulation."
Although the shadow is weak now.
Yet this Undying and rapidly proliferating nature... As long as it keeps a breath, it will soon continue to multiply, more and more.
"Nether Sea colluding with such a thing?"
A trace of killing intent appeared in True Monarch’s eyes.
If earlier he wanted to take action, it was merely to repay a favor to Cui Zhen.
Now, he genuinely had the thought of acting in place of the heavens.
"I have killed many shadows in the [Ruins]."
Xie Xuanyi said, "But these things are almost endless... Among them, the strongest presence has already escaped from the [Ruins], reaching the world outside. It is very likely, the one who appeared last night was that presence."
"To be able to cultivate to the Yang God Seventh Realm..."
True Monarch asked gravely, "How high can this thing’s cultivation reach?"
He knew little about ancient history from a thousand years ago.
But Xie Xuanyi seemed to know a lot.
"Unclear."
Xie Xuanyi shook his head, saying honestly, "The Primordial Energy Tribulation that this world encountered was also a great calamity for the shadow. Perhaps this Seventh Realm presence is already the strongest among them, but it cannot be ruled out that there could be even stronger ones."
"Possibly even stronger ones?"
True Monarch’s pupils slightly constricted.
He could hardly imagine what the scene would be like to see an even stronger presence appear.
"Beyond that... wouldn’t it be the level of the Great Palace Master or Holy Emperor?"
Ao Ying’s voice trembled slightly.
"Such level of strong person, even if alive, should be in a state of being suppressed."
Xie Xuanyi said, "As far as I know, a thousand years ago, those Great Divine Power Users... launched a sweeping suppression against the shadow."
"Are you so certain?"
True Monarch asked curiously, "Isn’t there an Ancient Saint Relic hidden beneath the [Ruins]?"
This is not hard to guess.
Xie Xuanyi must have seen evidence to reach such a conclusion.
"Yes, it exists."
Xie Xuanyi admitted openly, "But I cannot disclose the specific location for now."
He’s not planning to keep the existence of [Primordial Immortal Hall] hidden forever, after all, he agreed with Hong Da and Hong Er to pass on the Primordial Secret Technique...
Xie Xuanyi planned to entrust this technique to the Saint Prince.
Of course, he had to wait until the dust settled on this great feast.
Although he and the Saint Prince appreciated each other mutually... they were ultimately enemies, and Xie Xuanyi’s identity was too sensitive. Once the current Da Sui Sword Palace’s sect leader’s presence in the Great Saint Mountain was exposed, the whole Demon Country would boil, and the Great Palace Master would personally descend!
"So..."
Qilin Miaofa True Monarch calmed down and summed up the situation.
"Currently, there are two ’Nether Sea’."
"One sits in the grotto mansion."
"The other shows the puppet body to the world, possessing Seventh Heaven cultivation."
"Correct..." Cui Zhen pondered, "After a few days, this grand birthday feast, it’s highly likely the puppet body of Nether Sea will appear."
Seventh Heaven cultivation is already enough to suppress most enemies.
With Nether Sea’s character, the true body must be resident within the grotto mansion.
"Is it really necessary for the Nether Sea Venerable to be secluded within a Pocket World?"
Ao Ying raised a question.
Actually, in her view, what Nether Sea is doing now is already a challenge to the Holy Emperor’s authority.
The true body plus puppet body.
These two great forces combined already surpass Sun Erosion!
Perhaps...
Nether Sea might really challenge the Holy Emperor head-on!
One Seventh Heaven, one Eighth Heaven, isn’t that enough to defeat a "aged and declining" strongest person?
"You don’t understand the power of ’strongest’.
Qilin Miaofa True Monarch shook his head and said, "Yang God has only nine realms, but once it reaches Perfection... That infinite closeness to the Tenth Realm of Heavenly People, separates it by an incomparably huge chasm from all living beings."
"That’s indeed the case."
Xie Xuanyi sighed.
He had personally witnessed the match between Zhao Chunyang and the Holy Empress in the Lotus Forbidden Land!
After unlocking the Sword Dao Origin, Zhao Chunyang almost crushed the Holy Empress single-handedly, one could say... if not for four Dragon Veins, the Holy Empress wouldn’t be the Master’s opponent!
The Holy Emperor has been in seclusion for nearly a hundred years, it’s hard to say if he has reached the level of Zhao Chunyang back then.
However, if he touched the "Heavenly Human Origin," even just a wisp.
Then even if Nether Sea had another puppet body of Seventh Heaven, it wouldn’t be his opponent.
"However... I seem to be able to guess what Nether Sea is doing in seclusion..."
Xie Xuanyi suddenly recalled.
Back in Giant Martial City, Ming San had once issued an invitation.
At the commencement of this grand feast, this Netherworld Third Young Master was scavenging Great Demon Essence Blood everywhere.
He revealed this matter.
"Scavenging Essence Blood of various demons?"
Qilin Miaofa True Monarch frowned, "What is this for..."
"The reason Ming San gave at that time was casting a treasure."
Xie Xuanyi said, "The ’alignment’ of this grand feast is already very clear. Master Ni Yu doesn’t seem to be on Nether Sea’s side."
"Casting array?"
True Monarch understood Xie Xuanyi’s meaning.
If the current top Artifact Refining Master of the Demon Country, Master Ni Yu, has no intention to aid Nether Sea.
Then this Essence Blood...
Is very likely to be used in the construction of a talisman formation!
"Is there a Great Array that requires gathering the Heart Blood of large demons?"
Xie Xuanyi turned his wheelchair towards Cui Zhen.
Among those present.
Of the Demon Race talisman heritage, he was the most knowledgeable.
"I vaguely recall a Great Array."
Cui Zhen furrowed her beautiful brows, muttering, "It’s an ancient array from a thousand years ago... It requires gathering the Life Essence Blood of over a thousand large demons. This array is called ’Ten Thousand Demon Array’."
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(Today’s update was delayed due to some matters. There will be another update at noon tomorrow.)