I Have A Cultivation World Chapter 2389 - 1076
Previously on I Have A Cultivation World...
Once the Golden Flame Manticore's breathing stopped completely, Da Kong True Monarch stayed on high alert. He maintained the restraint of his Silver Ring around the beast.
In the meantime, from the wound at its heart, a flow of crimson-gold essence blood, directed by Dustless True Monarch, flowed straight into a purple-golden Pill Furnace.
The groundwork for crafting the Communicating Holy Spirit Pill had long been set up over a century prior, missing just this vital core material.
"This vile creature's essence blood holds tremendous power. This round ought to produce at least seven pills."
Da Kong True Monarch observed Dustless True Monarch's efforts with a hint of eager expectation.
"Close enough, and if fortune favors us, we could get an additional half."
Dustless True Monarch, a master pill refiner with decades of experience, fully grasped his own skills. As soon as the Golden Flame Manticore's essence blood was added to the Pill Furnace, he could already predict the number of pills.
Da Kong True Monarch knew what that extra half pill signified—a pill tainted with extra Dan Poison.
Yet for Tianhe Realm cultivators, it remained an elusive treasure of supreme quality.
Xing Ji, Hong Yun, and their companions, despite awareness of the excessive Dan Poison, would gulp it down without a second thought.
"Our two Sects take four pills to divide between us, one goes to the Nine Heavens Morality Sect, and another to the Five Elements Sect. As for the leftover one and a half, who do you believe deserves them?"
Da Kong True Monarch asked regarding how to allocate the Elixirs.
"The Burning Heaven Meridians played a huge part this time—hand one to Hong Yun, and if Xing Ji desires the leftover half, allow him to claim it."
Dustless True Monarch voiced his opinion, and Da Kong True Monarch gave a nod, showing his agreement.
Right then, the final drop of essence blood from the Golden Flame Manticore was drawn out. The pair of Deity Transformation True Monarchs let out a relieved breath. As they prepared to share out the rest of the corpse's remains, a chilling wave of malice suddenly rushed in from every side.
Before long, a dark black symbol emerged right in the middle of the Golden Flame Manticore's forehead, looking just like a rotating Wheel of Reincarnation.
"What?"
Da Kong True Monarch, an expert in the Void Mystical Method, instantly detected the nearby Power of Void starting to twist and distort wildly. He pulled back the Silver Ring that held the Golden Flame Manticore, linking up with the Teleportation Array he'd placed outside, ready to escape alongside Dustless True Monarch.
"Not good!"
Right then, Dustless True Monarch's features twisted in alarm as his gaze fixed on the cave's stone walls.
The Dragon Scale patches covering them appeared to awaken, twisting and shifting without cease.
"The Void's connection is broken—we may have stepped into an enigmatic small world!"
By now, Da Kong True Monarch's face had also grown grave with shock.
His external Teleportation Array was traceable from any spot across the Tianhe Realm, yet at this instant, he couldn't detect it at all.
Such a turn of events could only indicate they'd departed from the Tianhe Realm entirely.
"Betrayed!"
In that instant, Dustless True Monarch turned over the Golden Flame Manticore's corpse, exposing a dark ominous glow in the palm of each limb, shaped like a turning Wheel of Reincarnation symbol.
"Wheel of Reincarnation? Could this be Tu Ming's scheme?"
Witnessing this, Da Kong True Monarch creased his forehead in concern.
"Given his level of cultivation, he couldn't have schemed against us so stealthily."
Dustless True Monarch denied it with a shake of his head, gesturing for Da Kong to gather the Golden Flame Manticore's remains as he produced the Xuanji Instrument, examining the nearby stone walls and the scales that moved like living things.
With strands of Immortal Light channeled in, the golden orb in the Xuanji Instrument's core started rotating, scanning the environment around them.
It wasn't long before Dustless True Monarch uncovered a shocking revelation.
"This is the Netherworld!"
Hearing those words, Da Kong True Monarch knitted his brows too. While he'd guessed they'd exited the Tianhe Realm, he'd assumed it was only some powerful expert's crafted minor domain.
Should it truly be the Netherworld, matters could turn quite dire.
"If my judgment holds, this Dragon Abyss Cave serves as one of the Nine Ghost Mother's offspring, a gateway where the Nether Dragon crosses from Yin to Yang Realms. It's unclear if the Golden Flame Manticore stumbled here on its own or if Tu Ming led it, but upon its demise, it triggered what looks like a sacrifice, pulling us both from the Yang Realm into this Netherworld."
Dustless True Monarch pieced together his assessment by matching his sect's ancient texts against the Dragon Abyss Cave's present conditions.
Long ago, the Ghost Mother's descent brought havoc upon the East Continent. The Dao Morale Sect aided the Eastern Emperor Court immensely in suppressing the catastrophe, and the Divinity Transformation cultivators of that era documented numerous hidden annals.
For example, following the Ghost Mother's calamity, the Nether Dragon carried the Wheel of Reincarnation back to the Netherworld.
Somehow in the aftermath, it ended up with Ming Zun, enabling him to rise as the Demon Path's overlord in the East Continent.
"Doesn't Tu Ming have a clone under your control?"
Da Kong True Monarch questioned after taking it in.
"Not long after we seized it from Mount Wudi, it took its own life."
Dustless True Monarch let out a heavy sigh. He'd originally intended to pry deeper into the Demon Path's mysteries from Tu Ming, perhaps even learning the ways to access and depart the Netherworld.
After all, everyone knew the Ascension Platform lingered in the Netherworld.
Since Tu Ming had acquired the Wheel of Reincarnation, it stood to reason that crucial details about the enigmatic Underworld could be drawn from him.
"We should focus on finding a way back first. If we're both stuck in the Netherworld, it'll spell big problems for the Eastern Continent's Righteous Dao. We can't leave everything to just Chen Guixian."
Da Kong True Monarch stated firmly. Be it the Flying Night Fiend or the secluded Ming Zun nursing his wounds, both were ancient demon overlords.
Though Chen Mobai showed exceptional promise with strong prospects for advancement, he hadn't achieved true Divinity Transformation yet.
Besides, the Communicating Holy Spirit Pill remained inside Dustless True Monarch's Pill Furnace. Its absence would cripple half the upcoming Deity Transformation hopes for the Eastern Continent's Four Great Holy Lands.