I Have A Cultivation World Chapter 2525 - 1135: Wandering Mountain Opens (Part 2)
Previously on I Have A Cultivation World...
"Bai Wu has escaped to the Southern State; it's time for you to act and eliminate him."
The practitioner from Submerged Abyss Island revealed why he had summoned Ku Zhu, causing the latter's gaze to light up with excitement.
Even after so many years, Ku Zhu remained unable to erase the profound grudge of blood between Sun Bathing Sea and Kong Sang Valley from his thoughts. In the past, Patriarch Bai Wu had constantly concealed himself within Golden Crow Immortal City, protected by the formidable Fifth Rank Great Formation, rendering any chance for vengeance utterly hopeless.
Yet at this moment, with Golden Crow Immortal City destroyed and Patriarch Bai Wu isolated without support, this presented the perfect chance to settle the score.
"How might I locate him?"
Ku Zhu inquired without delay.
The practitioner from Submerged Abyss Island passed over a dark green Spirit Talisman to him: "Bai Wu seized numerous resources from me; I've embedded a tracking mark, and this talisman will lead you to him."
Ku Zhu took hold of the Spirit Talisman, channeling Tianyuan True Qi into it, and shortly afterward, a clear path emerged within his consciousness.
"Bai Wu is truly a cunning old schemer, but he overlooked your scheme."
Ku Zhu questioned, displaying a hint of astonishment.
"He certainly refined the resources I provided, though I secretly marked another object as well."
The practitioner from Submerged Abyss Island replied, a enigmatic grin playing on his lips.
Ku Zhu appeared confused, uncertain about the nature of that particular item.
"In the beginning, my deal with Bai Wu involved him unlocking the city gates to let the Mysterious Flood Dragon Royal Court land, in exchange for the cultivation materials required to advance to Nascent Soul Complete. I supplied only half of those materials prior to his betrayal."
"However, Bai Wu harbored no faith in me and acted out of pure self-interest. I foresaw that he would sever the invaluable Sun God Tree from Sun Bathing Sea and carry it off, so I prepared the mark beforehand."
"Once you've overtaken him and slain him, feel free to claim those resources as your own, and present the Sun God Tree to the Blue Emperor of the Five Elements Sect to secure his favor."
Such lengthy discourse from the practitioner of Submerged Abyss Island was uncommon, deepening the furrow in Ku Zhu's brow.
"Are you also in league with the Mysterious Flood Dragon Royal Court?"
Though solitary in nature and responsible for countless deaths, Ku Zhu still viewed himself as one who upheld righteousness in cultivation, instinctively recoiling from the idea.
"Think of it as a mutual alliance; I exploit them as they exploit us. In truth, to topple the iron grip of the Eastern Continent's Righteous Dao over the world, we must incite these Demon Race Royal Courts into action to make it happen."
The practitioner's statement from Submerged Abyss Island gave Ku Zhu a mild jolt.
Us?
This implied involvement beyond just the individual standing there.
And which force sought to dismantle the Eastern Continent Righteous Dao?
Ku Zhu sensed he could be entangled in a grander scheme, yet since consuming the Tianyuan Dao Fruit, he was already ensnared with no path of retreat.
"Why seek the Eastern Wilderness Blue Emperor's trust?"
Ku Zhu quelled his inner turmoil and posed a query he hoped would elicit an answer.
"The Three Regions along the Eastern Continent Frontier remain desolate territories. This figure possesses exceptional talent and will doubtless chafe at his sect's confinement in such a spot. Down the line, partnering with him could expose the realities, unite to assault the East Land, and bring down those venerable Ancient Sacred Lands."
The explanation from the practitioner of Submerged Abyss Island prompted a subtle nod from Ku Zhu.
With no further questions, he morphed into a streak of Sword Light and pursued Bai Wu along the path indicated by the talisman.
As Ku Zhu vanished from sight, the practitioner from Submerged Abyss Island shifted his gaze, staring intently toward the Eastern Continent.
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Chen Mobai, alongside the trio of Deity Transformation True Monarchs, reached the skies over Wandering Mountain.
The array prohibitions that once lingered here had been rendered ineffective by the upheaval of heaven and earth, along with the relocation of peaks and streams.
Pure Sixth Rank spiritual energy surged upward from the heart of the area, compelling each onlooker to nod in recognition.
A Sixth Rank Spirit Vein qualifies as the hallmark of a Holy Land.
"Odd, the spiritual energy in this place feels somewhat sparse."
Yet shortly, Shenxi detected an irregularity.
Although the Spirit Vein's nucleus within Wandering Mountain did release Sixth Rank Spiritual Energy, it only just scraped by the criteria, occasionally dipping to Fifth Rank Peak.
Such instability typically signals a fresh promotion for the Spirit Vein.
Yet this particular Spirit Vein had endured for over ten millennia.
Such a circumstance defies expectation.
"Something is siphoning and devouring the Spirit Vein's core."
Chen Mobai declared. Since the array prohibitions around Wandering Mountain had failed, he had employed the Listening with Empty Valley Echo method and could already sense the bulk of what lay within.
"Guessing from afar serves no purpose; we should venture inside and investigate."
Da Kong True Monarch suggested, raising his pair of golden and silver rings, as the others assented and soared toward Wandering Mountain's core.
Even as the defensive formation and prohibitions had become inert, they had twisted into turbulent energies, unleashing spiritual power in disarray. Thankfully, the quartet consisted of Deity Transformation True Monarchs, and with Da Kong True Monarch's Void Secret Technique assisting, they penetrated the ruins without trouble.
Amid a flicker of silver radiance, the four silhouettes materialized upon the stone bridge overgrown with moss.
Surveying their surroundings, they beheld relics of architecture from the Eastern Emperor Court era rising amid the turbulent spiritual currents. The weathered stone bridge beneath their feet connected two summits, with a valley of winding waterways below, bordered by elegant pavilions and lofty towers, richly adorned yet mostly in ruins and cloaked in foliage.
The panorama evoked memories in both Shenxi and Ni Yuanzhong of the Eastern Emperor Court depictions preserved in their sects' archives, drawing soft sighs from them.
"Undoubtedly, this served as the frontier outpost guarded by generations of Fanhai Sect's Deity Transformations."
The Hall of Ten Directions functioned as a pivotal sealing force beneath the Eastern Emperor Court, tasked with safeguarding the world's Ten Directions and commanding vast authority. Fanhai Sect had relentlessly clashed with the Mysterious Flood Dragon Royal Court, emerging as a frontrunner.
However, following that immense conflict, vast swathes of the Eastern Yi Coastline shattered and sank into the sea, much like the recent clash between Chen Mobai and the primordial Flood Dragon.
Battered by the war's devastating toll, the Eastern Emperor Court adopted a more conservative stance and relinquished this frontier outpost.
During that era, Nine Heavens Morality Sect and Dao Morale Sect adhered to the Eastern Emperor Court's directives, preoccupied with their own precarious existence, and thus avoided dispatching personnel to this location.
Once the Eastern Emperor Court crumbled, Eastern Yi reverted to its status as a peripheral domain, leaving Fanhai Sect's ruins to fade into oblivion.
Millennia past, Fen Tianjing Di pioneered the development of Eastern Yi, bearing the weight of resistance against the Mysterious Flood Dragon Royal Court, and hunted for these outpost remnants. Yet back then, Wandering Mountain's formation and prohibitions persisted, allowing only faint clues to be uncovered while barring access—until this very moment.
Chen Mobai and his companions traversed the stone bridge to the primary summit, where a towering stele rose in solitude, etched with intricate ancient script. Encircling it stood various stone effigies, some reclining, others upright, all radiating solemn grandeur.
Beneath this stele lay the essence of the Sixth Rank Spirit Vein, suppressed and steadily depleted of its spiritual energy by the monument itself.
Shenxi deciphered the etchings: "This stele represents a Boundary Stone granted by the Human Emperor in those days, housing a diminutive world that served as the paramount treasure for Fanhai Sect's lineage of Deity Transformations. The carvings detail a royal Secret Realm within, forming the bedrock of Fanhai Sect's capacity to resist the Mysterious Flood Dragon Royal Court."
At these words, Chen Mobai's eyes tightened.
The Tianhe Realm harbored such an extraordinary treasure.
Safeguarded and passed down through successive Deity Transformations, it would assuredly rival or even exceed the small realms of the Immortal Gate.
"How can we gain entry?"
Chen Mobai queried with interest, simultaneously committing the stele's inscriptions to memory for later cross-reference and translation against historical texts.
"It demands the Secret Techniques of the Eastern Emperor Court or Fanhai Sect..."
Shenxi shook his head, suggesting a return to pore over sect archives for any pertinent details.
Ni Yuanzhong shared this sentiment.
Following the Eastern Emperor Court's demise, the pair of sects had essentially split the imperial Jade Slips between them, meaning if no records surfaced, entry was probably unattainable.
Chen Mobai cast a look at the quiet Da Kong True Monarch, and Shenxi with Ni Yuanzhong caught on, turning their eyes to the veteran as well.
"My Void Evasion Technique can breach it."
Da Kong True Monarch affirmed after scrutinizing the stele briefly.
Hearing this, Chen Mobai inwardly mused that it might prove wisest if he refrained from going in.