Wait, How Did My Digital Girlfriend Become a Sword Immortal? Chapter 813: Great Changes in Heaven and Earth

"Zhu Huai, you now grasp the full details of the situation, don't you?"

The True One, Hua Jin, had departed. Chen Huaian cast a sidelong look at the imprisoned ancient Fierce Beast.

"Indeed, Ancestral Dragon, Your Lordship." Zhu Huai's terror had altered his way of speaking, his words stumbling out, "I am fully aware of my duty, yet with eight Wells of Heaven already unlocked, I can't detect the presences of the remaining Fierce Beasts. I'm lost on where to head or how to proceed..."

Chen Huaian realized Zhu Huai meant the resurrection of Taotie.

He pulled out the Purple Gold Gourd and dangled it before Zhu Huai, "What do you think? Does this provide any hints?"

Gazing at the Fierce Beasts' energies displayed on the Purple Gold Gourd, along with Taotie's almost finished demonic soul, Zhu Huai's gaze brightened, "So all of them are in your possession, Your Lordship?"

"That's right. But prior to that, this Venerable One has another plan to execute." Chen Huaian squinted his eyes and questioned Zhu Huai, "Is it possible for you to postpone the activation of the Well of Heaven? This Venerable One is aware that you serve as one of the keys to the Well of Heaven. Could you delay the activation of your key?"

Hearing this, Zhu Huai rubbed his head, pondered briefly, and replied, "That would require me to divide my three ethereal souls and seven corporeal souls. The seven corporeal souls will merge with Lord Taotie, aiding in the completion of Lord Taotie's primordial spirit. Meanwhile, the three ethereal souls will manage the Well of Heaven, holding back its activation time. However, this approach means Lord Taotie won't reach his ultimate shape, failing to climb back to his utmost power. Moreover, my three ethereal souls can't restrain the Well of Heaven for an extended period.

The restraint that the Vermilion Bird and I place on the Well of Heaven resembles weights balancing a scale. Without the Vermilion Bird's counterweight, the balance tips in favor of the Well of Heaven opening. Regardless of my efforts, I can't stop the Well of Heaven from fully activating in the end."

"That's fine." Chen Huaian nodded, "This Venerable One comprehends all you've explained.

I just require you to grant this Venerable One a brief delay, not to seal the Well of Heaven forever!"

"In that case, I can manage it." Zhu Huai agreed with a nod.

"Excellent!" Chen Huaian surveyed his surroundings, lost in thought.

Next, he retrieved Spirit Stones and assorted formation resources from his Storage Pouch.

His plan was to utilize the ninth Demon Sealing Pagoda as the core of the formation.

He aimed to forge the whole Demon Sealing Pagoda into a protective array that hid the mechanisms of the heavens.

Though he hadn't witnessed Taotie's revival, given the numerous conditions involved, it probably wasn't a quick affair.

Thus, at minimum, until Taotie restored his maximum strength, the nine Wells of Heaven must avoid opening all at once.

If not, the energy from Taotie's revival would surely be noticed by the Immortal Realm's gods. Should they intervene swiftly to quash it while Taotie remained defenseless, wouldn't everything be ruined?

As per Chen Huaian's directives, Zhu Huai discarded his corporeal form and split into three ethereal souls and seven corporeal souls.

His physical frame slowly shriveled and turned to powder, yet the detached three ethereal souls and seven corporeal souls possessed immense scale.

The three ethereal souls and seven corporeal souls took on Zhu Huai's prime appearance. Four twisting horns appeared ready to rend the skies, his enormous frame sported a volcano erupting lava, and his crimson eyes radiated a fiery red brilliance, resembling twin suns ascending in the shadowy Demon Sealing Pagoda.

"This truly captures the majestic presence of an ancient Fierce Beast!"

Chen Huaian couldn't resist expressing his admiration.

Zhu Huai appeared a touch shy, standing by compliantly.

He observed Chen Huaian positioning Spirit Stones around the Demon Sealing Pagoda, his sword moving with elegant precision. Threads of silvery-white Sword Intent coiled about him, then steadily merged into the earth below the Demon Sealing Pagoda via his sword movements. The arranged Spirit Stones vanished alongside the Sword Intent.

Zhu Huai possessed certain insights.

He recognized that Chen Huaian was establishing a formation.

But even straining his mind, he couldn't identify which formation Chen Huaian was deploying.

As an ancient Fierce Beast, despite memory gaps from multiple rebirths, he retained knowledge of vital topics like formations.

Even forgotten details would resurface swiftly upon slight recollection.

Nevertheless, while tracing the grand formation Chen Huaian was crafting, examining the complex and arcane Formation Patterns bordering the Demon Sealing Pagoda, he drew a blank.

This definitely wasn't any formation from Earth Star's legends.

He ultimately decided.

This grand formation must originate from a different realm, one with equally advanced immortal cultivation wisdom.

The expression in Zhu Huai's eyes as he regarded Chen Huaian evolved from dread due to hierarchical pressure to genuine, profound admiration.

No previous inheritor had resembled Chen Huaian, capable of importing knowledge from another realm to challenge the Celestial God Clan.

Though this era's Dragon Soul inheritor lacked overwhelming might... to the point where he couldn't stand alongside Taotie in battle.

Yet maybe... this presented a chance?

After some time, Chen Huaian completed the formation setup.

The Formation Patterns encircling the Demon Sealing Pagoda illuminated all at once.

Phantasmal outlines of soaring swords emerged on the Formation Patterns. These swords slowly ascended, weaving overhead into a dense silvery-white Sword Curtain.

At the heart of the Demon Sealing Pagoda, Chen Huaian flicked his fingers.

A colossal sword silhouette appeared in front of him, turning gradually, encompassing him and Zhu Huai's three ethereal souls and seven corporeal souls. Unlike the surrounding phantom swords, this sword silhouette's edge blazed with primal fire of black and white threads, releasing a fearsome, pulse-racing presence.

"All preparations are set; we await only the favorable breeze."

Chen Huaian set the Purple Gold Gourd at his feet, eyeing Zhu Huai, "Commence! This Venerable One shall guard you!"

Zhu Huai uttered a deep incantation, his enormous soul form abruptly rising—The seven corporeal souls, akin to molten dark gold flames, bearing the savage Killing Intent of the ancient Fierce Beast, plunged directly into the Purple Gold Gourd.

The gourd's opening flared with a sinister red radiance, boiling furiously like oil hit by scalding water. Before long, thrilled bellows of Fierce Beasts resounded from inside: Qiongqi's piercing cry, Taowu's rumbling growl, all blending into a potent, dynamic surge rushing toward the hazy figure in the middle.

Taotie's once vague silhouette sharpened instantly upon the seven corporeal souls' integration.

To begin, bronze-scaled claws protruded from the outline, their edges shining with icy sharpness that could rip through space. Next, a vast mouth lined with fangs parted slowly. As saliva fell, it devoured the residual fog within the gourd. Lastly, dense scales enveloped the body, etched with bizarre runes. As demonic force circulated, the runes glowed with shadowy purple hues, amplifying Taotie's savage menace.

He transitioned from a slender shade to a being brimming with solid flesh and blood, his breaths even heavy enough to pulverize peaks.

At the same time, Zhu Huai's three ethereal souls morphed into three gleaming white streams of light, floating toward the Well of Heaven concealed deep in the Demon Sealing Pagoda.

As the light streams contacted the Well of Heaven's rim, the ground, previously quivering faintly, suddenly produced a sharp "crack," like something striving to burst from below.

The white vapor at the Well of Heaven's entrance spun wildly, creating a widening whirlpool.

In the whirlpool's core, faint visions of a barren landscape from another realm appeared—barren colossal trees, blood-red soil, and distant beast howls.

That wasn't the Cangyun Realm.

The three ethereal souls swiftly encircled the whirlpool, the radiant white streams clamping down immediately.

The white vapor's spin halted abruptly, though the Demon Sealing Pagoda's quakes grew fiercer.

Web-like fissures started forming on the walls. Debris rained down, producing a steady "tap-tap" as it hit, like a countdown from the cosmos.

"Boom—" A massive rumble echoed from beneath. The Well of Heaven's whirlpool unleashed a pull vastly stronger than before.

Zhu Huai's three ethereal soul streams noticeably weakened.

Pure Spiritual Energy, no longer trickling gradually, flooded out like a burst levee, gathering above the Well of Heaven into a creamy-white qi column. The area near the column warped from its swell, the atmosphere tinged with the crisp, bitter essence of primordial spiritual energy.

Zhu Huai's three ethereal souls strained to constrict, attempting to force the spiritual energy back into the Well of Heaven. Yet the energy acted alive, relentlessly battering the streams. Each strike amplified the Demon Sealing Pagoda's shudders. The Formation Patterns Chen Huaian had laid even began to pulse, the silvery-white Sword Intent flaring and fading, on the verge of collapse.

"Ancestral Dragon, Your Lordship... I... I can't endure!"

Zhu Huai bellowed in torment.

Chen Huaian furrowed his brow sharply, his stare cold as he turned to the Demon Sealing Pagoda's summit.

Right then, the Purple Gold Gourd split with a "crack," instantly followed by a deafening bellow from within that could rupture hearing.

"Roar—!"

Taotie's skull emerged first from the gourd's neck.

His enormous jaws gaped, inhaling the bulk of the drifting spiritual energy nearby.

The Purple Gold Gourd, still rolling mid-air, was seized in his fangs, crunched to bits with several "crack" noises.

His frame fully exited the gourd, bulkier than the Demon Sealing Pagoda's beams.

The noise of scales grinding against stone resembled countless swords rasping metal.

Every stride depressed the floor, imprinting fiery-ringed tracks.

His golden-red gaze scanned Chen Huaian, pausing briefly, emotions churning yet reined in.

Turning to the Well of Heaven, his pupils shrank sharply—He sensed the energies of the other eight Wells of Heaven rushing here.

And precisely as Taotie exited the gourd, Zhu Huai's three ethereal souls reached their limit.

The radiant white streams burst with a "pop," scattering into countless light specks flowing to Taotie.

Free of restraint, the Well of Heaven's spiritual energy exploded fully!

Boom—!

The creamy-white qi column surged skyward, piercing straight to the Demon Sealing Pagoda's apex, shattering the roof's stones and exposing the overhead firmament.

The qi column detonated aloft, morphing into an elongated dragon forged purely from spiritual energy. The dragon reared its head proudly, scales translucent from condensed spiritual energy, horns still wreathed in lingering white vapor. It unleashed a heavenly-shaking dragon cry, the roar cleaving clouds, echoing over the vast domain.

Even more startling, in the wake of this dragon's cry, eight successive light rays ignited afar in the sky—marking the other eight Wells of Heaven!

The eight light rays likewise shaped into spiritual energy dragons, ascending toward the firmament.

Nine dragons united mid-air, coils entwining, heads pointed variously, akin to celestial supports upholding the vault.

Clouds vanished. The sky's hue shifted from bright azure to profound indigo, then pitch darkness, ultimately an infinite void.

As though the night dome had flipped above, no sunlight able to breach.

The heavens had transformed!