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Chapter 1045: Sudden Change
Chapter 1045: Sudden Change
The human heart is a vessel of great desire.
Great evil, born from the depths of the heart, festers in the mind’s sea, merging with the spirit. Like a blooming opium flower, it spreads uncontrollably, hidden from the divine and the mortal, even deceiving the void.
Everything had been foolproof...
If not for the little demon, Mo Hua of the Tai Xu Gate, who transformed his divine thoughts into a sword and split open the mind’s sea, the poison of these evil desires would never have leaked out, catching the eyes of these ancient patriarchs.
"That damned brat truly deserves a thousand deaths!"
Elder Shen clenched his teeth, "With the plan exposed, we can't wait any longer..."
The right hand hidden in his sleeve suddenly turned pale, transforming into a demonic claw. He twisted and broke his left arm, tearing the flesh and sinews, and pulled out a white bone from the bloody mess.
Elder Shen muttered an evil incantation.
A faint red light flickered on the bone, as if an array pattern had been activated.
But in the next instant, a sword beam suddenly cleaved through, severing Elder Shen's right arm and splattering blood, interrupting his incantation.
Elder Shen suffered a backlash, spitting out blood, and turned to see Elder Chen of the Qian Dao Sect, who had reached the Yu Hua Realm, pointing a sword at him.
Around him, the Qian Dao Sect's array formation elders had already set up an array, sealing off the surroundings.
Several other Yu Hua Realm sword cultivators from the Chen family also pointed their swords at Elder Shen, surrounding him.
Elder Chen said coldly, "We thoroughly investigated the Solitary Mountain incident and found traces of you, 'Elder Shen,' hidden within."
"I was ordered by the patriarch to keep a close eye on you. Don't make any rash moves. I can still spare your life for the patriarch's questioning."
"Any sign of resistance, and you'll be torn apart by a thousand swords. Think carefully."
Elder Shen grinned, blood filling his mouth, his tongue writhing.
"Looking for death!"
Elder Chen's eyes narrowed, and he immediately thrust his sword forward. A flash of cold light, and the sword tip pierced through Elder Shen's tongue, emerging from the back of his head. The evil blood dripped down the sword, landing on the ground like a deadly toxin, corroding the bricks.
Despite this, Elder Shen's tongue continued to wriggle, emitting an ancient, incomprehensible chant.
Elder Chen's pupils contracted, and he quickly said:
"Unite! We must kill him completely!"
The surrounding Qian Dao Sect elders no longer held back, unleashing their swords and techniques, intent on slaying "Elder Shen" on the spot.
Elder Shen, drenched in blood with his tongue pierced by the sword, smiled sinisterly. His tongue writhed, and he spoke two words.
These words were indistinct, yet they echoed eerily in everyone's hearts:
"Too late..."
Elder Shen's left arm bone suddenly cracked, emitting a blinding red light. The array pattern on it merged with the void, acting like a key to activate the grand array.
Then a blue light flashed, and Elder Shen vanished.
The Qian Dao Sect elders' attacks all missed, failing to eliminate Elder Shen.
Elder Chen was enraged but powerless.
Just as Elder Shen was about to escape using the Wu Pin Grand Array, the old patriarch of the Chen family on the Sword Viewing Pavilion grew cold. He slashed his hand, and a sword qi merged with the void. When it reappeared, it cleaved through the air above Lun Dao Mountain, severing the space and slicing Elder Shen, who was about to escape, into two halves.
Elder Shen's escape was forcibly interrupted.
His body, cut in half, was further distorted and mangled by the spatial fluctuations, becoming a grotesque and hideous mess of blood and flesh.
But even so, Elder Shen seemed not to be dead.
His two halves of flesh still retained life, writhing as they tried to rejoin and continue his escape.
In the Grand Hall of the Void, the one-eyed old patriarch immediately shouted:
"Filth!"
He clenched his hand, causing a bronze-colored giant hand to materialize in the void, enveloping Elder Shen.
The one-eyed old patriarch then squeezed, shattering the void and the two pieces of Elder Shen's flesh, crushing bones and sinews, and evaporating the evil blood with the power of the void.
Elder Shen, in the Yu Hua Realm, was thus completely annihilated, leaving no trace of his body or a single drop of blood in the world.
However, the one-eyed old patriarch did not seem relieved after killing Elder Shen.
He did not feel as though he had killed anything, but rather as if he had crushed a blood-filled maggot.
At the moment Elder Shen's flesh was obliterated, a massive "hum" echoed through the heavens and earth.
This was the spirit howl.
It was the sound of a large array consuming vast amounts of spirit stones, converting them into a torrent of spirit power, like a surging sea.
This meant that the Wu Pin Grand Array of Lun Dao Mountain was activating again.
And this time, the spirit howl was as immense as before, shaking the hearts of all, indicating that the Wu Pin Grand Array was operating at full power.
The sky above flashed with light, obscuring the heavens.
The vast void power flowing through the sky was both awe-inspiring and terrifying.
But this time, the light was different.
The array was merely circulating, showing no trace of killing intent.
The spectators, confused, looked around, unsure of what was happening.
But the ancient patriarchs of the Void Realm grew pale, sensing that something was terribly wrong.
The previous activation of the grand array was to counter the divine form of the Void Realm, protecting the disciples of Lun Jian—especially the little monster, Mo Hua, from the Tai Xu Gate.
It also protected the spectators at Lun Dao Mountain from the terrifying spirit tides during the Void Realm battles.
Although protecting Mo Hua had displeased the group of ancient ancestors, it was a normal rule of the grand array, and they couldn't say much about it.
But now, things were different.
There were no triggering conditions, yet the Wu Pin Great Array had suddenly started operating at full power...
"Someone has tampered with the Wu Pin Great Array?!"
"What's the purpose?"
Several Cave Void ancient ancestors turned to look at Xun Laoshi.
Xun Laoshi, of Tai Xu Gate, was one of the few fifth-rank array dao ancient ancestors in Qian Xue Prefecture.
Xun Laoshi’s brows furrowed as he stared at the array light in the sky, sensing the flow of the array patterns. He mentally reverse-engineered the structure of the array’s core to determine the involved principles of the grand array's reactivation...
It wasn't for killing, not for defense, not for protecting disciples, but...
Xun Laoshi’s heart trembled:
"Teleportation?!"
He immediately realized something, a chill running down his spine. He sternly ordered:
"Quickly! Inform the Reasoning Mountain elders to forcefully seal the array eye and cut off the array’s spiritual energy supply!"
Xun Laoshi couldn’t interfere with the Wu Pin Great Array at Reasoning Mountain.
The grand array was built to protect Lun Jian disciples and isolate them from all external disturbances.
The primary disturbances were the Cave Void ancient ancestors from various sects and noble families.
After all, if the Cave Void ancient ancestors truly interfered with the competition, no one could stop them.
This also meant that the Wu Pin Great Array at Reasoning Mountain was most vigilant against the Cave Void ancient ancestors present.
They couldn’t interfere with anything inside the grand array, and they weren’t allowed to.
Therefore, Xun Laoshi could only let the Reasoning Mountain elders handle the sealing of the array eye and cutting off the array’s energy supply, as he couldn’t intervene.
But this was no small matter, and the Reasoning Mountain elders wouldn’t make such a decision lightly.
And by now, it was already too late.
Elder Shen’s death was the key, activating the grand array.
The grand array began to operate according to plan, and blue teleportation lights started to flash.
All the disciples who had lost and been eliminated from the Asura Battle were being teleported back to re-enter the competition.
In the desolate Asura Field, figures that had once "died" began to reappear.
Ling Hu Xiao, Ou Yang Xuan, Cheng Mo, Situ Jian, the five Tai E brothers, Hao Xuan...
These Tai Xu Gate disciples, with the flashing blue light, gathered around Mo Hua once again.
Besides Tai Xu Gate, disciples from the four great sects, eight major gates, and even some of the twelve streams of Tianjiao also appeared one by one...
Shen Cangfeng, Ao Zheng, Xiao Ruohan, Shi Tiangang, Ye Zhiyuan, Qin Cangliu, Feng Zichen, Song Kui...
Looking around, they were all Mo Hua’s "enemies."
But at this moment, they hadn’t had time to seek revenge on Mo Hua. They just looked at each other, puzzled, wondering what had happened and why they had been teleported back after being eliminated.
No one answered them.
And the teleportation continued.
The blue light flickered again, and the disciples gathered in the Asura Field disappeared one by one.
When they came to their senses, they found themselves on a mountain with high peaks and low clouds, mist swirling around, giving a sense of reaching the summit, touching the sky, and feeling like immortals.
Soon, some disciples realized:
"Heaven's Peak!"
"Is this Heaven's Peak?!"
At the highest point of Reasoning Mountain stood a peak and a pavilion.
The peak was Heaven's Peak, and the pavilion was the Sword Viewing Pavilion.
The Sword Viewing Pavilion was where the old ancestors of noble families, the direct descendants of Dao Prefecture, and the nobles of the imperial court observed the sword, hidden in the clouds, invisible to ordinary people.
What everyone could see at the highest point of Reasoning Mountain was the towering Heaven's Peak, like a sword pointing to the sky.
And Heaven's Peak was the final battleground for the "Heaven" level of the Lun Jian Conference.
After the fierce battles of the "Earth" level Lun Jian, the successful Tianjiao disciples from various sects would gather at the summit of Heaven's Peak to face the strongest Heaven's Pride of Qian Dao Sect in the ultimate showdown.
But at this moment, these Tianjiao disciples found that they had all been teleported to Heaven's Peak.
"What’s happening?"
"What does this mean?"
Everyone was shocked and bewildered.
Even at this point, the teleportation didn’t stop.
Suddenly, the Wu Pin Great Array emitted an extremely blinding light.
A sharp spiritual energy howl echoed.
A massive amount of spirit stones was devoured in an instant, converting into the spiritual energy needed to power the array.
A powerful surge of spiritual energy, like a hurricane, swept in all directions.
A vast ocean of blue light instantly shot up to the sky, enveloping the entire Heaven's Peak.
The fifth-rank grand array of Reasoning Mountain was operating at its limit.
Then, under the incredulous gazes of countless cultivators, the towering Heaven's Peak, standing tall and reaching the clouds, was severed from its roots by the power of the void, and then...
Everyone was shocked.
The expressions of the Cave Void Ancestors also turned grave.
Heaven's Peak... had been teleported away?!
Right before their eyes, the Heaven's Peak that had stood for over ten thousand years in Qian Xue Prefecture had been teleported away by a Fifth Rank Reasoning Mountain Grand Array?
And on Heaven's Peak, there were hundreds of the most elite disciples from the Four Sects and Eight Gates!
These were the true treasures and lifeblood of the major sects.
"Quick!" one of the Cave Void Ancestors said in shock and anger. "Find out where Heaven's Peak has been teleported to!"
Teleportation required Fifth Rank Cave Void power.
The conditions for teleportation were extremely strict, with numerous restrictions. For something as large as Heaven's Peak, even if it had been teleported away, it could not have gone very far, at most within the vicinity of Qian Xue Prefecture.
One by one, the Cave Void Ancestors unleashed their divine perception.
Tremendous Cave Void power swept across the entire land of Qian Xue Prefecture without restraint.
Some of the Cave Void Ancestors also took out their supreme treasures, the Sky Observing Mirrors, to survey the entire prefecture.
Soon, the Cave Void Ancestors made a discovery.
"Southwest!"
"Near the Third Rank Falling Goose Mountain!"
Falling Goose Mountain was also where Mo Hua had once exterminated the Demon Sect.
One of the Ancestors immediately activated the Sky Observing Mirror, focusing it on the southwest direction, where the 800-mile swamp, shrouded in toxic mists, lay at the edge of Falling Goose Mountain.
The scene shifted, and everyone saw through the Sky Observing Mirror that Heaven's Peak stood alone, its peak piercing the clouds, located at the edge of Qian Xue Prefecture, right next to the Third Rank Falling Goose Mountain.
This terrain sent shockwaves through the hearts of the Cave Void Ancestors.
"Is this...?"
"It can't be..."
Before they could react, Heaven's Peak indeed began to topple right in front of them.
With a tremendous "thud", the mountains and rivers deformed, and dust filled the air.
The towering Heaven's Peak, teleported by the Fifth Rank Reasoning Mountain Grand Array to the edge of Qian Xue Prefecture, suddenly collapsed and crumbled toward the Third Rank Falling Goose Mountain.
In this way, the entire Heaven's Peak acted like a bridge, spanning the boundary between the Fifth Rank and Third Rank prefectures.
Due to the restrictions of the Dao laws, the Ancestors dared not intervene rashly in the Third Rank territory.
What a grand conspiracy! What a deep and intricate plan!
All the Ancestors were momentarily chilled to the bone.
...
Almost simultaneously, the shocking changes at Heaven's Peak caught the attention of everyone, from the Ancestors to the ordinary spectators.
On the viewing platform of the Shangguan Family.
Wenren Wan was also stunned by this scene. She looked up at the vanished Heaven's Peak, tightly hugging Yu'er in her arms.
But in the next instant, a figure flashed, and a cultivator suddenly appeared beside Wenren Wan, pressing a jade pendant shaped like a "Reasoning Jade" against Yu'er's forehead.
Then, a blue light flashed, and Yu'er disappeared.
Wenren Wan felt her arms suddenly empty as Yu'er vanished, her face turning pale, and her heart aching as if cut by a knife.
She turned her head, her beautiful eyes filled with anger, and she hissed in a hoarse voice:
"Shangguan Wang—"
Shangguan Wang sneered.
The shock here also drew the attention of the other Shangguan Family elders. One of the elders exclaimed in shock and anger:
"Elder Wang, what are you doing?"
Shangguan Wang sneered. "I am giving the Shangguan Family's direct descendant a chance, allowing this child to undergo a transformation, transcending the mundane to become a deity."
With that, he crushed a blood jade, and he too disappeared.
Time was precious. He had only this small window of opportunity during the chaos at Heaven's Peak. Once he teleported Yu'er away, he had to immediately leave, without any delay.
If he were delayed, and a Cave Void Ancestor regained their senses and noticed him, he would be trapped and unable to escape.
In an instant, the surroundings were empty.
In a moment, Yu'er had disappeared.
Shangguan Wang had also disappeared.
Wenren Wan had no idea where Shangguan Wang had taken her Yu'er.
She had no idea what Yu'er's fate would be.
The horrific scenes from her nightmares resurfaced.
Yu'er, blood drained, her organs scooped out, her face covered in blood, her skin pale, her eyes hollow, looking at her and asking why she, as a mother, couldn't protect her child...
An overwhelming fear spread through her heart.
Wenren Wan felt as if a dagger was slowly cutting into her chest, causing her unbearable pain...
...
After the shock.
In a secret chamber in Qian Xue Prefecture.
Mr. Tu reformed from a pool of flesh and blood, then put on his sacrificial robe. Tall and thin, his face pale and his long fingers, he looked like a demon that had shed its human skin, revealing its true form.
"Everything is prepared: the divine fetus, the blood river, the flesh city, the blood eye, the bone hub, and the most supreme... sacrificial offering in Qian Xue Prefecture."
"Although it was rushed, there's no other way..."
"That damned brat, if it weren't for him..."
Mr. Tu's face twisted in a grotesque manner, his teeth bared in a snarl, but he suppressed his emotions and sighed slowly:
"Enough, we can't wait any longer..."
"Let's begin..."
Mr. Tu knelt on the ground, bowing his head, "Humble beings, we welcome the birth of the Lord of the Wasteland..."
His eyes bulged suddenly, a mix of bloodlust, devotion, and madness in them.
"Desolate Heaven Blood Sacrifice Grand Array!"
"Activate!"
(End of Chapter)
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