Chapter 789: The Mysterious 'Fiend God'
Chapter 789: The Mysterious 'Fiend God'
Somehow, the Tai Xu Men had bred a "Fiend God"! They intended to counter a deity with another.
Their plan was to use this "Fiend God" to thwart the grand scheme of the Divine Master.
"Truly a formidable strategy!"
"Who would have thought that Tai Xu Men, so inconspicuous, possesses such profound foundations in the Divine Way..."
Mr. Tu scoffed inwardly.
Just then, a frigid golden sword aura cleaved through the air and struck the sheep horn gate.
Even with the 'Devouring' seal absorbing some of the divine consciousness power, the God Lock Array on the gate struggled to withstand the attack.
Several of the God Lock Arrays immediately collapsed.
Mr. Tu's expression turned grim.
The young master beside him also wore a somber look.
Trapped within the palace, they faced an impending intrusion by a fiend god.
They had no idea what this "Fiend God" truly was.
And should they encounter it, their lives would likely be forfeit in an instant.
Then came the second strike of the sword...
"Mr. Tu..." The young master's countenance was cold and resolute.
He was the Divine Consciousness Incarnate.
The Longevity Talisman was embedded within his physical body.
If he truly perished here, all his talent, ambition, and grand plans would amount to nothing.
Mr. Tu's pupils constricted, and he said in a chilly tone, "Release the Divine Beast Array and set free all the demons in the Grand Prison. Let them devour this 'Fiend God'..."
The young master furrowed his brows. "Once the seal is broken, the demons will surge forth, causing chaos within the Refining Demon Chart. The foundation of the Divine Way here will be completely destroyed."
These demons had their demon consciousness extracted one by one through the Refining Demon Urn and were then sealed using the Divine Beast Seal.
Demons were vicious, greedy, and bloodthirsty.
On regular days, only a small batch would be released, as they feared losing control of the situation.
If all of them were set free, a riot would undoubtedly break out in the Grand Prison, and no one would be able to reseal these demons.
In that case, the true 'Valley of Myriad Demons' would be utterly ruined.
"We have no other choice..." Mr. Tu said.
"Can these demons truly devour the 'Fiend God' outside?" The young master's gaze sharpened.
Mr. Tu's expression grew solemn.
Generally, even a fierce tiger would fear a pack of wolves.
Being besieged by such a vast number of demons, even a genuine 'deity' would likely be devoured if it had no means of escape.
However, what loomed outside was a "Fiend God."
Shrouded in layers of mystery, everything about this fiend god was unknown—its appearance, its rank, its origins, and the divine powers it wielded...
Mr. Tu slowly said, "Not necessarily... Even if they can't devour this 'Fiend God,' they should at least be able to stall it for some time, and that will be enough."
The young master nodded slightly.
When it came to the Divine Way, Mr. Tu's word was law.
However, as Mr. Tu made this decision, a sense of foreboding suddenly arose within him for reasons unknown.
He had an ominous premonition, an instinctive feeling that even if he died, these demons should not be unsealed, or it would lead to a catastrophic disaster.
But there was no other option at the moment. The Divine Bridge had not been severed, and the path to the Divine Realm lay here.
This was an absolute secret that must not be exposed.
The sound of the gate being broken reverberated continuously.
One by one, the God Lock Arrays on the gate shattered...
Mr. Tu didn't even have time to think and gritted his teeth as he said, "Release the demons!"
The young master's expression turned solemn, and he nodded.
He took out a Divine Bone and used it to control the Divine Array's pivot, unraveling the Divine Array within the Grand Prison and setting free countless demons...
...
Outside the grand gate, Mo Hua held the golden sword, striking with vigor, when he suddenly sensed a demonic wind blowing from behind.
He turned his head.
A loud buzzing noise erupted from within the Grand Prison, accompanied by the circulation of vast amounts of divine consciousness. Then, one after another, the patterns of the Divine Beast Array began to crumble.
Seal after seal was unraveled.
Inside the Grand Prison, the demons shook off their restraints.
They slowly rose, their forms bizarre and their demonic auras chilling. Their scarlet eyes fixed on Mo Hua.
The demonic aura in the surroundings gradually intensified to an extreme level.
Jue Tian, hiding in the corner, couldn't help but shiver.
Mo Hua paused, his expression strange.
"Are they releasing the demons to stop me from entering?"
"So many..."
Mo Hua stopped his assault on the gate and looked at the dense swarm of demons, like dark clouds about to engulf him. He gazed into their bloodthirsty eyes, ready to devour any human they saw, and a brilliant smile spread across his face.
"How considerate."
"Then I won't hold back either..."
As soon as he finished speaking, countless demons surged towards Mo Hua like a tidal wave.
Mo Hua spread his arms wide, his eyes glowing with a golden light. At the same time, the Heavenly Machine Calculation and the Heavenly Machine Bizarre Calculation began to circulate.
Three layers of pitch-black ink shadows, like a peculiar robe, draped over Mo Hua's body.
Mo Hua resembled a deity clad in a "magic robe."
His divine consciousness rapidly spread, extending towards his surroundings.
At the same time, his divine consciousness calculations were rapidly depleting.
In an instant, the mottled light on the ground flashed.
Like a blooming lotus, dazzling array patterns radiated from Mo Hua, spreading outwards in layers.
Li Shan Funeral Recovery Array!
The array erupted, and within its range, weaker demons were instantly annihilated.
A few powerful tiger and leopard-like demons were also severely injured.
Mo Hua swiftly followed up with his profound and swift Fireball Technique, finishing them off.
In a short while, the demons had suffered heavy casualties.
The surroundings fell silent as the remaining demons hesitated, their eyes now scarlet with ferocity.
The slain demons' evil thoughts permeated the air, stimulating the vicious nature of the remaining demons.
They became even more reckless, pouncing on Mo Hua to kill him.
The tide of demons surged once more.
Mo Hua repeated his strategy, first using the array to wipe out a large area and then employing the Fireball Technique to pick off the stragglers. Thus, another wave of demons perished.
However, more demons continued to charge at him.
But Mo Hua realized that his divine consciousness was becoming insufficient.
After all, the simultaneous use of the Heavenly Machine Calculation and the Heavenly Machine Bizarre Calculation to condense such a large-scale array consumed an enormous amount of divine consciousness.
However, Mo Hua's divine consciousness was unique, and having experienced countless battles, he was accustomed to the intrusion of evil thoughts, so the temporary influence was negligible.
After killing another wave, the lingering demonic aura in the surroundings grew heavier.
The ferocity of the demons intensified.
Mo Hua decided that it was enough, and once again, he set up the Li Shan Funeral Recovery Array to wipe out the demons surrounding him. Taking advantage of the gap between the old demons' deaths and the new ones' arrivals, his eyes flashed with golden light, and through his understanding of the sealing laws of the Heavenly Dao, he manipulated his divine consciousness to manifest several pure golden formation patterns a few feet away from him.
The God Lock Array! This was the core formation of the Divine Formation lineage of the Grand Desolation.
It could seal demons and even form a cycle of divine power by 'devouring' their demonic power, thus maintaining the stability of the formation.
The God Lock Array resembled a golden cage, enveloping Mo Hua.
With this, Mo Hua had both 'sealed' and 'protected' himself.
As expected, the incoming wave of demons was blocked outside the 'God Lock Array' and couldn't get close to Mo Hua for the time being.
They gnashed their teeth and relentlessly tore at the formation patterns of the Divine Formation.
Mo Hua's understanding of the 'sealing' laws was infused into these patterns, so while they were being attacked, they also devoured and transformed some of the demonic power into formation power.
However, Mo Hua's understanding of the 'sealing' laws was still rather shallow.
Although the Divine Formation managed to block these demons, it was gradually dimming and being damaged, only able to buy Mo Hua some time.
But that was enough.
Mo Hua had already planned for this.
While a single demon wasn't too strong, their collective strength was formidable.
His small arms and legs couldn't withstand their constant consumption.
Therefore, in this group battle, he had to prepare a way to 'catch his breath'.
This way, he could fight and 'eat' at the same time.
After eating to replenish his divine power, he could continue to fight.
Just like the 'sealing' law contained within the Divine Formation, which transformed the devoured demonic power for its own use.
Fighting to sustain the fight, eating to sustain the killing, an endless cycle.
This way, he wouldn't have to worry about being 'depleted'.
And the 'God Lock Array' used for sealing was just what he needed to buy himself some breathing room.
Of course, he could also use other defensive formations, but none were as powerful as this Divine Formation.
This was the method Mo Hua had been pondering ever since he learned the Divine Formation, a way to counter the 'demon horde' and avoid being 'depleted' to death.
The nearby demons were sealed by the God Lock Array.
The distant demons couldn't rush over, so they trampled and even tore at each other, devouring one another.
The scene instantly became chaotic.
Protected by the God Lock Array, Mo Hua sat cross-legged and calm amidst the raging 'demon tide', beginning to meditate and absorb the divine power of the demons during this respite.
The refined divine power merged with his own, supplementing his divine consciousness.
Some residual bloodthirsty desires gradually eroded his Dao heart, which Mo Hua temporarily suppressed, intending to meditate and refine them away later.
Many demons had perished.
A vast amount of divine power flowed into Mo Hua's divine consciousness body.
Not only did it replenish what he had just consumed, but it also slightly enhanced his divine sense.
However, as expected, this enhanced divine sense disappeared in the next instant.
Mo Hua closed his eyes and could sense a void crack in his sea of consciousness.
Within the crack, laws flowed, devouring all the divine sense that Mo Hua had gained.
"My divine consciousness has left my body, and the Heavenly Dao seal is still there..."
"In other words, even when my divine consciousness leaves my body, it still maintains a certain connection with my sea of consciousness and is not completely isolated."
Mo Hua thought silently.
This meant that unless he truly satisfied this 'Heavenly Dao law', there was no way to lift the seal of the Heavenly Dao.
"They really don't give any leeway..."
But it didn't matter anymore.
Mo Hua opened his eyes and looked at the endless stream of drooling demons before him, their claws and fangs menacing.
"With so many demons, I refuse to believe that I can't feed you enough!"
As long as he fed this Heavenly Dao seal enough, breaking through the Heavenly Dao's restriction, his divine sense would be like a dragon entering the sea, able to advance unimpeded towards the late-stage Foundation Establishment realm of divine consciousness!
Mo Hua's gaze sharpened, and after his divine consciousness was replenished, he waved his hand to release the seal of the God Lock Array.
Without the restriction of the Divine Formation, the surrounding demons howled and pounced on Mo Hua.
Mo Hua remained unmoved, his pupils deep and mysterious.
Once again, the Li Shan Funeral Recovery Array manifested, incinerating the surrounding demons.
He then picked off the remaining few demons one by one.
And like a tidal wave, another wave of demons approached...
Followed by yet another wave...
Mo Hua continued to wipe out each wave as they came.
After a while, Mo Hua's divine consciousness was somewhat depleted, so he set up the Divine Formation to rest and consume a wave of demons to replenish his divine power.
Once his divine consciousness was supplemented, the excess divine power was refined and absorbed to enhance his divine sense.
But in an instant, this enhanced divine consciousness was also 'devoured' by the sealing law of the Heavenly Dao.
The more Mo Hua killed and consumed, the more the sealing law of the Heavenly Dao devoured.
At first, Mo Hua was anxious to quickly feed this seal and break through the restriction, but as he continued to feed it, he suddenly paused.
Mo Hua realized that every time he 'fed' the Heavenly Dao seal, the 'law' within it would flow once.
The more he fed it, the more times the law was exhibited.
Mo Hua suddenly realized...
This was a direct manifestation of the Heavenly Dao law! It was also an intuitive display of the core law of the Divine Formation! In other words, this was a once-in-a-millennium opportunity, even a grand opportunity that countless Divine Formation masters dreamed of! He could frequently and intuitively feel the flow of the Great Dao laws and gain insight into the mysteries of the Divine Formation.
"Luckily, I'm clever!"
Mo Hua couldn't help but nod in agreement with himself.
Understanding this sealing law might be even more significant for him than a simple divine consciousness breakthrough...
Mo Hua's eyes sparkled with insight, and he calmed his mind, purifying the evil thoughts while simultaneously "feeding" them to the seal, letting it consume them slowly and gradually activating its power.
As he did so, Mo Hua committed every fleeting image of the void's transformation to memory.
He deeply imprinted this insight into the mysteries of the Grand Dao laws in his mind.
At the same time, he unknowingly integrated his newfound understanding of the law into the Shinto array he had set up.
The results were immediate.
After infusing the Shinto array with his newfound understanding of the law, Mo Hua suddenly realized that while his "God Lock Array" didn't seem to have strengthened, its "resilience" had become much tougher.
It could now withstand a significantly higher number of assaults and bites from the yaosui.
This also implied that this "God Lock Array," when used to seal evil beings, would become even more impenetrable and unbreakable.
Of course, it could still be broken for the time being.
After enduring nearly a hundred attacks from the nearby yaosui, the God Lock Array shattered once more.
However, the array's effectiveness had noticeably improved.
Then, the yaosui charged at him again...
Mo Hua continued to kill.
Although it was tedious and seemed dangerous, Mo Hua gradually found enjoyment in it.
The more yaosui he killed, the stronger the evil thoughts he devoured became.
The stream of consciousness he fed to the Heavenly Dao seal was also constant, and his understanding of the law continued to deepen.
Time passed, and after an unknown duration...
The void crack in Mo Hua's sea of consciousness became shallower, like a wound in his consciousness that was slowly healing.
The power of the seal in his consciousness was gradually weakening.
Meanwhile, Mo Hua's control over the sealing law grew stronger.
Finally, the crack disappeared entirely.
The seal in his consciousness was completely erased.
At that moment, Mo Hua felt his divine consciousness suddenly open up.
The heavenly chasm that had been blocking his path was completely filled, vanishing without a trace!
He could sense that his divine consciousness was growing once more.
Streams of consciousness flowed into his sea of consciousness, nourishing it and causing his dormant state to slowly "awaken." The long-sealed boundary was finally beginning to loosen.
However, his consciousness suddenly shook.
The bottleneck, which had been just a step away from the eighteen threads, was instantly broken.
Mo Hua's expression was overjoyed, and his eyes shone like stars.
Finally, eighteen threads of divine consciousness!
And it didn't stop there!
After the Heavenly Dao seal was fully "fed" and extinguished, a continuous stream of consciousness finally flowed into Mo Hua himself.
His level of divine consciousness continued to rise...
Jian Goutou, who was watching from a distance, was stunned.
This little ancestor... He's still getting stronger?!
At that moment, outside the Nightmare, near the Refining Demon Chart.
Xun Zixian, who was fully focused on protecting Mo Hua, suddenly paused, turning his head to look at Mo Hua with a strange expression.
Xun Ziyu sensed something amiss and asked sternly, "What's wrong?"
After a moment of silence, Xun Zixian said incredulously, "It seems like Mo Hua's divine consciousness has become a little stronger."
"Stronger divine consciousness?" Xun Ziyu was puzzled. "How so? Has he broken through his cultivation realm? How could his divine consciousness strengthen so quickly?"
After all, divine consciousness was different from cultivation.
A cultivator's realm could improve suddenly.
But divine consciousness didn't have any specific cultivation techniques, and its growth was usually slow and gradual, only susceptible to sudden losses and not sudden gains.
However, as he wasn't an array master and didn't study the path of divine consciousness, his perception of such changes wasn't as sharp as Xun Zixian's, a third-rank array master.
Xun Ziyu looked at Mo Hua again and slowly nodded. "It does seem... a little stronger."
Xun Zixian shook his head. "No, not just a little."
Xun Ziyu was confused. "What do you mean?"
"It's not just a little stronger," Xun Zixian said solemnly. "It's much stronger, and it even..."
"...might have broken through," Xun Zixian said in a low voice.
Xun Ziyu was taken aback and opened his mouth to speak.
"Broken through?"
Divine consciousness breakthrough?
Xun Zixian's eyelids twitched as he, too, found it hard to believe.
Just as he was about to say something, he was startled once more, and when he looked at Mo Hua again, his expression showed unmistakable shock.
What...
Another breakthrough?!
Twice in such a short time?!
The usually calm and elegant Xun Zixian's pupils shook, and he muttered in disbelief, "How... How is this possible..."
Just how strong is this child's divine consciousness...
...
Inside the Refining Demon Chart.
Mo Hua opened his eyes, and in that instant, his eyes shone with a brilliant complexity, as if they contained the ebb and flow of stars, the flickering of golden light, the mysteries of heaven, and the transformations of the arcane.
His aura became even deeper.
And what had become even more powerful was his divine consciousness itself.
"Nineteen threads!"
Mo Hua's small divine consciousness body seemed to contain an immense river of consciousness power.
And around him, the place was in disarray.
Countless yaosui had been killed by him, leaving only a small number.
At the same time, he had "eaten" most of them.
By devouring the countless yaosui in the Myriad Demon Valley, Mo Hua had not only fed the Heavenly Dao seal but had also caused his divine consciousness to soar.
He had broken through two realms, reaching nineteen threads!
Now, not long after entering the middle stage of the Foundation Establishment, he possessed a level of divine consciousness akin to that of a late-stage or even peak-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator.
Nineteen threads of divine consciousness!
He was just one thread away from the twenty threads of the Golden Core realm!
(End of Chapter)
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