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Chapter 833: A Grand Dream, The Boundless Demon Emperor
Chapter 833: A Grand Dream, The Boundless Demon Emperor
In a secluded courtyard, a middle-aged man with a stern demeanor furrowed his brows, his gaze frequently resting on a blue-roofed room as he sighed softly.
Outside the courtyard, hurried footsteps suddenly echoed.
Soon, a young girl rushed in, her face filled with excitement.
Her round, chubby face had a rosy complexion, and her adorable baby fat cheeks now beamed with joy.
"Father, I've confirmed that the rumored immortal realm truly exists! Mother can be saved!"
The middle-aged man shook his head, "Xianran, give up! Your mother's condition is beyond cure. Instead of causing her more suffering, it's better to spend more time with her and let her peacefully live out her last two years."
The girl's chubby face showed a stubborn determination.
"I won't!"
Facing her persistent gaze, the man's anger gradually softened.
"Tell me the location, and I'll send people to find the immortal realm."
The girl smiled, "Ordinary people can't find it; I must go personally!"
...
In the icy snow, a sparse group of people and animals struggled to move forward against the wind and snow.
The camels pulling the carts exhaled warm breath, unable to take another step.
A voice called out from behind, "Miss, we can't go any further; ahead lies the legendary Deathly Ice Sea."
The leading girl, wrapped tightly in a fluffy white coat, waved her hand.
"No, we must continue! Only by crossing the Deathly Ice Sea can we reach the true immortal realm."
The followers had no choice but to obey the girl's command and keep moving forward.
However, the heavy snow buried them, the biting wind chilled their bones, and their journey became increasingly difficult as visibility worsened.
At noon, the sky inexplicably darkened.
Whoosh...
The wind had picked up without notice.
A blizzard, unnoticed, swept through the caravan, scattering everyone.
The leading Martial Arts Master struggled to gather most of the group but made a horrifying discovery.
"Miss Xie is missing!"
...
"I will find the immortal realm!"
"I will save Mother!"
"It's just ahead, just ahead!"
The girl, frozen and shivering, her lips trembling, teeth chattering.
But the white expanse offered no sign of the immortal realm.
The girl walked alone on the icy plain, driven by her unwavering determination, yet she felt increasingly lost.
Suddenly, she caught a glimpse of a red light in the corner of her eye.
She hurried towards it, and as she got closer, the source of the red light gradually came into view.
It was clearly a large dog with fiery red fur!
Standing on the white ice, it was incredibly agile.
It stood quietly on the icy plain, its golden eyes fixed on the approaching girl.
"Big dog, you know... Ah!"
The girl asked as she ran, but her footing gave way, and she fell into an ice cave.
Her fragile body plummeted.
The freezing liquid around her submerged her.
This was not an icy plain but a vast lake frozen by the extreme cold.
Ignorant mortals had named it the Deathly Ice Sea.
The golden-eyed red dog remained still by the lake, watching as the girl sank, until her figure disappeared from sight.
Time passed, and then...
Whoosh! A streak of treasure light shot into the sky.
After the treasure light, cracking sounds echoed continuously.
Large chunks of ice collapsed, and from the undulating waves, an unconscious, frozen girl emerged, holding a pearl, floating up from the lake's depths.
The golden-eyed red dog looked up at the sky and finally moved.
It strode across the waves as if walking on land, reaching the girl's side.
It picked her up in its mouth, swung its head, and the frozen girl was tossed onto its back.
Without even checking the direction, the golden-eyed red dog carried the girl and headed north.
As it walked alone, a large amount of heat emanated from its body, melting the ice around the girl. Her eyelashes trembled, and she showed signs of waking up.
Soon after they left, a streak of light descended where the treasure light had appeared earlier.
A beautiful woman had arrived.
Without hesitation, she rushed into the broken ice lake.
Moments later, she flew out.
The woman's face showed a mix of surprise and uncertainty.
"That's not right. The treasure light was clearly the Master's life-bound treasure, the Cang Long Pearl. It disappeared when the Master passed away. After finally reappearing, how could it vanish again?"
"Could it have been taken by someone?"
Considering this possibility, the woman's face darkened with killing intent. The sect's precious treasure couldn't be left unguarded! She rode her flying sword into the sky, swiftly searching frantically around the ice lake.
Even the storm that had swept by earlier, she forcefully entered to search.
In vain, she found nothing.
Suddenly, she turned and looked down, spotting a red figure moving swiftly across the snowy landscape.
Boom! The beautiful woman landed, her power surging as she pointed her sword at the red figure.
But upon seeing it clearly, her expression softened.
A young girl hugged a white treasure pearl and lazily sat atop a large red dog.
"Big doggie, did you save me?"
"Where are you taking me?"
"I want to find an immortal; they can save my mother. Can you take me to them?"
The girl's words were like a dreamlike murmur.
But upon seeing a beautiful woman descend from the sky, her bewilderment vanished.
"Are you an immortal?"
The beautiful woman approached step by step, her eyes fixed on the girl, emitting a peculiar glow.
"I'm not an immortal, but I suppose I'm the so-called immortal you're looking for."
As she spoke these words, her heart began to pound fiercely.
A top-grade ice spirit root!
A seven orifices exquisite body!
No wonder she obtained the master's treasure by chance.
This was clearly the master's blessing from the netherworld, sending a chosen one to our sect!
As the beautiful woman approached, she reached out and caressed the girl's face, still plump like a baby's.
"What's your name?"
The girl was about to say her name, but as she opened her mouth, she froze.
"What's my name?"
"It doesn't matter; you'll remember it later. For now, I'll give you a name—Cang Lang!"
"Cang Lang..."
As the girl repeated this name, her bewildered eyes gradually became clear.
"Are you willing to return to the sect with me? Learn immortal arts, master immortal techniques, and once you've mastered them, you can save your mother!"
"Yes, I'm willing!"
"Then let's go!"
"Where to?"
"To the sect!"
"What's our sect's name?"
"Bing!"
"Oh, can I bring the big doggie with me? He saved me."
The beautiful young woman lowered her head to look at the dog, which resembled a ball of flames, and when her golden irises met its gaze, she inexplicably nodded.
The three figures gradually moved further away, eventually disappearing from sight.
...
Buzz...
In the ice chamber, Luo Chen slowly opened his eyes.
He felt a bit weary, but more so, he was filled with joy.
After expending great effort, he finally succeeded in getting Cang Lang to enter the illusion.
Initially, he planned to wake her up in the illusion and then teach her the Soul Splitting Technique.
But after thoroughly understanding the profound nature of the Dust Destiny Crystal Ball, he abandoned this initial and most rudimentary plan.
The illusion created by the Dust Destiny Crystal Ball inherited the simulation and excavation abilities of the Heart-Questioning Mirror, and it also came with the almost-real immersive effect of the fourth-stage Illusionary Core.
Even the geniuses of the Heavenly Origin Dao Sect could use this Illusionary Core to experience and comprehend the true meaning of the laws.
So why not utilize this function to let Cang Lang's soul unknowingly learn the Soul Splitting Technique within the illusion?
Moreover, outside, Luo Chen would gradually have her consume soul-nourishing elixirs like the Mystic Passage Pill, Soul Calming Powder, and Great Soul Pill.
This way, when she woke from her dream, it would be the day of great accomplishment!
The only drawback was that this process required someone to guide her, lest Cang Lang's soul realize something was amiss and disrupt the illusionary cultivation.
And naturally, the guide would be Luo Chen!
He had two great soul fragments, sharing the same thoughts and also mastering the method of cultivating the Soul Splitting Technique.
This was perfect for him to control the Dust Destiny Crystal Ball and guide Cang Lang's illusionary cultivation simultaneously.
"Let's just consider it a grand dream!"
Luo Chen exhaled a breath of turbid air, then channeled a massive amount of spirit energy into the Dust Destiny Crystal Ball to ensure the mirror could continuously operate.
Fortunately, Cang Lang's cultivation realm had not yet reached the Primordial Spirit stage, so the consumption of spirit energy wasn't significant.
However, to prevent any oversight, Luo Chen infused enough spirit energy to maintain the mirror's minimum operation for many years.
...
After leaving the ice chamber, Luo Chen took several days to recuperate.
He restored his spirit energy and adjusted his condition.
In preparation for the great battle ahead!
It wasn't that Luo Chen was overly anxious; the current battle situation was indeed becoming more intense, as Wang Yuan had said, and no one could remain uninvolved.
The casualties among the Supreme True Monarchs at Heaven Ascending Pass revealed the signs!
In this demon uprising, the main attacking force was the demon race.
As they charged out from the Million Mountains in the Eastern Wilderness, continuously conquering the human territories, the human experts began to fall one after another.
This was why a large number of cultivators kept retreating.
Until the establishment of Heaven Ascending Pass!
With this formidable city as a stronghold, the casualties of Supreme True Monarchs instantly decreased.
Not only that, but with the support of formation arrays, when the Primordial Spirit cultivators ventured out of the city to fight, they had the confidence to retreat back to Heaven Ascending Pass if they couldn't win.
So, in the battles around Heaven Ascending Pass over the past ten years, almost no Supreme True Monarchs had died.
On the contrary, the demon race, without the support of formation arrays, began to suffer casualties as they continuously assaulted Heaven Ascending Pass.
Luo Chen's glorious battle records were a testament to the war situation over the past decade.
To be honest, if not for the protection of the Tortoise Formation and the Heavenly Star Formation, he wouldn't dare to act so freely.
But now, the stalemate was gradually being broken!
The demon race had too many high-level experts; even with Heaven Ascending Pass as their backup, slightly weaker Supreme True Monarchs might still fall if they let down their guard.
The four great commanders and thirty demon emperors possessed enough strength to destroy any Primordial Spirit-level force in the world.
Supreme True Monarch Luo Chen arrived at the city walls, gazing upon the vast plain outside. Countless demonic beasts surged forward, relentlessly pushing back the human cultivator army, causing Luo Chen to take a deep breath.
"Why are there so many low-level demonic beasts on the western side?" he asked.
Standing beside him was Mu Zhenren, the master of the Mu Estate. With a grave expression, Mu Zhenren replied, "Yes, I don't know what's going on. The number of high-level powerful beings on the demonic side hasn't increased, but the number of low-level demonic beasts far exceeds our imagination. The strategic buffer zone we fought for is gradually being eroded by the massive demonic beast onslaught. If this continues, Heaven Ascending Pass will once again be surrounded within a few days."
Luo Chen furrowed his brows and said, "Let me take a look."
Mu Zhenren was puzzled.
Then, right before Mu Zhenren's eyes, Luo Chen performed a series of hand seals and incantations, unleashing his mystical arts.
As Luo Chen's spirit energy surged, vast clouds rose into the sky, as if responding to his call. The sky, previously torn by intense battles, now gathered clouds from nowhere.
These clouds gathered and then burst open, transforming into numerous small cloud clusters that scattered in all directions.
They resembled chess pieces scattered across a chessboard.
In front of Luo Chen, a water mirror suddenly appeared.
One by one, scenes from various battlefields began to unfold within the mirror.
"What kind of mystical art is this? Its coverage is so vast, allowing one to observe a hundred thousand miles in all directions from a single corner!" Mu Zhenren exclaimed in shock.
Luo Chen smiled slightly and said, "Cloud Chess Water Mirror!"
This mystical art was something Luo Chen had created himself during his time in Central State.
The principle behind it wasn't overly complex, but its ingenuity was rarely seen in the world.
Combining low-level water mirror techniques with the cloud patterns from array foundations, and even drawing inspiration from the Peach Blossom Chess Array set up by the Chess Saint in Central State, this art greatly compensated for the limitations of cultivators' divine consciousness and vision, allowing them to observe a much broader range.
Its true strength lay in its concealment! At this moment, the clouds in the sky resembled chess pieces, adorning the battlefield above, gathering all the scenes and imprinting them onto Luo Chen's water mirror.
Every detail of the battlefield was vividly captured by Luo Chen's lively eyes.
What he saw was shocking! The demonic beasts in the western area were like a small group compared to the other four directions.
In the north and south, the demonic beasts swarmed like locusts.
Even in the east, where the defensive pressure was the greatest, gigantic siege beasts had already appeared, fearlessly charging towards the city walls.
Beyond the maximum range of the Cloud Chess Water Mirror, countless low-level demonic beasts continued to pour in without end.
Their numbers were not just in the millions, but likely in the billions!
Luo Chen swallowed hard, "Have they gone mad? Do they intend to break through Heaven Ascending Pass by sacrificing countless low-level demonic beasts?"
Mu Zhenren, standing by the water mirror, witnessed the battlefield from a strategic perspective for the first time.
His eyes widened in horror.
"Can Heaven Ascending Pass hold out?"
The answer was uncertain.
After all, the number of cultivators within Heaven Ascending Pass was only in the millions.
The only thing they could rely on was a killing array that had been set up in advance!
Under the control of the Heavenly Capital Sect cultivators, the killing array activated, shooting deadly rays of light towards the most dangerous areas of the battlefield, causing countless demonic beasts to fall like mowed grass.
Subsequently, a demonic emperor abruptly appeared and attacked the array from a distance of over ten miles.
Witnessing this, Luo Chen realized that he might have to take action soon.
After all, they couldn't allow the demonic emperor to attack the array without restraint.
As expected!
Day after day...
As time passed, the pressure on the western area intensified, forcing many cultivators to retreat into the city. Countless demonic beasts gathered within the ten-mile range restricted by the sky-prohibiting array.
Killing arrays began to activate, and in the distant sky, silhouettes of powerful demonic beings appeared.
Luo Chen's Cloud Chess Water Mirror had long been destroyed by a highly perceptive demonic being.
"Dan Zong, it's time for you to make your move?" Mu Zhenren asked.
Luo Chen's expression remained calm. "It's fine. I'm used to this kind of situation."
Without hesitation, he released his divine consciousness towards a strange demonic emperor who was about to attack the array.
With his divine consciousness locked on, Luo Chen soared into the sky.
The demonic emperor seemed to sense his presence, and his battle-ready eyes met Luo Chen's gaze.
"State your name!"
"Dan Zong Luo Chen!"
The tall and slender demonic emperor blinked and licked his lips.
"So, you're the Demon-Slaying True Monarch? I, Wuji, have been wanting to test my skills against you."
As he spoke, he drew a long, thorny sword from his back.
A sharp sound of flesh tearing filled the air as the sword, dripping with blood, was unsheathed.
With a swift motion, the soft and flimsy sword was brandished, exuding a bloody aura that made one frown.
This was no ordinary sword; it was clearly his spine!
(End of Chapter)
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