Chapter 1262: Dao Friend, You Have Arrived

Pure Nine-Lotus Treasure Lamp

Tu Ming, with his three lifetimes of cultivation, could almost be considered the foremost expert in the Underworld Scripture cultivation method in the history of the Netherworld Demonic Sect. He even had the confidence that once he fully recovered to the perfected Soul Transformation stage, he could use it to enter the Void Refinement realm.

However, this confidence was completely shattered today.

Facing the overwhelming radiance of the Haotian Mirror, his proud Underworld Scripture offered no resistance. His perfected Nascent Soul incarnation was easily broken, and various divine abilities, just unleashed, were instantly annihilated as they burst forth from his body. This sense of powerlessness, where a lifetime of arduous cultivation was no match for a single ray of light, made Tu Ming begin to doubt his path.

Was the Demonic Dao truly so incompetent?

Fortunately, the moment the Black Fly Heavenly Devil Incarnation appeared, it effortlessly devoured the Haotian Mirror's radiance that was rapidly closing in, allowing Tu Ming to re-establish his Dao Heart.

It wasn't that the Demonic Dao was incompetent; it was that the Underworld Scripture wasn't sufficient.

After all, while the Eighteen Demonic Sects were renowned, many of them had only produced cultivators up to the Soul Transformation stage at most, with very few records of cultivators reaching the Void Refinement stage.

The Black Fly Demonic God was different.

It was one of the earliest beings in this world, not only an innate True Spirit but also a totem worshipped by many demonic cultivators in the Sky River Realm.

What the Underworld Scripture couldn't achieve, the Black Fly Heavenly Devil Incarnation could.

As the Hell Plate rotated above Tu Ming's head, the darkness that had engulfed the canyon began to expand relentlessly. Even more countless black flies swarmed out from the profound gloom, devouring the radiant light, and sweeping towards Chen Mobai, who was not far away.

"Black Fly Demonic God?!" Upon hearing Tu Ming's words, all information related to that term immediately flashed through Chen Mobai's mind. It was a very ancient being, so there were only a few legendary mentions in the texts of the One Yuan Dao Palace and the Five Elements Sect. However, among the materials brought from the Eastern Imperial Court Secret Realm, there was a detailed scroll recording it.

When the Heavenly Emperor was still a Jade Dragon, he was frequently disturbed by these black flies. However, the black flies were incredibly fast and could treat the void as nothing, so even sealing and imprisoning the void couldn't stop their movements. In other words, it wasn't that the black flies' cultivation was comparable to the Heavenly Emperor's; they were just annoying with their buzzing.

But even so, for Chen Mobai, the Black Fly Demonic God's divine abilities were still quite formidable.

He looked at the sky filled with black flies, which had already engulfed the canyon and were about to encroach upon him, his expression subtly turning solemn.

With his body and sword united, the Second Nascent Soul easily escaped the canyon and ascended into the Heavenly Gang.

"Don't escape! Leave your life behind!" Seeing Chen Mobai escape, Tu Ming naturally wouldn't let him go. He immediately activated the Hell Plate above his head, continuously expanding the Black Fly Heavenly Devil Incarnation. Countless black flies transformed into a dense cloud of smoke, reaching the Second Nascent Soul's feet in an instant.

Boom! Chen Mobai's Pure Yang Immortal Robe immediately ignited, transforming into crimson flame dragons that coiled around him, forming a sea of fire that kept all the black flies at bay.

However, as time passed, the crimson flame dragons also began to dim, their flames seemingly consumed by the dense swarm of black flies.

Yet, during this process, Chen Mobai noticed that some of the initial black flies had changed from pure black to dark red, and a few even took on a faint golden hue before silently turning into ash.

This was clearly indigestion.

Witnessing this, Chen Mobai abandoned his plan to use the Dharma Realm to collect all the black flies. Instead, he stopped moving, stood firm in the sky, and unleashed the entirety of his pure and vast Pure Yang True Qi.

Besides the Pure Yang Immortal Robe, his other Pure Yang set magical artifacts also burst forth with golden light in an instant. Although the Haotian Mirror was within the bewildered mountain spirit vein, its power could be transmitted as long as it was within the area covered by the Sky Veil Earth Network Grand Array.

The combined power of the six Pure Yang set artifacts immediately elevated the Second Nascent Soul's Pure Yang Scroll cultivation to the peak of the Soul Transformation stage.

And at this realm, he perfectly wielded the Sky Veil Earth Network Grand Array.

The Second Nascent Soul pointed a finger at the sky, and a round, mirror-like light appeared, as if another blazing sun had emerged in the heavens. Phoenixes circled around it, and celestial melodies chimed. Then, an intensely condensed beam of light, like pure gold, descended from the mirror's surface.

It collided perfectly with the countless black flies surging out from the canyon below!

In an instant, the golden light and black smoke became locked in a stalemate in mid-air.

The void twisted, the earth began to tremble, and even the sky started to rumble with thunder, as if even the Heavenly Tribulation beyond the Heavenly Gang atmosphere had been drawn in.

"It's useless. Whatever divine ability you activate, you're merely feeding and strengthening my Black Fly Heavenly Devil Incarnation. Everything in this world is food for the black flies," Tu Ming's voice echoed from the depths of the canyon. He was enveloped by dense black flies, with only a pair of eyes flickering like ghost fire clearly visible, presenting a terrifying sight.

"Some things, if you eat too much of them, might give you indigestion, you know." Chen Mobai retorted with this remark, then continued to activate the Sky Veil Earth Network Grand Array, enhancing the power of the Haotian Mirror. The already golden mirror light beam in the sky suddenly became even more dazzling and blinding.

Under the blessing of the infinite spirit veins across the three border regions of Eastern Continent, the black smoke of flies, which had been in a stalemate, suddenly began to be dyed golden wherever it came into contact with the golden radiance.

To Tu Ming's astonishment, these black flies that had absorbed the Haotian Mirror's radiance began to burn, falling from the sky, and even igniting other black flies.

The previously pitch-black canyon began to glow with tiny golden flames, which then turned into bursts of fireworks. Tu Ming's figure started to emerge within the flames, no longer as mysterious and terrifying.

"This mirror of yours appears to be a peak Sixth-tier magical artifact as well. Did a Celestial Venerable leave it for you?" Tu Ming looked at the Haotian Mirror's phantom in the sky with a solemn expression, completely unaware that its immense power stemmed from the amplification of the entire Sky Veil Earth Network Grand Array.

"Indeed, I forged this Haotian Mirror using the Fire Element Immortal Scripture left by a Celestial Venerable. You are the first to witness the true power of my innate magical artifact," Chen Mobai stated truthfully. As the Second Nascent Soul's Pure Yang Scroll circulated, the golden radiance of the Haotian Mirror even began to burn, and the burning flames faintly transformed into phoenix phantoms. The exorcising power within them utterly routed the black flies.

From a distance, it looked as if the black smoke that had originally surged from the canyon, as soon as it emerged, was heavily struck down by the descending golden pillar of fire. The black smoke ignited and rapidly receded.

Relying on the Sky Veil Earth Network Grand Array, Tu Ming's Black Fly Heavenly Devil Incarnation, created with the Hell Plate, was suppressed by the Haotian Mirror. Even its most terrifying abilities of consumption, reproduction, and expansion couldn't be brought to bear.

Upon seeing this, Tu Ming's face turned ashen.

He never imagined that the Black Fly Demonic God's innate divine abilities would fail to work.

What kind of power was it that, once consumed, couldn't be digested?

No, it wasn't that it couldn't be digested, but rather that it couldn't be assimilated as easily and quickly as other Soul Transformation stage powers. At first, with small amounts, it wasn't noticeable, but after consuming more, these black flies couldn't bear it and began to burn.

Were not only his Underworld Scripture but also the Black Fly Demonic God's innate divine abilities being suppressed by Senior Turtle Chen's cultivation method?

Thinking this, Tu Ming's previous resolve to fight to the death began to recede. He recalled the Hell Plate above his head, then his body exploded, transforming into countless black flies, like a dark cloud of smoke bursting open in the canyon. Avoiding the central radiance of the Haotian Mirror directly above, they scattered and fled in all directions.

"Oh, is Fellow Daoist leaving already? I haven't agreed to that!" Chen Mobai had just suppressed the Black Fly Heavenly Devil Incarnation, confirming that the Pure Yang Scroll was not only effective against the demonic traditions of the Sky River Realm but also against the divine abilities of demonic grand cultivators who had long since transcended and ascended. Feeling exultant, he saw Tu Ming transform into a sky full of scattering black flies and had no intention of letting the tiger return to its mountain.

He had waited over a hundred years for this lead, finally getting Tu Ming to walk into his trap. He was certainly going to deal with him today.

If he left this to his disciples, the burden would be too heavy.

Facing Chen Mobai's playful words, Tu Ming merely pretended not to hear. Combining the Black Fly Heavenly Devil Incarnation with the Nether Shadow Escape technique, he even secretly began preparing to open the Gate of the Underworld. As long as a single fly could escape, he would survive.

Just then, the Second Nascent Soul waved his sleeve, and in the sky, numerous round lights illuminated, transforming into a hundred mirrors.

Amplified by the Sky Veil Earth Network Grand Array, each of these was equivalent to a Haotian Mirror.

After a hundred mirror lights appeared, their surfaces automatically aligned with the canyon where the black smoke of flies was scattering. A hundred massive golden beams of light, like pillars of fire, instantly engulfed and covered the canyon, leaving no blind spots or shadows.

Tu Ming's cunning plan immediately fell through.

Starting from the outermost flies, one by one they began to be dyed golden, then burned and fell. Soon, the blackness that had covered the entire canyon was reduced to only three zhang (approx. 10 meters) in front of him.

Tu Ming's true form was also forced to reassemble and appear.

At this moment, he vaguely sensed that something was wrong.

It was as if he had fallen into an invisible, massive snare or trap. It seemed his opponent had been waiting for him to enter, then deployed an array to overwhelm him.

The hundred mirror lights before him were clearly a powerful array, amplifying the power of what should have been just one Sixth-tier mirror-shaped magical artifact, specifically targeting him.

But why was Senior Turtle Chen so certain that he would come here?

One must know that even Tu Ming himself had chosen this canyon and summoned Su Zilu here on a whim.

Rumble! But at this point, it was too late to dwell on such thoughts. Under the interwoven shroud of a hundred mirror lights, the canyon floor began to crack and collapse. As for the black flies covering Tu Ming's body, their numbers, originally in the hundreds of millions, were now reduced to a mere handful.

Seeing the mirror light about to strike him, Tu Ming seemed to envision himself, like the flies before him, turning into sparks of fire and dissipating.

He gritted his teeth, no longer caring about the heartache, and directly manifested the eighteen-horned Hell Plate.

A mouthful of his heart's essence blood spurted out, landing on the center of the dark Hell Plate.

In an instant, the already sparse black flies on his body suddenly began to swell enormously.

The remaining thirteen black flies, as if inflated, transformed from grain-sized specks into gigantic insects as tall as mountains.

Chen Mobai had kept this area locked down with the Sky Veil Earth Network the entire time, so he naturally saw the crucial point at a glance.

The dark plate in Tu Ming's hand, after he sprayed it with his essence blood, seemed to have its seal broken, unleashing an endless stream of abyssal power that blessed the black flies.

This power seemed to be of the same origin as the black flies, causing them to instantly swell, even resisting the radiance of a hundred Haotian Mirrors and pushing open the divine light, transforming into colossal fly-like insects as tall as mountains.

However, no matter how powerful the force, within the Sky Veil Earth Network Grand Array, he could suppress it.

Unless it was a true Void Refinement cultivator.

And clearly, although the power surging from the Hell Plate was endless, it was kept within a limit to avoid triggering the Grand Dao rules of the Sky River Realm.

"Ah..." At this moment, Tu Ming let out a scream. Chen Mobai saw a black, jade-like fly crawl out from the Hell Plate, land on Tu Ming's glabella, and begin burrowing inside.

Recalling what Ye Qing had mentioned about the Life and Death Plate, Chen Mobai roughly guessed the truth.

He looked at the Hell Plate, his brows furrowing involuntarily.

Under the amplification of the Sky Veil Earth Network Grand Array, the Haotian Mirror's radiance, wielded by the Second Nascent Soul, grew even more brilliant, forcibly suppressing the thirteen mountain-sized fly-like insects. However, the entire Eastern Wilderness Plateau also began to shake violently under the impact of these two colliding forces.

Fortunately, the major immortal cities on the plateau all had arrays that automatically activated to stabilize the surrounding crust, preventing a catastrophic earthquake.

Seeing this scene, Tu Ming's expression changed drastically. He hadn't expected that even after sacrificing himself and channeling the Black Fly Demonic God's power, he still couldn't shake the invisible grand array before him.

While there's life, there's hope. His experiences from two reincarnations had made Tu Ming reliant on certain paths; he played his final trump card.

He instantly unleashed all the demonic god's power surging from the Hell Plate, causing the thirteen colossal black flies to twist and expand.

Chen Mobai knew that if he allowed these black flies to explode, even with the Sky Veil Earth Network Grand Array, the Eastern Wilderness Plateau would suffer severe damage. So he immediately enveloped these flies with the Haotian Mirror's radiance, forcibly suppressing them to prevent explosion while simultaneously sending them up to the Nine-Layered Heavenly Gang.

Taking advantage of this moment, Tu Ming immediately activated the Gate of the Underworld, beginning to transfer along the nearest coordinates he had previously left.

Looking at the dark doorway that appeared before him, Tu Ming didn't hesitate, stepping directly through.

However, once he stepped out, he found that the scenery before him was quite different from Bright Mirror Mountain, where he had left his coordinates earlier.

And why was the Azure Emperor of the Eastern Wilderness still here?

Did he pursue so quickly?

"Fellow Daoist, you've arrived!" Chen Mobai, seated on Bewildered Mountain, smiled slightly as he watched Tu Ming appear before him.