Chapter 712: Improved Underworld Great Formation

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Following Wen Ren Xuewei's guidance, Chen Mobai easily cultivated the second-tier Five Elements Spirit Soil after two or three attempts.

After completing it, he packed the full pot of Five Elements Spirit Soil, returned to the Tianhe Realm, and delivered it to the Rainbow Nation.

Zhuo Ming carefully planted the branch of the Five Elements Spirit Tree. Master and disciple tended to it meticulously for half a month, finally causing the jade-like branch to exhibit signs of growth, drawing out its first root from the soil.

After this step, the rest would be relatively simple.

It only required sufficient Five Elements Spirit Soil, waiting for it to fully root and sprout, then absorbing Five Elements spiritual energy to form five flowers into fruits.

However, to complete this process would take at least a hundred years.

Even with the catalytic ripening effect of Myriad Transformation Thunderwater, it would still require fourth-tier or higher Five Elements Spirit Soil, along with a vast and abundant supply of Five Elements spiritual energy.

Chen Mobai took note of all these requirements, planning to fulfill them one by one later.

After all, the techniques for both Myriad Transformation Thunderwater and Five Elements Spirit Soil obtained from the Immortal Sect were already very mature; they only needed to be implemented in the Tianhe Realm.

As for resources like spiritual energy, they were even easier to obtain.

The Underworld Array, however, had a high barrier to entry. Even a Foundation Establishment cultivator, if they successfully set up the array and integrated it into their body, could instantly teleport within a limited domain. Its disadvantages were that it was immobile, had a low upper limit, and being a demonic array, it carried hidden dangers.

Suddenly, his figure vanished from its original spot, reappearing ten meters away. In any case, it couldn't be denied that it was the Underworld Array.

The so-called Underworld Array used the spiritual energy from spiritual veins as an energy source for the array disc, then assimilated the space encompassed by the array into a domain suitable for the array master's instant teleportation.

From now on, he only needed to continuously expand his own domain. When it could cover the entire Eastern Desolation, it would roughly equate to Wen Ren Xuewei's Great Void Teleportation.

Therefore, he wanted to expand the Underworld until it devoured the entire mortal realm! Very quickly, the entire summit of Danxia Mountain was already covered by his domain.

From a distance, it looked as if he was sitting in the center of a ghost's mouth, incomparably eerie.

Since all the bones of this outer avatar were condensed from void power, the skull, under his manipulation, effortlessly fused with the array disc. The subsequent integration of the array into the body was also completed without difficulty.

A gigantic outer avatar emerged from the void behind him. Soon, a blurred skull protruded, and Zuo Yanyi, seated beneath the Jade Phoenix Tree, was exactly as high as the teeth of this translucent skull.

After the Ghost Mother Calamity, the Soul-Devouring Demonic Sect, as the instigator, was naturally jointly eradicated by the Chen Mobai Imperial Court and various righteous sects. At that time, in the Eastern Land, any written content related to ghost cultivation had to be completely obliterated.

The Nascent Soul True Monarch of that Holy Land was furious, but for the sake of their heritage, dared not challenge the Chen Mobai Imperial Court at that time. He had originally intended to directly draw his sword and slay the direct disciple in front of everyone.

Although there were many restrictions and the range was fixed, once deployed, it was equivalent to possessing a domain where one could teleport at will, becoming invincible.

Opponents of the same or lower cultivation entering it would be at the mercy of the array master, unable even to escape. Even against an opponent of a higher realm, one could use the nature of instant teleportation to easily evade and escape.

Because the Ghost Mother, as the master of the Underworld, could traverse any part of the netherworld with a single thought. If she could expand the Underworld to cover the entire Tianhe Realm, then the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands would all become the Ghost Mother's domain.

Passed down through generations, eventually in ancient times, the Soul Summoning and Capturing Array was completed, dispersing parts of the Ghost Mother's true spirit scattered across the Yellow Springs, allowing the master of the Underworld to descend upon the Tianhe Realm once again.

Facing the strongest force in the entire Eastern Land, that Daozi had no room for resistance.

That deposed prince was the founding ancestor of the current Fourteen Demonic Sects, the Eastern Land Imperial Sect. He integrated the Ghost Mother Scripture with a Holy Land's grand technique, creating the Underworld Scripture.

Conveniently, his Pure Yang Scroll's eighth-layer Golden Core realm could reach its peak by next year. Coupled with the time needed to purify his essence, qi, and spirit using the Lamp Burning Art, and eliminate hidden dangers like pill toxins, it perfectly aligned, allowing him to break through to the late Golden Core stage without delay.

After the Five Elements Spirit Tree's branch grew roots, Chen Mobai felt relieved. He asked Zhuo Ming to take good care of it and returned to the Immortal Sect.

Afterwards, he took out an off-white array disc with a missing corner.

In a state of enlightenment, he even exceeded his predefined goals, successfully creating a new technique by integrating Void Walking, Vacuum Spirit Soil, and the Underworld Array, combining them with his own cultivation.

The Ghost Mother and Water Mother governed the Yin and Yang realms respectively. The former regarded the Yin realm as her mansion, which is why in ancient times, the Yin realm was also called the Underworld.

He was bewitched by the bone jade entrusted with the Ghost Mother's remnant soul, cultivating ghost path methods in a human body, constantly wandering between the Yin and Yang realms, able to absorb the Ghost Mother's shattered soul, which was broken by the Water Mother.

The Ghost Mother, as the master of the Underworld, naturally possessed boundless divine powers and cultivation, yet she still desired to advance further, control life and death, and achieve Void-Refining and Dao-Integration.

The one with the lowest upper limit was Vacuum Spirit Soil; however, apart from its low upper limit, it was entirely useless. The Spirit Demon also spent considerable time studying these three.

Zuo Yanyi extended his hand and tossed the array disc in his palm into the glabella of that outer avatar.

He found this inheritance, and in exchange for renouncing the imperial throne, he left the heavenly prison after his cultivation was abolished. After doing all this, the Spirit Demon spread his hands outwards.

Beneath the towering Jade Phoenix Tree, the Spirit Demon opened his eyes and looked at the supreme-grade spirit stone in his hand, which seemed unchanged, and couldn't help but reveal a satisfied smile.

Next, the array disc above the Spirit Demon's head emitted a silver-white light, and he himself instantly teleported from Danxia Mountain to the summit of another mountain.

Amidst hearty laughter, the silver-white glow flickered again, and the Spirit Demon's figure instantly teleported from inside the house to outside the door. After breaking through to the eighth layer of the Golden Core, his domain, centered on his hands, expanded outwards to reach 20480 cubic meters.

Currently, the Five Elements Spirit Tree branch was merely a potted plant, but in the future, it would grow into a towering tree. Therefore, the Spirit Demon proactively prepared a sufficient amount of Five Elements Dharma Body.

However, compared to the Water Mother, the Ghost Mother's divine power realm was still slightly inferior. After the great war, she was defeated and perished, but from then on, the Underworld no longer had a master.

In contrast to the Underworld Array, Void Walking did not have that restriction. It wasn't a gradual improvement, but a direct increase of seven or eight times.

Compared to Void Walking, because it involved forcibly traversing with the physical body, it could ignore restrictions. As long as one's strength was sufficient, one could even enter the deepest part of the underworld, the legendary Hades.

This was obtained from Solitary Soul Ridge, and it was also the core of the Underworld Array. But there was Enlightenment Tea.

This new teleportation technique could have a low threshold like the Underworld Array, overcame the disadvantage of immobility, and even retained the skillfulness of Void Walking and the highest upper limit of Vacuum Spirit Soil.

On that very day, Zuo Yanyi's court dispatched the Ten Directions Hall to force the surrender of the individual.

The contemporary Human Emperor, following the Ten Directions Hall, and with the assistance of the Holy Land, defeated the combined forces of the demonic sects, broke the Soul-Capturing Array, dispersed the Ghost Mother's true spirit once again, and suppressed this great calamity with overwhelming strength.

After completing his daily basic cultivation, the Spirit Demon put back the supreme-grade spirit stone in his hand, which had barely been consumed.

The key was to find a suitable spiritual land. Besides spiritual veins, the most crucial factor was the presence of active void power.

To traverse the void, Vacuum Zuo Yan's physical body needed to be exceptionally strong, which is why it earned the title of "Eastern Desolation's Foremost Body Forging Grand Technique."

When applied in the Tianhe Realm, it would be called Vacuum Spirit Soil; in the Immortal Sect, it would be called Void Walking.

With his comprehension and talent, he naturally couldn't combine the three, extracting their essence and discarding their dross to create a new instant teleportation array suited for himself.

Moreover, Vacuum Spirit Soil had higher requirements for the physical body. Void Walking, on the other hand, was activated by following the omnipresent spatial power between heaven and earth, and thus didn't even require dedicated body-forging techniques.

With the aid of Enlightenment Tea, the Spirit Demon comprehended all the crucial points.

However, after the Spirit Demon thoroughly studied the Underworld Array, he discovered that he could completely transform it, even incorporating some features of the Immortal Sect's Void Walking and Vacuum Spirit Soil, thereby entirely removing its demonic traces.

In the laboratory of Chixia Academy, he continued to cultivate a sufficient amount of Five Elements Dharma Bodies based on his successful experience. The Underworld Array was originally a divine ability of the Ghost Mother, evolved for expanding the netherworld.

However, after this calamity, the Human Emperor had no choice but to ascend, and the Chen Mobai Imperial Court also declined from its peak, laying the groundwork for its subsequent fragmentation.

Of course, there were also forbidden array formations specifically designed against instant teleportation. In such places, Void Walking would be ineffective.

The best was naturally Void Walking, but it had extremely high requirements for divine sense and spiritual energy, necessitating a Nascent Soul realm, or special physiques like Void Spirit Body or Space Affinity, and individuals with astonishing talent and comprehension.

Ten years later, a prince who had committed a grave crime was also cast into this heavenly prison.

The key was that within the array's covered range, as long as the body could withstand it, the array master could move freely within it.

But this was not the limit of the domain at all. Amidst Zuo Yanyi's hearty laughter, the domain, which had paused its expansion, once again spread outwards.

After the Ghost Mother later perished, the Underworld was also penetrated by the Water Mother, and many ultimate Yin treasures within it were unleashed, including various types of ghost cultivation divine abilities.

He took out the crucial array disc of the Underworld Array. Although it had a missing corner, it didn't affect its use. This was the Underworld Array after his improvements.

For the same teleportation distance, if Void Walking only required one unit of Pure Yang spiritual energy, then Vacuum Spirit Soil would require ten times that amount.

The Spirit Demon took a deep breath. The array disc at the glabella of his outer avatar behind him flickered with a silver-white light.

However, at that time, the Chen Mobai Imperial Court wanted to set an example and suppress the various Holy Lands, so the imperial envoy intercepted the Nascent Soul True Monarch, insisting on escorting the Holy Land's Daozi back to the imperial capital for public beheading after notifying all cultivation sects under heaven!

This time, he instantly teleported a hundred meters away. Opening his eyes, he was already in the center of the wooden house on the mountaintop. For this, the Spirit Demon drank another pot.

After cultivating with supreme-grade spirit stones, the Pure Yang Dharma Body's speed indeed increased.

Using the outer avatar to refine the array disc and integrate the array into the body, then fusing the Underworld Array with his own domain, the area encompassed by his domain became his teleportation field.

Finally, after encompassing eight mountain peaks, the Spirit Demon's domain expanded to its limit. The summit of Danxia Mountain.

The region of Solitary Soul Ridge, possessing empty void stone mines, met the requirements for deploying the Underworld Array. Fortunately, at that time, the Chen Mobai Imperial Court was at its peak, ruling the Eastern Domain.

After several instant teleportations, his figure appeared at the outermost edge of the domain's coverage.

If not for the grand array concealing it on the mountaintop, merely this display of power would likely astound the teachers and students below the mountain.

This was like the Ghost Mother's authority in the Underworld, re-emerging in the mortal realm in the form of an array.

The Four Yang Body, originally estimated to take about ten more years to complete, could now be achieved in less than two years.

The Spirit Demon felt a slight burden on his Longevity Dao Body, a joyful smile appearing on his face. It wasn't about directly shattering space with the physical body; compared to the skillful nature of Void Walking, it relied purely on brute force.

Once, a Daozi from a Holy Land, out of curiosity, wanted to study the differences between ghost cultivation methods and mortal realm methods. He secretly kept a copy of the Ghost Mother Scripture, which was discovered and reported by a jealous junior disciple.

The Soul-Devouring Demonic Sect, one of the Fourteen Demonic Sects, originated from a minor cultivator who obtained a remnant soul of the Ghost Mother.

And Zuo Yanyi's domain, entirely formed by pure void power, was exceptionally suitable for deploying the Underworld Array.

Fortunately, after the Five Elements spiritual energy was infused into the organic soil, he only needed to observe it periodically. Otherwise, the Spirit Demon truly wouldn't have had the time.

Of course, Vacuum Spirit Soil wasn't entirely useless.

This one was quite overbearing.

The Spirit Demon had inquired about this array from Granny Ming. However, this was not a Heavenly Venerate technique, but rather the Ghost Mother's method from the Yin realm.

After all, in the Tianhe Realm, there was a Holy Land specifically targeting demonic paths.

However, before his beheading, he left his insights into the Ghost Mother Scripture and the Holy Land's grand technique in the hidden compartment beneath the prison cell's floor tiles.

Seven hundred years later, Ming Zun of the Eastern Land Imperial Sect cultivated the Underworld Scripture to the pinnacle of its realm, achieving Nascent Soul Dao, almost single-handedly conquering the Eastern Land.

Once mastered, one could move to any desired location with a thought. Moreover, the speed and range of instant teleportation depended on the cultivator's own realm.

He did not continue to spread up the mountain, but instead steered his domain to expand horizontally, extending towards the two neighboring mountain peaks.

For example, Wen Ren Xuewei, with the aid of the Great Chinese Toon Tree, could even perform the Great Void Shift, which theoretically only a Nascent Soul cultivator could activate, reaching most parts of the Immortal Sect's territory in an instant.

After all, resources were abundant in the Tianhe Realm, especially Five Elements essences like gold crystals and vitality stones. Afterwards, he tried again.

Another similar one was Vacuum Spirit Soil.

After the Heavenly Venerate entered the Underworld, the supreme ruler of the Yin realm was a great divine power user titled Ghost Mother.

This Underworld Array could also be considered a signature of the Zuo Yanyi Sect and the Soul-Devouring Demonic Sect, belonging to a demonic array.