Chapter 1206: Floating Crossing Array Truth

"Hmm," Senior Yin lightly coughed, feeling Emperor Li Ping's gaze seemingly fixed on him.

"Alright, back to the main topic. Creating the dark repulsive force is an innate behavior of the array. Even if the array is damaged, it will continue to operate according to its original logic. This Floating Starry Sky Array is truly remarkable. It must have started independently searching for a substitute after losing its Xuanhuang energy supply."

"The You Clan people were born because of this."

"I suppose you've also realized it. The power generated by the You Clan's prayers can, to some extent, replace the supply from the Xuanhuang World..."

"How much do you know about array formations? Do you understand what I'm saying?"

As Senior Yin spoke, he noticed that Emperor Li Ping's expression seemed a little odd, and he wondered if he had explained things too esoterically or unclearly.

So he asked.

"I know a little. The Floating Starry Sky Array was built by King Xuantian. If what you say is true, then this Dark Sea is an important functional part of the Floating Starry Sky Array, just like the array module for capturing worlds in the starry sea," Li Ping mused.

"Precisely," Senior Yin nodded.

"Furthermore, in my judgment, apart from these two functions and the overall array control, the Floating Starry Sky Array should have other capabilities as well..."

"The principles of array formations are boundless. The Golden Chains and the Dark Sea indeed cannot form a complete array cycle. There should indeed be two other auxiliary array modules to make this grand array operate at peak efficiency."

Before Senior Yin could speak, he realized that Emperor Li Ping had already voiced his own assessment.

"It seems your mastery of array formations is far superior to mine," Senior Yin remarked, his voice faint.

Li Ping didn't respond, instead pondering the other missing components of the Floating Starry Sky Array.

Meanwhile, he continued to converse with Senior Yin.

"If we consider the Xuanhuang World as a flying vessel struggling near a starry sea vortex, then in a sense, this place is the vessel's power source?"

After a moment of thought, Senior Yin agreed.

"Then, if... and I mean *if*, the Dark Sea were given sufficient energy supply, would it be possible for the Xuanhuang World to gradually struggle its way out of the vortex?" Emperor Li Ping asked slowly, his tone unreadable.

"...Theoretically, it's possible. However, we don't know the Dark Sea's energy conversion efficiency. It's more likely that even if the entire current Xuanhuang World were to burn itself out, it might not move the Xuanhuang World an inch. Moreover, I have a feeling that due to the recent decline in the You Clan population, the Dark Sea's energy supply has encountered issues again. Perhaps it has begun to activate new evolutionary energy absorption methods." Senior Yin shook his head.

"I always have a subtle sense of crisis, a faint premonition. We must not be careless." Senior Yin's tone was cautious.

"However, haven't you recently managed to create a large number of You Clan people?" Senior Yin suddenly remarked. "If the Dark Sea's energy supply can be restored, perhaps this evolution could be prevented."

Emperor Li Ping of Daqi remained silent.

***

Myriad Immortals Alliance Headquarters.

Li Fan, who had recently failed in his attempt to decipher the Dappled Rainbow Light, didn't rest or adjust. Instead, he immediately plunged back into deducing the Xuanhuang World's Floating Starry Sky Array.

Li Fan recalled the scene when Mo Rubing, during his 119th life, mysteriously disappeared in the Dark Sea, leaving behind only an empty shell.

"So the Dark Sea is actually part of the Floating Starry Sky Array!"

"At that time, Mo Rubing successfully learned information about King Xuantian through the Sky Profound Mirror. He then went to the Dark Sea. It's uncertain if he truly perished, but it's highly probable that his cultivation base was directly devoured by the Dark Sea, transforming into Xuanhuang power energy."

"Regardless of whether he was motivated by great love and willing to sacrifice himself for the Xuanhuang World, or if he used the opportunity to feign death and escape like a cicada shedding its shell, it's almost certain that King Xuantian, or at least matters closely related to him, are hidden within the Dark Sea."

"Previously, I thought the Dark Sea was a manifestation of a pure alien power, making it impossible to counter. But now I know it's a manifestation of array power..."

"I might just be able to decipher it!"

Emperor Li Ping's various perceptions within the Dark Sea, along with the observations from the 119th life within it, all surfaced in Li Fan's mind.

The Final Disintegration Disc, boosted by the Path Transformation Stone, hummed softly but resoundingly.

It was operating at its unprecedented limit.

"No wonder when I asked the Sky Profound Mirror for the Floating Starry Sky Array back then, it kept giving me excuses, even offering a Celestial-grade array diagram to temporarily appease me. Now it seems this Floating Array is fundamentally the ultimate transformation array for Xuanhuang. It transformed the Xuanhuang World from a pure cultivation realm into an Eternal Immortal Vessel capable of traversing the Immortal Ruins."

"If the array hadn't been damaged, if there weren't still a high wall beyond the Immortal Ruins..."

"Perhaps the Xuanhuang World would have long since broken free from its constraints and explored the starry sea."

"Perhaps it was my request for the Floating Starry Sky Array diagram from the Sky Profound Mirror back then that ultimately revealed a flaw. After all, given the array's importance, the Twelve Dharma Kings of the Sky Profound Sect would have no reason not to know about it. Yet, my demeanor at the time didn't show appropriate regard; I merely treated it as an ordinary array..."

Numerous thoughts flashed through Li Fan's mind simultaneously.

Time slowly passed, and the lights of the Disintegration Disc and the Path Transformation Stone continuously flickered.

Feeling the long-absent, increasingly intense tingling pain between his brows, Li Fan frowned slightly: "It seems the complexity of this Floating Array exceeds my imagination. I have too little information. Even with three Celestial-grade arrays as a foundation, forcibly deducing it is too difficult. Even attempting to deduce the weaknesses of the Dark Sea is proving challenging."

"Moreover, this array seems to possess a defense mechanism against deduction and deciphering?"

Li Fan felt a tremor in his heart.

Each time the Final Disintegration Disc reached a critical point in its deduction, most of the array's data inexplicably dissipated and vanished.

It was as if some force, traversing space and time, was interfering.

Li Fan even suspected that if his main body weren't hidden within the Myriad Immortals Alliance's Deduction Jade space, he might even be directly targeted by this force, rather than just interfered with.

"Fortunately, some data is still preserved with each array deduction and restoration. It's just a bit slow."

"Of course, it's best to maintain the current state of the Dark Sea without change."

As Li Fan's main body's thoughts churned, Emperor Li Ping's resolution also suddenly shifted.

"Since I intend to contend with the Myriad Immortals Alliance for Xuanhuang, I naturally won't stand idly by."