Chapter 409: Heavenly Mystery Wants to Save the World

In this ten-thousand-character manifesto, the cultivator Gu Xinghan exposed to the world the true nature of the Heavenly Mystic Spirit-Locking Array.

The Array replaces Heaven, usurping its authority.It shadows the world, monitoring all.It extracts cultivation to serve the Heavenly Mystic.Sentient beings are reduced to livestock, with no path to the Great Dao.

The manifesto listed all the evils of the Spirit-Locking Array and pointed out that the true form of the Heavenly Mystic Spirit-Locking Array was actually the Heavenly Mystic Mirror, the supreme treasure of the former Myriad Immortals Alliance.

To achieve transcendence and attain the Dao, the Heavenly Mystic Mirror required all cultivators in the world as sacrifices.

Gu Xinghan called upon cultivators to unite, shatter the Spirit-Locking Array, and restore clarity and order to the Xuanhuang Realm.

Although the Heavenly Alliance immediately issued a refutation, denying the accusations, and issued a Heavenly Execution Order against Gu Xinghan, over the past century, the various strange changes that had occurred in the world since the Heavenly Mystic Spirit-Locking Array became widespread were plain for all to see.

The Heavenly Alliance's strenuous denials could not silence the cultivators of the world.

For a time, cultivators were enraged.

But the Heavenly Alliance had ruled the Xuanhuang Realm for thousands of years, and its long-established authority remained formidable.

Very few cultivators dared to truly stand up and resist in response to Gu Xinghan's call.

These scattered efforts were quickly suppressed by the Heavenly Sorcerers dispatched by the Heavenly Alliance.

Yet, Gu Xinghan was never captured.

His efforts were not entirely in vain.

The seeds of doubt had been sown.

Cultivators became more vigilant regarding the Heavenly Mystic Mirror and the Heavenly Mystic Spirit-Locking Array.

Cultivators across the Xuanhuang Realm began secretly researching methods to evade the Heavenly Mystic Mirror's surveillance.

Fissures also gradually began to appear within the Heavenly Alliance.

There were continuous reports of Heavenly Alliance cultivators in official positions privately expressing dissatisfaction with the Spirit-Locking Array, only to be apprehended and severely punished as a warning to others.

In Anchor Year 268, an image was projected onto the green sky of the Xuanhuang Realm.

Although it was quickly blocked, and the rest of its content could no longer be seen, the brief moment it appeared before everyone was enough to ignite a full-scale wave of resistance among cultivators.

A wall of unknown location, soaring into the clouds.

Countless cultivators were suppressed and slumbered within the wall.

On the wall's surface, only faces with closed eyes and eerie smiles were visible.

"Fellow Daoists, this is the Eternal Immortal Wall. All the cultivators who have disappeared over the past century have been imprisoned here by the Heavenly Alliance…"

The somewhat urgent voice-over abruptly cut off.

It was merely a fleeting glimpse, but the densely packed faces on the Eternal Immortal Wall were enough to chill the blood of all surviving cultivators in the world.

Drowning in illusions, eternally suppressed—how was that different from death?

This action by the Heavenly Alliance was truly appalling, exceeding the limits of what cultivators could endure.

At once, throughout the Xuanhuang Realm, cries to overthrow the Heavenly Alliance and shatter the Spirit-Locking Array erupted everywhere.

Meanwhile, within the Heavenly Alliance, the opposition faction, which had lain dormant since the Spirit-Locking Array became widespread, also launched their offensive at this time.

War immediately engulfed the Xuanhuang Realm.

Xiao Heng's Revive Immortals was one of the many resistance organizations.

Han Wuyou reunited with Xiao Heng, Su Xiaomei, and other old acquaintances from outside the realm, and began their war against the Heavenly Alliance.

The combined strength of most cultivators across the world was undeniably powerful.

However, the number of Heavenly Alliance Heavenly Sorcerers far exceeded people's imagination.

The great war lasted for three full years.

Cultivators continuously suffered casualties, yet the number of Heavenly Sorcerers never seemed to decrease.

If the Heavenly Sorcerers had not held back their full strength in an attempt to capture cultivators alive, the cultivators would likely have been defeated long ago.

The tide had clearly turned, and there was no light of victory in sight.

Cultivators gradually fell into disarray.

The war slowly devolved into a one-sided capture operation.

In Anchor Year 273, Heavenly Sorcerers discovered the Revive Immortals' stronghold.

Zhang Haobo and Su Xiaomei fought valiantly to cover the retreat of others, dying heroically in battle.

But they still could not prevent the destruction of Revive Immortals.

At a critical moment, Su Changyu made a breakthrough during the battle and perished with the Heavenly Sorcerers who came to capture them.

Only then did Xiao Heng, Han Wuyou, and others manage to escape with their lives.

In Anchor Year 274, Xiao Heng, severely wounded, died from his injuries.

Before his death, he passed on the legacy of Revive Immortals to Han Wuyou.

Han Wuyou tearfully accepted.

Relying on the One-Hand-Covers-the-Sky Technique and the Furnace of Myriad Manifestations Technique, Han Wuyou constantly evaded capture, never being caught.

In Anchor Year 290, few cultivators remained alive in the world.

The Heavenly Alliance's pursuit gradually relaxed.

In Anchor Year 304, the Heavenly Alliance issued a general amnesty, stating that all cultivators in the world who were willing to return to the Heavenly Alliance and cultivate the Heaven-Mending Codex according to their allocated quota each year, would have all past transgressions forgiven.

Cultivators gradually began returning to the Heavenly Alliance from the wilderness.

In Anchor Year 315, upon realizing that those who had returned earlier were not in mortal danger, more cultivators chose to rejoin.

In Anchor Year 324, the Heavenly Alliance initiated construction projects of unknown purpose in various prefectures. Massive golden obelisks rose from the ground, standing prominently in the center of each prefecture.

In Anchor Year 369, Han Wuyou broke through to the late Nascent Soul stage. Adopting the alias He Buyou, he returned to the Heavenly Alliance and resumed his clandestine activities.

Han Wuyou discovered that at this time, the Heavenly Alliance's administrative positions were entirely filled by Heavenly Sorcerers.

The Heavenly Alliance still provided corresponding cultivation resources to cultivators who surrendered.

The price, however, was the requirement to cultivate the Heaven-Mending Codex more diligently.

In Anchor Year 370, Han Wuyou temporarily halted his own cultivation and began to focus on researching the Heaven-Mending Codex.

In Anchor Year 393, due to his unwavering and focused cultivation of the Heaven-Mending Codex for twenty years, and contributing a large amount of Heavenly Dew points, Han Wuyou received commendation from the Heavenly Alliance.

He was granted the status of a Rank 4 Heavenly Sorcerer and received the position of Immortal Overseer, responsible for managing and supervising the "Heaven-Mending" work of over a thousand cultivators.

In Anchor Year 404, throughout the Xuanhuang Realm, massive beams of light erupted from the tops of the obelisks, shooting straight into the sky.

The earth and sky trembled.

The energy eruption from the obelisks lasted for seven full days.

In Anchor Year 412, Han Wuyou, after nearly forty years of research and integrating the array formation knowledge gained from the Array-Breaking Disc, deciphered the true purpose of the Heaven-Mending Codex.

The Heavenly Mystic Spirit-Locking Array usurped Heaven's authority, attempting to replace it.

However, the core of the Spirit-Locking Array, the Heavenly Mystic Mirror, had overestimated its own capabilities.

Only under overloaded conditions could it barely maintain the normal operation of all Spirit-Locking Arrays.

This was why it needed external help to share part of its burden.

Only cultivators could establish resonance with "Heaven and Earth."

This was also why the Heavenly Alliance required cultivators to practice the Heaven-Mending Codex, and why Heavenly Sorcerers could not.

Han Wuyou faintly saw hope for overthrowing the Spirit-Locking Array.

But at the same time, he harbored a slight worry.

Because if the Heavenly Mystic Mirror achieved transcendence and completed its transformation, it would no longer need cultivators to practice the Heaven-Mending Codex.

Without revealing anything, Han Wuyou kept this matter to himself, continuing to lie in wait for the opportune moment.

In Anchor Year 434, Han Wuyou was ordered to accompany a team of Heavenly Sorcerers to Heavenly Judgment Prefecture to deal with a strange incident.

During casual conversation, Han Wuyou learned that in recent years, strange phenomena in the world had shown a growing tendency to spread.

In Anchor Year 459, the obelisks once again emitted light beams outwards.

From the sky, constant rumbling sounds could be heard.