323: Chapter 323 Going Too Far: Little Finger Turns into Giant Arm?

Inside the wooden cabin, Su Changge immediately set up a soundproofing Restriction.

Although he knew this thing was practically non-existent to truly powerful experts, it at least provided some psychological comfort.

[Damn it, the tree wants to be still but the wind won't stop!]

[I just want to be a quiet, handsome man. Why does trouble keep coming one after another?]

Su Changge complained while carefully picking up that black stone slab.

The stone slab felt ice-cold to the touch, and the runes engraved on it were ancient and obscure. If not for the System's built-in "translation" function, he wouldn't have understood a single word.

Previously in the Shattered Star Ancient Ruins, he had only taken a quick glance, knowing only that it recorded things about Extraterritorial Heavenly Demons and the Seal.

Now, he calmed his mind and once again sank his Divine Sense into it to study it carefully.

As the meaning of each rune surfaced in his mind, Su Changge's expression gradually became solemn.

[Holy crap... things have really escalated this time...]

The more he read, the colder his heart became.

The stone slab recorded that in the ancient era, a terrifying heavenly demon named the "World Devouring Master" led endless demonic creatures to invade the Cangxuan Dao Domain, nearly devouring the entire world.

The ancient ancestors rose up in resistance, paying an extremely tragic price to finally split the World Devouring Master's demonic body into nine parts, suppressing them separately on the nine major Leyline Nodes of the entire Cangxuan Dao Domain.

These nine nodes were known as the "nine extremes demon suppression pillars."

And the Seal beneath the Shattered Star Ancient Ruins only suppressed... a single pinky finger of the World Devouring Master.

[A pinky finger?!]

When Su Changge saw this, he almost spat out a mouthful of blood.

[After all that, I spent a full million emotion points and put on an earth-shattering show just to barely suppress a pinky finger?]

[If its heart or head were to escape, wouldn't I have to drain the System dry?]

He felt a wave of dizziness and hurriedly continued reading.

On the stone slab, blood-red runes marked the specific locations of the nine sealing nodes.

One of them was indeed in the Qingming Domain, at the Shattered Star Ancient Ruins of the Lingxu Wasteland.

And another, the closest one and marked as "extremely dangerous"...

Its location was none other than the Chixiao Dao Domain, Blazing Dragon War Continent, Divine Flame Mountain!

What was suppressed there was the World Devouring Master's left arm!

Boom!

Su Changge's brain buzzed, as if a thunderclap had exploded.

Everything was connected!

Blazing Dragon Sacred Hall! Ten Thousand Immortals Assembly! Divine Flame Mountain!

This was definitely no coincidence!

[Damn it, these people chose the location of the Ten Thousand Immortals Assembly right next to the Seal. What are they trying to do? Throw a party and dance that arm right out of the ground?]

Su Changge felt his entire worldview being challenged.

He continued reading, and at the end of the stone slab, a even more terrifying prophecy was recorded.

"When the Nine Stars Alignment reappears and the blood moon hangs in the sky, it will be the day when the sealing power of the nine extremes demon suppression pillars is at its weakest. At that time, if there is no one who wields the 'great dao origin' to restore order, the Demon Lord shall return, and the myriad worlds shall sink..."

Su Changge's pupils constricted suddenly.

Nine Stars Alignment...

Wasn't the Blood-Colored Star Gate of the Shattered Star Ancient Ruins only opened every hundred years during the Nine Stars Alignment?

In other words, the time the Seal loosened and the time the Secret Realm opened were synchronized!

He suddenly remembered what the War God Remnant Soul had said; he said the energy of the ore vein had become chaotic over the long years, giving the heavenly demon an opportunity.

Looking at it now, it wasn't energy chaos at all, but the periodic weakening of the Seal!

[Wait a minute...]

Su Changge suddenly thought of an extremely terrifying possibility.

[The Seal of the Shattered Star Ancient Ruins loosened, and then the Blazing Dragon Sacred Hall immediately sent me an invitation, asking me to go to Divine Flame Mountain for the Ten Thousand Immortals Assembly...]

[Could this be a trap?]

[They know I "stepped in" to reinforce the Seal of the Shattered Star Ancient Ruins, so they want to trick me into going to the Chixiao Dao Domain to reinforce that even more dangerous "left arm" Seal for them?]

Once this thought sprouted, it was like wild grass growing out of control, impossible to suppress.

[It's very likely! These old foxes are each as cunning as monkeys!]

[They definitely don't want to act themselves, or rather, they simply don't have the ability to act, so they want to find a 'sucker' like me! After all, in their eyes, I'm the 'Dao Lord' who can restore the stars with a wave of my hand!]

The more Su Changge thought about it, the closer he felt he was to the truth.

He felt as if he had fallen into a giant vortex.

To go, or not to go?

Going meant facing that terrifying Seal suppressing the heavenly demon's left arm, with a group of Chixiao Dao Domain big shots whose intentions were unknown watching from the side. The danger level was through the roof.

Not going?

If something really went wrong with the Seal at Divine Flame Mountain and the heavenly demon's left arm escaped, given the nature of this chain reaction, this "pinky finger" at the Shattered Star Ancient Ruins probably wouldn't stay quiet either.

When the time came for a pincer attack, he, as the "Dao Lord," would be the first to suffer!

[Damn it, this isn't a multiple-choice question; it's a death trap!]

Su Changge frustratedly ruffled his hair.

For the first time, he felt that his cultivation at the Qi Refining First Layer was truly powerless.

In the face of a true world-ending catastrophe, how many times could those special effects of his hold up?

If it took a million emotion points to suppress a pinky finger, wouldn't an entire arm take hundreds of millions?

He couldn't even scrape that together if he sold himself!

[Calm down, calm down... there must be another way...]

Su Changge forced himself to calm down and re-evaluate the current situation.

[Danger often comes with opportunity.]

[The Cultivators in the Chixiao Dao Domain definitely have more experience than those hicks in the Lingxu Wasteland, and they'll be even easier to shock.]

[If I play my cards right, maybe I can rake in a massive amount of emotion points there. Then even if something really happens, I'll have enough 'special effects' to save my life.]

[And... didn't that girl Ye Qingyao also go to the Chixiao Dao Domain?]

[With her around, won't my status be even more secure? She's my biggest emotion points ATM!]

A bold plan began to slowly take shape in his mind.

Hiding was definitely no longer an option.

Since that was the case, he could only face the challenge head-on!

He would turn this so-called "Ten Thousand Immortals Assembly" into his personal show-off stage!

Isn't it just an arm?

With special effects maxed out and his Aura fully displayed, he'd scare it back first!

Having thought through everything, Su Changge's eyes became firm once again.

He put away the stone slab, stood up, and slowly pushed open the door of the wooden cabin.

Outside the door, Qin Xuan, Zhao Tian, and the other high-ranking members were still waiting respectfully. Seeing him come out, they all bowed in unison.

"Dao Lord."

Everyone's eyes were filled with inquiry and expectation.

They wanted to know what the Dao Lord had decided regarding the invitation from the Chixiao Dao Domain.

This concerned the future of the entire Jade Tripod Sacred Land, and even the entire Lingxu Wasteland!