126: Chapter 127 The Secret of the Wangshu Ritual

【At age 13, you re-entered the Twisted Immortal Path. At the summit of Ziyang Mountain, you steadied your Dao Heart and successfully formed the Transforming Feather Garment.】

【You ascended once more and entered the Great World of Mountains and Seas.】

【At age 15, you set a layout in Langya Prefecture, then placed yourself outside the chessboard.】

【In your expectations, the nascent soul dao fruit was supposed to fall into your hands, but you inadvertently facilitated another's scheme, summoning the Six Hells Slaying Heaven Demon Venerable.】

【At age 28, you successfully understood the essence of the All Beings Spirit Refining Grand Array and learned to reverse the grand array.】

【You watched coldly as True Monarchs battled and great families clashed, snatching away the death exemption gold plaque.】

【The Demon Venerable manifested. To protect yourself, you executed the 'Reverse All Beings Spirit Refining Grand Array,' causing the future Star River Brightening Fate Controller to be born ahead of time.】

【The Star River Brightening Fate Controller specifically allowed you to enter His Sea of Consciousness, allowing you to successfully achieve 'Seeing Xiyi.'】

【The Fate Controller battled the Demon Venerable, fighting their way out of the Shanhai Realm.】

【You discovered the mastermind behind Langya Prefecture and successfully executed Immortal Master Xingxiang, who had looked down on you.】

【You snatched the qingming pearl from Yi Shukuang's hands, then visited True Person Linglong in search of an Opportunity...】

【At age 70, you stepped into the Purple Mansion Realm and joined the All Heavens Department...】

【In the same year, during your first mission, you encountered Yi Shukuang, successfully executed him, and entered the Five-Colored Heavenly Realm.】

【In the Five-Colored Heavenly Realm, you glimpsed a fragment of Shanhai's past and learned that the Star River Brightening Fate Controller viewed you as a chess piece. Unwilling to accept this, you chose your Final Stroke.】

【Final Stroke complete. This life's Awakening achievement—】

【Achievement: mastermind (Gold) (Current Bookmarks accommodated: 5/9)】

【mastermind: Completely shields against any heavenly secret investigation below the Inscription Dao Realm. Divine Sense strength and range are expanded ten thousand-fold. Sensitivity to Karma and heavenly secrets is greatly increased; you can quickly become aware of any Karma related to you.】

【If more people know of your existence, your mystery level will decrease, and your ability to calculate fate and obscure heavenly secrets will decline.】

【If no one knows of your existence, you will leave no Karma in the world. Below the level of Xian, no one can calculate your fate.】

On Ziyang Mountain, mountain winds blew in gusts, and Shen Moyan's robes and thoughts fluttered wildly.

"Retain the cultivation of the previous life."

【True Name: Shen Moyan (Formless True Spirit)】

【Realm 1: Golden Core Peak (Twisted Immortal Path)】

【Realm 2: Purple Mansion Middle Stage (Twisted Immortal Path)】

【Current Lifespan: 3000 years】

【Current Skills: What is Written in an Instant is Eternal (Innate Divine Ability), Qingyang Ascension Manual (Golden Core Realm), Black Sun Veiling the Face, Xuan Ming Azure Flame, Scripture of Severing All Manifestations (Purple Mansion Realm)...】

"To actually be able to retain my Golden Core Realm from the Five-Colored Heavenly Realm is truly an unexpected joy..."

After a moment of thought, Shen Moyan stored this picked-up Golden Core into the center of his Purple Mansion, sealing it away as a trump card.

In this life's Twisted Immortal Path, Shen Moyan had not yet figured out what exactly was wrong with the Spiritual Qi.

If one day he didn't use the Scripture of Severing All Manifestations and his Golden Core was affected by the Spiritual Qi of this world and developed a problem, he would end up becoming someone else's ginseng.

"Golden Core hidden in the Purple Mansion... Guizang..."

Shen Moyan suddenly understood the path of the Guizang Realm.

To incorporate all Dao Rhyme into oneself and hide its fluctuations so they do not leak out—this is 'Hiding'.

Hiding all Laws within the Physical Body, hiding all secrets within the Sea of Consciousness.

"So that's how it is."

Shen Moyan gained enlightenment and turned to look at his newly acquired achievement.

"This time, my Golden Finger has finally proven its use."

If anyone mentioned his name, schemed against him, or even had an indirect connection with him, Shen Moyan would feel it and quickly know the source and general intent.

"mastermind... a gold achievement... to actually have such a Heaven-Defying effect!"

Shen Moyan instantly realized the terrifying value of this achievement.

This was simply a supreme Sharp Weapon tailored for him to save his life, set layouts, and peer into the Shanhai Realm.

"However, this achievement has a weakness."

The power of this achievement was directly related to 'Mystery Level'.

The more beings in the world knew of Shen Moyan's existence and his deeds, his 'Mystery Level' would drop, causing his shielding and calculation abilities to weaken accordingly.

But if no one in the world knew of Shen Moyan's existence—neither his name, his deeds, nor his legends—he would nearly 'not exist' in the river of Karma. Below the level of Xian, no one could calculate his tracks or origins through heavenly secret techniques.

"In the Great Qǐ plane... those who know of my existence are mainly the monks of Shaolin Temple, and... the faint consciousness of that world." A cold light flashed in Shen Moyan's eyes.

"I shall use this world to test my Divine Ability."

He focused his mind and activated Black Sun Veiling the Face.

In this D-rank plane where Shen Moyan was located, the sun overhead flickered for a brief moment.

Facing the many karma lines, Shen Moyan's will acted like a blade, gently cutting down.

All 'cognition' and 'records' related to 'Shen Moyan' in the Great Qǐ plane were instantly erased.

Shaolin Temple, Scripture Pavilion.

An old monk who was organizing ancient texts held a temple registry in his hands.

"This batch of novices is truly unruly, especially this Shen..."

Suddenly, the old monk dazed for a moment, feeling as if the handwriting before him was a bit blurry. He rubbed his eyes, and when he looked again, the line of text was still there, but the three characters for 'Shen Moyan' had turned into an ordinary name.

The old monk frowned, assuming he was just old and bleary-eyed. He didn't look into it further and continued turning the pages.

The memories of everyone in Shaolin Temple were quietly twisted at this moment.

【Plane Martial Emperor: When you are in a Minor Plane, the restrictive power of the plane's Heavenly Dao over you drops significantly, making it difficult to limit your cognition and strength with local Laws.】

【Furthermore, you can forcibly remain in a lower-level plane with strength that surpasses the plane's shackles.】

At the same time, the faint traces of Karma regarding 'Shen Moyan's' birth, growth, and activities in this world within the world's consciousness were wiped away like an eraser, leaving no trace behind.

"With this achievement by my side, I can develop in secret. Even when facing the Holy Court or even an Emperor in the future, I'll have the confidence to maneuver!"

"From now on, the true name 'Shen Moyan' must never be exposed. I should act using different personas and Incarnations as much as possible to reduce the activity tracks and fame of a single identity."

"The ultimate goal is for no one to know 'Shen Moyan,' while any other identity can be discarded at any time, vanishing from people's cognition and even Karma, becoming a true 'mastermind' existence!"

The corners of Shen Moyan's mouth curled up. Under the direct sunlight, he no longer had a shadow at his feet.

Furthermore, his Divine Sense was now expanded ten thousand-fold; a single thought could cover provinces and lands, perceiving the smallest details.

The entire Great Qǐ held no more secrets before his Divine Sense.

Countless subtle flows of energy, the auras of living beings, and even vague karma lines were clearly reflected in his heart.

"This is..." Shen Moyan's figure flickered.

At the top of Blackwood Cliff, the wind whistled bleakly.

He looked at the patterns of the Ascension ceremony, and the array diagrams of the mountain and sea flag surfaced in his mind.

"That Yun Wangshu really is someone from the All Heavens Department."

Shen Moyan calculated with his fingers, testing with different Otherworldly Artifacts, his expression turning strange.

"...It seems this ceremony can lead to more than just one upper-tier plane?"

It did not, as Shen Moyan had imagined, only lead to Shanhai's Three Thousand Prefectures.

This Ascension ceremony was like a multi-way intersection, connecting to several plane worlds with distinct auras, all of which were extremely distant.

Shen Moyan concentrated his perception, comparing the spatial Dao Rhyme of the other locations—excluding Langya Prefecture—with the plane information he had seen on Baili Ming's magical boat map.

A moment later, his expression changed slightly.

These Ascension channels surprisingly pointed toward several A-rank upper planes marked on Baili Ming's map that even the All Heavens Department had to treat with caution.

These planes likely all had Guizang Realm experts presiding over them, and their civilizations were highly advanced.

"How could the Ascension ceremony of a mere Great Qǐ plane—a D-rank plane that can barely nurture even a Mortal Transformation Cultivator—connect to several A-rank upper planes at the same time?"

"This isn't an Ascension at all; this is... a cross-realm teleportation array! And it's an extremely sophisticated Formation that allows for selective teleportation!"

Shen Moyan's expression was peculiar.

This did not conform to the dogmas of the All Heavens Department at all; Patrol Angels only set up Ascension traps centered around the Holy Court.

What Yun Wangshu had laid down was not an 'Ascension trap' at all, but a multi-directional cross-Realm coordinate transit station!

"The official business of the All Heavens Department is just a front. He used his position to secretly establish a channel to other A-rank planes..."

"Yun Wangshu, this person... has a problem!"