46: Chapter 46 Devouring Man Easily Transformed Gourd

Shen Moyan toyed with the blood-colored gourd in his hand.

This was originally Ni Gaoyuan's Magical Artifact.

Back then, Shen Moyan didn't know the use of this gourd, only that it could absorb human corpses.

But after that glimpse from the Heavenly Demon, Shen Moyan finally understood and even learned the name of this gourd.

【yi mo gourd】

This object could be used to trade with the Heavenly Demon.

This was something Ni Gaoyuan had obtained from the remains of that Guizang Realm Cultivator back then.

Unfortunately, before Ni Gaoyuan could reveal this trump card, he was instantly killed by Shen Moyan's sword.

"The yi mo gourd can absorb things rich in 'Dao Rhyme,' and those things will naturally be offered up to the Heavenly Demon."

"And the Heavenly Demon will give you something of equal value based on what you have offered."

If practicing the Heavenly Demon Transformation Art was offering up one's own Dao Rhyme, then the yi mo gourd was offering up the Dao Rhyme of others.

"Let's see what I have that can be exchanged with the Heavenly Demon."

Shen Moyan took out all the treasures he had previously harvested from East Mountain City.

Unfortunately, most Magical Artifacts were not qualified to catch the yi mo gourd's attention.

The Heavenly Demon did not value material things; it only valued abstract existences like 'Dao Rhyme.'

"Hmm? This one got a reaction!"

He pulled out a small ginseng, and the yi mo gourd trembled slightly, hungering for this meticulously cultivated ginseng.

Humans are the most spiritual of all things, so they are naturally the greatest aggregates of Dao Rhyme.

Next, Shen Moyan stuffed all the ginseng into the yi mo gourd, filling it to the brim in an instant.

A clinking sound came from inside the gourd, as if it were still somewhat unsatisfied.

"So greedy; it seems you've been hungry for a long time."

After being fed so much ginseng, the yi mo gourd's body shrank and spat out a drop of crimson blood.

"Is this the true blood of the heavenly demon?"

The true blood floated in Shen Moyan's palm; this was the feedback from the Heavenly Demon after the equivalent exchange.

Holding it in his hand, Shen Moyan felt like he could do anything, that he could wantonly transform this drop of true blood into anything, any Magic Treasure.

Or he could integrate it into himself, transforming it into cultivation and immediately achieving a Breakthrough to the Mortal Transformation Realm Middle Stage, or even the Late Stage.

But rashly breaking through his cultivation would require time to adapt, which was not a good choice in this rapidly changing battlefield.

Furthermore, this feedback was too little to be worth mentioning.

After thinking for a long time, Shen Moyan dripped this drop of true blood onto the azure cloud wings.

To snatch food from the tiger's mouth or to escape this place, speed was the first priority.

Shen Moyan did not have Divine Abilities like ' So close yet so far' or ' Shrinking the earth into an inch,' so he could only work on his speed.

"There are only six hundred and eleven ginseng plants, but to get something that can break the deadlock... it's difficult."

Shen Moyan's face showed bitterness.

But he looked around, and the corners of his mouth curled up.

Aren't there ready-made 'materials' all around?

On the vast sea, thousands upon thousands of Cultivators' body parts floated and sank with the waves.

Shen Moyan raised his hand, using True Qi Condensing into Silk: Remote Object Manipulation to suck the nearby body parts into the yi mo gourd.

"Excellent! The gourd is very satisfied!"

The yi mo gourd in his hand made a gurgling sound, and Shen Moyan was delighted.

"But I have to hurry; the All Beings Spirit Refining Grand Array is still absorbing the Divine Souls of the Cultivators. The longer I delay, the less nutrition will remain."

Looking at the mountain of corpses and sea of blood ahead, Shen Moyan's expression turned sharp.

He was going to snatch food from Wild Goose Formation True Monarch's grand array.

Using the corpses of Cultivators to evolve the azure cloud wings and gain an unparalleled speed for himself.

Shen Moyan flapped the azure cloud wings, and his speed instantly increased more than a hundredfold.

He flew to every corner of the sea holding the yi mo gourd, salvaging and absorbing the corpses of Cultivators along the way.

All the true blood he received in exchange was applied to the azure cloud wings, making his speed faster and faster.

Gradually, he turned into a streak of green wind, traveling through various places... On the vast sea, beside the giant Human-Faced Fruit Tree, the battle was still ongoing.

"Cangwu Dragon-Goose Coastal Array!"

Facing the siege of several True Lords, Wild Goose Formation True Monarch also brought out his trump card array diagram, going all out.

The vast sea transformed into thirty-six water dragons surrounding the human-faced tree, and the Spells of the various True Lords were all blocked by these water dragons.

The True Lord who summoned the fire dragon was suppressed by these water dragons and fell into a disadvantage.

This True Lord's title was Yanrong. Watching his Divine Ability crumble inch by inch under Wild Goose Formation True Monarch's grand array, his eyes on his blurred face were full of disbelief.

"As expected of Wild Goose Formation True Monarch. With the array of a quasi-supreme Array Great Grandmaster complete, the entire Langya Province has fallen into your trap!" True Lord Yanrong's tone was heavy.

The True Lord who moved the mountain also retreated.

True Lord Shijian coughed up blood, his knotted muscles rising and falling continuously, his complexion incredibly pale:

"This old geezer's turtle shell is really hard to crack."

To the side, True Lord Mingxuan unfolded a sword array, with over three thousand Flying Swords continuously slashing toward the sea of clouds where Wild Goose Formation True Monarch was located:

"Everyone, the All Beings Spirit Refining Grand Array is operating faster and faster. I'm afraid even our Lifespans will be affected."

Watching the deadlocked battle, the Cultivators struggling in the sea storm were filled with worry:

"Four True Lords joined forces, and they still couldn't break through that Devil Head's evil array?"

"It's over! Langya Province is finished!"

"Death! If that demon tree doesn't fall, we will all die!"

..."Gentlemen, if you retreat now, the Karma of obstructing my path today can be avoided," Wild Goose Formation True Monarch said from above, looking down at the four True Lords before him.

"If you remain obstinate, then don't blame Zheng's array crown for being merciless."

His tone was very steady, as if he felt victory was already within his grasp.

Just as the group of low-level Cultivators was in despair, a voice pierced through the still-falling water curtain.

"I am Qingmu, the number one alchemist of the Guizang Realm. I pay my respects to the former Wild Goose Formation True Monarch of the Holy Court's Formation Strategy Hall!"

"But what Wild Goose Formation True Monarch is doing today provokes heaven's wrath and human resentment, and is a perversion of human ethics. It is truly the Demonic Path!"

"With the spirit condensing pills I have spent thirty years refining, I shall assist my fellow Daoists in slaying this evil together!"

True Monarch Qingmu's voice echoed throughout the vast sea. With a wave of his hand, a Pill Furnace appeared behind him.

That was his Lifebound Treasure, the Qingmu Pill Tripod.

Amidst the pill fire, crystal-clear pills turned into streaks of light and flew toward the True Lords in the sky.

At the same time, countless pills with slightly weaker glows fell into the hands of the group of Cultivators.

Those Cultivators who were still trying to resist immediately swallowed the Medicinal Pills bestowed by True Monarch Qingmu to delay the extraction of their Lifespans.

"Continue! Kill!"

True Lord Shijian stomped his foot violently, and the entire vast sea kicked up a tsunami a thousand feet high.

Mountain rock, blazing fire, green wood, and golden swords—the powers of four elements attacked the vast sea together.

But the vast sea, like a river flowing into the ocean, merged and contained these elemental Divine Abilities one after another.

The battle fell into an unprecedented stalemate.

One day, two days, three days, a week passed.

The terrifying power that extracted vitality receded like a tide, and the suffocating pressure between heaven and earth suddenly lightened.

Most of the Cultivators floating on the sea were already exhausted due to their long resistance and final charge.

They either hovered in mid-air or supported each other on broken buildings.

Every one of them looked aged, their auras withered.

Their hair and beards were all white, and wrinkles were deeply etched into their faces—a direct manifestation of the severe overextension of their Divine Souls and life force.

"The True Lords succeeded!"

"The drain on our Lifespans has stopped!"

"Haha! I actually survived!"

All the low-realm Cultivators were overcome with a mix of grief and joy, weeping uncontrollably.

The water curtain in the sky stopped pouring, and the dark clouds dissipated.

In a corner, Shen Moyan sucked the last bit of body parts into the yi mo gourd and applied the true blood to the azure cloud wings behind him.

His current speed while soaring was beyond words.

During these days, he had used his azure cloud wings to try flying to regions outside Kongsang Prefecture, while avoiding the battlefields where high-level Cultivators and powerful members of the Yao Race were fighting.

He discovered that, just as he had thought, all directions of Langya Province were already a boundless ocean.

Even the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains to the east had become a hundred thousand islands.

"The Lifespan drain has stopped. Did Wild Goose Formation True Monarch lose?"

Shen Moyan took off the soul-controlling talisman attached to his body and chewed on the pill bestowed by True Monarch Qingmu.

After calculating the overall situation, Shen Moyan frowned.

"Gao Sheng, True Lord Mingxuan, uses a sword, which belongs to Metal."

"True Lord Yanrong belongs to Fire, True Lord Shijian belongs to Earth, True Monarch Qingmu belongs to Wood..."

"And Wild Goose Formation True Monarch's Vast Sea Array belongs to Water."

"The Five Elements generate each other; why is there such a coincidence?"

Shen Moyan smelled a hint of conspiracy.

"Whose scheme is this!? Gao Sheng? Zheng Quan? Or... all of them?"

The Cultivators of Langya Province, regardless of their cultivation level, felt a mysterious stir in their hearts, as if they had heard some grand and harmonious 'Dao Sound.'

Their gazes turned simultaneously toward that tottering Human-Faced Fruit Tree.

In the core of the giant tree's crown, within the Void Realm, a point of brilliant light that was hard to describe in words was quietly emerging.

Its color was Chaos, appearing to contain everything yet being pure and translucent. As it slowly rotated, it breathed in the remaining spiritual energy of the world and a certain more mysterious essence of 'Spirit.'

Within this brilliance, an extremely tiny phantom was vaguely taking shape, condensing unimaginable energy and Dao Rhyme.

Its form was fluid and uncertain, sometimes like an infant embracing simplicity, sometimes like a Divine Being sitting upright.

It emitted an aura that made the Divine Souls of all Cultivators present feel warmth, longing, and even a faint sense of awe.

That was precisely what the All Beings Spirit Refining Grand Array had produced at the cost of the massive amount of souls and life it had plundered, along with the tempering of the Five Elements True Lords' Divine Abilities... the nascent soul dao fruit!