70: Chapter 70 All Clues Lead to the End

"What's with the riddles?"

After browsing through Luo Changting's suddenly awakened demonic seed memories, Shen Moyan was completely bewildered.

The information was too fragmented.

Finally, he locked onto a few words.

"Goose? Wild Goose Formation True Monarch is entangled with the Six Hells Demonic Sect?"

Shen Moyan recalled those few sentences.

"Head... the Six Hells Demonic Sect is looking for the head of a Demonic Fiend."

"Could it be the head of Kua Fu that was severed by the Jiang Family's ancestor back then?"

Shen Moyan couldn't help but make the connection... Eastern Langya Prefecture, Kongsang Academy, the side hall of the Scripture Pavilion.

Inside the hall, sandalwood incense curled. A wisp of Shen Moyan's Divine Thought was attached to an Incarnation on a paper figures; Shen Yi was temporarily staying here through his friendship with Jiang Zhiqiu.

At this moment, he was sitting across from Jiang Zhiqiu's mentor, Zhou Zhanpeng.

"Dao Blight?" Zhou Zhanpeng set down his teacup, his brow furrowing slightly. "Why do you suddenly ask about such profound principles, Fellow Daoist?"

Shen Yi's expression was calm as he dipped his fingertip into the tea and drew a hazy mark on the sandalwood tabletop:

"The origin dao preaching stele and the theory of Dao Blight are known to all under heaven."

"I am merely curious: how can the shadow of that stele cross such a vast distance to affect all living beings?"

Shen Yi asked, his eyes filled with a thirst for truth.

"Could it be that this Dao Blight is related to the so-called 'Dao Rhyme'?"

Hearing this, Zhou Zhanpeng realized and showed a look of admiration. "Fellow Daoist, you are indeed perceptively sharp."

"Indeed, the theory of Dao Blight is mystery upon mystery."

"I am but an instructor and dare not speak of the Great Dao, but I do know a thing or two about the world's Dao Rhyme."

Regarding the origin dao preaching stele, he naturally didn't dare say much, only hinting at it indirectly.

"I have heard that the Dao Rhyme of high-realm Cultivators can influence a whole region of heaven and earth."

"Simply put, when the cultivation of a mighty figure reaches the Guizang or Tribulation Law Realm, their Dao merges with heaven. They themselves become a walking 'Dao Source,' constantly emitting a 'Rhyme' unique to their own rules."

He paused and lowered his voice. "Rhyme has no form or substance, yet it can permeate all things."

"Plants receiving Rhyme may become spirit plants or undergo mutations; beasts bathed in Rhyme may gain intelligence or develop Divine Abilities."

"Even the local environment, over many years, will be assimilated by a Cultivator's Dao Rhyme, manifesting extraordinary geography."

"Therefore, it is said that by observing the features of a place, one can know what kind of mighty figure once stayed there."

Shen Yi felt a chill in his heart; Zhou Zhanpeng's words had cleared away many mysteries in his mind with a single stroke.

He calmly pressed further, "Such great power? Then what if the Dao Rhymes of multiple mighty figures intertwine, or if one Dao Rhyme occupies a place for a long time?"

"That would be a 'Dao Struggle' or 'Dao Taint'." Zhou Zhanpeng's expression grew solemn.

"At best, the earth veins become chaotic and spiritual energy goes haywire; at worst... it evolves into a forbidden land or breeds unspeakable, eerie existences. The origins of many ancient Secret Realms, perilous lands, and even certain unique races and spiritual items are all related to this."

At this point, he suddenly sighed as if remembering something. "For instance, according to ancient records of Langya Prefecture, during the Wanbao Era, many mighty figures fell. Their unyielding will and immense Dao Rhyme merged into the mountains and rivers, which is why the eastern geography of our Langya Prefecture is so peculiar, with many deep pools, secluded lakes, strange hills, and earth caves, also breeding many rare beasts and treasures seldom seen elsewhere."

A sharp light flashed briefly in Shen Yi's eyes.

Zhou Zhanpeng's unintentional lament coincided perfectly with certain deductions in his mind.

After bidding farewell to Zhou Zhanpeng, Shen Yi returned to his quiet room, but his Divine Sense had already crossed thousands of mountains and rivers to connect with his original body in Feiguang Prefecture.

Inside the Immortal Cave in Feiguang Prefecture.

Shen Moyan's original body suddenly opened its eyes.

He hadn't asked what he wanted, yet he had gained unexpected rewards.

Suddenly remembering something, he immediately circulated Devilish Qi and gave an order to Luo Changting in the distance... Chaoyang Lake.

"What exactly did that dream mean..."

Luo Changting, who was holding Luo Hanchán's small hand, suddenly froze as a flash of inspiration entered his mind.

Form Aggregate: One Step, A Hundred Miles.

Ignoring the person beside him, he flew ten thousand meters into the sky, his eyes turning crimson as he opened the Heavenly Demon Eye.

The vast eastern part of Langya Prefecture came into his view, with several landmarks particularly striking:

Yin-Yang Earth Cave, Night Moon Pool, Chaoyang Lake, Double-Hole Hill.

"Dao Rhyme taint... evolving geography... breeding unique species..."

Far away in Feiguang Prefecture, Shen Moyan murmured to himself. Deep in his left eye, a wisp of Heavenly Demon light quietly emerged, and the map before him instantly "came alive."

It was no longer a simple scene of reality but had transformed into a three-dimensional landscape where majestic Dao Rhymes flowed.

Night Moon Pool was deep as an eye, emitting a cold Rhyme of insight.

Chaoyang Lake was blazing and bright, flowing with a vigorous Rhyme of life.

Double-Hole Hill exhaled Spiritual Qi, containing a Rhyme of perception and discernment.

Yin-Yang Earth Cave was deep and unpredictable, echoing with a Rhyme of listening in all directions... The flow and intertwining of these "Dao Rhymes," under the insight of the Heavenly Demon Eye, faintly outlined a massive silhouette.

A blurry yet majestic human face.

"So that's how it is!"

Shen Moyan's heart thudded.

"This is not a natural landscape, but the head of an unimaginable existence! Its Dao Rhyme, having settled over eternal ages, has completely fused with this land!"

He thought of the "Demonic Fiend head" the Six Hells Demonic Sect Disciples were searching for in Luo Changting's dream, and the legend of "Kua Fu's Dao Thirst" in the plays.

"Double-Hole Hill is the nose; its Dao Rhyme of smell can breed creatures extremely sensitive to scents, like the 'Treasure-Seeking Rat'."

"Yin-Yang Earth Cave is the ears; its Dao Rhyme of listening gave rise to the 'earth hearing fungus' that can perceive music and rhythm."

"Night Moon Pool and Chaoyang Lake are the eyes..."

Shen Moyan suddenly took out the Six Senses Fireflies in his hand.

The fireflies fluttered their wings and landed on his fingertip.

"Six Senses Fireflies..."

The Six Senses: eye-consciousness, ear-consciousness, nose-consciousness, tongue-consciousness, body-consciousness, and mind-consciousness!

The Six Senses Fireflies are the manifestation of this human face's six senses!

"And the Six Senses Fireflies, which can transmit perception and connect the various 'senses,' were born precisely by relying on the Dao Rhyme network of this face's 'Meridians' and 'features'!"

The Meridians are the earth veins.

The features are the geography.

No wonder the locations where the Six Senses Fireflies appeared were different between the previous life and this one; because no matter where it is, as long as it's a place connecting the features and Meridians, the Six Senses Fireflies will appear!

Finally, Shen Moyan's gaze turned toward the depths of the earth veins, as if he could see the boundless subterranean sea.

"And the origin of this subterranean sea..."

"It was clearly swallowed by this face long ages ago!"

Shen Moyan suddenly remembered the story of that Kua Fu.

"Chasing the sun for ten thousand miles, his ambition unfulfilled; his throat like burning smoke, his life about to end."

"Hating that he could not drink dry the waves of rivers and seas, he only sighed as his strength failed and his will could not be sustained..."

After the Kua Fu tribe dies and turns into Demonic Fiends, according to their residual thoughts, they would naturally swallow rivers, lakes, and seas.

Thus came the battle with the Jiang Family's ancestor.

"That's it! This sea water, nurtured by Kua Fu's Dao Rhyme, is no longer ordinary water. It contains Kua Fu's thirst and possesses properties like devouring and eroding. That's why when it flooded all living beings in the previous life, it blocked the Divine Sense of all Cultivators."

All clues are fully connected!

Shen Moyan slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air, his eyes flashing with unprecedented realization and solemnity.

"And the 'mouth' among those features..."

Shen Moyan recalled the appearance of the Immortal Monarch Dharma Idol in his previous life—that chasm-like rift valley, cutting through east and west, suddenly appearing.

A powerful suction erupted from the valley, drawing in the great demons one after another, sucking them into the 'mouth.'