197: Kunwu Reopens and the Reverse Spirit Array

Southern Border, Great Jin.

The once towering Kunwu Mountain, regarded as a Holy Land in the Great Jin cultivation world, was now nothing but ruins stretching for thousands of miles. The earth-shattering battle of that year (the descent of the Yuancha Clone) had completely leveled the main peak, and the spatial nodes in the surrounding area had become extremely unstable, shrouded year-round in deadly grey mist and spatial rifts.

This place had become a forbidden zone for life. Even Nascent Soul Stage Cultivators did not dare to set foot here lightly.

However, today.

"Boom!"

An azure rainbow, powerful enough to pierce through the heavens and earth, domineeringly tore through the perennial grey mist and descended upon the base of the former Kunwu main peak.

As the light dissipated, it revealed a young man in azure robes with an indifferent expression.

Zhou Wannian.

Behind him, Purple Spirit and Liu Shuier followed closely. Looking at the hideous spatial rifts around them, even though they were already at the Late Nascent Soul Stage, they still felt bouts of palpitations.

"Husband, isn't it too risky to choose this place for Ascension?" Purple Spirit said worriedly, "The space here is extremely unstable. If it triggers a chain collapse..."

"It's better because it's unstable."

Zhou Wannian stood with his hands behind his back, the gale blowing his long hair to reveal a pair of strange eyes flashing with grey, gold, and azure light.

"The weaker the spatial barrier, the less energy is required to open the passage between the two realms."

"As for the collapse..."

A confident arc curled at the corner of Zhou Wannian's mouth.

"With me here, this sky will not fall."

Having said that, he stomped his foot hard on the ground.

"Rise!"

Rumble————————————

The earth shook violently.

From Zhou Wannian's Dantian, a palm-sized five-colored small mountain flew out. The small mountain swelled against the wind, transforming into a ten-thousand-foot giant peak in the blink of an eye, crashing heavily onto the ruins of Kunwu Mountain, directly replacing the original position of the main peak!

[Yuan Ci Five Elements Mountain].

"Stabilize!"

Zhou Wannian formed hand seals, and countless silver tadpole scripts (Immortal Talismans from the golden palace jade book) flew from his fingertips, branding themselves onto the body of the Five Elements mountain.

Hum—!!!

An indescribable and terrifying gravity field instantly erupted, spreading in all directions.

A miraculous scene occurred.

Under the suppression of this absolute 'mass' and the 'Five Elements Yuan Ci', the previously violent and chaotic spatial rifts were like wrinkles ironed out, instantly becoming smooth and stable!

Within a thousand miles, space was as solid as iron!

"Tiezhu, deploy the Formation bases."

"As you command, Master."

A black light flashed, and [Tiezhu 5.0] flew into the air. Its chest opened, firing three hundred and sixty-five metal pillars inscribed with complex Formation runes, which were driven deep into the ground according to the positions of the Heavenly Constellation.

"Energy connection: Yuan Ci Five Elements Mountain."

"Formation core: Reverse Spirit Passage node."

"Calculating Ascension success rate... 98.6%."

Tiezhu's cold electronic voice echoed over the ruins.

"Palace Master Liu, Purple Spirit."

Zhou Wannian turned around and looked at the two women.

"I am going to begin setting up the Formation."

"This is the 'Reverse Spirit Grand Formation.' It is not only a springboard for my Ascension but also the final gift I leave for the Human Realm."

"Once the grand Formation is activated, Kunwu Mountain will become the only stable Ascension Platform in the Human Realm. If there are Soul Transformation Cultivators in future generations, they can all use this to ascend."

Hearing this, Liu Shuier's beautiful eyes were full of shock.

Reopening the road to Ascension!

What grand spirit! This was to be the teacher of the Human Realm for ten thousand generations!

"We will protect you!" the two women said in unison.

Zhou Wannian nodded, his figure flickered, and he teleported to the summit of the Five Elements mountain.

He took a deep breath and no longer suppressed the cultivation that was already boiling within his body.

"Boom!"

The terrifying aura of the peak of the Late Nascent Soul Stage, Physical Body Sanctification, and Divine Sense Manifestation was released without reservation.

At this moment.

The sky of Great Jin changed.

Dark clouds instantly obscured the blazing sun, and the entire Southern Border fell into darkness.

But deep within those dark clouds, two-colored lightning was frantically moving.

Gold and silver.

[Two-Colored Lightning Tribulation]!

This was the ultimate test of the Laws of Heaven and Earth for those who attempted to break the boundaries!

"Come!"

Zhou Wannian looked up at the sky, Battle Intent burning in his eyes.

He took out a bottle of [zhenchan liquid] and tilted his head to drink it. A cool and miraculous power instantly spread throughout his body, forming a thin gold film on the surface of his skin.

"Does the Heavenly Dao want to stop me?"

"Then I shall punch through you!"

"Boom!!!"

The first bolt of tribulation lightning fell.

It was a gold and silver Two-Colored Thunder Flood Dragon as thick as a water bucket, carrying the will to destroy everything as it struck fiercely toward Zhou Wannian on the mountaintop.

"Great Geng Sword Formation, strangle!"

Zhou Wannian didn't even look, just waved his wide sleeve.

Seventy-two invisible Flying Swords soared into the sky, forming a massive sword net in the air.

"Zzzzz—"

That seemingly invincible Thunder Flood Dragon was instantly shredded by the indestructible Geng Metal Sword Qi as soon as it charged into the sword net, turning into a sky full of lightning particles that were swallowed and absorbed by the [Yuan Ci Five Elements Mountain] below.

"Is this all you've got?"

Zhou Wannian sneered.

As if provoked.

The clouds churned violently, and space began to distort.

This time, there was no sound of thunder.

Only a tooth-aching "crack" sound.

A huge hole opened in the sky.

A [Spatial Storm], pitch black as ink and capable of tearing everything apart, poured down from the rift like a black waterfall, threatening to completely erase the entire Kunwu Mountain!

This was the true killing move!

The Tribulation of Ascension—Spatial Storm!

"Not good! It's a Spatial Storm!" Liu Shuier turned pale with fright. "With this intensity, even a Late Soul Transformation Cultivator wouldn't be able to withstand it!"

"Withstand?"

Zhou Wannian stood at the center of the storm, his clothes fluttering.

He did not dodge.

He slowly extended his right hand, and in his palm, a small pitch-black flag fluttered in the wind.

[heaven-reaching spirit treasure · black wind flag].

"Playing with space in front of me?"

"Are you even worthy?"

Grey light erupted from Zhou Wannian's eyes (Yuan Ci Divine Light), and he violently waved the flag with his right hand.

"Spatial Law · Grand Teleportation!"

Whoosh—!!!

The black wind flag whipped up a storm that was also pitch black but spinning in the exact opposite direction, surging upward!

Fighting violence with violence!

The two Spatial Storms collided fiercely in mid-air.

There was no earth-shattering explosion.

Instead, they swallowed and annihilated each other.

Finally.

That huge rift in the sky was actually forced open by the black wind flag!

Instead of closing, it turned into a stable, circular passage radiating five-colored light.

At the end of the passage, one could vaguely see the birds and flowers of another world and sense that extremely dense Spiritual Qi.

[Gate to the Spirit Realm]!

It was open!

"It succeeded!" Purple Spirit was so excited that her eyes filled with tears.

Zhou Wannian put away the black wind flag and looked at the gate, feeling a trace of excitement in his heart as well.

But he did not enter immediately.

He turned his head and looked toward a certain direction in the Human Realm (that was the former site of Yellow Maple Valley, the place where his cultivation journey began).

"Three hundred years in the Human Realm, like a dream and an illusion."

"Once I leave today, there is no turning back."

Zhou Wannian withdrew his gaze and looked at Purple Spirit and Liu Shuier.

"Let's go."

"Our journey is the sea of stars."

"Yes."

The two women turned into light and flew into the [void heaven cauldron] sacrificed by Zhou Wannian (for safe transport).

Zhou Wannian took one last look at the [Yuan Ci Five Elements Mountain] beneath his feet.

"Stay here and suppress the Luck."

"This Formation shall be named 'Qingyun'."

Having said that.

Zhou Wannian no longer hesitated. His entire being transformed into an azure-gold rainbow that soared into the sky and plunged directly into the five-colored light gate... "Rumble..."

The moment Zhou Wannian disappeared.

The light gate slowly closed, but it did not disappear. Instead, it turned into a multicolored spatial node, stably suspended at the top of the Five Elements mountain.

A few days later.

The Soul Transformation old monsters of the Great Jin's Ten Great Sects rushed over upon hearing the news.

When they saw the divine Five Elements mountain suppressing the heavens and earth, as well as the stable Ascension passage on the mountaintop, they each wept with joy and bowed toward the direction where Zhou Wannian had ascended.

"Heavenly Venerate Han... is truly a Divine Being!"

"The Human Realm's road to Ascension is open!"

From then on.

Old Devil Han was no more in the Human Realm, leaving only the legend of the "Heavenly Venerate Qingyun"... Spirit Realm, Feng Yuan Continent, Tianyuan Region.

This was a vast and boundless primeval forest where every tree was a thousand feet tall, and various terrifying strange beasts roamed the woods.

"Bang!"

The void cracked open.

An azure figure fell out somewhat disheveled, breaking several huge branches before finally landing on a thick layer of decayed leaves.

"Cough, cough..."

Zhou Wannian climbed up and brushed the dirt off his clothes.

" This is the spirit world.？"

He took a deep breath.

"Such dense Spiritual Qi! Just one breath is equivalent to half a day of meditation in the Human Realm!"

But the next moment.

His expression changed slightly.

Because he sensed that the magic power in his body was rapidly draining, as if suppressed by the Laws of this world.

"Spirit Realm Law suppression? Need to convert spiritual power?"

Before he could adapt to the environment.

"Hiss, hiss—"

In the surrounding grass, there was suddenly the sound of dense friction.

Dozens of pairs of green eyes lit up in the darkness.

It was a pack of two-headed, iron-armored strange wolves—[Dual-Headed Iron Wolves].

The aura of each one was actually equivalent to the Human Realm's... Late Core Formation Stage!

And the leading wolf king even had the aura of a Middle Stage Nascent Soul!

The Nascent Soul Stage, which was a hegemon in the Human Realm... was actually just a wild monster in the Spirit Realm?!

"Delivering experience packs as soon as I land?"

The corner of Zhou Wannian's mouth quirked up. Although his magic power was suppressed, his Physical Body was the real deal.

He flexed his wrists.

"Just as well, I'm hungry."

"Tiezhu, start a fire."

"Tonight, we're having whole roasted wolf."