85: Ancient Teleportation Array

“This trip was indeed the correct choice.”

Gu Changsheng’s lips curved into a smile.

This was his first time entering the Ten Thousand Demon Mountains.

Before he left, he spent five thousand years of his Lifespan calculating, and finally found a way to snatch chestnuts from the fire.

That was to ambush Guan Ping here and kill him.

Things indeed went as smoothly as the divination indicated.

His gaze fell upon the Demon Sage’s Egg in his palm.

The eggshell was crystal clear and pure white, with a faint, active life force flowing within it.

Shi Tian Demon King’s blood sacrifice method truly compensated for the egg’s life force.

Suddenly, Gu Changsheng’s brows furrowed.

A flying message entered his mind.

“Secret place… ancient teleportation Formation…”

It turned out that the two Incarnations’ actions of secretly absorbing essence blood were eventually discovered.

In their haste, they stumbled into a dangerous area.

However, they unexpectedly discovered a damaged ancient teleportation Formation.

Therefore, they sent a distress signal.

“In the Demon Mountain territory, as long as no Profound Cave Demon King appears, the danger isn’t too great…”

Gu Changsheng performed a divination, and the hexagram was upright and peaceful.

“Is it in that direction…”

Gu Changsheng glanced, then a profound light appeared under his feet, transforming into a streak of light and departing.

In the hidden swamp of the Demon Mountains.

Rows of black demonic snakes swam in the mud.

They intertwined, exhaling dense poisonous mist.

The Yuanci Incarnation held a lotus root-shaped head, muttering, “That rat spirit was really ruthless.

One palm strike shattered you into pieces.

Only one breath left.”

Facing such words, the Yuan Lian Incarnation had a hard time speaking.

Even though he had cultivated the Nine Refinement Iron Fir Method, the strength of his body was still far inferior to the Yuanci Incarnation.

This was the gap in Innate essence.

Fortunately, his life force was strong.

Even if his entire body was shattered, by planting a lotus pond, he could still slowly recover.

“Troublesome. This time, with the body damaged, it will take at least ten-odd years to recover…”

Suddenly, light and shadows flickered in the distance, and streaks of demonic snakes exploded into a bloody mist.

As the poisonous mist spread and rose, a profound light pierced through the fog.

“Main body…”

Gu Changsheng nodded slightly, sending out a profound light to protect the two, but his gaze fell on the massive green Formation in the distance.

This Formation was entirely made of dark green mountain rocks, with countless secret patterns carved upon it.

Just one look at it made one feel dizzy from its complexity.

The northwest corner of the Formation seemed to have been cut by a blade-like Magic Treasure, with a large chunk missing.

“Jin…”

Gu Changsheng approached, softly reading the ancient seal script on the Formation.

“Could the teleportation destination be… Great Jin…”

In the Yellow Springs Great Emperor’s memories, there was a record.

Great Jin was the world’s cultivation Holy Land.

Daoist Magic flourished, with Profound Cave and Yang Spirit experts emerging in droves, making it hundreds of times more prosperous and powerful than Great Shang.

Unfortunately, the ancient passage to Great Jin had long been severed.

He never expected that there would be a Formation to teleport to Great Jin right now.

Alas, it was already damaged.

“This damaged area happens to be where one could reach when standing at the Formation’s core during teleportation.

Clearly, someone, after teleporting, didn’t want future generations to use it…”

Gu Changsheng speculated.

Great Jin was a cultivation Holy Land, with incredibly rich resources.

Perhaps there might be an Opportunity to Breakthrough to Profound Cave.

If the teleportation Formation could be repaired, it would be worth exploring.

“Unfortunately, the Dao of Formations is incredibly profound.

Among the numerous Daoist Magic I possess, not a single one masters it.

Ostensibly, only Zhang Liang of the Yellow Turban Army and the Great Shang Imperial Court might master the Dao of Formations…”

Zhang Liang’s strength was considerable.

He had secretly divined, using the publicly circulated portraits as a reference, but gained nothing.

Clearly, the external portraits were not his true appearance.

The Great Shang Imperial Court, as the world’s largest cultivation force,

naturally mastered Formations.

During the Foundation Building Realm, he had once traveled to Chaoge and sensed that the earth veins were interconnected, forming a special Formation.

It usually didn’t show, but if foreign enemies attacked, it would unleash Divine Might.

The fact that Great Shang had not yet fallen, apart from the methods left by Ancestor Yin, was largely due to Formations.

“No… this blood sacrifice involved Formations… Theoretically, the Carefree Scholar Guan Ping, whom I just killed, also mastered the Dao of Formations.”

A hint of joy flashed in Gu Changsheng’s eyes.

He immediately waved his hand, taking the two Incarnations and leaving.

Several days later.

Yuanlian Island.

Ink spread, and a painting of a scholar ascending a height leaped onto the paper.

A wisp of spiritual light entered his glabella.

A Daoist Magic appeared on his panel.

【Spirit Summoning Art】

“Spirit Summoning Art… no Formation art exploded…”

Gu Changsheng sighed softly.

Spirit Summoning Art was a secret art for nurturing and conceiving spirits.

At critical moments, one could summon a god to possess their body, gaining special enhancement effects.

Different gods nurtured yielded different effects.

It recorded methods for raising various gods, including the God of Wealth, God of Gamblers, and Gigantic Spirit God.

This art had some unique aspects.

However, it was not the Formation art he urgently needed right now.

“It seems the Great Shang Imperial Court… I might have to make a trip… But first, I need to deal with the Demon Sage’s Egg.”

A sharp glint flashed in Gu Changsheng’s eyes.

He entered the secret chamber.

A pure white, crystal-clear giant egg was placed on a stone table, its surface shrouded in black Qi, with faint roars of Vicious Beasts emanating from within.

It was precisely the Demon Sage’s Egg.

“Demon Sage’s Bloodline… Kunpeng… Such a Heaven And Earth Treasure, with powerful Innate essence.

Before the Profound Cave Realm, there is absolutely no Bottleneck.

If I can refine it, it will definitely be my strongest Clone at present.”

Gu Changsheng looked at the giant egg before him, a slight smile playing on his lips.

“However, it is, after all, a Demon Sage’s legacy. It’s hard to say if there are any hidden tricks inside…”

A wisp of faint light gathered at his fingertip.

The safest approach was to directly obliterate the Divine Soul of the Kunpeng hatchling within the egg, forcefully taking over its body.

Even if some essence was lost in the process, it would be worth it.

Whoosh—

The faint light entered, and immediately a shrill scream erupted from within the egg.

The Divine Soul’s aura clearly weakened by a segment, yet it remained active.

This was still an unborn hatchling.

Gu Changsheng’s expression changed slightly.

A normal True Core Realm Great Demon could be killed with a single Nine Nether Soul-Seizing Underworld Light, yet it couldn’t kill the hatchling’s spirit within the egg.

“I’d like to see how many strikes you can endure…”

Several sword-shaped faint lights entered the egg.

In his perception, the Divine Soul’s aura within the egg finally disappeared.

“A cunning rabbit has three burrows… a few more strikes for safety.”

Gu Changsheng activated three more faint lights.

The egg remained crystal clear and jade-like, full of vitality, but with no Divine Soul aura.

Only then did he nod slightly.

He performed a Daoist Magic, and light and shadows flickered throughout the secret chamber.

Three days later, a sub-soul split from his Soul Sea, transforming into a wisp of crystal-clear silk.

The other end was connected to the Demon Sage’s Egg.

“My Divine Soul has split to its limit.

If I want to continue creating Incarnations, I must seek methods to strengthen and nourish the soul, or devour Heaven And Earth Treasure that increases the soul’s foundation.”

Beans of sweat appeared on his forehead.

A valley appeared in Gu Changsheng’s mind.

Soul Qi surged, and at the bottom of the valley grew blood-colored Bodhi.

It was Soulfall Valley, one of the yellow springs three treasures.

“It seems this Great Jin is a must-go…”

In the Yellow Springs Great Emperor’s memories, Soulfall Valley was located in Great Jin.

The crystal-clear silk slowly submerged into the egg.

Suddenly, a blurred image appeared in Gu Changsheng’s mind.

A colossal Vicious Beast soared into the sky, the Nine Heavens Protective Aura blowing, yet it still ascended steadily.

“This is the Demon Sage’s Bloodline memory…”

Gu Changsheng’s pupils contracted.

The next moment, Nine Heavens thunder descended, and the peerless Vicious Beast’s Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering, its body gushed forth black sludge that scattered around the great mountains.

Immediately, mountains melted, rivers flowed backward, transforming into a chaotic sea that isolated the two regions.

Gradually, the light and shadows dissipated.

Gu Changsheng’s gaze was astonished, almost unbelievable.

“A Yang Spirit Realm Demon Sage, failing to Breakthrough, his internal dao karma actually transformed into Chaos… So this is why the path to Great Jin was severed.”

“However, the Yellow Springs Great Emperor, Kun Peng Demon Sage… such Peak Yang Spirit Realm figures, all failed to Ascend.

What secrets are hidden behind this…”

Vaguely, Gu Changsheng felt that there might be something fishy beyond Ascension.

However, contemplating beyond the Yang Spirit Realm at this moment was too premature.

Clearing his thoughts, he looked towards the Demon Sage’s Egg.

Perhaps this egg was the contingency left by the Kun Peng Demon Sage.

Yet, he had personally obliterated it.

At this moment, the Kunpeng Clone seemed to have fallen into Chaos, completely still.

“It will take at least several years of nurturing before it can hatch…”

Killing the Divine Soul, after all, still resulted in the loss of some life essence.

Five years later.

Great Shang Imperial Court.

Nine resounding chimes of a grand bell echoed.

A eunuch, with a sharp voice, cried out, “Your Majesty is gone!”

Immediately, there was a chorus of wails from below.

Emperor Jingtai, who had indulged in romantic affairs and later developed strange habits, had finally died.

Instantly, the situation in Chaoge became even more turbulent.

Multiple royal factions gathered their forces, vying for the throne.

However, no one had expected that.

In just a month, the illegitimate imperial daughter Wu Mingyue, would triumph over her peers, defeat numerous imperial princes, and ascend to the grand ceremony.