67: Ending and inheritance

As if sensing the aura of the array spirit, the consciousness body evolved from the grand formation formed by Yang Kai and others gradually became clear, revealing the image of an old man with an immortal demeanor and a Daoist bone.

"Om!"

At this moment, this consciousness body resonated with the Law of the Great Dao within this trial space. Empowered by this Law of the Great Dao, the consciousness body seemed to come alive, raising a finger once more. Instantly, everything was frozen in place.

"By my calculations, it has been over nine thousand years since I last saw a Junior Disciple of the Flowing Cloud Sect. You all are not bad." The old man's gaze swept over Yang Kai and the other Disciples, nodding with some satisfaction.

As soon as he spoke, Yang Kai and the other Disciples felt their bodies relax, their consciousness and bodies no longer constrained. One by one, they quickly looked up at the amiable old man, all feeling that he looked somewhat familiar.

"Disciple Zhong Leshan greets Immortal Liuyun!" Zhong Leshan, who had been in the Flowing Cloud Sect the longest, immediately felt the old man looked familiar at first glance. He then remembered the magnificent stone statue outside the Flowing Cloud Sect's mountain gate. Although this person did not possess the same majestic charm as the statue, his appearance was seven or eight parts similar. Zhong Leshan quickly bowed to the old man, and a look of reverence emerged on his usually placid face.

"Junior Zi Ning, current daughter of Langya Superior, the Peak Revered Master of Qingyun Peak, respectfully welcomes Old Ancestor!" Prompted by Zhong Leshan, Zi Ning immediately thought of the Old Ancestor of the Flowing Cloud Sect, who was worshipped daily in their Qingyun Peak's Offering Hall, and quickly bowed obediently.

With two top Outer Sect Disciples bowing one after another, how could the others not know the old man's identity? They all bowed. Wang Shuo quickly lowered his head, not daring to look at Immortal Liuyun, his heart filled with terror, his expression as if he had seen a ghost.

"I am already aware of everything here. This evil beast showed no ambition for tens of thousands of years, operating exactly as I intended when I established this place. This wisp of my Divine Soul would only awaken when Disciples of the Flowing Cloud Sect constructed this grand formation. I was actually deceived by this beast, almost causing a great disaster."

"When heaven and earth first opened, Yao Beasts ran rampant on the Liuyun Continent. The Human Race was naturally weak and unable to resist the powerful Yao Beasts. Those days were truly tragic. I and others led the Human Race to rise from obscurity, established the Flowing Cloud Sect, and spread the method of Cultivation to all Humans. After tens of thousands of years of bloody battles, our Human Race finally became the ultimate victor. Only the royal family among the Yao Race still lurked in their ancestral land, barely surviving. This beast is a generation's Yao Emperor from back then, whose cultivation was no less than ours, neither dying nor perishing, impossible to kill. I established this trial space on its body, continuously extracting the Law of the Great Dao from within it, giving birth to nine types of Heaven And Earth Treasure containing the Law of the Great Dao, to nurture future generations."

"After obtaining the Heaven And Earth Treasure, one can learn all the information about this space. The operation method of this grand formation is also among it. This was the only way we could resist the invasion of Yao Beasts when our strength was weak back then. This grand formation was created by the head of the Wang family back then. Later, I improved it to build the current protective formation of the Flowing Cloud Sect, but the root is still this grand formation."

Immortal Liuyun looked at this grand formation, as if he saw the scene of a group of Human Race fighting desperately, one after another, back then, and said with some melancholy.

"Old villain! You killed countless of my kind! Do not pretend to be a victim here. My Yao Race will one day counterattack and crush you Human Race, who are like ants! I will watch here, watch how your Human Race perishes!" The array spirit here forcefully broke free from some of its restraints and roared angrily.

"Since you have committed such a bloody crime, I naturally cannot let you live. While I had no way to kill you before because your Dao Realm was at Perfection and could not be obliterated, now that your power of the Great Dao has lost eight or nine parts, it is time to resolve this grave concern." Flowing Cloud Zhenren frowned, and a large number of Dao marks of Law surged towards the Yao Emperor array spirit. The Yao Emperor array spirit's aura instantly plummeted.

"Hmph! Even if my Dao Endowment is no longer at Perfection, if you want to kill me, you can only use this mutually destructive method. If I die, this wisp of your Divine Soul will cease to exist. If the Flowing Cloud Sect ever suffers any mishap in the future, you will be unable to act!!!" The array spirit said, outwardly fierce but inwardly weak.

"My Human Race's Luck is prosperous, and my Flowing Cloud Sect has produced countless talents. Not to mention that there are no more calamities in the world now, even if there were, it would be internal strife within our Human Race. My Flowing Cloud Sect has stood on the continent for tens of thousands of years. Even if one day the Sect's people perish and its Dao disappears, it is fate. I have already transcended this realm; I have done all that I could, and my conscience is clear." Immortal Liuyun's tone was leisurely. As the Law of the Great Dao of the two annihilated each other, the array spirit was the first to be unable to hold on. Its gigantic Yao body began to collapse, and its world-shaking Divine Soul also began to shrink.

"Immortal Liuyun! I curse your Flowing Cloud Sect to have its Dao Legacy destroyed one day, with all its members slaughtered, not a single one remaining!!!" After emitting a final, venomous wail, the array spirit was completely erased from this world.

"Old Ancestor, are you alright?!!!" The many Disciples who had been constantly watching Immortal Liuyun saw that before they could celebrate the demise of such a great evil, Immortal Liuyun's body had become much more ethereal, and even his appearance was somewhat indistinct. They immediately stepped out of the formation and gathered around Immortal Liuyun.

"It's nothing. I am merely a wisp of Divine Soul. It is already a stroke of Luck that I have survived for tens of thousands of years until now. Now that this hidden danger is removed, it can be considered that I have fulfilled a Karma, and I have no regrets in my heart. There are still some remnants of the Law of the Great Dao here. Since this place can no longer exist, I shall pass them all on to you. The future of the Flowing Cloud Sect will still depend on you Disciples." Immortal Liuyun looked at the Outer Sect Disciples, very amiable, not at all appearing like an existence who could slay a Yao Emperor with a mere gesture.

As soon as his voice fell, streams of light surged from all directions. After each stream of light merged with an Outer Sect Disciple, that Disciple was transported out of this space. Soon, only Yang Kai and a few others remained here.

"You are a descendant of the Wang family, aren't you? This place has been passed down to this day, cultivating countless Disciples for my Flowing Cloud Sect for generations. Your Old Ancestor of the Wang family also contributed greatly. I have a true Legacy left by a close friend of mine back then. For so many years, none of your Wang family Disciples have passed the test he left behind, so it has remained here. Now that this place is about to be destroyed, I shall pass it on to you." Immortal Liuyun's gaze fell on Wang Shuo. Wang Shuo's scalp instantly tingled, but that faint oppressive feeling then vanished without a trace, as if it had never appeared. Instead, an explosion of information appeared in his mind.

Wang Shuo focused on receiving the true Legacy. Immortal Liuyun's gaze moved away from him and looked at Yang Kai, saying, "You are very good. It seems you have obtained the Legacy of an extraordinary Junior. This person's future achievements will certainly be no less than mine. The Legacy I left here, you might as well not take it."

Yang Kai was slightly startled, not expecting Immortal Liuyun, an existence who had Ascended to the Immortal Realm, to have such a high evaluation of his convenient Revered Master.