Chapter 121 Four Array Demon God Pillars

The old ancestor was determined to die.

The group escorted Old Madam Qian back to Qian Chuan Chuan's side, bid farewell, and then headed towards the Cliff Sea.

There, the sea and sky meet, the waves are not large, and on the surface, it has a sense of vastness and peace.

The three of them dived into the sea together, and the situation changed completely.

The seabed is deep and dark, with an intense deep blue color that becomes increasingly oppressive the deeper you sink.

The Divine Array resembled a giant cage, rooted upside down on the seabed. Its top was made of a solid piece of black crystal, with four long pillars sinking below. At the center of the four pillars, several celestial locks tightly bound a person—the fierce god Han Ling.

He hung his head, his long hair disheveled, as if confessing his sins. The Heavenly Lock pierced through his bones, and upon closer inspection, one could see that he also had a pair of rabbit ears.

Duan Jiuyou asked in surprise, "He's a demon?"

In this world, gods and monsters, when trapped or bound, will reveal their human form when they are extremely weak.

For example, Di Jiang, after falling into the tenth realm, took on a human form; Bai Yanxing and Di Jiang fought for the first time, and in the end, they were also in human form.

The demon race is slightly different from the god race, and will show some demon race characteristics, as is the case with Han Ling.

"But didn't he fall into the demonic path? Demon cultivators use their own flesh and blood as sacrifices to reforge their demonic bodies, turning their original form into a cloud of black dust to facilitate the transformation into various forms. How could he still have a demonic form?"

Duan Jiuyou grabbed Han Ling's big ear and asked Di Jiang.

Di Jiang removed Duan Jiuyou's hand from Han Ling's ear.

Even if this thing dies, it's still a demon. Demons have demonic energy and shouldn't be touched lightly. Does she think it's a real rabbit?

"Because Han Ling is a half-demon," Di Jiang said. "Even if he falls into the demonic path, he cannot fully evolve into a demon. He hunts gods and feeds on divine pills in order to break free from his half-demon body and become a demon."

Duan Jiuyou said, "Isn't that the same as Little Master Huang? If so, why not learn from Huang Manman and save money to buy demon cores? Didn't you say that Huangchen Palace has divine cores that can completely transform a demigod's body into a demon?"

"Because his goals are different from those of Master Huang. Huang Manman only wants to become a demon, while Han Ling wants to evolve himself into a god and then forge a demon body. Moreover, Huang Chen Palace did not refine such a divine medicine at that time, and even now in the Heavenly Realm, no one can transform a half-demon body into a god."

"No wonder he fears the power of the Black Crystal. It turns out that half of his body is a demon. His own divine object is used to restrain his own demon. Who are Han Ling's parents? How could they let him cause such a mess?"

"Some say he was the son of the Wind Demon and the Rabbit God, while others say he was the son of the Rabbit Demon and the God of Ten Thousand Spirits. In any case, no one claimed him. He was abandoned by his parents at birth and ended up in a situation where neither the gods nor the demons would take him in."

Duan Jiuyou looked up at the black crystal above his head, imagining the details of that great battle.

"I heard that the demon race has great awe for the Black Crystal Stone. Good demons can enhance their demonic power by getting close to it, while evil demons will be annihilated within a foot. However, this fierce demon's aura was too strong, and the Black Crystal Stone could not control it. It could only kill half of his demonic body. Then the gods set down the Heavenly Lock, using blood as a guide, and descended the magic array to destroy the other half of his divine body."

“Not immediately.” Bai Yanxing looked at the four pillars and said, “After the formation descended, he struggled violently and almost broke free.”

Bai Yanxing gestured for them to look at the marks on the ground, pointing to one of them and saying, "The Heavenly Lock was originally embedded in the ground, but he pulled it out. The gods could only place four more Heavenly Pillars, wrap the Heavenly Lock around the pillars, and then set up the killing formation."

"If that's the case, he should have died back then. Even if his spirit is tenacious, how could he have the strength to escape after being trapped in the formation for tens of millions of years?"

"It's probably because... one of the pillars of heaven has become loose."

The seabed was already dark, and the only light was the ethereal blue light emanating from the magic array. Bai Yanxing reached out and pulled out a lantern, shining it on one of the pillars in the sky.

Each of the four pillars corresponds to a key point in the formation; even a slight deviation will weaken the formation's power. The angle of this pillar's tilt is not large, and it is even difficult to detect, but it is a major flaw in the entire formation.

"It must be because the Heavenly Pillar tilted, which unexpectedly preserved Han Ling's divine soul. His soul was awakened, and he used this loophole to escape."

"But the gods used the Heavenly Pillar as a fixed point to set up the magic array. It must be because this pillar is so solid that it cannot be easily shaken. Even if it has loosened over the years, all four Heavenly Pillars should have been affected at the same time. How could only one of them have a problem?"

Duan Jiuyou examined the pillar of heaven.

The pillar was bluish-green, and due to the passage of time, its original appearance was no longer visible. When Duan Jiuyou touched the pillar, it lit up and strangely resonated with her.

Duan Jiuyou's face showed a strange expression. Suddenly, she felt that this pillar looked familiar. She gently stroked the pillar and used a little force to shake off the seaweed and dust that were growing on it.

"It really is! A giant turtle's feet?!" Duan Jiuyou exclaimed in disbelief.

"That's right, it's Ao Zu."

A voice entered my ears, low and husky, with a gentle, persuasive, and strangely drawn-out tone.

That was the voice of the fierce and ruthless god.

Fearing the power of the magic array, he dared not approach the underwater dungeon. From a thousand miles away, he used a telepathic technique to tell Duan Jiuyou, "The gods, in order to create the magic array, severed the four legs of a cloud-borne tortoise. You must be very surprised, right? The cloud-borne tortoise is immortal, how could it be killed? Do you want to know what happened in that great battle? Do you want to know what your relationship is with this cloud-borne tortoise? I can—"

"roll!"

Duan Jiuyou refused decisively.

Han Ling is adept at seducing people. He has deceived both races of immortals, and Xue Ciyi has been deceived by him. Now he wants to deceive her as well.

Han Ling's voice faltered, clearly not expecting Duan Jiuyou to refuse so decisively. He moved like the wind, gradually revealing the image of black smoke, and circled Duan Jiuyou twice in confusion.

"Why don't you listen to it? You might find it interesting."

The tone seemed to be negotiating, but in the blink of an eye, it had already led Duan Jiuyou's soul into an illusion.

The location was still this seabed, but the difference was that a fierce battle was taking place on the seabed of the cliff.

Just as Bai Yanxing had predicted, Han Ling broke free from the Heavenly Locks. The sixteen Heavenly Locks rose from the ground and were all "returned" to the gods. Han Ling delivered a fatal blow, and although the gods joined forces to resist, they still could not withstand his attack.

A cloud-borne giant turtle burst forth from the sea, forming a protective shield before the gods at the crucial moment. Han Ling's demonic blade pierced straight into the giant turtle's chest, causing it to writhe in agony and unleash a deafening roar!

“That’s impossible.” Duan Jiuyou crossed his arms and gave his deduction expressionlessly. “The Ao Clan is not afraid of death and has no sense of pain. Even if they were stabbed, it would be impossible for them to suffer this much pain.”

She has been courting death for years, going through fire and water, and fighting against all kinds of demons and beasts as a priestess, never feeling pain.

"What if he, like you, lost the bone of painlessness?"

Han Ling lingered around Duan Jiuyou, speaking in an ethereal voice.

"Before ascending to the rank of God-Emperor, Emperor Jiang Zhan had to undergo a Nine-Thunder Heavenly Tribulation. Fearing his body couldn't withstand it, he asked Duan Chenzhang, then a Celestial Official of the Heavenly Realm, to 'lend' him his painless bone. But how could a bone be lent out? He said he'd return it immediately after the tribulation, but in reality, once the divine bone entered his body, it grew together with Jiang Zhan's flesh and blood. If Duan Chenzhang forcibly took it back, it would be tantamount to taking Jiang Zhan's life. To express his remorse, Jiang Zhan bestowed upon Duan Chenzhang an unprecedented divine official position, the title—Supreme Venerable God. Does this title sound familiar? Supreme Heavenly Emperor?"

Han Ling's last sentence was Duan Jiuyou's title.

"Supreme Venerable God, Supreme Heavenly Year, Duan Chenzhang, Duan Jiuyou, it sounds like there's quite a lineage."

"...What exactly are you trying to say?!" Duan Jiuyou demanded of Han Ling.

Han Ling let out a strange laugh: "Didn't you already guess what I wanted to say? Back then, during the war between gods and demons, your father was the vanguard. He defended the gods against nine powerful attacks, but at the last moment, he was used as a pillar to control the magic array and had his four legs severed."