Youyou then realized why he had appeared in Mingye's secret room. In short, this was a classic case of "playing it safe and waiting to win".
The Divine Decree connects to the divine realm to some extent, but because the gates to the divine realm are closed, this connection is one-way. That is, the gods of the upper realm can sense when the Divine Decree is triggered and seek help from the upper realm. Then, the gods will send down their divine thoughts, attaching them to the Divine Decree to resolve the troubles of the person holding it.
This is somewhat like a fortuitous opportunity to become a god. Many divine rulers in the divine realm, when they were still immortals, encountered a divine decree and then, guided by divine thoughts, ascended to godhood step by step. The divine thoughts sent down can also cultivate along with the deity and return to the divine realm when the deity ascends.
To put it simply, divine thought is like a super-sized, ever-present old man in the divine realm! The reason the divine realm does this is actually quite simple. Because they themselves cannot leave, they leave a glimmer of hope for the immortal realm to ascend to godhood, guiding everyone to cultivate their divine powers correctly, thus preventing the divine realm from facing a crisis of divine possession.
Nothing had been going on until... Mingye, a demon, obtained the Divine Decree.
After learning the function of the Divine Decree, he directly used his divine sense to understand many methods of cultivating divinity. You You thought that the reason he later created that so-called Divine Refining Array was probably also related to the information he obtained from his divine sense.
The old man with divine sense wasn't the first divine sense he had summoned. It was an accident; he was summoned along with another divine sense. Because he was a step too late, he witnessed the other divine sense, which, for not submitting to the demon race, was destroyed without hesitation. The old man was terrified and immediately hid himself, relying on his talent for concealment.
Whether it was because he was good at hiding or because Mingye's concealment of demonic energy affected his cultivation, he hadn't discovered that there was another divine thought within the Divine Descent Token. Moreover, it was precisely because he occupied the position of the Divine Descent Token that Mingye was unable to summon a new divine thought to descend to the mortal realm through the Divine Descent Token, and assumed that there was a problem with the Divine Descent Token, which is why he left him in the secret chamber.
Although the old man with divine sense had escaped death, he was growing weaker and weaker due to the long-term erosion of demonic energy. Just when he was about to completely dissipate, the demonic energy... suddenly vanished. He hid in the summoning token for a while longer, and after finally recovering a little bit of his strength, he peeked out and saw You You!
"..."
The three of them were speechless, unsure whether to say he was lucky or unlucky.
"What is Mingye's purpose in doing this?" You You still couldn't figure it out.
"This... I don't know." The old man with divine sense shook his head. When he was inside the Divine Decree, he pretended to be dead for fear of being discovered, so he wouldn't have bothered to find out the purpose.
“However… I did overhear him occasionally inside, saying something about awakening… about breaking the seal being just around the corner… Oh, right!” He suddenly seemed to remember something, frowning as he said, “He also seemed to mention a place in the mortal realm, something called… something like…”
“Mount Tiansheng?!” You You suddenly exclaimed.
"Yes, it's Tian Sheng Mountain!" The old man with divine sense nodded vigorously, then paused, "Huh, how did you know? There can't really be such a place in the lower realm!"
Youyou turned to look at Fengrong and Yuanqi, who instantly realized what Ning Hui had said. They recalled that in his previous lives, Mingye might have been involved in the war that brought the demon race to the world and almost destroyed it, or even that he had orchestrated it all along.
“But there’s one thing I don’t understand…” You You said in a deep voice, “Since his goal is the seal of Tian Sheng Mountain, why doesn’t he just go down to the mortal realm to destroy it, instead of causing so much trouble in the immortal realm?” Immortals can’t just go down to the mortal realm, but he is a demon, and even the mortal realm’s boundary-breaking lightning can’t stop him.
"Because of Qiu Yue!" Yuan Qi said in a deep voice, "After all, he is a god, so it's normal for him to be wary of him."
You You was taken aback, then realized. Right, while Qiu Yue wasn't a good person, he had, after all, cultivated to godhood, and a legitimate human-god at that. If the Heavenly Dao's requirements for becoming an immortal were so stringent, they must be even stricter for gods. Qiu Yue's ability to cultivate into a human-god proved he must have been exceptional in the past, not just because of the merits bestowed upon him by Qin Yan.
However, he later defied fate several times in an attempt to save Qin Yan, only to fail each time. This drove him increasingly insane, until he completely lost his mind. But Ming Ye was unaware of this. As a demon, he must have sensed Qiu Yue's presence and feared being discovered if he acted rashly, which is why he dared not come to the mortal realm so easily.
“Besides that, I think there must be a reason related to the seal.” Feng Rong also guessed, “The seal of that Heavenly Sacred Mountain, if it wants to be opened, it may also be related to the gods.” Otherwise, why would Ming Ye bother with the God Refining Array and even create two false gods?
You You thought about it carefully, then looked at Yuan Qi and Feng Rong seriously and said, "Father Yuan, Feng Rong, I think we should go to Tian Sheng Mountain and take a closer look at what's going on there."
Although Mingye is dead, who knows what other tricks he might have up his sleeve? Besides, who knows if another demon will appear? After all, Mount Tiansheng is right there, practically a ready-made target.
"Okay!" The two nodded in unison; they should indeed go and check it out.
The three of them didn't delay. You You gave instructions on the affairs of the sect that day and carefully inquired with Ning Hui about the details of the great battle he had witnessed in his previous lives. Early the next morning, they set off for Tian Sheng Mountain.
Tian Sheng Mountain is the largest mountain range in the far west, not far from the Zhenyan Sect. Thanks to Ning Hui's warning, they were already aware of the dangers lurking there. Therefore, they would send disciples to check on the situation periodically. Even Yuan Qi had come several times, resealing the entire Tian Sheng Mountain and reinforcing it several times.
This was You You's first time here. The Western Region was desolate. Although Tian Sheng Mountain was large, it looked like a barren mountain range with nothing on it. If it weren't for the ability to sense the aura of the array, it wouldn't have been much different from other places in the Western Region.
“When I first came here to seal it, the ancient seal aura in the mountains was extremely weak. I could hardly sense it!” Yuan Qi glanced at the huge mountain range below and said, “To avoid arbitrarily altering the formation and causing other effects, I reinforced the entire mountain range without touching the original seal.”
You nodded, then looked closely at the area below. "Where is the original seal?"
"There is a cave directly below this place, and there is a key point of the formation inside the cave," Yuan Qi said in a deep voice, pointing downwards.
"Let's go down and take a look!" You You flew down on her sword and headed in the direction Yuan Qi had pointed. Sure enough, she found a cave at the foot of the mountain. It was located at the intersection of two mountains, surrounded by stone walls and not very conspicuous. If it weren't for the aura of the formation, one wouldn't have been able to find the cave.
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