Chapter 1278: Destroying the World for Business (7K, please subscribe and vote)
"I'm just afraid that the remains of the True Immortal will come back to life."
As Mo Rubin said this, he didn't know if it was Li Ping's illusion, but the depths of the dark sea seemed to become even colder.
It was as if some unknown existence was staring at him all of a sudden, and he felt a chill in his heart.
The Holy Emperor looked around solemnly, but did not notice anyone lurking in the dark.
Looking at the body of Fang Dingge from the Dao Sect again, Li Ping asked, "Having become like this, can he still be alive?"
Naturally, Li Ping was not asking about Fang Dingge, but the true immortal whose body turned into the dark sea and whose thoughts turned into the Falling Fairyland.
Mo Rubin also looked at the corpse not far away and said softly: "Let me tell you a story."
"We once enshrined a stone statue of the founder in Jiulian Temple. It was said that it was made by the founder of Jiulian, Master Miaofa, himself."
"This stone statue has been worshipped for thousands of years. Whenever the disciples in the temple have any doubts on their path of practice, as long as they pray to it sincerely, most of them will receive a response from the mysterious world. Therefore, the incense has never stopped for so many years."
"Then one day, calamity clouds suddenly covered the sky above Jiulian Temple, and divine thunders struck down, but the target was the stone statue of the founder! A figure broke through the stone statue and rushed straight into the sky! This person's strength was terrifying, and the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder, which was powerful enough to kill the Hedao in an instant, could not do anything to him. He laughed non-stop in the lightning, and it seemed that he was about to withstand the thunder calamity and ascend to heaven..."
Mo Rubin paused again when he got to the key point.
After waiting for a long time, he still couldn't get the Holy Emperor to urge him, so he could only hold his breath and continue to talk: "The fragments of the stone statue of the founder that were originally scattered on the ground unexpectedly gathered together again silently. They approached the person who was undergoing the tribulation. When he was caught off guard, they swallowed him back into the stone statue!"
"This time, no matter how hard the figure struggled, it could not escape the stone statue. The stone statue flew up into the air along with the figure!"
After hearing this somewhat mysterious story, Li Ping couldn't help but frown slightly.
Mo Rubin asked: "Guess which of the two people who ascended together is the founder of our Jiulian Temple?"
Li Ping pondered for a moment and replied, "The figure in the stone statue needs to face the catastrophe of ascension. Should it be him? He failed to ascend to heaven during his lifetime, and was worshipped by his disciples in the form of a stone elephant. He has been accumulating for thousands of years in a vain attempt to ascend..."
Mo Rubin smiled slightly: "Wrong!"
"The founder of Jiulian Temple, Master Miaofa, has clear records of ascending to immortality in public. However, only the successive masters of Jiulian Temple know that Master Miaofa died for unknown reasons in the second year after he entered the immortal world!"
Li Ping was stunned when he heard this.
Mo Rubin continued with satisfaction: "But the stone statue he made with his own hands has a backup plan he left behind. Even if his soul is destroyed in the upper realm, he can be reborn with the help of this stone statue!"
Li Ping frowned again: "Who is the figure in the stone statue?"
Mo Rubin chuckled, "He is the third generation leader of our Jiulian Temple. He did not follow the instructions of the founder and wanted to set up new rules. After an internal struggle, he was seriously injured and failed, and has been missing since then. I didn't expect that he had been hiding in the stone statue of the founder and actually cultivated to the realm of ascension in one breath."
"But I still became someone else's wedding dress in vain."
"Master Miaofa, who has only been an immortal for a year and has no background, was able to be reborn with the help of a stone elephant. Not to mention the real immortal."
"Just look at this dark sea, and you can imagine how powerful He was when He was alive. To put it bluntly, don't use our cultivators' perspective to speculate on the methods of the [Immortal]. There is a world of difference!"
Perhaps because they had been communicating with each other for a while, Mo Rubin's emotions had stabilized a lot, and he spoke from his heart.
Li Ping remained silent.
He felt that what the other party said about Master Miaofa's reincarnation with the help of the stone statue and the connection between him and the third generation head of Jiulian Temple was not true.
But after all, it is an ancient secret, and now is not the time to go deep into the dangerous area or delve into it in depth.
"Then should we continue to go deeper? The tragic death of Fang Dingge does not seem like something an ordinary cultivator could do." Li Ping changed the subject.
"Let's go in and take a look first. If the immortal has come back to life, it is impossible for him to still be there after so many years." Mo Rubin said, walking around Fang Dingge's remains and continuing to dive into the darkness.
Along the way, there are three formation checkpoints, some of which were originally part of the Spirit Gathering and Ascension Formation, and some were set up by later generations.
With the joint efforts of Li Ping and Mo Rubin, after some effort, they finally reached the control center of the Spirit Gathering and Ascension Formation.
Along the way, the remains of the other four fallen immortals were not found.
The control center is clearly in the deepest part of the darkness, but it seems like a transparent observation tower.
Through the formation restriction entity that surrounded this place like a panoramic glass, Li Ping and Mo Rubin were able to see the entire picture of the dark sea.
Even though it has been magnified countless times, you can still clearly see the outline of the Dark Sea that resembles the human appearance.
It was obvious that this was not Mo Rubin's first time here. He was not distracted by the magnificent scenery before him, but came to the center of the observation deck.
Slight color change.
"One good news and one bad news. Which one do you want to hear first?" Mo Rubin asked.
After a moment of silence, Li Ping responded: "Let me tell you the good news first."
"The good news is that the fallen immortal did not rely on his remains to be reborn." Mo Rubin said in a deep voice.
"What about the bad news?"
Mo Rubin sneered: "You will know when you come and see."
Li Ping walked slowly to where Mo Rubin was.
The scene in front of me suddenly changed, and the high observation tower seemed to be falling rapidly in an instant.
The scene of the dark sea below was rapidly approaching and constantly enlarging.
It suddenly flooded into my eyes and reached deep into my soul.
boom!
The surrounding scene changed, as if we had left the dark sea and arrived at a new and unknown place.
"Do not move."
Mo Rubin's voice rang in his heart. Li Ping felt relieved and looked around.
He saw the other four immortals who had fallen.
They maintained the posture they were in at the last moment of their lives, but unlike Fang Dingge, their faces were covered with a layer of dust and their specific features could no longer be seen.
One can only vaguely see the terrifying force that they tried their best to stop and that devoured them when they were alive.
Li Ping tried to find the culprit who caused the deaths of these five immortals.
The gray vine substance that stretched out from the feet of the four immortal bodies, spreading and entangled together attracted Li Ping's attention.
According to Li Ping's observation, these gray vines are absolutely dead objects with no breath of life, they are just pure energy aggregation.
But for some reason, when facing them, Li Ping felt as if he was being stared at by a poisonous snake.
"What is this?" Li Ping had no psychological barriers to asking when he didn't understand.
"This is the Will to Survive. The Will to Survive of the True Immortal's remains."
It took Mo Rubin a long time before he slowly answered Li Ping's question.
"The desire to survive?" Li Ping carefully savored the meaning of these four words.
“You can’t just talk about the True Immortal. When Brother Xuanyuan was transforming the True Immortal’s remains, he had concerns about this. In order to prevent Him from coming back to life, he also made many extra arrangements. But I didn’t expect…”
Although Li Ping could not see Mo Rubin, he could sense that he was staring at the gray [will to survive] that was all over the place.
"According to common sense, it is impossible for the remains of a true immortal that has turned into a dark sea to still have such a strong desire to survive."
Hearing Mo Rubin's words, Li Ping was thoughtful: "Unless someone deliberately provoked it."
"Yes. This person is not simple." Mo Rubin commented.
"First, it's not easy to break the restrictions left by Brother Xuanyuan. Second, it's not easy to arouse the thoughts of the remains of the True Immortal. Third, after arousing the will to survive, he was able to escape unscathed... Incredible." Mo Rubin praised without any compliment.
"Don't underestimate these things. Even if you and I are accidentally targeted by them, we will probably die. We will only end up like these five empty shells."
Li Ping frowned slightly. He was still somewhat confident in his own strength.
Mo Rubin did not argue with Li Ping, but continued to explain quietly: "The will to live of the person who was originally dead was rekindled. It was like grabbing the last straw, and the power suddenly burst out..."
"It instinctively devours all the life it can come into contact with, and transforms it into the nourishment for its own resurrection. Only someone as strong as Brother Xuanyuan can barely resist it. Although you and I look strong, we are still far behind."
Li Ping was silent.
Mo Rubin continued, "Fortunately, the person who initiated it did not destroy Brother Xuanyuan's arrangement. After sucking the four immortals dry, this [Will of Survival] could no longer find anyone to absorb, and thus fell into deathly silence again."
"If we let it escape from the Dark Sea..."
"I'm afraid the entire Xuanhuang Realm will become its meal."
Li Ping suddenly became extremely solemn.
"But then again, Brother Xuanyuan's methods are not so easy to be cracked. The person who initiated it, the one you mentioned as the Dharma Transmission, did not directly destroy the restrictions of the Dark Sea. He did not even change them, and he also added his own methods."
"However... I have mastered the magic weapon to control the formation and I am familiar with the restrictions here, so I can progress smoothly." Mo Rubin seemed to have thought of something, and the aura he condensed suddenly became unstable.
"Let's work first." Just when Li Ping was worried that Mo Rubin would become crazy and out of control, Mo Rubin suddenly calmed down again.
A large amount of information was transmitted into Li Ping's mind.
"Is this... a spirit gathering and ascension formation?" Li Ping saw the mystery at a glance.
"Strictly speaking, this is a Soul Gathering Ascension Formation that was revised by Brother Xuanyuan. The original version of the Ascension Formation was created by a great demon cultivator. Hehe, this person is a truly peerless evil demon. He was born in a humble family, and his own cultivation aptitude is not enough. Reaching the Golden Core stage is already his limit. However, he created this evil formation. As long as the formation covers it, everything in it will be refined into the purest energy."
"He started with the small mortal world, from weak to strong, and I don't know how many worlds' creatures he exterminated before he finally ascended to the fairyland. After he came to the fairyland, the first thing he did was to improve the formation, and he also wanted to use the same tricks in the fairyland. Humph, even such a person, in the fairyland catastrophe, is like a fly, dead in an instant. All the treasures accumulated throughout his life were taken advantage of by Brother Xuanyuan. But Brother Xuanyuan is very disgusted with his inheritance..." Mo Rubin said with a sneer.
"How can someone so violent and cruel achieve enlightenment and become an immortal? The immortal tribulation in his world is different from that in the Xuanhuang Realm?" Li Ping asked, frowning.
Because in Li Ping's memory, in the Xuanhuang Realm, the difficulty of the heavenly tribulation that a thug like this needs to face when he is crossing the tribulation is more than ten times that of the usual one. There is no possibility of successfully crossing the tribulation. Hence this question.
"No matter how strong the heavenly tribulation is, it has its limits in the lower realm. As long as it is stronger than it, it will be fine. Moreover, there is actually no definitive definition of good and evil..."
Li Ping could clearly feel that as Mo Rubin spoke, he fell into a state of confusion again.
"What do you need me to do?" Li Ping diverted Mo Rubin's attention at the right time.
“Your attainment in formation should not be much weaker than Brother Xuanyuan’s. The control center of the Soul Gathering and Ascension Formation here cannot be moved rashly. If possible, reinforce the formation with another layer and push this place towards the dark sea. Then, cut off the connection between the formation-controlling magic weapon in the hands of the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance and the formation.” Mo Rubin said after he came back to his senses.
Li Ping nodded, observing the details of the surrounding formations while comparing them with the diagram of the Ascension Formation that appeared in his mind.
"As expected of the Xuantian King, he is the most talented person in the Xuanhuang Realm in ten thousand years."
As a formation master, Li Ping couldn't help but feel a sense of mutual admiration with the other party after feeling the wonderfulness of the formation here.
The essence of source power from the prayers of the You people, after being absorbed and transformed by the Dark Sea, which is the remains of the True Immortal, condensed in the depths of the formation.
It seemed to be just an irregular accumulation, but Li Ping could vaguely see that through some means, these forces that could compete with the true immortals could be burst out in an instant.
Push the Xuanhuang Realm forward and escape from the control of the Immortal Ruins True Immortal.
"To harness the power of a true immortal with a mortal formation is incredible."
Li Ping did not find the shadow of the original formation of Xuanhuang Realm in the formation of the Dark Sea. The formation here should have been created by King Xuantian alone. Even the fallen True Immortal was enough to show Xuanyuan Hong's extraordinary attainments in formation.
"To strengthen the formation, we need some materials to support it..." Li Ping said thoughtfully after observing for a while.
"I have it here." Mo Rubin said immediately.
It seemed as if he had been prepared. When the two returned to the center of the formation from the hiding place of [The Will to Survive], he took out a pile of materials.
Li Ping tapped lightly, all of which were needed to strengthen the formation.
"Don't look at me like that. I borrowed your face."
"As the Dharma King of Xuantian Sect, even if I flee in a hurry, it is normal for me to carry supplies that can help me make a comeback, right?"
"Come to think of it, why are you also faceless? Could it be that you have some relationship with the real immortal who saved Brother Xuanyuan? I'm timid, please don't scare me..."
Li Ping ignored Mo Rubin's crazy talk and began to concentrate on setting up the formation.
With the previous experience of King Xuantian as a reference, Li Ping only needed to follow suit. It was not a difficult task for him.
As the formation slowly took shape, the "lookout tower" where they were located seemed to be getting higher and higher.
Mo Rubin nodded with great satisfaction, and after Li Ping finished his work, he took out another pile of materials.
"Deeper it a little more. Completely suppress the True Immortal's [will to survive] in the depths of the dark sea."
Li Ping also agreed with this and continued to work without complaining.
When all the materials were used up, the dark sea in sight was only half the size of what was initially seen.
"In this case, it should be safe enough. If no one disturbs us maliciously." Mo Rubin stood beside Li Ping, looking at the dark sea below, and said softly.
"Since this concerns Xuan Huang's safety, it is better to be cautious. I will set up another protective formation here." This was not a request for Mo Rubin's opinion, but a notification of a decision that had already been made.
Mo Rubin shrugged, "It's up to you. So many years have passed, and no one has come to this damn place except us. Who are you defending against with your formation? If the will to survive really breaks free from the cage, your formation will not be enough."
Li Ping ignored Mo Rubin's sarcasm, and seriously set up the strongest blockade formation he could at the moment.
"Okay, the next step is to cut off the hand extended by the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance." After Li Ping finished, Mo Rubin urged.
"The dark power being extracted now is limited. If the Dark Sea shrinks to a certain extent, perhaps the [Will of Survival] will be able to sense the vibrant Xuanhuang Realm outside. The scene at that time is really unimaginable."
When Li Ping was reinforcing the formation here, he noticed that there were two intermittent thin lines extending from the center of the formation.
I don’t know where it leads.
"Cut off all connections with the central control center using the two array-controlling magic weapons?" Li Ping looked at Mo Rubin.
"The other one, he is probably dead. Let's just cut it off." Mo Rubin was silent for a while and nodded.
Li Ping immediately reformed the formation center.
It went very smoothly. The Spirit Gathering and Ascension Formation let out a soft hum, and then seemed to restart.
It was a little dim at first, and then became bright again.
Li Ping stood at the center of the formation, sensing the hole in the Dark Sea that was cut by the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance.
Boom! Boom!
The clouds rolled, rolling up waves of invisible waves. They swept up the "clouds" floating in the dark sea, which grew bigger and bigger. When they reached the cracked wound, they had already turned into huge waves.
It slammed hard on the device of the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance.
Dozens of Immortal Alliance monks who were working diligently to supervise the extraction of the dark power were swallowed up silently.
Disappeared from the face of the earth.
And in the violent shock, the crack also closed.
Despite the sudden change, the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance did not want to give up. In the crack that was about to close, the eye-controlling array magic weapon appeared again.
The golden abacus fluctuated rapidly, trying to turn the tide.
However, this time, it had no effect at all. All they could do was watch the crack in the Dark Sea heal.
The dust has settled.
Li Ping and Mo Rubin both looked at this scene, speechless.
Although it took quite a lot of trouble, he finally achieved his goal of cutting off the Wanxian League's ability to extract the dark power. He also learned many secrets of the Xuantian Sect in ancient times.
Li Ping felt a sense of peace in his heart. He felt that his connection with the Xuanhuang Heavenly Dao was becoming closer and closer.
However, he knew very well that he could so easily mobilize the power of the Soul Gathering Ascension Array, not only because of his own impressive attainments in array formations, but also because of Mo Rubin's help.
Without the formation diagram he transmitted, it would not be possible to break the restrictions left by King Xuantian in a short period of time.
What’s more crucial is the devilish mask that Mo Rubin differentiated and attached to his own face.
It was precisely because of this face that he could move freely in the deepest part of the dark sea. Even when he changed the key structure of the formation, he was not attacked or counterattacked by the formation.
In a sense, the authority of Mo Rubin's face is much higher than that of the two eyes that control the magic weapon.
"Among the twelve Dharma Kings of Xuantian Sect, where would your strength rank?" Li Ping suddenly asked.
Mo Rubin was stunned.
Then he sneered, "To be honest, among the twelve, my strength is the weakest. Although you can barely beat me, you can't beat the others."
Li Ping naturally didn't believe it.
Mo Rubin snorted coldly: "In our era, there were many talented people. There were countless peerless geniuses, like a stream of carp crossing the river. It was an undisputed era of cultivating immortals!"
"If the immortal path had not been cut off suddenly, it would not be impossible for a large number of ascenders to appear in a short period of time."
Li Ping was silent.
In the records of the Creation Stone, since all the relevant information about those who ascended to become immortals was erased, he had no way of judging the truth of Mo Rubin's words.
However, judging from the various performances of the Twelve Dharma Kings before they joined the Xuantian Sect, Mo Rubin's words may be a bit exaggerated, but they are in line with certain facts.
"You are all so strong, how did the Ten Immortal Sects win in the first place?"
"Even without King Xuantian, if the twelve of you join forces, the ten sects of the immortal way will find it difficult to defeat you, right?" Li Ping asked the question that had been on his mind for a long time.
"Hmph." Mo Rubin snorted coldly.
After a long silence, he said vaguely, "Anyway, I lost, and I won't deny it. The people from the Ten Immortal Sects are not clean eaters."
"and……"
Mo Rubin's tone suddenly became extremely cold.
"Someone turned his fake tricks into reality and suddenly defected. We don't know who the traitor is yet, so we don't dare to trust any of us. In addition, Brother Xuanyuan disappeared inexplicably..."
"Everyone claims that their talent is no less than Xuanyuan Hong's, but it's just that they were unlucky and failed to ascend at the right time. When the real thing came, they found that without Brother Xuanyuan leading them, they were just a group of rabble."
"On the other hand, the ten sects of the Immortal Path are really fighting for their lives, because they know that if they fail, death will be waiting for them."
“…”
Mo Rubin suddenly laughed: "But I am relieved now. As the saying goes, good things happen in heaven. Won't the Ten Immortal Sects be destroyed by this Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance? Hahahaha! Good death!"
"Well done, Xuan Huang Jie!"
Mo Rubin patted Li Ping on the shoulder and praised him.
"In fact, the core figures of the Ten Immortal Sects are probably still alive and well." Li Ping said suddenly.
"It's just that he stays away from the world and doesn't show up in the world."
Mo Rubin grabbed Li Ping's shoulder and exerted force suddenly.
"Humph, humph..." After suddenly learning the news, Mo Rubin not only did not get angry, but instead he began to laugh uncontrollably.
"So he's not dead? That's even better."
"This way, I can take revenge myself. After so many years, they probably won't be as united as they were back then."
Mo Rubin flashed away from Li Ping, and his figure suddenly became much darker.
"It's time to go."
"I was originally planning to go find Brother Xuanyuan, but by some strange coincidence, I ended up here first. But it doesn't matter, at least I have ruled out a wrong answer."
Li Ping felt that the devil mask on his blank face was about to disappear.
The darkness around me invaded uncontrollably.
A whisper from the depths of his soul rang out, corroding Li Ping's consciousness.
Knowing that it was not a place to stay for long, Li Ping followed Mo Rubin and returned from the deepest part of the Dark Sea.
"Come to think of it, what was your original destination? Why did you need to use that magic flag?" Li Ping asked.
Mo Rubin remained silent.
When passing by the ethereal body of Fang Dingge, the head of the Da Dao Sect, he suddenly said to Li Ping: "Go and search him, maybe you can pick up some treasures."
Li Ping stared at Mo Rubin.
Mo Rubin rolled his eyes at Li Ping and said, "This man was able to resist the desire to survive and escape all the way here before dying. This is enough to show his strength. A master must have good things. This is what Brother Xuanyuan taught me."
"Moreover, if he really has some relics on him that can be preserved under the erosion of the True Immortal's desire to survive, it must be an invaluable treasure. Don't you really want to give it a try?" Mo Rubin tempted.
Li Ping looked at it again and finally shook his head slightly.
"The deceased is gone, let him rest here. There are so many treasures in the world, do you want to plunder them all? If you are greedy, your heart will become ignorant and you will suffer disaster."
"If I say you are stupid, you are really stupid." Mo Rubin sneered.
However, he did not search Fang Dingge's body, but just let him lie there quietly.
After a long journey, the two returned to where they came from.
The white jade flagpole is still standing in its original place.
It was just eroded by the power of darkness, and the range covered by the emitted light was much smaller than before.
"It's worthy of being a second-hand product that has been reforged. It's really a waste." Mo Rubin criticized bluntly.
"Since you've caused trouble like this, I'm going to go look for the other arrangements left behind. I don't know if they're still there after all these years. If not, I'll come and trouble you again!" Mo Rubin looked at Li Ping and said coldly.
Li Ping summoned the You people and reopened the door to the outside world.
"I can help you find King Xuantian."
"I need his help." Li Ping said sincerely.
Mo Rubin flew into the passage first, laughing: "You don't think that I will completely trust you just because you took a trip to the Dark Sea with me?"
"Which of the other eleven brothers and sisters didn't live and die together?"
"The facts tell me that no one can be trusted!"
Mo Rubin's extremely cold voice gradually became lighter.
When Li Ping returned to Jiushan Prefecture, he could no longer find any trace of Mo Rubin.
However, the Holy Emperor did not chase after him.
The Dharma King of Xuantian Sect is not his enemy.
(End of this chapter)
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