No one knew what kind of grand formation Shu Chi was setting up. After a long and busy period of time, by the time it was finally completed, it was already dark.
Shushu, her senior brother, and the ancestor sat at the entrance of the stone chamber, looking at the cave around them illuminated by the luminous pearl, and at the stone chamber inside, which she had not been able to see clearly since she opened her eyes.
The calm before the storm filled her with unease, and she unconsciously moved closer to Lu Li, then stared blankly at the stone chamber.
In the afternoon, when they were setting up the formation, the remnant soul of the previous Heavenly Dao, namely Li, appeared and explained the whole situation and the subsequent plan to them.
Only then did Shushu realize that what was inside the stone chamber was actually a suppression array, powered by the boundary core of the Rain Rain Continent and his remnant soul, used to suppress the new species that emerged after the great war in the ancient battlefield—the Chi Clan.
The Chi Clan is a kind of creature similar to the Soul Clan, but not quite the Soul Clan. They were formed by war, grew by resentment and hatred, and fed on the souls and flesh of all living beings.
They take the form of a dark shadow that can attach itself to anything and devour you without you even noticing. They are also an extremely difficult species to eradicate.
Back then, Li was also at his wit's end, and he couldn't just watch the Yulin Continent become a slaughterhouse for the Chi Clan. So he had no choice but to take over the core of the Yulin Continent and use it, along with his own remnant soul, as the core of the array to build this great array to suppress them.
But the Realm Heart is, after all, the Realm Heart. It cannot always serve as the core of the array. It must eventually return to the Rainy Continent. Otherwise, both the Realm Heart and the Rainy Continent will perish.
According to his estimation, the boundary core has almost reached its limit for leaving and must return to the Rainy Continent.
The opening of the ancient battlefield gate was actually a hint he gave to the new Heavenly Dao, urging him to find a way to come in and take away the World Heart. He didn't expect that Lu Li and Shushu would be the ones to come in.
However, since he was already there and had made all the necessary preparations, and since the Boundary Heart and the Great Array wouldn't last long, Li didn't hesitate and immediately decided to let Lu Li and Shushu take the things with them.
As for the demons, the moment Shushu and Luli left the ancient battlefield with Jiexin, he dragged the entire ancient battlefield into the void, letting the void's gale destroy the ancient battlefield and wipe out these monsters.
In this way, both the core of the realm and the Yulin Continent were preserved, and the threat of the Chi Clan was eliminated. To be honest, Li felt it was worth it, even if it was on the premise that he and his allies would completely disappear and cease to exist.
He even had the leisure to ask Shushu and Luli to hand over the last surviving Soul Clan members, along with Jiexin and the jade tablet he left behind, to Xiaotiandao. Xiaotiandao would then send these Soul Clan members to where they belonged.
As for Shushu, the thought of Li perishing together with those demons, with no possibility of reincarnation, made her feel a tightness in her chest. She always felt that Li shouldn't have such an ending.
Staring longingly at the stone chamber, hoping there might be a better way to preserve Li's remnant soul.
Unfortunately, she watched all night until dawn, but Li did not reappear to change the strategy, and they did not come up with a new solution. Instead, they waited for many of the other soul clans brought back by the three souls.
These soul beings were all creatures who died on this ancient battlefield back then. Like the vengeful spirits they killed, there were cultivators and spirit beasts among them.
However, compared to those vengeful spirits who have no sense of reason, these spirits all possess memories and consciousness, and their eyes are clear.
Upon seeing Lu Li and Shu Shu, they greeted them warmly and then patted their chests, promising to do everything in their power to escort them away from the ancient battlefield.
Looking at the group of Soul Clan members standing before him, so confident yet so determined to die, Shushu was at a loss for words.
Thinking of the descriptions of the Chi Clan in the inherited memories, and how terrifying the Chi Clan was, Shushu could even predict that in the end, probably only one in ten of this batch of Soul Clan would survive, and even she and Lu Li might not be able to leave safely.
Just as Shushu's thoughts were drifting, Li, seeing that everyone had arrived, finally suppressed the light that filled the entire stone chamber, stood beneath the floating boundary in the center of the chamber, and swept his gaze across the souls present.
Without uttering a single word, everyone understood his meaning. This time, instead of bowing, they looked back with resolute eyes, expressing their determination to protect him to the death, swearing to fight without fear.
Seeing everyone's expressions, Li smiled from the bottom of her heart. With a gentle lift of her hand, specks of light fell upon the souls, making their souls visibly more solid.
He surveyed the entire room once more, finally fixing his gaze on Lu Li and Shushu, and said softly, "Are you two ready?"
Lu Li and Shushu responded with a very respectful bow, and then said in unison, "We will do our best."
After speaking, Shushu paused, took out a storage ring, held it in his paw, stretched it out towards Li, and looked at Li with serious eyes: "Senior, this is what my senior brother and I prepared for you."
Although she knew there was a 99% chance that Li would perish completely, Shushu still wanted to try to struggle.
So after discussing it with Lu Li, they took out the Sacred Spirit Elixir that Liu Yu had given them, along with some other good things, and put them in this storage ring, hoping that Li would accept and use them, as a way of repaying Li for the kindness of giving them Dao essence.
Li was clearly not expecting this turn of events. Seeing the serious look on Shushu's face, he finally accepted it.
At the same time, Lu Li also distributed pills and other useful items to each of the surrounding souls.
Immediately afterwards, all the Soul Clan members split into two groups. One group dispersed to intercept the Chi Clan members who wanted to destroy the formation, while the other group stayed with Shu Chi Shu Shu Lu Li and was responsible for escorting them out of the ancient battlefield.
After glancing at Lu Li and Shushu one last time, Li Xian repeated very seriously: "Remember, without the core of the array, the suppression array can only last for one day at most. You must go as far as you can in that day."
Immediately afterward, under everyone's watchful eyes, he swiftly removed the Boundary Heart from the array's core, placed it in the jade box, and tossed the jade box into Shushu's arms: "Let's go!"
Shushu immediately put the jade box into her spatial storage. Just as she was about to cling to her ancestor, Lu Li had already grabbed her and she was suddenly surrounded by a different scene.
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