blueteamnovel Chapter 78 Stepping into the Deeper Layers of Space
Chapter 78 Stepping into the Deeper Layers of Space
Chapter 78 Stepping into the Deeper Layers of Space
Upon opening his eyes, Xiong Zhou's consciousness spread out from the inner world again, and he found that Baili Liquan was dark and without light.
The earth's energy surged continuously, extending from the shore and transforming into towering pillars, resembling stars piercing the sky.
Suddenly, a muffled rumble resounded as one massive pillar after another collapsed, falling from the sky and drawing upon the power of the earth's veins deep within, crashing down upon the gathered shadows, transforming them into a massive earth vein array, intent on burying everything.
"boom!"
The vast waters surged and rippled, with towering waves crashing and roaring, while towering columns of water, reaching tens of thousands of meters high, formed a terrifying canopy in the sky.
The waves rose and fell, but did not harm the creatures on the spring in the slightest. It seemed that the one who wielded the power of the earth veins was still in complete control, and the current situation seemed to be under their control.
Xiong Zhou looked up and saw an old ape holding a wooden stick, squatting on top of a broken stone pillar. Wisps of wind that stirred up the water brushed against his blue fur, and his eyes looked down with disdain, as if an immortal golden light was flashing on them.
"drink!"
The old ape seemed to have seen something. With a loud roar, it leaped into the sky, soaring into the clouds. The stars carried it with them, and it swung its long staff down from the heavens, striking the most subtle part of the void.
With a single strike, space itself shattered!
The shadow hidden in the void rift writhed like a giant python, opened its huge mouth, and with a mind-shaking power, emitted a sharp, explosive sound, throwing the old ape into the air and crashing it onto the surface of the sweet spring, splashing up a vast roar.
The storm swept over Xiong Zhou, lifting his thick fur and causing the long hair on his black back to spread out like ripples on water, revealing the warm, light-colored undercoat underneath. The white fur on his chest was torn into a mess, like a ball of cotton fluttering in the wind.
His chubby cheeks trembled slightly in the wind, revealing a corner of his canine tooth.
This heavy force stirred up layers of water, tilting in all directions, destroying ancient tombs along the riverbank, shattering the ancient ferry crossing, and turning the once magnificent scenery into a mess.
"snort...
'
Xiong Zhou heard the old ape let out a muffled groan, and it seemed that he had suffered a minor but unpleasant loss in this clash.
Xiong Zhou drew up a wisp of abundant Qi from his inner world to form a shield, shielding it from the aftershocks. He then carefully sensed the energy and analyzed it in his mind: "The power of the shadow is not strong, it's about the level of 100,000 pixel blocks."
"However, there was a force that shook my mind and consciousness. Even the aftershocks that spread out had some effect on me, causing my emotions to fluctuate and my delusions to increase."
As for the specific extent of the impact...
Xiong Zhou now wants to eat half a bowl more rice.
He glanced at the various totems around him, whose consciousness was still trapped in the inner world and almost asleep, and then at the old ape struggling to get up, stepping on the void and waving a wooden stick. He muttered to himself again.
"Of all these totems, only one was unaffected by the 'Shadow of the Demon,' while the rest are in a near-dormant state. That's incredibly pathetic."
"It seems that the rudimentary cultivation system built by Phoenix does not delve deeply into the cultivation of consciousness and the cultivation of the Dao heart. There are still many areas that need patching up."
"If you have the chance, you should find Phoenix and hear from him, the creator who laid out the prototype of the system, what this newly created system is all about."
Although the Tai Li Immortal Sect has various records and handwritten manuscripts of the immortals' laws and teachings on Qi Refining, listening to the teachings of a primitive totem who has already created a rudimentary system should bring him some inspiration.
This is also a unique way to accumulate spiritual foundation.
After all, with the help of the will of mountains and seas, he had roughly outlined a cultivation system, including two or three methods and spells. It might not be a fully formed system, but it was at least a draft.
Looking at the injured old ape who could no longer control the rhythm of the battle, Xiong Zhou knew that things had become urgent and could not be delayed any longer.
The verses of the "Scripture of Salvation" came to mind, and I recited them silently in my heart.
Strands of golden light emanated from the fleshy pads on Xiong Zhou's feet, spreading along the surface of the Liquan spring.
In an instant, the shadows seemed to be frozen in place, unable to move any further.
"Um?"
The old ape stared in astonishment at the giant shadowy python that had suddenly solidified and been shattered by a single blow, as if he had never imagined that such a bizarre thing could be so easily restrained.
Looking back, one sees a small dog radiating mysterious light, silently reciting unknown sacred texts.
The vast天地 (heaven and earth) spontaneously converged, constructing ancient, majestic, and solemn Daoist inscriptions before the little dog, making the golden radiance of the Dharma light even more dazzling and sacred, overwhelming the eerie and ominous shadows!
—Scripture: Eliminating Karma and Exorcising Demons "Bang!"
All the surging shadows on the spring exploded at once, and the shadow serpent that had been formed was silently wiped away as if by a terrifying invisible hand. The power of "Demon Shadow" was refined into nothingness without any room for struggle.
The profound influence from the Tai Li Immortal Sect had an almost overwhelming effect on these strange and ominous signs, akin to a dimensional reduction attack.
"this..
""
The old blue-haired ape, its feet planted on the sweet spring, stared in shock at the almost vanished, living shadow.
He knew how troublesome this eerie and ominous shadow could be.
It not only affects the mind and spirit at all times, causing emotional ups and downs, sometimes making one irritable, sometimes sad, sometimes resentful, and sometimes hateful, but also has a kind of inexplicable pollution that erodes the flesh and blood body, permeates the power of heaven and earth, and makes the true self consciousness chaotic.
If it weren't for the fact that two hundred thousand years ago, he sat on a mountaintop for a hundred thousand years in an attempt to undergo his fifth transformation, subduing the ape within his heart, and with immense perseverance rebuilding his bloodline to break free from its shackles and touch upon a trace of what is called "true self," without this unique insight, once the shadow pollution took hold, he might have become no different from the other totems present who were almost asleep.
Xiong Zhou remained calm. When he realized that the power of the Demon Shadow had almost no effect on him, he knew that such a crushing defeat would occur.
The white dog paws rose, and strands of Dharma light originating from the "Scripture of Salvation" transformed into flowing starlight, scattering into the bodies of hundreds of totems present. From within them, strands of shadows twisted and writhed endlessly, like long snakes, until they were refined into nothingness.
Li Guo slowly awoke, looking at the majestic and solemn Xiong Zhou, surrounded by golden light and countless incomprehensible Daoist runes, and blinked his dark eyes, momentarily unable to process what was happening.
This dog is very, very different from the one that recently flaunted its delicious food and was fed by their many totems; they are almost like two different dogs.
Li Guo was almost too embarrassed to recognize him.
Then, she picked up a bright green bamboo shoot and waved it towards Xiong Zhou's mouth.
"Click..."
'
The bamboo shoot in Li Guo's hand was snatched away and put into Xiong Zhou's mouth, where it was chewed continuously.
"Hey.
""
Li Guo smiled; the dog in front of her was as greedy as ever.
Although it was covered in a layer of golden light, making it look solemn, dignified, and inviolable, the act of chewing on crisp bamboo shoots immediately brought the dog back to its original solemn demeanor.
"Xiong Zhou, do you know what those shadows are?"
"Just now, a shadow transformed into a giant snake and burrowed into the inner world, completely bewildering me. It felt like my body was being pressed down by something, and I couldn't move at all."
Xiong Zhou patted the water's surface, and the light of the "Scripture of Salvation" shone even brighter, swirling the Daoist inscriptions surrounding him, breaking through a radius of a hundred miles, and covering the entire Danxue Divine Mountain, refining the shadows and demons, and purifying heaven and earth.
The numerous totems, still bewildered and unable to recover, all turned their light toward Xiong Zhou, eager to hear the auspicious beast's explanation.
After a few moments of silence, Xiong Zhou organized his thoughts and softly uttered, "Woo."
'
This is demonic.
[A demon called "Shadow".]
[It can "taint" all things in heaven and earth, causing anything that comes into contact with it to become part of its "demonic shadow."]
Numerous totems clamored, even the powerful totems at the peak of the fifth level of the Divine Refinement Realm were no exception. Only the old blue-haired ape's gaze became deep and thoughtful.
"Why can this eerie being called a demon roam freely within the Dan Cave?"
"The entire Danxue Divine Mountain is located within the Danxue Divine Domain. As the host, the Phoenix Emperor should be aware of this change!"
"Where has the Phoenix, the chief god of the Danxue pantheon, gone?!"
The numerous totems instinctively questioned the birds beside them, leaving the birds speechless and looking at each other in bewilderment.
Actually, they were quite curious about it too.
However, some totems, especially some totems at the peak of the fifth level of the Divine Refinement Realm, silently looked at Xiong Zhou.
The totems hadn't forgotten that, before the incident, this auspicious beast had said it seemed to have gotten into trouble.
Could this be what they mean by "misfortune"?
That's really big.
"This is troublesome. I'm afraid many totems that support the Danxue pantheon will die, and those ferocious beasts that hope for chaos in the world, and those calamity beasts that want to cultivate in the chaos, will all flock here."
""
"It's better if they don't come; once they do, and are possessed by this 'Shadow Demon,' it might cause even bigger chaos!"
"6
""
The many totems, having regained their senses, gradually came to understand the current situation, realized the problem, and felt helpless.
Although the "Demon Shadow" attack just now caused them to lose the initiative.
But the fact that they crumbled at the slightest touch, were completely powerless to resist, and fell into a near-dormant state was enough to show that they were no match for them.
If it weren't for Xiong Zhou's existence, after being infected for a long time, he would have become part of the "Demon Shadow" and would most likely have become an accomplice to this strange and ominous phenomenon.
The old blue-haired ape walked up to the white-skinned one-horned rhinoceros, gently patted the totem's sturdy back, and teased softly, "Old friend, didn't you say that just one hoof strike would be enough to suppress any trouble that bounty totem might cause?"
"My old bones have just started to move and are starting to feel the strain. Now, it's your turn to make a move."
Upon hearing this, the white-skinned one-horned rhinoceros's face instantly turned black, and its body swayed slightly as it shook off the blue-haired old ape's hand that was resting on its back.
Shooting?
If he dares to make a move, he will surely be corrupted and consumed by "Demonic Shadow".
That's just bringing up the very thing you don't want to talk about.
How did his famous rhinoceros horn mountain totem end up with such a troublesome friend?
Just as the white-skinned rhinoceros was about to rebuke the old monkey, a uniquely styled illusory plain descended, hovering in mid-air above the Liquan Spring, cascading down wisps of vast and boundless Qi of heaven and earth, spreading throughout the entire Danxue Divine Realm, continuously expanding along with the golden light of magic.
"Is this the Qi of Heaven and Earth that he refined and contained within his inner world?"
"The number is as high as tens of millions?!"
"Why is it so exaggerated?!"
The white-skinned one-horned rhinoceros felt its mouth was a little dry and subconsciously swallowed.
This bountiful totem is merely a mortal who has undergone two transformations, while he is an ageless being who has undergone five transformations.
But the world of this Abundance Totem Envoy is now on par with his own, which is simply unreasonable!
The white-skinned rhinoceros searched through his memories and clearly remembered that when he was still in the mortal world, he could only mobilize tens of thousands of strands of heaven and earth, and that was only achieved with the help of his own innate magic.
Within the same realm, the difference can be as great as nearly a thousand times!
However, before he could ponder the reason, a wisp of authority as tall as the sky broke through the shackles of the Danxue Divine Domain, revealing its own aura and shaking the entire Danxue Mountain Range. This once again shocked many totems, giving them an absurd feeling that something great had happened in the world outside Danxue, without their knowledge.
"The power of the Phoenix Emperor..."
"6
"How can a totem at the mortal level possess such authority?!"
"Leaving aside how he gained the approval of heaven and earth, how could his own body possibly bear such a burden?!"
The totems of those at the peak of the fifth level of the Divine Refinement Realm, who had never seen Xiong Zhou outside the Danxue Divine Mountain, all paled in comparison.
Even outside the Dan Cave, those who had seen Xiong Zhou display the totem of abundant power felt waves of astonishment.
The legal height of this authority, and the control over the way of heaven and earth, made them feel a gap akin to that of a mayfly gazing at the blue sky, which was terrifying to the extreme.
They could sense that the power bestowed upon them by heaven and earth was so immense that they had no room to resist it. With a single thought from this abundant totem, it could seal away the power that heaven and earth had given them.
This is almost identical to the feeling the Phoenix gave them during the Nanshan Totem War hundreds of thousands of years ago.
Suddenly, this power, which was as high as the sky, resonated with that strange plain.
The entire world within a radius of 100,000 li was forcibly controlled. Trillions of heaven and earth rose up, stretching across the sky, occupying a corner of the firmament, and evolving into a miniature star, scattering strands of golden light towards the Danxue Mountain range, like shooting stars falling into the mortal world.
That was the light of the "Scripture of Salvation". Xiong Zhou, with the help of his own [Rank: Abundant Star God], combined it with the "Sealing Heaven and Earth" technique to maximize its spread.
As night falls, the Danxue Mountains seem to be shrouded in a hazy golden light, dazzling and sacred.
The living shadow, rapidly spreading towards heaven and earth and about to extend beyond the Dan Cave, was as if imprisoned by a vast cage.
They seemed to sense some kind of peculiar tremor, knowing that they were about to be refined by these magical lights and driven completely mad.
One after another, long serpents formed from shadows devoured all living beings, everything that could be assimilated, and everything that could be dissolved, regardless of the cost.
However, within a mere three breaths, one after another, divine lights carrying scriptures and inscriptions descended. These shadows, imbued with emotion, vitality, and eerie ominousness, were instantly refined and vanished into nothingness.
At this point, all the power belonging to "Demon Shadow" within the Danxue Mountains was eliminated.
At least that's how it appears on the surface.
Therefore, the Phoenix and that Demon Shadow are not fighting in the mortal world...
"Deep within the Danxue Divine Mountain, within the Danxue Divine Domain, lies another secret realm?"
"Using the inherent isolation of the secret realm of heaven and earth to seal and suppress it... that seems reasonable."
Xiong Zhou muttered to himself.
He pulled the Blood Calamity Cube out of his inner world, and a wisp of abundance and magical light entered it, anchoring a wisp of power belonging to "Demon Shadow" within it.
"Click...click..."
'
The Blood Calamity Cube rotated, scattering streaks of blood-red light that sliced through the void, pointing directly to a certain layer deep within it.
Xiong Zhou's eyes lit up, and he immediately stepped into it. One after another, the Dao patterns of the universe bloomed on his body, chasing after the blood light and following closely behind.
"Xiong Zhou, where are you going?"
Li Guo's small eyes revealed worry as she asked.
"call.
"
[Exorcise demons.]
Xiong Zhou waved its white paws at the group of totems and stepped into the deeper layers of space.