Celestial Capital Peak, summit of the Cloud Sea.
Chen Sheng sat cross-legged, sensed the formidable aura, and slowly opened his eyes, showing calmness within them.
He had anticipated this day for a long time!
Those Tier Three Arrays were prepared precisely for today!
In his previous life as the head of the sect, he understood the sect's behavior well. Once the hope of Core Formation was exposed, a battle was inevitable.
"I just didn't expect that before the cultivators from the two sects arrived, the demon cultivators from the Blood Refining Hall would get here first."
Chen Sheng's lips curled into a cold smile:
"Alright, let's use you to test the power of this Grand Array."
"Come!"
A Cyan Jade Array Banner appeared in his hand, with runes flowing like water on its surface, and his hands weaved spells like lightning.
"Rise!"
At the moment the array banner was waved, the Mountain Protection Array of Celestial Capital Peak erupted suddenly.
Countless runes transformed into colorful beams of light, interweaving in mid-air to form a massive Dharma Net. The openings in the net crackled with thunder, and water dragons circled, creating a tremendously shocking scene.
An identical Water Shadow Illusion Body of Chen Sheng stepped on the shimmering waves at the edge of the array, saluted Venerable Soul Manipulator, and pointed to the grand array behind, loudly proclaiming:
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"I have set up the grand array, just waiting for you to break through!"
Venerable Soul Manipulator glanced at the grand array exuding Tier Three Spiritual Light and snorted coldly:
"A mere junior dares to call me a fellow Daoist. It seems this Tier Three Array has given you confidence."
A trace of disdain flashed in his eyes:
"What does a junior know about the methods of my Demon Sect? Watch me break the array!"
Venerable Soul Manipulator, still cautious, did not rashly charge into the array.
He ended up surging with Demonic Qi, shaking his sleeves sharply. Five blood-colored Demon Nails flew out from his sleeves, each inscribed with twisted runes like living creatures, emitting a nauseating bloody odor.
These were the "Blood Pattern Nails" that Blood Refining Dharma King used back in the day to assault the Qinghua Sect's grand array.
His hands wove spells, sending continuous magic at the five Blood Pattern Nails, which rapidly expanded and rotated, emitting a terrifying hum.
With the activation of spells, the Blood Pattern Nails swelled to about ten feet long, their runes lighting up, forming a Five Elements position in mid-air, faintly corresponding with the earth veins of Celestial Capital Peak.
"Go!"
The five blood-colored Demon Nails shot through the sky towards Celestial Capital Peak like five meteors.
Rumble!
The five Demon Nails crashed down like meteorites, precisely piercing into the earth veins from east, west, south, north, and center, drilling deep into the earth veins, causing a painful hum to resound from the earth veins of Celestial Capital Peak.
"Seal!"
Venerable Soul Manipulator gave a low shout, and at the moment his palms came together.
The entire Celestial Capital Peak trembled violently.
In an instant, the spiritual energy over the entire Celestial Capital Peak became chaotic, roiling violently like boiling water, with spirit vein nodes in the Market bursting one after another, turning into countless light points.
Subsequently, the ground shook and the mountain swayed. Celestial Capital Peak, along with the Tingyu Market below, began to shake violently, as if about to be overturned.
Countless boulders fell from the mountain, crashing onto the buildings in the Market, producing a "crackling" sound of breaking.
Dust rose into the sky, blocking out the sun, and huge cracks opened on the ground, dozens of feet long, bottomless, pitch black, and fearsome, turning the entire Market into ruins.
This was a small earthquake caused by the sealing of the earth veins!
The cultivators in the Market immediately descended into chaos, each transforming into Escape Light and flying towards the distance.
Amidst the chaos, some took the opportunity to create disorder; blades were drawn against one another, turning the Market into a scene of blood rain with screams and curses ringing incessantly.
Meanwhile, the light curtain of the Tier Three Array on Celestial Capital Peak shook violently, the Spiritual Light flickering, seemingly on the verge of collapse!
The array's power seemingly could no longer hide "Chen Sheng's" figure, which was revealed, full of panic on his face, transforming into Sword Light and escaping into the depths of the array.
Seeing this, Venerable Soul Manipulator laughed heartily, lightly shaking a White Bone Banner in his hand.
In the void, two Ghost Child in black and white robes appeared at some unknown time.
The Child wore eerie smiles on their faces, emitting terrifying auras with incredible speed, causing ripples in the space wherever they passed.
"Junior, surrender yourself!"
The black-and-white Ghost Child shot towards "Chen Sheng" like two streaks of lightning.
"Chen Sheng" could only rely on the power of the array, constantly dodging and hiding within the light curtain, occasionally countering with Sword Qi.
The black child spewed black mist from its mouth, while the white child's chain transformed into a white snake, about to tear open the water curtain and entangle Chen Sheng.
Just as the water curtain was shattered, a magnificent Sword Light suddenly divided, and three thousand Sword Threads like torrential rain wove into an impenetrable Sword Net, covering down like a Heaven and Earth Net.
With a "puchi" sound, the two ghost heads rolled, and what spurted from their necks was not blood, but the smoking Yin Qi.
"Chen Sheng" succeeded with one strike and concealed himself again within the array.
"Sword Light Division? Interesting."
Venerable Soul Manipulator showed a flicker of surprise, then turned ferocious:
"But this level of skill is still not enough!"
He transformed into a demonic light, charging straight into the array, his black robe spreading out like a sky-covering bat:
"The ancestor personally comes to meet this junior!"
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Summit of the Cloud Sea.
Chen Sheng flicked his finger, and a water curtain appeared before him.
It clearly reflected the image of the black-and-white Ghost Child chasing the illusion body, eventually leading Venerable Soul Manipulator into the array.
Chen Sheng murmured to himself, gently flicked his fingers, and the runes on the array banner rapidly transformed:
"Time to close the net."
As a Tier Three Array Master, he could perfectly control this Tier Three Chain Array.
As long as the array wasn't broken, he stood in an invincible position, naturally not revealing his true self.
He gently waved the array banner in his hand.
In the eyes of Venerable Soul Manipulator, the scene before him suddenly changed.
The ruins and smoke of Celestial Capital Peak completely dissipated, shattering like an illusion of flowers in the mirror and moon in the water.
What replaced it was a rippling lake, with a bright moon hanging high in the sky. Moonlight sprinkled on the water, casting a cool and eerie glow.
"What?"
For the first time, a look of shock appeared on Venerable Soul Manipulator's face. He could feel the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi around him being completely twisted by the array, forming an independent space.
Chen Sheng, hidden at the hub of the grand array, was controlling the Water Moon Array, murmuring incantations.
In an instant, the bright moon above the sky burst into countless bright beams of light, transforming into a shower of fine cold needles, falling towards Venerable Soul Manipulator like a torrential downpour.
The needle tips glimmered with an icy sheen, stirring up misty water vapor upon impact.
At the same time, from the water's depths, several water flood dragons as thick as barrels spiraled out, with profound ice crystallizing on their scales, spewing bone-chilling air from their huge jaws, lunging toward Venerable Soul Manipulator to bite.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
The White Bone Banner in Venerable Soul Manipulator's hand shook violently, as countless blood shadows flew out from the banner, weaving into a blood-colored shield, firmly protecting him.
The shield was covered in twisted blood shadows, emitting a mournful wailing.
The moonlight needles fell on the shield, making a "sizzling" sound, all blocked.
The water flood dragons were also entangled by the blood shadows, biting against each other, making it difficult to gain an advantage.
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Steadying himself, Venerable Soul Manipulator finally realized he had been trapped.
This grand array was not reliant on earth veins at all; the previous quaking of earth and shaking of the array were all illusions designed to lure him into the array!
He scrutinized the surrounding grand array and found that the array's power had not weakened at all, causing his heart to sink.
But he quickly regained his composure, sneering:
"Such audacity for a junior!"
"I don't believe a mere Foundation Establishment Cultivator like you can perfectly control this grand array!"
"Watch as I break the array with force!"
However, before Venerable Soul Manipulator could make a move, Chen Sheng's next wave of attack arrived.
Complex runes appeared in the air as huge waves surged on the lake's surface.
Gigantic stones the size of small mountains emerged from the lake bed, hovering in the sky, crashing down with thunder!
It was the "Boundless Falling Stone Array" within the Tier Three Array, which Chen Sheng had nearly perfectly integrated into the Water Moon Array.
Venerable Soul Manipulator's heart skipped a beat at the terrifying power contained within the stones. Afraid to take it head-on, he swiftly dodged aside.
His figure darted like a ghost among the falling stones, his black robe emitting black smoke as it brushed past the debris.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
Countless gigantic stones crashed into the lake, splashing towering waves, shaking the entire Illusion Realm violently.
"Another Tier Three Array, an array within an array... Are you a Tier Three Array Master?"
Surprised and enraged, Venerable Soul Manipulator could only keep dodging amid the falling stones.
Indeed, an old hand quickly realized he might have encountered a tough opponent this time.
But with a turn of his eyes, he quickly thought of a way to turn defeat into victory:
"Even if he's a Tier Three Array Master, he's ultimately not a Core Formation Cultivator, and there's no Tier Three Earth Vein here. Maintaining such a large array must consume massive amounts of Spirit Stones!"
"As long as I find the array hub and destroy the source, the array will collapse on its own!"
Venerable Soul Manipulator's gaze focused on a distant area where the Spiritual Qi was most concentrated.
"That area is where the array hub is located!"
He opened his mouth, spitting out a jet of black light that transformed into a chain in mid-air, covered with strange runes and burning with sinister ghost flames.
It was his Lifebound Magical Treasure, the "Soul Manipulation Chain"!
He bit the tip of his tongue and spat a mouthful of essence blood onto the Soul Manipulation Chain.
The chain instantly expanded a hundred feet, bursting out with a terrifying momentum. The chain, blazing with ghost flames, transformed into hundreds of ghostly shadows, swarming like locusts toward the surrounding light curtains.
Dispersing throughout the grand array, seemingly to locate the array hub.
In the next moment, moonlight cascaded down, transforming into numerous Bright Moon Celestial Wolves. The wolves spat out beams of light, partnering with the flood dragons in the water to attack these ghostly shadows.
Venerable Soul Manipulator felt smug, utilizing his mana to the fullest, driving the Soul Manipulation Chain to radiate brilliant light, spreading toward the area where the array hub was located.
The ghostly shadows continued to slaughter the Bright Moon Celestial Wolves, forcibly carving out a bloody path.
However, at this moment, moonlight suddenly showered down, a splash of multi-colored rays appearing.
"Awoo——"
Countless glimmers regrouped, forming into a Bright Moon Celestial Wolf ten feet high. Silver-white mane fluttered in the wind, with countless moonbeams pouring down from its crown, its aura remarkably reaching the Tier Three!
At the same time, beneath the waters, countless water ripples converged, a five-clawed cyan flood dragon suddenly materializing, its aura also reaching Tier Three, a dragon roar resounding throughout the entire grand array!
The two Tier Three Array Beasts charged from left and right, the celestial wolf's breath turning into a blizzard, while the cyan flood dragon's tail raised towering waves.
Venerable Soul Manipulator's expression changed drastically, his heart bleeding, hurriedly tossing out the White Bone Banner in his hand.
The previously enveloping Demonic Qi suddenly condensed, surging into the banner like a tsunami, coalescing into a Blood Puppet identical in form to him, with an aura also reaching Tier Three.
The puppet's face was blurred, the blood flowing on its body radiating an eerie red glow. A closer look revealed countless tormented human faces identifiable.
"Kill!"
The Blood Puppet wielded a Bone Blade to meet the cyan flood dragon, engaging in a fierce battle, with neither gaining an upper hand.
Mo Yunshan wielded the Soul Manipulation Chain, the black light glow intensifying, grappling with the Bright Moon Celestial Wolf.
...
Above the Cloud Sea, Chen Sheng saw for the first time the true face hidden beneath Venerable Soul Manipulator's demonic qi, and instantly recognized him:
"So, Mo Yunshan, it turns out to be him!"
Back in the day, this man was quite renowned among Foundation Establishment cultivators, and his sixth senior brother, Fang Lingxiao, died at the hands of this very person!
Next, he looked at the blood puppet.
Chen Sheng felt an intense familiarity, his divine sense attaching itself to the cyan flood dragon as it endlessly battled the blood puppet.
Gradually, Chen Sheng's expression grew increasingly grim as he sensed many familiar auras within the blood puppet — He Manlou, He Ping'an, and those rebellious sons of his who died miserably by the West River.
Chen Sheng's eyes turned cold, driving the grand array to its peak, continuously applying pressure on Mo Yunshan.
The water droplets splashed up by the bone blade in the blood puppet's hand carried a corrosive aura, and the moment the soul manipulation chain locked onto the wolf paw, the ghost flame began to spread along the fur.
However, each time the cyan flood dragon was shattered, it would reassemble in the water, and where the Celestial Wolf's fur was singed, moonlight quickly restored it to its pristine state.
Chen Sheng's array banner spun fiercely in his hand, dense fog rising instantly from the lake surface, with the power of the grand array fully bolstering the two array beasts.
The breath of the Celestial Wolf transformed into an invisible storm, erasing the blood shadows wherever it went.
From time to time, the cyan flood dragon dived into the water waves, emitting a dazzling light, and when reappearing, its dragon claw would have gathered the entire lake's strength.
Soon, the blood puppet fell into a disadvantage.
The dragon claw of the cyan flood dragon was indestructible, continuously tearing apart the blood puppet's body.
"Snap!"
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With a crisp sound, the five-clawed cyan flood dragon struck down, carrying unmatched might, completely shattering the blood puppet, its scattered flesh turning into black flames upon landing.
"No!"
Mo Yunshan was shocked to see this, spitting out a mouthful of fresh blood, and his aura visibly declined.
His expression was fierce, his face extremely grim — a dignified Master Fake Pill like him, yet unable to handle a mere Foundation Establishment cultivator!
"You forced me!"
He looked pale as a sheet, spat out a blood pill, his mana wavering on the verge of falling back to Foundation Establishment.
The blood pill erupted with intense red light.
The ghostly shadows seeking the array hub within the illusion realm suddenly split with the blood pill's support, becoming a sky-full of blood spirits, crazily devouring the surrounding array light curtain.
At one point, the array in the southeast corner suddenly fluctuated — the water shadow there "panic-stricken" exposed a flaw, and the spirit stones piled up behind emitted dense spiritual Qi.
"Found the array hub!"
Mo Yunshan turned into a dark light rushing straight forward, eyes full of delight.
As long as he destroyed those spirit stones, this Tier Three array would collapse without any attack.
He maneuvered the chains, emitting a sharp screech, quickly summoning countless blood spirits, fiercely crashing into a light curtain.
"Thud!"
The light curtain was torn open, revealing a cloud sea.
In the cloud sea, a Daoist in a green robe wielded an array banner, with a mass of spirit stones behind him continuously providing energy to the array.
"Found you!"
Mo Yunshan's eyes turned icy and vicious to the extreme, transformed into a dark light, recklessly charging into the cloud sea.
Chen Sheng, however, smiled lightly, his voice like an ice bead falling onto a jade disc:
"I've been waiting for you, Daoist!"
"Celestial Spirit Wind and Thunder, rise!"
With Chen Sheng's low shout, one hundred and eight flying swords suddenly appeared in the void, their blades glowing with wind and thunder runes, precisely the Wind and Thunder Sword he painstakingly refined!
The Celestial Spirit Wind-Thunder Sword Array materialized, thunder roaring, wild winds swirling, countless sword Qi whistling, interweaving into an independent array space.
A majestic sword light traversing dozens of yards coalesced, carrying the power to rend heaven and earth, slashing toward Mo Yunshan!
"Ah—!"
A piercing scream echoed through the grand array.
Mo Yunshan's body was split in two by the sword light, turning into a blood rain across the sky.
In the blood rain, a remnant blood shadow coalesced, seeking to escape the sword array!
Chen Sheng's expression remained unchanged, knowing Blood Refining Dharma King once escaped using this secret technique, he was naturally prepared.
In the void, chains formed from wind and thunder power suddenly appeared, entwining like iron snakes, tightly binding Mo Yunshan's blood shadow.
Chen Sheng flicked his fingers, the sword net contracting layer upon layer.
Immediately, several overwhelming sword lights slashed down, each containing sharp Sword Gang.
Mo Yunshan's blood shadow was constantly shattered, then constantly reassembled, its aura growing weaker.
Each sword light fell, the blood shadow thinned a little.
"Spare me, Daoist! I have a chance to form a nascent soul!"
Mo Yunshan's blood shadow pleaded desperately from within.
The sword light continued without the slightest pause.
Finally, after being repeatedly slain seven times by the array, Mo Yunshan's blood shadow completely dissipated, leaving no trace of aura.
At Cloud Sea Peak, Chen Sheng withdrew the array banner, exhaling a long breath.
Simultaneously.
His gaze turned toward the sky, his array banner fluttering as he released another water moon illusion, walked to the grand array's edge, and remotely cupped his hands towards the void:
"Two real immortals outside, spying for quite some time, would you care to reveal yourselves?"