Chapter 494 - 466: Secret Realm Collapse

Chapter 494: Chapter 466: Secret Realm Collapse

The day after Li Yuan finished reconfiguring the Mist Forest Marketplace’s array, a message from the Primordial Yang Sect arrived.

The message, personally signed by Zhou Mingyuan, urged Li Yuan to depart immediately for the Spirit Ruins Secret Realm to help repair the large-scale spatial array.

Li Yuan didn’t hesitate, transforming into an Escape Light and rushing toward the Secret Realm’s location.

The entrance to the Spirit Ruins Secret Realm was located in a desolate canyon. The sky above the canyon was dim, and pitch-black spatial rifts, like the savage maws of great beasts, continuously tore open and sealed shut in midair.

Violent spatial turbulence swept across the area as several Foundation Establishment Cultivators from the Primordial Yang Sect struggled to maintain a Defensive Array at the perimeter, their faces deathly pale.

More than a dozen Array Masters toiled nearby.

An Early-stage Golden Core elder from the Primordial Yang Sect stationed here saw Li Yuan and nodded.

After a Foundation Establishment Cultivator explained the situation to Li Yuan, he handed him a storage bag filled with Array Materials.

Li Yuan took the storage bag. Inside were various materials and a small-scale spatial Stabilizing Array.

The space here was too unstable to deploy a large-scale array directly, so the Array Masters had to set up their arrays individually.

Li Yuan spent the better part of an hour studying the array’s schematics, then swept his Divine Sense over the spatial rifts dancing across the sky.

Instead of immediately setting up the array, Li Yuan strode up to a thirty-foot-long spatial rift that was violently expanding.

The surrounding Primordial Yang Sect Cultivators hastily retreated, not daring to get any closer.

Li Yuan stood firm at the edge of the rift. ’In my equipment slot, the phantom image of the purple entry, Spirit Demon Void Containment, is flickering faintly. I casually tried to counter a magic spell with it once in the Profound Nether Sect ruins, but it wasn’t strong enough.’

’But with so many people watching, it’s not a good time to act. I’ll have to find an opportunity.’

Li Yuan turned around and took out the spatial Array Flags and Array Base materials from his storage bag.

His newly integrated Array Network Insight activated automatically.

The vestiges of shattered Spatial Arrays, the contours of the Earth Veins, and even the most unstable nodes in the void all formed a holographic network in his mind.

About fifteen minutes later, the first spatial Stabilizing Array roared to life.

Li Yuan walked to the center of the array, his gaze falling upon the Void Sand crystal that served as the core Array Hub.

The crystal’s surface was suffused with a deep blue light.

Now that the array was laid, the exquisite material, being perfectly attuned to the flow of spatial laws, had manifested an entry.

Li Yuan reached out and picked it up.

[Equippable Item Detected: Void Crystal Core (Intact)]

[Equipment Entry Preview: Void Abyss Array Heart (Blue)]

[Effect: Increases the power of Spatial Magic by 30% and casting stability by 50%.]

[Permanency Condition Preview: Successfully stabilize a spatial structure on the verge of collapse for one full day.]

He placed the Crystal Core in his storage bag, immediately replacing it in the Array Hub with an ordinary Void Stone.

The Early-stage Golden Core elder looked at Li Yuan with open admiration.

Li Yuan’s expression remained placid as he extended his Divine Sense into the distance.

Just then, the sky abruptly turned as black as ink.

Two terrifyingly powerful auras of might barbarically ripped through the high-altitude clouds, crashing down upon the canyon like a pair of great mountains.

Late-stage Golden Core. And there were two of them.

"You trash from the Primordial Yang Sect can’t hold this Secret Realm."

In midair, Blood Slaughter Zhenren of the Evil Slaying Sect floated, clad in a blood-red robe, Evil Qi surging from his body to pierce the heavens. Beside him, the Late-stage Golden Core Demon Cultivator from the Abyss Sect stood with his hands clasped behind his back, his eyes filled with cold indifference.

The face of the Primordial Yang Sect’s Early-stage Golden Core elder stationed there turned ashen, but he still spoke.

"You are violating the agreement."

Li Yuan glanced up at the two figures in the sky and, after a moment’s thought, made his move.

Combining Demon Shadow Step with his Teleportation Skill, his figure flickered and vanished from the spot.

The other Foundation Establishment Cultivators also began to flee.

The two Late-stage Golden Core experts paid the fleeing Foundation Establishment Cultivators no mind. One of them raised a hand, and a crimson Palm Seal that blotted out the sky slammed viciously into the large-scale spatial Stabilizing Array Li Yuan had just laid.

The grand array trembled violently before instantly collapsing.

After leaving, Li Yuan activated his Phantom Face disguise.

His figure grew taller, his face becoming gaunt and sinister. The Mid-grade Demon Pill within him spun madly, and pure, deep purple Demonic Qi erupted from his body as he fully unleashed the immense aura of a Late-stage Golden Core expert.

The Demon Cultivator persona from outside the Ghost Mist Forest was back online.

He transformed into a dark streak of light, silently returning to the space above the canyon.

Concealed by his Veil of Trackless Obscurity, Li Yuan hovered among the clouds.

’This is a good chance to complete the permanency condition for Spirit Demon Void Containment.’

Below the clouds, the various arrays crumbled piece by piece under the frenzied bombardment of the two Late-stage Golden Core experts.

But Li Yuan noticed something was off.

These two Demon Sect Cultivators weren’t scrambling to plunder the Secret Realm’s resources. Instead, they were systematically bombarding several of the realm’s key spatial anchor points.

’They’re deliberately destroying the Secret Realm.’

A moment later, with a cataclysmic roar that sounded as if the sky were falling, the entire entrance to the Spirit Ruins Secret Realm violently shattered.

The Spiritual Qi in a hundred-li radius was furiously dragged into the void by an irresistible suction.

The once-vast Secret Realm, undergoing extreme collapse and compression, finally condensed in midair into a fist-sized crystal that radiated a blinding red light.

Blood Slaughter Zhenren stared at the red crystal in midair, his eyes blazing with fanaticism. He took out a spatial Magical Artifact and moved to retrieve the crystal.

Without any warning, Li Yuan’s figure appeared out of thin air above the red crystal.

The instant the crystal formed, an unprecedented scarlet light erupted in Li Yuan’s vision.

’A red entry.’

The instant the red light entered his eyes, the long-silent system in his mind issued a crisp notification.

[Red Entry Item Detected]

[Next System Phase Unlocked]

[New Functions:]

[Item no longer needs to be equipped to fulfill Permanency Conditions or perform the Permanency operation.]

[Hidden information related to the item will be revealed upon completing Permanency.]

Li Yuan’s expression flickered as he unleashed a Void-Rending Slash.

His Perfection-stage Void-Rending Slash transformed into a terrifying, hundred-foot-long spatial fault line, severing the space directly in front of Blood Slaughter Zhenren’s outstretched arm.

"It’s you."

The Late-stage Golden Core Cultivator from the Abyss Sect recognized this mysterious Demon Cultivator, whom they had briefly encountered on the periphery before. His expression turned grave.

Blood Slaughter Zhenren’s face contorted with rage as he launched a Blood Seal at Li Yuan.

Li Yuan paid them no heed.

Relying on his formidable physique, Li Yuan took the full force of the hastily launched Blood Seal. A dark golden luster flowed over his skin, leaving not even a single scratch.

With his right hand, he snatched the red-glowing collapsed core, enveloping it in Demonic Qi.

The collapsed core was unstable, carving bloody gashes so deep on Li Yuan’s hand that bone was visible.

[Equippable Item Detected: Lesser Realm Collapse Core (Intact)]

[Item Entry Grade: Red]

[Equipment Entry Preview: Lesser Realm Collapse Core (Red)]

[Effect: Allows free travel through extreme environments like spatial rifts, spatial tunnels, and the void, granting immunity to all spatial damage and erosion. Enables the user to open independent spaces at will; the size, stability, and duration of which are determined by the user’s own power.

Permanency Bonus Effect: The user’s physical body and Divine Soul will gain the traits of a spatial being. All Magic and Cultivation Techniques used will automatically be imbued with the Spatial Attribute.]

[Permanency Condition Preview: Devour the cores of three naturally collapsing Secret Realms, or single-handedly create a stable space that can exist for a thousand years.]