Desolate Devouring Art - Chapter 1593 - Miracle Craftsmanship
Chapter 1593 – Miracle Craftsmanship
Time slipped by in a slow crawl, yet six hours vanished in the blink of an eye. Before everyone’s eyes, a massive fortress rose from the ground once more. With the framework complete, they could handle the smaller interior details themselves.
“Master, I’m going to perform the Great Five Elemental Mythical Art to change the environment, and I need help to set up the Saint Imperial Five Elemental Array,” Liu Wuxie said, sending a ray of light into Hua Feiyu’s soul sea.
Hua Feiyu used only three breaths to familiarize himself with the spiritual array. He couldn’t help turning to look at Liu Wuxie. Such a heaven-defying spiritual array had never appeared in the Indigo Bamboo Astral Domain, and he couldn’t stop himself from wondering whether the rumors were true about Liu Wuxie being the reincarnation of an immortal.
When Liu Wuxie cast the Great Five Elemental Mythical Art, a gentle rain began to fall from the sky. Wood-attribute energy poured down with it, released by the fragment of the Great Dao of Wood, and it nourished the withered trees in the surroundings.
The entire mountain range had been leveled after the battle, leaving lasting scars in the terrain.
Trees rose one after another. Saplings that had barely clung to life swelled into towering giants in the blink of an eye. Their growth left everyone stunned, as only immortals possessed such a heaven-defying method.
Liu Wuxie’s immortal energy already rivaled that of an immortal, and the immortal stones released it without pause. Within a radius of thirty miles, trees surged up from the ground and turned the surroundings green in an instant. Each tree looked as though it had grown for thousands of years, and its canopy swallowed the entire fortress.
Not long after, the Great Dao of Earth’s fragment began releasing earth-attribute energy underground.
Crackling sounds echoed from below as mountains pushed up from the earth, especially the peaks Liu Wuxie had shattered earlier. Those rising mountains instantly became the core of the spiritual array as Hua Feiyu began setting it up.
With a quasi-immortal setting up the Saint Imperial Five Elemental Array, its power could rival that of quasi-immortals. That meant that even if quasi-immortals came in the future, they wouldn’t be able to destroy the spiritual array, and it became a permanent solution to ensure the Heavenly Dao Society’s safety.
The uneven ground gradually smoothed and widened, shaping a broad road that linked to the Heavenly Dragon Sect and Mount Dragon City.
“Transforming the terrain. Liu Wuxie is getting more and more terrifying,” the cultivators gathered in the distance murmured, their eyes wide with shock.
Destruction came easily, but restoration demanded far more. Yet Liu Wuxie not only restored everything, but he also made the terrain grander than before.
Liu Wuxie then embedded an immortal stone into the spiritual array. Immortal energy immediately permeated the Heavenly Dao Society, turning it into a paradise. From that moment on, anyone who cultivated within the Heavenly Dao Society would yield twice the results with half the effort.
After all, not everyone was like Liu Wuxie. One immortal stone could sustain the Heavenly Dao Society’s absorption for hundreds of thousands of years.
The Great Dao of Water’s fragment followed, and rain poured down in sheets, filling the low craters and turning them into lakes. Flocks of aerial demonic beasts gathered along the lakeside, claiming it as their nest. From this day forward, they would live alongside the Heavenly Dao Society.
The Great Dao of Metal’s fragment appeared next, and metal-attribute energy surged from deep underground, making the mountain ranges denser than before.
Then the Great Dao of Fire’s fragment emerged, and terrifying magma brewed beneath the earth. It didn’t take long before volcanoes began to rise, and with that, the cycle of five elements completed itself.
By then, Hua Feiyu’s spiritual array had neared completion. They didn’t need heaven-defying treasures; so long as the cycle of the five elements never extinguished, the spiritual array would run indefinitely.
A faint layer of shimmering haze appeared overhead, enveloping the Heavenly Dao Society and turning the entire mountain range into a breathtaking sight. In just three days, the Heavenly Dao Society underwent a complete transformation, becoming even more magnificent than before and finally bearing the presence of a superpower.
“It feels like the surroundings have gotten much bigger than before.” It didn’t take long for others to notice something strange. They had only been about two thousand meters away from the Heavenly Dao Society before, yet the distance suddenly felt farther.
“Liu Wuxie has altered heaven and earth. Now that the five elements fortify the surrounding heaven and earth, the ground and trees will keep growing without pause,” explained a cultivator at the pinnacle of the Heaven Gaze Realm.
Everything in the world carried spirit, and even a stone could grow into a mountain if fed with vast energy.
When the master and disciple pair descended from the sky, even they couldn’t help feeling awed by the world they had forged with their own hands.
Zhuge Ming and the others stepped forward. “Truly, a miraculous craftsmanship!”
This had surpassed everyone’s understanding. Liu Wuxie truly possessed the means to create a lesser realm, yet his cultivation still held him back.
The elders of the Heavenly Dragon Sect praised nonstop. In the past three days, they had witnessed miracles that felt like a century—ruins turning into a paradise for cultivators, and the dead returning to life.
When they entered the fortress, everything felt larger than before. More rooms filled the space, the martial field had expanded, and ancient trees threaded through buildings like living pillars. If a stranger arrived, they would never believe someone had created everything in three days. Such a scale should have required thousands of years of polishing.
The upper echelons of the Heavenly Dragon Sect and the Heavenly Dao Society gathered in the main hall, with Hua Feiyu taking the highest seat.
“Wuxie, what do you plan to do next?” Hua Feiyu asked. He knew Liu Wuxie well enough to understand that he wouldn’t let this go after suffering such heavy losses.
The Grand Unity Sect must have received word by now and tightened its defenses. A direct assault wouldn’t work, and it would only end in mutual destruction. As for the Divine Alchemy Sect, Hua Feiyu’s experts were already attacking them.
“Destroy the Immortal Slaughter Palace,” Liu Wuxie said. He shared Hua Feiyu’s judgment and anticipated that the Grand Unity Sect had likely gathered its forces. If he charged in now, he would walk straight into their trap, and the Grand Unity Sect had surely laid a net and waited for him to step into it.
“The Immortal Slaughter Palace is in the Laman Astral Domain, and we can’t dispatch experts due to the distance,” Hua Feiyu replied.
Even if they sent people to the Laman Astral Domain, the Immortal Slaughter Palace would hold home-ground advantage unless they dispatched double the force. The Heavenly Dragon Sect couldn’t afford to send its elites, and that meant destroying the Immortal Slaughter Palace wouldn’t be easy. The two sects stood evenly matched, and fighting on enemy territory would only worsen their odds.
“I don’t need help. I’ll be making the trip over myself,” Liu Wuxie replied and waved a hand, treating it as settled.
“Absolutely not!” Hua Feiyu objected, refusing to let Liu Wuxie take that risk.
If something happened to Liu Wuxie in the Laman Astral Domain, the Heavenly Dragon Sect wouldn’t be able to respond in time. What happened in the Spirit Martial Astral Domain had already proven that, and Hua Feiyu would not allow the same tragedy to repeat.
“Don’t worry about it. I won’t clash with the Immortal Slaughter Palace head-on,” Liu Wuxie replied with a faint smile. With his current strength, clashing head-on would be no different from courting death. But he had his own ways, and he also had an insider in the Immortal Slaughter Palace.
Everyone in the main hall rose to their feet, trying to stop him. “That still won’t do. It’s too dangerous for you to go by yourself!”
“I know that everyone is worried about my safety, but I have made my decision. So don’t bother trying to persuade me,” Liu Wuxie said. Once he made a decision, he never changed it.
Sighs echoed through the hall. Since they understood they couldn’t stop him, they could only find ways to support him instead.
“Wuxie, tell us about your plan,” Hua Feiyu said. Fondness and frustration warred across his face. He hated how Liu Wuxie always chose the most dangerous path, where one misstep could cost him his life.
Based on the Heavenly Dao Society’s current pace, they needed only a few days to reach the level of a first-tier sect. Yet waiting out vengeance was against Liu Wuxie’s nature.
As for waiting for an opportunity, only the weak would use that excuse to comfort themselves. If Liu Wuxie possessed the ability, he would have already killed his way to the Immortal Slaughter Palace.
“Fight,” Liu Wuxie said, offering only one word.
That single word left everyone confused. He didn’t explain how he would fight, and no one pressed him for details.
Without lingering, Liu Wuxie took out a letter and handed it to Mu Tianli, a written plan for the Heavenly Dao Society’s development.
Hua Feiyu and the others returned to the Heavenly Dragon Sect.
Through this battle, the bond between the Heavenly Dragon Sect and the Heavenly Dao Society had grown stronger. Both sides began large-scale cooperation across the alchemy, artifact, spiritual talisman, and spiritual array markets, and they even opened new markets together.
Liu Wuxie had no intention of monopolizing the Thousand Island Sea Region’s strategic region. He had instructed Mu Tianli to cooperate with the Heavenly Dragon Sect and develop it together.
After making every arrangement, he left the Heavenly Dao Society and headed straight for Undead Star. He planned to activate his plan ahead of schedule. He had originally intended to visit Death Mountain only after reaching the Heaven Gaze Realm.
When he left, countless scouts followed him. Liu Wuxie performed a few rapid bursts of movements and vanished without a trace, and even his shadow disappeared.
Roughly two hours later, Liu Wuxie returned to Undead Star.
The Undead Race had gone into hiding and didn’t dare to come out to provoke him.
Standing before the Death Bridge, Liu Wuxie took a deep breath. Then, he flew forward, stepped onto the decayed planks, and leapt. The bridge had only a few planks left, which meant entering Death Mountain would only grow more difficult in the future.
After the auction hosted by Skybrim Pavilion, many people had visited Death Mountain, hoping to borrow astral crystals as well. None of them had managed to leave alive.
An oil lamp appeared and began guiding Liu Wuxie forward.
Liu Wuxie executed Ghost Pupil and captured the entire Death Mountain in his gaze as he increased his speed. He moved so quickly that the oil lamp couldn’t keep up.
When he arrived before the pitch-black palace, the door opened by itself before he spoke. He didn’t hesitate and stepped inside, and the lamps on both sides lit up, illuminating the hall.
“Someone’s here again,” said one of the three elders. Recent months had been comfortable for the trio, since their lifespans had increased significantly. Yet their lifespan had begun to drain faster, and the shift in heaven and earth likely caused it.
“Elders, it has been a long time since we last met,” Liu Wuxie said, and he offered the three elders a formal bow.
Tian Can immediately flew over, and his large head circled Liu Wuxie once.
“How odd. It had only been half a year since we last met, and you’ve reached the eighth-level Earth Immortal Realm,” Tian Can exclaimed, disbelief thick in his tone. The last time they had met, Liu Wuxie had only been at the sixth-level Void Realm, and his breakthrough speed was monstrous.
“Kid, why have you come this time? Are you going to help us undo our curses?” Di Can flew over, hope flashing in his eyes. They didn’t want to spend another day trapped in this lightless place, and they could also sense their lifespan draining faster now.
“That’s right,” Liu Wuxie replied with a nod. He had come to restore the three elders’ freedom. The Heavenly Dao Society had suffered such a huge loss solely because it lacked any experts at the Quasi-Immortal Realm.
