Desolate Devouring Art - Chapter 1701- Nine Heavens and Ten Earths

Chapter 1701- Nine Heavens and Ten Earths

Gu Yue and Nong Qu attacked while Tang Yang suppressed Yue Jinkang’s group of three. They both punched out, sending Lingqiong Mo and Baili Qiu flying with blood spraying from their mouths.

“I’ll fight you all to the death!” Yue Jinkang roared. The Great Divine Sun Bell in his hand released a dazzling burst of radiance and suppressed Tang Yang’s immortal art.

Taking the opportunity created by that brief opening, Yue Jinkang charged at Tang Yang, planning to drag the latter down with him. He already knew they had no chance of winning this fight, and killing all three of them would not be easy.

Though Tang Yang could suppress the three of them with his strength, it was not easy for him to kill all three with overwhelming force.

“Heretic Blade!” Liu Wuxie called out.

The Heretic Blade flew out of its sheath, turning into a streak of light that charged toward the Great Divine Sun Bell, producing a sharp metallic shriek that pierced through the air.

The blade had long wanted to clash with the Great Divine Sun Bell, and it finally got the chance. The Great Divine Sun Bell released a painful mourn, as it was merely an immortal artifact from the mortal realm, while the Heretic Blade had absorbed laws from the celestial realm. The two were not on the same level to begin with.

“Liu Wuxie!” Yue Jinkang shuddered in fear. The appearance of the Heretic Blade meant Liu Wuxie was nearby.

After losing the Great Divine Sun Bell, Yue Jinkang’s strength plummeted even further. He lost all his courage the moment Liu Wuxie arrived.

The Heretic Blade knocked the Great Divine Sun Bell away before turning around and swinging down toward Yue Jinkang, unleashing a terrifying curtain of blade rays that formed a powerful shockwave, pinning him to the ground.

“Die!” Tang Yang naturally would not miss such a golden opportunity and struck out with his palm once more. This time, his attack sent Yue Jinkang flying, breaking countless bones. Lingqiong Mo and Baili Qiu were also on the verge of death after being struck.

If they were outside, killing a fellow immortal would not be so easy. But in the Sacred Astral River Scroll, heavenly immortals were no different from mere mortals.

“Liu Wuxie, you demon! You’ll die a terrible death sooner or later!” Yue Jinkang’s expression twisted violently as he roared toward the heavens. He collapsed to the ground, unable to move, as Tang Yang placed his right foot on his chest, making him cough up blood.

“Wuxie!” Gu Yue and Nong Qu walked over to greet Liu Wuxie as soon as they saw him. Gu Yue, in particular, was the ancestor of the Nine Dragon Palace. After learning that Liu Wuxie had saved the Nine Dragon Palace from a catastrophic crisis, he was naturally grateful to him.

“Where’s Gongsun Lin and Nalan Xihe?” Liu Wuxie asked. He had long grown accustomed to such meaningless curses.

“Liu Wuxie, I was wrong! Please don’t kill me! The Profound Azure Gate only targeted you because the Grand Unity Sect misled us! I’m willing to become your dog!” Baili Qiu said, going down to his knees and kowtowing.

As a dignified immortal, he did not want to die. He had cultivated for hundreds of thousands of years to reach his current height, and he would not even have a chance at reincarnation if he died.

Everyone knew that Liu Wuxie had mastered the Great Samsara Mythical Art, allowing him to sever a person’s past and present.

The sight of Baili Qiu kneeling and kowtowing to Liu Wuxie left Gu Yue and the others sighing. They recalled that they had all been young once, and which of them had not been ambitious? However, after becoming immortals, they had grown far more cautious, and the last traces of their pride had long since been worn away.

They began to wonder whether they would also kneel and beg for mercy if they were in Baili Qiu’s position. No one knew. Even an immortal would not be able to maintain his composure before death.

Liu Wuxie learned from Baili Qiu that they had been hunted by a mysterious group ever since they had entered the Sacred Astral River Scroll, and it was not hard for Liu Wuxie to guess that Gan Xingzhou had sent them. Gongsun Lin and Nalan Xihe had precisely died at their hands.

“It’s too late for you to regret it now,” Liu Wuxie said coldly.

The Sky Devouring Divine Cauldron released a powerful suction force as a black hole appeared in the sky, devouring the three immortals at once. The laws in their bodies were all stripped away, and Liu Wuxie planned to nurture a few more immortals once he left the Sacred Astral River Scroll.

After dealing with Yue Jinkang’s trio, the group of four continued onward. Along the way, Tang Yang shared with Gu Yue and Nong Qu what he had experienced in the Divergent Spring Hall. When the duo learned that Tang Yang had reached the eighth-level Heavenly Immortal Realm and even learned an immortal art, they couldn’t help but feel envious.

Liu Wuxie was not stingy with them and picked out two immortal arts for the two, further increasing their strength. Even though he could not cultivate the immortal arts from his previous life, they could.

He taught them the immortal arts because they would soon face Gan Xingzhou’s group. The higher their cultivation and combat strength, the more they could help him. If they could even hold back three to five enemies, it would greatly alleviate the pressure on him.

Only by joining forces could they achieve a win-win outcome. That had always been Liu Wuxie’s principle.

“We’re about to reach the end of the path!”

The Sacred Astral River Scroll was vast, but it still had its boundaries. They traveled for a few days and nights only to see a world of primal chaos ahead of them. If they continued forward, they would fall into the primal chaos and enter a world of the unknown. It did not lead to the Indigo Bamboo Astral Domain, nor would they still be in the Sacred Astral River Scroll.

“This should be the place,” Liu Wuxie said, casting Ghost Pupil to examine his surroundings.

Many cultivators had gathered there after fleeing from Gan Xingzhou and the others. Several groups of cultivators had already arrived within a few hours, leaving three days until the ten-day deadline. This meant that the Heavenly Sealing Array should be nearly complete by now.

“Wuxie, what are these strange pillars for?” Gu Yue asked curiously. Eighteen pillars stood throughout the surroundings, scattered irregularly around them.

“They’re called the Eighteen Golden Pillars, also known as the Eighteen Arhat Array,” Liu Wuxie explained, frowning as he looked at the eighteen pillars. He knew that he would have to break the Eighteen Arhat Array to enter the vault.

There were three reasons Liu Wuxie could find the vault’s location so quickly. He had the Heavenly Dao Book, Ghost Pupil, and his understanding of Ning Chou. He had already scanned the inner world with Ghost Pupil long ago.

Then again, he still could not be so certain before entering the Divergent Spring Hall. But after entering it, he confirmed that the vault was in the east, where the coffin’s head pointed. After combining the three points, Liu Wuxie concluded that the vault was in the east.

“Why didn’t the spiritual array react when we entered it?” Gu Yue and the other two asked curiously. Since it was a spiritual array, it should have activated the moment they stepped in. But why could they still move freely here?

The eighteen pillars formed no discernible pattern. One could enter from the left and leave from the right without any obstruction.

Liu Wuxie smiled upon hearing that and said nothing. In truth, the Eighteen Arhat Array had already activated without anyone realizing it.

With Ghost Pupil, Liu Wuxie had captured everything within a radius of ten thousand meters. Aside from the eighteen pillars, nine mountains corresponded with the nine heavens and ten earths. He had not expected Ning Chou to be a grandmaster at spiritual arrays.

The nine mountains and the Eighteen Arhat Array had enveloped everything within a radius of ten thousand meters. But as they were already inside the spiritual array, they could not sense anything unusual.

They could step in freely, but they would not be able to leave so easily because the nine heavens and ten earths had already trapped them. This restricted their range of movement to a radius of ten thousand meters. The nine heavens and ten earths had already imprisoned them, and they could only leave by shattering them.

“Wuxie, is the vault really here?” Tang Yang asked. He had circled the eighteen pillars several times but could not find the vault’s entrance.

“The vault doesn’t have a fixed form. It might be right before us, but we just haven’t discovered it yet,” Liu Wuxie replied. He continued observing the surroundings with Ghost Pupil. He knew that the vault did not necessarily remain fixed in one place, and not all vaults were hidden underground.

Upon reaching the level of an immortal venerable, one would gain access to heaven-defying means, capable of even condensing an entire vault into a grain of sand. Even if it floated before their eyes, they wouldn’t notice it.

The three naturally chose to believe Liu Wuxie completely.

A cry for help echoed from afar. “Wuxie, save me!”

Leng Zizhen appeared in the distance, chased by several cultivators from Gan Xingzhou’s group. However, Gan Xingzhou was nowhere to be seen. He was likely in another squad.

Gan Xingzhou was already on his way, and he would arrive soon. They would then form a fan-shaped formation to kill everyone and leave no survivors.

Liu Wuxie waved his hand to unleash a powerful ripple, forcing the five immortals chasing Leng Zizhen to take a step back.

Taking advantage of this chance, Leng Zizhen appeared before Liu Wuxie and escaped their pursuit. Aside from Leng Zizhen, several other cultivators also escaped.

He Fan and Ying Tianxia also appeared in the blink of an eye. Though no one had hunted them, Gan Xingzhou’s group had forced them to travel in this direction. This drew more immortals there.

“Liu Wuxie, we finally found you!” The squad chasing Leng Zizhen immediately abandoned everyone else and turned to look at their actual target.

Right at this moment, Gan Xingzhou arrived with a large group and formed an encirclement.

Seeing this, Tang Yang, Gu Yue, and the others immediately went into battle. However, Liu Wuxie was not in a hurry to attack, as he still needed time. The Heavenly Sealing Array would only activate in three days, and he had to delay them until then.

A battle was on the verge of breaking out, and the unrelated immortals had retreated a thousand meters away, not wanting to be caught in the aftermath.

“Gan Xingzhou, why don’t you take a look around us first?” Liu Wuxie asked with a playful look, not in a hurry to attack.

Gan Xingzhou, Liang Hong, and a few others had already reached the sixth-level High Immortal Realm. This meant it would not be easy for Liu Wuxie to kill them. If they fought, it would only end in mutual destruction.

Hearing what Liu Wuxie said, Gan Xingzhou finally turned to look at the surroundings, only to be shocked when he saw the eighteen pillars and nine mountains. Who in the celestial realm did not know of the combination between the nine heavens and ten earths, along with the Eighteen Arhat Array?

Though they were at the bottom of the food chain in the celestial realm, they had read many books and possessed that much knowledge.

Gan Xingzhou’s expression turned ugly. He discovered that the spiritual array had trapped all of them. This meant that even after they killed Liu Wuxie, they would still have to die there.

“See it now? We need to work together to leave this place alive. You should know that you can’t break through this spiritual array with your ability,” Liu Wuxie said, smiling as he looked at Gan Xingzhou.

“Our mission is to kill you. Once you’re dead, the ancestors will naturally find a way to rescue us,” Liang Hong said. He naturally would not fall for Liu Wuxie’s words.

A familiar voice echoed behind Liu Wuxie right at this moment. “This is the Sacred Astral River Scroll. Even your ancestors can’t reach this place.”

When Liu Wuxie saw the speaker, he could not help but look surprised. He had not expected to meet someone familiar after so many years.