Bai Xiaolu slowly answered, “Because it wouldn’t have made a difference. We didn’t have enough power.”
Li Fu had no response. It was true, even if they knew earlier, it’s not like their two heavens dared to go seek out Shengzu Heaven.
“What exactly are they up to?” Guan Qinglong’s brows were tightly furrowed together, his face filled with worry. Shengzu Heaven’s actions made him very uneasy.
Gaze after gaze turned towards Zhou Yuan. As their nominated overall commander, he was currently their core.
Zhou Yuan’s expression remained calm under their nervous gazes. He knew that once he showed any panic, their morale would be greatly affected.
“It doesn’t matter what they’re up to. We don’t have any way out. The nine ancestral qi main channels are right in front of us. No matter what they’re plotting, everything will be clear once we go there.
“All of us carry the future of our homes on our shoulders. The Sacred Race are treacherous, ruthless, and heartless. If we allow them to grow stronger, there may no longer be any place for us in Tianyuan World.”
Zhou Yuan’s expression gradually turned fierce. His gaze swept across the crowd as he slowly said, “This will very likely be a key battle that will affect the future. For the sake of our heavens, our sects, and the people we must protect, no matter what we have to face...we can only fight to the death!”
His voice echoed in everyone’s ears.
Everyone’s faces gradually turned red. A fire began to burn in their hearts, boiling the blood that ran through their veins.
“Fight to the death!”
“Fight to the death!”
“......”
Roar after roar rang out, ultimately converging together into a maelstrom that soared into the sky.
“Disciples of the five Heavens, prepare to move!” Zhou Yuan showed no hesitation and released a long whistle.
The five Heavens troops began to move. In the end, the vast army set off with Zhou Yuan, Bai Xiaolu, Guan Qinglong, Jiang Jinlin and the others at their head, rushing straight towards the central zone.
They could already feel the endless power of the nine main channels bursting out from the central zone.
Their current location was somewhere around the outer regions of the central zone.
Half a day later, they neared their destination.
On a ten-thousand-feet-high cliff in the central zone, Genesis Qi undulations suddenly appeared along with several figures.
It was a small group led by Zhou Yuan. Behind them, the five heavens main forces advanced into the mountain range.
One of the figures said, “Guyuan Heaven’s core is right ahead…”
Zhou Yuan, Bai Xiaolu, Guan Qinglong and the others raised their heads and peered at the horizon.
Next, their pupils abruptly shrank.
“This is…?!”
They had seen an immense light array floating in the distance. The light array connected the land and sky, stretching to the end of their sights.
Space distorted around the array, blocking all senses and making it impossible to peak behind it.
An indescribable and mighty power rippled across the area.
The light array was akin to a heavenly wall that towered before them, cutting off Guyuan Heaven’s core from the rest of the world.
Behind the majestic light array, one could faintly see several ancient mountains, stone tablets and giant pillars.
These mountains, tablets and pillars gave off a torrential amount of ancestral qi. They were clearly transformed from mystic ruins!
Deep within the unimaginable array, the nine ancestral qi main channels could be seen, throbbing as if they were breathing in the world around them. The entire Guyuan Heaven seemed to gently heave along with them.
“I know what they’re doing…” Bai Xiaolu’s nails bit into her palms, veins popping on her fists. Her eyes were filled with burning rage and some kind of fear.
“They’re...planning on hogging the nine main channels, leaving nothing for our five heavens!”
Chapter 1167 Jia Tu
“Hogging all nine main channels?!”
The others’ expressions changed at Bai Xiaolu’s words. Anger and shock soon surged in their eyes.
Even Zhou Yuan’s expression darkened. He had not expected the Sacred Race to be so greedy!
Guan Qinglong asked in a grave voice, “Can they really devour all nine main channels? Such a thing has never happened in the past.”
Due to the laws of Guyuan Heaven, it required the power of nearly an entire heaven to subdue and capture one of the main channels.
Of course, they first had to stop all the other competitors.
For countless years, the nine heavens lived by the unspoken rule of one main channel per heaven, the only difference being who got the stronger or weaker main channels. Something as extreme as hogging all nine main channels had never occurred before. The nine main channels possessed a unique ego of their own that would instinctively resist something like that happening.
The others nodded one after another.
Bai Xiaolu slowly said, “It has indeed never happened in the past because the Sacred Race did not have the means, but now...they are clearly prepared.”
Zhou Yuan’s heart shuddered. He gazed at the mysterious space-distorting array that connected the land and sky, and softly said, “It’s that array boundary?”
Bai Xiaolu frowned deeply and said, “Qiankun Heaven managed to scout some information previously, and if memory serves me right, that boundary is most likely the Sacred Derivation Boundary Formation. It was conceived by the Sacred Race’s Saint experts, and once set up, it has the terrifying power of devouring and digesting the land.
“They likely plan on using this boundary to suppress the nine main channels, capture them and send the ancestral qi into the four Sacred Race heavens.
“But from our information, that boundary shouldn’t have been perfected yet. It seems that the Sacred Race may have intentionally fed us fake news in order to trick us.”
Her expression was exceptionally ugly.
“No wonder Shengzu Heaven was relocating mystic ruins. They wanted to utilize the mystic ruins as nodes for the boundary…
“We’re late. Once the boundary is formed, it will connect the sky and land, distorting space to create an impassable wall. We’re stuck outside...and can only watch them borrow the boundary’s power to subdue the nine main channels and extract their ancestral qi.”
Regret rose in Bai Xiaolu’s eyes. If she knew about this plan earlier, she would have informed the other heavens so that they could try and stop the Sacred Race together.
However, the Sacred Derivation Boundary Formation was already set up, and they no longer had any way to turn the tables.
Around her, the faces of Guan Qinglong, Jiang Jinlin, Chu Qing and the others also turned extremely ugly as they stared at the great boundary in frustration. It had not been easy for them to make it all the way here. The nine main channels were now right before their eyes, but had been completely cut off from them by the Sacred Race. Who would willingly accept this?
If the rest of the five heavens were to know about this, it might deal a fatal blow to their morale.
However, it was impossible to keep under wraps, because the boundary was just too...obvious.
There were already troops flying up the mountain behind them, shock and fear first coloring their faces when they saw the boundary, quickly followed by panic and loss.
Restlessness had already begun to spread.
Rumble!
While the five heavens forces were at a loss, a disturbance spread from the great array in the distance. Space warped, seemingly peeling away layer after layer as the silhouettes of mountains began to appear.
Several figures appeared on one of the mountains, looking towards the five heavens forces in amusement.
They had evidently sensed the five heavens’ arrival.
A figure appeared on
one of the peaks in the great array, looking over with indifferent eyes.
Zhou Yuan and the others immediately locked onto this figure. Even from so far away, they could sense an indescribable feeling of danger from him.
He wore black robes and had placed his hands behind him. His eyes were as deep as the stars, giving off an immeasurable feeling. A faint golden glow seemed to be emitted from the slit between his eyes, making him appear more mysterious.
A pair of dragon and phoenix earrings hunt from his earlobes, gleaming with a strange light.
He seemed to smile as he stared at Zhou Yuan and the others, before a soft chuckle echoed across the area. “Friends from the five heavens, do you guys like the gift I’ve prepared?”
Bai Xiaolu stared hard at the figure, grinding her teeth as she said, “He’s Jia Tu! Shengzu Heaven’s strongest sacred heaven pride!”
Zhou Yuan’s eyes widened slightly. This person gave him an extremely oppressive feeling. He could feel an almost solid threat even with his 4.3 billion Genesis Qi foundation.
No one replied to Jia Tu’s mocking question. Everyone merely continued staring at him with ice-cold eyes.
However, Jia Tu clearly did not seem to mind, or perhaps, he never once viewed any of them as worthy. After all, the Shengzu Heaven team he led had never participated in any battles with the other heavens. Although it was because they were preparing the great array, it might also indicate an indescribable disdain.
“You guys truly are a little boring.” Jia Tu remarked due to their silence. “It seems that you guys have yet to lose all hope. Since that is the case, allow me to demonstrate for you guys again.”
He softly chuckled as he extended his hands and clapped.
Rumble!
A tremendous change began to occur. Stars seemed to flutter deep in the great array as a giant black hole slowly emerged, giving off a boundless power.
Under this power, Guyuan Heaven’s core region heaved.
Zhou Yuan and the others could make out what seemed to be an endless sea. The sea was torn apart as ancestral qi rose from its depths. An indescribable power seemed to reach out, grabbing an invisible dragon.
In a giant desert plagued by sandstorms, the silhouette of an enormous yellow dragon struggled violently.
Mud churned wildly in a bottomless swamp, thrown about as if the entire swamp was being turned upside down.
A deep abyss was ripped open, ancestral qi rapidly rising from the darkness.
......
A total of nine locations in Guyuan Heaven’s core region were being smashed apart!
The nine main channels were clearly hidden within!
All nine main channels were currently being locked in place by the black hole in the sky. Ancestral qi rose from them, converging towards the black hole.
Shengzu Heaven was already beginning to subdue and extract the main channels!
The eyes of countless people from the five heavens nearly burst from their sockets, someone even howling in anguish and despair.
The situation was going out of control.
However, they were not the only ones who were affected. Even Guan Qinglong, Jiang Jinlin and the others tightly clenched their fists, veins throbbing on their foreheads.
Bai Xiaolu’s head seemed to hang powerlessly from her neck. In the face of such despair, even she was at a loss. The mighty power pulsing from the great array made them unable to find the courage to even approach it.
Smiling from ear to ear, Jia Tu gazed at the rising despair before waving his hand as if chasing away ants. “Forget it, get lost. Don’t think about the nine main channels anymore, and use this chance while we’re busy to find the remaining branch channels or mystic ruins. Hopefully, you’ll be able to make up for your loss a little.”
He seemed to be pointing out a path for the five heavens out of pity, even if it was a pathetic option.
Bai Xiaolu and the others shook in anger. However, his words did have some effect. There were already some who were preparing to go search for any remaining ancestral qi. After all, if they couldn’t have the meat, they would at least try to get a little soup.
This was a sign of giving up.
Bai Xiaolu, Guan Qinglong and the others watched with ugly expressions. However, they did not know how to stop this from happening.
The morale dropped impossibly low.
However, while even the five heaven elites were at a loss, Zhou Yuan suddenly walked forward.
He stared at Jia Tu from afar and slowly said, “Do you really want us to leave so badly? Or are you worried about something?”
Jia Tu’s smile receded slightly. His eyes narrowed as he stared at Zhou Yuan in a seemingly interested manner. “Oh? Worried that you five heavens ants might be able to cause some destruction?”
Zhou Yuan stared hard at Jia Tu. A long while later, his gaze shifted towards the Sacred Derivation Boundary Formation.
The Saint Rune rapidly spun in his pupils, making them appear rather mysterious.
At the same time, his calm voice rang out across the area, “You should be worried that there might still be some flaws in your yet to be perfected boundary.”
Countless gazes from the five heavens looked towards Zhou Yuan’s figure as if suddenly understanding something.
The eyes of Bai Xiaolu, Guan Qinglon, Jiang Jinlin and the other super elite Heavenly Sun expert slowly widened as they stared in Zhou Yuan in disbelief.
On the peak in the great array, Jia Tu’s amused smile slowly began to recede.
Chapter 1168 The Flawed Array
Zhou Yuan’s voice immediately drew countless shocked gazes as it rang out across the land.
Shock slowly turned into slivers of joy and surprise as the five heavens troops expectantly stared at Zhou Yuan’s figure. Amidst their despair, Zhou Yuan’s words had undoubtedly given them a sliver of hope.
“Zhou Yuan, what do you mean?” Bai Xiaolu could not help but grab Zhou Yuan’s sleeve, her large, jet-black eyes staring at him like a drowning man clasping onto the straw of hope.
Guan Qinglong and the others also stared at Zhou Yuan with burning gazes, subconsciously holding their breaths as if afraid that even the tiniest sound would scare away this sliver of hope.
Under their gazes, Zhou Yuan continued to focus on the great array boundary as he calmly said, “The boundary is indeed powerful beyond my imagination. As expected of the Sacred Race Saint experts. If it was in its complete form, I would not be able to understand its depth and profoundness. Unfortunately for them…”
He paused as he turned towards Xiao Bailu. “You previously mentioned that the Sacred Race had not perfected the Sacred Derivation Boundary Formation. You are right, the great array before us is not complete.
“It still has flaws!
“Jia Tu likely also knows of these flaws, hence why he tried to crush our spirits earlier. He wanted us to voluntarily back down because he’s very cautious and is worried that an unexpected accident may happen.”
Zhou Yuan’s gaze swept across his surroundings, looking directly into their hopeful eyes as he said, “Simply put, their meticulously set up great array boundary is not an impenetrable wall. We…still have a chance!”
Uproar!
The eyes of countless five heavens members began to light up, their earlier despair and frustration gradually turning into burning battle intent.
At the end of the day, none of them wished to withdraw here.
Those that could arrive here were tenacious and determined individuals. They were not afraid of death, but one that was meaningless and hopeless.
The great array before them was far too terrifying, so powerful that it had made them despair. However, Zhou Yuan’s words had wiped away that despair.
Bai Xiaolu, Guan Qinglong and the others breathed heavy sighs of relief. If the morale was destroyed by a few words from Jia Tu, they would not know how to explain when they returned to their respective heavens. In fact, they would likely be blamed heavily for such a
failure.
However...how was Zhou Yuan able to see the flaws in the great array?
It was a boundary derived from the joint efforts of several Saint experts, and was extremely complex. Let alone someone like Zhou Yuan, even existances with Allroaming stage Spirits might not have such capabilities.
However, Zhou Yuan appeared very certain. Was he making it up to stabilize their morale?
If he was, that would merely be akin to drinking poison to quench one’s thirst. Once the truth was exposed, everyone’s morale would drop even lower than before.
For a time, Bai Xiaolu and the others became anxious and agitated, the earlier joy quickly fading away.
However, Zhou Yuan paid no attention to them. His gaze remained fixed on the figure atop the peak inside the array. It was true that it was impossible for him to see the flaws of the boundary with his Spirit cultivation alone. Fortunately, although his Spirit cultivation was insufficient, he had the Decoder Saint Rune.
Although this Saint Rune did not directly boost his combat power, it could find any weaknesses and had pleasantly surprised Zhou Yuan many times over the years.
Now, there was another hurdle for it to overcome.
Under Zhou Yuan’s gaze, Jia Tu remained expressionless. Interest emerged in his eyes as he gazed at Zhou Yuan and said, “It seems that there’s someone with whose not that shabby in the five lower heavens.
“Hehe, you’re right. This boundary has yet to be perfected.” He voluntarily admitted.
Bai Xiaolu and the others were overjoyed.
Jia Tu cocked his head slightly, an amused expression on his face as he playfully said, “Your read was good. I am rather cautious and was indeed hoping to scare you guys away with my earlier words.
“What can I say, I don’t really like risk.
“However, it seems that you have foiled my plan.”
A smile rose from the corners of Jia Tu’s mouth, a smile that had no trace of warmth and instead made one’s heart shiver. “However, do you guys know what are the odds of you guys messing things up?”
He extended a single finger. “One percent.
“You guys have a one percent chance of destroying the Sacred Derivation Boundary Formation.” The smile on his lips grew wider. “And a ninety nine percent chance of every single five heavens person dying here.”
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