Cultivating for a hundred lifetimes to ascension

Chapter 1527: Chapter 827: Secretly Reaching Sky-reaching Cliff and Setting Up the Ten Thousand Miles Flying Array

"Not bad, you were meticulous, you deserve a reward." Zhao Sheng suddenly praised after inspecting the treasures within the Sumeru Ring.

As he spoke, he took out an apricot-yellow jade scroll from his sleeve and tossed it to Jun Tianxing.

Jun Tianxing’s eyes lit up with joy, and he hurriedly caught the jade scroll, then sent a strand of his Divine Thought into it.

As countless profound and obscure texts flooded his mind, he soon became mesmerized, and his hawk-like eyes grew brighter and brighter.

After a long time, Jun Tianxing suddenly came back to his senses and immediately knelt down, bowing his head in gratitude and excitement, "Thank you, my lord, for bestowing ’Blood Nerve Scripture.’ With its aid, I have a thirty percent chance of purifying my bloodline."

Zhao Sheng slightly nodded, kindly advising, "’Blood Nerve Scripture’ is a Demon Path Technique. Though it holds some profound mysteries, it poses great obstacles for future cultivation. If you lose control and fall into a state of demonic frenzy during cultivation, you will surely die. Think carefully whether you should cultivate it."

"I have thought it through. With my comprehension and aptitude, I can barely attempt bloodline purification, but there is absolutely no chance of achieving bloodline reversion. If I cannot reverse my bloodline, I will never ascend to become the Golden Wing Roc King in my lifetime. Therefore, I am willing to pay any price." Jun Tianxing said resolutely.

"Very well. If you can maintain this determination in the future, I believe there is a chance you will achieve your desires."

At this point, Zhao Sheng suddenly shifted the topic and asked, "Have you gathered any important intelligence these days?"

Upon hearing this, Jun Tianxing immediately produced a feather-shaped jade from his belongings and respectfully offered it up.

"My lord, all the intelligence I gathered is contained within this, please have a look."

Zhao Sheng nodded, sending a strand of Divine Thought into the jade.

A breath later, he suddenly showed a hint of doubt and then fell silent.

Jun Tianxing had gathered a lot of intelligence, including various aspects of the opposing Demon Clan coalition forces.

But the most crucial intelligence pertained to the movements of the Green-winged Roc Clan.

Jun Tianxing had eight brothers, each more powerful than Jun Tianxing himself, with six of them possessing combat capabilities comparable to a Divinity Transformation True Monarch.

Among them, the Eldest Prince Jun Tianhong had reached the peak of Divinity Transformation. As the commander of the Demon Clan coalition forces, he led nearly a million demon army, standing against the Human Clan army across the Great Wilderness Swamp.

The Second Prince Jun Tianhuang, though slightly weaker than the eldest brother, commanded the highly mobile Golden Roc Corps and wielded considerable influence.

While the Princes ranked third and lower did not directly command armies, they were each granted domains to govern, serving as both guardians and overseers of rebel demon beast tribes.

Despite the Dapeng Demon Country being a nation, it still functioned under a tribal system of the Demon Clan. Although powerful Demon Clans like the Gale Wolves and the Earth-shaking Dragons pledged allegiance to the Golden Wing Peng Emperor on the surface, each demon king continued to dominate their respective territories, ruling over numerous weaker demon clans.

Half a month ago, the Beiming Army, directly subordinate to the Peng Emperor, was suddenly recalled to the Sky-reaching Cliff.

The Beiming Army had just over a hundred members, all belonging to the Green-winged Roc Clan, with each one boasting strength surpassing the Nascent Soul level, making them the indisputable first army of the Demon Country.

Simultaneously, the Second Prince Jun Tianhuang and nearly thirty Nascent Soul-level demon beast leaders secretly returned to the Sky-reaching Cliff.

The Sky-reaching Cliff is where the Demon Country Imperial Court is located and is also the roost of the Green-winged Roc.

Jun Tianxing was never favored by his father, so he had few loyal subordinates. Despite his efforts to find out the reason for the Beiming Army’s sudden return to the Sky-reaching Cliff, the information he got was vague, leaving him unclear about the army’s abrupt movement.

After finishing reading, Zhao Sheng had already formed some suspicions in his mind.

"Little Master Jun, I need to go to the Sky-reaching Cliff, you lead the way." Zhao Sheng said.

Jun Tianxing was startled but dared not inquire about the reason, immediately bowing, "With me here, there’s no need for you to expend mana, my lord. Allow me to transform back to my original form and carry you to the Sky-reaching Cliff."

As he spoke, the feather robe on Jun Tianxing suddenly expanded countless times, his whole body swelled dramatically, and in an instant, he transformed into a majestic and unparalleled Green-winged Roc, over a hundred zhang long.

Zhao Sheng floated up gently, landing on the back of the roc, sitting cross-legged.

"Cry, my lord, hold on tight, I’m heading out!" The Green-winged Roc suddenly spread its enormous wings, generating countless cyclones beneath.

With an eagle screech that echoed through the Cloud Sky, the roc instantly transformed into a streak of azure flowing light, racing toward the western horizon.

In a few breaths, it had vanished into the vast depths of the clouds.

...

The snow had been falling for over half a month, blanketing the earth in a thick layer of snow, creating a vast white expanse, with occasional specks of green peeping through.

Deep in the boundless snowfield, a lone peak suddenly rose into the clouds, its sharp and precipitous slopes standing proudly between heaven and earth, exuding an aura of solitary unyieldingness.

This lone peak was the Sky-reaching Cliff, the portion below the cloud layer was only the tip of the iceberg, the true "Sky-reaching Cliff" lay above the clouds.

A thousand miles southwest, Zhao Sheng stood upon a protruding weathered rock, gazing at the sharply rising Sky-reaching Cliff from afar, with a hint of nostalgia in his eyes.

In this moment, he couldn’t help but think of Heavenly Pillar Mountain back home, both were towering peaks connecting heaven and earth, though Sky-reaching Cliff was more perilous, it lacked the heaviness of Heavenly Pillar Mountain.

After a while, Zhao Sheng retracted his gaze, his figure flickered, and he suddenly sank into the ground, disappearing without a trace.

More than a hundred zhang deep underground, a sizable cavern had been carved out.

The ceiling and walls of the cavern were inscribed with countless Dao patterns, and an invisible barrier enveloped it, isolating it from the outside.

In the center of the cavern, nine White Jade Array Pillars were arranged in a Bagua formation, the surfaces of the pillars also inscribed with innumerable complex patterns, each topped with a Top-grade Spirit Stone.

In the most important area of the array, the ground was crisscrossed with thousands upon thousands of "lines," filled with a mixture of various color crystal powder and essence blood, seeming chaotic yet following some extremely secret law.

Zhao Sheng walked around the array pillars, his formidable Divine Thought split into hundreds of strands of "Divine Needles" penetrating into the array pillars, etching Tao True Text one by one.

No one knows how long had passed when nine White Jade Array Pillars suddenly emitted a faint radiance, the light spreading to the ground, suddenly illuminating thousands of lines.

In an instant, the ground seemed to become ethereal, as a grand and inconceivable invisible force descended upon the place, this force was so subtle and immeasurable, it could connect the Nine Netherworld below and the Infinite Thick Earth above, it was exceedingly mysterious and unfathomable.

This is... attraction!

Zhao Sheng soared into the air, flying above the array, his Divine Thought instantly covering the array below, connecting with the array’s core, ready at any moment to employ the power of the Array to escape a thousand miles.

The array he had set up was called the Ten Thousand Miles Flying Array, a formation that utilized the gravitational force of heaven and earth for escape.

This formation was exceedingly difficult, but he created it by using the principle of the Cross-border Transmission Array, a new type of array.

It’s crucial to know that any transmission arrays embody the multiple law attributes of space-time and gravity. If the Space-time Beacon is the anchor point, then gravity is the "line" linking different space-time anchor points.

Without gravity, it is akin to cutting the line, making it easy to lose direction in space-time.

Typically, only those who have reached the Returning to Void Realm could set up Transmission Arrays.

Zhao Sheng’s current cultivation was still shallow, so he couldn’t set up a Transmission Array. Therefore, he created the Ten Thousand Miles Flying Array.

Though this array couldn’t traverse space-time, once initiated, it could leverage the power of the earth to instantly travel a thousand miles, making it an excellent technique for life-saving.

After setting up the array, Zhao Sheng spent more than ten days placing numerous prohibitions and formations near the cavern, intending only to delay and trap enemies temporarily.

Having completed all this, he suddenly found himself with some free time, and so he silently cultivated within the cavern, waiting for a particular opportunity to arrive.