Read Novel Full Chapter 1284: Chapter 1278: The Downfall Of Jade Mist Valley
Chapter 1284: Chapter 1278: The Downfall Of Jade Mist Valley
Inside Jade Mist Valley, the man’s voice rang loud and clear.
The watchdog’s tentacles reached straight into the cloudy sky.
The Immortal array formation rose from the void, its immortal radiance painting the world in bizarre colors.
Li Tianqi stood before a stone stele in Jade Mist Valley.
As his Grandpa’s roar echoed, Li Tianqi slowly took off his mask.
Three months ago, when Li Tianming cooperated with Linghu Tiangong and brought many Li Clan cultivators into Jade Mist Valley, he was among them.
Staring at the stone stele before him, he felt a sense of nostalgia.
Long ago, he used to operate together with his eldest brother and Tianming, visiting many strange places—mostly tombs—and they had worked as spies, charlatans, and assassins.
But time spares no one, even for cultivators like them who live for thousands or tens of thousands of years.
Tianming had changed the most. From a lunatic who stayed by their side to maintain his humanity, he became a fool, and now he had become someone even he didn’t recognize.
But it was fine; in the past, he and his eldest brother protected Tianming, but now Tianming could protect himself.
His eldest brother had also changed significantly.
He used to be very nagging, protected by numerous ‘old grandpas’, and once his abilities grew, he became very lazy.
But later, his eldest brother stopped being lazy. After a trip to the Western Frontier, his eldest brother said that if he remained lazy, he might not even be able to protect him and Tianming.
Tianyue never came back.
His eldest brother and Tianming had also walked very, very far away from his side.
Including himself.
Li Tianqi pressed one hand against the stone stele and stroked his stubble with the other, his usual cynicism replaced by a touch of maturity.
“This kind of thing, I can do alone too. I’ve actually learned quite a bit from Tianming and Eldest Brother.”
His eyes narrowed!
When they came to Jade Mist Valley, even though Linghu Xian cooperated with them, Li Tianqi didn’t trust Linghu Tiangong in the slightest.
This was the experience they had gathered from wandering the world in the past.
Linghu Tiangong thought he had hidden his intentions well, but he didn’t know that their Li Clan possessed sufficient strength.
Linghu Tiangong knew even less that he, Li Tianqi, was the strongest array master in the entire Azure Cloud Prefecture!
[Your descendant Li Tianqi studied under He Hao, the former sect master of the Eternal Immortal Sect, and obtained He Hao’s array formation inheritance!]
[After years of diligent cultivation, your descendant Li Tianqi, a professional Tier-5 array master, has broken through to—Tier-4 array master.]
[Spending day and night with He Hao, he fully comprehended array formations and the “Tortoise Shell Array Tome”.
Summarizing and refining He Hao’s array inheritance, he compiled the book “Hundred Profound Divine Arrays”, which records He Hao’s tens of thousands of years of Array Dao inheritance.
He acquired the Trait: Divine Martial Array Master]
[Possessing array materials, a Tier-5 grand array can be formed in an instant. Proficient in numerous array formations, comprehension of the Array Dao increases by 10%.]
[Peering through the family’s Divine Tree’s ‘Eye of Delusion Breaking’, he explored his Dao path: the Array Dao is hopeless, the Dao of Life and Death is hopeless, the Spirit Dao is hopeless…
The tortoise shell he carries finally revealed its true form beneath the Old Tree’s Eye of Delusion Breaking.]
[The mysterious tortoise shell is divine and extraordinary. Sunk within a deep lake, it possessed the ability to tempt people into recklessly fighting to the death for it.
Carrying this item makes a cultivator prone to courting death, yet it also grants the karmic opportunity to grasp a silver lining of survival amidst death.
The tortoise shell is deeply versed in heavenly principles and destiny. An extraordinary item of heaven and earth, its name is ‘Ember’.
As an Array Dao wonder, it ensures Li Tianqi’s path in array formations remains unhindered and smooth.]
With his right hand pressed against the stone stele.
For three months, he had been continuously researching the grand array of the entire Jade Mist Valley.
Even if it was a Tier-3 array encompassing various Dao methods at the Body Integration realm, he still dared to dissect it with a single glance.
No matter what array or Dao it was, it had its weaknesses and rules.
“Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!”
Li Tianqi kept his eyes closed as green tortoise shell scales appeared in his hand one after another.
These green scales, which were also the material used to forge his Tortoise Shell space, were covering the stone stele at the core of Jade Mist Valley’s Array Dao bit by bit.
Li Tianqi recalled cultivating by He Hao’s side for nearly a century within the family, and being under the Old Tree, as the Old Tree gradually saw through the tortoise shell he had obtained in a past fortuitous encounter.
It turned out that many years ago, he had formed an indissoluble bond with the tortoise shell.
With the Old Ancestor’s help, he finally established a connection with it, embarking on a path of continuously courting death while cultivating the Array Dao.
“Not good, our elder has been killed! Someone is breaking our grand array!”
Suddenly, a cry of alarm rang out from outside as cultivators barged into the array’s core one after another.
Li Tianqi abruptly opened his eyes.
The green scales began to swirl.
As cultivators charged at him using their Spiritual power, the tortoise shells landed on the ground, uncovering the deeply hidden pulse veins and array foundations of the Jade Mist Valley’s grand array.
“Get lost!”
With Li Tianqi’s soft murmur, the tortoise shell pieces landed on the ground, forming array formations one after another, cast instantly!
In all directions, a shell piece appeared in front of Zhuo Linlin, Granny Dream Demon, Gu Yinming, and others who had originally entered Jade Mist Valley with Li Tianming.
Following the flight of the shell pieces, they actually pinpointed the locations of the Jade Mist Valley’s array foundations all at once.
Li Tianqi’s command echoed in their ears: “Break!”
A sharp glint flashed in everyone’s eyes. At the core of the Array Dao, Li Tianqi’s tortoise shells had completely covered the core!
Li Tianqi lifted his head slightly.
A pillar of green light pierced through the Jade Mist Valley’s grand array.
The grand array of Jade Mist Valley, which had been maintained for three months, was broken down layer by layer as the tortoise shells embedded themselves into it.
Array Dao, Reaching the Skys!
…….
“Our array!”
Linghu Tiangong fell to his knees in despair, staring at the watchdog’s tentacles outside Jade Mist Valley, the array foundations shattered by the people of Azure Cloud, and the pieces of tortoise shell embedded in the grand array.
As the disciples guarding the grand array were killed, the array foundations broken, and the tortoise shells embedded, the grand array began to buckle from the very center where it was pierced.
The tortoise shells folded, stripping away the Spiritual power of their Jade Mist Valley’s grand array, spreading all the way to the outermost edges of the ground.
The fact that the grand array had been broken was already an indisputable reality.
“How could this happen… how could it…”
Linghu Tiangong propped himself up on the ground with both hands, his eyes completely drained of life.
Li Tianming hadn’t lied to him.
As long as the Li Clan wanted to, they could easily break their array formation.
From the very beginning, the Li Clan had made ample preparations. Whether in strength or strategy, their Jade Mist Valley had lost completely across the board.
He finally understood everything now.
The Li Clan coming to their Jade Mist Valley was fundamentally meant to force their cooperation. Their true target was still the immortal outside!
He recalled the final words Li Tianming left him before departing.
“Have you ever thought that your Martial Grandfather has already become a running dog for the immortals?
Under the Blood Moon, your Jade Mist Valley is already the loser no matter what. Even if we truly get trapped by you, or all die by your hands, how could you possibly win?”
“Hahaha!!!”
Linghu Tiangong laughed madly, hot tears streaming uncontrollably from his eyes as he clenched his fists and pounded the ground.
What truly made him despair wasn’t that his scheme had failed; the true despair was that everything Li Tianming had said was completely right.
From the moment his ancestor became a half-immortal, they had no path to survival.
Even if the Li Clan didn’t deal with them, the watchdog would!
“Rumble!”
Tumbling debris inside the cave gradually drowned out Linghu Tiangong’s roaring laughter.
A massive boulder crashed down beside him, yet he continued to laugh. Green blood flowed from his abdomen as he propped himself up on his hands and knees.
That was a wound ‘polluted’ by Li Tianming after unleashing his full firepower, corroding his soul and flesh, exactly like the entirety of Jade Mist Valley polluted by the Peerless Hall.
The mountain gradually buried a generation’s Valley Master, declaring the complete downfall of Jade Mist Valley.
“Quick, fall back to Jade Mist Valley!”
In the cloudy sky, the watchdog’s tentacles exuded a terrifying, oppressive might.
To any cultivator present, the uneven fangs on the suction cups resembled gaping, bloody maws.
After experiencing the initial wave of terror, Zhangsun Buhuo—seeing the Jade Mist Valley’s array broken—finally found a sliver of relief amidst the panic.
Being quick-witted, she immediately called for the cultivators of the Three Prefectures to flee toward Jade Mist Valley.
“This… what are we going to Jade Mist Valley for?” Immortal Sect Master Duanmu Qi was momentarily startled. “That’s an enemy camp; are we fighting our way in?”
“The Li Clan broke the array; they definitely have preparations in place,” said Lin Yunzhi, the unsmiling Elder of the Immortal Sect’s Law Enforcement Hall.
Staring at the tentacles reaching straight into the clouds, his eyes glinted with an eager fighting spirit.
However, knowing now was not the time to fight, he turned to Duanmu Qi.
“This entity harbors ill intentions. It might be the very ‘immortal’ the Li Clan spoke of. Both we and Jade Mist Valley are its food.”
“He is right.”
Xuanyuan Yuanhua arrived beside them and said in a deep voice,
“Prepare to join forces with the people of Jade Mist Valley to deal with the ‘immortal’, but also guard carefully against them stabbing us in the back.”
Duanmu Qi’s expression changed. “What if they do stab us in the back?”
Lin Yunzhi, Zhangsun Buhuo, and Xuanyuan Yuanhua exchanged a glance and said in unison, “Then kill them all.”
Meanwhile.
Inside Jade Mist Valley, the Body Integration realm cultivators of both sides fell into a standoff as the grand array broke open.
Below them were the panicked disciples of Jade Mist Valley.
The Fire Ancestor’s array-breaking efforts had already cost them a great deal of Spiritual power and killed many of their people.
Now, with the watchdog’s appearance and the Jade Mist Valley’s grand array broken, they could feel the oppressive might of the immortal radiating from outside the valley even more acutely.
Even the Dao Seeds within their bodies were conveying primal fear to them, warning them to stay away.
But where could they flee? The watchdog’s tentacles had touched the sky; the entirety of Jade Mist Valley was already enveloped within the entity’s domain.
They could only continuously send voice transmissions to their Martial Grandfather.
Listening to his disciples’ transmissions, Linghu Xian’s expression turned extremely ugly. By his side, even the usually calm Fox Saint now wore a gloomy face.
“So, do you really have a choice?”
Li Wei’s hoarse voice, amplified by his Dao method, echoed throughout the entirety of Jade Mist Valley.
Without exception, the cultivators of Jade Mist Valley raised their heads, looking at the cultivators of the Three Prefectures flying in from outside the valley.
At this moment, they actually felt that these people surrounding Jade Mist Valley were their saviors.
“We don’t have a choice,” the Fox Saint smiled bitterly, looking at these cultivators from the Three Prefectures.
Linghu Tiangong’s plan wasn’t flawed in the slightest; struggles between major factions inherently involved mutual scheming.
Unfortunately, Jade Mist Valley lacked the strength. If they had been strong enough, they might have even been able to stop the Li Clan members from breaking the array.
Even he hadn’t expected the Li Clan to have grown to their current level.
The cultivators of Azure Cloud Prefecture had slain the array foundation guards in an instant.
Neither Jade Mist Valley nor his Peerless Hall even had a chance to react.
The tentacles swayed in the sky above Jade Mist Valley; the watchdog was trapping everyone.
The Fox Saint looked at the grim-faced Linghu Xian. “Our only choice now is to deal with this immortal.”
“Martial Grandfather!”
“Martial Grandfather, this is our only path to survival!”
“We beg you to save us, Martial Grandfather!
We don’t want to be people of the Peerless Hall; we don’t want to be reduced to running dogs for the immortals. I want to be a human, Martial Grandfather!”
The Jade Mist Valley disciples on the ground wailed and cried.
The watchdog’s tentacles brought them absolute, extreme terror.
At this moment, Linghu Xian was dripping with cold sweat.
These voices continuously entered his ears, but the crystal inside his body was glowing brighter and brighter.
The massive battle with the Li Clan’s Old Ancestor made it increasingly difficult for him to suppress the crystal.
Noticing this scene, Li Wei cast a glance at his numerous companions from Azure Cloud Prefecture, and a hint of vigilance flashed in everyone’s eyes.
Suddenly, ten thousand rays of iridescent light illuminated the sky.
Beneath the swaying tentacles, Linghu Xian clutched his head as the crystal surged.
The Dao-Comprehending realm aura around him grew increasingly majestic, and a red light radiated from within his body.
“Ah!!!”
“Not good.”
Accompanying Linghu Xian’s cry of agony, the Fox Saint waved his hand at the crowd. “The immortal seed is acting up.”
The crowd hastily retreated.
Linghu Xian clutched his head, his face twisted in agony and ferocity.
The immortal seed inside his body sensed the watchdog’s aura and urged him to flee.
He had fallen into a trap.
The Li Clan members were right before his eyes; that bastard, the Li Clan’s Old Ancestor, using such despicable methods, actually dared to force him into cooperating to fight the watchdog!
He reminisced about scenes from the past.
The entirety of Grandhaven Prefecture was under the enlightenment of the Martial Academy and the rule of the Banshu family.
Yet he had grown up step by step in Grandhaven Prefecture.
He had experienced so much in his life, until he finally reached the Body Integration realm and established his own Dao lineage in Jade Mist Valley.
Under the heavy pressure of the Human Emperor, he was forced into seclusion.
Now that an opportunity had finally arrived with great difficulty, even Min Tiange under the Blood Moon had no choice but to give him an immortal seed.
He had never cared for the so-called number one person below the Body Integration realm.
He had never put the watchdog or the Red Dust Immortal in his eyes.
He still held many grand ambitions, rather than being oppressed by the Li Clan and threatened by a mere watchdog like he was now.
“Flee… hurry up and flee!” The immortal seed inside his body trembled.
“No, I cannot flee! Why should I flee?!!” Linghu Xian’s soul roared furiously at the immortal seed.
“I am a half-immortal, and I will become a true immortal! You shouldn’t be afraid of a mere watchdog, nor should you fear the people of the Three Prefectures, or a mere Li Clan Old Ancestor!”
“My rank is not high enough!” the immortal seed roared.
“We still have to devour the lands of the Three Prefectures.” Linghu Xian’s soul surged into the immortal seed.
The immortal seed erupted with resisting force, causing the red light from Linghu Xian’s body to intensify, yet it could not stop the invasion of Linghu Xian’s soul.
Linghu Xian said madly, “And the Blood Moon! The master beneath the Blood Moon should be me!”
“Boom!”
Mirror surfaces materialized one after another before Linghu Xian’s eyes.
Li Wei frowned, staring at the red-glowing Linghu Xian. The Fox Saint was right beside Li Wei. Linghu Xian’s red light was filled with a corrosive power.
A trace of doubt flashed in Li Wei’s eyes: after fighting for so long, Linghu Xian had constantly been suppressing the immortal seed, yet now, having clearly escaped his pursuit, he was actually letting the immortal seed out.
“No… that’s not right.” Li Wei’s expression turned cold.
He seemed to have guessed wrong; it wasn’t the immortal seed influencing Linghu Xian at all.
He nudged the solemn Fox Saint beside him with his elbow. “Does he also possess a ‘Childlike Heart’?”
“A Childlike Heart?”
Facing an immortal now, the Fox Saint wasn’t tangling with the mighty figures of the Three Prefectures.
Hearing this, he blanked for a moment, but knowing that this bizarre Li Clan’s Old Ancestor was asking about Linghu Xian, he said in a deep voice,
“No. I have been in Grandhaven Prefecture for many years and have interacted with him for a long time.”
“This person is a lunatic who would do absolutely anything for power.”
He glanced at the begging Jade Mist Valley disciples on the ground and said with pity,
“He has never put anyone in his eyes. The immortal seed inside his body has a very low influence on him.
It looks like he is suppressing the immortal seed, but I’m afraid even he hasn’t realized that in reality, the immortal seed is terrified of him.”
“Hm?”
Li Wei’s expression sank slightly. Linghu Xian, under the swaying tentacles, glowed with an increasingly bewitching red light.
The man’s pained expression eased, his body gradually turning pale, and his strength climbing as he fused with the immortal seed.
He actually sneered coldly at Li Wei and the figure slowly surfacing on the watchdog’s body in the distance.
The Fox Saint said eerily,
“He is even more greedy than an immortal. The reason he held back from unleashing the immortal seed and his half-immortal body all this time might be the same as yours; he was likely waiting for the watchdog and the Red Dust Immortal to appear, and then…”
“Eat them.”
Li Wei looked at Linghu Xian, then at the body of the Zhao Clan’s Old Ancestor tied to the other end of Li Kuanghua’s Heaven-Imprisoning Lock, and understood.
He cursed inwardly.
Dammit, this Linghu Xian was just as ruthless as the Zhao Clan’s Old Ancestor.
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