abnabooks Chapter 1838 A Contingency Plan
Chapter 1838 A Contingency Plan
At the same moment that the gods were in danger of sacrificial sacrifice.
The seventh floor of the Moon God Platform.
A massive, ancient altar floated in the void.
At the center of the altar, a teleportation array that had been dim for countless years was being illuminated by dozens of runes of different colors. The array patterns flowed slowly, and the spatial fluctuations were faint.
Above the teleportation array, a fist-sized spirit pearl hovered in the air; it was the mother treasure of the Twin Star Connection.
At this moment, the Mother Treasure shone brightly, frantically devouring the crimson energy transmitted through the spatial connection—the flesh and soul of the gods!
At the edge of the altar, five illusory figures sat cross-legged.
Although Ye Zhenjun, who was at the head of the group, was in extremely poor condition and looked emaciated, his eyes were full of excitement and anticipation as he stared intently at the teleportation array that was in operation.
Behind him, four primordial spirits—three men and one woman—also gazed intently.
"Almost there, almost there... It's really going to succeed!" Ye Zhenjun murmured to himself, "Once the blood sacrifice of the gods is complete, the teleportation array will be activated... and we will be able to... return to the Spirit Realm..."
That day, Quezi smiled slightly, his gaze falling on the suspended mother treasure, his eyes filled with pride:
"The Twin Stars Connecting Mother and Child is a true innate spiritual treasure, a relic left behind in the Spirit Realm by a true immortal from the Celestial Realm. I myself went through countless hardships to obtain it."
Back then, the distance between Qingmu Star and Jinyang Star was only tens of thousands of miles, and this treasure could easily cover them. Although things have changed somewhat now, it should still be feasible.
The offspring absorbs the vital energy, while the mother receives it here and is transferred to the altar. Offering one-tenth of the energy will ensure the teleportation array's survival. Everyone can now prepare to begin casting the spell.
The white-haired old man stroked his beard and said, "Once the teleportation array is activated, it will lead to the Golden Sun Star Continent."
Though our physical bodies no longer exist, our remnant souls can return to our homeland, and there is still hope for our bodies to be rebuilt.
The only female primordial spirit, Yuwei, had a flicker in her eyes and said calmly, "Don't be too happy yet, the sacrifice is not yet complete."
Ye Zhenjun smiled arrogantly: "Fellow Daoist, rest assured, I have already made arrangements, and all the pawns have been deployed. Once the pawn has absorbed enough blood and qi to refine the mother treasure and the sacrifice is successful, the teleportation array will definitely be activated!"
Before the words were even finished, the suspended mother treasure suddenly trembled violently!
"Buzz!"
The dark silver light flickered wildly, the runes flickered and faded, and the mother baby let out a mournful cry of unbearable burden!
Then—the light went out!
The continuously flowing crimson energy came to an abrupt halt!
"What's going on?!" Ye Zhenjun's expression changed drastically, and he suddenly stood up.
Tian Quezi's pupils contracted, his divine sense instantly probing into Mu Bao, and his expression changed drastically: "Something happened to Zi Bao?!"
"Impossible!" Ye Zhenjun exclaimed. "The Earth Demon and the Lion King are already the strongest beings in the Demon Cave. Who could cause trouble under their noses?"
Could it be...could it be that guy went back? Absolutely impossible, how could he be so fast?
Before she could finish speaking, the mother's radiance dimmed completely.
"boom!"
A muffled cracking sound came from inside the mother-of-pearl, and countless fine cracks spread out like a spider web!
“Fellow Daoist Tianque?” Ye Zhenjun’s eyes widened in horror as he looked at the owner of the spiritual treasure.
Tian Quezi's expression was solemn as he formed a hand seal to stabilize the spiritual treasure. As streams of pure energy shot out, the mother treasure gradually stabilized.
"Who is that guy you were talking about?" the female cultivator called Yuwei asked in a deep voice.
Ye Zhenjun shook his head: "He's a human from the lower realm, so the changes shouldn't concern him! He should still be on the third or fourth level right now, and even if he wanted to return, it wouldn't be so quick! Unless... there shouldn't be any problems!"
Unless they had already guessed that they were going to make a sacrifice and had prepared countermeasures in advance, but that possibility is extremely slim, right?
"Where exactly did the problem go wrong? I once studied the magic array in the restriction order of that ancient teleportation array, which is actually a kind of bloodline guiding technique."
Later, they also tried demon bloodlines, but they seemed to have no effect on the formation. Although the most likely candidate was human blood, the divine race also had some relevance. As long as there were enough of them, success was inevitable!
The female cultivator's primordial spirit frowned repeatedly and muttered to herself.
"Tianquezi, isn't this treasure capable of spatial teleportation and reappearance? Why don't we see what's wrong?"
Ye Zhenjun, unable to suppress his doubts, spoke up.
"My soul power is insufficient to activate the magic of the Spirit Treasure's Shadow Shift! You all transfer your primordial spirit power to me, and I will cast the spell!"
"Can!"
"good!"
With each "yes," Ye Zhenjun and the other two men and one woman's primordial spirits projected streams of pure soul power onto Tian Quezi's back.
The next instant, Tian Quezi's aura surged.
The Mother Treasure, suspended in the void, gradually stabilized. It emitted a soft white light, which then slowly unfolded like a curtain, revealing a clear scene of the divine city.
Within the city, the gods were all suffering the immense agony of their flesh and souls being separated.
Driven by the burly demon, Zi Bao became like a terrifying demonic ball, frantically seizing the life force of the gods.
The gods were all in pain, and none of them seemed to have the strength to resist.
The Earth Demon was high above, in charge of the overall situation, and everything seemed to be normal.
If there was anything unusual, it was the strange wisps of energy within the city.
Could it be related to Jin Guang?
However, before they could figure it out...
Suddenly, the city shone with golden light, and golden flames surged out from the array bases in all directions, converging into the void.
To be precise, they were heading towards the "spiritual treasure" in the void.
In an instant, the golden light transformed into a blazing sun rising!
The enormous golden crow divine image was majestic and sacred, as if a god had descended, and golden light suddenly covered the entire "moving image screen"!
A gaze that looked down upon all living beings shot forth wings like the golden sun, unleashing a deluge of firelight that swept across the sky.
"not good!"
A tremendous sense of crisis arose in Tian Quezi's heart!
That's the real fire of the sun!
Even through the spiritual treasure, he could feel the pure true fire power of the sun!
Ye Zhenjun saw the astonishment and horror on the Earth Demon's face, the terror in the Demon Emperor's eyes, and his rapidly retreating figure...
The other three's primordial spirits also changed drastically.
In the next instant, they could no longer see any "transmitted images" and were instead blinded by a burst of golden light!
"boom!"
The mother was completely devastated!
A violent shockwave swept across the entire altar!
Amidst the shattered fragments, a wisp of pure, golden flame, imbued with the will to incinerate all things, burst forth like a sword of vengeance traversing time and space, through the shattered interior of the mother artifact!
The flames shot out directly towards the center of the altar, where the teleportation array had just been lit!
Who would have thought that the flesh and soul extracted from these twin stars could also transmit this deadly blazing true fire?
"Stop it!" Tian Quezi cried out in shock and anger, instantly unleashing a spell!
But the flames were too fast! Too unexpected! Too sudden!
"Boom!"
The golden flames slammed into the teleportation array! The ancient array patterns that had just been lit up were disrupted by an unexpected force, causing them to tremble and twist violently before collapsing with a deafening roar!
The array base exploded, the runes were annihilated, and countless fragments of rock scattered everywhere!
The teleportation array, which had been silent for countless years, fell silent once again at the moment of its restart.
But that's not all!
After destroying the teleportation array, the flames continued to burn and suddenly exploded!
It transformed into countless tiny golden fire raindrops, sweeping across the five figures on the altar!
"what!"
"True Fire of the Sun! The pure essence of True Fire of the Sun!"
Screams of agony rose and fell!
Although those four primordial spirits were once top experts in the spirit world, they were now only in a remnant soul state, and they never expected that the sparks that flew out would have such great power!
Even more unexpectedly, Zibao absorbed this wisp of true solar fire and transmitted it back to his mother!
Struck by the sparks, Tian Quezi's soul instantly emitted wisps of smoke and sizzled as it burned, its life force rapidly weakening!
Tian Quezi roared and desperately tried to activate his soul power to protect himself, but he was still hit by several sparks, and his soul body became somewhat transparent.
Ye Zhenjun was already critically injured and on the verge of death, and now he was in an even more pitiful state.
His remnant soul was struck repeatedly, letting out a shrill scream, and his soul body became transparent and thin at a visible speed!
"No...impossible..." He stared intently at the shattered remains of the mother artifact and the completely destroyed teleportation array, his eyes filled with despair and madness.
“Chen Wanli…it’s Chen Wanli…he had been on guard against me all along…in that Golden Crow Sun Formation…he left a backup plan…”
He finally understood.
Within that Golden Crow Great Sun Formation, what Chen Wanli left behind was not only the Golden Crow Great Sun Formation for the guardian deity race, but also a wisp of the true source of the sun's fire!
The source is hidden deep within the array base. Once the child treasure of the twin stars absorbs the energy of the city, the array will be activated, and the power of the sun's source within the array will burst forth!
This kid... he's been wary of him from beginning to end!
He just couldn't understand why Chen Wanli would think of sacrifice? Perhaps he hadn't thought of it either, but was unsure and therefore used an array as a precaution?
"I...I'm not reconciled...I'm not reconciled at all!!!"
Ye Zhenjun looked up at the sky and roared, his voice filled with endless resentment and bitterness.
But the next moment, his remnant soul became unstable, as if it were about to dissipate.
……
The fourth floor, by Thousand Shadows Lake.
Chen Wanli stood with his hands behind his back, gazing in a certain direction, a slight smile playing on his lips.
Behind him, Kuafu Chong, Fang Fengting, and others looked at Chen Wanli's back with complicated expressions in their eyes.
They didn't know what had happened, but they could vaguely sense that there was some kind of abnormal tremor in the space, an indescribable flow of energy, like a fleeting reverie.
But at their level, what room is there for idle speculation? Any instinctive feeling is likely a premonition of danger and abnormality.
Could it be related to Chen Wanli?
Chen Wanli did not turn around, but simply said, "I've rested enough, so I'll head back as soon as possible."
He paused, then looked into the distance, a cold glint in his eyes:
"Things over there should be almost done. I can catch a big rat when I get back!"
The information revealed in Chen Wanli's words, and the unusual feeling he had just experienced, suggests that something must have indeed happened.
Recalling the sacrifice mentioned by Ye Zhenjun earlier, and considering the current situation, it is very likely that something has happened to the gods.
"Chen Shenzu, is my divine race alright?" Kuafu Chong couldn't help but ask.
Fang Fengting and the other survivors of the divine race all looked at Chen Wanli.
Chen Wanli slightly raised his chin: "Of course I'm fine!"
Although Chen Wanli spoke so casually, it was hard for them to be completely at ease.
After all, they were still on the fourth floor, and the spatial distance between them was unknown.
How could Chen Wanli interfere with the affairs of the gods beyond the mountains and rivers?
Perhaps Chen Wanli had a backup plan, but whether it would work is probably just Chen Wanli's optimistic speculation.
But they didn't dare to question Chen Wanli's words to his face.
I'm just eager to go home!
The Demon King and the Dragon King exchanged a glance, both seemingly seeing the question in each other's eyes: What happened?