Chapter 1847

And in the sea of consciousness, Qianhuan, having retrieved three strands of his soul clones, was also stronger than the exhausted Miaozhantian on the level of soul power competition. Therefore, for the time being, Miaozhantian and the Tiangong were generally still at a disadvantage.

Once the Shadow Dragon, the greatest variable within the isolated city, was eliminated, Qianhuan would turn his spearhead toward Miaozhantian again, and this was his consistent approach! At that time, Miaozhantian's odds of winning would still be very small, and the hope of escaping the Inverted Sea would still be slim.

Viewed this way, Miaozhantian exerting himself to help him kill the Shadow Dragon would yield absolutely no benefits.

"If you stand by and watch, there are generally two outcomes: either Qianhuan kills the gray dragon, in which case he himself will be exhausted and severely overdrawn, and dealing with him then will certainly be less strenuous than now." If the gray dragon were so easily killed, what had Qianhuan been doing for the previous sixty years? "Or the gray dragon kills Qianhuan. You say it is already covered in wounds now; by then it will be even more battered, and dealing with it will also be easier for you." Bai Ziqi's mind worked rapidly. "Killing He Xiao at that time will allow you to achieve final victory. Whether it is the True Immortal Qianhuan, the Great Expansion Heavenly Bead, or the clues to the Great Fanghu, they will all belong to you!"

Regardless of which outcome, Miaozhantian would have to face a final battle; the difference lay in whether the opponent was Qianhuan or He Xiao.

Why not say the opponent was the Great Fanghu? Because this thing never would, and never could, fight someone head-on; it must always act upon the present world through "people."

Who to leave as the opponent, Qianhuan or He Xiao? A choice of one out of two.

These two were simply not contestants of the same magnitude; Miaozhantian would certainly not choose the ancient True Immortal!

Thus, Bai Ziqi's words struck a chord with him. Miaozhantian made a decision immediately: not only did he not step forward, he even retreated a few steps, holding firm to an attitude of standing by and watching.

This action made Qianhuan's teeth itch with anger: "A dignified Great Heavenly Demon, how can you be so shortsighted!"

Although he had also foreseen that there would be such an outcome.

"Have you forgotten?" Miaozhantian was calm and unruffled, secretly driving his soul power to continue repairing his injuries, "You are my target!"

He had not only exhausted his entire fortune to enter the Inverted Sea this time but had also borrowed heavily; he simply could not afford to lose.

Qianhuan brought the Shadow Dragon to his side twice; Miaozhantian either cautiously avoided it or attacked Qianhuan, clearly showing his attitude of waiting to pick up the scraps.

Whether these scraps were the Shadow Dragon or Qianhuan, Miaozhantian was content to sit on the sidelines.

Qianhuan was also at his wit's end and had no choice but to turn back to fight the Shadow Dragon.

Having been in a stalemate for sixty years, he was very familiar with the Shadow Dragon's attack patterns, even if this thing had become more ferocious.

And the Shadow Dragon was already covered in wounds; just now, while pursuing Miaozhantian, the latter's counterattacks had added many new injuries to it—the Great Heavenly Demon's attacks were also heavy blows to the Shadow Dragon.

Qianhuan assessed in his heart that he could take down the Shadow Dragon even at the cost of being covered in wounds himself. But there were two problems: first, Miaozhantian was lurking on the side, ready to kick him while he was down at any moment; second, He Xiao and the others were still fleeing, and only by capturing him could the Great Fanghu's blockade of the isolated city's passage be lifted—this point was especially important and was the key to Qianhuan turning the tables and fighting Miaozhantian again! Facts proved that he would not be down on his luck forever. Just as Qianhuan risked blinding the Shadow Dragon's left eye, Xiao Wencheng finally presented him with a piece of good news:

The area previously occupied by Miaozhantian had now finished its period of law conflict and had returned to Qianhuan's control, and it could be displayed on the sand table once again.

Right now, Xiao Wencheng was staring at the sand table, and sure enough, he discovered He Xiao's tracks on the west bank of Kidney Lake! The Blood Demon had also sneaked nearby.

It had changed hosts again, and even the Haoyuan Golden Mirror could barely reflect its whereabouts.

Qianhuan was overjoyed and immediately transmitted his voice to Xiao Wencheng: "The Divine Fire Barrier has been broken; go to the bottom of the lake and find the array eye, the Iron Lotus Lamp."

True Monarch Shenxi's Iron Lotus Lamp was originally buried at the bottom of Kidney Lake as the array eye for the Divine Fire Great Array, protected by the array, and no one could dig it out.

Now that the Divine Fire Barrier had been broken and True Monarch Shenxi had gone into hiding, the Iron Lotus Lamp was revealed.

Xiao Wencheng immediately flew into the lake, diving all the way to the bottom, and sure enough, he saw this treasure still inside the crystal, but its light had already dimmed.

If it weren't being used as the array eye for the barrier, True Monarch Shenxi would never have left such a supreme treasure behind.

Xiao Wencheng first set up a water-repelling barrier to stand safely at the bottom of the lake, then collected the Iron Lotus Lamp according to Qianhuan's instructions.

He spent quite a bit of effort to subdue it, but the process was actually smoother than he had imagined.

This was not an easy task, but Miaozhantian's soul had escaped into Qianhuan's sea of consciousness world, so the skin of True Monarch Shenxi was temporarily idle and could not effectively resist Xiao Wencheng's occupation, while the Tiangong team led by Bai Ziqi was also exhausted and unable to come and stop him.

Therefore, even though the Iron Lotus Lamp was unwilling and reluctant, it eventually had to submit.

Next, Xiao Wencheng took out an eave bell and slowly rubbed it in his hands.

This thing grew smaller the more it was rubbed.

After a few flashes of blue light, the eave bell turned into a smooth, round blue pearl, about the size of a pigeon egg.

Xiao Wencheng's expression was solemn as he slowly filled the blue pearl into the hole at the very center of the Iron Lotus Lamp.

It fit perfectly, as if it were a lotus seed originally embedded inside.

Immediately after, the surface of the Iron Lotus Lamp began to emit blue light; at first it was very faint, and it took a long time for a ray of light to flash.

Later on, the blue light on the surface of the Iron Lotus Lamp rippled like water waves, which was quite beautiful.

Xiao Wencheng knew that this was Qianhuan exploring the usage of the Iron Lotus Lamp, attempting to control it.

He felt slightly relieved in his heart.

Being able to spare the mental energy to do this, it seemed the Grandmaster still had strength to spare.

This was excellent news!

Before long, Qianhuan transmitted his voice to him again: "That's enough, put it back at the bottom of the lake."

Xiao Wencheng followed the instructions and put the Iron Lotus Lamp back at the bottom of the lake, embedding it back into the original crystal without the slightest error.

Just as he withdrew his hand, the blue light on the surface of the Iron Lotus Lamp flared up, piercing straight into the sky! The next second, the several meteorites around Kidney Lake suddenly floated off the ground again and began to rotate. The Illusion Sect had previously dug out two, but the remaining ones could still form an array if gathered together.

Only, this time, what emerged from their surfaces was no longer scorching firelight, but ghostly blue flames! "Attack!" Qianhuan ordered all the Elders of the Illusion Sect, "Capture and kill He Xiao, show no mercy!"

The immortals rode on rainbow light, rushing straight toward the place where He Xiao was located.

On the way, Qianhuan finally told them:

"I borrowed Miaozhantian's array footings to rebuild the barrier, which can temporarily isolate the penetration of the Haoyuan Golden Mirror! At least within a quarter of an hour, the Great Fanghu cannot decipher the mechanism of this barrier of mine, and He Xiao and the others cannot use the Haoyuan Golden Mirror to escape!"

He had integrated his latest realizations into the modification of the Divine Fire Great Array. Although the small barrier built this way was not large in scope, its underlying mechanism was vastly different from the Inverted Sea. Even for the Great Fanghu, it would take quite some time to decipher his array.

During this period, in this interval, the Haoyuan Golden Mirror would temporarily fail, and He Xiao and the others would no longer be able to use it to teleport everywhere.

Otherwise, the Illusion Sect would never be able to catch these loaches.

Ever since the Haoyuan Golden Mirror reconnected to the law network of the Inverted Sea, Qianhuan had felt a powerful force from the netherworld and had already secretly pondered countermeasures, calculating how to leave He Xiao behind in the end.

He detested the situation being out of his control the most.

Therefore, the first step was of course to restrict the Haoyuan Golden Mirror, not letting He Xiao run all over the world.

Then, it was to urge the Illusion Sect to behead He Xiao within the limited time!

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The Shadow Dragon's big mouth was about to bite Jiao Tu's neck when, the next instant, the image of the Haoyuan Golden Mirror suddenly cut off! "Ah—" the Black Armored Army soldiers shouted, filled with indignation.

They were watching so tensely and intensely; it cut off at the wrong time.

Observing a battle between True Immortals was a once-in-a-thousand-years opportunity.

He Lingchuan's expression changed, and he reached out to pat the Haoyuan Golden Mirror.

This was bad; not only could the image of the Panlong Isolated City not be displayed, but when he tried to locate the Inverted Lake, the Haoyuan Golden Mirror gave feedback:

It couldn't be done! Its connection with the Inverted Sea was suddenly forcibly severed.

The Haoyuan Golden Mirror's ability to merge into the law network of the Inverted Sea had borrowed the power of the Great Fanghu. He Lingchuan's judgment was that either the connection between the Haoyuan Golden Mirror and the Great Fanghu had been severed, or the connection between the Haoyuan Golden Mirror and the Inverted Sea's law network had been severed! But regardless of which reason it was, looking across the entire Inverted Sea minor cave-heaven, the only one with the ability to do this was True Immortal Qianhuan!

"Hurry! We cannot stay here for long!" He Lingchuan made a prompt decision and directed everyone to leave the lakeside.

Miaozhantian was trapped in the sea of consciousness, and Bai Ziqi was leading his army in flight; what reason did Qianhuan have to pull these tricks in the lower realm? He himself was fighting the Shadow Dragon in the Panlong Isolated City with extreme difficulty; why would he still forcibly divide his attention to block the Haoyuan Golden Mirror?

There was only one reason: he had already discovered that He Lingchuan was up to no good! Or rather, he believed that once the Illusion Sect captured or killed He Lingchuan, his own situation of being trapped in the Panlong Isolated City could be alleviated.

Upon hearing this, everyone took to their heels.

He Lingchuan took a transparent lantern from his storage ring and blew on it casually, and the lantern lit up.

The light of ordinary lanterns was a warm yellowish-white, but this lantern was a ghostly blue-green, looking like graveyard will-o'-the-wisps from afar.

"Move close to me, do not leave the range of the light!"

As soon as He Lingchuan gave the order, everyone crowded over. Even Mother Zhu deliberately compressed her form, turning into the size of a dog.

He Lingchuan followed the suggestion of the small mirage demon from the Yangshan Archipelago, grinding a bit of powder from Qianhuan's mirage horn, which the small mirage demon made into a wick. Do not look down on this lantern; its function was very practical. For example, it could still keep everyone invisible within Qianhuan's territory and make them disappear from Xiao Wencheng's sand table.

It was originally made from Qianhuan's mirage horn, so it was not strange that it could achieve this.

In the eyes of the small mirage demon, Concubine Mei's usage was a waste of heaven's gifts; the treasure of an ancient Great Mirage Immortal should be used sparingly like this, both saving and effective.

After running more than three hundred zhang, He Lingchuan suddenly paused his steps and stood still on the spot.

Everyone else stopped as well, without a sound.

Only the wind blowing through the forest made a rustling sound.

Just a few breaths later, several rays of rainbow light swept across the sky above the forest floor.

Dong Rui looked up and recognized them:

It was Xiao Wencheng and the other Illusion Sect immortals.

He Lingchuan and the others were clearly standing underneath holding the lantern, yet they turned a blind eye and flew directly past.

Not until they had flown far away did He Lingchuan continue forward, holding the lantern.

Everyone followed closely as before.

While running, He Lingchuan also had to check the images of the Haoyuan Golden Mirror.

Although it was temporarily blocked, the previous images could still be replayed.