Chapter 2318: Yang Guan Dao

According to what I know, the method used in the experimental field is to destroy each one as soon as it is discovered, taking advantage of their initial ignorance and confusion.

What's the problem with that?

The problem is that they keep appearing without end, because this is their nature. Shuangye looked up at the sky, "You also know that the emergence of consciousness is actually extremely subtle, especially when placed in a creature of such enormous size. To catch a newly born self-consciousness on the body of the Hidden God Lord is no different from finding a bean sprout in the muddy water of a pond."

He Lingchuan laughed: "It might also be like finding dozens of bean sprouts in a small stream where mud and sand flow together."

"That's right." Shuangye snapped her fingers, "According to what I know, the experimental field has successfully exterminated them several times, but there were two occasions when they were not detected in time, and the cost was that the Hidden God Lord's body suddenly went berserk, killing over six hundred people, including several demon puppet masters entrusted with important tasks by the Heavenly Gods."

"Just the sprouting of consciousness has such serious consequences. If these consciousness bodies knew how to lie low and secretly cultivate their minds and spirits, then their uprising would be a disaster-level catastrophe for the experimental field and for the Heavenly Gods' trial." Shuangye spoke solemnly, "In fact, the Hidden God Lord's recent outbreak was precisely because the new consciousness had lain dormant for a considerable time, even able to retaliate against the Heavenly Gods' harm and cut off the escape routes of the demon puppet masters."

He Lingchuan understood: "It's becoming increasingly intelligent, truly worthy of being the Hidden God Lord."

"A strong and vibrant body will inevitably give rise to self-consciousness, just as fertile soil, once exposed to air, will always grow plants." Shuangye said leisurely, "This is a law even the Heavenly Gods cannot oppose, so their calculations can only focus on prevention and early intervention."

If one wants a piece of land to have no grass at all without damaging its structure and fertility, the only way is to weed diligently.

"How exactly should it be done?" During the transaction, He Lingchuan had the right to ask questions.

"This necessarily requires the aid of a divine artifact." Shuangye looked at him and smiled, "In fact, there are several divine artifacts capable of foresight and timely detection of the main consciousness body on the Hidden God Lord's body. The first is the True Eye of Miao Zhantian—"

"Gone." He Lingchuan crossed his legs, "Next."

He had personally experienced the power of the True Eye; it was truly difficult to conceal any consciousness from its discerning gaze. Miao Zhantian could interrogate He Lingchuan's soul and spirit through the True Eye, so using it to detect the nascent consciousness sprouts of the Hidden God Lord should also be effortless.

Unfortunately, this divine artifact was shattered in the Overturned Sea, and the Great Square Vessel even took the opportunity to pick up some advantages.

"The supreme treasure of the True Person Qianhuan, the Hao Yuan Golden Mirror."

He Lingchuan rubbed his chin, somewhat surprised.

"The Hao Yuan Golden Mirror is an ancient divine artifact; once it harmonizes with the laws, it can be embedded into space, whether natural space or soul space. Although the Hidden God Lord's body is enormous, in the view of the Hao Yuan Golden Mirror, it might be just a desert, and any new consciousness that emerges within it would be as conspicuous as a green sprout." Shuangye tilted her head to look at He Lingchuan, "However, this treasure is in your hands, right? Someone has seen it in Ju City."

This person is well-informed, and He Lingchuan admitted openly: "Yes, it once merged with the Overturned Sea, and now—"

He did not continue, merely shrugging his shoulders.

"Could it be that the Heavenly Gods want to take the Hao Yuan Golden Mirror from me?"

"Jiuyou is joking." Shuangye chuckled, "Unless another He Hao appears, like when he once caused havoc in the Heavenly Palace and similarly disrupted the Chixiao Golden Hall, digging up the Hao Yuan Golden Mirror, otherwise this option need not be considered."

He Lingchuan gave a faint, cold smile.

Back then, he broke the great formation of Mount Xushan, merely going to destroy the formation's core, but the Chixiao Golden Hall is a complete magical artifact, and its weak points are not easy to find. As for the Hao Yuan Golden Mirror, needless to say, over these years, with the surge in spiritual energy density, the object it has merged with is not limited to the Chixiao Golden Hall, but the entire Ju City!

To sever its connection with Ju City and thus dig it up, He Lingchuan could only think of two methods: one is to use the Great Square Vessel, imitating the method used when invading the Overturned Sea back then, to detach the Hao Yuan Golden Mirror from the space and laws it has merged with.

However, the enemy does not have the Great Square Vessel in hand, so this option is ruled out.

The second method is simpler: just kill its master, the Nine Abysses Great Emperor!

Frankly speaking, at this stage, whoever wants to assassinate the Nine Abysses Great Emperor on the land of Cangyan is as difficult as going to Mou State to assassinate the Wuhuan Great Emperor or going to Beijia to assassinate the Demon Emperor.

Adding the national power behind them, these three have already reached the same level of BOSS. That's why Shuangye said this option also need not be considered.

"The third divine artifact." Shuangye raised her third finger, "The Great Square Vessel."

He Lingchuan's eyebrows twitched.

"The Great Square Vessel itself is already an existence beyond divine artifacts; what it can do, you know better than I do."

He Lingchuan said lightly, "Letting it search for the nascent divine consciousness of the Hidden God Lord is like using a butcher's knife to kill a chicken."

Shuangye couldn't be bothered to say more, directly moving on to the fourth divine artifact:

"That is the last divine artifact, the 'Yang Guan Dao' of the Immortal of Shou'an." Shuangye said, "Actually, there are probably other divine artifacts in the world that can achieve similar effects, but I haven't heard of them, and the Heavenly Gods don't know either, so let's just assume they don't exist."

It turns out the main topic starts here; He Lingchuan slightly straightened his body: "I've never heard of this divine artifact."

"It is not a weapon for attack or killing, so it is not famous."

Divine weapons and sharp tools gain fame in the human world either because of their immense power or because they kill indiscriminately; in any case, they must produce some shocking and sensational talk.

For example, He Lingchuan's "Floating Life," although it is also a good sword, previously in the hands of Zhong Shengguang it did not gain fame, so it remained obscure; only when it became the personal sidearm of the Nine Abysses Great Emperor, following him in slaughtering gods and demons, traveling seven thousand miles, did it suddenly become renowned throughout the world.

He Lingchuan made a gesture of "please go ahead": "I'm all ears."

"The 'Yang Guan Dao' was accidentally refined by the Immortal of Shou'an after the Immortal-Demon War." Shuangye's materials were very comprehensive, "Although that great war ended, the human environment suffered severe damage, earth fire erupted, poisonous smoke filled the sky, within thousands of miles there were hardly any good lands, and the living beings of the world were reduced to one in ten thousand."

The environment was unsuitable for survival, so life naturally declined sharply.

He Lingchuan interjected: "At that time, the human world had three great oases established by the six major immortal sects to protect living beings."

"Yes, but outside the oases there were still some living beings who luckily escaped the heavenly disasters, still struggling to survive in hardship; if not rescued back to the oases in time, they too would be in imminent danger." Shuangye continued, "It is said that one of the purposes of Shou'an Immortal's travels across the world was to rescue as many as possible, to preserve the reproduction of living beings after the crisis passed."