Chapter 2566: The Way to Take Away the Hidden God

This contradictory nature is concentrated in a single object. No wonder the Heavenly Demon has tirelessly searched for the Hidden God for two thousand years—it's all for this fine flesh.

Even the pale green liquid seeping from the cut kelp smells fragrant and is rich with spiritual energy.

The Hidden God's soul has perished, its body now completely relaxed and at the mercy of anyone; otherwise, its cultivation would have shaken heaven and earth.

Now the problem arises: how should we destroy the Hidden God's body?

In the past Battle of the Inverted Sea, the Thousand Illusions True Person had his soul destroyed but his body remained; no one could destroy it, and He Lingchuan could only let it sink to the seabed in the end.

How much more fragile could the Hidden God's body be compared to a large seashell?

To destroy the body of a true immortal is not something that can be done hastily.

Ling Jinbao scratched his head: "What was our original battle plan? I recall one was meant for just such a situation."

"If we cannot take it away nor destroy it." Zhu Xiuer remembered clearly, "As long as we clarify its location and the surrounding restrictions, we leave it to the Earth Mother and the Great Vase, while we stand by to form arrays and repel enemies."

"But back then, we thought the Hidden God's body was hidden beneath the waters of Xiaxia Bay—just find it and pinpoint it; who knew the Spirit Essence Palace had hidden it in a small world? If we move it now, Hulu Heavenly God will seal the small world's entrance, and we won't be able to get out."

Hulu Heavenly God controls the Cloud Terrace; as long as he closes the Liuli Sea entrance, he can capture the Nine Abyss Great Emperor alive.

Tsk, this is an unparalleled achievement. The entire heavenly realm will be grateful to him.

Mingke Xianren pondered for a long while, then suddenly said: "I have an immature idea. Our goal is merely to prevent the Hidden God's body from remaining in the Heavenly Demon's hands, right?"

Everyone said: "Right."

That's why we said: if we cannot take it away, we destroy it.

"Actually, isn't there a ready-made container right before us?" Mingke Xianren continued, "Where is the Great Emperor?"

"In the Liuli Sea small world."

He looked at Zhu Xiuer, who still hadn't reacted: "What did the Heavenly Demon use to contain the Hidden God's body?"

"The small world……ah!" Zhu Xiuer finally realized, "Wait, you want to take this entire Liuli Sea small world?"

Mingke Xianren smiled: "I was thinking, this small world is also grafted onto the Cloud Terrace; if we just reverse this tether, we might be able to detach it from the Cloud Terrace."

Everyone looked at each other in silence. Ah, that's true—why worry about not being able to take the Hidden God's body? If we can take the small world it inhabits, it will come along with it.

Dong Rui immediately recalled He Lingchuan's Soul-Capturing Mirror: "Isn't there also a small world inside his mirror? Could it, like secret realms devouring each other, let the mirror's world swallow the Liuli Sea?"

The Battle of Jingdu City was essentially a battle between two great secret realms. Its strange and wondrous nature left even the most experienced immortals awestruck. The phrase "secret realms devouring each other" left a deep impression on everyone.

He Lingchuan made a gesture as if patting his chest, but in fact activated the mirror's function, enabling it to communicate with those in the Doukou Garden.

"Saying we'll do it and doing it—where is it that simple?" the mirror called out, audible throughout the Doukou Garden, "A small world is not a secret realm; they cannot devour each other, at most they can interlock."

"Interlock?"

"Like the Liuli Sea and the Cloud Terrace, they should essentially be two small worlds, but the Heavenly Demon used a special method to link them together—so they are not only connected but can coexist without conflict." The mirror clucked, "You should know that arbitrarily stacking different spaces together is prone to problems. For example, the Fracture Realm often appearing near Lingxu City is also a small world; each time its entrance to the human realm opens, anomalies occur nearby—such as objects losing weight, or things being directly sucked in. That's because the laws of the two worlds intersect and conflict, producing such phenomena."

Mingke Xianren nodded.

Indeed, he had experienced it himself.

"But the connection between the Spirit Essence Palace and the Cloud Terrace is nearly flawless, with almost no conflict of laws; even the outside seawater can flow in and out of the small world day and night, showing the entrance to the human realm is extremely stable—this balance is the result of fine-tuning, a master-level craft!"

That's what is meant by: an expert extends a hand and immediately knows whether there is skill.

"Are you feeling inadequate?" the Blood Demon laughed, "If the Spirit Essence Palace is a master-level work, then you are merely an ordinary painter's level."

The mirror reflected a beam of Bai Guang, as if rolling its eyes.

"I'm not asking you to recite from the book—I'm asking you to apply paint and cut, to pry the Liuli Sea from the Cloud Terrace." Zhu Xiuer snorted, "Destruction is always easier than construction, right?"

The mirror grumbled: "I've said it before—there are two kinds of small worlds. One is like my mirror's space, self-generated by me; the Lotus Valley is also such. The other is naturally existing, like the Baiwan Mountains and the Liuli Sea. They are like storage rings, fixed in place by special links. Theoretically, as long as we break this link, the Liuli Sea's entrance will no longer be bound to the Cloud Terrace. But we may not be able to bind this entrance to my mirror's surface. Then……"

Then we may still not be able to take the Hidden God's body.

Mingke Xianren immediately said: "No, we don't necessarily need to take the Liuli Sea—we just need to sever its tether to the Cloud Terrace, letting this small world vanish back into the void; then, even if the Heavenly Demon tries to find it again, it will be like searching for a needle in the ocean."

To them, the Hidden God is far less important than to the Heavenly Demon. So whether they obtain the Hidden God's body or not doesn't matter—what matters is that the Heavenly Demon cannot get it.

"Reverse engineering: how to break the perfect connection between the Spirit Essence Palace and the Cloud Terrace?"

This time, Zhu Xiuer answered quickly and smoothly: "Make them conflict in law? But that Cloud Terrace is Hulu Heavenly God's divine form—it cannot be so easily broken."

"Yes, all problems are stuck here." Mingke Xianren also frowned, "Is there a way to damage the Cloud Terrace without getting trapped here? I haven't thought of one yet. Sigh, I don't know if the Nine Abyss Great Emperor already has an idea."

Everyone looked at each other, then finally placed their hopes on He Lingchuan.

They were at a loss for now, but the Great Emperor will always have a way.

Of course, He Lingchuan is now accompanying Duan He Yun, so it's inconvenient to speak. He took the chance while rubbing his hands to make a few quick gestures.

Zhu Xiuer and Dong Rui understood immediately:

"Oh, he said, after entering the Liuli Sea, there was no feeling of being spied upon."

That is to say, Hulu Heavenly God does not have omniscient and omnipotent power here. He Lingchuan can act without needing to be as cautious as in the Lotus Valley, and……

Mingke Xianren and the others immediately began to consider:

"Can we capture Duan He Yun and the Hidden God here?"

If they run fast enough, can we leave the Spirit Essence Palace in time?

(End of Chapter)