Chapter 304

304. Chapter 301: Breaching the Shenzu Clan

While Geng Qianxing, Lin Yuqi, Xiang Fengbei, Liu Yinyu, Xiu Cang, and others gathered the Feisheng Realm and Dao Cultivation Realm's major sects and families for the First Gathering of the Threefold Heaven Star Continent.

Ding Huan led Fu Qi Jian, Xun Youshan, Dan Beishu, Cang Yongqian, Cen Huan, Fei Zhankong, Ji Gu, Mu Chengzi, and Qi Yonghan, all Earth Immortals, toward the Shenzu Clan.

Traveling with Ding Huan was also Zhi Chili, Zhi's own clan member.

In fact, if Zhi Chili hadn't guided them, Ding Huan truly wouldn't have found Duanchang Cliff.

In the Feisheng Realm, there are two Duanchang Cliffs.

One is the Duanchang Cliff known to most people, located between Danding Sect and Changfeng Valley.

But the Shenzu Clan's entrance is not this one—it lies in the Yellow Snow Lands of the extreme north of the Feisheng Realm.

This is a very peculiar place.

Everyone knows snow is usually white, but here the snow falls yellow, hence it is called the Yellow Snow Lands.

The climate here is bitterly cold, with snow falling for one-third of the year.

After countless years of accumulation, no one knows exactly how deep the snow has become.

One strange thing is that no matter how much snow falls in the Yellow Snow Lands, one cliff never accumulates a single flake.

This place is where the entrance to the Shenzu Clan—the Duanchang Cliff—is located.

When Ding Huan's group arrived at the Yellow Snow Lands, they were stunned by the vast yellow expanse.

Ding Huan sighed deeply: in the boundless universe, no matter how many places you've traveled or how many things you've experienced, there are always sights you've never seen.

He had seen many things in his life, yet this sea of yellow snow was something he had never witnessed before.

He cultivated the Great Universe Art—he must never overlook such small details and phenomena in the future.

"Follow me to Duanchang Cliff—be careful on the way. Forbidden airspace frequently appears here; once you encounter such a place, it's essentially a dead end." Zhi Chili volunteered a warning.

Cen Huan sighed:

"I've been here before—it's true. When you can't fly in the Yellow Snow Lands, you're sucked into the snow's depths by a powerful force.

Anyone pulled into the snow's depths is never heard from again."

Cang Yongqian said: "I heard that Master Luo Bei disappeared here."

Luo Bei?

Ding Huan asked: "Was Master Luo Bei the top figure of the Threefold Heaven Star Continent back then, the one who led its people to repel the invading insect demons and preserve the Threefold Heaven Star Continent?"

"Yes, him. After Master Luo Bei vanished, the Jiuyuan people came to the Threefold Heaven Star Continent. I never knew he disappeared here." Cen Huan sighed heavily, filled with melancholy.

"Senior Elders, that cliff with no accumulated snow at all is Duanchang Cliff—the entrance to the Shenzu Clan." Zhi Chili pointed to a gray clifftop ahead, untouched by snow.

Mu Chengzi looked at Zhi Chili with a half-smile: "Aren't you Shenzu? Aren't you afraid of their revenge?"

Zhi Chili chuckled bitterly:

"My father is Shenzu, but my mother is human, and my grandfather was a human cultivator.

My thirteenth uncle was buried alive by the Shenzu—why should I consider myself one of them? In truth, even my father can't truly be called a Shenzu cultivator."

After answering, Zhi Chili looked at Ding Huan:

"Lord Ding, this place does allow entry into the Shenzu Clan—but only one chance. If you fail, the Shenzu will seal the gate, and you'll never enter again."

Ding Huan asked:

"How did you enter and leave here before?"

Zhi Chili said: "Every entry or exit from the Shenzu Clan requires a flag array. And the number of people allowed to pass through each flag is strictly limited.

We were sent out by the Shenzu to serve Cen Yuan, so we simply followed behind him."

Ding Huan pulled out a black flag array and asked:

"Is this the flag array for entering and exiting the Shenzu Clan?"

Zhi Chili nodded: "Yes. Cen Yuan originally used this flag array to bring us out."

Clearly, this flag array had been taken from Cen Yuan's ring.

"Can this flag array bring all of us into the Shenzu Clan?" Dan Beishu said.

"Yes. Originally, hundreds of us exited at once." Zhi Chili said.

Ding Huan shook his head: "If we use this flag array to enter the Shenzu Clan, we won't be able to enter at all."

"Does this flag array still bear Cen Yuan's divine imprint?" Cang Yongqian asked, puzzled.

"No imprint—it can be used by anyone," Zhi Chili quickly said.

Ding Huan said: "If I'm not mistaken, when this flag array allows entry into the Shenzu Clan again, it's not controlled by Cen Yuan—it's controlled by the Shenzu Clan."

This wasn't just speculation—Ding Huan's divine sense had seeped into the flag array's array patterns and faintly sensed they were unidirectional control patterns.

Cen Yuan could only enter the Shenzu Clan after receiving the Shenzu Clan's return signal.

"Can we force our way in?" Cang Yongqian asked.

He knew little about array arts, but his Dao of the Blade was always forward-moving—if forced entry was possible, and Ding Huan pointed out the array's core, his blade Dao could unleash its greatest advantage.

"No need to force it. Give me some time." Ding Huan said, then pulled out the flag array and cleanly used the Great Universe Art to construct a Zhou Tian circulation around it.

Just as he fused the genes of all surrounding beings while cultivating with the Great Universe Art, his Great Universe Art could also strip away the forbidden array patterns from this flag array.

Three days later, Ding Huan had refined a similar flag array using true fire.

"We can go in now." Ding Huan raised the flag array in his hand.

Mu Chengzi looked uncertainly at the flag array in Ding Huan's hand: "Law Forbidden Pattern?"

Ding Huan nodded: "It should be a Law Forbidden Pattern—I don't know the specifics."

Mu Chengzi was defeated by Ding Huan:

"You don't know? How could you have forged a flag array with a specific Law Forbidden Pattern if you don't know what it is?"

Ding Huan grinned: "When I was a kid and didn't know the answers on exams, didn't I still cheat my way through? I don't know how the answers I copied were made either."

He truly did not understand the laws, did not understand the rules, and his own divine art did not involve laws or rules—but Ding Huan had the Great Cosmos Art.

With the Great Cosmos Art constructing the Zhou Tian of Dao rhythm and rules, he could copy the formation patterns and prohibitions within it through the Great Cosmos Art's Zhou Tian.

No understanding needed—just strip away useless formation patterns and prohibitions, keep the useful ones. It's just like copying answers.

"What if something goes wrong?" Mu Chengzi could only retreat a step to ask.

Ding Huan laughed heartily:

"Then we force our way in. With so many of us, even one strike each will shatter this damn place. Everyone ready? I'm deploying the formation flags."

After speaking, Ding Huan deployed the formation flags.

"Wait—" Zhi Chili didn't even have time to shout.

He hadn't yet told Ding Huan that the formation flags must be implanted into the formation heart. The formation heart was invisible to the naked eye and required the flags to locate its position.

Wasn't Ding Huan, after all, an eighth-rank Formation King? How could he not know the flags must be implanted into the formation heart?

He had the Great Wasteland Eye—he had already discovered the formation heart's location and had no need to use the flags to find its position.

As the flags were implanted, a series of cracking sounds emerged beneath the cliff, as if something were about to be opened.

Indeed, only a few breaths passed before a formation gate appeared before them.

The formation gate was faint, as if it might vanish at any moment.

"Everyone, strike this formation gate!" Ding Huan knew perfectly well his flags had succeeded halfway—if they didn't smash this gate, it would close in the next instant.

Cang Yongqian, who had been waiting for a brutal attack, struck first with his long blade. As Cang Yongqian's blade slashed out, seven or eight furious attacks slammed into the formation gate.

The faint formation gate shattered completely, revealing a brand-new world before them.

Thick spiritual energy surged forth; lush greenery filled their vision.

Cang Yongqian rushed in first; Ding Huan called to the others to follow, landing upon this new world.

A chorus of sharp alarm sounds exploded, and then thousands upon thousands of figures surged toward Ding Huan's group.

"Hahaha…" Dan Beishu laughed heartily: "Hard assault is far more satisfying."

Ding Huan's spiritual sense swept outward—here, the rules were no weaker than those of the Ascension Realm, and the celestial qi was clearly superior to that of the Ascension Realm.

As for spiritual herbs, everywhere Ding Huan's spiritual sense swept, they were everywhere.

Clearly, in the Divine Clan, spiritual herbs were forbidden to be gathered.

Crack! Crack! Crack!

The protective formation gate shattered by Ding Huan's group continued collapsing outside—imagine that from today onward, the Divine Clan would have no barrier left between itself and the Ascension Realm.

Or rather, the Divine Clan was merely a corner of the Third Heaven Star Continent.

A crowd had already rushed to stand before Ding Huan and his companions.

The leader had green hair and a third eye in his forehead. Ding Huan glanced at him—this fellow's cultivation was likely at the late Earth Immortal stage.

Behind the green-haired man, there were seven Earth Immortals; dozens of Human Immortals followed, and the rest were all below True God realm.

"Who dares break our Divine Clan's seal? Kill them…" Before the green-haired, three-eyed man spoke, furious voices erupted from behind.

The ten thousand behind him shouted in unison, all deploying their divine artifacts.

Clearly, Ding Huan's group had struck the Divine Clan's vital artery.

These eleven of Ding Huan's party, amidst the ten thousand shouts, were like a tiny boat in a raging sea, seemingly ready to be torn apart at any moment.

Yet the green-haired, three-eyed man raised one hand—his status was clearly high; merely raising his hand silenced the shouts instantly.

"Clan Chief, what's there to talk about with them? Charge forward, seize them, drag them back, and slowly extract their souls!" A pale-faced man behind the green-haired man shouted angrily.

The green-haired man ignored the pale-faced man's roar and calmly regarded Ding Huan's group and said:

"Who are you? Why did you smash our Divine Clan's protective formation?"

He did not speak harshly, for today was already a fight to the death.

He asked this calmly because he sensed that behind Ding Huan, aside from Zhi Chili, all were either at the peak or perfection of Earth Immortal realm.

This feeling struck him as bizarre—how could this be?

All at Earth Immortal peak and perfection? Even Jiuyuan could not muster such strength.

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