Chapter 517: Two Hundred Miles of Earth-Traversing, the Shocked Lan Chuan!

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Zhao Xing had completely entered a state of flow, wholeheartedly constructing the 【Anti-Dou Earth Palace】.

The Anti-Dou Earth Palace was something his clone had learned at the Primeval Mound; although it was an Earth Palace technique, it was commonly found in the Earth-Treasury Dharma texts.

Because the Anti-Dou Earth Palace was not a specific spell, but rather a concept of construction, it was rarely used for attack itself,

but instead used to handle complex underground environments.

"Yu~~~"

At this moment, the Anti-Dou Earth Palace was vibrating at a tiny but extremely high frequency, while Zhao Xing stood in a corner inside the palace, watching.

The Qi from the five halls of the Earth Palace gathered along the passages toward the skylight, surging upward to form a pillar of smoke that was expelled; the area above was turbid and foul, while the spot where he stood remained perfectly clean.

"The five halls of the Earth Palace reverse the Five Elements; Heaven and Earth, Yin and Yang, begin to invert!"

When Zhao Xing constructed the Anti-Dou Earth Palace, he started from the Wood Hall and ended at the Fire Hall, Earth Hall, Metal Hall, and Water Hall.

It also incorporated the characteristics of the 【Life Earth Palace】, meaning the Earth Palace constructed by the five halls operated its Qi just like the five internal organs of a human body, which was why it produced vibrations.

If one ignored its form, what a person standing on the ground would sense was not an Earth Palace, but rather something more like a person cultivating below.

The five Qi headed toward the Origin, gathering at the crown.

However, the Qi belonged to the Earth Qi, which naturally returned to the ground; expelling it was very difficult.

Because Yang Qi is clear and rises, while Yin Qi is turbid and descends—this is the natural characteristic of the Great Dao manifesting as the two.

Therefore, the Anti-Dou Earth Palace Zhao Xing deployed remained the foundation; within the Anti-Dou Earth Palace, the characteristics of Yin and Yang Qi were inverted.

The clear Yang Qi descended, and the turbid Yin Qi rose, and only then could the flow of Qi be expelled.

When the Anti-Dou Earth Palace was formed, the checkpoint at the seventy-kilometer mark was also broken.

"Boom—"

The Qi rushed into the sky, like an earth dragon turning over.

Zhao Xing stood with his hands behind his back, watching this scene, filled with a sense of accomplishment.

"Truly spectacular."

"The Nine Nether Surge has already reached the might of a demigod; I really am a genius."

The power Zhao Xing guided out by constructing the Earth Palace absolutely reached the might of a demigod.

With the strength of an Eight-Tribulation Emperor, to leverage an earth change comparable to demigod power—and for this earth change to be controllable—this sense of achievement was unparalleled.

"Continue descending."

Zhao Xing did not notice at all that the toxic gas released by the Earth Palace had poisoned the patrolling Heavenly God Guard, Shan Qi, who was on watch.

Even if he knew, he wouldn't care; what could be more important than practicing the "Thousand Earth Wonders" in actual combat?

As a guardian of the Profound Yin Rift, Shan Qi earned this money and had to bear the corresponding risks.

If you don't have the ability, why come to guard the venue?

As Zhao Xing continued to descend, Venerable Shan Qi, who had collapsed in the Earth-Escaping Shuttle, began to return automatically after the artifact's spirit detected an abnormal situation, quickly fleeing back to the bottom of the valley.

"Yu—"

The command flag trembled, and the Earth-Escaping Shuttle broke through the soil, but only a section was exposed, with the other section blocking below to prevent the released Qi from rising further.

Emperor Di Jun and Emperor Cheng Fei were waiting for Venerable Shan Qi's investigation results.

Hearing the movement, they immediately looked over.

"Why is Venerable Shan Qi asleep?" Emperor Di Jun looked on in confusion.

"Have you ever seen a sleeping person lose flesh?" Emperor Cheng Fei said with some horror, "This is poisoning!"

They saw Venerable Shan Qi lying quietly in the cabin of the Earth-Escaping Shuttle; through the transparent window, one could see the flesh all over his body rotting.

Although his body was also rapidly repairing itself, the speed at which the toxic gas destroyed his flesh was greater than the efficiency of his Golden Body's self-healing.

"Something happened? Do you think he might be faking it—" Emperor Di Jun still found it hard to believe; Shan Qi was a powerful Heavenly God Guard, a guardian—how could something happen to him?

"That shouldn't be—" Emperor Cheng Fei looked on suspiciously. But they didn't know what to do; after all, they didn't know the other Heavenly God Guards, nor did they know whom to notify.

Due to the emergence of the abnormal situation, the other challengers also quickly returned from underground, and upon seeing the miserable state of Venerable Shan Qi, they were all quite frightened.

"What happened? Should we run?"

"The underground seems to have become dangerous; this place is not a place to stay for long."

"Sigh, the money spent this time was wasted—"

No one cared about the life or death of Venerable Shan Qi, but none of them dared to run away immediately.

However, this chaotic situation was quickly broken.

"Whoosh—"

A cloud of mist exploded from the ground, followed by the appearance of a middle-aged man wearing gray hemp Dharma robes, possessing four arms, and a 'Lord' mark on his forehead.

"It's the Earth God Official!"

"A thirteenth-stage demigod."

"Greetings, Venerable Lan Chuan."

Venerable Lan Chuan was Shan Qi's superior; Shan Qi and some other Heavenly God Guards were under the command of Venerable Lan Chuan.

Upon receiving Shan Qi's early warning, Venerable Lan Chuan immediately escaped over here.

Venerable Lan Chuan ignored these ants and just quietly watched the land below, as if peering through infinite depths.

At this moment, only Yu Ying and Zhao Xing were challenging underground.

Among them, Yu Ying had already reached the ninety-seven-mile mark; the traces of her escape downward all belonged to those with relatively small movements, and the top thirty miles had even automatically restored themselves.

"It's not her."

Venerable Lan Chuan looked toward Zhao Xing's direction again, then revealed a hint of surprise.

"Hmm? His way of clearing the level is so brilliant."

If one viewed the challenges of Yu Ying and Zhao Xing as solving a problem, both of their answers were the same, but Yu Ying's problem-solving was plain and unremarkable; one could see her level at a glance.

But Zhao Xing's problem-solving process was very exquisite, and even in Venerable Lan Chuan's view, it was quite profound.

Venerable Lan Chuan watched for a while, and through the report of the Earth-Escaping Shuttle's spirit, he learned the reason for Shan Qi's poisoning.

"Earth Palace guiding Qi; Shan Qi went down and just happened to run into it—Hmm? Using an Earth Palace technique to break the fusion of five pulses and unify the Qi?"

"No—how did his Earth Palace also fuse with other things?"

Yu Ying's clearance was treating the symptoms but not the root cause; Zhao Xing's challenge didn't look like clearing a level, but more like governing a region, and he was aiming for a permanent cure.

Venerable Lan Chuan immediately evacuated the other challengers: "You all go back; the fees paid will be refunded to you."

"Yes." The crowd didn't understand why, but they had no choice but to leave.

Afterward, Venerable Lan Chuan stood on the ground, quietly watching the underground.

"Yu Ying traversing a hundred miles of earth should be hopeful."

"I didn't expect another Emperor Chen An to emerge; it seems I will gain two subordinates this time." Venerable Lan Chuan revealed a hint of a smile.

As a Si Nong, of course, he preferred Si Nongs as subordinates.

Assigning a warrior like Shan Qi to him was actually a helpless move.

Guarding the Profound Yin Rift—if a Si Nong were doing this, how could such an accident occur?

"Earth-Escaping Shuttle, send him to the Soul Pool for treatment; have him come see me after he wakes up."

Venerable Lan Chuan waved his hand, and the Earth-Escaping Shuttle quickly burrowed into the ground and left.

Afterward, he glanced at Yu Ying's direction, but his attention quickly returned to Zhao Xing.

About a month later, Yu Ying succeeded first, breaking through the hundred-mile checkpoint.

"Finally broke through."

After standing firm at a depth of a hundred miles, Yu Ying let out a long breath.

Traversing a hundred miles of earth allows one to become a Heavenly God Guard.

A hundred miles underground is a threshold; even for a demigod Si Nong who has passed nine tribulations, very few can succeed.

Yu Ying was already a demigod who had passed nine tribulations, but she had tried for thirty years, challenging many times, and now she could only barely clear the level.

She did not continue to try going further down because she knew her limit was right here.

"Whoosh—"

After spending some effort, Yu Ying returned to the surface, but when she came up, she found that Venerable Shan Qi was gone, replaced by the Earth God Official Lan Chuan.

"Greetings, Venerable Lan Chuan." Yu Ying was startled and hurriedly came over to pay her respects.

After becoming a demigod, every level is a huge chasm; an official one level higher can still crush people, let alone a genuine realm difference.

She was only a ninth-stage demigod, but Lan Chuan was a thirteenth-stage demigod. With this gap, a single glance could kill her.

"Yu Ying, congratulations on passing the test." Venerable Lan Chuan nodded slightly, "However, wait on the side for now; wait until the other person comes up, then go together to receive the 'Divine Power Baptism'."

"Yes." Yu Ying bowed obediently.

Becoming a Heavenly God Guard, protection is secondary; the most important benefit is being able to receive a 'Divine Power Baptism'.

Regardless of whether one had a physical body before, receiving a Divine Power Baptism allows one to possess a flesh-and-blood body; if one has already cultivated a flesh-regeneration technique, one will go a step further, and it can also nourish the true spirit—the benefits are great.

However, Yu Ying was also very curious about who the other person was; could there be another person who would also become a Heavenly God Guard,

and even make Venerable Lan Chuan wait here in person?

A hundred miles underground, there was a hollow area.

In the center of the space was a large mountain, with earth-fire flowing above the mountain, each stream approaching the power of a demigod.

The foot of the mountain was covered with a layer of water, and beneath the water, flames were faintly burning.

The entire mountain body was indestructible, with thin, bony, angular peaks protruding, looking like a hedgehog mountain.

Zhao Xing tried to escape down from the large mountain, but found the pressure to be immense; if he didn't use special magic power, he couldn't squeeze in at all.

He tried throwing a stone toward the water layer at the foot of the mountain; the stone entered the water and was instantly corroded into powder.

"Yang fire wraps around the Golden Mountain, Gold and Water hide Yin fire—this is another one of the Thousand Earth Wonders."

"But a part is missing here; logically, there should be Earth-Wood dividing Gold, so why haven't I seen this phenomenon?"

Zhao Xing kept flying around the mountain body; there was only one path down, and the command flag barrier also restricted him from going around.

"Hmm?"

Suddenly, Zhao Xing was hit by a piece of rubble, and a bloodstain was scratched onto his skin; even his Sun-Day Dao Bone showed a hint of a fracture.

He looked up and saw that a stalactite had fallen from the top.

"I understand!" After Zhao Xing healed the wound with Azure Flower magic power, he suddenly realized.

"The creation of the karst cave space is caused by the movement of geological layers; Yang fire wraps around the Golden Mountain, burning away the wood veins of this space; Yin fire hides in the water, collapsing the earth veins, which is why a unique hollow area was vacated."

"Gold, Water, Fire, and veins have all reached the limit of what an Emperor can escape through, and my Profound Earth technique 【Escape Star】 is difficult to pass through."

Earth-Heart Splitting Earth, Demon God Earth Palace, Profound Earth Escape Star, Primeval Earth Treasury, Rock-Friend Earth Communication, and Overlapping Boundary Mountain. These were the six Great Earth-Benefit Divine Abilities Zhao Xing had cultivated following the Lushan Emperor; after cultivating them in the Mustard Seed Dharma Domain, they all became Reincarnation-level secret techniques.

Your Profound Earth technique 【Escape Star】 can escape from one star continent to another; this is already a very strong secret technique, and what can block it can only be this kind of environment among the Thousand Earth Wonders.

Clarifying the essence of the problem, Zhao Xing began to look for a way to break it.

"Can I use the Earth-Heart Splitting Earth technique to reset the terrain?"

The Splitting Earth technique is known as the gambler's tactic; it is very effective when used to govern the environment.

Especially in some extreme environments, using the Splitting Earth technique to reshuffle the deck—no matter how bad the environment is, it can't be worse than it is now.

Because of this point, the Splitting Earth technique is the first choice for Earth-Benefit Si Nongs when dealing with extreme geographical environments.

"No, this method is unfeasible; Gold, Water, and Fire veins press down on Earth and Wood, and the Extreme-Formation Empty technique is also empty. This terrain is a terrain that counters the gambler's tactic."

One of the Thousand Earth Wonders—if it were so easy to break, it wouldn't have been recorded in the Daoist books.

The so-called "Three Extremes Form Empty, the technique is also empty" means that the underground space formed by the extreme veins cannot be shaken by most spells.

The Earth vein is pressed under the mountain, and the Wood vein is burned to ashes; this place simultaneously destroys the hope of the Splitting Earth technique and the Earth Palace technique.

Because the deployment of the Splitting Earth technique is triggered from the Earth vein, and the Earth Palace technique is constructed from the Wood vein.

Of course, nothing can resist breaking the law with force; if Zhao Xing were an eleventh-stage demigod, his spells could still split the Golden Mountain and raise the Earth Palace again. Even if it were a powerful demigod warrior, they could just move the mountain directly.

"Mountain techniques should be broken with mountain techniques; it's a pity that my clone had just started learning the Mountain-Opening technique and Mountain-Sealing technique before coming in."

"My main body doesn't share this part of the knowledge, and now I can't sense it either."

"The mountain technique I created myself, 'Overlapping Boundary Mountain', has very strong directionality, and the eight secret techniques contained in 'Overlapping Boundary Mountain' are all aimed at the Overlapping Boundary Mountain."

"Rock-Friend Earth Communication is a communication technique, so I can only try using the 【Primeval Earth Treasury】 technique first,"

"or create another technique." Zhao Xing thought to himself. "Otherwise, I can only use Seven-Colored magic power to break it by force."

Creating a technique to break the Thousand Earth Wonders—how could it be that simple? So you actually have two choices.

"【Primeval Earth Treasury】 is an auxiliary technique; it is to artificially trigger an 'earth change', activate dead earth veins, and even make earth veins advance, allowing dead life-world stars and star continents to glow with new vitality."

"【Primeval Earth Treasury】 is a technique created based on that ancient earth vein preserved in the Primeval World."

"The Primeval Earth vein derives the Ancient Earth vein, and the Ancient Earth vein gives birth to the earth veins of the Dao-Manifestation era."

"【Primeval Earth Treasury】 is second only to the Primeval Earth Treasury technique."

Zhao Xing looked at the surrounding space.

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh~~"

A large number of particles began to surge toward him.

Seven days later, these particles became visible to the naked eye.

The Earth and Wood veins that had already died were re-condensing!

A month later, fist-sized rubble floated around Zhao Xing.

Two months later.

"Bang bang bang!!!"

Clusters of giant rubble collided in the air, shattered, and then reorganized, only to collide again.

Amidst this random collision, it seemed as if a vitality was glowing!

"Good technique!"

Venerable Lan Chuan on the ground suddenly had his eyes light up and blurted out.

Yu Ying beside him didn't understand.

But she immediately realized that the Lan Chuan God Official was talking about the Emperor Chen An who was challenging below.

"Emperor Chen An's spell is so exquisite that it actually drew such praise from the Lan Chuan God Official."

Yu Ying had also lived in Mo Yuan City for quite some time, and she recognized almost all the Si Nongs who came here to challenge, but she had no impression of Emperor Chen An.

To be just an Emperor, yet draw the praise of the Lan Chuan God Official? Yu Ying also became curious.

"Earth and Wood give birth, and the extreme is broken."

Zhao Xing looked at the two tiny earth veins emerging before his eyes, one yellow and one green, circling around him like swimming dragons.

The large mountain and the water and fire below were the two large dragons guarding the checkpoint.

When Zhao Xing resurrected the two 'little dragons', he had obtained the key to opening the checkpoint.

Zhao Xing used the minimum magic power consumption to leverage the Golden Mountain, Yang fire, and Yin water to manifest their forms.

The Golden Mountain was no longer indestructible, because after the Earth and Wood earth veins appeared, by using spells to leverage the operation of the Five Elements, the mountain, water, and fire all had periodic changes in strength.

Upon reaching a weak cycle.

"Plop!"

Zhao Xing seized the opportunity, passed through the water and fire layer, and successfully broke through to a hundred miles below.

"Earth and Wood reborn, breaking the extreme with the technique, using the weak cycle of the Five Elements earth vein fusion to break the checkpoint, and doing it so easily—an Eight-Tribulation Emperor having such talent, this person's talent is not inferior to mine."

The Lan Chuan God Official revealed intense appreciation in his eyes.

Zhao Xing's application of spells and his understanding of the Earth-Benefit Dao exceeded his expectations.

"Lan Chuan God Official, are you talking about Emperor Chen An? What spell did he use?" Seeing the Lan Chuan God Official praise him so much, Yu Ying finally couldn't help but ask.

"Spells are secondary; spells of the same level, in the hands of different people, are used differently." The Lan Chuan God Official glanced at Yu Ying, "Maybe some people have to spend several times the energy to solve a problem,"

"but some Si Nongs are efficient and relaxed."

Yu Ying's face turned pale; she always felt that the Lan Chuan God Official was implying something—could it be that she, a demigod, was not as relaxed as Emperor Chen An in clearing the level?

"To be able to receive such praise from the Lan Chuan God Official, Emperor Chen An will surely become a Heavenly God Guard; I must find an opportunity to ask for advice in the future. I want to see what skills he really has."

After passing the hundred-mile mark, Zhao Xing still didn't stop; he had completely fallen into the joy of clearing the level.

Yu Ying couldn't see as clearly as Venerable Lan Chuan; she could only use the Earth-Communication technique to vaguely sense Zhao Xing's position.

"Still continuing to descend."

"Can he still continue to challenge? He's only an Eight-Tribulation Emperor; he really isn't afraid of death."

After breaking through a hundred miles, the horizontal space for escaping downward became even larger.

The hemispherical barrier formed by the command flag that Shan Qi had inserted also restricted a certain amount of activity space when going deeper, which was also a form of protection.

Indeed, Si Nongs can manipulate Heaven and Earth and borrow the power of Heaven and Earth, but it is also possible to play themselves to death.

Back then, when Zhao Xing was in the Spirit Void Primeval World, he borrowed the power of the Boundary Volcano to kill the Turtle Clan leader; he himself couldn't control this power either, because the range was too large—it was a volcanic eruption triggered by the combined efforts of fifty people; if it weren't for the machine master Gu Ming controlling the Boundary Boat to shuttle through, he would have been affected too.

Those who drown are often those who are good at swimming!

"Above a hundred miles, the command flag restricted the activity space, which also disguisedly restricted the power of the earth change triggered by the Si Nong, so he wouldn't play himself to death."

"However, below a hundred miles, the command flag space becomes larger, meaning the power limit of the earth change produced has completely reached the demigod level."

"Borrowing power and taking shortcuts also has a limit; if he borrows too much power, he will crush himself first." Yu Ying thought silently.

However, Zhao Xing was continuously traversing the earth; after a hundred miles, his speed did not decrease, but instead increased.

This was mainly because at this time, Zhao Xing had already begun to use Azure Flower magic power, Red Lotus magic power, Cang Ming magic power,

and Profound Soul magic power for amplification.

The Profound Soul magic power that amplifies the true spirit fire seed, the Cang Ming magic power that amplifies the heart and will, the Red Lotus magic power that contains the Great Dao of destruction, and the Azure Lotus magic power that encompasses everything made Zhao Xing's challenge below a hundred miles even faster.

"After a hundred miles, every hundred miles of earth traversed is a checkpoint."

"He's almost two hundred miles deep now, right?" Yu Ying was shocked.

In more than half a year, traversing two hundred miles of earth—is this really something an Eight-Tribulation Emperor can do?

"He encountered the Extreme Cold Earth Vein; he should stop here."

"You wait here; I'll go down and take a look." Venerable Lan Chuan ordered, then turned into a wisp of green smoke and burrowed into the ground.

Apparently, Venerable Lan Chuan was also beginning to worry about Zhao Xing's safety.

It would be a great pity if such a talent were to die underground by accident.

He had to go down and take a look, and intervene to save Zhao Xing when he was unable to cope.

"Gurgle—"

Two hundred miles underground was a lava lake.

Bubbles rolled in the lava lake; every bubble was like the annihilation of a star, erupting with intense fluctuations.

Zhao Xing looked at this scene and couldn't help but frown.

Because this lava was not bright red, but blue.

He didn't feel intense heat; on the contrary, there was a sense of coldness coming from his soul.

"Extreme Cold Earth Vein." Zhao Xing took a deep breath, "Sure enough, another Thousand Earth Wonder."

"No wonder 'Traversing the Profound Earth's Extreme' can allow one to sit and discuss the Dao with the Yu God, and even be gifted a Great Dao Divine Artifact; if everything behind is at the level of the Thousand Earth Wonders and constantly strengthening, to detect the end, I'm afraid it would take a God-King level Si Nong."

After observing for a while, Zhao Xing began to think about how to break it.

"Normally speaking, if the earth vein is extremely cold, it shouldn't be able to flow like a river, but should freeze and remain still."

"But now this blue lava lake is boiling, completely violating the laws of nature."

"I can't feel a bit of the origin of Metal, Wood, Earth, or Fire; the Daoist books of the Primeval Mound don't have a clear explanation for this kind of wonder."

"The teacher of Venerable Meishan, 'Lan God Venerable', the founder of the Life Earth Palace, once mentioned a sentence: apart from breaking it with force, to shake the 'Frozen Flame Lake', one can only start from the 'Lazy Fetus technique' in the Profound Earth technique."

What is the Lazy Fetus technique? This has something to do with the Life Earth Palace and the corresponding cultivation technique "Extreme Mustard Seed Mountain".

The cultivation technique corresponding to the Life Earth Palace can cultivate a 'Life Earth Palace', but the Extreme Giant God Peak is extremely difficult.

The reason is that when the Life Earth Palace can cultivate a second life, it turns into a 'Lazy Fetus'.

The Lazy Fetus technique was placed in the Profound Earth technique and the Spirit Mountain technique successively, because its Dharma logic had no source in the Earth-Benefit School, but could instead find a basis in the Hou Hou Bian technique of the Heavenly Time School.

The Lazy Fetus of phenological changes—no matter how you look at it, this Lazy Fetus technique seems to belong to the Hou Hou Bian School.

But how could the Primeval Mound admit this? The Life Earth Palace is the unique skill of the Primeval Mound; admitting that the Lazy Fetus technique is a Heavenly Time technique would be a fatal blow to the unique skills of the Primeval Mound.

The tiny Heavenly Time School wants to ride above my Earth-Benefit School? It's simply rebellion!

So they would rather die than admit it; first it was placed in the Spirit Mountain technique, forcibly assigning it the sentence: 'The Divine Mountain can be spiritual and elegant, the Lazy Fetus obtains creation.'

Later it was placed in the Profound Earth technique, and they simply didn't explain it anymore.

When in doubt, use the Profound Earth technique; anyway, this category has always lacked theoretical basis, but it is full of the characteristics of the Earth-Benefit School. Even if there are bugs, it can be passed down generation after generation.

Zhao Xing also felt that this technique should be counted as part of the Hou Hou Bian technique, but who told the Heavenly Time Hou Hou Bian School in the Profound Spirit Star Domain to be so weak? They can only change life forms, and no one can change objects anymore. If you also know the Lazy Fetus technique, then what right do you have to say it belongs to your school?

His thoughts returned to the present, and Zhao Xing quickly found a feasible strategy.

"Is it possible to use the Earth-Heart Splitting Earth technique to reset the terrain?"