Chapter 427: The Supreme Fiend Suppressed by the Ancient Teaching

At this moment, even Longling's face showed surprise; he had guessed that the sky was the medium of this illusionary formation, the exit for everyone to break out of their predicament, never expecting that when Qin Cang probed with golden willow twigs, such an embarrassing thing would happen.

At the place where the sky shattered, the rippling fluctuations left all the cultivators present fuming and muttering curses, dodging the spots where the golden willow branches were growing as if avoiding snakes and scorpions.

Endless waves of fearful pressure swept between heaven and earth, winds rose and clouds surged; in an instant the sky became crystal clear and translucent, appearing even more eerie.

"The sky has turned into an ice mirror…"

Heiyao snapped out of his dazed state and then let out a startled shout.

Dark light flickered all over his black robe, his mouth twitching nonstop; the seal in the sky seemed broken, turning crystal clear like jade, with a shadow flickering above.

It was obvious that Longling's guess was correct; this mountain range was an illusionary formation set up by a supreme expert to conceal everyone's sight, the true exit lying above the sky.

The other cultivators present also wore grave expressions; who could have imagined that in such a vast expanse, one could feel the real existence of mountain ranges and towering ancient trees.

Yet these were actually projections from another place; the grand illusion had been used to the point of faking reality, and if Longling hadn't harbored doubts at the critical moment, everyone would have suffered mental collapse and perished here.

At this moment, everyone looked upon Longling with admiration, gradually regarding him as the mainstay of this ancient sect expedition, the pillar of their hearts.

"Just which bastard poked me?"

Get out here, quick!

Just then, everyone heard a tremendous roar of anger rolling down from the sky.

Everyone broke into a sweat; it was obvious they had inadvertently provoked a hot‑tempered fellow who sought revenge to vent his shame, swearing not to rest until his goal was met.

But upon reflection, it's understandable: anyone who gets an unwarranted prick in the rear would feel a burning pain, and the dignity of the elders would vanish instantly—how could one not grow angrier the more they think about it?

People began to imagine the scene just now, the corners of their mouths slowly cracking into faint smiles; they hadn't expected such a minor investigation to turn out so dramatically.

"You still aren't coming out, huh? Make the master wait?"

The hollow in the sky turned into a celestial cavern, and a mysterious purple mist poured in; as the loud reprimand echoed, the purple mist surged inward even more fiercely.

"Hurry up, that thing up there is poisoning us!"

Holy shit, it reeks!

Heifeng's face suddenly turned ferocious; he clapped a hand over his nose and mouth and spoke quickly.

"Break!"

Upon hearing that, Qin Cang formed a profound and inscrutable hand seal; in an instant, the golden willow branches that had become a golden willow tree burst forth with blazing light.

The golden willow tree swayed as if fully revived, shedding a seven‑colored rainbow that madly devoured everything in the surrounding space, while the willow branches thrust into the sky rapidly thickened.

"No wonder it's a divine branch transformed from the enlightenment tree of an ancient human emperor—just a single twig possesses such divinity; if it were the true enlightenment willow of a human emperor, what earth‑shattering divine abilities would it wield!"

On the Dadi Ewei Xi, the cultivators traveling in a group exclaimed in admiration.

"Crackle…?"

Golden willow threads pierced the entire sky like a world‑tree reaching heaven, opening a mysterious passage between heaven and earth that allowed cultivators to come and go freely.

The thick golden willow vines wound and twisted; lying at a slant, they were not overly steep but extended obliquely toward the celestial cavern.

Torrents of golden radiance blazed splendidly, their aura vast and majestic, driving the purple mist at the sky's celestial cavern to be blown away by the willow's leaves into the crowds above.

"Guo Yuan, you wretched thing, quickly collect that purple ferret mist!"

"This damned thing—no one's been smoked out, and it's about to smoke us out cold."

"Good grief, it's over the top!"

"No good, I have to go deal with it."

At that moment, another cultivator's furious voice rang out from the sky.

"Remember, you must use a boy's urine!"

As that cultivator's words fell, Guo Yuan, who had been poked by the golden willow, hastily opened his mouth to give instructions.

Yet as Guo Yuan's words ended, a wave of mocking voices rose all around; clearly many cultivators lurked above the sky, not just a scattered few.

"Everyone, Daoist Qin Cang has already built a tree‑path for us; now we can pass through the exit into the true heart of the ancient great teaching!"

"However, you can also hear that many other cultivators from the Universe Cultivation World are present there."

"Future battles over the Haotian Stone will surely be fierce."

"May we join hands and support each other!"

Heiyao swept his gaze over everyone's faces, then spoke with firm resolve.

Now the golden tree‑path, constructed from golden willow branches, continuously draws wood‑attribute spiritual power from its primordial law to supply the energy needed to sustain the path.

The entire space was filled with a divine radiance; the wooden‑path runes intertwined, as if a supreme deity had been born here, wondrous and vast.

"Go!"

As Longling's words fell, Qin Cang, Bibo Xianzi, Heiyao, Guinyin Shi, and Heifeng all took their places atop the Dadi Ewei Xi.

"Everyone, remember: when breaking through the celestial cavern, whether you encounter attack or not, just blast straight through."

Longling instructed Heiyao and the others.

Beneath the celestial cavern, treading the golden willow wood‑path against the heavens is already perilous; if ambushed, they would certainly face mortal danger—who knows what sort of people lurk on the other side.

If they simply unleash furious bombardments, the explosive bursts issuing from the cavern will, under their overwhelming deterrent power, instill awe in the cultivators beyond, deterring rash action.

As long as they ride the Dadi Ewei Xi along the wood‑path out of here, they will find the sea broad for leaping fish and the sky high for flying birds, and can respond freely to any further danger.

The Dadi Ewei Xi traveled upon the golden willow vine‑path; the path glowed, emitting mysterious runes, and space swiftly receded, making everyone's charge toward the celestial cavern even more rapid.

The closer they drew to the celestial cavern, the more they noticed its peculiarity: a massive spirit vein stood suspended above the clouds, crystal clear and translucent, radiating dazzling light; based on the eight directions, it forged a three‑dimensional six‑pointed star grand formation.

The six‑pointed star emitted a hazy light, slicing the space between heaven and earth in half to create two worlds; the bottom of the celestial cavern is the illusionary formation, while above it lies the realm of living beings.

"No wonder it's the supreme ancient great teaching—able to lay out such a world‑shaking grand formation, a mustard seed holding Mount Sumeru, hiding the mysteries of heaven and earth."

"Look at the pulse's undulations—it seems to be nearing supreme grade; otherwise, how could it have endured since antiquity?"

The Universe cultivators on the Dadi Ewei Xi couldn't help but exclaim: spirit veins are graded one to nine, only after a ninth‑grade vein transforms does it become supreme grade; now, after enduring countless calamities in the Universe Cultivation World, even the ancient clans and five great royal houses rarely possess such a holy relic.

As for the legendary emperor‑grade spirit veins, one dare not even think of them; they mostly give birth to true spirits that can move within their birthplace, and the true spirits thus born possess immense strength—each is a prodigy heaven‑favored, wielding primordial divine abilities.

Just like the yin‑vein spirit of the imperial spring at the desert's center—unless it willingly acknowledges a master, even the great sects carrying their hidden treasures may not be able to seize it.

Look quickly, what is that? A demon mosquito, pitch black all over, is actually letting out a fierce howl.

At this moment someone noticed the change in this void space; as they kept getting closer to the heavenly pit, the visible range of the boundless mountains grew wider, and what they saw became more and more different.

Holy shit, that isn't the previous spot of the stele forest, is it!

We also vaguely saw a hoarse-voiced old man!

When a random cultivator's words fell, everyone felt a chill down their backs and almost collapsed; at that time someone still wanted to go rescue that old man, and the old man narrowly escaped death.

The black demon mosquito in the stele forest is testing the mosquito demon lord; it is definitely a major ominous thing suppressing this place, and upon seeing the crowd break the illusion formation, it seems to have triggered something in this formation, now letting out a fierce howl.

Strange sound waves echoed between heaven and earth; in the lush forest, scarlet light burst forth one after another, then more and more, in the blink of an eye spreading throughout the jungles of the entire mountain range...

Buzz—buzz—buzz…

A strange flapping sound rang out within the space.

Everyone saw a single black mosquito fly out from the jungle, then quickly gather together, forming a huge black curtain in an instant, sweeping wildly like the force of purging the netherworld.

Those swarms of black mosquitoes split into two waves; one wave flew toward the stele forest, continuously gnawing at the bronze lock binding the huge ominous markings, while the other wave flew toward the crowd, trying to hinder their speed breaking through the heavenly pit.

Crack—crack…

Everyone suddenly heard something being gnawed; Qin Cang instinctively looked, then in terror clutched his head, scratching his hair frantically, feeling as if heaven and earth were collapsing, and that angry howl startled everyone greatly.

The cultivators present followed Qin Cang's gaze and saw that the black mosquito swarm was actually gnawing on the golden willow twigs that had turned into a golden willow tree.

The mosquitoes eating the willow tree were clearly different from those flying out of the jungle; their bodies were several times smaller, entirely like black-gold casting, covered in mysterious runes, with a precious bone atop their heads emitting an evil black light that caused the surrounding void to melt away directly.

Quickly activate your divine ability to turn the willow tree into willow branches, starting from below and swiftly gathering them back!

The cultivators on the Dadi Ewei Xi were terrified, their scalps numb; each time those mysterious black mosquitoes nibbled a strand of the willow tree's divinity, they flew toward the stele forest, tossing that divine essence onto the pattern on the bronze ancient chain, causing the figures on the pattern to fade quickly.

All the cultivators were uneasy; if the giant mosquito demon lord in the stele forest broke its seal and emerged, they would undoubtedly be the first to be devoured.

Quick quick quick…

The heavenly pit is not far away now!

Everyone saw a black curtain formed by sky‑covering black mosquitoes pressing down between heaven and earth, and they all shouted loudly.

The tree formed from golden willow vines also began to be affected; those black mosquitoes emitted an evil aura, making the surrounding space churn with killing intent, and terrifying electric lines occasionally intertwined, as if the apocalypse had arrived, sending chills down one's spine.

Boom—boom—boom…

Just as the black mosquito army was about to press onto the Dadi Ewei Xi, Longling's eyes suddenly lit up, two scarlet beams shooting out; those black mosquitoes seemed to have encountered something most terrifying, and they turned and fled.

That eerie posture was like a mortal seeing a vicious ghost, terrifying them to the point of losing their souls.

Buzz—buzz—buzz…

Intense buzzing sound rang out within the entire space; the struggling demon mosquito chieftain in the stele forest suddenly ceased moving, and circular ripples undulated around its body.

Its nine deep-blue eyes kept swaying; terrifying power radiated around its body as it let out a fierce hiss at the Dadi Ewei Xi, seemingly expressing dissatisfaction.

Seeing this, Longling had white mist swirled around its body; it opened its mouth and suddenly let out a hiss, the intense rumbling causing the entire void to tremble violently.

Everything around was being violently annihilated; the vast sound was filled with terrifying pressure, and in an instant, all the swarms of black mosquitoes began to clatter down.

In the void, two circular ripples of different colors undulated, then collided; at their intersection a fierce rumbling erupted.

The terrifying destructive force shattered the void, and streams of void hurricanes ravaged the space, wildly stirring everything within.

It was obvious that the white circular ripple in the void was stronger, causing the blue ripple to retreat step by step; even the black mosquito chieftain in the stele forest was pressed down, lying on the ground and continually groaning.

What those nine deep-blue eyes saw was completely different from what everyone else saw.

A colossal White Bone dharma manifestation sat cross-legged in the void, its back to the bright moon, its body exuding rich Dao runes; each jade bone glowed, shrouded in mysterious seven-colored rosy light, giving a sense of supreme divinity and holiness.

At this moment, the demon mosquito chieftain gazed at Longling and began to emit a continual 'yi-yi' buzzing, seemingly a distress signal toward its own kind.

Seeing this, Longling furrowed its brow; though others couldn't comprehend that yi-yi sound, it understood it—a source-power resonance from the demon race.

At this point even Longling found it strange: although these ferocious beasts exist in the Universe Cultivation World, or are sealed in some calamitous space, though they are powerful, their intelligence is not high.

For example, beast transformation—such a thing has never been seen up to the present.

His true self had previously inquired of Qinghuan in the Tian Sect within Huanyu, but Qinghuan said that the Universe Cultivation World had only human races, no demon race.

During this period of travel, first the Pumo Tree, then the Spirit of the Hidden Spring, and now the demon mosquito chieftain in the stele forest—all are extremely powerful great ferocious beings; they can sense Longling's aura and are very friendly toward Longling.

This indicates a problem: if ferocious beasts wish to become demons, their cultivation methods are lacking; however, for those demon spirits that have taken human form and wander, when ferocious beasts see their true form or sense their aura, the primal beasts will emit friendliness.

The earlier star beast was like this, the Spirit of the Hidden Spring was like this, and now the demon mosquito chieftain, upon sensing their true form from this incarnation, ceased its own resistance and instead emitted a distress signal.

Longling thought of this, and divine light flickered in its eyes; however, it had already reached the vicinity of the heavenly cavity, and going down was no longer realistic.

Thinking of this, when everyone else had rushed out of the heavenly cavity leaving only Longling, a bronze ancient sword appeared in its hand and shot toward the stele forest.

Then Longling immediately rushed outward from the heavenly cavity; as its vision suddenly changed, the heavenly cavity abruptly contracted and became a unified whole.

"If you can break the seal, it's up to your fortune."

Longling gazed at the position of the heavenly cavity and murmured to itself.