Chapter 1002: Meta-Magnetic Aurora, The Enemy Appears

The Arctic Night-Mo Heaven!

The former site of the North Sea Sacred Land, the Origin Demon Sect's mountain gate!

It was inherently an excellent place for cultivation, especially with its natural barriers, capable of serving as the eternal foundation for a large sect.

Backed by the thousand-year-old Sinking Sea, demonic beasts could hardly approach. In front, the Meta-Magnetic Aurora suppressed the Five Elements; ordinary cultivators simply could not force their way in.

One wonders how the North Sea Demon Alliance and that Monarch Qixia managed to storm in?

But Luo Chen could not afford to consider how to reach his destination right now; he needed to pass through the Arctic Demon-Sealing Array first.

In a world of shimmering starlight and chaotic haze, Luo Chen walked slowly, his expression slightly grave.

Holding the token, his speed was not as fast as he had imagined.

"Master, did Li Canghai lie to us?" Xiao Bai asked, somewhat worried.

Luo Chen looked ahead, searching for clues to the array while answering Xiao Bai.

"He did not lie to us, otherwise we would not be so safe and sound."

"But we are still trapped inside this array!"

Within the Arctic Demon-Sealing Array, there was an extremely powerful force of sealing and suppression.

That force locked a cultivator's magic power tightly, and even the movement of thoughts seemed to have become sluggish.

Not only that, the surrounding starlight felt like mountains, suppressing the physical bodies of all living beings.

Even as strong as Luo Chen, walking inside now felt like struggling through a swamp or mire.

But in Luo Chen's view, this was not Li Canghai playing tricks; on the contrary, he marveled at Li Canghai's attainments in the Dao of Arrays.

"As expected of a Soul Transformation master of arrays!"

Luo Chen's eyes shone with golden light, scanning his surroundings, and even looking up at the sky.

"Using the earth's spiritual veins as a foundation, drawing upon the power of the stars, and even absorbing a portion of the Meta-Magnetic Aurora's power, thus forming such a sealing array that connects heaven and earth!"

"Even though the array was broken due to the impact of the Sinking Sea's power, after several decades, this array is actually repairing itself automatically."

"Operating as usual, endless and ceaseless. As long as this land remains and these stars endure, the power of the array will continue. I wonder if this array itself captures the creation of heaven and earth, or if it is the so-called Law of Arrays maintaining all of this?"

Amidst his reflections, Luo Chen stopped his steps.

He even sat cross-legged on the spot, entering a state of rest, as if waiting for something.

Xiao Bai was puzzled but did not ask further.

When it came to knowledge of arrays, her master far exceeded her by a thousand-fold.

……

Outside the perimeter of the array, three figures followed in.

As soon as they entered, they were immediately plunged into the massive suppression that felt like mountains.

Even the demon monk Kong Chan, under this immense pressure, could barely move an inch,

becoming frozen in place.

"Liu Jun, quickly use the Magnetic Sea Light-Piercing Shuttle!"

However, Liu Jun only shook his head with a grave expression, "The Magnetic Sea Light-Piercing Shuttle is specifically for passing through the Meta-Magnetic Mountain Path, but this array was set up by the great master Li Canghai; that shuttle is of no use here."

The demon monk Kong Chan was stunned, "Then how did you get out of Night-Mo Heaven back then?"

Shark Emperor Liu Jun smiled bitterly: "It was two ancestors who joined forces to open a crack in the Billion-Soul Demon-Locking Array, and then I used the Magnetic Sea Light-Piercing Shuttle specially refined by the Origin Demon Sect to pass through the Meta-Magnetic Mountain. As for this Arctic Demon-Sealing Array, the method of passing through has a different trick."

"What trick?"

"Wait!" Liu Jun took a deep breath and looked up at the sky: "Wait for the stars to rotate and the starlight to weaken. Then, constrict your magic power and walk slowly. Only then can you break through this array."

The demon monk Kong Chan was astonished, "It's that simple?"

"Simple?" Liu Jun laughed in anger, "You'll know whether it's simple or difficult when the time comes."

Time passed slowly, and after about three sunrises and moonsets, the starlight within the Arctic Demon-Sealing Array dimmed slightly.

Liu Jun's eyes lit up, "Luck is with us, we waited for it so quickly, let's go!"

After speaking, he carefully took a step forward.

Kong Chan and Tai Sui beside him also perked up and hurriedly took a step forward.

However, as soon as they lifted their feet, that suppressive force struck again. Even if it wasn't as terrifying as before, it still made their movements extremely difficult, and Tai Sui even stumbled, nearly falling on his backside.

Liu Jun glanced at them and stepped forward at a steady pace.

"Is it still simple now?"

The two behind looked at each other, and in the end, they could only suppress their impatience and follow behind him.

Shark Emperor Liu Jun walked in front, speaking softly to impart his experience to the two behind him.

"This array is too ingenious; it draws upon the power of extraterrestrial stars, so it can automatically recover and remain endless. Even if we seize the timing and take cover, taking advantage of the weakening starlight to pass through, we still cannot underestimate that power."

"After all, this is a Fifth-Tier array set up by a great master!"

"Follow my rhythm step by step, and do not mobilize the magic power within your bodies. In this way, after about twelve cycles, we should be able to pass through this array."

……

"Master, the starlight has weakened!"

"Hmm."

Luo Chen slowly stood up, watched the sky quietly for a long while, and finally nodded slightly.

"Let's go!"

Holding the token, he took a step forward, and the next moment he appeared ten zhang away.

As he landed, his steps staggered slightly.

Luo Chen frowned, silently calculated, and then stepped toward the left direction again.

This time, the distance covered exceeded fifty zhang!

The corners of Luo Chen's mouth curled up, and he muttered: "So that's how it is!"

Subsequently, he no longer held back, stepping with strange, non-synchronous footwork, maintaining a unique rhythm, weaving left and right within the array, yet his direction was always forward.

One could see that within the Arctic Demon-Sealing Array, the black-clothed figure was like a butterfly, dancing gracefully without any hesitation or pause.

It was as if that omnipresent, terrifying suppressive force had vanished.

About a day and a night later, the view before Luo Chen suddenly brightened.

As far as the eye could see, a blizzard roared and surged ahead, while behind him, the starlight flowed like an ocean.

Beside his ears came Xiao Bai's cheering voice.

"We finally made it out, Master, you are so amazing!"

Luo Chen shook his head and smiled lightly, "It's not that I'm amazing; it's just that this token Li Canghai gave me allowed me to easily see through the operating principles of this array."

He did not explain too much, focusing his attention on the blizzard that rolled out and constantly retracted in front of him.

His expression became somewhat grave.

Although grave, he walked in without hesitation.

Because this blizzard, which had not stopped for thousands of years, was his destination!

The Nine Heavens Xiao Qi he needed was within the Arctic Night-Mo Heaven, yet not in Night-Mo Heaven itself; the true location was within the Meta-Magnetic Aurora that the Origin Demon Sect relied upon as their protective barrier!

Once inside, the wind and snow immediately covered him.

The magic power barrier he had deployed met with violent impacts.

Bang, bang, bang!

Luo Chen pressed forward without hesitation; the ground beneath his feet was somewhat uneven, and looking closely, it was actually made of rows of ferocious beast bones.

One wonders how many demonic beasts were buried on this mountain path.

Perhaps most of them were the casualties from the battle to attack the Origin Demon Sect back then?

Suddenly!

Luo Chen felt that the magic power barrier he had deployed had developed a gap.

And it wasn't broken open by an impact, but gnawed away by something.

The Daoist suddenly opened his eyes, his red eyes and golden pupils unfolding, clearly seeing insects the size of palms.

These insects were carried by the blizzard, and very quickly, they gnawed gap after gap into Luo Chen's incomparably tough protective light barrier, which even ordinary Nascent Soul cultivators could not break.

Such a scene made one's expression change upon seeing it.

But Luo Chen felt relieved instead.

"Sure enough, there is a large number of Xiao insects here, which means there must be a large amount of Nine Heavens Xiao Qi nearby!"

In the North Sea, there is a type of demonic beast called the Aurora Beast!

Born in the ocean, dwelling in the misty places, feeding on various auroras.

It is rumored that in the place of the Meta-Magnetic Divine Light of the Arctic Night-Mo Heaven, there is a large gathering of Aurora

Beasts.

Luo Chen had known about this rumor two hundred years ago, and had even encountered a guy disguised as an Aurora Beast once.

It wasn't until later, when he ascended to the Nine Heavens to capture Xiao Qi, and verified the two, that he realized the so-called Aurora Beast was actually the Xiao insect!

The two names were different, but in essence, they were the same existence.

Luo Chen hadn't realized it at the time, but after Li Canghai's guidance, he figured it out: since there were Xiao insects feeding on Xiao Qi, then places with a large number of Xiao insects must inevitably have traces of a large amount of Xiao Qi.

After this reverse deduction, the Arctic Night-Mo Heaven was clearly the place where Xiao Qi was most concentrated in the world!

Now, having obtained Li Canghai's help and forcibly crossing the Arctic Demon-Sealing Array, Luo Chen had finally reached his destination.

He pressed forward all the way, forcing his way through the blizzard.

Gradually, the magic power barrier on his body kept dissipating, unable to withstand the gnawing attacks of the Xiao insects.

But Luo Chen was not panicked; he moved his mind and spoke a true incantation.

"Armor Up!"

The next moment, a pitch-black armor appeared on Luo Chen's body.

The armor was ancient and simple, covered in patterns that looked as if they had been carved by knives and axes, full of a sense of vicissitudes.

Spiritual light flickered, forming a thick air shield outside the main armor.

It was precisely the Xuan Chen Armor that Luo Chen had re-refined!

Supplemented by the Xuan Turtle Source Blood of Xuan Ming, plus four top-grade lotus seeds, and after decades of Luo Chen's nourishment, the defensive power of the re-emerged Xuan Chen Armor had skyrocketed.

The violent wind and snow lashed against it, unable to shake even the air shield by a fraction.

Even with a large number of Xiao insects gnawing, it was nothing more than mayflies shaking a giant tree, overestimating their own strength!

Luo Chen walked forward step by step, and upon reaching the halfway point, he suddenly looked up.

"It's on the mountain!"

Without a second thought, Luo Chen soared into the sky.

During this process, the Xuan Chen air shield on his body unexpectedly dissipated for no reason, and the Xiao insects flying freely nearby saw this and shrieked again, swarming toward him.

Luo Chen didn't care; even without the air shield, the defensive power of the Xuan Chen Armor itself was even more formidable.

He ignored the siege of the Xiao insects, his gaze sweeping over the two large mountains beside him.

On the mountains, wisps of special grayish-white light were emerging; this light permeated the void and even extended to the Nine Heavens above.

"This mountain is the Meta-Magnetic Mountain!"

"This light is the Meta-Magnetic Aurora, known for suppressing all Five Elements in the world!"

"That is why the air shield automatically released by the Xuan Chen Armor would disappear for no reason."

"That is why a large amount of Nine Heavens Xiao Qi would automatically come here; they were swept by the Meta-Magnetic Aurora and forced to descend."

After figuring this out, Luo Chen landed on a mountain peak.

Looking at the large number of Xiao insects circling his body, Luo Chen snorted coldly.

The next

moment, terrifying Red Xiao Sword Qi erupted from his body, cutting down a large number of Xiao insect corpses.

Subsequently, with a wave of his large hand, the Nine Xiao Urn originating from the Nine Spirits Sect landed beside him.

Luo Chen pinched a magic incantation, and the Nine Xiao Urn immediately began to tremble; the Nine Heavens Xiao Qi that had accumulated for hundreds of years in the surroundings surged toward the Nine Xiao Urn all at once.

Amidst the boundless wind and snow, the aurora permeated, all returning to one urn.

This scene was breathtakingly beautiful!

Luo Chen felt beautiful inside as well.

Although this Nine Heavens Xiao Qi was relatively mixed and not entirely the three types he needed, it was still far better than searching aimlessly in the Azure Void.

The time saved was far more than three or five years!

"I will remember this favor from Li Canghai."

Luo Chen smiled lightly, slowly closed his eyes, and spread his spiritual sense to assist the Nine Xiao Urn in collecting more Xiao Qi.

……

One year later.

Luo Chen suddenly opened his eyes, slapped his hand on the Nine Xiao Urn, and stopped the collection of Xiao Qi.

Xiao Bai noticed this scene and asked curiously: "Master, what's wrong?"

Luo Chen did not speak, his gaze falling on the mountain path below that was shrouded in blizzard all year round.

This was the only road into the Arctic Night-Mo Heaven.

Inside, there were impacts from extreme cold blizzards, plus attacks from Xiao insects, and even more, the Meta-Magnetic Aurora suppressing the Five Elements; the natural terrain alone was not something an ordinary cultivator could pass through.

At the peak of the Origin Demon Sect, with a small number of strong experts stationed there, it was even more the most solid road in the world.

This point could be seen from the layers upon layers of beast bone corpses that had paved the mountain path earlier.

Even though there were no strong experts stationed there now, the omnipresent danger should not be something that ordinary people would dare to force their way through.

Yet, in his previous spiritual sense perception, he had indeed felt someone break in.

"Is it that chanting monk stationed in the Sinking Sea City?"

Under Luo Chen's gaze, he saw a streak of light breaking through the air, moving against the fierce blizzard.

The surrounding Xiao insects turned a blind eye, and even the Meta-Magnetic Aurora shrouding the mountain path seemed to have no effect.

Looking closely, that streak of light was clearly a flying shuttle with a strange shape.

"A flying shuttle made from a single piece of meta-magnetic ore?"

Luo Chen was somewhat surprised, but soon a look of astonishment appeared on his face.

With his cultivation of temperament, even when alone, he shouldn't be so composed, but there was a reason for this moment.

Inside the flying shuttle, there were three people.

One of them, Luo Chen had recognized when he had sneaked into the ruined Sinking Sea City earlier; it was clearly that Fourth-Tier late-stage chanting monk, known as the demon monk Kong Chan, who was also famous in the North Sea.

And the remaining two.

"Shark Emperor

Liu Jun!"

"Why does the other guy also give me a feeling of familiarity... no, even a feeling of intimacy?"

Luo Chen frowned slightly, coldly watching the flying shuttle below disappear into the blizzard, gradually vanishing without a trace.

Their goal should be the true mountain gate of the Origin Demon Sect, the Arctic Night-Mo Heaven.

The Arctic Demon-Sealing Array set up by Li Canghai was on the outside, while the Billion-Soul Demon-Locking Array set up by the ancestors of the Origin Demon Sect's Soul-Refining lineage was on the inside.

The former was set up by a great master of arrays, so it could repair itself after being damaged, gradually returning to its peak. But the Soul-Refining ancestor's array had had little effect since a large number of demonic beasts broke out using the power of the Sinking Sea back then.

These three had spent a year breaking through the Arctic Demon-Sealing Array and had also passed through the Meta-Magnetic Mountain Path without injury; the road ahead should be smooth sailing.

Luo Chen had a grudge against Shark Emperor Liu Jun, but for now, collecting Xiao Qi to cultivate the Sword Scripture was the priority, so it was not worth creating extra trouble.

But that guy who made him feel familiar and intimate made Luo Chen a bit unable to sit still.

"In the North Sea, besides Cheng Haixin, why would anyone else make me feel this way?"

Amidst deep confusion, Luo Chen ordered softly:

"Xiao Bai, you follow them in and check on the movements of the three."

Xiao Bai materialized from Luo Chen's body, standing prettily to one side.

"Okay!"

Luo Chen thought for a moment, grabbed his body, patted Xiao Bai, and a black light merged into her body.

"I have infused the Xuan Chen Armor into your body; it contains a strand of my magic power, which is enough to protect you at a critical moment."

"As for those three, you are only responsible for observing; do not take action!"

"If the situation changes or you encounter danger, notify me."

Xiao Bai hummed, a smile appearing on her face, and then she jumped off the Meta-Magnetic Mountain and flew into Night-Mo Heaven.

Her speed was neither fast nor slow, and the surrounding wind, snow, and Xiao insects did not hinder her in the slightest.

Seeing this scene, Luo Chen immediately understood that soul bodies were not affected by this place.

"This is indeed a loophole for safely entering and exiting the Origin Demon Sect's mountain gate... Heh, at its peak, the Origin Demon Sect had the Soul-Refining lineage famous throughout the Mountain and Sea Realm; how could they fear a mere ghost cultivator soul body sneaking into the mountain gate?"

With a self-deprecating laugh, Luo Chen sat cross-legged again.

The collected Xiao Qi was not enough; continue!