Chapter 1028

The night of early autumn was like ink, slowly staining the sky.

Deep within the sea of clouds and mist, a young man with the demeanor of an immortal and eyes like glaze was revealed.

He watched Li Canghai and Luo Chen, one old and one young, from afar across the air, his face devoid of the slightest emotion.

"I wondered who it was that dared to offend my Tianyuan Dao Sect? So it was you two, Li Canghai, Luo Chen!"

The moment Li Canghai saw the opponent, his eyebrows furrowed slightly, "Liancheng, have you been well?"

While greeting the opponent, he sent a divine sense transmission to Luo Chen.

"Be careful, Liancheng's spirit is full and his Qi is sufficient; there is no sign of any injury."

Luo Chen's pupils flickered; he could understand the meaning in Li Canghai's words.

There were two possibilities for Liancheng to be injured.

One was the battle at the Cliff of Broken Souls a hundred years ago, where the Five Elders of Tianyuan faced Qixia Yuanjun, paying the terrifying price of four people falling to severely injure Qixia Yuanjun, until now Qixia Yuanjun was still unable to move. Liancheng was the only survivor among the Five Elders of Tianyuan and was also severely injured. But over the past hundred years, he had already recovered.

Another possibility was that the Tier 6 great array, the Heaven-Gathering Array, was forcibly destroyed by people sent by Luo Chen; logically, Liancheng, who led this array, should have suffered a backlash from the great array. However, looking at it now, there was no sign of backlash on the opponent, his aura was neutral and peaceful, with no sign of injury.

Of the two possibilities, the former was within Luo Chen's expectations. And the latter was somewhat beyond Li Canghai's expectations.

Such a terrifying great array was forcibly stopped, and the opponent was actually unscathed?

Could it be that the opponent was not the person leading the array?

"This seat is naturally well, but Li Canghai, you came uninvited today; isn't that a bit too rude?" Liancheng's expression was indifferent, still sitting cross-legged on the broken Heaven and Earth Peak; the clouds and mist gathered around, gradually forming a phantom Dharma image with facial features identical to his own.

Seeing this scene, Li Canghai's expression changed slightly, "A phantom image? You are only at the early Soul Transformation stage; how could you condense a phantom image? No, that's not a phantom image!"

He looked at the huge cloud sea giant with suspicion and uncertainty, struggling to think about the function of such a method.

Luo Chen, on the other hand, felt somewhat familiar with it.

It seemed as if he had seen such a method somewhere before?

By this time, Li Canghai naturally did not need to hold back anymore; determining that what the opponent condensed was not a phantom image, he only assumed Liancheng was bluffing.

He said loudly: "This old man came here this time not asking for much, only asking Daoist Liancheng to gift me one item to help me achieve complete success!"

When he said this, Luo Chen, who was walking side-by-side, became slightly more grave.

Liancheng glanced at Luo Chen, and then said: "What item?"

Li Canghai smiled freely: "Very simple; this old man obtained a method for refining a spiritual treasure from some ruin, and I need to search through famous mountains and seas to refine it into a treasure. And in the world today, when it comes to the greatest famous mountains, there are the North Sea's Magnetism, the Western Desert's Cui Ping, the Eastern Wasteland's Cangwu, as well as the Central Plains' Lanke Mountain and Heaven and Earth Peak. Magnetism suppresses the Five Elements and is not for me to take. Cui Ping is sealed by high monks, and one cannot even see its true appearance. As for that Cangwu, this old man naturally does not dare to go to the door and disturb them."

A flash of ferocity appeared on Liancheng's face, "So, you set your sights on my Central Plains?"

Li Canghai said as a matter of course: "Spirit mountains and treasure lands are occupied by those with virtue. Today's Tianyuan Dao Sect is no longer the number one holy land that suppressed the world; you have Lanke Mountain, and Tiannan and Libei, as well as the Heaven and Earth Island, a full four Tier 5 spirit veins; this is too extravagant. This old man does not ask for much, I only want that one-third of an acre of land on Lanke Mountain!"

After Li Canghai revealed his true purpose, Luo Chen, who was walking side-by-side, felt a sense of relief in his heart.

He was really afraid that the thing the opponent wanted was something Liancheng could afford to give.

Lanke Mountain, Liancheng certainly would not give.

Sure enough, upon hearing these words, Liancheng actually laughed out of extreme anger.

After laughing, the voice of the whole person turned cold.

"Daoist Li, don't you know that Lanke Mountain is my Dao Sect's ancestral grounds, the foundation of Tianyuan for ten thousand generations!"

"This old man knows, and I also know you won't give it, so I came to take it personally; I won't trouble you to send it to my door."

"Just by you? And, that little fellow beside you?"

Speaking of the words "little fellow," Liancheng stared contemptuously at Luo Chen.

"You have guts; you are the one with the most guts I have seen in countless years, offending a Soul Transformation holy land with a Nascent Soul realm."

"If I had no guts, how would I have my life?" Luo Chen walked toward the Heaven and Earth Peak without haste, saying slowly: "If Senior is willing to return my life soul, then this sect can also lead people away."

As soon as the words "life soul" were spoken, Li Canghai, who was on the side, instantly understood; no wonder Luo Chen made such a big move, not hesitating to risk his life to deal with the Tianyuan Dao Sect.

Without a complete life soul, a cultivator could not break through to the Soul Transformation stage at all.

Even if they could forcibly enter that realm, because the soul was incomplete, it would lead to an unstable realm, and they would fall sooner or later.

It could even be said that falling was a fortunate event. If it were because the Primordial Spirit was lacking, during daily cultivation, they would get lost in the ocean of origin energy; that was the truly life-threatening matter!

It was rumored that Luo Chen once joined the Tianyuan Dao Sect and was a guest elder of the Star Sect.

Thinking about it this way, it must have been at that time that his life soul was intercepted!

Thinking of this, Li Canghai became somewhat worried; if Liancheng really generously returned the life soul, then his temporary teammate would change his mind, and he would be in a dilemma.

However, Liancheng's reaction made him breathe a sigh of relief.

On the Heaven and Earth Peak, the phantom cloud sea giant revealed a look of contempt on its facial features.

"Once you enter my Tianyuan sect, your life and death are not up to you. Alive, you are a sect member of the Dao Sect; dead, you are a ghost of the Dao Sect!"

Luo Chen's expression remained as usual, "This sect knows, so this sect came to take it personally; I hope Senior will not take offense!"

Liancheng grinned, "One of you wants to take my sect's things, one wants to take back his own things; but do you have the capability?"

Under the moonlight.

A speck of dust floated up gently from Liancheng's palm.

Although the dust was tiny, it was like a mountain; at the moment of its appearance, the entire void had ripples fluctuating.

That huge cloud sea giant stretched out its massive hands, gently holding the dust, and then closed its hands.

Next moment!

The cloud sea giant suddenly spread its hands.

A mysterious yellow light curtain suddenly pulled open the curtain.

With the mountain peak as the center, it spread crazily.

In just an instant, the entire Heaven and Earth Peak was shrouded in the light curtain.

"Array!" Li Canghai blurted out, his eyes shining with brilliance.

Then, he slapped out with a palm.

The vast palm power, pulling heaven and earth origin energy, whistled away, fiercely slapping onto the light curtain.

However, the reaction after the two made contact was eerily frightening.

Silent and soundless, there was no reaction at all.

That vast palm was like a clay ox entering the sea, disappearing without a trace.

"This..." Li Canghai was suspicious and uncertain, seemingly somewhat unable to accept it.

Luo Chen frowned, scanning the Heaven and Earth Peak up and down, his gaze wandering between the mysterious yellow light curtains, and a sense of familiarity arose spontaneously.

This time, his memory gave him very good feedback.

Luo Chen blurted out: "The Array of Absolute Heaven and Earth Communication!"

Back then, when he participated in the Dan Saint's Ascension Ceremony on the Heaven and Earth Peak, he had sensed a pervasive array, and even his Tier 4 physical body felt a bit of pressure.

At that time, someone told him that the array was the mountain-protecting array that the Tianyuan Dao Sect had set up for thousands of years—Absolute Heaven and Earth Communication.

However, this array did not block Qixia Yuanjun.

But he did not expect that, at this moment, through Liancheng's hands, it would reappear before the two.

Upon hearing this, Li Canghai suddenly understood, "So it is this array; because the manifestation was different, and the power was different, this old man actually didn't recognize it. Looking at it again now, it is indeed a variant array of the Absolute Heaven and Earth Communication."

"The things you want, wait until you break this array and face this seat directly before talking!"

After Liancheng activated the great array, he ignored the two, instead closing his eyes and sitting cross-legged as before.

His strange behavior was somewhat confusing.

Clearly, a great enemy was before him, yet he did not take the initiative to attack.

Especially since the Tianyuan Dao Sect was still being attacked, he turned a blind eye to it.

If it were said that he feared the joint forces of Li Canghai and Luo Chen, that was even more impossible.

One was just someone who obtained an opportunity and luckily achieved Soul Transformation. One was still in the Nascent Soul realm, so there was even less need to fear.

Liancheng was the ancestor of the number one holy land in the world, possessing great pride; how could he be afraid?

The reason he was like this was inevitably because there were things more important than dealing with the two.

Luo Chen frowned, and then looked at Li Canghai.

"Does Senior recognize this array?"

"Since you said the name, I naturally recognize it." Li Canghai smiled slightly, "Because the manifestation was different earlier, and the power was different, this old man didn't recognize it. Looking at it again now, it is indeed a variant array of the Absolute Heaven and Earth Communication."

He did not conduct any more probing, but flew upward, floating outside the mysterious yellow light curtain.

In myths and legends, there is the term "Absolute Earth and Heaven Communication," meaning heaven and earth, gods and men each perform their duties and do not interfere with each other.

And after the order of the characters was changed, in the hands of the Tianyuan Dao Sect, the power of the Absolute Heaven and Earth Communication array was completely different.

"According to the research of the Heaven-Refining Demon Lord, this array is actually not complicated; it is based on a Tier 5 spirit vein, isolating heaven and earth origin energy and suppressing living beings. Below Tier 5, it is difficult to move; above Tier 5, one cannot control origin energy."

"So, that move of mine just now was like a clay ox entering the sea, with no reaction."

"This array does not have much lethality, but it has an immediate effect on defending against enemies at the Soul Transformation stage and above."

"If we break in, we will be deprived of our control over heaven and earth origin energy and can only use our own magic power to fight the enemy. The owner of the array, however, is completely unaffected, and every move will receive the blessing of the Tier 5 spirit vein, doubling the power."

"With this disparity, this array cannot be entered."

After some research, Li Canghai reached this conclusion.

Luo Chen asked hurriedly: "Can it be broken?"

"Yes!" Li Canghai nodded, but before Luo Chen could be relieved, he continued: "But it takes time! The opponent prepared this array for a long time, otherwise it could not have been activated instantly; I'm afraid that the moment we entered the island, the opponent could have activated this array at any time."

Time...

Luo Chen looked gravely toward the Heaven and Earth Peak.

There, that cloud sea giant was still holding up the light curtain, maintaining the operation of the Absolute Heaven and Earth Communication array.

And Liancheng himself was sitting cross-legged on the flat mountain peak, with dense and crisscrossing patterns beneath his feet, the end of which was unknown, and wisps of blood color were staining those patterns.

If there were no accidents, those patterns should be the foundation of another array.

The God-Descending Array!

This was the foundation of the number one holy land in the world!

At the same time, three top-tier great arrays were activated simultaneously.

Using the power of the entire sect to activate the Heaven-Gathering Array, using ten thousand years of foundation to activate the Absolute Heaven and Earth Communication array, and in the end, the Liancheng ancestor was still maintaining the operation of the God-Descending Array.

If he really succeeded...

"Luo Chen, I have good news!" Li Canghai observed for a long while, suddenly saying.

"Tell me."

Li Canghai said quickly: "This Absolute Heaven and Earth Communication array has been broken before, and the Heaven and Earth Peak itself broke into two halves, causing the array base to be unstable. Therefore, the array before us is actually broken. Apart from the suppression of the control of heaven and earth origin energy itself, the rest of the power does not exist. So, I only need to take action against the earth Qi here, and I can shorten the time by more than half to break this array."

Luo Chen's eyes lit up, "Then I will trouble Senior!"

Li Canghai chuckled, "No matter, once this array is broken, I can also master an array; in the future, I can set it up in my place of cultivation to protect against external enemies."

While saying this, he began to get busy.

One array flag after another flew from his hand, sinking beneath the ground.

One array formula after another was struck from his hand, hitting the inside of the mysterious yellow light curtain.

As time passed, the mysterious yellow light curtain began to tremble slowly.

Seeing this scene, Luo Chen knew that Li Canghai's array Dao attainments as a great expert were not fake; in just a short time, he could break a peerless great array that a Soul Transformation holy land relied upon.

But was a short time really enough?

On the Heaven and Earth Peak, Liancheng had opened his eyes at some point, coldly watching this scene, still letting Li Canghai break the array freely.

Luo Chen did not understand his intention, not understanding why the opponent was so steady like Mount Tai.

Feeling apprehensive in his heart, Luo Chen had already prepared for a great battle between the two sides after the array was broken.

To be safe, he even bit his fingertip, applying the purest source blood to his eyes.

The complete Red Eye Golden Pupil, fully activated!

And at this moment, Luo Chen's heart shook.

In his line of sight, wisps of spiritual aura were continuously gathering from four directions toward a certain place beneath the Heaven and Earth Peak.

That place is...

"The entrance to the Mirage Dragon Cave Heaven!"

Luo Chen said coldly, a chill actually generating on his body.

"Luo Chen, the array has been broken with a gap, give me a little more time... what did you say?" In the distance, Li Canghai seemed not to have reacted yet.

Green-white flames had already appeared on Luo Chen's body.

"The Tianyuan Dao Sect is not trying to re-gather the Central Plains at all; that is just a matter of convenience. What they want to do is swallow the three continents, no, even the Western Continent that has already sunk into the ocean is included; they want to take back all the spiritual energy that was once scattered in various places in the Central Plains, and use this to rebuild the Heaven and Earth Peak and activate the God-Descending Array!"

Li Canghai was somewhat incredulous, "Collecting spiritual energy is not something a Soul Transformation great expert can do at all; that is a method that can only be done after a Void Refinement True Monarch condenses a phantom image; Liancheng absolutely cannot!"

"No, they can do it!" Luo Chen shook his head; the heaven and earth origin energy outside was gathering crazily toward his body under the manipulation of his divine sense, and a terrifying power was on the verge of erupting.

Not to mention whether collecting spiritual energy can only be done by a Void Refinement True Monarch, at least Luo Chen knew that the Dan Saint Chu Yan had researched an alchemy technique called "Refining Heaven's Opportunity" a long time ago, which could capture a small amount of spiritual energy and refine it into pills.

And within the Tianyuan Dao Sect, there was such a spiritual treasure that could suppress the spiritual energy of a continent and also collect spiritual energy.

Luo Chen had personally seen the Tianyuan Sect Master Mo Shouzhuo use that treasure back then to open the Mirage Dragon Cave Heaven.

Its name—the Lanke Chessboard!

Mo Shouzhuo had already fallen, but the owner of this spiritual treasure was still alive, and it was the Chess Saint of the Central Plains, Ke Lianshan.

If he advanced to Soul Transformation and fully activated the Lanke Chessboard, the effect would be even better than Mo Shouzhuo's back then!

At this moment, Ke Lianshan was nowhere to be seen.

But the Mirage Dragon Cave Heaven opened a year ago, and a large number of Nascent Soul True Persons entered it; it definitely was not just a simple competition in the Cave Heaven.

"He is breaking through to the Soul Transformation stage inside, and at the same time manipulating the Lanke Chessboard to absorb a large amount of spiritual energy for the Heaven and Earth Peak!"

As if to verify Luo Chen's conjecture.

A vortex appeared out of thin air at the entrance of the Mirage Dragon Cave Heaven, and a large amount of heaven and earth origin energy was pouring into it.

And on the Heaven and Earth Peak, Liancheng had already drifted slowly from the mountain, and the whole person had merged into the giant composed of clouds and mist.

At this moment, the giant seemed to have a physical body.

Only seeing the giant stretch out a massive hand, grabbing toward that low but straight mountain ridge nearby.

No!

That was not a mountain ridge!

That was the upper part of the Heaven and Earth Peak back then, but after being broken, it fell to the earth, and after a hundred years, it formed a low mountain ridge.

The massive mountain ridge was grabbed by the giant as if it were light, and then pressed toward the Heaven and Earth Peak.

"Heavy Mountain!"

Liancheng's vast voice resounded through the void.

The moment the Heaven and Earth Peak was reunited, everything returned to as it was, as magnificent as the mountain Luo Chen had seen back then.

Next moment!

"Descend God!"

A beam of light shot into the sky, heading straight for the star sea universe.

Within the majestic beam of light, an extreme killing intent began to gradually permeate into this world.

All this was long to tell, but it happened in just a moment.

Li Canghai watched this scene in a daze, feeling that extreme killing intent, and he only felt that he was like an ant.

"Luo Chen, go!"

Without the slightest hesitation, Li Canghai turned and left.

The God-Descending Array had already been activated, and the descent of the Upper Realm True Monarch was already an inevitable matter.

Staying here meant certain death!

However, Luo Chen did not follow.

Li Canghai looked back, only to see Luo Chen emitting green-white flames, charging in along the gap of the Absolute Heaven and Earth Communication array that he had just broken.

A mayfly shaking a tree, a mantis trying to stop a chariot!

At this moment, similar thoughts emerged in Li Canghai's heart.

He did not stop at all, directly escaping from the Heaven and Earth Island, and then activated the teleportation array left outside, disappearing into the distance.

As long as the green hills remain, there is no need to worry about firewood; he could not accompany Luo Chen to die here.

Perhaps, there was only that two or three points of admiration that he left as respect for this little friend.

"Daoist Luo, take care!"