Chapter 687: Enlightenment within the Array

Being able to improve one's cultivation by a small realm in just a short year is something that would be unthinkable in the outside world! Zhang Nuo felt more and more how terrifying the "Eight Thousand Array Dao" was!

"It's nothing much to speak of! I, Li, grasped some of the laws of heaven and earth regarding time and space! I then fused them into the array, which is how I created the 'Eight Thousand Array Dao'; the results were beyond my own expectations! Staying in the array for one year is equivalent to staying in the outside world for a hundred years, and the various arrays mixed inside are complex! The danger is also far greater than training in the outside world!"

Listening to Li Siliang's explanation, Zhang Nuo became even more interested in the "Eight Thousand Array Dao"!

"In any case, there are still several years left, so Fellow Daoist Li, please send me into the array! Perhaps I can still make a breakthrough, and who knows, it might play an even greater role when dealing with the Anti-Immortal Faction in the future!"

After arriving in the True Immortal Realm, Zhang Nuo felt more and more that his cultivation had fallen behind. When he was in the Immortal Domain, he could be called a person standing at the very peak! But now, he was simply not worth mentioning! Even though he had previously killed Lei Fengyu, he would not be naive enough to think that he could contend with a cultivator at the Three-Tier realm!

Lei Fengyu's death was only because he was somewhat arrogant and did not understand Zhang Nuo's divine abilities! If he had figured out everything about Zhang Nuo a step earlier, the outcome would have been completely different!

"Since you have already considered it, Fellow Daoist, then I, Li, will send you into the 'Eight Thousand Array Dao' now! Remember, if you feel you cannot hold on, you must retreat immediately, otherwise there will be a danger to your life!"

Li Siliang spoke every word with sincerity, and Zhang Nuo nodded solemnly! Afterward, Li Siliang was seen casting a dharma spell with one hand, which vanished into the void above his head!

In an instant, the entire ceiling of the room became transparent, just like a pool of clear water! However, the power emanating from it was extremely strong. Standing below, Zhang Nuo clearly felt an unprecedented sense of oppression!

"You can just go straight in!"

Li Siliang looked up at the void above and said to Zhang Nuo! He hesitated slightly. What Zhang Nuo did not expect was that such a complex array could actually be opened with just a single dharma spell; it seemed that Li Siliang's research into arrays had reached the pinnacle!

Without further questioning, his figure flashed into a streak of brilliant light and entered the "Eight Thousand Array Dao"! The white light all around soon swallowed Zhang Nuo up!

Only after seeing him disappear did Li Siliang reveal a solemn expression. He took out the Gold-Inlaid Jade Token again, probed it with his Divine Sense, and repeatedly listened to the words Jialouluo had left for him!

It turned out that the token was not just a token of trust; there was also a hidden message inside! It was precisely because of this message that Li Siliang believed Zhang Nuo was a friend of Jialouluo!

In the message, Li Siliang also learned some things about Zhang Nuo, especially his performance in the Underworld, which even this True Immortal found beyond his reach! If he were to revert to the Great Accomplishment Stage of cultivation, Li Siliang asked himself if he could ever achieve what Zhang Nuo had done!

Invisibly, Zhang Nuo had become a trump card for Jialouluo! In order to make this trump card even more powerful, Li Siliang was willing to lend him the array he had created for honing one's cultivation!

"How long you can cultivate depends on yourself! This is all I, Li, can do!"

Looking up at the water-like void, Li Siliang muttered to himself with a solemn expression.

Turning around, he began to prepare the dharma array to break the seal of Wuling Mountain!

As soon as Zhang Nuo entered the "Eight Thousand Array Dao," he felt as if he were in a place with no sky and no earth—a chaotic zone! The restless power around him made him feel somewhat uneasy!

Trying to walk forward for a distance, Zhang Nuo was surprised to find that the Spiritual Qi in this array was extremely abundant; even a top-grade Spirit Vein would be no more than this!

Just at this moment, suddenly, several hundred feet away from his body, a crimson light flashed, and immediately after, a red human figure emerged!

This human figure was no different from a normal person, the only difference being that the entire body was formed from Spirit Power and was not a real person in the true sense!

However, the cultivation of this red figure was as powerful as the Great Accomplishment Stage!

"Has the trial already begun now?"

Zhang Nuo said a sentence to the red figure, but the figure did not answer! Its figure lunged forward violently, arriving right before him, and then it unleashed several Magic Treasures to attack Zhang Nuo!

Seeing that the opponent had already made a move, Zhang Nuo naturally did not hold back. With a movement of his Divine Sense, several Flying Swords rushed out of his body, and after a few rounds of slaughter, he shattered the red figure!

Zhang Nuo, who had just had a smile appear on his face, suddenly discovered that there were dozens more red figures in the chaotic zone around him, each with the cultivation of the Great Accomplishment Stage!

Only then did he realize the power of the "Eight Thousand Array Dao." So many Great Accomplishment Stage existences had appeared just as he entered; if he reached the later stages, who knew what might happen?

However, since he had already entered, there was no turning back! Thinking of this, Zhang Nuo let out a cold snort from his nose, and the Divine Sea vision appeared behind him! As ten thousand rays of Moonlight Essence poured down, he slashed toward the dozens of red figures!

One year later, Li Siliang, holding several Array Disks in his hands, looked up at the water-like void above the roof, a look of astonishment appearing on his face!

Zhang Nuo had persisted in the "Eight Thousand Array Dao" for a full year, and it seemed there was still no sign of him coming out!

By the second year, Li Siliang was completely shocked! Zhang Nuo still hadn't come out, and looking at the fluctuations of the spiritual light, it seemed that a fierce battle was taking place inside!

The third year! Zhang Nuo still hadn't come out! This time, Li Siliang was completely convinced! He had created this array himself, but the time spent inside was only one year, yet Zhang Nuo had survived inside for three years; converted to the time inside the array, that should be three hundred years!

In other words, Zhang Nuo had been fighting continuously for three hundred years! This was simply an unimaginable thing! Even if the Divine Sea within his body were powerful, it would not be enough to support him for three hundred years!

Five years later, the array Li Siliang was using to break the Wuling Mountain seal was already finished, but Zhang Nuo was still inside the array! Such a heaven-defying existence left him speechless!

The further one went into the array, the more difficult it became; even for a cultivator at the Zhen Xian Wu Chong realm, it should have reached the limit!

Ten years later, Li Siliang looked at the surging Spirit Power in the void, his eyes almost popping out! According to the time inside the array, a thousand years should have passed!

Zhang Nuo had been tortured by the array for a thousand years and was still persisting now! Finally, Li Siliang gave a comment; although it was only two words, it spoke his true feelings at that moment!

Monster!

Other than using this word to describe Zhang Nuo, he could hardly find any other words!

After lowering his head and pondering for a long time, Li Siliang decided not to wait for Zhang Nuo to come out! He would personally deliver the array to break the Wuling Mountain seal to Jialouluo!

After leaving behind a Jade Slip, Li Siliang walked out of the small building, turned into a streak of light, and disappeared into the distance!

At this moment, Zhang Nuo knew nothing of what was happening outside! He was currently standing on a ground that looked like it was paved with jade slabs, with several wounds on his body, panting heavily, thick Evil Qi permeating the air, and a pair of eyes that were blood-red!

Opposite him lay several corpses; these corpses were exactly the same as human cultivators, not like the human figures transformed from Spirit Power when he first entered!

After a fierce battle, the Taiji Divine Sea in his body had been emptied. Seeing that the cultivators conjured by the array around him had all been killed, he sat down on the ground with a thud!

At the same time, countless green branches began to spread from his body. These branches, stimulated by the Divine Tree, constantly absorbed the surrounding Spiritual Qi, rapidly replenishing his Divine Sea. On the other hand, the Nine Dragon Sword Case was also crazily absorbing Spiritual Qi! It was precisely because of these two supreme treasures that Zhang Nuo could continue to fight for a long time!

However, in the thousand years of fighting, Zhang Nuo's cultivation had also progressed to the Three-Tier! For him, this was definitely the motivation to keep going!

Following this method of calculation, if Zhang Nuo could persist for another ten years, he should be able to reach the Five-Tier realm! However, the constant daily slaughter and tempering left him physically and mentally exhausted! He could only persist by relying on his powerful willpower!

Another ten years passed, and Zhang Nuo had fought his way from the beginning to the end of the "Eight Thousand Array Dao," and his cultivation, just as he had expected, had advanced to the Zhen Xian Wu Chong realm!

When he reached the final stage of the array, Zhang Nuo was surprised to find that ahead of him was a road that seemed to have no end! The entire road was composed of Spirit Power, pure white and flawless!

Where this road, more than three feet wide, led to, no one knew! Zhang Nuo continued to fly along this road for two years, yet he still could not see the end!

Stopping his figure, Zhang Nuo set his feet down on the road surface! His eyes were slightly closed, and his thoughts were turning rapidly, but after a long time, he still could not understand why there were no enemies on this road!

The Great Dao was long and deep, with no end in sight! It seemed to be a road that could never be walked to the end! It seemed to be foreshadowing something!

"Could it be that this is not a path that can only be passed through slaughter?"

Seeming to understand something, Zhang Nuo sat cross-legged on the road! Forcing his state of mind to be clear and empty, he began to think carefully!

This road seemed very similar to cultivation; the path to immortality was vast and had no end! Thinking of this, a word suddenly appeared in Zhang Nuo's heart: "Enlightenment!"

Everything required him to realize it himself! And the countless slaughters before were just preparation for this word "Enlightenment"! Having figured this out, Zhang Nuo felt relieved in his heart! He sat quietly on this road and began his realization of the Dao!