Chapter 838: Rewards for Activating the Formation!

Two days later, Xu Que had already appeared within Mount Tai!

He had stayed in the mountains for a full two days, waiting for the people Lao Cai sent to close off the mountain and clear out the crowds.

Fortunately, Lao Cai handled matters reliably; in just two short days, he had truly gotten the job done.

The vast Mount Tai was stripped completely clean of everyone; even some restaurants and small shops were leased out and temporarily closed for business.

The few remaining stragglers had also been scared away last night by Xu Que pretending to be a ghost.

At this moment, Xu Que stood at the summit of Mount Tai; the entire mountain was unusually quiet!

Boom!

He once again unleashed his surging Divine Soul Power, sweeping across the entire great mountain; only after confirming there was no trace of human aura did he casually slap out an Array Disk, using an ordinary Defensive Array to seal off the whole of Mount Tai.

"System, you can prepare to activate the Prohibition Array!"

Xu Que summoned the System Interface and, following its guidance, began searching at the summit of Mount Tai for the location of the Forbidden Array's Formation Eye.

Although he did not know who had laid down that powerful Prohibition Array layer outside Earth, it was clear that this person's strength back then was absolutely transcendent, at least above the Immortal Realm; otherwise, it would be impossible to lay down such a formidable Prohibition Formation!

This layer of Prohibition Formation possessed many Formation Eyes, each one being an ancient monument with a long history from various regions on Earth!

The Pyramid, Easter Island, Stonehenge, and so on—all were filled with an air of mystery.

Even Mount Tai, where Xu Que now stood, occupied a very solemn status within China.

Since ancient times, the ancients regarded Mount Tai as a paradise "leading directly to the Heavenly Emperor Seat"; the common people worshipped it extremely, and even successive emperors personally ascended Mount Tai to perform the Feng and Shan sacrifices or offer worship, while Taoism and Buddhism also viewed Mount Tai as an "Immortal Mountain and Buddha's Country," constructing countless palaces, temples, and monasteries!

To this day, many clusters of ancient buildings still existed within Mount Tai, along with a massive number of stone steles and inscriptions!

As a cultivator now, Xu Que knew very well that certain matters were not baseless rumors.

The ancients' such reverence for Mount Tai might be related to this Prohibition Formation Eye on the mountain; furthermore, among those ancients, there must have been the existence of cultivators, which was why a saying had been passed down ever since: "If Mount Tai is secure, the Four Seas are all secure!"

"It seems the history of this Earth is no worse than that of the Cultivation World; it might once have been a glorious existence!" Xu Que sighed with emotion and continued searching for the location of the Prohibition Array.

Finally, under the System's guidance, Xu Que successfully found the Forbidden Formation Eye upon an Altar of Heaven.

The entire Formation Eye was completely buried deep underground, hidden very profoundly; it was nearly impossible to detect that kind of Prohibition power.

But Xu Que was now considered two-thirds an Earthling, and according to the System's judgment, he possessed the Beast Bloodline qualification to inherit this Forbidden Formation Eye.

"Come on, let's begin!" Xu Que stepped forward and sat cross-legged in the center of the Altar of Heaven.

Immediately following, he lightly slashed with his finger; a wound automatically split open at his fingertip, blood flowing out from it and slowly dripping onto the Altar of Heaven.

Inheriting the Forbidden Formation Eye did not require digging up the entire mountain; one only needed to rely on the power of the bloodline, combined with divine sense, to complete the Inheritance.

Xu Que was essentially proficient in this kind of operation, capable of drawing inferences from one instance!

When the blood soaked the Altar of Heaven, his Divine Soul Power also fully unleashed, following the blood on the Altar of Heaven and surging into the underground!

Subsequently, his entire person fell into tranquility, as if entering a state of Closed-door Cultivation, sitting quietly and cross-legged upon the Altar.

One hour passed, and he remained motionless!

Two hours passed, and he was like a monolith!

Three hours...

Six hours...

One day...

Two days...

Until the third day, the entire Mount Tai obviously shook once, emitting a dull thud.

Almost simultaneously, Xu Que's eyes suddenly snapped open; within his ink-black pupils, they became ever more profound, as if a starry river was circulating.

"I didn't expect that this trip for the Inheritance would actually yield such a Creation!" Xu Que opened his mouth, speaking to himself in surprise.

During these three days, he had not only successfully controlled the Forbidden Formation Eye here but had also obtained an ancient Inheritance from the Formation Eye—a fragmentary Rune.

What was even more critical was that this fragmentary Rune felt somewhat familiar; after merging into his body, it vaguely resonated with a certain Dharma Spell.

"Quite interesting; I'd like to see which Dharma Spell it is. Perhaps the person who laid down the Prohibition Array back then shares some fate with me!" The corner of Xu Que's mouth lifted, and his divine sense immediately turned inward to inspect his own body.

Very quickly, he found the source, yet he froze because of it.

The thing resonating with that fragmentary Rune was actually a Dharma Spell he had not yet cultivated.

"How could it be this one?" Xu Que cried out in shock and doubt, filled with Disbelief.

Back then, beneath the Five Elements Mountain, he had obtained two Inheritances: one was the 'Qiankun Seal', and the other was the 'Fiery Eyes of the Pupils' and the 'Eight-Nine Profound Art' inherited by the sealed creature itself!

Yet now, the fragmentary Rune obtained from the Mount Tai Forbidden Formation Eye was actually resonating with the 'Fiery Eyes of the Pupils', merging into it completely, as if making up for certain flaws and making it increasingly perfect.

Back then, Xu Que's Dao Rhyme was not powerful enough; the System had informed him that if he were to inherit the 'Fiery Eyes of the Pupils' and the 'Eight-Nine Profound Art', his own Dao Rhyme would be erased, and he would inherit that creature's Dao Rhyme instead; otherwise, he could not cultivate them.

But now, although Xu Que's Dao Rhyme had grown slightly stronger, it still failed to meet the conditions!

However, after the integration of this wisp of fragmentary Rune, he unexpectedly discovered that he could cultivate the 'Fiery Eyes of the Pupils' without being affected by his Dao Rhyme!

"This... this is damn well quite interesting!" Xu Que immediately perked up, instantly summoning the System to begin cultivating the 'Fiery Eyes of the Pupils'.

He wanted to see whether this 'Fiery Eyes of the Pupils' was truly the legendary Fiery Golden Eyes, capable of piercing through falsehoods and breaking all methods of transformation!

"Ding, congratulations Host on successfully cultivating 'Fiery Eyes of the Pupils'!"

Accompanying the System's prompt sound, Xu Que immediately looked at the Dharma Spell introduction on his Personal Information interface panel.

Fiery Eyes of the Pupils: Bright Moon Rank High Tier Technique, one of the Five Heavens Pupils. Fiery Eyes can construct a Fiery Realm Illusion. (When simultaneously cultivating the Five Heavens Pupils to the peak, one can construct an Illusion Realm world that is indistinguishable from reality)!

Holy crap!

Xu Que immediately widened his eyes, his heart shocked to the extreme.

So this wasn't the Fiery Golden Eyes at all, but rather a Fire-attribute Eye Technique among the Five Heavens Pupils, a type of Eye Technique capable of constructing a Fiery Realm Illusion!

Most importantly, if one gathered the other four attribute Eye Techniques, one could even construct an Illusion Realm world indistinguishable from reality?

Damn it, could this possibly be the Infinite Tsukuyomi?

"Eh, wait, an Illusion Realm world indistinguishable from reality? Could it be..." Xu Que suddenly started, recalling that Illusion Realm where he and Zixia Fairy had spent decades together back then.

Could it be that that Illusion Realm was constructed through the complete Five Heavens Pupils?

Could it really be this powerful?

Xu Que's eyelid immediately twitched; after all, in that Illusion Realm back then, even the mighty Zixia Fairy could not escape it, and by his estimation, even an Immortal Realm expert would fall victim upon entering!

"It seems this humble Saint of mine is Heaven's Chosen and destined for the Five Elements!" Xu Que broke into a smile at once, while his gaze swept around and looked into the distance, feeling somewhat eager to try.

He realized this feeling was like opening a prize-winning lid: every time he opened a Forbidden Array, he received an Inheritance.

This time, merely controlling one of the Forbidden Arrays had yielded such gains.

If he were to inherit the Forbidden Arrays in other places as well, wouldn't there be even greater rewards? Perhaps he could even obtain the fragmented Runes needed to complete the "Eight-Nine Profound Art"!

"Hehe, suddenly I feel as if this Earth has become a massive Treasury left for me to inherit!" Xu Que couldn't help but laugh.

He felt that once everything was settled, it was truly necessary to travel thoroughly to every corner of Earth!

However, the most urgent task at hand was to quickly open the gap in the Restriction and bring Jiang Hongyan back!

"Whoosh!"

In an instant, Xu Que moved his mind, and vast Divine Soul Power suddenly surged open.

Sitting cross-legged on the Altar of Heaven, he felt himself merge with the entire Mount Tai, controlling everything within the Mountain Range, including that one corner of Restriction!

"Open!"

He shouted in a deep voice, condensed his two fingers, and abruptly pointed them at the sky.

With a 'shoo' sound, a streak of Light Stream instantly became brilliant and shot out rapidly.

Immediately afterward, beyond the sky and far outside outer space, a faint halo suddenly Shocked into existence, followed by the opening of a rift.

Xu Que immediately rode the Lightning, swept across the sky, and rushed straight into the clouds at the speed of a Light Stream, shouting at the top of his lungs, "Little girl, your man is back!"

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【Third update! I promised not to stay up late, yet here I am howling again; I'm truly scared of being scolded! However, please make fewer unreasonable requests, such as asking me to update several Chapters in one breath. Come on, I basically update immediately after writing a Chapter; how is it possible to suddenly burst out several Chapters at once? If I had stored drafts, damn it, I would have started showing off long ago!】