Chapter 287: The Ju Hai Ge Tian Array

"Swish, swish... swish, swish..." The sound of rushing water resounded, its noise shaking the wilderness, as if sea waves were crashing against stubborn rocks.

And with every crash, these sea waves were eroding the stubborn rocks; if things continued in this manner, one day, the rocks would be completely rotted away.

No sooner had Chen Mo stepped into the pass than he felt a very damp, fishy, and salty aura envelop him.

He understood that this was the manifestation of the power of the Mirage Sea within this sealed world.

Stepping into the pass, although he had not truly set foot inside it, he had begun to truly come into contact with the power of the Mirage Sea.

This power was not the power of the Mirage Sea he had encountered within the world before; the power he had encountered previously could at most be called a small puddle.

But now he was facing the entire vast ocean, and not only that, no one knew how many tyrannical creatures were lurking in this vast ocean.

Just the Mirage Sea creatures capable of contending with a Supreme, according to the records of Ju Hai City, numbered no fewer than five.

This was only the number that had revealed themselves; perhaps there were still a portion of equally powerful Mirage Sea creatures that remained in hiding.

Given the profoundness of his physical body, the erosion he suffered here was much better than that of ordinary Martial Artists.

After all, those three Supremes were stationed in Juhaiguan for a long time; it was obviously impossible for them to be eroded by the aura of the Mirage Sea.

"Guard your heart and mind, isolate external objects." Ye Qingshan slowed his pace and transmitted his voice secretly.

Seen from the outside, it was a grey-blue stone wall, yet once one truly stepped inside, one would discover that there was a vast world here.

And below the palaces was a lush and incomparably abundant primeval forest.

Facing the erosion of the Mirage Sea, they might not perceive the anomaly, but their intelligence could not withstand this power and would only collapse and die.

Facing the power of the Mirage Sea directly and feeling this power erode oneself required a Martial Artist to rely on their own strength to slowly recover their vigor.

His physical body stimulated its profoundness to resist the power of external erosion, and Chen Mo recovered in but an instant.

What Chen Mo was coming into contact with now was not the water of the deep sea, but merely some sea Wind blown out by the boundless deep sea before him.

To the left and right were city walls that extended continuously outward, and in front, one would have to walk a full several thousand miles before seeing another city wall.

In the short term, it was naturally not a problem, but over the accumulation of time, a Martial Artist would have to leave this place, otherwise there was a risk of being completely eroded by Chen Mo.

Chen Mo felt the Mirage Sea aura, which was like surging waves, continuously eroding into his body.

But there was no life existing within this endless primeval forest; snakes, insects, rats, ants, birds, and beasts were completely extinct.

There were True One or even In-Charge Realm Martial Artists shuttling through it, or sitting in the palaces.

Perhaps those who have achieved sainthood through their physical bodies could truly be immune to the influence of the Mirage Sea aura.

Beasts might be weak, but at least they possessed intelligence; even if it was low, it existed.

And it was precisely because of this that Martial Artists located within Juhaiguan would inevitably undergo a rotation every period of time.

A Martial Artist might suffer different erosion due to the strength of their power, but regardless of their cultivation level, they would all be eroded.

Chen Mo cast his gaze toward the distance; there had to be at least several hundred palaces suspended in the firmament, and this was only a corner of the city wall; there must be more palaces in other places.

His physical body was also changing, the endless laws within his body connecting into a net to resist these external forces of erosion.

Although Chen Mo had not reached the stage of achieving sainthood through his physical body, the difference was not very far.

It was just that they did not disappear; this was a tug-of-war against his own physical body at an extremely slow speed.

Seeing Chen Mo gradually recover, Ye Qingshan continued walking immediately.

Ye Qingshan was slightly stunned upon seeing this situation; he had not expected Chen Mo to be able to recover so quickly.

It was absolutely impossible, not as swift as Chen Mo.

But even if it was just some sea Wind, it was enough to cause erosion to a Martial Artist.

But he thought about it again, and this was normal; after all, Chen Mo's aptitude was unprecedentedly good.

Martial Artists entering Ju Hai City, regardless of their cultivation level, had to go through this step.

Chen Mo stimulated the profoundness of his physical body, blocking these forces outside in an instant.

Fortunately, they were not a monolithic block, which gave the many creatures of heaven and earth a chance to catch their breath.

Countless blazing and brilliant golden divine chains connected these palaces into one, turning what were originally individual Array Eyes into an extremely vast Array.

If he intended to stay in Juhaiguan for a long time, the time he would have to stay would be much longer than other Martial Artists.

And the number of low shrubs and wild grasses was even more countless; looking out at a glance, one could only see a piece of lush green.

If it were any other True One Martial Artist entering the pass, it would take at least several hours to slowly adapt to the situation here.

Within Juhaiguan, infinite Arrays were accumulated and layered, and the interior of the pass occupied an extremely vast area.

In the empty space between the two city walls, there were countless Arrays in operation.

Although the robe on his body had some ability to isolate and block, some power still invaded his physical body.

Because these creatures simply could not exist here; even these plants and trees could only grow here because they lacked intelligence and their material was relatively special.

The Array Eye of each Array was like a palace, floating in the air.

Countless ancient trees shot into the sky, the tallest being nearly a thousand zhang, and countless vines, like horned dragons, wound around the branches of these ancient trees.

It was truly normal for such people to exhibit some divine strangeness on their bodies.

The resources and manpower consumed to maintain such a terrifying Array were absolutely an astronomical figure.

These Arrays were not fully activated now; they were just maintaining the most ordinary state.

Chen Mo could see that these Arrays were still accumulating power bit by bit during their continuous operation.

These powers, left behind by the accumulation of time, would play a vital role in some great battle.

As for when that great battle would arrive, no one knew.

"This Ju Hai Ge Tian Array isolates the influence of Chen Mo. The situation is currently stable, but there are small-scale invasions of Mirage Sea creatures from time to time." Ye Qingshan spoke in a deep voice, introducing the situation here to Chen Mo.

Those powerful Mirage Sea creatures that possessed intelligence naturally could not take the initiative to attack, but many weak, or even completely unintelligent, Mirage Sea creatures...

Under the guidance of those powerful creatures, they would throw themselves at Juhaiguan like moths to a flame every period of time.

What they did seemed meaningless, but in reality, they were constantly consuming the foundation and power of Ju Hai City.

It was just that this cycle was very long, long enough to be calculated in thousands or tens of thousands of years.

Ye Qingshan did not stop his footsteps, bringing Chen Mo up into the high sky; although there were countless palaces within the city walls, they were not arranged in a chaotic manner.

The numerous palaces were connected in an orderly fashion, and the power of the Array flowed silently; even though Chen Mo was not particularly proficient in the way of Arrays, he could still perceive a unique aesthetic beauty.

Infinite Arrays were linked together, forming an extremely thick and substantial wall.

The space between the two bluestone city walls was filled with this power of the Array; naturally, this power of the Array did not hinder the free movement of Martial Artists.

Only the creatures of the Mirage Sea and the Qi of the Mirage Sea from the outside world would be isolated and suppressed by this Array.

At this moment, Chen Mo cast his gaze once more toward the two bluestone walls; these two stone walls were naturally not simple to be able to stand tall here.

Aside from being sufficiently tall, towering, and thick, Chen Mo also saw that the two city walls were covered with countless profound patterns; looking more closely, one could see that these two city walls were not city walls at all, but two extremely vast Boundary Walls of the world.

Some Great Ability had left these two Boundary Walls here to be used as city walls, in order to isolate the Mirage Sea.

Such a method could be called a work of supernatural craftsmanship, truly making one feel awe.

Because the intercepted Boundary Wall was not just a small piece, but stretched for hundreds of millions of miles, and one did not know how vast it truly was.

Ye Qingshan brought Chen Mo and traveled eastward all the way; the two did not move slowly, and soon arrived before a cluster of palaces.

Unlike other places, this cluster of palaces stretched for nearly ten thousand miles, with nine Main Halls and hundreds of auxiliary halls of various styles surrounding them.

"This place is the residence of the Supreme; Taichu Daojun is the honorific title of this Supreme, and he is a personal disciple of the Dao Venerable from the era of the Ancient Heavenly Emperor."

"If you meet this Supreme, you may address him as Taichu Supreme or Taichu Daojun," Ye Qingshan explained carefully to Chen Mo.

A Supreme is one who opens up a Great Dao between Heaven and Earth; the existence of such a realm can also be called unfathomable.

If it were in the era of the Ancient Heaven and Earth, whenever anyone mentioned the honorific title of a Supreme, that Supreme would surely sense it.

Even now, with the endless Mirage Sea blocking the way, even a Supreme powerhouse is unwilling to waste extra mental energy to investigate the situation of the Mirage Sea.

However, as long as one is within the same realm and mentions the honorific title of a Supreme, that Supreme will still have a sense of it.

Of course, having a sense is merely having a sense; in the vast majority of cases, no Supreme will go to investigate the sensation in detail.

After all, there are too many Martial Artists and too many living beings between Heaven and Earth; even a Supreme powerhouse, who can divide their consciousness into hundreds of millions of thoughts, will not expend their energy on things that are meaningless in most situations.

Chen Mo followed Ye Qingshan and walked into a side hall.

This palace was very quiet and empty inside, with nothing else, save for a single white jade pillar in the very center of the main hall.

"The Supreme's preaching is divided into the four seasons of spring, summer, autumn, and winter, with each season having one month of preaching."

"Of course, the one preaching is not the true Supreme, but one of his incarnations, but even so, for the vast majority of Martial Artists, it is a rare opportunity that can be met but not sought."

Ye Qingshan explained carefully to Chen Mo, and then added.

"In addition, every fifty years, there is an opportunity to listen to the true Supreme preach."

At that time, what will be taught is the Great Dao that points directly to the origin of Heaven and Earth; all Martial Artists within the Xuanhuang Heaven have the opportunity to listen, and as for how much one can comprehend, it depends on individual opportunity.

Chen Mo nodded; no wonder so many Martial Artists of the True One Realm would reside here for a long time.

Just the opportunity to listen to the Supreme preach every fifty years is already a tremendous opportunity.

Not to mention that there are many resources to assist on ordinary days, and if one's talent is good enough, one can also have the opportunity to listen to the monthly preaching.

Although this monthly preaching is not delivered by the Supreme's true body in person.

It is advantageous because it is frequent enough, and over time, it can also bring great improvement to Martial Artists.

"In five days, it will be the day of Taichu Supreme's preaching; you stay here first, and when the day of the preaching arrives, just hurry to the Main Hall."

As Ye Qingshan spoke, he took out a Jade Slip and handed it to Chen Mo.

"In addition, I have marked the locations of the palaces where the other two Supremes reside in advance; after Taichu Supreme finishes preaching, you shall head to the next palace."

Chen Mo immediately took the Jade Slip and refined it; the information remaining in the Jade Slip was not much, only the locations and honorific names of the palaces where the other two Supremes were.

Furthermore, it also marked that the next Supreme incarnation to preach would be the Xuanhuang Dao Venerable, and the one after that would be the Fuyao Supreme.

Among these three Supremes, except for Fuyao Supreme who is a Heaven and Earth creature born of nature, the other two Dao Venerables are both of Human Race origin.

Among them, the Xuanhuang Dao Venerable achieved the Supreme realm when the Xuanhuang Heaven was established, and it is precisely because of this that the Xuanhuang Heaven is named after his honorific title.

After Chen Mo mastered the information in the Jade Slip, Ye Qingshan spoke again to give instructions, "I have other things to do here and cannot stay long. You just need to listen to the Supreme's preaching peacefully; do not meddle in other matters, and do not ask too many questions."

"When listening to the preaching, do not reveal your identity to others, and try your best not to communicate too much with them."

"This junior understands," Chen Mo immediately promised.

Even if Ye Qingshan had not said these things, he would have done so.

Therefore, exposing his own identity, even if it is exposed to trustworthy people, is not a good thing.

Because he also knows how terrifying his own talent is; if the Mirage Sea creatures really knew, even if he did not die, he would inevitably face endless trouble.

Even if he were to expose his identity and cultivation, he would at least have to wait until he reached the realm of a Controller or even a Great Ability.

"Good, you stay here and cultivate well," Ye Qingshan encouraged him one last time, and after speaking, he did not stay here any longer.

As a Controller powerhouse, his entry into Juhaiguan was not to do nothing, but to go into the Array Eye to guard it, as well as to verify whether the Array was operating normally to ensure everything was correct.

And the reason for this was actually mainly to provide cover for Chen Mo.

His entry into Juhaiguan, and entering when it was not yet time for rotation, was in itself a somewhat abnormal matter.

If he appeared, entered Juhaiguan, and then left in a hurry, that in itself could become a point of suspicion for others.

Since Ye Qingshan intended to cover up Chen Mo's identity, he naturally had to put a lot of thought into it.

The reason is simple: he wanted to win more opportunities for Chen Mo to cultivate; as long as such a genius grows up, he will definitely bring about a great change to the current situation.

And he, or rather they, would do everything to escort Chen Mo and let him grow up.

They also never worried that investing a large amount of resources in Chen Mo would not yield a return.

The reason is, on one hand, they had investigated Chen Mo in advance; although they were not particularly clear about his personality, they could also see that he should be a person who knows how to repay kindness.

Moreover, even considering the worst-case scenario, where Chen Mo would not give them any return,

As long as Chen Mo still wanted to survive, then as he grew up, he would also have to face the Mirage Sea and deal with the current situation.

Whether it is the True Martial Tower or the Xuanhuang Heaven, facing external crises, the goal of everything they do is to solve this problem.

As for other matters, they can all be put aside for now; they are not very important.

These matters are the consensus of all the strong, and precisely because of this, all the power of Xuanhuang Heaven can be integrated together to function in unison.

Ye Qingshan set off to leave, and Chen Mo took out that Jade Slip again, carefully examining and contemplating the map within it.

It is just a pity that the Jade Slip only marked the locations of the three Supremes.

If he wants to find the avatar of Fengdu Niangniang, he will likely still have to expend some effort.

Fortunately, he needs to travel back and forth, and at the places where the three Supremes preach, he will not be confined to one spot; this is convenient for him to go and search for the avatar of Fengdu Niangniang.

After checking the map once more, Chen Mo did not do anything else, staying peacefully in the palace hall to wait for the Supreme to preach.

(End of this chapter)