CULTIVATION: WHEN YOU TAKE THINGS TO THE EXTREME

Chapter 838: Chapter 521: The Human Heart _2

“I’ve heard that this time, the True Immortals left in charge of the Heavenly Court are the two great emperors from the east and west; and the Western Extreme Great Emperor, bearing an old grudge with the Wandao School, certainly refuses to lend a hand.”

“Hmph, disregarding the overall situation just for the sake of personal resentment, such a person is also worthy of being a Heavenly Court Emperor?”

“If the Great Immortal hadn’t entered the secret realm, would the demons have dared to invade South Observance?”

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Seeing the demons retreating like the tide, in various regions of South Observance, hundreds of millions of cultivators, feeling a burden lifted, also harbored some resentment toward the Heavenly Court’s Buddhist Sect.

“Amitabha!”

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The Great Sun Tathagata’s Dharma Body was resplendent, his divine senses of sight and hearing surveying the six directions, powerless against these rumors and gossip.

It must be said, Luo Cha’s move was truly disgusting!

The Scholar’s Palace has been governing for more than three thousand years, and the Pill Origin Gathering has won over the people’s hearts. As the saying goes, “He who takes a man’s money becomes his master, he who eats a man’s food becomes his servant.” In terms of stance, the cultivators of South Observance were somewhat biased towards the Wandao School.

His Buddhist Sect is still considered good. After all, they have the merit of saving the world. Even if the multitude of cultivators in South Observance felt indignant, they wouldn’t be too critical, unlike the Heavenly Court. That Western Extreme Great Emperor had totally lost his reputation, almost labeled as an accomplice to demons.

Despite the comparison, not being the worst, but for South Observance, the Heavenly Court has no essential need, unlike his Buddhist Sect, which has always been seeking to spread the Buddhist Law to the south.

Luo Cha’s move has also elevated the status of the Wandao School. It should have been a show starring only his Buddhist Sect, but he was forcefully turned into a double lead. The Honored Wandao himself isn’t present, yet he managed to steal the limelight.

Think about it, his Buddhist Sect has put in so much effort, preparing this grand drama, and just when they managed to perform it, the merit of saving the world and the fame of expelling demons they had earned had to be shared, making the spread of Buddhism even more difficult. They have to perform better than the Wandao School, or they would face backlash from the people.

Isn’t that sickening?

It’s only because Luo Cha fled quickly; otherwise, even at the cost of facing triple disasters upon himself, the Great Sun Tathagata would have made this Demon Head pay a devastating price today.

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The conflict in South Observance thus subsided.

Now looking beyond the Ninth Heaven, into the realm of immortals…

“Ground-Departing Flame Light, the master of Nangong!”

“This Nanli Ground Flame Array, is where the Li Ground Flame Light Banner is located. With the Innate Five Directions Banner as the core of the array’s eye, it can muddle Yin and Yang, invert the Five Elements, all transforming into Nanli Ground Flame, a single strand of which can damage the immortal body. Even a Nine Tribulations True Immortal, once trapped within the array, faces the risk of death and Dao annihilation.”

Xu Yang, leading the three Yuns, arrived at a grand array and found that already a fair number of Mahayana cultivators and Tribulation Realm Immortals and Gods were observing it.

It was a given. The Innate Five Directions Banner, not only a top-quality Heaven-Connecting Secret Treasure, also aligned with the mainstream of cultivation. After all, the beings of the Three Realms are all subject to Yin and Yang and the Five Elements. The Innate Five Directions Banner, which manipulates the creation of the Five Elements, is said to be directly applicable, far easier to comprehend than the strange Immortal Treasures such as the Three Books of Heaven, Earth, and Man.

Therefore, the Five Elements Immortal Formation where the Innate Five Directions Banner is located, has always been a “popular attraction” in the Heavenly Secret Realm. Many Calamity Immortals visit to comprehend the mysteries of the Five Elements.

Today is no exception, with nearly thirty Calamity Immortals present, among whom are powerful figures from the Five and Six Calamities.

This was only one corner of the array. If one were to count all around, inside and out, there would be seventy to eighty Tribulation Realm Immortals and Gods.

This number was astonishing; in South Observance, the publicly-known number of Tribulation Realm Immortals and Gods was just about that.

This is also a distinctive feature of the Heavenly Secret Realm, with many Tribulation Realm Immortals and Gods hidden within, comprehending the Dao, avoiding Immortal Tribulations, having not left the secret realm for tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of years, with some powerful beings of the seventh and eighth order, associating on equal terms with the Heavenly Court Taihuang, the Buddhist Sect Great Sun, and the Supreme Demon Heads.

From this, it can be seen just how many old monsters in the Tribulation Realm are hidden in this secret realm, not at all inferior to the outside world.

Having been in the Heavenly Secret Realm for more than a hundred years, Xu Yang had already learned from the least dangerous Green Lotus Creation Array; now, the Nanli Ground Flame Array was his second challenge.

Outside the array, a group of Immortals and Gods watched; some closely studied the mysteries of the array, others observed from a distance the core of the array’s eye, watching the Ground-Departing Flame Light, understanding the principle of the Five Elements.

These were the conservative ones. Some bolder individuals directly entered the array, experiencing it firsthand, and even collecting the Nanli Ground Flame for their Cultivation Method Artifact Refining.

The arrival of Xu Yang and four others caught the attention of the gathering of Calamity Immortals; some stood up in shock, some nodded in acknowledgment, and some remained indifferent.

Xu Yang nodded slightly in greeting to a few acquaintances, then also began observing the array from the outside.

Though skilled and bold enough to enter the array unafraid, he was a cautious person by nature and would certainly not enter it hastily. He needed to watch the operation of the array first, and not to fully unravel its mysteries, but at least to grasp its patterns before proceeding further.

As Xu Yang observed the array, the three Yuns also didn’t just wait idly; they too began to ponder over it.

And so, time passed without knowing how long…

“BOOM!!!”

Suddenly, the array fluctuated; the Ground-Departing Flame Light surged forth fiercely.

“Not good!”

“The Immortal Array has a breach!”

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“Quick, retreat!”

Seeing this, the surrounding cultivators’ expressions changed dramatically, and they immediately withdrew, avoiding the surging Nanli Ground Flame bursting forth from the formation.

In the Heavenly Secret Realm, many items were incomplete, and this Five Elements Immortal Formation was no exception, with its own defects and gaps.

However, this was not good news, for the consequence of the formation’s flaws was akin to a city gate catching fire, bringing disaster to the fish in the moat. The rampaging Nanli Ground Flame posed a threat both inside and outside the formation, and those who failed to evade in time risked their lives and cultivation.

As everyone hastened to fall back, only Xu Yang remained composed. With a flick of his finger, divine light transformed sharply, and a deep scarlet banner appeared with a stern presence, stabilizing the Yin Yang and Five Elements and capturing the Ground-Departing Flame Light, while also shielding the three figures behind him.

It was none other than a replica, a top-quality Immortal Spirit tier Li Ground Flame Light Banner!

As the cultivators retreated in amazement and looked back to see the Li Ground Flame Light Banner standing tall amidst the sea of fire, unaffected, they became even more doubtful and bewildered.

“This banner…”

“Is it the Li Ground Flame Light Banner?”

“A top-quality Immortal Spirit tier Li Ground Flame Light Banner?”

“What is the background of these four? Despite their mere Second and Third Calamity cultivation, how do they possess such precious items for protection?”

“Top quality Immortal Artifacts can only be crafted by Eighth Order Dao of Tools Immortal Masters from the Earth Immortal Realm…”

“Looking at their expressions… could it be they don’t recognize the Honored Wandao?”

“They are all of insufficient strength, not daring to face the tribulation, hence hiding in the corners of the Secret Realm; it is only natural they do not recognize the Honored Wandao.”

“Hasn’t anyone informed them? If there’s someone who doesn’t know better…”

“Boom!!!”

Before the words were finished, the Great Array shook once more, and a person burst forth from it, a red-robed elder with fiery red hair.

“Huh huh huh, luckily I was well-prepared for this commotion!”

The red-robed elder rushed out of the Immortal Array, and looking back at the surging Nanli Ground Flame that occasionally stirred up waves that reached the sky, he too felt a trace of fear and was about to withdraw.

But unexpectedly, as his gaze shifted and flickered, his body froze in place, unable to move an inch.

“This is…”

“The Li Ground Flame Light Banner?”

“A top-quality Immortal Spirit tier Li Ground Flame Light Banner?”

“Could it be someone has managed to replicate this item?”

The red-robed elder’s eyes narrowed as he stopped in his tracks. Looking at the unwavering Li Ground Flame Light Banner amidst the sea of fire, and Xu Yang’s four figures sitting below it, he became hesitant and unsure.

“This…”

“Not good!”

“That’s the Chi Yan old demon!”

“What is this old fellow planning to do?”

“Could it be he’s going to…”

Outside the sea of fire, the sight caused alarm and dismay among the cultivators.

However, before they had a chance to speak, they saw the red-robed elder from within the sea of fire step forward and bow in greeting towards the four people beneath the Li Ground Flame Light Banner: “This old man is Chi Yan, may I ask for the names of the four young friends?”

“Chi Yan the old demon?”

Xu Yang remained unmoved by this, but Fairy Yun Ming of the three figures behind tightened her expression and transmitted her voice softly, “Elder brother, this is Chi Yan the old demon, born of the Human Clan, a Demon Path cultivator, an expert in Red Flame Fire Skill, with a cultivation at the Seventh Calamity Realm. He fears the trials of the Eight Calamity Immortal Tribulation and has not left the Heavenly Secret Realm for tens of thousands of years. He’s been lurking around the Nanli Immortal Array, seeking to seize the Li Ground Flame Light Banner, and has also been involved in robbing and harming numerous Taoist friends.”

Yun Ming spoke in a low voice, filled with caution.

On the other side, Yun Yan, the youngest and most impulsive of them all, stood up abruptly: “Chi Yan the old demon, with my elder brother here, you still dare to harbor such greed!”

“Hmm!?”

Chi Yan the old demon’s eyes narrowed, but he soon shook his head and sighed: “Young friend, you’ve truly misunderstood. I only came here because I felt that you four and this Li Ground Flame Light Banner… share some destiny with me!”

With that, he abruptly raised his hand, and Chi Yan fire burst forth like a dragon, lunging at the four faces.

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