Chapter 553: Chapter 379: Formidable Enemy from the South, Entering the Five Elements Gourd Space
"You’ll know soon."
[Year 5293 of the New Source Era, the probing forces from the southern Shallow Moon Cultivation Realm were completely dismantled by the Celestial Rainbow Alliance.]
[In total, one Fake Nascent Soul Cultivator, one at Golden Core Perfection, two at Late-Stage Golden Core, nine at Mid-Stage Golden Core, eleven at Early-Stage Golden Core, and some Foundation Establishment Cultivators—investigations by the alliance are still ongoing.]
[The alliance immediately interrogated and questioned these Golden Core Masters.]
[Soon, you received the results.]
[These powerful beings hailed from the southern Shallow Moon Cultivation Realm, or rather, the current Four Directions Cultivation Realm.]
[A massive Secret Realm World roared back, slaughtered the original Shallow Moon Cultivation Realm, and renamed itself the Four Directions Cultivation Realm, which then annexed several surrounding medium-sized cultivation realms by linking with the Spiritless Land, aiming to merge these into a large-scale cultivation realm.]
[The cultivation inheritance of the Four Directions Secret Realm World was not interrupted. On the contrary, it was the era of great contention for the Four Directions Secret Realm World, with the Qi Fortune of the world reaching its peak, and celestial talents emerging one after another.]
[The inheritance of the Four Directions Secret Realm World was still a pure cultivation inheritance, with no lack of strength. After the Shallow Moon Cultivation Realm opened this world and strategized, they did not expect that it housed hidden talents, leading the world’s powers to counterattack the Shallow Moon Cultivation Realm, completely replacing it ten years ago.]
[Through the Shallow Moon Cultivation Realm, the Four Directions Secret Realm World’s powers were ecstatic and planned to go further.]
[Over twenty Golden Core Masters, including one at Golden Core Perfection, one at Late-Stage Golden Core, and one Fake Nascent Soul Cultivator, were entirely capable of sweeping the original Qu Hong Cultivation Realm.]
[This power was sufficient to sweep over ninety-nine percent of the medium-sized cultivation realms, illustrating the strength of the Four Directions Cultivation Realm. Unfortunately, they encountered you, the greatest variable in the history of the Qu Hong Cultivation Realm.]
[But after listening to your subordinates’ report, you showed no great emotional fluctuations. Not reaching the Nascent Soul stage, they were just so-so.]
[The Four Directions Cultivation Realm intended to advance northward. The Guangyun Celestial Sect was definitely the most sensitive and had already engaged several rounds with the Four Directions Cultivation Realm, sparing the Celestial Rainbow Alliance the concern.]
[The captured Golden Core Masters willing to submit could be branded with a Slave Seal, serving the alliance for two hundred years before regaining their freedom. Those unwilling would have their souls extracted and become nourishment for Artifact Spirits.]
[Ultimately, six were willing to submit, all originally powerful figures of the Shallow Moon Cultivation Realm, surprisingly, even the one at Golden Core Perfection submitted.]
[The remaining individuals originally expected you to trade them with the Four Directions Cultivation Realm for resources, but they did not anticipate that you would extract their souls so decisively. On this day, the Celestial Rainbow Artifact Spirit grew exceptionally powerful.]
[Year 5295 of the New Source Era, disturbances arose from the south, with the Guangyun Celestial Sect clashing with the Four Directions Cultivation Realm.]
[Year 5296 of the New Source Era, there seemed to be unusual fluctuations within the Four Directions Cultivation Realm.]
[According to intelligence from the Guangyun Celestial Sect, a mighty being seemed poised to emerge from the Four Directions Cultivation Realm, the details of which were unclear, only knowing they excitedly referred to him as Elder Zhu.]
[The Guangyun Celestial Sect’s forces began to fully retract, plunging the atmosphere into an eerie stillness.]
[Year 5300 of the New Source Era, the development succeeded; you successfully set up the Five Elements Sacred Beast Summoning Array.]
[Augmented by True Blood, it had broken through the power of a Tier Six Array and was genuinely a Tier Seven Array...]
Zhong Heng stood before the ruins of the Five Elements Sect in the Great Xia Secret Realm World.
The ruins of the Five Elements Sect had been heavily guarded by the Celestial Rainbow Alliance, turning into the most heavily fortified area within the Great Xia Secret Realm World.
"Lin Wui."
Zhong Heng gently called.
"Here."
Lin Wui’s figure appeared beside Zhong Heng.
Currently, the person Zhong Heng trusted most in the Celestial Rainbow Alliance was not Dong Jing, who had always supported him, nor Qiu Yi, who followed him because of the Five Elements Sacred Beasts.
But Lin Wui.
"I’ll be leaving temporarily. Things are unstable in the south recently."
"The alliance affairs depend entirely on you."
Lin Wui’s attractive eyebrows furrowed slightly, saying, "Brother..."
"Alright, I know your abilities, just sacrifice some of your cultivation time."
"Alright then..."
Lin Wui nodded, and Zhong Heng smiled, patting Lin Wui’s head.
He knew Lin Wui had established many organizations in some Secret Realm Worlds; Lin Wui’s management skills and methods were commendable.
But Lin Wui was solely focused on cultivation, unwilling to showcase abilities.
This was why the power of the Celestial Rainbow Alliance was shared among Dong Jing, Qiu Yi, Sunx Yue, and others.
Otherwise, the position of Vice Alliance Leader of the Celestial Rainbow Alliance would definitely belong to Lin Wui.
Furthermore, Zhong Heng could see Lin Wui was hiding something.
Perhaps it was cultivation, or maybe it was something else.
But one day, Lin Wui would surely soar to great heights.
Zhong Heng extended his hand, an Array Disc floated into his hand.
The Array Disc was a regular pentagon, divided into five areas, each with vivid virtual shadows hovering.
Looking closely, Vermilion Bird, Cyan Dragon, Black Tortoise, White Tiger, and Golden Qilin were the Five Elements Sacred Beasts.
Zhong Heng stepped into the sacred land of the Five Elements Sect.
He took out a five-colored hairpin from his bun.
He lightly slid the hairpin forward.
A spatial rift opened, and Zhong Heng stepped out, entering it...
Eyes closed, then opened again, a five-colored space appeared before him.
"Target detected..." a mechanical voice sounded, but then abruptly halted.
"Hmm..."
A seemingly sleepy elderly voice echoed in confusion.
Zhong Heng respectfully bent and bowed.
"Zhong Heng bids farewell to the senior!"
"You..."
The elderly voice seemed to be reminiscing.
The voice’s owner was none other than the Gourd Spirit of the Five Elements Gourd.
"Little fellow, so it’s you... the destined one who acquired my master’s Five Elements Sacred Beast True Blood..."
"Have you found a successor capable of inheriting my master’s legacy..."
"Why isn’t there anyone here? Is the Qi of the Five Elements insufficient to transfer them here?"
The Gourd Spirit’s tone was quite gentle.
Perhaps it had been too long since it had seen a living being.
Or perhaps it was because Zhong Heng was somewhat fated with its master.
"The younger wishes to accept the inheritance."
Zhong Heng’s eyes shone brightly.
The Gourd Spirit paused, then said, "I’ve mentioned before your aptitude is insufficient; perhaps it’s excellent in other aspects, but in the Beast Taming Dao... you have no talent."
"In my view, the predecessor’s inheritance revolves around the Five Elements Sacred Beasts."
"That’s quite a long story, what’s more, you..."
The Gourd Spirit’s words were not finished.
Zhong Heng’s hand opened, and an Array Disc appeared in his hand.
An aged yet vivid face appeared within the Light of the Five Elements.
"This is..."
Zhong Heng’s True Essence and Divine Sense surged into the Array Disc, which began to separate.
Five Array Flags flew out.
Then five bright voices sounded.
The Light of the Five Elements within this space was subtly stirred.
"Fire Vermilion Bird, Golden White Tiger, Water Black Tortoise, Wood Cyan Dragon, Earth Golden Qilin!"
"I won’t forget; these are the Five Elements Sacred Beasts."
"You found the Five Elements Sacred Beasts?!!"
"No, it can’t be, this is..."
The old face zoomed around, seemingly excited beyond measure.
"Array Dao..."
"No, there’s more to it..."
"A lot of traces of the Five Directions Spirit Control Scripture are here..."
"You, you actually integrated the Five Directions Spirit Control Scripture into the Array Dao!"
"And combined it with five drops of True Blood to create a Summoning Array capable of calling upon the Five Sacred Beasts!"
The Artifact Spirit said incredulously, no longer able to maintain the demeanor of a sage.
The aged face moved closer to Zhong Heng, examining continuously as if trying to verify whether the person before was truly human.
Zhong Heng smiled mysteriously, refraining from directly answering.
Of course, it wasn’t something he created alone; though Zhong Heng had a talent for arrays,
he couldn’t integrate the Profound Technique of the Five Directions Spirit Control Scripture into an Array Dao.
The Five Directions Spirit Control Scripture could indeed serve as the core inheritance of a Divinity Transformation Grand Sect!
