Formation Array Flaw, Karma Entanglement

As Lin Yu expected, the Daoist Daoist temple that Xuan Yunzi mentioned was the very one that Seagull and the other two had seen before.

This aroused suspicion and wariness in the Snowy Owl, Seagull, and Gao Shan.

"Xuan Yunzi, this bandit stronghold is right next to your Daoist temple. Why have you turned a blind eye to it all these years?"

Gao Shan was very straightforward in this matter, and asked directly.

After all, Xuan Yunzi came from a prestigious and righteous family, and it was his responsibility to eliminate demons and protect the righteous path. In addition to eliminating Yaomo, he should not have stood idly by and ignored villains like mountain bandits who wreak havoc on the area.

Xuan Yunzi sighed, "The reason for this is also related to why I am alone in these mountains. You will understand when we arrive."

Xuan Yunzi said, "The Taiqing Sect currently has more than 300 disciples traveling between these Two Mountains and Six Hells. Do you know how many Yaomo at the level of Twelve-Guans of cash are in these Six Hells?"

None of the six could answer the question, since they didn't know much about the Prison Mountain Realm.

As long as Old Zheng doesn't speak up and it wasn't mentioned in the little secret manual Shen Bingmiao gave him beforehand, Lin Yu naturally wouldn't know either.

Seeing that the six people could not answer, Xuan Yunzi continued, "According to the counts of the Four Great Daoist Sects, there are at least three thousand Yaomo of the Twelve-Guans level who are still active and confirmed to be alive!"

Hearing Xuan Yunzi's words, the crowd, who had already prepared themselves for the possibility that the number might be substantial, were still greatly shocked.

Three thousand?!

Yaomo with Twelve-Guans of cash is no ordinary little demon. Even a demon like Three Suns, who leads a region of Yaomo and occupies a mountain, is only at the level of Seven-Guans of cash!

Even though the Prison Mountain Realm is incredibly vast and has numerous peaks, three thousand of these Twelve-Guans Yaomo... are still far too many.

How exactly have the humans in this world survived?

Li Nian couldn't help but mutter a question to herself.

"Based on observations along the way, not many survived."

The Seagull made a statement with a touch of dark humor.

Xuan Yunzi said, "Yes, that's one of the reasons why I'm the only one guarding the area around Double Saw Mountain... because although the seal on Double Saw Mountain has loosened, it's not really a major emergency in the context of the entire Two Mountains and Six Hells."

He sighed, "Deqing Temple has already sent people twice, but unfortunately, they are ultimately a second-rate sect, and the people who came were not skilled enough to see anything... That Thousand-Eyed Thousand-Silk Demon Lord is no ordinary Yaomo either; its abilities are naturally adept at concealment, and it is extremely treacherous by nature."

On the way, the old Xuan Yunzi spoke eloquently, and soon they arrived at the Daoist temple.

"Gentlemen, we've arrived!"

Xuan Yunzi spoke, he stopped in front of the Daoist temple.

Lin Yu raised his head and glanced at the Daoist temple.

Unsurprisingly...

"This Daoist temple is exactly the same as the one we saw before!"

Fei Dao couldn't help but speak, his tone tinged with doubt.

"What... what's going on?"

Sensing something was amiss, Fei Dao stood at the door, unwilling to go inside.

Lin Yu then chimed in, "Indeed, Senior Xuan Yunzi... we saw an identical Daoist temple of yours not long ago within Double Saw Mountain."

Xuan Yunzi looked at Lin Yu, seemingly unsurprised. "So, you've found that Daoist temple in Double Saw Mountain too."

"Young friend, there's no need to worry. This is my method for restraining the Thousand-Eyed Thousand-Silk Demon Lord," Xuan Yunzi said calmly. "There are five Daoist temple like this in Double Saw Mountain and the surrounding four mountains."

"Although the patriarch's methods are exquisite, and this old Daoist dares not tamper with the original Magic Array, it is still possible to modify it into Magic Array," Xuan Yunzi said, somewhat ashamed. "But the Magic Array can only restrict the movements of the Thousand-Eyed Thousand-Silk Demon Lord... Over the years, many merchants and residents in this area have been killed."

Xuan Yunzi spoke, he pushed open the door of the Daoist temple.

Lin Yu nodded and followed Xuan Yunzi inside.

After all, he could sense that Xuan Yunzi was not lying or putting on an act, and that there was no malice in his mind directed at him and his group.

The scene inside this Daoist temple was exactly the same as that one, even the damage to the statues and the wear and tear on the floor were almost identical.

Lin Yu quietly went around to the backyard, where, sure enough, there was a skeleton dressed in an identical tattered Daoist robe sitting there!

Upon seeing the remains, Lin Yu inquired again.

"Senior Xuan Yunzi, this Daoist temple is probably not one of five you built, but rather the same one, right?"

Xuan Yunzi nodded. "Young friend, you are observant and insightful... These five Daoist temple on different mountains are indeed all one."

"I only built one Daoist temple within Double Saw Mountain. The remaining four Daoist temple... but I outmaneuvered the Thousand-Eyed Thousand-Silk Demon Lord and used the Yaomo's own abilities to counter it."

"You've probably already witnessed some of the Thousand-Eyed Thousand-Silk Demon Lord's abilities. Besides releasing those Spider Silk and the spider Yaomo that belong to it, its core ability is to make people disappear silently and then turn them into puppets."

"Although the records within the Taiqing Sect are incomplete, I have dealt with it in these mountains for decades and have roughly figured out the Yaomo's core ability," Xuan Yunzi said solemnly. "That is the innate supernatural power called 'Karma Threads' —this Yaomo can rewrite a person's past through Spider Silk."

"The deeper your Karma entanglement with it, and the shallower your own karmic Karma, the easier it is to fall victim. The only way to resist is to hold fast to your own conscience—once you discover that your Memory is flawed, you must immediately and quickly recall your true past and re-examine the Karma."

"Although it doesn't actually alter a person's past experiences, it can deceive Heavenly Dao and others... It's like covering the real past with a fabricated one."

"And what this supernatural power consumes is a person's soul—once it has completely overwritten the past, that soul will become a puppet at its mercy."

"This is why I didn't report to the Taiqing Sect, and even dared not spread this matter too much, because the Thousand-Eyed Thousand-Silk Demon Lord has been trying to release himself by modifying his past over the years."

"However, altering a past fact is far too defiant of Heaven, and for this, it requires a large number of living souls... The closer they are to the fact that it was imprisoned back then, such as us Taiqing Sect members, the more effective the alteration will be."

Xuan Yunzi continued, "And I used this to my advantage... I offered no resistance, allowing the Yaomo to devour my past."

"What it didn't know was that I had also cultivated my Innate Divine Ability, 'Qi Transformation External Body.' After it devoured 'Xuan Yunzi'... I immediately activated the Body Transformation Body, causing my original body to perish and my Dao to dissipate, while simultaneously activating the Formation I had set up!"

"In the end, 'Xuan Yunzi,' whom it had turned into a puppet, died instantly, and the Formation activated at the moment of its death covered the four 'past' Formation loopholes it had created for itself!"