503: Relic Suppresses Wellhead! Single-handedly Holding Up Half the Sky

With Dongfang Huayuan and the Qu Shenzong finding a suitable unclaimed Mustard Seed Realm, Chen Dengming was finally free of any worries.

However, before he could begin his full-fledged cultivation, he needed to fulfill his promise and gather the Tribulation Mist from the Four Seas Four Regions into the Heavenly Prison before he could confidently enter the Ghost Realm to cultivate until he reached the Dao Integration stage.

It can be said that as long as the Eternal Great Tribulation does not suddenly erupt within this sixty- Jiazi, or if the Qu Shenzong does not cause any catastrophic accident when laying the foundation for the Dao Integration, he will not be disturbed and will not be required to leave seclusion.

When the former will erupt is beyond even the Heaven's Will, and no one can foresee it.

However, Chen Dengming's early removal of most of the Tribulation Mist from the Four Seas Four Regions might delay the arrival of the great calamity.

The latter depends entirely on Qu Shenzong's luck, since the Mustard Seed Realm, where he laid his foundation, is, after all, part of the New Realm.

In the process of refining the Mustard Seed Realm into a Dao Domain, the Qu Shenzong will also consume the Spiritual Qi resources of the New Realm, which may eventually cause some disturbances and attract the attention of the powerful figures in the New Realm.

If it only attracts the attention of some small fry, then it will be considered lucky.

However, if we alarm Dao Integration Great Power, it might attract the attention of a Dao Venerable from the New Realm, which would cause great trouble.

However, these were ultimately potential crises and did not actually erupt.

With Dongfang Huayuan, the Daoist Master of the Southern Seeking Realm who has already attained the Dao, and the Living Buddha Venerable overseeing the situation, even if there are any unexpected events, they can be dealt with immediately.

With the addition of a Dao Integration Great Power, the Ancient Realm's ability to withstand risks has clearly improved significantly.

Soon.

Several months have passed in the blink of an eye.

Inside the Immortal King's Mansion within the Shattered Heavenly Immortal Realm, Chen Dengming attempted to collect some of the High Antiquity calamity energy into the Heavenly Prison.

The Tribulation Mist accumulating within the Heavenly Prison had become so thick it resembled ink, and was even beginning to erode the heavens and earth within the Heavenly Prison.

He immediately abandoned his plan to completely remove the numerous calamities within the Immortal King's Mansion.

Over the past few months, he has traveled throughout the Four Seas Four Regions, using the Heavenly Prison to collect many of the Tribulation Mist that have emerged from within Four Seas Four Regions.

Before entering the Ghost Realm for cultivation, he rushed to the Immortal King's Mansion within the Shattered Heavenly Immortal Realm to try and collect some more Ancient Tribulation Qi, attempting to reduce the damage to the Shattered Heavenly Immortal Realm when the Eternal Great Tribulation erupts by weakening the Ancient Tribulation Qi.

However, after taking away some of the Ancient Tribulation Qi, he discovered that the Ancient Tribulation Qi could actually erode the world formed within the Heavenly Prison.

Although it is not yet capable of directly eroding the Heavenly Net barrier, it still poses a significant threat.

This Ancient Tribulation Qi is indeed a true calamity aura that even a Dao Integration Great Power being like the Outer Realm Devil Venerable fears. The traces of Karma contained within it are calamities left over from the High Antiquity great calamity.

After this series of attempts, Chen Dengming dared not collect any more Ancient Tribulation Qi, lest the Heavenly Prison also be eroded by the Ancient Tribulation Qi.

After assimilating the power of the Heavenly Prison, the Ancient Tribulation Qi will become even more troublesome, becoming a terrifying force that even the Heavenly Prison cannot contain.

Even now, Chen Dengming is worried that the Ancient Tribulation Qi within the Immortal King's Mansion, due to the existence of Karma, may become a powder keg that triggers the outbreak of Eternal Great Tribulation.

Moreover, the Immortal King's Mansion contains a large amount of the Heavenly Dao Blood, which is also a very unstable and dangerous factor.

"I don't have the ability to move the Immortal King's Mansion right now, otherwise I would have moved this powder keg out of the Shattered Heavenly Immortal Realm to prevent it from exploding."

This matter can only be resolved after I attain enlightenment.

After pondering for a while, Chen Dengming abandoned the idea of dealing with the Immortal King's Mansion at this time.

The Heavenly Dao Blood is far too violent.

If moving the Immortal King's Mansion causes a violent upheaval of the Heavenly Dao Blood within the Blood Pool, it will be a huge problem, potentially even causing a conflict with the Heavenly Dao and affecting his future attainment of the Dao.

To be on the safe side, it's best to establish a foundation for your Dao in the Shattered Heavenly Immortal Realm after achieving Dao Integration, and then proceed with further action.

With a hand seal, he slowly withdrew the Heavenly Prison into his brow, and without lingering in the Shattered Heavenly Immortal Realm, he quickly departed, heading straight for the Ghost Realm to begin his cultivation.

Time waits for no one. After years of accelerated disintegration, the Shattered Heavenly Immortal Realm has lost approximately one percent of its volume.

What is being lost is the foundation for laying the groundwork for future Dao integration. Chen Dengming felt that he should seize the opportunity to break through to the next level so that he could retain more of the Dao domain's foundation.

Besides the Shattered Heavenly Immortal Realm collapsing at an accelerated pace, the Ghost Realm is also changing rapidly.

Little Array Spirit and Zhu Xun had already communicated with Chen Dengming through their minds regarding this.

When Chen Dengming returned to the Ghost Realm via the Yin Spring that leads directly to Youdu, he discovered that the ghostly aura emanating from the vicinity of the Yin Spring had increased considerably.

Upon entering the Ghost Realm, he discovered that the ghostly energy within seemed to have thinned out somewhat.

Even the River Styx began to rise in large areas, and many river basins were covered with thick ghostly fog.

A vast expanse of ghostly mist rose into the sky, as if drifting down to the Human World.

This bizarre state is as if the land of the Human World is gradually exerting a powerful attraction on the ghost realm, causing the ghostly energy to rise, and even the ghost realm itself may be rising upwards.

Led by the Little Array Spirit, Chen Dengming looked down from high above and saw many bizarre phenomena, and couldn't help but be astonished, "Is this what you told me about the ghost realm possibly rising?"

The Little Array Spirit nodded solemnly, "Originally, it was just the ghostly energy within the Ghost Realm leaking into the Human World, but just a few years ago, when you, fellow Daoist, destroyed the Buddha Guai..."

All eighty-one Yin Springs trembled and even cracked simultaneously. Although many of our Yin Spring Ghost Lord intervened in time, more than a dozen Yin Springs were still severely damaged because the Ghost Lord were powerless to stop it.

Since then, the dozen or so dark springs gradually cracked, and the ghost realm began to tilt and rise.

"It turns out that it wasn't the Water of the Underworld River that was rising, but rather that the Ghost Realm had tilted, causing the Water of the Underworld River to accumulate in one direction."

Chen Dengming's face was frosty as he and the Little Array Spirit quickly took off and flew upwards.

Once, on the edge of the universe, beyond the Outer Heaven, he witnessed the vast ghost realm beneath the Four Seas Four Regions.

But within the Ghost Realm, he never flew to the high altitudes.

The high altitudes of the Ghost Realm are too low for cultivation due to the thinness of both ghostly and Spiritual Qi.

But now the situation is the opposite; the ghostly energy within the ghost realm is rising and dissipating, while the ghostly energy in the air is even denser.

As Chen Dengming continued to ascend, an increasingly powerful attraction gradually descended from above, accompanied by a tremendous, oppressive, and deathly aura.

"The Human World!"

Chen Dengming looked up and saw the outline of a vast continent faintly visible in the ghostly mist above.

The allure and the oppressive, deathly atmosphere emanated from above.

He slowed his flight and hovered there, still able to feel the immense Death Qi emanating from above.

As the Death Qi of the Human World sinks and the ghostly energy of the underworld rises, signs gradually appear to gather at the bottom of the Human World's continent, forming Yin Earth.

This would have been an unlikely scenario in the past.

After the Death Qi of the Human World sinks down, it will gradually descend into the ghost realm, combine with ghost energy, and transform into yin soil.

But now, due to the rise of ghostly energy, the Death Qi no longer sinks, but instead begins to condense into yin soil at the bottom of the land in the Human World.

This is undoubtedly an extremely dangerous signal, which could lead to the Human World gradually turning into a ghostly, gloomy place, and then triggering a series of special reactions, such as earthquakes or volcanic eruptions, or the Spirit Vein turning into yin veins, and the Spiritual Qi being further depleted.

"The increasing amount of ghostly Death Qi contained within the calamity energy must be due to this influence. After the last battle with the Buddha Guai, the Yin Spring was damaged, and the Ghost Realm lost its support and tilted towards the Human World, which accelerated the invasion of ghostly Death Qi into the Human World!"

Chen Dengming focused his eyes on a Cyan Light, using the Eye of the Heavens to observe the entire Ghost Realm.

But now the entire Ghost Realm, resembling an irregularly shaped continent in the form of half a bowl, has begun to tilt towards the southeast.

Of the eighty-one pillars of Yin Spring that once supported the space between the ghost realm and the Human World, more than a dozen of them have now dimmed considerably.

Even the water of the Yin Spring began to dissipate outwards, as if it had lost the constraints of the rules of the Ghost Immortal Orthodox Lineage. It scattered in the air, forming large patches of sparkling light that resembled twinkling stars. In the dark sky of the Ghost Realm, it was particularly eye-catching, like a sky full of stars.

The tilt that occurred in the Ghost Realm was a tilt towards the southeast, causing the Ghost Realm continent to be closer to the bottom of the Human World, while the River Styx began to pour and overflow towards the northwest.

The Little Array Spirit reminded him from the side, "Fellow Daoist, the dozen or so Yin Springs in the southeast are still continuously draining away."

If this continues, these dozen or so Yin springs may completely collapse within half a Jiazi, and the southeast of the Ghost Realm will connect with the bottom of the Human World.

"And when these dozen or so Yin Springs collapse, the pressure will shift to the other Yin Springs. It is estimated that within five hundred years, the other Yin Springs will also collapse one after another, and eventually the entire Ghost Realm may be reunited with the Human World."

"This is indeed troublesome," Chen Dengming frowned.

Unexpectedly, the past extermination of the Buddha Guai, which enabled Dongfang Huayuan, also led to such a terrifying chain reaction.

However, this series of chain reactions may not be without the element of Eternal Great Tribulation brewing and erupting.

Eternal Great Tribulation is approaching, and it seems that whatever they do is already the Unseen.

They believed that by eliminating the Buddha Guai and helping Dongfang Huayuan break through to the Dao Integration Realm, they could eliminate the hidden dangers within the Ancient Realm and strengthen its defenses.

However, this also creates a hidden danger of collapse for the Yin Spring of the Ghost Realm, causing the Ghost Realm to tilt.

If the demon realm were allowed to re-enter the Human World, it would undoubtedly cause widespread devastation, and the calamity would rapidly expand and grow amidst these disasters, ultimately leading to Eternal Great Tribulation.

If there are still powerful cultivators of the Ghost Immortal Orthodox Lineage who have reached the Dao Integration stage, they might be able to resolve this crisis, repair the Yin Spring, and prevent the Ghost Realm from contacting the Human World.

But now, within the Ancient Realm, the last Dao-Merging expert who cultivated the Ghost Immortal Orthodox Lineage, Buddha Guai, has perished.

Chen Dengming looked at the Little Array Spirit and sighed, "I destroyed the Buddha Guai to stop the Eternal Great Tribulation and eliminate hidden dangers, but the destruction of the Buddha Guai caused the Yin Spring to collapse, resulting in disaster and possibly exacerbating the arrival of the Eternal Great Tribulation. This truly shows that every action has its cause and effect. Could this be karma?"

The Little Array Spirit stared at Chen Dengming's appearance, feeling a pang of heartache. She approached him, took his hands, and pressed her delicate body close, saying, "Fellow Daoist, this is not your fault. Now that things have happened, all we can do is try our best to make amends. There is always a way out; perhaps there are other ways to remedy the situation."

"Way."

Suddenly, Chen Dengming had a thought, and with a flick of his sleeve, a string of Buddha Light relics Prayer Beads radiating a hazy Buddhist light flew out from within his sleeve.

The moment these Prayer Beads appeared, they did not dispel the surrounding ghostly energy; instead, they attracted it, as if the ghostly energy was cheering and jumping for joy.

"Fellow Daoist, what kind of Law Treasure is this? It gives me a feeling that is both terrifying and familiar!"

The Little Array Spirit exclaimed in surprise.

Chen Dengming pondered and said, "This is the Seven Souls Prayer Beads, a supreme Buddhist treasure given to me by the Living Buddha Venerable. The Prayer Beads are formed from the good thoughts of the ghost immortal's Tai Guang and the Seven Souls, and are also infused with the supreme Buddhist power of the Living Buddha Venerable. They can eliminate disasters and ward off calamities."

Perhaps this string of Prayer Beads can alleviate some of the pressure from the dozen or so crumbling yin springs."

Almost the instant Chen Dengming had this thought, the Prayer Beads relic in his hand seemed to be connected to his mind, emitting a warm Buddha Light.

Chen Dengming instantly understood the idea of using Prayer Beads; it was worth a try.

Without further hesitation, he told the Little Array Spirit his idea and, guided by the Little Array Spirit, flew towards the twelve collapsing Yin Springs.

The Seven Souls Prayer Beads contain only eight relics, while the Yin Spring, which is on the verge of collapse, has twelve mouths.

Therefore, Chen Dengming could only select eight Yin Springs and try to send the Prayer Beads relic into them to see if he could use the Ghost Emperor's Seven Souls and the benevolent thoughts of the Tai Guang to stabilize the rules of the Ghost Immortal Orthodox Lineage and reshape the Yin Springs.

As long as eight of the Yin Springs remain stable, the other four Yin Springs in the southeast corner will also alleviate considerable pressure, and at least delay the southeastern region of the Ghost Realm from tilting towards the Human World.

After an incense stick has burned.

Chen Dengming, led by the Little Array Spirit, arrived at a nearly abandoned ghost town.

The Little Array Spirit said, "The Yin Spring Ghost Lord here has already fled. The Yin Spring is collapsing, and the ghostly energy here is rapidly dissipating, making it unsuitable for ghosts to linger. Only some low-level ghosts remain lingering here."

Chen Dengming looked at the many low-level ghosts still lingering in the ghost city and said, "Tell them to disperse. Whether they go to your Youdu or to Starfall Ghost City, do not let any ghosts stay here any longer."

The Little Array Spirit said "good," and immediately issued orders in her capacity as the Ghost Queen of Youdu, dispersing all the ghosts.

Chen Dengming then entered the ghost city. With a wave of his hand, he struck the largest Prayer Beads, representing the benevolent thoughts of the ghost Tai Guang, into the ancient Yin Spring well within the ghost city, which had already developed cracks.

The moment the Prayer Beads entered the Yin Spring, the entire spring burst forth with brilliant light, no longer dim.

The ghostly energy from all directions gathered on its own, causing the cracks in the Yin Spring to seem to heal. The Yin Spring water, which flowed down from the Human World above and connected with the ghost realm, gradually became attracted and no longer dissipated halfway through its flow.

Seeing this, the Little Array Spirit exclaimed excitedly, "Fellow Daoist, the benevolent Tai Guang of the ghost immortal within the Prayer Beads has an attractive effect on the Yin Spring water. As long as the Yin Spring water remains concentrated and doesn't dissipate, the supporting force formed won't weaken, and the Yin Spring will remain stable. You've succeeded!"

A smile involuntarily appeared on Chen Dengming's solemn face. "It seems that the power of the Ghost Immortal is indeed of great help in stabilizing the Ghost Realm."

These Seven Souls Prayer Beads truly have the power to ward off disasters and calamities.

He looked at the other seven relics, his eyes shining, and breathed a sigh of relief.

The rest of the process went smoothly. After Chen Dengming inserted the seven Seven Souls Relic Prayer Beads into the seven Yin Springs, he stabilized the other seven Yin Springs.

As a result, eight of the twelve Yin Springs that were on the verge of collapse have been stabilized again, and the gradual tilting trend in the southeastern region of the Ghost Realm has been temporarily halted.

Chen Dengming then instructed the Little Array Spirit and Zhu Xun search for other treasures that might be related to the ghost immortal, and to do their best to repair and fill the other four Yin Springs that were on the verge of collapse.

He then flew alone to the high sky of the northwest region of the Ghost Realm, where he began to open the Life and Death Gates in the area of surging and dense ghost energy, and used the Life and Death Cycle Technique to absorb ghost energy and intensify his cultivation.

This cultivation is not only for quickly entering the Dao Integration stage, but now it has another layer of meaning—to eliminate the hidden danger of a large amount of rising ghost energy and Death Qi combining, turning the Human World into Yin Earth.

When the southeastern region of the Ghost Realm comes into contact with the Human World, it will cause the Human World in that region to rapidly turn into Yin Earth.

The accumulation of the Styx River in the northwestern region of the Ghost Realm has led to an increase in the accumulation of ghostly energy, which gradually rises. The Death Qi in the Human World is being compressed and cannot sink, and there is a risk that it will quickly turn the Human World into Yin Earth.

This is a situation where there are problems on both ends.

Once a region in the Human World is reduced to Yin Earth, a large-scale disaster will erupt, and the calamity will rapidly increase.

Therefore, the balance between these two sides must be maintained without neglecting either one.

Chen Dengming is now serving as a transfer station for regulating ghost energy, located in the northwest sky above the Ghost Realm, rapidly absorbing Death Qi and converting it into Life Energy to quickly improve his cultivation.

He used to simply absorb the ghostly energy within a certain area and convert it into Death Qi, which easily caused a depletion of ghostly energy in that area. He had to constantly move around to avoid incurring the hatred of the ghosts.

Now, while cultivating above the drastically changed Ghost Realm, the situation has undergone a dramatic transformation.

The entire River Styx below was constantly releasing ghostly energy that rose upwards.

The entire Human World above was constantly releasing Death Qi and sinking down.

Chen Dengming absorbed everything frantically while caught in the middle, single-handedly holding up half the sky.

It was as if the entire ghost realm and the entire Human World were helping him cultivate.

The overwhelming Death Qi and ghostly energy poured into his Death Gate almost effortlessly, without him having to expend any effort to absorb them. His Death Gate was practically steaming dry; he couldn't absorb it all, he simply couldn't absorb it all.

Under these circumstances, even if he couldn't absorb most of the Death Qi and ghost energy, his cultivation speed still increased several times over.

This slight relief led to a curbing of the upward-rising ghostly energy, while the downward-sinking Death Qi, having nowhere to vent, was absorbed by Chen Dengming.

In this way, the balance between the two realms was barely maintained, and the situation of the Human World turning into the underworld was temporarily prevented.

Chen Dengming's cultivation level rapidly increased as black and white Life and Death Two Flowers in the ghostly sky.

It was originally necessary to cultivate for Jiazi to reach the peak of the Spirit Transformation.

However, it may now be shortened to more than twenty years.