Breaking the Formation!

Earth Ruins Realm.

The Blackwater Lake, which originally covered hundreds of thousands of square kilometers, has now become a barren wasteland on higher ground, with not a trace of water left.

Even the island in the lake that the Nightmare Dragon Emperor had taken over as his lair had collapsed, resembling a dilapidated mountain peak. Only the palace on the island remained intact, at least the main hall was still standing.

Zhou Hao slowly walked out of the main hall of the island, stood on the edge of the broken island, looked at the barren land around him, and showed a look of regret.

"There are no corpses of the Chaos Alien. No wonder the Nightmare Dragon Emperor wanted to join forces with me." Zhou Hao shook his head.

The simplest way for the Necro Race to increase their strength is to devour the corpses of the Chaos Alien to enhance their own bloodline.

As for Zhou Hao, although he couldn't absorb the corpse of the Chaos Alien to improve himself, his natal magic weapon, the ' Saha Treasure Tree ', could.

The corpse that was taken from the Snow Maiden Clan last time allowed the Saha Treasure Tree to evolve again. Over the past few years, the Saha Treasure Tree has been nurtured in the Purple Mansion Origin Sea of Zhou Hao's Asura God clone. The strength of its trunk and branches has long exceeded the limits of a Celestial-grade magic treasure, and is even comparable to a Pure Yang magic treasure.

"However, killing a top-tier emperor of the Necro Race can yield over two hundred pure Yang magic treasures and tens of thousands of immortal-grade magic treasures. This is a considerable reward. At least it's enough to establish the Yingtian Guard and satisfy the needs of the cultivators who join by exchanging merit points." Zhou Hao thought to himself as he looked at his Storage Bracelet.

Floating within the storage space were numerous powerful magical artifacts, each possessing terrifyingly pure Origin Power and belonging to the pure Yang level.

At the same time, there were tens of thousands of immortal-grade magic treasures floating around the pure yang magic treasure. As for heaven-grade magic treasures and a large number of rare items, they were like a continuous mountain range, filling the entire storage space, with at least hundreds of thousands of items.

The sheer number of magical treasures and rare items contained within this Storage Bracelet would drive any true immortal or celestial being mad. Even the ruler of a great world would struggle to gather such a quantity without collecting all the magical treasures of the cultivators under his command.

This is normal. After all, the Earth Ruins Realm is restricted by the array set up by the Lady Nuwa. Since true immortals and gods cannot enter, a Necro Race emperor of the Nightmare Dragon Emperor's level can only rely on his physical body to reach almost the limit that a celestial immortal can achieve.

In other words, Zhou Hao possessed the Eight-Nine Arcane Art, the Great Chaos Palm (one of the top ten divine abilities in the Three Realms), and top-tier powers such as Taiji Power, Limitless Power, and Mental Power, which enabled him to fight and kill the opponent.

Brush!

A black cloth banner appeared in Zhou Hao's hand. With a wave of his hand, twelve black mists flew out from the banner, transforming into twelve black-armored demonic corpses.

He then divided a wisp of his divine soul into twelve strands and injected them into these black-armored demon corpses. The originally empty eyes of the black-armored demon corpses instantly became bright, and then they flew out in all directions with a whooshing sound.

"Use these demonic corpses to collect the magical treasures scattered in Blackwater Lake before leaving."

Just by looking at how Shaoyan Chou's clones casually picked up dozens of magical treasures from the Blackwater Lake while searching for the Jade Light Rings, one can tell that there are quite a few magical treasures that have fallen into the Blackwater Lake over the years.

After all, his family was large and powerful. Whether it was establishing the Yingtian Guard, developing his power, or continuing to cultivate the Eight-Nine Arcane Art after surviving the Heavenly Tribulation, he needed a huge amount of resources. Even a small amount of resources was still valuable.

Even with twelve black-armored demon corpses searching separately, the Blackwater Lake, spanning hundreds of thousands of miles, would take quite some time. While waiting, Zhou Hao took out the Heaven-Earth Spirit Mirror.

"If Senior Sister Xuan Guang had been given more time to study, perhaps she could have deciphered the secret runes of the Heaven-Earth Spirit Mirror and entered Five Village Temple, thus avoiding her death." Zhou Hao looked at the long token in his hand.

Besides the Divine Pattern forming the ancient characters 'Heaven and Earth' on the front of the token, there were also many seemingly chaotic Divine Pattern. Knowing that Radiant Light Heavenly Immortal had not fully deciphered them before being ambushed and killed by the Shaoyan Clan, he couldn't help but sigh with regret.

"Huh, these Divine Pattern." Zhou Hao looked at the chaotic Divine Pattern on the token with surprise. When he focused his attention to examine them, the patterns that originally seemed to be engraved on the token were actually flowing. Moreover, the patterns were constantly changing as they flowed, as if the patterns were different from the past every moment.

"Interesting."

This immediately piqued Zhou Hao's interest. He sat down cross-legged and began to immerse himself in studying the ever-changing patterns.

Call!

Zhou Hao's Asura God clone emerged from the Red Dust Immortal Mansion and stood aside to protect his main body.

This is the advantage of having both the main body and the clones present; the Earth Ruins Realm is unpredictable, and he must be on guard.

Although the main body and the Second Primordial Spirit are connected by their souls, they are ultimately two independent individuals. When the main body is immersed in enlightenment, the Second Primordial Spirit is not affected.

"This should be how it should be, this pattern should be here..." Zhou Hao's mind was completely focused on the token in his hand, occasionally using his Origin Power to trace its outline.

"That's amazing!" Zhou Hao exclaimed.

"No wonder it's said that deciphering the Divine Pattern the Heaven-Earth Spirit Mirror is the first test upon entering the Five Village Temple, a test of comprehension. If one's Dao realm is insufficient, one might not even be able to find a clue among these chaotic patterns."

"The process of dissolving these Divine Pattern is like comprehending the Dao, only it is more concrete, unlike the Dao of Heaven and Earth, which is ethereal and cannot be seen directly, but can only be comprehended through one's own experience."

My current realm is already high enough. Even compared to Pure Yang True Immortal, apart from not yet fully comprehending and mastering a Great Dao, I have already surpassed the vast majority of Pure Yang True Immortal in the most fundamental power of the universe's rotation.

Even so, while studying the Divine Pattern on the Heaven-Earth Spirit Mirror, one could feel the various Daos one had comprehended slowly improving.

Moreover, Zhou Hao's strong willpower also played an extraordinary role at this time.

Ordinary celestial beings would find studying these Divine Pattern extremely taxing on their spiritual energy and mental strength, becoming very tired and needing to concentrate and meditate to recover their spiritual energy after only a short time.

However, Zhou Hao's mental strength had reached the peak of the third level, almost reaching the fourth level, which enabled him to continue his research as if he were tireless.

After studying and comprehending the design for almost half an hour, Zhou Hao finally connected the last line of the pattern.

"Buzz~~~"

All the patterns on the front of the token in his hand floated up, moving endlessly in the air like tadpoles, and finally burst out with a dazzling white light.

An ancient gate appeared in the white light, and at the end of the gate, a Daoist temple could be seen faintly.

A faint aura of chaos permeated the air, and in his mind, a gentle voice seemed to be calling him to enter the portal.

"This is... Five Village Temple." Zhou Hao realized that he had already passed the first test of the Heaven-Earth Spirit Mirror and gained the opportunity to enter Five Village Temple.

"Then let's go to Five Village Temple Red Dust Immortal Mansion first." Zhou Hao stood up and sent the Asura God clone back to the Mortal Realm Immortal Abode.

The black-armored demon corpse that had been sent out to search for the magical treasure had already returned and been taken back by the Asura God's avatar. There was no longer any need to stay at Blackwater Lake.

As for the other four top-tier emperors of the Necro Race, there's no need to worry about them leaving the Earth Ruins Realm. It's not too late to go after they leave Five Village Temple.

"Whoosh~~~"

As Zhou Hao stepped through the ancient gate, the dazzling white light receded and dissipated in the air.

In the chaotic void outside the Earth Ruins Realm.

Two figures suddenly appeared, standing in the void and gazing at the vast world shrouded in gray mist.

The Black-Robed God King of the Wujian Gate stood respectfully beside a man in purple robes and said, "Please, Uncle-Master, take action and break the sealing formation left behind by Nuwa."

The man in purple carried a dark purple wooden ruler on his back. His expression was calm, as if he were taking a leisurely stroll after a meal, exuding an air of tranquility.

The man in purple robes was clearly no ordinary person to be addressed as "Uncle-Master" by the powerful Black-Robed God King of the Wujian Gate.

He is none other than ' Huan Wood Master ', holding an unparalleled and transcendent position within the entire Wujian Gate faction.

The Wujian Gate faction originates from the ' Wujian Chaosworld ', possessing profound foundations and numerous strongholds, namely the Tenth World, the Ninth World... all the way up to the First World.

These ten worlds are like ten super military camps, each with a Dao Ancestor presiding over them, commanding countless immortals and demons to conquer the various worlds of Nuwa Faction.

The higher the ranking of these ten military camps, the stronger their overall strength.

The 'First World,' where the Master Hengmu resides, is the true core strength of the entire Wujian Gate camp, with tens of thousands of True Immortals and Celestial Gods alone, and over ten million Celestial Immortals.

Even compared to the ' Myriad Demon Realm Realm' where the current supreme leader of the Wujian Gate Sect Lord of Myriad Demons, resides, it surpasses it.

This being, whose status was second only to the Lord of Myriad Demons, was invited to the outside of the Earth Ruins Realm by the Black-Robed God King today.

"This little guy named Zhou Hao is just a minor troublemaker. You're taking it too seriously. You even specifically asked me to break the formation Nuwa left in the Earth Ruins Realm. It's rare for those Celestial Immortals to have a place to hone their skills without worrying about the threats from True Immortals and Gods, and you've just ruined it like this..." Huan Wood Master shook his head gently.

"Uncle-Master, the battle between factions has just begun. Both sides are accumulating strength. If it were just the two Celestial Immortals relying on their own abilities to obtain opportunities in the Earth Ruins Realm, that would be fine."

"But Zhou Hao, with his Void Return form, was able to kill the strongest Necro Race. If left unchecked, all the treasures and resources of the entire Earth Ruins Realm would surely fall into his hands," the Black-Robed God King said.

"I have dispatched 320 Celestial Immortals from the Third World. As soon as Martial Uncle breaks the seal, they will immediately enter and sweep through the entire Earth Ruins Realm."

"You also want to kill Zhou Hao while you're at it, don't you?" Master Hengmu sighed. "He's the Sanqing ' most beloved junior disciple."

The footage of Zhou Hao killing several Celestial Immortals of the Shaoyan Clan was also shown to the higher-ups of the Wujian Gate after Shaoyan Chou defected to the Wujian Gate.

With the level of Master Hengmu, he would naturally understand after seeing it that the palm-type great divine power, which had never appeared in the Three Realms before, was clearly a newly created one. He would know how much effort the Daoist Sanqing had put into cultivating this young disciple.

"Uncle-Master, he has already reached the strength of a near-top-tier Heavenly God True Immortal before even passing the Heavenly God Tribulation. If we don't eliminate him now, I'm afraid that even if the True God Dao Ancestor doesn't take action, no one will be able to control him in the future," the Black-Robed God King quickly explained.

His own uncle, who was clearly from the Wujian Chaosworld, had associated with a group of powerful figures in Nuwa Faction and even become friends with them. He had often secretly complained about him in the past.

What kind of time is this? Just because he's a friend's disciple, does that mean you can't bring yourself to do it?

His greatest idol was his master, the "Heart Demon Lord," who acted ruthlessly and decisively, eliminating all threats without mercy!

However, back then, the Heart Demon Lord merged into the Heavenly Dao of the Three Realms to save his own life. As the nominal leader of the Wujian Gate Sect, I had to appease this senior uncle if I wanted to control the Wujian Gate.

"I'm not that soft-hearted. Even if I killed the disciples of the Sanqing, it wouldn't matter." Master Hengmu shook his head.

The guidance from fate is very clear: the Wujian Gate faction and the Nuwa Faction must eliminate one side for the other to survive.

For the sake of those old brothers who were born from chaos together, even friends like the Sanqing, Rulai, Xiaoyao, he had no choice but to grit his teeth and send them on their way.

"Then I'll just watch my master's techniques from the sidelines," the Black-Robed God King said.

Both sides have powerful experts skilled in formations. Although the strongest Fuxi, one of the three emperors of the human race, the Master Hengmu is only slightly inferior, and the difference is not significant.

In fact, if they really wanted to break the sealing formation of the Earth Ruins Realm, even without the Master Hengmu's intervention, the Black-Robed God King could have broken the formation by force by summoning several True God Dao Ancestor.

Killing Zhou Hao outright would be even easier.

However, that would cause too much of a commotion, especially given the current tense situation where both sides are restraining each other and neither the True God Dao Ancestor are taking action. It could very well provoke the Nuwa Faction to retaliate in anger, with both sides' powerful figures taking action, directly triggering a final battle and causing the situation to spiral out of control.

However, if the Master Hengmu intervenes, resolving the issue through the formation becomes much less troublesome.

Even if the powerful figures in Nuwa Faction discovered this, because of the Master Hengmu, it wouldn't lead to a full-blown fight between the two sides; the struggle would still be kept within the level of celestial gods and true immortals.

Call!

With a wave of his hand, the purple wooden Master Hengmu was carrying on his back came into his hand.

He held a wooden ruler, his expression solemn, and pointed towards the distant Earth Ruins Realm.

"Certainly!"

Wow~~~

A hazy purple light flew out from the wooden ruler, almost instantly enveloping the Earth Ruins Realm.

The ever-flowing gray clouds were forcibly condensed by the endless purple light, and immediately became still.

Then the Master Hengmu paused slightly, holding the wooden ruler, as if silently calculating something.

The Black-Robed God King stood aside, observing carefully, while also spreading his consciousness to guard against any powerful figures from Nuwa Faction who might suddenly appear.

Although he had already deduced that with the Master Hengmu here, even if the powerful figures in Nuwa Faction noticed this place, they wouldn't directly and recklessly take action, there's always a chance of something going wrong.

If this attempt to break the formation is interrupted, then any future actions taken against the Earth Ruins Realm will have to be carried out openly.

Fortunately, the thing the Black-Robed God King was worried about did not happen. After silently calculating for nearly ten breaths, the Master Hengmu finally had a bright look in his eyes and looked in one direction.

"Here it is." The Master Hengmu's clothes suddenly fluttered without any wind.

The chaotic power of the void converged madly upon him, making him incredibly imposing for a moment.

Even the Black-Robed God King, a top-tier figure among Dao Ancestors, was shaken by the terrifying aura emanating from it.

"Break!"

All the boundless power gathered on the purple wooden ruler in the hands of the Master Hengmu, and then he slashed from afar.

Rumble~~~~

The gray clouds outside the entire Earth Ruins Realm trembled violently, and as they trembled, it was clear from the void that the gray clouds seemed to have thinned considerably.

"Uncle-Master?" The Black-Robed God King, somewhat puzzled.

If the formation were broken, the gray clouds should dissipate, revealing the Earth Ruins Realm within.

The clouds are just thin now, so does that mean it's broken or not?

"Without Nuwa's array sealing it, the Necro Race in the Earth Ruins Realm could easily leave, which would be a disaster for ordinary beings in other great worlds. I have only broken the array that restricts the entry of gods and immortals; you can arrange for immortals and demons to enter now," Huan Wood Master said calmly.

"Uncle-Master is indeed very thoughtful." The Black-Robed God King chuckled dryly, then waved his sleeve and released two large innate spiritual treasure ships.

Each of the two large ships carried 160 celestial beings and immortals. Upon their appearance, they transformed into two streaks of light, entering the Earth Ruins Realm from the left and right respectively.

"I'm grateful for your help this time, Uncle-Master. I'll take care of the rest," the Black-Robed God King said with a smile.

He hadn't expected things to go so smoothly.

The next step is to sweep through the entire Earth Ruins Realm.

Nuwa Faction has established numerous immortal bases in the Earth Ruins Realm, which can be taken advantage of by surprise and destroyed.

If we find and kill Zhou Hao, then the story will be completely complete.

However, the Master Hengmu seemed not to have heard the words of the Black-Robed God King. He simply looked at a spot in the chaotic void and a smile appeared on his face.

"Sanqing, it's been a long time. I never expected to see you again, only to find yourself as an avatar of the Daoist Lingbao."

Daoist Lingbao?

The Black-Robed God King was startled and turned his head to look as well.

Then a young Daoist priest, also dressed in black robes and seemingly exuding an aura of endless destruction, appeared from the void.

First update.