The moment he heard about the chain restriction, Devil Lord Six Desires froze, unconsciously stopping what he was doing. Frowning, he asked, "What do you mean? When did I ever set up a chain restriction?"
"You're on the verge of death and still dare to deny it! If you didn't set up the chain restriction, then who did? That old bastard Meng the Hunchback?!"
Seeing that Duanmu Ji refused to believe him, Devil Lord Six Desires lightly touched his chest with a finger, drawing a drop of searing blood from his body.
"Brother Duanmu, I'm willing to swear by my heart demon that there must be someone else here besides the two of us. I never set up a chain restriction."
Seeing Devil Lord Six Desires swear by his heart demon, Duanmu Ji stopped what he was doing. After all, heart demons were what cultivators feared most.
If Devil Lord Six Desires really had done this, then heart demons would soon take root within him, leaving him unable to advance in his cultivation even a fraction. He might even die and have his Dao erased.
"So you're saying... someone else came here too, besides us... Could it have been Meng the Hunchback?"
"I doubt it. Meng the Hunchback doesn't know much about formations. It was probably that brat Luo Chuan you brought along..."
Before Devil Lord Six Desires could finish speaking, the entire Forbidden Mountain suddenly shook violently. The ground split open with a web of cracks, and an energy far more terrifying than before surged up from underground.
Duanmu Ji's pupils contracted sharply. He was just about to warn the others to be careful when a resonant hum rang out from the sky above. Countless purple-gold bolts of lightning coiled together like horned dragons, forming a pillar of lightning that pierced heaven and earth.
"Not good! It's the Final Restriction!"
Duanmu Ji roared as he brought out the last of his defensive treasures. Devil Lord Six Desires also stopped what he was doing, hastily urging his demonic energy into a black shield.
But the instant the purple lightning struck, both the treasure and the shield shattered like paper. The force of the lightning rampaged through their meridians, and the two of them spat out mouthfuls of blood as they were blasted backward.
"That brat Luo Chuan... He actually managed to trigger the Final Restriction!"
Clutching his chest, Devil Lord Six Desires glared furiously, his face filled with shock and unwillingness.
Duanmu Ji's breathing was even more ragged. His aged body swayed as he looked at the Forbidden Mountain collapsing around them and gritted his teeth.
"We can't stay here. Retreat!"
Their earlier hostility was gone. Supporting each other, they staggered backward amid the incessant thunderclaps, fleeing the Mountain of Restrictions in a wretched state, afraid they would die there.
Luo Chuan held his hands in front of his chest, touching his index fingers and thumbs together to form a diamond shape. He murmured an incantation, and a brilliant golden beam shot from his fingertips.
The beam shot straight into the clouds. A vast surge of energy suddenly enveloped the entire peak of the Forbidden Mountain, destroying every restriction in an instant.
As the restrictions were destroyed, the mountain peak before him began to shake violently. Then even more powerful energy swept toward him in relentless waves.
Even Luo Chuan, who was at the mid-stage of the Yingbian Realm, could clearly feel his Nascent Soul trembling wildly.
"So this is the true power of the Ancient God Tusi. Truly astonishing!"
Xu Liguo was terrified. He immediately hid against Luo Chuan and said fearfully, "What kind of energy is this? It's terrifying beyond belief! Master, we should leave at once."
Just then, a golden figure suddenly appeared. As its light enveloped the area, a giant hundreds of zhang tall slowly materialized, its immense energy instantly pinning Luo Chuan in place.
"My name is Tusi. You have undone every restriction on this peak of the Forbidden Mountain. I grant you the title of the mountain's third Great Enlightened One, and bestow upon you the jade slip for making Restriction Banners."
"If you can enter my true body's sea of consciousness, your status as an Enlightened One will earn you a portion of my true body's memories of restrictions. Every Enlightened One may obtain a piece of Mojian Stone from my sea of consciousness. This Mojian Stone is not produced on any planet; it is found only in the starry sky."
"It is an essential material for making restrictions. Carve nine hundred and ninety-nine thousand, nine hundred and ninety-nine restrictions into it, and you can make a Restriction Banner. Young one, take care."
Luo Chuan accepted the Ancient God's inheritance of restrictions and respectfully cupped his hands toward the apparition. "Thank you, Senior."
Xu Liguo asked curiously, "Master, who is that? You're even being this respectful to him. Could he be an Ascendant Realm expert?"
"Ascendant?" Luo Chuan answered coldly. "He's the Eight-Star Ancient God Tusi. His power reached perfection long ago. An Ascendant would be nothing but an ant before him."
"But Tusi is dead. This is only a special projection he left behind, so he poses no threat to us. Let's go."
Xu Liguo's mouth twitched. He had thought the giant could kill the evil star, but it seemed that chance was gone.
What a shame. What a shame indeed.
After leaving the second trial, Luo Chuan was transported to a Treasure Pavilion, a place that only Enlightened Ones of the Forbidden Mountain could enter.
Back then, Luo Chuan hadn't completely undone all the restrictions on the Forbidden Mountain, so he hadn't been transported here or obtained anything inside the Treasure Pavilion.
If his guess was right, there should be a special treasure in this pavilion: something left behind by the expert who had comprehended restrictions all those years ago.
There were no other structures on the top floor. In the center stood only something resembling a candlestick, with a drawer inside it. But the drawer was empty.
Someone else might have left after seeing there was nothing here. But as a transmigrator, Luo Chuan knew there was a hidden compartment inside the drawer.
Luo Chuan abruptly exerted force with his right hand, shattering the energy surrounding the hidden compartment. A blood-red storage bag appeared before him.
"Just as I thought."
Luo Chuan narrowed his eyes as he looked at the special storage bag in his hand. He didn't care much about the other things inside, but the Star Disk would be very useful.
The blood-red energy hovering around the storage bag must have been the restriction Nado had left behind.
At his peak, Nado had been at the peak of the Ascendant Realm, so the soul force he had used to set the restriction was not to be underestimated. With Luo Chuan's current strength, he could open the bag, but it would take a great deal of time.
What Luo Chuan lacked right now was time. He couldn't spare any to undo the restriction Nado had left on the storage bag.
If Tuosen found out that he was here, he would certainly send Blood Sea War General Duomu and the others to hunt him down, preventing him from obtaining the Ancient God's Memory Inheritance.
Without hesitation, Luo Chuan put the storage bag away and turned to look at the vortex floating in midair. This should be the entrance to the third trial.