It Changed Color
"Theoretically?"
[The Myriad Poisons Divine Farmer's Canon]: Whether it works or not, we'll have to try it. But the risk is lower than the Thunder Emperor Divine Seat plan. The mechanism of poison is not destruction, but inhibition. The damage to the Sealing Formation itself is negligible.
Su Zhan thought for a moment.
"Try it, but only try one probe. Leave the other two untouched for now."
A faint green light emanated from the palm of his left hand.
The Myriad Poisons Divine Farmer's Canon created a special formula for venom—its color was much lighter than that of the Law-Eroding Poison, almost transparent, with only a faint green fluorescence.
Su Zhan dripped the venom from his palm onto the surface of the sphere.
The venom seeped into the sphere's outer shell.
Guided by the threads of the Shadow Thousand Silk Lock, the drop of venom moved precisely along the internal channels of the sphere to the smallest of the three gray spots.
The gray spot twitched the instant it made contact.
Su Zhan's hair stood on end.
It wasn't because the spot twitched—it was because he sensed something.
Something is watching him.
From the deepest part of the Sealing Formation.
Sealing Formation by seven layers.
Separated by the core sphere.
They were separated by an entire Mustard Seed Grotto-Heaven.
Something noticed him.
The sensation lasted less than a breath before disappearing. After the gray spots were covered by the Paralytic Poison of the Myriad Poisons Divine Farmer's Canon, they slowly faded and withered.
Ten breaths later, the first gray spot disappeared.
The tremors on the surface of the sphere lessened slightly.
[The Myriad Poisons Divine Farmer's Canon]: The first probe has entered dormancy. How long it can remain dormant is uncertain—at least seven days or more.
"Do the other two as well."
Su Zhan repeated the same procedure. The second spot was also successfully paralyzed.
The third one—the largest one—changed when the venom came into contact with its surface.
It changed color.
The gray turned into a very light purplish-black.
Su Zhan's hand froze.
Within his Sea of Consciousness, the Thunder Emperor Divine Seat suddenly issued a low warning.
[Thunder Emperor Divine Seat]: Stop. Resume.
Su Zhan immediately withdrew his hand.
The purplish-black spot turned back to gray after he withdrew his hand. But its area was slightly larger than before.
"What is that?"
[Thunder Emperor Divine Seat]: It is retaliating. When your venom comes into contact with it, it attempts to devour the consciousness component within the venom through its probe, just as it did before when it consumed the seven threads of the Thousand-Thread Lock.
[The Myriad Poisons Divine Farmer's Canon]:... My venom does not contain any consciousness.
[Thunder Emperor Divine Seat]: It doesn't care. It eats everything. Anything containing "activity"—whether it's Principle, energy, or consciousness—it can devour and transform it. Even the Law-Eroding Poison, the Ancestor of Myriad Poisons, has a weak amount of Principle activity. It doesn't even let that go.
Su Zhan slowly lowered his hand.
Two probes were paralyzed. The third one failed to make contact.
However, the rate at which the Sealing Formation energy decayed decreased from three times to about two times.
The nine-month deadline was reduced to four and a half months.
It's a little better than before, but it's still very tight.
Su Zhan a few steps back and leaned against the wall of the Core Space.
He needs to recalculate the time.
Five Heaven-Mending Stone were found in four and a half months.
Each stone takes less than a month to complete on average.
Each stone is in an extremely dangerous environment.
"Let's go to the closest one first." Su Zhan mentally recalled the map on the Stone Stele. Of the five locations, the one closest to the exit of the Mustard Seed Grotto-Heaven Teleportation Array was --
The Eastern Domain Canglan Sea.
A legendary, bottomless sea, teeming with High Antiquity Sea Beast and mysterious water Principle.
Does anyone remember the Azure Billows Sea?
The Sea of Consciousness remained quiet for several breaths.
[Nine Heavens Divine Lightning]: A blurry scene exists in the remnants of the Thunder Emperor Divine Seat's memory. In High Antiquity times, the Azure Billows Sea was an extremely dangerous forbidden zone. There was a High Antiquity Ruins on the seabed, and the creatures inside did not belong to this era.
What does it mean to "not belong to this era"?
[Thunder Emperor Divine Seat]:... It means exactly what it says. Those things are even older than High Antiquity. Don't ask anymore, I can't remember. We'll talk about it when we get there.
Su Zhan rubbed his fingers together.
"Okay. We'll leave tomorrow."