The Mountain-Driving Whip's Moral Blackmail

Suddenly, the void twisted, and Yuan Jie, Yuan Lun, and Yuan Ling stepped out. Their auras were restrained as they stopped above the mountain range and looked down at the vast land beneath their feet.

Yuan Lun swept his gaze over the endless mountain ranges below, then turned to Yuan Jie beside him and asked, "Yuan Jie, you traveled the Western Continent for tens of thousands of years several dozen yuanhui ago, so you have some understanding of it. You should be the one coordinating this journey. Since you brought us directly here, you must already have a plan, right?"

"Correct." Yuan Jie nodded gently, his expression turning solemn as he said in a deep voice, "The Western Continent suffered a great catastrophe and has long since become a wasteland. You do not know the details, so I will explain them carefully first."

"In the past, the Earth Veins of the Western Continent centered around the Mount Sumeru Ancestral Vein. Nine Supreme-Grade Innate Earth Veins extended from the ancestral vein, along with over a hundred Superior-Grade Innate Earth Veins, several hundred Mid-Grade Innate Earth Veins, thousands of Low-Grade Innate Earth Veins, and countless branches and tributaries."

"Together, they formed an enormous Earth Vein network spanning the entire Western Continent. Through the Boundless Void, this network constantly absorbed and refined Chaos Qi, transforming it into Innate Spiritual Qi and Dao Rhyme Spiritual Essence. These then erupted from Innate Spiritual Acupoints spread throughout the Western Continent, nourishing the entire land and filling heaven and earth with abundant Innate Spiritual Qi and dense Dao Rhyme Spiritual Essence."

"But ever since Luo used the Mount Sumeru Ancestral Vein as the formation core and detonated all the Earth Veins of the Western Continent, everything was destroyed. He not only ruined more than half of the Mount Sumeru Ancestral Vein, causing its grade to plummet, but also brought disaster upon every Earth Vein connected to it, leaving them severely damaged."

"The extent of the damage to an Earth Vein was closely related to its distance from and connection with the Mount Sumeru Ancestral Vein. The nearer it was and the deeper its connection, the more thorough the destruction."

"Now, in the central region of the Western Continent, aside from the ruined Mount Sumeru Ancestral Vein whose grade had greatly fallen, every other Earth Vein had been blasted into nothingness. Without Earth Veins and spiritual acupoints to release Innate Spiritual Qi and Dao Rhyme Spiritual Essence, that region, apart from Mount Sumeru itself, had become a barren land where both were exceedingly thin."

"As for the four directions of the Western Continent, the condition of the Earth Veins varied greatly. Some had been completely reduced to ashes. Some were shattered beyond repair, their Earth Vein origins constantly leaking away. Some were only partially broken, with portions still intact. Only an extremely small number had barely remained whole."

"But those that were completely intact were exceedingly rare. There was not even a single Superior-Grade Innate Earth Vein among them."

"The Earth Vein beneath this towering, sprawling mountain range is already the highest-grade and least-damaged Earth Vein in the Western Continent aside from the Mount Sumeru Ancestral Vein."

"This is a Superior-Grade Innate Earth Vein. Although part of it has been shattered and damaged, it is connected to a surviving fragment of a broken Supreme-Grade Innate Earth Vein and linked to dozens of Mid-Grade and Low-Grade Innate Earth Veins. It is absolutely the foremost sacred and splendid land in the Western Continent apart from Mount Sumeru."

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"If we wish to choose a site in the Western Continent to establish our dojo, this place is undoubtedly the best choice. No other place can compare."

As for Mount Sumeru? That was Zhunti and Jieyin's birthplace, as well as their fated dojo. It was not something he could occupy simply because he wanted to.

Yuan Jie paused, looked at the mountains before him, and added, "This mountain range is called the Supreme Awakening Range."

"The Supreme Awakening Range?"

"Correct. Supreme means ultimate and primordial, symbolizing the beginning of chaos and the origin of the Dao. Awakening signifies the illumination of the Dao and the awakening of one's nature, symbolizing innate true awakening, complete comprehension of the Dao Heart, and insight into the origins of all laws. It is indeed qualified to become our dojo."

After admiring it, Yuan Ling asked again, "Yuan Jie, do you know where the core spiritual acupoint of the Supreme Awakening Range lies?"

Although the Supreme Awakening Range was extraordinary, it stretched for an immeasurable distance, so far that they could not see its end at a glance. Not just any location could serve as the site of their dojo.

Their dojo had to be built atop the core spiritual acupoint of the Supreme Awakening Range at the very least. Only then would it be worthy of bearing them and gathering Fortune.

"I do not!" Yuan Jie shook his head lightly.

The core spiritual acupoint of an Innate Earth Vein was not so easy to find, especially for higher-grade Innate Earth Veins. Such a place could be called a Blessed Land. Though not every one of them nurtured Innate Spiritual Treasures or Innate Spiritual Roots, they would certainly contain many precious natural treasures.

If they were truly so easy to find, the Innate Spiritual Treasures, Innate Spiritual Roots, and natural treasures nurtured by the Primordial World would have long since been taken clean.

However, Yuan Jie immediately continued, "Although I do not know where the core spiritual acupoint of the Supreme Awakening Range is, and it would be difficult to deduce it even through heavenly calculation, if we repair the shattered portions of the Supreme Awakening Range, we will surely gain its recognition and have the Fortune of the Supreme Awakening Range bestowed upon us."

"At that time, finding the core spiritual acupoint of the Supreme Awakening Range will naturally be effortless!"

Of course, there was another method: using one's own Great Dao to connect with heaven and earth, searching and probing inch by inch. But not only would that take an extremely long time, it might still fail to find it.

For if a Primordial Formation concealed the location of the Supreme Awakening Range's core spiritual acupoint, and it was not fated with them, they might not be able to find it.

Therefore, Yuan Jie did not even mention it.

"Good!" Yuan Lun and Yuan Ling both nodded. Their cultivation realms and knowledge were no less than Yuan Jie's, so they naturally understood what Yuan Jie understood and knew that this was the best course of action.

"Yuan Lun, then the rest depends on you!" Yuan Jie and Yuan Ling turned their gazes toward Yuan Lun.

Although Yuan Jie knew that some of the Earth Veins within the Supreme Awakening Range had been damaged and shattered, there was more than one damaged area. He had only conducted a rough investigation before, and if he were to deduce and inspect them himself, it would certainly cost him considerable effort.

Yuan Lun, however, was different. He possessed the Supreme-Grade Innate Spiritual Treasure, the Mountain-Driving Whip, which could sense the flow of Earth Veins and command their power. With this whip, he could completely sense where the Earth Veins of the Supreme Awakening Range were obstructed and where they had been damaged.

Yuan Lun did not answer, merely nodding lightly. With a thought, the Mountain-Driving Whip appeared in his hand.

"Whoosh!" The power of Yuan Lun's Great Dao surged around him and poured into the Mountain-Driving Whip. With a gentle swing, the long whip radiated profound and mysterious Dao power, connecting with and stirring the Earth Veins of the Supreme Awakening Range.

In an instant, Yuan Lun felt a marvelous sensation. With a casual swing, he could mobilize the Earth Vein power of the Supreme Awakening Range against enemies, even gathering the power of its mountains and Earth Veins into a phantom image of the range to defend himself or smash his foes.

Moreover, if he were strong enough, he could make the entire Supreme Awakening Range rise from the ground and use the whole range as a shield or a weapon.

If an enemy broke or even destroyed the Supreme Awakening Range and its Earth Veins, Karmic Force would descend upon both sides.

In other words, if he encountered an enemy he could not defeat, he could use the Mountain-Driving Whip to connect with and command the surrounding mountain ranges, drawing countless mountains before himself as protection.

Want to kill him?

Then destroy all the mountains and Earth Veins first. Then enjoy the full Karmic Force feast together! This was simply the same kind of moral blackmail as the Earth Book!