At that moment.
Lin Tian suddenly recalled the innate Chaos Demon God rumored in the Primordial World to possess the innate divine ability of mirror images.
At the same time.
The mirror image of the nine nether vine suspended in midair came into view.
One became two, two became four, and four became eight.
In an instant, they multiplied without end!
And the aura radiating from every mirror-image nine nether vine was actually on par with the formidable aura of Lin Tian's true body!
So it really is that old fellow!
Lin Tian felt both startled and delighted.
Fortunately, his reactions just now had been quick enough.
He had pulled Ghost Chariot and the little beast into the Myriad Heavens World within his Thirty-Six Divine Leaves in time.
Otherwise, this remnant divine sense of a Chaos Demon God, capable of copying Mirror-Image Clones, would have duplicated not only him, but also the Little Beast Emperor and Ghost Chariot, creating different Mirror-Image Clones of them as well!
Lin Tian thought back to fifty thousand years ago. Before refining the innate formation, Ghost Chariot had told him that once its refinement was complete, the formation would collapse and unleash a backlash that the three of them-one vine, one beast, and one bird-would struggle to withstand.
However.
The backlash from the formation's collapse that Ghost Chariot had feared never appeared.
Instead, this decaying, ancient remnant of a Chaos Demon God's divine sense had emerged.
But.
Why had this Chaos Demon God clung to existence within the formation for fifty thousand years?
He had watched one vine, one beast, and one bird finish refining this innate formation, then revealed himself only at the moment it collapsed. What was he after?
He wanted an opening to exploit at the moment the formation collapsed.
With his current power and cultivation, never mind taking on one vine, one beast, and one bird—even against Lin Tian alone, an Innate Spirit Plant at merely the middle Great Unity Golden Immortal stage, he had no absolute confidence of victory.
After all, the Innate 108-Celestial-Circuit Star Formation displayed by this nine nether vine, an Innate Spirit Plant with an Origin, had utterly terrified this Chaos Demon God, who had lived for untold ages.
At that moment.
Countless Replication Mirror-Image Clones of the nine nether vine spread throughout the tens of millions of miles surrounding Lin Tian's vine body.
At the same time.
The cultivation and power displayed by these countless Mirror-Image Clones were likewise at the middle Great Unity Golden Immortal stage.
Yet precisely this display.
Made Lin Tian sense all the more clearly the panic and unease within this Chaos Demon God who had suddenly appeared.
Otherwise, this Chaos Demon God could simply have waited until Lin Tian put away the formation spirits of the two innate formations before fleeing.
The reason he had appeared before that moment was that this remnant divine sense of an innate Chaos Demon God could no longer withstand the swift, tidal pressure of the Innate 108-Celestial-Circuit Star Formation, which scoured him like a raging river.
Had this remnant divine sense of an innate Chaos Demon God clung to existence for much longer, it would likely have become nourishment for the nine nether vine.
That was certainly not an outcome this innate Chaos Demon God, who had clung to existence in the Primordial World for untold ages, wished to see.
Lin Tian had already determined in his heart exactly which demonic immortal of the immortal halls, which innate Chaos Demon God, this remnant divine sense belonged to.
At that moment, he did not unleash any divine ability of his own.
After all.
This was his home ground, encompassed by the nine nether vine. Lin Tian's various origins had already become the independent laws of this stretch of heaven and earth.
He could draw upon the Law Origin to deal with these countless mirror-image nine nether vines slowly and methodically.
Lin Tian sent his Spirit Awareness toward the various mirror-image doubles scattered throughout the independent world the nine nether vine had fashioned:
"I am the Innate Spirit Plant, the Primordial Ninefold Nether Vine. I came here to refine two innate formations, unaware that I would disturb your secluded cultivation, venerable senior. I hope you will forgive me."
After Lin Tian sent out this message through his Spirit Awareness, the atmosphere in the independent world, where swords had been drawn and bows bent, suddenly grew awkward.
The Chaos Demon God's divine sense sent out another utterly furious message, its Spirit Awareness spreading across the tens of millions of miles encompassed by the nine nether vine:
"This is where I cultivate in seclusion, and those two innate formations were arrays I laid down myself. You refined the two formations guarding my gates, you whelp! Pay for it with your life!"
Of course, his fury now was not as intense as the anger in his previous message.
And at that moment, with his insight into the subtle workings of the minds of the Primordial World Creature, how could Lin Tian fail to see that this Chaos Demon God's divine sense only seemed angry, while actually seeking a way to step down gracefully?
Lin Tian politely sent another message through his Spirit Awareness. Once again, it split into countless strands, instantly enveloping the innumerable Mirror-Image Clones across tens of millions of miles:
"This is Mount Buzhou, formed from Pan Gu's spine when heaven and earth were first opened in the Primordial World. Every spiritual treasure and every formation on this mountain belongs to whoever has the ability to claim it! Even the Qilin Clan, whose blessings rival heaven itself, dares not proclaim Mount Buzhou its forbidden territory. May I ask, fellow Daoist, just who are you?"
As Lin Tian sent out this message, he laughed inwardly:
Chaos Demon Gods like these, who escaped Pan Gu's World-Opening divine axe and then eked out a furtive existence in the Primordial World he created, would never dare announce their true identities. Even that earlier double of the Heaven-and-Earth Demon God only dared call himself the Heaven-and-Earth Ancestor, not the Qiankun Chaos Demon God. Otherwise, once a demon god appeared, every living being in the Primordial World could rise up and strike him down!
The purpose of the countless strands of Spirit Awareness Lin Tian had just sent out was to locate this Chaos Demon God's divine sense!
Within this independent world he had created, any response to his Spirit Awareness would allow him to locate and distinguish which Mirror-Image Clone housed the Chaos Demon God's divine sense.
Then.
Lin Tian made a wondrous discovery.
Even after he invoked the laws of this heaven and earth that belonged to him alone, drew upon the various origins within him, and enveloped the countless Mirror-Image Clones of the nine nether vine with all his Spirit Awareness, he discovered that every double housed the Chaos Demon God's divine sense!
Now that's rather remarkable, Lin Tian thought.
"Innate Spirit Plant, I see that your Origin is extraordinary and your quality exceptionally high. I cannot bear to strike you dead! How about this? Become an attendant under me, and I can spare your life. As for who I am, you are not yet worthy of knowing my name!"
The Chaos Demon God's divine sense sent Lin Tian another message through Spirit Awareness.
At that moment.
Lin Tian had already more or less ascertained this innate Chaos Demon God's roots, origins, and the innate divine ability he could wield.
In the secret lore of the Primordial World, the shadows of two Chaos Demon Gods had always run through its entire history.
From the Fierce Beast Calamity at the very beginning of the Primordial World to the later Dragon-Phoenix Calamity and Witch-Demon Calamity... even after Daoist Hongjun merged himself with the Dao and taught the Three Thousand Great Daos of the Purple Heaven Palace to the Three Thousand Purple Heaven Guests there, through the subsequent Investiture of the Gods Calamity and the Journey to the West Calamity, when Buddhist teachings spread eastward, and beyond.
Their shadows could be found in all these immeasurable calamities of the Primordial World.
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