Chapter 465 79: Buddha, Demon, Hand (Part 2)

The white-robed youth said, "Come with me. We will retrieve my left hand first. After I've recovered a bit of my strength, we can search for the other parts of my body."

The Shengshou Scholar bowed. "The Hidden Demon Sect, from top to bottom, pledges to follow you, Lord Demon Lord, and vie for supremacy over the world once more."

The white-robed youth chuckled, summoned a cloud of light that lifted the Shengshou Scholar as well, and flew off toward the distant sky.

...

Fang Cheng only reappeared after fleeing for thousands of miles, materializing in a remote mountain forest.

He found a cave, entered it, and set up some restrictive wards. Then, he lit a stick of Spirit Incense. Wisps of green smoke rose and soon coalesced into the beautiful, delicate face of Ye Yan.

"Husband, what's so urgent?" Ye Yan asked, her face showing curiosity and confusion as she gazed at Fang Cheng.

Before leaving the Abyssal Marsh, Fang Cheng had instructed her to use the Ten Thousand Miles Sound Transmission Incense to contact him if there was an emergency.

Fang Cheng didn't have time for a lengthy explanation. He just gave his orders: "Yan'Er, quickly, use the Two Realms Talisman I left you to take in the Primordial Qi Celestial Island. Bring the family, young and old, to the Wilderness Domain to seek refuge. You must not delay for a moment."

"This..." Ye Yan was taken aback. Her expression grew solemn, and she seemed to want to speak but stopped herself.

Fang Cheng said in a grave voice, "This is no laughing matter. An unparalleled demon is heading for the Abyssal Marsh. Flee to the Wilderness Domain immediately. I will follow you shortly."

"Alright, I'll make the arrangements at once," Ye Yan said solemnly.

Of course, she chose to trust Fang Cheng without question.

Fang Cheng snuffed out the Spirit Incense, then took out another and hastily lit it.

A short while later, the green smoke coalesced into the figure of Sun Fuguo.

Fang Cheng got straight to the point. "Master, the left hand of an unparalleled great demon is sealed in the depths of our sect's Earth Abyss. That demon has now possessed a Tribulation Realm Cultivator to take form. His power is unfathomable. He has already devoured five Dharma Masters in the Jin Country and is now heading for the Abyssal Marsh. You must immediately lead the sect's disciples and relocate to the Wilderness Domain. Once you're there, remember to destroy the Teleportation Array immediately!"

Even with Sun Fuguo's stable Dao Heart, he couldn't help but be shaken by this astonishing news.

After a moment of contemplation, he cut to the chase and asked directly, "How much time do we have?"

Fang Cheng mentally estimated the speed of the Demon Lord's avatar and the Shengshou Scholar. "Half a day at most," he said. "The faster, the better."

"Understood." Sun Fuguo gave Fang Cheng a complicated look, and then his image dissipated.

'He'd heard vague whispers of Fang Cheng's exploits in the Jin Country, but this... this was simply beyond belief.'

...

Fang Cheng gazed at the Void God Gu in his hand and pondered for a moment. With a thought, the nearly transparent Gu Insect suddenly beat its wings and vanished into the void.

He then summoned his Ruyi Celestial Escape Shuttle and headed toward the True Flame Sect.

The Ten Thousand Worlds Compass he had left at the True Flame Sect was currently absorbing Spiritual Qi from Spirit Rock Peak to accumulate Spiritual Mechanism, preparing for his next journey across world heavens.

This time, he had sent the Void God Gu to the Abyssal Marsh to monitor the movements of the Demon Lord's avatar and the Shengshou Scholar, striving to gather the most crucial intelligence.

If the situation turned dire, he would use the Teleportation Array between the Nine Truths Tower and the Manghuang Nine Truths Sect to return to the Wilderness Domain. From there, he would use the Ten Thousand Worlds Compass to travel between World Heavens, completely escaping the Demon Lord's reach.

For now, he attached a sliver of his Divine Sense to the Void God Gu and traveled with it through the void toward the Yun Country.

In less than half a day, the Void God Gu arrived above the Abyssal Marsh.

The place where the Primordial Qi Celestial Island once floated was now completely empty. It seemed Ye Yan had successfully relocated the Fang Family.

The Void God Gu flew to Yinluo Island and found it deserted as well. All the Elders and disciples were gone without a trace.

Core locations like the Ancestral Hall, the Scripture Hall, and the Sect Treasure Vault had all been moved away as well.

Wo Yun Peak, one of Yinluo Island's Nine Peaks, had been shattered by an immense force, its rubble scattered across the island.

Zhenyuan Hall, in particular, had been reduced to dust, completely ceasing to exist.

The Void God Gu burrowed underground, moving through soil and stone as easily as a fish swims through water. It quickly entered the Earth Abyss.

The Ninth Floor of the Earth Abyss.

On the blackish-brown earth, there was a massive lake. Its waters were as black as ink and seemed to boil as dense, churning Demonic Qi surged out from it, blanketing the surroundings.

Countless grotesque demons gathered around the Demon Lake in a dense, writhing mass, madly slaughtering and devouring one another.

On the shore of the Demon Lake stood a towering stone Buddha Statue.

The Buddha Statue was over ten thousand feet tall. Half of its body was buried in the ground, and it was tilted to one side.

The stone Buddha's face was compassionate, its hands forming a seal. A small part of its body was shattered and scattered on the ground, but it still exuded an air of timeless, tranquil permanence.

Within the Demon Lake was a deeply hidden, Unparalleled Grand Array!

This ancient Grand Array was silent and unseen, yet it radiated an aura of immense age and weight. It was in no way inferior to the All Heaven Stars Formation or the Cloud Light Tower Shadow Formation that Fang Cheng had seen before.

Without a doubt, this was a Fifth-rank Array.

'In the past, my insight was too limited to discern the array's rank. Only now, returning to the depths of the Earth Abyss, do I finally understand how crucial this place's configuration is.'

Beneath the Grand Array, a giant hand—fair-skinned and powerful, with long, slender fingers that possessed a strange beauty—was suspended as if sealed in amber, perfectly still.

Wisps of Demonic Qi rose from the giant hand. From a distance, they looked like fine smoke, but up close, they were terrifying, pitch-black tornadoes of Demonic Qi that churned the bottom of the Demon Lake into a state of constant turmoil.

The vast majority of this Demonic Qi was blocked by the Grand Array above. However, the portion that escaped still transformed into an overwhelming demonic presence that surged to the heavens, dyeing the Demon Lake and the Earth Abyss into a Demon Realm.

The Void God Gu descended silently, observing from a distance.

It saw the white-robed youth standing before the stone Buddha Statue, studying it with great interest.

The Shengshou Scholar, however, was staring at the Grand Array at the bottom of the Demon Lake with a solemn expression.