Chapter 1369 - 243: Cry for Help

Chapter 1369: Chapter 243: Cry for Help

"How’s the progress?"

Shen Changqing asked.

He had been comprehending the Myriad Clans’ innate divine abilities for about a month now.

For a month, the outside world had been calm, with no Heavenly Realm appearing.

However—

The calmer the world was, the more uneasy he felt inside.

Up to now—

The Central Profound Realm had only the Heavenly Dao Sect making a move.

Shen Changqing didn’t believe that merely dealing a heavy blow to Gong Xuantian would be enough to make the entire Central Profound Realm wary.

So—

The fact that the Central Profound Realm had made no moves for the moment didn’t mean they’d given up; on the contrary, it was very likely they were plotting something bigger.

Although his own strength had broken through, he still hoped to solve the problem of the entrances and exits before the Central Profound Realm acted again.

Qingyi, hearing this, kept his gaze on the things before him as he replied, "This old man has pondered for a long time and already has some ideas."

"I’m all ears."

Shen Changqing’s spirits lifted.

Having a lead—

Meant they weren’t far from solving the problem.

Qingyi said, "With the resources the Imperial Court currently controls, forcibly fixing all the entrances and exits in the same location is very difficult. At most, this old man can fix nine entrances and exits in nine different positions."

Hearing that, Shen Changqing frowned.

But he didn’t interrupt, instead patiently listening as the other continued.

"So, this old man has another idea: that is to set up a spatial array at each of the nine entrances and exits. As long as someone from the Central Profound Realm comes out from inside, they will automatically trigger the spatial array and then be shifted to a designated place.

But the spatial arrays can’t be too low-level; they must reach the Divine Lord level.

Otherwise, if the arrays are only at Divine King level in strength, they can easily be broken by some Rule Divine Kings using brute force."

Qingyi laid out his thoughts in full.

A spatial array!

Shen Changqing nodded. "Senior’s idea is indeed feasible."

If so, then in effect it wouldn’t be much different from fixing all the entrances and exits in one place.

As long as people came out, they would be shifted by the array.

"Although spatial arrays consume much fewer resources than offensive and defensive formations, and are also considerably easier to construct, once an array’s grade reaches the Divine Lord level, actually laying it down is by no means easy.

This old man can only say he’ll do his best to find a way to lay it out, but whether it can truly succeed is unknown."

Qingyi shook his head slightly.

He had not recovered much at present, and the power he could use was limited; wanting to lay down a Divine Lord–level spatial array was by no means an easy matter.

Even though he could borrow Shen Changqing’s power, the problem was that the situation was tense right now. If the other expended too much on formations, then when powerhouses from the Central Profound Realm invaded in the future, it would be very troublesome.

Therefore—

When it came to actually setting up the arrays, he could only rely on himself.

Shen Changqing understood Qingyi’s concerns and nodded. "Then I’ll have to trouble Senior. By the way, Senior, have you recalled any memories of the past? If you remember any First Grade divine skills, you could tell me a bit about them.

Right now, I’m still missing many laws to condense the Cave Heaven Core."

"Alright, if this old man remembers, I’ll tell you. But Supreme, don’t place too much hope on it. If the divine skills are of too low a grade, I probably won’t remember much."

Qingyi smiled faintly.

Whether Ninth Grade divine skills or First Grade divine skills, given his former status, all of them were extremely low-tier things.

Let alone divine skills.

Even laws were the same.

As the Holy Weapon of the Qinglian Emperor, everything he came into contact with was at the Rule level. As a result, he naturally had very few memories involving divine skills.

Still—

Few was few, but it wasn’t as if there were none at all.

It was just that this wasn’t his main concern right now.

...

Leaving the Demon Sealing Hall, Shen Changqing went alone, directly departing the Capital City to travel the world.

By now, all the "wool" he could shear had basically been about exhausted.

His comprehension of laws had reached a bottleneck.

All usable Myriad Clans’ innate divine abilities had already been used up. With the remaining Origin Points not many, he only planned to use them to raise First Grade divine skills; as for non–First Grade divine skills, he temporarily wouldn’t waste Origin Points on them.

After all, even if he exhausted all Origin Points, with non–First Grade divine skills he could only gain five laws.

Five laws—

Unless they were all those deeply comprehended ones, they would contribute limited growth to his strength.

Rather than wasting them like this, it would be better to hold onto the Origin Points, and when he had collected ten First Grade divine skills, raise them all to the Law level in one go.

Before that—

What Shen Changqing needed to do was travel the world and comprehend the laws of Heaven and Earth and nature.

Only in this way—

Could he hope to grasp new laws in a short period of time.

"Hm?"

Suddenly, his steps paused slightly, and a jade talisman appeared in his hand.

The Myriad Lands Jade Talisman!

Shen Changqing had a total of four Myriad Lands Jade Talismans. Two had been given to Taishan and the Heavenly Mechanism Taoist respectively, while the other two were kept in his own hands as a bridge to contact the two.

But ever since Taishan and the Heavenly Mechanism Taoist left, the Myriad Lands Jade Talismans had remained silent.

He hadn’t expected—

That at this time, a message would arrive.

Looking at the jade talisman in his hand, he knew this one was linked to the Myriad Lands Jade Talisman in the Heavenly Mechanism Taoist’s possession.

His divine sense sank into it.

And immediately, a stream of information surged forth.

"Defender Shen, save me. There are Myriad Clans powerhouses that have come to the Demon Evil Continent. Judging by their strength, they should be around the God Realm, roughly a dozen of them. I can’t hold them off..."

From the words—

One could hear that the Heavenly Mechanism Taoist’s voice was extremely urgent.

Shen Changqing’s expression kept shifting between gloomy and clear.

He had sent the other party out with the sole purpose of gathering the Demon Evil that would be born in the future and reorganizing the Demon Evil Clan.

What he hadn’t expected was that not long after, the other party actually sent back a plea for help.

Rescue!

Or not rescue!

That was the question.

If he went to rescue, the reason was simple as well: although the Heavenly Mechanism Taoist had transformed into Demon Evil, he still counted as part of the Human Clan’s camp. Furthermore, if the Demon Evil Clan could be successfully integrated, the Human Clan would gain another set of eyes and ears in the heavens.

In terms of operations, that would be a great convenience.

If he didn’t rescue.

The reason was also simple.

Leaving the Heaven and Earth rashly could easily place him in some perilous situation.

As for whether the Heavenly Mechanism Taoist’s cry for help was genuine, or part of some plot, Shen Changqing had no way to be certain.

Although he had planted a Forbidden Technique on the other party, that prohibition only prevented him from revealing the existence of the Human Clan; it did not equate to being able to restrict him from betrayal.

If the Heavenly Mechanism Taoist truly betrayed him.

Shen Changqing believed.

The moment he left the Human Clan Realm, a great many Divine Lords would immediately appear and completely suppress and kill him.

After pondering for quite a while.

Shen Changqing still made his decision.

And that was—to rescue!

As someone counted among the Human Clan’s faction, he had no reason to stand idly by; that was the first point.

Second, the likelihood of the Heavenly Mechanism Taoist betraying him should not be high. After all, if the other party truly betrayed him, there was absolutely no benefit to be gained.

The Myriad Clans feared the Human Clan.

The Heavenly Mechanism Taoist once belonged to the Human Clan; the Myriad Clans would likewise cut him down. If Shen Changqing could see that clearly, the other party naturally could as well.

Third, having a power in the heavens that was affiliated with the Human Clan was simply too important.

Taking all three together.

Shen Changqing felt that the Heavenly Mechanism Taoist was still worth saving.

——

Outside a great hall, gray radiance rose up, covering the entire hall.

Beyond the radiance.

A dozen or so Myriad Clans Cultivators were unleashing attacks again and again, trying to shatter that light.

With each strike that fell, the gray radiance would tremble slightly, as if it were about to collapse at any moment.

Inside the hall.

The Heavenly Mechanism Taoist was secretly crying out in misery.

"This has really turned into a major problem!"

He had originally been cultivating in seclusion here, intending to rely on some of the resources remaining from the Demon Evil Clan to raise his own strength.

Unexpectedly.

He ended up drawing other Myriad Clans Cultivators.

Now the Death Forbidden Zone was in utter chaos. Occasional moves from Divine Lord Level experts were one thing, but other Myriad Clans Cultivators were swarming in as well, trying to fish enough benefits out of the chaos.

With the powerhouses of the Demon Evil Continent all wiped out, it naturally became the first target.

Only, because the Demon Evil Continent lay in the core region of the Death Forbidden Zone, it was quite difficult for ordinary Cultivators to reach this place unscathed.

During this period.

The Heavenly Mechanism Taoist had always managed to scrape by without incident.

But—

This time, there were actually over a dozen Cultivators who directly arrived at the Demon Evil Continent, and in one go discovered his presence.

If not for the formation protecting the great hall, he wouldn’t even have had time to send a plea for help before being cut down by them.

As of now.

The message had already been sent out.

But whether Shen Changqing would come or not—in all honesty, the Heavenly Mechanism Taoist had no confidence.

The Human Clan’s situation was tense.

Any appearance of a Human Clan member would be met with pursuit and killing from the Myriad Clans.

If the other party took that into consideration, it was very likely he would simply ignore it.

Besides—

There was another hidden danger in all this.

Namely that he had already betrayed the Human Clan, and sending a message might be seen by the other party as setting up a dangerous trap in disguise.

Putting himself in Shen Changqing’s place.

If he were Shen Changqing, the Heavenly Mechanism Taoist felt that he, in all likelihood, wouldn’t come to aid either.

After all.

The risk was simply too great.

"This brat has really failed before even leaving the gate, I never thought I would end up dying here!"

The Heavenly Mechanism Taoist secretly gave a bitter smile.

He could feel that the formation outside the hall was already at its limit.

Though he had received the legacy of the Demon Evil Clan, his strength was only barely at the post-stage of Saint Entry. He hadn’t even reached Saint Entry Perfection yet, let alone broken through the limits to advance to the God Realm.

With that level of strength.

He couldn’t handle any one of the Cultivators outside the hall.

Gradually.

The Heavenly Mechanism Taoist’s Heart grew calm; he had resigned himself to his fate.

It had been quite some time since he sent the message, and Shen Changqing had still not appeared. From that, he could roughly understand the other party’s decision.

On this.

Though there was unwillingness in his heart, he felt not the slightest resentment.

Simply because the other party bore the entire Human Clan on his back; how to choose was already more than obvious.

"It’s just a pity... that I never truly managed to integrate the Demon Evil Clan, never truly lived to see the day when the Human Clan rises——"