Chapter 828 - 771: A Century of Scheming

Chapter 828: Chapter 771: A Century of Scheming

Taibai Realm, in the Observatory.

Wuwei Mountain Man Lin Jingyue was guided by Fuzhang to find a rare biography titled "Cloud Drifting Legend". The author was unknown, and the content was chaotic, seemingly an individual’s random records, with the phrase ’it is said’ preceding most sections, making it impossible to verify authenticity.

However, this very biography made Lin Jingyue’s heart pound with fear. While reading, he wandered between bookshelves to find historical texts that could corroborate some of the vague times and events described within it.

The matter concerning Lu Xingyun gradually took shape in Lin Jingyue’s mind.

At that time, there was still half an hour before an incident in the Qingyun Realm, and on the Observatory’s top, the Mahayana Immortal Monarch was focused on the copper coin thrown by Xie Jingshan.

Downstairs, Lin Jingyue walked to a bookshelf against the wall, pulled out an ancient beast skin scroll from the bottom corner, and was about to open it when the wall bricks behind the bookshelf suddenly fell off by themselves.

A thick, muddy liquid flowed out, emanating a nauseating smell. Deep within the hole, there was a chubby baby wearing a red bellyband.

He was bound by black rune lock chains, his mouth and eyes sealed, placed at the center of a bizarre array plate, with a giant hole in his belly leaving him unconscious.

The muddy liquid flowed from the hole in his belly, and his whole body gradually melted and blurred, turning into a blob of human-shaped meat mushroom.

Tai Sui?!

Lin Jingyue’s pupils constricted, quickly stood up, and retreated, bumping into the bookshelf behind him.

Crack!

The bookshelf suddenly split into pieces, triggering a chain reaction, causing nearby bookshelves to topple over. Amidst the massive vibrations, some mechanism was activated, and the ancient guardian runes from the walls inside and outside the Observatory shone brightly!

Buried under books, Lin Jingyue’s heart sank; this is the self-defense great array of the Observatory activated during outside invasion, completely sealing everything, turning the Observatory into a secure fortress.

Not to mention a Demon Clan army assault; even if the entire Taibai Realm were destroyed, the Observatory would remain intact in the void.

Because the Observatory was established back in those days after the Heavenly Calamity, to guard against mishaps, as the last refuge for the Human Clan.

The Observatory gathered the efforts of Mahayana Immortal Monarchs throughout the ages and the best materials and strongest array from the Upper Realm.

Once sealed, breaking through from external forces would require the combined efforts of at least nine Mahayana Immortals.

To unseal it internally, it would require the concerted efforts of five Mahayana Immortals holding the ’Stargazing Order’ to reboot the Observatory’s great array.

Although those five Mahayana Immortals holding the ’Stargazing Order’ are presently on the roof, rebooting the array would still take at least half an hour.

Lin Jingyue’s heart was clouded with worry; half an hour is enough for many things to happen!

*

Qingyun Realm.

The collapse of the middle layer in the Qingyun Realm, specifically the Divinity Transformation layer, indicated someone deliberately sabotaged it.

At this moment, the surrounding ring-shaped mountain range of the Qingyun Realm hadn’t yet experienced that yellow rain, while the Qingyun Realm’s internal situation was clear to the external observers.

A group of experienced seniors from various sect families quickly deduced that the rain inside the Qingyun Realm was related to the filthiest entity, Tai Sui.

Although they knew their sect family elites were within, very few dared to rush inside for rescue.

Once contaminated by that yellow rain, misfortune would befall and anything unlucky could occur, ranging from personal harm to the devastation of an entire area.

Everyone cast their eyes in the direction of the Taibai Realm, but the Mahayana Immortal Monarch remained unseen, and even their sect family’s Refining Void Stage and Integration Stage Old Ancestors were nowhere to be found.

The quietness of the Taibai Realm stirred ominous feelings among everyone; some couldn’t resist rushing in for rescue, but most remained onlookers.

The safest action now was for those inside to rush out themselves; once out of the yellow rain’s range, cleansing the whole body with something imbued with Incense Fire Qi would temporarily suppress the bad luck, which would slowly dissipate over time.

Iron Palm Master, valuing his life, fled at the first opportunity, leaving Zhao Fuyi alone at the scene.

Zhao Fuyi hesitated only for a moment before turning back into the mountain cave, starting to break the array, and proceed to save Luling and others.

Zhao Fuyi trusted Jiang Yuebai, Lu Nanzhi, and Shen Huaxi, believing they would surely escape from inside unharmed.

She also believed that even if the Divinity Transformation Stage of the Qingyun Realm encountered issues, the strongest Divinity Transformation Cultivators of the Upper Realm present would surely find a way to stabilize the Heaven Pillar to prevent the Qingyun Realm’s destruction.

If they couldn’t do this, then death would be deserved!

The reason those three from the Demon Clan knew of Tai Sui must be because they had means to deal with Tai Sui, hence their presence and subsequent entrapment here.

Therefore, saving them is saving everyone!

Additionally, if those three from the Demon Clan had an accident here, it might play right into the hands of the masterminds, using it to sow discord between the Human Clan and Demon Clan and thwarting alliance efforts.

In the end, who would benefit most? Only the Demon Clan, meaning now the planners behind this must be the Demon Clan.

And how did the Demon Clan infiltrate?

Demon Detection Array!

Zhao Fuyi had no time for further contemplation; the Floating Life Illusion Dream Array in front of her was extremely complex, requiring her to expend considerable effort and time to break it.

She suddenly felt curious about who laid this array; she didn’t know there were array experts like this in the Upper Realm.

Furthermore, Zhao Fuyi had a feeling that the turmoil in the Qingyun Realm seemed significant, but the damage might not be great, considering the assembly of experts here are elite of the Upper Realm.

The possibility of successfully destroying the Qingyun Realm and annihilating the Upper Realm elite didn’t exceed fifty percent. Could the mastermind have another motive?

At that time, Tianshi Star Alliance Main Realm, Emperor’s Throne Realm.

When Zhao Fuyi realized the Demon Detection Array had issues, the Heavenly Interence Sect and Zhuge Family members had just left the Qingyun Realm Transmission Array, taking a few days to rest, and were preparing to return to Nine Rivers Realm.

On that day, Shi Xiaowu, who left with the Heavenly Interence Sect group, finally calculated that the Demon Detection Array was indeed intricate.

Layer upon layer, riddled with traps!

Even True Monarch Lingjun and the other two Divinity Transformation True Venerables of the Heavenly Interence Sect proficient in the Array Dao repeatedly checked it and declared that there were no issues with the Demon Detection Array, labeling it as exceptionally exquisite.

If it weren’t for Shi Xiaowu’s keen and persistent sense of numbers, repeatedly recalculating, constantly falling into traps and climbing out, continuously re-simulating, they’d truly have been misled indefinitely.

The moment Shi Xiaowu calculated the truth, he could hardly believe it. What kind of person could spend over a hundred years using such an array, sacrificing countless Demon Clan members to mislead the Human Clan?

Bear in mind, each year on the Human and Demon Clan frontlines, the Demon Detection Array arrested at least ten thousand Demon Clan spies and agents!

The Demon Detection Array had often timely pulled the Human Clan from life-threatening crises!

The merit established by the Demon Detection Array for the Human Clan was enough to enter the annals of history!

Yet who could guess that the Demon Detection Array could only identify some Demon Clan members, not all?

Then, over the past hundred years, how many special Demon Clan members have infiltrated the Human Clan, concealing themselves somewhere, ready to strike?

When everyone becomes aware of this situation, without a more accurate identification method, the trust among Human Clan companions might crumble entirely.

Thinking of this possibility, Shi Xiaowu felt his skin crawl, his scalp tingle, and quickly rushed to relay everything to Lii Jiuchuan.

Lii Jiuchuan felt his heart race upon learning everything, relieved for following Jiang Yuebai’s suggestion to evacuate, yet increasingly worried about Jiang Yuebai and their circumstances.

But as Sect Master, he must consider the overall situation, hastening everyone’s evacuation; regardless of subsequent events, returning to Nine Rivers Realm under the great array laid by Immortal Monarch Chongmin ensures everyone’s safety.

Lii Jiuchuan settled the Heavenly Interence Sect members, preparing to return to the Qingyun Realm to assess the situation when he suddenly discovered the transmission array to Qingyun Realm had been sabotaged.

The one who destroyed the Transmission Array was none other than the Demon Detection Array deployed at the transmission array entrance, relied upon by the Immortal Alliance for a century.

Lii Jiuchuan also learned from the Star Alliance that besides the Transmission Arrays leading to Qingyun Realm from various realms, everywhere possessing the Demon Detection Array shares the same plight in the Upper Realm.

Lii Jiuchuan’s spine chilled, barely daring to imagine whether exceedingly terrifying events were unfolding on the Human and Demon Clans frontlines or elsewhere in the Upper Realm.

The planner behind the scene, their deep schemes, ample patience, ruthless tactics, are simply unmatched in the world!