Chapter 969 - 420: Bone-Melting Across the Realm

Chapter 969: Chapter 420: Bone-Melting Across the Realm

Li An didn’t stay in Primordial Yang Immortal City but withdrew and waited in secret.

It was only after half a year that Li Nianxue finally returned from Heaven Court. Li An didn’t immediately go to her; he waited another half year, confirming that Li Nianxue wasn’t being tracked before entering the city.

That day at sunset, he sneaked back onto East Mountain. In the crevice where he had originally stored the envelope, hundreds of storage rings were piled together like a small mountain.

Li An picked them all up, swept through them with his Divine Thought. Inside the storage rings were various Creation Immortal Jades, Restriction materials, and vast quantities of top-grade Immortal Crystals!

The Creation Immortal Jades were of extremely high quality, the weakest at Taiyi Golden Immortal level, more than Li An needed.

Resources of this caliber, even within Heaven Court, are treasures kept secure by major factions. An Li managed to gather so many within half a year, which must have required a great deal of effort.

And the top-grade Immortal Crystals, amounting to tens of millions, even ancient forces like Treasure Cauldron Palace and Biluo Palace couldn’t produce such a quantity even if emptied.

An Li handles matters reliably.

He checked each resource and material. None had been tampered with or marked, so he took them away.

...

The next day, Li Nianxue, as usual, climbed East Mountain.

Though she claimed to be cultivating, most of the time she was there to watch the sunset, calm her mind, and wait for someone whose arrival was uncertain.

She glanced at the crevice and saw that the storage rings were gone.

Her lips curled into a slight smile. Subconsciously, she reached out to touch the crevice, reminiscing about Li An Supreme standing there the previous day. Even today’s sunrise seemed a bit warmer...

...

"The Dao Sect’s early Array serves as a good foundation, requiring only modifications to deploy the full power of the Bone Transformation Array..."

Li An arrived at a secluded mountain forest, retreating into seclusion.

Before him gleamed maps of all Immortal Veins and Immortal Cities in the Tenth Domain, and he furiously calculated where to set Arrays, how many Array Jades were needed, the resources’ consumption, and the Array’s duration of support...

This time, his goal was to use the entire Tenth Domain as a foundation to refine the existing Daluo Bone Transformation Array into a complete Bone Transformation Array!

In the Era of Eternal Life, Longevity Seekers once used the Bone Transformation Array to annihilate enemies. In this lifetime, whether it can shine brightly the same way, Li An was uncertain.

The only thing he could do was ensure every detail was as precise as possible!

In the year and more leading to this moment, he had already simulated countless times in his mind. Now, after spending nearly half a year meticulously refining each aspect, he finalized the immensely complex details of the Great Array!

"And now... the creation of the Array Plate!"

To cover the entire Tenth Domain with a complete Bone Transformation Array, an enormous quantity of Array Plates and Array Flags were needed. Li An began to immerse himself in their manufacture.

He spent an entire year creating this batch of Array Flags and Array Jades!

In reality, this was incredibly swift. If it were any other Daluo Golden Immortal Array Master, even ten of them might not complete it within a year.

Primarily, Li An’s Daluo Dao Fruit was exceptionally strong, developing his Daluo World using Great Monarch Qiongqi’s Dao Fruit as a foundation, advancing to even encompass life, with an understanding of Arrays at nearly Sub-Venerable level!

Moreover, he possessed the power of life and death balance, making him the foremost authority on Bone Transformation Arrays, able to skip extensive time in researching Array Plate creation, etc.

"Fortunately, the world hasn’t changed drastically..."

Upon exiting seclusion, Li An first checked the recent situation of these two years. His greatest fear was the mysterious forces had already arrived, Heaven Court unable to hold them at bay, disrupting his plans.

But obviously, Heaven Court exerted itself as much as possible. For two years, to resist the relentless mysterious armies, Xiang Yuntian, Yunxi, Ye Cauldron, and others were steadfast on the frontlines, without retreating, even Purple Fairy made an exception by appearing once.

Heaven Court seemed to have exhausted all its strategies, displaying a cornered stance.

This was extremely unusual, diverging from its previous stable approach, with an attitude of facing death decisively. Even the mysterious side paused their offensive.

"The mysterious armies haven’t fully committed; we’re likely unable to withstand..."

"Don’t fear, as long as Shangguan Great Saint is here, Yunluo Immortal Venerable won’t dare act rashly!"

"Right, once Shangguan Great Saint exits seclusion, everything will change!"

Heaven Court armies persevered in hardship, their morale unsettled like a taut string, its only support being Shangguan Xiaoxiao’s reputation for making Yunluo Immortal Venerable retreat.

Previously, with Xiang Yuntian, Yunxi, and Purple Fairy absent, Heaven Court’s armies held expectations and fantasies.

But with them now truly on the frontlines, they realized they still couldn’t resolve the crisis, their morale was wavering.

If not for Shangguan Xiaoxiao’s well-known feat of intimidating Yunluo Immortal Venerable, keeping the army steady might have been difficult.

"It was thoughtfully done."

Li An murmured to himself, fully understanding An Li’s intentions.

He had made it clear in his letter to Li Nianxue that in the next three to five years, there shouldn’t be reckless actions; it’s crucial to maintain stability.

To achieve this "stability," An Li leveraged all his cards—except Shangguan Xiaoxiao.

This was to prevent the Tenth Domain frontline from faltering and to support Li An’s operations.

Clearly, he staked everything on Li An.

Li An’s heart bore a trace of emotion. After thousands of years, figures like An Li and Li Nianxue had become seasoned leaders, their cunning far surpassing the past, yet they still trusted him deeply.