Lin Changâsheng opened the door and found Yun Chan and her father, Yun Tianhuang, already standing outside.
"Son-in-law, itâs getting late, weâ"
Yun Tianhuang started speaking as soon as he saw Lin Changâsheng, but before he could finish, he sensed a strange energy coming from Lin Changâsheng.
"Son-in-law, did you really figure out the mystery within the Divine Dragon Leg Bone overnight? Why does your body have such a powerful Divine Dragon aura?"
Yun Tianhuang was genuinely shakenâheâd spent over a thousand years studying that thing and hadnât managed to crack it, but Lin Changâsheng just had a sudden enlightenment overnight?
What a terrifying cultivation talent!
"I just had a breakthrough to Entry Level, nothing much to brag about. Demon Emperor, please donât laugh at me!"
Lin Changâsheng replied politely.
Once he achieves Perfection in the Barbaric Dragon God Technique, heâll be able to fuse with the Dragon God Celestial Venerable Saint Body, the Body Strengthening Technique will jump to a whole new level.
"Youâre truly a genius! No wonder my daughter chose you, hahahaâ"
Yun Tianhuang laughed heartily. The Demon Raceâs future suddenly seemed brightâletâs see who dares mess with them now.
"Demon Emperor, itâs getting late. Shall we head to the Spiritual Spring Sacred Land?"
Lin Changâsheng asked.
"Right, letâs go! This Celestial Spirit Water is best collected at dawn!"
The Demon Emperor was clearly in a good mood, he felt like he was walking on air.
"Master, this Grand Array is extremely dangerous; usually nobody can get through it. Maybe we should just skip it?"
On their way to the sacred site of the Spiritual Spring, Yun Chan was a little worried about Lin Changâsheng, trying to dissuade him.
Lin Changâsheng patted Yun Chanâs head, "Donât worry! Nothing will happenâarray techniques are no big deal for me!"
Lin Changâsheng said confidently, and it wasnât just bravado.
As long as he reaches Entry Level and uses his panelâs simplification, he can break arrays to Perfection in just one or two hours.
Sometimes, even Entry Level is enough to break through.
Guided by the Demon Emperor, the group soon reached a dense forest in the Myriad Demon Mountain Range, where a massive lake appeared ahead.
The lake was radiating waves of extremely dense Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi.
"Thereâs a Grand Array barrier hereâyou canât pass through from above. I can only bring you this far; after that, itâs up to you!"
The Demon Emperor looked at Lin Changâsheng as he spoke.
Heâd never succeeded in this array himself, so he had no idea what dangers lay inside.
"Thank you, Demon Emperor!"
Lin Changâsheng gave his thanks, then strode forward without any hesitation.
As soon as he reached a barrier shimmering like water waves, Lin Changâsheng disappeared instantly.
"Father, heâs not going to get hurt, is he?"
Yun Chan couldnât help showing her worry.
"Donât worry, that kid is a rare prodigy, and his cultivation is really powerful! Breaking the array shouldnât be a problem! You, girl, your older brothers are out there fighting and you never worry about them! You really are growing up fastâa daughterâs heart always turns outward!"
The Demon Emperor teased Yun Chan, but she just pouted and kept quiet.
Inside the Grand Array.
After entering, Lin Changâsheng felt like heâd arrived in a mountain valley.
Several towering mountain ranges rose up ahead.
On the peak of each mountain, there was a giant beast statue a hundred yards tall.
"Are these really the Four Great Divine Beasts?"
Looking at the demon beast statues atop the mountains, Lin Changâsheng was surprised to see they were the Four Ancient Divine Beasts.
From left to right: Cyan Dragon, Vermilion Bird, Black Tortoise, White Tiger.
In the valley beneath those giant statues, bones were piled so high they formed a small mountain range.
Clearly, a lot of people had come hereâand most of them died.
Rumbleâ
In the next moment, the four mountain ranges began to shake violently; the stone on the four massive statues started crumbling off, as if the Four Great Divine Beasts were awakening.
Meanwhile, gates opened up at the base of the mountains, unleashing torrents of demon beasts flooding out like a dam burst.
"I really want to see how powerful the Four Great Divine Beasts are!"
Lin Changâsheng decided to brute-force the arrayâif that didnât work, heâd study the grand array itself.
If brute-force worked, a couple swings would do the trick, no need for anything fancy.
Lin Changâsheng didnât retreat; he waved his hand and summoned the Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasure, his Unrivaled Divine Blade.
Screech, screech, screechâ
Before the giant statues even revived, the bizarre demon beasts pouring out below had already closed in, their shrieks hurting the ears.
Some demon beasts were gigantic spiders, blown up a hundred times bigger than normalâbigger than oxen, and their legs were as sharp as long spears.
Others looked like lizards, only their teeth were so razor-sharp they seemed like they could shred any flesh.
Some even had wings like bats, but with beaks as sharp as swords.
At this moment, both the ground and the sky were packed with demon beasts surging toward Lin Changâsheng.
"Die!"
Lin Changâsheng shouted, slashing his blade.
The fierce blade aura cut through the air, distorting the whole space.
The charging demon beasts that met Lin Changâshengâs blade aura were all instantly turned into sprays of dark green gore.
Rumbleâ
The blade aura struck the distant Vermilion Bird statue, causing an earth-shaking explosion.
Even though the statue beast wasnât yet revived, Lin Changâsheng smashed it to dust with one strike, sending shards everywhere.
"Is that it? Thatâs way too weak!"
Lin Changâshengâs single blow caused massive destruction, not taking the beasts seriously at all.
Rumbleâ
He followed up with a few more strikes, smashing the Cyan Dragon, White Tiger, and Black Tortoise statues until they all collapsed.
The rest of the little demon beasts werenât a concernâhe could squash hundreds or thousands with a flip of his palm.
Soon, the ground was a total mess, covered with demon beast corpses.
Even the distant mountains had been blasted to ruins by Lin Changâshengâs blade aura.
Lin Changâsheng thought that would be enough to break the array.
But unexpectedly, in the next second, a white light flashed and all the demon beast corpses vanished into thin air.
The four mountain ranges that had previously collapsed were suddenly whole again, with the huge demon beast statues standing tall on their peaks.
"Is this a space array? Can it reset time?"
This was the first time Lin Changâsheng had encountered such an array, and he was fascinated.
If an average person ran into a grand array that could recover itself like this, no matter their strength, theyâd be slowly worn out until they died.
But Lin Changâsheng was an expert in grand arrays; trying to trap him with this one wasnât going to be easy.
If brute force couldnât break the array, then studying the array was the only choice.
As long as he reaches Entry Level and simplifies it on his panel, heâll find a way to break it.
"Hold off the demon beasts for me!"
Lin Changâsheng waved his hand and summoned the Emperor Corpse.
The Emperor Corpse had Divinity Transformation Stage powerâdealing with these demon beasts would be a walk in the park.
Plus, the Emperor Corpse doesnât get tiredâit simply canât be worn out!
That meant Lin Changâsheng had time to focus on the grand array.
Thud thud thudâ
The Emperor Corpse wasnât as strong as Lin Changâsheng himself, and before all the small demon beasts were killed, the four Great Divine Beasts broke free from their stone bindings and awakened.
Roarâ
Screechâ
The Four Great Divine Beasts woke with deafening shouts, then charged towards where Lin Changâsheng was standing.
Lin Changâsheng trusted the Emperor Corpseâs strength, so he didnât even moveâhe kept studying the array.
The Emperor Corpse was as reliable as everânot letting Lin Changâsheng down.
The Four Great Divine Beasts were just conjured by the array; their power wasnât all that impressive.
If a cultivator at the Middle Stage of Nascent Soul, or even a Nascent Soul Great Cultivator entered, theyâd just have to keep burning magical power until they ran dry and died.
But facing the beasts now was a corpse puppet.
Who would tire out whom was anyoneâs guess.
So Lin Changâsheng could calmly study the grand array.
It was his first time running into such a strange array, but solving its mysteries wouldnât be that hard.
[Four Symbols Godslaying Array Entry Level!]
After one hour, Lin Changâsheng finally made progress: heâd studied the array to Entry Level.
"Four Symbols Godslaying Array?"
Lin Changâsheng muttered to himselfâthe âFour Symbolsâ likely represented the Cyan Dragon, Vermilion Bird, Black Tortoise, and White Tiger.
The Cyan Dragon and White Tiger stood for dominating offense; the Black Tortoise for ultimate defense; the Vermilion Bird was the master of destruction, yet could be reborn in flames.
"This array uses the Soul of Myriad Beasts as its Array Plate, sealing this place, so that everything can die and then revive. Itâs quite similar to the Myriad Soul Banner. The four mountains are the array hubsâmaybe leaving the array is linked to the Vermilion Bird mountain range."
Lin Changâsheng speculatedâthe Nirvana Rebirth is a Vermilion Bird motif.
Even though the Vermilion Bird mountain range now looked like blazing magma, absolutely terrifying,
Lin Changâsheng was determined to give it a tryâhe commanded the Emperor Corpse to charge straight in.
Splashâ
Fire-red lava burst out, but Lin Changâshengâs connection to the Emperor Corpse didnât break.
Not even a scratch?
Lin Changâshengâs guess was dead-onâthis was definitely the Life Sect.