Chapter 539 - 393: Ten Directions World Destruction Celestial Array, Encountering a Nemesis

A centipede can die but not stiffen—let alone a Demon Beast as powerful as the Three-headed Ice and Fire Python.

Its Divine Soul was drawn out of its body, but its instinctive attacks could still be unleashed.

The elder got careless and overlooked the Three-headed Ice and Fire Python’s strike.

This python didn’t just wield ice, fire, and lightning Divine Powers—its petrification ability was terrifying too.

One careless moment, and he was turned into a stone statue.

"Avenge the chieftain! Kill them all!"

The remaining leaders, seeing their chieftain slain, didn’t retreat—instead, rage ignited in their hearts. They burst forth with attacks, relentlessly bombarding the Three-headed Ice and Fire Python.

But their strikes couldn’t break through the python’s defenses.

A moment later, all eyes shifted to Lin Chang’sheng and Gu Shan.

Gu Shan was covered by a Golden Seed Treasure, rendering him untouchable.

But Lin Chang’sheng was wrapped by a Golden Bracelet, a massive gap revealed above his head.

A torrent of attacks rained down toward the crown of Lin Chang’sheng’s head.

Rumble, rumble—

Just as the attacks were about to land on Lin Chang’sheng’s head, to everyone’s shock, a layer of Golden Buddha’s Kasaya burst forth from within his body, blocking every strike.

"What the..."

The crowd around him was stunned, gaping in disbelief at the scene.

Not one among the three seemed killable by them.

Lin Chang’sheng couldn’t care less what these people thought now—he was frenziedly diving into the mysteries of the Grand Array.

If he could grasp the array’s wondrous secrets, he’d be able to break it.

If he cultivated it to perfection, he could even merge with it.

The might of this Grand Array was no joke—it could suppress even Mahayana Stage cultivators.

If Lin Chang’sheng fused it with his own existing array, its power would only grow stronger.

[Nine Heavens Soul-locking Array: Entry Level!]

Half an hour later, Lin Chang’sheng finally mastered the basics of the array.

[Nine Heavens Soul-locking Array detected. Spend 6000 Immortal Crystals to simplify?]

The interface sprang up with a prompt.

"Simplify!"

Lin Chang’sheng decisively chose simplification.

[Great Dao is Simple: Nine Heavens Soul-locking Array simplification initiated... Simplifying... Simplification complete, Nine Heavens Soul-locking Array == Soul Lock!]

"Soul Lock?"

Lin Chang’sheng was dazed—a moment ago, hadn’t he just been Soul-locked?

Nine Heavens Soul-locking Array experience points +1!

Nine Heavens Soul-locking Array experience points +1!

...

Next instant, the Nine Heavens Soul-locking Array’s experience points skyrocketed.

"Found the array-breaking technique!"

Before the array was perfected, Lin Chang’sheng had already found a way to break it.

This array was powerful enough to lock the Divine Souls of all living things, but not objects without Divine Souls.

That meant Corpse Puppets.

Lin Chang’sheng reached out with his Divine Sense, directly summoning a Late Stage Integration Corpse Puppet from the Celestial Soul Banner.

The moment the Corpse Puppet appeared, the tribe fell into chaos.

After all, a Late Stage Integration Corpse Puppet was no small matter.

And their only Mahayana Stage chieftain had just been killed by the Three-headed Ice and Fire Python.

Now, faced with this powerful Late Stage Integration Corpse Puppet, they were utterly defenseless.

Even the Grand Array was useless against the Corpse Puppet.

Rumble, rumble—

With the Corpse Puppet rampaging, the entire Qingshui Tribe was thrown into confusion.

With every blow from the Corpse Puppet, more lives were snuffed out.

"Go! Run! Hurry—"

At last, realizing they were no match for the Corpse Puppet, the chief leaders ordered a retreat.

But after what they’d done to Lin Chang’sheng, how could he show mercy?

Lin Chang’sheng commanded the Corpse Puppet, blasting the array plate apart with a single punch.

The Grand Array instantly lost its power—Divine Souls broke free and returned to their bodies.

"Don’t let a single one escape!"

Lin Chang’sheng tossed out those words and charged forward to slaughter.

In no time, the entire Qingshui Tribe was transformed into an Asura Purgatory—crimson blood spraying everywhere, cries of agony echoing without cease.

"No, don’t kill me! I was just following the chieftain’s orders—"

Zhang Kun knelt and begged for mercy.

Hoping their brief friendship might spare his life.

But Lin Chang’sheng had no intention of letting traitors live.

Whoosh—

He swung his sharp blade—one head flew off, trailing bloody spray.

Soon, the battle ended. Only a handful escaped; the rest had all perished.

Lin Chang’sheng swept the corpses into his Storage Bag with a wave of his hand.

Their cultivation wasn’t high—mostly Nascent Soul and Divinity Transformation—but perfect for refining and merging Corpse Puppets.

"Let’s see if this old bastard left anything useful behind!"

Lin Chang’sheng walked up to the dead elder’s body, seized his Storage Bag, and sent his Divine Sense within.

But it was empty—aside from a few Demon Beast corpses, nothing else. Not even a single Immortal Crystal.

Probably from living here so long—everything useful was long exhausted.

"What’s this?"

In a corner, Lin Chang’sheng spotted a Jade Token and a sheepskin scroll.

The Jade Token bore the character ’Talisman’, and the sheepskin scroll looked like a map, showing mountains and rivers with several spots marked in red.

"Was this guy from the Immortal Talisman Sect?"

Lin Chang’sheng mused—the token marked ’Talisman’ made sense.

And anyone who could arrange such a powerful Grand Array had deep mastery of arrays—likely spent years researching Rune Arrays to pull this off.

As for the map on the sheepskin scroll, after studying it for a while, Lin Chang’sheng began to comprehend its meaning.

"Could this be a map of the Secret Realm? The red dots mark the various tribes, and the very center is where the Divine Mountain stands?"

Lin Chang’sheng pondered.

If so, his target was clear—he could follow the map’s guidance and head straight for the Divine Mountain.