novelraw Chapter 425 - 346: Starship Voyage, Ancient Bronze Mirror
Chapter 425 - 346: Starship Voyage, Ancient Bronze Mirror
In the crimson starry sky, there are stars of varying sizes gleaming brightly, with nebulae twisted like monsters so close it seems they might collide at any moment.
The most captivating sight is the blood-red moon covering half the sky, seemingly ready to collapse from the heavens, while the silent Immortal Sect stands quietly on the island of the black Moon Palace, ancient and profound...
The Underworld and the Mortal World present completely different scenes of the Moon Palace.
In the Mortal World, the moonlight is clear, with remnants of starships floating in the orbit, allowing a clear view of the grand outline of the Moon Palace.
While in the Underworld, it is both twisted and magnificent.
"Moon Palace..."
City Lord Jin and the Cyan Flood Dragon had complex expressions, with thousands of years of pursuit right before them, but now everything has changed; only the two of them remain from the ten cities of Huo Continent, and both have become Immortals.
The path of cultivation is long and arduous, and fate is truly unpredictable.
Yuan Huang also looked up, his gaze calm.
He once frantically pursued the Immortal Palace, which even led him to meet Zhang Kui, but now, burdened with heavy responsibilities, he can no longer afford distractions.
Thinking of this, Yuan Huang solemnly said, "Everyone, no one is clear about the situation of the Moon Palace. From now on, do not be complacent, and recheck the starship’s array."
"Core array operating normally!"
"Defense operating normally!"
"..."
After another round of checks, under Yuan Huang’s command, the core Yin Yang True Fire of the starship suddenly blazed fiercely, causing everything inside the starship to vibrate with a humming sound.
Boom!
Everyone could feel a tremendous shock as the starship seemed to have thoroughly broken free from something, and some fragments and ornaments began floating.
And this starship, now enshrouded in silver light, flew towards the crimson starry sky...
...
In the Underworld, the passageway of Fallen Immortal Mountain.
Above the massive black pit, Zhang Kui stood suspended in the air, the Tai Chi Light Wheel in his eyes spinning as beams of Divine Light pierced through the misty sky, quietly watching the starship grow smaller.
It suddenly came to him what day it was, but unfortunately, the starship had already left by the time he came out, so he could only watch from here.
To be honest, as someone of immense curiosity, his interest in the Moon Palace was no less than anyone else’s, but now he simply had no time for it.
Thinking about the eerie Qi Mechanism seen on the Moon Palace, Zhang Kui knew that the journey Yuan Huang and the others were embarking on would certainly not be easy. Luckily, they had all become Immortals and should be able to handle most situations.
With this in mind, Zhang Kui withdrew his gaze, and his figure instantly disappeared.
Upon reopening his eyes, he was back inside the Immortal Ship of the Mortal World. It had undergone considerable changes.
After learning the Six Jia Qimen Celestial Gang Skill, the Immortal Ship held no more secrets for him. It was like a mighty but dying beast, and with careful precision, he could dismantle it like slicing apart a carcass.
Now, the front half of the Immortal Ship’s deck shell had been peeled open by him, revealing the internal structure and complex cabin corridors.
On another side, the fragments around the mountain-like Ancient Bronze Mirror had all been recovered, leaving only the fractured central mirror surface.
Simultaneously, the little worlds of both were no longer as tightly fused, becoming calm as there was no opponent.
Zhang Kui squinted slightly, first locking his gaze on the Ancient Bronze Mirror.
Choosing the softer target first, now that the two were separate, cleansing one allowed him to focus on the other.
Unlike the Immortal Ship with its unstable explosive core, the Ancient Bronze Mirror, though utilizing the power of dreams with superior methods, was stable and singular, making it easier to deal with.
With that thought, he flickered, slowly landing on the Ancient Bronze Mirror, his eyes bursting with Divine Light as he scrutinized the internal layout.
As a vessel of the Eternal Immortal Dynasty, though mountain-like in size, its internal structure was exceptionally simple.
At the core was a great chamber where the Power of the Grey Domain was densest, only faintly perceptible as a well-like structure surrounded by circular passages and inner chambers, with numerous dry corpses lying at rest.
On the outermost layer, in eight directions there were enormous spaces, some still housing room-sized Ancient Bronze Mirrors, laid out neatly or fractured from collisions like flying saucers.
Zhang Kui contemplated; this must be similar to a carrier hive, releasing small ancient mirrors in battle.
It seems that even if the world differs, many ideas and concepts can have commonalities. The two Star Beasts from the Divine Dynasty are similarly gigantic; perhaps some lessons can be drawn, enabling both fleet accommodation and material savings.
At that moment, sensing his Qi Mechanism, the grey Domain of dreams at the core of the mirror began to surge, and in the passages, the hollow eyes of large and small resting dry corpses ignited with blood-red light.
"Come on!"
Silver Yin Yang True Fire instantly erupted in Zhang Kui’s eyes.
Boom!
A vast Qi Mechanism burst forth, with his Void Domain expanding rapidly, soon forming an enormous pitch-black sphere, as if this space had vanished, revealing the void entirely.
He had eradicated potential risks, no longer suppressing his Immortal Cultivation.
Bzzzz...
The Ancient Bronze Mirror, provoked, began to shudder relentlessly, its remaining domain severing all ties with the Immortal Ship.
The two domains swirled and clashed, giving echo to fierce roars.
If Zhang Kui’s domain were the size of a football, the domain of the Ancient Bronze Mirror would appear like a high-rise building, utterly disproportionate.
Yet, the Power of the Grey Dream Realm was unable to overcome the void, like enormous cotton madly pressing against a scorching iron ball, only to be consumed by flames.
Roar!
The peculiar swarm of Immortal Corpses went utterly berserk, but trapped within the chamber, they could do nothing but instinctively hurl curses towards Zhang Kui.
These curses carried the Power of Dreams, wisps of white mist spreading out from the crevices of the Ancient Bronze Mirror’s mountainous form, with twisted phantasmal entities mingling in, ceaselessly approaching Zhang Kui.
For ordinary cultivators, they would likely be dragged into the dream spatial realm in an instant, desperately perishing amid the bizarre onslaught.
However, it was utterly ineffective against Zhang Kui.
Not to mention, under his little world, there were the Earthly Demon 72 Stars, and above were two Celestial Stars. Even before becoming Immortal, he could detach his Divine Soul from the gaze of the Starry Sky Evil God. Now that he’s already an Immortal, he possesses the Divine Protection Skill within and the Void Domain without.
The power of those curses was completely dismantled before they even got close.
However, these curses lacked fundamental Laws, and the Immortal Dao Laws of the Ancient Bronze Mirror were only slowly devouring them, due to the presence of the little world.
After all, the Guiding Primordial Yang Skill was just recently cultivated, with no significant advancement unless completely enveloping like when dealing with the Longevity Immortal Queen and the Dark God.
"Too slow!"
Surrounded by an aura of malevolence, Zhang Kui formed a Spell with his fingers and pointed downward.
"Wall Opening Skill!"
The Wall Opening Skill is one of the Five Elements Skills in the Earth Demon 72 Techniques. At the motion of his fingers, the mountains split and stones cracked. With Zhang Kui using his Immortal Body, it was elevated to the ranks of Immortal Skills, albeit not matching the Celestial Gang Skill, but its power was indeed terrifying.
Boom!
With a thunderous tremor shaking the heavens, a crack hundreds of meters long split open above the Ancient Bronze Mirror. The grayish Domain Power surged like a tide, instantly enveloping Zhang Kui’s Void Domain, constantly writhing like living creatures, with grotesque and distorted faces occasionally emerging...
Zhang Kui immediately felt the pressure, yet he gritted his stark white teeth, a hint of excitement flashing in his eyes.
Sure enough, after the Ancient Bronze Mirror exerted its force, the squeezing of the domain accelerated the absorption speed of the Golden Light of Law in the Celestial Gang Skill light cluster within his sea of consciousness.
Still, it was too slow...
A flash of viciousness appeared in Zhang Kui’s eyes, and he unhesitatingly consumed a portion of the Golden Light of Law, elevating the Guiding Primordial Yang to a new level.
Buzz!
Innumerable indescribable and profound images instantly appeared in his mind, an understanding of the void, a deeper insight into the Exporting Primordial Yang Skill.
Without a sound, Zhang Kui’s Void Domain seemed to become even more illusory, its range shrinking slightly.
Yet, the Dream Realm Power enveloping him trembled violently, twisting and rapidly diminishing at a speed visible to the naked eye, reemerging moments later as a huge dark sphere.
Feeling the continuously increasing Golden Light of Law, Zhang Kui laughed heartily, "Again, Wall Opening Skill!"
Boom!
Another massive crack, another dense Dream Realm enclosure, this time dissipating even faster.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
With each Wall Opening Skill, the Ancient Bronze Mirror, under Zhang Kui’s relentless devouring and squeezing, developed more and more surface cracks, the little world becoming increasingly fragmented.
Boom! Crash...
Finally, large sections of the Bronze Mountain Range crumbled and collapsed, revealing a dark empty cabin, within which numerous small Ancient Bronze Mirrors tumbled down chaotically.
Zhang Kui waved his hand, collecting a large number of dim fragments into his Personal Space, where a Treasure Toad with a belly full as a ball stuck out its long tongue, licking fervently.
These fragments of the Ancient Bronze Mirrors, once slightly refined, would transform into a bluestone-like Divine Material, as valuable as Cave Heaven Divine Crystals and Evil God Divine Hall Crystals.
The three types of Divine Materials each have their wonderful uses: Cave Heaven Divine Crystals can contain Domain Powers, the bluestone can solidify the illusory Dao Rhymes of Laws, and Evil God Divine Hall Crystals can channel the power of Divine Fire.
Crafting Earth Evil Silver Lotus, top-level Starships, and even refining the Celestial Essence Star cannot do without them. Thus, Zhang Kui painfully gave up his trip to the Moon Palace, needing to secure them first for peace of mind.
Roar!
In the enormous cabin, there were many bizarre Immortal Corpses, similar to the Infinite Immortal Dynasty. They included massive-bodied members of the Demon Race and ancient beings with multiple hands, eyes, and green faces with tusks, charging like madmen with pale white curse power swirling around them.
Zhang Kui’s gaze was cold as he strode in boldly.
Clang!
Thousands of purple sword shadows, carrying the sharp Power of Destruction, surged out like a waterfall of flowing light, sweeping up countless debris.
Before these shattered limbs even hit the ground, they were consumed by the Void Domain, decaying and drying into ashes.
These bizarre Immortal Corpses retained only fragmented Laws, incapable of forming Golden Light of Law, but none was wasted, all absorbed and neutralized by the "Eyes of Eternal Life," making the Tai Chi in the Pupil even more pronounced.
Soon, the cabin fell silent.
Besides the ashes scattered on the ground, there were only the tilted small Ancient Bronze Mirrors, and the Dream Realm Power surrounding had been exceedingly thinned by absorption.
Although a small world resembling an Immortal had been formed, it was ultimately a dead thing. Without anyone to command it, it could not adapt.
Zhang Kui shook his head slightly, carefully inspecting his surroundings.
Those small Ancient Bronze Mirrors lacked Domain Power, though equally linking to dreams, posed no threat to him.
As for the bronze walls, they were etched with various strange patterns, exuding an enigmatic and incomprehensible aura, as if transforming individual arrays into abstract twists.
Zhang Kui initially paid little heed. The Great Thousand Worlds each have their uniqueness, and since the Eternal Immortal Dynasty took root in dreams, it naturally had its magic system.
However, one design caught his attention.
It was an inscribed symbol, highly discordant on the entire wall, yet possessing a strange sense of harmony. Though he didn’t know what it represented, it inexplicably felt familiar to Zhang Kui.
The Underworld’s peculiarity!
Zhang Kui’s expression grew solemn.
Immortal-level eerie remnant souls invading the Mortal World, obliterating the entire Peacock Buddha Country, without a doubt, are a disaster, leading even the many arrangements of the Ancient Immortal Dynasty to prepare for defense.
The mutation of the Immortal King Cave Heaven has indeed been confirmed to be related to the Underworld’s strangeness, and the Longevity Immortal Queen also resurrected by exploiting the tumor of the Underworld’s anomaly.
Initially thought to have been invaded, but now it seems more like a catastrophe spawned by a perilous experiment!
The Immortal King rules the Star Realm, already a Starry Sky Dominator.
Why would they do such a thing?