Cultivation Starts from Killing Pigs

Chapter 433 - 352: Investigating the Moon Palace, Disassembling the Immortal Ship

The Pingkang was among them, and Guo Huai was unconcerned with these menial tasks. Cui Yebai was engrossed in drawing the star map, while a small yellow weasel jumped up and down cursing their lack of ambition, provoking laughter and rebuttals from Luo Yu and others.

Unlike the merriment below, further out on the deck of the Dragonbone Divine Ship, the atmosphere was very tense.

Yuan Huang fixed his gaze on the Blood Moon, his brow tightly furrowed.

"Something’s not right, the oddities up there are becoming fewer. Despite our stringent precautions, those guys simply do not appear. We must figure out their movements."

The Cyan Flood Dragon hesitated, "Shouldn’t we wait for the Sect Leader..."

"We can’t wait any longer!"

Yuan Huang stood up, his eyes filled with determination, "Let’s go to the Immortal Sect, I’ll explore the Moon Palace in the Mortal World, and you provide backup from outside."

The Great Venerate Toad shook his head, "Are you underestimating us? We should all go together."

Yuan Huang said nothing, his figure suddenly disappeared, his presence completely undetectable.

Bao Wuxin immediately smiled slightly, "So Taoist Friend Yuanhuang has already mastered the arts of Invisibility and Qi Ban. This is indeed reassuring."

After becoming Immortals, the greatest benefit was the complete removal of obstacles in practicing the Earth Demon 72 Techniques. With Zhang Kui’s guidance, they could achieve the level of Immortal Skills, though it required time and each had their own areas of expertise.

Seeing they couldn’t detect any trace of Yuan Huang, everyone instantly felt relieved and immediately piloted the Dragonbone Divine Ship. A blazing silver light flashed as they sped towards the Immortal Sect.

They, unlike Zhang Kui who could traverse between Yin and Yang at will, had to use the nodes near the Immortal Sect.

Strangely, when the Dragonbone Divine Ship approached the Immortal Sect, there was no movement at all on the surface of the Blood Moon’s anomalies.

The group looked at each other, their hearts filled with doubt, and promptly maneuvered the Divine Ship to the Mortal World.

It was still a scene full of starship wreckage, a deathly silence. The only difference was that the Celestial Essence Star was now very far away, just the size of a thumb. If the starship traversed the Mortal World, it would take at least a week.

Last time here, enemies from the Moon Palace had already come to intercept them.

This time they waited for a long time, yet there was no movement from the other side.

"Wait for my signal!"

Yuan Huang squinted slightly, instantly making his figure disappear, flying out of the Dragonbone Divine Ship, his body traversing the starry sky, continuously advancing toward the Moon Sea.

In his eyes, the Moon Palace ruins grew larger and larger.

On the Celestial Essence Star, the outline was visible. One could imagine the scope of these ruins, nearly as large as a province of the Divine Dynasty, demonstrating the splendor of ancient times.

Now, however, most areas had become ruins, scattered with terrifying cracks of various sizes, gigantic starship wrecks, fragments of small bronze mirrors, even altars of evil gods were lying scattered.

Compared to the Celestial Essence Star, this place was probably a larger battlefield.

Amid these vast ruins, only a few central palace areas remained intact, with arrays in operation, shrouded in Immortal Light.

Yuan Huang immediately understood the situation.

There was no Star Array on the Moon, but there were still many mortal cultivators. In ancient times, they must have constructed a grand array similar to the Divine Land Array for protection. For the Kaiyuan Divine Dynasty to migrate its population, it would probably take considerable effort.

But there was no time to dwell on these thoughts now. Yuan Huang concealed himself again, cautiously landing amid the surrounding ruins, steadily advancing toward the Central Immortal Hall.

However, it didn’t take long before he sensed something was wrong, and no longer hid. He swiftly entered the Central Immortal Hall, landing in the White Jade Plaza, his eyes full of confusion.

The Immortal Hall was ancient, pavilions and towers stacked layer upon layer, enveloped in silence.

Indeed, it was long abandoned.

Other Immortals, having received the message, slowly descended from the sky riding on the Dragonbone Divine Ship. The initial Generation Divine Fire Crystal Cannon, crafted by Zhang Kui, appeared, its gaze vigilant, scanning the surroundings.

The Great Venerate Toad revealed his figure, scratching his head,

"Truly bizarre, have these guys run away?"

Yuan Huang didn’t speak. Gazing at the Immortal Hall before him, a trace of worry inexplicably flashed in his eyes...

...

On the Celestial Essence Star, within the Fallen Immortal Mountain.

Zhang Kui sat cross-legged in midair, his eyes closed, inwardly observing his sea of consciousness. Within the Celestial Gang Skill light cluster, the Golden Light of Law surged violently, almost forming a terrifying vortex.

Indeed, this place was a treasure trove. Apart from anything else, the Golden Light of Law was the greatest gain. Now accumulated, it was enough to learn four Basic Immortal Skills or choose two more advanced Immortal Skills.

However, considering the upcoming war and the needs of transforming the Celestial Essence Star, Zhang Kui refrained from acting rashly for the moment.

"Tai Shi, what is the situation outside?"

Zhang Kui slowly opened his eyes and asked.

The Tai Shi Golden Body Dharma Aspect appeared instantly, "Reporting to the Sect Leader, the Starship Fleet has repelled the enemy’s attacks several times. The defensive line is now stable. The Divine Dynasty is still actively preparing for war. Siling Mountain has already modified all the starships and is accelerating the construction of new starships..."

After a detailed report, Zhang Kui nodded slightly.

The situation was far better than he had anticipated, although there were still many strange factors involved, unfortunately making it impossible for him to leave.

Thinking of this, Zhang Kui glanced ahead.

The Immortal Ship now had been completely dismantled, reduced to just a framework, with the Little World on the verge of collapse.

This was his deliberate act, to maintain key areas.

Now, it was harvest time!

Zhang Kui’s figure flashed, he arrived at the original deck location at the forefront, where a pillar-like complex Immortal Array stood alone, with dozens of shrunken Immortal Gates lying conspicuously upon the platform above.

From the owner of Dust Heart Cloth, he had obtained the method and adjustments for using the Immortal Gates. These gates were still intact; as long as the frequency was set, one could shuttle between the Moon Palace and the Celestial Essence Star, with endless practical uses.

Having learned the Six Jia Qimen, Zhang Kui had long since comprehended the principle of this array. He took out Cave Heaven Divine Crystals, beginning to establish the Qiankun Spirit Gathering Immortal Array in the central area.

Space vibrated with a humming sound, Immortal Patterns continuously emerging.

It wasn’t long before the Grand Array was set up, as if surrounding a halo around the central array pillar. Like the distinction between Immortal Skills and mortal arrays, the difference was that one operated within the Heaven and Earth Laws of the Great Path, and the other rearranged and combined the surrounding Heaven and Earth Laws.

This was exceedingly profound Taoist Skill. Unfortunately, for others to learn, they not only needed to achieve an Immortal Body but also possess extraordinary talent in the way of arrays.

Next, Zhang Kui’s purple Sword Light unsheathed, and without hesitation, he completely severed the array pillar below.

Buzz!

As the pillar was cut off, the Spirit Gathering Array he had set up began to operate rapidly, replacing the supply from the Immortal Ship’s Domain Power. The Immortal Gates continued standing steadfastly, remaining unchanged despite the collapse of the array.

Zhang Kui laughed heartily, his right hand forming a spell, gently blowing, the upper part of the array, along with over a dozen Immortal Gates, shrank further, lifting into the air and entering his Personal Space.

Next was the multi-layered altar connecting with the Immortal Ship’s framework. If the core was the source of the Immortal Ship’s power, this altar was the ship’s core, relying on the Formless Celestial Capital Banner atop it to exert power in the Space Domain.

However, this time was a different approach. Before severing the array, Zhang Kui first transformed the altar into a Sealing Grand Array, considering the Celestial Capital Banner above was a greater hazard.

After dismantling the altar, however, he frowned.

Unlike the Silent Celestial Capital Banner of the Longevity Immortal Queen, this Formless Celestial Capital Banner had completely lost its spirituality, resembling an Immortal Artifact storing the power of a mutated Space Domain, like water without a source, only diminishing with extensive use.

This phenomenon implied only one possibility. Unlike the still-existing Longevity Cave Heaven, the Formless Cave Heaven had completely disappeared!

Zhang Kui furrowed his brow, looking towards the firmament. What exactly transpired in the depths of the starry sky...