Nine Dragons Saint Ancestor

”Such an illusion, and it wants to deceive me?”

As Yun Xiao stepped forward and sensed a slight change in the aura ahead, a glimmer flashed in his eyes, accompanied by a cold laugh, and then he suddenly turned his body and dashed into the foggy passage beside him.

If it were an ordinary cultivator, they would certainly proceed along the normal path, but Yun Xiao, having unleashed his power of soul, along with his understanding of array formations, had already discerned many hidden things.

The path ahead seemed unobstructed, but with one more step, one would find themselves trapped in an endless loop, never reaching the end of the passage.

Crash!

Yun Xiao’s whole body crashed into the wall of fog, causing the sound of flowing water. Immediately, he felt a cool sensation, and a brand new passage appeared in front of him, seemingly identical to the previous path.

Yun Xiao knew his position was entirely different from those ordinary cultivators; he had taken the first step in searching for the array core, unlike those who wandered aimlessly.

”Let me see now, what makes this Heavenly Rank Array so formidable?”

With the success of this first step, Yun Xiao’s confidence surged. He unleashed his power of soul, sensing all changes within a radius of tens of meters, especially the changes within the large array passage.

After walking forward for several dozen steps, Yun Xiao stopped abruptly. This time, instead of crashing into the fog wall beside him, he slightly bent his knees and leapt upward.

The fog passage was surrounded by fog, so it was natural that Yun Xiao’s jump would hit the fog top. However, after his entire body passed through the fog ceiling, he remained in a narrow passage, appearing exceptionally magical and eerie.

Despite Yun Xiao’s apparent ease, ordinary cultivators and even Earth Bending Realm experts not versed in array formations would struggle to perform such effortless actions.

This water attribute large array doesn’t mean that crashing through the fog wall at any place will lead to another passage like Yun Xiao’s.

Unless it was a node specifically designed in the formation, unless Yun Xiao’s sensing was incredibly precise, combined with his deep understanding of array formation, crashing into the fog wall would only encounter a splash of water.

Seven days swiftly passed, and during this time, aside from Yun Xiao, the demon who recognized the water attribute array early on, other cultivators kept moving within the large array, mistakenly believing they had been moving forward for seven days and nights.

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Crash!

At a certain spot within the Yanji Lake large array, the Seventh Elder of Wuyan Palace, Zhang Daohe, punched the nearby fog wall in rage, splashing water around and further dampening his mood.

”Damn it, what place is this exactly?”

Retracting his wet right fist, Zhang Daohe spoke with a suppressed fury, seemingly having realized some issues after seven days and nights.

Given the vastness of Yanji Lake, spanning a thousand miles, Zhang Daohe, with his late-stage Earth Bending Realm cultivation, should easily traverse it north to south. Yet at this moment, the passage ahead was no different from when he entered it seven days ago.

”Could it be a large array?”

Originating from Wuyan Palace, Zhang Daohe wasn’t an array master but understood the might of large arrays. Seven days and nights without change were telling of the situation.

Even knowing it was a large array, Zhang Daohe lacked the ability to break it, and at this moment, dared not continue moving forward.

He realized that moving forward would entrench him deeper, potentially never escaping from the fog maze in his lifetime.

”Is the only option to wait for death?”

The thought birthed a trace of fear in Zhang Daohe’s eyes, as reaching the late stage of the Earth Bending Realm meant not needing food or drink; yet perpetual entrapment in the large array, unable to escape, might be worse than death.

Aside from Zhang Daohe, Earth Bending Realm experts like Ge Wanli and Zhao Huai’an similarly perceived the powerful trapping array, sharing Zhang Daohe’s frustrations.

Lower-rank cultivators were even more helpless, and some persistent ones followed the passage, hoping to see the passage’s end, but evidently, their efforts were futile.

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”This large array, its design is indeed marvelously complex!”

Compared to Zhang Daohe and the others, perhaps only Yun Xiao’s mood was becoming more and more relaxed. After seven days and nights of twists and turns, he discovered that he was getting closer and closer to the core of this large array.

However, as Yun Xiao found more correct directions, the structure of this large array seemed to become increasingly complex, as if instinctively preventing outsiders from finding the core, a kind of subconscious protection of the core.

Yet, the master of this large array, or the subconscious of this large array, probably never imagined that on this Tenglong Continent, a demon unlike anyone else would descend.

To be honest, with such a Heavenly Rank Trapping Array, even a real Heavenly Array Master would not dare to venture in lightly. They could only cautiously find the array flags on the outskirts and remove them one by one, which might give them a tiny chance to break the array.

Once inside the array, one would become lost. Even if one could find some correct positions, truly breaking this large array would be extremely difficult, almost impossible.

But in this Heavenly Rank Water Attribute large array, an array grandmaster from the Nine-layered Dragon Cloud, Yun Xiao, arrived. Although he still couldn’t set up a true Heavenly Rank array, for him, breaking arrays was much simpler than setting them up.

If it were an ordinary array master, breaking an array would undoubtedly be a hundred times more difficult than setting one up, especially if the array’s level was close to their own. The chance of breaking such an array would be less than one in ten.

But this young man already had a profound understanding of the theoretical knowledge of arrays, essentially seeing the essence through the phenomenon.

As long as the array did not exceed the level of arrays he knew in his past life, in his eyes, they seemed defenseless, at most requiring a bit more effort.

This Water Attribute array on the Tenglong Continent was indeed beyond the capabilities of experts like Zhang Daohe, who were in the Late Stage of the Earth Bending Realm, and could even trap Heavenly Rank experts like Wu Zhukong. However, it couldn’t trap Yun Xiao, the reincarnation of the Long Xiao Battle God.

”It’s here!”

When Yun Xiao stood in a certain passage for an hour, a satisfied smile finally appeared in his eyes. He spoke in a low voice, raised his right foot slowly, and stomped it hard against the wall of the passage below.

This time, Yun Xiao felt that he hadn’t broken through the misty wall below. Instead, with this stomp, he sent out a very noticeable ripple, and the scenery before his eyes changed completely.

Woosh, woosh, woosh...

The sound of flowing water rang out. Yun Xiao looked around and saw that the previously narrow misty passage had disappeared. He was now in a vast, grand space.

This space looked extremely luxurious, like the legendary Crystal Palace of the Dragon King. It was adorned everywhere with translucent crystal stones, reflecting a faint shimmer of watery light, as if in an Immortal Realm.

”Could this be the bottom of Yanji Lake already?”

Yun Xiao’s heart skipped a beat, suddenly recalling when he had gathered the four shards of Wuyan Palace. An enormous palace had flashed briefly before sinking underground. Could this be the very palace he was seeing now?

”Hmm?”

However, in the next moment, Yun Xiao’s thoughts were interrupted because he suddenly noticed, in the deepest part of the palace, a crystal-clear throne with a young man sitting on it, whose face was as handsome as fine jade.

Even from a distance, Yun Xiao could vaguely see how exceptionally handsome this young man was. Dressed in fine robes and with tidy hair, even his cheeks had a faint shimmer of watery light, appearing radiant and otherworldly.

”Welcome to the Wuyan Water Palace. This day has been awaited for far too long!”

As Yun Xiao examined the robed young man, the latter naturally noticed this unexpected visitor. After uttering the words ”Wuyan Water Palace,” he confirmed some of Yun Xiao’s inner suspicions.

”This must have been the location of the former Wuyan Palace, but why is it called ’Wuyan Water Palace’?”

Clouds of doubt arose in Yun Xiao’s mind, as his gaze never left the young man who seemed different from ordinary people. Logically speaking, Wuyan Palace was known for its Fire Attribute, which had nothing to do with water. If anything, they were two completely opposite attribute powers.

”Your name should be Yun Xiao, right? I am Hua Wuyan, the founding ancestor of the Wuyan Water Palace. It’s fate that you could come here, and I shall bestow upon you a grand destiny!”

Before Yun Xiao could respond, the young man who called himself Hua Wuyan had already stood up from the crystalline throne. As he approached, Yun Xiao could sense an extraordinary aura from him the closer he got.

”The founding ancestor of Wuyan Palace? How many years has Wuyan Palace been around, and yet its founding ancestor is still alive?”

Thoughts tumbled through Yun Xiao’s mind, stirred by the young man’s words, for he knew that the four top powers of the Tenglong Continent were each likely to have a lineage that spanned a millennium.

Experts of the Earth Rank Third Realm could live to five hundred years, while Heavenly Rank experts could reach as much as eight hundred years. But even so, the fact that the founding ancestor of Wuyan Palace was still alive seemed like a fairytale.

It wasn’t until the self-proclaimed founding ancestor of Wuyan Palace was only several zhang away from Yun Xiao that the latter finally sensed a peculiar aura. Upon detecting this aura, a faint cold smile appeared on his face.