The Quest for Immortality

”Fortunately, I begged for mercy early on, and flattered well. If it weren’t for that, if my bone were just a bit harder, I would have been reduced to ashes long ago...”

Moreover, more than a dozen Monster cultivators’ Divine Souls had perished, and the Sword Bone had another feast.

It was almost full, its strength now much greater than before.

”If I keep eating like this, will there be a day when I become stronger than this little ancestor...”

Treacherous thoughts crossed the mind of the Sword Bone.

On the other side, the focused Mo Hua furrowed his brows slightly.

Every possible place had been searched...

Yet, there was still no sign of the Demon Wraith.

”Where on earth is it hiding?”

Mo Hua continued deeper, and after a moment, he suddenly paused, feeling as if something deep within the Valley of Ten Thousand Demons was ”luring” him.

It was a strange attraction.

It felt like a sense of nostalgia for the ”ancestral land,” causing a pang of restless longing and fervor in Mo Hua’s ”deity” part.

Ancestral land of the deity?

Mo Hua frowned.

He looked up at this nightmare within the Valley of Ten Thousand Demons, his mind stirred.

The entire Valley of Ten Thousand Demons before him relied on the grand power of the deity, which shifted between the real and the imaginary, supported by the Divine Tao Array.

It was like a ”Divine Thought” construct.

Externally made of the bricks and stones from the Demon Refining mural, internally fortified with the Divine Tao Array as the Golden Lock, it sealed a realm of Divine Thought that nurtured countless Demon Wraiths. .

Between reality and illusion...

Everything in the image mirrored the existing world.

If so, should there not be another Demon Refining Diagram within the Demon Refining Diagram?

What would the image within the image look like?

Could it be that the entire Demon Refining Diagram, as well as the core of the entire nightmare?

Mo Hua recalled for a moment.

The Demon Refining Diagram above did have formations, but no obvious formation eye or central Formation Pivot.

His master once told him that the form of formations could vary infinitely, but their fundamental framework remains unchanged.

The formation eye, formation pivot, and Formation Patterns remain unchanged principles of formations.

”The Divine Tao Array, being at the Divine Thought level, means its true core might not lie on the earth and stone Demon Refining Diagram but within the Divine Thought-built Demon Refining Diagram.”

”And for such a large Divine Tao Array, it certainly requires a grand formation eye, powered by inexhaustible telekinesis, to maintain its operation.”

This implies...

Mo Hua’s eyes flashed with insight.

The Demon Refining Diagram relied on sealing numerous Demon Wraiths; they acted as the ”formation eye” to build the Divine Tao Array, maintaining the stability of the entire realm of Divine Thought within the Demon Refining Diagram.

In other words, finding the formation eye would also reveal the location where the numerous Demon Wraiths are sealed.

He would also find where his ”grand feast” was hidden...

”Demon Refining Diagram, formation eye...”

Mo Hua followed the route etched in his memory, heading into the depths of the Valley of Ten Thousand Demons.

He was going to find the Demon Refining Diagram within the nightmare.

Just like this, after passing the Demon Refining Pot, Alchemy Room, and some Evil Path structures, Mo Hua suddenly realized that the surrounding terrain had changed.

The path ahead suddenly became chaotic.

He found himself a bit lost.

Instead of being upset, Mo Hua was rather delighted.

In theory, the Valley of Ten Thousand Demons within the Demon Refining Diagram and the Valley of Ten Thousand Demons outside should correspond one-to-one.

While the layout was similar and details might vary, the overall structure would definitely be the same.

Yet, the mountain path before him seemed to be artificially altered, tampering with the structural layout of the Divine Way Array.

Guilty conscience hides things by secretly changing things.

Trying to confuse others’ perception through modification to obscure something.

Mo Hua smiled subtly.

”Found it...”

He began to expand his Divine Sense, sensing the flow of telekinesis within the nightmare, and through Calculation, deducing the formation of Formation Patterns within.

Before long, he found the direction.

Seeing the scenery around him differ from his memory, while he puzzled over it, the Sword Bone noticed Mo Hua choosing a direction and moving forward, feeling helpless, he continued to follow.

After navigating through the intricate roads, breaking down several walls along the way, Mo Hua finally arrived in front of a magnificent mural.

This mural was the Demon Refining Diagram depicted in the painting.

However, the mural was empty.

There was nothing on it.

Mo Hua gazed at the mural for a moment, his eyes gleaming slightly, then clenched his fist and punched out, his fist enveloped in a layer of Golden Light, with a ”boom,” it collapsed the entire stone wall.

As a Formation Master, he was supposed to resolve formations.

But pressed for time, he could only ”break” the formation rudely.

Upon the mural’s collapse, it revealed a long passage behind it.

From the passage beyond, came the low growls of numerous Monster Beasts.

Mo Hua sighed in relief, smiling brilliantly, and stepped briskly onto the unknown passage ahead.

The passage was narrow, pitch-black. .

He couldn’t tell how long he walked, but suddenly, the view opened up.

Mo Hua lifted his eyes and took a slight breath of the chilly air.

In front of him was a grand prison of Demon Wraiths!

The grand prison at this moment confined countless ferocious Demon Wraiths densely packed.

They bore intense Evil Thoughts, with blood-red eyes, bound by numerous Divine Chains, imprisoned within ”cells” of Divine construction, securely sealed.

Upon seeing Mo Hua, thousands of Demon Wraiths lifted their heads.

Their bloodthirsty eyes lit up like blood-colored stars in the night sky.

”So many Demon Wraiths?!”

The Sword Bone trembled all over, its head bone numb with fear.

No wonder the Monster cultivators within the Valley of Ten Thousand Demons dared not approach the Demon Refining Diagram.

With so many eerie Demon Wraiths, even ten of his kind would be ripped into Bone Fragments, devoured by demons, leaving no remains.

”L-little ancestor...”

The Sword Bone’s voice trembled slightly.

It wanted to say, stop playing, let’s head back early.