Cultivation: Fortune by Lots

Chapter 894 - 338: Turning the Tide and Breaking Through the Netherworld (Double-length - )

The two masters of the Xumi Vajra Division were entirely trapped within the Great Yin-Yang Nine Palaces Immortal Array.Gray mist billowed, and the great formation continued to expand outward.

Zhang Dongyuan, Zhang Taigang, Yue Xiling, and other Great Tang cultivators retreated quickly, their hearts sinking.

The Inner Mount Shu Sect’s methods were truly endless.

Over the years, their understanding and utilization of the Netherworld should not be underestimated.

Such a fierce and ever-changing great formation unfurls, instantly altering the battlefield anew, tilting the balance between victory and defeat once again.

For the Great Tang cultivators, the good news is that Celestial Master Tang Xiaotang is still present.

The bad news is that even if Celestial Master Tang arrives, whether he can reverse the defeat is still uncertain.

Zhang Taigang and others are equally masters of the Taoist Sect at the Eighth Heavenly Layer realm, outstanding in cultivation and insight.

Just now, while entangled with the Great Yin-Yang Nine Palaces Immortal Array, they gradually understood this great formation.

This fierce formation reverses heaven and earth under repeated changes, trapping those who enter within. It can confine masters of the level of two Vajra Division leaders in a short time.

Tang Xiaotang charged into the formation with the Celestial Master’s Three Treasures, unable to form a joint force with the Vajra Division leaders, unable to guarantee the breaking of the formation.

Moreover, the Inner Mount Shu Sect lineage at least still has Taoist Kong An and the top-tier Magical Treasure, the White Bone Divine Boat, whose whereabouts are unknown.

Zhang Taigang and Zhang Dongyuan exchanged glances.

Zhang Dongyuan immediately took steps to contact Fang Jingsheng who stayed in the Land of Bashu and even the Tang Imperial Court, hoping for other powerful aid.

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Beside Red Tea Ridge, Duanjiang Valley, across a thousand miles in the Nanzhao Mountains lies the area of Golden Bridge Peak.

The time and space here are evidently in turmoil.

The towering peak, from the summit to the valley below, already split in half, mountain rocks shattering massively.

Beneath the fractured Golden Bridge Peak, a cold light emerged in abundance, endless Yin Qi surged, seemingly transforming into an abyss, ready to pierce underground.

A Divine Vessel Giant Ship over a hundred feet long hovered above the abyss of Yin Qi.

This imposing Divine Vessel Giant Ship, entirely composed of bones, each bone like white jade, smooth and translucent, not appearing evil but instead like a finely crafted art piece, yet completely unified, giving an unbreakable feeling.

This was a supreme treasure arduously cultivated by the Inner Mount Shu Sect in recent years — the White Bone Divine Boat.

At the same time, it was also the life-bound third magical treasure cultivated by the Inner Mount Shu Sect leader Ji Yao during his Ninth Heavenly Layer.

During the cultivation process, top experts like Taoist Kong An, Li Linsnow, and others from Inner Mount Shu assisted together.

Inner Mount Shu accomplished the Taoist Sect’s Five Paths of Reincarnation; the White Bone Divine Boat was the supreme treasure of the Human Path, alongside the Heaven Tao Quintuple Decline Great Dao Bell, Tao of Hell Netherworld Sword, and Tao of Hungry Ghost Banner of Ten Thousand Souls.

Now, the White Bone Divine Boat hovered above the firmament.

In the hull was another universe, resembling a small Cave Heaven.

Within this small world, it currently housed many ordinary people and creatures originally belonging to the Great Tang Realm’s Nanzhao and Land of Bashu.

For these common people, though chaotic at present, their hearts remain steady.

Because when Inner Mount Shu cultivators abducted, they didn’t reveal a fiercely aggressive visage; instead, they appeared celestial and compassionate.

Ostensibly, they were arranging for the people to avoid disaster.

In this aspect of arrangement and handling, they are already quite practiced.

The ordinary people and creatures aboard the White Bone Divine Boat do not know what they will face next.

A middle-aged Taoist by appearance, yet with an aged gaze and a serene countenance, the elder of Inner Mount Shu, Taoist Kong An, stood at the prow of the Bone Boat, contemplating quietly, and maneuvering the magical treasure.

The massive Bone Boat emitted radiance all around, at the bow condensed a large number of black talisman seals and curse marks.

These talisman seals and curse marks resonated with the law instrument underground of the already split Golden Bridge Peak.

Back when Zonghan activated the Netherworld Gate around Red Tea Ridge, it took a long time.

But now, aided by prepared law instruments and with the White Bone Divine Boat seeming to navigate between the Netherworld and Mortal World, Taoist Kong An could open a stable Void Gateway connecting the Great Tang Realm and Netherworld swiftly within a short time.

However, just during this brief period, some intended to prevent him.

"Boom!"

In a flash of lightning and thunder, a tumultuous bolt of purple and gold lightning descended from the heavens, striking towards the White Bone Divine Boat!

Surrounded by masculine lightning interwoven with purple and gold, the current Celestial Master Tang Xiaotang, shrouded in nine-colored splendid light, wielded the Celestial Master’s Sword with eyes wide open:

"Where are you going?!"

Under a sword stroke resembling both dragon chant and thunder roar, the law instruments and Yin Qi beneath Golden Bridge Peak were instantly cleansed away.

Typically expressionless, Taoist Kong An’s face now showed astonishment.

How did this Celestial Master from Dragon Tiger Mountain come here?!

Even if she wasn’t ambushed by the Great Yin-Yang Nine Palaces Immortal Array at Red Tea Ridge, wasn’t hindered and encircled by Ji Yao and others, how could she locate Golden Bridge Peak so accurately?

The Land of Nanzhao is mountainous, sparsely populated, and complex in terrain.

Even if Tang Xiaotang intended to find, she shouldn’t have arrived so quickly.

If she went to Duanjiang Valley, Taoist Kong An might accept it a bit more, since the law instruments aiding Red Tea Ridge there involved Earth Vein Spiritual Qi directions, existing clues and connections, which, though extremely hidden, had slight possibilities of being found.

Golden Bridge Peak, however, was unrelated to Red Tea Ridge and Duanjiang Valley.

The Netherworld Gate was particularly unique; Inner Mount Shu’s secret methods did not search for weak spots in the Void of the Great Tang Realm; Golden Bridge Peak had no special attributes, similar to other mountains. How did this woman find her way here?

Was there a leak?

Impossible.

Besides him, Taoist Kong An, only Ji Yao, Li Linsnow, Ding Chuan, and so few others knew.