Longzang

Chapter 955 The Biggest Flaw

The battle in the heavens gradually stabilized, and Wei Yuan recovered from his initial rage. He repeatedly scanned the mortal realm with his divine sense, focusing on finding the infiltrated inner demon. With this inner demon present, it was as if it was constantly sending its location to the extraterrestrial demons, and Wei Yuan's inner world would continue to be eroded.

Other cultivators' mental worlds are just taking shape at this stage, small and desolate, like a barren little courtyard. Even if a demon were to infiltrate, it would have nowhere to hide, and the two sides would immediately engage in a head-on confrontation.

But Wei Yuan is different. The current form of the Human Realm is no different from that of many late-stage Imperial Realm cultivators. The late-stage Imperial Realm is called "Self-Generation of All Realms," which requires two grotto-heavens to be complete. Moreover, there are countless beings in the Human Realm, with nearly two million mortals alone. If a demon were to infiltrate it, it would be like a drop of water in the ocean, impossible to find.

Having grasped the situation, Wei Yuan changed his approach and first checked on the girl, Yin Yang. Yin Yang remained quietly within her own formation, a naturally formed formation, in harmony with the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth, far more powerful than most artificially designed formations. Apart from Wei Yuan, no other living being could enter the formation.

Wei Yuan circled the Yin-Yang formation several times to confirm her safety before he felt relieved. He then ordered her to remain within the formation and not leave without permission, lest she be corrupted by her inner demons.

But then a faint thought came to mind, the gist of which was that he was naturally immune to all evil and fearless of inner demons. This thought was faint and intermittent, without any words, just a vague idea.

Wei Yuan looked around and then confirmed that the thought had come from the girl Yin Yang. Wei Yuan was somewhat puzzled. He felt that now that the immortal plants had taken human form, they were all as clever as ghosts. How could Yin Yang, the central hub of human life, still seem to be in a state of nascent sentience?
But the situation was urgent, and Wei Yuan didn't have time to carefully verify the information; he could only believe whatever she said. Given the girl's high Yin-Yang status, it was indeed unlikely that a demon could corrupt her without leaving a trace.

However, just to be on the safe side, Wei Yuan still wanted to conduct a final check. The moment this thought crossed his mind, all the clothes on the girl Yin Yang's body came off and scattered at her feet.

Wei Yuan was initially surprised, then smiled wryly. After carefully checking and confirming there were no signs of demonic invasion, he was relieved. However, she stood still, and her clothes wouldn't come on by themselves. Wei Yuan had no choice but to do it for her.

Wei Yuan finally breathed a sigh of relief after she was restored to normal. He felt that if her inner demons had reappeared at this point, she would have been fine, but he himself would have been in serious trouble.

Outside the formation, numerous mortals were busy dealing with the invasion of extraterrestrial demons. They all ignored the formation that was so close at hand, but one of them suddenly opened an eye deep within his ear canal and glanced regretfully at the formation. It sensed a significant flaw in Wei Yuan's mental state, but was blocked by the innate formation and could not approach, forced to watch a golden opportunity slip away.

A moment later, Wei Yuan led the girl Yin Yang out of the formation, directly leaving the mortal world and entering the Pure Land of Bliss.

The small temple remained quiet. The young monk Honglian was still sweeping around, while Lian Deng sat by the door, lost in thought. Upon seeing Wei Yuan enter, Lian Deng immediately jumped up, rushed to greet him, and bowed, saying, "The Realm Lord's demeanor is even more impressive than before."

Wei Yuan was quite exasperated by Lian Deng's behavior and asked, "These are extraordinary times, with inner demons invading. Will this place be affected?"

Lotus Lantern smiled and said, "With us here, if inner demons come, they will only be walking into a trap."

Wei Yuan felt relieved and beckoned to the red lotus that was the incarnation of Bodhi, saying, "Come with me."

But Lian Deng said, "If he leaves, this place will not be safe."

Wei Yuan suddenly realized that the emphasis in Lian Deng's earlier use of "we" was on the word "wait." More specifically, the key was the Red Lotus Bodhi. This Lian Deng, having listened to the Buddha's teachings for hundreds of years, was indeed a talkative person.

The Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss must not be lost, so Wei Yuan instructed Honglian to remain where she was. He then inquired about the other two grotto-heavens, and Lian Deng replied, "The Yellow Spring Grotto-heaven is the realm of reincarnation in the underworld; there are no living beings there, so inner demons won't go. As for the Earth Grotto-heaven... although the mirages there are sentient beings, they are not considered human. Inner demons can't corrupt them, and it's useless." Although Lian Deng was slick, she was, after all, the spirit of an immortal, and having listened to sutras before the Buddha, she was knowledgeable and her judgment was unlikely to be wrong.

The primary objective of the inner demon is to erode Wei Yuan's soul, replacing him at the soul level. Secondly, it invades his sea of ​​consciousness, using the destruction of his cultivation foundation as leverage to force Wei Yuan to compromise. However, the inner demon tribulation of the Heavenly Tribulation is slightly different; destroying his cultivation foundation is just as important as replacing Wei Yuan. Therefore, eroding the mirage demon is meaningless.

Having confirmed that the cave was safe, Wei Yuan went to find the girl with the crimson eyebrows. This time it went smoothly, and he quickly found her under the laurel tree.

The girl was clearly bewildered, staring blankly at Wei Yuan, seemingly unaware of his identity. After communicating with her for a moment, Wei Yuan gained a general understanding of her abilities, primarily various Taoist arts of the Moonlit Taiyin lineage, as well as the Crimson Night Immortal-Slaying Sword Qi.

Considering that the girl had just taken human form and might not yet be fully spiritual, Wei Yuan didn't say much and directly took her to find the Ice Glass Divine Tree.

The Ice Crystal Divine Tree stood quietly, with nothing within a radius of several dozen feet. All the believers were on guard around the perimeter, not allowing anyone to approach, not even the Creator Immortal Venerable.

Wei Yuan naturally wouldn't indulge them. With a thought, he threw all the hundreds of believers into the sea to let them sober up first.

The Ice Crystal Divine Tree sealed itself with a giant, deep blue ice block, while the girl slept beneath it. Wei Yuan checked on her condition while communicating with Zhang Sheng, Ji Liuli, and others outside, quickly confirming the reason for her slumber.

After the inner demon invaded, a large part of Wei Yuan's own divine sense and spirituality were restrained and suppressed by the inner demon, which resulted in insufficient spirituality for all the immortal plants living in the mortal world. In order to protect themselves, they had no choice but to fall into a deep sleep. To put it more vividly, it's like a heavy chariot that was originally driven by a four-cylinder engine, but now that the cultivators in two of the cylinders have had an accident and cannot contribute their power, the whole chariot naturally cannot move.

Knowing the cause, a solution naturally emerged. Wei Yuan placed his hand on the ice, melting the deep ice and awakening the Ice Goddess. From then on, as long as the crimson-browed laurel maiden acted alongside her, and he himself sent a wisp of divine sense to follow her at all times, he would be fearless against inner demons. If an inner demon dared to approach, Wei Yuan would immediately detect it and then confront it head-on.

Following the same method, Wei Yuan awakened all the dormant immortal plants and spiritual objects, then transported them to the vicinity of the central city. The entire human world was completely revived, and Wei Yuan's powers were fully restored.

With the celestial plants revived and human life resumed, a swift action plan was formulated: from among all mortals, over a thousand of the most important individuals were selected to first examine whether they had been corrupted by inner demons. These thousand-plus people were all named by Heaven and Earth themselves, and could be considered the chosen ones among mortals.

Upon seeing the list, Wei Yuan was taken aback. He hadn't realized how many chosen ones there were in the mortal world. Back then, when Long Wushuang appeared first, Wei Yuan was thrilled for a long time. But now Long Wushuang had been replaced by Lei Ling. It seemed that the first one of everything was destined to be sacrificed.

Beyond the chosen ones, there are over 30,000 ordinary people in important positions. Furthermore, it is suggested that tens of thousands more minor officials be added, each responsible for dozens of people, specifically to monitor their every move.

This method, while not directly identifying the inner demon, can confine its activities to a small area of ​​a few dozen people. Given enough time, the inner demon will inevitably become impatient and take action. Once it does, it will leave clues, at which point all the immortal plants can unleash their full power to annihilate it.

The Red Lotus Salvation Mantra can not only deliver mortals from suffering, but it is also a powerful weapon against inner demons. Therefore, with the Red Lotus Bodhi present, the battle against inner demons is unlikely to be lost, as long as Wei Yuan is not targeted by them.

The biggest flaw in the current human world is the Creator Immortal himself.

(End of this chapter)