Shengui Changsheng: Start from Zhenwuwei and add some points to cultivate immortality

"They're forcibly activating the teleportation array! Stop them!" Liu Hanyan shouted sharply, her figure already pouncing towards the golden-masked blood sacrificer like an arrow released from a bow! Her twin hooks brought forth a sky full of cold, azure light!
Jiang Muyun and Ouyang Ming also greeted the other Blood Shadow Cult Foundation Establishment cultivators.

Fu Shaoping didn't immediately join the battle; his gaze was fixed on the teleportation array. With his "Spell-Breaking Eyes" and Contract Perception, he "saw" much more! The teleportation array wasn't just a spatial passage; its core contract runes actually resonated with certain fundamental structures within the "Contract Origin Star Core Fragment" in an extremely faint yet undeniably real way! Moreover, at the end of the teleportation array that was being activated, a faint, ancient, and intimate sense of connection was emanating from it—a connection that resonated with his own contract bloodline (if contract power can be considered bloodline).
What's going on? Where does this teleportation array lead? Why is it resonating with the star core fragment and me?
Just as he was shaken, the golden-masked blood sacrificer seemed to sense something as well. He turned around abruptly, his scarlet gaze piercing through the chaotic battle and shooting straight at Fu Shaoping! His gaze fell on Fu Shaoping, especially lingering for a moment on his waist (where the star core fragments were stored). A low growl of surprise and uncertainty came from beneath the mask: "Contract Source Power?! You... have a 'Source Material' on you?!"

Before he could finish speaking, he disregarded Liu Hanyan's sharp hook-like shadows and suddenly flicked his sleeve. A blood-red light, condensed to its extreme, swept around the battle like a venomous snake and shot straight at Fu Shaoping! Within the blood-red light was a strong corrosive, cursed, and... a trace of greedy intent to seize!

In the midst of the fierce battle, this golden-masked blood sacrifice envoy actually locked onto Fu Shaoping as his primary target! He seemed to have recognized, or rather sensed, the "Qiyuan Star Core Fragment" that Fu Shaoping was carrying!
Fu Shaoping felt a sudden alarm bell ringing in his heart. The blood-red light was too fast and too powerful, far exceeding the level of a mid-Foundation Establishment cultivator! Without hesitation, he instantly activated the "Mysterious Origin Heavy Water Shield" to its limit, creating a thick, dark blue water shield in front of him. At the same time, he activated "Earth Vein Spirit Borrowing" to establish a temporary contract with the island beneath his feet (although it was tainted by evil energy, the earth veins were still intact), strengthening his own defense!

"boom!"

The blood-red light collided violently with the water shield! The water shield trembled violently, its spiritual light flashing wildly, and cracks appeared everywhere! The immense impact caused Fu Shaoping to groan, sliding backward more than ten feet, his internal organs shuddering, and a trickle of blood spilling from the corner of his mouth. The casual strike from a peak late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator possessed terrifying power!
"Young friend Mo!" Liu Hanyan was furious upon seeing this, and her double hook attacks became even more frantic, tightly binding the Golden-Faced Blood Sacrifice Envoy and preventing him from attacking Fu Shaoping again.

Other Blood Shadow Cult cultivators also surrounded the area, and the battle instantly became intense.

Fu Shaoping suppressed his injuries, his eyes coldly fixed on the golden-masked blood sacrificer, then on the teleportation array that was constantly humming and growing brighter. It had to be destroyed! He couldn't let the Blood Shadow Cult's scheme succeed, and he couldn't allow this teleportation array, which seemed inexplicably connected to him, to fall into enemy hands!
He took a deep breath and poured all the primal power of the star core fragment, along with all his true essence, soul power, and the strange sensation he had just experienced due to the resonance of the teleportation array, into his "Spellbreaker Eye" and his understanding of the contract structure.

This time, his target wasn't a particular cultivator, nor a node in the array, but rather—the ancient teleportation array itself that was being forcibly activated! He wanted to find the weakest and most unstable point in its energy flow and spatial contract structure, and deliver a fatal blow!
His pale golden spiritual sense, like the most precise probe, instantly pierced the incredibly complex energy channels and contract network of the teleportation array. The primordial aura of the star core fragment acted like a universal key, rapidly enhancing his understanding of this ancient contract creation.

He "saw" it! At the center of the teleportation array, at the junction of several key runes, due to the Blood Shadow Cult's crude activation and incomplete materials, an extremely subtle yet powerful spatial contract crack was created, enough to trigger a chain reaction of collapse!
That's it!

Fu Shaoping's eyes flashed with golden light, and his right hand, with fingers pointing like a sword, concentrated all his power into a single point at his fingertip! That point contained his ultimate understanding of the contract's "severing of cause," "breaking of order," and "reversal of chaos," as well as a trace of the "contract's return to its origin" power bestowed by the star core fragment!
"Break!"

With a soft shout, a wisp of pale golden light, as thin as a hair yet dazzlingly bright, seemed to traverse space and silently disappeared into the contract crack in the center of the teleportation array, which was imperceptible to the naked eye!
There were no earth-shattering explosions.

Amidst the fierce battle, a clear and distant sound, like shattering glass, emanated from the core of the teleportation array.

Immediately afterwards, the entire teleportation array suddenly erupted with blindingly chaotic light! Within the light, space violently distorted, and countless runes shattered and annihilated! The blood-red crystals and black materials that had been filled in were instantly pulverized by the chaotic spatial power!
The spatial passage, which had been gradually stabilizing, suddenly collapsed and contracted inward like a punctured balloon, forming a dark spatial vortex that emitted a terrifying suction force!

"No—!" The Golden-Faced Blood Sacrifice Envoy roared in despair and madness, watching helplessly as the almost successful teleportation failed at the last moment! He suddenly looked at Fu Shaoping, his eyes filled with resentment and disbelief, "You...you actually managed to...disrupt the ancient contract teleportation?! Who are you?!"

His response was Liu Hanyan seizing the moment he was distracted and delivering a vicious hook strike straight for his throat!
The Golden-Faced Blood Sacrifice Envoy hastily defended himself, but the hook light slashed his shoulder, drawing blood. The collapse of the teleportation array also seemed to affect his mind and power, causing his aura to become disordered.

"Retreat!" Liu Hanyan made a decisive decision, knowing that the teleportation array had been destroyed, the objective had been achieved, and that the enemy had many experts, so it was not advisable to fight for a long time.

Fu Shaoping, Jiang Muyun, and Ouyang Ming also forced their opponents back and quickly regrouped.

Without lingering in battle, the five used the spatial turbulence and energy storm caused by the collapse of the teleportation array as cover, transforming into several streaks of light and speeding back in the direction they had come from!

Behind them came the furious roar of the Golden-Faced Blood Sacrifice Envoy and the frantic pursuit of the Cao Gang and Blood Shadow Sect cultivators, but they quickly lost track of them due to the chaotic energy field and the gradually closing poisonous miasma (although the formation was broken, the natural poisonous miasma remained).

The team successfully returned to the submarine and immediately began a full-speed retreat towards Rock Island.

Inside the cabin, everyone was exhausted but filled with the joy of victory. Ouyang Ming was especially excited as he checked the recorded teleportation array rune imprints (he had taken advantage of the chaos to make some imprints using a special magical artifact).

Fu Shaoping regulated his breathing alone, calming his turbulent blood and soul power, but his heart was in turmoil.

The words of the golden-masked blood sacrificer still echoed in his ears. "Contractual source power," "source material"... He had indeed recognized the star core fragment! The Blood Shadow Cult, or rather the forces behind it, possessed an extraordinary understanding and desire for such contractual source materials!

Where does that teleportation array lead? Why does it resonate with the star core fragments and itself? And what is that ancient yet familiar feeling of being called back?
Although my actions today thwarted the Blood Shadow Cult's scheme and rendered a great service, they also completely exposed my secret of possessing the "Origin Item" (at least confirmed by the Golden-Faced Blood Sacrifice Envoy). It is foreseeable that the Blood Shadow Cult, and other forces that might covet this item, will not let this go unpunished.

The road ahead is fraught with danger and mystery. But Fu Shaoping's gaze grows ever more resolute. Whether the path ahead is a raging torrent or an endless fog, his path of contracts has already begun. With the Star Core fragment in hand and the inheritance within him, he has the confidence to fear nothing.

The bloodshed and turmoil in the turbulent seas may just be a prelude to his stepping onto a broader stage.

The real journey may have only just begun.

On the way back to Rock Island, the atmosphere inside the submarine was much more relaxed. Liu Hanyan, though still aloof, had a slight ease in her expression. Jiang Muyun and Ouyang Ming were talking quietly about the teleportation array runes they had just copied, unable to hide their excitement. Chen Xuan successfully reunited with the group at the outer rendezvous point and was also thrilled to learn that the mission had been successful.

Only Fu Shaoping remained calm, eyes closed, seemingly at peace, but the words "contractual source power" and "source material" from the Golden-Faced Blood Sacrifice Envoy echoed repeatedly in his mind. This Blood Shadow Sect seemed to have a deep understanding of the ancient contractual inheritance, even able to sense the aura of the star core fragment. This was definitely not good news.

The submarine broke through the raging waves on the outer edge of the turbulent sea, and the dark outline of Rock Island gradually became clear. The defensive array on the island flickered with spiritual light, clearly indicating that it had been raised to a high level of alert. On the dock, Master Luo Chuan personally led his men to wait, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing the submarine return safely.

"Junior Sister Liu, Young Friend Mo, you've worked hard!" Master Luo Chuan stepped forward, his gaze sweeping over the group who looked slightly tired but were still in good spirits. "How is the situation on Poison Dragon Island?"

Liu Hanyan gave a concise report: "The three main array eyes of the Blood Fiend Maze Array have been destroyed, greatly reducing the array's power. The ancient teleportation array has been confirmed, and the Blood Shadow Sect is attempting to forcibly activate it, but it was destroyed in time by Mo Keqing, causing the core of the teleportation array to collapse and rendering it unusable in the short term. We withdrew amidst the chaos caused by the collapse of the teleportation array, encountering sporadic pursuit, but there were no casualties."

It is concise yet conveys the most crucial information.

A glint flashed in Luo Chuan Zhenren's eyes as he gave Fu Shaoping a deep look: "Young friend Mo has performed another extraordinary feat! You actually managed to destroy the ancient teleportation array?" Although he knew that Fu Shaoping's methods were special, how stable and profound was the structure of the ancient teleportation array? Destroying it was by no means an easy task.

"I was lucky enough to spot a crack in the formation's contract, and by guiding it, I caused its internal energy to become disordered and collapse," Fu Shaoping said casually, attributing the credit to luck and his keen insight into the contract's structure. He didn't want to reveal too much about the star core fragment for the time being.

Master Luochuan seemed to be deep in thought, and stopped asking questions. He then turned to Ouyang Ming and asked, "Fellow Daoist Ouyang, have you gained anything?"

Ouyang Ming quickly presented a specially made jade slip: "Senior Luo Chuan, I have copied some of the key runes of the teleportation array. Although it is incomplete, its structure is extremely ancient and profound, and its principles are completely different from those of the teleportation arrays we use today. It seems to contain a very deep understanding of space and contracts. Perhaps we can study some of the essence of ancient array principles from it."

"Good!" Master Luochuan accepted the jade slip with a joyful expression. "This time, we not only thwarted the Blood Shadow Sect's plot but also obtained this array pattern, a great achievement! You have all made great contributions, and the Water Mansion and Thousand Machine Pavilion will surely reward you handsomely! Go back and rest well. Detailed battle reports and rewards will be issued soon."

Everyone thanked them and went their separate ways.

Fu Shaoping returned to the temporary quiet room arranged on the island, set up a restriction, and immediately took out the "Qiyuan Star Core Fragment" to carefully sense it. The fragment was still warm and smooth, exuding a profound primal aura, and showed no abnormalities. He then took out the jade slip containing the "Miscellaneous Records of Ancient Qiwen" and repeatedly compared it with the runes of the teleportation array in his memory.

Sure enough, in a corner of the "Miscellaneous Records," there was an extremely incomplete and almost unrecognizable rune that bore a striking resemblance, six or seven parts similar in structure and spirit, to a major rune in the core area of ​​the teleportation array! The jade slip's annotation consisted of only a few words: "Suspected to be the basic rune of the ancient 'Directional Teleportation Contract,' linked to void positioning..."

A directional teleportation contract? Void positioning? This is far more than just an ordinary teleportation array! Combining this with the bloodline resonance he felt earlier, Fu Shaoping had a bold guess in his mind: that teleportation array might not be a random teleportation, but rather a directional connection to a specific location closely related to the ancient contract inheritance! What is the Blood Shadow Cult trying to attract by activating it? Or, what (or person) do they want to send there?
He retrieved several fragments of broken black material from the Poison Dragon Island battlefield (which he secretly collected amidst the chaos), as well as a dull, blood-red crystal remnant. Examining it closely with his "Spell-Breaking Spiritual Eye," the black material was hard, neither gold nor stone, and its surface bore subtle contract patterns identical to those found in teleportation array runes, suggesting it was an ancient artifact. The blood-red crystal, on the other hand, contained a dense concentration of bloodthirsty soul power, clearly the "fuel" used by the Blood Shadow Cult to forcibly activate the array.

"Where did the Blood Shadow Cult get these ancient materials? What is their purpose in activating the teleportation array?" Questions swirled in Fu Shaoping's mind like vines.

He realized that he might have inadvertently stumbled upon a massive vortex far beyond the Yunmeng Marsh, involving ancient secrets. Blood Shadow Cult, contractual artifacts, directional teleportation arrays... behind all of this, a faint clue seemed to be hidden.

Three days later, detailed battle reports and rewards were issued.

Fu Shaoping's contribution was rated "Top Grade," second only to Liu Hanyan (for leading the team). The rewards were once again astonishingly generous: 8,000 merit points, a bottle of the third-tier pill "Spirit Nourishing Pill" (to nourish and strengthen spiritual consciousness), a piece of the rare water-attribute refining material "Deep Sea Sinking Silver," and the opportunity to visit the core forbidden area of ​​the Azure Wave Water Mansion, "Ten Thousand Scrolls Pavilion," for three days!

The Myriad Scrolls Pavilion is said to be the place where the Azure Wave Water Palace stores the most precious classics, secrets, and fragments of cultivation techniques. Only core elders or those who have made extraordinary contributions are allowed entry. This reward is a level higher than the previous third-level access to the Scripture Pavilion!
Liu Hanyan, Jiang Muyun, Ouyang Ming, Chen Xuan, and others were also rewarded handsomely.

Having received the reward, Fu Shaoping was in no hurry to use it. He knew that this battle had elevated his status within the Azure Wave Water Mansion, but it also brought with it more scrutiny and potential trouble. The Golden-Faced Blood Sacrifice Envoy was alive; the Blood Shadow Sect would never let the matter rest. (End of Chapter)