New concept of the mysterious way to ascend to immortality

Chapter 314 [The Door]!
Yuan Zhu originally intended to give this sensible and proactive pet, who knew how to take the civil service exam and pledge allegiance to the Mountain Lord, a good pet that not only did not resist the [Anti-Law], but was even more eager to dedicate its loyalty and soul than Yuan Tang and his sister, wishing it could crawl into the [Anti-Law.Shadow] and become its accomplice, a good pet that would always be by its master's side.

However, its fur, though seemingly soft and auspicious, was actually dirty and covered with a layer of greasy grime, and it didn't smell quite right either.

So Yuan Zhu decisively abandoned the idea of ​​interacting and said to Bai Lu, "Now that you are fully intelligent, you can understand what I'm saying, right?"

The white deer raised its head and let out a proud cry: "Yo!"

It expresses an affirmative tone.

Yuan Zhu clapped his hands and praised, "Very good! Here's a bar of soap for you. Go and choose two [Eggplant Spirits] as your servants, then go down the mountain and wash yourself clean by the cold pool. You're covered in grease and filth right now; you're not qualified to be near me. It would be a desecration. Understand?"

"Yo yo yo!"

Finally understanding why its master was unwilling to get close to its white deer, it nodded excitedly and kept pawing the floor with its front hooves, urging Yuan Zhu to quickly give it some soap so it could go take a bath!
Candle exclaimed in surprise, "Huh? You understand this too?"

Snake: "Big Brother, you mustn't underestimate the wisdom of the goblins! The 'Artificial Intelligence 2.25' built into the 'Brain Eggplant (CPU)' has been optimized by feeding it with the 'thinking models' of 300 different goblins, and it's quite mature now, no longer mentally challenged. In the future, it will surely grow into 'world-shaking wisdom!' The intelligence of this white deer is equivalent to that of a 5-6 year old human. If more common sense is inputted into it, it will become even smarter."

Seeing Bai Lu looking at him expectantly, Yuan Zhu took out some daily necessities from his [Soul Space]: a bar of soap and a tube of toothpaste.

Put it in a plastic bag and hang it on its horn. Then say, "Go! Wash yourself clean before you come to see me. From now on, when you see me, you must bathe and burn incense."

"YoYo!"

The white deer responded cheerfully, then, with the plastic bag on its head, it ran merrily down the mountain. Along the way, it even caught two "eggplant spirits" that had carved niches in the walls to serve as laborers, giving it a grooming and massage.

...

On the other side, Yuan Zhu also arrived at the mountainside, two-thirds of the way up from Yinshan. The stone steps that the White Bone Scholar had carved out ended here.

At the end of the stone steps, at the edge of the cliff, a huge platform has been carved out. Inside the platform is the original cave dwelling, a small stone chamber dug out within the Yin Mountain, its interior walls covered with inscriptions.

Now, under Yuan Zhu's orders, three shadow demons are leading a group of eggplant spirits to continue carving steps towards the mountaintop along the original dead-end stone path. He plans to build his [Mountain Lord Temple] on the mountaintop.

As for the original [cave dwelling], now the core area of ​​the [Shadow Array], it has naturally undergone a second expansion and renovation.

Not only are there a group of demonic insects diligently digging into the mountainside, attempting to carve out a standard 'three bedrooms, one living room, one kitchen, and two bathrooms', but even the cave entrance has been reorganized and transformed into a grand, clustered entrance.

Above the empty stone gate, the words "Yinshan Prefecture" were carved in the ancient "Zhongshan Seal Script" of the Xi Dynasty, completely covering all traces left by the "White Bone Scholar".

New master, new look. Yuan Zhu looked at the rather impressive 'Yinshan Cave', nodded in satisfaction, and stepped inside.

After walking along a narrow path about 3 meters long, the inner hall suddenly opened up. The walls on all sides had been redesigned according to the layout of the Nine Palaces and Eight Trigrams. The eight "Insect Pillar Suppressing Stones" had now been transformed into eight load-bearing stone pillars, supporting the expanded hall. The interior was filled with a rich and lingering spiritual energy, like a celestial paradise.

Eight lifelike 'Shadow Demon Insects' reliefs cling to the surface of the stone pillar, presenting a matte metallic texture.

Around the demonic insect relief, numerous blood vessel-shaped stone patterns spread from the surface of the stone pillars, connecting to the roof and the ground, and extending all the way to the stone walls. It was as if this place was not a stone chamber carved into the mountain, but rather the internal organs of a giant monster.

Deeper into the cave, there are three 'bedrooms' under excavation. They are already taking shape, but have not yet been built. As for the toilet, dining room, and kitchen, they only exist in the design drawings.

We still don't have enough oxen and horses. If we could gather 30 [Oxen and Horses Earth Spirit Warriors] to form a construction team, the excavation efficiency would increase by at least 10 times!
...

Yuan Zhu then switched to the [Tiger Demon] form and lay down at the core of the 'Nine Palaces and Eight Trigrams' formation. The [Land Deed], which had already deeply merged with the [Mountain Lord's Domain], also appeared in the [Boss Template].

If we think of the Boss Template as a game panel, then the Land Deed appears out of thin air in the Boss Template as a plugin in the form of a 'floating ball' on a mobile phone.

Tiger Demon can either completely ignore it and focus on operating the [Boss Template], or use mental clicks to touch the 'floating ball' to quickly switch to the [Lord of Yin Mountain] interface and manage Yin Mountain, which is covered by the radiation of the 'Law Domain'.

It is currently attempting to access the [Mountain Lord Management Interface]. It discovers that all information regarding [Yinshan] has been reorganized by the [Immortal Scripture] and presented in an interface similar to a management game.

The group consists of: a single core member, the auspicious white deer; a dozen or so high-ranking minions; and about two hundred cannon fodder, the eggplant spirits. In addition, there are several shadow-type weeds (shadow eggplants).

Continuing to browse the [Mountain King Management Interface], he also discovered a small-scale 'cloud and rain control' function, which allows him to control the climate within a 10km radius of 'Yinshan'. His specialty is creating yin winds, followed by gathering and dispersing fog, and then rain to irrigate the moss and vegetation on the mountain's surface.

Unfortunately, his current jurisdiction is still very small, and within his directly administered area, apart from the registered employees, the White Deer and the Eggplant Spirit, there are no other living creatures under his rule.

As for other functions, they are listed as pending development. The Boss Template/Mountain Lord's Domain does not provide any management module support; if he wants to develop new abilities, he must do it himself.

Only after he creates it according to his own ideas will his [Land Deed/Mountain Lord's Domain] include it and add it to the [Management Interface].

For example, if Yuan Zhu spends a huge sum of money to build the Mountain Lord Temple on the mountaintop and establishes a shrine and statue for himself, then the corresponding 'faith function' will appear in the 'management interface'.

Once you successfully cultivate spiritual herbs and medicines in your cave or on the mountain, the management interface will add relevant content such as 'planting/specialty products/medicinal materials' to assist in its management.

Yuan Zhu closed the [Mountain Lord Interface], looked at the nearly 80 [Insect Pillar Suppressing Stones] piled up in the corner of the cave, and asked, "Can I now complete the remaining [72 Earthly Fiends Formation]?"

Snake quickly read the relevant data of the ultimate divine power [Mountain Lord's Domain] in the [Boss Template], and then gave an affirmative answer: "No problem, the state of [Domain] has stabilized. In addition, the demonic insects have already dug out the 'nodes' for the array around Yinshan according to the array design provided by the [Immortal Scripture]. We just need to fill and activate them directly."

Unlike the previous two rounds of on-site terrain surveying, algorithm array hub node determination, and then the time and effort spent on excavation and excavation before arranging the [insect pillars], this is different.

This time, his demonic insects had already dug the node array bases well in advance. With just a simple loading, they could quickly complete the array setup and thoroughly establish and solidify the [Mountain Lord's Domain]. "So what are we waiting for? Let's get started!"

At the Tiger Demon's command, the Shadow Insects, which had been eagerly waiting, immediately emerged. They manipulated the shadows beneath them, condensing and splitting into 'shadow tentacles' that wrapped around the 'insect pillars' in the corners, quickly disappearing into the shadows and dragging the 'insect pillars' deep into the pre-dug tunnel.

In an instant, the cave was filled with chaotic demonic activity, and all sorts of demonic insects manifested bizarre 'shadow limbs', carrying the [Insect Pillar] in and out.

The Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams Formation serves as the hub, with the smallest scale, based solely on the cave dwelling and stone hall. However, with the arrival of the 36 Heavenly Generals, it expands more than ten times, with some nodes extending deep into the mountainside and others arranged on the outer perimeter of Yin Mountain, covering a significant portion of the mountain.

The current [72 Earthly Fiends Formation] covers a larger area. Some [Insect Pillars] are buried deep inside the mountain, while others are brought out of the cave, placed on the edge of the cliff, placed at the bottom of the cold pool, or moved to several adjacent mountains.

As each [Insect Pillar] was activated, the nodes of the [Earthly Fiend Array] began to connect with the [Heavenly Gang Array]. The [Heavenly Gang Array], which had accumulated shadow spiritual energy for many days, burst forth with boundless vitality, stimulating the [Heavenly Gang Suppressing Stone] to frantically proliferate its 'petrified blood vessels,' which spread and grew within the mountain, extending towards the [Earthly Fiend Nodes].

The Earthly Fiend Suppressing Stone also 'came to life'. The 'petrified flesh and blood' inside the insect pillar pierced through the carapace, assimilating the surrounding stone like roots, expanding rapidly like roots, and finally rushing in both directions to connect and merge with each other.

The numerous [Earthly Fiend Suppressing Stones] also grew 'vein roots' on each other, spreading and connecting to form a huge magic array covering several kilometers in radius, centered on [Yin Mountain].

As the [Earthly Fiend Array] frantically drew upon the spiritual energy accumulated by the [Heavenly Gang Array], it rapidly constructed a complete foundation.

The Tiger Demon's Yinshan Domain has also taken full shape, with its core area consisting of the complete Yinshan Mountain and most of the Cold Pool. Along with the two surrounding half-mountain sections, it has named them Hanchan Peak (left, 2/3 of which is incorporated into the domain) and Xianzhi Mountain (right, 1/3 of which is incorporated into the domain).

The Tiger Demon plans to entrust the two 'spiritual mountains', which are under the absolute control of the [Mountain Lord's Domain], to the two siblings and the auspicious white deer for management, respectively.

【Cold Cicada Peak】has a larger covered area, more spiritual energy, and higher value. It is managed by the Yuan siblings in rotation, who are responsible for raising insects and cultivating medicinal herbs. 【Hidden Ganoderma Mountain】has a smaller covered area. It is managed by a white deer mainly because it will not leave the 【Mountain Lord's Domain】, can guard its post 24 hours a day, and is loyal enough to be cultivated.

That's why they gave it half a mountain, and forced it to grow into [Yinshan. Deputy Goat], the strongest security captain.

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As the [72 Earthly Fiends Formation] was fully formed, the three layers of the formation nested together and interacted with each other, instantly unleashing a terrifying 'suction force'. It not only frantically extracted 'deathly energy pollution' from the 'Yin Sha Land' where the formation was located, but also extracted even more mixed 'composite pollution' from the [Misty Mountains]. At the same time, it also frantically extracted 'shadow pollution' from the [Shadow Dimension] connected to the [Yin Mountains].

The 'polluted energy' from these numerous sources is frantically pouring into the [Yinshan Dharma Domain]. Filtered through the [Insect Pillar Nodes], it breeds a massive number of 'vascular roots' that further spread and proliferate in a three-dimensional manner at the bottom layer and inside the mountain.

In particular, the number of 'blood vessels and roots' inside the core hub of [Yinshan] has increased dramatically. They not only intertwine densely along the cross-section of the 'magic array', but also spread and extend towards the mountaintop and underground, showing a tendency to revitalize the entire [Yinshan] and inject polluted life force.

After being filtered by the magic array, the even purer shadow spiritual energy and death energy all flowed back into the Yinshan Cave where the tiger demon was entrenched.

The land deed belonging to the Tiger Demon suddenly erupted, taking control of the entire cave space and causing it to collapse in reverse, forming a 'closed space' that it was extremely familiar with.

"Huh? This is..."

The tiger demon, who had been lying on the ground pretending to be dead, suddenly raised its head, looked around at the pitch-black rectangular space supported by eight stone pillars, and revealed a look of surprise and uncertainty.

Before it could confirm, the [Boss Template] issued a series of warnings. Its core [Shadow System], due to the successful opening of the [Mountain Lord's Domain], was forced to undergo erosion and transformation by external [Contaminated (Shadow) Rules], and was forcibly upgraded.

In other words, the [Boss Template] has become so successful in its external expansion that it has become deeply integrated with the external pollution (shadow) system, exceeding the inherent strength limit of the [Abnormal Spiritual Root (Boss Template)].

For example, the growth limit of a [mutated spiritual root] is the Golden Core stage, but the Tiger Demon, with its ultimate divine power, created the [Mountain Lord's Domain], causing boundless spiritual energy to flow back into the [Boss Template], breaking through the Golden Core limit and reaching a higher realm that even the [Immortal Scriptures] cannot understand or provide technical support for: the Nascent Soul stage!
Therefore, the [Boss Template] has been passively updated and upgraded, opening a new and unknown chapter.

Its greatest gain at this moment, or rather, the 'symbolic symbol' of a completely new realm, is the [Gate] belonging to the Tiger Demon!

Following a series of inexplicable warnings of danger, the [Boss Template] encountered a [Door] that was neither good nor bad, but was bound to appear as long as one was involved in the Chaos Spirit Universe.

"[Door]? [Shadow Dream Hole]?!"

The tiger demon stood up in shock and excitement, pacing rapidly as it surveyed the [Shadow Space] it found itself in. This was clearly a replica of the [Inner World] created within [Feathered World: Pastoral Village]!

Its [Mountain Lord's Domain] not only opened up a [Secondary World (Shadow Space)] like the [Shadow Domain], but this [Space] also harbors a vague [Dream Dimension]?!

Compared to [Dreamland (Cockroach Village)] in [Pastoral Village], which can bind and link the dreams of all residents, the 'dream' condensed in [Mountain Lord's Domain] is more than a hundred times weaker at this moment.
The indistinct 'dream' within the [Shadow Space] is connected to [White Deer] only through the [Anti-Law] mark, besides oneself. The other shadow demons are all accomplices and cannot dream at all. As for [Eggplant Spirit], because its brain is hijacked by the [Eggplant CPU], it also cannot dream.

Furthermore, and most importantly, his [Mountain Lord's Domain] lacks any elements related to the [Nightmare Dimension], thus receiving no nourishment (nightmare contamination). Consequently, his 'dreamland' remains in a state of flux, teetering on the brink of collapse.

"I understand! It's because of the [Insect Pillar]!"

The 'Insect Pillar Suppressing Stones' used to construct the [Mountain Lord's Domain] are all crafted from the [Shadow Dream Hole] of the [Feathered World], inherently carrying 'Nightmare Contamination' and recording the special structure of the [Shadow Domain].

Now that the 8+36+72 insect pillars have jointly created the [Mountain Lord's Domain], it is perfectly reasonable to copy and paste the spatial structure of the [Shadow Domain] over. It also comes with a malnourished 'gift (Cockroach Village Projection)' lacking a connection to the [Nightmare Dimension].

As for its own "door," it naturally follows the style of the "Shadow Dream Hole," a "door" that looks exactly like the round pressure cabin door of a submarine.

"wrong!"

Tiger Demon suddenly turned around and looked at the other end of the [Shadow Space]. Directly behind the main entrance, another identical [Circular Dream Hole] was firmly embedded in the other wall of the [Space].

Tiger Demon: "How come I have two [doors]?!"

(End of this chapter)