The road is vague

Chapter 247 Don't Ascend!

Li Mo stared blankly at the gray-white stone tablet.

"Tai Sui?"

After some thought, he was fairly certain that this was indeed a corrupted evil spirit.

The common way people use evil spirits is naturally to control them to a certain extent after certain conditions are met.

But Li Mo thought of another possibility.

So he entered the ethereal dream world again, bringing the ancient scripture tablet with him.

The unique aura of the ethereal dreamscape kept trying to distort and revitalize the ancient stele, but it never succeeded; it did not come to life like ordinary objects.

With the demonic clone standing beside him, Li Mo took out a sword sheath, just in case.

The scabbard is dark green and made of bamboo and rattan, giving it an ancient feel and a strong ability to ward off evil. A golden wave suddenly spreads out, pushing away the spiritual energy of heaven and earth within the ethereal dream realm, forming a space devoid of spiritual energy, resisting the two natures of heaven and earth within the ethereal dream realm.

This was the strange treasure he obtained from the furnace in the secret space of the Lingzhao Mountain mausoleum.

This treasure is no ordinary object; it is of utmost importance. He is not yet able to truly use it, so he dares not easily show it to others.

After doing all this, the gray-white eyes of the true demon clone revealed a solemn expression as it approached the stone tablet.

Seeing this, Li Mo channeled his magic power again and completed the summoning.

The silver spiky script on the stone tablet twisted wildly, and the tablet itself seemed to melt, turning into a black, slimy skull with a pained expression. It opened its mouth, ready to swallow the true demon clone whole.

However, this time the true demon clone did not retreat.

The true demon clone, which originally resembled Li Mo by seven parts, suddenly collapsed and transformed into its original demonic blood form. It then actively burrowed into the Tai Sui projection, attempting to merge with the filth.

The two sides merged and devoured each other here.

The original demonic lineage excels at various forms of fusion, perfectly integrating seemingly contradictory properties.

Li Mo actually intended to use this opportunity to advance further.

His true form, while holding a mysterious sword sheath to suppress the Tai Sui projection through its exorcising properties, was ready to activate the Eye of Dao at any time to interfere with the Tai Sui's descent with the Silver Doumu script.

As time went by, the two sides merged together.

Something unexpected happened to Li Mo.

The two clumps of liquid that were originally devouring each other suddenly merged into one in an instant. Then, the surface of the liquid stopped writhing and formed an extremely calm sphere, about 1.5 feet in diameter, floating in the air.

"this?"

Holding the mysterious sword sheath, Li Mo stared blankly at the sphere, unsure of what to do.

"It looks like it's turned into an egg?"

To be on the safe side, he immediately used the demon egg as the center and wrote runes with lightning spiritual power to set up the perfectly formed Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiend Hundred Refinement Array.

In an instant.

One hundred and eight pillars of spiritual energy rose from this place, shooting into the sky and echoing the thunder in the air.

Such mastery of formations is almost worthy of being called a grandmaster of formations.

Unfortunately, only in the ethereal dream realm could he so easily sketch the power of heaven and earth and set up such a grand formation. In the mountains and seas, he was not only constrained by his realm of understanding, but also suppressed by the secrets of heaven, fearing that he might frequently glimpse the secrets of heaven and suffer misfortune.

After doing all this.

Li Mo looked solemn as he gazed at the demon egg.

Although he could still sense that his various subconscious minds were still active through the Seven Apertures Returning to Origin Technique, the outer shell of this demon egg was composed of the mysterious substance that made up the ancient scripture tablet, which isolated most of his senses and made it impossible for him to discern the specific situation inside the eggshell.

Time passes little by little.

At first, Li Mo was a little worried and kept looking at the demon egg, afraid that something might happen.

However, as several days passed, the demon egg remained unchanged, and Li Mo gradually adapted to it.

He had a vague feeling that the eggshell was secreted autonomously by the true demon avatar in order to restrict the perception of the main body, and that its interior was rapidly sublimating.

"Could it be that it's trying to advance in order to shield itself from the influence of its own insights?"

Li Mo knew that this primordial demonic blood had boundless potential and must have split off from a high-level demon race. It was only because it was purified by the ethereal dream that he was able to truly refine it into an external avatar.

The reason it hasn't advanced yet is not only because its potential has become stronger after integrating the ethereal and extraterrestrial evil characteristics, but also because Li Mo's main body lacks sufficient understanding, meaning the main body is dragging down the clone.

Now, through this eggshell, the two are temporarily separated.

Upon realizing this, Li Mo was both surprised and delighted.

If the True Demon Avatar were to advance to the Golden Core stage, it would be far more significant for the selection of true disciples than simply refining Thunder Crystals. Furthermore, he could use the avatar to gain early insights into the Golden Core stage in the future.

Two more days passed.

Li Mo suddenly sensed something, and he abruptly stood up and looked at the demon egg.

Click!

A crack appeared on the demon egg.

Almost instantly, the thick thunderclouds in the sky, constrained by the terrifying pressure from higher altitudes, scattered and flew away, forming a vast vortex similar to the eye of a storm.

gradually.

A huge, dead fish eye, filled with an oppressive aura, looked down at the tiny figure on the ground.

It is like the sun in a fleeting dream, the secret of this world.

Li Mo's mind went blank as he stared blankly into the dead fish eyes.

But it's different from the Qi Refining stage.

Now, whether it's because he's advanced to the Foundation Establishment stage or because his understanding of the ethereal dream has deepened, when he instinctively looks up at the giant eye, he actually feels like he's directly gazing at the secrets of this world.

All kinds of knowledge and skills flowed past him like a great river.

But he could only peek into the parts he already knew.

The once barren land in all directions now reflects and distorts various illusions, with all sorts of people and things constantly changing. Countless silver runes are traversing the past, present, and future, manifesting themselves through dynamic runic characteristics. Li Mo, amidst these constantly flickering people and things, seems to be constantly traveling through a long history, intersecting with all sorts of people and things.

His face was blank, and he completely ignored the passage of time.

I do not know how long it has been.

Li Mo's eyes suddenly regained their brilliance, his body trembled, and his face showed horror.

He looked up at the sky, but the giant eye had disappeared, replaced by an inverted fairy mountain that stood tall and imposing, far more vast and magnificent than Qingming Mountain, but it was upside down.

Above were three large characters surrounded by countless lightning bolts.

"Piaomiao Peak!"

He then suddenly realized that the true demon clone was also walking upside down in the air.

From the perspective of the true demon's clone, the original body is upside down, and he suddenly realizes this.

"The order of heaven and earth here has been completely disrupted. What is called the earth is actually the sky, and the thunderclouds here are the true earth..."

In the blink of an eye, the world can be turned upside down.

Li Mo's figure also flipped upside down, and he stood on Misty Peak.

In this way, the so-called upside-down immortal mountain no longer exists; the earth under the thunderclouds becomes a rootless duckweed, while the sky is the solid entity.

There is no such thing as a divine secret in this world.

More accurately, it should be called a ground machine.

The pure spiritual energy of Piaomiao Peak is beyond comprehension. Although it cannot compare to the density when the spiritual energy was infused into the body, it is at least three or four times that of Qingming Mountain.

Shocked, Li Mo realized that his True Demon Avatar had successfully advanced.

A new crystal core was born within the body of the true demon clone.

Then it revealed a consciousness that it needed to devour a large amount of metal essence and a rare herb from the Mountain and Sea Realm to replenish the order it lacked. This was similar to how some demonic beasts needed human energy to transform, and how the human race's process of refining weapons and pills required materials from other races...

Li Mo suddenly realized.

He immediately took out two boxes from his spatial ring.

These were the golden essence he had obtained from his spatial ring after killing the demon of the Chen family, along with a Hundred Joy Flower. No wonder that demon had prepared these.

The box contained a full two ounces of gold essence, which was quite valuable.

This basil plant is about 3,300 years old.

After receiving the jade box, the true demon avatar opened its mouth and chewed and swallowed the Hundred Joy Flowers. Then, it pulled out its spine from behind and poured the golden essence powder onto the spine, which was quickly devoured by the black demonic fire.

After doing all this.

The true demon clone reinserted its spine into its body, and its previously slightly frivolous aura quickly stabilized, allowing it to begin digesting without moving.

Li Mo took a deep breath.

Although he was overjoyed that his True Demon Avatar had advanced to the Golden Core stage, he quickly regained his composure and looked thoughtfully at the palm of his right hand.

He was now absolutely certain that he had not only just grasped some of the Wood Principle of Puppetry, the Water Principle of Rune Arts, and the Earth Principle of Array Formation, but had also gone a step further by bridging the ethereal dream world and reality, enabling him to gather the essence, energy, and spirit scattered across the two worlds into a single point through the vortex in his hand.

Think of this.

With a solemn expression, he focused his energy and spirit into a single point, and, like Wen Sheng and Yang Zhiman, began to write and sketch in the air.

Although he was still somewhat unfamiliar with the process, as his movements proceeded in an orderly manner, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth from all directions rapidly converged, and a Zha Nian Thunder Spear gradually took shape.

Unlike the Zha Nian Thunder Spear, which is gathered through magic, this one is gathered based on one's own cultivation level.

The Zha Nian Thunder Spear, gathered through talisman-making techniques, is formed by outlining the order of heaven and earth, and its strength is significantly superior.

As Li Mo projected his attack, a deafening roar suddenly echoed from the thundercloud-covered land a hundred feet away. Terrifying lightning spiritual power erupted, its power comparable to that of a mid-to-high-level mid-tier spell.

Li Mo was overjoyed.

This brief glimpse into the secrets of heaven is worth more than ten years of his enlightenment!

Moreover, his Five Thunder Transformation is only missing the final enlightenment of the Golden Path to complete his cultivation.

"As Master said, the True Yang Secret Realm helps one comprehend the power of metal forging. If a Foundation Establishment disciple cultivates such a great supernatural power, even if they cannot challenge Golden Core cultivators, they will still be invincible among Foundation Establishment disciples!"

Li Mo's heart was racing, and he was so excited that he was slightly out of breath.

Moreover, given the density of spiritual energy on this Misty Peak, as long as he obtains a seat as a true disciple, he can set up the Misty Spirit Eye Array on Qingming Mountain. Combined with the composite Bagua matrix puppet, and considering the density of spiritual energy in both realms, advancing to the late Foundation Establishment stage will be no difficult task.

However, there are only a few days left before the selection of true disciples.

It was almost impossible to make any further progress in such a short time, so after calming down, he began to search the Misty Peak for clues about the source of all the trouble that Yin Miao had mentioned.

Two days later.

Li Mo arrived at the mountain peak, where there was a small stone house.

He immediately strode inside. In the room stood a nine-tailed fox statue, sitting cross-legged like a monk, holding a scroll in its hands.

Li Mo carefully picked up the scroll, his expression solemn as he slowly opened it.

"Don't ascend! Don't ascend! Don't ascend!"

The inscription on the paper, written in ethereal script, contained three repeated phrases about not ascending to immortality, leaving him speechless. He then lowered his gaze and fell into deep thought.

"Could it be that the source of all these disasters is the ascension, and is it really related to the pair of dragons named Xi and Nian in the legend of the Misty Clan?"

A sense of crisis gripped Li Mo's mind, and he quickly jerked his thoughts away.

But this crisis has lingered and has reached its highest critical level.

"No, I must improve my cultivation level as soon as possible, otherwise I will surely bring disaster upon myself!"

Li Mo's face was somewhat pale.

If he weren't still in a dreamlike state, this sense of crisis would probably be even more intense. This is the advantage of being a formation master; they are exceptionally sensitive to the secrets of heaven.

(End of this chapter)