Traversing countless worlds from the primordial era

Chapter 41 "Who's Going to Smash Me!"

Lei Ming himself did not expect that his seclusion this time would last so long.

According to his plan, he had been preparing to emerge from seclusion for 80 years. After 20 years of seclusion, Lei Ming's five golden cores had all reached the late stage of Core Formation, and he would then consider forming his Nascent Soul.

Just as Lei Ming was about to emerge from seclusion, the Kunlun Mirror, which had been dormant in his spiritual sea of ​​consciousness, suddenly trembled, surprising and delighting him. To Lei Ming, the Kunlun Mirror was even more important than the Five Elements Pine Nuts. Without the Five Elements Pine Nuts, Lei Ming could cultivate other Great Daos, but without the Kunlun Mirror, he would lose the opportunity to travel through time.

Lei Ming's primordial spirit immediately approached the Kunlun Mirror, but was blocked by the innate aura outside the Kunlun Mirror. Lei Ming did not give up. Of course, he knew that innate spiritual treasures were not so easy to refine. Not to mention a Core Formation cultivator like himself, even an immortal who had achieved the Dao might not be qualified to refine an innate spiritual treasure.

However, the Kunlun Mirror ultimately recognizes Lei Ming as its master, and since spiritual treasures possess a spirit, it does not reject Lei Ming. Even so, it took Lei Ming over 50 years for his primordial spirit to break through the innate aura and come into contact with the Kunlun Mirror.

The moment Lei Ming came into contact with the Kunlun Mirror, countless pieces of information flooded into his primordial spirit, and it took him a full 10 years to digest all of this information.

Under Lei Ming's perception, the Kunlun Mirror contained 48 layers of restrictions radiating innate divine power; these were the innate restrictions within an innate spiritual treasure. At the same time, Lei Ming also learned about the classification of innate spiritual treasures.

Innate spiritual treasures are divided into low-grade, mid-grade, high-grade, and supreme-grade. Low-grade innate spiritual treasures contain 1 to 12 layers of innate restrictions, mid-grade innate spiritual treasures contain 13 to 24 layers, high-grade innate spiritual treasures contain 25 to 36 layers, and supreme-grade innate spiritual treasures contain 37 to 48 layers. Above innate spiritual treasures are innate supreme treasures, which contain 49 layers of innate restrictions, equivalent to a complete Great Dao.

The Kunlun Mirror is a top-grade innate spiritual treasure, second only to the supreme innate treasure.

Unfortunately, Lei Ming tried to refine the Kunlun Mirror, but even with all his strength, he couldn't break through the first layer of innate restrictions. If the Kunlun Mirror hadn't actively recognized him as its master, Lei Ming wouldn't have been able to use it at all.

Lei Ming then attempted to refine the Demon-Binding Net, which was a merit-based magic weapon, but due to its material, it couldn't really be considered a merit-based spiritual treasure. As for saws and the like, they were even less of a possibility.

Lei Ming was dissatisfied because, despite inventing many tools, he only received a little merit.

The Demon-Binding Net was not of high grade, but it had three layers of restrictions inside. These restrictions were acquired restrictions. Lei Ming spent a lot of effort to finally break the restrictions of the Demon-Binding Net and completely refine it.

Afterwards, Lei Ming reforged the saw, adding an internal layer of restriction that made it far more powerful than any magical artifact in this world. Lei Ming then transformed the saw into a flying sword and nurtured it within his dantian.

"Next time I encounter Daoist Fenglei's flying sword, I won't need the Five Elements Divine Power to cut it in two!" Lei Ming thought to himself.

"Fellow Daoist Tong, the number of cultivators coming to Yunyin Mountain is increasing, and it's making things more and more difficult for us." At the foot of the mountain where Lei Ming was in seclusion, in a restaurant called Taiqinglou, the rogue cultivator Tang Xiangsheng couldn't help but sigh. More than 60 years ago, Tang Xiangsheng discovered that the spiritual energy here was abundant. He tried to go up the mountain several times, but was blocked by Lei Ming's formation each time. After that, Tang Xiangsheng opened up a cave at the foot of the mountain. With the help of the spiritual energy attracted by Lei Ming's cultivation, Tang Xiangsheng successfully broke through and reached the late stage of Foundation Establishment.

Before long, news of the place spread, and rogue cultivators continued to arrive, gradually forming a small town at the foot of the mountain. This mountain was originally nameless, but because of the formation, it was shrouded in clouds and mist all year round, so people called it Cloud Hidden Mountain.

Surprisingly, the spiritual energy of Yunyin Mountain has become increasingly abundant in recent years, even surpassing that of some sects' mountain gates. Nearby sects have noticed this and have been sending disciples to open cave dwellings, while many rogue cultivators have been expelled.

Tong Hao had also arrived here quite early. He shook his head and said, "I heard that the Luoyun Sect has taken notice of this place. Life is going to be even harder for us rogue cultivators."

Tang Xiangsheng was shocked: "The Luoyun Sect has occupied the Yunmeng Mountains, and they still want to look down on Yunyin Mountain?"

Tong Hao smiled wryly and said, "Fellow Daoist Tang, although Yunyin Mountain cannot compare to Yunmeng Mountain Range, it is still an excellent spiritual land. There are many disciples of Luoyun Sect, especially Foundation Establishment disciples, who really like this place."

Tang Xiangsheng nodded silently.

Tong Hao looked up at the mountain and said, "Everyone says there are great masters on Yunyin Mountain. I wonder what kind of masters they are?"

"I'm afraid we'll never get to see it," Tang Xiangsheng shook his head.

Dozens of streaks of light came from afar and landed at the foot of Yunyin Mountain. Many cultivators avoided them upon seeing them. These people were wearing the Daoist robes of Luoyun Sect, one of the three major sects of Xi Kingdom, with a Nascent Soul cultivator in charge. They were not people that rogue cultivators could afford to offend.

"Junior Brother Zhou, is this the spiritual land you mentioned?" Among the disciples of Luoyun Sect, a handsome and arrogant young man looked at Yunyin Mountain with disdain in his eyes.

Zhou Bo laughed and said, "Senior Brother Qi, Yunyin Mountain is a sacred place for ordinary cultivators, but it is just an ordinary place for us."

Qi Mingyu chuckled lightly: "It was my oversight. This place is indeed quite nice; apart from the Yunmeng Mountains, few places in Xi Kingdom can compare. But why did they build cave dwellings at the foot of the mountain instead of going up to the top?"

Zhou Bo said, "Legend has it that there is a master on Yunyin Mountain. I once tried to go up the mountain, but I inexplicably came down again."

"Really?" Qi Mingyu's interest was piqued. "I'd like to give it a try!"

Qi Mingyu flew up the mountain on his sword. The sword light disappeared into the clouds and mist. A moment later, he flew out, looking completely bewildered.

"Senior Brother Qi, the formation here is extremely strange. Countless people have tried to use it, but none of them have succeeded." Zhou Bo said, as if he had expected it.

Qi Mingyu was unwilling to give up, so he flew up the mountain again. When he reappeared, he looked somewhat disheveled.

To prevent his seclusion from being disturbed, Lei Ming used the Five Elements Spirit Beasts to set up an array. More than 100 years ago, the Five Elements Spirit Beasts had already reached level five. The array they set up together, combined with the Five Elements Array Flags that Lei Ming had refined, was enough to trap a cultivator in the late stage of Core Formation.

While the formation was being set up, the Five Elements Spirit Beasts were also absorbing spiritual energy. Now they had reached level seven, equivalent to the late stage of Core Formation. The power of the Five Elements Formation had also increased greatly. Even a Nascent Soul Ancestor would not be able to gain any advantage, let alone Qi Mingyu, a mere Foundation Establishment cultivator.

"There's something strange about the mountain!" Qi Mingyu pondered.

Zhou Bo shook his head: "Everyone knows this mountain is strange. Some people guess that there are masters cultivating here, and others guess that there are treasures on the mountain, but none of that matters. The formations on the mountain are too strong."

"Let's try attacking the formation," Qi Mingyu said.

"Useless Senior Brother Qi, once a Core Formation cultivator failed to break into the mountain and, in a fit of anger, attacked the mountain's formation. As a result, his magic weapon was swallowed up by the mountain's clouds and mist and could never be retrieved," Zhou Bo said.

"Is it just that the magic weapon can't be retrieved?" Qi Mingyu asked.

Zhou Bo nodded: "Later, others tried it too. Whether it was a magic weapon, a spirit talisman, or a magical treasure, once it entered the clouds, it never came out again."

"Really? Then I'll give it a try!"

Qi Mingyu was skeptical. He activated the talisman, and instantly a giant firebird swooped down towards the mountain. The firebird disappeared into the clouds and immediately fell silent, as if it had never existed.

Qi Mingyu was still not satisfied, so he summoned a flying sword, which grew to a size of several dozen feet and pierced straight through the clouds, and then...

"I refuse to believe that this formation won't react at all!" Qi Mingyu gritted his teeth and took out a talisman from his storage bag, but Zhou Bo quickly stopped him.

"Senior Brother Qi, let's forget about it..."

"No, I must see it with my own eyes!" Qi Mingyu refused to believe it. He pointed and the talisman transformed into a large seal, which fell towards the top of Yunyin Mountain.

"Mountain-Shaking Seal!" Zhou Bo couldn't help but exclaim enviously upon seeing the massive seal. Both his and Qi Mingyu's families were from the Falling Cloud Sect, and their power was originally comparable. More than a decade ago, the Qi family's ancestor successfully broke through to the late Core Formation stage, making the Qi family one of the most powerful families in the Falling Cloud Sect.

The Mountain-Shaking Seal grew to a size of several tens of feet and slammed heavily into the clouds. The disciples of the Falling Cloud Sect and the surrounding rogue cultivators all watched intently.

"These sect disciples are really rich; they even dare to throw talismans up the mountain!" Tang Xiangsheng said with envy and jealousy.

"No matter how rich you are, you can't get this talisman back..." Tong Hao chuckled.

Just as the Mountain-Shaking Seal was about to land on the mountaintop, a Taoist priest dressed in green suddenly appeared. He looked up at the Mountain-Shaking Seal with some annoyance.

"I just came out of quarantine, who's going to smash me!"

(End of this chapter)