CHAPTER 816: CHAPTER 211: DIVINE WOOD

"Taking all these hundreds of millions of people with us is quite difficult, but not impossible."

Lin Yue mused, "If the Great Yong Divine Formation can be restored, and then a Proving Realm level Moving Array is set up, we can directly teleport these hundreds of millions of people to Great Yong."

However, the fate of the human clan in Liangwang City is already tied to him and has begun gradually shifting towards Great Yong with him.

"All cultivators of Liangwang City, come in."

Lin Yue once again took out the six-story Glazed Tower, absorbing the hundreds of thousands of cultivators from Liangwang City within it.

This tower is a Dominator Divine Artifact containing six layers of Grotto Heavens, with the ability to suppress and seal. He can only harness part of its power, mostly for holding people.

The Grotto Heavens inside cannot hold hundreds of millions, but accommodating a few million people is quite easy.

Such a Dominator Divine Artifact containing Grotto Heavens was extremely precious in ancient times, and only the Lord of Yanfu would willingly give it to him like this.

The fate of Liangwang City’s human clan mostly lies with these hundreds of thousands of cultivators. Taking them away means that even if the demon clan discovers the shift in Liangwang City’s human destiny, they can’t eradicate it.

"There’s still quite a bit of space, squeeze a bit more, we should be able to fit in another five hundred thousand..."

Lin Yue immediately used the Qi Observation Skill, swiftly sweeping through and picking out a few million mortals with strong fate from the remaining ones, trying to include entire families into the Grotto Heaven inside the tower.

These mortals with strong fate either have undiscovered cultivation talent or possess various skills.

"For the remaining people... once the Great Yong Divine Formation is restored, I’ll ask my second brother to help set up an array to take them away."

Lin Yue glanced at the remaining hundreds of millions of mortals in Liangwang City, somewhat helpless.

Although he has studied arrays over the millennia, he has only just reached the level of ’Entering the Dao with Arrays,’ far from ’Transcending with Arrays.’

After all, arrays are methods of application.

The Ultimate Path is merely a way to learn the essence of the various daos in the world more easily, and the various cultivation methods are applications of the Dao.

Martial Arts, Heart Phase, Blood Demon Dao, array methods, Sword Dao... all are applications.

He can immediately grasp the essence of these paths through the Ultimate Path, but learning the application methods is not something that can be achieved overnight.

Being able to produce the iron needed for sword making doesn’t mean you understand how to forge a sword.

This is only part of sword forging.

He is in a similar situation.

Especially in the extremely complex and intricate domain of arrays, achieving something requires a long time.

"It won’t be long before the demon clan notices the change in Great Yong’s fortune; it’s time to go to the Demon Country and seek the Human Ancestor’s body."

Lin Yue took a deep breath, glanced at the remaining human clan of Liangwang City, and, unable to worry about much else, directly tore through the void and left.

The fate of these hundreds of millions of people is uncertain.

But he has done his best; at such times, he can only make a choice and abandon one side.

If the Great Yong human clan perishes, Liangwang City, as a tool, won’t have a good end either.

Now, the priority is to find the Human Ancestor’s remains and resurrect Xiahong Feng. With another combat power at the Divine Son Level, there’s hope to destroy the Demon Clan’s World Tree.

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The Demon Country is a realm centered around the World Tree.

This true World Tree, also known as the Ancient Jianmu, forms a realm that, though not like the core fate of Great Yong’s Divine Formation, is close to a genuine world.

The concentration of essence in the world is not as great as the former Jingzhou of Great Yong, but the difference is not very large.

On the land under the World Tree live the most numerous lower-tier demon clans, almost all of whom are at the Five Elements Heavenly Barrier level.

The Great Demons at the Four Symbols Level live near the roots of the World Tree.

The gigantic divine wood that seems to reach the sky is rooted in the earth, seemingly supporting the sky, its majestic and grand presence enough to awe anyone.

Though the World Tree itself is enormous, only those at the Demon King Level are qualified to build palaces on it.

It is said that the Ancient Jianmu reaches the highest layer connecting heaven and earth; the higher the residence, the higher and denser the grade of essence.

Only the Demon Gods and Demon Ancestors are qualified to live in the canopy layers.

"Ancient Jianmu..."

Lin Yue looked up at this colossal divine wood, secretly sighing, "The fact that the Heavenly Demon Ancestor acquired this divine wood might have been the Destruction Sect’s Ancient Gods intentionally giving it to the demon clan..."

His form at this moment blended almost completely with the void, vanishing from the world.

Even a Proving Realms expert would find it hard to detect his presence unless they belong to the void path and have reached the Divine Son Level of condensing the Divine Heart.

"I’ve heard the Wood Demon Ancestor was originally a branch of the Jianmu that transformed into a demon, and after proving the Dao and condensing its Divine Heart, became one with the Jianmu, second only to the Heavenly Demon Ancestor in the Demon Country..."

Lin Yue squinted, scrutinizing the divine wood, faintly sensing a life force emanating from it.

This divine wood inherently contains enormous power. Once activated, it could easily suppress many at the Divine Son Level, making the World Tree most suitable to guard the Demon Country after the Wood Demon Ancestor merged with it.

"According to the estimate of the Lord of Yanfu, the power the Wood Demon Ancestor can mobilize after merging with the Jianmu is estimated to be quite close to mine."

Lin Yue pondered to himself, "It’s already very difficult for me alone to destroy the Jianmu, not to mention, the Dream Demon Clan is also stationed in the Demon Country, and Xiahou Shou’s Second Primordial Spirit’s whereabouts are unknown..."

With the Wood Demon Ancestor merged with the World Tree, it is second only to the Heavenly Demon Ancestor.

However, Xiahou Shou proved the Dao partly using the Ultimate Path as the Prison Demon God, hence his Second Primordial Spirit also possesses such strength and can use the Lifebound Sovereign Artifact of the body.

Although Xiahou Shou has only proved the Dao for a few decades and does not have the special bloodline like the Xiahong with its compatibility with Ancient Divine Power, even with sufficient Divine Lord level power, it may not be possible to condense the Divine Heart.

But even if not, his Second Primordial Spirit would not be weaker than the Wood Demon Ancestor.

If Xiahou Shou’s Second Primordial Spirit is also present, it would be even more impossible for me alone to destroy the World Tree.

Moreover, the Dream Demon Ancestor’s cultivation methods are extraordinarily unique. Once discovered, regardless of distance, it can directly contact any member of the demon clan.

Only rules that isolate as a self-contained world, such as the Great Yong Divine Formation and the entry areas of the Three Great Worlds, can sever this connection.

Even the Lord of Yanfu doesn’t possess such treasures.

Therefore, once action is taken, the Heavenly Demon Ancestor in Great Yong will instantly know.

Even if separated by millions of miles, the Heavenly Demon Ancestor wouldn’t take long to return.

"Find the Human Ancestor’s remains first; once Xiahong Feng restores his Divine Soul, his strength can fully rival the Heavenly Demon Ancestor!"

This is Lin Yue’s plan.

Years ago, when the Human Ancestor reincarnated as the Crown Prince, he grasped a portion of the Ultimate Path and condensed the Divine Heart with Divine Lord level power, having a Lifebound Sovereign Artifact granted by the Divine Emperor for balancing with the demon clan’s Heavenly Demon Ancestor.

It is said that when the Crown Prince split off a Second Primordial Spirit, he also gave the Lifebound Sovereign Artifact fused in his Divine Soul to the Second Primordial Spirit.

After all, the Crown Prince’s true body was a special Son of Heaven Dao, incapable of refining Divine Power, rendering even the possession of an artifact useless.

The Lifebound Divine Artifact is fully integrated with life, reincarnating even if the soul does, carrying along with the Divine Soul.

Hence, the Crown Prince’s Lifebound Sovereign Artifact should still exist within the main soul.

As long as Xiahong Feng’s Divine Soul is restored, he should be able to summon the Lifebound Sovereign Artifact.

This means having combat power that can match the Heavenly Demon Ancestor!

By then, cutting down the World Tree will not be difficult.

"If everything goes well, and with the treasures the Lord of Yanfu gave me, it might even be possible to slay the returning Heavenly Demon Ancestor..."

Lin Yue couldn’t help but feel a touch of expectation in his heart.

"But first, I must revive Xiahong Feng..."

He took a deep breath, immediately flipping his hand, and a seemingly unremarkable black cloak appeared in it.

"Although I can’t exert the full power of this ’Mist Veil’ Dominator Divine Artifact, even a partial capability, combined with void concealment, should easily evade the World Tree..."

In his integration with the void, Lin Yue donned the cloak, and in an instant, he almost completely drifted out of reality.

After which, he began stealthily flying towards the crown layer of the World Tree.