The First Immortal of Destiny

Based on Shen Mo’s rudimentary understanding of this Creation Array, if it were operated with 81 Divine Bridge Realm (Fifth Stage) experts or nine or 18 Formless Realm (Sixth Stage) experts as its array cores, and constructed with millions of extraordinary creatures, its destructive power would be astonishing enough to shock even spirits and ghosts!

If, on this foundation, all the experts within the array were blood-sacrificed—their flesh, souls, and everything they possessed used to push the God Slaying Array to its absolute limit—it might even be capable of slaying a True Immortal-level existence...

”Did the True Immortal behind the Hou Corpse Cave, who had the great demon king and the others gather all the forces of Five Dragon Mountain and subdue numerous experts, harbor such a malicious intent?” Shen Mo (as Fairy Pei Yu) pondered. Even in his Demon Soul General form, the thought made him break out in a cold sweat.

The adversary of a True Immortal Realm expert must also be of the same level. If the True Immortal behind the Hou Corpse Cave gathered experts to deploy the world-shocking God Slaying Array for the sake of battling other True Immortal-level existences... then the creatures used to form the array would undoubtedly meet an exceedingly tragic end. A Blood Sacrifice would mean their flesh, souls, Mana, cultivation, and everything else would be obliterated, their souls scattered and dispersed, without even a chance to preserve a single trace of their remnant soul!

However, Shen Mo had never intended to collude with the demons of the Hou Corpse Cave. Once he finished reverse-cultivating the Green Cloud Cave and restored it to its original cave paradise, he would take the entire Fairyland and its billions of creatures within and flee Five Dragon Mountain directly.

What intentions the True Immortal behind the Hou Corpse Cave truly held, whether they planned to use the Creation Array to blood-sacrifice countless beings to deal with powerful enemies—none of this concerned him for the time being. On the contrary, the more formidable the God Slaying Array became, the more he desired to acquire it as a trump card against higher Dao Realms! After all, even without activating the array’s blood-sacrificial power, its normal operation could bridge the chasm between Dao Realms and contend against stronger opponents.

The Red Flame Sect boasted millions of disciples, with over 30,000 cultivators at or above the Qi Gathering Realm alone. Yet, they could only resist the onslaught of Class V great demons and Divine Bridge Realm Immortal Masters by relying on their Mountain Protection Array. Once outside the protective range of this formation, no matter their numbers, they would be insufficient for such beings to slaughter!

If he could obtain the array diagram for the God Slaying Array and use the Red Flame Sect members to construct the Creation Array, it would be sufficient to contend with, or even slay, middle-stage Divine Bridge Realm (Fifth Stage) experts. Not to mention, the Soul Refining Flag in his possession housed nearly 50,000 Demon Soul Generals. Even if they were fearless and unafraid of death, they couldn’t harm a single hair on a Class V great demon. But if they formed the God Slaying Array, the situation would be entirely different. Moreover, if he could cultivate the nine strongest Demon Soul Generals to Class V and use them as the nine array cores, they might even be able to challenge the Formless Realm (Sixth Stage)! If Shen Mo steeled his heart and paid the price of the Demon Soul Generals’ souls scattering by blood-sacrificing them all, he could undoubtedly eliminate a Formless Realm (Sixth Stage) expert.

「Green Cloud Cave, GuanYun Mansion.」

Shen Mo’s eyes were tightly closed as he continuously comprehended the profound mysteries of the God Slaying Array. Simultaneously, information surfaced on his Destiny Panel.

[You have observed the deployment process, operational methods, and formation changes of the God Slaying Array. You have gained enlightenment, as if awakening from a dream. Your understanding of the Array Path has deepened. Array Path Experience +450.]

[You have peered into the secrets of the Creation Array and resonated with them. Your understanding of the Array Path has deepened. Array Path Experience +325.]

[During this process, you have unexpectedly gained an opportunity. Destiny Point +1.]

Delving into a completely new branch of the Array Path brought Shen Mo many insights, and his attainments in the Array Path increased substantially. However, this alone was not enough for him to fully grasp the mysteries of the God Slaying Array, nor could he simply replicate a Creation Array. Even if he managed to obtain the complete array diagram for the big array through such methods, he would still need Fairy Pei Yu to become one of its array cores. This would allow him to more thoroughly perceive the critical aspects of the formation’s construction, the connection of Qi, and the changes in the array’s configuration!

Subsequently, Shen Mo’s consciousness returned once more to Fairy Pei Yu’s body.

「In Chaotic Stone Stockade, the various demons, including the three-bodied Snake Demon Liu Sanmei, were all somewhat panicked and uneasy.」

In their perception, the God Slaying Array was truly eerie and terrifying. It had gathered the power of tens of thousands of demons and, with devastating force, shattered the natural big array outside the stockade. Such might was likely something even their leader, Demon Lord Pei Yu, would find difficult to withstand!

Shen Mo (as Fairy Pei Yu), however, grinned coldly, a smile that sent chills down the spines of Liu Sanmei and the other demons. When he had formulated his series of plans, he was already aware that the Hou Corpse Cave had a Class V great demon in command, as well as formidable formations like the God Slaying Array... He intended to use Chaotic Stone Stockade to delay the Hou Corpse Cave demons’ advance and, in the meantime, cultivate Fairy Pei Yu to Class V. How could he possibly not have made corresponding arrangements?

The next moment, Shen Mo (as Fairy Pei Yu) surged the dark red, purplish Demonic Qi within his body. Opening his mouth, he spat out an extremely fine, silver-glowing thread, enveloped in Demonic Qi. This silver thread was none other than the ”Clear Spirit Qi” that Shen Mo’s real body had painstakingly extracted from the Spiritual Qi of the Immortal Realm, at the cost of Mana!

Furthermore, within the Illusionary Mirror—the mountain-guarding treasure of Profound Moon Peak (formerly Profound Moon School)—Shen Mo had personally imprinted three sword styles: ”Starfall,” ”Slay Demon,” and ”Reincarnation.” If any demon were to look closely at the surface of the Illusionary Mirror, they would see three vague figures wielding treasured swords and practicing swordplay, appearing like reflections in water or flowers in a mirror, exuding a sense of unreality!

With the Mana within Fairy Pei Yu’s body, she was incapable of unleashing these three Divine Bridge Realm-level attacks. Even if she forcibly executed them, she couldn’t manifest their true essence; at best, she would possess combat power equivalent to that of a half-step Divine Bridge Realm expert.

But with the assistance of Clear Spirit Qi, the situation was entirely different...

Injecting this Immortal Qi into the Illusionary Mirror would allow it to simulate the power of chaotic Yuan from Shen Mo’s real body. Leveraging the magic treasure’s characteristic of ”transforming illusion into reality, blurring the lines between genuine and false, a realm of half-truth and half-illusion,” it could turn the phantoms in the mirror into real, devastating sword strikes!

Even though these three powerful sword styles, executed in this manner, lacked the support of Shen Mo’s cultivation level, Skills, Mana, and so on, their might was not to be underestimated. They fully reached the power of the spell Big Moro Yao had left in the Mother Tree’s green leaf, equivalent to the terrifying sword Qi unleashed by a Divine Bridge Realm Immortal Master personally striking.

And the most ingenious part was that this was not Shen Mo executing it himself. Outsiders would be unable to detect even a trace of his aura. They would merely assume it was an immense power originally possessed by the Illusionary Mirror, never associating it with any other Divine Bridge Realm practitioner.

As long as the Clear Spirit Qi was not depleted, Shen Mo (as Fairy Pei Yu) could continuously unleash Immortal Master-level sword Qi, until either the Illusionary Mirror could no longer sustain it or the Clear Spirit Qi ran out!

After spitting out the carefully treasured Clear Spirit Qi, he (as Fairy Pei Yu) pinched her slender fingers, severing one-tenth of the Immortal Qi, and then injected it into the Illusionary Mirror.

BUZZ!

The Illusionary Mirror trembled violently, emitting a shimmering divine light. Wisps of sharp sword Qi escaped, causing Liu Sanmei and the other demons to retreat in alarm.

Immediately, Shen Mo (as Fairy Pei Yu) turned the mirror’s surface, aiming it at the God Slaying Array outside Chaotic Stone Stockade!