Battle Through the Heavens: Marry Cao Ying, Reward is Devouring Ancestral Symbol

Constructing a spatial arrayWhen Shen Wen returned to the manor, Cao Ying was not there.

In the hall, Cai Lin was leaning on a soft couch, flipping through a briefing sent by the Snake-People Clan. Seeing him return, her purple eyes brightened slightly as she set down the scroll and stood up.

”You’re back.”

Her voice was still cold, but a hint of warmth rippled through her eyes.

Xiao Yi Xian stepped forward and called out ”Sister Cai Lin.” Cai Lin nodded in response, but her gaze fell on the elderly man behind Shen Wen, who had a sinister expression and a heavy aura.

A Dou Zun.

Although Cai Lin’s cultivation had slowed due to her pregnancy, her eyesight remained sharp. She could tell at a glance that this old man possessed extraordinary strength and carried a subtle, icy chill, definitely not someone from the Pill Tower.

”Who is this?” She looked at Shen Wen.

Heavenly Frost Son quickly took a step forward and bowed respectfully, his posture humble: ”This old man is Heavenly Frost Son. Greetings, Madam.”

Cai Lin’s brows twitched slightly as she looked at Shen Wen: ”It seems this trip to the Ice River Valley wasn’t so peaceful.”

Shen Wen smiled and didn’t answer directly, only saying to Xiao Yi Xian: ”Go keep your Sister Cai Lin company. Tell her about the matters of the Ice River Valley slowly.”

Xiao Yi Xian nodded obediently and walked to Cai Lin’s side.

Cai Lin pulled her down to sit, her gaze still questioning.

Shen Wen then turned to Heavenly Frost Son and instructed: ”The identity of the Ice River Valley’s Grand Elder is too conspicuous.”

”Find a way to change your aura and appearance. Usually, you will pose as a Loose Cultivator Guest Elder I’ve newly recruited.”

Although according to Bing He, very few people knew of Heavenly Frost Son’s existence, the Burning Flame Valley would certainly know.

There were also some from the older generation who knew, so it was better to cover it up.

Heavenly Frost Son agreed without hesitation: ”Yes, Venerable. This subordinate will handle it immediately.”

He acted decisively, turning to walk toward the guest room. His aura shifted and retracted, and even the bones in his face emitted subtle cracking sounds, clearly using some high-level Transformation Art.

For a Dou Zun, it wasn’t about complete concealment, but merely changing one’s aura and appearance.

This was not a difficult task.

Cai Lin watched this scene, a flash of realization in her purple eyes as she whispered: ”You ’converted’ him?”

She also knew about the Great Universal Salvation Technique, but for her, it was quite difficult to even begin learning the Past Amitabha Sutra and the Future Non-Existence Sutra.

Anything involving the Soul was relatively hard for her to start.

On the contrary, Cao Ying had mastered a bit of it, though she wasn’t as overbearing as Shen Wen.

Shen Wen nodded and sat down beside her: ”Bing He wanted to play ’black eats black’ and sent him with men to intercept and kill me. It just so happens I was lacking a Dou Zun assistant on the surface.”

Xiao Yi Xian added softly: ”The Ice River Valley is now under Brother Shen Wen’s control, though outsiders don’t know it yet.”

Hearing this, a hint of a smile crossed Cai Lin’s eyes as she shook her head: ”Your harvest from this trip is quite significant.”

She paused and spoke of business: ”Sister Cao Ying hasn’t been in the manor these past few days. The Materials for the spatial passage you asked her to collect have been prepared and are stored in the warehouse. She said you can start setting it up once you return.”

Shen Wen’s eyes lit up: ”So fast?”

”With enough money, it’s not fast at all.”

Cai Lin knew the amount of money spent during this period made her heart ache a little. To collect them as quickly as possible, at least dozens of Huangji Pills were used.

Especially the Space Crystals used to stabilize the spatial passage.

Because it had to be done privately, the price premium exceeded twenty percent. Fortunately, they had an Alchemist at home who was like a money-printing machine.

Otherwise, ordinary people really couldn’t do it. Like the Luo family, they had an entire city supporting them, which could be said to be a massive investment.

As they were speaking, footsteps came from outside the courtyard.

It was Cao Ying, who had received news of Shen Wen’s return and hurried over from the Pill Tower.

Cao Ying walked in wearing a light dress. Seeing Shen Wen in the hall, a smile immediately bloomed on her face: ”Husband is back.”

Her gaze swept toward the guest room where Heavenly Frost Son was, seemingly sensing something but asking no questions. She walked to Shen Wen’s side and said softly: ”The Materials are all ready. Work can begin at any time.”

”Also, while you were away, several more waves of people came seeking pills. I’ve temporarily held them off according to your wishes.”

Shen Wen took her hand: ”Thank you for your hard work.”

Cao Ying shook her head and looked at Xiao Yi Xian, smiling: ”Was the trip smooth for you, little sister?”

Xiao Yi Xian smiled gently: ”Thanks to Brother Shen Wen, everything went smoothly.”

After they spoke for a while, Cao Ying went to arrange dinner.

Shen Wen got up and went to the warehouse to inspect the mountain of spatial Materials.

Looking at the dazzling array of rare Ores, Space Rune Base Plates, and the core crystals for stabilizing the Formation’s eye, his heart felt settled.

With these, the spatial wormhole leading to the Northwest could truly begin construction... After resting for two days, Shen Wen set out.

Several inconspicuous flying boats quietly rose from the outskirts of the Pill Domain, fully loaded with the rare Materials needed to construct the spatial passage, heading toward the Snake-People Clan’s territory.

Since it was a private passage, the location had to be hidden.

Placing it where the Snake-People Clan was located was just right.

When the flying boats landed, Cai Lin had already arranged for people to meet them. The Materials were quickly transported into a massive cavern already excavated deep within the mountain.

Shen Wen stepped into the cavern and looked around.

The rock walls were already covered with basic space runes, and a space for the Formation core was reserved in the center of the ground. He stepped forward, pressed his hand out, and a silver light rippled at his brow.

The fluctuations of the space ancestral talisman spread silently, mixed with the unique space-time rhythm of the Gu Treasure Art.

Although he had spent most of the past half-month studying Alchemy with Xuan Danzi, he never relaxed his study of spatial laws during his spare time.

Now, combining the two, his control over space had long surpassed that of an ordinary Dou Zun, becoming almost instinctive.

The most difficult part of constructing a space Formation was the core ”Twin Space Crystal Array.”

It required simultaneously condensing space nodes at both ends of the passage that were mirror images of each other and in energy resonance. A slight deviation, and the passage would fail to stabilize or even collapse.

Shen Wen closed his eyes, his Soul power spreading out like a tide.

His hands formed seals, and streaks of silver-gray Space Power flowed from his fingertips, intertwining and weaving in the air.

Using two crystals as the core.

Runes flashed inside the crystals, echoing each other. The spatial fluctuations they emitted caused the entire cavern to tremble slightly.

Kui Xing and several Snake-People Clan commanders acting as Protectors nearby held their breath, their eyes full of awe.

After a full day, Shen Wen finally lowered his hands.

Two materialized Space Crystals floated quietly above the Formation core, their brilliance restrained, yet exuding a Space Anchoring Power as steady as a mountain.

These were the core components for constructing the spatial passage, the twin space crystals.

He took one of them; this one needed to be set up on the other side in a similar fashion.

Only then could it be completely connected, forming a spatial wormhole.

”The core Formation base is complete.” Shen Wen opened his eyes, his tone calm. ”The remaining rune connections, energy diversion, and outer reinforcement can be completed step by step according to the Formation map I left behind.”

He turned to look at an ordinary-looking, steady-aura black-clothed old man behind him.

It was Heavenly Frost Son after his transformation, now going by the pseudonym ”Shen Tian.”