Immortality Through Array Formations

Chapter 2519: Chapter 26: When the Desolate Heaven Rises (Part 3)

In broad daylight, a dragon roar suddenly echoed out of thin air. It seemed as though an alarm fire had reached here.

Not long after, a large-scale conflict erupted.

An unremarkable small sect suddenly rebelled and launched a surprise attack on the Taoist Court.

After a fierce battle, the Taoist Court was overtaken, and many supervisors and enforcement leaders were slaughtered.

The Taoist Court was also set ablaze.

Seeing this, the poor and destitute loose cultivators charged into various local aristocratic families to kill and loot.

The entire Shaoshan City instantly turned into a sea of fire.

Situ Xiu tried to suppress the rebellion but found herself powerless. She could only gather with the disciples and elders of the Situ Family, struggling to protect themselves.

But clearly, this was not a long-term solution.

”Miss Xiu, let’s return to the clan first. Shaoshan City is completely out of control...”

An elder of the Situ Family said gravely, ”If we stay any longer, we might get burned.”

Situ Xiu frowned, ”What on earth happened?”

Elder Situ looked serious: ”Judging by the situation, it seems there are ’rebels’ who have taken up arms intending to resist the Taoist Court...”

Situ Xiu was shocked, ”Who would have such daring...”

Elder Situ shook his head, ”A rebellion that shocks the world; the person behind it must be extremely formidable. It’s best not to get involved with such a figure, or else there might be a disaster of ’annihilation of the clan and destruction of the family.’”

Situ Xiu nodded, deeply agreeing.

Then the Situ Family group left Shaoshan City, even traveling light without using carriages to avoid drawing attention.

Yet, upon leaving Shaoshan City, they realized that it was not only Shaoshan City in chaos but the entire state boundary, and even most of Li State, was in turmoil.

Along the way, there were refugees and bandit cultivators everywhere.

Relentless fighting, corpses strewn everywhere.

The majority of the Immortal Cities had erupted in conflicts, big or small.

In some Immortal Cities, the Taoist Court was overthrown, Court Leaders and Supervisors were killed, and rebellious cultivators rallied the loose cultivators, shouting, ”The heavens are dead, let the desolate heaven stand.”

Many Immortal Cities directly closed their gates, prohibiting any cultivators from entering or exiting.

In this precarious moment, as far as the eye could see, it was already a harbinger of a ”chaotic world.”

And the army of the barbarian tribes in the Great Wilderness continued like a flood from south to north, sweeping all before them.

Wars were steadily spreading from the Great Wilderness towards Li State...

...

The situation was gradually deteriorating.

The appearance of Ying Huo, a calamity of soldiers and fire.

Such omens, many high-level cultivators in the Taoist Court and the Nine State were well aware of.

But the problem was, while they held high positions and saw these ”omens,” they didn’t understand the details.

And the Great Wilderness being remote and Li State impoverished, mostly composed of small second and third-grade states, with low-grade state boundaries, was relatively isolated.

Many high-level communication methods couldn’t be used at all.

News from within was very slow to emerge.

Thus, for the time being, they were powerless to intervene, doing their best to plan and prepare early, albeit with inevitable worry.

...

Qian Learning State Boundary, Taixu Gate.

Inside the Elder’s Residence.

Elder Master Xun stared at the map of the Great Wilderness and Li State, his brow tightly furrowed.

He had given general orders, but something still troubled him deeply.

”Ying Huo falls in the south, disasters appear in the Great Wilderness, and the Great Wilderness and Li State are one; Mo Hua’s hometown is in Li State, could he be affected...”

Elder Master Xun was still worried about Mo Hua.

After thinking for a while, he still couldn’t let go, deciding to calculate Mo Hua’s situation and see if he was safe.

Elder Master Xun drew upon the Taixu Celestial Mechanism Compass, connecting it to the Tai Xu Yin Yang Lock.

The compass spun, the heavenly secret trembled, and suddenly the eyes were filled with red light, blazing fire reaching the sky, the scorching sun burning.

And between heaven and earth, a beacon fire like a dragon...

Elder Master Xun immediately pressed down the compass, not daring to calculate further.

He was somewhat numbed.

After a long while, he still hadn’t recovered.

”It shouldn’t be... it’s unlikely... impossible, right...”

”This kid left the sect, counting back and forth, it’s not even a year yet, and already...”

Elder Master Xun’s eyebrows twitched.

Previously, he was distressed and regretted not keeping Mo Hua in Taixu Gate.

Now he suddenly felt grateful, grateful that he sent this kid out.

Otherwise, that Taixu Gate...

Elder Master Xun sighed long and hard, his heart bitterly said:

”I just hope that when this kid makes some ’big deal’ later, he doesn’t use the name of Taixu Gate everywhere...”

...

At this moment, in Li State.

Inside the luxurious guest room of Canglang Sect.

Mo Hua was staring blankly at the ”Dragon Flag” in front of him.

The secret chamber had already been blown up by him.

The myriad demon dragon patterns had all been erased by him.

The altar was also completely destroyed.

When the Dragon Flag lit up, Mo Hua realized he had done another ”big thing.”

So, almost instantly, he had the thought of ”destroying evidence,” blowing the whole secret chamber to ashes, then scattering the ashes, thus completely severing this cause and effect on the material level.

The only problem was this Dragon Flag with ”The heavens are dead, let the desolate heaven stand” written on it.

Mo Hua didn’t quite know what to do.

If he destroyed it, it might desecrate the ”treasure” of the Great Wilderness, triggering cause and effect and inciting the Great Wilderness’s hatred.

If he kept it, it would be equivalent to carrying a ”rebel flag.”

And this Dragon Flag might even be the first ”rebel flag,” sounding the horn of the Great Wilderness ”uprising,” of great ”significance.”

He would also be the ”top rebel” of the Taoist Court.

Mo Hua regretted it now.

Regretted it immensely.

This cause and effect thing, was just too treacherous.

He hadn’t expected that just by following clues to glimpse a cause and effect, he ended up lighting the flag for the Great Wilderness rebellion?

Is the Great Wilderness rebellion flag so easily lit?

Mo Hua was speechless in his heart.

The Great Wilderness was also full of ”bunglers,” doing things so carelessly, a ”rebellion” of such magnitude, yet they didn’t hide it better?

If they had hidden it a bit more, this unfortunate cause and effect wouldn’t have fallen on him.

He would not have become inexplicably the ”number one rebel” of the Taoist Court.

The more Mo Hua thought, the angrier he got, but being angry didn’t solve the problem.

He could only accept his fate, sighing as he stored away the Desolate Heaven Dragon Flag into his storage ring.

”Since it’s already lit, this flag will just stay...”

Besides, the storage ring given by his master was a treasure with the ability to ”isolate cause and effect,” so it shouldn’t leak any secrets.

”As long as I don’t say anything, no one should know I’m a ’rebel’...”

Mo Hua nodded, but couldn’t help muttering in his heart:

”By the way...did my master foresee that I would cause so much trouble, which is why he gave me this storage ring?”

The master indeed is the master...

Mo Hua sighed, feeling emotional.

As it stands, Canglang Sect can no longer be a place to stay, he must leave as soon as possible.

But with the Great Wilderness in rebellion and the flames of war spreading, the road ahead might not be so easy...