Chapter 1057: Reentering the Cultivation World

Chapter 1057: Chapter 1057: Reentering the Cultivation World

Fan Ying obediently followed Shen Mo back to Five Dragon Mountain, but instead of immediately returning to the mountain gate, she went to the Jade Verdant Cave relic!

When she awakened her past memories of Wisdom, the seal prohibition set by Shen Mo in her Mind Sea was also broken through. She remembered childhood memories, knowing that her parents and the billions of immortals and mortals in Jade Verdant Cave were transformed into evil insects under the vile methods of the Hollow Venerable.

Fan Ying came this time to pay her respects to her parents, Jade Verdant Cave Master Cheng Qianbao, and others who tragically died.

Fortunately, as Chen Mengze had said before, Fan Ying’s childhood memories span only a few years. Her two to three hundred years of cultivation have diluted these tragic memories, coupled with the strong impact of past life memories, so even though her heart is still sad, her Path Heart has not been severely affected. Instead, it strengthened her determination to stride toward a higher Dao Realm!

After completing her memorial, Shen Mo took her back to the Crimson Flame Sect.

Due to the fluctuating immortal aura on Fan Ying, Shen Mo specially forged a middle-grade spiritual inner armor for her. Once worn, it only requires very little True Yuan to conceal her aura, making it impossible for cultivators below the Formless Realm to see through her true essence unless they have specially cultivated the Spiritual Eye spell.

As for the affairs concerning Fan Ying and the evil forces in the Feather Realm, Shen Mo only informed a few people such as the three deputy sect masters and Jiang Lingfeng, to prevent trouble from those whose Dao companions, senior brothers, and fellow sect members had fallen.

Since Fan Ying awakened past memories of Wisdom and acquired a celestial artifact with an evil presence hidden within, there may be unforeseen risks. Upon returning to the mountain gate, Shen Mo sent her to the Green Cloud Cave; within this cave, nothing escapes Shen Mo’s watchful eyes and ears, and once confirming Fan Ying does not have other anomalies, she can resume normal cultivation!

The sect’s operations have also returned to normal. Previously, fearing that the evil forces from the Feather Realm would spread outward, Shen Mo moved Green Cloud Cave outside the Mountain Protection Array. Now that the evil forces have retreated, it has been relocated back to its original place.

Ming Cang and others dismantled the formations installed to resist the Feather Sect’s Battle Hall invasion, and repaired the damaged terrain and buildings. Although many prisoners from the Feather Sect were captured, they mysteriously vanished along with the evil forces, leaving only traces of their existence!

Following these events, Shen Mo initially planned to further reinforce the mountain gate’s defenses.

However, upon careful consideration, he realized that the outer layer of Five Dragon Mountain is guarded by the Earth Yuan Array, and the mountain gate protected by the Yin-Yang Five Elements Array, sufficient to resist the attack of common True Immortals. Additionally, evil forces, indifferent to laws and unconstrained by Dao, exist at a level akin to Heavenly Immortals. Even strengthening defenses cannot ensure absolute safety, so he dismissed this idea.

After attending to various matters, he meticulously prepared lavish dishes, celestial wine, and spiritual brews to invite Jade Spring Fairy and Guan Ling to a feast, expressing his gratitude to them.

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Time flowed by, and in the blink of an eye, several years had passed,

Near the mountain gate of the Crimson Flame Sect, at a resource-poor mountain ridge, a stone house was erected unknown when. Shen Mo, Chen Mengze, and Jiang Yingying were inside. They all signed a contract with Guan Ling, requiring them to re-enter the cultivation world to strike down deities and assist Guan Ling in gathering Empyrean Fairy Yang Jingmu’s Immortal Corpse Fragments.

The specific timing is within these one or two days. At this time, all three were armored and armed, with numerous magic artifacts laid out on the ground, including swords, spears, halberds, armor, magic robes, an iron chain, and several iron nets. These artifacts were not high in grade, only at the profound level, but crafted from extremely durable materials, classified as "Divine weapons" in the cultivation world!

Shen Mo examined each one thoroughly, then packed the ground artifacts into three bundles using three sturdy iron nets, carried the largest package himself, and handed the two smaller packages to Chen Mengze and Jiang Yingying.

Afterward, he tied an iron chain around his waist, its ends connected to Chen Mengze and Jiang Yingying’s waists, binding the three of them firmly together.

Although Shen Mo had already spoken to Guan Ling, the unclear influence of the celestial path within the cultivation world meant that Guan Ling, after sending them into the cultivation world, could not entirely control their specific circumstances. To avoid unforeseen incidents, it is best to prepare thoroughly in advance.

Once everything was prepared, Chen Mengze and Jiang Yingying, the close friends, began whispering to each other, while Shen Mo pondered if anything had been overlooked.

Shi Nianyao, Meng Biao, and others were still perfecting the Earth Yuan Array. Now with over thirty lower-grade Immortal Mountains within the big array, it is taking shape. If this entrance into the cultivation world lasts long, perhaps by the time he emerges, the array will be completely constructed.

The Crimson Flame Sect’s affairs were entrusted to Yuan Heming, Ming Cang, and Situ Huo, the three deputy sect masters. Over the years, they have managed the sect’s various matters with adept ease, eliminating the need for Shen Mo to worry.

Additionally, Fan Ying was placed under the care of Jade Spring Fairy.

Over these ten plus years, she has shown no anomalies, yet Shen Mo remains somewhat uneasy. Jade Spring Fairy, with her Earth Immortal Realm cultivation level, can easily handle any unforeseen changes.

Zhao Lingyin is still cultivating in the Dragon Heart Realm, benefiting from the thriving primal Essence and Qi source of Lord Blue Venerable’s Law Body. Her cultivation has progressed swiftly, recently breaking through to the middle-stage of the Divine Bridge Realm.

Originally, she was responsible for ensuring the operation of the Nanke Spirit Land. However, once Shen Mo enters the cultivation world, the connection with his Standing is severed, leaving the Standing only to exist in the form of a spell, unable to suppress the Fearness Venerable serving as the Dreamland cornerstone.

Should an anomaly arise within the spiritual land, cultivators of the Lower Realm who practice the Spirit Land Sensing Spell will be vulnerable to attacks from monsters formed by Fearness Venerable’s demonic thought, all possessing bizarre powers. The environment for spiritual land cultivators will be particularly perilous, and if the consciousness body is wounded by these monsters, the damage feedback into the real world can harm their soul and distort their Path Heart!

To prevent any misfortune.

Shen Mo temporarily retracted the Fearness Venerable into the Soul Refining Flag, dissipating the Nanke Spirit Land’s existence in the Horned Flood Dragon Nine Realms for over two hundred years, planning to reconstruct this Dreamland after returning to the Immortal Realm.

As for other aspects, careful arrangements were made in advance.

Given Guan Ling’s task of sending tens of thousands of cultivators into the cultivation world in one breath is no easy feat, Shen Mo, after making preparations, did not disturb Guan Ling, engaging in conversation with Chen Mengze and Jiang Yingying while awaiting Guan Ling to deploy methods to send them into the cultivation world.

Several Shichen later, at some place in the Immortal Realm, a wooden and stone ancient pass silently emerged above the Ninth Heaven.

The strange white fog enveloping it churned turbulently, then the pass opened wide, releasing endless and bizarre hues splitting into tens of thousands of streams scatter across the Immortal Realm and even into the Lower Realm’s various places, with three of them falling toward Shen Mo and the others.

For a moment, yin and yang were in chaos, space-time turned upside down.

As soon as Shen Mo and the others sensed it, the bizarre hues engulfed them, causing them to disappear from the stone house.