Outside the Ancient Heavenly Palace, Liu Bai sat cross legged in the air as Spiritual Energy slowly circulated around his body, making it seem as though he was cultivating.
But in reality, he was currently looking at his system panel.
At this moment, his experience points had already reached fifty six million eight hundred thousand, enough for him to advance to the peak of Lesser Earth Sovereign with some left over.
However, Liu Bai had no intention of raising his cultivation for the time being, because the improvement of just two minor realms would not bring too great an increase to his combat strength. Instead, it would affect the acquisition of experience points, making it not worth the loss.
But not increasing his cultivation did not mean he could not improve other aspects to strengthen his combat power, such as the Spiritual Array Dao realm that currently had the greatest influence on him.
Liu Bai's current Spiritual Array Dao realm was still at the intermediate stage of Real Heart Eye State. With the amount of experience points he currently possessed, it was enough to directly raise the Real Heart Eye State to the highest level.
With ten million experience points consumed, Liu Bai's Real Heart Eye State instantly advanced from intermediate to advanced.
In an instant, a golden eye on Liu Bai's forehead completed its transition from illusion to reality and fully formed on his forehead.
Mandala and the others beside him were all startled for a moment. After seeing the dazzling golden eye flashing with radiant light, they immediately understood that Liu Bai had once again achieved a breakthrough on the path of Spiritual Arrays.
"From illusion into reality, just like a genuine eye. This is the characteristic of the highest level of the Real Heart Eye State. This little fellow's talent in the Spiritual Array Dao is truly terrifying..." Mandala thought inwardly.
With Liu Bai's current realm, he already possessed the qualifications to become a Spiritual Array Ancestor!
That was a super expert comparable to a Heavenly Sovereign level powerhouse. If he truly managed to achieve it, perhaps she would end up following him in the future...
Thinking of this, Mandala merely smiled quietly.
In truth, she did not really enjoy being the ruler of a force. That kind of life was simply too exhausting.
If not for revenge and recovering her original body, what she truly wanted was to find a place with beautiful mountains and clear waters to live in seclusion.
Of course, if she could return to live once more in the Heavenly Emperor Garden within the Ancient Heavenly Palace, that would be even better, because that was the place where she had grown up.
Naturally, Liu Bai had no idea what Mandala was thinking. At this moment, he was carefully sensing the changes brought about by the advanced Real Heart Eye State.
Under the gaze of the advanced Real Heart Eye, all arrays ceased to exist!
It was said that when facing such a Spiritual Array Master, one should never casually deploy arrays before him, because he could see through them with a single glance. Perhaps in the very next moment, he could even set up the exact same Spiritual Array as yours.
Even among Grandmaster Spiritual Array Masters, there were not many capable of raising their Spiritual Array Dao realm to such a level. After all, comprehension of the array path demanded extremely harsh talent requirements.
Unless one possessed a cheat like Liu Bai, otherwise it would be absolutely impossible for someone like him, whose Spiritual Array Dao realm exceeded his Spiritual Array Master rank by so much, to appear in the real world.
"With my current abilities, even high tier Grandmaster arrays can now be deployed instantly..."
Liu Bai slowly opened his eyes, joy flashing within them.
Although he was still only at the initial phase of Lesser Earth Sovereign, his true combat power was already comparable to a Great Perfection Earth Sovereign!
Even ordinary Great Perfection Earth Sovereigns were nothing much to him anymore, because he could instantly deploy at least three high tier Grandmaster arrays. These were enough to instantly kill a Great Perfection Earth Sovereign. Such a feat could only normally be accomplished by Half Step Heavenly Sovereign experts!
However, one major difficulty for Liu Bai now was that high tier Grandmaster Spiritual Arrays were not easy to obtain.
Even though he possessed the complete inheritance of the Spiritual Array Emperor, there were only a few high tier Grandmaster arrays in his possession.
At present, the only one he had completely mastered was the Great Wheel Bright King Array, and even that one was incomplete, because he had yet to refine a true Great Wheel Bright King for the array.
Still, this was not difficult, because he had already prepared the materials long ago. They were one of the three Earth Sovereigns from the Life Death Tribulation. He had deliberately preserved two corpses.
Although this array appeared troublesome, requiring the refinement of an item to help the grand array reach its perfect form, its advantages were equally obvious. Once the refinement was complete, the consumption for deploying the array would be very low, and the array could also be activated instantly.
That was the reason Liu Bai had chosen this array first from the very beginning.
Aside from that, the only remaining array in Liu Bai's possession was one that the Spiritual Array Emperor had treated as a trump card. It was called the Eight Fiend Mysterious Beast Array. Legend said it could summon the Eight Desolate Fiend Beasts from ancient times to destroy all things in the world.
Its destructive power was even comparable to certain Great Grandmaster Spiritual Arrays!
However, this array also possessed a flaw. It required the blood essence of a Divine Beast level existence as the catalyst to activate, and the higher the quality of the Divine Beast blood essence, the greater the power of the array.
To achieve the highest level of power comparable to a Great Grandmaster Spiritual Array, at minimum one would need the blood essence of a Super Divine Beast.
But while this might be almost impossible for others, even for the Spiritual Array Emperor of the past, Liu Bai happened to possess such conditions!
After all, Liu Bai still had the inherited blood essence of two Super Divine Beasts, the Myriad Spirit Bird and the Ancient Desolate Beast!
The Myriad Spirit Bird's blood essence already had plans attached to it, so it could not be used casually. However, the Ancient Desolate Beast's blood essence had no such restrictions.
In any case, his True Dragon Spirit and True Phoenix Spirit were still far from reaching the stage of Dragon Phoenix Manifestation, so he could temporarily use it in emergencies.
This was genuine Ancient Desolate Beast blood essence from a Heavenly Sovereign level existence. The strength of its original body was no weaker than the true Eight Desolate Fiend Beasts. Using it as a catalyst, the condensed Eight Desolate Fiend Beasts should be able to display seventy to eighty percent of their original power.
With this, he had gained another trump card to contend against the Nine Corpse Heavenly Demon Emperor.
After finishing the allocation of experience points, the next step was preparing for the Great Wheel Bright King Array and the Eight Fiend Mysterious Beast Array.
Taking out the prepared Earth Sovereign corpse, Liu Bai began imprinting one Spiritual Seal after another onto it.
Then, under the shocked and horrified gazes of the surrounding people, the corpse of the Earth Sovereign slowly transformed into a golden spiritual pearl the size of a fist.
At the same time, Jiu You and the others had finally entered the true region of the Ancient Heavenly Palace.
What appeared before the group was still an ancient world, but compared to the outer regions of the Ancient Heavenly Palace, it now carried an even more majestic aura.
Towering green peaks stretching tens of thousands of feet rose from the ground throughout the world. Strange rocks were scattered everywhere. Even though the place had been abandoned for tens of thousands of years, it was still filled with vast heaven and earth Spiritual Energy.
From this, one could imagine just what kind of astonishing cultivation holy land this place had been during ancient times.
On the countless green peaks stretching to the ends of sight, endless palaces could vaguely be seen rising and falling. Waterfalls descended from the mountains like giant dragons, and the rumbling sounds echoed throughout heaven and earth.
Especially in the sky above, countless enormous stone islands floated in the air. Those stone islands were similarly filled with palaces, displaying the prosperity they once possessed.
Naturally, Jiu You knew that within the Ancient Heavenly Palace there were Five Halls and Nine Prefectures, while the Nine Prefectures were located upon these stone islands.
However, she had no intention of sharing this secret with others. Looking at Xuanming Sovereign and the others, whose faces were filled with greed, Jiu You smiled faintly and said,"If anyone wishes to search for treasures alone, you may leave for now. If danger arises, we can still call for help from one another."
They had never been traveling companions to begin with. At this moment, those people were already worried that Jiu You and her group would compete with them for treasures. Upon hearing this, they immediately nodded repeatedly.
Ling Xi pondered for a moment before speaking with a reminder, "Although there are many treasures within the Ancient Heavenly Palace, from what I observe, the Spiritual Energy here is still abundant. Some places even contain extremely obscure Spiritual Energy fluctuations. Everyone should be careful while treasure hunting and avoid triggering Spiritual Arrays and losing your lives."
Everyone present knew she was an extremely powerful Spiritual Array Master. Hearing this, they all nodded gratefully. Then they impatiently turned and departed, transforming into streams of light as they shot toward the endless Ancient Heavenly Palace.
Afterward, Ling Xi also looked toward Jiu You and said,"Then let us part ways here. We will meet again at the Heavenly River."
Jiu You nodded.
"See you at the Heavenly River!"
The matter of the Heavenly River being able to stabilize one's spiritual foundation, allowing oneself to reach perfection, thereby increasing the chances of breaking through bottlenecks and successfully passing Spiritual Tribulations, had already spread. Therefore, the first common goal of everyone entering the Ancient Heavenly Palace was definitely that place, which was why Ling Xi had said so.
Naturally, Jiu You had no objections to this. Moreover, among the other party's group were two strong experts, Ling Xi and Lin Jing, so it was impossible for them to encounter any major trouble. There was no need for her to worry.
Next, Jiu You intended to rely on the Elder Token in her hand to bring Zong Qingfeng and the others to sweep through all Nine Prefectures as quickly as possible. How much they could gain would depend entirely on their speed.
Watching the few of them depart one after another, Jiu You waved her hand and said,
"Alright, let's go as well."
After confirming the direction, the group of five headed toward the floating stone islands in midair.
Countless geniuses who had passed the Dragon Gate test rushed into the Ancient Heavenly Palace, each searching for their own opportunities.
However, they quickly discovered an extremely troublesome issue.
Many of these floating stone islands had Spiritual Arrays protecting their outer regions. Although the defensive power of these Spiritual Arrays was not especially strong, they were capable of blocking outside vision.
Therefore, unless the Spiritual Arrays were broken, no one could know what the interior of these stone islands looked like or how large they were.
And within this Ancient Heavenly Palace, there were simply too many floating stone islands, at least tens of thousands. If they had to break through and explore them one by one in order to find the locations of the Nine Prefectures, how much time would that consume?
Faced with such a situation, most people had no solution and could only search one by one while relying entirely on luck.
But Jiu You's group was different, because among their team, Mo Ling, who had always possessed little sense of presence, finally displayed her overwhelming ability this time.
Her unique innate Divine Ability allowed her to see through all restrictions and arrays to observe the internal situation. Therefore, she could tell at a glance what existed inside the stone islands and how large they were.
Although with the map in hand it was not difficult for Jiu You and the others to locate the Nine Prefectures, they would still stop and explore whenever they encountered special places along the way.
After all, each of the Nine Prefectures was considered an independent force subordinate to the Ancient Heavenly Palace, just like the various kings under the Great Havenlaw Domain. Therefore, each Prefecture also possessed many departments with different functions.
For example, the Pill Hall.
Using Mo Ling's ability, Jiu You's group discovered this Pill Hall belonging to Wind Prefecture. The exterior architecture was completely preserved, clearly showing that it had not suffered much destruction. Therefore, there was a high possibility that many valuable items remained inside.
Without hesitation, Jiu You directly took out the Array Breaking Seed that Liu Bai had given her and easily opened a passage through the restriction array surrounding the stone island, large enough for one person to pass through.
The five entered one after another and indeed saw a magnificent grand hall.
Although after countless years this great hall had lost its former brilliance, judging from its condition, the devastating war back then had not affected it, which was why it remained so perfectly preserved.
Upon entering the hall, Jiu You and the others discovered many pill furnaces used for alchemy as well as various scattered spiritual herbs.
Unfortunately, after tens of thousands of years, even though these spiritual herbs had been very well preserved, the vast majority had already lost their medicinal properties. This caused Jiu You and the others to sigh in regret.
After all, the medicinal pills here were no ordinary items. The highest grade among them was even a bottle of High Tier Heavenly Grade Spiritual Pills. Even a Ninth Grade Sovereign expert could raise a minor realm after consuming one. It could truly be described as priceless!
Unfortunately, because the seals outside the pill bottles had dissipated, the medicinal pills inside had also lost their efficacy and become defective pills.
After searching around, they did not find a single usable medicinal pill. Many precious spiritual herbs that had already gone extinct had also completely lost their medicinal effects.
In the end, their harvest consisted only of a quasi Saint Artifact pill furnace and a considerable number of ancient pill formulas. However, Jiu You had no idea how many of those formulas still had ingredients that could be gathered in the present era.
Still, the grades of those pill formulas were quite high, and ancient pill formulas generally possessed very powerful medicinal effects. If they could be recreated, their value would also be extraordinary.
Therefore, Jiu You planned to bring these things back and hand them to Liu Bai so that he, as an alchemist, could judge them himself.
"Let's go. Wind Prefecture is not far ahead. We must enter before the others do."
As she spoke, Jiu You led Mo Ling and the others rapidly deeper inside.
With the guidance of a clear route, Jiu You and the others stopped after merely a dozen minutes. At this moment, an inconspicuous stone island appeared before them.
"So this is the location of Wind Prefecture, one of the Nine Prefectures?" Mo Ling looked toward Jiu You in surprise and could not help but ask.
Who could have imagined that the so called Wind Prefecture would actually be located upon such an unremarkable little island?
"The token is guiding us here." Jiu You shrugged as she shook the Elder Token in her hand and replied.
Hearing this, Mo Ling stopped wasting words and directly widened her eyes to look into the stone island.
Although there were arrays and restrictions blocking her vision, the little girl still managed to see the situation inside.
Unlike the previous locations, this stone island actually did not contain any ruins at all. Those ancient halls remained majestic and grand, as though this place had not changed in the slightest from ten thousand years ago.
Confusion immediately flashed through Mo Ling's eyes. Wasn't Wind Prefecture supposedly destroyed by a powerful enemy? Why did this place not look like it had experienced any battle at all.
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