Chapter 156: The Thirteenth-Level Array Master
"Simulate!"
[Simulation begins.]
[At 148 years old, you leave the Golden Lion Mountain's domain through a secret teleportation array, change your appearance, and arrive at the ruins of the Primordial Unity Sect. Unexpectedly, you encounter Jin Xuan and his small entourage.]
[You choose to alter your appearance and directly attack Jin Xuan. You successfully kill him and his entire group.]
[After killing Jin Xuan, a blood-colored mark enters your body.]
[You sense something is wrong and quickly enter the array within the Primordial Unity Sect ruins.]
[Three days later, two Mystic Immortals from the Demon Court, guided by the mark, find you outside the array!]
[Half a month later, they successfully reach you and kill you!]
[You have died!]
This…
Li Changsheng frowned slightly.
That mark actually has a tracking effect after killing Jin Xuan? Moreover, killing one Jin Xuan actually provoked two Mystic Immortals to act. The Demon Court's power is stronger than he imagined.
"Again."
"Since Jin Xuan can't be killed, beating him up should be fine, right?"
[Simulation begins.]
[You quietly leave the Golden Lion Mountain and arrive at the Primordial Unity Sect ruins. You encounter Jin Xuan and his group. You directly attack, killing everyone except Jin Xuan. You cripple Jin Xuan and leave him on a desolate planet.]
[You enter the ruins of the Primordial Unity Sect and find the entrance beneath the Three-Finger Mountain, entering the array.]
[You diligently study the art of arrays within the ruins.]
[Your array mastery improves rapidly.]
[At 375 years old, your array mastery reaches the eleventh level.]
[You continue to diligently study arrays.]
[At 779 years old, the Heavenly Palace's experts, led by a Golden Immortal, discover the Primordial Unity Sect's main hall. Two array masters from the Heavenly Palace effortlessly dismantle the outer arrays and find you within the array.]
[The Heavenly Palace cultivator suppresses you with a wave, interrogating you about the array's secrets.]
[You answer truthfully, but the Heavenly Palace cultivator deems your answers useless and kills you!]
[You have died!]
"Why are the Heavenly Palace people going to the Primordial Unity Sect ruins?"
Li Changsheng frowned slightly. He had originally planned to hide within the ruins, cultivate his array mastery until he could progress no further, and then emerge. He hadn't expected the Heavenly Palace to find the main hall.
The Heavenly Palace is extremely mysterious but is widely recognized as the top human faction in the Profound Yellow World, even comparable to the Demon Court.
"Choose option two!"
At least his array mastery has reached the eleventh level.
"Again!"
There are still thirteen simulation attempts left, which should be enough to push his array mastery further.
[You cripple Jin Xuan outside the Primordial Unity Sect ruins and leave him on a desolate planet. You set up seven eleventh-level arrays around Jin Xuan and then enter the Three-Finger Mountain array within the ruins.]
[You diligently study the art of arrays.]
[At 370 years old, your array mastery reaches the mid-eleventh level.]
[You diligently study the art of arrays.]
[At 735 years old, your array mastery reaches the late-eleventh level.]
[At 740 years old, you quietly leave the array surrounding the main hall, trying to avoid the Heavenly Palace people.]
[Three days later, the Demon Court intercepts you outside the Primordial Unity Sect ruins. Two Mystic Immortals attack and kill you!]
[You have died!]
"Choose option two!"
The Demon Court must have a powerful fate calculator. Within the protection of the Primordial Unity Sect's grand array, they couldn't track him, but once he left the array, his location was immediately exposed.
Moreover, it seems that even just crippling Jin Xuan has made the Demon Court relentless in pursuing him. After more than six hundred years, they're still tracking his location.
[Simulation begins.]
[You discover traces of Jin Xuan and his group outside the Primordial Unity Sect ruins. You quietly avoid them and enter the main hall within the Three-Finger Mountain.]
[You diligently study the art of arrays.]
[At 545 years old, your array mastery reaches the peak of the eleventh level.]
[At 760 years old, you choose to leave the Three-Finger Mountain main hall.]
[You return to the Chaotic Star Domain and find that many familiar faces from the Golden Lion Mountain have died in conflicts with Devil Flame Mountain. Even the Third Elder was assassinated by a mysterious figure during one such conflict.]
[You quietly leave the Chaotic Star Domain.]
[You arrive in the Tiannan Star Domain, a human-controlled region, and settle in a city to cultivate in seclusion.]
[At 991 years old, your array mastery reaches the twelfth level.]
[At 1,001 years old, the Heavenly Palace and the Demon Court jointly subjugate all factions across the Profound Yellow World. Several factions with Golden Immortals are annihilated, shocking the world.]
[At 1,009 years old, you quietly leave the Tiannan Star Domain and return to the Three-Finger Mountain in the Primordial Unity Sect ruins.]
[You find that the arrays within the Three-Finger Mountain have been broken, the main hall damaged, and a large teleportation array destroyed.]
[You spend ten years successfully repairing the teleportation array.]
[You safely travel through the array to the Middle World, the Primordial Realm. However, you find that the entire realm is devoid of living creatures. A shadowy figure flashes by and enters your body.]
[You become disoriented and gradually lose consciousness.]
[You have died!]
"Gasp!"
Li Changsheng drew a sharp breath.
The Primordial Unity Sect, the Primordial Realm… What's the connection?
An entire Middle World's living beings wiped out—what happened?
"Choose option two!"
Countless array-related experiences flood Li Changsheng's mind.
The twelfth-level array mastery has arrived!
"Again!"
[… Within the Three-Finger Mountain main hall, you diligently study array mastery, making slow progress.]
[… At 740 years old, your array mastery reaches the mid-twelfth level.]
[… At 470 years old, your array mastery reaches the late-twelfth level.]
[… At 950 years old, your array mastery reaches the peak of the twelfth level.]
Li Changsheng's expression darkened.
Only two simulation attempts remain. If he can't reach the thirteenth-level array mastery, he'll have to wait until he can gather more immortal jade to continue.
The deeper one delves into array mastery, the slower the progress. In the past, a few hundred years of study could advance a minor level, but now it takes several simulations to progress even a small step.
"Again!"
[… You diligently study array mastery.]
[At 770 years old, on the foundation of the Primordial Unity Sect's main hall array, you set up thirteen twelfth-level grand arrays, waiting for the Heavenly Palace's arrival.]
[At 779 years old, the Heavenly Palace's cultivators arrive. Their array masters quickly dismantle the outer arrays. The moment they step into the range of your arrays, you activate them, catching the two array masters completely off guard.]
[The two Heavenly Palace array masters die on the spot!]
[The leading Heavenly Palace Golden Immortal is furious and attacks you.]
[Using the Primordial Unity Sect's protective grand array, you trap and kill dozens of Heavenly Palace cultivators. As you fully operate the array, your understanding of arrays deepens.]
[The Heavenly Palace Golden Immortal is incredibly powerful. You gradually falter.]
[Three days later, the Heavenly Palace Golden Immortal reaches you. You exert all your strength to operate the array, successfully reaching the thirteenth level in array mastery.]
[You are killed with a single slap!]
[You have died!]
Finally, the thirteenth-level array mastery has been achieved!