Yinshan Record

Chapter 568 Shattering and Waves Rising (Part 1)
Su Che continued running forward. The various changes around him, and the fact that the demon that had been attacked but not killed, and instead attracted countless other demons of its own kind, gave Su San Gongzi a strange sense of familiarity.

All of this is like...

Just like the Taiyi Ximu Divine Restriction in his own Azure Emperor's Treasure Garden, it absorbs the magical power of others for its own use, creating various illusions and drawing the other party into the void formed by the divine restriction...

Could it be that the Zhu Yan happened to awaken some kind of restriction in this underground cave?

Yes, Gongshu Yun once said that the internal records of the South Sea Sword Sect contain information that in the Middle Ages, a powerful figure from the Celestial Masters sect once sealed a demon near Jiankang.

Could this be the place where demons are sealed?

Su Che's mind was clear and pure.

Rakshasa Sea... Arctic Yuan Palace... The Emperor's Favor... The Reincarnation of the Yin-Yang Dharma King... The Old Lion's Bronze Cauldron...

Could it be that the reason these people are clinging to this underground cave is because they want to release the demonic cultivators who were sealed away by the Celestial Masters? Or are they trying to gain some benefit from this demonic ruin?
Provoked by Zhu Yan, something went wrong with the seal, and the previously dormant divine restriction began to function again...

Or perhaps, the powerful demonic figure who was sealed away is awakening?

Su Che considered the most dangerous possibility and immediately began to think of countermeasures.

The last resort is the Azure Emperor's Treasure Garden. As long as I send my true self into this ethereal artifact and arrange for Liu Yi's clone to find the Yin-Yang Dharma King, I can escape this place with the help of the Zhongshan Society.

This approach, while safe, cannot be used now. What if the Azure Emperor's Treasure Garden appears, triggering further changes to this divine restriction?

Moreover, if it were truly a great demon from the Middle Ages awakening, even the Azure Emperor's Treasure Garden would likely be unable to withstand such an old monster.

The moment this strange movement occurred, the ones who understood the changes best were Ling Zhenzi and Ye Hu. Yu Jingdao had managed this place for so long; he certainly wouldn't be without a contingency plan. And Ye Hu was a member of the Demonic Sect; the old demon who had been sealed away might very well be an elder of their Arctic Yuan Palace.

Su Che looked ahead.

I guess I need to find those two guys first.

The thought flashed through his mind, but an unexpected figure appeared in front of Su Che.

An elderly man dressed in Taoist robes, wearing a square scarf on his head, holding a jade whisk in his hand, and with hemp shoes on his feet, stood within the clouds, frowning as he looked around. Above his head, a large blue lotus appeared, which was clearly the manifestation of his Taoist foundation.

From a distance, it was impossible to discern the depth of his cultivation, but he had clearly spotted Su Che's figure and was heading directly towards him.

The Taoist priest, with his profound magical power, arrived in front of Su Che in just a few moments.

"Who are you, and why have you entered the Demon-Sealing Land of the Celestial Masters Sect?"

It turned out to be a high-ranking Taoist priest.

Indeed, this place is the place where the Celestial Masters sect seals demons. All the arrangements were made by the powerful figures of the Celestial Masters sect. Now that the divine restriction has been activated, there must be another change within it.

How could the Celestial Masters sect not know this?
"Senior was originally a master of the Celestial Masters sect, and I am Zuo Lengchan, a disciple of the Yuyang Orthodox sect. I was exploring the Qinhuai River with a friend when we accidentally entered this place, and for some reason, things changed."

Upon hearing this, the Taoist priest glanced at Su Che a few more times.

"Yu Yang Sect? What do you think this place is? This is our sect's place for suppressing and refining demons. If a demon were to get lost, how could you juniors bear the responsibility?"

The old Taoist sighed and said, "These are troublesome times, and you youngsters just have to cause more trouble."

As he spoke, he pulled a yellow talisman from his sleeve and handed it to Su Che.

"The forbidden magic here is powerful, specifically designed to attack the very foundation of a cultivator. Wear this secret talisman of our sect. With this talisman, your foundation will remain unshaken."

Su Che carefully accepted the yellow talisman, repeatedly expressing his gratitude.

The yellow talisman was inscribed with unreadable characters in cryptic script, appearing just like ordinary paper. If it weren't for the old Taoist priest appearing within this formation, Su Che would have thought the talisman was merely a tool casually written by a charlatan to swindle money from the ignorant. "How many of your friends came in? What are their cultivation levels?"

The old Taoist continued, "Why don't you quickly take me to them? If you stay in this forbidden area for too long, even if you don't become a cripple, you will be killed by the demons that emerge from it and become a sacrifice."

He was a compassionate Taoist priest.

Su Che quickly said, "I also have a fellow Daoist, who is also a Xuanmen cultivator. He carries four swords on his back and is proficient in the art of killing..."

"Why carry so many swords? What's the point of pretending to be one of those killers from Yujingdao?"

The old Taoist priest, though glaring and puffing out his beard, was actually kind-hearted and led Su Che through the wilderness.

Along the way, they hadn't seen even a single demon, which showed that the old Taoist priest was indeed able to influence the surrounding forbidden spells.

The two traveled across the wilderness on the wind for half an hour before the old Taoist finally stopped ahead.

Not far ahead was a lake of blood, within which countless pieces of flesh and blood floated uncertainly.

The blood lake was about a mile in circumference and of unknown depth. The flesh and blood floating in it consisted almost entirely of unformed infants, no more than a few months old. Each one had its limbs severed, its body chopped into many pieces, and thrown directly into this sea of ​​blood.

"Senior, isn't this a change within the forbidden technique?"

Seeing the old senior with his furrowed brows, Su Che quickly interjected.

"You also recognize the forbidden technique?" The old man from the Celestial Masters Sect nodded and said, "This is the method for nurturing demonic offspring. These demonic cubs used the secret technique of grafting flowers and trees to directly construct this evil place on my divine forbidden ground. They took my flowers to become their seeds. They are truly audacious."

It seems that the Celestial Masters' arrangements here cannot compare with the forbidden spells within the Azure Emperor's Treasure Garden.

Looking at the blood pool, Su Che knew without a doubt that this was the work of the old emperor in cooperation with the demonic sect. Back then, the Yin-Yang Dharma King deliberately reincarnated the body that carried his essence into Jiankang City, and it was probably stolen or robbed by the emperor's men and brought here not long after.

The demonic pregnancy of the Prince of Wuling should have originated from this point.

The old emperor really did a very big deal without anyone noticing.

Su Che couldn't help but feel a little scared. If he hadn't stormed the palace in a fit of rage, and if the old emperor had continued to make arrangements like this, who knows how many more headless tragedies would have occurred in the world.

The number of innocent infants who died unjustly beneath this lake of blood is unknown.

"The human world, oh the human world."

The old Taoist priest flicked his whisk, his eyes displaying a rather complex expression.

"Come on, it's important to see your friends."

He said this and walked forward, with Su Che following closely behind, and the two continued to explore in this illusion.

Not long after, Su Che saw Ling Zhenzi's figure, and right next to him was another figure that was completely unexpected by Su Che.

That person looks like... the emperor?
Lingzhenzi saw Su Che from afar and immediately waved and called out, "Brother Zuo, are you alright?"

"Thanks, thanks, I met this senior from the Celestial Masters sect, which is why I was safe. Fellow Daoist, who is this person next to you...?"

Lingzhenzi's expression turned solemn.

"It turns out to be a senior from the Celestial Masters Sect. I am Yu Zhenzi, a rogue cultivator. The one beside me is the current Emperor of the Great Liang Dynasty. However, His Majesty has been harmed by treacherous people and has had to abdicate to avoid danger. In order to avoid being harmed by these treacherous people, he accidentally entered this place. I hope that you will forgive him, senior."

The old man beside Lingzhenzi was none other than the former emperor of the Great Liang Dynasty, one of the culprits behind all of this.

(End of this chapter)