Stealing the Heavens.

Chapter 170 Qi and Blood Array
"The key to the Central Continent is the Stormy Illusionary Sea. How can we break through it?" Zi Dong asked, seizing the opportunity.

"By fusing the bloodlines and power of the four races of the Heavenly Fortune Continent, we can break through it," said Donglai Ziqi.

"Isn't that just like the conspiracy of the Great Xia Immortal Dynasty?!" Zi Dong immediately shouted in dissatisfaction.

"They're cultivating demons; who knows when they'll be able to open a passage to the Immortal Realm? My solution is just around the corner!" Donglai Ziqi said proudly.

"What's the difference?!" Zi Dong was completely bewildered by the purple aura coming from the east.

"By setting up a Qi and Blood Array around the Stormy Illusionary Sea, we can make it as calm as a small pond!" Donglai Ziqi said smugly.

"How many cultivators from the four clans would that require?!" Zi Dong was immediately shocked upon hearing this.

"How could you be so clumsy?!" Donglai Ziqi scolded. "Why kill cultivators from four different races when there are plenty of demons available?"

"Oh?!" Zi Dong suddenly realized: "The Great Xia Immortal Dynasty is just doing all the work for us?"

"What kind of wedding dress are you making?!" Donglai Ziqi asked in surprise, but didn't hesitate.

[You are nominally allied with the Demon Clan to suppress the Great Xia Immortal Dynasty, but in reality, you are sitting on the sidelines watching the tigers fight, and first set up the Qi and Blood Array.]

Zi Dong, of course, knew what to do. He asked Shui Ruoxin to persuade Elder Feng Li not to get involved in the war between the Demon Clan and the Great Xia Immortal Dynasty, and then immediately went to Zhongtian Peak.

The Central Continent is currently very peaceful, with almost all forces focused on the activities of the Eastern Immortal Palace.

As long as there is righteous spirit, no one dares to touch Donglai Immortal Palace and Donglai Pavilion, and Taoist cultivators keep coming to join them.

Zhou Xinyu has become the head of Donglai Pavilion and is preparing to make Donglai Pavilion the strongest force on the ground.

The Daoist sect has handed over the management of Beidao City to the Qinglian Sword Sect and Nandao City to the Guangyan Sect.

Because the Azure Lotus Sword Sect has considerable influence in the Northern Continent, and the Guangyan Sect also has strong influence in the Southern Continent.

This would not only unite the two major forces of Taoism, but also better restrain the demon race and the witch race.

Zi Dong then sent Feng Qingwu to Tianshui City to persuade Elder Feng Li to remain still, preserve her strength, and strive for the greatest possible benefit.

Because five Dao Cities had already been built on five continents, setting up the Qi and Blood Array became a piece of cake.

Zi Dong couldn't help but secretly admire Donglai Ziqi's layout; these five Dao Cities were built specifically for the Qi and Blood Array!

Because the five Dao Cities are not yet fully completed and some details still need to be perfected, the array masters have not yet returned to the Eastern Continent.

However, the Qi and Blood Array cannot be completed by these low-level array masters; it requires the assistance of some high-level array masters.

Zi Dong directly contacted Zhou Yunting and dispatched fifty high-level array masters and five array Dao masters.

To set up the Qi and Blood Array, another material is needed: the millennia-old sand crystals from the bottom of the Stormy Illusionary Sea.

Only the ancient sand crystals can withstand the storms of the illusory sea and the power of the Qi and Blood Array.

Zi Dong entrusted the task of the Ten Thousand Year Sand Crystal to Zhou Xinyu, and cultivators from the Central Continent were able to infiltrate the Stormy Illusionary Sea.

"What?! Ten-thousand-year-old sand crystals, and five hundred thousand of them?!" Zhou Xinyu's eyes widened instantly.

"Do you think ancient sand crystals are like pebbles on the beach? You can hardly find ones that are a hundred or a thousand years old, let alone ten thousand!!"

"At the junction of the Western Continent and the Northern Continent, there is a sand crystal mine on the seabed, which can definitely yield 500,000 ancient sand crystals."

Zi Dong looked at Zhou Xinyu with a smug expression. This was what Donglai Ziqi told him, something that Donglai Daozu had discovered back then.

"Really?!" Zhou Xinyu was a little excited, but still very skeptical, as sand crystals were a rare material.

"This was discovered by Dao Ancestor Donglai, do you think it's true?" Zi Dong asked, feigning anger.

"I will consult the Palace Master immediately." Zhou Xinyu no longer doubted and immediately took out the communication jade slip to contact Wuwei Immortal Venerable. Zi Dong sat lazily in the City Lord's Mansion of Zhongdao City, drinking tea and waiting for the result of Zhou Xinyu's contact with Wuwei Immortal Venerable.

Zhongdao City has been handed over to Donglai Pavilion, and Zhou Xinyu is naturally the city lord. This is also to enhance the strength of Donglai Pavilion.

Because the teleportation array connecting the four continents is located within Zhongdao City, it has become the most important city on the Tianyun Continent.

"The Palace Master said he would send someone to investigate immediately." Zhou Xinyu finally cut off the communication jade slip: "However, you need to cooperate with my Righteous Qi."

"Then I might as well go with my own people!" Zi Dong said, immediately becoming unhappy.

"With your cultivation level, can you even dive into the sea?" Zhou Xinyu pouted and glared at Zi Dong with dissatisfaction.

"Alright, let Immortal Venerable Wuwei hurry up as much as possible." Zi Dong had no choice but to agree.

Sand crystals can not only be used to set up formations, but also to refine weapons, making them comparable to divine artifacts.

If the Eastern Immortal Palace possessed several offensive and defensive sand crystal artifacts, it would be able to contend with the three major powers of the Central Continent without the protection of righteous energy.

Therefore, after learning the news, Immortal Venerable Wuwei immediately decided to send people to investigate the sand crystal mine.

They were only worried that the three major forces would fight over it, which is why they had to ask Zi Dong to mobilize the Righteous Qi to help them.

Zi Dong had no choice but to continue cultivating, because extending his righteous energy to the seabed at the border of the Western and Northern Continents would require a considerable amount of effort.

The sand crystals are located at least 10,000 meters below the seabed, and the area is not small.

Immortal Venerable Wuwei personally led nearly a hundred cultivators to Zhongdao City, all of whom were at the Supreme Realm. He also asked Zhou Xinyu to select a hundred cultivators at the Breaking Void Realm.

"Palace Master Wuwei, can cultivators at the Void Breaking Realm also dive to depths of 10,000 meters or more?!" Zi Dong asked curiously.

When Zhou Xinyu went to the Eastern Continent, they were protected by Supreme Realm cultivators when they arrived at the Central Continent.

"The cultivators at the Void Breaking Realm remain on the coast and in the shallows to provide support, so they need the protection of Righteous Qi," explained the Immortal Venerable Wuwei.

Of course, he wouldn't tell Zi Dong that even Supreme Realm cultivators need the protection of Righteous Qi, as that would be very embarrassing.

"Palace Master Wuwei, you may depart now." Zi Dong nodded, drawing upon his righteous energy to create a passage on the ground.

The golden light on the ground was not very strong, so Zi Dong needed to gather more for the Wuwei Immortal Venerable and the others in order to better protect them.

Furthermore, they also needed to conceal their presence from the three major powers' investigations, so the Immortal Venerable Wuwei and his companions needed to travel on the ground.

However, this golden road still attracted the attention of the three major forces, and the Palace Master of Jixuan Palace immediately sent people to follow it in the air.

The golden road leads all the way to the border between the Western and Northern Continents, disappearing at the coast.

"Palace Master Xing Fei, Palace Master Bai Jie, why don't you two go and explore the seabed?" Palace Master Ji Xuan instructed.

Palace Master Xing Fei and Palace Master Bai Jie had no choice but to agree, since Palace Master Ji Xuan needed to be present, and only the two of them could go.

What the two of them didn't expect was that there was also a golden road on the seabed at the junction of the Western Continent and the Northern Continent.

The two quickly returned and discussed the matter with Palace Master Jixuan, as this was definitely no small matter!
“Zi Dong must have discovered something there!” Palace Master Ji Xuan guessed with certainty.

"He only has the cultivation of the Void Breaking Realm, how can he dive into the sea?!" Palace Master Bai Jie asked in surprise.

"With such righteous energy, there shouldn't be any problem, right?" Palace Master Xing Fei believed that the powerful righteous energy would naturally protect Zi Dong.

"Take more people with you. We must find out what they're up to!" Palace Master Jixuan made a decisive decision.

(End of this chapter)