484: Chapter 500: Variables? Schemes!

"Bastards, undo the Restriction and let me out!!"

"To dare to ambush us, Your Excellency certainly has some nerve!!"

"A coward who hides their head and shows their tail, what kind of ability is that!!"

"Once I break free, I will surely take your head!!"

At the core of the Dao Palace, the spiritual light of the Restriction flowed like water ripples, with countless intricate runes flickering on the light wall.

The light wall was translucent, and one could vaguely see several figures trapped inside.

At this moment, they were each using their Divine Ability, trying to blast open this cage from the inside.

Thunder, flames, Sword Qi, and ice frost—spiritual light of various colors exploded against the light wall, but only stirred up ripples on the surface before being swallowed by that layer of dark light.

Inside the light wall, those Cultivators had ashen Faces.

The Saintess of the Taixuan Immortal Sect, the Dao Child of the Qingwei Dao Sect, the Demonic Maiden of the Six Desires Demonic Sect, the true Disciple of the Zixiao Grotto-Heaven...

These Prodigies of the Grotto-Heavens, who were usually high and mighty and arrogant, were now like birds in a cage, trapped in this prison altered from the Secret Realm Restriction.

Boom!!

Another dull roar sounded.

Yin Leici of the Zixiao Grotto-Heaven withdrew his fist that had slammed into the light wall, his Face so gloomy it could drip water.

He looked around and his gaze fell on the others; seeing that everyone was at their wit's end, he felt even more irritable.

"Don't waste your energy."

At this moment, a crisp and gentle voice, like pearls falling on a jade plate, sounded from the side.

Yin Leici turned his head to look and saw a woman walking over, dressed in a moon-white long dress that trailed on the ground, with faint starlight flowing as she walked.

Her Face was stunningly beautiful, her eyebrows were like a painting, and a layer of faint clear radiance lingered around her body, giving people a feeling of sanctity and inviolability.

This woman was the Saintess of the Taixuan Immortal Sect, Yue Qingyao.

"This Restriction has already been tampered with by that Black-robed Man and will not listen to our commands at all. Forcing an attack will only attract the backlash of the Restriction."

Yue Qingyao's eyes flashed with fluorescence, as if she had already seen through the essence of this Restriction. She parted her red lips slightly and explained indifferently.

Then, regardless of the others' reactions, she stepped forward with a calm expression, looked at the figure standing with hands behind his back outside the light wall, and her voice was cold.

"Who exactly are you? What is your intention in trapping us?"

Facing Yue Qingyao's questioning, the Black-robed Man did not answer, nor did he even take another look at her.

He just stood in place with his hands behind his back, his gaze falling on the deeper part of this space, as if something there was attracting him.

Seeing this, Yue Qingyao frowned slightly, but her Face remained calm, although her hands hidden under her sleeves were already slightly clenched.

Clearly, Yue Qingyao was not calm inside.

There was no other reason; the reason why these Grotto-Heaven Disciples were able to clear the level so quickly was by relying on the experience left by the Seniors of the Sect and the records passed down through generations.

Which levels needed to be handled in what way, which traps could be avoided... Not to say they knew everything, but they could manage, and with their own strength being strong enough, they had almost passed through without much effort.

But even so, they were still one step late.

This Black-robed Man was not only faster than them but also far more familiar with this core Secret Realm than they were.

He arrived here first and used the Restriction here to set up a Formation at the exit, turning this place into a cage to trap people.

Then, he just waited for them to walk right into the trap one by one.

This kind of method was simply unbelievable.

If they still regarded the other party as an ordinary Loose Cultivator at this time, that would be truly too stupid.

This person must have a great background, possibly even from one of the seven Grotto-Heavens.

Was it the Soul Devouring Demonic Sect? Or the Yujing Dao Court?

These two families did not send anyone this time, which was already suspicious, could it be...

Yue Qingyao's thoughts turned rapidly, but her Face remained calm.

"If Your Excellency has any requests, you might as well say it directly. Trapping us does not seem to have any benefits for you."

The Black-robed Man still did not answer.

At this time, the hot-tempered Yin Leici finally could not hold back.

He had always been proud, the center of attention in the Zixiao Grotto-Heaven, a true Prodigy; when had he ever been teased like this, and then ignored?

Immediately, he could not help but shout angrily.

"Arrogant!"

He shouted sharply, lightning flashing in his eyes.

"Do you think that by trapping us, you can safely obtain the xuan yin jade marrow? It is simply ridiculous!

Besides, even if you get it, so what? This place isolates the Heavenly Dao, and you cannot trigger the Nascent Soul Lightning Tribulation at all, let alone make a Breakthrough to Nascent Soul True Monarch.

Unless you never leave the Secret Realm for the rest of your life, otherwise, once you go out, you will surely be settled by the Nascent Soul True Monarch!"

By the end, it was already a blatant threat.

He was not afraid of angering the other party or provoking the other party to kill him.

Not to mention that this person might just be taking advantage of the situation by using the Restriction here to trap them.

Even if they really faced off, he had nothing to fear.

Which of them was not the best in the same Realm?

Moreover, they all had back-ups left by the Nascent Soul True Monarch.

A threat was a threat; Yin Leici did not care at all, anyway, the other party had no hope of breaking through to Nascent Soul in the Secret Realm.

Otherwise, the Xuanling Secret Realm had been opened so many times, there were always lucky ones who got the final Opportunity, but in the end, they still had to obediently "hand it over" to the Grotto-Heaven.

Did you think those guys didn't think about digesting the Opportunity in the Secret Realm and using it to prove the Nascent Soul True Monarch?

No, it wasn't that they didn't want to, but they couldn't do it at all.

The Heavenly Dao here was isolated, unable to bring down the Nascent Soul Lightning Tribulation, resulting in the Heavenly Tribulation among the five calamities being unable to pass.

And without the baptism of the Heavenly Tribulation, the essence of the Cultivator's life could not be transformed, and the embryonic form of the Law could not be sublimated, so even if they broke through, it would at most be considered a residual Nascent Soul.

At that time, they might be backlashed, and their combat power might not even be as good as the Golden Core Perfection method.

So as long as the Black-robed Man did not break through, they were in an invincible position, it was just that they were calculated by a guy of unknown origin, making their Face look a bit ugly.

But if it were just him alone, that would be fine, but at this time, there were Saintesses and Dao Children of various Grotto-Heavens beside him.

In a situation where everyone was unlucky, Yin Leici didn't feel so depressed.

Hearing Yin Leici's threat, the Soul-Devouring Demon Lord finally turned his head and looked at him.

The corners of his mouth lifted slightly, picking up a trace of sarcasm.

"Settled?"

His voice was hoarse, with a bit of carelessness.

"Just that old guy Hongtian, dares to settle with this Seat?"

Hearing this, Yin Leici's Face changed drastically.

"Presumptuous! How dare you call the name of the True Lord directly! You... you have already sought your own death!"

He shouted sharply, but a flash of suspicion flashed in his eyes.

This person dared to call the name of the Zixiao True Lord directly, and had no awe in his heart, either he was ignorant and fearless, or his status was really high enough to not put the Zixiao True Lord in his eyes.

But soon he dismissed this thought.

Being able to not put the Zixiao True Lord in his eyes, except for those few in the Grotto-Heaven, he could no longer think of anyone else.

But this was too far-fetched, it was simply impossible.

The Soul-Devouring Demon Lord ignored the wild-thinking Yin Leici and turned to walk deeper into this space.

He walked a few steps and suddenly stopped.

His eyebrows frowned slightly, and a flash of suspicion flashed in his eyes.

"Hmm? Broken?"

He had just suddenly felt that the phantom he left in that passage had been broken by someone.

The Soul-Devouring Demon Lord had long known the levels here like the back of his hand, naturally he knew the rules of the last level?

As long as you break through and defeat the previous guard, the Daoist methods revealed during the fighting process will be imprinted by the level, becoming the new guard.

And the phantom that Soul-Devouring left there, although he only used a few methods, was not something that an ordinary Golden Core Cultivator could deal with.

By his estimation, that passage was almost blocked by him, and it was impossible for the subsequent people to break through.

But someone actually did it.

"Interesting."

After a while, a playful smile appeared on the corner of the Soul-Devouring Demon Lord's mouth.

He was not angry, with his current state of mind, he would not be angry because of such a small matter.

He just felt it was interesting.

Among these people, besides those Grotto-Heaven Disciples, there was actually such an interesting guy.

However, just as he turned to continue moving forward, he suddenly felt a trace of anomaly.

It was his own fate that had changed slightly.

It was very weak, as if it existed or not, but it was real.

Like a stone thrown into a calm lake, ripples spread out.

This change did not come from the outside world, but from the person who broke his phantom.

This person had already formed some kind of Karma connection with him, although it was so weak that it could almost be ignored, it really existed.

The Soul-Devouring Demon Lord frowned slightly.

"Variable?"

When he reached his Realm, what he disliked most was variables.

Because variables meant uncontrollability, meant exceeding expectations, meant things might not develop in the direction he envisioned.

He did not like this feeling.

The Soul-Devouring Demon Lord stopped and began to pinch his fingers to calculate.

His finger techniques changed, and a faint thread of Karma extended from his fingertips and disappeared into the Void Realm.

He wanted to find this person and see who dared to spoil his affairs.

However, that thread of Karma wandered in the Void Realm for a while, but it was like a clay ox entering the sea, and it could never lock onto the target.

Clearly, the other party had some kind of power that interfered with his calculation, making him unable to see the true Face of this person.

The Soul-Devouring Demon Lord frowned even deeper.

With his current Dao practice, although the strength this body could exert was limited, calculating the background of a Golden Core Cultivator should be easy.

But he couldn't calculate it.

He couldn't see who this person was, couldn't see the origin of this person, and couldn't even capture the aura of this person.

"Interesting."

He said these two words again, but the tone was different from before.

Before it was careless, this time, it was truly interested.

A Golden Core Cultivator who could break his phantom and conceal his own Heavenly Secret was worth his extra look.

However, that was all.

The Soul-Devouring Demon Lord did not continue to calculate, nor did he turn back to find that person.

His purpose from beginning to end was the xuan yin jade marrow, to break through to Nascent Soul, and then enter the sealed land to obtain Reincarnation.

A Golden Core Stage variable, although a bit annoying, was not enough to make him change his original plan, and still waste time to pinch a small insect to death.

It was just that unknowingly, the Soul-Devouring Demon Lord also quickened his pace.

Behind him, the people trapped in the Restriction watched his rapidly departing back, and their expressions gradually became ugly.

"Who exactly is this person?"

Yin Leici asked through gritted teeth.

"Don't know."

Yue Qingyao shook her head when she heard this.

"But he is obviously here for the xuan yin jade marrow."

"Then what should we do? Just let him take it away like this?"

The demoness of the Six Desires Demonic Sect, Hua Nongying, leaned lazily against the light wall, her tone full of charm, but with a bit of unwillingness.

Although competing with these perverted guys around her, the xuan yin jade marrow might not fall into her hands in the end.

But there was hope after all.

After all, this was the xuan yin jade marrow, a rare treasure of heaven and earth, a great Opportunity that could truly help Cultivators pass the Nascent Soul chasm.

Now watching others take it away, but being unable to do anything, this made Hua Nongying feel very unwilling.

"If you don't let him take it away, what can you do?"

Yin Leici said muffledly, "This Restriction cannot be opened, and we cannot get out."

Everyone was silent.

Yue Qingyao's eyes flashed, and she suddenly spoke.

"Do you think this person's familiarity with this place is a bit too unusual?"

Everyone was stunned and looked at her together. Yue Qingyao's expression was cold, and she continued.

"Everyone, ask yourselves, if there is no experience of the Sect's predecessors to assist, how much time would it take to pass the trial?"

Yue Qingyao did not wait for everyone to answer, and continued.

"Even so, our speed is still weaker than this person."

"If the other party does not have the foundation behind us, it is absolutely impossible to do this step."

"What do you mean by that?" Yin Leici frowned, not quite understanding.

"Do you mean that this person is very likely from the Soul Devouring Demonic Sect, or the Yujing Dao Court?"

Hua Nongying was the first to realize what Yue Qingyao meant and raised her willow eyebrows.

"It is not impossible."

Yue Qingyao nodded.

"These two families did not send anyone this time, which is already full of strangeness.

If you say they are openly repairing the plank road and secretly crossing the Chencang, it is not impossible."

"Regardless of who he is!" Yin Leici snorted coldly, "After going out, I will definitely make him look good!"

Everyone ignored this brute, so the scene fell into silence again.

"Forget it, it's useless to talk about this now."

After a long time, Yue Qingyao said indifferently, "Let's find a way to break this Restriction first."

The Soul-Devouring Demon Lord passed through the corridor and stepped into the deepest part of this space.

This was a huge stone room, more magnificent than any previous one.

The stone room was circular, and the dome was inlaid with countless glowing crystals, like a starry sky.

On the ground, huge Formation patterns were engraved, and in the center of the Formation patterns was a stone platform a few feet high.

On the stone platform, a ball of dark blue light was suspended.

Inside the light, there was a piece of jade marrow the size of a fist.

It was crystal clear throughout, exuding a warm luster.

Inside the jade marrow, countless intricate runes flowed, and every line contained profound truths of heaven and earth.

xuan yin jade marrow!

The Soul-Devouring Demon Lord looked at the jade marrow, and a flash of imperceptible joy flashed in his eyes.

With this thing, he could use it to make his body break through to Nascent Soul.

At that time, he would seek Reincarnation, and the grasp would be greater.

And he could do more things in this Secret Realm.

As for the fact that this place was isolated by the Heavenly Dao and could not save the Nascent Soul True Monarch, this was not a matter for him at all.

At that time, he just needed to use the power of the Nascent Soul to tear open a crack in the Secret Realm and guide the Heavenly Dao to descend.