Da Mo.

Three months have passed since the mountain gate of the Li Yuan Sect was breached.

In three months, many things have happened, and many Golden Core cultivators have left, but even more cultivators have migrated from the outside, pouring in.

The upheaval in the Da Mo Cultivation Realm over the past few months has already spread far and wide, attracting the attention of many forces.

The mutation of the Magnetic Barrier has long been an unrecoverable secret, and it is not difficult to find out with a little inquiry. Therefore, there are far more sects and noble families coveting Mo Yuan than the initial group.

After several rounds of both overt and covert struggles:

Ultimately, seven of the most powerful sects and noble families, comprising a total of twenty-six Golden Core cultivators, formed a close alliance and jointly occupied this treasure land of Mo Yuan.

Among them, the most powerful ’Chentian Sect’ relocated from the Celestial Continent’s Donglang Prefecture, crossing the Central Plains with no less than seven Golden Core cultivators. The sect leader of Chentian Sect is a late stage Golden Core powerhouse, and it’s rumored that there’s a Golden Core Perfection Supreme Elder in secluded cultivation within the sect, thus naturally becoming the alliance leader of the new coalition.

The strength of the Seven Sects Alliance is enough to ward off prying eyes from the outside while gradually clearing and controlling the dangers of Mo Yuan, laying a solid foundation for future development.

At this very moment:

"Boom!" "Boom!"....

At Mo Yuan’s entrance, numerous escape lights shuttle back and forth, presenting a bustling scene.

Thousands of escape lights, divided into various large and small teams, engage in spellcasting and setting up the ban with hand gestures. Below is a busy construction site with pavilions, towers, and Immortal Cave Mansions emerging from the ground.

In the Seven Sects Alliance’s plan, a massive array covering a thousand miles will be established around Mo Yuan’s entrance, serving as the future headquarters of the alliance and its most crucial foundation.

The joint management of Mo Yuan by the seven families is also the foundation for the existence of the Seven Sects Alliance.

Therefore, each of the seven sects and noble families has arranged for a Golden Core Ancestor to directly sit in the nearby palace, showing utmost importance.

Suddenly:

In the air above Mo Yuan, a black-robed youth, barefooted and wearing a black lotus crown, silently appeared.

Countless divine thoughts and gazes seemed oblivious to this silhouette. The seven mighty divine thoughts constantly shrouding Mo Yuan’s entrance did not notice it the slightest.

"Tianying’s Life Token shattered, so it seems he is indeed completely dead..."

The black-robed youth furrowed his brows, looking down at Mo Yuan below as if his gaze could pass through layers of darkness:

"With his resilient life force and numerous life-preserving methods, even an ordinary Golden Core Perfection cultivator may not have been able to kill him so cleanly."

"Qingxu, Nether Abyss... Who possesses such abilities to ruin such significant matters?"

He pondered for a moment, shook his head, flicked his sleeves, and turned to leave.

"It’s indeed much weaker than before, but still too dangerous. Better not go down."

"I’ll go back and report to that old fellow, let him figure out a way."

......

Underworld.

The Quiet Chamber was empty.

The tranquil darkness lasted for a moment, until a beam of dim light flickered, illuminating a three foot square area.

Silently:

A shadow in the corner gathered like flowing water, instantly condensing into the true body Dharma form of Zhang Yao.

"Hahaha..."

He sat cross-legged, letting out a loud laugh, with a hint of satisfaction.

Months of hard work had finally paid off, as he successfully cultivated the last ’Infinite Shadow Walking Technique’ of the Five Elements Divine Techniques.

Thus, after decades of achieving the Golden Core, the Five Elements Divine Techniques were finally complete.

"This ’Infinite Shadow Walking Technique’ is so magical even at the initial entry level. The future holds great promise."

Zhang Yao couldn’t help but exclaim.

The Infinite Shadow Walking Technique, among the nine Great Divine Techniques, was unparalleled in concealment and the foremost in hiding techniques.

After achieving entry, one could transform the true body into an invisible shadow, ignoring magical power investigation, divine thought sweeping, aura sensing... nearly nullifying ninety-nine percent of detection methods worldwide.

When sneaking as a shadow, unless it’s an array restriction completely isolating inside and outside, such as a fully activated Mountain Gate Array, ordinary arrays are almost mere decorations.

And this is just barely scratching the surface.

The true strength of the ’Infinite Shadow Walking Technique’ lies in the word ’Infinite’!

Once mastered to Perfection, one can leap across space with a shadow body, freely traversing different shadow regions, as long as a trace of aura connects, even blocking the Mountain Gate Array will be extremely difficult!

"Although this Divine Technique leans towards concealment and hiding it is also top-notch for ambushing, chasing, or escaping and saving one’s life."

Zhang Yao’s heart surged, with a hint of smile in his eyes:

"More importantly... the Five Elements Divine Techniques are finally complete!"

With the Five Elements Divine Techniques complete, refining the Five Elements Divine Wheel is just a matter of time, opening the door to the middle stage of the Golden Core.

After this, it will be smooth sailing.

......

Time flies, and sun and moon shuttle across the sky.

Zhang Yao, in the Wujin Tribe, focused on cultivation, seldom stepping outside.

He first spent three years refining the ’Cold Cicada Divine Thought Method’, already quite advanced, to the Realm of Perfection.

Then, he began to comprehend and cultivate the ’Infinite Shadow Walking Technique’.

This last of the Five Elements Divine Techniques, unlike all the previous Divine Techniques, was interfered with by the other Divine Techniques from time to time during comprehension and cultivation, causing slow progress.

The fundamental reason for this lies in the imbalance of the array:

The foundation of the Five Elements Divine Techniques lies in refining the array into a skill, and the prerequisite for separating the five phases is strengthening the five elements’ foundation, which is engraved on the ’Five Elements Spirit Array’ within the five organs.

Originally, the circulation and mutual generation and overcoming of the five elements was the righteous path, but as the five organs are strengthened one by one, the imbalance of the array becomes more apparent.

Until the last Five Elements Divine Technique, this flaw finally erupted, severely interfering with the cultivation of the divine technique.

However, the "Scripture of All Transformations and True Nature" is almost perfect and flawless; this flaw is not actually a real flaw but rather a deliberately left profound skill secret.

The imbalance of the five elements and the scattered five phases are just inevitable stages.

Once the balance of the five elements is reestablished, it enables the chance to reconstruct the cycle of mutual generation and overcoming of the five elements, allowing for the smooth refinement of the Five Elements Divine Wheel without the need for further arduous comprehension and cultivation.

Otherwise, the five divine techniques, which are completely different and even conflict with each other, would inevitably not be achieved overnight.

In the underworld, there is no difference between cold and heat.

Zhang Yao, under the influence of the imbalance of the five elements, slowly pushed forward the cultivation progress of the "Infinite Shadow Walking Technique" with the aid of a large amount of Endless Yin Earth.

Taking over twelve years, this last Five Elements Divine Technique finally saw the dawn of Perfection.

On this day:

"Buzz buzz buzz..."

The high-frequency buzzing sound echoed in the Quiet Chamber.

Zhang Yao sat cross-legged, the shadow beneath him constantly twisted, sometimes like the curve of flowing water, sometimes like flames rising, sometimes like a hundred beasts roaring, sometimes like stars twinkling...

In an instant, there were countless changes and countless shapes, dazzling and eye-catching.

Until a certain moment:

"Boom!"

Amidst the violent shaking of the twisted shadow, all changes and postures instantly converged into one, transforming into a mass of black sun.

Then, this black ’sun’ dissolved, like exceedingly heavy lead-water mercury, slowly reflowed into Zhang Yao’s shadow.

"Whew..."

Zhang Yao took a deep breath and slowly exhaled, opening his eyes:

"Finally, it’s done."

This Infinite Shadow Walking Technique was absolutely the most troublesome and challenging divine technique for him to cultivate.

Over twelve years, while expending a large amount of Endless Yin Earth; without such assistance, it might have taken fifty-sixty years to truly reach Perfection.

"Buzz!" "Buzz!"...

As Zhang Yao moved his divine thought, a light soared from behind him!

At the moment of the Infinite Shadow Walking Technique’s Perfection, the Five Elements Spirit Array within his body also achieved Perfection, and the power of the five elements restored its balance, making the refinement of the Five Elements Divine Wheel naturally an easy matter!

In an instant, after the white, purple, green, and blue rays, a black light emerged!

"Boom!"

The vast and majestic aura began to rise; the five rays naturally wanted to gather together, start rotating and cycling, giving birth to a terrifying entity.

But at the last moment, Zhang Yao suddenly restrained his magical power, letting the five-colored rays behind him dissipate.

"Mission accomplished!"

Zhang Yao’s expression relaxed significantly.

The incomplete Five Elements Divine Wheel had drained most of his magical power; a complete one would likely drain him dry, and perhaps not even be enough.

Ultimately, this was not a divine technique for a Five Elements Celestial Master at the early stage of Golden Core to use, requiring at least middle stage Golden Core to wield.

Just confirming success is sufficient; no need to display it again. If certain individuals in the Wujin Tribe were alerted, it might not be easy to handle.

"It’s time."

Zhang Yao left the Quiet Chamber, preparing to find Nether Abyss Ancestor.

The Five Elements Divine Wheel is an extremely special divine technique, or rather its essence is a magic skill where different divine techniques nest within each other and mutually coordinate, so there are only refined and unrefined states.

Once refined, it is perfect and flawless, not requiring extra cultivation, and it’s time to attempt a breakthrough to the middle stage of Golden Core and try to leave the underworld.

Moments later:

"Did you succeed?"

Nether Abyss Ancestor looked at him with surprise.

"Yes."

Zhang Yao nodded slightly, sighing with emotion:

"It wasn’t easy." 𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂

"It wasn’t easy, indeed, fifteen whole years..."

Nether Abyss Ancestor sighed deeply, feeling a bit uneasy inside.

Over the fifteen years, he had worried more than once about the situation of the surface Da Mo Cultivation Realm, but as time passed, his inner anxiety gradually subsided.

After all, so many years had passed; if something were truly going to happen, it would have happened long ago, and returning would not make any difference.

He had thought he could calmly accept it all.

Yet at this very moment, upon truly seeing the dawn of return to the surface, he became apprehensive, fearing that upon return he would see scenes he didn’t wish to see.

"Let’s go!"

Zhang Yao patted him on the shoulder and said:

"Go find Wuhe and borrow the Earth Milk Celestial Pool."

"After my breakthrough, we will immediately return to the surface!"