An isolated island in the Eastern Sea:
鈥淢aster! Master! Save me! Hurry! I鈥檓 about to go crazy from being locked up! Those two good-for-nothings鈥擯urple Subtlety and Longevity鈥攕abotaged us!鈥?Ensnaring Performance shouted while crying.
Longevity immediately flew into a rage. 鈥淪abotaged, my ass! Wasn鈥檛 it all caused by your singing in the first place?鈥?
Mu Chenfeng and Elite Hall鈥檚 Heaven Blasting Battalion disciples stood at the side, saluting excitedly.
More than a hundred people were trapped in a five-colored barrier.
There were five energy sources above the five-colored barrier in the shape of five characters: metal, wood, water, fire, and earth.
鈥淵ou actually activated the Five Element Divine Ritual Array?鈥?Jingwei snarled with a glare.
鈥淭he Five Element Divine Ritual Array? How would we know? We thought it was a large grave that would need a long time of digging to uncover. Who could have imagined it would trap us when we had just broken ground? We鈥檝e been calling out every day over the past few years, but no one heard us. Even the zither puppets were useless. Master, quickly save me!鈥?Ensnaring Performance said anxiously.
鈥淵ou thought it was a grave and came to rob it?鈥?Gu Hai gave Purple Subtlety and Longevity a strange look.
Gu Hai had sent Ensnaring Performance and Elite Hall鈥檚 Heaven Blasting Battalion because Purple Subtlety and Longevity asked for help. Who could have expected they just wanted to rob a grave?
鈥淲e found this by chance. These five energy sources seem to have a strange energy. Among these, the wood character is useful to Longevity. The earth character is useful to me, and the metal character is useful to Ensnaring Performance. We wanted to give Ensnaring Performance some benefits on your account, so we鈥o we鈥?鈥?Purple Subtlety said with a wry smile.
鈥淭his is Divine Energy of the five elements, the energy of the divine Dao. Do you know how many animal spirit deities were shoved in there? To think you want to absorb them! What a joke!鈥?Jingwei sneered.
鈥淗uh? It鈥檚 you, Lin Waner? What do you mean by this? We even helped you in the Yuan Imperial Dynasty!鈥?Purple Subtlety called out.
鈥淗umph! I am not Lin Waner!鈥?Jingwei glared.
鈥淪he is the Yan Nation鈥檚 Princess Jingwei. She is temporarily occupying Waner鈥檚 body. Furthermore, it was Jiang Lianshan who placed this grave here, so, technically, you could call it her family grave,鈥?Gu Hai explained with a forced smile.
鈥淗uh?鈥?The expressions of Purple Subtlety and the others turned stiff.
鈥淧rincess Jingwei, Flame Monarch, these are my friends. They landed here due to a misunderstanding. Please forgive them. Can you also let them out?鈥?Gu Hai asked gravely.
The Flame Monarch looked at Jingwei. After all, he did not know what was going on here.
Jingwei鈥檚 injuries had already healed somewhat. Now, she narrowed her eyes at everyone.
鈥淐onsider yourselves lucky!鈥?Jingwei said coldly.
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Jingwei showed a grave look as she flew slowly to the island and looked at the Five Element Divine Ritual Array.
鈥淕u Hai!鈥?Jingwei called out seriously.
鈥淪peak!鈥?Gu Hai nodded.
鈥淭hey are right. This is indeed a large grave. There is boundless lifespan hidden in the grave, and lifespan is different from regular energy. It immediately scatters upon exposure. The Five Element Divine Ritual Array suppresses the boundless lifespan. When I open the Five Element Divine Ritual Array later, you must collect the lifespan right away. You need to hurry. Otherwise, it will go to waste once it scatters,鈥?Jingwei said gravely.
鈥淎lright!鈥?Gu Hai nodded.
鈥淭he Five Element Divine Ritual Array is formed by five shaman symbols. Once I open the ritual array, the shaman symbols will likewise scatter. Uncle Flame Monarch, when I open the ritual array, immediately consume the fire character shaman symbol. It contains boundless fire-attributed Divine Energy. It can strengthen your phoenix deity and even let it make a breakthrough,鈥?Jingwei said solemnly.
鈥淎lright!鈥?the Flame Monarch answered.
鈥淲hat about the remaining four shaman symbols?鈥?Ensnaring Performance asked with anticipation.
鈥淗ah! You can consume them if you are not afraid of death!鈥?Jingwei sneered.
鈥淚鈥檓 not afraid of death!鈥?Purple Subtlety immediately said excitedly.
鈥淚鈥檓 not afraid of death, either!鈥?Longevity called out.
鈥淚鈥檓 truly not afraid of death!鈥?Ensnaring Performance also said excitedly.
Jingwei: 鈥溾€︹€?
The three鈥檚 words stifled her.
鈥淗umph! These five shaman symbols contain vast Divine Energy. Unless you have established your Upper Heavenly Palace, regular people would swell up and die after consuming it. The three of you鈥?What are the three of you thinking?鈥?Jingwei said with disdain.
The three did not get angry. Instead, they smiled at each other, feeling great anticipation for the shaman symbols.
Jingwei looked at Gu Hai as though wanting to say, Since your friends are seeking death, don鈥檛 blame me if they die.
Gu Hai looked at the three. Had he not traveled to eight hundred thousand years in the past, he would be worried for them. Now, he felt some anticipation instead.
鈥淛ust leave them be.鈥?Gu Hai shook his head.
鈥淗umph! They are just seeking death, so they can鈥檛 blame others. However, the fire character shaman symbol belongs to Uncle Flame Monarch. No one else is to touch it!鈥?Jingwei said coldly.
鈥淚 want the metal character shaman symbol!鈥?Ensnaring Performance immediately called out.
鈥淚 want the earth character shaman symbol!鈥?Purple Subtlety called out.
鈥淚 want the wood character shaman symbol!鈥?Longevity called out.
鈥淗umph!鈥?Jingwei snorted coldly.
鈥淢u Chenfeng, the Elite Hall disciples鈥?cultivations are insufficient. When the ritual array opens, I鈥檒l send you all elsewhere!鈥?Gu Hai said.
鈥淵es!鈥?the Elite Hall disciples answered.
Then, Jingwei placed her hands on the Five Element Divine Ritual Array鈥檚 barrier.
She shouted, 鈥淭he world has deities, and the five elements command all laws. Divine ritual array, open!鈥?
Boom!
A loud report rang out, and the entire island shuddered. Towering waves spread out in the surrounding sea as a result. Then, many cracks suddenly appeared on the barrier.
Crack! Crack! Crack! Crack!
The cracks spread all over the barrier.
Boom!
The barrier exploded, opening the Five Element Divine Ritual Array.
The five shaman symbols radiated vast energy as they soared into the sky as though some force below catapulted them.
Coo!
The Flame Monarch transformed into a three-kilometer-odd-tall, flaming phoenix that opened its mouth to swallow the fire character shaman symbol. At this moment, the fire character shaman symbol blazed with domineering flames, looking like a sun rising into the sky.
Boom!
After the Flame Monarch swallowed the shaman symbol, the flames around him flared over tenfold.
鈥淎h! There鈥檚 so much fire-attributed Divine Energy!鈥?The Flame Monarch felt shocked but also showed excitement at the same time.
Jingwei coldly watched Ensnaring Performance, Purple Subtlety, and Longevity as they opened their mouths to swallow three of the shaman symbols.
鈥淪eeking death!鈥?Jingwei revealed a disdainful sneer.
These three are dead, for sure. Don鈥檛 they see that Uncle Flame Monarch is having difficulty handling it? Look at their cultivations. To think they dare to consume it?
However, something strange happened before Jingwei. The shaman symbols did not destroy the three. On the contrary, they gave off faint golden, brown, and green lights as they hovered in the air, apparently enjoying the refining process.
鈥淗ow can this be?鈥?Jingwei said in shock.
鈥淧rincess, I recall now. They鈥hey share the same names as the dead divine envoys from eight hundred thousand years in the past!鈥?The Flame Monarch looked at the three in shock as it refined the fire character shaman symbol.
鈥淭he five divine beasts?鈥?Jingwei felt slightly started.
The Flame Monarch had told her about them previously, but she never expected these three to be them.
No one collected the final water character shaman symbol. Powerful cold energy immediately filled the surroundings.
When the cold energy appeared, the surrounding seas froze for more than five thousand kilometers around. Heavy snow fell from the sky, making the place bone-chillingly cold.
The Flame Monarch returned to human form, protecting Jingwei as his body gave off flames.
Purple Subtlety, Ensnaring Performance, and Longevity had thick skins, so they were not affected.
Gu Hai had pulled the Elite Hall disciples and Mu Chenfeng into the Gu鈥檚 Immortal Firmament, so they were fine.
Gu Hai did not have much time to observe his surroundings, as the island below instantly melted into a large pool when the Five Element Divine Ritual Array broke. The sixty-four hexagrams surrounded the pool, sealing a golden liquid. It looked like a pool of oil with a resplendent golden gloss.
After the Five Element Divine Ritual Array broke open, this oil evaporated quickly.
鈥淭hat is the lifespan. Gu Hai, quickly use it!鈥?Jingwei yelled.
Lifespan?
Gu Hai immediately felt some of the evaporated golden liquid enter his body. His body was like a sponge ravenously absorbing water.
鈥淧rincess Jingwei, sorry for this offense. Please enter my immortal firmament first!鈥?Gu Hai shouted.
Whoosh!
Gu Hai pulled Jingwei into the Gu鈥檚 Immortal Firmament.
鈥淕u Hai, what are you doing?鈥?The Flame Monarch glared furiously.
鈥淪orry, I am still wary of you. Jingwei can see everything from my Gu鈥檚 Immortal Firmament. I am going to make a breakthrough now. I鈥檒l trouble Flame Monarch to protect me!鈥?Gu Hai said.
Regardless of the Flame Monarch鈥檚 feelings, Gu Hai immediately sat down cross-legged above the pool and sank his consciousness into his body.
鈥淵ou!鈥?the Flame Monarch exclaimed, wide-eyed with fury.
Gu Hai was creating a deterrent to the Flame Monarch. With Jingwei as a hostage, the Flame Monarch would not dare to sneak-attack him and might even protect him.
鈥淗umph!鈥?the Flame Monarch snorted coldly.
After entering the Gu鈥檚 Immortal Firmament, Jingwei glared. 鈥淗umph! Gu Hai, you are repaying kindness with evil!鈥?
鈥淩epaying kindness with evil? Princess Jingwei, you are talking about yourself, right? Previously, I brought Waner with me to help you. However, you sneak-attacked Waner. Who was the one repaying kindness with evil? I am not harming you now. Just getting you to wait there. I don鈥檛 want to get sneak-attacked by you while I鈥檓 focused on cultivating. If you want to blame anyone, blame yourself for being too scheming.鈥?Gu Hai鈥檚 voice rang out.
鈥淗umph!鈥?Jingwei snorted coldly for lack of a better option.
However, Jingwei could see everything from the Gu鈥檚 Immortal Firmament.
Gu Hai sat cross-legged on the pool, and his body released a powerful suction. The surrounding vaporized golden liquid immediately entered his body, and the level of the golden liquid below fell slowly.
On the other side, the Flame Monarch felt furious, but he could only protect Gu Hai while refining the fire character shaman symbol.
Ensnaring Performance, Purple Subtlety, and Longevity hovered in the air with their eyes shut, enjoying the three shaman symbols. However, they made rather vulgar faces in their enjoyment, eliciting Jingwei鈥檚 disdain.
The water character shaman symbol released overwhelming cold energy, inducing snowfall and ice over several kilometers. If not for the five鈥檚 strong physiques, they would have frozen into ice statues long ago.
The water character shaman symbol disintegrated, making the surroundings colder.
Gu Hai sat above the golden pool, circulating all the energies of his body, earthly soul, mortal soul, metal deity, wood deity, water deity, earth deity, fire deity, and Spiritual Progenitor deity king. He sent all his energies to the location of the upper heavenly palace.
The nine streams of energy charged over like nine berserk dragons, carrying an unstoppable force as they rushed in.
Boom!
Gu Hai established his upper heavenly palace with a loud report.
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