Cultivating with Bragging System-Chapter 677 - 324: Reincarnation Great Array_1
"What is... that?"
Wang Xiu suddenly turned his gaze toward the highest point of the ancient peak beneath his feet. An ancient and mysterious aura emanated from that place. It was profoundly sublime, seeming to exist above this world, yet also as a part of it. Even with the power of his All Laws Unified Path and the focused vision from his Origin Imprint, he could only see it blurrily.
What is over there? It's on an extremely high level, seemingly no less than the Origin of Zhulong!
Wang Xiu mused, a sense of astonishment growing in his heart. The Origin of Zhulong was already an incredibly rare, high-order existence. It was condensed by the very last Zhulong bloodline in the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, just half a step away from the supreme divine realm. In terms of rarity, it surpassed even ordinary Imperial Scriptures. Perhaps only a Great Emperor's Origin could truly eclipse it.
Beyond that, Wang Xiu found it difficult to imagine what else could possess such an extraordinary aura.
No, that's not right... An identical aura exists at the summit of all six ancient peaks! Could it be that the Origins of six Great Emperors have been left here?
The thought was too astonishing. Wang Xiu immediately banished it from his mind.
No matter what, I'll just have to go up and see for myself!
Without any further delay, his figure transformed into a phantasm and vanished, continuing his ascent.
ROAR—
Within the black mist, a roar erupted, so powerful it shook the heavens and earth, capable of shattering the void. The sound made one's eardrums tremble, as if one's very Divine Soul would shatter along with it.
At the end of the mountain range, a shadow that blotted out the sky slowly rose. Its eyes shone with a blood-red light, its wings spread wide to cover the entire firmament, and its aura was incomparably terrifying. The massive shadow loomed over Wang Xiu, threatening to crush him.
An ancient, pure-blooded Golden-Winged Peng? Comparable to a Heavenly Immortal who has passed the Twelve Tribulations!
A divine pattern flashed between Wang Xiu's brows, and his Origin Imprint surfaced. Beams of purple light surged from within as the essence of the Ming Emperor's Prison-Suppressing Scripture transformed into runes that blotted out the sky.
"Ming Emperor's Art: Endless Prison!"
RUMBLE!
A colossal, ten-thousand-zhang-tall Ming Emperor Dharma Body appeared behind Wang Xiu. It was more solid than ever before, with clear features identical to Wang Xiu's. It radiated an imposing aura without any visible anger, like the supreme deity of the Netherworld, its every move exuding a pressure that made all beings tremble. After condensing his Origin Imprint, every Divine Ability Wang Xiu cast now struck directly at the source, as if he were an incarnation of the Dao itself, its power increasing explosively. This Ming Emperor technique was so profound it was almost indistinguishable from the ancient Ming Emperor appearing in person.
Wang Xiu slowly raised his palm. The colossal Ming Emperor Dharma Body behind him mirrored the action, extending its own giant hand. Its palm teemed with innumerable runes, and terrifying bolts of Thunder streaked across it like a creation-level tribulation, emitting a dazzling, blinding light.
RUMBLE!
The heavens and earth thundered as five fingers, like celestial pillars, propped up an Endless Nether Prison. A dense nether qi appeared and spread rapidly, forming a world that seemed boundless. It soon enveloped the Golden-Winged Peng.
CLANG! CLANG!
At the same time, from within the dense nether qi, impossibly thick Order Chains burst forth. They seemed to be the very embodiment of order, capable of binding the stars themselves, and they flew from all directions to shackle the Golden-Winged Peng.
SCREEE—
The Golden-Winged Peng shrieked. Though it had lost its sanity, it retained a remnant of consciousness and struggled desperately. Its body grew larger and larger, as if the sky itself could not contain its form, and it strained to burst through the chains.
However, the larger its form grew, the larger the Nether Prison in the palm of the Ming Emperor Dharma Body became. It was vast and boundless, holding the Golden-Winged Peng tightly bound within. The Order Chains layered themselves over it, their runes shimmering with light as if stars were being refined within them, mysterious and terrifying.
Before long, the Golden-Winged Peng was firmly restrained. A continuous stream of death energy was then expelled from its body, rising like a billowing black fog as if something was being incinerated. Its body kept shrinking and dissipating until it vanished completely amidst shrieks and wails, leaving only trails of Immortal Qi lingering quietly in its place.
...
With my current strength, even in the outside world, I can rely on the various mysteries of the All Laws Unified Path to fight a common Earth Immortal! Wang Xiu was secretly elated. His strength had indeed undergone a qualitative change.
The All Laws Unified Path alone has elevated my strength so much! I wonder what it will be like once I complete the final step of the Flawless Immortal Path—Primordial Unity? He suppressed his anticipation, calmed his mind, and looked toward the summit.
Then, with unprecedented speed, he began to climb toward the highest point. Throughout the process, the Ming Emperor Dharma Body never dissipated. The Endless Nether Prison in its grasp moved forward with him, making it seem as if he were carrying a vast and boundless world on his back. As he proceeded, thick Order Chains continuously spread out from the nether qi, one by one binding and refining the ancient experts who burst out to attack him.
The strength of these ancient experts grew progressively stronger. However, they should have been dead long ago, animated only by the special death energy within them. Facing the Ming Emperor Dharma Body, they stood no chance of resisting. As soon as the chains wrapped around them, their death energy would disperse, and they would return to dust. It was an absolute, one-sided suppression.
...
「Three months later.」
Wang Xiu finally arrived at the summit.
To his surprise, the summit was a gigantic, endless plain. The ground was barren, without a single blade of grass. He could clearly see a network of intersecting grooves and ravines that vaguely formed an enormous pattern. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝕨𝕖𝗯𝚗𝚘𝕧𝕖𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝕞
An idea struck Wang Xiu. He soared into the sky to look down from above.
"Indeed..." he murmured, his eyes narrowing as he discerned the massive pattern. Is this... the Reincarnation Great Array?
The dense lines formed countless runes of various sizes. Every few hundred to a thousand runes, in turn, formed a massive rune formation. The plain was so vast that the number of these rune formations was as countless as the stars in the sky. They were all interconnected and interlocked, creating a design of extreme complexity.
Even with his profound expertise in formations, Wang Xiu felt dizzy the moment he saw the patterns. What kind of being could have left behind such a creation?
Fortunately, Wang Xiu recalled that the Ming Emperor's Prison-Suppressing Scripture had recorded a similar great formation.
"In ancient times, people believed that when a living being died, if a wisp of their spirit was preserved, they could one day be reincarnated and return to find their homeland and reunite with their loved ones!
"However, this method was not very effective!
"As wisdom evolved, people gained a new understanding of death and reincarnation, realizing that even if a being was reincarnated, it might not be the same one they knew in a previous life! Sometimes, they wouldn't even belong to the same race!
"Moreover, the world is vast, and many regions are far too remote, so even if one travels for a lifetime, they might not be able to return to their homeland!
"Gradually, some beings who deeply missed the deceased began to develop a more efficient method!
"They sealed their domains using Ancient Methods, isolating the external world and its laws, including the cycle of life and death, to ensure that those who died here could only be reincarnated within this place... Even the timing, gender, and race of their reincarnation could be precisely controlled!
"Such Ancient Methods were often adopted by Ancient Clans that valued their legacy and bloodline origin!
"...to ensure their bloodlines and spirits remained pure, generation after generation!"
Wang Xiu murmured, recalling the records in the Ming Emperor's Prison-Suppressing Scripture. He then added softly, "What I'm seeing now... it must be part of the Reincarnation Great Array."
