Eternal Life Begins with Learning

Chapter 457: Chapter 420: Nine Dragon Divine Flame

Chu Mu couldn’t hide his surprise and suspicion. He subconsciously glanced back, but the fluorescent portal had vanished.

He scanned his surroundings, his eyes filled with vigilance.

"You are permitted to stay here for one year. Afterward, go to the junction of the two realms and set up this array for Us."

Just then, a voice suddenly transmitted into his mind.

Before Chu Mu could even react, the thick, churning fog in the Inheritance Hall began to slowly dissipate.

The trial that was supposed to be here seemed to have vanished with it.

A short distance in front of Chu Mu, a light flickered. A Storage Talisman drifted down, coming to a stop before him.

Chu Mu paused, taken aback. He glanced around the hall; it was unchanged from when he had last seen it. It was still the same Inheritance Hall, and upon the high platform, the massive Celestial Trace Crystal Stone still stood tall and imposing.

The voice had been perfectly clear, yet he couldn’t find its source.

Chu Mu mulled it over for a moment. After a brief hesitation, he silently reached out and grasped the Storage Talisman hovering before him.

He sent his Divine Sense inside. Within the modest Storage Space, a set of Array Deployment Tools came into his perception.

Beside them lay a Jade Scroll.

With a wave of his hand, the Jade Scroll floated up. He cautiously inspected it from top to bottom, and only after confirming there was nothing amiss did he attempt to probe it with his Divine Sense.

As his Divine Sense entered, the information recorded within flowed like water into his perception.

The information was like a torrent, but in the end, the dense flood of characters converged into four large, ancient words.

"Nine Dragon Divine Fire Array!"

The moment his Divine Sense focused, the four ancient words suddenly shifted and surged.

A roar seemed to echo from the void. With it, the four words shattered, transforming into a churning sea of fire that filled the sky.

Within the sea of fire, boundless flames converged, coalescing into nine crimson Fire Dragons.

The Fire Dragons roared, their forms nearly blotting out the sky.

Amidst the roars, pairs of emotionless draconic eyes suddenly fixed upon Chu Mu.

BOOM!

Another roar echoed. The crimson, raging sea of fire surged forward, as if it could incinerate the heavens and extinguish the earth.

An overwhelming torrent of information manifested once more, pouring into Chu Mu’s Sea of Consciousness.

At this moment, merely from the illusory aura of the Fire Dragons, the Demonization Erosion spreading through his body seemed to have met its natural enemy!

It fell strangely, utterly still. The erosion, which normally clung to him like a maggot to bone, vanished in an instant without a trace.

The Great Sun True Flame hovering in his Dantian also flared up, seemingly unwilling to be outdone, as if wanting to vie with the Divine Flame.

Chu Mu forcefully suppressed his inner shock, guarded his Heart Spirit, and silently endured the influx of information about the Array Prohibition.

After about fifteen minutes, the torrent of information finally ceased. The Jade Scroll shattered, but Chu Mu, his eyes squeezed shut, seemed not to notice. He was still busy sorting through the flood of information that had poured into his Sea of Consciousness.

More than an hour passed before he slowly opened his eyes. The fragments of the Jade Scroll slipped from his grasp and fell to the floor. A strange look now graced Chu Mu’s features.

After a moment of thought, he sat down on the floor and once again immersed his mind in the Nine Dragon Divine Fire Grand Array.

This time, nearly three full days passed before he opened his eyes again.

’So... this could actually work?’

A glint appeared in Chu Mu’s eyes as he murmured to himself.

The array’s name was Nine Dragon Divine Flame.

It was a... Grand Array that combined both offense and defense.

According to the array’s description, it required a core power source like a Heaven and Earth Spiritual Flame, Earth Vein Fire Qi, or other such Fire Attribute entities.

Once deployed, the array would manifest nine divine dragons of the Fire Attribute, combining both offense and defense. Should anything enter the array, not even a Nascent Soul Great Power could easily withstand the Nine Dragon Divine Flame.

Using this array at the Spatial Rift would be a perfect match.

He hadn’t destroyed the Earth Vein at the Spatial Rift, and the Demonization Erosion had been temporarily sealed off by that unknown power.

If he were to set up this array there, using the Earth Vein Fire Qi as its core, its effects would be no less potent than the original Sealing Demon Array.

If this array were to be empowered by the Power of Heaven and Earth within this Secret Realm, then even if that True Demon arrived in person, bolstered by the Power of the Demon Realm, it would likely be unable to escape suppression.

However, as profound and miraculous as the Grand Array was, its only use was to suppress the Demon Realm’s erosion at the Spatial Rift. He was merely the one deploying it; it wasn’t of much use to him personally. But this array... it seemed to have also given him a flash of insight. Or rather, an inspiration—a completely new idea...

Chu Mu fiddled with the fragments of the Jade Scroll, his brow furrowed in silent contemplation.

’There was obviously no way for him to resolve the Demonization Erosion from the Demon Lord’s Residual Soul in a short amount of time using only his own power.’

’Given enough time, he was confident he could eliminate the threat of this Demonization Erosion.’

’But it was clear the Demonization Erosion wouldn’t afford him that luxury.’

’Therefore, his plan had been to use two rare Spiritual Objects—the Fiery Sun Fire Essence and the Fusang Wood—to refine a demon-sealing Lifebound Treasure. This treasure would combat the Demonization Erosion within his body, waging a long and protracted war!’

’Of course, he hadn’t had many concrete ideas for this Lifebound Treasure that had so disrupted his plans, especially on such a rushed timeline.’

’He had ventured to this Inheritance Land precisely to use the "Refining Illusion into Truth" ability of its Illusory World to properly research and develop his ideas.’

’But now, after seeing this Grand Array...’

’Nine Dragon Divine Flame, offense and defense integrated...’

’It seemed a vague path for his Lifebound Treasure had appeared.’

’He didn’t have to be completely fixated on sealing and refining demons. Just like this Nine Dragon Divine Fire Array, sealing a demon doesn’t necessarily require something that *only* targets demons.’

’Be it one type of Demon or another, whatever entered the array would be suppressed and refined by the Nine Dragon Divine Flame if it was meant to be. The result would be the same.’

’A Sealing Demon Array can suppress the Demon Dao, but so can a Nine Dragon Divine Fire Array, even though it wasn’t specifically designed for that purpose.’

’Besides, a Magical Treasure doesn’t have to be *just* a Magical Treasure...’

’If he recalled correctly, the core Array Plate of the City Defense Array in Jingmen City—the very one that had withstood the Longevity Sect’s assaults for years and had even blocked that Sword Dao Nascent Soul at the end—was the Lifebound Treasure of a Nascent Soul Great Power.’

’A Magical Treasure combined with an Array Plate... He could absolutely design his own Lifebound Treasure along the same lines, borrowing an idea or two.’

’He wasn’t lacking in methods of Attack. His Sword Dao was a source of Unrivaled Attack, and his Sword Intent was no different!’

’What he lacked were means of Defense.’

’And when it came to Defense, what, at the same Grade, could possibly compare to the defensive power of a Defense Array?’

’He wanted to use the Great Sun Fire Qi contained within the Fiery Sun Fire Essence and the Fusang Wood to resist and suppress the Demonization Erosion.’

’But the Great Sun Fire Qi from just those two Spiritual Objects—the Fiery Sun Fire Essence and the Fusang Wood—wasn’t enough to completely purge the Demonization Erosion.’

’That was why he’d thought of refining them into a Lifebound Treasure, to achieve an effect where one plus one was greater than two. That way, he could achieve the goal of resisting, and perhaps even suppressing and eliminating, the Demonization Erosion.’

’A Lifebound Treasure would make one plus one greater than two.’

’So what if he combined a Lifebound Treasure with an Array?’

’Then one plus one would be *far* greater than two!’

’Suppressing the Demonization Erosion would be practically a certainty, an effortless task!’

’Moreover, this Nine Dragon Divine Fire Array seemed to be a perfect match for his Fire Attribute Immortal Dao Cultivation.’

’He could draw inspiration from this Nine Dragon Divine Fire Grand Array, using his Great Sun True Flame as the core and the Fusang Wood and Fiery Sun Fire Essence as the primary materials, to design a... Lifebound Treasure that perfectly aligned with his Great Sun Scripture!’

’A Lifebound Treasure combined with an Array... A personal-scale array, capable of both Attack and Defense, capable of suppression and Refinement...’

In a near instant, one concept after another flooded his mind.

Chu Mu wasn’t entirely certain if this concept was feasible.

But given his Artifact Refining Skill, this direction was surely feasible.

However, given that his foundation in Arrays was only at the early Tier Two level, he was less certain.

In the past, he might not have had a good way to resolve this uncertainty.

But now, that problem didn’t seem to be a major concern.

Chu Mu looked toward the imposing Celestial Trace Crystal Stone on the high platform. Its faint, flickering fluorescence seemed to sketch the outlines of one Illusory World after another.

A single year was a very, very short time.

But for him, it was more than enough...

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