CHAPTER 738: 678 PRINCIPLE 4

"Oh?" Li Chengyi pinched the gray crystal clay, not feeling it particularly heavy.

But strangely, even with his strength, when squeezing this substance, he still felt some resistance.

He suddenly thought, if All Phenomena completely subdued the superficial appearance, wouldn’t the Flower Language Ability of the Aggregation Heart Rainbow Candy be capable of freely elevating the nature of things??

"Could it be that this substance is the upgraded state of ordinary soil?"

He pondered for a moment, then casually tossed the gray crystal clay.

Sss.

The clay disappeared in the blink of an eye, entering the Sword Furnace within his Mind Image World, starting to be burned by the flames.

The flames within the Sword Furnace were not ordinary fire, but a manifestation of Li Chengyi’s immense digestion ability.

It was equivalent to the stomach of his Consciousness Power.

Boom!

Unexpectedly, as soon as the crystal clay encountered the Sword Furnace Flame, it burst into flame like oil meeting a spark, igniting fiercely.

In an instant, the light within the Sword Furnace expanded several times, much more intense than before.

A massive flow of Consciousness Power, comparable to one-tenth of a Void Saint’s, surged into Li Chengyi’s mind.

"...What is this!?"

His expression instantly filled with shock and disbelief.

Could it be that this simple mud, aggregated together, could provide him with a massive feedback of Consciousness Power after being burned, this...

"Can you continue to aggregate this substance?" In reality, Li Chengyi suddenly spoke up, asking Rainbow Candy.

"No, this is the limit." Rainbow Candy shook her head, "At first it actually becomes very hard and very heavy, but then suddenly it starts to lighten and slowly becomes transparent. After this step, no matter what, it can no longer be aggregated."

"You have done well!" Li Chengyi nodded, "I think, you might have discovered an extremely rare special material..." He suddenly thought, if matter is aggregated to the extreme, could this be the fundamental material that composes a Saint’s body?

The so-called eternal indestructibility, Primal Chaos Unity, if it were this material, it might actually be possible...

Moved by this thought, Li Chengyi held in his hand the ball of crystal clay that had been burned.

The surface of the crystal clay was slightly charred, but the overall volume had only shrunk by an imperceptibly small degree.

"The resilience of this material is very great, what do you think will happen if we used this material to create external protective Armor, or even directly reconstruct our own bodies..." Li Chengyi asked in a deep voice.

"...I can try!" Rainbow Candy’s eyes lit up, then she seemed to think of something.

Just as Li Chengyi was about to discuss further tests on the ball of gray crystal clay with her, a purple light flashed across the Jade Pendant at his waist.

A special message from the Tian Ju Pavilion entered his mind.

Li Chengyi’s expression changed in an instant, and his words came to an abrupt halt.

"There is another urgent matter in my sect, I must leave at once. You continue to experiment and see if this material shares any similarities with the material of the Floral Dress! I always feel there is a subtle connection between the two."

"Okay!" Rainbow Candy nodded vigorously.

She was very aware that at Li Chengyi’s level, an intuition would never be a mere illusion.

In fact, she had the same feeling; the crystal clay seemed like a special transformation that occurred when a substance reached its pinnacle.

Without the aid of the Dragon Gate Crane’s Flower Language Ability, she could not have aggregated this thing in a short period of time by herself.

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Elsewhere.

Li Chengyi instantaneously used Shadow Flash, leaping a long distance, leaving the Earth-Moon Blind Spot and entering the Black Sea.

To him, Earth-Moon was too small, too trivial; if he were to unfold his true form, it could instantly cause massive disturbances to Earth-Moon, leading to the planet’s destruction.

His true form was already about three times the size of the Earth-Moon Planet.

The planet was altogether insufficient to contain him, and even moving about in his shrunken humanoid form felt constricting.

In the Black Sea.

Li Chengyi flickered repeatedly, rushing towards the nearest Tian Ju Pavilion transport point.

Ever since he had been ambushed here, Tian Ju Pavilion established a temporary transport point near the Earth-Moon Blind Spot.

Numerous bizarre and peculiar blind spots in the Black Sea flashed swiftly by his side.

But Li Chengyi had no mood to pay them any attention.

All his thoughts were focused on the message from his sect he had just received.

’Tianhong Ancestor has been attacked and is missing, suspected dead. All disciples above the dimensionality level are to report immediately to the Myriad Phenomenon Pavilion for verification.’ — Daoist of the Heavenly Hand.

Tianhong Ancestor of the Four Elders of Heaven’s Harvest was suspected dead!?

That was an Omniscient pinnacle, a top-tier powerhouse at the Quan Li level!!

Such a being could actually die??

With a heavy heart, Li Chengyi flickered swiftly, using the guidance of the Purple Cloud Ornament to locate, and soon appeared before a giant statue of a Taoist.

The statue was the size of an ordinary planet, towering tens of thousands of kilometers high, floating in the Black Sea, its face solemn, representing the original ancestor of Tian Ju Pavilion.

At this moment, in front of the statue’s palm, a gray and hazy vortex of a transport gate had already appeared.

Throughout the Black Sea, colorful streaks of light, like shooting stars, dashed into the transport gate vortex and disappeared.

Li Chengyi sensed them and found they were auras of his fellow Dimensional Demon Gods from his sect.

’Tian Ju Pavilion actually has so many Dimensional Demon Gods...’ His heart turned cold, but he did not delay in his actions, quickly flying toward it and plunging into the gray vortex.

Like the others, he vanished into the teleportation gate in an instant.

Countless lights and shadows flickered rapidly all around him.

Seconds later.

Li Chengyi’s vision returned to normal.

He found himself beneath a pitch-black night sky.

Ahead lay an ancient-looking dojo with patches of mottled walls.

The large doors of the dojo were open, revealing a courtyard inside, where a giant flowering tree stood.

The tree was covered in countless pink flowers, petals fluttering in the wind, scattering and drifting onto the gray-white stone slabs, as well as on the many figures gathered beneath the tree.

Li Chengyi took a deep breath and stepped forward, entering the dojo just like the others.

The figures he passed, whose faces he couldn’t make out, were all wearing black robes, with powerful fluctuations of Dimensional Demon Gods emanating from them.

He estimated that, including himself, there were already over a hundred people standing under the flowering tree in the courtyard.

And still, more people were continuously coming inside from outside.

Men and women Taoists entered one after another, then silently waited under the tree for the main hall doors of the dojo to open.

At the very front stood a row of familiar faces.

In the center was the Daoist of the Heavenly Hand, the celestial-looking current master of Tian Ju Pavilion, with his white beard, white hair, and white eyebrows.

At the moment, he appeared to be an ordinary old Taoist, holding a horsetail whisk and murmuring to himself.

To his left and right were his senior and junior brothers, the current high-ranking officials of Tian Ju Pavilion, all of them Omniscient at the All Phenomenon Realm.

There were fifteen in total, fifteen Omniscients, all standing there without moving forward, but silently waiting.

No one spoke. All naturally took their places, motionless, and waited in silence.

Li Chengyi did the same, allowing the token at his waist to guide him to his designated place near the middle of the back, and then he bowed his head quietly, waiting.

Snap.

Someone patted his shoulder from behind.

He looked up to see his senior brothers Qing Ming and Yuan Su.

Qing Ming looked somber as he sighed and moved to a position in front of Li Chengyi, bowing his head to wait.

Yuan Su, on the other hand, did not move forward but stood next to Li Chengyi.

"Ancestor Tianhong, has he really fallen??" his voice was as faint as a mosquito’s, reaching into Li Chengyi’s mind.

"I don’t know either...." Li Chengyi answered via transmission, "I just received the message and was teleported here immediately."

"This is the Myriad Phenomenon Pavilion, the place where Ancestor Tianhong usually stays... his place of quiet cultivation. If something really happened to him... signs would appear here first," Yuan Su said gravely.

"....Omniscient Pinnacle, such entities, can they actually die? Can they fall into misfortune?? What kind of calamity could affect beings of that level??" Li Chengyi could hardly imagine.

That’s an existence capable of freely altering all known conceptual laws of the Black Sea!

Such beings could make fire no longer radiate heat, or cause ice to release terrifying flames, burning everything. The kinetic and potential energy of particles could be altered at will.

What force could possibly trouble such a powerful being??

Indeed, everyone present had their own speculations.

Crack.

Suddenly, the permanently closed great doors of the main hall of the dojo opened a sliver.

A figure slowly walked out from behind the door.

His face was aged, dressed in a dark red luxurious Taoist robe, wearing a Black Lotus crown, and the white hair cascading down his back flickered with fine silver flames.

"Daoist Tianyan!" Daoist of the Heavenly Hand and the others quickly stepped forward, asking with tense expressions.

"May I ask about Ancestor Tianhong...?"

This person was one of the Four Elders of Heaven’s Harvest, Daoist Tianyan.

He glanced at the hundreds of Taoists present, his expression grave, and he shook his head slightly.

"No longer can I feel his presence... I fear he may have been drawn into the Giant Spirit Layer and ambushed..."

"But with Ancestor Tianhong’s strength, even if overpowered, he should still be able to escape, right??" the Daoist of the Heavenly Hand said, his face paling, unwilling to accept it and probing further.

"Someone had set up multiple Cyclical Seals in advance. At least four peers were involved in the ambush; one to counter and neutralize Ancestor Tianhong’s conceptual law modifications, one to cut off his energy supply, and two responsible for the frontal assault..." Daoist Tianyan shook his head slightly.

"Ancestor Tianhong had just emerged from the main base of the Behemoth Sect, contemplating the limits of the Colossal Beast Realm, when he encountered a misstep and his spirit was compromised, not at his peak... which led to this vulnerability. It is certain, the attackers were at least four Quan Li!"

Four Quan Li?!?

The crowd around was instantly abuzz.

Daoist Tianyan looked around at the assembly.

"Why gather here? The matter of Tianhong will be dealt with by us. What can you do by coming here? Instead of wasting time, go find the real culprit!"

In the courtyard, everyone fell silent for a moment, then without a sound, they saluted towards him and then turned to leave.

As one of the four pillars of Tian Ju Pavilion, the suspected disappearance or death of Daoist Tianhong carried an impact far greater than what Daoist Tianyan suggested.

There are so few Omniscients in the known region of the Black Sea; those qualified to strike at Tian Ju Pavilion can be counted on one’s fingers....

Therefore, what follows... whether it’s the secret mastermind or Tian Ju Pavilion itself, there will undoubtedly be major actions taken.

Standing at the back, Li Chengyi followed the others, slowly leaving the courtyard.

"Ning Hong, Tian Shu, Bai Lu, stay for a moment." Suddenly, Daoist Tianyan’s voice came from behind.

Li Chengyi paused slightly, turned around quickly, and caught Daoist Tianhong’s cold gaze as it fell upon him.