Chapter 267: Seal

Clearly, Zhou Xiaofan has already understood.

Su Xun is hoping that their cultivation can break through the Great Vehicle Stage and solve this problem.

In other words, their Dao Ancestor’s strength is likely not even at the Great Vehicle Stage…

But this was not beyond his expectations.

The stronger the strength, the broader the horizons.

The more things one can know naturally.

Just like now, when he learned that other worlds had been destroyed by the blood tide, Zhou Xiaofan understood.

The Dao Ancestor is likely not high above, but from another world…

But this does not affect the inheritance of their entire cultivation world, which was passed down by the Dao Ancestor. It just makes the Dao Ancestor feel more approachable.

Now that the Dao Ancestor has a solution, then… that would be naturally for the best.

They also cannot rely on the Dao Ancestor for everything. If he can really buy them enough time, then what they can do is use the help of this heaven and earth spiritual energy to quickly raise their own cultivation to a level that they cannot currently reach.

Then, rely on their own abilities to solve the blood tide.

In the blink of an eye, seven days passed.

After leaving for several days, the sect leaders of various sects returned again… and they had all prepared the heavenly materials and earthly treasures that they had promised before.

This is not surprising.

Those who dare to boast at this critical moment naturally have full confidence.

And just as everyone gathered, Su Xun also appeared.

At this time, within the main hall of the Wind Spirit Moon Shadow Sect, a spiritual light spread… Clearly, the spiritual energy of these treasures was so dense that it even surpassed the spiritual energy of the Wind Spirit Moon Shadow Sect itself.

Su Xun just took a brief inventory and exclaimed, “Not bad, it seems you have all done your best.”

Qin Hao said regretfully, “Unfortunately, we are still missing Cloud Swallowing Stones, Wonton Crystals, and Bamboo Rising Water.”

“It doesn’t matter, I’ll take care of those things. Zhou Xiaofan, have you passed on the array I gave you?”

“Reporting to Dao Ancestor, this disciple has already passed on the mysteries of the array. During these days, all the array cultivator disciples have been cultivating diligently day and night, but this array is really too obscure and difficult to understand, so they still have many points of confusion…”

“It’s okay, let them come see me. I will personally answer their questions. This time, overcoming the crisis, they are the key, so we must ensure we have absolute certainty!”

“Yes.”

Soon, those array cultivator disciples were invited over.

Upon seeing the Dao Ancestor…

These disciples immediately became excited. Each of them had accumulated too many questions and had no idea where to start. In fact, if Su Xun did not possess the knowledge of arrays from both worlds and have the previous generations’ painstaking understanding of the mysteries of this array,

I’m afraid Su Xun wouldn’t have been able to comprehend this array so easily.

And now, facing the questions raised by these disciples, Su Xun answered them one by one, and by drawing inferences, he extended new questions, and then solved these new questions.

These disciples were all mesmerized as they listened.

They felt as if, under Su Xun’s guidance, they had stepped into a brand new world…

Entering the Dao through arrays, evolving the mysteries of the world.

Another few days passed.

Over these ten or so days, all the array nodes in the entire Qian Territory had been reinforced with secret techniques.

Even the previous gaps in the Qian Territory, where blood was constantly leaking, were blocked up…

But blocking is not as good as dredging.

Across the isolation array, the blood tide outside the array became more and more turbulent, fiercely pounding against the array, with an even stronger and more terrifying momentum.

Clearly, completely blocking it only makes the blood tide more terrifying.

One can imagine…

This completely reinforced array probably won’t be able to withstand the blood tide for too long.

And Yuanshen and the others repeatedly asked Su Xun for a solution, but Su Xun remained tight-lipped. Only after receiving all the treasures did he immediately start his closed-door cultivation again.

He now only hopes to have enough time…

Whether it is the time left for him, the small world, or the main plane, there is not much left.

And within the small world, after carefully teaching for a few days.

These disciples were able to become the elite array cultivators of the Wind Spirit Moon Shadow Sect. If they were placed in the outside world, their aptitude would probably be at the level of the pillars of a sect.

Their comprehension is naturally extraordinary.

At this point…

They can finally start preparing for the action against the blood tide.

Using the earth’s qi as a foundation and luck as a cage, forcibly restrain the blood tide’s movement and completely block it.

The main plane can no longer set up an isolation array…

But in the small world, there is no such problem at all.

Therefore, hundreds of array cultivators, carrying their respective important array base items, went to the various key nodes of this world. What they were going to set up was an unprecedented array that used the common people of the world and the land of the nine provinces as its foundation.

If it succeeds, it will be able to control the blood tide to the greatest extent.

It is unlikely to make them retreat.

But it shouldn’t be a problem to completely confine them to their original location.

And in order to additionally increase the time for the main plane, Su Xun also finally began to try to accelerate the small world using low-grade spirit stones.

Three months passed in the blink of an eye.

At this point, the last obstacle that Su Xun had previously set up had completely dissipated.

The blood tide, which had climbed to the highest peak, surged towards the ground with a sky-covering, earth-shattering momentum.

Wherever it passed, it destroyed everything in its path.

It also emitted a series of ominous and fierce auras, like a ferocious and bloodthirsty beast, beginning its final charge towards the human civilized world.

And at this time, all the disciples were already scattered at various key points.

The array base stones had been placed. What they needed to do was to infuse their own true essence into the ground, communicate with each other, and weave a seamless net to completely seal off the blood tide.

And some nodes were already infinitely close to the blood tide.

These disciples stood at the edge of the blood tide, watching the surging blood tide approaching, but they had no intention of dodging at all, only quietly guarding the array base points.

As Su Xun’s voice sounded in everyone’s ears at the same time.

“Begin!”

Everyone’s true essence was completely infused into the ground, completely merging with the array base stones.

All the array bases, although underground, still could not conceal the dazzling spiritual light…

These spiritual lights spread in all directions underground.

“Jia Fei, control the array, turn towards the northeast, offset by 35 degrees!”

“Xu Zheng, you don’t need to transmit so much true essence. Otherwise, with your cultivation, you will completely lose all your true essence when you are three kilometers away from the nearest array node. Reduce it by 30%, that’s just right!”

“Long Yi, remember, there are two array nodes at 49 degrees to your left and 16 degrees to your right. Your mission is very important, you need to light them up at the same time!”

It is actually very difficult to complete the isolation array.

After all, the array stones are buried underground, and their locations are all vast and boundless. To make these array stones connect together underground and form a space that isolates everything… the difficulty is so great that even after hundreds of attempts, it may not be possible to succeed.

But the small world is different.

Within this small world, Su Xun is almost omnipotent.

He can even clearly know the strength of the true essence released by each cultivator, and he is also very clear about the connection locations of each array node.

A flat map is presented in front of him…

All he needs to do is to command these disciples, let them control the angle and direction, and connect these array stones together.

With Su Xun around, the difficulty of setting up the array is reduced by more than a hundred times?

Especially with his multitasking ability, and with his immortal sense, he can see even the smallest details. Commanding over a hundred disciples to set up the array at the same time is even easier.

Under his arrangement…

The array, which had taken countless years to finally complete, had already taken shape in just a few days.

Boom…

The blood tide surged to the sky, but when it was about to engulf one of the array-setting disciples, it seemed to have hit an invisible barrier, causing a reverse wave to sweep back.

The blood tide, which could never be stopped and could only be delayed, encountered its nemesis at this moment.

The blood tide rose higher and higher, and the fierce aura became more and more intense.

However, when the blood tide rose one zhang, the array extended one zhang… when the blood tide rose ten zhang, the array extended ten zhang.

No matter how turbulent the blood tide was, it could not cross the line.

And at this time, the disciple closest to the blood tide was already only half a meter away…

Clearly, Su Xun had planned everything perfectly.

If there was even the slightest mistake, I’m afraid the setting up of this isolation array would have completely failed.

“Everyone,收 （shōu） [收 ━ 收 means ‘收’ in Chinese, which translates to ‘collect’, ‘gather’, or ‘收’ in this context, ‘withdraw’ or ‘retract’]!”

Su Xun roared in a low voice. Seeing that all the array stones were under his control and had achieved resonance and connection.

Under his command.

Everyone’s true essence surged out in an instant, and at this point, the array was completely activated!

The entire earth emitted a surging white spiritual light from the cracks in the ground…

Under the blessing of the array, it was as if the entire earth had come alive.

It devoured upwards, like a gluttonous beast rushing out of the sea of the earth, opening its huge mouth towards the boundless ocean.

Then, it tore down.

The blood tide surged, and then most of it was directly swallowed by the beast…

The blood tide surged to the sky, seemingly sensing that it had encountered its nemesis, and roared and surged even more furiously.

Unfortunately…

The isolation array had been completed.

From the edge of the territory, the array emitted a dazzling white light, which then slowly converged towards the middle… This white curtain was like nothingness, passing over all the mountains, rivers, and living creatures.

And as it converged, this light curtain became more and more solid, gradually developing a physical form from its previous illusion.

And when it came into contact with the blood tide.

This white curtain, which seemed to be in a different dimension from physical objects, instantly triggered the strongest reaction with the blood-colored tide.

Like the collision of extreme cold and extreme heat.

Violent blood smoke rose up, and then was forcibly enveloped within the white light curtain, and then forcibly condensed into blood water again.

It couldn’t even escape as mist.

Continue to shrink…

The completely spread-out blood tide was forcibly squeezed towards the middle by this white light curtain. The blood tide became more and more turbulent, but it was restricted by this white curtain. The blood tide, which had previously submerged in all directions, was being gathered little by little.

“It’s a success!”

“This array can really restrain the blood tide!”

“So powerful, the Dao Ancestor truly deserves to be the Dao Ancestor. With just one move, he has completely established the victory!”

Many cultivators all stood in the sky, watching with their own eyes.

They watched as the blood tide, which they had previously been unable to resist, was directly and completely restrained, and then gathered… The white light curtain became smaller and smaller, and in the end, only a narrow space of about several thousand miles long and several miles wide remained.

Then…

A circle of light appeared from the ground, slowly sinking into the ground.

After a long time.

As the isolation array completely disappeared above the ground, the blood tide was also gone.

Only a devastated landscape remained, stretching to the very end of the horizon.

Clearly, the isolation array really worked.

Everyone couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Looking at the devastation in front of them…

Half of the world had been destroyed. Although the blood water was gone, the scorching marks left behind were still there.

And it seems that it will probably be difficult to repair in the future.

“Dao Ancestor, how long can this array last?”

While Zhou Xiaofan gently breathed a sigh of relief, he was still clear-headed, knowing that this array was probably just a temporary measure, just like the previous array.

The threat of the blood tide was only delayed, but it had not been completely resolved.

“As far as I know, it shouldn’t be a problem for two thousand years. As for how much longer after that, I’m not too sure.”

Su Xun shook his head and said, “The rest is up to you.”

“Well, that matter will naturally be a headache for the later generations.”

Qin Hao chuckled twice. Two thousand years… they would probably be long gone by then.

When people die, everything is gone. This matter will naturally have nothing to do with them.

Zhou Xiaofan said in a deep voice, “Brother Qin, your words are greatly mistaken. If we do not put in effort for this array, then the later generations will have no future to speak of… a headache? They will not even have the chance to have a headache. The two thousand years that the Dao Ancestor has given us is not for us to push the matter to the later generations, but for us to pass it down from generation to generation, and treat the problem of the blood tide as a matter of urgency, and be sure to help our descendants solve this problem!”

“That’s right, the human race is passed down from generation to generation. Although we are only the foundation, even if we are only the foundation, we must do everything we can for our descendants.”

“I will help you.”

Su Xun said, “Later, I will send a large number of cultivation techniques. What we need to do now is to try our best to improve our own cultivation and solve the problems of these blood tides. You must know that your cultivation is already extremely high, and now you have personally witnessed the terror of the blood tide. If there is anyone who can solve this blood tide in the future, then it is probably none other than you. Escape is absolutely not an option!”

“Thank you, Dao Ancestor!”

“If you can destroy the blood tide, that will be my greatest reward.”

Su Xun nodded and said, “Now those array cultivator disciples have exhausted their true essence. Quickly go and rescue them back to the sect to rest. They deserve the greatest credit this time. You are thanking the wrong person by thanking me.”

“Yes!”

Many disciples flew down towards the ground.

“I’m leaving. If anything happens, I will summon you.”

Su Xun pointed to the newly formed isolation array and said, “Outside this place is where the blood tide has spread. Remember, do not let the disciples approach it without authorization. Otherwise, the blood tide might rise again.”

“Yes!”

Everyone nodded in agreement.

Su Xun’s figure gradually disappeared.

Within the main plane.

Su Xun couldn’t help but breathe a long sigh of relief. At this time, the heavenly materials and earthly treasures around him were almost completely exhausted.

Clearly, without the support of the main world, it would have been difficult for the small world to form the array so easily.

But now, the array has been formed.

The main world should also need to wait for the small world’s gift.