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Chapter 504 Chaos in Central Plains

Just as the seal on Hehuan Valley was about to riot.

Heavenly Sword Pavilion.

In the training ground deep within the Sword Pavilion, the ground suddenly cracked open.

Then, a huge black hand emerged from the crack, its five fingers spread wide, each as thick as a pillar.

The black scales gleamed with a cold, eerie light in the sunlight, resembling metal or the skin of some living creature, sending chills down one's spine.

With that hand bracing against the ground, the crack widened further, and rubble rained down with a whooshing sound, as if falling into a bottomless abyss.

Jian Shisan and several Celestial Ancestors appeared instantly and launched an attack simultaneously.

Sword lights flew in from all directions, red, blue, white, and purple, weaving into a large net that tightly bound the black hand.

The sword light, like a rope, coiled around and around, tightening until the scales on Black Hand made a "crunching" sound.

The black hand struggled a few times, and with each struggle, the ground trembled and the crack widened by an inch.

But it was too tightly bound by the sword light, like a wild beast with its hands and feet tied, unable to exert its strength.

Then, from the deepest part of the Sword Pavilion, a sword light suddenly shot out and slashed through the middle of the demon corpse's head.

"Pfft—"

The enormous demonic corpse's head was instantly split in two, the cut as smooth as a mirror.

Then, with a loud crash, the body fell to the ground, and the dust it kicked up covered half of the sword-fighting field.

……

Qingyun Sect.

A similar riot of demonic corpses occurred, and it was only through the combined attack of several elders and the sect leader that the demonic corpses were barely killed.

……

Penglai Fairy Island.

When the riot occurs, the island protection formation will automatically activate.

A golden light enveloped the entire island, like an inverted golden bowl, protecting all the pavilions, disciples, flowers, and trees on the island.

Then, the hand reached out from the seabed.

A black, enormous hand covered in scales.

Then, several celestial elders joined forces to summon an ancient mirror.

The mirror was as big as a washbasin, bronze in color, and covered with dense array patterns.

With the spiritual power of several elders infusing it, the ancient mirror began to glow, initially with a faint, subtle light.

Then it got brighter and brighter, until it shone like a small sun.

A beam of golden light shone from the ancient mirror.

The golden light wasn't thick, only about the thickness of an arm, but it pierced through the demon corpse's head, leaving a round hole.

……

Kunlun Domain.

Xiao Yi led several elders to meet the challenge.

Sword light, knife light, palm prints, and multicolored attacks bombarded the demonic corpse, but they could not harm it in the slightest.

In the end, it was Domain Lord Jiang Xuan who personally took action, smashing the demon corpse's head with a single palm strike.

Everyone cheered, but no one noticed that Jiang Xuan's hand was trembling slightly inside his sleeve.

……

Mount Sumeru.

Master Xukong and the two chief disciples, Wuming and Wujing.

Three people, three beams of Buddhist light, struck the demonic corpse, which slowly melted away like ice and snow.

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Other sects also suffered the same attack.

Some sects, with their deep foundations, managed to hold them off.

Some sects fought with all their might to drive away the demonic corpse.

There are also several sects that have long since declined, and no celestial beings are left to govern them.

The moment the riot is sealed will be a catastrophe.

The mountain gate was destroyed, countless disciples were killed or wounded, the sect leader died in battle, and the lineage was severed.

A sect, with a foundation built over thousands of years, vanished overnight.

In the end, it was the Celestial Ancestor of the Imperial Dynasty who, with his profound resources, personally slayed the rampaging demonic corpses...

This day.

Chaos broke out in the Central Plains, and the nineteen seals were broken.

There are a total of seventy-two ancient seals.

Thirty-six of them are located in the Central Plains, while the other thirty-six are distributed in the Eastern Regions, Southern Wilderness, Western Plains, and Northern Desert.

These seals were left over from the great war ten thousand years ago.

It seals away those creatures that cannot be completely eradicated.

Ten thousand years have passed.

Some seals have been erased by time over the long years.

Some struggled for a few moments before dying.

Besides the nineteen seals that had been broken, there were others sleeping underground.

Its aura was as deep and profound as an abyss, far stronger than that of the one at the bottom of Hehuan Valley.

The seal is intact, but it is already loosening.

Like a taut string, you never know when it will snap.

Lin Chen's gaze pierced through the void.

Eastern Regions—No problem.

Southern Wilderness—Nothing's wrong.

Xizhou—It's alright.

The Northern Desert—it's alright.

Only Zhongzhou.

Lin Chen looked up at the crack in the sky.

The dark red light continued to press down, and the cracks grew even larger than before.

Like an open mouth, it keeps opening wider and wider.

Lin Chen withdrew his gaze.

Lan Fenghuang poured Lin Chen a cup of tea and sighed softly, "Husband, do you think things might happen in the Eastern Region?"

"It's alright for now." Lin Chen nodded gently.

Lan Fenghuang wanted to ask something more, but after opening her mouth, she closed it again.

At that moment, the door was pushed open.

Yan Ruyu walked in from outside, her steps hurried, her face bearing an expression that said, "As expected, something bad has happened."

She sat down opposite Lin Chen, picked up her teacup and drank it all in one gulp, not even caring whether the tea was too hot or not.

"The Central Plains are in chaos, but the other regions remain peaceful for the time being."

Lin Chen nodded.

"You found out?"

Lin Chen nodded again.

Yan Ruyu looked at Lin Chen, waiting for him to speak.

Lin Chen looked up at the crack in the sky, then looked away and took a sip of his tea.

"That crack affected the seal."

"The Central Plains is closest to the rift, so the seal was the first to loosen. The Eastern Region, Southern Wilderness, Western Plains, and Northern Desert are farther away and are temporarily unaffected."

"But it will be soon."

Yan Ruyu seemed to be deep in thought, then took a deep breath and asked:

"Are there any unbroken seals left, and what's inside—?"

"Yes." Lin Chen nodded.

"The demonic corpses that can truly unleash the power of a True Monarch cannot emerge for the time being, but it's only a matter of time."

Yan Ruyu didn't ask any more questions.

She has lived for two thousand years and knows that some things are useless to ask.

What can be changed, there's no need to ask.

Asking about things that can't be changed is pointless.

With this time—

Her gaze fell on Lin Chen, and the corners of her mouth curved slightly.

It would be better to cultivate with Lin Chen a few more times and strive to break through as soon as possible.

Lin Chen felt a chill run down his spine under Yan Ruyu's gaze.

"What kind of look is that?"

"It's nothing." Yan Ruyu picked up her teacup, smiling like a fox. "It's just that I feel like time is quite tight."

Lin Chen: "...Can you be serious for once?"

"I'm being very serious," Yan Ruyu blinked. "Cultivation, how can that be considered unserious?"

Lan Fenghuang's eyes flickered slightly, and she instantly understood Yan Ruyu's meaning.

Lingbo closed her eyes expressionlessly, pretending that she hadn't heard anything.

Chi Meng raised her head, glanced at Yan Ruyu, and then at Lin Chen.

Then she lowered her head again and continued to manipulate her mother Gu.