Chapter 477: Ancient Altar, Revival of the Demon Emperor's Left Hand
Shen Mo searched through the wreckage of the Soaring Dragon Cloudship.
It didn't take long for him to find the parts he needed.
To craft these components from scratch would have required a trendous amount of war rits to exchange for rare materials from the Heavenly Dao Treasury.
So of them even had exchange limits.
And beyond that, it would've taken a great deal of ti to forge them.
But now, he could directly extract them from the wreckage of the Soaring Dragon Cloudship.
That would drastically reduce both the cost and ti needed to build his own cloudship.
In the end, he found a segnt of blood-colored ginseng beside a shattered section of the deck.
It was only the length of a middle finger and extrely thin.
Yet the area around it was spotlessly clean—not even a speck of mud was present.
This was the Ten-Thousand-Year Deep Sea Dragon Ginseng, a supre Heaven-grade spiritual treasure.
Shi Dingyue, in his youth, had accidentally consud one of these. His cultivation then skyrocketed, allowing him to step into the Venerable Realm at an early age.
However, his cultivation beca entirely tied to the ginseng.
If he couldn't refine it, his realm would decline.
Refine just a small portion of it, and his realm would rise rapidly.
Shi Dingyue had long been burdened by the ginseng's power.
Shen Mo hadn't expected to co across such a rare and priceless treasure himself.
'Ti to go. I still need to retrieve the Undying River Torrent Diagram.'
He stored all the difficult-to-craft components into his storage rings.
The parts were enormous and took up a lot of space.
He ended up using twenty-one storage rings just to fit them all.
Then, like a raging gust of wind, he vanished without a trace.
Not a single lesser demon noticed anything.
The Undying River Torrent Diagram was located within an underground cavern.
This cavern was incredibly well-hidden.
There wasn't a single demon settlent nearby.
If Shen Mo didn't already have a rough idea of its location, he might never have found it in his lifeti.
Still, after a ticulous search, he eventually located the cavern and obtained the treasure mirror.
Upon close inspection, he saw that the mirror's surface had an image of a flowing river.
Strangely, the river actually appeared to be in motion—flowing endlessly.
It looked nothing like a static engraving.
'No ti to study this now. I'll examine it back at the outpost.'
Shen Mo stowed the mirror and imdiately began his return.
He didn't encounter a single threat along the way.
With his current strength, unless a Greater Demon appeared, no demon could pose a danger to him.
Even against the weaker Greater Demons, he had enough power to stand his ground.
Back at Xuanwu Forty-One Outpost.
Within the most heavily guarded chamber—
Shen Mo had already returned like a phantom, silent and weightless.
He reviewed his gains and was extrely satisfied.
Fleecing the lucky sheep really felt amazing!
'If I fully refine this Thousand-Year Sky-Blue Thunder Lotus, I should be able to reach peak Divine Palace Realm.'
'As for this Ten-Thousand-Year Deep Sea Dragon Ginseng... its dicinal strength is overwhelming. I can't rush its refinent—it'll need to be paired with auxiliary ingredients. But even refining just a third of it should help reach the early stage of the Dharma Manifestation Realm.'
Shen Mo's eyes lit up slightly as he turned his gaze to the treasure mirror.
The Undying River still flowed steadily.
Mountains, rivers, and natural landscapes were considered the hardest among all visualization diagrams.
Even among diagrams of the sa tier, natural vistas were significantly harder to visualize than ancient beasts or colossal monsters.
Such vast and majestic natural phenona naturally contained deeper and more profound principles of Heaven and Earth.
The Undying River Torrent Diagram—its intricate patterns and mysterious content made it instantly recognizable as a supre Heaven-grade visualization diagram!
'Undying River... Undying River...'
'If I visualize you as my Dharma Form, what kind of power will you grant ?'
Anticipation filled Shen Mo's expression.
One advantage of reaching the Divine Palace Realm was that, as long as the inner palace walls had ford, one could begin visualizing their Dharma Form.
There was no need to wait until reaching the realm's peak.
He could start visualizing the Undying River Torrent Diagram right now—and begin forming the Undying River Dharma Form!
"Let's begin."
Shen Mo took a deep breath, focusing intently on the treasure mirror—on the ever-flowing Undying River within it.
Gradually, his consciousness rged into the scene.
Between Heaven and Earth, it was as if only that endless, surging river remained.
He was within it, enduring the force of its current...
...
Two months later.
Shen Mo suddenly opened his eyes.
A fleeting image of a mighty river seed to flash across his pupils.
He looked inward to his Divine Palace.
Imdiately, he saw that the first wall of his palace now bore the imprint of a Dharma Form.
A river without known beginning or end.
Flowing endlessly!
Surging without pause!
It was—the Undying River Dharma Form!
"I didn't expect... the power granted by the Undying River Dharma Form would be... regeneration?"
Shen Mo's eyes revealed a flash of surprise.
Upon deeper reflection, it made perfect sense.
Undying River. Undying...
The very na held within it the concept of unparalleled restorative ability.
Shen Mo took out a sharp blade and slashed hard at his palm.
Only with effort did he manage to create a gash.
A narrow wound opened, and blood began to flow.
But before two breaths had passed, the wound swiftly closed, forming a scab.
The scab soon fell away.
Smooth, pink new skin grew in its place.
In the blink of an eye, that new skin had already been replaced by mature, healthy skin.
The entire process took only ten breaths.
Shen Mo then centered himself and executed a few minor spirit-powered techniques.
The spiritual power he had just used was instantly replenished.
He sank into thought.
He hadn't even manifested the Undying River Dharma Form, and his body already possessed such terrifying recovery.
His spirit power regeneration had also beco absurdly fast.
If he were to manifest the Undying River fully, it would be like activating an invincibility buff.
He could tank enemy damage while spamming spiritual arts nonstop.
His opponent would only grow increasingly exhausted.
While he remained full health, full mana—how could they possibly keep up?
A satisfied smile spread across Shen Mo's face.
As expected of one of the most difficult supre Heaven-grade visualization diagrams.
Once completed, the results were overwhelmingly powerful.
"According to Ye Yan's life panel, the demon army's invasion was scheduled for two months later."
"And by the current count... it's exactly two months now."
"In the next few days, the demons should begin to make their move."
Shen Mo exhaled slowly, already forming a plan in his mind.
...
Deep within the fourth layer—
This was a barren land devoid of life.
Not even demonic beasts road here. The demon race hadn't established any settlents either.
But here, a massive, sinister altar of dark violet and black stood tall.
The altar sprawled across a thousand zhang in width.
It stood three hundred zhang high.
At its center, an emaciated, withered hand rose upright.
Surrounding it were eight enormous pools.
Each pool was brimming with crimson blood.
At this mont, scores of demons were stationed around the altar, pulling all manner of living beings from cages—slitting their throats and draining their blood into the pools.
These sacrifices included humans, beasts, flood dragons, even demonic beasts and demons themselves.
So long as they bled, they were dragged here.
Atop a high platform, two Greater Demons watched over the ceremony.
One resembled an ape—thin and long-limbed, pale-faced, covered in black fur.
The other was enormous and grotesque—bulging with flesh, each movent sending ripples across its body like waves.
These two were the Ninth Greater Demon, An Yun, and the Tenth, An Shuo.
At so point, An Yun seed to sense sothing and suddenly said, "Look. One of the fingers on the Demon Emperor's left hand... it moved."
An Shuo froze, then followed his gaze.
Before their eyes, the Demon Emperor's left hand began to tremble slightly—
Then clenched tightly into a fist!
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