I'm in Shrouding the Heavens Practicing Eternal Life

From the sky, the dragon vein of Zhongzhou's central axis looked like a broken dragon, but as Luo Mo descended, the scattered remains were all gigantic divine mountains.

This palm strike severed the dragon vein, causing a million miles in radius to sink. A section of the dragon's body transformed into a mountain range, its back like a vast plateau.

The ancestral temple of the Yuhua Divine Dynasty, located at the heart of the Zhongzhou dragon vein, was the entrance to the ruins. However, powerful and strange forces lingered here, the remnants of the Empress's palm strike. Without an Extreme Emperor Weapon to clear the path, it was impossible to find the Yuhua Divine Dynasty's ruins.

Luo Mo delved into the heart region, a barren land shrouded in darkness and swirling black mist, resembling a netherworld.

However, the temple was nowhere to be seen, as it hadn't been excavated yet. Luo Mo used the Bagua Plate to calculate its location and discovered that the temple entrance was underground, buried and needing to be cleared before entry.

And the soil here was difficult to clear, filled with remnant formations containing terrifying energy. Ordinary great powers couldn't dig through it.

But Luo Mo possessed the Heaven Swallowing Magic Jar. The residual killing intent in the soil didn't target him. Using the Earth Emperor Divine Power to excavate a path, the fragmented array patterns that once belonged to the Yuhua Divine Dynasty emitted divine light, attempting to kill those who triggered the formation, but were extinguished by a swath of black light from the Heaven Swallowing Magic Jar.

An ancient temple was cleared from the ground by Luo Mo. Even the space here was extremely chaotic. Originally, it should have led to many small worlds within the Yuhua Divine Dynasty, but now it needed to be repaired before it could be used.

"I still need to be a repairman."

Luo Mo wasn't particularly skilled in spatial array patterns, not having cultivated too many spatial Three Thousand Great Daos. However, it was barely enough to repair this place. With some time, he could open the passage to the Yuhua Divine Dynasty.

After spending some time, Luo Mo excavated rows of ancient temples, lined up side by side. Besides the main entrance, there were many small doors. The Yuhua Divine Dynasty was located in a pure land connected by many small worlds. He had to pass through them to find the way in. Luo Mo repaired the array patterns here to enter that long-sealed world.

Various materials were engraved with array patterns by Luo Mo and placed in the damaged areas, completing the array.

Array patterns on the rows of temples glowed. The broken places were filled in by Luo Mo. From top to bottom, divine power flowed smoothly and tirelessly. The array patterns, sealed for many years, operated once again, opening the path to the ancient divine dynasty.

A row of temples stood side by side, with black mist drifting around them, making them look very dim. But the path was indeed opened. Luo Mo repaired the array patterns here.

The pure white jade-like Undying Tree transformed into an Undying Dragon Spear, held in Luo Mo's hand. The artifact spirit, Zihuang, couldn't wait any longer.

"Is this the Yuhua Divine Dynasty?"

"The inside is. There are some dangers, but we should be able to handle them."

"Then let's go!"

Zihuang was a little impatient, but before even entering, he saw something strange and shouted, "There are eyes inside the door!"

After all, he hadn't been an artifact spirit for long and wasn't stable enough.

In the darkness within the temple, there were pairs of eyes, flickering like swaying lamplight, then gradually dimming and disappearing into the depths, looking quite eerie.

"Just a small trick. Let's go in."

"You go first."

"…"

You are the number one magic treasure under the Emperor Weapon that can move freely, be a little braver!

Luo Mo set up array flags to isolate this place, preventing people from entering and the things inside from coming out. Then, he chose the largest temple door to enter.

An ancient pottery jar hovered above his head, looking harmless.

Stepping out, space shifted, and he entered the Yuhua Divine Dynasty's small world.

This was the first level. It was very quiet, very old, with thick dust. The things from just now didn't appear.

"There aren't any ghosts here, right?" Zihuang asked, a little scared.

"…"

Be a little braver!

"Even if there are ghosts, they should be afraid of us."

Luo Mo strode forward, directly passing through the empty first level and heading to the entrance to the second level. Each courtyard on this level was a small world, with a total of thirty-six levels.

Thirty-six levels!

Aside from the other Yuhua Divine Dynasty legacies, simply dismantling these thirty-six small worlds would be enough to make a fortune. That would be thirty-six World Stones.

The entrance to the second level was also a temple. The temples here were layered upon each other. Each level felt like ascending a heaven, with the temple being the passage connecting the two small worlds.

Holding the Undying Dragon Spear, Luo Mo stepped into the second level and entered a vast courtyard. In the distance was the temple leading to the third level, and surrounding it was a vast small world that might contain many things left behind by the Yuhua Divine Dynasty.

But Luo Mo didn't start treasure hunting on the second level. Instead, he went straight to the third level, because the things in the last six levels of the Yuhua Divine Dynasty's thirty-six small worlds were more valuable.

But something didn't want him to advance. They were humanoid creatures like corpses, with pale skin, covered in a thin layer of feathers, with disheveled hair, eyes like green lanterns, and demonic fleshy wings extending from their backs.

"How can there be such things?"

Zihuang's expression was a little unsightly, obviously recognizing them.

After all, he used to be an ancestral vein in the Qinling Mountains. The Qinling Mountains had many tombs, and many important figures would bury themselves there, so it wasn't surprising that he had seen similar things.

These were descendants of Yin Gods, powerful beings before death, whose divine flesh remained immortal after death. Buried above the yin eyes of the earth veins, after endless years, they would 'come alive' and become a brand new life form, a high-level corpse transformation, a life born from the ultimate of death.

These beings were called Yin Gods. As a special life form, they could naturally reproduce and give birth to descendants. These creatures here were descendants of Yin Gods, who would absorb the essence, blood, flesh, and bones of living beings.

Unfortunately, they didn't seem very smart. Seeing Luo Mo, an outsider, they actually let out a sharp shriek together.

This was their talent, which they could use to suppress other people's actions and then suck them dry alive.

The Undying Dragon Spear waved, and white light illuminated the world. These descendants of Yin Gods were instantly torn into blood and bone. Luo Mo used the Hand of God to grab some original Yin Blood from the corpses of each descendant of Yin Gods and stored it in a jade bottle.

These descendants of Yin Gods were equivalent to Great Power-level cultivators. The Yin Blood, containing the mysteries of the extreme transformation of death, was naturally a good alchemy material and couldn't be wasted.

After all, Luo Mo was a very thrifty Holy Son.

The descendants of Yin Gods had reproduced here for who knows how many generations. This race was inherently gifted, with the blood of the extreme transformation of death flowing in their bodies, giving them a higher starting point than most living beings.

It was just that they should have reproduced for many generations, and the power of the bloodline in their bodies was somewhat diluted, which meant that the quality of the materials Luo Mo obtained wasn't particularly good.

Luo Mo wielded the Undying Dragon Spear, fighting his way from the second level to the entrance of the fifth level. None of the descendants of Yin Gods could resist the power of the Undying Dragon Spear, but Zihuang disliked it very much and didn't want to kill these things.

Pushing open the door to the fifth level, unlike the dimness of the previous levels, this level was brightly lit.

Inside the palace here were some ancient stone carvings, radiating boundless light.

"Are there treasures?"

"Probably."

The main hall was extremely empty, with only the stone carvings, their ancient characters and runes shining brightly, emitting divine light and filling the place with a sacred aura.

Luo Mo used his Golden Core to suppress his sea of consciousness and glanced at the ancient characters and runes on the stone carvings, only picking up some of them to ponder in his heart.

Sure enough, this was a trap. Watching rashly would only lead to being trapped within, and then triggering one's own transformation into the Dao, with one's flesh, blood, essence, and cultivation all turning into a rain of light.

And there were array patterns on the stone walls here, unfortunately, absorbing the essence after the cultivator's transformation into the Dao to nourish other things.

And what was being nourished should be the stone figure enshrined in the center of the main hall.

The stone figure was only half a foot tall, sitting there cross-legged, very rough, and difficult to see its true face.

Starting from the fifth floor, each subsequent floor had a palace with a stone figure enshrined in the center.

"There should have been a lot of these in the past, used by the Feathered God Dynasty for sacrifices," Luo Mo said after studying it, then passed through these floors and headed to the eleventh floor.

Upon reaching the eleventh floor, the environment was somewhat different from the previous floors.

This floor was vast and boundless. Luo Mo's divine sense swept across but couldn't find the edge. Even using his divine eyes to look into the distance, he couldn't see the end.

This small world is so big!

The eleventh floor had mountains, water, grasslands, and ancient trees. Although there was no sunlight, it was lush and thriving.

There were also many ferocious beasts, some resembling Qilin, covered in scales, and some resembling Shen Hou, with terrifying appearances. Most were strange, with some characteristics of various divine beasts.

"What are these?" Zi Long asked, "I've never seen such strange savage beasts."

"They are probably descendants of the Feathered God Dynasty's temple-guarding divine beasts. After several generations of crossbreeding, they became these strange-looking things. They seem to be living well here," Luo Mo said, noticing that many ferocious beasts nearby had noticed him, an intruder, and dozens of pairs of eyes lit up.

These dozens of pairs were all ferocious beasts at the Great Power level, with a few pairs of eyes particularly bright, as dazzling as divine lamps, and the aura of a King permeated the air.

They were actually several Beast Kings who had severed the Dao!

Therefore, the danger level here was very high. Luo Mo originally planned to come with Gai Jiuyou, but since he couldn't find Gai Jiuyou, he seized the Devouring Heaven Magic Jar before coming, otherwise it would be too unsafe.

In the dense forest, a fishy wind rushed in. From the depths of this small world came roars like thunder, echoing each other, traveling an unknown distance. Immediately, the ground shook everywhere, and fierce beasts ran wildly, an unknown number of beasts running in a frenzy, a torrent visible from afar.

That was a beast tide. An unknown number of ferocious beasts rushed out of the boundless dense forest, a dark mass with no end in sight.

Luo Mo just wanted to say that the Feathered God Dynasty had created a good ecosystem. After more than 200,000 years, these ferocious beasts not only lived but also multiplied and grew stronger, even following ancient rules to resist him, the intruder.

But...

"Sorry."

The Dragon Spear hummed, the jade leaves opened and closed like scales, and the Undying Dragon Spear transformed into a white jade divine dragon, killing into the beast tide with irresistible force.

Zi Long was having a great time. These savage beasts used to jump around on him, splitting mountains and cracking rocks at every turn. Now that he was no longer a dragon vein, he could actually play with these savage beasts. It was so much fun!

At the top of the white jade divine dragon's head was a black blade horn, but it was not needed in the face of the beast tide. Its powerful body traversed and moved, and any ferocious beast that touched it would die, and any that brushed against it would perish.

Ding!

A three-eyed divine eagle at the King Realm of Severing the Dao used its wings like knives to strike at Luo Mo, launching a sneak attack, but the seemingly very ancient and ordinary pottery jar on Luo Mo's head did not shatter under the blow of the Severing the Dao Beast King. Instead, like a peerless ferocious beast awakened, a terrifying aura was revealed.

In an instant, the entire eleventh floor felt the supreme divine might and was suppressed. The three-eyed divine eagle was even more unbearable. Because its iron wings struck the Devouring Heaven Magic Jar, it was directly pressed into the mud by the supreme divine might, its body and soul trembling.

A wisp of black light fell, instantly piercing through its frontal bone.

Despite the deterrence of the supreme emperor weapon, these ferocious beasts were still fearless, charging desperately.

Something was imprinted in their souls and blood, causing them to be enslaved for eternity.

Seeing the endless beast tide, with so many ferocious beasts that it was frightening, Zi Long refined a large pile of the source that Luo Mo had given him, turning it into essence.

Boom!

The sky trembled, and a Dao diagram covered the sky, suppressing it.

The roars of the ferocious beasts spread, like beacon fire, summoning all the ferocious beasts in the small world. Zi Long directly used a killing move, evolving the innate Dao diagram to suppress it, like the palm print outside the Feathered God Dynasty, erasing all vitality.

The Dao diagram fell, not harming flowers, plants, or trees, but landing on the head of every ferocious beast, destroying its flesh and severing its Dao practice. This was the killing move of the innate Dao diagram.

The Dao diagram instantly suppressed and killed the beast tide, and the eleventh floor, which had just been extremely noisy, suddenly became quiet.

"Aren't they afraid of death?"

"They're being controlled," Luo Mo replied.

Afterwards, Luo Mo cleaned up the mess, collected all the scattered corpses of the ferocious beasts, handed them over to the tool man for processing, and collected the usable materials from the killed ferocious beasts, especially the essence blood, which could be used to refine precious pills.

The twelfth floor was also a vast world, but there was no beast tide. Luo Mo quickly passed through and arrived at the thirteenth floor.

The palace on the thirteenth floor was unlike the desolate world below, with grass and trees but no sunlight. Here, the light was bright, sacred, and peaceful, like a world of light.

Luo Mo scanned this place and couldn't help but sigh, "It's really rich!"

"What's wrong?" Zi Long asked, puzzled.

"Look, this place is actually nested and connected by small worlds."

"Ah? So what?"

Zi Long didn't understand Luo Mo's meaning.

"The Feathered God Dynasty even uses a small world in a palace. Tsk, tsk, tsk!"

Luo Mo only knew before that thirty-six small worlds made up the thirty-six layers of the Feathered God Dynasty ancestral temple, but he didn't expect that each layer was a vast small world, and within each layer, there were many small-sized small worlds nested, like pearls inlaid.

How many world stones would that be?

In front of the palace at the entrance was a huge stone statue, hundreds of feet tall, emitting a soft light. There were dozens of runes on the stone statue, each of which could resonate with the Dao.

"What are these symbols?" Zi Long asked.

There were dozens of symbols, each extremely complex, connected by hundreds and thousands of lines, able to directly resonate with the Dao between heaven and earth, mysterious and unpredictable.

Luo Mo looked at them one by one, imprinted these symbols in his sea of consciousness, and then explained: "These are beast-controlling spirit talismans, a secret technique of the Feathered God Dynasty, which can be used to employ various strange beasts. Those ferocious beasts' fearlessness should be because of this."

The Feathered God Dynasty's beast-controlling spirit talismans can also be considered a kind of inheritance. If placed in the Tai Xuan Sect, it would be enough to open a main inheritance peak.

"Sounds very powerful."

"Although the Great Dao has no distinction between high and low, the Dao of Beast Controlling..."

Luo Mo felt that it was a bit lacking.

After looking at the beast-controlling spirit talismans, Luo Mo discovered something in the stone figure's mouth.

He flew up and found that it was a treasure box, one foot square, cast from five-colored iron essence, a divine material of the same rank as Da Luo silver essence, capable of casting sage weapons.

Just such a box would be a treasure in the outside world, let alone what was stored in such a precious box, which would naturally be even more precious.

"Is there immortal gold inside?" Zi Long saw such an extraordinary box and immediately felt that it contained something even better.

And a material better than five-colored iron essence would only be immortal gold.

"No, inside are divine insects cultivated by the Feathered God Dynasty, similar to beehives."

Inside are God-Devouring Insects, and unlike the small nest in the Immortal Mansion small world, it can be seen from the terrifying beast tide on the eleventh floor that the Feathered God Dynasty's cultivation was large and plentiful.

The inside of this box has spatial order patterns, like a small world. There are far more God-Devouring Insects inside than in the Immortal Mansion small world. If released, they would devour everything, leaving nothing left, without the protection of a saint weapon or emperor weapon.

Luo Mo didn't move rashly, but instead comprehended the Feathered God Dynasty's beast-controlling spirit talismans here, trying to inject several spirit talismans into the five-colored iron essence box.

These are God-Devouring Insects cultivated by the Feathered God Dynasty. With their secret methods, they should be able to control them. Such a nest of God-Devouring Insects is a good thing.

Moreover, on the upper floors, there are God-Devouring Insect ancestors, all of which are Luo Mo's targets.