Chapter 1075: Setting the Trap, Establishing the Absolute Heaven Array

Editor: Henyee Translations

This group of demon sect cultivators walked for a long time, finally arriving at their destination. They threw down the massive white pillar, causing the ground to tremble violently.

Then, they looked up towards Daolord Skeleton, who was concentrating intensely, manifesting his Dao rules while layers of deduction powers surfaced around him, evidently calculating something.

“Ah, setting up this thing, I wonder when it will end. I haven’t rested for hundreds of years!” At this moment, the demon sect cultivators began to whisper among themselves.

They all knew that Daolord Skeleton’s calculations would still take a considerable amount of time. Following his instructions, they then began to insert the massive and heavy banners into the ground.

“Indeed, for these hundreds of years, our demon sect has been setting these up, not even allowed to leave the sect,” another demon sect cultivator lamented helplessly. “It’s also unclear what all this is for; the Daoist keeps everything so secretive, no matter how much we inquire.”

These years had clearly bred resentment, which they now expressed freely.

However, another demon sect cultivator rebuked them anxiously, “These are orders from above, I advise you not to discuss it further. Have you forgotten what happened to Brother Heifeng?”

Hearing this, a chill ran through the other cultivators, their faces filled with lingering fear.

Not long ago, a demon sect cultivator had tried to probe into the secrets of the setup and was immediately detected.

An elder from his sect executed him on the spot with ruthless efficiency – a rare occurrence within the demon sects.

Although the sects were harsh externally, the elders usually showed some leniency towards their own members. Yet, touching upon this secret meant immediate betrayal, indicating the immense significance behind it.

Silenced by the reminder, all the demon cultivators ceased their discussions. Time passed silently until, after a stick of incense had burned down, Daolord Skeleton finally showed signs of action.

“Begin,” he said coldly. Then, with a surge of pale spiritual power, his aged hand flung out, releasing several skulls that landed in specific spots on the ground.

The skulls clicked their teeth incessantly and emitted an eerie green glow from their eyes, creating a terrifying sight.

Without hesitation, the demon cultivators lifted the pale pillar again.

This time, they summoned their strength, lifting the pillar into the air before driving it forcefully into the ground with their veins bulging.

Boom! Under their control, several white pillars simultaneously slammed into the earth, causing a terrifying quake and sending dust flying.

Their practiced movements indicated that they had performed this task countless times before.

As the white pillars settled into the ground, they emitted a wave of invisible vibrations, resonating with each other as if a giant invisible hand was plucking at them, creating a bizarre and shocking effect.

Despite having seen it many times, the demon cultivators still felt a shiver run down their spines.

These white pillars, which they had merely inserted into the ground using all their might, now vibrated in such a manner that it begged the question: what kind of being could manipulate them thus?

Finally, all the white pillars vibrated into the ground completely, leaving only a fraction of their tips visible above the surface. A gust of cold wind then caused the exposed tips to sway, unfurling a flag with bizarre runes inscribed upon it.

It turned out that these white pillars were actually flags, rooted deep in the earth, waving like torches burning in the wind.

“Let’s go back to the sect to fetch more flags, then move to the next location,” Daolord Skeleton said coldly, ignoring the exhausted expressions of his followers.

With a flash, he transformed into a beam of light and disappeared into the distant sky, leaving his bewildered and fearful followers behind.

For hundreds of years, they had been setting up without any breaks, as if fearful of something imminent. They moved from one place to another, racing against time. Even these cultivators, who were at the stage of merging paths, were exhausted and longed for a respite.

But faced with the eerie atmosphere within the demon sect and under the direct command of a Daolord, they dared not even utter a word about resting.

“Let’s go,” they said numbly, transforming into beams of light and flying towards the location of the demon sect.

This scene was replicated across the demon-controlled territory—if one could see through the dark clouds over the land of the demon sects, they would notice that nearly ninety percent of the area had flags planted.

On his way to the demon sect, Daolord Skeleton’s expression was grave. According to the information provided by that certain individual, they were running out of time, and the setup of the Absolute Heaven Array was still incomplete.

Yes, the setup that the demon sect had been working on for hundreds of years was the Absolute Heaven Array, a fact known only to Daolords of the demon sect. The Absolute Heaven Array wasn’t an array known within the Floodgate Realm but was an extraterrestrial artifact, transcending the known existence.

Even the purpose of the array was only revealed to Daolord Skeleton and his peers by that mysterious entity.

The Absolute Heaven Array could completely isolate a region from the heavenly awareness, effectively blinding the consciousness of the world, a necessary condition for true immortal beings from higher realms to descend.

The demon sects had been setting up this array with a clear, unspoken goal. All information about this array was so sensitive that even their own disciples, if they tried to probe into it, had to be eliminated immediately with extreme prejudice.

The notion of collaborating with a demonic immortal being involved risks so great that it demanded utmost discretion. Even if their own disciples wouldn’t betray them, the causal forces of the universe might detect their activities and bring divine punishment.

The Absolute Heaven Array was even more terrifying than the Mystic Heavenly Array of Cosmic Fate they had known about. The latter merely spied on the heavenly secrets and could provoke the wrath of the world’s consciousness, let alone an array like the Absolute Heaven Array that aimed to completely shield those secrets.

However, what truly worried Daolord Skeleton was not just the complexity of the array or the enormity of the stakes involved.

His greatest concern was that their actions, large and slow as they were, might not escape the notice of the major sects and families of the realm.

Even though the demon sects had been racing against time, constantly setting up the array without rest for hundreds of years, they were still a hair’s breadth away from true success.

The resources and energies of the demon sects had been utterly drained; even though they were anxious, they were also helpless.

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