Chapter 68: Chapter 68: The Appearance of Five Unknown Saints, Initiation into the Path of Power
Night.
Maintenance Department.
Conference Hall.
Li Long sat at the head of the table, and the other seats were filled with ministers from various branch offices around the country.
"We’re having a meeting tonight because we’ve run into a big problem today," Li Long said in a deep voice.
His first words left everyone stunned and then apprehensive.
A big problem?
What kind of big problem could make Li Long so serious?
Soon, the projection screen behind Li Long displayed a series of photos, including the forests of Black Dragon City, the Arctic Giant Cave, an unknown region’s rift, and more, totaling five photos.
The crowd was puzzled, not understanding the significance of these five photos, but some recognized the Arctic and Black Dragon City.
"In these regions, something extremely terrifying happened today. Five unfamiliar Saint auras appeared, and they might not be from Huaxia," Li Long said, startling everyone.
Not from Huaxia?
Then who could they be?
Could the presence of five additional Saints pose a threat to Blue Star?
"Daoist Qingfeng and a few others said it’s highly likely mysterious strong beings have been hiding on Blue Star. Now that Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi is resurging, they have also revived. Our enemies might not be just Demon Beasts anymore!"
The crowd remained silent, originally finding Demon Beasts difficult enough to deal with, and now a few mysterious strong beings had appeared. What kind of situation was this?
"What should we do next? Eliminate these mysterious strong beings?" a minister asked with doubt.
"I have considered it, but their whereabouts are unfathomable. The best solution is to wait for the Great Emperor to act."
Upon mentioning the Great Emperor, everyone felt much more at ease.
Almost forgot, with Great Emperor Xiao Yao around, no matter what strong beings there are, they will be eliminated.
"But now there’s a problem—we don’t know who the Great Emperor is, where to find him, or if he will even act," another minister spoke up.
Once again, the crowd fell silent.
"I know someone who can," Li Long suddenly smirked.
If anyone can, it’s certainly Chen Mingyuan.
He is the only one who knows the true appearance of the Great Emperor.
But unfortunately, no matter what, Chen Mingyuan refuses to say, even when the Sovereign himself asks. He always says just one sentence.
"When the time comes, you will naturally know."
...
On the surface of the Moon at this moment.
Chen Lan sat cross-legged, with Dao rhythm and Spiritual Qi accumulating around his body. As he took a deep breath.
All the Dao rhythm and Spiritual Qi were absorbed into his body. After a long exhale, he slowly opened his eyes.
His eyes glistened with energy, and he slightly raised the corners of his mouth.
He had grasped the path of power.
Chen Lan sensed the strength within him. Even if he suppressed his realm to the Nascent Soul stage, he was confident in killing a Divinity Transformation Perfection with a single punch and severely injuring a Mahayana stage!
This is the terrifying aspect of the path of power; if someone in the Body Refining stage perfects this path, one punch could span across multiple great realms to kill a Divinity Transformation stage!
"I didn’t expect it to be so easy to get started," Chen Lan said with a light smile.
Don’t be fooled by his one-day enlightenment. In fact, he had no idea how many days he had comprehended since he set up a Time Domain.
Now that he had entered the path of power, it would be difficult to progress further without Dao items.
First, let’s see how things are on Blue Star.
Chen Lan extended his Divine Sense to see if anything significant had happened on Blue Star.
Soon, he frowned at the Saint aura in the deep mountains of Black Dragon City?
He had just been in seclusion for a day, and so many things happened?
In a flash, Chen Lan disappeared and reappeared above the forest of Black Dragon City.
"Hmm, what’s that?" Chen Lan immediately noticed a hidden cave with a golden glowing Array covering it.
He approached above the cave and could clearly see the Array, along with its patterns and symbols, operating on their own.
He didn’t know what was hidden in this cave; the Array seemed to block his Divine Sense.
However, he didn’t know what kind of Array this was or how to break it.
Then, use force to break through all techniques.
Chen Lan casually threw a punch.
Bang!
The Array shattered instantly, and an energy that was about to explode was dispersed by Chen Lan with a gentle wave of his hand.
Better not to cause too much commotion.
Seeing the cave without the Array’s protection, Chen Lan smiled. Indeed, using force to break through all techniques is the most effective.
He flashed into the cave and was puzzled by the empty environment inside.
There’s nothing here.
But soon, he noticed the Array underfoot.
"Another Array?" Chen Lan frowned, having never encountered such strange and peculiar things before, nor seen any news reports about them.
Since the embodiment of games and the return of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, these things began appearing, one after another.
If he didn’t possess Array Dao Divine Techniques, he probably wouldn’t have noticed these Arrays hidden in these places.
Chen Lan looked at the unknown Array underfoot, perplexed.
He couldn’t understand it, and it was different from the previous one; it seemed it hadn’t been activated yet.
Chen Lan flicked his index finger, and a small Sword Qi burst forth, directly targeting the Array.
If it were Peng Dahai, that Sword Qi would instantly be fatal, with both body and Soul annihilated.
But the Sword Qi struck the Array directly, and nothing happened—not even a scratch on the ground!
It seems to be an indestructible Array. To activate it, he needs to find the way to start it.
Forget about it for now; he doesn’t even know what it’s called or how to activate it.
"Forget it, let’s check elsewhere," Chen Lan shook his head, stopped thinking about it, and left directly.
But just as he left the next second, the Array emitted a faint red light and then quickly disappeared.
"So, you can see and hear it," at this moment, Chen Lan’s voice suddenly sounded, and he reappeared at the original place.
He had indeed left, but his Divine Sense remained.
This Array’s fast response to his return proved that the cultivation level was genuinely in the Saint Realm.
But how to activate it?
Let’s ask Little Tian.
Chen Lan directly transmitted a message to the Heavenly Dao, "Little Tian, see if you recognize this Array."
Little Tian was a name he had just thought of. The Heavenly Dao didn’t have a name; it wasn’t smooth, so giving it a name sounded better.
[Great Emperor, I am here. Let me take a look first.]
After speaking, the Heavenly Dao fell silent, probably thinking about what kind of Array it was.
After two minutes, the Heavenly Dao’s answer came as no surprise to Chen Lan.
[Great Emperor, I don’t know. I have no record of this Array in my memory. To be precise, I’m unclear about many Arrays.]
"Alright, I figured," Chen Lan wasn’t surprised.
In his impression, the Heavenly Dao was clueless, a pitiable Heavenly Dao brought in as cheap labor.
He had already figured that the Heavenly Dao’s memory had definitely been erased.
Not only on Blue Star, but they could even interfere with the Heavenly Dao’s memory. Who were they, really?
Chen Lan was growing increasingly puzzled.
He looked down at the Array, no longer paying attention.
Anyway, there’s plenty of time. Once those large sects are realized, he can find books on Arrays to read, and eventually, he’ll know what kind of Array this is.