The few members of Monk Li Yu’s household, including the monk himself, swiftly altered their bodies, shrinking themselves down to the size of a fist, which allowed them to temporarily avoid being affected by the transformation of heaven and earth.

However, the experts brought by Feiyun and Kejie, who had not reached the Ruyi Realm, were crushed between the two converging landmasses, their bones shattering, reducing them instantly to paste.

Their spirits fled their bodies, and due to the influence of the power within the Ancient Nine Transformations Array, they were unable to escape its confines. Subjected to waves of eerie, sharp winds, their souls were all damaged, and the aura of their lives was rapidly diminishing. Shang Yunlang’s body, which had been condensed from flowing water, also disintegrated under the immense pressure of the two continents. Once his spirit manifested, he was tightly encircled by Shang Wuya and the other three, who feared he would be utterly annihilated by the power of the Ancient Nine Transformations Array.

Feiyun and Kejie’s faces turned extremely grim. This sudden turn of events had completely disrupted their plans. The two who had confidently expected to capture Ji Changkong realized immediately that achieving this goal would likely be exceedingly difficult.

The two landmasses, formed by the Ancient Nine Transformations Array connecting numerous mountain peaks, had not stopped closing; they continued to merge bit by bit.

Feiyun, Kejie, and the others were forced to continually reshape their bodies, making themselves as small as fingertips, as if they had retracted their physical forms into some bizarre space.

The four experts from Shang Wuya’s contingent, all masters of the Ruyi Realm, relentlessly spurred their power within the Ancient Nine Transformations Array, manifesting magical domains that tore open fissures in space.

However, the moment these spatial fissures formed, under the influence of the array’s strange power, they immediately began to blur and become uncertain. The aura emanating from within these fissures felt alien to all four of Shang Wuya’s group, making them hesitant to utilize that power to enact their plans.

Each spatial fissure led to another dimension; some areas might harbor unimaginable dangers. If the safety of the world beyond the fissure could not be guaranteed, the safest course of action was to not rely on its power, lest they inadvertently weave a trap for themselves.

“Stop wasting your efforts,” Shang Yunlang scoffed, rebuking the four. “The Ancient Nine Transformations Array is riddled with restrictions and possesses the ability to distort spatial coordinates. Within this array, it’s best not to use methods that tear open space.”

The four from Shang Wuya’s group saw that the situation was unfavorable and, with grim faces, halted their actions.

As the two landmasses continued to close, Feiyun and Kejie’s faces were ashen. Kejie suddenly cried out, “This isn’t working. Although we can shrink our bodies, we cannot make them disappear entirely. If these two continents truly merge, we will still be harmed.”

“Rest assured,” Shang Yunlang stated coldly. “Before I entered, I had already influenced the core of one of the mountain peaks. This formation lacked many materials during its refinement, making it impossible to achieve the state of myriad peaks. I’ve also sabotaged another core; it will never completely seal itself.”

Indeed, no sooner had he finished speaking than the two landmasses finally stopped moving, refusing to fuse further.

Feiyun and Kejie simultaneously breathed a sigh of relief. Kejie chuckled, “The older the ginger, the spicier it is!”

“We must destroy more cores, otherwise we still won’t find that brat,” Shang Yunlang snapped. “The array’s changes are ongoing, and its power means that the kid hasn’t gone far. He must still be within the formation; otherwise, the formation couldn't possess this level of might.”

“How do you suggest we proceed?” Kejie asked sincerely.

“We should,” Shang Yunlang began to instruct.

While Shang Yunlang and his group were deliberating on how to deal with the array, on the landmass suspended overhead, Ji Changkong sat cross-legged. With a flicker of his thought, a fissure split open in the ground beneath his feet, revealing the three Night Rose sisters emerging from within.

A beam of rainbow light shot out, splitting into three mid-flight, each ray merging into the body of one of the Night Rose sisters.

Flashes of lightning, like ethereal serpents, sparked briefly over the sisters' chests. Wherever the electric light passed, the extreme cold energy latent within their bodies was gradually dissolved.

Before long, the three sisters looked up at him, their expressions gradually returning to normal.

“You saved us again,” Night Rose whispered with a radiant smile that bloomed like a flower. “Did you intentionally stay behind just to rescue us?”

Night Rose’s younger sisters, Night Rosexiang and Night Roseyue, also looked at him gratefully. Night Rosexiang even murmured quietly, “You bastard, your heart isn't entirely bad.”

“I didn't intentionally stay behind to save you,” Ji Changkong shook his head, his expression grave. “There are six masters at the Ruyi Realm below, plus an old monster with experience nearing the Tong Shen realm. I must find a way to temporarily imprison them before I dare to leave. Otherwise, I myself will be in grave danger.”

He was in no mood to joke with the three Night Rose sisters. He looked at them seriously. “As for you, it was merely incidental. You had better escape now, and you must do so cleverly. Otherwise, you will never have another chance, because even I am not certain I can truly imprison them and escape from their clutches!”

“Understood!” Night Rose’s delicate face shifted as she instantly grasped the severity of the crisis. “We still owe you our gratitude; the three of us will remember your kindness.” With that, Night Rose turned toward her two sisters—

“Take care of yourself. You might be annoying, but I don’t want you to die,” Night Rosexiang said softly before following Night Rose away.

With a stern face, Ji Changkong focused his consciousness onto every mountain peak, seeking to sense the core within each one. Fortunately, having broken through to the Ruyi Realm, his connection with the core of every peak was intimately close, making him almost disbelieving. With just a thought, the cores within the mountains would shift according to his will.

However, the individuals inside the array were terrifyingly powerful: six masters of the Ruyi Realm, plus Shang Yunlang, who was intimately familiar with the Ancient Nine Transformations Array. Ji Changkong could not guarantee the array could hold them all.

His spiritual sense shifting, he used his main soul to control the Ancient Nine Transformations Array, attempting to suppress the group using the profound secrets contained within it.

Simultaneously, he summoned his Demonic Body using his mind. As the Demonic Body manifested, the long-unused Vast Star Sea Chart flashed within its soul.

Rays of brilliant starlight shimmered above the Demonic Body’s head. The essence of the Vast Star Sea Chart gleamed brightly, seemingly searching for usable stars nearby.

Stars began to emerge one by one. On the Vast Star Sea Chart, dense constellations suddenly appeared, each star forming a pinpoint of light, connected to others by crystalline threads.

Ji Changkong’s expression suddenly broke into ecstasy.

The star pattern displayed on the Vast Star Sea Chart was clearly the map of the Dead Star Domain. It appeared that the Dead Star Domain configuration was already contained within the Vast Star Sea Chart, eliminating the need for him to explore it separately; the chart had marked everything out.

Fire Prison Star!

This thought surfaced in his mind. Suddenly, one massive star on the Vast Star Sea Chart flared intensely.

Ji Changkong was even more thrilled. The Fire Prison Star was his destination. If he could directly use the Vast Star Sea Chart to arrive at the Fire Prison Star, he would save an immense amount of effort.

He channeled the mental energy from his Sea of Consciousness, attempting to forcibly open a passage to the Fire Prison Star. However, the instant this thought formed in his mind, the mental energy within his brain began to drain rapidly.

The speed of the mental energy loss far exceeded his expectations!

Ji Changkong started, feeling like he was at the edge of a cliff, and quickly paused the change in his spiritual sense. Based on his understanding of the Vast Star Sea Chart, this was due to the extreme distance; such a vast journey required an astronomical consumption of mental energy, something even his current cultivation level could not sustain.

“Boom! Boom! Boom!”

From the landmass beneath his feet came continuous rumbling sounds. Each boom signified that the core within a mountain peak had been destroyed.

Just a flawed product, Ji Changkong sighed inwardly, realizing Shang Yunlang must have found the weak point. Shang Yunlang was too familiar with the Ancient Nine Transformations Array, compounded by the fact that the array lacked crucial primary materials during its refinement, and one core had been neutralized by Shang Yunlang from the start—this gave him the breakthrough point.

Ji Changkong didn't know exactly how Shang Yunlang accomplished it, but upon sensing the trouble below, he decisively chose to abandon the incomplete Ancient Nine Transformations Array.

As he made this decision, he planned to enter the nearest star. Once he left the Tian Nan Star, the world would be his oyster, and those pursuers would find it incredibly difficult to track him down. Once he became familiar with the Ruyi Realm and grasped the various divine abilities within the Seven-Colored Soul Seal, he would no longer need to fear masters of the Ruyi Realm.

A light hole, constantly emitting shimmering light clusters, suddenly materialized overhead. This was the spatial passage leading to the nearby Wuluo Star. Glancing down at the ground below, Ji Changkong cast one final thought of his spiritual sense into the Ancient Nine Transformations Array beneath him. Then, his main body and his Demonic Body plunged into the passage, vanishing from sight.

Extremely violent roars erupted from the two landmasses below, punctuated by furious explosions that never ceased.

It seemed the core within every single mountain peak had been triggered to self-destruct. Driven by the power of the cores, mountain after mountain violently ruptured, and savage energy waves radiated from the two massive continents, severely injuring those who had tampered with the array.

The sounds of the explosions finally subsided.

The two landmasses suspended in the sky were gone. Below, the lakebed had been leveled into flat ground. As far as the eye could see, a colossal mountain, spanning one hundred thousand li in circumference, stood majestically.

Above the clouds—

Feiyun, Kejie, and the members of the Shang family were all covered in blood, looking utterly miserable. Shang Yunlang’s spirit flickered weakly, swaying like a candle in the wind.

“He triggered the self-destruction restriction,” Shang Yunlang gasped weakly, waving his hand. “Pursue him! He must still be on Tian Nan Star. With the Ancient Nine Transformations Array destroyed, he has no means left. As long as we kill him, we will all get what we desire!”

Afterward, they engaged in a futile search. However, Ji Changkong was already on his way to the Fire Prison Star.

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