Two Realms Shuttle Gate: Don't Call Me a Demon!

"If we only destroy it, given the wealth and power of Guan Chao Pavilion, they might be able to rebuild it, and then..."

Su Jie stroked his chin, attempting to extend a tentacle toward the pattern woven from the colorful light streams, trying to leave a part of his Primordial Spirit imprinted upon it.

Originally, Su Jie didn't hold much hope because within the chaotic Tao River, the Primordial Spirit couldn't possibly be preserved—the severed finger just now was the evidence.

But, to Su Jie's astonishment, the severed tentacle of his Primordial Spirit was now tightly wrapped around the colorful light streams, not dissolving in the chaotic currents.

"So that's how it is, the Array sorted the Taoist currents, but it also inadvertently solved my hidden danger, allowing my Primordial Spirit to be preserved. Truly, heaven is helping me."

Seeing this, Su Jie immediately understood and a cold smile appeared on his face.

Tentacle after tentacle wrapped around the pattern woven from the colorful light streams, like prey entangled by a python.

These remnants of the Primordial Spirit still carried a part of Su Jie's will, allowing him to activate them within the range he could sense.

It was like a dormant virus program, waiting to resurrect when the time came—the timing could last for a month.

In the past, Su Jie would not have been able to do this; once the Primordial Spirit left the host, it would collapse before long.

However, after absorbing a large quantity of the colorful light, Su Jie's Primordial Spirit had greatly improved; this was a new ability he had mastered.

After planting a timed bomb here, Su Jie's Primordial Spirit followed the Ancient Mirror through the virtual cracks of the Tao River, returning to the real world.

As the Ancient Mirror left, the spatial rift also sealed itself automatically, and the chaotic and disordered Tao River disappeared along with it.

Whoosh! The Ancient Mirror dived into the sea of consciousness of Su Jie's Primordial Spirit, which immediately returned to the physical body, entering the brain.

The next moment, Su Jie slowly opened his eyes.

"Husband!"

Han Ruyan looked at Su Jie with concern; she only showed a hint of human emotion when facing him.

Su Jie's sudden dive into the Tao River had alarmed her.

Especially since Su Jie took a long time to emerge, if not for the contract still active from the Nine Nether Ghost Cultivation Technique that bound her to him, she would have thought Su Jie was annihilated within the Tao River.

"ZzZz, ZzZzZz!

The thousand-hand centipede crawled up onto Su Jie's chest, rubbing its head against his neck continually, making a buzzing sound, expressing its worry.

"I'm fine. In fact, I'm in a very good state now, better than ever before."

Su Jie stroked the head of the thousand-hand centipede, wrapping his arms around Han Ruyan's waist.

At this moment, Su Jie's Primordial Spirit, having absorbed a vast array of colorful lights, was about to undergo a brand-new transformation.

Su Jie was very clear in his heart about the enormous gains he had made in the Tao River.

The realm of the Primordial Spirit was no longer his peak. Su Jie saw the opportunity for a God Unification breakthrough, a domain of the Divine Soul that only those in the Taoist Platform Realm could control.

If it was not an inappropriate time here, Su Jie would have closed off for a breakthrough, completing the evolution of his Primordial Spirit on the spot.

"However, once they're dealt with, it will be about time."

Su Jie's Divine Sense spread like a tide, the myriad environments around him completely unobstructed, his supremely powerful Primordial Spirit allowing him to see all changes in the outside world.

An hour passed inside the Tao River, and outside the battle between the seven Secret Realm Elders of the Guan Chao Pavilion and Mu Yue's group had already been decided.

The illusions deployed by Mu Yue's group had long been shattered, with Shao Mengzhu, Ye Xueyuan, and Liang Jianlan from their party of four executed, leaving only the severely injured Mu Yue as the sole survivor, desperately attempting to escape.

On the side of Guan Chao Pavilion, only one person had died, now chasing Mu Yue at full strength, intending to annihilate her in one fell swoop.

Seven against four, with Guan Chao Pavilion being the largest Sect in Qingzhou, not lacking in Cultivation Techniques, Magic Artifacts, or talismans, Mu Yue's group had some initial success, but were eventually crushed.

Seeing this, Su Jie's mouth curved into a smile; he walked to the position of the Array Eye, looking at the Ten Thousand Spirit Bamboo for a few moments.

"Xiao Qian, can you pull it out?"

The thousand-hand centipede crawled up Su Jie's arm to the Ten Thousand Spirit Bamboo, biting into it and using all its strength to try and pull it out.

"Push harder, Xiao Qian."

Su Jie also stepped forward to help. A single Ten Thousand Spirit Bamboo was worth more than ten thousand Top Grade Spirit Stones. If he could take it, Su Jie could walk horizontally in the Ghost Ridge Palace.

However, Su Jie underestimated such a divine object; no matter how hard the thousand-hand centipede struggled, the Ten Thousand Spirit Bamboo did not budge at all.

Indeed, having withstood the impact of the Taoist currents before, its stability could be imagined.

Hiss hiss!

All six pairs of wings on the back of the thousand-hand centipede vibrated, it exerted itself with all its might, slightly shaking the entire tall tower, yet the Ten Thousand Spirit Bamboo did not show the slightest intention to move.

Su Jie's Divine Sense perceived, following the roots of the Ten Thousand Spirit Bamboo, that the bamboo's roots not only spread throughout the entire tower but also had covered a large area of Rao Yang Lake, the roots growing to a depth of more than a thousand meters underground. This stability was beyond the thousand-hand centipede's ability to shake.

Su Jie's enhanced Divine Sense, could even see each root bifurcation, its surface covered in dense, mysterious runes and Array Patterns radiating dazzling divine light.

"Forget it, seems I am fated yet bereft of this bamboo."

Su Jie carried the thousand-hand centipede back, the creature still not willing to give in, constantly shooting Purple Light Rays at the Ten Thousand Spirit Bamboo without causing any damage.

After taking the thousand-hand centipede back into his sleeve, Su Jie waved his hand at Han Ruyan, "It's time for us to retreat, my love. We'll lift the blockade here after we get some distance."

"What a pity, we can't destroy it here."

Han Ruyan tilted her head, pointing at the Array Eye of the Hundred Rivers Covering Sea Array.

As the void crack had already closed, they couldn't use the Tao River to destroy the Array Eye, leaving them unable to deal with the core Ten Thousand Spirit Bamboo of the array.

"Stop thinking about it. If we destroy it now, it'll immediately draw those seven Secret Realm Elders of Guan Chao Pavilion back to besiege us."

Shaking his head, Su Jie added that they were only twenty kilometers away from the battlefield, and aside from the fact that it was impossible to destroy it, even if they could, the ruckus caused by breaking the Hundred Rivers Covering Sea Array would be too great.

Twenty kilometers was too short a distance for those Secret Realm Elders; Su Jie wasn't confident he could shake them off.

If he could get his hands on the Ten Thousand Spirit Bamboo, Su Jie would be willing to seek fortune amidst danger. Otherwise, there was no need to take the risk.

More importantly, Su Jie had already laid mines within the Hundred Rivers Covering Sea Array; if Guan Chao Pavilion didn't use it, that would be fine, but if they did, there would be quite a spectacle to witness.

After saying that, Su Jie began to extract himself from this troubling place, flying out of the tower window and soaring into the high sky.

Soon after Su Jie had left, Han Ruyan extinguished her own eerie powers.

The tower housing the Hundred Rivers Covering Sea Array saw its white Papermen swiftly self-combust, turning into bits of ash scattering in the air.

As Su Jie entered the Tao River, Han Ruyan was not idle. She caused massacres throughout the tower while also obstructing the spread of information, to prevent those seven Secret Realm Elders from noticing.

As the Papermen one by one self-ignited, those Array Masters and disciples from Guan Chao Pavilion who survived in the tower were overjoyed, immediately relaying the news to the Secret Realm Elders outside.

The six Secret Realm Elders of Guan Chao Pavilion who were pursuing Mu Yue received the news, each of them shocked and dismayed.

"Disaster, this is the enemy's ploy to lure the tiger away from the mountain; we've been tricked, hurry back."

The Elder from the Secret Realm Fifth Level who carried a heavy sword, named Qi Liangwei, had just defeated that demonic woman in combat. His heart brimming with pride, he led the team to hunt down the last of the demon cultivator remnants.

Caught off guard with the news from behind, Qi Liangzhi could no longer smile; his face turned pale as he led his team in a hurried retreat.

Mu Yue had no idea what had happened, but the fact that her pursuers had left her to survive on her own left her with no time to waste. Seeing a glimmer of hope for survival, she flew even further away without pausing for breath.

Meanwhile, Qi Liangzhi, who had rushed back to the tower, was unable to contain his fury upon seeing the devastation there.

The place was littered with corpses and blood everywhere. More than half of the Array Masters had been injured or killed, and many of the Array Patterns had been damaged.

"It's over, the Array Eye couldn't possibly have been..."

Despair filled Qi Liangzhi's heart. While the outer defenses could be repaired and rebuilt, if the Array Eye was destroyed, the Hundred Rivers Covering Sea Array would truly be ruined.

The Hundred Rivers Covering Sea Array was an immensely costly endeavor for Guan Chao Pavilion, consuming untold resources. If it were destroyed like this, even as a Secret Realm Elder assigned to guard it, he'd face serious punishment.

Rushing to the thirty-sixth floor, the place was in shambles, with the traces of the Tao's energy impact clearly visible to the naked eye.

However, much to Qi Liangzhi's relief, the Ten Thousand Spirit Bamboo at the core of the Array Eye was still in its proper place.

"Thank the heavens, the Ten Thousand Spirit Bamboo is unharmed."

"Those demon cultivators are ruthless, sacrificing the lives of three Secret Realm Elders just to destroy our Hundred Rivers Covering Sea Array."

"Luckily, our Ten Thousand Spirit Bamboo's defense is high. It seems that Elder Li Yujun has been poisoned as well. If I find out who did this, I'll flay them and pull out their tendons."

The Secret Realm Elders present, like Qi Liangzhi, showed a look of evident relief on their faces.

Qi Liangzhi approached cautiously, beginning to check the Ten Thousand Spirit Bamboo and the Array Eye below.

Being well-versed in formations and possessing strong combat capabilities, he'd been assigned this protective duty.

"These are bite marks from some fierce insect; what kind of bug could leave bite marks on the Ten Thousand Spirit Bamboo?"

Qi Liangzhi soon noticed faint bite marks in a row on the Ten Thousand Spirit Bamboo.

The Ten Thousand Spirit Bamboo was extremely durable; even top grade magical artifacts would not leave a scratch on it. Yet now, a row of teeth marks had been left behind.

Although these teeth marks were not a major concern, they indicated that the enemies who had attacked the tower this time were not to be underestimated.

"The enemy is the Corpse Head Man Slaughter from Ghost Ridge Palace."

However, it didn't take long for the other surviving Array Masters and disciples to continually recount their encounters with the enemy and to analyze the battle traces at the scene, ultimately confirming the identity of Su Jie as the attacker.

"Su Jie, again this devil. Report the events here to the sect truthfully and at once. We need to strengthen our defenses to prevent that devil from harboring any lingering hopes and striking back at us."

A stony-faced Qi Liangzhi held a scale in his left hand, which the thousand-hand centipede had shed when buffeted by the Tao. His right hand was playing with the ash on the ground, where traces of that cold, eerie power still lingered.

According to intelligence, Su Jie had a terrifying female ghost by his side.

In Ghost Ridge Palace, the only person who played with ghosts was Su Jie, making the identity of the attacker easy to deduce.

While Qi Liangzhi was on high alert, fearing Su Jie may still wish to destroy the Hundred Rivers Covering Sea Array, little did he know that Su Jie had already shifted his target elsewhere.