I Have A Cultivation World Chapter 2389 - 1076
Previously on I Have A Cultivation World...
Even after the Golden Flame Manticore's breathing finally stopped, Da Kong True Monarch remained on high alert. He kept his Silver Ring tightly securing the creature.
At the same time, from the gash in its heart, a flow of crimson-gold blood was carefully directed by Dustless True Monarch into the purple-golden Pill Furnace.
The groundwork for crafting the Communicating Holy Spirit Pill had been set up a full century earlier, missing only this vital primary material.
"This foul creature's essence blood packs a punch. We'll get at least seven pills from this lot."
Da Kong True Monarch watched Dustless True Monarch's efforts with a hint of eagerness.
"Nearly there, and with some fortune, we could squeeze out an extra half."
Dustless True Monarch, with decades of pill-refining mastery under his belt, clearly knew his limits. The moment the Golden Flame Manticore's essence blood hit the Pill Furnace, he could already gauge the final yield.
Da Kong True Monarch grasped what that half pill implied—a flawed one tainted with excess Dan Poison.
Yet for Tianhe Realm cultivators, it stayed a supreme divine pill beyond their reach.
Xing Ji, Hong Yun, and the rest would gulp it down eagerly, even knowing the Dan Poison went overboard.
"Our two Sects take four pills, one goes to the Nine Heavens Morality Sect, another to the Five Elements Sect. As for the last one and a half, who deserves them in your view?"
Da Kong True Monarch asked about dividing up the elixirs.
"The Burning Heaven Meridians pulled their weight this round, so hand one to Hong Yun, and if Xing Ji eyes the leftover half, just let him take it."
Dustless True Monarch voiced his opinion, and Da Kong True Monarch gave a nod, showing full agreement.
Right then, the final drop of essence blood from the Golden Flame Manticore got drawn out. The two Deity Transformation True Monarchs let out a heavy breath. But just as they prepared to split the corpse's leftovers, a chilling dark surge rushed in from every side.
Before long, a deep black symbol emerged right on the Golden Flame Manticore's forehead center, looking like a turning Wheel of Reincarnation.
"What?"
Da Kong True Monarch, skilled in the Void Mystical Method, instantly felt the nearby Power of Void start to twist and distort. He pulled back the Silver Ring holding the Golden Flame Manticore, linking up with the Teleportation Array he'd set outside, ready to escape alongside Dustless True Monarch.
"Not good!"
This time, Dustless True Monarch's face twisted in shock as he stared at the cave walls.
The Dragon Scale patches across them appeared to awaken, slithering and shifting nonstop.
"The Void's cut off—we've likely slipped into some hidden small world!"
Now, Da Kong True Monarch's face hardened in alarm too.
His outside Teleportation Array could lock onto spots across the entire Tianhe Realm, yet suddenly, no trace of it lingered.
This could only signal they weren't in the Tianhe Realm anymore.
"Betrayed!"
In that instant, Dustless True Monarch turned over the Golden Flame Manticore's corpse, exposing a dark ominous glow at the heart of each paw on its limbs, shaped like a rotating Wheel of Reincarnation mark.
"Wheel of Reincarnation? Tu Ming's handiwork?"
Taking in the sight, Da Kong True Monarch knitted his brows.
"His cultivation base isn't high enough to scheme against us without a sound."
Dustless True Monarch shook his head, urging Da Kong to gather the Golden Flame Manticore's remains while he pulled out the Xuanji Instrument, scanning the cave walls and those lively-looking scales.
With strands of Immortal Light fed in, the golden orb in the Xuanji Instrument's core started revolving, probing the area around them.
Quickly, Dustless True Monarch uncovered a shocking truth.
"This is the Netherworld!"
Hearing that, Da Kong True Monarch creased his forehead as well. Though he'd guessed they'd exited the Tianhe Realm, he'd figured it was just a powerful expert's crafted pocket realm.
But the Netherworld? That spelled real danger.
"If my guess holds, this Dragon Abyss Cave serves as one of the Nine Ghost Mother’s Sons, the gateway for the Nether Dragon to cross Yin and Yang Realms. No telling if the Golden Flame Manticore stumbled here on its own or got lured by Tu Ming, but its death triggered a ritual, dragging us from the Yang Realm straight into this Netherworld."
Dustless True Monarch pieced it together by matching his sect's ancient logs to the Dragon Abyss Cave's oddities.
Back when the Ghost Mother unleashed her calamity, it ravaged the East Continent badly. The Dao Morale Sect helped the Eastern Emperor Court crush it, and that era's Divinity Transformation experts recorded heaps of hidden lore.
For example, the Wheel of Reincarnation got hauled back to the Netherworld by the Nether Dragon once the Ghost Mother’s disaster ended.
Later on, somehow it wound up with Ming Zun, letting him rise as the East Continent's Demon Path overlord.
"Doesn't Tu Ming have a clone under your control?"
Da Kong True Monarch questioned after hearing the rundown.
"We nabbed it from Mount Wudi, but it offed itself right after."
Dustless True Monarch let out a sigh. He'd hoped to pry more Demon Path secrets from Tu Ming's lips, or even the keys to slipping in and out of the Netherworld.
Everyone knew the Ascension Platform lingered in the Netherworld, after all.
Since Tu Ming snagged the Wheel of Reincarnation, clearly he held priceless clues about the enigmatic Underworld.
"We should gear up to head back. If we're stuck in the Netherworld, it'll spell doom for the Eastern Continent's Righteous Dao. Can't pin it all on Chen Guixian by himself."
Da Kong True Monarch stated firmly. Be it the Flying Night Fiend or the secluded Ming Zun rebuilding his strength, they were ancient demon heads.
Chen Mobai shone with rare talent and strong odds for transformation, but he hadn't reached true Divinity Transformation yet.
On top of that, the Communicating Holy Spirit Pill sat brewing in Dustless True Monarch’s Pill Furnace. Losing it would cripple half the future Deity Transformation hopes for the Eastern Continent's Four Great Holy Lands.