Quick Travel to the Clouds

Chapter 744 Hidden Mission 30

At the bottom of the rift valley, a strange crystal, about the size of a human head, irregularly shaped and multifaceted, transparent like crystal but with a dreamlike nebula vortex constantly flowing inside, is faintly visible. It is slowly floating and rotating along some mysterious trajectory, emitting powerful and pure spatial fluctuations.

It is the "Void Crystal Core"!

However, in addition to the raging spatial turbulence, several "Phantom Silver Eels" also dwell in the rift valley, feeding on spatial energy and the stellar power escaping from the rift. Each one has the strength of a Nascent Soul cultivator, moves unpredictably, and can teleport within short distances, making them extremely difficult to deal with.

"The target is below, but the guards are not to be trifled with." Yue Ze gripped the Xuan Shuang Sword tightly, its chilling aura spreading outwards.

“One of us will be responsible for drawing away the silver eels and seizing the crystal when the opportunity arises.” Yun Chu quickly devised a strategy. “Fellow Daoist Chongming, you have just recovered from your injuries, so you will be responsible for providing support and interference.”

"I used my newly mastered 'Small Heavenly Circulation Anti-Air Array' to temporarily restrict their teleportation ability, but only for a short time."

"Yueze, you lead the attack and aim for a swift victory. Once you have the crystal, retreat immediately; do not linger!"

"Understood!" Yue Ze and Chong Ming replied in unison.

The action begins!

Yun Chu formed hand seals, unleashing her array formation skills inherited from Yue Liu. Instantly, invisible array patterns condensed at specific locations in the rift valley, forming a temporary restricted space that covered a small portion of the rift valley's bottom.

Several Phantom Silver Eels immediately sensed the anomaly, emitting sharp hisses. They tried to teleport away with a flash of silver light, but it was as if they had crashed into invisible glue, greatly reducing their speed.

"Now!" Yue Ze transformed into a streak of icy blue lightning and charged straight down, his Xuan Shuang sword carrying a chilling aura that could freeze the soul, aiming directly at the vital spot of the nearest silver eel!

Chongming then unleashed metal-based magic from the perimeter, sending streaks of golden energy crisscrossing and cutting through the other silver eels, disrupting their vision and attacks.

Yun Chu followed closely behind Yue Ze, her target being the suspended void crystal core.

With agile movements, she dodged a spatial blade spewed by a silver eel, and with her fingertips wielding spiritual energy like silk, she skillfully grabbed the crystal core and pulled it towards herself.

"Retreat!" Yun Chu shouted. Without hesitation, the three turned and fled, transforming into three streaks of light as they rushed out of the rift valley.

Behind them came the furious hiss of the silver eels and even more violent spatial turbulence. But they were incredibly fast, quickly leaving the danger behind.

They then spent nearly a year exploring the secret realm.

With Yun Chu's increasingly profound mastery of array formations and Yue Ze's powerful combat strength, they avoided many dangerous places and explored several ancient ruins and secret places rich in spiritual energy.

They acquired several ancient medicinal herbs that had long been extinct in the outside world, rare refining materials, as well as several powerful ancient treasures and jade slips containing cultivation techniques.

They returned with a full load of goodies.

A year later, Yun Chu keenly sensed the fluctuations indicating that the exit of the secret realm was about to reopen.

“It’s time to leave,” Yun Chu said.

The three of them left the secret realm safely.

After leaving the secret realm, Chongming parted ways with Yun Chu, as he prepared to go into seclusion to break through his cultivation barrier.

Meanwhile, Yun Chu and the others continued their search for the Void Crystal Core.

The two were lucky; after more than thirty years, they successfully found two void crystal cores, thus completing the set of three.

With the Void Crystal Core, Yun Chu found an unclaimed spiritual vein and set up a Spirit Gathering Array.

Next, using the three "void crystal cores" as the core array eyes, she began to outline the "time-space shuttle array" according to the array diagram in Yue Liu's inheritance.

Each array pattern must be inscribed with pure spiritual power mixed with divine sense, leaving no room for error.

Yue Ze stood guard by the side, and at the same time, following Yun Chu's guidance, he slowly injected his own spiritual power into the array base, which was not yet fully activated, to carry out initial nurturing.

For seven whole days, Yun Chu stayed up all night, completely focused.

As the last array pattern was drawn, the entire array suddenly lit up before disappearing again, leaving only faint, distorted spatial fluctuations.

"The formation is complete!" Yun Chu's face was pale, but her eyes were bright. "Next, we need to stand at the center of the formation and inject all our spiritual power into the corresponding center to trigger the Spirit Gathering Array and activate the Shuttle Array!"

"Remember, concentrate your mind and think about the 'place' and 'time' we are going back to!"

Yue Ze nodded solemnly and took his place.

Yun Chu stood at the main array eye, took a deep breath, exchanged a glance with Yue Ze, and the two simultaneously uttered a low shout:

"Start the formation!"

boom--! ! !

The immense spiritual power erupted like a dormant volcano!

The spiritual energy of the spirit vein mine was instantly extracted, and the crystal turned into dust at the same moment, releasing a pillar of light as bright as the sun and a spiritual power as vast as the sea, which surged wildly into the space-time traversal array below!

The three void crystal cores burst forth with unprecedented light, and the nebula vortex inside spun rapidly, causing the space at the center of the formation to violently twist, fold, and tear apart!

A deep, mysterious vortex-like passage, seemingly leading to the end of the universe, rapidly formed at the center of the formation, emanating a terrifying suction force!

Yun Chu and Yue Ze's figures were completely engulfed by the blinding light and spatial fluctuations, instantly sucked into the vortex passage, and disappeared.

Inside the valley, only the gradually calming turbulent spiritual energy and the scorched ground remained, bearing witness to what had just happened.

……

The familiar dizziness and spatial tearing sensation returned, but compared to the pain and loss of control when Yu Xue forcibly activated the formation last time, this time it was obviously much calmer.

The complete array formation inherited by Yue Liu played a crucial role.

After traveling through the bizarre and fantastical time tunnel for an unknown amount of time, a glimmer of light finally appeared ahead and quickly expanded.

boom!boom!

Two muffled thuds, accompanied by the sound of water splashing.

The cold, salty, and slightly familiar seawater instantly enveloped my entire body.

Yun Chu suddenly surfaced from the seawater, coughing violently, shaking the water droplets off her face, and warily looking around.

A familiar sea area, with relatively thin spiritual energy, but carrying a unique "aura" from 30,000 years later!

They're back! Back to the nameless sea area where they were first swept into the secret realm!

Yue Ze also surfaced, his face showing a mixture of relief and elation.

Yun Chu and Yue Ze breathed a sigh of relief as they felt the familiar laws of heaven and earth and the thin but "normal" spiritual energy.

Although the location is slightly off, it was indeed their era, their world!

The two quickly flew away from the sea and landed on a deserted island to recuperate. Although the journey was much smoother, the energy expenditure was still enormous.

Several months later, Yue Ze and Yun Chu returned to Yu Xiao Palace.

Upon returning to their sect, they learned that Elder Yuxue's soul lamp had been extinguished more than a decade ago.

Upon learning this news, Yue Ze reported that Elder Yu Xue had stolen the Tiger Demon Clan's secret treasure, and at the same time, they entered the ancient world.

Yun Chu inscribed the spacetime travel array onto a jade slip and handed it over to the sect, receiving a considerable amount of sect contribution points and spirit stones in return.

Afterwards, Yun Chu and Yue Ze went into seclusion to break through their cultivation barriers.

Four years later, True Monarch Yueze broke through to the Nascent Soul stage, and three years later, Yun Chu also broke through to the Great Perfection of the Nascent Soul stage.

After their breakthrough, the two went out to train together.

And so, the two of them went through trials and tribulations, training and training...

Several hundred years later, the two successfully ascended to the celestial realm.

Not long after ascending to the Immortal Realm, the two encountered a demonic beast at the Golden Immortal stage. In order to protect Yue Ze, Yun Chu was killed by the demonic beast.

Yue Ze almost succumbed to demonic possession, but fortunately, the things left behind by Yun Chu protected his mind.

Yue Ze later joined a major sect and worked hard to cultivate, seeking revenge for Yun Chu.