The Supreme Being Against Heaven

“Reporting to Senior, the Outer Sect elders already warned me,”

Tan Yun lowered his head and replied calmly.

“At first, when I discovered a top-grade Spirit Spring outside the Heaven-Imitating Grand Formation, I took the risk to go out and collect it. But afterward, I was chased by that demonic eagle the entire time.”

The woman in black spoke firmly.

“You are already extremely fortunate to have survived until now after leaving the Heaven-Imitating Grand Formation.”

“Remember this well… the Fallen Deity Valley is filled with danger. It is not a place where a 3rd-level Nascent Soul cultivator like you can wander freely.”

“Return immediately.”

Tan Yun cupped his hands respectfully.

“This disciple will remember Senior’s teachings.”

“This disciple thanks Senior for saving my life.”

Just as the woman in black was about to say something more,

suddenly,

an elderly voice came from the southern horizon.

The voice carried 7 parts exhaustion and 3 parts resentment.

“Junior Sister Tang… we have studied this formation for 300 years, yet even today we still cannot break it.”

“This place is full of danger. All of us have been injured.”

“The Sect Master has ordered us to return to the sect immediately.”

When the woman in black heard this,

she replied at once.

At the same time, a drop of crimson blood flowed from the corner of her mouth and fell through the air.

“Understood. I will return immediately.”

As soon as she finished speaking,

she looked down at Tan Yun.

“Get on the spirit boat. I will send you back.”

“This disciple obeys.”

Although Tan Yun was still curious about the elderly voice he had heard earlier, he did not ask anything.

He quickly entered the spirit boat.

In the vast sky,

the woman in black did not move at all.

She simply uttered a single word from her crimson lips.

“Go.”

Instantly—

Whoosh!

The spirit boat shot upward into the sky,

then sped straight toward the western horizon like a white bolt of lightning.

Its speed

was 5 times faster than the spirit boat’s original maximum speed!

15,000,000 li to the west

lay the Dusk Forest,

which was covered by the Heaven-Imitating Grand Formation.

Afterward,

the figure of the woman in black turned into a streak of black light

and shot toward the southern horizon…

Not long later,

the spirit boat had already traveled more than 10,000 li through the sky.

Its speed was far too fast.

Tan Yun, inside the cultivation room,

could not clearly see the outside scenery.

Everything became a blur.

“Damn it! Stop right now!”

“I don’t want to go back yet!”

Even though Tan Yun knew the woman in black meant well,

he could not help but curse inwardly.

However,

there was nothing he could do except let the spirit boat continue flying.

After half a day passed,

Tan Yun estimated that the spirit boat had already traveled about 400,000 li.

Only then did its speed gradually slow down.

Tan Yun immediately took control of the spirit boat

and turned its direction toward the east.

At that moment,

the voice of the old man from half a day earlier echoed again in Tan Yun’s mind.

“Junior Sister Tang… we have studied this for 300 years, yet we still cannot break the formation…”

“This place is full of danger. All of us have been injured…”

“The Sect Master has ordered us to return to the sect immediately…”

Tan Yun frowned slightly,

then muttered to himself.

“Since they have studied it for 300 years and still cannot break the formation, that means this isn’t the first time they’ve tried.”

“The Fallen Deity Valley has been under the control of the Huangfu Sacred Sect for 50,000 years.”

“So the formation that the sect’s great experts say cannot be broken… is very likely not created by the Huangfu Sacred Sect.”

Tan Yun paused in thought.

A sharp glint flashed across his deep, star-like eyes.

“If it wasn’t them…”

“Then it must have been placed here by a god…”

“Or perhaps a Divine Dragon, or even a Demonic Dragon!”

He immediately nodded to himself.

“Yes, that must be it!”

“Otherwise, no matter how vast the Fallen Deity Valley is, it is still only a part of the depths of the Heavenly Punishment Mountain Range.”

“There is no reason why the Sect Masters and experts of the Huangfu Sacred Sect over the past 50,000 years would still not have explored it completely!”

Tan Yun recalled the words of the Outer Sect Elder,

who had once said that

throughout countless eras,

no Sect Master or powerful expert

had ever been able to unravel the mystery of the Fallen Deity Valley.

From Tan Yun’s perspective,

to put it more accurately,

during the past 50,000 years,

no one had been able to destroy

the formation left behind by a god, dragon, or demon!

Tan Yun speculated

that the Outer Sect elders, whose status was relatively low within the Huangfu Sacred Sect, probably did not even know that this mysterious formation existed.

The Sect Masters and high-level authorities who participated in attempts to break the formation had kept the matter strictly confidential, never revealing it to the disciples of the sect.

To the public,

they simply announced that

“the Fallen Deity Valley is still under exploration.”

But in reality,

the day the formation is successfully destroyed

will be the day the Fallen Deity Valley is fully opened and transformed into a cultivation ground for the sect’s disciples!

After analyzing everything to this point,

Tan Yun immediately made a decision.

No matter what, he had to uncover the truth behind this matter!

Moreover,

all the high-level experts who had previously participated in attempting to break the formation had now been ordered by the Sect Master to return to the sect.

Therefore,

he now had plenty of time

to search for the formation that they claimed could not be destroyed!

Tan Yun tried to suppress his excitement.

He continued controlling the spirit boat to fly for another 2 days

before returning to the mountain where he had previously encountered the Profound Purple Demon Ape.

Along the way,

Tan Yun did not encounter any Level 3 demonic beasts or higher.

Nor did he see the situation the Grand Elder had described—

that Level 3 demonic beasts were as common as dogs, and Level 4 and 5 beasts were everywhere.

This made Tan Yun increasingly certain

that the description of demonic beasts in the Fallen Deity Valley given by the Grand Elder

was merely rumors passed around.

Or perhaps they were rumors deliberately spread by the sect’s authorities

to prevent disciples participating in the trial from leaving the designated trial area.

Of course,

the sect’s authorities did not have malicious intentions.

They were genuinely concerned about the safety of the disciples.

Because during the trial,

the strongest disciples were only at the Nascent Soul Realm.

If they had to face Level 3 demonic beasts,

their strength would still be far too weak.

However,

Tan Yun also knew that he had been extremely fortunate.

If he had not obtained the top-grade spirit-weapon-level spirit boat,

he would never have dared to cross the Heaven-Imitating Grand Formation!

At the same time,

Tan Yun also believed that

even if the Grand Elder had exaggerated somewhat,

the Fallen Deity Valley was still vast and boundless.

Within it, there were certainly Level 5 demonic beasts,

and it was not impossible

that there might even be Level 6 demonic beasts!

Tan Yun carefully controlled the spirit boat,

letting it circle slowly among the mountains,

hoping that the Profound Purple Demon Ape would appear again.

But after half a day passed,

it seemed that the monkey had been so frightened by the woman in black that it had fled far away.

No one knew where it had hidden itself.

To avoid attracting powerful demonic beasts,

Tan Yun naturally wasn’t foolish enough to shout loudly to call it.

He didn’t want to miss out on such a powerful helper as the Profound Purple Demon Ape.

So he continued waiting for another 1 night.

But in the end, he still did not find the slightest trace of it.

Finally,

Tan Yun had no other choice.

He controlled the spirit boat

and headed toward the southern horizon.

Because 3 days earlier,

the old man’s voice had come from that direction.

Therefore Tan Yun guessed

that the unbreakable formation the old man mentioned

was probably located in the south.

The spirit boat soared among towering mountains.

It pierced through dozens of layers of clouds

before reaching peaks that rose high above the vast sea of clouds.

Tan Yun fixed his direction toward the south

and accelerated forward…

Time passed like an arrow,

silent and swift.

Tan Yun continued flying for 1 month straight,

covering a total distance of more than 4,500,000 li,

yet he still found nothing.

Looking around,

as far as the eye could see,

there were only towering peaks piercing through the clouds.

“Hmph…”

At that moment,

the top-grade spirit stone powering the spirit boat

began to lose its glow.

At most,

it could only continue flying for another 100,000 li

before the spiritual energy inside it was completely depleted.

Tan Yun made a rough calculation.

Since he had left the trial area,

more than 4 months had already passed.

And the spirit boat had traveled nearly 20,000,000 li.

He originally had 3 top-grade spirit stones.

Now inside his Qiankun Ring,

only 1 remained.

That last one could power the boat for about 10,000,000 li.

If he were to return to the trial area,

the spirit boat could only fly 10,000,000 li.

For the remaining distance,

he would have to fly using a flying sword!

Tan Yun clenched his teeth.

“I… Tan Yun…”

“risked such danger just to leave the trial area.”

“If it’s not absolutely necessary, I will never return empty-handed!”

So he continued controlling the spirit boat

and kept searching…

The next day,

the sun rose from the east.

As golden dawn light pierced through the sea of clouds,

Tan Yun took out the last top-grade spirit stone from his Qiankun Ring.

He used it to power the spirit boat,

then continued his search

with unwavering determination and without the slightest hesitation.

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