Cultivation Starts from Killing Pigs-Chapter 266 - 264: The Way of Divination, Divine Corpse Attacks

The Twelve Earthly Branches Array is in motion, uniting the spirit veins across the Divine Continent, bringing forth harmony to the vast lands.

The Mahayana Realm Old Demons from various Forbidden Lands observed with varying expressions, indulging in the moment.

It was an unprecedented feeling, as if order had been restored to the world; everything was operating in its own season, and the spiritual Qi in each region was more abundant.

Though it couldn't match the Forbidden Lands, they knew it was only a matter of time.

The cultivators of the Divine Dynasty were ecstatic, knowing that the greatest opportunity of their lives had arrived; with the rise of mankind and the momentum of the Divine Dynasty, they might venture further.

Ordinary people, despite being unaware of the spiritual Qi, felt an inexplicable sense of peace, as if the world had become more tranquil.

Meanwhile, Zhang Kui stood alone at the peak of Spirit Mountain, observing the changes in the stars with his hands clasped behind his back.

With enough skill points and while setting up the grand array, he had already mastered the Star Skill, Time-Knowing, Cute Head, Shefu, and Ascending and Copying.

Star Skill (Max Level): Active Skill

Skill Description: Observing celestial phenomena, performing calculations and arts.

Time-Knowing (Max Level): Active Skill

Skill Description: Mastering Yin and Yang, discerning the heavenly secrets, a skill of foresight.

Cute Head (Max Level): Active Skill

Skill Description: "The cicada senses the coming of autumn before the wind does," a skill of foresight.

Shefu (Max Level): Active Skill

Skill Description: The principles of the Eight Trigrams of the I Ching, using imagery and numbers as dependents for objects, numbers and imagery as founded on truth for divination.

Ascending and Copying (Max Level): Active Skill

Skill Description: "Oil cooking with raging fire," maintaining or amplifying the effects of a skill.

Indeed, this was the divination and calculation skill he had always both anticipated and rejected.

The anticipation stemmed from being able to calculate current and future consequences at the tip of his finger, considered one of the most profound disciplines in Immortal Path Skills.

The rejection came from not believing in predestination, or the disdain for the notion of the gears of fate turning.

If fate were predetermined, would the masses of the world and countless travelers on the Immortal Path all be merely toys of destiny?

Fortunately, after learning it, he found it somewhat different from what he thought.

The Great Path is without form, yet the Heavenly Dao has patterns, like the sun setting and the moon rising, the cold and heat of autumn and winter, prosperity and adversity, life and death.

This type of skill, through observing Qi and looking at stars, celestial and human connection, the principles of Yin and Yang, and the Eight Trigrams, was used to calculate outcomes from causes, or infer causes from outcomes, thereby avoiding disasters and calamities.

To achieve near-prescient effects would require unimaginably vast computational power, beyond ordinary people's capacity, so most divination is inaccurate, but with this kind of skill, calculation ability is magnified a thousandfold, hence its supernatural appearance.

Additionally, the Ascending Copy Skill was quite fascinating, able to amplify the effects of skills, for example, doubling the power of the Sun Exposure Skill, but each increment would exponentially increase mana consumption.

Of course, Zhang Kui did not learn these to tell fortunes, but to observe celestial phenomena, calculate the weakest moment of the innate grand array beyond the Nine Heavens, and guide the starlight.

At this moment, his eyes were twinkling with Sun and Moon Light Wheels, two divine lights pierced through the Nine Heavens, while simultaneously channeling several skills, his fingertips weaving with divine light.

"Hmm?"

The planet's innate grand array was yet to be calculated when Cute Head gave him a sense of foreboding. He immediately observed the Qi of heaven and earth, discovering a faint scarlet flame soaring from the southeast.

"Bozhou..."

Zhang Kui's brow furrowed, swiftly calculating as the spiritual Qi in that area had already shown anomalies. Without a Forbidden Land, there was only one thing that could trouble him... the Divine Corpse!

Snort!

Zhang Kui let out a cold snort, his expression darkening.

The Divine Land Array entangled the fates of countless beings, certainly attracting evil spirits and entities provocating.

He had long observed the Divine Corpse, which had fallen into dormancy, like a machine without a core; even if struck by celestial power, it might not react.

Now that there's an anomaly, someone must be causing trouble!

Zhang Kui was about to set off, but his expression suddenly changed, gazing into the boundless starry sky, where a green aurora appeared, stretching magnificently across the sky.

Oh no, the time has come!

Zhang Kui hesitated briefly, immediately notifying the demons to go and intercept, deciding to complete the Divine Land Array first.

The rush of the previous month was for this opportunity, and missing it might mean waiting several more decades.

At the mountain's foot, the gathered demons eagerly watched Spirit Mountain, anticipating the grand spectacle to come. Upon receiving Zhang Kui's transmission, they were immediately infuriated. A Sea Eye Yaksha Demon Marshal angrily said:

"Fellow practitioners, someone is meddling with the Divine Corpse, True Man Zhang has ordered us to intercept, we must not let the Divine Land Array come to naught!"

"Damn it, which bastard did this!"

The other Great Demons were equally enraged, about to witness the fruition of their long effort, only for this to happen.

Although grumbling, the towering figures flew swiftly away.

Elsewhere, atop Ugly Spirit Mountain in Bozhou, a towering divine light surged into the sky.

Yuan Huang, stationed there, watched the spectacle with a smile, occasionally turning to Huo Yu beside, saying, "This Ugly Spirit Mountain nurtures all things, a prime Spiritual Land. I happened upon some Heaven and Earth Spirit Medicine wanting to cultivate here; I will rely on you, friend."

Huo Yu with Double Pupils bowed respectfully, "For the merits and arduous efforts your eminence has exerted for the Divine Land Array, I will certainly take meticulous care."

At that moment, Yuan Huang's expression suddenly stiffened, becoming unusually severe, his eyes filled with murderous intent sweeping the vast plains, "True Man Zhang informs me that someone intends to misuse the Divine Corpse to create chaos..."

Huo Yu glanced around the calm plains, frowning slightly, "No anomalies... How could True Man Zhang know from such a distance?"

Before the words fell, a tremor was felt in the ground, and from the distant dark snowy wind echoed piercing howls, churning endless wind and snow.

"Indeed, they've come!"

Huo Yu's pupils contracted, turning pale, "The power of the Divine Corpse is unstoppable; if it destroys the array, the consequences will be indescribable!"

Yuan Huang's face twisted menacingly, revealing sharp teeth, "You guard here, I'll see what is causing disruption!"

Saying this, his form flashed, conjuring rolling black fog as he vanished.

Amidst the swirling snow, Yuan Huang soon beheld the Divine Corpse, towering as mountains, hair raising on his head as he saw it, "What kind of creature is this!"

The Divine Corpse had fangs in its mouth, with a monkey-like head, and an enormous monstrous insect emerged from its body, below like a centipede, and above, a huge man radiant in green, with three eyes and hair as scarlet as blood.

Roar!

Upon seeing him, both the giant man and the divine corpse beneath let out a bloodthirsty howl, a blast of air cut through the sky.

Yuan Huang's expression shifted as he quickly evaded, yet he was still grazed, black robes splattered with abundant blood.

"Damn it!"

Yuan Huang was incensed, but the Divine Corpses power was immense, sustaining injuries even from proximity, and it was invincible, necessitating evasion and delay, luring it away from the plains as much as possible.

Roar!

Under control of the monstrous insect, the Divine Corpse, though lacking divine power skills, could exert its formidable physical might, letting out terrifying roars, ripping apart mountain ranges with air waves, leaping high and landing, causing the ground to tremble, revealing giant terrifying fissures...

Yuan Huang's scalp numbed, gritting his teeth, throwing out one of the foundations of the Lanjiang Water Mansion, the Demon Buddha Golden Body Dharma Aspect Buddha Talisman.

Buzz!

A gigantic golden figure appeared instantly, Buddha light enveloped the entire plain, the Divine Corpse sizzling with black smoke, its tentacle-like hairs twisted grotesquely, evidently unafraid.

Yet fortunately, a trace of bewilderment flashed in the eyes of the insect demon atop the Divine Corpse, gradually calming it.

Yuan Huang breathed a sigh of relief, within the Buddha Light Domain, all divine power skills were difficult to cast, and the bloodthirsty murder intent would be dispelled, hopefully sustaining a while longer.

An hour later, over thirty Mahayana forces had surrounded the Divine Corpse tightly.

They refrained from rash action, knowing this entity was undying, almost universally acknowledged, awaiting only the Divine Land Array.

Meanwhile, on the mountain peak of Lai State, Zhang Kui bore a solemn face, his form continually rising, soaring into the Nine Heavens and Cyan Nether.

The Protective Golden Light crackled incessantly, evidently already within the planet Innate Grand Array.

During his last visit, his mana was feeble and unable to sustain; now, he remained unscathed, yet Zhang Kui understood that the true test now commenced.

The appearance of the aurora marked the weakest moment of the Innate Grand Array, and Zhang Kui's task was to puncture the array, drawing in the starlight.

He took a deep breath, instantly forming a spell, then violently pointed upwards.

"Sun Exposure Skill!"

"Ascending Copy!"

In an instant, the sky shone brilliantly, illuminating the entire Central State, leaving everyone gazing skyward in awe.

At this point, observing the whole planet from above, one would see the Central State continent, a golden orb suddenly illuminating, ripples spreading instantly...