Deduction

Luofeng Continent, Spirit-Binding Mountain Range.

Among the countless overlapping, towering mountain peaks, there was a flat expanse of land carved out by supreme power.

The leader of the Illusion Alliance, Inner Demon, stood in mid-air. Like a black hole, he absorbed all the surrounding spiritual energy of heaven and earth into his body.

Below him was an incredibly massive array, glowing with crystal-clear moonlight.

It was the Heaven and Earth Four Symbols array he used for divination and seeking the truth.

At the four corners of the array sat four elders of the Illusion Alliance.

Anyone who could secure a position as an elder of the Illusion Alliance was no ordinary mortal. All of them were cultivators at the Void Refinement Realm, powerful enough to serve as elders even in the five great sects.

Even for elders with extraordinary strength, maintaining the spiritual energy consumption of the array was somewhat overwhelming. Rakshasa on the eastern side, who had the lowest cultivation base, looked extremely pale at this moment.

As the Heaven and Earth Four Symbols array operated smoothly, Inner Demon took out the illusion crystal of Operation Xianyuan Continent and placed it in the center of the array.

"Release!"

Inner Demon shouted softly.

Boundless spiritual energy surged madly from his body into the array. The soul of the Heavenly Spirit Body at the center of the array was now flashing with a dazzling blue light.

For a moment, heaven and earth seemed to be imprisoned, and the flow of all things became incredibly slow.

After an unknown amount of time, this suffocating feeling finally dissipated.

The Heaven and Earth Four Symbols array shattered with a loud bang.

The elders sitting at the four corners finally let out a long sigh of relief.

"Lord Alliance Leader, how is the situation?"

Blood Crow tossed a pill into his mouth, and after recovering a few breaths of spiritual energy, he hurriedly asked.

Originally, the matter of the Heaven and Earth Four Symbols was not so urgent.

But no one could have imagined that the momentum of Operation Xianyuan Continent would be so fierce.

In just three days, the major sects could no longer control it.

The disciples were fighting to play it!

If this trend continued, the top spot of Venerable of the Eight Directions would not be secured!

Therefore, Inner Demon prepared the materials overnight and called the four elders to the Luofeng Continent to set up the array in advance.

Using heaven and earth as the array, and the soul of the Heavenly Spirit Body as the core...

Generally speaking, this was meant to break some kind of restriction or deduce a certain cultivation method.

A year ago, probably no one would have thought that making such a big fuss was just to crack a seemingly game-like illusion.

There was no helping it, the world had changed.

The Heavenly Dao had also changed.

"The information... is still fragmented."

The air around Inner Demon was somewhat oppressive, and his cold words made the four elders tremble in their hearts.

Ever since the remnant spirit of the Heavenly Dao announced that it was taking over the illusions, the illusions had been covered by a wondrous Dao rhythm.

They speculated that this was one of the reasons why the illusions were difficult to crack.

Moreover, Lu Ze's illusions were much harder to crack than anyone else's.

Everyone thought that the Heavenly Dao was playing favorites.

Little did they know, it was actually the encryption technology Lu Ze obtained from his system that played a major role.

"Perhaps it's because of the sub-crystal? How about I use some methods to get the mother crystal..."

Rakshasa's words were cut off halfway by Inner Demon.

"There's no need... we still got some useful information."

Inner Demon was ultimately somewhat apprehensive about striking directly from within the Lingxiao Sect.

Besides, he still had some confidence in the quality of Venerable of the Eight Directions.

"According to the deduction of the Heavenly Spirit Body, there are four key pieces of information hidden in Operation Xianyuan Continent... but I only obtained two."

"The first is currency, and the second is tomb raiding."

"There is also one that I boldly guess is that so-called firearm thing... as for the last one, I cannot figure it out."

After hearing Inner Demon's sharing, the four elders frowned and began to ponder.

"Currency? What does this mean?"

"Perhaps it refers to an independent currency system?"

"This currency system is not novel. Those previous ones where you had to independently acquire currency in every match were the weird ones..."

"Then what about tomb raiding?"

"Touching treasures really does make one's heart flutter... this must be added."

"We can add it, but don't copy that kid surnamed Lu... always coming up with some mortal mundane items, it shows a lack of vision."

"I agree with this point. We can replace them with high-level cultivation methods or magical treasures."

"Leave this to me, I am good at this!"

"Firearms... I personally feel they are a failure. What do you all think?"

"If we replace firearms with conventional spell combat, I think it would be even more wonderful!"

...

The four elders discussed enthusiastically.

Inner Demon listened from the side, nodding frequently.

The five of them had high attainments in the field of illusions, and they quickly reached a consensus.

The currency system had to be copied, and it was very simple.

Tomb raiding also had to be done.

But it couldn't be like Operation Xianyuan Continent, where items were rotated grid by grid.

According to their experience, once such a unique design was copied exactly, they would definitely be heavily punished by the Heavenly Dao.

The firearm system would not be touched at all. Instead, the weapon and skill systems of Venerable of the Eight Directions would be added in their original flavor.

As for the last element that had not been deduced, the few of them had no definite idea for the time being, so they had to let it go.

"You have all worked hard, elders."

After confirming the direction of the new mode, Inner Demon's tone finally softened a bit.

"From now on, the immortal destiny will be taken over by you and me."