582: Chapter 411 582: Chapter 411 The ancestor of the Imperial Sect held his own pride, being the foremost of the great clans, with only the family of the Guardian God General matching their legendary all-around capabilities.
Although not every disciple was skilled in everything, for this venerable ancestor, mastering a variety of skills was as easy as flipping his hand.
For hundreds of years, his cultivation had hit a plateau, so during his closed-door training, he spent the long nights honing his abilities to greater precision.
The Imperial Sect’s ancestor explored the rhythm of the Array’s rotation, releasing streams of mana, each drawing a massive stone hurtling towards the Array’s focal points as a way to probe the path.
With his potent Divine Sense, he could feel the stones dropping in the dark mountains of the illusion, as though plunging into water with only a plinking sound before silence ensued.
It was as if such massive stones fell on the mountain without raising any dust, and with his profound Spiritual Energy, such a stone would surely have created a large crater upon impact.
He of course avoided injuring others, maneuvering so that when the massive stones smashed down, anyone standing at the strike points was flung away unharmed.
He was surprised for a moment, as if there was a force sucking away his Spiritual Energy.
Could there be someone within the Array using some kind of evil Cultivation Technique?
The ancestor of the Imperial Sect hadn’t heard from the younger generations about a Demon appearing or any Heretical Sect, only of terrorists that invaded and were dispersed by government forces and allies, some killed and others fled.
Jiang Tang felt someone forcefully trying to break the Array and activated his Star Absorption Spell, absorbing the Spiritual Energy of any strong external force that attempted to forcefully break the Array.
Jiang Tang’s actions were risky, potentially exposing his Cultivation Technique, but under the circumstances, he had no choice.
Absorbing so much Spiritual Energy from different people, he did not wish to advance too quickly, so he stored the energy in his Dantian, which had now become a spatial world.
He could feel the space within his body rapidly changing as it absorbed the powerful Spiritual Energy.
Jiang Tang glanced inwardly, only to find that the sun and the moon inside the space were mere manifestations of the Crystal Stones he had absorbed from the Primordial Treasure Lingtian Space.
These were not the real sun and moon, and there were no stars.
In the distance were big mountains, like in a painting.
Later, with the appearance of the sun and moon, a couple of nearby mountains became visible, along with rivers and lakes, and the land in the space expanded beyond 1000 acres.
As time went on, more land in the space became visible, and the number of emerging mountains grew to five or six.
The mountains and rivers were barren, save for the fish in the rivers and lakes, hinting that his space could accommodate living creatures.
He wanted the changes to happen naturally and did not wish to import Demonic Beasts from the outside.
Even if there were Demonic Beasts that could not become pets, those that were contracted had also entered into the Hell Palace.
The two Spiritual Pets in his inner space were kept in the dark; this secret was his alone, not wanting the possibility that even his Spiritual Pets might betray him one day.
Trust in Spiritual Pets, trust in others, but it’s always best to keep an everlasting trust in oneself.
He reserved a secrecy that no one else knew, an inner space forever hidden from others.
Jiang Tang discovered that his space now had stars; the Silver Crystals he had placed inside turned into silver fireflies in the night sky, unwilling to stay confined within the moon.
Jiang Tang seemed to notice that there weren’t just five or six mountains anymore; there were now over a dozen.
Initially bare, these mountains eventually sprouted various unidentified herbs.
Last time, he planted some purple Spirit Grass on one side of the space.
He also noticed much more land that remained unplanted, probably due to his last attempt to suppress the surge of Spiritual Energy, forcibly delaying his level up, which inadvertently expanded his inner space.
He then discovered something that delighted him; creatures were emerging in the mountains, all of them young Demonic Beasts, likely newborns, feasting on the newly grown Spirit Grass on the mountains to satiate their hunger as if they were chicks crying for a feed.
The Green Ox had originated as a Demonic Beast within the Primordial Treasure Lingtian Space, becoming his master.
With so many juvenile Demonic Beasts suddenly appearing in his inner space, Jiang Tang felt like he was about to become a father again, resolving to turn thousands of Demonic Beasts into his mighty army.
As Jiang Tang contemplated this, he knew he had to prepare for their growth.
These little Demonic Beasts were still too small, and to help them grow quickly, he needed to feed them Beast-fortifying Pills.
He had plenty of the necessary herbs for these Pills in his space, readily available in both of his spaces.
Hence, he let one of his Avatars continue to brew Supreme Elixirs while another worked on concocting Pills for the Demonic Beasts.
Eryao saw the master instructing the other Avatar to make Pills for Demonic Beasts and assumed they were meant for them, happily gathering the necessary herbs.
Green Ox thought the same and eagerly followed Eryao to collect herbs to aid the other Avatar in pill concoction.
Both Spiritual Pets had forgotten that they no longer required such Pills since they had taken on human forms and now, like humans, only needed Supreme Elixirs.
This misunderstanding lasted until Jiang Tang collected all of the Pills for himself.
It was only after they asked him that they realized what had happened, feeling somewhat disappointed that they had misexpressed their enthusiasm.
It wasn’t serious, though.
Jiang Tang discovered this pleasant surprise while powerful beings kept channeling Spiritual Energy into the Array; he absorbed all that energy into the space within his body.