My Immortal Master Forced Me to Go Undercover in the Demonic Sect – Chapter 323

Chapter 323: Chapter One Hundred and Two: Corpse Dragon Carrying a Coffin
Misty brilliant colors rose from the ravines of flowing sand, fluttering like immortal smoke and diffusing into the sky.
The few people who had approached the edge of the rare spirit plant cried out in agony the moment they came into contact with the smoke.
Their bodies seemed to be drained dry; their essence blood was vaporized and stripped away, drawn into the smoke, and slowly fell onto the rare spirit plant, nourishing it.
The corpse-like bodies of the White Emperor Sword Sect disciples fell downwards into the river of sand that flowed like a great river, vanishing into the depths of the ravines.
Everyone watched in horror, their hair standing on end. Those who had excitedly shouted to take the spirit plants were now silent.
“What kind of damned place is this?!” Brother Chen cried with a mournful face. “It’s more terrifying than that hellish pit we were in earlier. There you could at least struggle a bit, but here, you can’t even struggle!”
“Brother Chen, this might also be a formation,” Ye Changsheng reminded him.
It was then that Brother Chen remembered seeing the magnificent river of sand when he flew into the sky, along with the rare spirit plants that resembled dragon scales.
“This is a great formation?”
Brother Chen shivered all over.
Saying it like that, this giant ravine was indeed like a colossal dragon coiled in the boundless desert.
Brother Chen had only heard of such formations.
But he didn’t know what effect setting up such a formation would have, only that the cultivator who led him to the Dao had warned him.
Never approach a great formation, or even a Void Comprehension Realm cultivator at the half-step Tribulation Crossing stage would be killed and turned into nourishment.
Ye Changsheng said, “The reason those rare spirit plants are so lush in this environment is because they are part of the formation. Those who rashly approach do not belong to the formation and will have their lives taken to nurture the spirit plants.”
Even someone of Brother Chen’s caliber dared not approach; how could the other disciples of the White Emperor Sword Sect dare to have any thoughts of doing so?
“The heavenly Dao lineage is simply a trap, luring cultivators into the great formation, then killing them to become its nourishment!” Brother Chen exclaimed. “We’ve been cheated, all the cultivators of Qixia Isle have been cheated!”
It wasn’t just Qixia Isle, but all the Myriad Worlds.
The Star of the Demon constantly shuttled between worlds. From ancient times to the present, how many cultivators had been lured in was a mystery.
However, it was definitely a astronomical number. The Star Tomb was not an exaggeration.
“Let’s hurry and leave, don’t stay in this place!” Wu Ziming said. “Otherwise, we’ll also become fertilizer for the rare spirit plants!”
Five or six more people had died just now. Including Brother Chen, the team of fifty people who had entered the Boundless Desert was now less than ten.
Although they saw rare spirit plants covering the ground, they couldn’t take a single one. Everyone felt indignant but had to focus on the present and preserve their lives.
They all retreated far from this magnificent ravine river of sand. After experiencing the crisis just now, listening carefully, the sound of the sand flowing down seemed to be like a low dragon’s roar.
It was as if a great dragon, ruling the world, lay coiled here, its dragon might not permitting any particle of blasphemy.
Ye Changsheng looked at the great formation, his thoughts churning. He vaguely felt that everything since entering the Boundless Desert was connected.
The black desert storm, the monstrous Xu Youxin, the pit filled with corpses like a mountain, the countless dead powerhouses, the temple in the clouds, the ominousness in the coffin, the dragon-like great formation…
Suddenly, a bizarre idea surged in his heart. This idea was so astonishing that Ye Changsheng could hardly accept it for a moment – someone would actually do this!
He gave Zhong Yanhan a look. The Little Fox immediately obeyed his command, then took out a special banner and planted it into the ground, fixing it with spiritual power.
However, because it was by the ravine of flowing sand, even spiritual power couldn’t secure it for long. Therefore, before it completely sank, one thing had to be done.
After that, he gave Zhong Yanhan a few instructions.
Zhong Yanhan listened and immediately, on Ye Changsheng’s behalf, called out to Brother Chen, who was preparing to leave.
“Brother Chen, we can’t just leave this river of sand.”
“What are you saying, Xiao Zhong?” Brother Chen stopped. “Don’t be greedy. Didn’t you see what happened to those who approached the great formation just now? They died in the blink of an eye.”
“Brother Chen, this isn’t about greed. I won’t go in to take the spirit plants. We’ll follow the edge of this river of sand, within a safe range, to search for the temple in the clouds.”
Brother Chen frowned. “This mysterious and unfathomable great formation hides immense danger. A slight mistake could cost us our lives!”
“Brother Chen, when we saw that pit filled with mountains of corpses, we had already entered the vicinity of the Falling Star.”
“What you said is not unreasonable, which is why we encountered spatial distortions.”
“The dangers within the Falling Star are obvious to everyone. If we continue to blindly delve deeper without any knowledge, we will only be wasting our lives.”
Zhong Yanhan’s speech gained everyone’s approval.
The truth was indeed so. Seeing so many people die made everyone realize one thing: they were as insignificant as blades of grass in this Falling Star, unable to stir any ripple, merely swept along by the current.
But once this current pushed them into a desperate situation, only death awaited them.
Zhong Yanhan said, “I already have some clues, but to unravel the secrets of the outer region of the Falling Star, I need more evidence. We must follow along here and search for the temple in the clouds.”
“Alright, let’s give it a try then!” Brother Chen agreed.
After Zhou Bujue’s disappearance, the responsibility of being the backbone fell upon Zhong Yanhan. Even though some of the cultivators present were currently of a higher cultivation than Zhong Yanhan, they still obeyed her commands.
Along the way, everyone maintained a safe distance, keeping far from the great formation, only ensuring they were within their line of sight as they advanced towards the temple in the clouds.
An astonishing situation occurred. The temple in the clouds, which had seemed impossibly far away, was actually getting closer as they followed the edge of the great formation.
This filled everyone with joy. As expected, Zhong Yanhan’s words were correct!
However, Ye Changsheng was not happy. As they advanced, Zhong Yanhan kept planting banners, making his thoughts increasingly clear.
If it was true, then…
He almost didn’t dare to imagine further.
After more than ten hours of pursuit, the group had not stopped for a day and a night, and the mysterious temple in the clouds was within sight.
Just as Brother Chen was about to lead everyone in a final push towards the heavens, he was stopped by Zhong Yanhan.
“Xiao Zhong, we’ve already reached the temple in the clouds,” Brother Chen said, confused.
Zhong Yanhan said nothing. She drew and painted on the desert. All along the way, these were the banners she had planted.
As lines connected, everyone saw a colossal dragon appear on the ground, sending a tremor through their bodies.
“This… is not an ordinary formation,” Zhong Yanhan said, repeating what Ye Changsheng had told her earlier. “Look, this is the Crouching Dragon Great Formation, and this is the temple in the clouds.”
When Zhong Yanhan drew the temple in the clouds on the Crouching Dragon Great Formation, everyone’s minds buzzed.
A crouching dragon was supporting the temple in the clouds!
Furthermore, Zhong Yanhan had drawn a coffin within the temple, which meant this was…
“Crouching Dragon Carrying a Coffin, how is that possible!! How dare someone bury something in such a grand formation? Aren’t they afraid of perishing completely if they can’t withstand the great formation? Even True Immortals wouldn’t dare to do such a thing!”
“And that’s not all… Brother Chen, do you remember the pit we encountered earlier?”
“That’s… Ah!!” Brother Chen found the reality before him too difficult to accept.
Brother Chen connected the dots and cried out in shock, his legs suddenly giving out, and he collapsed to the ground.
The location of the pit was on the dragon’s head.
When connected as one, this was… a Corpse Dragon Carrying a Coffin!