The Tai Clan of Xia Country is a renowned lineage of array masters. Tai Yin’s mastery of the array path was, therefore, beyond question.

To be unable to set up arrays or utilize array discs during the Yellow River Assembly was undoubtedly like binding one of his arms.

Even with Jiang Wang’s current reputation surpassing that of Chong Xuan Zun, and despite his own crushing defeat by Chong Xuan Zun at Guan He Tai, Tai Yin remained brimming with confidence facing Jiang Wang in this Mountain Sea Realm.

Because, given sufficient time to arrange, he, Tai Yin, could unleash his most formidable power.

Just as in this very moment.

Xiang Bei, treading water without a ripple, spoke in a flat tone, “You’ve been in the Mountain Sea Realm for so long, and you’re only just starting to look for him? I thought you’d already forgotten about this matter and were focused on seeking treasure with me.”

“Unless Jiang Wang is eliminated from this Mountain Sea Realm, can you truly be at ease, or can I?” Tai Yin countered. “Surely Zuo Guangshu won’t have no opinion of you, will he?”

While keeping his gaze fixed on the Seven Stars Compass, he quickly pinched his fingers, seemingly performing calculations. He continued, “The array method places the utmost importance on aligning with Heaven and responding to the times, requiring adaptation to local conditions. Arrays draw upon the power of Heaven and Earth, relying on the strength inherent in Heaven and Earth itself. This is my first time in the Mountain Sea Realm as well, so naturally, I needed to first familiarize myself with this Heaven and Earth to arrange the array most suited to this place.”

“I only understand military arrays, not so much the intricacies of law arrays. The malevolent energy of an army’s formation can break any law array.” Xiang Bei remarked lightly, then asked again, “Why aren’t you just using an array disc?”

In truth, the rise of military arrays is precisely the main reason for the current decline of law arrays. Countless historical examples prove that arrays formed by people far surpass those formed by inanimate objects.

However, that the Tai Clan, a renowned lineage of array masters, could endure through the ages, naturally speaks to their unique strengths.

And no matter how powerful military arrays are, they ultimately cannot entirely replace law arrays. Not to mention, under normal circumstances, who would carry an army everywhere they go?

Array patterns and array discs are innovations and advancements painstakingly developed by law array cultivators over many years, and they occupy a significant place in the array path’s choices. With future development, it’s not impossible for them to regain their former glory.

Tai Yin smiled, not bothering to argue with Xiang Bei, this genius of the military path.

Whether a law array can withstand the malevolent energy of an army is not a matter to be determined by words.

He merely said, “Array discs can be applied in most environments, but the discs themselves are difficult to escape material constraints. The stronger the array, the more difficult it is to transfer onto an array disc, and the more precious the required materials become. Simply put, an array disc capable of directly killing Jiang Wang… is something I cannot afford.”

Xiang Bei looked left and right. “Then the law array you’re setting up now, can it kill Jiang Wang?”

Tai Yin merely responded with a confident smile, remaining silent.

The water all around was calm, the wind gentle.

If he hadn’t personally witnessed Tai Yin’s arrangements, Xiang Bei would have found it difficult to discover that a killing array had actually been set up here.

Just like soldiers lying in ambush in a valley, all sounds silenced, awaiting the command to unleash slaughter, with smoke signals appearing everywhere.

This law array and military arrays truly shared some common points.

Just at this moment, the slightly trembling pointer on the Seven Stars Compass in Tai Yin’s left hand suddenly stopped.

“Found him!” He exclaimed with excitement.

Found Jiang Wang…

Recalling that man’s green robe and valiant bearing, Xiang Bei unconsciously tightened his grip on the Cover World Halberd.

It was hard to articulate the emotion.

Xiang Longxiang had descendants filling his halls, including his direct lineage, yet he had bestowed the exceptionally precious Tian Yuan Great Pill upon a collateral disciple like himself.

Before his death, he had further bequeathed the Cover World Halberd, entrusting the entire future of the Xiang family to him.

He bore Xiang Longxiang’s last wish, shouldering the heavy burden of the Xiang Clan.

To do so with a cultivation that had not yet reached the Divine Arrival realm was inevitably laughable.

For a Son of Heaven like him, achieving Divine Arrival was easy; seeking the Cave True realm was hard.

He possessed the Heaven Horizontal Double Sun Heavy Pupils, innate divine abilities, and his divine soul had never been a barrier on his cultivation path. He had sufficient confidence to cross that step in the Yu Shen Hall.

However, merely reaching the Divine Arrival cultivation was still insufficient to support the future of the Xiang Clan.

This required him to take every step before Divine Arrival with sufficient solidity, laying a sufficiently thick foundation.

It required him to… stay longer in realms like the Inner Mansion.

How could a cultivator who had to linger in the Inner Mansion realm to temper himself inspire confidence in the future?

History had already provided many with the answer—

Only by overwhelming his contemporaries.

Invincible in the Inner Mansion, invincible in the Outer Building, thus progressing step by step.

Even if his realm was still low, his cultivation shallow, no one could underestimate him.

And he had indeed achieved the status of the number one in the Inner Mansion realm within the Great Chu Dynasty.

He had defeated all cultivators of the same realm in Chu land, none could resist.

Relying on his divine soul killing power, which far surpassed cultivators of the same realm, he was confident in his ability to contend for the world’s best.

Even at the Yellow River Assembly, such a gathering of Sons of Heaven, he had defeated Yue Country’s Son of Heaven, Bai Yu Xia, to the brink of death with three punches, fully displaying his overwhelming posture.

Chu Country and Yue Country were so close, and the Bai Clan was a renowned lineage no less than the Ge Clan. The weight of those three punches was clear to the people of Chu.

But unexpectedly, defeating Bai Yu Xia with three punches was actually his last moment of glory.

Facing Qi Country’s Jiang Wang, he had unleashed all his divine abilities, displayed all his divine soul killing methods, and utilized all his power, yet ultimately he had stopped at the top eight.

Anyone who had witnessed that battle could not say that Xiang Bei was weak.

But those who had personally witnessed that battle were few; what the world heard was only the ranking.

What was commonly known was—

Xiang Bei of the Great Chu Xiang Clan, only in the top eight of the Inner Mansion realm at the Yellow River Assembly.

Among the world’s six great strong nations, not to mention Jing Country’s Son of Heaven who had forfeited, among the five great strong nations, only one strong nation’s Son of Heaven had fallen to the top eight.

That was him, Xiang Bei.

How could he not feel shame?

How could he not exert himself?

After Guan He Tai, he had cultivated assiduously without pause, his sweat accompanied by blood. He believed he had not wasted the years.

However, before the battle at Huang Liang Tai, the gap… had actually widened even further.

At this moment, gripping the Cover World Halberd, he had to admit that severing three percent of Jiang Wang’s divine soul origin was sufficiently tempting for him.

Because of his innate heavy pupils, his divine soul power was actually absolutely no weaker than Jiang Wang’s. It was only due to the protection of the Tong Tian Palace that the invader’s divine soul power was greatly weakened, resulting in that crushing defeat in the divine soul confrontation at Guan He Tai. He also therefore dared not again attempt to invade Jiang Wang’s Tong Tian Palace.

Jiang Wang also similarly dared not invade his Tong Tian Palace.

Of course, with all the advantages he held outside the divine soul, Jiang Wang also had no need to make such a choice.

If today, he could successfully kill Jiang Wang in the Mountain Sea Realm and sever that person’s three percent divine soul origin, then he would have sufficient divine soul advantage to leisurely pursue merits in this direction.

Tian Fu Qin Zhi Zhen, Absolute Peak Huang She Li, he believed he possessed the power to fight, and even if not his equal now, he had the confidence to catch up later.

It was only Jiang Wang, who had also now achieved Tian Fu, whom he was certain he had no further possibility of defeating before reaching Divine Arrival.

This person had already walked to the end of the Inner Mansion level, reaching a degree almost impossible to surpass, and then would only achieve the Outer Building realm.

How could he catch up?

If he could succeed this time…

Xiang Bei lowered his head to see his reflection in the water, suddenly startled.

He involuntarily questioned himself—

What kind of person are you, Xiang Bei?

When did you start placing the hope of victory on weakening your opponent?

Have you truly been beaten into submission, beaten into fear, by Jiang Wang?

His mood fluctuated, and ripples followed across the water’s surface, no longer calm.

Tai Yin keenly noticed this detail but did not offer advice, instead, with great experience, he directly issued a command: “Don’t overthink things; we’ve found Jiang Wang and his group, prepare for battle.”

As an excellent military family cultivator, even if Xiang Bei had a myriad of doubts in his heart, he would absolutely not affect his comrades in specific actions. Thus, he merely took a step forward, stepping firmly onto the waves, using the suddenly calm water surface to reflect his state.

Tai Yin was still gazing at the Seven Stars Compass, his fingers pinching like flying. “He’s moving quickly; I don’t know where he’s going. Let me see if I can intercept him and set up an array first… wait, he seems to be coming this way!”

Xiang Bei concentrated his spirit, remaining silent.

After a while, Tai Yin’s eyebrows furrowed. “Why has he changed position again?”

He couldn’t help but ask Xiang Bei, “Why is he suddenly left, suddenly right, suddenly up, suddenly down, running back and forth? What exactly does he want to do?”

“Perhaps he’s fighting someone?” Xiang Bei cautiously analyzed.

Tai Yin’s eyebrows furrowed even tighter. “If you say so… it does seem like he’s pursuing and killing someone. Who could it be?”

“Does the plan still proceed?” Xiang Bei merely asked.

Frankly, although the two of them were determined to eliminate Jiang Wang here, their confidence in Jiang Wang was indeed greater than in others.

Everyone participating in the Mountain Sea Realm this time could be considered a strong individual among the younger generation.

But they still subconsciously felt that it was Jiang Wang who was pursuing and killing others, and they didn’t even consider the possibility that some Son of Heaven was pursuing and killing Jiang Wang.

One truly considered Jiang Wang an enemy, having researched him countless times, and the other had genuinely fought with Jiang Wang. They were the ones who could best understand Jiang Wang’s power.

“Why not? If he has allies, the plan will succeed more easily.” Tai Yin glanced at Xiang Bei. “You don’t need to overthink; even if we’re just seeking treasure in the Mountain Sea Realm, we need to understand our competitors, right? Ambushing him is a kind of respect, but it doesn’t signify fear.”

Xiang Bei merely nodded, not speaking.

“No way, he’s flying everywhere like this, it’s impossible to accurately judge his landing point…” Tai Yin decided decisively. “You ambush here; I’ll go lure him over. We’ll just use the array we’ve set up now to deal with him. Once he enters the array, you immediately trigger it!”

Without waiting for Xiang Bei’s answer, that person already sprang out, following the direction indicated by the Seven Stars Compass, and flew swiftly away.

His momentum was like a startled swan, fully displaying a fierce killing intent.

For Xia Country, being able to sever three percent of the divine soul origin of Qi Country’s foremost Son of Heaven could be considered a great merit.

For Tai Yin himself, family enmity and national hatred, finally he had to avenge it step by step.

Above the water waves, Xiang Bei gripped his halberd and stood alone, his breath gradually restrained, and his momentum becoming more condensed.

He had already cleared his distracting thoughts, suppressing himself, accumulating power, waiting for that moment when the stone would break the sky and shake the world…

Waiting to kill Jiang Wang and Zuo Guangshu, or to be killed by them.

Time in waiting always feels long.

But this time, it seemed to flow very quickly.

When Xiang Bei lifted his eyes and looked into the distance, he already saw a black dot shooting towards him.

The Heavy Pupils clearly reflected Tai Yin’s appearance; his speed of flying back was actually faster than when he flew away!

He’s leading Jiang Wang over so quickly?

Should he say that Tai Yin’s methods were too clever, or that this Jiang fellow was too reckless?

Xiang Bei abandoned his杂思, not allowing his thoughts to be distracted by matters outside the battle. He inverted his grip on the Cover World Halberd, his body slowly floating upwards, and black smoke from the Swallow Thief Dominant Body had already begun to surge from his body, fully prepared for a full burst.

But he only heard one sentence—

“Run quickly!”

Tai Yin’s shout was urgent, containing panic, and amidst the panic, also a hint of disbelief.

What could make this carefully arranged ambusher so panicked?

Your grand array is here, what is there to be nervous about?

Could it be a performance to deceive Jiang Wang?

Then why didn’t you at least communicate this beforehand… afraid I’d misunderstand?

“How back…”

Xiang Bei’s sentence “what’s the matter” was still unfinished when his Heaven Horizontal Double Sun Heavy Pupils already reflected the answer.

Behind Tai Yin, who was flying swiftly without looking back, was the green mountain, relentlessly pursuing Jiang Wang.

And almost simultaneously crashing into view with Jiang Wang…

Was that group of Disaster Fight beasts, like a black tide, covering the sky and earth!

The Cover World Halberd, which had just been raised, dropped back down, Xiang Bei abruptly cut off his words, turned his head, and ran.

Let it be said that Jiang Wang had wounded the Disaster Fight King Beast with one sword, then treaded the clouds and departed, leading the entire pack of Disaster Fight strange beasts in hot pursuit.

That magnificent sword immortal of the Yellow River had only briefly shown his face in the Mountain Sea Realm, and then his glory was completely gone.

Jiang Jue Ye had made good preparations for persistent escape, opening the Chase Wind Secret Treasury, and running madly all the way.

The reaction of that Disaster Fight King Beast was also not slow, its angry roar echoing as if right in his ear.

Several times, Jiang Wang felt that cold breath, as if it were already clinging to the back of his neck.

Clearly, relying on unidirectional flight was unable to shake off the pursuit, so he could only rely on the ingenuity of the Ping Bu Qing Yun Immortal Technique, beginning to frantically change direction.

Suddenly left, suddenly right, suddenly up, suddenly down, his entire body constantly twisting and turning in the air, changing position with extreme elegance.

At first, it did indeed play a role, causing the Disaster Fight King Beast to miss several bites.

But he was, after all, only one person, while the Disaster Fight beasts were a cohesive, well-trained group.

Under the command of the Disaster Fight King Beast, this pack of strange beasts, like evil dogs, actually performed exquisite cavalry tactics, forming dazzling weaves and various encirclements and blocks.

While sighing inwardly, Jiang Wang’s maneuver space also gradually diminished.

Qing Yun marks shattered one after another in the air; the green-robed, sword-wielding Jiang Jue Ye looked瀟灑 composed, but that was merely the illusion of temperament brought by the Ping Bu Qing Yun Immortal Technique itself; the anxiety in his heart was not lessened by half.

He had solemnly sworn to bring his younger brother Zuo Guangshu to sweep horizontally through the Mountain Sea Realm, and yet he had gained nothing, was about to be eliminated. Where would Big Brother’s face be?

The loss of that three percent of divine soul origin was an even more unbearable pain.

But what else could he do?

This damned Disaster Fight King Beast was too cunning and too powerful, and it was accompanied by a beast army, leaving no room for escape whatsoever.

Even for him, Jiang Wang, he couldn’t think of an escape method for a time.

He couldn’t help but feel a great hatred in his heart.

Inside the Five Mansions Sea, power stirred, surging restlessly.

To think I,堂堂 Great Qi’s Qing Yang Zi, holding a third-grade position, displaying a fourth-grade green plaque! The last time I was chased down so miserably was… still the last time…

“Look on the bright side, Immortal Lord sir, this isn’t the first time we’ve been chased by a Divine Arrival.”

In the ruins of the Cloud Top Immortal Palace, White Cloud Boy constantly helped urge out Good Fortune Qing Yun, while also incessantly nagging.

“In your Immortal Palace memory, is there any method to escape this kind of pursuit?” Jiang Wang asked, busy inside, stealing a moment to ask, treating a dead horse as if it were alive.

White Cloud Boy thought hard for a moment, then seriously shook his head. “In my Immortal Palace’s memory, there should not exist an Immortal Lord who was chased by a Divine Arrival.”

It would have been fine if you had said it casually.

Thinking so seriously, it’s very hurtful!

Just as Great Immortal Lord Jiang was pondering how to throw White Cloud Boy out to feed the dogs, his eyes suddenly brightened, and in this Mountain Sea Realm, where he had no relatives, he actually saw a familiar person—

Xia Country’s Son of Heaven, Tai Yin, rushing into view with an extremely fierce posture, his hands pinching formulas, his robe sleeves billowing, and the killing intent in his eyes unconcealed.

Just like that, he briefly met Jiang Wang’s gaze for an instant.

Then, without a word, he turned and ran.

“Hey!” Jiang Jue Ye roared in anger. “Thief, stay your steps!”

Under his feet, the Qing Yun connected and shattered, his speed even faster than when he first fled for his life!