For as long as Yin Qingsi had known, the Crippled Zen Master had been mysterious. She had learned about the world from her contact with the outside, but her knowledge had only deepened her confusion of the Crippled Zen Master’s identity.
Three thousand years ago, the Crippled Zen Master suddenly arrived from nowhere. Nobody had ever heard of him before. When he first came to the Zen Mountain, he was already at the Semi-God Realm. He beat a bunch of other powerful warriors and became the supreme warrior on the Zen Mountain.
Over the next few decades, he bred enmity with the Feng Dynasty and the Qi Dynasty. The two dynasties sent over Earth Immortal and Semi-God Realm warriors to him, but after they entered the Zen Mountain, no one ever came out again.
In other words…
When the Crippled Zen Master came to the Zen Mountain, he was already the best warrior of the Central Imperial Universe. If so, why had there been no information or rumors about this powerful warrior? Warriors had to cultivate step by step. Any warrior’s development was supported by a huge amount of Mystical Materials. Nobody could make great achievement overnight.
That being said, the background of the Crippled Zen Master was known to none. Leng Family, Feng Family, and Qi Family sent many people to investigate, but nothing about him could be found.
Yin Qingsi had gathered much knowledge over the past more than a decade’s time. She had long suspected that—the Crippled Zen Master was not from the four major universes or the five minor ones. It was very likely that he came from another universe or even… the Divinity.
Three thousand years ago, the Crippled Zen Master already appeared to be on the verge of dying. Yet, there was no sign of him passing away during all this time. This in itself was strange. What was more, where had the Crippled Zen Master collected all the Mystical Materials for building the Ancient Divine Formations in the Zen Mountain and those for her cultivation?
Yin Qingsi had too many questions on her mind. The Crippled Zen Master said nothing. After a while, she couldn’t help but ask, “Forefather, aren’t there anything you can let me know?”
“No!”
The Crippled Zen Master closed his eyes. He didn’t give Yin Qingsi more answers and only said coldly, “All you need to know now is that you cannot have feelings for any men. I would kill all of them if you did. Now, do you understand?”
Yin Qingsi sensed the Crippled Zen Master closed his eyes and began to meditate again, holding the chess piece in his hand. She knew she could get no further answers. She sighed and left.
She had not developed feelings for Lu Li and only treated him as a friend, the only friend that she recognized. In her youthful mind, there might be something else, but that idea was nipped in the bud by Crippled Zen Master’s cruel words. Yin Qingsi had to cut off the sentiment. She went back to her cabin to cultivate.
…
While the Zen Valley was peaceful, it was the opposite on the outside. The twenty-something Semi-God Realm warriors were still blasting at the haze. Their actions were too loud to be kept a secret.
Soon, progenitors of the Feng Family and the Qi Family learned the news. The two families were informed that more than a score of Semi-God Realm warriors had come from the Mage Imperial Universe. The two families were in so much fear that they almost gave up on chasing Jun Hongye and the Li Family Patriarch.
But then the two families were glad to know that the Semi-God Realm warriors of the Mage Imperial Universe were blasting at the Zen Mountain. If the Crippled Zen Master made a move, at least half of Mage Imperial Universe’s Semi-God Realm warrior would perish.
After a round of discussion, the Feng Family and Qi Family progenitors decided to leave the Zen Mountain alone. They wanted the Semi-God Realm warriors of the Mage Imperial Universe to fight so that they could profit from the battle.
Jun Hongye and the Li Family Patriarch had run away!
They had gone into the mountains. While many scouts had been sent into the mountains to search for the two, but the whereabouts of them were completely unclear.
Qi Family and Feng Family progenitors felt troubled. They had not obtained the Wicked Bead and had let Jun Hongye and Li Family Patriarch escape. In addition, the insane people from the Mage Imperial Universe were here.
It seemed to have become a bad bargain.
At the moment, the two families and the other big families of the Central Imperial Universe hated Lu Li very much. They wished that they could cut off his flesh and tear him into pieces.
Because of Lu Li, the Leng Family was gone. The entire Central Imperial Universe was upside down. Many families of the four major universes and five small universes were involved. Lu Li would be recorded in the annals of history of those universes regardless of the ultimate outcome.
Mage Imperial Universe’s warriors didn’t worry about the Feng Family or the Qi Family. They would not take the initiative to mess with the two families as long as they kept their distances. Mage Imperial Universe’s target was the Wicked Bead. They would not be so silly as to enter into a fight against the Central Imperial Universe’s families.
The Semi-God Realm warrior sent to the Neverland Universe delivered a piece of good news. He had successfully invited the Infinity, the warrior that was skilled in formations. In at most a month, they would arrive. By then, they could find a way to crack the haze formation.
During the half a month, those at the mountain never stopped pounding on the formation. After all, any formation would have to be sustained by energy. The more energy they could consume, the easier it would be for the Infinity to crack the formation.
Half a month later, a hunchbacked man came to the Zen Mountain. The Infinity had arrived.
He wandered around the Zen Mountain for dozens of times and even entered the haze. It took him two whole days to inspect. Then, he came to Wu Guangde and the others and said, “The formation is an intricate one. I am not entirely sure that I can break it down!”
“Not entirely sure?”
Wu Guangde and Chen Tianxian’s eyes glowed. Not entirely sure still meant there was a possibility of cracking the formation. Wu Guangde said at once, “Great Infinity, tell us if you need anything. We of the Mage Imperial Universe will guarantee a million years of glory for your family as long as you can break the formation.”
The Infinity spent some time contemplating. After the time for half an incense stick to burn, he made up his mind and said, “I will try my best, but don’t blame me if I cannot do it.”
The Infinity sprang to work. He began to build a tactical formation. The ways of him doing it was strange—he was building another formation outside the mountain. He wanted the two formations to conflict with each other, destabilizing the space around and then causing the collapse of the Ancient Divine Formation.
Under the instruction of the Infinity, the Semi-God Realm warriors started to construct the formation around the Zen Mountain. It was a big mountain. To build a formation that could cover it up entirely was an extensive project that demanded the cooperation of many people.
The Infinity took out many formation stones from his Interspatial Ring. The other warriors did as they were told. After 10 busy days and nights, the formation finally was successfully built.
“Okay. Come to the sky!”
The Infinity checked for several times and then flew up. He shouted, “When the formation is activated, space will be twisted. If you were down there, you would be ripped by the strangling force of the space.”
The Semi-God Realm warriors hurried up after the Infinity. Their eyes were glowing, and they readied their weapons and armors, preparing to enter the Zen Mountain and kill the Crippled Zen Master at any time.
“Okay, ready!”
The Infinity glanced over. He shot out Xuan Energy from his hand into the formation to activate it. As he did so, it gradually began to light up around the Zen Mountain, as if there were fire snakes sneaking around the Zen Mountain. A surge of suffocating air spread out from underneath.
“Whoosh~”
Right at that moment, a ray of glare suddenly appeared amidst the haze. A plume of light came over in a shockingly fast speed. The Semi-God Realm warriors couldn’t even have a clear vision of it.
“A piece chess?”
Wu Guangde stared at that plume of light and recognized that it was a chess piece. It came out from the haze. Needless to say, the Crippled Zen Master made a move.
“Hmm!”
Wu Guangde snorted. Three of them took out their weapons at the same time and hacked at the piece chess. Only, after their action, they realized that they had not hit the bead, only a shadow.
“Bang!”
The light went on. Before the Infinity could react, he was already been struck. The Infinity’s Quasi Relic helmet glared. Even so, the chess piece went into his head directly.
The more than a score of Semi-God Realm warriors were stunned—
The Infinity’s head exploded. The Quasi Relic armor he had now came off automatically. A headless corpse dropped.
Wu Guangde and Chen Tianxian looked at each other. They finally understood. That chess piece certainly contained space and time Profound Meanings or else they would not have missed it…
The Crippled Zen Master didn’t come out and only threw a chess piece, but he managed to kill the Infinity under everyone’s noses. The might of Crippled Zen Master made the Semi-God Realm warriors shiver.