Zhao Yunxiao had never come across this type of invisible matter before, and thus had absolutely no clue as to what it could possibly be.

Similarly, he had no idea if this flow was something initiated by the Heaven’s Descent Bowl or otherwise.

Zhao Yunxiao bit his lower lips in frustration.

He simply had too little information to go on right now.

This was all that crazy serpent Cha’s fault!

How could the guardian spirit of a sect be this clueless about its sect’s treasures, to the extent of not knowing what it actually does?

After a brief moment of hesitation, Zhao Yunxiao carefully stored the Heaven’s Descent Bowl back into his spatial pouch.

Thankfully, it was a good boy this time and no longer struggled after entering the separate space within.

Zhao Yunxiao finally let out a sigh of relief upon seeing this.

“What are you doing, Junior Martial Brother Zhao?” Gui Longcan called out at this moment. “Don’t fall behind!”

“I’m coming!” Zhao Yunxiao hurriedly responded before catching up.

Since he did not have more information at his disposal, there was no point in brooding over what happened earlier.

Zhao Yunxiao could only make a mental note to investigate the Heaven’s Descent Bowl in the future. For a start, perhaps he could focus on recreating situations that were similar to today.

By the time he caught up with the duo, Pu Feixiang had already slain the five monkey monsters from earlier.

“Next!” Pu Feixiang declared before leading the charge towards the next group of escaping monkeys.

Just like that, the trio continued their pursuit of the remaining monkeys.

These monkey monsters might be much faster and stronger than their regular counterparts, but they were still far inferior to the cultivators in these regards.

Under the pursuit from trio of Zhao Yunxiao, Pu Feixiang, and Gui Longcan, the monkey monsters simply did not stand a chance.

Pu Feixiang confidently led the way, with Zhao Yunxiao and Gui Longcan supporting from behind.

The trio did not break ranks as they chased down group after group of monkey monsters, mercilessly sending them to meet their makers.

Zhao Yunxiao was still rather worried initially. Fortunately, the Heaven’s Descent Bowl did not act up again.

After a while, he finally relaxed a little and set his mind at ease.

This chase did not last long either.

Before they knew it, they had arrived back at the cliff that overlooked the monkeys’ nest.

Looking down into the nest, what they saw was a state of complete pandemonium.

The monkey monsters that had returned to the nest seemed to have informed the others of what happened, so they were all in a state of panic.

Older monkeys grabbed younger ones and were scurrying in all directions, except from whence they came.

Be it a temporary or permanent measure, it would appear that the monkeys were intending to evacuate from the nest.

However, there was no way that the cultivators would let them go just like that!

Should they be allowed to escape from here, who knew what kind of trouble these monkey monsters would end up causing?

On top of that, the forest was vast.

It would be nigh impossible to hunt them all down once they scattered in all directions.

Gui Longcan pulled out a bamboo tube and pointed it to the sky.

Boom-!

A bright flare shot up into the sky and exploded, turning a beautiful firework.

Some distance away, Mo Mian continued to keep the monkey demon busy, preventing it from interfering with the rest of the party.

Chu Han was actively supporting Mo Mian with suppression techniques when he heard the explosion and looked up at the sky.

Despite the thick canopy overhead, he could still roughly make out the beautiful firework above.

This was the signal that he had been waiting for!

“Senior Martial Brother Mo!” Chu Han called out.

“Do it! I can still hold on for a minute or two!” Mo Mian instructed, clearly understanding what Chu Han was trying to tell him.

“Understood. Be careful then!” Chu Han said before decisively turning around to speed through the forest.

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His destination was not far away. Before long, he had arrived at the spot where the party had rested the night before.

Now, it was finally time to show the true effects of last night’s preparation work!

Chu Han leapt onto the largest tree in the area, and stood in front of an array flag that had been hidden within the leaves.

Unlike all the other array flags that had already been activated earlier and were currently giving off a faint glow, this one was not giving off the same reaction, as though it was disconnected from the others.

Of course, that could not be further from the truth.

Chu Han closed his eyes and put his palms together, then began chanting a profound mantra.

Essence energy poured out from within him and turned into rays of golden light that wrapped around him like armour.

As though sensing what was to come, the array flag in front of him started to flutter.

“Activate!” Chu Han ended his chant with a shout, then clapped his palms against the array flag.

The golden light around him shot forward, flowing down through his arms to enter the array flag.

Weng-!

With a low buzzing sound, the array flag started glowing with such intensity that it resembled a mini sun, capable of blinding anyone who stared at it for long.

The other array flags all over the forest reacted as well, the faint glow on them quickly increased in intensity, becoming bright beacons that lit up the forest.

A grand golden emblem slowly emerged in the sky above the forest, encompassing the entire area from the monkeys’ nest to where Chu Han was standing right now.

Light from the golden emblem shone down upon the forest, turning the entire circular area directly beneath it into a kingdom of golden light.

Along the perimeters of this region that had been lit up by the grand emblem, a golden barrier formed – one capable of preventing anything from passing.

This meant that nothing could enter, and neither could anything exit.

As of this moment, everything that was within the boundaries of this golden region had been isolated from the outside world!

Squeal-! Squeal-!

Many of the escaping monkey monsters desperately slammed their bodies and swiped their claws against this golden barrier, only to have their efforts proven futile.

No matter what they did or how hard they tried, they simply could not put so much as a single scratch on the golden barrier.

“No matter how many times I see it, I still can’t help but feel impressed,” Pu Feixiang commented while looking up at the grand emblem in the sky. “Inner disciples are truly different.”

Huu-!

“We will get there one day,” Gui Longcan remarked after letting out a sigh.

Zhao Yunxiao looked up at the grand emblem in the sky in amazement as well.

It was just like Pu Feixiang said.

Chu Han really showed them the true capabilities of an inner disciple by creating such a grand array in the span of a single night.

And it was not just about the scale of the array as well.

Even though the array had to cover a huge area, its effectiveness had not been compromised as a result.

Zhao Yunxiao had been practising with arrays for a while now, and he would say that he was rather skilled at it as well.

Even then, he could not confidently claim that he would be able to create such a tough sealing array even if he only had to focus on a smaller area!

Seeing as to how the golden barrier was holding up perfectly fine despite the numerous monkey monsters going crazy on it, the strength of this golden sealing array was simply unreal for something that had been created with nothing but array flags.

It was almost as though there was an external source of energy boosting its strength to the next level!

No, not almost.

Zhao Yunxiao was certain that this was the case here.

After all, he had seen it in action numerous times in the past, though the effects were much more pronounced when it involved stronger cultivators.

World laws.

Just as its name suggested, this referred to the natural laws that governed the very fabrics of this world.

They were not easy to come into contact with. But if cultivators do manage to commune with and tap into the power of world laws, they would gain the ability to perform feats far beyond the imagination of others.

In fact, a stronger understanding of the world laws could even make up for a difference in cultivation levels, allowing a cultivator to skip realms and defeat someone with a higher cultivation level!

Because of that, all cultivators who had reached a certain level would inevitably start pursuing a deeper understanding of the world laws.

It was to the extent that any cultivator who did not possess any understanding of the world laws would never be considered a true expert!

Ever since he first heard of this subject, Zhao Yunxiao had always been interested in it as well.

Unfortunately, world laws were something that cultivators could only come into contact with after reaching the Essence Physique realm.

As he was still at the Intermediate Essence Gathering realm, the power of world laws remained somewhat of an abstract concept that Zhao Yunxiao could only keep in mind for now.

However, that did not stop him from guessing that Chu Han was currently incorporating his understandings of the world laws into the array activation.

Zhao Yunxiao did not know Chu Han’s actual cultivation level, but it was definitely at the Essence Physique realm at the very least.

This made him more than qualified to touch upon the power of world laws.

As for which world law it was exactly, Zhao Yunxiao had his suspicions from both hearing about Chu Han from Mo Mian and his own observations throughout this trip.

Law of Seals or Law of Suppression.

It was likely to be either of the two.

Then again, which one it was did not matter.

What mattered was that it had been incorporated into the grand array, allowing it to display such an awe-inspiring level of power right now.

That gave them the window of opportunity that they needed to get this over and done with!

“Let’s go!” Zhao Yunxiao turned around and said.

“R-Right,” Pu Feixiang answered.

Just like Zhao Yunxiao, Pu Feixiang and Gui Longcan had also fallen into a daze after seeing Chu Han’s flashy display of his skills.

With that, the three of them quickly snapped out of their daze and started to retrace their steps, heading back to the spot where they had parted from Mo Mian and Chu Han.

Now that the monkey monsters had fallen into a state of chaos, they could be said to have been taken out of the equation.

As long as they remained contained in the area and were not allowed to escape, the party could slowly take their time to finish them off.

But that was something to be saved for later.

Before they went ahead with that, there was something more important for them to deal with right now.

Next up was the main event of the day – the monkey demon.