Chapter 1709: Successful Deduction, The Four Great Calamities 2

In the face of the despairing collapse, this situation was inevitable.

Within the vast Immortal Domain, at this moment, only he could save this world.

It was an incredibly lonely position, with immense pressure.

If he failed, countless beings in Xuanming would perish, and those who survived would ultimately become wanderers without roots.

But fortunately, he seemed to have experienced such pressure countless times before, and it was no longer enough to break him.

Without hesitation, he activated the spatial portal with a single gesture and stepped into the deep, profound light.

“Vroom–!”

A humming sound resonated from the spatial fluctuations, and as Jiang Chengxuan traversed through space, he soon found himself in a familiar land.

The Fake Immortal Domain’s Secret Realm.

“As expected, this is where the destruction that should have beenfalling the Western Continent is being borne…”

The moment he arrived in this space, Jiang Chengxuan immediately noticed distant storms wreaking havoc, a profound darkness relentlessly consuming everything in its path, spreading despair.

The scene here mirrored the ongoing destruction in the Xuanming Immortal Domain–an all-too-familiar sight.

Jiang Chengxuan had long suspected that the reason the Western Continent, where the Loose Cultivator’s Alliance was located, hadn’t collapsed was due to the Fake Immortal Domain’s Secret Realm acting as a shield.

“There are many dark and ominous causes here. Based on this, there’s a 90% chance that this will succeed…”

But Jiang Chengxuan didn’t stop to confirm this. He didn’t come to this secret realm just to verify his suspicions; he was here to use the dark traces left behind to deduce the corrupted primal runes.

Without pausing, Jiang Chengxuan moved forward, his steps taking him to the depths of the Fake Immortal Domain’s Secret Realm in an instant.

Before him lay a battlefield in ruins: shattered space, swirling storms, and the turbulence of chaos still undulating, howling incessantly.

This was the same place where Jiang Chengxuan had previously suppressed the dark ominous forces during his first and second battles.

Although after those battles no traces of the ominous darkness remained, its past presence had left countless karmic ties behind.

With his deductive abilities, Jiang Chengxuan could use these karmic ties and the primal runes’ connection to achieve his goal.

“It’s been a long time since I last used this… I wonder if I’ve grown rusty.”

Taking out a compass from his robe, Jiang Chengxuan muttered to himself, his gaze as deep as water.

Since his breakthrough to the Earth Immortal realm, he had rarely used his deduction methods. His own senses were usually enough to avoid danger and turn misfortune into fortune.

But now, he needed to rely on these methods again, to calculate a more precise path forward.

His thoughts stirred, and Jiang Chengxuan quickly awakened the powers of his Heavenly Calamity Deduction technique, feeling the vast interconnections of cause and effect.

“This is a major matter, so I must be cautious.”

However, the next moment, Jiang Chengxuan suddenly retracted the power of cause and effect, not yet starting the deduction.

Despite the urgency of the calamity, Jiang Chengxuan knew that he must remain calm and steady, not rushing the process.

Without hurrying, he manifested his Immortal Realm and pointed a finger forward.

Immortal light flowed out from the realm, twisting like a dragon, shining brightly.

Standing in the void, Jiang Chengxuan seemed like an artist, using his finger as a brush to paint grand strokes!

The immortal light, like ink, spread in the direction of his finger, leaving brilliant traces in the air.

Soon, the immortal lights interwoven to form a massive formation, with intricate totemic patterns. A hazy aura swirled through the air, and spiritual energy fluctuated.

This was an auxiliary formation, not of low rank. It had come from fragments of the Immortal Realm within the Fake Immortal Domain’s Secret Realm, one of the treasures of the Heavenly Immortals.

Once the formation was complete, Jiang Chengxuan felt the pull of cause and effect from the invisible forces.

He no longer needed to activate the Heavenly Calamity Deduction, as his intuitive powers reached their peak.

In the hazy moments, it seemed as though he could see black threads interweaving in the void, faintly visible. These were the traces of karmic cause left by the ominous darkness.

“Sacrifice!”

However, this was not the end. Jiang Chengxuan, seated within the grand array, continued to offer a few more treasures, placing them in specific positions within the formation where they began to burn brightly.

This further enhanced the power of the formation, raising it by about 30%.

Then, Jiang Chengxuan calmly manifested his Immortal Realm, sitting cross-legged in the center of the formation.

The Deductive Compass was placed in front of him, gently vibrating.

This item had been refined by Shen Ruoyan long ago, able to bear the weight of this cause and effect.

Now, everything was ready!

“Open!”

Seated within the formation, Jiang Chengxuan summoned the Nine Miao Bodhi Lotus Lamp, hanging it above his head.

Immortal energy poured into the lamp, and a powerful aura immediately exploded from it, then was channeled back into Jiang Chengxuan’s body!

“Vroom!–Vroom–!”

In an instant, the wind and clouds gathered, and the brilliant nine-colored Immortal Light shot into the sky, illuminating the entire world!

Jiang Chengxuan was enveloped in a glow, with nine-colored immortal flames burning fiercely all around him. His body seemed to undergo a fiery transformation, inch by inch turning into glass, transparent and pure.

With the strange hum of the Immortal Realm, Jiang Chengxuan closed his eyes, yet the entire world became crystal clear in his mind, laid out before him, every detail in perfect clarity!

What was different, however, was that he could now see countless lines of light crisscrossing, chaotic like a tangled mess of threads.

They divided the scene in front of him, like a mirror reflecting an endless array of strange phenomena.

In a single glance, Jiang Chengxuan felt as though he could see the vast expanse of the entire world, with massive amounts of information rushing into his mind.

Now, he had to calm his thoughts, focus, and carefully analyze the intricate web of cause and effect.

This was bound to be a long process, and it could not be interrupted. He had to remember every change in this moment, or else everything would start over, and he would have to begin again.

But at this moment, time was Jiang Chengxuan’s greatest enemy. He could not afford to waste even a second, and thus, he had to act with the resolve to succeed in one fell swoop.

This might be a long process, but it could also be incredibly quick.

Everything depended on a single moment.

Under the weight of countless thoughts and pressures, Jiang Chengxuan’s mind gradually became calm, his heart as still as water, and he let go of all distractions.

He grasped a glimmer of insight in his heart and followed it, extending it further and further!

He paid no heed to where the path would lead, nor the changes around him, focusing entirely on the task at hand!

As time ticked away, the world seemed to stand still. Finally, at a certain point, the wind and clouds suddenly shifted, and with that, Jiang Chengxuan opened his eyes, his gaze sharp as lightning!

In an instant, he didn’t see the scene before him. Instead, through the countless layers of cause and effect, he saw four groups of dark light gathering in the vastness of the world.

These were four ancient, mysterious runes, faintly visible, exuding an astonishing aura.

There was no doubt–these were the Four Primal Runes Jiang Chengxuan had been searching for!

However, surrounding them were four calamities: Lightning Strike, Fire Burn, Freezing Wound, and Poison Wound! These were the four most terrifying punishments for living beings, the purest manifestations of destruction and death in the world!

“Whoosh–!”

With a flash, the wild winds howled, and Jiang Chengxuan’s eyes glimmered. The storm in the sky calmed.

The dark light that had covered the entire world quickly dimmed. The formation in the void slowly faded, and the many items used for the deduction turned to ashes.

Even the Deductive Compass in his hand seemed to have aged through countless years, becoming dark and faded.

But there was no time to think about this. Jiang Chengxuan rose, carrying the Immortal Realm on his back, his gaze heavy.

Without a doubt, this deduction had succeeded. He had pinpointed the location of the Primal Runes.

But this was only the first challenge. Under the corruption of the ominous darkness, the place where the Primal Runes resided had already become a place of unimaginable danger–danger enough to kill even an Immortal.

And before the entire Xuanming Immortal Domain was consumed by the collapse, he had to act quickly to capture all four Primal Runes and restore them to their original state!

The challenges ahead were immense, and the task seemed nearly impossible, filling him with a sense of despair.