Chapter 438: Entangled in Sin

The teleportation divine ability cultivated by Qin Mu, belonging to the Heavenly Devil Cult, differed significantly from the blood sacrifice teleportation used by the foreign devil gods. The latter was more primitive and ancient, while the Heavenly Devil Cult's method was founded upon spatial numerology, requiring profound mastery of arithmancy.

The key distinction between the two abilities was that the Heavenly Devil Cult's teleportation understood both *how* and *why* it worked, seeking and finding solutions. Blood sacrifice teleportation, in contrast, only understood *how* it worked, not *why*, prioritizing utility over comprehensive understanding.

This difference presented Qin Mu with an opportunity to interfere with their teleportation array.

"Gray Immortal," Qin Mu instructed, "take Deaf Grandpa and me underground. I need to examine the rune arrangements on their altar. Then I will perform the teleportation divine ability, and Deaf Grandpa will draw the runes I use. Dragon King God, you come too; I'll need your vital qi."

Qin Mu quickly added, "Grandpa Apothecary, you all stay here and guard Granny Si and the Imperial Preceptor's bodies."

With his plan decided, Gray Immortal immediately flew them down from the Sun Ship. "Don't move," he said, "I'll take you through the ground." With a shake, he transformed into a giant rat, and a swirling gust of demonic wind enveloped Qin Mu, Deafy, and Dragon King God, burrowing into the earth.

Qin Mu felt himself traveling rapidly underground. After a short while, he suddenly stopped. The space before him became incredibly vast, and looking around, he indeed saw the magnificent scene Gray Immortal had described.

A colossal divine statue rose from the earth, only to be bound by numerous chains. At the intersection points of these massive chains, palaces stood as suppressors. From beneath these palaces, several more chains extended, securing a long, north-south oriented saber.

The saber was incredibly bright and held fast by chains, as if to prevent it from flying away.

The saber was so long that Qin Mu couldn't imagine anyone wielding such a massive weapon.

As the unfortunate divine statue ascended, it precisely struck the saber's blade, its incredibly solid head sliced to the brow.

On the raised palm of the divine statue, more than a dozen tall stone figures were busily constructing a massive altar. These stone figures and the altar were very large, but they appeared minuscule compared to the divine statue itself.

Of course, Qin Mu and Deafy were even more insignificant.

Qin Mu activated the Nine Heavens Eye Opening Technique, meticulously examining the rune markings on the altar and committing them to memory. Gray Immortal shuttled him around, and after a long time, he finally finished inspecting all the rune markings surrounding the altar.

"Gray Immortal, stop."

Qin Mu mused, "Let's go into one of those palaces. I'll set up there and perform some calculations."

Gray Immortal led them to one of the palaces. This palace had a long floating bridge connecting it to the underground cliffs, suggesting that someone had lived there in the past, guarding the subterranean space.

Qin Mu stood on solid ground and looked around. The vermilion hall's gate was tightly sealed, and with his divine eye, he could see extremely complex restrictions and seals on it, making entry impossible.

"We'll do it here then."

Qin Mu took out a Taotie Bag and rummaged through it, retrieving various calculation tools. There were hundreds of items, dazzling to behold, including Wuji Discs, Taiji Discs, Five Elements Beads, Bagua Discs, and more. Even within the same type of Bagua Disc, there were different constructions, and various *yao* and *gua* could be moved. Different structures required different calculation tools, hence the immense number of them.

He levitated these calculation tools with his vital qi, and instantly, countless tools in the air began to split, combine, and rearrange themselves. The complexity of the calculations left Gray Immortal and Deafy dumbfounded and dizzy.

After a moment, an incredibly complex calculation tool, spanning over ten zhang in diameter, appeared in the air. It incorporated binary, quaternary, senary, octal, nonary, decimal, hexadecimal, and sexagesimal systems. Countless unique parts moved automatically in the air, powered by Qin Mu's vital qi, with continuous clacking sounds.

Various abacus beads also appeared in the air, constantly bouncing up and down.

And there were squares and cubic columns, continuously evolving in varying lengths.

"Can you understand this?" Gray Immortal whispered to Deafy.

Deafy waved his hand and replied, "I can't hear you."

Gray Immortal didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

Suddenly, Qin Mu shook the Taotie Bag, and the calculation tools in the air swiftly flew into it, vanishing.

"Done with the calculations! Deaf Grandpa, it's your turn!"

Qin Mu, invigorated, activated his vital qi, and a set of teleportation divine ability arrays immediately appeared in the air, with various runes lighting up.

Deafy looked up, picked up his brush, and swiftly drew an array diagram in the air with fluid strokes. The rune markings were identical to those of Qin Mu's teleportation divine ability.

The drawing technique he used was precisely the "world within a painting" technique Qin Mu had once mentioned to him. Previously, his painting method was from inside out—drawing wind would manifest wind, drawing thunder would manifest thunder. Now, it was from outside in, with a world contained within the painting itself.

Qin Mu dispersed the teleportation divine ability, then activated his vital qi again, causing another type of teleportation array to appear in the air.

Deafy drew the second teleportation array. Gray Immortal leaned in to look at the painting and was stunned. The drawing Deafy created in the air was clearly two-dimensional, yet looking into it, one could perceive space within the flat image, identical to the teleportation divine ability Qin Mu had performed!

Due to his cultivation limitations, the divine ability Qin Mu performed had a limited range and power. However, Deafy's painting, while not appearing large, shocked Gray Immortal when he looked closely: the space within the painting was incredibly vast, perhaps several miles in area!

Qin Mu performed the teleportation divine ability once more, asking Deafy to draw a third diagram. After Deafy finished drawing it, Qin Mu instructed him to place the third diagram beneath his feet.

Deafy paused, not understanding the intention, but complied nonetheless.

A beam of light shot from Qin Mu's eyes towards the space above the large saber. "Deaf Grandpa," he said, "place the first one here."

Deafy flicked his brush, and the first diagram flew out, landing where Qin Mu's gaze had fallen. The diagram gradually faded and disappeared.

Qin Mu silently calculated for a moment, then another beam of light shot from his eyes, landing on the abdomen of the divine statue. "Place the second diagram here," he instructed.

Deafy made a grand stroke with his brush, and the second diagram flew out, perfectly accurate. The second diagram also faded and disappeared.

Qin Mu breathed a sigh of relief and smiled, "This way, the demonic races from beyond cannot teleport here via their blood sacrifice altars."

Gray Immortal frowned slightly and asked, "That's all it takes?"

Qin Mu nodded.

Gray Immortal was still uneasy. "Are you sure?" he pressed. "If those demonic armies are teleported here, they'll self-sacrifice to revive this divine statue, which would cause an immense catastrophe! Are you certain your two teleportation divine abilities can disrupt their blood sacrifice altar?"

Deafy was also concerned and asked anxiously, "Mu'er, where will your three diagrams send those demonic armies?"

Qin Mu hesitated. "I can't change their teleportation destination, only interfere with it…"

Gray Immortal sighed. "Only interfere? Does that mean the demonic armies will still be teleported here?"

Qin Mu nodded and explained, "Teleportation involves spatial displacement. Spatial displacement requires extremely precise arithmetical calculations. I'm using two teleportation arrays to interfere with the mirrored connection between their two altars. Although the interference is slight, for extremely precise arithmetical calculations, a slight deviation leads to a huge error, and even a minor blur causes an enormous divergence. There's no room for any error. As soon as they activate both altars, they will…"

"Human Emperor Qin, this won't do!"

Gray Immortal stated decisively, "This is a matter of life and death! We cannot rely on minuscule deviations or blurs! No, I'll go find the Poison King and have him poison all the teleported demons to death! You all come with me!"

A gust of demonic wind enveloped the three of them. Just as they were about to leave the underground space, a majestic power suddenly roared from another world, traversing vast distances of time and space!

The space around them instantly warped. Above their heads, the vast stone ceiling twisted and rotated, forming a colossal vortex. Everything within the vortex was distorted, gradually turning into nothingness.

*Hum—*

An immensely thick beam of teleportation light shone from the vortex, piercing through to illuminate the grand altar in the divine statue's palm!

It was light projected from the depths of another world's void, penetrating Deafy's first diagram and landing on the altar!

On that hand, numerous stone figures stood solemnly, half-crouched and half-kneeling around the altar, chanting loud and deep demonic words, seemingly reciting a spell.

At this moment, the second teleportation array diagram drawn by Deafy lit up. The immensely thick teleportation beam immediately underwent a subtle, almost imperceptible change.

Suddenly, countless figures of demonic armies appeared within the teleportation light. Tens of thousands of demonic troops were arriving from another world!

"It's too late…" Gray Immortal's heart turned cold.

No sooner had he thought this than a sudden anomaly occurred. The countless demonic troops within the teleportation light suddenly twisted, shattering into countless corpses within the light stream!

The entire massive teleportation light pillar turned blood-red. Countless beings screamed and wailed within the light pillar, but it was all in vain!

Gray Immortal was startled. Qin Mu's voice reached him: "Dragon King God, possess me!"

Gray Immortal quickly looked at Qin Mu, only to see him standing in the center of the third diagram, with Dragon King God possessing his back, transforming into a dragon-shaped pattern.

Qin Mu's aura surged, but his expression was somewhat somber. "Gate of Heaven's Legacy."

A towering gate appeared behind him. The teleportation light pillar twisted and surged towards him, and countless demonic troops buzzed as they passed through this gate one after another.

Suddenly, a corpse was thrown from the gate, landing with a thud at his feet. It was the body of a demon race member who had been teleported to this world. Its limbs were twisted, and its head had grown on its chest. Evidently, an error had occurred in the spatial teleportation, causing its physical body and spirit to reassemble incorrectly, leading to disarray!

This demon's physical body died a violent death, while its spirit remained in Youdu!

*Thump, thump, thump—*

Suddenly, countless corpses spewed forth from the Gate of Heaven's Legacy. In an instant, a mountain of corpses appeared around Qin Mu!

The mountain of corpses grew higher and higher, filling the area around the great hall.

"Everyone, don't blame me…"

Suddenly, he activated the third diagram, and a massive teleportation array erupted, emitting blinding light that sent everything around the palace outwards.

Gray Immortal and Deafy were also teleported out, appearing in mid-air. Before they even landed, they saw countless severed limbs and scattered body parts raining down from the sky, a shower of corpses descending upon the Great Ruins' night. More bodies continued to fall.

They looked up. On the other side of the teleportation light, the Gate of Heaven's Legacy stood majestically. Before it, the young man's eyes were filled with sorrow as he buried tens of thousands of demonic troops.