The interior of the Star Tower was similar to a Buddhist pagoda.
Jiang Wang stood in the middle of the tower, not knowing which level he was on.
Looking around, the ceiling, floor, and walls all had the color of gold dust.
On the wall, there was a dazzling golden Buddhist shrine hanging at regular intervals.
In the shrine, there were all kinds of golden Buddha statues, vivid and lifelike.
The way this Star Tower appeared was not exactly the same as when the Seven Stars Tower appeared when the Seven Stars Mystery Realm opened, but it followed a similar principle.
Or it could be said that Master Guan Yan used some method to imitate the opening of the Seven Stars Mystery Realm, thus completing his guidance.
Jiang Wang could not see the situation outside, but he could feel that the entire Star Tower was moving.
As there was no target for comparison, there was no way to judge the speed. But it was definitely faster than Tian Xili's Dao technique, and also faster than the streak of starlight that Tian Anping used from the Fu Bi Tower.
Thinking of Tian Anping, Jiang Wang could not help but think —
Ji Cheng was his fortress, and Fu Bi Tower was his crossbow?
The last time Jiang Wang delivered the decree, he had a very strange feeling. Tian Anping's Inner Mansion seemed to be outside, and cultivated together with Ji Cheng.
And on this night when he sneaked into the Seven Stars Valley, he showed his hand again, attacking from afar through Fu Bi Tower, and his power did not seem to be inferior to Tian Xili's.
Were these all Tian Anping's methods to bypass the cultivation restriction? Under the restriction of the Inner Mansion Realm, he used Fu Bi Tower and Ji Cheng to indirectly use the power of the Divine Descent State?
He seemed to have put the cultivation system outside his body, and used it to escape the restriction imposed on his physical body. In a sense, Fu Bi Tower and Ji Cheng could be counted as his body …
He was really a terrifying figure that defied common sense.
If he had not been sealed for the past ten years, how terrifying would Tian Anping be today?
Tian Chang kept a low profile, and Tian He kept a low profile. Although they had their own motives, it was also because Tian Anping was too terrifying. They did not dare to take the risk of Tian Anping's attention too quickly.
Otherwise, with their abilities, they would have been able to rise to prominence long ago.
Jiang Wang did not let his imagination run wild for too long. The Star Tower flew for a while, and suddenly stopped.
Like a pagoda made of sand crumbling in the wind, everything that made up the Star Tower turned into specks of star sand that flowed in the air … and all of it fell into a single palm.
The owner of the palm was wearing a White Moon Monk Robe. His shiny scalp glowed with a jade-white light, and his face was very handsome.
It was Guan Yan.
This place was still filled with towering trees, and the forest was so deep that it covered the sun. That was why the starlight was so conspicuous.
However, the surrounding environment was indeed difficult to take away any of his attention from Guan Yan.
"Senior!" Jiang Wang was surprised. Of course, there was also joy on his face.
The last time he left, Master Guan Yan's True Spirit was only able to wander in the cracks of the world, and only with the help of Su Qiyun's Spirit Jade could he temporarily appear.
But now, he had already revealed his physical form. It was obvious that he had made a huge breakthrough.
Guan Yan's face was slightly tired, but his smile was still warm. He casually put away the ball of star sand and said, "Come with me, little friend."
Seeing Jiang Wang looking at the Star Sand in his hand, he explained, "This is the Star Tower that I built when I established the Outer Tower. Because I spent a lot of effort on it, it didn't disintegrate after I died, but I lost contact with it …
Later on, when I became like this, I didn't need it anymore. This time, in order to guide you, I specially found it. I used it to connect to the Seven Star Tower's mystic realm. "
This once again broke Jiang Wang's understanding!
It turned out that the Star Tower could be so powerful that it could still exist independently after a person died!
It turned out that the Star Tower could be used as an artifact other than cultivating one's body, preaching Dao and projecting starlight!
He instantly felt that the Outer Tower cultivators he knew and the Star Towers he had seen before were all unreal.
Master Guan Yan seemed to have completely guessed Jiang Wang's thoughts. He explained, "Of course, the Star Tower I built back then was a little different from ordinary ones. As I said, I spent a lot of effort on it … "
This was called "a little different"? What kind of effort did you have to "spend a lot of effort on it"?
Jiang Wang was speechless. However, thinking of Master Guan Yan's Mind-Reading Ability, he didn't dare to criticize too much.
Guan Yan continued, "Don't worry, I didn't use Mind-Reading Ability on you. It's my ability, but it's not my right. Under normal circumstances, I won't use it. The last time you came to the Forest Ocean Origin World … I didn't have enough control over my True Spirit state and couldn't control the Divine Ability I found. Now, however, I can control it. The reason why I seem to be able to see what you're thinking is just a general feeling and not the power of the Divine Ability … "
Jiang Wang could completely understand Master Guan Yan's words.
When he wasn't using the Astray Divine Ability, he could sometimes use his grasp of the battle situation to create the effect of astray. This was a habit that gradually formed after mastering the Divine Ability, or rather, an instinct.
Guan Yan possessed the Mind-Reading Ability and had seen the hearts of countless people. Naturally, he could see through some people most of the time without using the Divine Ability.
What really moved Jiang Wang was Master Guan Yan's words, "It's my ability, but it's not my right".
After mastering great power, it was very easy for Transcendental cultivators to develop the illusion of "being a god" and view all living beings as nothing more than weeds.
However, in Jiang Wang's eyes, this was just a sign that one's mind wasn't strong enough to control the power.
If one really had the power to peek into other people's minds, how many people would be able to restrain themselves from doing so?
Even Jiang Wang himself wasn't sure if he could do it.
He sighed with emotion. "For many people, the power of their ability is where their right lies …"
Guan Yan gave him a deep look. "At least for you, young friend, that's not the case … We've arrived."
It wasn't until he finished speaking that Jiang Wang realized that he had unknowingly followed Guan Yan to a fallen piece of rotten wood.
This was an abnormally large piece of rotten Divine Dragon Wood, and it looked like a wall on the ground.
Jiang Wang naturally recognized it — this was the landmark that led to the Forest of Hanging Skulls, which was also Yan Xiao's lair.
However, he had just arrived in the Forest Ocean Origin World and had clearly only taken two steps with Guan Yan, so how had he already arrived at the Forest of Hanging Skulls? When they had first set out from the Divine Shadow Land and arrived at the Forest of Hanging Skulls, it had taken them quite some time.
"This is the power of the Laws." Master Guan Yan's explanation had always been timely, and he rarely waited for Jiang Wang to ask.
So it was because of Master Guan Yan's influence that they had arrived at this place in just two steps!
Jiang Wang had a rough idea of what had happened.
He had experienced something similar once before.
Back when Daoist Chong Guang had sent him to the Bewildering World to atone for his sins, the colors had been lost, the images had been peeled off, and the scenery had been replaced … He had also arrived there in an instant.
However, Daoist Chong Guang's experience was definitely not as natural as Master Guan Yan's experience.
It was so natural that Jiang Wang felt as if he had only taken two steps with Master Guan Yan, and it was so natural that it was as if he had no emotions at all.
However, this wasn't the main point of this trip. Jiang Wang glanced at his surroundings and couldn't help but ask, "Senior, did you ask me to come to the Forest Ocean Origin World this time … because a new Yan Xiao has been born?"
In the Forest Ocean Origin World, besides Master Guan Yan, there was something else that had left a deep impression on Jiang Wang … and that was Yan Xiao.
An undying bird, a vicious bird that ate skulls.
"When Yan Xiao cries, it will eat a hundred heads."
Their group had clearly killed Yan Xiao and completed the so-called mission of the Dragon God, but right before they left the Forest Ocean Origin World … they had heard Yan Xiao's voice again!
That was why Jiang Wang had thought of Yan Xiao when Master Guan Yan had mentioned that he had something to discuss with him at the Star Moon Origin World.
Now that they had returned to the Forest Ocean Origin World, Master Guan Yan had immediately led them to the Hanging Skull Forest, which had further verified their suspicions.
That was why his question had been very direct.
Guan Yan stared at the giant piece of rotten wood in front of him and sighed softly. "Yan Xiao has never died."
"How could that be?" Jiang Wang couldn't believe his ears.
During their last trip to the Forest Ocean Origin World, he, Wu Quji, Su Qiyun, and Qing Qishu had worked together to kill Yan Xiao. In fact, Qing Qishu, who was always trying to "get close" to Yan Xiao, had been sacrificed in that battle.
After the battle, they had dismembered Yan Xiao and brought Yan Xiao's beak back to the Modern Realm. He had asked Lian Que to refine it into the Slaughter Spike, which he then refined into the Buzhou Wind …
All of this was real.
How could Yan Xiao have never died?
Then what had they killed?
Guan Yan said, "What you killed last time … was a projection, a shell, a Divine-rank expert."
"Projection? Shell? Divine-rank? "The more Jiang Wang listened, the more confused he became.
Guan Yan raised a finger and tapped his forehead.
His Heart Connection also allowed him to know my heart and understand my intentions.
Guan Yan's memories slowly flowed into Jiang Wang's mind.
Eight hundred years ago in the Forest Ocean Origin World, Yan Xiao had been born from evil. He had knocked on the door, begged for food, and devoured human skulls.
After the Forest Ocean Sacred Clan's many attempts at resistance had failed, they had decisively chosen to "hunt for skulls". They had given up on direct confrontation with Yan Xiao and instead chose to slaughter the other clans in the Forest Ocean Origin World. They had sacrificed their own clansmen and sacrificed them to Yan Xiao.
With the Dragon God's protection, the Forest Ocean Sacred Clan was the strongest clan in the Forest Ocean Origin World. Not a single clan could stop the Forest Ocean Sacred Clan from hunting.
Ever since then, the Forest Ocean Origin World had been plunged into a long period of darkness.
This was a cruel history of slaughter, a bloody story filled with filthy blood. The chaos lasted for three hundred years.
When Guan Yan descended, the Forest Ocean Origin World was already in a state of complete chaos. Hatred, slaughter, blood … all the evil in human nature had surged into the Forest Ocean Origin World.
If Yan Xiao was the Forest Ocean Origin World's greatest demon, then the Forest Ocean Sacred Clan was the most savage executioner.
The "Dragon God Emissaries" who had descended at the same time as Guan Yan were all hunted down and killed by the Forest Ocean Sacred Clan. Their heads were eaten by Yan Xiao. Only Guan Yan was an exception …
Another five hundred years later, Jiang Wang and the others had descended. The other "Dragon God Emissaries" who had descended at the same time had all died from various accidents. Only Jiang Wang, Su Qiyun, and Wu Quji had survived. They had helped the Forest Ocean Sacred Clan hide in the Land of Divine Shade, killed Yan Xiao, and completed the Dragon God's mission …
But this wasn't the entire truth.
How was Yan Xiao born?
Just like Jiang Wang, Guan Yan was also searching for the answer to this question.
According to the ancient records that Su Qiyun had read —
"After Yan Xiao's death, his evil thoughts continued to linger. Only one out of a hundred thousand Yan Xiao's heads would be born from his head … and its name was Yan Xiao. "
This was probably the oldest record of Yan Xiao in Heaven Pilfering Manor, and it was recorded in the form of a legend.
Of course, it was very believable.
However, the Yan Xiao that had caused the Forest Ocean Origin World's chaos had not been born in such a manner.
Guan Yan, who possessed the Mind-Reading Ability, was able to see through the secrets of the human heart once he put all his effort into searching for the answer.
After "questioning" everyone who had a direct connection to Yan Xiao, especially the elders of the previous generation of Forest Ocean Sacred Clan who had served as Grandma Little Annoying …
Guan Yan found the answer.
The Forest Ocean Origin World's Yan Xiao had not been born with evil thoughts naturally. Instead, it had been deliberately nurtured by a certain existence.
And that existence … was the Forest Ocean Origin World's "Dragon God"!
It was the Dragon God who had created Yan Xiao and instilled fear in the Forest Ocean Sacred Clan.
It was the Dragon God who had led the Forest Ocean Sacred Clan into slaughtering the other clans.
Even the "Night Invasion" that had swept through the Forest Ocean Origin World and killed countless living beings had been accomplished by the elders of the Forest Ocean Sacred Clan using a forbidden art and borrowing the power of the Dragon God! That was essentially the result of the Dragon God's manipulation!
Then what was the Dragon God?
Why did the Dragon God do this?
Why had he become the source of all the suffering in the Forest Ocean Origin World despite being a god?
Guan Yan began to trace the history of the Forest Ocean Sacred Clan.
With great courage and intelligence, he risked his life to search for the truth lost in time.
He discovered that the Forest Ocean Sacred Clan had not been a "sacred clan" from the beginning. Even the Divine Shadow Lands, which were of great significance to the Forest Ocean Sacred Clan, had been snatched from other clans.
It was only after they worshipped the Dragon God that they received his protection and were bestowed with the power of the Dragon God … Under the guidance of a divine decree, the Forest Ocean Sacred Clan rose to power step by step and became the strongest clan in the Forest Ocean Origin World, becoming the so-called "sacred clan".
And finally, they became the master of the Forest Ocean Origin World.
During this process, the Dragon God grew stronger and stronger and slowly became the only true god of the Forest Ocean Origin World!
Guan Yan's memories came to an end at this point. These were the truths he had discovered in the history of the Forest Ocean Origin World. One had to realize that when he had first arrived in the Forest Ocean Origin World, his cultivation base had only been at the Inner Palace Realm.
He had fought against the entire Forest Ocean Origin World and the Dragon God who had caused all the tragedies. He had discovered the history of the Forest Ocean Origin World by himself!
Jiang Wang's mind was shaken, and he could not help but ask, "So Yan Xiao, the invasion of the night, the period of darkness … were all part of the Dragon God's plan to strengthen himself? Just like how he helped the Forest Ocean Sacred Clan rise to power? "
The relationship between the Dragon God and Yan Xiao explained many of the doubts he had left behind in the Forest Ocean Origin World, but it also gave rise to many new questions.
"I believe that they are of the same origin," Guan Yan said.
"Does that Dragon God want to destroy the entire Forest Ocean Origin World? Or does he want to devour it? " Jiang Wang was even more confused. "As a god, I cannot understand how he can benefit from killing his own believers!"
Even though Jiang Wang did not dare to claim that he understood the cultivation of the divine path, he had some general knowledge about it. After all, the Modern Realm's Country of Peace and Country of Mu were both divine path countries, and he had been to them before. He had also encountered the White Bone Path who wanted to establish a divine nation in the Modern Realm.
He knew that the divine path placed great importance on believers.
And this Dragon God had gone to great lengths to strengthen the Forest Ocean Sacred Clan, but instead of thinking about how to unify the faith of the entire Forest Ocean Origin World, he had gone to great lengths to create a legendary bird of utmost evil to exterminate the living beings of this world.
It was truly incomprehensible.
"At first, I did not understand either. Later on, I realized that the Dragon God's goal was not the Godhood …"
Guan Yan raised his head and looked at the sky —
"It was this!"
Jiang Wang followed his gaze and saw the lonely Alioth Star hanging high in the sky!
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