In the dark and serene grand hall, the floor was paved with thick black stones. In between the black stones, there were bits and pieces of beast bones. Yi Yun and Jiang Xiaorou followed the former Desolate Queen through the black stone passageway. The walls on both sides were hung with weak fluorite lamps.
"It's here."
The former Desolate Queen pushed open a heavy stone door. Inside the stone door was a spacious grand hall. On the ground of the grand hall, there was an altar about a foot tall. There was a six-pointed star array engraved on the altar.
The array's runes were twisted like tadpoles. It looked extremely simple and crude. After looking at it for a while, Yi Yun felt that it was different from the grand and majestic teleportation array he had in mind.
He turned his head to look at the former Desolate Queen and asked with uncertainty, "Is this the ancient teleportation array that Senior Jiang used to travel between the Divine Wilderness and the 12 Empyrean Heavens?"
According to Yi Yun's expectations, the teleportation array would occupy a large area, just like the Desolate race's divine bone altar that symbolized divine authority.
However, the teleportation array in front of him was only about a hundred feet wide. Compared to a teleportation array that could traverse the endless Universe, it appeared rather small.
The former Desolate Queen knew what Yi Yun was thinking. She nodded and said, "This is it … However, it cannot actually allow you to traverse the Universe."
"There are many spatial nodes connecting the 12 Empyrean Heavens and the lower realm. A spatial node can connect two distant locations together. Through the spatial node, one can go to the 12 Empyrean Heavens."
"Originally, the Tian Yuan world was a sealed land, so the spatial nodes were sealed. However, tens of millions of years ago, when the Tian Yuan world's seal was unsealed, these spatial nodes were opened. The purpose of this teleportation array is to send you to a spatial node that connects the Tian Yuan world and the 12 Empyrean Heavens. This distance is not considered far. What is truly far is the endless void that you have to traverse through through the spatial node."
"Teleportation arrays are man-made, but those spatial nodes are naturally formed by the laws of the Universe. Spatial nodes can teleport even further, but they do not need to expend energy. They are laws in themselves."
When the former Desolate Queen said this, Yi Yun felt mixed emotions. The laws of the Universe were extensive and mysterious. Naturally formed spatial nodes could connect to the distant Universe.
If a warrior wanted to completely understand these profound laws, they would probably only be able to understand a drop in the ocean their entire lives. As for those who could truly control a portion of the Heavenly Dao, they would be able to reign supreme in the 12 Empyrean Heavens. They were existences that controlled all life.
"Mother, passing through the spatial node isn't that easy, right?"
Although Jiang Xiaorou already knew of her father's background, the teleportation array her father used to travel between the 12 Empyrean Heavens and the Divine Wilderness had always been sealed in an underground palace by her mother. She did not know its exact location, and today was the first time she saw it.
"It really isn't easy." The former Desolate Queen nodded. "With your strength, it is impossible for you to pass through the spatial node. In the spatial node, there are many spatial storms. Once you enter, you will encounter many dangers. It will also be difficult to determine where you land. If you're not strong enough, you might be torn to shreds by the spatial storms, or you might be lost in the spatial turbulence forever, unable to find your way. "
When the former Desolate Queen said this, she looked at Yi Yun. "Yi Yun, the reason why I brought you and Xiaorou here today and told you the location of the ancient teleportation array is because I hope that one day, you will be able to bring Xiaorou away from this world to the 12 Empyrean Heavens."
The former Desolate Queen's words stunned Yi Yun.
"This world is an abandoned land of death … Xiaorou has inherited the bloodline of both the Desolate race and the ancient Fey race. Her talent is extraordinary, so I can stay in this land of death and continue completing my mission. I can lead the Desolate race to open up and survive in this land of death for the rest of my life. That is enough. It can be considered as me accounting to the Desolate race. I do not want Xiaorou to stay here and waste her life … "
The former Desolate Queen said these words slowly. Jiang Xiaorou grabbed the former Desolate Queen's hand tightly and was momentarily at a loss for words.
Yi Yun felt somewhat repressed. "Senior, you say that this world is a land of death?"
"The world that sealed the Ancient Gods and Demons has long been sacrificed and abandoned by the Ancient Gods. If not for the Azure Yang Lord accidentally entering this world in the sinkhole tens of millions of years ago, this place would be forever isolated from the 12 Empyrean Heavens. We would also be like frogs in a well, forever not knowing how vast the world outside is."
"Even later on, when the Azure Yang Lord removed some of the seals, the number of spatial nodes that appeared was pathetic. There might only be one or two. To the 12 Empyrean Heavens, this world is probably like an ant's nest hidden in the mountains. It is difficult to find. Over tens of millions of years, the number of people from the 12 Empyrean Heavens that came to this world through spatial nodes must be pitifully few … "
What the former Desolate Queen said was just her speculation. However, she knew the history of the Azure Yang Lord from tens of millions of years ago, and she had lived with Jiang Xiaorou's father, who really came from the 12 Empyrean Heavens. Her speculation was probably very close to the truth …
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After parting with the former Desolate Queen, Yi Yun's heart felt heavy.
Was the Tian Yuan world just a land of death abandoned by the Ancient Gods? Yi Yun always had plans to head to the 12 Empyrean Heavens. The former Desolate Queen said that his current strength was insufficient, so it should be sufficient once he reached the Heaven Ascension realm.
As for the Black-armored Demon God that suddenly appeared …
Yi Yun shook his head. Before he left, the former Desolate Queen had repeatedly exhorted Yi Yun not to seek out the Black-armored Demon God.
The Black-armored Demon God had engaged in wanton slaughter in the Tian Yuan world, absorbing large amounts of life force from the dead to repair his life and soul that was about to collapse.
Among the people that were killed, there were many heinous crimes that deserved to die, but there were also kind people and innocent commoners. It was not that Yi Yun was cold-blooded, but he was indeed not the Black-armored Demon God's match at the moment. Even though the Black-armored Demon God was extremely weak, and there was a possibility of his soul collapsing, Yi Yun did not have the ability to cause his soul to collapse.
Before he had sufficient strength, Yi Yun could only hide in the Divine Wilderness and wait. He was in dire need of time.
Returning to the Lin family's residence, Yi Yun saw a figure with fluttering clothes from afar.
It was a bluestone mound. The bright moon hung high in the sky, scattering its cool radiance. Lin Xintong was dressed in snow-white clothes. She stood quietly at the peak of the bluestone mountain, under an ancient pine tree.
In the dark blue night sky, there was a river of stars. This river of stars extended all the way to the horizon, bathing Lin Xintong's body. Water-like starlight flowed down her body and long hair, as if she was one with Lin Xintong. At this moment, all her acupuncture points were open as she breathed in and out the endless starlight …
Upon seeing this scene, Yi Yun's heart stirred. Lin Xintong cultivated pure Yin laws, and the way she breathed in and out the power of the starlight and Yin Moon was a derivative of the laws she cultivated.
Seeing Lin Xintong cultivate and gain Dao enlightenment would always give people a picturesque beauty, making them unknowingly sink into it.
This beauty did not only come from Lin Xintong herself, but also from the Dao she gained insight into. Under the moonlight, Lin Xintong had perfectly fused with the Dao she gained insight into, giving her a harmonious feeling of being one with Heaven and Man.
Dao was nature, and nature and harmony was beauty.
Yi Yun's lips moved slightly as his voice entered Lin Xintong's ears through the night wind. "Xintong, follow me. I'll bring you somewhere …"
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