More than ten Ancestor Gods had fallen at the same place. Their consciousnesses scattered, but their souls were not destroyed. Their consciousnesses gathered together and burned to form a divine light that could never be extinguished. It was known as the Eternal Light.
The last page of the Weapon Refining Sect's supreme canon recorded the speculated Eternal Light, which gave Xiao Chen an incomparable shock.
All of this was too inconceivable, and it felt so unreal. It was simply inconceivable.
The requirements for the formation of the Eternal Light were unimaginable.
How many Ancestor Gods were there in the world? Even counting the ones that had fallen, it was possible to count them. To form the Eternal Light, more than ten Ancestor Gods had to be buried in the same place. This was too shocking.
These were not half-step Martial Ancestors, where one could find dozens of them, nor were they ordinary cultivators, where one could easily find them. These were the legendary Ancestor Gods. From the start to the end of a civilization, there would never be more than ten Ancestor Gods.
Furthermore, the requirements for the formation of the Eternal Light were so harsh. It required more than two Ancestor Gods from the same civilization to be buried in the same place.
However, this was also somewhat inconceivable.
Ancestor Gods could not die a normal death. Their lifespans were endless; they could only die in battle.
After all, when an Ancestor God died, it was difficult to preserve their corpse and soul. The instant they died, it meant the destruction of their body and soul.
Otherwise, their enemies would not be at ease.
"Good. The Weapon Refining Sect is indeed one of the most ancient sects. You even know about the Eternal Light."
Xiao Chen paced around the cave twice before sitting on a stone chair. He said, "Continue to look through the books. You must find the place where the Eternal Light can appear."
The Weapon Refining Sect Elder's expression immediately changed. He said, "You … you want to put me under house arrest and make me serve you?"
"Before I came in, weren't you looking through the books as well?"
Xiao Chen appeared easygoing. He said, "I am not making things difficult for you. I just want to repair the sword and hitch a ride. If you can find the Eternal Light, you should understand how much benefit your Weapon Refining Sect will receive."
The cave was filled with books. They were all records of the Nine Provinces and the surrounding realms. There were many jade books and stone inscriptions. Many of them were ancient items from the previous civilizations.
The elder of the Crafting School had no choice but to accept this reality. He began to rummage through the area, trying to figure out where the ten or more Elder Gods were buried.
At the same time, the other caves were also very busy. The elders of the Crafting Sect and Wu Ming were all seriously reading the ancient books.
On the contrary, Xiao Chen was very relaxed. He put away the twenty-seven swords and clearly told that Elder that no one would be able to stop him here. Then, he hid on the Weapon Refining Sect's Deity Mountain and waited for the result.
Five or six days passed like this, and the few of them were still immersed in the investigation.
Xiao Chen entered the herb garden of the Weapon Refining Sect and picked some Spirit Fruits. After that, he divinized some invisible acupoints and sat down cross-legged, cultivating quietly.
Only on the ninth day did the few elders gather together. Xiao Chen also woke up at this time. He hid in the dark and quietly listened to their results.
"More than ten Ancestral Gods were buried in the same place. Even after searching the Nine States and the Four Corners of the World, it is still very difficult to pinpoint the exact location. However, there are a few areas that are important and are very likely to be the place we are looking for."
"That's right, I searched through all kinds of ancient books, but I didn't find a clear location. There are only a few areas that might contain the eternal light."
The few elders were discussing, Wu Ming was also at the side.
"I feel that the dragon's Sacred Mountain is a very suspicious place. That place is filled with mysteries, even the dragons themselves might not be able to understand it. I think that countless years ago, that place might be the resting place of more than ten Ancestral Gods. Otherwise, there wouldn't be so many strange phenomena."
Hearing an elder speculated like this, Wu Ming immediately nodded his head and said, "I agree, I also suspect that place."
"That makes sense, the dragon island has hidden too many secrets since ancient times, that place is definitely strange."
Another elder also nodded his head in agreement. At the same time, he voiced out his own speculation and said, "Other than that, I feel that the Devil's Plain in the World of Immortals is also an important place. That place is always shrouded in layers of mystery. In my previous life, laozi turned into meat paste on the Devil's Plain, it took me eight hundred years to reform my soul. At the same time, the Buddha was nailed to death on the Devil's Plain, he died of blood exhaustion. He was only able to reincarnate after a thousand years. From this, one can well imagine how evil that place is."
"The Devil's Plain is indeed suspicious."
Everyone present nodded their heads one after another.
At this moment, six elders gathered in the palace. All of them had their own opinions.
At this time, a middle-aged elder who looked rather calm spoke, "Just now, all of you were talking about other worlds, how could you forget about an important place in our world of cultivation?"
"How could we forget, we are only listing them one by one. You are talking about Sky Burial Valley, right?"
"Yes, that's the place."
The middle-aged elder nodded his head and said, "I feel that Sky Burial Valley is the most important place. It has been suppressed by the Heavenly Stele for countless years. Even though we don't know what secrets are hidden there, we can guess that it is definitely not an ordinary place. Moreover, from its name, we can speculate that there should be something buried there. It is very possible that it is the burial place of the Ancestral Gods."
"Very reasonable."
Everyone present nodded their heads, expressing their agreement.
"In the past, we didn't believe in the existence of the Eternal Light, but now that it has been proven to exist, if we make another deduction, it will be very easy to filter out some important places."
"Elders, the few places you have listed all have the same characteristic."
Wu Ming raised his own opinion and said, "All of them are suppressed by the Heavenly Stele, is this really a kind of coincidence? Or should we just go to the place suppressed by the Heavenly Stele to search?"
The six elders all revealed contemplative expressions.
Wu Ming continued, "If that is the case, we need to investigate that ghost town. Furthermore, we seem to have overlooked a very important problem — the yellow clay platform that Xiao Chen controlled in the past."
"That's right!"
An elder cried out in surprise, "That yellow clay platform has an extraordinary origin. It is said that it is forged from the flesh of the Ancestral Gods. Could the Eternal Light be hidden in there? Otherwise, with Xiao Chen's cultivation, how could he have died for a half-step Martial Ancestor? "
"That's right, it is very possible. We nearly overlooked the most crucial detail."
The other elders all agreed.
Wu Ming continued, "The most suspicious thing is that when Xiao Chen was fighting outside the Divine Capital Luoyang, a divine light shot out from the Divine Capital Luoyang and fixed the yellow clay platform in place, nearly causing Xiao Chen to meet with an accident. Before that, there was a rumor that there was a power under the Divine Capital that could resist the yellow clay platform. However, in the end, that resplendent divine light was absorbed by the yellow clay platform."
All the elders fell silent.
"Could the Eternal Light be hidden under the Divine Capital Luoyang and absorbed by the yellow clay platform?"
Everyone present creased their brows.
However, another elder quickly said, "It shouldn't be like that. If it was the Eternal Light, I'm afraid the yellow clay platform wouldn't have been able to take it away. After all, the legendary Eternal Light is formed by the divine souls of more than ten Ancestral Gods burning together. Rumor has it that the yellow clay platform is merely forged from the flesh of Nuwa, Fuxi, and several other Ancestral Gods. It shouldn't be able to contain the Eternal Light."
"This problem is very complicated. When I was looking through the ancient records, I inadvertently came across an astonishing record. Since ancient times, eight ghost cities had appeared in the nine prefectures. However, they were all destroyed. If we count the one that is still intact, then it should be the ninth one. Rumor has it that we can vaguely sense some residual energy fluctuations in the depths of the Divine Capital Luoyang. It seems to have an indescribable connection with the ghost cities that were destroyed in the past. Could the divine light that was absorbed by the yellow clay platform have rushed out from the ruins of the destroyed ghost cities?"
All the people present were seriously analyzing and discussing.
"I think we seem to have entered a misunderstanding. I firmly believe that there is a true resting place of the Ancestral Gods in this world. It has nothing to do with the ghost cities, and it also has nothing to do with the yellow clay platform."
The nine ghost cities were temporarily ignored by everyone. They began to discuss the other places that were the most suspicious.
"The Soul World has always been mysterious and strange. I feel that it is the most likely place where the Ancestral Gods are buried. I think the environment of the Soul World might be related to the fall of many Ancestral Gods in the same world."
"The Soul World is worth paying attention to because of the legendary evilest place."
As they discussed, they drew circles on the map of the few realms beside them.
In the end, they arrived at the Curse Realm. They all frowned when they saw this realm because they felt that they didn't know where to start. It was very difficult to delineate an important area.
It wasn't because the Curse Realm wasn't worthy of suspicion, but because it was too worthy of attention. However, it was hard to find the main point.
The Curse Realm maintained its most primitive appearance. Ancient forests stretched across the land, and barren mountains and huge ridges stretched across the majority of the Curse Realm. It was sparsely populated, and it was the most mysterious world among the few realms.
There were many remnants of civilizations that didn't belong to this era. Almost every area was hiding secrets that no one knew of.
In the end, they had no other choice but to draw a large circle on the entire Curse Realm.
"Alright, let's ignore the Curse Realm for now. Let's start from the following places."
An elder pointed at a few maps and said, "The Dragon Island's Sacred Mountain, the Immortal's World of Devils' Plain, the Cultivation World's Sky Burial Valley, the Nine Prefectures' Ghost City, and the Soul World's evilest place. Let's start from these five places."
"A place with eternal light will definitely have all kinds of extraordinary characteristics recorded on the last page of our sect's scripture. Immediately send our disciples to investigate secretly. This isn't something that can be done in a few days or months. It might take ten years, a hundred years, or even a thousand years. However, we must do our best to find it."
Xiao Chen left silently. Although there was a glimmer of hope in his heart, he felt that it was too uncertain.
Even though the Crafting Sect had delineated a few important areas, he still felt that it was not very reliable. He returned to Yandu on the same day. He was going to see the Martial Imprint. Who knows, he might be able to find some clues from it.
At the same time, in the Crafting Sect, Wu Ming slapped his forehead and said, "Silly, I forgot something important. I said that I can get some important information from the Martial Imprint."
After a few elders asked about the situation, two of them immediately accompanied him to Yandu.
The Martial Imprint was definitely an ancient artifact. Who knows, it might really know the shocking secret of the eternal light.
At this moment, a storm was brewing in Yandu. Cultivators from all over the nine prefectures had all gathered here. There was only one goal — — the Martial Imprint.
"H-h-h-h … Motherf * cker, I-I-I # @ @ > > > # …"
When Xiao Chen returned to Yandu, he happened to bump into Chrysus in the Forbidden Garden. That guy was so angry that he was stuttering again.
"What's wrong with Chrysus? Why is he stuttering again?"
"I-i-i-i … I'm so angry! T-t-this damned Martial Imprint, it actually dares to ridicule me like this. I'm a proud son of heaven, but I'm actually evaluated as a mediocre person. H-h-h-he looks down on me, so I look down on him instead! "
Xiao Chen laughed heartily without the slightest sympathy.
At the side, Killing Vanquishing Wolf was also furious. He said hatefully, "He actually told me that a skeleton like you is here to join in the fun. He even advised me to return to the yellow earth. This is intolerable."
Tian Ya's face was also filled with unhappiness. He said, "Damn it, he's a demon, he actually …"
At this point, Tian Ya's face turned red from anger. He could not continue.
Xiao Chen asked with a smile, "What exactly did he say to you?"
Qi'er laughed heartily and said, "That demon's scripture was very amiable to Tian Ya. It very politely told him to go back and continue drinking milk."
"I'm so angry!"
Even the good-tempered Tian Ya was about to go berserk.
"I'll go and meet him as well."
Below Yandu, in the Forbidden City Remnant, a purple aura soared into the sky.
There were people everywhere in this underground ruin. All of them came because of the fame, wanting to obtain the scripture.
Xiao Chen saw many old acquaintances among them. War Sovereign Mabao, Five Elements Heavenly Kings, and so on. He even sensed the auras of half-ancestors and angels.
He did not even know how many half-ancestors came!
It was easy to imagine how tempting the Martial Ancestor Scripture was. Even half-ancestors were tempted.
"Martial Ancestor Scripture, can I inherit the true meaning of martial arts?"
"A thousand years of aptitude …"
"Ah, I'm a rare talent that only appears once in a thousand years? Does that mean I can cultivate the scripture?"
"You can see ten million people like you in a thousand years."
The Martial Ancestor Scripture ruthlessly attacked.
"What about me?"
"What a waste. You really deserve to be struck by lightning."
The Martial Progenitor True Scripture was truly infuriating.
"I, I, I … I was once evaluated as a rare talent that only appears once in a decade."
"Next."
A few more people stepped forward and bowed respectfully towards the ball of green light.
"What about me?"
"So mediocre that I can't bear to look at you!"
The people in the distance were dumbfounded. This Martial Ancestor Scripture was too … unorthodox.
At this point, Chrysus and Killing Vanquisher Wolf could not help but start to feel lucky.
"I, I'm so angry!"
Just seeing this made Chrysus furious. He stammered, "He, he, he also evaluated me like that. He said that I deserve to be struck by lightning."
The Forbidden City Remnant was in ruins, but it was filled with Spiritual Energy.
Just at this moment, Xiao Chen saw the angelic Holy Deity walking forward.
"What about me?"
"You …"
The Martial Ancestor Scripture seemed somewhat shocked. He nodded. Just when everyone thought that he approved, he said, "You fail. You're too weak."
When the angelic Holy Deity heard this evaluation, her body shook visibly. She was definitely angered.
Which half-ancestor was not an outstanding talent? To think that he received such an evaluation.
Just at this moment, the yaksha half-ancestor also walked forward and asked, "What about me?"
"Not good enough. Very mediocre."
The moment Xiao Chen said that, the yaksha half-ancestor's complexion turned somewhat green. This Martial Ancestor Scripture was truly hateful. To think that it evaluated him like that. If an outstanding talent like him was considered mediocre, then were there any outstanding talents in this world?
"You said that the two of us are mediocre? Then let's see if you're qualified to say that."
The yaksha half-ancestor and angelic Holy Deity pressed forward at the same time. They dodged all the purple Qi in front of them. Even the Spiritual Roots of the earth trembled.
"You two?"
The Martial Imprint was indifferent. His tone was truly infuriating. He said, "Cultivate for another ten thousand years."
The yaksha half-ancestor and angelic Holy Deity did not say anything else. They pressed forward at the same time. The Myriad World enveloped them, trying to shatter the hazy azure light.
However, the power of the world could do nothing to the azure light. In that instant, the azure light shone brightly. The yaksha half-ancestor and angelic Holy Deity were forced to take ten-odd steps back. It was unknown if the two suffered a great loss. Their expressions changed, and they revealed themselves.
Following that, with a flash of light, the two disappeared.
"That's … two half-ancestors?"
"It's the yaksha half-ancestor and angelic Holy Deity!"
As the crowd discussed, they were even more convinced of the extraordinariness of the Martial Ancestor Scripture. Even a half-ancestor was attracted over. One could easily imagine how important this scripture was.
At this moment, those who had doubts all rushed forward for the Martial Ancestor Scripture's selection.
The War God King, Battle King Ma Baao, Fire Spirit King, Sea God King, Yimu King, Big Earth King, and Thunder God King appeared one after another.
Ye Jing and the others from the cultivation world also showed themselves.
Zhao Chongyang, Xue Wu, Meng Xianni, Canghai, and Oxman also arrived.
However, the Martial Imprint's mouth was too vicious. Facing these geniuses who could control the wind and rain, the evaluation he gave was simply too horrible.
"With your talent, you might as well commit suicide."
"The Heavenly Dao is unfair. How could it give birth to such a mediocre person like you?"
"It's a miracle to have a trash like you."
"I can't be bothered to evaluate your horrible talent."
Ma Baao, the War God King, the Fire Spirit King, the Thunder God King, Ye Jing, Zhao Chongyang, Xue Wu, Meng Xianni, and Canghai all wanted to find a place to hide. The Martial Ancestor Scripture was too vicious.
These were definitely the geniuses of the Nine Provinces and the Four Cardinal Worlds in the past thousand years. However, they received such an evaluation. This made these geniuses all blush.
In the end, when it was Oxman's turn to step forward, the Martial Ancestor Scripture said something even more vicious, "You came to the wrong place. You should go find the Demonic Ancestor."
"F * ck, I'm a human, okay?"
Oxman shook his huge bull horns.
"Then you should go find the Demonic Ancestor."
The simple and honest Oxman also went berserk from anger.
Xiao Chen could tell that the Martial Ancestor Scripture was born with a vicious tongue. Making him evaluate it was purely asking for trouble.
However, just at this moment, the Martial Imprint noticed him and said, "You …"
Seeing that this poisonous tongue wanted to evaluate again, Xiao Chen took a step forward and said, "You're not up to standard. You're too weak, too horrible to look at. It's truly a miracle that a scripture like yours could be passed down. The Heavenly Dao is unfair. You should be struck by lightning. I can't be bothered to evaluate you anymore."
Everyone was dumbstruck. What was this guy doing here to vent his anger? That was the Martial Ancestor Scripture, was he really not tempted at all?
The Martial Imprint seemed to be in a daze. It did not expect someone to be so rebellious, not caring about it at all.
"It's you … it's you, you terrible brat?"
The hazy azure light pulsated continuously as if it was observing Xiao Chen and explaining to everyone, "The reason why I'm so demanding is that once you're chosen by me, it means that you have the qualifications to become an Ancestor God!"
Everyone was horrified. The inheritor of the Martial Ancestor Scripture had to have the potential to become an Ancestor God. Even if they searched for several lifetimes, they would not be able to find one.
Seeing that the Martial Imprint was going to evaluate him again, Xiao Chen quickly said, "You can't teach me. I'm not here for you to choose. I have something to ask."
Following that, he sent a secret voice transmission, "You stole a portion of my remnant soul and accepted it as your disciple, so you owe me a favor. Right now, I only have one thing to ask you. Do you know where the Eternal Light is?"
"Of course, I know where the Eternal Light is."
The Martial Ancestor Scripture replied.
Everyone was stunned. Almost no one knew what the Martial Ancestor Scripture meant. However, the expressions of all the half-step Martial Ancestors who came here changed. If they could find this legendary item, it was very likely that one of them could become an Ancestor God!
"You … are really a blabbermouth!"
Xiao Chen felt extremely frustrated. He had not expected this fellow to blurt it out so carelessly.
"Let me think. Oh, the Eternal Light seems to be on Dragon Island's Holy Mountain, Devil Plains, Heavenly Burial Valley, or one of the evilest places in the Soul World."
"…"
Xiao Chen was utterly speechless. How can this fellow be like this?
Does it really know? To think that it said it so carelessly.
Far away, Wu Ming was also speechless. He felt an urge to curse.
Light flickered, and sonic booms rang out endlessly. The half-step Martial Ancestors left through space.
In just one day, the news of the Eternal Light spread throughout the world. Everyone knew about it.
In less than three days, all the cultivators in the four great realms knew about it.
The personal disciples of the half-step Martial Ancestors spread all sorts of secrets about the Eternal Light.
"Ten Ancestor Gods fell in the same place? I'm not dreaming, right?! "
"The result of burning the soul light of more than ten Ancestor Gods?"
"Where are the bones of more than ten Ancestor Gods buried?"
The words of the Imprint of Martialism stirred the world. Everyone was searching for the Eternal Light, for the burial place of the Ancestor Gods.
The world was in a state of turmoil. The peaceful Dragon Island was frequently invaded. Dragon roars shook the sky.
The Dragon Race's peak half-step Martial Ancestor, the Divine War Monarch, went on a killing spree. He killed dozens of cultivators who didn't know when to retreat. He even heavily injured a half-step Martial Ancestor.
After that, he swore in the name of the Ancestor Dragon that the Dragon Race's Holy Mountain was not the burial place of the Ancestor Gods. In the end, he even invited several half-step Martial Ancestors to search together. Only then did the Dragon Island calm down.
At the same time, the people who went to Devil Plains and Heavenly Burial Valley did not gain anything.
In the end, many cultivators rushed to the evilest place in the Soul World. Almost half of the half-step Martial Ancestors set off for this.
The Eternal Light possessed an unparalleled charm. Even the half-step Martial Ancestors found it hard to resist that temptation.
The Soul World's ancient forests had a primitive style. However, the Yin Qi was very heavy. Even though it was noon, people still felt a chill.
White bones could be seen everywhere on the plains and in the mountains.
No one knew which era these bones were left behind. Just by digging a hole, one could dig out a few cold and hard corpses.
Xiao Chen had also entered the Soul World. This was the first time he came to this world and found the most evil place in the legends. However, before he could find it, he was already trapped in a boundless and incomparably desolate reddish-brown rocky mountain.
Unexpectedly, he lost his ability to fly here. Furthermore, he found it very difficult to move. It was like this place was filled with a vast and unfathomable mysterious energy, affecting everything here.
Xiao Chen could not make out his bearings or find a way out.
Xiao Chen knew that there was definitely an unimaginable ancient formation here with startling might that could trap a half-step Martial Ancestor.
After being trapped here for half a month, when Xiao Chen entered an even taller stone mountain, he saw a broken stone stele with a few words carved on it. His expression immediately changed.
"… killed an otherworldly realm's Ancestor God … here!"
The place where the name should have been carved had been erased by someone's finger. However, the remaining words were still very clear.
An unparalleled expert killed an otherworldly realm's Ancestor God here!
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