Novel Full Chapter 273: The Truth Behind the Destruction
Chapter Two Hundred Seventy-Three: The Truth of the Destruction
From the very beginning, the one he was speaking to was not Yun Yichen standing before him.
The Great Demon’s Egg in the Fallen Sword Mountain Range would become the starting point of the calamity for the Chenping Continent.
If Mr. You wanted to witness the end of fate, then in this current timeline, the place he was most likely to appear was this very Fallen Sword Mountain Range.
Of course, all of this was just Chen Yan’s speculation.
Chen Yan’s voice echoed through the forest, tragic yet tinged with a sliver of hope.
But nothing happened.
There was no so-called Mr. You, only Chen Yan and Yun Yichen standing in confrontation amidst the trees, and their respective shadows.
Wind blew from the side, messy strands of hair slapping against Chen Yan’s face, expressionless, cold and hard as iron.
His eyes were the same.
Yun Yichen would not kill him.
Being able to conceal his own cultivation, capable of activating spiritual energy, and even knowing the secrets within the Fallen Sword Mountain Range.
Chen Yan was still useful to the current Sect Leader of the Kongshan Sect.
“Sect Leader Yun.”
Chen Yan slowly began to speak:
“The world knows that the greatest difference between the Lower Three Realms and the Middle Three Realms, and the Upper Three Realms, is whether one can directly activate and use spiritual energy. So, what is the difference between the Nine Realms Below Immortality and the Immortal Ascension Realm?”
“Immortal Qi.”
Yun Yichen replied indifferently.
Spiritual energy is born between heaven and earth, nourishing all things.
Immortal Qi, however, is the original, profound energy that gives birth to heaven and earth.
“So that’s how it is.”
Chen Yan, with his severed arm, laughed out loud:
“Might I ask, Sect Leader Yun, have you ever seen Immortal Qi?”
“……”
Yun Yichen did not speak.
Since the fall of Su Hongzhen, the First Sword Immortal of the Chenping Continent, seven thousand years ago, the path to immortality in this world had been severed, and no cultivator had ever stepped into the Immortal Ascension Realm again.
Only on those immortal artifacts still existing in the world could some remnants of the immortal path be seen.
However, remnants of the immortal path could not be considered Immortal Qi.
“Hahahahaha!”
Chen Yan laughed heartily:
“In that case, today I will let Sect Leader Yun, broaden his horizons!”
The Clear Rainbow, derived from the Hidden Immortal Art, was mobilized by Chen Yan from within his Martial Spring.
Dozens of strands of Clear Rainbow intertwined into one within Chen Yan’s Martial Spring, and then Chen Yan began to activate the Great Derivation Art.
Immediately after, his Martial Spring completely evaporated in an instant.
At his fingertip, a point of profound, wondrous clear light, even more dazzling than the one he produced last time at the Tomb of the Star-Paying Respects, was born.
The true origin of this world, Immortal Qi.
Yun Yichen, standing three zhang away from Chen Yan, his pupils contracted sharply. He clearly felt the terrifying power emanating from that point of profound, wondrous clear light.
If struck, he would die.
Moreover, activating Immortal Qi?
What kind of monster was that? In this era where the path to immortality was completely severed, why would someone be able to activate Immortal Qi?
He clearly wasn’t even an Upper Three Realms cultivator. Based on the probing he had done on him not long ago, his cultivation was at most only at the Spirit Connection realm.
But…
There was no more ‘but’.
Yun Yichen, a Unity realm cultivator, the current Sect Leader of the Kongshan Sect, along with the thousand-acre forest blocking Chen Yan’s path, completely evaporated in the blink of an eye.
“Pfft!”
A mouthful of blood sprayed from Chen Yan’s throat. Then, he could no longer stand and collapsed directly onto the ground.
All his meridians were shattered. Continuing like this, it would take no more than the time it takes for one stick of incense to burn before he would die.
Chen Yan knew he could still be saved.
Because that Nine Revolutions Chaos Heaven Tempering Meridian Pill was right in his pocket.
But Chen Yan had no intention of taking that pill. Instead, he prepared to re-enter the Cycle of Reincarnation.
He held no personal grudge against Yun Yichen. In fact, back when Chen Yan was still in the Kongshan Sect, Yun Yichen had even helped Chen Yan a great deal.
But he had to kill Yun Yichen here.
Because Chen Yan had to eliminate the risk of a dead end.
Next, all Chen Yan needed to do was wait for death, then confirm the change in the reincarnation save point, and replan his actions.
Darkness filled Chen Yan’s vision, his spiritual consciousness gradually dissipating.
Suddenly, in his dazed state, he seemed to feel someone tapping twice on his body, as if trying to seal his meridians.
But it was unsuccessful.
If last time, when his meridians were completely shattered, they were like many pieces of broken glass.
Then this time, his meridians could be said to have shattered into glass fibers.
“Even an immortal would find it hard to save you, impossible to save!”
A familiar young cultivator’s voice sounded next to Chen Yan’s ear.
Chen Yan struggled to open his eyes, but now he could only vaguely see a shadow clad in plain-colored daoist robes slowly squatting down in front of him.
“If you have any last words, you better hurry up and say them, otherwise you won’t finish.”
Mr. You sat down beside Chen Yan, saying with a smile.
“…What on earth, should I do?”
Chen Yan’s voice was hoarse, black clots of blood coughed up from his throat.
“In the current era of the Chenping Continent, there are a total of seven Immortal Ascension Realm cultivators, or rather, seven reincarnations of Immortal Ascension Realm cultivators.”
Mr. You said slowly.
Seven reincarnations of Immortal Ascension Realm cultivators?
“Aside from myself, I only know two of them. One is Jingchen of the Heavenly Summit Mountain, the other is Kong Yang of the Kongshan Sect.”
Immediately after, Mr. You continued.
Kong Yang, True Person Caiyun?
“You mean to say, only by finding the reincarnations of the seven great powers of the Immortal Ascension Realm can we…”
“No.”
Mr. You interrupted Chen Yan’s weak voice:
“To change all this, what needs to be done is to uproot the Cause of Calamity.”
Uproot the Cause of Calamity?
“But the Cause of Calamity…”
“The Cause of Calamity was already planted within the Great Dao of the Chenping Continent long ago. It was only after the path to immortality was severed that it was exploited by those with ulterior motives.”
Mr. You said:
“However, one point is not wrong. The Cause of Calamity is indeed the chief culprit that led to the severing of the Chenping Continent’s path to immortality.”
Chen Yan roughly understood what Mr. You meant.
“After uprooting the Cause of Calamity…”
“It means that seven Immortal Ascension Realm cultivators will appear simultaneously in this era.”
Mr. You said:
“By then, even if this Great Demon’s Egg was formed from Su Hongzhen’s corrupted dao foundation, before seven Immortal Ascension Realm cultivators, it naturally wouldn’t be worth mentioning.”
“The Cause of Calamity, what exactly… is, is it…”
“It is the truth behind the destruction of the Heavenly Summit Mountain.”
Mr. You said slowly:
“Sixty thousand years ago, after the Heavenly Summit Mountain was destroyed, the Five Great Sects divided all the legacy of the Heavenly Summit Mountain among themselves. This included the Heavenly Summit Mountain’s sect-protecting treasure, and also the only dao artifact in the history of the Chenping Continent, the Heavenly Summit Mirror.”
Dao artifact, Heavenly Summit Mirror?
Chen Yan’s consciousness grew increasingly blurry.
“No matter whose hands this dao artifact fell into, it would make the Five Great Sects restless. For this, they came up with a method: to split the Heavenly Summit Mirror into five pieces, each holding one fragment.”
Mr. You continued.
“One only needs to bring any one of these fragments and step into the Heavenly Summit Palace. Then, from within the fragment of the Heavenly Summit Mirror, one can glimpse the truth of the Heavenly Summit Mountain’s destruction back then, and thus uproot the Cause of Calamity. Then, very likely, the Chenping Continent will usher in…”
The words that followed, Chen Yan could no longer hear.