Chapter 604: Kunlun Void

Whoosh!

Memory surged into his mind like a flood bursting a dam, instantly overwhelming Jiang Feng.

He remembered everything.

He remembered his name was Jiang Feng, remembered that he had been schemed against, and remembered Dongfang Jue……

His body shuddered violently, as if those wounds had come alive again.

It was him.

The man before him.

He was the one who pulled him out of that hell.

Jiang Feng lifted his head and looked at the man standing at the edge of the platform.

The man still wore that calm expression, his gray robe swaying gently in the mountain wind, the wooden hairpin holding up his long hair with a few strands falling over his shoulders.

He just stood there, as if he had been standing for thousands, even tens of thousands of years.

Jiang Feng took a deep breath, braced himself against the golden rock, and slowly rose to his feet.

His legs were still weak, his hands covered in blood, his clothes torn to rags. Yet he stood straight, his waist rigid.

He bowed deeply toward that man.

"Jiang Feng, thank you for saving my life, senior."

That thanks came from the bottom of his heart.

If it weren't for this man, Dongfang Jue's Soul Melting Technique alone would have been enough to utterly destroy his mind.

He dared not imagine what he would be like now.

The man watched him bow, his expression unchanged.

He waved his hand casually.

"No need for formalities."

His tone was flat.

"If Xuan Yuan hadn't asked me, I wouldn't bother saving someone as foolish as you."

Jiang Feng's body tensed slightly.

It was Master who asked this man to save him.

Jiang Feng's eyes felt sore, but he held back, refusing to let tears fall.

The man continued speaking, his tone laced with undisguised disdain.

"The Grand Void Nourishing Spirit Scripture is my Kunlun Secret Method; I am passing it to you in hopes that you will expand the prestige of our Kunlun sect. I never expected you to fail to see through such a simple scheme."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Feng's face filled with even greater astonishment!

So this senior was the mysterious black-clothed figure who left behind the Grand Void Nourishing Spirit Scripture?

The man shook his head, the corners of his mouth turning down slightly.

He showed no attempt to hide his contempt!

"You really think that with Xuan Yuan's influence you can run rampant across the world? Even the whiskers of the Primeval Clan dare to provoke you, you brat—you're bolder than Xuan Yuan himself."

Jiang Feng's Adam's apple rolled up and down once, and he said nothing.

The Primeval Clan.

The Eastern Family is one of the Primeval Clans.

He had long known the Eastern Family was not to be trifled with, but he never imagined their influence could be so vast, nor that they would set up such a massive scheme for the spacetime laws.

He was indeed too careless.

It wasn't mere carelessness; he was simply too self-assured.

He thought he was a Kunlun Descendant, that Master's influence would protect him, and that his half-step Martial Ancestor cultivation was enough to keep him safe. So what happened?

He was trussed up like a chicken and taken from Jiangcheng to Jiashan Prison, where an Iron Hook pierced his Pipa Bone and the Soul Melting Technique tormented his Divine Soul, nearly killing him there.

If it weren't for the man before him, he would already be dead.

Jiang Feng lowered his head and remained silent for a long time.

Then he raised his head, looked at that man, cupped his fists, and asked.

"Senior, do you know my Master? I don't know who you are……"

The man's brow furrowed slightly, as if he were growing impatient.

"Who I am is not something you're qualified to know yet."

His tone was direct, leaving no room for negotiation.

Jiang Feng froze for a moment, but quickly came to terms with it.

This man could pull him from the deepest dungeon of Jiashan Prison, could command a Kunlun Sacred Beast like Lu Wu, and with a single glance could make a Martial Ancestor Strongman like Dongfang Jue feel the fear of impending death.

His status and standing were absolutely beyond what he could aspire to now.

Not being qualified to know—that truly meant he wasn't qualified.

Jiang Feng asked no further, merely nodding.

The man's gaze swept over him from head to toe, then he gave a slight nod.

"To reach the Summit of the Infinite with a mortal body—you haven't disgraced the face of a Kunlun Disciple."

His voice wasn't loud, but every word was crystal clear.

Jiang Feng's complexion changed in an instant.

His eyes widened, his mouth opened slightly, and his whole body froze as if struck by lightning.

"Senior, you said…… this is the Summit of the Infinite?"

His voice trembled slightly.

Is it the Boundless Peak in the Kunlun Xumi Jing?

The man gave a faint smile.

Not bad, you have some insight.

Jiang Feng completely understood.

Kunlun is the immortal mountain of the world, the holy land in the hearts of all cultivators. But within Kunlun, there has always been a rumor. The so-called ancestor of the immortal mountain is not the surface Kunlun Mountain, but the legendary Kunlun Void.

Kunlun Void is an existence older and more mysterious than Kunlun.

It is said that there is the entrance to the immortal realm, it is said that ancient divine spirits slumber there, it is said that there are secrets mortals can never reach.

And the Boundless Peak is the most central place in the Kunlun Xumi Jing.

Jiang Feng had only heard this name from his master before.

Master said it was a place even he had never been to, said it was the ultimate place that tests the divine soul and will, said only true powerhouses could reach the summit.

He thought it was just a legend.

He never expected it to be real.

Moreover, the mountain he just climbed up is the Boundless Peak.

Jiang Feng turned his head to look around.

Golden rocks, glowing veins, surging clouds beneath his feet, distant mountain peaks emerging from the cloud layers.

All of this is real, not an illusion, not a dream.

He suddenly understood why he had been rejected by this mountain for so many years.

The Boundless Peak tests not the body, not cultivation, but the divine soul and will.

He was wounded in the divine soul by Dongfang Jue's Soul Melting Technique, lost his memory, had his cultivation sealed, and his whole person was like an empty shell.

Such a him could never be accepted by the Boundless Peak.

He changed.

He didn't become stronger; he became whole.

He used his own flesh and blood to climb this mountain that even his master had never come to.

Jiang Feng took a deep breath, his gaze toward that man filled with respect.

He now finally knew who that man was.

The guardian of the Kunlun Void.

In legend, the person who guards the entrance to the Kunlun Secret Realm is someone only the most powerful cultivators are qualified to hold.

No wonder he could command Lu Wu, no wonder his strength is unfathomable, no wonder he doesn't even put the ancient clans in his eyes.

Here is the true Kunlun.

Jiang Feng stood there, looking at this golden peak, at the surging clouds beneath his feet, a feeling welling up in his heart that he could not put into words.

He had stayed here for who knows how many years, each day climbing the mountain, each day being bounced back, each day failing. He thought he would never climb it in his lifetime, that he would grow old and die in this place.

But he did not give up.

He climbed up.

With his blood, his sweat, his flesh, his bones.

Inching his way up.

Jiang Feng remained silent for a long time, then raised his head, looked at that man, and spoke.

"Senior…… I don't know when I can go back."

The man's gaze fell on him, and he fell silent for a moment.

"Go back?"

He repeated those two words, the corner of his mouth twitching slightly.

"You haven't even summited the Boundless Peak yet, and you already want to go back?"

Jiang Feng froze for a moment, looked up at the golden cliffs above that were still in the cloud layers.

"Not summited yet?"

The man turned around and walked upward.

"Come on, Lu Wu is still waiting up there."

"When you can stand on the true summit, when will you be qualified to ask this question."