Chapter 436

"Why are there so many residual images in the spatial tunnel inside the five-colored altar?

It's just like residual images in the human mind's memory."

Qin Cang and the others were wrapped in a mass of misty force, and as the spatial power continued to envelop them, moving them toward the end of the spatial tunnel, he spoke in astonishment.

The walls of the spatial tunnel were covered with dense, net-like structures, and on the hexagonal star nodes of the crystalline network, transparent mist shimmered, with various miraculous images at the center of each mist.

In the images, people wore ancient attire, each image different, appearing before everyone's eyes like a movie.

Bibo Xianzi, Chilian, Heiyao, and others gazed at those extraordinary images, their spirits deeply moved by the scenes.

"Look quickly ahead—there is a massive stone tablet connecting heaven and earth."

At that moment, Heifeng pointed forward at the flashing light cluster and said.

The towering stone tablet within the light cluster emitted five-colored divine light, shrouded by mysterious auspicious clouds, with scenes of all beings worshipping swirling around the ancient tablet, accompanied by the roars of myriad beasts and flying Daoist law runes.

"It is actually the power of faith!"

Longling gazed at the worshipping figures around the ancient tablet, their heads emitting continuous threads of golden light converging upon the tablet, and spoke unexpectedly.

I, the true self Ye Qin, used causal power to guide ancient sages and emperors of Earth, allowing a true spirit to reside in the Earth's Qingguan Observatory, borrowing the power of faith from all beings to revive the ancient sages and emperors of past ages in modern times.

As for the power of faith, she is very familiar with it.

"Ancient God Sect!!!"

When everyone, following the spatial tunnel, arrived before the massive ancient tablet, they finally saw the inscription on it—those three grand characters were profoundly mysterious, condensed by the power of law, five-colored rosy light shining brilliantly like stars, dazzling beyond measure.

"I thought those giant figures in the images were dharma manifestations, never expecting they were actually cultivators of this sect." Upon seeing the three grand characters on the tablet, Qin Cang's face showed an expression of utter shock.

"Ancient God Sect?

Why has the Universe Cultivation World never heard even a trace of this sect?" Bibo Xianzi asked upon hearing this, her face showing deep confusion.

The Bibo Palace is one of the ten major orthodox forces in the Universe Cultivation World, its treasury of scriptures said to be extremely rich, yet Bibo Xianzi racked her brains and still could not recall any mention of the Ancient God Sect in the Universe Cultivation World.

"The origin of the Ancient God Sect is said to trace back to the primordial ages.

Its Dao lineage continued until ancient times, yet for unknown reasons, it vanished overnight from the Universe Cultivation World.

Even powerful investigators from major sects found nothing but strange deaths.

This matter also became an ancient taboo; no major power dares to mention it without cause.

Even the ancient imperial clan only has fragmented records."

Seeing everyone staring at him with curiosity, Qin Cang began to explain.

He comes from the Ancient Wood Imperial Clan; their history records the Universe Cultivation World trace back to the primordial ages, fundamentally not comparable to the orthodox and heterodox collections of the Universe Cultivation World, and he knows some secrets of the Ancient God Sect.

"Why do the mysterious cultivators of the Ancient God Sect have bodies of inconsistent sizes?

Even the shortest among them is several times taller than ordinary cultivators.

The tallest seems able to rival a star.

This is truly excessive." Longling gazed at the miraculous images on the spatial tunnel nodes and spoke curiously.

"Longling Daoist friend, you are unaware—this is all due to the cultivation method.

It is said the Ancient God Sect was founded in the primordial ages by a primordial god-powerful being, who used celestial spiritual power to nourish the soul, condensing soul power into the flesh.

As the cultivators of the Ancient God Sect advance in realm, their physical bodies grow accordingly.

It is said that those who possess supreme divine abilities can govern the primordial chaos, generating heaven and earth from yin and yang qi."

"Unfortunately, such a cultivation method has already been lost.

Now, the cultivation methods of the human race in the Universe Cultivation World are merely derivations of the five imperial sages' teachings." After saying this, Qin Cang's words carried a hint of regret.

Practicing the Ancient God's Dao, if one could have the opportunity to learn from it, one could surely seize the chance to analyze the true essence of life and the fundamental nature of the Dao, broaden the cultivator's vision, enable the Dao heart to transform, and thus forge a new path to invincibility.

"No wonder this meteor-fallen great教 ruins hide the Haotian Stone.

It turns out the Ancient God Sect actually has such a terrifying origin."

Gu Yinshi's face showed deep apprehension.

Qin Cang's words could be called a heaven-shaking secret; if transmitted to the Universe Cultivation World, it would surely cause tremendous upheaval, and even closed-off great powers would have to marvel at the mystery of the Ancient God Sect.

Longling listened to Qin Cang's words, yet his heart stirred with ripples.

Qin Cang's words reminded him of a mythological legend long circulated on Earth, "Pangu Opens Heaven."

It is said that when Hongmeng first opened, chaos was like a winnowing basket.

The great god Pangu gestated within chaos, and upon birth, wielded the heaven-opening axe to split the boundless chaos; the innate clear and turbid qi separated—clear qi rose to become heaven, turbid qi sank to become earth.

Pangu stood on earth, holding up heaven; as time passed, his body continuously grew taller, ultimately making heaven and earth separated by 108,000 li.

The ancient god Qin Cang spoke of originated from the primordial ages of the Universe Cultivation World, yet the Ancient God Sect's cultivation method bears some similarity to the Earth legend of Pangu Opens Heaven, which made Longling faintly feel as if he had touched some connection.

However, what exactly this causal connection is remains unclear to say.

"The Dao that can be spoken is not the eternal Dao.

The name that can be named is not the eternal name.

Nameless is the beginning of heaven and earth;

Named is the mother of all things."

Longling involuntarily spoke these words; upon hearing them, everyone was startled in their minds, all feeling this sentence profoundly mysterious, as if the indescribable Dao were being elucidated at this moment.

"The Dao that can be spoken is not the eternal Dao.

The name that can be named is not the eternal name."

Upon hearing this, Bibo Xianzi silently recited it in her mouth, her expression suddenly changing.

She is an innate Dao embryo; from birth, she has had an extraordinary closeness to the great Dao, and Longling's words actually communicated with the origin of her Dao embryo within her body.

Such a strange occurrence has never happened in her cultivation journey before.

Boom boom boom.

As everyone continued advancing through the void passage, the entire spatial tunnel suddenly exploded with a thunderclap from a clear sky, causing the whole tunnel to violently shake.

Everyone was greatly shocked, the black lightning was extremely strange, actually coming from the scene in the tunnel behind.

Those images were extremely blurry, yet one could vaguely see a mysterious black imperial gate emerging from the void of the Universe, shaking upon the ancient stele of the Ancient Gods Sect.

Heaven and earth trembled, yin and yang overturned.

A vast figure appeared indistinctly within the mysterious imperial gate, a finger shattering the sun, moon, and stars.

The heavenly-destroying, earth-annihilating power of laws surged and condensed into a nine-ringed black wheel, each ring bearing a mysterious world, suppressing the Ancient Great Teaching above with earth-shaking might, causing the supreme teaching to vanish directly from its original position.

As the Universe cultivators wished to continue their investigation, they found the viewing devices behind were all shrouded in black mist, only able to faintly hear heart-rending, helpless howls, unable to see anything at all.

This caused many cultivators present to break out in uncontrollable cold sweat.

"Truly terrifying, what exactly is that mysterious imperial gate?"

"And those nine-ringed black wheels, they are actually nine worlds." Heiyao felt his body go weak, his calves trembling as he spoke in a quivering voice.

"Even more terrifying is the vast teaching of the Ancient Gods Sect."

"The combined strength of all is unable to resist, directly being sealed and suppressed by merciless dust." Guinyin Shi's forehead beaded with cold sweat, he fiercely pinched his palm, squeezing out sweat.

Longling saw this, likewise unable to calm his heart for a long time.

The indistinct figure within the black imperial gate, a finger piercing the universe—this power is truly absolute heaven-reaching, far beyond human comprehension.

The Universe Cultivation World seems not as simple as it appears on the surface; they have touched upon a terrifying secret in this journey.

Longling's face showed a solemn expression, a sense of urgency arose in his heart, intending to return and report to the master Ye Qin, to discuss thoroughly.

Other Universe cultivators were similarly greatly shaken; the image of the Ancient Gods Sect being sealed and suppressed by dust is not meaningless.

The strong ones of the Ancient Gods Sect likely touched upon something terrifying, thus being mercilessly erased in ancient times.

Even if a teaching's beings wished to protect the Ancient Gods Sect, they could not escape the calamity of the strong ones of the black imperial gate descending to strike and erase.

Boom boom boom.

Everyone discovered a light point appearing ahead in the spatial tunnel; the runes within the tunnel compensated and sealed the spatial rift, dazzling power was activated to the extreme, stabilizing the spatial tunnel against collapse.

Longling and Bibo Xianzi began studying these runes, attempting to decipher their secrets.

Qin Cang and Chilian stood guard nearby, vigilant against any possible danger.

As the runes were deciphered, Longling and Bibo Xianzi's faces grew increasingly unpleasant.

Those mysterious runes were actually condensed from the supreme Dao laws; not only for suppressing and stabilizing the spatial passage, but if pieced together they conceal a heaven-shaking great secret, these runes contain the doctrine and true essence of power of the Ancient Great Teaching.

Everyone began attempting to communicate and comprehend, hoping to gain mysterious fortune from them.

However, the mysterious runes are too obscure and difficult to understand; even Longling and Bibo Xianzi only managed to grasp a few words by luck.

Buzz buzz buzz.

At this moment, space began to twist.

A drop of black blood hovered before the spatial tunnel, above it the blood slaughter power surged with terrifying corrosive force, even a corner of the spatial tunnel was corroded into nothingness, endless gang wind raged from the void rift, violent power swept all directions, causing people's bodies to tremble involuntarily.

Everyone felt their scalps go numb, sensing an unprecedented crisis.

They knew that drop of black blood might be related to the downfall of the Ancient Gods Sect; the Dao power upon it has endured endless ages and remains immortal, even time's law cannot wear it away.

"Everyone, matters have come to this; we must face difficulties head-on."

Longling's face showed a cautious expression; the cultivators accompanying him all raised their spirits to the utmost, to counter the raging storm in the void, to avoid the position of the black blood and head toward the exit of the spatial tunnel ahead.

Facing unknown power, the accompanying cultivators did not retreat.

Before the calamity, everyone was like grasshoppers on a rope; if not united and resolute in breaking through the difficult situation ahead, they would all die.

Boom.

Everyone's power gathered upon Longling, forming a golden light arrow, with Longling as the arrowhead and other cultivators as the shaft, swiftly flying toward the raging void storm ahead.

The speed of that golden light arrow was extremely swift, in the flash of lightning and fire it pierced through all void storms blocking the front, hard and fast scraping the tunnel wall, avoiding the position of the black blood, shooting into the light point ahead of the spatial tunnel.

As everyone left the light point of the spatial tunnel, they found themselves in a new world.

This world is filled with ancient and powerful aura; in the sky there is no sun, moon, or stars, only a sheet of chaotic gray.

At the center of that chaotic gray, a colossal sky-piercing ancient tree stands between heaven and earth, upon it Dao laws entwine, heavenly runes transform into various spirits dancing around it, the mysterious power upon the ancient tree is vast, forcibly opening a mysterious space.

Everyone who saw this scene was astonished to the point of appearing heavenly.

This ancient tree towers into the clouds, its trunk thick, branches and leaves lush, covering the entire field of vision, its roots deeply embedded in the earth, as if drawing all vitality from this space.

Around the ancient tree, countless cultivators are fiercely battling, spells and divine abilities intertwined, forming a magnificent battle scene.

Longling, Bibo Xianzi, Qin Cang, and Chilian exchanged glances, their hearts beginning to grow cautious.

The clothing and appearance of those cultivators are all different, coming from other major powers in the Universe.

The battle surely relates to the sky-piercing ancient tree; this tree is not only the center of this space, but may also be the key to hiding the Haotian Stone.

Longling, Bibo Xianzi, and others temporarily stayed outside the battlefield to observe; they discovered that above the firmament of this space there are densely packed five-colored altars, clearly the passages into this place are not only the one five-colored altar they just used.

Those five-colored altars float in the sky above, adorned with resplendent divine radiance; the divine radiance falling into the chaotic gray region is absorbed by the gray light, unable to taint the light of the chaotic gray region in the slightest.

This strange discovery made everyone feel utterly incredible.

"Truly miraculous, I never expected there to be a divine tree that gathers treasures."

"What exactly is this sky-piercing divine tree?"

At this moment Heifeng spoke in shock.

He noticed many cultivators seemed to be competing for treasures on the ancient tree, possibly related to the tree's power.

Qin Cang saw this, a mysterious willow branch appeared in his hand, the willow branch in this space seemed more active, it swayed gently, as if communicating with the ancient tree in some way.

Chilian saw this and attempted to pour the Three Lights Divine Fire into the willow branches, infusing the three great powers of sun, moon, and stars, causing the willow branches to quickly grow, in the blink of an eye becoming a golden sapling as tall as a person.

Longling signaled Qin Cang to use his technique, attempting to establish contact with the ancient tree; he believes the ancient tree certainly contains the wisdom and power of the Ancient Great Teaching, if communication is proper, perhaps they can obtain the tree's secrets, even the trace of the Haotian Stone in the divine treasury of the Ancient Gods Sect.

Buzz.

With their efforts, the ancient tree finally began to respond.

On the ancient tree, the golden leaves and branches on the canopy that covers the sky swayed gently, emitting soft rays of light; these rays gradually gathered into a beam of light pointing toward the ancient tree, and everyone followed the beam to the roots of the ancient tree.

Here, they discovered a massive cave, the entrance of which was protected by a layer of mysterious energy.

Seeing this, everyone's eyes lit up.

They did not expect that the Wood Emperor's willow tree would be so mysterious, its wood Dao origin power actually eliciting a response from the towering ancient tree, and moreover the towering ancient tree hummed and resonated, intertwining with the willow branches.

"This should be the passage to the ancient tree's core.

Perhaps the Haotian Stone is hidden there."

At this moment, everyone's faces showed excitement, having come through countless hardships, breaking through layer upon layer of perilous obstacles, they were finally about to achieve their goal.

Boom.

Facing the battle ahead of the ancient tree, no one retreated.

The Haotian Stone was right before their eyes, the passage had already opened, they must seize the moment while the fighting cultivators had not yet reacted to rush into the energy barrier at the cave entrance and enter the depths of the cave.

However, at this very moment, an ancient chanting sound came from within the cave.