Chapter 646

After the great hall quieted down.

Lingxiao, the Daoist Master presiding over this meeting, who had been silent on the side, finally spoke with a smile:

"As the Lord of the Northern Prefecture stated, the ancestors sealed by the major powers are not merely ancestors of those powers, but ancestors of the human race of the Earthly Profound Realm."

"Therefore, Daoist Cen Zhe's proposal is not just an internal matter for the major powers, but a matter for our entire human race."

"Since there is disagreement, let us put Daoist Cen Zhe's proposal to a vote at this meeting!"

"According to the rules jointly established by the great experts of the Earthly Profound Realm, once Daoist Cen Zhe's proposal passes at the meeting, all powers must fully implement it."

Seeing Lingxiao speak, many in the great hall immediately echoed in agreement:

"Naturally so, let us vote!"

"Agreed! I also support Daoist Cen Zhe's proposal."

"As long as it benefits the development of the Earthly Profound Realm, I oppose no suggestion."

Afterwards, under Lingxiao's presiding, the many Mahayana realm experts in the great hall cast their votes on Cen Zhe's proposal.

The result was no surprise to anyone; Cen Zhe's proposal passed unanimously.

Even the three who had initially opposed it—Tianyuan Sect Master Wang Daoxuan, Daoxuan Sect Master Daoxuan, and Fahua Temple Abbot Shi Yongxing—ultimately cast their votes in favor.

After the voting concluded, Lingxiao nodded gratifiedly and said, "Daoist Cen Zhe's proposal has passed. Then, Daoists, upon your return, prepare to awaken the sealed ancestors!"

"For the Wood, Water, and Earth attributes, those who primarily cultivate the Wood Rule shall be arranged to enter seclusion at the Alliance in three years to comprehend the Wood Great Dao Laws."

"As for your major powers, first unseal the ancestors who primarily cultivate the Wood Rule."

"Grant the unsealed ancestors three years for adjustment. Three years later, they shall join the other cultivators of the Wood Rule to enter seclusion at the Alliance and comprehend the Wood Great Dao Laws."

"If no one has objections, then this meeting is concluded!"

Hearing this, Cen Zhe nodded slightly and said:

"I have no objections. Let us proceed according to Daoist Master Lingxiao's arrangement."

The others in the great hall also nodded in turn, agreeing with Lingxiao's arrangement.

Not long after, the many human Mahayana realm experts in the great hall departed one by one, flying toward their respective powers.

In the Eastern Region, within the Profound Heaven Sect.

As space rippled slightly, Cen Zhe's figure appeared atop Profound Heaven Peak.

Upon returning to the sect, Cen Zhe did not immediately return to his cave dwelling. Instead, he tore open space again and arrived at a special spiritual realm space within Profound Heaven Peak.

This space is precisely the core area of the Tier-Ten Spirit Vein of Profound Heaven Peak.

Like a Blessed Land, the core area of a Tier-Ten Spirit Vein forms its own space, effectively constituting a large, unclaimed Blessed Land.

Within this spiritual realm space, immortal mist swirls, spiritual energy surges, and various high-grade rare flowers and herbs are visible everywhere.

Even Tier-Ten spiritual plants, classified as heavenly treasures and earthly gems, are not few in number within this space.

Profuse, refined spiritual energy flows endlessly from every corner of this space.

This pure spiritual energy of heaven and earth is only slightly inferior to the Tier-Ten spiritual power refined by Mahayana realm cultivators.

On the ground, every short distance, spiritual energy gathers to its extreme, automatically compressing into liquid and falling as Tier-Ten Spirit Liquid.

Over time.

These Tier-Ten Spirit Liquids have long since gathered into interconnected, flowing Spirit Rivers.

Moreover, at every moment within this space, Spirit Liquid falls like raindrops onto various parts of the ground, merging into the major Spirit Rivers.

In addition, vast quantities of Supreme Spirit Crystals are piled up across the ground.

Some of these Supreme Spirit Crystals were condensed by this Tier-Ten Spirit Vein, while others were condensed by other Tier-Nine Spirit Veins within the Profound Heaven Mountain Range.

Aside from the Sect Treasury, this space is the true storage place for the Profound Heaven Sect's Supreme Spirit Crystals.

However, whether it be the Tier-Ten spiritual plants, the Supreme Spirit Crystals, or the flowing Spirit Rivers, they are all located in the outer regions of this space.

At this moment, Cen Zhe's figure hovered motionless above a colorful energy aperture with a diameter of a hundred li.

This energy channel, with a diameter of a hundred li, is the core area of this spiritual realm space.

As for the colorful energy channel beneath Cen Zhe, it is the main channel of the Tier-Ten Spirit Vein connecting to the Chaos, absorbing Chaos energy and transforming it into the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

Yet, this energy channel, with a diameter of a hundred li, does not currently have the endless spiritual energy of heaven and earth surging forth as one might imagine.

Only scattered wisps of energy, emitting a strange, colorful light, drift out from it, gathering above the diameter-hundred-li main channel of the Tier-Ten Spirit Vein and lingering for a long time without dispersing.

Indeed, because of the existence of this energy, the extremely dense spiritual energy in other areas of this space cannot approach, resulting in the absence of any other spiritual energy of heaven and earth within this hundred-li radius except for these wisps.

Around Cen Zhe, these wisps of energy emitting a strange, colorful light have accumulated as dense as clouds.

Directly in front of Cen Zhe lies the center of a vast amount of this energy emitting a strange, colorful light.

There lie numerous Immortal Artifacts accumulated over generations by the Profound Heaven Sect and nurtured here, along with seven coffins covered in profound Dao patterns.

As for this energy emitting a strange, colorful light, it is the legendary Immortal Qi, or what can be called Primordial Spiritual Qi.

The profuse spiritual energy transformed by each Tier-Ten Spirit Vein swallowing Chaos energy.

A portion is transported via branch channels to various parts of the Spirit Vein, just as the outer regions of this space are dotted with many nodes where branch channels release spiritual energy.

Thus, the outer regions of this space have a constant flow of spiritual energy surging forth from everywhere.

Another portion of the spiritual energy is compressed around the branch channels, gradually condensing into vast amounts of Spirit Stones and Spirit Crystals, gradually enveloping the many energy channel branches manifested by the Spirit Vein.

As time passes, the increasing number of Spirit Stones and Spirit Crystals appearing around these branch channels of the Spirit Vein will transform into branched Spirit Stone Mines.

As for the remaining portion of the spiritual energy.

It is repeatedly compressed and refined by the main channel of the Tier-Ten Spirit Vein, eventually transforming into the higher-level Primordial Spiritual Qi and dissipating outward.

This Primordial Spiritual Qi, or Immortal Qi, is the most critical factor enabling the major hegemonic powers to nurture Immortal Artifacts and maintain them in their peak state.

Looking at the seven coffins wrapped in Primordial Spiritual Qi, Cen Zhe was slightly dazed.

Within these seven coffins lie the Mahayana realm experts of the Profound Heaven Sect who were sealed and have successfully survived to the present day.

Aside from these seven individuals within the coffins, the others have exhausted their final lifespan during the long ages and have dissolved into the Dao within this spiritual realm space.

The Dao-essence of these powerful beings can be considered the final lingering grace left for the Profound Heaven Sect.

Over several million years, including those ancestors whose life force was not successfully sealed, nearly a thousand Mahayana realm ancestors who attained Dao-essence within this spiritual realm space have existed. Precisely because of this, the Profound Heaven Mountain Range gave birth to numerous high-grade spiritual veins, allowing the ever-increasing number of high-grade cultivators of the Profound Heaven Sect to worry no more about cultivation caves.

Even the Profound Heaven Sect's tenth-grade spiritual vein thus grew to the peak of the tenth-grade supreme grade, reaching the critical point for promotion once again.

Had it not been for the shackles of the laws governing the operation of heaven and earth, the Profound Heaven Sect's tenth-grade spiritual vein might have already promoted and transformed again.

After a brief moment, Cen Zhe gathered his spirit.

After pondering in place for a while, Cen Zhe's gaze turned toward the third coffin on the left.

He took out the Sect Master's Token of the Profound Heaven Sect, formed a Dao seal with his fingers, and struck it into the token.

"Hum!"

In an instant, the Sect Master's Token hovering before Cen Zhe trembled slightly; a beam of divine light shot forth from the token and struck into the coffin Cen Zhe was gazing at.

"Boom!" "Hum!" "Hum!" "Hum!"

After a torrential surge of energy shot skyward, the profound and mysterious patterns covering that coffin began to emit dazzling light.

As these profound and mysterious patterns lit up, the entire coffin also began to tremble continuously.

Not long after, when all fell into stillness, a spiritual sense wave, constantly strengthening, began to emanate from within that coffin.

At the same time, an ethereal voice of spiritual sense issued from within that coffin: "Who has summoned me?"

Hearing this voice, Cen Zhe bowed respectfully toward that coffin and said:

"Cen Zhe, the current Sect Master of the Profound Heaven Sect, pays his respects to Ancestor Xuanmu!"

Ancestor Xuanmu was a Mahayana realm ancestor of the Profound Heaven Sect from two hundred thousand years ago, whose primary cultivation was the rule of Wood.

Among the seven sealed ancestors of the Profound Heaven Sect, five primarily cultivated the rules of the Five Elements.

But among those five, only Ancestor Xuanmu primarily cultivated the rule of Wood.

Of the other six ancestors, one primarily cultivated the rule of Metal, one primarily cultivated the rule of Earth, and two primarily cultivated the rule of Fire.

The remaining two primarily cultivated rules outside the Five Elements.

Although merely awakening them would not affect the seal on the lifespan of these seven ancestors.

However, while in the sealed state, each awakening would, to some extent, affect the condition of the seven ancestors themselves.

If this were to affect the state of the other ancestors' comprehension of the Great Dao laws afterward, it would be far too much of a loss for the gain.

So after weighing the matter in his heart for a moment, Cen Zhe decided to first awaken Ancestor Xuanmu, who primarily cultivated the rule of Wood.

The other six ancestors would be awakened one by one when the time was right.

Although this would be somewhat troublesome, it was the most proper method.

Within the coffin where Ancestor Xuanmu lay.

After hearing Cen Zhe's words, Ancestor Xuanmu's spiritual sense wave paused for a moment, as if pondering something.

Perhaps because Ancestor Xuanmu's spiritual sense had just revived and his thought processes were somewhat sluggish, it took several breaths before Cen Zhe received a response again: "Why summon me? Has the Profound Heaven Sect encountered a life-or-death crisis, requiring my remnant body to fight for the sect?"

Hearing these words, Cen Zhe shook his head slightly and said:

"No, there is another reason for awakening the Ancestor!"

Speaking thus, Cen Zhe moved his spiritual sense, transmitting the events of recent years and the reason for this awakening to Ancestor Xuanmu within the coffin via the power of spiritual sense.

After a long while, Ancestor Xuanmu's voice of spiritual sense finally sounded again within the coffin: "Invasion by the Green Demon Realm? Clash between two races? The Plan of Realm Integration? The struggle between two realms for the status of the Great Thousand Realm? Law Crystals?"

"I never expected that, after I sealed that remnant life force hanging like a candle in the wind, so many interesting things would occur within the Di Xuan Realm."

"Pity, I was born at the wrong time!"

After a pause, Ancestor Xuanmu, whose spiritual sense had already revived within the coffin, did not break out of the coffin but refused, saying: "The method of lifespan sealing requires consuming vast resources of the sect."

"Among those successfully sealed in past generations, except for the sect's life-or-death calamity requiring them to fight for the sect, no one may break the seal for any other reason."

"Wasting the sect's vast resources in vain; I barely managed to seal my remnant life force. How could I give up halfway and break the seal while the sect is without worry?"

"Moreover, once fully unsealed, my lifespan will be less than a hundred years. Even with Law Crystals, I have little confidence in comprehending even a shred of the true meaning of the Great Dao of Wood within this time."

"I appreciate your kindness, but I cannot break the seal at this time."

"According to your plan, the Mahayana realm powerful ones of your generation may all ascend and depart soon."

"At that time, I will remain in the Profound Heaven Sect to protect the sect during its most vulnerable years!"

Having finished speaking, under the control of Ancestor Xuanmu's spiritual sense, the profound and mysterious patterns on the coffin where he lay lit up slowly once again.

Seeing that Ancestor Xuanmu was unwilling to break the seal and was preparing to fall back into a sealed state.

Cen Zhe frowned and could not help but speak up to persuade:

"Ancestor, our Profound Heaven Sect, as one of the hegemonic powers of the Di Xuan Realm, has dominated the Di Xuan Realm for millions of years, accumulating countless foundations during that time."

"Even if all the Mahayana realm powerful ones within our Profound Heaven Sect ascend and depart, it will be enough to maintain a peak state within the Di Xuan Realm."

"Now, there is hope for the Ancestor's path to be resumed; please do not abandon this hope due to the temporary glory or disgrace of the sect's future."

"Moreover, our Di Xuan Realm and the Green Demon Realm are now struggling for the status of the Great Thousand Realm."

"For every person of our Human Race who breaks through and ascends, the promotion speed of the Di Xuan Realm accelerates by one step, and the hope of victory increases by one measure."

"Compared to the grand situation concerning the life and death of the Di Xuan Realm, the temporary glory or disgrace of our Profound Heaven Sect's future counts for nothing; please, Ancestor, think thrice!"

Hearing Cen Zhe's firm voice, the gradually lighting profound and mysterious patterns on Ancestor Xuanmu's coffin gradually halted.

After a long while, Ancestor Xuanmu's voice finally sounded again from within the coffin: "Enough! Enough! For the Di Xuan Realm, for the Human Race, this old bones will fight once more!"

As the words fell, the lid of the coffin sealing Ancestor Xuanmu slowly opened, and a brilliant light radiance emanated from the gap.

After the coffin lid opened completely.

A slender body emitting a decayed scent sat up from within, then slowly stood and hovered in mid-air.

As time passed, Ancestor Xuanmu's slender body began to replenish and strengthen at a speed visible to the naked eye; the decayed scent emanating from his body was entirely removed.

When Ancestor Xuanmu's essence, energy, and spirit climbed to their peak state, the bearing of a flawless, supreme peak Mahayana realm powerful one reappeared before Cen Zhe's eyes.

(End of this chapter)