Chapter 1504

"Sesis's giant tree, Wengfaluo Si's witness."

Dan Heng placed his hand on the protruding face of the sacred tree, closed his eyes, and silently felt it. A faint tremor came from his palm, like an ancient pulse slowly seeping from the heart of the tree, gradually syncing with his breath.

One red and one green ripple spread from his heart, like twin water rings quietly overlapping, resonating with the Fire Seed.

"Now, I will follow its roots, deep into the Taigu Dadi."

The seed sank into the soil, plants took root and sprouted, those new roots like streams wandering in all directions, passing through rock crevices, crossing the wasteland, continuously spreading across the entire continent.

"Until……I find you."

Dan Heng passed through the forest, branches and leaves lightly brushing above his head, small creatures peeking out from the bushes, some even climbing onto his head, relying on his newly grown golden horns.

Golden butterflies flew over the city-state, the giant whale in the sea paused for him.

"Along this path, I will become the layered rock of the mountain ranges, bearing the city-state upon it."

"I merge with the ocean currents into the tide, striking the continent's shores."

He once searched the snow-blanketed wilderness, leaving a string of deep footprints; he also climbed the high branches, in the gentle tremble of leaf shadows, gazing upon the twilight city-state, all to find that one.

"I have blown over the nameless wilderness, scattering endless frost and snow."

"I have been drawn into the turning of day and night, until the world's deepest depth, lost in…that initial darkness……"

"When can I lead you out of this labyrinth?"

In the dark cavern, he held a lamp and moved forward; in the endless labyrinth, he wandered without direction.

He gazed at the burning lamp in his hand, when suddenly a gust of wind blew, silently extinguishing the flame he held.

Darkness swallowed everything, only his azure eyes remained. A warm hand reached from behind, gently covering his eyes.

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JOJO's Bizarre Adventure by the Horsemen of the Wild.

"Is Dan Heng going to search every inch of Wengfaluo Si?"

Seeing Dan Heng measure Wengfaluo Si's land with his own feet, just to find the star in the Memory Tide, Johnny's two eyebrows quickly knotted together, "How long will this take? Ten years? A hundred years?"

"It will probably take even longer." Jolyne, upon hearing this, also revealed his signature golden teeth, tapping with his finger, "Roughly…equivalent to one of my golden teeth mixed into the sand of the Western Desert, then playing hide-and-seek with people."

"Sounds like Chang Ye Yue deliberately delaying with a tactic." Johnny switched to a more serious expression, "I think the most troublesome part is that she neither wishes to appear herself, nor do we know what she's doing—clearing the Black Swan? With her strength, eliminating a Memory Bearer shouldn't take long, right?"

In Johnny's view, these Memory Bearers are nothing more than a dish to Chang Ye Yue; even if the Black Swan is trickier than other Memory Bearers, it cannot change the essence.

"Eliminating a Memory Bearer indeed doesn't take much time, but perhaps she has another purpose?"

"Another purpose?" Johnny frowned.

"Do you still remember what Huang Di mentioned earlier, about where Chang Ye Yue is now?" Jolyne lowered his hat brim, a flash of sharpness in his eyes, "'The Nameless Great Tomb'……Have you ever thought, whose tomb is this?"

"Indeed, as of now, we have never heard anyone mention that beneath Shenwushu Ting lies a tomb." Johnny finally reacted, "This place is unknown even to the Golden Bloodline Members of Huoyouzhe……let alone……Laigushi never mentioned it either!"

"As the administrator of Wengfaluo Si, I believe Laigushi couldn't possibly not know." Jolyne said word by word, "There is only one possibility——he is also deliberately concealing this great tomb."

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"No."

"Not possible with just the eyes."

"Perhaps…what can lead us out of the prison, has always been 'you' (companion)."

A seed took root and sprouted in Dan Heng's heart. It broke through the darkness, extended branches and leaves, countless golden branches and leaves like a river of light wildly spreading in all directions, illuminating this silent darkness inch by inch.

In the darkness, past memories turned into golden murals, flashing through his mind, the companion's voice continuously echoing in his ears, still vivid before his eyes.

"Let's settle this, we continue our journey."

"We will all find the answer there."

"Wake up……"

"Guan Yu Fan San."

The animals on the mural seemed to awaken as well, one after another leaping up, they seemed to become the blood vessels of the earth, flowing and gathering between the rock ridges, finally converging into a golden giant dragon.

"Jun Ming Wu Er."

"Feng Cheng."

"Peng Cheng."

It seemed to sense the star within the rock strata, the golden dragon suddenly opened its eyes, its long body coiling, yet with utmost tenderness wrapping the star in its golden form.

The dragon raised its head to the heavens, its long body soaring straight up, like a bursting sun wheel, finally welcoming its own dawn!

"I am the earth, and all things upon it."

"I, am 'you'."

Dan Heng tightly gripped her hand——

He found her.

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The Funeral of Frieren.

"Finally……finally I found the star!"

Restalk finally could let out a long breath.

Xingqiri, Xilian, Black Swan……everyone took turns, finally seeing the result here at Dan Heng's.

"Strange, Chang Ye Yue actually didn't block?"

Seeing Dan Heng simply bring out the star like that, Chang Ye Yue throughout offered no obstruction whatsoever, making Zan Yin feel quite surprised——he had thought there would also be a clash between Dan Heng and Chang Ye Yue.

Whether it be Xingqiri or Black Swan, Chang Ye Yue personally intervened……could it be that the Black Swan truly held back Chang Ye Yue's steps?

"Perhaps it's related to her position." Frieren lowered her head in thought, "The Nameless Great Tomb……this place even Laigushi never mentioned, how did she find it?"

The Twelve Titans each have their own domains, this is unlikely to be a Titan's tomb. But Wengfaluo Si besides the Titans, who else would build a great tomb after death?

The key is……does Laigushi know about this place?

It seems I'll have to break into this great tomb—if Night Moon is hiding inside, I'll likely run into her. Her problem is even more troublesome than Star's; I'm afraid she won't willingly hand over San Yue Qi's body before the Soul Society completely shakes off the threat of Tumu.

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"Star, I found you."

Star examined Dan Heng from head to toe: "Dan Heng, you… grew taller?"