Chapter 1492: On Light

The Tome of Light fell into Jiang Jiang Qinge's hands. She felt the heavy, vast aura of light origin contained within it, and a ripple stirred in her eyes.

This object came from the Light King, Qi Huang, whose strength had reached the peak of the Three-Crown King, from the Academies Alliance.

As for the name of this King-level powerhouse, Jiang Jiang Qinge had actually heard it many times from her teacher, who served as the Third Hall Master of the Holy Light Ancient Academy.

After all, among the four great ancient academies, their Holy Light Ancient Academy was the most adept at cultivating the Light Phase, but to everyone's surprise, this generation's Light King actually came from the Divine Sun Ancient Academy.

However, even her own teacher, whose temperament was rather aloof, spoke with a measure of admiration when mentioning this Light King, Qi Huang.

She said that in this world, although those who entered the King Realm through the Way of Light were not many, they were not few either, but looking across these hundreds and thousands of years, only this Qi Huang had reached the peak of the Three-Crown King.

There were even Heavenly King giants in the Academies Alliance who said that Qi Huang might become the next Light Heavenly King.

The so-called Light Heavenly King was an existence who had walked the Way of Light to its extreme, and such a powerhouse, even across this endless river of time, was a true rarity.

If the Ten Outer Shenzhou could truly give birth to a Light Heavenly King, then even that Other World would likely develop considerable wariness toward it.

After all, in the history of the past, whenever a Light Heavenly King appeared, it would cause the lords of the Other World to pay an extremely heavy price.

Precisely because of this, this Light King Qi Huang held an extraordinary position within the Academies Alliance; even the few Heavenly King giants of the Academies Alliance implicitly treated him as an equal.

Many thoughts flashed through Jiang Jiang Qinge's mind, but she quickly suppressed them. She gazed at the heavy tome in her hands, from which holy light seemed to continuously flow, and at the same time extended her slender fingers and began to turn its pages.

At the instant she turned the Tome of Light, from Jiang Jiang Qinge's heart surged forth dense and pure radiance. Within a radius of a thousand zhang, it seemed to be enveloped by holy light.

The heaven and earth energy in this region was all gradually purified at this moment.

And those radiant golden eyes grew deep, carrying a kind of indifference like that of a deity.

Her fingers turned, and the first page of the Tome of Light was flipped open. Immediately, countless lights like candle flames swayed forth, as if transforming into a sky full of stars.

And this sky full of light-stars further accentuated Jiang Jiang Qinge's holiness, like a divine maiden.

Those seemingly thin pages—if one were a powerhouse without pure Light Phase force within, even if he were Upper Eighth Grade, he likely could not turn this page.

Because turning each page required one's own comprehension of light.

Swoosh swoosh.

Before the Mirror Altar, all was silent; only the faint, crisp sound of Jiang Jiang Qinge's fingers turning the Tome of Light could be heard.

One page.

Two pages.

Three pages.

Jiang Jiang Qinge's fingers did not pause for even a moment, almost without hindrance turning to the fifth page. And at this moment, it was seen that from within the Tome of Light, suddenly surged an extremely dazzling Holy Flame. This Holy Flame covered the tome, and at the same time, an aura of pure sanctity to the extreme emerged.

With the appearance of this aura, the extremely vast and immense light energy atop this Light Point Peak seemed to be drawn into some kind of resonance, whistling over one after another, then encircling the outside of the Tome of Light, forming a massive ring of light.

Diwu Mingxuan was very familiar with this scene, because every time he tried to turn to the sixth page of the Tome of Light, he would be blocked by this ring of light.

That ring of light carried an indescribable heaviness, for it was transformed from a wisp of true light origin force.

Only by possessing an extremely deep comprehension of light oneself could one shake it.

Diwu Mingxuan had been blocked here for many years, never able to turn the sixth page.

So he wanted to see whether Jiang Jiang Qinge could do it.

Under his gaze, Jiang Jiang Qinge was not moved by that ring of light. At her smooth brow, mysterious and profound light patterns emerged, finally condensing into a sacred halo of light.

That was the Tracing Antiquity Phase Pattern.

At the same time, the Light Phase force emanating from within Jiang Jiang Qinge also became increasingly pure and clear. Such pure Light Phase force even stirred a sense of shame within Diwu Mingxuan.

Swoosh.

Jiang Jiang Qinge's fingers swept across, lightly turning the sixth page of the Tome of Light.

A faint, crisp sound rose softly at the peak, causing the sky full of light energy to grow even more dazzling, as if countless light spirits were leaping and cheering for it.

Diwu Mingxuan was stunned, then sighed inwardly. Jiang Jiang Qinge's talent on the Way of Light was simply too stunning.

But the next moment, his pupils suddenly contracted, because he saw that after turning the sixth page, Jiang Jiang Qinge's fingers did not lift from the Tome of Light; instead, they turned toward that final page.

He clearly remembered that his teacher had once said that when he could turn the seventh page of the Tome of Light, he would have the qualification to attempt to Enter the King Realm.

But after so many years, he had remained stuck at the fifth page, unable even to turn the sixth, let alone the seventh.

And now, Jiang Jiang Qinge wanted to turn directly to the seventh page?

Diwu Mingxuan's expression shifted violently; he wanted to stop her, but then held himself back.

In the end, Jiang Jiang Qinge's fingers, like white jade, touched the seventh page. In that instant, heaven and earth seemed to fall into a kind of stagnation, and a distant, ethereal voice drifted out from the Tome of Light, seeming to exist yet not.

"What is light?"

Diwu Mingxuan's heart jolted. So it turned out the seventh page was a question of the heart.

The question asked was of one's own innermost cognition and comprehension of light.

This cognition could not be spoken carelessly, because once it was branded upon the heart, it could not be altered. This was the unity of knowledge and action. If in the future one could not truly walk this path according to this cognition, or if one wavered, then one's realm would never be able to Enter the King Realm in one's entire life.

This Tome of Light itself did not possess great power, and was even a bit mystical and cryptic, but it was a treasure for tempering the heart.

Diwu Mingxuan stared fixedly at Jiang Jiang Qinge; he wanted to know how Jiang Jiang Qinge would respond.

Jiang Jiang Qinge heard that voice. Within her golden eyes, luster flowed, and holy light wandered across her fair skin, giving her at this moment a kind of sacred presence that dared not be profaned.

She was silent for several breaths, then her red lips parted slightly.

And Diwu Mingxuan's pupils, at this moment, gradually widened, with towering waves rising within them. At the same time, Jiang Jiang Qinge's calm voice, like thunder, rumbled and roared in his ears, his mind, and his heart.

"What is light?"

"Light is me."

"I am light."

At this moment, behind Jiang Jiang Qinge, sacred radiance surged forth, as if transforming into a grand Temple of Light.

Within the temple were deities.