Chapter 1218

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Protagonist:

Xu Changqing

After the flying ship had sailed through the boundless starry sky for seven days, the starry scene outside the window changed.

The Spirit Mine Stars that were originally visible everywhere within the Dongji Lingzhou range gradually grew sparse, and the trade fleet's cargo ships also became far fewer.

The space between stars grew increasingly empty; only occasionally could one or two completely lifeless dark planets be seen floating in the distance.

Lu Wangchuan had been standing before the star map the whole time, comparing it against the star positions he had previously deduced, constantly correcting the flying ship's heading: "We've arrived. The first position is right between that brown dwarf ahead and the gas giant to its left."

Upon hearing this, Luo Qinghan stood up and gazed outward through the Immortal Spirit Flying Ship's porthole.

About ten thousand li ahead, a dark brown dwarf star was rotating in the void at an extremely slow speed; to its right was a massive dark blue gas giant.

The two celestial bodies pulled at each other, forming an extremely special equilibrium zone.

In that zone, the Law of Void was thinner than elsewhere, and spatial turbulence was extremely scarce.

It was a rare environment known in the Cultivation World as a "Star Pulse Wrinkle."

"Ninth Junior Brother, prepare yourself."

Luo Qinghan shifted her gaze from the porthole and turned to Xu Changqing: "The Qinghua Flowing Radiance moment occurs but once in ten thousand years, and the Eternal Night Ruins' entrance only opens at that moment — the Wood Spirit Root will definitely react. Today, we must verify each of these three locations one by one, and you will go explore them.

Although the Qinghua Flowing Radiance moment has not yet arrived, the Wood Dao laws will not be completely dormant.

As long as your Wood Spirit Root can sense even a trace of abnormal law fluctuation, it proves that location is the entrance."

"As long as your Wood Spirit Root can detect even a trace of an abnormal Law Fluctuation, that position is the Ru Kou."

Upon hearing this, Xu Changqing nodded.

In truth, ever since entering this star domain, the Qing Emperor Branch within his Origin Dao had reacted significantly.

However, whether it was the Eternal Night Ruins' entrance or the Qingdi Garden's entrance — that would only become clear after investigation.

Immediately, he detached from the flying ship and stood alone in the void.

Gazing at the two stars ahead, he extended his hand and released the Five Colors Origin Light.

Green, white, black, red, and yellow emerged from his palm, stretching silently toward the front.

In an instant, Xu Changqing entered an extremely focused state.

As a branch under the main trunk of the Origin Dao, the Qing Emperor Great Dao's ability to perceive Wood Attribute laws far surpassed that of ordinary Wood Spirit Root cultivators.

Ordinary Wood Spirit Root cultivators sense Wood Dao laws by relying on resonance between their spiritual root and the external Wood Attribute Spiritual Energy.

This resonance range usually does not exceed a thousand li, and is extremely susceptible to interference from other attribute Spiritual Energy in the environment.

But Xu Changqing's sensing method was different: the Five Colors Origin Light itself is the manifestation of the Origin Dao, and the Origin Dao is an exclusive Great Dao that transcends the Three Realms and is untouched by karma.

This meant his probing would not be obscured by any interference on the law level.

Wherever the Five Colors Origin Light passed, every wisp of law fluctuation in the void would appear in his perception exactly as it was.

The green strand of Origin Light extended the farthest and was the most active.

Like a green snake swimming through the void, it probed forward along the law wrinkle between the two stars.

With each layer of void barrier it passed through, Xu Changqing could clearly perceive the Wood Dao law concentration and flow direction within that layer of space.

The reason a Star Pulse Wrinkle environment is rare is because it requires two stars of sufficient mass to form a balance at just the right distance.

This balance makes the thickness of the Law of Void itself thinner than elsewhere, equivalent to a half-open, half-closed window forming on an otherwise impenetrable law barrier.

For cultivators who need to sense a specific law, such an environment is simply unique — or rather, once in a thousand years.

Because the thinner the laws, the keener the perception.

Deep within the Star Pulse Wrinkle, the green Origin Light touched an extremely faint Wood Attribute law fluctuation.

That fluctuation was like a strand of seaweed swaying slowly in the deep sea — tiny amplitude, extremely low frequency, yet undeniably existent.

Xu Changqing closed his eyes, sinking his entire mind into the Origin Dao, and the Qing Emperor Branch, under his control, conducted a deeper analysis of this fluctuation.

There are many types of Wood Dao law fluctuations.

Pure Wood Spirit Qi fluctuations are the most common; almost any star with vegetation or any environment can produce them.

Wood Dao Origin Law fluctuations are far rarer, usually appearing only around Wood Dao holy lands or top-tier Wood Attribute Spiritual Treasures.

And according to ancient records, the Wood Dao law fluctuations of the Eternal Night Ruins should be a type of "Anti-Five Elements" Wood Dao fluctuation.

So-called Anti-Five Elements means the Wood Dao laws break away from the normal cycle of Five Elements Mutual Generation and Mutual Overcoming, operating independently in a completely separate manner.

This is a unique trace left behind after the residual powers inside the Eternal Night Ruins performed some transformation on the Wood Dao laws.

Xu Changqing directed the green Origin Light to probe deeper.

Soon, he perceived that the source of that Wood Attribute law fluctuation lay at the exact center of the two stars' equilibrium.

There sat a small celestial body no more than a hundred li in diameter, entirely gray-black, looking like a star core fragment that had died who knows how many years ago.

After the green Origin Light touched the star core, Xu Changqing's perception abruptly sharpened.

The star core's interior was not solid; rather, it contained a cavity of roughly several li across, filled with an extremely pure Liquid Wood Spirit Qi.

Moreover, the Spiritual Energy concentration was staggering.

And over the vast stretch of time, a fist-sized Wood Origin Stone had actually been born from the liquid Spiritual Energy.

An Origin Stone — even placed in the Beidou Immortal Mansion — is a rare resource.

It is a law crystal formed by Spiritual Energy naturally precipitating for at least tens of thousands of years in a completely sealed and absolutely stable environment.

The Wood Dao laws contained within — for a Wood Spirit Root cultivator, a single Wood Origin Stone is equivalent to a small Spirit Stone Vein.

And for a cultivator like Xu Changqing who possesses the Qing Emperor Great Dao, its value is multiplied several times over.

But for an Xiuxian Zhe like Xu Zhangqing who Possesses the Qing Emperor Great Dao, its value would increase by Multiple times.

Because the Qing Emperor Great Dao can directly draw the purest Wood Dao Law from the origin stone to nourish Shen Guo.

Is this a good thing?

Indeed it is!

However, this is not what Xu Zhangqing and everyone are looking for.

Xu Zhangqing's heart sank.

Blue Yuan Light had already probed every inch inside and outside this Star Pulse Wrinkle.

Apart from the origin stone inside this Star Core, although traces of Wood Attribute Law could be detected elsewhere, all law fluctuations were within the normal Five Elements Cycle.

Wood generates fire.

Fire generates earth.

Earth generates metal.

Metal generates water.

Water generates wood.

The Five Elements Mutual Generation was quite complete.

Nowhere appeared any abnormal fluctuation of "Reverse Five Elements."

And the most core characteristic of the entrance to the Eternal Night Ruins is that the Wood Dao Law detaches from the Five Elements Cycle to operate alone, forming a reverse state of "wood not burned by fire, water not absorbed by wood."

Without this characteristic, it means this place cannot possibly be the entrance to the Eternal Night Ruins!