Chapter 271

The Willow Deity's power has reached a terrifying level!

A single blade of grass can slash through the sun, moon, and stars!

A single leaf embodies the sword intent of a Saint!

However, obviously, this is not the Willow Deity's true body.

Those people guessed correctly; no one who entered the Yuanshizhi Sect has ever come out alive.

This is indeed not the Willow Deity's true body, but an existence manifested from a section of the Willow Deity's torso combined with its fighting will.

Yet even so, it suppressed those giants, leaving them utterly incapable of resistance!

This is the Willow Deity!

Invincible beneath the heavens.

The Willow Deity's strength is no longer something these fellows can covet.

With matters here concluded, Shi Hao finally has time to seek out Huo Ling'er!

He owes Huo Ling'er far too much; therefore, he seeks her out for the purpose of marrying her!

Just at this moment, experts from beyond the domains emerged from the passage!

During the Immortal Ancient Era, the world was shattered into the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths; together, the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths constitute nineteen small worlds, with the Nine Heavens being far more prosperous than the Ten Earths.

As for the Three Thousand Daozhou, it is merely one among the Ten Earths, and crucially, it is the most declined region among them.

Great chaos is approaching; the supreme experts intend to select the strongest batch of geniuses from the Three Thousand Daozhou to send to the Celestial Academy for advanced cultivation!

These experts from beyond the domains have come specifically to select the talents of the Three Thousand Daozhou.

This trial involves crossing the No-Man's Land and reaching the Imperial City alive.

Among those selected is none other than the Six-Time Champion, Ning Chuan!

Previously, Shi Hao and others slew Ning Chuan's spiritual avatar; although this created enmity, he is ultimately a genius of the Three Thousand Daozhou, and even as a freak from six thousand years ago, he still emerged from the Three Thousand Daozhou!

Therefore, he was selected!

This Celestial Academy is quite interesting.

It houses various classics, supreme precious techniques, and notes left by longevity seekers; one can even seclude oneself in immortal caves for cultivation, study cultivation methods not belonging to this era, and perhaps even spar with descendants of True Immortals!

This is the Celestial Academy!

However, whether one can reach the Imperial City depends entirely on the abilities of the two individuals!

Within the No-Man's Land, Shi Hao entered a grove of purple bamboo; in an instant, the stars shifted and time changed, transporting Shi Hao into the Immortal Ancient Era!

This was achieved when the Six-Cycle Reincarnation Immortal King and Lord Wuzhong pierced through the myriad heavens, allowing Shi Hao to witness the Immortal Ancient across hundreds of millions of years.

Here, Shi Hao befriended the Little Qilin, the Immortal Phoenix, and others.

They spent their days discussing the Dao, conversing with great joy!

Shi Hao possessed three strands of immortal qi, and the Immortal Phoenix had also cultivated three strands of immortal qi...

Although Shi Hao's strength was formidable, at least no weaker than some of the heavenly geniuses here.

Yet, looking around, he saw the owner of the Six-Cycle Reincarnation Plate, a True Monarch on the verge of transforming into a True Dragon, and even the sun in the sky manifesting as a genuine Jin Wu...

For a moment, Shi Hao felt his scalp go numb.

He felt entirely like a country bumpkin with limited knowledge...

This is the Immortal Ancient!

Shortly after, he witnessed these friends of his from the Immortal Ancient battling fierce enemies, falling one after another into pools of blood...

Only then did he suddenly snap back to reality.

He had not truly traveled back to the Immortal Ancient, but merely witnessed it!

He was nothing more than a passerby...

It took him a long while to regain his composure before he once again set foot on the right path!

Finally, after enduring countless hardships, he at last reached the Imperial City!

Here, Shi Hao encountered even more familiar faces!

Figures like Cao Yusheng, the secondary and primary bodies of Yue Chan, the Dragon Girl, and others were all present in this place!

Of course, it wasn't just these people; Shi Yi and Qin Hao had also arrived!

The Celestial Academy had relaxed its requirements, allowing many who previously could not enter to do so.

However, just at this moment...

A sudden mutation occurred!

As Shi Hao walked, everything around him seemed as if time had frozen; space solidified, plunging him into a marvelous state!

Then, he discovered he was treading upon a black passage.

He wanted to turn back, but it was already too late.

In the blink of an eye, the stars shifted and time changed.

He realized he had completely left that ancient battlefield and stepped into an unknown region.

"Where is this?" Shi Hao asked, somewhat bewildered, his face filled with astonishment.

Visibility around him decreased, with black mist drifting about...

Among the mountains and rivers, there was no vegetation, only endless white bones!

Shi Hao frowned, subconsciously beginning to look around.

Then, he spotted an artifact...

It was a round tripod with three legs and two ears!

Shi Hao was shocked.

Because this was not the first time he had seen this tripod.

But before, he had seen only the phantom image of this cauldron; now, he saw the actual cauldron itself.

Shi Hao examined the cauldron closely, seeing it stained with blood, with swirling Profound Yellow Mother Qi, emitting a terrifying and awe-inspiring aura.

That cauldron hung motionless in mid-air.

Shi Hao's heart pounded, feeling somewhat nervous.

What exactly does this cauldron want? What message does it wish to convey to him?

Who forged that cauldron?

Regarding this, Shi Hao did not know; he only knew that with merely a slight tremor, the cauldron would send forth a terrifying aura, as if destroying the world...

Very strong!

At this moment, Shi Hao took a deep breath and asked in a low voice, "You came to find me? For what purpose?"

This cauldron radiated a divine light, with immortal metals resonating in response, emitting the Mother Qi of Heaven and Earth, becoming ever more mysterious and unfathomable.

Within that cauldron, a figure seemed to rise, but very quickly, that figure vanished again.

Immediately after, a sound seemed to rise from within that cauldron...

"I... came too early..." The voice was hazy, as if carrying the vicissitudes of eternity, possessing a desolation, along with a trace of helplessness and exhaustion!

Came too early?

What does this mean?

Shi Hao was filled with doubt and alarm, then hurriedly asked, "Who are you?"

However, this time, that cauldron remained silent...

Or perhaps, it wished to speak, but was blocked...

Shi Hao was shaken, for he saw lightning ravaging the firmament above, saw that myriad Dao Lei Ting!

That Lei Ting instantly crashed toward the cauldron, but unexpectedly, was directly absorbed by the cauldron!

Within that cauldron, Profound Yellow Mother Qi surged forth again, spreading into the void, erasing all great cracks, as if severing cause and effect!

Shi Hao was alarmed; he remembered that unless an event capable of altering cause and effect, of changing heaven and earth, occurred, such a strange phenomenon of a tribulation lightning storm could not appear.

That is to say, their brief exchange of just a few sentences earlier had already caused the world to tremble, as if destroying everything...

He remained filled with doubt and alarm...

Then, he asked again, "Where do you come from?"

"Not belonging to the past, not belonging to the present!" The voice from within that cauldron came!

However, it was precisely because of these words that the changes between heaven and earth became even more astonishing; bolt after bolt of tribulation lightning descended, as if intending to utterly destroy this cauldron!

However...

"Boom!" The cauldron glowed; instantly, countless patterns appeared upon it, resembling formation diagrams, flying up one after another, sealing heaven and cutting off the earth, refining the supreme power of the tribulation lightning!

Shi Hao marveled...