Chapter 72

Before the Heavenly Stele.

Under the soft firelight of the firewood, as his third innate divine ability, the Fate Divine Ability, was fully formed, Feng Yi's mind instantly fell into emptiness, and within his body the Heavenly Stele's inscribed diagram, supplemented and perfected, naturally operated the Heavenly Stele's arcane law, causing his aura to carry a hint of completeness, almost without pause continuously climbing toward the peak of the Knowledge Storage realm.

Seven Heavens.

Eight Heavens.

Nine Heavens.

Originally, before Feng Yi merged the concept of the Gate with his own arcane skill, turning it into his second innate divine ability, thereby unlocking the information and potential of the Fuxi status deposited within his body and obtaining the vital force of the World-Tree Divine Wood, he could have directly completed the Path of Knowledge Storage, but his cultivation method's limitation caused stagnation.

Now, having gained the insight of the Great Dao from the second Heavenly Stele's inscribed diagram, his internal cultivation method was supplemented and perfected, his own shackles were released, and the stagnant aura, like a flood breaking through a dam, grew rapidly without control.

At the same time, the rules, principles, and information contained in Feng Yi's three innate divine abilities surfaced in his mind, constantly intertwining and merging.

Yi Dao Heavenly Eye, Gate, Fate.

Between the three divine abilities, a mysterious connection seemed to arise, giving rise to a faint, inexplicable insight in his heart.

【Yi Dao principles, Gate, Fate.】

【Innate Eight Trigrams, Space, Time.】

The concept of the Gate inherently has a deep connection with spatial principles, while Fate complements the Dao of time, and adding the meaning of the Innate Eight Trigrams, which is closely tied to spacetime, the insights of the three divine abilities continually converge and merge in his mind, giving Feng Yi a distinct understanding of the Dao of spacetime.

Boom—

After an unknown amount of time, a rumbling sound erupted, as if echoing within Feng Yi's body, and his vigorous qi and blood surged like a vast river.

In an instant, his aura reached a certain limit, giving a sense of completeness.

Having reached the Ninth Heaven of Knowledge Storage, he was only one step away from crossing the divine-mortal threshold to become a demigod.

With the perfection of his cultivation method, he naturally completed the path of the Knowledge Storage realm.

Slowly opening his eyes, Feng Yi's pupils became immeasurably deep, as if hiding countless spaces, even carrying a sense of time's delay.

At the same time, countless spatial phantoms continually folded around his sides, making his whole person seem to exist in another dimension.

A slight stir in his heart, all anomalies vanished, and his figure seemed to return to its original place.

He clenched his fist, feeling that every inch of his muscles seemed brimming with power, as if a single punch could shatter heaven and earth.

At the same time, he faintly felt that his spiritual perception had gained a new subtle grasp of some ancient fate trace existing between heaven and earth, becoming increasingly keen.

Although he clearly knew this was an illusion produced just after his cultivation breakthrough, he still felt a spontaneous joy from the heart.

In a world where the Kyushu civilization could be cleansed by extraterrestrial powerful enemies at any moment, and where the strength disparity between friend and foe is glaringly obvious, and where he bears the status of the Kyushu progenitor Fuxi, only continual progress in cultivation can give Feng Yi a sense of reassurance.

His thoughts turned, considering the future situation of Kyushu and the four directions, and anticipating that in the upcoming war between Kyushu and the extraterrestrial realm, even the Heaven-Reaching Half-Ancestor would be mere foot soldiers; the joy in Feng Yi's heart from his cultivation progress unconsciously retracted.

Although he was only one step away from achieving the demigod realm, which is already quite good among the younger generation, but for the overall future of Kyushu, its effect is not significant.

At least reaching the Heaven-Reaching Half-Ancestor, or even an Ancestral God, would allow him to play a role in the future Kyushu situation.

【Ah, it's no wonder that Xiao Chen, this 'protagonist', in the original work could only play the role of a 'war correspondent' who just adds soy sauce, and even Lan NO, who could ultimately become a Fleshly Body King, an unparalleled heavenly pride, could not do much either; the extraterrestrial realm repeatedly harvests the Kyushu civilization, giving it no time to develop!】

This is also the reason why this realm's heavens differ from the other worlds; it is overly despair-inducing.

Because this is a brutal war between the two realms, the extraterrestrial beings will not give the Kyushu people time to 'grind and level up', and they even constantly monitor Kyushu.

【Fortunately, now I have the firewood fire gifted by Suiren; at critical moments I can truly wield the power of the Fuxi Qin, possessing Fuxi's strength, which counts as barely having some self-defense capability, and I can also intervene at critical moments!】

【However, this is ultimately external force and not sustainable; I still need to continually strive, aiming to reach the Ancestral God realm before the extraterrestrial realm's formal invasion, even surpassing it!】

This thought arose in his mind, and in Feng Yi's mind surfaced the supreme treasure of the Yi Dao from the depths of his spiritual world.

If time truly runs out, he would rely on this treasure's power to risk another crossing, using other worlds' cultivation systems and insights to complete his own accumulation.

【It's impossible that every crossing would be the same as last time, entering a world as terrifying as a Lifetime Sovereign, right!】

This thought arose in his mind, and Feng Yi felt that he had now mastered the Fate Divine Ability, so he shouldn't be so unlucky again.

While pondering future plans and sorting out his internal qi mechanism, after a while Feng Yi finally fully retracted his aura, able to release and gather at will, thoroughly stabilizing his post-breakthrough realm.

Opening his eyes, seeing the white-clad figure guarding him nearby, allowing his breakthrough to proceed undisturbed, a faint smile appeared on Feng Yi's face as he softly said, "Thank you, Daoist Lan NO."

He shook his head, a faint inexplicable color appearing in Lan NO's eyes, and he spoke in a clear, elegant tone: "Daoist Feng, you're too polite."

The moment his words fell, Feng Yi was about to say something when his spiritual perception twitched, and he instinctively looked toward the Heavenly Stele at the center of the ancient city.

During Feng Yi's previous breakthrough process, the dragon clan's attacks on this ancient city never ceased, with various powerful divine abilities continually striking the city.

However, the ancestral dragon on Dragon Island, who is equivalent to an Ancestral God, did not intervene; even if the other dragon kings of the dragon clan exerted their utmost effort, they could not truly shake the foundations of this ancient city.

Ancestral Gods and those below them are entirely different levels.

Unless one achieves the War Ancestor realm, otherwise even the strongest Half-Ancestor is, before an Ancestral God, no more than an ant that can be crushed with a flick of the hand.

Even the extraterrestrial realm's current surveillance of the Kyushu civilization primarily focuses on the number of Ancestral Gods appearing in Kyushu.

Throughout endless ages, whenever the Kyushu civilization reached more than ten Ancestral Gods, the extraterrestrial realm would intervene, cleansing the Kyushu civilization, overturning the current era, and leaving seeds to conduct new experiments and observations.

As for the Half-Ancestor realm below the Ancestral Gods, no matter how many appear, it is utterly meaningless and not even regarded by the extraterrestrial realm.

Thus, for this very reason, Feng Yi's goal for himself is also to reach the Ancestral God realm before the extraterrestrial invasion.

Since he bears the name of Fuxi and contains Fuxi's status, protecting Kyushu is Feng Yi's responsibility, and he will naturally not retreat.

Of course, if he could achieve beyond the Ancestral God realm, even becoming the Stone Person King would be even better.

Then, offense and defense would switch; it would no longer be merely resisting extraterrestrial powerful enemies and guarding Kyushu.

His thoughts turned, the pale gold color in Feng Yi's eyes swirled, and he fixed his gaze intently beneath the Heavenly Stele.

At this moment, beneath the Heavenly Stele in the center of the plaza, a tremendous vibration suddenly arose, as if something was shaking the Heavenly Stele.

The next moment, a well previously enclosed by a railing like a tombstone, unnoticed by anyone, appeared before everyone's eyes, positioned directly beneath the Heavenly Stele.

The well appeared to be no more than three meters in diameter, but faint black qi coiled around it, giving an impression of profound, unfathomable eeriness.

Merely seeing it, everyone felt as if their souls were being sucked in, as if this well connected to the netherworld, where countless vengeful spirits and ghosts roared within.

【Is this the passage to the world of death?】

Gazing at this well, Feng Yi's mind involuntarily gave rise to this thought.

Precisely because this well is connected to the world of death, it follows that any cultivator who dies in this ancient city, as long as his will is not extinguished, has a great chance of being reborn in the world of death.

Just like Xiao Chen in the original work, people such as Suiren Shi are the same.

"If one wishes to go to the Death World, the former center of all worlds, in the future, passing through this ancient well is not a bad way."

As thoughts turned in Feng Yi's mind, Xiao Chen came to his side and curiously asked, "Feng big brother, do you know what that ancient well is? Why do I feel as if my soul is about to be sucked into it?"

Feng Yi glanced at Xiao Chen and casually said, "You just need to know it's a passage. Do you remember me telling you before how the Dragon Clan was implicated by the Heavenly Stele's seal? The Heavenly Stele mainly serves to seal this ancient well."

"Ah"

Xiao Chen's face stiffened; he looked in surprise at that sinister ancient well, seemingly not expecting it to be the main target of the Heavenly Stele's seal.

Even Lan Nuo beside him looked at the ancient well in astonishment; she likewise had not expected the Heavenly Stele to seal not the ancient city formed by a powerful expert atop the Ancestral God, but that ancient well that looks somewhat eerie.

Boom

At that moment, the ancient well suddenly shook, spewing out an extremely sinister black mist that emanated boundless deathly power.

However, since the Heavenly Stele has been able to suppress the ancient well for so many years, it is naturally not something the ancient well can easily shake.

Sensing the anomaly of the ancient well, the Heavenly Stele trembled, and faintly the phantoms of several other Heavenly Steles appeared, joining in the suppression.

Obviously, there is a mysterious connection among the nine Heavenly Steles; shaking one draws the power of the others, causing them to manifest.

However, upon seeing this scene, Feng Yi's gaze instantly became profoundly deep, and he suddenly had an idea about how to collect the Great Dao inscriptions on all nine Heavenly Steles.

As the Heavenly Stele changed, an inscribed diagram flew out, transforming into previous scrolls of a deserted island and dead city, which fell directly onto the ancient well, resealing it and plunging it into silence.

At that moment, Feng Yi seemed to sense something; he paid no heed to the collision between the Heavenly Stele and the ancient well, but instinctively raised his head to look toward the distant sky, countless streams of information flowing in his eyes.

Noticing his action, the others also curiously looked toward the sky beyond the ancient city.

The next moment, a black light descended from the sky and slammed onto the Heavenly Stele, turning out to be a dark iron seal as huge as a mountain.

However, the iron seal was instantly flung away by the Heavenly Stele, causing no effect.

Immediately after, a divine spear flew out, chopping at the Heavenly Stele, only to be likewise blasted away by it.

"Battle Ancestral God Weapon!"

Having that thought arise in his mind, Feng Yi did not pay it much heed, nor did he harbor any designs; instead, he looked toward another divine light falling from the sky.

It was a huge bronze Eight Trigrams diagram, emanating a vast qi, as if carrying the power of thunderous might as it fell to bombard the Heavenly Stele.

Upon seeing the bronze Eight Trigrams diagram, Feng Yi's eyes instantly became extremely bright, like a newly sharpened sword.

The next moment, following his inner sense, the Fuxi Qin appeared directly in his hand and he plucked it sharply.

Clang!

Though it was a zither note, it now sounded like the piercing clash of metal, instantly echoing through heaven and earth, making everyone involuntarily shiver.

Hum

As the zither's sound swept over the bronze Eight Trigrams diagram, it seemed to contain some restraining power, causing it to violently tremble.

Clang clang clang!

The zither's sound, like the clash of metal, rang out continuously, sweeping over the bronze Eight Trigrams diagram like a wave, making it tremble incessantly.

Although the bronze Eight Trigrams diagram contained immense power, it now seemed to have encountered its master, completely unable to exert it, not even daring to do so.

Seeing this, the surrounding crowd grew ever more certain of the identity of the black-robed figure, and their awe deepened.

The bronze Eight Trigrams diagram is obviously related to Fuxi, after all Fuxi himself is the primordial Yi, the creator of the primordial Eight Trigrams.

After trembling for a moment, the bronze Eight Trigrams diagram ceased attacking the Heavenly Stele, instantly turning into a divine light that fell before Feng Yi with the zither's sound, fully retracting its power.

However, at this time the bronze Eight Trigrams diagram was no longer whole, but merely a fragment.

"As expected."

Looking at the bronze fragment before him, Feng Yi's face showed no surprise.

He knew clearly that the true bronze Eight Trigrams should still be in the Armory Valley of the Soul Realm, where it is refined using the valley's power to increase its might.

Moreover, the genuine bronze Eight Trigrams is an Ancestral God Weapon, comparable to an Ancestral God; how could it appear here?

With thoughts turning in his mind, looking at the ancient-looking bronze fragment before him, Feng Yi reached out and took it into his hand.

In an instant, an inexplicable feeling arose in his heart; though the fragment looked unimpressive, Feng Yi could clearly sense the vast divine power contained within.

Even though it is merely a fragment, as part of an Ancestral God Weapon its power is not inferior to that of an ordinary semi-Ancestral God Weapon.

Without the Fuxi Qin, a divine object that completely restrains it, Feng Yi could never have obtained this fragment so easily.

"Fragment."

Feng Yi's heart stirred as he recalled that the two rule-congealed curiosities within his body needed a vessel.

"Although it is only a fragment, it is also a supreme treasure; future divination and deduction now have an aid, and moreover"

Thinking this, Feng Yi's eyes showed a hint of contemplation, and a new idea faintly formed.

After a moment, he stored the fragment together with the Fuxi Qin inside his body, refining its spirituality with the Qin's sound.

Having done all this, Feng Yi glanced once more at the several divine artifacts continually bombarding the Heavenly Stele, felt no reluctance, and headed straight away from the Heavenly Stele.

Now, his purpose for entering this ancient city has been fully fulfilled, so naturally he has no intention of lingering here.

As for the result of those divine artifacts bombarding the Heavenly Stele, he already had the answer in his heart.

Unless the Ancestor Dragon, that Ancestral God–level expert, personally intervenes, relying solely on the Dragon Clan and a few divine artifacts cannot possibly contend with the Heavenly Stele.

Moreover, now that he has the Sacred Fire, Feng Yi also has the confidence to go meet the master of this place, that Ancestor Dragon.

Relying on his identity as Fuxi, he might even be able to pluck some dragon hairs from that Ancestor Dragon.

(End of chapter)