The Three Legends of the Age of Declining Magic

It's quite comfortable to be bathed in the Wraith Fog.

After the Wraith Fog, Lingzhou Yue suddenly felt a bit cold, so she quickly drank a few mouthfuls of warm wine to warm herself up.

"Don't make a fuss, what's wrong?"

Although Xiao Ran's divine sense could not reach the ground, he sensed the abnormality of the Wraith Fog.

Things won't end that simply.

"We have to go back to the city; that woman might still be up to something."

Lingzhou Yue didn't care at all.

"Her true form isn't in the Underworld, so it's not a big problem."

"That might be the problem."

Xiao Ran frowned slightly, a sense of foreboding creeping into his heart.

Lingzhou Yue pursed her lips, adopting a spectator's attitude.

"Let's go, let's go out and see what kind of trouble this woman is up to."

The two left the center of the maze.

Walking through the empty and oppressive maze-like alleyways, Lingzhou Yue felt exceptionally cold, shivering slightly as she linked arms with Xiao Ran once more.

Xiao Ran suddenly asked:

"Does Master know her true identity and strength?"

Lingzhou Yue, her face radiant, and asked meaningfully, "Why are you so concerned about her?"

Xiao Ran hurriedly said:

"This is our number one enemy."

Lingzhou Yue said:

"The Apostle High Priest, Black Zither, that's what she said herself."

Xiao Ran simply couldn't reconcile the name Black Zither Qin with the image of young palace maid or the delicate voice in the Wraith Fog.

Is it also a clone? The Spirit Severing Realm only allows the soul to leave the body; to have complete control over Spirit Severing, one must reach the Body Integration Realm Cultivation Level.

"Is this Black Zither... very strong?"

Lingzhou Yue laughed heartily.

"Since he is one of the Four Great Priests of the Apostle, but not the top Apostle, he is definitely no match for me. Don't worry."

However, Xiao Ran did not feel at ease.

There are too many things that don't seem right...

Inside the maze, he retraced his steps while checking his Filial Piety Points in the system.

You won't believe it until you see it, and what you find will shock you.

The screen was full of unread system notifications! [Congratulations, host, you have gained 1 Filial Piety Points!]

[Congratulations, host, you have gained 2 Filial Piety Points!]

[Congratulations, host, you have gained 5 Filial Piety Points!]

[Congratulations...]

Inside the maze, Xiao Ran was so focused that he didn't notice the system notification.

Recall that all these Filial Piety Points were earned by carrying Master in the maze? So many? It's strange, the more we collect, the more radiant Master seems!

Xiao Ran didn't quite understand the logic behind it.

My total Filial Piety Points is 311!

Good heavens, Xiao Ran has never fought such a costly battle before!

So he quickly bought the thing he had always wanted but couldn't afford or couldn't bear to buy—

Blood pack! Life-Saving Blood Pack! He Mind Concentration on the system Shop and selected a Life-Saving Blood Pack for the Qi Refining Realm.

[Qi Refining Full Health Recovery Pack: This pack fully restores the health of the Qi Refining Realm user, bringing them back to life once. The user can choose whether to use the pack at the moment their consciousness fades. Price: 100 Filial Piety Points. Confirm purchase?]

"Confirm!"

[Congratulations, host, you have successfully purchased the Qi Refining Full Health Recovery Pack. Remaining Filial Piety Points: 211!]

A thought Xiao Ran's mind...

This time, there was no spiritual elevation; it was just a jolt in my body.

With the blood bag full, I could walk much more steadily.

The maze is very long.

Lingzhou Yue felt somewhat uncomfortable in the maze due to insufficient mental cultivation and weak will.

Even while tightly gripping Xiao Ran's arm, she was still being eroded by the passage of time.

After a long while, she asked weakly, "Hundreds of years have passed, do you still remember where you came from?"

"Of course I remember."

Xiao Ran was very determined.

Then he glanced at his Master.

The frail and listless Master, the fair and radiant glow on the young girl's face, her dreamy eyes like a lake at dusk, and the glistening wine on her lips...

They're quite cute.

Not to mention her voluptuous figure, which had long since become weak and boneless, and the gentle waves of the lake, lapping against the shore near her elbows.

Xiao Ran's divine sense seeped into his Master's body.

Previously, in the center of the maze, in order to resist the erosion of time within the maze, her Master had subtly absorbed a lot of Wraith Fog. This Wraith Fog not only did not drain her Spiritual Power, but instead sustained the warmth of her body.

Now that the Wraith Fog has dissipated, Master's body temperature has dropped somewhat, and he instinctively tries to prevent the Wraith Fog within his body from dissipating.

This Wraith Fog is no longer the vast, Wraith Fog that floats above Flamefree City, but rather Wraith Fog similar to that within the National Teacher's body, seemingly originating from the power of Primate.

Xiao Ran suddenly became alert.

"Master, quickly expel the Wraith Fog from your body!"

Lingzhou Yue huddled up, shivering.

"Are you trying to freeze me to death...?"

Xiao Ran turned around and grabbed his Master's shoulder.

"The Wraith Fog must be dispelled!"

Lingzhou Yue Hanging Moon, gradually softened, and she murmured in a coquettish tone:

"I'm out of strength, please help me."

Xiao Ran pressed his hands on his Master's shoulders, and his palms suddenly trembled.

Lingzhou Yue was jolted awake by the shock, her body trembling as if she were half-full of water swaying back and forth.

In the blink of an eye, smoke started rising from above.

The Wraith Fog within his body was completely expelled.

Wraith Fog dissipated, she suddenly felt warm instead of cold.

Only then did I realize that the Wraith Fog was harmful...

[Congratulations, host, you have gained 1 Filial Piety Points!]

[Congratulations, host, you have gained 1 Filial Piety Points!]

[Congratulations...]

But one thing is certain: the Wraith Fog can indeed resist the erosion of time in the labyrinth.

Without the support of the Wraith Fog, Lingzhou Yue's consciousness became hazy. Clinging to Xiao Ran, she felt a strange sense of dependence.

"I want you to carry me on your back."

Xiao Ran also wanted to carry it, and he could also earn some Filial Piety Points along the way, but now was not the time to drift on the sea and look at the blue sky and white clouds.

We need to speed things up!

"There's no time to spare, let's use the sword instead."

"I have a bamboo raft here."

Lingzhou Yue, still half asleep, took out the bamboo raft she had casually woven at Hundred Herbs Peak before leaving.

Xiao Ran forcefully lifted the bamboo raft, which then sped through the air.

He sat cross-legged at the front of the bamboo raft, flying along the bamboo while keeping an eye on the road, which was quite tiring.

Lingzhou Yue sat sideways behind him, her beautiful face, as lovely as a painting, resting against his broad back, and drifted off to sleep.

[Congratulations, host, you have gained 1 Filial Piety Points!]

[Congratulations, host, you have gained 1 Filial Piety Points!]

[Congratulations...]

Rushing through the maze is very energy-consuming.

However, the pills that True Person Yinyue prepared for Xiao Ran were plentiful and potent enough.

Xiao Ran took drugs all the way and quickly got out of the maze.

An hour later, the two emerged from the maze through the entrance to the underground fortifications of the palace.

Find your way out of the maze.

General Lin Bao had been waiting at the underground entrance for a long time. Upon seeing Xiao Ran return, he hurriedly said, "A black, suspended stele suddenly appeared in the sky above Flamefree City. After His Your Majesty saw the glowing inscription on the stele, he has already broken through to the second level of the Everlasting Spring Art!"

Xiao Ran frowned slightly.

"On the street?"

"Those who practiced the Everlasting Spring Art were all outdoors reading the inscription. The Imperial Guards were maintaining order, and there was no unrest for the time being."

Xiao Ran felt increasingly uneasy, and together with his busy Master, they hurried to the main street.

The Wraith Fog gathered in the air, emitting an eerie howl.

The streets, rooftops, and courtyards were filled with practitioners of Everlasting Spring Art sitting on the ground.

More than half of them have already advanced to the first level of the Everlasting Spring Art, totaling a million people.

Looking up at the sky, not far to the west of the city, the stone tablet is floating in the air, emitting a faint light.

The two chased after them and took a closer look.

It turned out that Liu Mingyang and another Wraith Hunter were carrying the stone tablet and flying through the air together.

Upon closer inspection, the two were already enveloped in the Wraith Fog, their four eyes filled with black mist! Lingzhou Yue suddenly regained consciousness, thankfully Xiao Ran had expelled the Wraith Fog, otherwise wouldn't she have been controlled by that woman?

He cursed:

"These two idiots, they're not qualified, yet they insist on taking on the job!"

Xiao Ran recalled carefully and guessed:

"They were fooled. The power of the Wraith Fog itself is not that strong. If these two hadn't broken into the center of the maze, she wouldn't have been able to take the stone tablet from us. These two must have been guided by the Wraith Fog to find the center of the maze and helped her lift the stone tablet out of our hands."

"Even Master was fooled. In the center of the maze, if Master had used force, the Wraith Fog might not have been able to stop Master."

"Besides the National Teacher's power to gather Wraith Fog through his own Spirit Runes, the Black Zither's main body is outside the Netherworld and does not have strong control over Wraith Fog. She needs to be infused with Wraith Fog to control people. If they hadn't been in a maze, where the space was closed and time was disrupting their minds, these two would not have been fooled! Apart from her own clone young palace maid Qingqing, she did not control anyone in Flamefree City using Wraith Fog."

Although Lingzhou Yue was somewhat surprised, she wasn't really shaken. In her opinion, only the weak would resort to such wicked thoughts.

"This is the path to the Sacred Domain. Millions have cultivated the first level of the Everlasting Spring Art. Does this woman really want to control the Great Underworld and create the Sacred Domain?"

"Sacred Domain..."

Xiao Ran was no stranger to the term "Sacred Domain".

In the Dharma Ending Era, there are three great folk legends—

Heavenly Ladder.

The Demonic Dragon.

Sacred Domain.

The Heavenly Ladder refers to the stairway to the new Immortal Realm. It requires cultivators to have the universe in their hearts, to serve the people and the world, and to dedicate themselves wholeheartedly in order to have the chance to attain enlightenment one day, open the Heavenly Ladder, and reach the new Immortal Realm.

This is a folk legend that even the Dao Alliance often promotes.

The second one is the legend of the Demonic Dragon.

The legend of the Demonic Dragon originated from the Saint Demon Sect and was later popularized by the Dragon Taming Family of Chaos City.

It is said that in the Dharma Ending Era, the dragon race did not die out, and there was still a demonic Demonic Dragon practicing demonic arts living in the world.

As long as the Demonic Dragon sleeping in the Dragon Cave is awakened, Demonic Dragon can devour the Wraith and end the apocalypse.

The third legend is the Sacred Domain that Lingzhou Yue mentioned! The Sacred Domain was originally a fantasy land created by folk writers. It is said to be a future world in the end times, where all kinds of beings in the Cultivation World abandon their physical bodies and their souls merge into a perfect unified body of all spirits, forming a world of great harmony.

The Apostle are a dark organization born from this legend.

The Apostle's concept of Sacred Domain is even more radical! They believe that only the Wraith, or even the Great Underworld, can achieve Sacred Domain that will unite all souls in the future.

What humans need to do is cultivate their minds and learn various techniques for separating the soul, so that even after being devoured by the Great Underworld, they can still maintain a clear soul.

Xiao Ran had always thought that these three legends were nonsense, just something to appease people.

After seeing the inscription, he even speculated that these three legends were deliberately spread to cover up the existence of the stele.

Now he suddenly realizes...

The Apostle actually went for real! Not only did he go for real, but he went even further, using the Wraith Fog as a medium and the power of enlightenment from the inscriptions to help millions of mortals cultivate the first level of the Everlasting Spring Art.

Seeing Xiao Ran's sudden realization, Lingzhou Yue pondered for a long time but still couldn't understand.

"What should we do?"

Xiao Ran didn't know what the woman's next move would be, in short:

"Let's get the stone tablet first."

At that moment, a million practitioners of the Everlasting Spring Art began chanting incantations in unison.

The sound was like the chanting of Brahma, sublime and vast, yet obscure and mysterious.

Xiao Ran was suddenly startled.

This is in...

Summoning the Wraith?