190,000-Year Blue Silver Emperor, Gu Yuejin's Plan

Several days later, outside Tianhai City.

This was a primordial mountain range locked in thick fog year-round, ancient trees towering to the sky, vines coiled like twisting dragons.

Slick moss covered most of the rocks, and the air was thick with the stale scent of rotting leaves and soil.

"Senior, are we... lost?"

Ye Guyi stepped deep into the muck, her Angel Light Sword flickering faintly as she warily hacked through obstructing thorns. She furrowed her pretty brows, staring suspiciously at the leisurely figure ahead.

"There's not even a single ten-year soul beast here. It's as desolate as a graveyard. Is there really some opportunity to be found?"

In her view, any so-called treasure ground should be brimming with spiritual energy and radiant with auspicious light.

"Long hair, short sight."

Gu Yuejin shot back without turning around, stopping before a moss-covered, seemingly ordinary rock face.

"True treasures understand the principle of not flaunting their wealth. Only fools who can't bear the thought of no one knowing where they are would make themselves dazzling and wait to be robbed."

Ye Guyi choked, muttering under her breath, "I didn't say it had to be dazzling..."

"Master, there really is something strange here."

Huo Yuhao, who had kept his Spiritual Detection active, stepped forward. His violet-gold Double Pupils gleamed with wisdom. He pointed at a depression in the rock face, his tone certain.

"Though the soul power flow here is faint, it forms an extremely complex circulation pattern—like some kind of profound sealing formation."

"Moreover, this aura seems somewhat similar to your Second Martial Soul, Master."

"Not bad. You've improved."

Gu Yuejin turned, casting an approving glance at Huo Yuhao, then shot a look at the bewildered Ye Guyi.

"Learn from this. That's what professionalism looks like."

Ye Guyi: "..."

So annoying, but she couldn't really argue.

"Yuhao, max out your Spiritual Detection frequency and focus it on this point."

Gu Yuejin extended a slender finger, pressing it against the center of the rock face.

"Yes!"

Huo Yuhao's eyes narrowed slightly, his vast Spiritual Power drilling into the rock like a bit.

At the same time, Gu Yuejin opened his palm.

Hum—

The blue-gold Blue Silver Emperor materialized silently, its tender leaves gently unfurling, radiating a regal aura from the depths of its bloodline.

"Open sesame."

Gu Yuejin muttered with a hint of mischief, and the aura of the Blue Silver Emperor transformed into an invisible ripple, slowly seeping into the rock face.

In an instant, a strange scene unfolded.

The once-dead rock face seemed to come alive, rippling with layers of emerald waves.

Countless faint soul power patterns, perfectly blended with the surroundings, gradually emerged—an ancient and exquisite Natural Concealment Barrier. Now, at the call of the "Emperor," it respectfully opened its gate.

A shimmering spatial passage slowly widened on the rock face, like a tunnel to another world.

"Is this... spatial technique? Or naturally formed?"

Ye Guyi's eyes went wide, and she couldn't help reaching out to touch the flowing light, only to have it gently push her hand away.

Gu Yuejin straightened his collar and stepped into the passage first.

"Come on. I'll take you to see the true 'Peach Blossom Spring' of this world."

The moment they passed through the passage, heaven and earth shifted.

The cold, damp forest air vanished instantly, replaced by a rich, life-giving fragrance so dense that every breath felt like a cleansing of the soul.

This was a massive, enclosed valley.

Inside, it was warm as spring. The soft light seemed to come not from the sun, but from the valley itself.

What met their eyes was a sea of blue.

Countless Blue Silver Grasses—billions of them!

But these were nothing like the common weeds outside. Each stalk was crystalline and translucent, carved from the finest blue crystal. Their leaves were broad and thick, with faint fluorescence flowing through the veins.

A gentle breeze passed, and the billions of Blue Silver Grasses swayed, producing a pleasant rustling sound, like a symphony of life. Tiny blue-gold specks rose from the leaves, dancing in the air, beautiful and dreamlike.

"Wow..."

Ye Guyi was completely stunned.

Her girlish heart overflowed in that moment. She subconsciously reached out, catching a drifting speck of light, her eyes filled with sheer wonder.

"So beautiful... This place is like a fairyland!"

Though Huo Yuhao was also shaken, he focused more on the energy density here.

"Master, the life force here is incredible! A single day of cultivation here might equal ten days outside!"

"Naturally."

Gu Yuejin stood with his hands behind his back, his gaze crossing the blue sea of flowers, fixed on the very center of the valley.

There stood an unusually towering plant.

It rose ten meters high, its entire body a deep, sapphire blue, like a massive gemstone.

What was most miraculous was that on its broad leaves flowed noble golden patterns, as if they were a crown imprinted by the laws of heaven and earth.

It stood there in stillness, and all the surrounding Blue Silver Grass tilted slightly toward it, in a posture of ten thousand subjects paying homage.

One hundred ninety thousand years—the Blue Silver Emperor!

The absolute ruler of this domain!

The moment the three stepped into the valley, the previously harmonious melody suddenly faltered.

"Honored guests come from afar—what guidance do you seek?"

A gentle yet ethereal female voice abruptly rang out in the Sea of Consciousness of the trio.

The voice carried a trace of age-worn weariness, along with undisguised vigilance and authority.

Boom—!

An intangible yet mountain-heavy divine sense instantly locked onto Gu Yuejin, who stood at the front.

Ye Guyi's face paled. Under the pressure of this aura, nearly that of a two hundred thousand year Fierce Beast, she felt like an ant stared down by a dragon—even breathing became difficult.

"S-So strong..."

She instinctively tried to summon her Angel Martial Soul for protection, only to find her soul power completely suppressed.

"Don't move recklessly."

Gu Yuejin spoke calmly, casually waving a stream of soul power to shield Ye Guyi and Huo Yuhao behind him.

He looked up, his Golden Eyes fixed directly on the massive Blue Silver Emperor's form, showing no fear, only a hint of superior scrutiny.

Clearly, this one hundred ninety thousand year sovereign had keenly sensed the bloodline aura within Gu Yuejin—one of the same origin, yet purer and more oppressive than her own.

It was the natural suppression of an upper sovereign over a lower one.

The overlooking of the orthodox over the collateral.

"Guidance? Hardly."

Gu Yuejin stepped forward a few paces with leisurely ease, a meaningful smile curling at the corner of his lips, his voice ringing clearly through the valley:

"This Humble One is Gu Yuejin. Today I intrude upon your peace, not for any other reason."

He paused, his tone turning playful:

"I have come specially to present you with a 'great gift'... one that can change your fate."

"A great gift?"

The Blue Silver Emperor's voice carried doubt, but even more vigilance. "Human, I can sense the sovereign aura within you, but that does not grant you the right to trespass into my domain."

"If you've come to hunt for a soul ring, I'm afraid you've miscalculated."

As she spoke, countless Blue Silver Grass around them began to surge wildly, transforming into blue vine spears aimed at the trio.

"Tch, quite the temper."

Gu Yuejin shook his head, seeming somewhat helpless.

"Since you won't listen to polite words, I'll have to..."

"Make you listen on your knees."

The moment his words fell.

Buzz—!!!

A faint ripple of aura circulated around Gu Yuejin.

He no longer concealed the Blue Silver Emperor bloodline within him, enhanced by the system. Though the Three Hundred Thousand Year Blue Silver Emperor Soul Ring did not manifest, its aura was released without reserve.

In terms of total soul power, he was far inferior to this senior who had cultivated for one hundred ninety thousand years.

But in bloodline quality...

It was a Dimensional Strike from the very origin!

The absolute dominion of a true first ancestor over all descendants!

A pure, domineering, supreme sovereign pressure—as if commanding all living things—erupted from Gu Yuejin, instantly sweeping through the entire valley.

Rustle, rustle, rustle—

The Blue Silver Grass vines that had been writhing and poised to attack froze instantly under the pressure of this aura.

Then, Under the stunned gazes of Ye Guyi and Huo Yuhao, Within the valley, hundreds of millions of Blue Silver Grass trembled in unison, and next...

They involuntarily shifted direction, facing Gu Yuejin's position, and slowly bent their stalks in perfect unison!

Like subjects paying homage to an Emperor!

Even the main body of the ten-meter-tall Blue Silver Emperor trembled violently, letting out a strained wail as its once-proud posture was forced to lower bit by bit.