The Mysterious Holy Pillar

After watching the group of Shepherds depart and confirming that they were not on the Void River where the Immortal Realm was located, Bai Qiuran returned to the center of the island, near the Crystal Pillar, together with the Three-Headed Dragon Person Shepherds Salon.

"Senior Salon."

While manipulating the Giant God Automaton, Bai Qiuran emitted waves of Consciousness to communicate with the Three-Headed Dragon Person Shepherds.

"How long will the Hunting Ritual take once they leave?"

"Time? I haven't calculated it."

The Three-Headed Dragon Person thought for a moment, somewhat confused, and then replied, "The Void River stretches a great distance from the Void River Void Sea to the Void Source. Even Tribal King couldn't swim all the way to the source in one go; they had to stop and rest, consuming worlds to recover their strength. Last time we went, we walked and stopped, and it took us about three Void Hour to reach the Void Source Headwaters. Then we performed a hymn of praise for about one Void Hour near the Void Source."

"I see."

Bai Qiuran a sigh of relief.

The Shepherds have a loose sense of time and do not have a special timekeeping tool. The concept of "Void Hour" was first advocated by the "Glutton" and has been used ever since.

One Void Hour is roughly equivalent to five hundred years in the Immortal Realm. Bai Qiuran calculated that it would take three Void Hour of Rewind, one Void Hour of Praise, and one and a half Void Hour for the Shepherds to reach the Immortal Realm's territory. This translates to approximately two thousand seven hundred and fifty years.

Although it wasn't very long, it wasn't short either; it was enough for Bai Qiuran to rebuild all the cultivation levels from the first level of Qi Refining Stage to the 66,665th level of Qi Refining Stage.

He had initially thought that, given the Shepherds' speed of movement, they could likely reach the Immortal Realm within a few hundred years. Now it seemed that the Shepherds were still making some mistakes on their journey.

"Alright, don't worry about those things now. Once you've grown up, the Tribal King will definitely let you go to the next Hunting Ritual."

Salon smiled and led him to the Crystal Pillar.

"Let's meditate here first. This Holy Pillar is the birthplace of our race and also possesses incredible power. If members of our race meditate under this Holy Pillar, they may very well awaken special Superpower."

"Like the Tribal King?"

Bai Qiuran recalled the Tribal King feet were covered in Light Filaments and who stood on the Void Sea.

"Yes, the Glutton learned his Superpower from under this Holy Pillar, thus becoming invincible within the clan and becoming the previous Tribal King."

Salon chuckled, "The Tribal King, being the Glutton's own brother, also comprehended Superpower. Come over here too; this is a privilege usually reserved for the Tribal King. Tribal King's allowed you to meditate during this time, and perhaps you too can comprehend a powerful Superpower."

"Good."

It was a rare opportunity to come into contact with and study the most important sacred object of the Shepherds race, so how could Bai Qiuran refuse? He manipulated the Giant God Automaton and came to the Holy Pillar with Salon. They sat down with their backs against the Holy Pillar and closed their eyes to meditate. However, in reality, it was Bai Qiuran secretly brought Tang Ruowei from the Giant God Automaton's Spiritual Platform to the Holy Pillar to study this thing up close.

Ding ding.

Tang Ruowei took out the Kun Ling Sword from her spatial storage and tentatively tapped the enormous Crystal Pillar. The Crystal Pillar emitted a crisp sound. She looked at Bai Qiuran, who nodded to her. So the girl took a deep breath, channeled her True Essence, and completely contained the Kunyuan Earth-attribute Sword Qi on the blade of the Kun Ling Sword. Then she used the most basic sword technique of the Azure Nether Sword Sect and slashed at the Crystal Pillar flatly.

Clang!

The sword energy, powerful enough to easily Sword Qi through a mountain, collided with the Crystal Pillar, unleashing a dazzling Radiant Light. Tang Ruowei was forced back several steps by the recoil from the Holy Pillar, and cautiously glanced in Salon's direction.

The Three-Headed Dragon Person remained oblivious, meditating with his eyes closed. What was an earth-shattering Energy Storm to Mortals was perhaps just a gentle breeze to a creature as powerful as the Shepherds.

Tang Ruowei breathed a sigh of relief, then lowered her head to check her injuries. Her sword strike had left the Crystal Pillar undamaged, but her hand had been dislocated and was bleeding profusely.

"Take this and wipe it clean."

Bai Qiuran tossed a handkerchief to the girl, Tang Ruowei, who took it and wiped away the blood. Then she used the Fortune Body Forging Technique, and after a series of cracking sounds, the bones in her hand automatically recovered, the broken wound healed completely, and became even more resilient.

"This pillar is something else."

Bai Qiuran reached out and touched the Holy Pillar. It was icy cold to the touch, and countless Light Filaments converged at the point where his palm touched the Holy Pillar.

This Crystal Pillar may seem harmless, but it actually reflects all attacks directed at it. If Tang Ruowei's sword strike had been delivered by Immortals of the same level, it would have caused far more than just a minor injury to the hand bones.

The force rebounding from the Kun Ling Sword could shatter the Immortals's bones, causing severe physical damage.

In other words, when Tang Ruowei was practicing the Fortune Body Forging Technique, the Old Bai family had monstrously tempered her bones, giving her an incredibly high level of skeletal defense. That's why she only suffered a hand injury after taking a sword strike from him.

"Master, this pillar is so hard!"

Tang Ruowei came closer and stood next to Bai Qiuran, looking at the Holy Pillar with him.

"It's definitely not hard enough, let me try."

Bai Qiuran and then waved his hand to summon Clear Autumn Waters.

He gathered his True Essence, concealed his Sword Qi, and used a basic sword move identical to Tang Ruowei's to strike the Holy Pillar.

This sword strike was quite effective; Bai Qiuran successfully sliced open the Crystal Pillar with a single blow, then cut downwards with the blade, carving away a large piece of material from the Crystal Pillar.

Of course, what was a huge material to Bai Qiuran and Tang Ruowei was just a tiny, barely perceptible dent to the Shepherds. They probably wouldn't even notice the gap if they didn't touch it with their fingers.

Moreover, Bai Qiuran and Tang Ruowei soon discovered that they no longer needed to worry about the Shepherds discovering the gap.

Because after Bai Qiuran removed a piece, countless Light Filaments quickly emerged from the gap in the Holy Pillar. They intertwined and converged to form a patch of light. After the patch of light dissipated, the place where Bai Qiuran cut off a piece was restored to its original smoothness.

"It can even repair itself."

Bai Qiuran calmly sealed the Crystal block containing many Light Filaments inside using the Time Law.

"Take this back to the Immortal Realm, and we'll have the Heavenly Works Workshop Immortal Craftsman and the Machine God analyze it then."

His gaze moved down from the Holy Pillar to the dense "sand" beneath the Crystal Pillar.

Each grain of sand is a world compressed by a mysterious force. Bai Qiuran had done some simple research during this time and speculated that the power that turned these worlds into grains of sand might be the mysterious Power of Light Threads on this Holy Pillar.

"Could there be information about the Shepherds in these worlds as well?"