At last, after shattering the offensive formation guarding the core cave abode with a single palm strike,
Lu Yuan slowly walked through the bronze doors.
There was no dust in the air here. A quiet, peaceful main hall appeared before his eyes.
There were no further defensive formations inside the main hall, and its furnishings were exceptionally simple. Atop tier upon tier of steps sat an ancient, silent stone coffin, emerald light spilling from its seams.
Lu Yuan climbed the steps and raised a hand to push open the stone coffin.
The green light flooded the entire main hall. A vibrant emerald heart rose from the coffin, accompanied by an equally radiant white jade slip.
Without a sound, the pressure of the half-step heavenly realm swept outward.
If his guess was right, this emerald heart was the final remnant left behind by that half-step heavenly realm expert.
As for that white jade slip...
Just then,
under Lu Yuan's unsurprised gaze,
the emerald heart suddenly blazed with light, as though some condition had been triggered.
An elegant, illusory figure emerged. His face was fairly youthful, and his bearing refined. The moment he appeared, he looked toward Lu Yuan with a genial smile.
Yet upon sensing the formidable cultivation of the man before him, the refined man's face twitched. He nearly failed to maintain his lofty image.
"Extreme realm peak?!"
Throughout his journey here, Lu Yuan had made no attempt to conceal his aura. If anything, he had been rather conspicuous.
Thus, this refined apparition quickly discerned his true realm.
But he was hardly composed about it. Even his face began twitching slightly.
According to the refined young man's plans during his lifetime, those drawn here by the Dao Scripture in later generations would have been mere juniors in the Dao realm.