Spirit-Fusion Peak, Heavenly Gold Cave.
After Yang Huai returned, he handed the Jade Balance Immortal Mansion over to his master, Daoist Guangrong. He took only three treasures from within.
One was the Azure Spirit Divine Tree, one was an ancient altar, and the third was a copy of the Talisman Emperor's True Explanation annotated by the Human Emperor.
Of these three items, only the Talisman Emperor's True Explanation was of use to him.
He had kept the first two because he intended to thoroughly purify the Azure Spirit Divine Tree and uproot the grass along with its roots, lest it leave behind hidden dangers for future generations.
The ancient altar possessed the ability to communicate with Heaven and Earth and connect to the Outer Realm Devil World. Ancient humans had liked using such objects to capture Outer Realm Heavenly Devils or other fiends for cultivation. If it remained, it would sooner or later become a calamity. Yang Huai intended to refine it anew and alter the coordinates within. Perhaps he could contact Black Prison, who had ascended long ago.
This was the item Yang Huai cared about most.
Inside the cave abode, Yang Huai spent several days restoring the ancient altar in his possession.
Looking at the nine-tiered altar before him, its entirety the color of mysterious heaven, Yang Huai felt a faint stir of anticipation.
For him, modifying this altar was not difficult. He merely needed to erase the coordinates connecting it to the Outer Realm Devil World and change them to those for making sacrifices to the Purple Palace Celestial Realm.
He had previously learned part of the method of communication from Black Prison. Now, with this ancient altar, he should be able to quietly establish contact with the Purple Palace Celestial Realm.
He simply did not know