As the Heavenly Book Stele split in two, the already crumbling Daoist temple decayed further, like a withered leaf, within half an hour.
In the end, it turned to ash.
A cold wind swept across the snow and scattered every trace of it.
Zhuang Xiuyin watched in silence, unsure whether to feel joy or sorrow.
She was glad that the task her master had given her was finally complete: the Dao Venerable had seen the Heavenly Book Stele.
But from this day on, Western Kunlun would have no Heavenly Book Stele.
Faced with a upheaval unseen in ten thousand years, how would Western Kunlun cope without the Heavenly Book to warn it?
You stood in the snow until the temple had vanished completely, then slowly came back to yourself.
Apart from those two cloud-shrouded prophecies, the most valuable thing you had learned from the Heavenly Book Stele was this:
Lu Yu, one of the Three Truths patriarchs of Mount Zhongnan ten thousand years ago, would appear when the Ascension Platform opened.
Then there was the treasure that had fallen into your hands when the stele split.
A small axe of green jade.
You placed it within your Golden Core.
To your surprise, it resonated with the Eastern Pole Divine Stele you had obtained from the Emperor of Longevity years ago.
The two treasures seemed to answer each other.
Stranger still!
In the past, no matter how powerful a Divine Prohibition Treasure was, or what item you had obtained from the Dragon Palace, the Eastern Pole Divine Stele suppressed it the moment it entered your Golden Core.
Yet this little axe resisted its pressure.
Each occupied a corner of your Golden Core. Aside from that instant of resonance, they kept to themselves, like well water and river water that never mixed.