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Layered Mountain was an ancient spirit mountain, formed from one small mountain piled atop another.
At this moment, Gu Lingxiao was making his way through Layered Mountain with great difficulty. The mountain held its own profound mysteries: the deeper one went, the greater the pressure became. More crucially, it suppressed a cultivator's magical power, making it difficult to unleash one's divine abilities. Fortunately, Gu Lingxiao cultivated a unique method, cultivating all five elements at once. His physique was exceptionally powerful, far surpassing that of ordinary cultivators, so he was still able to press on.
"This spirit mountain was likely deliberately moved here and hidden away. With it suppressing everything, no wonder no one discovered anything unusual here all these years." Taking in every detail of Layered Mountain, Gu Lingxiao understood. The Wu-Earth Mountain-Suppressing Bowl had clearly not fallen into this place by accident. It had been deliberately hidden here.
"According to the information I gathered, the Wu-Earth Mountain-Suppressing Bowl's last owner was Lianshan Old Ghost. This should be the inheritance he left behind." The five elements circulated endlessly within him, continuously dissolving the pressure bearing down on Gu Lingxiao.
It was then that a profound restriction blocked his path.
"Mountain-Link Restriction. It truly was him. This restriction is connected to Layered Mountain; shaking this restriction is like shaking the mountain itself. For ordinary people, let alone Purple Palace cultivators, even True Lords would find it difficult to break this restriction in a short time. Forcibly attacking it might even trigger other arrangements, causing Layered Mountain to collapse and reducing everything to nothing. Unfortunately, it met me."
Recognizing the restriction's origin, Gu Lingxiao's face was filled with composure.
The next instant, the five qi in his chest circulated, forcibly breaking through Layered Mountain's suppression. Gu Lingxiao struck out a five-colored radiance.