Immortal Husk and Great Sage
Chen Lingxi was astonished, finding it difficult to comprehend the profound methods of the Great Sage Luo Yuan.
"To be worthy of the title 'Great Sage Sage' in the Great Xuanzhuo Realm is indeed incredibly powerful, far beyond the comprehension of ordinary Qi Circulation Realm cultivators Non-Self."
Chen Lingxi continued to stare at the vortex between Liu Changle's eyebrows, the images within it still constantly shifting.
He saw a drop of river water from the Great Sage Luo Yuan fall into this Cave Heaven, and then transform into a phantom figure.
The figure walked through the Void, across this vast world, reaching countless mountains and rivers, and finally arriving at an ancient mountain in Yuan River Prefecture.
That is the Ancestral Mountain!
At that time, Ancestral Mountain was lush and green, without any thick fog. It looked majestic and towering, with undulating peaks, but it was not a particularly special mountain.
But when this figure stepped into the Ancestral Mountain...
Suddenly, vortexes began to swirl within the Ancestral Mountain, these vortexes hovering in the Void, dividing the entire Ancestral Mountain into patches of black holes.
Black holes are interconnected and filled with mystery.
Immediately afterward, these black holes disappeared, and the initial figure of the Great Sage Luo Yuan, in disguise, quietly vanished from the Ancestral Mountain.
At this moment... the Ancestral Mountain, which originally seemed ordinary, has begun to change.
But then a thick fog began to rise from the mountain, and this fog contained a rather strange power, as if it were transforming the mountain.
I don't know how many years have passed.
Within this Ancestral Mountain, several peaks have sprung up, along with numerous babbling brooks and waterfalls.
These mountains, streams, and waterfalls seem to possess a unique power.
In Liu Changle's deeply hidden memories, he saw these mountains, streams, and waterfalls occasionally flashing with a glimmer of light, gathering in the Void.
Until one day...
The spiritual light in the Void suddenly intensified, illuminating a blinding white light.
After the intense white light dissipated, a Long River spiritual light could be faintly seen flowing slowly through the Void.
And those black holes reappeared, enveloping the Ancestral Mountain and the Long River spiritual light.
In the next instant, the entire Ancestral Mountain changed its appearance, becoming even more enormous and majestic.
"The Ancestral Mountain at this moment is exactly the same as the Ancestral Mountain I saw when I went to compete for the Ancestral Mountain Mother Qi."
Chen Lingxi's eyes were burning.
From Liu Changle's deepest memories, he clearly sensed...
The three peaks, one Spirit Pool, the high platform above the Spirit Pool, and the numerous streams in that Ancestral Mountain seem to be some kind of unique formation.
These formations shimmer with spiritual light, which then falls into the Long River Long River it has been nurtured.
The Long River appears, and then it sleeps within it.
From within, a glimmer of light flew out, exiting the Ancestral Mountain.
At this time, the vast Yuanjiang Prefecture had already been built into a city, Great Li had already ruled over it. The spiritual light flew into the capital of Great Li and into the womb of a dying woman!
An old doctor was taking the woman's pulse, and then a look of surprise appeared on his face.
"He's alive... he's actually alive..." the old doctor said, his voice trembling.
A scholar in his early twenties standing nearby stared wide-eyed, his face covered in sweat. "The lady has come back to life?"
The old doctor continued taking her pulse, then shook his head. "It seems that the lady and the child in her womb have come back to life together."
Scenes flowed and shifted within that vortex.
Chen Lingxi sensed the wondrous power of the Cauldron Vessel containing the Dao-Seizing Fruit.
"I can even compile process-based memories now."
He thought about it for a moment, then shook his head slightly.
The swirling vortex dissipated, and many images shattered.
A slight smile appeared on Liu Changle's lips as he remained sound asleep, unaware of what he was dreaming about.
Chen Lingxi looked up at the Mystic Wonder Abbey, which was entirely composed of illusions, and then looked at Liu Changle was still fast asleep.
"The Great Sage incarnate... So my friend, who was also a government servant, has such a background."
He lowered his head and thought for a moment, but ultimately decided not to bother Liu Changle any further.
"Although he is the incarnation of the Great Sage Luo Yuan, Liu Changle also has his own memories in this Cave Heaven."
He is currently asleep here, surrounded by Spiritual Qi, and his cultivation seems to be still increasing.
"Perhaps one day, he will remember his memories from before he was reincarnated, and remember that he was a drop of river water."
With this thought in mind, Chen Lingxi quietly left Mystic Wonder Abbey and Yuan River Prefecture.
He used his Cloud-Riding Method to arrive at the Ancestral Mountain, gazing at the mountain range shrouded in thick fog from afar.
The mountains and rivers are towering and majestic, yet they possess not a trace of Spiritual Qi.
Chen Lingxi descended into the clouds and looked down at the entire Ancestral Mountain.
He saw the mountain peaks and streams, and he also saw the waterfalls and pools.
These things, however, were equally lifeless, devoid of any wonder whatsoever.
"Because of the descent of the Great Sage Luo Yuan, this Ancestral Mountain seems to have taken on two different appearances."
"One of its aspects seems to connect to the Great Xuanzhuo Realm or other Cave Heaven realms."
Chen Lingxi still clearly remembered that when she Sight-Roaming Lin Suri, Lin Suri had seen several cultivators from other worlds when he entered the Ancestral Mountain.
"Therefore, it is highly likely that this Ancestral Mountain contains a method, or even a passage, to leave the Great Xuanzhuo Realm."
"Moreover... if the Great Sage Luo Yuan's avatar could be revived and no longer slumber."
Perhaps, as the Credit Peddler said, the True Lord of the Quexing Xi Family will no longer refine this Cave Heaven."
As Chen Lingxi pondered this, she couldn't help but look down at the sparsely populated Ancestral Mountain.
"The Great Sage Luo Yuan is asleep in the Ancestral Mountain on the other side, and occasionally his spiritual light revives... just like when he invited me to meet Long River last time."
But now, all I can see is this Ancestral Mountain in Yuan River Prefecture... How can I awaken the Great Sage Luo Yuan?"
Chen Lingxi her head and thought for a moment, naturally thinking of Liu Changle again.
"Liu Changle is an incarnation of the Great Sage. Perhaps his coming to this Ancestral Mountain can help him find a way to enter the other side of the Ancestral Mountain."
Having considered this, he decided to stay temporarily in the Eastern Palace of the Golden Flower King, waiting for Liu Changle to wake up.
Just as Chen Lingxi was about to head to Inlaid Gold Mountain, a flash of inspiration suddenly struck him.
"Inside Ancestral Mountain..."
He murmured to himself, then his Divine Sense sank into his Qi Sea, where he found a glimmer of the Qi Sea from its immense depth.
That spark of inspiration was imbued with a surging, ancient aura, as if it had been born from a certain Cauldron Vessel.
That is indeed the case.
This inspiration came from the Undying Willow Branch of the Undying Willow Branch, the Cauldron Vessel!
Over the years, this inspiration had always been Chen Lingxi's Qi Sea, never to be remembered by him.
This is because Xi Mu had already been Chen Lingxi in another Ancestral Mountain.
But today, Chen Lingxi suddenly remembered his Undying Willow Puppet.
"I am now in the Ancestral Mountain, which seems to be two sides of the same Ancestral Mountain."
The Ancestral Mountain of this Cave Heaven is unremarkable, but in another world—perhaps within the Great Xuanzhuo Realm, or perhaps in another Cave Heaven or secret realm—that Ancestral Mountain carries the incarnation of the Great Sage Luo Yuan ..."
"Now that I am in the Ancestral Mountain, I wonder if I can awaken Xi Mu."
Once Chen Lingxi thought of this, she no longer hesitated.
He circulated his spiritual energy, connecting with the spiritual energy within his own Qi Sea.
In an instant, it was as if a string on a musical instrument had been plucked, then vibrated, and a sound was transmitted into the distance.
Chen Lingxi then used the vibration of the zither strings and the sound to awaken her connection with the Undying Willow Puppet.
A slight smile appeared on his face.
His own consciousness clearly perceived Xi Mu in his present state, but it was buried beneath the soil.
Chen Lingxi drove Xi Mu out of the ground.
Even for cultivators Qi Circulation Realm, their physical bodies will rot if buried in the soil for two or three years.
For example, Xi Mu's muscles are now rotten, and in some places only bones remain.
However, the spiritual energy that the Undying Willow Branch had bestowed upon Xi Mu remained, and Chen Lingxi could still see the distant scenery through Xi Mu's deep, empty eye sockets.
The mountains here are towering, the water flows swiftly, and several major rivers rush past.
Three mountain peaks in the distance pierced through the clouds, then were enveloped in a thick aura of spiritual energy.
In addition, Chen Lingxi clearly saw that the Spirit Pool in the far distance was also shimmering with light.
"We need to climb to a high place and take a look at the other side of this Ancestral Mountain from afar."
Chen Lingxi simply sat cross-legged in the Ancestral Mountain, closed his eyes, and rode the Undying Willow Puppet straight to the highest mountain.
Climb to the highest point of the mountains.
The Undying Willow Puppet looked down.
Chen Lingxi gazed at the vast Ancestral Mountain through the eyes of the Undying Willow Puppet.
The Long River, the mountains and rivers... all kinds of vital energy are connected in one place.
Even now, Chen Lingxi still couldn't see through the mystery.
However, because the Dao-Seizing Fruit could see through Liu Changle's memories, Chen Lingxi followed the patterns of the great formation in Liu Changle's memories and compared them one by one.
"On the other side of the Ancestral Mountain, there is an extremely large formation."
This grand formation is slowly brewing some kind of spiritual energy, and this spiritual energy has fallen into that cloud of mist in the far distance.
Chen Lingxi's eyes flickered.
He had once ventured into that fog.
Within that mist lies the Long River incarnation of the Great Sage Luo Yuan!
Chen Lingxi squinted, suddenly feeling as if she had grasped something.
"Great Sage Luo Yuan, this is the incarnation of the Long River in Liu Changle's memory, still asleep."
"But if this Long River were to awaken, I wonder if the True Lord Monarch of the Quexing Xi Family would still dare to refine this Cave Heaven."
Chen Lingxi lowered her head and pondered carefully.
"Great Sage Luo Yuan, was born in this Cave Heaven, but I'm not sure if this Great Sage has any attachment to this Cave Heaven."
Are you willing to fight against that True Lord for this Cave Heaven?
"But... now that things have come to this, this can be considered a viable path to survival, so giving it a try... wouldn't hurt."
With these thoughts in Chen Lingxi raised her head and looked towards the distant capital city.
He still clearly remembered that in the river outside the capital, there was a body of a Immortal Husk.
"The Immortal Husk is extremely precious. Even Dao-Below Academy that possess True Lord- level figures would go to great lengths for such fortuitous opportunity."
"Emperor Daye obtained this Immortal Husk, which enabled him to give birth to Divine Ability objects, and to create such a terrifying array."
Perhaps his ability to attain the Dao Foundation Realm stage is due to this Immortal Husk."
"If that's the case... if I could put this Immortal Husk into the avatar of the Great Sage Luo Yuan, would it be possible to awaken the avatar of the Great Sage Luo Yuan?"
Chen Lingxi's gaze was intense.