A Chen Shall Descend from Heaven! Illuminate the Mystic Capital!

Chen Lingxi immediately took to the clouds and went to search for the location of the pagoda.

Twin Luminous Mirrors in the sky.

The wind howled in my ears, and the mountains and rivers rushed past beneath my feet.

Chen Lingxi then rode the clouds over the twelve undulating mountain peaks, heading north for about two more hours, until a range of mountains appeared before him.

The mountains were steep and rugged, with jagged rocks and barren peaks covered in craggy, grayish-white stones.

From afar, it resembles a battlefield of immortals abandoned in the mortal world, permeated with a vast and ancient aura.

"The pagoda is located right here."

Chen Lingxi lowered his head and gazed at the surrounding peaks, his eyes silently circulating the Qi Observation technique.

The sun has its own energy, the moon has its own energy, mountains have their own energy, water has its own energy, plants and trees have their own energy, and all living things have their own energy.

Everything in the universe possesses Qi.

Chen Lingxi looked closely and saw some spiritual patterns on the originally gray rocks.

There was also an extremely mysterious aura flowing within it.

Chen Lingxi focused intently, her gaze following the remaining array patterns until it finally landed on a mountain peak deep within the mountains.

"This is the place." Chen Lingxi his mind, silently activating his Cloud-Riding Method, and his whole body transformed into a long rainbow, flying swiftly towards the low mountain.

Landing atop a low peak and passing through a lush, wooded area, Chen Lingxi finally saw a door.

It was a stone door.

The stone gate looked ordinary and unremarkable.

Chen Lingxi casually pushed him away.

creak...

The stone gate then opened.

Behind the door lay a bottomless darkness, from which faint, almost imperceptible Spiritual Qi emanated, mingling with the surrounding mist.

"There's no protective barrier at all."

Chen Lingxi was somewhat surprised and stepped into the portal.

Behind the door was a deep, secluded passageway.

Embedded in the stone walls on both sides of the passageway are fist-sized pearls, which emit a warm and bright light, illuminating the entire passageway.

The passageway was extremely long. Chen Lingxi walked slowly along it, spreading out her Divine Sense to vigilantly perceive all the movements around her.

After walking about a hundred steps, the view suddenly opened up before me.

It was an extremely spacious cave abode.

The cave abode's dome hangs high, its walls are as smooth as a mirror, and the floor is paved with solid pieces of green jade bricks, which, despite the passage of countless years, still shine brightly.

Chen Lingxi glanced at it, her expression shifting slightly.

"That is the Spirit Artifact Pagoda?"

In the very center of the cave abode stood a pagoda, about three feet tall, made entirely of some unknown glass, with three stories.

The tower has no carvings on it, except for a small jade bead, about the size of a bean, embedded in the upturned eaves of each level.

The bead emitted a warm and bright light, casting a hazy glow over the entire cave abode.

What alarmed Chen Lingxi the most was that there were faint, fine rays of light flowing in the Void around the pagoda.

The light was extremely sharp, like Sword Qi, and like stars surrounding the moon, it slowly rotated around the pagoda, exuding an extremely profound and ancient aura as it flowed.

"This pagoda actually emits such profound Sword Qi?"

Chen Lingxi was surprised.

His gaze shifted again, and he noticed a shadow imprinted on the stone wall of the cave abode.

The shadow was sitting cross-legged, its back straight as a pine tree, its hands resting on its knees, its posture calm and serene.

But the outline of the shadow was extremely blurry, like looking at the moon in the water through a thick fog, hazy and indistinct.

Only a slender figure could be vaguely discerned, likely a predecessor who had once secluded himself here for cultivation.

Chen Lingxi was somewhat amazed.

"This senior has been meditating here for who knows how long, and has actually left such a deep imprint on the stone wall."

Chen Lingxi glanced at the shadow for a moment, then withdrew her gaze and focused it back on the glazed pagoda.

"Such a brilliant idea... this pagoda must be extraordinary..."

He silently recited it in his heart, the burning light in his eyes growing even brighter.

The aura emanating from the pagoda was deep and ancient, completely different from any other treasure he had ever seen.

"But I wonder if such a treasure conceals any danger?"

He pondered for a moment, a resolute glint in his eyes.

"This is the Total Perception Divine Chamber; even death here is acceptable. It's perfect for scouting the way."

Without further hesitation, he strode towards the pagoda and then grasped it firmly in his palm.

"Hmm? That easy?"

Chen Lingxi was greatly surprised.

But the pagoda was already in his hands.

He held the pagoda in his palm, and he could clearly sense that it contained some extremely ancient and mysterious power.

Just as Chen Lingxi was greatly surprised.

The scene before him suddenly changed.

In an instant!

Chen Lingxi's expression changed drastically!

He seemed to be pulled into another world by an irresistible force, where everything around him was distorted and changing.

The cave abode vanished into nothingness in an instant.

Instead, there was a vast and boundless galaxy.

Where is this again?

Chen Lingxi was stunned.

The Milky Way surges and the stars revolve.

Countless dazzling starlight surged around him like a tide, enveloping him completely.

He stood in the very center of that starry sky, looked up, and saw a sight that shook him to his core.

From the depths of that galaxy, a figure is treading upon the stars.

The figure was extremely imposing, dressed in a silver robe with a jade sword at his waist, looking like an immortal traveling among the stars.

Behind him hung a pagoda, seventy-two stories high, made entirely of glazed tiles, with a dazzling star hanging from the eaves of each story.

The stars shone with an intense, dazzling light, turning the entire Milky Way into a magnificent daytime scene.

The figure in the silver robe was extremely young, with thick, sword-like eyebrows, bright, star-like eyes, and a high, straight nose. Yet, the vicissitudes revealed in his deep eyes were not something one should have at his age.

He stood in the very center of that galaxy, his aura so overwhelming and terrifying.

It was like a Mysterious Lord, so majestic that one could not look directly at it.

The figure in silver robes stopped in the very center of the Milky Way, raised its head, and looked out at the boundless Void.

Two indescribable lights suddenly shone in his deep eyes, piercing through the starry sky, through the Void, and through all obstacles between heaven and earth.

Then he spoke!

His voice seemed to carry some extremely complex and obscure syllables.

Each syllable seemed to contain some profound truth that pointed directly to the ultimate truth, making people's hearts tremble.

He also exuded an awe-inspiring aura of dominance over the world and the power to suppress all things; the pressure in his words made even his Divine Sense tremble.

Although she couldn't understand the literal meaning of the syllables, for some reason, the True Intention of the words surfaced in Chen Lingxi's mind on its own:

[Heaven will display its power! Illuminating the capital!]

The immortals descend to the south! The vast universe is eternal!

The Great Way exists because it exists, and the Great Way also does not exist!

The immortal Immortal Capital has departed, and the purple palace has been erected!

As the sound faded, all was silent.

The silver-robed figure slowly dissipated, and the seventy-two-story glazed pagoda also disappeared, while the vast starry river silently faded away.

Chen Lingxi felt a sudden dizziness, and the next moment, he was back in the cave abode.

He still held the three-story glazed pagoda in his hand, its brilliance now dimmed considerably, as smooth and lustrous as an ordinary glazed ornament.

All that I saw in the starry river just now was like an absurd dream; once I woke up, it left no trace.

But the ancient edict spoken by the silver-robed figure still lingered in his mind!

"The heavens will display their signs, illuminating the dark capital... The Great Dao exists because it exists, the Great Dao does not exist because it does not exist..." He silently recited these words in his heart, the burning light in his eyes growing brighter and brighter.

"Who is this person? What is the connection between that seventy-two-story glazed pagoda and this three-story glazed pagoda?"

He looked down at the small pagoda in his hand.

"This experience was truly too bizarre."

Chen Lingxi a deep breath, and finally her gaze fell on the pagoda in her hand.

Regardless of who the silver-robed figure in that strange phenomenon was, and regardless of the true meaning of the Great Dao's existence or non-existence, at least the pagoda before him had fallen into his hands.

He could sense the extremely sharp power contained within the pagoda.

"This treasure should be no weaker than the projection of Daoist Shurong's Northern Dipper Jade Ruyi."

He put the pagoda into his Hongdong Bag, then turned and stepped out of the cave abode.

After leaving the cave abode, Chen Lingxi rose into the air, her eyes still gleaming.

"Now that I have the pagoda, my second goal for this trip is that sword."

Within that Immortal Pivot Illusion Realm, he saw many fortuitous opportunity and treasures.

Among them, the pagoda with the strongest energy and a precious sword were the most to Chen Lingxi's liking.

In the illusion, the sword fell into the depths of the North Sea, where the sword intent was incomparably sharp.

"It's getting late. If we delay any longer, Total Perception might shatter."

Chen Lingxi the clouds and mist, heading north from among the mountains, crossing countless peaks and plains. After a long time, the outline of the North Sea came into view in the distance.

The North Sea is not as vast and boundless Southern Sea, but it is deeper, colder, and darker.

Fortunately, the scenery within the Volcano Immortal Pivot was extremely detailed. After searching several times, Chen Lingxi found the approximate location where the precious sword had fallen.

He fell like a pale golden shooting star into the depths of the North Sea.

The depths of the sea are extremely silent and eerie.

The fish, shrimp, crabs, and shellfish that were once ubiquitous in the shallows had vanished. Only occasionally did a few strange fish, their bodies emitting a cold, phosphorescent glow, silently swim past him. The eyes of these strange fish were extremely large and bright, with a faint, ghostly light flickering deep within their pupils, as if countless eyes born in the deep sea were secretly watching him.

Chen Lingxi remained completely unafraid; the Great Sage Aura emanating from him was such that even a true deep-sea behemoth would have to retreat in his presence.

Even if there were ten times more of these strange fish, they would pose no threat to him.

He continued to sink, his Divine Sense spreading out, penetrating the layers of seawater and sweeping across the seabed terrain within a hundred feet around him.

Chen Lingxi searched among the underwater mountains and ravines for about half an hour, when his Divine Sense suddenly stopped when it swept over a huge underwater volcano.

At the foot of the underwater volcano lies a wide valley, where countless enormous bones are scattered haphazardly.

The bones were enormous, each tens of feet long and several feet thick, densely covering the entire valley.

Chen Lingxi looked closely.

Right in the very center of those enormous bones, the largest and most complete skeleton of a giant whale lay there.

The giant whale's spine stretched like a winding mountain range from one end of the valley to the other, a length of several hundred feet.

What caught Chen Lingxi's attention the most was a sword that was diagonally stuck in the seventh vertebra of the giant whale's spine.

The sword was completely dull and lifeless, like scrap metal.

The sword was covered with dark green seaweed and dark brown mud, making it look unremarkable.

But Chen Lingxi knew perfectly well...

"This is the precious sword."

Chen Lingxi's eyes gleamed, and he used the method of Qi Observation to look...

Then one could see that deep within the blade of the sword, an extremely pure and sharp sword light was slowly flowing.

"The aura emanating from this sword is even sharper than that of the three-tiered glazed pagoda."

The light in Chen Lingxi's eyes grew even brighter.

He stood atop the enormous skeleton, looking down at the precious sword.

This precious sword is like a peerless swordsman who has sheathed his sword, his sharpness concealed, yet it still possesses a chilling aura that commands respect.

"My darling!"

Without further hesitation, Chen Lingxi reached out and grasped the hilt of the precious sword.

The hilt was extremely heavy and had an icy, bone-chilling coldness to the touch.

Chen Lingxi a deep breath, and the Dragon-Stripping Dao Platform within her body slowly rotated, dissolving the chill that had invaded her body.

He gripped the hilt tightly, intending to pull the sword from the giant whale's spine.

At that very moment, an unexpected change occurred!

The giant whale skeleton beneath his feet seemed to come alive!

The hundreds-of-meters-long spine suddenly trembled, the vertebrae shaking violently, emitting a deafening sound of bones grinding together.

One by one, the scattered ribs on both sides of the spine stood up, like countless giant bone swords breaking through the ground.

The giant whale's skull suddenly rose, and two cold, eerie lights suddenly shone from its two empty eye sockets, as if two eyes were staring intently at Chen Lingxi.

"What the hell is that?"

Chen Lingxi was so frightened that her soul seemed to leap out of her skin.

A roar!

Chen Lingxi felt his Consciousness Sea tremble violently, and the spiritual energy in his Qi Sea stagnated.

The next instant, the giant whale's tailbone lashed out at him like a massive bone whip.

Where the tailbone passes, the seawater is pushed aside, as if a mountain is collapsing. The power is condensed to the extreme, enough to destroy mountains and uproot peaks!

That's incredibly fast!

Before he could react, the bone whip lashed out at him.

"Boom!"

He felt an indescribable, terrifying force crash into him; the force was too immense and too domineering.

His spiritual energy could only withstand the bone whip for less than a breath before it was shattered into pieces.

The bone whip, carrying immense force, lashed squarely across his chest!

He heard the sound of his ribs cracking, the muffled thud of blood being forced back into his heart by that force, and the frantic wailing of the spiritual energy in his Qi Sea.

The whip sent him flying backward like a falling star, his body plummeting into the deeper sea like a kite with a broken string!

"Well..."

Chen Lingxi crashed heavily onto the edge of the valley, creating a huge crater several meters deep in the rocks.

The giant whale seemed to awaken its ferocity that had been dormant for millennia. Its tailbone rose again, and it crashed down on him like a Heavenly Punishment.

Chen Lingxi forced himself to endure the excruciating pain that felt like it was tearing him apart and tilted his head back.

The bone whip rapidly enlarged in his vision, carrying a suffocating pressure of death.

He wanted to activate the Dragon-Stripping Dao Platform and Palace-Knocking Finger...

However, it was too late. The bone whip was too fast; it was so fast that the moment his thoughts began, the bone whip was already on his head.

"Boom!"

Another earth-shattering roar.

Everything returns to nothingness.

Total Perception, shattered.