Second-Grade Spirit Artifact

Stepping into a new realm, the spiritual energy on Chen Lingxi's Dao Platform has transformed into a long Long River Dao Origin, flowing slowly.

His aura grew increasingly deep, heavy, and mysterious.

As Chen Lingxi sensed the profound and powerful Dao Origin energy emanating from the Dragon-Stripping Dao Platform, he grew increasingly astonished.

He felt that the power contained in this Dao Origin seemed to be in harmony with the Great Dao and its mysteries, and every strand of it was full of power, much stronger than the spiritual energy before.

"Great Divine Ability, Dao Origin... No wonder when I reached the perfection of the Qi Circulation Realm, I had the True Edict of Audience with the Dao, a profound foundation of spiritual Qi, and the Enemy-Slaying Spirit Jade, yet I still could not contend with the Dao Foundation Realm cultivator."

With these two factors, the gap between the Qi Circulation Realm cultivators and Dao Foundation Realm cultivators is so vast that it is almost impossible to bridge.

Chen Lingxi's eyes were burning as she sensed her own powerful cultivation level, and her confidence gradually grew.

Lightning crackled around him, and a Weiji Thunder Flower bloomed on his Thunder-Prison Profound Root, crackling with terrifying lightning.

"When I first began cultivating the Thunder-Prison Heaven Divine Ability and refined the Thunder Thunder-Prison Spirit Branch Thunder-Prison Spirit Branch, I did not rely on the ordinary lightning within it. Instead, I absorbed the Weiji Immortal Pivot Thunder from the Storm Immortal Pivot... The Immortal Pivot Lightning has its own wonders and is bound to be more powerful than that of other Thunder-Prison Heaven cultivators."

"In addition, once I cultivate to the Dao Origin realm, my ability to receive the True Edict of Audience with the Dao Palace-Knocking Realm will advance even further."

As Chen Lingxi pondered this, the Void-Return Sword Tower once again hovered above his palm.

He conjured streaks of lightning Sword Qi out of thin air and they fell into the Void-Return Sword Tower.

Each of the three levels of the Void-Return Sword Tower generated its own profound mysteries, refining these numerous Sword Qi.

"If I were to add the Void-Return Sword Tower to my power, my combat strength would be immeasurably formidable!"

"And..."

Chen Lingxi's eyes flickered, and his Divine Sense entered the Hongdong Bag, landing on the Enemy-Slaying Spirit Jade.

The names of the three people were already engraved on the Enemy-Slaying Spirit Jade.

Zhao Duanxuan, Bai Lingze, Liu Chengfeng.

"The Dao Foundation Realm, the Thunder Prison Great Divine Ability, and if we were to add the Enemy-Slaying Spirit Jade on top of that!"

A murderous aura suddenly flashed in Chen Lingxi's eyes.

He thought for a moment, then closed his eyes, his consciousness already deep within the Divine Chamber, where he unleashed his Wandering Sight Divine Ability.

Within the Divine Chamber, a wisp of invisible and intangible smoke rose and pierced through the clouds and mist, crossing mountains and rivers for thousands of miles, and fell straight down into the Void of the Ancestral Mountain!

Then, Chen Lingxi saw the battlefield that had become a living hell.

A quarter of an hour later, Sight-Roaming had shattered, Chen Lingxi a deep breath, got up, and rode away on a cloud!

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The Mountains-and-Rivers Grand Formation!

All around the Ancestral Mountain's Three Peaks, spanning hundreds of miles, a magnificent array of spiritual light was operating on its own.

The great formation was based on the entire Ancestral Mountain, with the twelve surrounding mountain ranges as its bones, and the winding and rushing Yuan River and its tributaries as its blood. The formation patterns were densely packed all over the world!

Above the great formation, spiritual light flowed like weaving. With each formation pattern lit up, an extremely profound and heavy Daoist aura of mountains and rivers emanated from it, as if the entire Ancestral Mountain, the twelve mountain ranges, and the countless rivers had all become part of this great formation, connected with the energy of the people within the formation, sharing weal and woe.

At this moment, the Mountains-and-Rivers Grand Formation is trembling violently.

Outside the Void, each occupying a certain area, their aura as deep and unfathomable as a prison.

With a flick of someone's finger, towering flames descended from the sky, scorching the spiritual light of the Mountains-and-Rivers Grand Formation, causing it to flicker violently.

With a flick of someone's sleeve, thousands of sword shadows rained down like a storm, striking the array patterns and creating countless fine cracks;

Someone else opened their mouth and let out a roar, and invisible, intangible sound waves surged towards the great formation like a raging torrent, each impact causing the formation to stagnate.

The attacks were relentless, as dense as a sudden downpour, containing terrifying power, and rained down on the Mountains-and-Rivers Grand Formation.

Even though the great formation borrowed the power of the Ancestral Mountain and the surrounding mountains and rivers, under such relentless bombardment, its spiritual light had been worn down, its array patterns had loosened, and it showed signs of collapse.

Chen Lingxi a deep breath.

"Emperor Daye is indeed extraordinary. He led those Dao Foundation Realm experts there and used the Mountains-and-Rivers Grand Formation to protect Xiao Changlü's avatar... It took me more than sixty days to kill that Ou Ningzi and break through to the Dao Foundation Realm."

Yet he has not fallen; he continues to persevere.

As Chen Lingxi pondered, his gaze pierced through the layers of array patterns and landed on the very center of the great array.

There, in a deep valley surrounded by three mountain peaks, Xiao Changlü sat cross-legged.

His long black robe was already tattered, revealing his bulging muscles underneath, which looked as if they had been cast in bronze and iron.

His bronze skin was covered with dozens of shocking wounds, crisscrossed in a crisscross pattern.

Within those wounds, several distinct Dao Origin residual forces remained, intertwining and clashing with each other, hindering the healing of the wounds, causing blood to seep out with every breath he took.

His aura had weakened to the extreme, making him seem like a completely different person compared to when Chen Lingxi left the Ancestral Mountain.

But he remained seated cross-legged, his back straight as a pine tree, his eyes closed, completely still.

The terrifying Qi and Blood within his body, which was once as vast as the ocean, had completely disappeared.

He was breathing heavily to heal his wounds.

Through Sight-Roaming's perspective, Chen Lingxi took in the scene around the great formation.

Within that Void lurked terrifying auras that sent chills down one's spine.

Zhao Duanxuan, Bai Lingze, Yu Jiangwei, Liu Chengfeng, Daoist Shurong...

These renowned figures, each now occupying a spot on a cloud, are hidden in the mist.

Although they didn't attack as frantically as before, no one left.

Further away, there was an extremely unfamiliar aura, causing Chen Lingxi to frown slightly.

The energy emanated from a rooster.

The rooster had golden feathers all over its body, and its comb was as red as fire!

Its crimson eyes were half-open, and with each flutter of its eyelids, two extremely terrifying auras flashed by.

The sheer power of that aura was in no way inferior to that of any of the Dao Foundation Realm cultivators present.

On a hilltop not far away, several newly Quexing Xi Family waited silently.

Xi Yu was also among them.

Her aura was much deeper and more profound than Battle of Seizing the Cauldron, clearly indicating that she had already entered the Qi Circulation, Eleventh Floor!

Such a speed of cultivation would be considered astonishing even among the noble sects and immortal clans of the Great Xuanzhuo Realm.

Just then, Xi Yu slowly opened her eyes.

She raised her head, her gaze piercing through the surging sea of clouds, landing on the majestic purple qi Immortal Ranking standing high in the sky.

On that Immortal Ranking, purple light flowed, and names were densely packed.

Her gaze swept across the room, finally settling on the eleventh name.

[The Weiji Grotto-Heaven, Chen Lingxi].

This name, like a rising star, hangs prominently on the Immortal Ranking, alongside the names of noble cultivators from various powerful forces in the Great Xuanzhuo Realm, in no way inferior to them.

Xi Yu's gaze lingered on the four characters "Weiji Grotto-Heaven" for a long time.

Her face, cold and aloof as frost, revealed no emotion; only in her deep eyes, a faint glimmer of light flickered.

This Chen Lingxi has actually entered the eleventh place on the Immortal Ranking.

Years ago, this person was just an ordinary young man whom she sensed in Willow Street Alley, someone who had long since faded into obscurity.

At that time, she felt that this person had already gone her separate ways.

In the years that followed, this person rose like a shooting star against the sky. He first distinguished himself in the struggle for the Ancestral Mountain Mother Qi, then shone brightly in the Battle of Seizing the Cauldron, and now he has climbed to eleventh on the Immortal Ranking, with Killing Power that rivals that of the Dao Foundation Realm cultivator!

the Unseen she closed her eyes, many images involuntarily surfaced in her mind.

Those fragmented memories from her childhood had long been buried deep within her Consciousness Sea, never to be easily unearthed.

But at this moment, those images flashed through her mind like a revolving lantern.

That small courtyard in Willow Street Alley, that well, and those fragmented moments when he chased after her calling "Brother Lingxi".

Later, her memories returned, and she became the Xi Yu we know today.

Chen Lingxi was originally an insignificant passerby on her long path of cultivation, destined to become firewood for the World Essence in the World-Refining Furnace.

But at this moment, when she saw that name hanging high on the Immortal Ranking with her own eyes, a complex emotion quietly welled up in her heart.

"It's just a pity... that death is inevitable."

She shook her head slightly.

"Xi Yuan and Xi Mu both died at your hands. Your death in the furnace is also a consequence of your actions."

She slowly withdrew her gaze, no longer looking at the names on the Immortal Ranking.

However, a glimmer of light still lingered deep within those clear, cold eyes.

Just then, in the Void not far away, two figures stood side by side on a thick cloud.

The man on the left stood with his hands behind his back, wearing a long, crimson-gold robe embroidered with intricate sun patterns in dark gold thread. He wore a black jade belt around his waist and was extremely imposing, towering more than two heads taller than an average person.

He simply stood there, and an overwhelming aura, as solid as a mountain, swept over everyone, so powerful that it inspired awe.

This person was none other than Zhao Duanxuan.

Quexing Xi family elder of a different surname, ranked first on the Cave Heaven Immortal Ranking, an incarnation of the mid-stage Dao Foundation stage!

The person on the right was dressed in white, spotless, with a handsome face that was almost otherworldly, eyebrows as light as wisps of smoke, and eyes untouched by worldly dust.

With one hand behind his back and the other hanging casually at his side, an invisible hymn of Divine Hymn flowed slowly around him. The sound waves transformed into profound truths, layer upon layer, blessing him and making him appear like an immortal descended to earth.

This person was none other than Bai Lingze.

The Jade Terrace Bai Family's Dao Foundation Genius!

The mere presence of these two individuals exuding an aura was terrifying.

Xiao Changlü, who was healing his injuries within the Mountains-and-Rivers Grand Formation, was perhaps just as magnificent.

But compared to them at this moment, we are like a candle flickering in the wind compared to the blazing sun.

"This Xiao Changlü," Zhao Duanxuan said, "I originally thought he was just a local mortal who had gotten a few lucky fortuitous opportunity in this Weiji Grotto-Heaven, but he is like Emperor Daye, able to use the Mountains-and-Rivers Grand Formation in this Cave Heaven... This person must be related to Emperor Daye."

In fact, this person's strangeness was far greater than I had imagined.

He narrowed his eyes slightly, his gaze falling on Xiao Changlü, a faint light swirling deep within his pupils, clearly indicating that he was using some kind of detection technique.

"The aura emanating from him was extremely ethereal and difficult to describe."

The strength of their physical bodies and the refinement of their Qi and Blood are actually closer to those of the body cultivators native to this Cave Heaven...

"How could a body cultivator have reached such a level?"

He paused, his brows furrowing even deeper. "This Weiji Grotto-Heaven is nothing more than a desolate wasteland devoid of spiritual energy, yet it has produced two local figures, Ying Xian and Chen Lingxi, and now there's another one like this!"

Zhao Duanxuan looked up at the Immortal Ranking shrouded in purple qi in the sky, and then asked softly, "Fellow Daoist Bai, you once clashed with Chen Lingxi in the Nanche Prefectural City."

"From what you've seen, is there anything strange about Chen Lingxi's body?"

Bai Lingze said, "This person has extraordinary talent and many fortuitous opportunity. If he were in the Great Xuanzhuo Realm, he would probably also have the potential to reach the Golden Grotto."

"Therefore, I tried to kill him several times, but he always managed to escape."

Zhao Duanxuan nodded slightly.

At that moment, Bai Lingze stopped talking about Chen Lingxi and suddenly flicked his sleeve.

With a gentle flick of the wide white robe sleeves in the Void, the surging sea of clouds on the distant horizon suddenly receded.

Beyond the sea of clouds, a highly complex Guiding Passage Formation could be vaguely seen slowly operating.

In the center of the great formation, a slender, illusory figure slowly emerged from the Void Turbulence, becoming increasingly solid and clear.

The phantom was spindle-shaped, tapering at both ends and slightly wider in the middle, like a flying shuttle magnified countless times.

The shuttle was engraved with countless intricate runes, which faintly formed an extremely mysterious magic array for breaking restrictions.

This is a treasure.

Even the projection, which had not yet fully descended, emitted an aura that caused the surrounding Void to slightly distort.

Bai Lingze watched the slowly descending shuttle, a confident smile on his face.

"This is a second-grade Spirit Artifact, the [Wall-Breaking Shuttle]," he said casually, his tone revealing an undisguised arrogance.

"This item is no ordinary artifact among the many Spirit Artifact of my Yutai Bai Family. It is specifically designed to break all kinds of formations and restrictions."

"Let alone this grand formation based on mountains and rivers, even the protective mountain formations laid out by those immortal clans and aristocratic Aristocratic Clan over a thousand years, if activated by a powerful individual, would not last more than a few hours against this Wall-Breaking Shuttle."

He withdrew his gaze and looked at Xiao Changlü, who was still healing within the Mountains-and-Rivers Grand Formation, his smile growing increasingly composed.

"The reason why this person and that Emperor Daye were able to act so powerfully in this Weiji Grotto-Heaven is simply because they relied on the power of the Heavenly Vein and Earthly Vein borrowed from the Mountains-and-Rivers Grand Formation, which allowed them to withstand the siege of our many avatars until now."

Since he relies on this Mountains-and-Rivers Grand Formation, that's simple.

"Once this great formation is broken, he will lose his greatest reliance. At that time, he will be like a fish on a chopping board, at our mercy."

Upon hearing Zhao Duanxuan slowly nodded.

Although he disliked Bai Lingze's inherent arrogance, he had to admit that the man did have the right to be arrogant.

The Yutai Bai Family has stood firm in the Nine Que Great Domain eight thousand years, and its profound heritage is so great that even the Quexing Xi Family has to be wary of it.

This Wall-Breaking Shuttle is not only a second-grade Spirit Artifact, but it was also projected here by the Bai Family using Guiding Passage Formation, so its power must be extraordinary.

Seeing him nod, Bai Lingze's smile deepened.

He turned his head, his gaze piercing through the churning clouds and landing on another cloud.

There, Xi Yu was sitting cross-legged.