Nine-Dragon Pool Ruins

"It seems we can only rely on ourselves."

Chen Nianzhi sighed and could only say, "I will go into seclusion to cultivate as soon as I get back, and see if I can break through to the Nascent Soul Middle Stage as soon as possible."

He would also invite a few more friends to increase their chances of winning. Everyone nodded in agreement and said nothing more.

After leaving Heavenly Hut Sect, Chen Nianzhi headed to the Ji Continent and returned to Spirit Isle Lake to begin his secluded cultivation.

But as soon as they arrived at Spirit Isle Lake, they discovered a figure guarding the Spirit Isle Lake.

The newcomer was Cheng Xinan, son of Daoist Qingci. Upon seeing them, he said, "Ancestor, please save my father!"

"What happened?" Chen Nianzhi frowned and quickly asked, "Get up first, then we'll talk."

"Not long ago, my father's Soul Lamp dimmed and was almost extinguished."

As Cheng Xinan explained, Chen Nianzhi quickly understood some of the details.

Daoist Qingci left Ji Continent to travel the world more than a hundred years ago, and should have returned by now.

However, his Soul Lamp had always been intact, so he wasn't too worried. But not long ago, Daoist Qingci's Soul Lamp suddenly dimmed by more than half, which immediately startled Cheng Xinan and the others.

If a cultivator's Soul Lamp suddenly dims, there is only one possibility: Daoist Qingci is injured, and most likely severely so, to the point of life or death.

With this thought in mind, Chen Nianzhi's expression turned somewhat solemn as he said, "Bring Brother Qingci his personal belongings and let's make some calculations."

"I've already brought it."

Cheng Xinan spoke, not only taking out items commonly used by Daoist Qingci, but also bringing the Soul Lamp, clearly indicating that she had made ample preparations.

"With the Soul Lamp, things will be much easier."

As Chen Nianzhi spoke, he activated the Stargazing Tower, using the power of this special Spirit Treasure to perform the Great Evolution Heavenly Art and begin to calculate the life and death of Daoist Qingci.

Just a moment later, he frowned and said, "It could be a very bad omen, or a stroke of luck; fortune or misfortune is unpredictable."

Upon Cheng Xinan hurriedly asked, "May I ask, True Lord, how is my father?"

"He's not in immediate danger of dying," Chen Nianzhi said, then frowned and added, "Judging from the divination, he seems to be within the Seven-Star Ancient Region."

"Since you can deduce the location, I'll go check it out myself."

With that, Chen Nianzhi headed towards the Seven-Star Ancient Region that very day.

The Seven-Star Ancient Region is one of the six Human Race Ancient Domain in the Eastern Wilderness. It is more than 150 million miles away from the Ji Continent. Even Nascent Soul True Lord would need one or two years to fly across this distance.

Fortunately, there was Teleportation Array array connecting the two continents. Chen Nianzhi traveled through several Teleportation Array and arrived at the Seven-Star Ancient Region in just half a month.

After arriving at the Seven-Star Ancient Region, Chen Nianzhi once again used the Soul Lamp to calculate and quickly determined the approximate location of Daoist Qingci.

"It's probably in the Mystic Dawn Continent."

Having pinpointed the approximate location, the two quickly arrived at the Mystic Dawn Continent.

After they arrived, Jiang Linglong said, "Let's first find out if anything major has happened in the Mystic Dawn Continent recently."

"Alright."

Chen Nianzhi nodded and immediately set off to investigate information about the Mystic Dawn Continent.

Mystic Dawn Continent is considered a large continent in the Seven-Star Ancient Region, with not only hundreds of Golden Core realm cultivators but also more than a dozen Nascent Soul True Lord guarding it.

They found a Golden Core realm cultivator nearby, who immediately asked upon seeing them, "Two venerable ancestors, have you come for the Nine-Dragon Pool ruins?"

"The ruins of Nine-Dragon Pool?"

Chen Nianzhi's expression shifted slightly, surprised by the other party's response, and she asked, "Tell me about it."

As soon as the Golden Core True Person spoke, Chen Nianzhi quickly understood why this person thought they had come from the Nine-Dragon Pool ruins.

It is said that the Nine-Dragon Pool Nine-Dragon Lake has an extraordinary origin. Long ago, it was a territory of Demon Race race.

At that time, the Nine-Dragon Lake was occupied by nine demon emperor Flood Dragon, so the place was named Nine-Dragon Lake.

Later, during a great Abyssal Demon Calamity, both the human and Immortal Realm races of the Eastern Wilderness were completely defeated, and the nine Flood Dragon demon emperors of Nine-Dragon Lake also perished in the calamity.

Legend has it that after the nine demon emperors perished, their ruins left behind a wealth of treasures.

Unfortunately, by the time the Human Race reclaimed the Eastern Wilderness, thousands of years had passed. During those thousands of years, due to continuous wars, the Ancient Domain and continents of that time had long since disappeared.

The Mystic Dawn Continent of today was only established thousands of years ago. In that long period of time, even the mountains and rivers have changed course, so naturally no one remembers the exact location of the Nine-Dragon Pool anymore.

However, not long ago, the ruins of Nine-Dragon Lake were accidentally opened by a Pseudo-Nascent Soul realm cultivator, which alarmed the entire Mystic Dawn Continent.

Not only did the major Nascent Soul forces of the Mystic Dawn Continent react to the news, but even True Lord experts from some nearby continents of the Ji Continent came to see if they could get a share of the pie.

It was precisely for this reason that the Golden Core realm cultivator believed that Chen Nianzhi and her companion had also come for the Nine-Dragon Pool.

"You may leave."

After listening, Chen Nianzhi let the man leave, then looked at Jiang Linglong and said, "If I'm not mistaken, Brother Qingci is trapped in this Nine-Dragon Pool."

"Let's go take a look." Jiang Linglong nodded and said, "The Nine-Dragon Pool is said to have once housed a demon king at the Nascent Soul Great Perfection, so it should have some decent resources."

Having made their decision, the two flew towards Nine-Dragon Pool.

Upon arriving at Nine-Dragon Pool, they discovered that more than a dozen powerful auras had already surrounded the Nine-Dragon Pool, clearly belonging to ancestral figures at the True Lord level.

The two leading figures were powerful cultivators in the Nascent Soul Late Stage. One of them was someone Chen Nianzhi had met before; she was the Six Desires Fairy, one of the Ten Great Fairies of the Eastern Wilderness.

The Six Desires Palace, where the Six Desires Fairy resides, is not far from the Mystic Dawn Continent, so it's no wonder she came here.

Everyone then noticed the two of them, and the Six Desires Fairy smiled slightly, saying, "I didn't expect to see you two here today."

"It is our honor to meet a fairy."

Chen Nianzhi cupped her hands in a gesture of respect, which could be considered a smile in return.

The other True Lord all showed slight changes in expression upon seeing this, and the man in the Nascent Soul Late Stage smiled and said, "These two fellow Daoists are unfamiliar faces. Why doesn't Six Desires Fairy introduce them to us?"

Seeing this, Six Desires Fairy smiled and said, "These two are Daoist Return-to-Void and Sky Ruins Fairy. Don't underestimate them. Their combined strength is probably comparable to that of Nascent Soul Late Stage."

"They have a close relationship with the Ji Clan. I only got to know them when Sacred Lord Dao Yan broke through to the Primordial Spirit stage,"

Upon hearing this, the expressions of the True Lord changed slightly, not only because the two were Bu Fan strong, but also because of Ji Daoyan's formidable reputation.

The titles of Holy Lord and Immortal Lord are extremely prestigious. In the Immortal Realm, only Great Luo Golden Immortals are qualified to be called such titles.