Battle Against the Great Accomplished Sacred Physique's Divine Thought

Jiang Yun and the others entered the Eclosion Immortal Valley. Ancient trees grew within, giving off a fresh fragrance. Each resembled a Qiu Dragon, its branches coiled and carefully tended.

Most remarkable were their flowers: crystalline and translucent, shaped like tiny purple Qilin.

Such trees were exceedingly rare. Planting even a dozen or so would greatly aid a cultivator, calming the mind and making it easier to resonate with Daoist arts.

The Divine Thought had likely planted these Qilan Ancient Trees to suppress his disordered mind and stay lucid for longer.

Yet traces of baleful energy lingered in the air. Though faint, they were everywhere, filling the valley with an ominous aura.

The wondrous grasses, immortal flowers, and spirit trees could purify that aura, but no living creatures survived here. They avoided this stretch of mountains and watched from outside.

The three ventured deeper into the valley. Ancient trees swayed, releasing their fragrance; spiritual energy hung in the air, and fragrant herbs and wondrous grasses covered the ground. Several tiled houses stood at the far end. To the naked eye, the scene was almost picturesque.

Their furnishings differed from the style of this era on the Big Dipper, bearing a distinctly Blue Star flavor.

Sweeping the surroundings with his Primordial Spirit, Jiang Yun found a sinister, twisted aura soaring from the central room. The Divine Thought must once have lived there.

"Stop hiding. Did you really think I wouldn't find you just because you're under an animal hide?"

Jiang Yun shook his head and reached out. A pitch-black animal hide flew into his hand, revealing three figures beside a cliff.

They were Liu Yunzhi, Li Changqing, and Wang Yan, whom Jiang Yun and the others had thrown into a stone cave years ago. He had spared them precisely because he