Deep Within Purple Mountain

Each of the Nine Secrets was a supreme secret art in the Shrouding the Heavens World, hailed as the ultimate in each of nine domains.

Nine Secrets: Zhe was the ultimate healing sacred art. Even if only a drop of vital blood remained, one could regrow flesh and return against the heavens. Longevity Heavenly Venerable had relied on this technique to cling to life from the Mythological Era until now.

The God King consumed the Golden Core, sat cross-legged on the ground, and circulated Nine Secrets: Zhe to aid his recovery. The life essence within Purple Mountain spontaneously gathered toward this place and entered the God King's shriveled body.

Under Jiang Yun's watchful gaze, Jiang Taixu's withered flesh gradually regained its jade-like luster, and threads of vitality emerged.

His long hair was no longer dry like weeds. Faint divine radiance glimmered from his full head of hair, while the excess dead strands fell away to his waist.

At the same time, it was as though some creature within Purple Mountain had awakened. The demonic summons Jiang Yun sensed grew even stronger.

It seemed determined to forcibly lure Jiang Yun away. Boundless killing intent surged toward this area like a tidal wave.

The God King's brows furrowed slightly as he sat cross-legged. The Lihuo Divine Furnace seemed to awaken, scattering crimson divine light that shrouded the area and blocked all killing intent and summons outside.

"Dong!"

The bell's chime seemed to flow with time, bringing Jiang Yun an intangible sense of calm. Within that chime, he seemed able to feel the passage of ages and the reincarnation of life.

Purple Mountain immediately fell quiet, as if none of what had just happened had occurred. This single bell chime suppressed everything within Purple Mountain.

With the aid of Nine Secrets: Zhe and