Another way to deal with it.
Jiangli looked very solemn when bringing this up.
"What is this other way?" Yang Qing looked at Jiangli.
Jiangli was looking at him too.
"Compared with the method of taking his place, the one I'm about to describe will be even more difficult."
"Since you don't want to become a god, but don't want Emperor Zhetian to return to the Heavenly Realm either, your only choice is to destroy this Path to Heaven."
Destroying the Path to Heaven was easier said than done.
After so many years of rises and falls, Emperor Zetian had finally chosen Rosy Cloud Mountain as his route back. How could he possibly let anyone destroy it midway?
"This is Emperor Zetian's only way out, and yours as well."
Jiangli was right. Rosy Cloud Mountain was their only way out.
Only by severing this immortal path could they keep Emperor Zetian's scheme from coming true.
But where should they begin?
"Generally speaking, severing an immortal path means finding what sets it apart and destroying it. This is called breaking its aura."
An immortal path held Immortal Aura. Once that breath of aura dispersed, there would no longer be an immortal path to speak of.
What they needed to figure out now was where that breath of Immortal Aura lay.
"If we just keep searching aimlessly, we might turn this entire Rosy Cloud Mountain upside down without finding anything. If we want somewhere to begin, we still have to start with what sets Rosy Cloud Mountain apart."
Since Emperor Zetian had chosen it, it must have something exceptional about it.
The Immortal Pool, for instance, or the Immortal Trace.
To Yang Qing and the others, Rosy Cloud Mountain was just a little dirt slope. Apart from its name, which floated with