" Azure Mystic Sect?!"
Chu Yunfei stared intently at the ancient diagram in his sea of consciousness, his eyes filled with disbelief.
Deep within her consciousness, Xiaoxiao Dragon's illusory figure flickered, a hint of doubt appearing in her beautiful eyes. " Azure Mystic Sect? Is that the small sect you were expelled from before?"
"Yes, that's it."
Chu Yunfei took a deep breath, suppressing the churning in his chest.
He raised his divine sense and focused his gaze on the most central markings on the ancient map.
Around the main peak representing the Azure Mystic Sect, three extremely hidden, narrow areas were clearly marked out.
"These three locations are all within a hundred miles of the Azure Mystic Sect."
"One is the Blackwater Perilous Ravine, another is the Ancient Weapon-Burying Valley, and yet another... is the precipice and abyss behind the sect's forbidden area."
Chu Yunfei grew up in the Azure Mystic Sect and was extremely familiar with the landscape of this area spanning hundreds of miles.
Even if the landscape in the picture has changed slightly over thousands of years, he would never be wrong.
But it was precisely because of this that a tremendous storm raged within him.
"Why would a topographical map of the Azure Mystic Sect's surroundings be sealed within the second layer of an unmarked stone tablet that even the Pill Pavilion Headquarters couldn't decipher?"
"And what exactly is hidden in these three circled locations?"
Chu Yunfei frowned, lost in deep thought.
Among the third-rate sects in Qingyang City, Azure Mystic Sect has the shallowest foundation and ranks only average.
They usually keep a low profile and are even suppressed by the Blazing Fire Sect for many years.
But now, the clues about the Demon Race Sacred Land that Luo Wuxu was investigating are sealed on the first layer of the stone tablet.
The second layer, however, points directly to three dangerous locations surrounding the Azure Mystic Sect.
What secrets are hidden within this?
"Could it be... that the Azure Mystic Sect was founded on these very locations? Or is it simply a coincidence?"
After a long while, Chu Yunfei still couldn't figure it out.
The clues are too fragmented.
Even with his vast experience spanning millennia, he couldn't piece together the truth from scratch without sufficient information.
"Fine, if I can't figure it out, I'll just put it aside for now."
Chu Yunfei shook his head, his eyes regaining their composure. "Once we return to the capital and resolve this current predicament, we can find an opportunity to the Azure Mystic Sect Dao Mysterious Realm."
The most urgent task is to work on the last layer of this stone tablet.
Chu Yunfei withdrew the ancient map from his sea of consciousness, and his divine sense once again condensed into a fine needle, probing towards the most core forbidden area of the stone tablet.
Buzz!
The moment the divine sense touched the deepest part, an ancient and deathly feeling, even more piercing than ten-thousand-year-old ice, suddenly rebounded from the divine soul.
Chu Yunfei let out a muffled groan as his divine sense was forcefully repelled.
At the very center of the stone tablet, an ancient restriction resembling a black, withered vine was faintly visible.
The restrictions were extremely complex, with tens of thousands of golden chains intertwined and entwined, faintly exuding a domineering aura of destruction and sealing off everything.
"What a strange restriction."
Chu Yunfei's eyes narrowed slightly.
He successively changed several methods of breaking the restrictions that he had mastered in his previous life, some using softness to overcome hardness, some proceeding step by step, and some even mobilizing the spiritual power of his Divine Sea to forcefully break through.
However, the golden restriction remained completely still.
On the contrary, the force that rebounded caused a dull ache in Chu Yunfei's mind.
This kind of restriction cannot be broken by brute force or conventional means.
Even if he has now entered the true Divine Sea Realm, or even if he breaks through to the Dao Mysterious Realm, he would be absolutely helpless against such a restriction formed over the years.
"Kid, don't waste your energy."
Within his sea of consciousness, Xiaoxiao Dragon descended, his expression unusually serious.
Chu Yunfei withdrew his divine sense and asked in his mind, "Did you figure out the origin of this restriction?"
Xiaoxiao Dragon shook his head, then nodded. "I'm not sure about the exact origin, but this method of sealing gods and sealing lives vaguely resembles the beginning of time."
"Conventional methods of breaking formations would be utterly ineffective, even against a master of formations like yours."
Chu Yunfei raised an eyebrow and said, "Judging from your tone, you have a plan?"
Xiaoxiao Dragon crossed his arms and hesitated for a moment before saying, "In my inherited memories, there is indeed a secret technique of the dragon race specifically designed to counter ancient seals, called the ' Spirit-Breaking Void-Transforming Art '."
"With the last vestige of my primordial dragon energy combined with the power of the Divine Cauldron cauldron, perhaps I can forcibly tear a crack in this restriction."
At this point, Xiaoxiao Dragon's voice suddenly turned serious.
"But... the risk is extremely high."
Chu Yunfei asked seriously, "How big is it?"
"If we're not careful, the backlash from the collapse of the barrier will reduce everything sealed inside, along with this stone tablet, to ashes."
"Even... your consciousness will be affected."
Xiaoxiao Dragon stared at Chu Yunfei and said seriously, "Are you sure you want to take this gamble?"
A moment of deathly silence fell over the sealed room.
Chu Yunfei looked down at the rough, mottled, gray-white stone tablet in his arms.
The first two layers of seals consist of a fragmented map of the Demon Race Sacred Land and a strange map of the area surrounding the Azure Mystic Sect.
Either of these two items, if taken out, would be enough to unleash a bloodbath in the Eastern Continent and even the entire Vast Waves Domain.
But what kind of extraordinary object, protected so closely and placed in the deepest third layer, could possibly be hidden there?
If he were to stop here out of fear of risk and let it tarnish, what would be the point of Chu Yunfei cultivating the supreme path?
"I've made a bet."
Chu Yunfei suddenly looked up, his eyes flashing with a resolute glint. "Rather than keeping a broken rock that can't be opened, it's better to take a gamble."
Seeing that Chu Yunfei's eyes did not waver in the slightest, Xiaoxiao Dragon's lips curled into an approving smile.
"Fine, you've got guts, kid."
"I... will go crazy with you this once."
boom!
Within his sea of consciousness, the Divine Cauldron of Heavenly Mandate emitted a clear, resonant, and powerful resounding boom.
A dazzling purple-gold divine light emanated from Xiaoxiao Dragon's body, and a supreme dragon might originating from ancient times was suddenly revived.
A faint yet extremely refined wisp of purple-gold dragon energy rose up along the wall of the Divine Cauldron, transforming into an unparalleled sharp blade that breathed out air blades.
"Break for me!!"
Xiaoxiao Dragon let out a sharp cry, her pretty face turning deathly pale from exhaustion.
A dark golden light tore through the void, carrying the chaotic power of the Divine Cauldron, and fiercely plunged into the golden core of the restriction.
Sizzle!
A teeth-grinding, screeching sound pierced the air in my mind.
The entire gray-white stone tablet trembled violently, and fine, spiderweb-like cracks even appeared on its surface, threatening to shatter on the spot.
Chu Yunfei's muscles were tense, and his palms were covered in cold sweat.
Just moments before the stone tablet was about to completely collapse.
Click!
A crisp, resounding crash, like the shattering of glass, suddenly exploded deep within Chu Yunfei's soul.
The golden chains crumbled inch by inch.
Boom!
The once lifeless and cold stone tablet suddenly burst forth with an dazzling golden light that was impossible to look at directly.
A golden ancient talisman, the size of a fist and as dazzling as the sun in the heavens, burst forth from the fragments of the stone tablet, tearing through the void and shooting straight toward Chu Yunfei's brow at a speed that transcended time and space.
That's too fast.
It happened so fast that Chu Yunfei didn't even have time to blink.
Pfft.
The golden light pierced through his brow and plunged deep into his mind.
Rumble.
A vast, boundless stream of information exploded with a deafening roar.
Chu Yunfei felt as if his sea of consciousness had been struck by a heavy hammer weighing millions of pounds. The intense pain made the veins on his forehead bulge, and he almost fainted on the spot.
In the center of that golden storm, five ancient characters, their surfaces wreathed in ancient runes and imbued with the awe-inspiring power to suppress heaven and earth, slowly materialized from the void...
The Samsara Soul-Forging Scripture!
The moment he saw those five ancient characters, a terrifying aura that made heaven and earth tremble pressed down on Chu Yunfei's soul, causing it to tighten.
Chu Yunfei clutched his forehead, which throbbed with excruciating pain, his pupils contracted to their maximum, and he managed to squeeze out a few trembling words:
"What... what level of cultivation technique is this?!"