Entering the Palace to See Laojun! (8,800 words)

Just as Yu Tunzhou was waiting for the Great Sage to unleash his power.

Faced with Feng Yanleng stance, Shen You frowned, his gaze sweeping across the faces of the crowd as if weighing his options.

After pondering for a moment, Shen You sighed inwardly.

He knew he wasn't good at interacting with people, and he often lost arguments. His senior suggested that he threaten other people's families, saying he would kill their whole family if necessary, and that would scare them away.

Just now, he threatened the lives of Yuyang and his disciples.

According to the senior's logic, whoever curses first gets agitated first, and Yuyang and the others' attitudes clearly became agitated.

However, the Feng Yanleng had no effect whatsoever.

After all, this person's whole family----

Shen You said helplessly, "Very well, I'll concede and give Heroine Feng some face. I'll let these people leave this place. I hope Heroine Feng will also give me some face."

Feng Yanleng calmly said, "Go and capture Sun Xiongman and his companion first. After they leave safely, I will enter the Dao Palace myself."

Shen You silent, not expecting her little scheme to be exposed so quickly.

His tone suddenly turned sinister as he said, "Heroine Feng, do you really think I can't kill? Why don't I disembowel Young Hero Yu in front of you first, so everyone can see what breakthrough Young Hero Yu has made in the Form Refinement Realm? What do you say?"

Yu Tunzhou: "?"

Shen, I'll remember you.

Feng Yanleng Leng remained unmoved and said, "If you injure one person, you can forget about fulfilling your master's orders."

Shen You breath.

She really is stubborn!

If it were anyone else, he would have slapped them already.

But it was this person—

Master repeatedly warned that she must not be harmed in the slightest!

"Heroine Feng," he said, suppressing his anger, enunciating each word clearly, "What exactly do you want in exchange for joining the Dao Palace?"

"I've already said it," Feng Yanleng, her tone unchanged, "Capture Sun Xiongman and his companion, let Hero Yu and the others leave, and I will go in myself."

"I can capture Sun Xiongman and his companion," Shen You said, his gaze sweeping over Yuyang and the others. "But I don't trust them to leave. If they spread this story, Master's plan will be in vain, and it will be detrimental to Heroine Feng as well."

Ye Jing roared, "A demon is indeed a demon! Do you think we are such lowly people? Heroine Feng, there's no need to say anything more to this man. I, Old Ye, am willing to fight him to the death today!"

Master Yile clasped his hands together, his eyes filled with a fierce resolve replacing the compassion in them, and softly chanted a Buddhist prayer. "Heroine Feng need not worry about us. Today, at worst, we will sacrifice our physical bodies to serve the Buddha."

Qin He and Yuyang exchanged a glance. At present, they were the two in the best condition and had the highest cultivation level. If a fight were to break out later, they would definitely be the first to go.

Looking at the crowd who had suddenly become so passionate, Shen You couldn't help but show a strange expression. What kind of righteousness and loyalty was this that his senior brother had been talking about?

Isn't it said that the higher one's moral character, the less sentimental one becomes?

These people are all at the Late Divine Ability Stage, Half-Step External Scenery, and yet they still possess such loyalty and camaraderie; it's quite rare. Perhaps we should let them go today and leave them for our senior brother to kill later.

Behind the crowd, Yu Tunzhou frowned secretly. Why hadn't the Great Sage unleashed his power yet?

"Great Sage, aren't you ready yet? We're about to make our move!" he urged.

A moment later, the voice of the Great Sage Huntian rang out, and for some reason, it seemed somewhat restrained.

"Little Fish—Fellow Daoist Fish, please be patient, I'll be done soon."

Niwan Palace, Huntian stammered, his heart filled with inexplicable unease.

Isn't it a bit too presumptuous to call someone "fellow Daoist"? This person, in terms of status, is even above the Demon Ancestor—

Fellow Daoist?

Yu Tunzhou was also somewhat puzzled; why was this person suddenly addressing him as a fellow Daoist?

However, I have important matters to attend to right now and can't afford to worry about it too much.

"Great Sage, please give it your all!"

"As you command!"

Huntian immediately focused his mind and fully activated the Vajra Bracelet.

Just then, a surge of Primordial Spirit power emanated from Feng Yanleng, encompassing not only Yu Tunzhou but also connecting with Yuyang and the others.

Yuyang spoke first, his voice deep and serious. "Yanleng, turning back might not be a way out, and even leaving the inheritance grounds isn't safe. No one can guarantee there won't be guards outside. So our only chance is to rush into the Dao Palace together. Even if there's danger, we can look after each other!"

Ye Jing and the others echoed his sentiments, with Ye Jing even suggesting that he cover the rear, as his injuries would only be a burden if he entered the Dao Palace.

Feng Yanleng remained silent for a moment, then said softly, "In that case, I will suggest that everyone enter the Dao Palace together. If Shen You still refuses, I will distract him while we all rush into the Dao Palace."

"No, Heroine Feng, you—"

"Don't worry about me!" Feng Yanleng and seriously. "Shen You wouldn't dare kill me. He reveres Kou Ziling like a god and would never risk failing the mission. This is the conclusion we reached during the test just now, so you can go ahead!"

Everyone fell silent.

Qin He suddenly asked, "Heroine Feng, do you know what exactly is inside this palace?"

"I don't know either," Feng Yanleng said frankly. "Normally, if the Western Desert truly had something related to my origins, my grandfather would have told me long ago. Perhaps that Heavenly Demon miscalculated; even he wasn't infallible."

The crowd exchanged bewildered glances. Had that Heavenly Demon miscalculated?

Even though this person has not appeared in the world for a long time, the impression he left on the world back then was too profound.

At the Divine Ability Realm, he outmaneuvered more than ten powerful Aristocratic Clan in Jiangdong; later, after only ten years of studying the Heavenly Secrets Technique, he used them to deceive the Jixia Academy, one of the ancestral schools of the Heavenly Secrets; before attaining the Dharma Aspect, he repeatedly escaped from Dharma Aspect Realm experts; after attaining the Dharma Aspect, he personally infiltrated the Divine Capital and successfully assassinated the Great Yan Emperor of that generation.

After that assassination attempt, this Heavenly Demon almost never made a move in the world. The only time he did so was when Great Hero Mo single-handedly besieged the Six Paths of Evil and Demons, forcing him to stay out of the public eye.

At other times, even a casual move by this man while seated at the mountain gate is enough to stir up a bloody storm across the land.

Even a company like this, with at least a decade of planning, can make mistakes?

Feng Yanleng immediately made new demands of Shen You.

In fact, she never believed that Shen You would let everyone leave. Just as everyone said, no one knew if there were other people guarding outside the cave. All that had just happened was a test of Shen You's bottom line.

Among the Six Paths of Evil and Demons, not a single one can be trusted.

Upon hearing Feng Yanleng Lengxin's request, Shen You decisively replied, "Agreed!"

"Going in is no problem. Since Heroine Feng didn't provoke me out, I won't stop you from entering the Dao Palace."

Everyone looked grave; his quick agreement was hardly good news.

Judging from his attitude just now, was he certain that once they entered, they would never be able to get out?

Since they can't get out, there's no need to worry about them leaking information!

Shen You finally relaxed a bit and smiled, "My master's orders are that, except for Heroine Feng, no one is allowed to enter or leave this place."

Having said that, as if afraid that everyone would change their minds, he reassured them, "My master ordered me to guard this place, but there might really be other entrances leading outside behind the palace. At that time, you will all be able to leave, and that will no longer be my responsibility."

At this point, the only option left for everyone was to continue forward, and their hearts grew heavier.

Originally, I was invited by Yuyang to explore a High Antiquity heritage site, but who would have thought that in the end, it was all a scheme orchestrated by that Heavenly Demon.

The so-called inheritance has become a perilous place!

"Let's go," Feng Yanleng said softly, finally understanding some things.

Since entering the Western Desert, she felt things had gone too smoothly and coincidentally. This included unexpectedly infiltrating the lair of the Seven Bandits of the Western Desert, where only the Seventh Great Bandit, the weakest in cultivation, was stationed. After killing him, she even encountered the imprisoned Heroine Jiang, who had been held captive for ten years.

Even her journey deep into the Western Desert was due to an accident.

Today, she finally confirmed who was behind it all.

Shen You made way for her, smiling and gesturing for her to proceed.

Yu Tunzhou suddenly asked, "Shen You, does your master really know where this place is?"

Shen You's eyes showed curiosity. "Does Young Hero Yu know? Please enlighten me."

"Xuandu Cave, Eight Sceneries Palace, and you still want to ask me for guidance?" Yu Tunzhou sneered. "It's forgivable if you don't know, but if even your master doesn't know, then the name of the Heavenly Demon is nothing but a joke. Let's not talk about instructing me in Martial Dao anymore."

On his path of Martial Dao, he possessed both the Book of Changes and the Great Sage Huntian as an accessory.

In fact, Yu Tunzhou was wary of that Heavenly Demon, after all, he was the previous generation's "protagonist" who could defeat Old Mo in one move.

However, as things stand, for Shen You, his master, the Heavenly Demon, is the point where his defenses are breached, hence the relentless attack on his weak point.

really.

Shen You You's smile froze.

He didn't care about Yu Tunzhou's mockery of him, but he couldn't tolerate anyone mocking his master.

Watching the others head towards the Dao Palace, he could only force himself to suppress his emotions.

Niwan Palace of the Yu Tunzhou, Huntian solemnly said, "Fellow Daoist, I am ready at any moment and can forcibly awaken some of the power of this divine artifact."

"Great Sage, please restrain your strength for now," Yu Tunzhou said in a deep voice. "Since Shen You has yielded the way, there's no need to waste the power of the divine artifact on him. We should guard against any potential dangers lurking in the palace."

"In a few years, I will seek out Shen You to discuss what disembowelment truly means."

The Great Sage Huntian was startled; were there other dangers lurking within the Dao Palace?

Fellow Daoist Yu's return to the Eight Sceneries Palace shouldn't be like going home; what danger could there be?

It suddenly realized something.

If Fellow Daoist Yu is truly the reincarnation of Laojun, then who could have forced Laojun to choose to undergo tribulation and reincarnate?

Could it be that inside this palace—

Huntian's heart pounded with anxiety.

If I were the one who forced Laojun to reincarnate and undergo tribulations in the past, wouldn't I have left "eyes and ears" in some places to monitor the movements of Laojun's reincarnation?

Led by Feng Yanleng Leng, the group entered the Eight Sceneries Palace one after another.

Yu Tunzhou gazed at the palace gates so close at hand, where a faint light flickered.

It was at this very moment.

The Chaos Dao Embryo in his Dantian stirred violently.

Heavenly Demon Sect.

In the pavilion at the highest peak, two people, one black and one white, faced each other with a chess game.

The man in white had ordinary features, nothing particularly outstanding, but together they possessed a strange charm that inspired fear. His eyes seemed to reflect countless worlds, making it difficult to look directly at him.

The other, dressed in black with a celestial sword hanging at his side, had a handsome face and a somewhat aloof and indifferent expression. His temperament was so pure and simple that it was almost ethereal. He was none other than Yan Huifeng, the current sect master of the Nanhua Sect and the second- Supreme Sword Lord the Heaven Ranking!

The man in white sitting opposite him was, of course, the "host" of this place.

[Heavenly Demon] Kou Ziling.

"Fellow Daoist, your avatar has been a guest for a month now, yet you still have no intention of leaving. Do you really want me to kick you out?" Kou Ziling said with a half-smile.

Yan Huifeng said calmly, "Your Heavenly Demon Sect is so powerful and influential, can't you even accommodate a guest like me?"

Kou Ziling glanced at the chessboard and sighed, "Playing chess with you is truly torturous, so please leave as soon as possible and don't linger here and make things difficult for me. I promise you, I won't go out anytime soon."

Yan Huifeng remained unmoved and said, "Before I came here, that person told me not to believe anything you said."

Kou Ziling shook his head and chuckled, then suddenly asked, "Fellow Daoist, aren't you curious about who exactly is behind the Old Wang?"

Yan Huifeng's eyes flickered slightly. "Not the Great Yan?"

The entity behind the Great Yan and the entity behind the Old Wang are two different concepts, even though the Old Wang has always been regarded as the pillar of the Great Yan.

"Brother Yan, why play dumb with me? There are no gods behind the Great Yan now," Kou Ziling laughed. "Otherwise, why would Fellow Daoist Lu leave the Divine Capital to make arrangements in the Northern Dark Continent? He sees clearly that the Great Yan's demise is only a matter of time."

Yan Huifeng remained expressionless and nodded, saying, "Lairu. There's a deeper meaning behind Lu Huaiqing's trip to the Northern Dark Continent."

Kou Ziling said with a half-smile, "Brother Yan, even if you're going to pretend you don't know, you don't need to play the fool. You're behaving too convincingly."

Yan Huifeng shifted his gaze from the chessboard to Kou Ziling.

A five-colored immortal sword beside him suddenly shone brightly, its fierce Sword Intent tearing through the Void and triggering a series of powerful arrays to suppress it. However, even the great arrays that the Heavenly Demon Sect had used for generations to suppress the mountain were still unable to withstand the sharpness of the immortal sword!

Yan Huifeng said calmly, "I just like using a sword. Anyone who tries to use their brain with me is dead."

Kou Ziling looked at the Immortal Sword, his eyes filled with regret.

If it weren't for this immortal sword, an avatar would have been invited deep into the mountain gate long ago to "visit," allowing him to analyze how far this person's Sword Dao had progressed, and whether it had touched upon the will of Heaven and my own will, past and future.

"Brother Yan, please go back. Feng Yanleng will be fine, but the entity behind her won't let anything happen to her. I just want to see who that person behind her really is."

Kou Ziling saw the guest off again.

Yan Huifeng calmly said, "I didn't come here for Feng girl."

The smile on Kou Ziling's face gradually faded, replaced by a thoughtful expression.

If it's not for the Feng Yanleng, then it's for----

Xuandu Inheritance?

Yan Huifeng slowly rose to his feet, and the immortal sword beside him hummed, its Sword Intent intensifying by seven-tenths!

"Our Nanhua Lineage worships Heavenly Lord Nanhua as our patriarch. However, due to the interruption or loss of our Ancient Method, we dare not presume to claim the Grand Purity Dao lineage, though we do know what ' Xuandu ' means."

"You, Kou Ziling, dare to blaspheme the Heavenly Venerable's sacred site? Are you not afraid of death, or do you think you, Kou Ziling, are invincible?"

Kou Ziling understood; so this person had come to demand an explanation.

He didn't rise, but simply shook his head and said, "Even if Brother Yan has no disciples who went to the Heavenly Court Fragment, he should already know about the news that was recently sent back from the Heavenly Court ruins."

Dao and Virtue is dead!

Yan Huifeng said calmly, "I think you're courting death."

Kou Ziling remained silent. Talking to such a warrior was truly exhausting; there were simply too few truly intelligent people in the world.

"Brother Yan, have you been to that place of inheritance?"

"Mr. Kou visited that place seventy years ago."

Upon hearing this, Yan Huifeng slightly restrained his Sword Intent, raised his chin slightly, and gestured for the "clever person" to continue.

Interestingly, when Kou entered the Daoist palace, it was completely empty. Later, Kou led several people with affinity for the Tao into the palace; some received the inheritance, while others gained nothing.

Yan Huifeng nodded and said, "You're not destined for this."

"That's not the point." Kou Ziling shook his head, hinting at something. "Jiang Ying was one of the inheritors, but on the very day she received the inheritance, I discovered that her fate had changed, from a soaring dragon to a short-lived one."

"As for those like Zhu Baichuan and Yuyang, who only grasped the basics, their fates were not unusual."

Yan Huifeng narrowed his eyes slightly. If Jiang Ying really obtained the inheritance from it, she could be considered a disciple of their Grand Purity Lineage.

"Jiang Ying died at your hands?"

"This is even more interesting," Kou Ziling chuckled. "I secretly protected Jiang Ying for decades, personally concealing the secrets of heaven for her, allowing her to live to break through to the External Scenery despite her short lifespan. But do you know who ultimately killed her?"

Yan Huifeng remained silent for a moment, then asked another question, "Are you using her to observe the Dao?"

"She died indirectly at my hands." Kou Ziling's eyes were unfathomable, yet held an inexplicable burning intensity, as if the ultimate truth were right before him. "Ten years ago, I received a piece of information that meant Jiang Ying was not only useless to me, but also stood in my way, so she had no choice but to die."

"Brother Yan, do you think this is fate, or is someone plotting against me?"

Yan Huifeng looked at him and slowly said, "Are you suspecting that there are remnants of ancient Great Sage and great Divine Ability beings in the Xuandu inheritance grounds?"

"I don't know," Kou Ziling said with a smile, glancing towards the Western Desert. "But I'll find out soon enough."

"You want to use wolves to devour tigers?" Yan Huifeng said calmly, "Don't end up being killed by both wolves and tigers in the end."

Kou Ziling didn't care at all, and instead said with interest, "Brother Yan, you should be careful with the phrase 'driving wolves to devour tigers,' after all, it's hard to say who the wolf is and who the tiger is."

The group stepped into the Daoist palace, their minds focused and on guard, only to find the hall completely empty.

To Yu Tunzhou's surprise, there was no Pill Furnace, no meditation cushions, no plaques, only an empty hall, as if it had been emptied long ago.

"This—" Ye Jing exclaimed in astonishment, "What about the inheritance?"

Yuyang squatted down, ran his fingers across the ground, and found no dust.

Something's definitely not right—

Niwan Palace, Huntian was already on high alert. Now, using the "eye" of the Yu Tunzhou to sense the outside world, he solemnly said, "Even if Laojun's Daoist temple has been emptied, there should still be some Daoist aura remaining. But this place is nothing but emptiness. Unless this is not the real Eight Sceneries Palace, but the materials here are definitely not ordinary. Could it be a replica made by some great Divine Ability being?"

As soon as the words were spoken, the chaos above the hall suddenly surged.

It's not wind, not air, but a kind of gaze.

It was as if something looked down at them from an extremely high and distant place.

Everyone instinctively looked up.

That one glance was enough to freeze them in place.

And that chaos is like a mirror, reflecting everything.

What Ye Jing saw was his fellow disciple who had died in his arms when they were young, covered in blood, demanding, "Why didn't you save me?"

What Yuyang saw was Jiang Ying, standing quietly in the mirror, her smile bright, but gradually turning into sadness and reluctance.

What Qin He saw was his father, who had abandoned him and his mother when he was young.

Master Yile saw countless Buddhas with lowered eyes, and no matter how much he worshipped and prayed, none of them responded to him.

What Feng Yanleng saw was a magnificent and ancient palace. There was a plaque on the palace, but the script was not written in the script of the Central Plains Human Race. Even with her experience, she could not identify its origin.

Unlike others, Yu Tunzhou saw only chaos.

He looked away, only to find that everyone was in a daze, and he immediately became alert.

What did everyone see?

Why is he the only exception?

"Great Sage, do you sense anything unusual?"

Huntian said in a deep voice, "They've fallen into some kind of Primordial Spirit illusion. This is a piece of cake for me, but it's not for them. Someone has indeed set up a 'hidden trap' here."

"Fellow Daoist, don't worry about them. This illusion is not dangerous for the time being; it's just a test of people's hearts."

At this moment, Yu Tunzhou discovered that the Dao and Virtue black and white aura he possessed was spontaneously manifesting around him.

The reason I didn't fall into the illusion was because of it?

A sudden realization dawned on him, as if the fundamental rules of this world had spontaneously entered his mind:

[In this place, those who possess Dao and Virtue have no taboos.]

Yu Tunzhou was startled.

He looked at the crowd, then at the long corridor leading to an unknown destination, where the Chaos Dao Embryo within his Dantian was stirring restlessly.

No taboos----

"Fellow Daoist, did you feel it?"

Huntian said solemnly, "There really is a ghost deep within this place!"

Yu Tunzhou pauses in silence for a moment, then takes a step forward.

Now that we've entered the Dao Palace, there's no turning back; staying behind won't be of much help.

Since there are no taboos, there is naturally no need to have too many concerns.

Just keep moving forward.

Yu Tunzhou strode into the depths of the corridor, surrounded by Qi of Dao and Virtue.

Constantly alerting Yu Tunzhou to the Huntian, he sensed this wisp of black and white energy for the first time, and his confidence grew stronger.

Fellow fish, your mere Form Refinement actually possesses "Dao and Virtue"—and reason!

With each step forward, Yu Tunzhou could sense the Chaos Dao Embryo within his Dantian becoming increasingly restless.

The long corridor seemed endless and secluded.

The Yu Tunzhou for an unknown amount of time, and the walls on both sides changed from gray to dark blue, and then from dark blue to nothingness.

It didn't disappear; rather, it transformed into an indescribable state, like the wall still standing, but his eyes could no longer see it.

Dao and Virtue aura, both black and white, surrounded him, sometimes coalescing, sometimes dispersing, as if guiding him, yet also as if resisting something.

Finally, at the end of the long corridor, light appeared.

It was neither sunlight nor firelight, but a cold, white, eerie light, as if it were coming from the deepest Nine Netherworlds, rippling like water, sometimes bright and sometimes dim, as if something was breathing.

"This is... the aura of the Nine Netherworlds?" Huntian said in a low voice, "Why is there the aura of the Nine Netherworlds here? Could it be that Laojun's final whereabouts are related to the evil gods of the Nine Netherworlds?"

Yu Tunzhou didn't stop walking; instead, he quickened his pace until he walked out of the corridor.

At the end of the long corridor was another hall, with a furnace in the very center, decorated with Bagua (Eight Trigrams) patterns. The floor beneath it also conformed to the principles of Bagua. The fire in the furnace had long since gone out.

Eight Trigrams Furnace?

Burning the Brother Monkey helped him develop his Fiery Eyes and Golden Pupils in the Eight Trigrams Furnace?

The Eight Trigrams Furnace, which produced numerous divine artifacts and elixirs?

Suddenly.

Yu Tunzhou's gaze was fixed on the wall behind the stove, his breath catching in his throat. He finally understood why the Chaos Dao Embryo had moved!

A scroll hangs on the wall, its colors a chaotic yin and yang, displaying the image of "the Great Dao Wuji." Outside the scroll, "prophecies of the Great Dao" surround it, while inside, "Heavenly Dao talismans" are faintly visible.

Taiji Diagram!

Laojun's Taiji Diagram!

Yu Tunzhou almost instinctively walked forward, wanting to get a closer look at this object that resonated with its own Dao, but suddenly stopped, its face filled with horror.

Suddenly, an unusual color appeared in the Taiji Diagram, vaguely revealing a distorted figure, as if something was being suppressed within it.

The next moment, a bolt of lightning shot out from the Eight Trigrams Furnace, striking the figure emerging from the Taiji Diagram. The figure let out a low roar, appearing neither human nor demon, neither god nor demon.

The low growl sounded unremarkable, but Yu Tunzhou felt dizzy and almost lost his balance, fortunately, his Qi of Dao and Virtue swayed around him in time.

He was terrified. If it weren't for his Qi of Dao and Virtue protecting him, he probably wouldn't have been able to withstand even that low growl!

"That's the Grand Purity Immortal Lightning— " Huntian shrank back and whispered, "Fellow Daoist Yu, this Taiji Diagram is probably not suitable to be used right now."

Even Laojun's Taiji Diagram couldn't completely suppress it; the origin of what's inside is so immense that it doesn't even dare to delve into it!

Yu Tunzhou had also realized that the Taiji Diagram and the Eight Trigrams Furnace were deliberately placed there to suppress something.

Unfortunately, the treasure of the Great Dao is right before our eyes, yet we can only admire it from afar, unable to touch it.

What exactly is it that requires Laojun to use two divine artifacts to suppress it?

The Yu Tunzhou, its thoughts flowing freely.

With these two divine artifacts, this place must truly be the Eight Sceneries Palace.

At that very moment.

The thing in the Taiji Diagram suddenly became violent, and even the previous Grand Purity Immortal Lightning could not keep it still for long!

An indescribable heartbeat escaped from the Taiji Diagram!

Even though Yu Tunzhou was protected by Qi of Dao and Virtue, he still felt a tightness in his chest.

And this heartbeat could travel across the long corridor, reaching the main hall and even outside the palace!

The five people who had been trapped in some kind of illusion suddenly woke up, their expressions changed drastically, they spat out a mouthful of blood, and their breaths plummeted. Ye Jing was already seriously injured, was now on the verge of death!

Feng Yanleng was the only exception; phoenixes and luan birds flashed behind her, shielding her from the heartbeat and then providing protection for the people around her.

Among the many illusory figures, a female phantom with a human head and a snake's body emerged, looking down at the place with an expression that Buxi nor angry.

As this phantom appeared, the chaos above the hall suddenly boiled over!

Three inexplicable and opposing forces swept through the palace in an instant, as if they were about to destroy everything in their path!

These forces dissipated, but were blocked by the gate of the Dao Palace of the Eight Sceneries Palace, with only a trace escaping.

This slight movement caused Shen You, who had been sitting cross-legged outside the palace gates, patiently waiting, to suddenly open his eyes, his expression one of great alarm.

He turned to flee, but was still struck by the aftershocks of the shockwave, and felt countless sounds of bones cracking and the sky collapsing within his body.

Eight Sceneries Palace.

The three forces confronted and clashed with each other, and the eerie heartbeat, suppressed by the Taiji Diagram, was the first to fall silent and return to stillness.

Yu Tunzhou suddenly looked behind him, and the Dao and Virtue black and white aura surrounding him began to tremble.

Even it could not withstand the impact of the other two forces!

Could one of these two forces originate from Feng Yanleng?

What about the other one?

Chaos above the main hall?

Is someone constantly monitoring this place?

What is his relationship with Laojun?

A series of thoughts flashed through his mind, Yu Tunzhou suddenly shouted in his heart, "Great Sage, make your move!"

If we don't act now, even Qi of Dao and Virtue won't be able to protect him!

Although this Qi of Dao and Virtue and the rules of this place are peculiar, the level of those two forces may not be lower than theirs!

The Great Sage Huntian decisively and forcibly awakened the spirit of the Vajra Bracelet.

In fact, ever since entering the Eight Sceneries Palace, Huntian felt that this thing was showing signs of awakening!

In an instant, the previously dusty Vajra Bracelet burst forth with dazzling light, and an unparalleled aura of magnificence awakened from Vajra Bracelet, suppressing the world and dominating the Dao and Virtue of this place!

For some reason, it seemed even more complete and powerful than the Taiji Diagram and Eight Trigrams Furnace before our eyes!

Once it appeared, it sheltered the Dao and Virtue people in the area, and then launched a fierce attack on the other two "outsiders"!

The impact of the three forces instantly triggered a massive aftershock, but it could not travel outside the palace and could only echo within it!

The phantom with a human head and a snake's body behind Feng Yanleng glanced deeply into the depths of the hall, then, carrying Feng Yanleng and the others, disappeared from the spot.

However, the power descending from above the chaos did not recede; in fact, it intensified, as if to suppress the Vajra Bracelet.

Yu Tunzhou, who was being protected by the Vajra Bracelet, suddenly focused his gaze.

This power, or rather this gaze—he recognized it somewhat; it was from that time in Heavenly Court!

It was that time when [Dao and Virtue is dead]!

"Great Sage, can you identify the source of this power?" Yu Tunzhou asked quickly.

Huntian hesitated for a moment, then shook his head and said, "It seems somewhat familiar, but I can't quite place it, because this power is very mixed."

Before Yu Tunzhou could ask any more questions, the Vajra Bracelet erupted again, seemingly enraged that someone dared to challenge it in this place!

The "level" of this standoff was too high; even watching it was a luxury for Yu Tunzhou.

However, he quickly turned his head and looked intently at the Taiji Diagram, where the thing that had been suppressed was now quite well-behaved!

He dared not take the Taiji Diagram away for the time being.

Yu Tunzhou quickly approached the Taiji Diagram and felt the Taiji Daoist charm within it up close. This object resonated with his own Dao, and just by comprehending its Daoist charm, he felt he had benefited immensely!

This insight is hard to describe, but it's like a sedimentation that can be used in future breakthroughs!

As for Vajra Bracelet, the fact that he didn't cause trouble is already a form of help.

Just as Yu Tunzhou was racing against time, the battle between the Vajra Bracelet and the figure on Chaos determined the victor.

Using the underlying rules of this place, the Vajra Bracelet suppressed the power descending from the chaos, but at the last moment, that power condensed into one, and it was aimed directly at the Yu Tunzhou that was protected by the Vajra Bracelet!

clang-

At the critical moment, the Eight Trigrams Furnace roared and swallowed the Yu Tunzhou whole.

The Vajra Bracelet flashed and then gave chase!

The next moment, the Eight Trigrams Furnace shut down again, and the power of chaos was expelled.

Silence fell once again in the Eight Sceneries Palace, as if nothing had happened.

Yu Tunzhou was swallowed by the Eight Trigrams Furnace, Central Plains.

Is Yu also going to develop a pair of Fiery Eyes and Golden Pupils?!

Wait a minute, I don't have Brother Monkey's innate physique, I'm afraid I'd be instantly refined!

But when that sense of confusion disappeared and his five senses returned, he was surprised to find himself standing on a cloud.

A magnificent hall stood prominently ahead, resplendent in gold and glittering with jewels, with the words "Eight Sceneries Palace" inscribed on the plaque above the door.

The Yu Tunzhou, filled with questions.

What's going on? Aren't I already in the Eight Sceneries Palace?

Why is there another Eight Sceneries Palace standing in front of me?

He slowly looked around and saw smoke rising into the sky, colorful mist swirling in the blue sky, exotic flowers blooming everywhere, spiritual springs gushing forth, flocks of celestial phoenixes and cranes, white deer and white apes in pairs, and auspicious birds and beasts that had not been seen in the world for a long time. It was as if he had returned to High Antiquity, or even more distant times.

At this moment, a crane folded its wings and landed in front of him, lowering its head to let him stroke it, as if it were very affectionate.

Yu Tunzhou was puzzled; when had he developed such a connection with beasts?

He suddenly looked down.

The Vajra Bracelet had returned to him sometime during the night, but instead of being on his finger, it had transformed into a silver bracelet.

He had somehow changed into a black Daoist robe, which was truly strange.

He tried to contact the Great Sage Huntian to confirm that the man was still there, and the two of them studied the place together.

Huntian exclaimed in shock, "Such a dense primordial aura! What kind of fragment of heaven and earth is hidden Eight Trigrams Furnace? Could it be the real Xuandu Purple Mansion? But if this place is real, then what was the place before?"

Yu Tunzhou looked at the three characters "Eight Sceneries Palace" in front of him, feeling equally surprised and doubtful.

Which one is the authentic Eight Sceneries Palace?

Hesitantly, he slowly walked towards the palace, passing through one hall after another, until he arrived at the room in the deepest part of the palace.

He peered over, but suddenly froze.

Inside the room sat an old Daoist priest with white hair and a youthful face. He looked unremarkable, but Yu Tunzhou felt a sense of respect for him for no reason and dared not look at him for long.

In fact, he couldn't see the man's face clearly either, as if shrouded in a chaotic mist.

The scroll hanging on the wall behind the Daoist priest depicted yin and yang fish forming Taiji, which was none other than the [Taiji Diagram] that he had recently tried to comprehend!

Another Taiji Diagram ----

Before the Yu Tunzhou, he suppressed the various emotions in his heart.

The Daoist opened and closed his eyes, as if a primordial chaos was being created within them. He spoke slowly, his voice aged yet calm. "Xuandu, Guangchengzi is about to arrive. There's no need to let him in. He's coming for the Earth-Leaving Flame-Light Flag. Just give him the banner."

The next moment, a flag landed in front of Yu Tunzhou. The flag was one foot and seven inches long and its color was dark red like flames.

Yu Tunzhou was frozen in place, his mind suddenly jolted.

Xuandu?

Who is Xuandu?

Am I Xuandu?!