Chapter 1037: The Candle Flame in the image
Chapter 1037: The Candle Flame in the image
The World Origin Secret Realm was famous in the Eastern Demon Feather because it was of great help to create a new world for oneself.
The place where it was located was the World Origin Barren River seven thousand miles north of the Lan Clan.
From the outside, this barren river looked barren, ferocious beasts were everywhere, poisonous miasma rose, and there was a powerful seal that blocked all cultivators who tried to break in.
If there was really an expert who could break the seal by force with his own strength, it would be useless.
Because without the Lan Clan's token that was personally created by the Dark Flame Great Emperor, cultivators below the Great Emperor level would not be able to see through the essence of this place and would only be trapped in the barren land with nothing to gain.
But if one had the Lan Clan's token, then the moment one walked into this barren river, everything in front of one's eyes would be completely reversed.
What one saw was no longer barren land, ferocious beasts, and poisonous miasma, but a huge basin.
In the center of the basin, there was an object erected!
This object was shockingly huge, almost ten thousand feet tall, in the shape of a long strip, and there were a lot of runes carved on it.
Anyone who saw this object for the first time would definitely be shocked, and endless waves would appear in their mind.
Because this was a jade scroll!
To be precise, this was an ancient image jade scroll.
No one knew who its owner was, but from the size of this jade scroll, its owner must be extraordinarily terrifying.
As for its origin, in the records of the Demon Feather Holy Land, it came from the era of the Ancient Emperor Xuan You. It came from outer space, fell into the hands of the Demon Feather Race, and was then borrowed by the Ancient Emperor Xuan You.
Until many years later, under the efforts of the Demon Feather Race's Great Emperor and countless battle achievements, this jade scroll was finally brought back from the Ancient Emperor Xuan You.
Then, this jade scroll became the sacred object of the Demon Feather Race.
Before the remnant face came, the Demon Feather Race left with the Ancient Emperor Xuan You and built their own sacred ground in outer space. After a few twists and turns, this object was monopolized by the Dark Flame Great Emperor.
In the end, it became the Lan Clan's object.
What was strange about it was that there was a scene imprinted on it.
Holding the Lan Clan's token and stepping into this jade scroll, one could walk from reality into the illusion, and from the real world into the image.
As for the details of the image …
Some people called it the creation of the world.
For many years, this secret realm had been controlled by the Lan Clan. If outsiders wanted to enter, they had to pay a high price, and whether they could succeed in the end depended on the mood of the Lan Clan.
If the Lan Clan was unwilling, no matter how high the price they paid, it would be useless.
At this moment, Xu Qing's figure whistled through the air and suddenly approached the desolate river at the origin of the world that was filled with barren hills and unruly waters. He stopped in midair and looked down.
This place was sparsely populated and unguarded.
After all, there weren't many people who were qualified to enter this secret realm, and there was no need to guard this strange place.
After a few breaths of time, Xu Qing's eyes shone with a mysterious light as he took out the command medallion the Empress had given him. Then, without any hesitation, he began to walk down the barren river.
It was as if he had walked through a layer of water, filtering out the mountains, rivers, ferocious beasts, and poisonous miasma.
In the next instant, the enormous basin and the vast and shocking jade slips within it appeared before Xu Qing's eyes.
[Enter the image.]
Xu Qing stared at the vast jade slip, and he sensed the ancient aura and aura of age emanating from it. In the end, his gaze descended towards the bottom of the jade slip.
[Nearly thirty percent of this jade slip is buried underground. Only about seventy percent of it is exposed.]
[What kind of existence would need such a huge jade slip?]
[What kind of existence would be able to create an image of the world?]
A hint of anticipation appeared in Xu Qing's eyes. Although he roughly knew about this secret realm from Xue Chenzi's memories, he had never seen it with his own eyes.
Although he had experienced many secret realms in his life, none of them were like the ones before him.
This was the first time he had seen such a secret realm.
Therefore, after confirming that there were no obstacles around and that the huge jade slip in front of him was operating normally, Xu Qing didn't hesitate. He held the command medallion and went straight for the jade slip.
He approached in an instant without stopping. The moment he touched the huge jade slip, his figure suddenly disappeared.
He didn't fuse into the jade slip, but seemed to have been erased.
In a strange way, he disappeared from the modern world!
When he reappeared, he was already in the image!
After seeing the scene in front of him clearly, Xu Qing, who appeared in this image, could no longer remain calm. His emotions surged up with a loud bang.
[This is.]
Xu Qing's breathing stagnated.
For the experienced and knowledgeable Xu Qing, this shouldn't have happened. It was just that the scene he saw at this moment was too shocking.
This was a void!
In the depths of the void, Xu Qing saw a huge candle.
The candle was red and burning.
As it burned, the flame of the candle shone in all directions, causing the entire void to flicker. In the flickering light of the halo, countless stars and worlds were forming in the dust.
It was impossible to count how many there were.
He could only see that the stars and worlds at the periphery of the halo had completed the process of gathering from the dust in an instant. In the next moment, they seemed to have collapsed due to the extreme and turned back into dust.
Dust scattered in all directions.
During this process, as the worlds and stars were formed, countless rules and laws were born inside. Then, they were destroyed and merged into the dust.
It was a continuous cycle.
With just a glance from Xu Qing, at least hundreds of thousands of worlds appeared and were destroyed.
However, it was only limited to the periphery of the halo.
The closer he got to the red candle, the slower the formation of the astral weapons and worlds in it became. The slower the formation was, the slower the destruction was.
Therefore, in Xu Qing's eyes, he could see many stars that were almost complete when he was close to the red candle.
[This scene.]
Xu Qing took a deep breath. He didn't know if this was the real creation, but he could clearly feel that this scene was filled with the extremely rich aura of the world.
Rules, Dharma Laws, Origins, and everything could be seen here.
[But it's illusory.]
Xu Qing glanced at all the murmurs.
However, he knew very well that although they were all illusory, and he had also entered the illusory world, for Soul Accumulation cultivators, this would be an unparalleled place of enlightenment.
[But there are also dangers.]
Xu Qing spread his Divine Perception in all directions. His body swayed, and he moved forward carefully.
According to Xue Chen Zi's memory, the place where the change of fate took place in the canyon was a star that was in the middle of the halo of the candle.
Xu Qing wasn't sure if that star had collapsed into dust after a few months.
Therefore, he didn't waste time at this moment. He sped through this world of images.
As he approached the halo, Xu Qing felt a burning sensation. It was a heat wave formed by the burning of the red candle in the distance. He also felt countless Rules and Dharma Laws in it.
They were the embryonic changes.
He carefully avoided the collapsing worlds along the way and kept approaching his destination.
An hour later, Xu Qing finally saw the star in Xue Chen Zi's memory in the distance.
This star was in the process of collapse.
However, because the flow of time in the area was relatively slow, it hadn't completely collapsed at this moment. It was only half collapsed.
Although it was dangerous to get close, at least there was still hope.
Seeing this, Xu Qing heaved a sigh of relief. He was about to go forward, but in the next moment, his face darkened. He suddenly raised his right hand and grabbed at the side.
A gloomy and cold feeling swept across his palm.
There was nothing.
Xu Qing's eyes shone with Power Dao Marks. He looked around, and the information about a dangerous thing in Xue Chen Zi's memory appeared in his mind.
It was a strange existence.
Xue Chen Zi didn't know its specific form and number.
He only knew that although this kind of existence couldn't be seen, once he got close, he would be able to sense the coldness due to the heat contained in this place.
Therefore, he could sense it.
Xue Chen Zi didn't know its true form, but he knew its origin.
These strange cold things used to be cultivators.
This was related to another danger in this secret realm.
That was assimilation.
If one stayed in this world for too long, or if one got too close to the red candle in the center, there was a certain chance that one would be assimilated into this world.
After the assimilation, the cultivator would be erased and turned into an unknown form. They would forever be trapped in this illusory afterimage, unable to enter the real world.
Although most of the cultivators who came here were aware of this in advance, as time passed, there were still some who were assimilated and left here due to various reasons.
Perhaps the Emperor knew whether they were in the form of a soul or some other form after being erased, but Xue Chen Zi didn't.
Therefore, Xu Qing glanced around coldly. His body rumbled, and his aura spread out. The uniqueness of his body made him confident that these strange existences wouldn't be able to touch him.
Thus, after looking around, Xu Qing continued to speed forward, getting closer and closer to the collapsing star.
It didn't take long for Xu Qing to take a step forward and step onto the planet.
The moment it landed, the heat disappeared, and an endless chill spread out in all directions.
Although it was empty, Xu Qing could vaguely sense countless strange existences around him.
It was a star that was filled with those strange existences!
At the same time, outside the secret realm, in the western part of the Eastern Demon Feather Territory, in the Western Demon Feather Territory, the holy platform that looked like a wing was shining brightly.
At the highest point of the platform, a figure sat cross-legged on an octagonal altar.
His body was blurry and couldn't be seen clearly. Only his outline could be seen.
Although it was just an outline, the fluctuations coming from this person and the indescribably terrifying aura made all those who came to pay their respects tremble. They didn't dare to look directly at him.
For example, the Western Demon Feather Sovereign, who was kneeling beside the altar, was like this.
He couldn't control the trembling in his heart and spoke in a low voice.
[Emperor, during this period of time, we have searched the entire Holy Land. Except for the place where Emperor Dark Flame is in seclusion, we didn't find the thing you mentioned.]
Emperor Dark Feather was silent.
The kneeling Sovereign waited for a long time before he got up and respectfully left.
After a long time, the low voice of Emperor Dark Feather came from the silent altar.
[Does this thing really exist?]
As his words echoed, the sound of chains came from above the altar, and a black-robed figure hung down from the void.
The black-robed figure was bound by chains and corroding his body, but he didn't seem to care and spoke calmly.
[I've told you before that the Wishing Face has its own intelligence. It's never found by others, but it's looking for a suitable person.]
[If it doesn't want you to find it, with your cultivation, even if it appears in front of you, you won't be able to see it.]
[You've searched for so long and still haven't found it. This is enough to show that … you, Emperor Dark Feather, are not suitable.]