The sea of clouds is boundless, and the golden rainbow fills the sky.
But the looming ruins and broken bricks and tiles indicate that this place is already a dead place.
Glazed palaces and jade towers.
But they have long been dilapidated and collapsed, just like rootless duckweeds, drifting aimlessly with the tide.
Even so, one can still vaguely glimpse its former grandeur and splendor from the ruins.
"Is this the Shengxiandai?"
Zuo Chongming's voice had a faint echo, suddenly breaking the ten thousand years of peace here.
"Um."
Long Ancestor pointed to the incomplete stone tablet not far away, and looked at the half-missing high platform at his feet, which was carved with luxurious patterns.
If evaluated from ordinary people's perspective, everything in front of Zuo Chongming can be described in one word - big!
Not to mention anything else, the Shengxian Platform under their feet was a hundred feet in diameter, and the broken pillar below was also dozens of feet long.
What's even more amazing is that even such a big thing doesn't look rough at all.
Whether it is the pattern relief on the surface or the gentle curves, it gives people a sense of luxury and flawless luxury.
"so……"
Zuo Chongming stepped on the sloping stone platform, looked around and asked: "Under our feet is the Shengxian Platform, and in front of us should be the entrance of Nantianmen, but... where is Nantianmen?"
Long Zu coughed slightly and looked somewhere: "To the left, seven hundred miles away."
"..."
Zuo Chongming followed his gaze and faintly saw a building that was mostly covered by an abandoned palace, with only a little bit of the door remaining.
After looking into the distance for a moment, he silently withdrew his gaze and turned to look at the sea of clouds below: "Is the heaven floating?"
"That's right."
Dragon Ancestor sighed: "I know what you want to ask. Below the Heavenly Court is actually the Imperial Prison, which is mainly used to imprison some big monsters who have caused trouble and have been convicted."
Zuo Chongming raised his eyebrows slightly: "Do you think they are still alive?"
Longzu didn't even think about it and curled his lips and said: "He must have died a long time ago. It's been so many years."
"You forgot about Hydra."
Zuo Chongming frowned: "That guy can resist in the formation for so many years just by relying on his own reserve of fairy energy, let alone..."
Long Zu's face gradually became serious, and he asked in a deep voice: "So you want to go down and take a look first?"
"No, I mean we should be careful."
Zuo Chongming narrowed his eyes: "The original Hydra was so difficult to deal with. It's hard to imagine how strong those guys in the depths of the prison are, and there may be more than one."
As they spoke, the two men's auras converged, and they fled into the distance like sharp arrows.
The distance of hundreds of miles is just a blink of an eye for them.
However…….
When they walked around the palace and landed in front of the Nantian Gate, they couldn't help but be shocked by the scene in front of them.
I saw that the Nantianmen towering more than thirty feet high, two dragon pillars were cut diagonally and broken, causing the head of the sign to be shortened by more than half.
There were long-dried blood stains everywhere on the ground and pillars, and traces of armor, dead bones and even swords were vaguely visible on the ground.
The one that had the strongest impact on them was a corpse with broken armor that was nailed to a pillar, with a carved giant ax at its feet.
"this……"
Zuo Chongming opened his mouth, and his face gradually became serious: "Don't tell me, this is the Giant Spirit God?"
Long Zu looked at the giant ax and sighed: "It should be him. The Xuanhua board ax is his weapon. I didn't expect it to be..."
As soon as he finished speaking, the half-broken mirror hanging on the Nantian Gate suddenly shot out a dazzling light.
The two of them had no room to react at all, as they were covered in light.
"Eh?"
Zuo Chongming was startled at first, then touched his body with a strange look in his eyes: "What's going on?"
"Show, demon...mirror."
Dragon Ancestor's painful voice sounded, and one could clearly detect that his restrained demonic power was gradually boiling, and his aura became more and more violent.
"You hold on, I'll break it."
Seeing his strong reaction, Zuo Chongming frowned and raised his hand to point out a stream of true energy.
laugh…….
Surprisingly, the seemingly incomplete mirror actually swallowed the true essence directly, leaving only trembling ripples on the mirror surface.
After missing a blow, Zuo Chongming immediately grabbed Long Zu, who was twitching in pain, and jumped to evacuate the place.
Although the world is short, the light of this mirror seems to have great restraint on demons.
Even someone with the strength of Dragon Ancestor cannot compete with him. With such little effort, he actually has the tendency to manifest his true form...
But as soon as Zuo Chongming made a move, the light shining from the mirror suddenly became thicker.
He clearly felt as if he was in a quagmire, with the pressure from everywhere forcibly locking the two of them in place.
At the same time, an even more terrifying scene occurred.
I saw the huge ax embedded in the ground suddenly trembled, and an indescribable and thick demonic aura surged out of it...
"you go first."
Longzu suddenly threw him away, stared at his bloodshot eyes, and growled with difficulty: "I'll give it a try."
"Fuck you, I have to be able to walk."
Zuo Chongming rolled his eyes. If he could have left, he would have run thousands of miles away.
This demon mirror is really weird. Even though it is damaged and has not been maintained for many years, the light it emits is particularly... strange.
Zuo Chongming could clearly feel that the real energy in his body was completely stagnant.
This is not the effect of formations or runes or spells, but rough and domineering suppression.
It's like someone is stronger than them, so they can press their heads without any fancy skills.
"Fairy spirit."
He stared hard at the giant axe, and said from between his teeth: "There is some fairy spirit hidden in this broken mirror."
Based on the clues currently available, only higher-level energy such as fairy spirit energy can suppress them so strongly.
Dragon Ancestor's head has already had horns drilled out, and his voice became hoarse: "I have been planning for a long time, but I never thought that the boat would capsize as soon as I entered. It's really..."
"Stop talking nonsense and open your mouth."
Zuo Chongming took out a bottle of elixir from his spiritual ring, skipping the step of pouring it out, and directly stuffed the bottle into Long Zu's mouth.
"Kacha kacha..."
Long Zu was not particular about it, so he just chewed it up and swallowed it in two mouthfuls. Then he asked in hindsight: "What is this?"
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Before Zuo Chongming could reply, a roar like thunder suddenly exploded: "Those who trespass in the heaven will be killed!"
Boom!!
A huge Xuanhua ax with a blood-stained edge and as thick as a brick was slashed down with a ferocious force on his face.
"Dang~!"
The whistling tree buzzed and groaned, and the giant ax was held up dangerously.
Zuo Chongming and Long Zu groaned, and the ground beneath their feet exploded, and their bodies suddenly became shorter.
Unable to use their demon power and true energy, the two of them joined forces to resist the ax with their bodies.
The majestic force was pressed down, and it was transmitted along the front to the whole body of the two of them, followed by bursts of thunder-like muffled sounds...
It is no exaggeration to say that this ax almost sent them away.
Bang, sizzle…….
Heavy footsteps sounded, and the giant spirit god who was nailed to the pillar struggled to fall, strode towards the two of them, and pulled away the giant axe.
At this time, his muscles were bulging, his body was strong, and his whole body was covered with black lines like living animals.
Tadpole characters loomed on the ferocious face, and two blazing flames flashed in his scarlet eyes, filled with unspeakable violence and madness.
"Evil heretics shall die!"
The tattered armor on the giant spirit god made a clanking sound, and as he raised the giant axe, rich demonic energy gathered at the blade.
Crunch….
At this moment, a teeth-searing friction sound suddenly sounded.
The Giant Spirit God heard the sound and looked around, only to see a fox and a blue bird appear above the Nantian Gate. They were trying to destroy the demon mirror.
"Hey, wild god, stop it!"
His eyes, which were dancing like lanterns with blazing flames, suddenly shot out two scarlet beams of light, directly hitting Lan Yu and the ancestor Tianhu.
Whoosh...
Ancestor Tianhu and the two guys had long been on guard against the Giant Spirit God's attack. As soon as the other party made a move, they jumped out of the distance.
However, the light beam shot by the giant spirit god did not miss the target. Instead, it hit the half-broken demon mirror and passed through it without losing any force.
Click~!
There was a crisp loud sound, and the demon mirror shattered.
As that strange power disappeared, both Zuo Chongming and Long Zu felt a sense of relief.
"call……"
Long Zu was breathing heavily, and a look of joy appeared on his sweaty face: "It's just a little bit close, mother, this place is too mysterious."
If it weren't for the help of the ancestors of Tianhu and the two of them, Zuo Chongming would probably be chopped into pieces by the giant spirit god, and they would still be incapable of resisting.
The feeling of waiting to die is really uncomfortable.
If it weren't for Zuo Chongming's secret message, Longzu would have almost been tempted to fight with all his strength.
"Evil heretics, kill..."
A huge ax came like a storm, dragging shadows all over the sky, and swept toward the two of them like mountains.
When the Giant Spirit God realized that he could not catch up with the Sky Fox Ancestor and the other two, he decisively turned back his target, especially targeting the sweaty Long Ancestor.
Perhaps in his judgment criteria, Zuo Chongming was considered a heretic at best, and at least a human being, while Long Ancestor was just... haha.
Dang~!
A brilliant stream of light appeared, and the giant ax was accurately opened.
Dragon Ancestor's eyes flashed with gunfire, and he pointed out the dragon bone spear in his hand. The rich demon power gathered at the tip of the spear, and the words he breathed out seemed like the roar of an angry dragon.
Since the ancient catastrophe, he has never been in such a miserable state.
As the saying goes, anger comes from the heart, Long Zu decided to use this guy's life to wash away the humiliation he had just suffered.
"Can't bear to call me."
Zuo Chongming glanced at him, tapped his foot to exit the battle, turned into a sword rainbow and came to the top of the Nantian Gate, and took off the pierced demon mirror.
"careful."
Lan Yu's voice sounded from behind: "I almost got caught just now, this thing is so weird."
Ancestor Tianhu said with lingering fear: "I only knew about this thing, but I didn't expect it to be so..."
Zuo Zhongming's face was extremely solemn, and he weighed it carefully: "Is there such a big gap between the energy of the immortal spirit and the energy of heaven and earth?"
"I can clearly feel that the trace of fairy spirit remaining in this demon mirror is enough to kill ordinary astral realm warriors."
You must know that tens of thousands of years have passed since the destruction of Heaven.
The Demon Mirror has long been incomplete and has lost most of its power. It was further destroyed by the Giant Spirit God just now.
Based on this prerequisite, the tiny trace of fairy energy contained therein, which is thinner than a hair, can still kill the astrological realm.
From this we can see how terrifying the gap between the vitality of heaven and earth and this thing is.
"How big?"
Lan Yu couldn't help but ask.
Zuo Chongming pondered: "To give an inappropriate example, the difference between the vitality of heaven and earth and the energy of fairy spirits is equivalent to the difference between a grenade and an atomic bomb."
Lan Yu couldn't help but widen his eyes and blurted out: "Isn't this too exaggerated?"
Ancestor Tianhu said quietly: "What's even more exaggerated is that even the immortal gods with the spirit of the spirit cannot withstand the erosion of the devil's energy."
Lan Yu was stunned: "Is the devil's energy even more advanced than the spirit's energy?"
Zuo Chongming murmured: "At least in terms of aggressiveness, that's true. Even if it's not one level higher, it's at least half a level higher."
Ancestor Tianhu narrowed his eyes and muttered: "Natural energy, the vitality of heaven and earth, the energy of fairy spirits, the power of faith and will, the devilish energy..."
Lan Yu didn't hear clearly and subconsciously moved closer: "What are you talking about?"
Ancestor Tianhu stared at the battlefield and said seriously: "I am thinking about a question, what level is the faith and willpower cultivated by the gods?"
Zuo Chongming looked at the Giant Spirit God and explained thoughtfully: "Even Tathagata has not withstood the erosion of demonic energy. I'm afraid the demonic energy is stronger."
Ancestor Tianhu frowned: "But Tathagata was seriously injured at the time. No, he should be seriously injured and dying. The demonic energy had the advantage of taking advantage of the situation."
"That's true..."
Lan Yu nodded blankly. Her little mind couldn't turn around. She always felt that both of them made sense.
Zuo Chongming said coldly: "The spirit of the fairy focuses on the body. It is like honey to the strong, but it is arsenic to the weak."
Ancestor Tianhu couldn't help but look at him sideways: "How do you know?"
Zuo Chongming organized his words and said in a deep voice: "Only after the ancient monks completed the third sublimation of their souls could they reach the standard of ascension."
"This standard is not set casually by heaven, but has been verified. Only monks who have reached this level can absorb the spirit of the fairy."
Ancestor Tianhu suddenly said: "You mean, if the soul has not reached the third sublimation, it will die if it forcibly absorbs the spirit of the fairy?"
Lan Yu nodded and added: "It's like eating too much and not being able to digest it, and you'll die from exhaustion."
Zuo Chongming played with the mirror and murmured: "There was no demon essence in ancient times. Those who can cultivate immortality are geniuses with spiritual veins."
"And we have determined that after the spiritual vein absorbs the vitality of heaven and earth, it will not only increase the true energy, but also subtly strengthen the body."
"This leads to a phenomenon, that is, although the monk's physical body improves slowly, there is no qualitative gap between it and the soul."
"But the gap will still get bigger and bigger. When the monk's soul sublimates for the third time, the qualitative gap between the soul and the body will widen."
"This situation is very similar to the Dharma Realm of a warrior. They are both on the verge of an imbalance of yin and yang. It's just that the warrior's body is too strong."
"But the difference is that heaven in ancient times found a solution to this problem, which is higher-level energy."
Ancestor Tianhu was shocked: "The higher-level energy is the spirit of the fairy."
"That's right." Zuo Chongming nodded.
This is the most reasonable and logical explanation at present.
Lan Yu frowned and said in confusion: "But even if what you say is right, what's the point? You don't have spiritual veins..."
Zuo Chongming smiled: "But I have optimized martial arts and replaced things like spiritual veins with the method of inscribing runes and mantras on orifices."
Ancestor Tianhu reminded: "You have not obtained other ancient mantras, so the runes can only absorb the vitality of heaven and earth, transform it into true essence, and temper the physical body."
"After the spiritual vein absorbs the vitality of heaven and earth, it can not only temper the physical body and transform the true essence, but also strengthen the monk's soul through exercises."
Lan Yu added: "Yes, I remember that you used the Wentian Jade Scroll to calculate, but you did not deduce the whereabouts of other ancient mantras."
"No need to deduce."
Zuo Chongming shook his head: "If the speculation is correct, the remaining ancient mantras are either in heaven or in the underworld, the latter is more likely."
Even though the Escape Book is magical and the Wentian Jade Scroll is a rare thing in the world, it does not mean that this thing is omnipotent.
Everything has its limits, and things are no exception. Not everything can be deduced from the book "Dun Yi".
Otherwise, Zuo Chongming doesn't have to do anything and just deduce the results.
Lan Yu asked: "Then what are we going to do now?"
Zuo Chongming lowered his head and thought for a while, then raised the demon mirror in his hand: "Find a way to collect the spirit of the fairy to prepare for the next step."
"Once the problem of the soul is solved and the relevant runes are inscribed on the orifices, the role of the spiritual veins will be completely replaced by the runes."
"At that time, I can use the skills of immortal cultivators to push myself across the threshold of the third sublimation of my soul..."
Ancestor Tianhu took a breath: "Next, will you use the collected fairy energy to further enhance your strength?"
"clever."
Zuo Chongming grinned and turned his gaze to Long Zu, who was locked in a bitter battle.
PS: I’m going on a business trip for a few days and take some time off.