Free Web NovelChapter 572: Chapter 570: Above the Spirit River
The void heals, and the Spirit River vanishes.
Serenity returns atop Ancient Dragon Mountain, as though nothing had ever transpired.
Yet, the brilliant auras unleashed by the emergence of the Eight Supreme Treasures have been scattered into Ancient Dragon Mountain.
Given time, this mountain will regenerate the miraculous, nurturing astonishing opportunities!
The remaining Martial Artists of all major powers gaze up at the void, then swiftly depart one after another, all wary of further incidents.
Now, nearly all the strongest from each power have embarked on the journey to traverse the Spirit River, and those left behind must maintain the balance.
But whether anyone will attempt to disrupt this balance remains unknown!
After all had left, and Ancient Dragon Mountain sank into deathly silence—
Two figures suddenly appeared out of thin air, both cloaked in black robes, thick black mist swirling about them, exuding an aura of deathly stillness that chilled the soul.
The two looked up at the void.
"They’ve all gone."
"Each major power prepared thoroughly for this venture, yet the time has not come—how strange!"
"Master, what if that person miscalculated?"
"Heh!"
The more burly black-robed figure let out a laugh: "In those years, that one exhausted all means, yet still perceived the existence of the Immortal Ruin Ancient Land. Otherwise, how could those old geezers have discovered it so easily afterward?"
"Back then, he had practically crossed half a step beyond the realm of the Celestial. Do you think he glimpsed even more?"
The other black-robed man’s mist roiled violently about him, betraying the shock in his heart.
"These old foxes each have their own schemes. This time, who knows what will happen!"
"We had best wait for another chance. It shouldn’t be long."
The moment the words fell,
The two black-robed figures vanished again, leaving no trace behind.
This, not even the five Celestials in the Spirit River knew.
...
Within the Spirit River, five streaks of rainbow light sped onward, behind them a vast heaven of spirit runes, containing the eight Supreme Treasures.
Upon the treasures stood the chosen prodigies of each faction!
The spectacle was astounding!
If Martial Artists of the Spirit Realm saw this, their eyes would surely pop from shock!
Yet within this Spirit River, it all seemed insignificant, like the ephemeral mayfly between heaven and earth, a mere grain of sand in the boundless sea!
Even the waves the five Celestials stirred seemed only faint ripples in a boundless ocean.
The many Martial Artists upon the treasures now watched the world outside, both excited and trembling with awe.
Within the massive boulder.
Xu Yang sat cross-legged amidst the crowd, surrounded by transparency, able to see the vast Spirit River outside.
He too, like the rest, struggled to keep calm, watching in shock and wonder.
These Supreme Treasures, drawn onward by the Celestials—imagine the speed!
Yet within the Spirit River, it felt as if they moved with the weakness of a feeble elder or a toddling infant, leaving no trace of their passage. frёewebnoѵēl.com
The Spirit River, as shown to all, was not a flood of infinite mystical force but the confluence of endless motes of dust, each casting spirit light, merging into a river.
They seemed to flicker, and yet were frozen, everlasting as the day itself!
"What a magnificent sight."
"I never could have imagined that the interior of the real Spirit River looked like this, as if it were made up of countless droplets."
"That radiance seems to have existed since the dawn of time, illuminating until now."
"Is the Spirit River truly withering?"
"Even shielded by the treasure and Celestials, it’s hard to restrain the shivers in my soul. As a Spirit Realm being, I feel an instinctive awe towards the Spirit River!"
"How did a single Spirit River nurture the vast Spirit Realm and all of us?"
...
Words of astonishment and doubt rose one after another within the stone’s internal space.
None of the powerful like Shi Feng could answer.
Some questions, even they could not explain!
Even the Celestials may not comprehend it all!
Yet the pursuit of the ultimate, the climb to the summit, is an eternal law!
The higher one rises, the more one may see, and all shall be revealed.
Xu Yang drew in a deep breath, slowly closed his eyes, and forced himself to push aside the scenes of the Spirit River in his mind.
Yet it took him nearly a quarter of an hour to regain his calm.
"Kid, your state of mind is not bad!" praised the Blood Ming Divine Sparrow.
"You flatter me, Senior!"
Xu Yang gave a bitter smile: "I merely realized how small I truly am."
"Haha, it is good to realize this, but there is no need to belittle yourself!"
"So what if the Spirit River is mighty and supreme? Are you not now soaring across it?"
"Even Immortal Dao has sensed signs—what does Spirit Dao count for?"
"Know your smallness, but keep a heart brave and bold!"
Xu Yang was startled; he hadn’t expected that within the Spirit River, the Blood Ming Divine Sparrow—a beast of antiquity—would have such will.
But these words smashed to pieces the fear of the Spirit River within his heart!
One should revere, but not fear!
"Thank you for your guidance, Senior!"
The Blood Ming Divine Sparrow did not reply. Xu Yang didn’t mind, closed his eyes as if to doze, settled his mind, and let his spirit drift into the world within the cauldron, arriving at the world’s edge.
Gazing upon that world, Xu Yang began to comprehend the Heaven-locking Intent within.
Who knows how much time passed.
"Kid, wake up."
The Blood Ming Divine Sparrow’s call jolted Xu Yang awake at once.
"Senior, what is it?"
"Look outside."
At these words, Xu Yang paused, then swiftly opened his eyes to look.
One glance left him utterly aghast.
"How much time has passed?"
"In the Spirit Realm, it would be about half a year."
Unknowingly, half a year had gone by!
Yet now Xu Yang’s whole spirit was drawn to the sights outside.
The once vast Spirit River now flowed beneath them.
All around lay indescribable darkness and void, impossibly dense.
It was like an endless confluence of ink, boundless and oppressive.
Below, a grand and resplendent Spirit River arched, entrenched within darkness, glowing all the more brilliantly.
Its rear could not be seen at a glance.
But ahead, the endless darkness loomed faintly visible.
The end of the Spirit River is near!
They had left the Spirit River, reached above it...
Though it was thanks to the five Celestials and the Supreme Treasures, it nevertheless gave the illusion of having transcended the Spirit Realm.
What truly chilled Xu Yang to the bone was that the radiant glow from the Spirit River only illuminated a small area around them, unable to dispel more darkness.
As if in an endless ocean of ink, a single luminous fish surrounded on all sides, its light unable to stretch further no matter how mightily it struggled!
This boundless darkness...
Realizing this, Xu Yang suddenly found it hard to breathe.
The suffocation made his scalp crawl!
Above the Spirit River, outside the Spirit Realm—what lies there, truly?
"Look, quick!"
Shi Hu’s startled cry rang out beside him.
Xu Yang’s pupils contracted sharply.
The Supreme Treasure seemed to draw closer to the Spirit River.
And within the river itself, scenes from the Spirit Realm began to emerge.
Mountains, rivers, great ancient peaks, clusters of realms, cities scattered like stars, flocks of birds and beasts—even Martial Artists!
"Eastern Domain Spirit Stone Province—that is the Spirit Stone Province, the home of our War King Clan."
"My god..."
Exclamations swept through the immense boulder at that instant.
Xu Yang too was utterly dumbfounded.
In one corner of the Spirit River, all within the Spirit Stone Province was revealed—cities, hordes of Martial Artists, even the base of the War King Clan.
Everything flashed by like a lantern show, reflected before all their eyes.
The shock swept like a tidal wave.
Even the mighty Shenxiao experts now felt their scalps numb with fear.
Gulp!
Xu Yang forced down a mouthful of saliva, dazed in spirit.
"The Spirit River nurtures the Spirit Realm. Within the Realm we gaze up to the Spirit River, as though it lies above the world; yet watching from above its heights, all of heaven and earth are within the Spirit River..."
"And beyond the Spirit River—a boundless darkness..."
Chain after chain, each linked to the next!
Xu Yang’s scalp tingled to the extreme, his mind conjuring the scene within the cauldron’s world.
Heaven Locking binds the world, seals the ancient Evil Qi, seals the will of the long-fallen, seals all that is born within... If a remnant will abides inside, does it not mirror the sight before their eyes, albeit by a different path to the same end?
Hiss!
