Dominator Emperor

Chapter 89: Chapter 89: The Cleansing Incense Old Site (Part 1)

The Xiyan Ancient Sect was founded at the beginning of the Age of Emperors by the Mingren Immortal Emperor. Its Emperor Foundation was said to be unshakable!

From the Age of Emperors to the present day, the Xiyan Ancient Sect has endured. At the peak of its power, the Xiyan Ancient Country it established once covered the entire Great Middle Realm and commanded the whole Human Emperor Realm. One can only imagine how powerful the Xiyan Ancient Sect once was.

Millions of years passed, and the Xiyan Ancient Sect finally fell into decline, no longer possessing the strength to sweep through the world and dominate the Nine Realms. Despite this, the Xiyan Ancient Sect’s Sect Territory still remained.

The Xiyan Ancient Sect’s Sect Territory was once extremely vast. It was said that at its largest, the Sect Territory spanned a million li, with tens of millions of ancient halls and pavilions. The sect had countless disciples, and they came from far beyond just the Human Emperor Realm! Even races of Heaven’s Favorites like the Charm Spirits, Celestial Demons, and Stone People once joined the Xiyan Ancient Sect.

The glory of the Xiyan Ancient Sect was gone, never to return. In the end, the sect was forced to abandon its vast Sect Territory, retreating to a small corner of its former domain.

Li Qiye’s group set out on their journey. Guardian Mo took the lead, guiding Li Qiye. Having been to the old site several times before, he knew the way well.

Today, the Xiyan Ancient Sect occupied only a few dozen main peaks, its territory spanning a mere thousand li. The sect’s current scale was a far cry from what it once was.

As Li Qiye and the others left the Xiyan Ancient Sect and headed toward the old site, they saw endless rolling mountains. The great ranges coiled across the land like dragons and tigers.

The former Sect Territory of the Xiyan Ancient Sect could have been described as a magnificent landscape, like an Immortal Land. However, what Li Qiye and his group saw on their journey today was nothing of the sort.

The closer they got to the old site, the more desolate the scenery became. All they saw were withered trees and dead vines, barren mountains and dry rivers. Birds and beasts were rarely seen, and a dead silence hung over everything.

Along the way, they saw ancient halls and pavilions scattered throughout the mountains and deep valleys. Unfortunately, these structures were all in ruins, many having collapsed into rubble and broken walls. Overgrown with withered grass, the entire scene was filled with a sense of Death Qi.

From the exquisite carvings on the broken walls and rubble, one could tell how prosperous and magnificent this place once was.

Countless mountains rolled on, and countless ancient halls and pavilions had once been built upon their peaks and in their deep valleys. But today, they had all collapsed, reduced to nothing but broken bricks and shattered walls.

Walking across this desolate land, Guardian Mo couldn’t help but sigh softly. A sense of melancholy and helplessness washed over him. This bleak landscape was a testament to the Xiyan Ancient Sect’s former prosperity and invincibility. It was a tragedy that it had fallen to its current state.

Li Qiye walked silently across this land. Places that were once familiar to him had become completely unrecognizable. However, it wasn’t the decline of the Xiyan Ancient Sect that moved him. What truly stirred him was the faint trace of Evil Qi he could feel coming from beneath the ground!

He had encountered this Evil Qi before in the Ghost Tower. In fact, Li Qiye was very familiar with it. He knew its origin, but he couldn’t imagine how it could have appeared here again.

This land was once filled with legends. Li Qiye, in his time as the Yin Ya, knew this clearly, as did the Mingren Immortal Emperor. This land was indeed mysterious and wondrous, but it also held something terrifying buried within.

There was a reason why Li Qiye had the Xiyan Ancient Sect built on this land back then. To eliminate future troubles, he had once charged into the deepest part of this land. Later, after Mingren Immortal Emperor shouldered the Celestial Mandate and became an Immortal Emperor, Li Qiye had him personally perform a Refinement, sealing the land’s depths with his invincible power.

Logically, this Evil Qi should not have appeared. In fact, after Mingren Immortal Emperor’s time, whenever he reemerged in the world as the Yin Ya, he had always paid attention to this land. Even as he drifted through one era after another, he had kept watch, but a situation like this had never occurred.

Yet, during his last slumber, something like this had happened in a mere thirty thousand years. This truly surprised Li Qiye.

"There is something ominous underground!" Li Shuangyan, who was walking beside Li Qiye, finally couldn’t help but say.

As a genius, she was extremely perceptive. Walking on this land, she could feel an aura from beneath the ground that made her feel uneasy.

"I heard that a strange event occurred back then, which caused our Xiyan Ancient Sect to begin its decline," Guardian Mo said, shaking his head and sighing softly.

Nan Huairun was considered well-informed within the Xiyan Ancient Sect, and he was also a smooth talker. He quickly added for his master, "I heard that our Xiyan Ancient Sect wasn’t defeated by the Holy Heaven Sect back then. If it weren’t for that strange event, forget one Holy Heaven Sect—even ten of them would have been crushed by us!"

"So the rumors of the Xiyan Ancient Sect’s great disaster were true," Li Shuangyan said, moved. "I had heard that a great disaster befell the Xiyan Ancient Sect, though many later believed it was just an excuse for your devastating defeat."

"Hmph, an excuse? The elders said that if it wasn’t for the great disaster, the Holy Heaven Sect would’ve been nothing! Even when the Ta Kong Immortal Emperor was still alive, he wouldn’t have dared to boast about destroying our Xiyan Ancient Sect," Nan Huairun snorted, his chest puffed out with bravado. To see him act so cocksure, one would think he had personally experienced that battle.

"Enough of your arrogance!" Guardian Mo scolded his disciple. "An Immortal Emperor who shouldered the Celestial Mandate and commanded the universe is not someone you can speak of so flippantly!"

Scolded by his master, Nan Huairun ducked his head and laughed sheepishly. He had a lively personality, so even after being reprimanded, he didn’t seem to mind. He quickly said, "I heard from the elders that the disaster back then was a fatal one for our Xiyan Ancient Sect. Thinking back, when the disaster suddenly struck our sect..."

"Stop spouting nonsense in front of the Young Master and the Princess. Even Elder Gu only knows a fragment of the story about the disaster back then; he’s only heard rumors." Seeing his disciple run his mouth as soon as he opened it, Guardian Mo shot him a glare. As a guardian, he was now addressing Li Qiye as "Young Master."

After getting an earful from his master, Nan Huairun gave another awkward laugh before speaking more seriously. "I heard from the elders that a strange event suddenly occurred in our Xiyan Ancient Sect. In truth, not even the elders are sure of the exact time. Some say it was thirty thousand years ago, others say fifty thousand, and some say forty thousand. In short, the disastrous event happened sometime between thirty and fifty thousand years ago."

"What kind of strange event?" Li Shuangyan asked. She had actually heard this legend before, but since she wasn’t a disciple of the Xiyan Ancient Sect, most of what she knew was likely distorted through rumors.

"Well, uh, this..." That question stumped Nan Huairun. He stammered for a long time but couldn’t give a clear answer. In truth, he had only heard legends himself and didn’t know the specifics of the disaster. Even the older generation like Elder Gu couldn’t explain it clearly, let alone him.

"It’s said that something ominous appeared and the core of the Sect Territory was sealed." In the end, it was Guardian Mo who spoke up with a soft sigh.

As for what kind of ominous thing it was, Guardian Mo didn’t know either. The upper echelons of the Xiyan Ancient Sect had only heard that something ominous had occurred, but no one could explain the details, because all the disciples who experienced that strange event were no longer in this world.

"The seal on the land failed." While Guardian Mo and Nan Huairun were struggling for an explanation, the previously silent Li Qiye spoke slowly. His expression, rarely so grave, was now cold and detached.

Li Qiye’s words sent a jolt through Li Shuangyan’s heart. In her Nine Saints Demon Gate, there was an ancient record—just a few fragmented words left by their founder, the Nine Saints Great Sage. According to legend, when Mingren Immortal Emperor established the Xiyan Ancient Sect, he first sealed this land before laying down the firm and unshakable Emperor Foundation!

As for why Mingren Immortal Emperor sealed this land or what he sealed, the record didn’t say, and later generations were never able to figure it out.

Now, Li Qiye had stated it so matter-of-factly, with such confidence. He undoubtedly knew about the seal on this land. Li Shuangyan found it incredible. This was an ancient affair, something that wasn’t even recorded. ’How could he possibly know?’

If one could map out the landscape of the Xiyan Ancient Sect’s former Sect Territory, one would discover that it resembled a gigantic sea conch. This enormous conch lay upon the earth, carrying the entire Sect Territory on its back.

The current Sect Territory of the Xiyan Ancient Sect was merely located at the tail end of this conch. The core region of the sect back then was situated on the conch’s spine.

When Li Qiye and his group stepped into the core region of the former Sect Territory, they found that all the trees, flowers, and grasses had withered and died. From the remains, it was clear that this place once had colossal trees that touched the sky, radiant Divine Grass, and Immortal Vines that covered the heavens. But today, there was nothing but a field of dead branches.

After entering the core region, they witnessed a strange sight. Outside this area, the ancient halls and pavilions built on the peaks and in the deep valleys had all collapsed into ruined walls. But here, in the core region, it was a different story.

As the core of the Xiyan Ancient Sect’s Sect Territory, this was where Mingren Immortal Emperor once resided, where he commanded the world and accepted the worship of all races from the Nine Realms. Later, generations of the Xiyan Ancient Sect’s Sect Leaders also issued their commands from this place.

This place once had a forest of ancient towers and countless divine halls. Today, however, all of them had vanished. They were completely covered, as if a rain of mud had suddenly fallen from the sky, burying all the pavilions and ancient halls, which then dried and weathered over time.

All the ancient towers and divine halls here looked as if they had been coated in a thick layer of plaster, making it impossible to see their true appearance. Only their rough outlines were visible.

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