Free Web NovelWithin the Secret Realm, strong winds raged, and a terrifying heavenly might descended.
In the ethereal void, the cry of a Phoenix weeping blood seemed to echo between heaven and earth.
A vast, realistic scene pressed down.
In the Void Realm, a Bronze Divine Tree seemed to emerge, ancient and profound, transcending time and space, possessing infinite cycles of creation and destruction.
Perched upon it were Phoenixes, Golden Crows, Vermilion Birds, and Xuan Birds... all lifelike, each exuding the aura of a Dominator of a region.
This was merely a phantom.
Yet, it seemed to suppress heaven and earth.
“Bronze Divine Tree.”
“The Great Shang Dynasty’s Tianyun Dao Artifact?”
Fragments of what he had read in the ‘records of gods and forms’ flashed through Li Mo’s mind.
He looked at the young girl’s back, knowing he couldn’t disturb her now.
“Senior Brother Tang Xiaobao.”
“Hmm?”
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Ying Bing’s jade-like face was slightly pale.
The Seventh Realm was, after all, the Seventh Realm.
Regardless of how a Martial Saint achieved their Realm, they all possessed an inherent Grotto-heaven within their Physical Body, allowing them to enter the Void Realm and travel tens of thousands of miles.
A casual strike from them could sink a thousand li radius, making them like a humanoid natural disaster.
Her guess was correct.
This Blood Phoenix Secret Realm was not a Secret Realm at all.
Instead, it was the Grotto-heaven of a Controlling Mystery Saint.
It was just that, compared to a true Controlling Mystery Realm Grotto-heaven, it appeared desolate and ruined.
Buzz—
From the phantom of the Bronze Divine Tree, a divine bird cast its gaze.
It seemed to want to make this presumptuous young girl of sixteen or seventeen submit.
Ying Bing met its gaze calmly.
Her other foot also stepped onto the end of the steps.
Instantly.
All the divine birds perched on the Bronze Divine Tree looked over coldly.
Either scorching, or icy, or bizarre, various immense Divine Intentions also pressed towards her.
Tens of thousands of pressures descended upon her.
Ying Bing’s black hair danced wildly, her face like frost under the moonlight.
“Merely an incomplete phantom.”
“Even if your true form descends, seeing me should be like seeing a God.”
A rosy glow circulated around Ying Bing, enveloped by Yin Qi.
The two intertwined and revolved, like the sun and moon accompanying each other, reflecting each other’s brilliance and releasing countless rays of light.
Xuan Dan Realm.
Moreover, two Mystic Cores formed simultaneously.
Upon closer inspection of each, a strange rhyme seemed to flow within them.
The young girl was set off, appearing even more crystal clear like jade, becoming the only light before the dark bronze hall.
“Retreat.”
Her figure remained small.
But wherever she walked, the phantom of the Bronze Divine Tree receded like a tide.
After only two steps.
Ying Bing’s ear twitched slightly.
She heard a set of footsteps following behind her.
It wasn’t Tang Xiaobao.
It was him.
He... was truly strange.
Ying Bing couldn’t help but recall the scene on the Ascension Stone Steps.
It was as if no matter what kind of pressure, it seemed to have no effect on that young man.
Although the Divine Form of this Bronze Divine Tree was not complete, the will within it was not something that an Inner Breath Realm or even a Guan Shen Realm cultivator could withstand.
Yet, Li Mo simply followed along at a leisurely pace.
For some reason.
At this critical juncture, having him follow behind her actually gave her a sense of reassurance...
“Now is not the time to think about these things.”
A distance of tens of meters.
The two had already reached the entrance of the palace.
This palace was clearly much grander and heavier than the ones below.
The plaque above the entrance had words written on it:
‘Chaotian Palace’
“You can stop these tricks.”
“Come out.”
Ying Bing narrowed her eyes, looking at the palace entrance, her tone brooking no argument.
The area in front of the palace was empty; there was no stone tablet present.
As Ying Bing’s voice fell.
Rumble—
The heavy and tall doors of Chaotian Palace slowly opened.
Li Mo looked inside, only to find it deep and dark, making it impossible to see clearly.
Whoosh—
Suddenly.
Two lanterns lit up, and then, as if a chain reaction, the lights behind them rapidly ignited, like two lines of fire.
Within this magnificent palace, the furnishings were exquisite and solemn.
And despite the various objects being clearly ancient, they were all as clean as new.
On the ground, countless profound runes were carved like a spiderweb, forming a Formation.
In the center of the Formation.
A pale gold, jade-like skeleton sat cross-legged, its hollow eye sockets gazing at the sky, as if questioning the injustice of the heavens.
Even though it had been dead for an unknown amount of time.
It still exuded a supreme aura.
“This is the skeleton of that Controlling Mystery Realm expert?”
Li Mo felt a bit bewildered.
The main point of the Secret Realm was the burial ground of this Controlling Mystery expert?
He glanced at Ying Bing, but found that the Ice Cube’s gaze was fixed on the deep interior.
“This is my remains, or rather... the me of the past.”
Abruptly, a voice echoed faintly within the palace.
“It’s you?”
Li Mo raised an eyebrow slightly, becoming vigilant.
He had seen this blood-robed young man before.
During the Nine Peaks Martial Meet, he was among those who came with the Crimson Whale Gang.
At that time, he had originally intended to observe with his Tianming Divine Eye, but by chance, he didn’t see anything.
A profound light flickered in Li Mo’s eyes as he activated his Divine Eye.
【Name: Han Zhen】
【Age: 22 (5330)】
【Bone Structure: Blood Phoenix Undying Body.】
【Realm: Guan Shen Realm, Three Apertures.】
【Destiny: Purple-gold】
【Evaluation: Former Great Shang National Teacher. After the destruction of Great Shang by Yu, because he possessed the Blood Phoenix Essence and was immortal, when his Yi Soul and Physical Body were on the verge of perishing, he comprehended the profound mysteries of the Blood Phoenix Essence to a deeper level, allowing him to undergo Rebirth through a new body. He has now been reborn seven times.】
【Recent Encounter: Seeing Ying Bing, he believes there is hope for restoring the nation and wishes for her to serve Great Shang. To accumulate the power of the Blood Phoenix Essence, he has caused countless bloody storms.】
“Great Shang... National Teacher?”
Li Mo suddenly realized.
So it wasn’t a coincidence of names!
This ✪ Nоvеlіgһt ✪ (Official version) was the author of the records of gods and forms himself!
No wonder, ever since he stepped into the palace, he felt the karmic fire within him stirring.
This person named Han Zhen must have countless blood debts on his hands.
Han Zhen stood on the steps with his hands behind his back.
“You are even more outstanding, more unprecedented, and more ancient than this Dominator imagined! You are simply a creation painstakingly crafted by the heavens!”
When he spoke these words, the surging ecstasy in his eyes was almost pathological.
Just now, he had witnessed Ying Bing confronting the Bronze Divine Tree.
Han Zhen did not possess a complete Great Dao Divine Form.
In the distant past, even though he possessed the Blood Phoenix Essence and transformed himself into the Blood Phoenix Undying Body, he only barely managed to condense a wisp of the Bronze Divine Tree’s phantom.
But even that shouldn’t have been something an Inner Breath Realm cultivator could withstand.
This wasn’t the main point.
The most important thing was.
Han Zhen sensed an aura more noble than his own within this young girl!
Your Majesty and the Crown Prince were not her equals.
“Allow me to apologize for the offense just now.”
Han Zhen actually bowed, his gaze burning:
“This Dominator originally intended to recruit you, but now I’ve changed my mind.”
He paused, then glanced at Li Mo again:
“And you, your performance just now was also acceptable.”
This young man also possessed his own extraordinary qualities.
Otherwise, even if most of the pressure was diverted by Ying Bing, it would have been impossible for him to stand here.
“Are the two of you willing to conspire with this Dominator for a great cause?”
Han Zhen said solemnly.
Ying Bing’s eyes remained cold and clear.
Li Mo glanced at her expression from the corner of his eye, then spoke with a smile:
“What benefits are there? Tell me about them.”
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PS: The struggling author isn’t stuck; it’s just that this part of the plot needs to tie into previous foreshadowing, so I have to write it more carefully, which is why the update is late orz.
Please send some small power, hehe, mwah.
