Chapter 903 - 263: Jhin
"Three days have passed, and they still haven’t returned."
"Lu Tao, aren’t you skilled in divination? Why not cast a hexagram for them?"
Shen Luo painfully rubbed his temples and asked Lu Tao beside him.
He wasn’t truly concerned about the two of them.
But after Han Zhan and Bai Shang left Xiqi, all the affairs, big and small, were handed over to him and Lu Tao to handle.
This left Shen Luo "overwhelmed with suffering," as if he had put on a mask of pain.
He could face enemies and not blink an eye, even against the Divine.
But handling governance, addressing the people’s appeals, and ensuring Xiqi’s normal operations increased the difficulty a hundredfold.
"This is your tenth time asking me."
"Senior brother, ever since the two of them left Xiqi, you’ve been talking more than usual."
Shen Luo: "..."
Seeing Shen Luo about to explode, Lu Tao shrugged helplessly, then formed a finger technique, casting a divination.
After a while,
Lu Tao lifted his head, a joyful smile appearing on his face, his eyes squinting with delight.
"The hexagram is out, it’s a great omen, a great omen."
"They should be back very soon."
Relieved by this answer, Shen Luo let out a long breath.
"Thank you," he said, patting Lu Tao on the shoulder, a rare moment of gratitude.
Apparently, Xiqi’s affairs had pushed him quite hard.
"I’d rather engage in a life-and-death battle than take on these complex, brain-burning chores. This is truly, too painful."
"Lu Tao, it’s about time. I have some unfinished business, so I’m leaving it all to you."
With that said, Shen Luo didn’t wait for Lu Tao to refuse, left these words behind, and hurried off towards Sword Casting Cliff.
Leaving Lu Tao alone, bewildered in the wind.
Watching Shen Luo’s figure gradually disappear into the distance, Lu Tao maintained a smile on his face.
"You will see it realized," he said softly to himself.
Shen Luo bid farewell, returning to Sword Casting Cliff.
Looking at the wall carved by the sword, Shen Luo’s mood lightened.
His world was simple.
Besides cultivation, it’s still cultivation.
Whether it’s the Power Gate or the Skill Gate, they are both intriguing, filled with the allure of their respective paths.
Shen Luo enjoyed immersing himself in it, unbothered by any trivial matters.
Now he had already merged two of the Temple’s Supreme Treasures, only one last piece remained to step into the Divine Realm.
Originally, Shen Luo planned to choose between the Magic Gate and the Magic Gate, attempting fusion.
But Han Zhan’s unexpected rise disrupted his rhythm.
Both the Magic Gate and the Magic Gate were merged by the fifth junior disciple; now finding the third Supreme Treasure was not easy.
However, to Shen Luo, none of this disturbed his mindset.
In his view, these were trials on the path of cultivation, a necessary journey, to be taken one step at a time, steadily moving forward.
Refocusing his thoughts.
Shen Luo grasped the sword in his hand, commencing a new day of carving.
Rumble.
The sword qi slashed the Sword Casting Cliff, large chunks of rock falling from the cliff with loud sounds echoing through the canyon.
Following the usual practice,
The commotion would last at least half a day, and sometimes longer.
But today, it subsided quickly.
Shen Luo, holding the sword, stood still, staring at the nearby cliff wall with a hint of bewilderment.
Embedded in the cliff was something.
An embedded object in the cliff was a common occurrence; Shen Luo often encountered it during his carving.
This was not the reason he stopped.
What truly made him pause was the embedded object was a special treasure!
If it was just a special treasure, Shen Luo wouldn’t have been so flustered, but at the moment it appeared, his already merged Skill Gate and Power Gate resonated!
"Only something of equal existence can resonate with two Supreme Treasures."
"Could it be, this is a Supreme Treasure?"
This was what truly surprised and moved Shen Luo.
Who would have thought that carving a rocky cliff could uncover a Supreme Treasure?
The odds were unbelievably low.
After pondering deeply, Shen Luo decided to investigate up close.
When he approached the cliff, he clearly saw the item resonating the Skill Gate and Power Gate’s Supreme Treasures.
It was a treasure in the shape of an Emperor’s Seal.
This treasure, after countless years, still retained its unique luster and divine aura, evidently not an ordinary item.
Shen Luo instinctively reached out to extract it from the cliff.
As soon as his hand touched it, it transformed into a beam of light, merging into Shen Luo’s body.
This is... Shen Luo was startled, his first thought was to expel the merging treasure, but then an image of his fifth junior disciple Ji Fa flashed in his mind, prompting him to give up on the thought.
Ji Fa had the talent and opportunity to fully merge treasures upon encountering them.
So why shouldn’t he?
Embracing this idea, Shen Luo let the Emperor’s Seal merge with him.
The next moment, his momentum began to climb!
Power Gate, Skill Gate, and this cliff-found treasure, merging the three.
Shen Luo finally stepped past the final threshold, ascending to the Divine Realm!
As his aura broke through to become divine,
Behind him, unseen, a large shadow slowly gathered.
The gigantic human figure, as tall as the mountains, wrapped in black mist obscured his visage.
His hands raised to the sides,
Ten threads dangled from his fingertips like a puppet’s strings, connecting to Shen Luo!
...
Originally, Han Zhan intended to return to Xiqi alone.
But after resolving the Canine Crisis, Old Emperor Rong and Rong Ao had both perished, leaving Quanrong in need of a new leader.
As Rong Ao had remarked before his end, Quanrong did not require an Emperor Rong who tightly held power.
It needed someone to free them from their predicaments.
Obviously, Han Zhan was that person.
Supported by all the Quanrong people, Han Zhan became the new Emperor Rong.
As Emperor Rong, Han Zhan naturally accepted the few historical legacies of Quanrong.
Within these inherited pieces, he discovered records of particular interest.
Records concerning Shang.
In this account, there were references to the secrets of Shang’s ruler, Emperor Xin.
A rumor yet to be verified.
Emperor Xin had once merged a special Supreme Treasure, through which he comprehended his own path.
And his path was named,
Fate Weaver!