Chapter 1672 - 1655: Tian Jizi Revisited
The Heavenly Mechanism Sect is renowned throughout Central State, famous across the lands, yet no one knows its true location.
In the Ancient Era, even the Unrivaled Emperor once sought it personally, but this sect exclusively practiced the Divination Skills, leaving the Unrivaled Emperor with nothing.
Even Chou Gushen, after reviving in this era, relied on the Ancient Heavenly Mechanism Sect’s deductions to hide away.
This demonstrates the fearsome nature of this sect.
If they can foresee the heavenly mechanisms in advance, who can find them?
"True Spirit Continent is just this big, dig deep, and I refuse to believe we can’t find the Heavenly Mechanism Sect!"
Xiao Ye’s long hair scattered, walking through the sky, suppressing all directions, as if a true Great Emperor making an expedition, traversing thousands of miles of mountains and rivers.
After experiencing the Dark Turmoil, the True Spirit Continent is indeed vast and boundless to ordinary martial artists. Even a Titled Emperor Martial would need several years or even decades to traverse Central State.
But to someone like Xiao Ye, the Crownless Emperor, it doesn’t seem so vast. He utilizes Emperor-level Body Techniques, traversing the mountains and lands in no time.
The autumn wind sweeps through, yellow leaves flurry, yet another cycle of reincarnation of time.
Emperor Xiao makes an expedition, journeying through the True Spirit Continent’s mountains and rivers!
This news, like a storm, swept across the True Spirit Continent, stirring all martial artists, who paid close attention.
What is Emperor Xiao setting out to do?
After the Emperor Battle, in this era, the martial artists of the True Spirit Continent held him in unparalleled esteem, his prestige reaching the peak.
Though not yet an Emperor officially, he compelled more fear than a true Great Emperor.
Even the other three Great Emperors reminiscing through the past on the True Spirit Continent were startled, but did not disturb him.
Wherever Xiao Ye went, naturally, there was a huge commotion, with countless martial artists flocking to meet Emperor Xiao.
Xiao Ye did not turn away these martial artists seeking an audience. He was even guiding them in martial arts, while inquiring about news of the Heavenly Mechanism Sect from them.
However, martial artists familiar with the Heavenly Mechanism Sect were few and far between. Even those who had some knowledge only grasped the surface, insufficient to deduce the sect’s whereabouts.
It seems the Heavenly Mechanism Sect had long employed Divination Skills to erase traces over time.
Xiao Ye did not give up, specifically seeking out elders who had lived through long years for counsel.
"Lord Xiao, 800 years ago, I was still young, adventuring in Central State, cultivating martial arts. By pure chance, I stumbled into a mysterious sect in the Cang Chu Domain."
"At that time, an elder of the sect claimed ’meeting is fate,’ treated me kindly, and taught me how to delay the arrival of destiny, then sent me out."
"Ever since, I’ve tried several times to find this mysterious sect again but couldn’t locate it."
"I hope this information helps you, Lord Xiao."
The news of Xiao Ye searching for the Heavenly Mechanism Sect spread quickly, soon causing an elder to arrive upon hearing.
The elder, with withered blood qi, a face full of wrinkles, sparse hair, nearly losing all teeth, looked ancient and decrepit, but his bones were still robust, smiling broadly at Xiao Ye.
"This..."
Xiao Ye was horrified.
This elder’s cultivation was only recently entering the Emperor Martial Realm, yet he had lived nearly a thousand years, a genuine relic of the past.
Know that a martial artist with such cultivation typically has only four to five hundred years of life. This old relic defied convention, extraordinarily incomprehensible.
"Elder, please tell me the exact location of that mysterious sect in detail." Xiao Ye was deeply interested in that mysterious sect, sincerely seeking guidance.
After ensuring nothing was missed, Xiao Ye traversed the sky and arrived at the Cang Chu Domain.
Cang Chu Domain was not unfamiliar to Xiao Ye, as it was the closest area in Central State to the Emperor World. Once, the Heavenly Emperor forged the Ten Great Passes here.
"Could the Heavenly Mechanism Sect be here?" Xiao Ye strides through the sky, overlooking the mountains and lands below.
Over 800 years of time had passed; the Cang Chu Domain had changed profoundly.
Yet, Xiao Ye followed the elder’s description and pinpointed a certain area.
This was a treasure land, with mountains everywhere and wild beasts roaming, among which nine majestic, unreachable mountain ranges curved, imposing and gigantic, spreading across the land, like nine mighty dragons silently roaring, ready to leap into the Nine Heavens, forming the stance of Nine Dragons Converging on a Pearl.
Xiao Ye stood high above, gazing downward, a gleam of brilliance flashing in his eyes.
Such terrain, rare even across the True Spirit Continent, undoubtedly had the presence of a Super Dragon Vein underground.
A gentle mist wafted, under the morning sun’s glow, revealing lush woodland swaying with the wind, fluttering flowers, refracting tiny emerald light, bringing tranquility.
From this tranquil atmosphere, Xiao Ye sensed a faint hint of murder.
His deep gaze pierced through the mist, glimpsing faintly that between the nine mountain ranges lay white bones, evidently the remains of Emperor-level martial artists.
It seemed that between the nine mountain ranges was a forbidden land, where intruders lay dead.
"Indeed a treasure land, yet it also contains a Killing Formation, perfectly integrated, what a grand undertaking."
Xiao Ye sneered, smashing the nine peaks with one foot, disrupting the terrain and driving straight into the area between the nine mountain ranges.
Clang!
The Killing Formation was triggered but couldn’t even sway Xiao Ye’s form.
Xiao Ye advanced, dismantling all formations with his Tao and Law effortlessly.
Amidst a rumbling roar, the mist gradually dispersed.
"Emperor Xiao, you’ve finally arrived. I’ve waited for you for a long time."
"The cause buried 800 years ago comes to fruition today, eluding the Unrivaled Emperor, but unable to escape you, so I chose to wait for you here."
From the depths of the mountains, a young voice rang, exceedingly calm, as if knowing all along Xiao Ye would come.
"Is it truly the Heavenly Mechanism Sect? It seems I’ve found you." Xiao Ye stared ahead, his black hair fluttering without wind, his dazzling gaze radiating, stepping forward.
Under the sunlight, an old ruined mountain gate emerged in Xiao Ye’s sight.
This mountain gate was long eroded by time, and beyond it was an ancient site, equally decayed, turning into ruins.
At this moment, a young man wearing a Daoist robe stood quietly, arms folded in front of the mountain gate.
He had a baby face, fair skin, a slender body, smiling brightly at Xiao Ye, like greeting a friend.
"Lord Xiao, decades ago, at Heavenly Mist Peak in Xingyun Kingdom, I saw you for the first time. You were just a weak martial artist newly arriving in East State, not enough to catch my attention."
"I didn’t expect, after parting, you’d become the Sovereign Over All, Emperor Xiao."
"No wonder when I met you back then, my Heavenly Destiny Stone lit up. Truly, in this era, you are the one who would dim my Emperor Road."
The young man spoke lightly with a smile.
"What?" Xiao Ye’s pupils trembled, carefully examining this young man, awakening a dusty memory.
"Are you that former... Tian Jizi?"
"Indeed, it is I." The young man nodded with a smile.