Chapter 37 The Ancient City

The thirty-seventh layer of spacetime was small, far smaller than other layers. Jiang Xuan used Void Ripples, slowly moving forward. It was an ancient city, desolate and lonely, standing there. Many of the city walls were already broken and had fallen into other layers of spacetime.

Walking in the ancient city, among the ruined walls and broken tiles, he could faintly feel the atmosphere of the Immortal Ancient Era. Jiang Xuan walked forward cautiously.

Suddenly, he was shocked. In front of him was a huge stone hall, magnificent and imposing. It had not collapsed and was the most well-preserved building, looking ancient and grand, giving people an extremely desolate feeling.

Seeing the stone hall, Jiang Xuan became even more vigilant. In the entire small spacetime, only this place showed no signs of collapse, as if it was protected by some force, untouched by the passage of time.

Entering the hall, it was very empty, with faint mists lingering, very hazy, unaffected by spacetime.

"Could it be…"

Jiang Xuan reduced the range of the Void Ripples, and then casually waved a saber light. The saber light pierced through the air, whistling towards the stone hall. But unlike the other layers of spacetime, when the saber light rushed out of the Void Ripples' range, it was not shifted by spacetime, but went straight ahead, hitting a pillar in the stone hall.

"This stone hall is not affected by spacetime?"

Jiang Xuan dispersed the Void Ripples, and then tried to move forward. It was normal, he wasn't shifted by spacetime. The stone hall was indeed unaffected by spacetime, isolated by an unknown force.

In addition, the ancient hall was filled with a hazy mist, with primordial chaos churning, like a haze, gradually enveloping Jiang Xuan.

He walked in the ancient hall, past the front hall, and what came into view was a precious furnace, suspended in mid-air, slowly floating, surrounded by immortal mist, a hazy expanse, with yin and yang energies flowing, as if it could evolve the myriad heavens of the ages.

"Yin-Yang Furnace?"

That was the Gu Clan’s treasure, but the Gu Clan’s Gu Ancestor had already taken it to the foreign lands. Jiang Xuan estimated that this was a replica of the Yin-Yang Precious Furnace, but it also had extraordinary phenomena, with supreme divine power.

*Dong!*

However, when Jiang Xuan tried to touch it, he suddenly felt a force of repulsion. A ripple oscillated in the void. In an instant, Jiang Xuan was knocked away and smashed into the stone wall of the ancient hall.

"As expected, there is a restriction."

Jiang Xuan climbed out of the stone wall, a black tower suspended in front of him. A crack faintly appeared on the tower body. It was just a single rebound, and this True One secret treasure almost exploded.

Looking at the precious furnace that spewed out yin and yang energies, Jiang Xuan felt regret in his heart. What a great treasure, but unfortunately he couldn't take it away.

There was no way, Jiang Xuan continued forward. The road was very empty, but the ancient hall was engraved with murals, telling the ancient history of the Gu Clan, but there was no mention of the Gu Clan entering the foreign lands.

At the end of the ancient hall was a separated side hall. It was very rough, without murals, and without any runes engraved. He didn't feel any divine power here, nor any Dao principles. It was simple, plain, and seemed like a very ordinary place.

But in this side hall, there sat a figure. It was a majestic body. Although sitting, it made people feel a sense of reverence. Each strand of hair was light golden, as if it had been tempered with pearls and precious light.

Time seemed to have left no traces on his face. His sword-like eyebrows reached his temples, and his eyes were very deep, like the starry sky.

Jiang Xuan didn't feel any powerful aura on him, as if he had transformed into an ordinary person, and all kinds of supernatural powers had returned to nothingness.

Really still alive?!

Jiang Xuan was shocked. What kind of creature was this? Even a Supreme Being would find it difficult to survive across an era. Time would cut away everything. Only an immortal beyond the world could sit and watch the birth and death of the world.

Was it an immortal?

His thoughts were a little chaotic. The Gu Clan’s ancestor was one of the Ten Vicious beings of the Immortal Ancient Era. Although he speculated that there might be other immortal experts within the Ten Vicious races, there were only a few races that were truly recorded. But now, a being suspected of being an immortal actually appeared before him.

From beginning to end, the creature sitting in front of him did not speak, and remained very calm. Even when Jiang Xuan stared at him, the other party did not show any emotional fluctuations.

"This junior did not intend to offend, but only seeks a way to leave the ancient land. I hope senior will forgive me." After a moment of stunned silence, Jiang Xuan came back to his senses. His back couldn't help but feel cold, and he quickly bowed.

The creature didn't say much, and still stared at him calmly. After a long time, he pointed a finger, aiming at Jiang Xuan's brow, the location of his primordial spirit!

Jiang Xuan's body tensed. Although he didn't feel any killing intent, nor did he feel a sense of crisis, how could he remain calm in the face of such a being suspected of being an immortal?

As the finger landed, Jiang Xuan only felt his brow burning hot, and a stream of heat spread throughout his body, as if a thunderbolt exploded in his sea of consciousness.

"Similar, but not quite…"

The being frowned. With one finger, he confirmed that Jiang Xuan was from the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, but at the same time, he also saw the path Jiang Xuan was taking, which was similar to using one's body as a seed, but different in essence.

He looked at Jiang Xuan again, saw his nervousness and vigilance, and spoke again, "You being able to come to this place can be considered as passing my clan's test. You are qualified to see me, no need to be nervous, sit."

Hearing this, Jiang Xuan breathed a sigh of relief and sat down cross-legged. It was impossible for this being to deceive him. With this being's methods, if he really had malicious intentions towards him, he wouldn't have enough lives even if he had ten.

"It's been many years, endless time, the flow of ages, so long that I feel like I'm about to die, finally waiting for a good successor." Looking at Jiang Xuan, the being sighed softly, with a lot of emotion.

Jiang Xuan was silent. He heard endless loneliness from this being's words. A scene seemed to appear before his eyes, a divine Gu, cutting off time and space, fighting against great enemies, scattering blood and bones everywhere.

"Your Dao…" Just then, the being spoke again, "In the past, my clan's ancestor, together with Reincarnation, Wu Zhong, and other giants, jointly deduced the path of using one's body as a seed. The path you are taking now is similar to it, but different. Can you tell me about it?"

"This junior's Dao…" Jiang Xuan hesitated for a moment, then opened his mouth, "This junior's Dao focuses on tempering oneself, opening the treasures of the human body, drawing on the power of one's own universe, the universe of heaven and earth…"

Jiang Xuan simply explained the outline of the *Chaos Gang Dou Sutra*. He knew that if the other party wanted to know, it would be difficult for him to hide it, unless he was willing to give up his physical body and escape into the Chaos Space, waiting until a Jiang Xuan comparable to the being in front of him appeared. Otherwise, it would be better for him to say it himself. Anyway, without knowing the specific method, it was impossible to succeed.

If the other party really wanted to force him to hand over the *Chaos Gang Dou Sutra*, then he could only choose to give up his physical body. Although doing so would prevent him from walking his own invincible path, even if he became an invincible existence in the future with the help of Jiang Xuan from other worlds, there would still be regrets.

"Opening the treasures of the human body, opening up the inner world…"

After listening to what Jiang Xuan said, a figure seemed to appear in the eyes of the being, opening up the heavens and the earth, evolving endless mysteries.