Everyone looked up, and saw that among the continuous mountain peaks covered in ice and snow, one peak in the northwest of this realm stood tall, piercing the clouds. Its entirety was a shade of gray. Two-thirds of the mountain was carved with runes inherited by the Chu family, while the remaining one-third was covered by black and red gas.
"This entire mountain resembles that wooden sword, with the hilt reaching into the nine heavens. One-third of the sword body drives the Dao rhythm of this world, while the other two-thirds are submerged deep into the earth. Is it perhaps suppressing something formidable?" Wang Zhuo whispered.
At this moment, spiritual energy surged between heaven and earth. The gray wooden sword-shaped peak began to shed many gray fragments, and the thick ice and snow on its body also receded. In this instant, an unparalleled sword intent permeated the icy world.
"What happened? This peak is flowing with strange divine power. All the other peaks remain as they were, only this one has undergone a transformation."
"Not good!"
"The great hall behind us has vanished!!" Su Dan Novel Network
Wang Yunxuan exclaimed.
Everyone turned back to see that the palaces behind them, which had housed the corpses of the Void Demons, had completely disappeared. They could no longer see the endless ice and snow world behind them.
"From now on, no one moves. This place is extremely bizarre, not only does it carry the aura of the Void Demons, but also the aura of the Immortal Lord. I believe we are approaching the core of this secret realm!" Xia Xin Yu said with a grave expression.
After speaking, she closed her eyes and fell silent. A five-colored light ignited between her brows, and a pair of fiery wings unfurled behind her. After a few breaths, she retracted her wings, opened her eyes, and walked directly towards the wooden sword peak.
"You all say that the mysterious palace was the palace of the Void Demon leader. Could this icy world be where the Immortal Lord suppressed the Void Demon leader?" Yang You Ji, following behind Xia Xin Yu, said with uncertainty.
"It shouldn't be. After the war of the gods, the Phoenix clans, together with the Azure Dragon, White Tiger, and Black Tortoise, only verified the Immortal Lord and Candle Dragon. What exactly are the Void Demons, and where did they come from, is all unclear. The Immortal Lord came from the Immortal Realm; they are immortals! How could they not defeat the leader of the Void Demons?" Wang Zhuo shook his head, his expression filled with doubt.
"Did your Wang family know this long ago?" Xia Xin Yu turned back, her expressionless.
"After the war of the gods, when the Immortal Lord taught the Longevity Art to my Wang family, he informed our ancestor," Wang Zhuo said.
Xia Xin Yu believed him implicitly: "Whether the Immortal Lord could kill the Void Demon leader is debatable. If the Void Demon leader was not powerful back then, how could they have suppressed the combined might of the Immortal Lord and Candle Dragon?"
"Looking at the current situation, perhaps the fate of the Void Demon leader is similar to that of Candle Dragon; they were likely sealed."
"But this is just speculation. As for what exactly is within, we will know once we reach this wooden sword peak."
Several hours later, they finally reached a thousand miles from the wooden sword peak. On flat ground, a three-zhang wooden sword was slanted into the earth.
"Another wooden sword refined from a branch of the Heaven-Supporting Wood. This is the third one we've encountered on this journey. The Immortal Lord severed the Heaven-Supporting Wood and forged so many wooden swords; what exactly is he trying to achieve?" Xia Xin Yu's expression changed drastically as she looked at the wooden sword slanted in front of her.
This wooden sword was only partially inserted into the ground, with layers of blue light swirling around the sword. At the hilt, a rune flowed, and below it lay a gray mirror.
"There are words on that wooden sword; they are ancient script!" Long Ju said, looking at the sword. Upon closer inspection of a corner near the hilt, two ancient characters were quietly resting there.
Xia Xin Yu looked at those two characters and, with a sudden gasp, spat out a mouthful of blood, directly reverting to her Undying Immortal Phoenix form. She was sent flying back a thousand zhang before stopping, transforming back into human form.
"Go! Hurry!"
Xia Xin Yu warned, her eyes filled with deep apprehension. She stepped aside, bypassing the area of the wooden sword.
"Let's go!"
Wang Zhuo grabbed Wang Yun Xuan and quickly retreated from the vicinity of the wooden sword. Dian Wei and the others rushed to follow, not daring to linger.
The group dared not speak, nor did they dare to ask the weakened Xia Xin Yu, who had been so severely affected. If even the reborn Xia Xin Yu could not withstand it, it showed how terrifying those two characters on the wooden sword were.
Silently, she was struck into a near-death state!
Half an hour later, the group arrived at the foot of the wooden sword peak, where a massive stone tablet appeared before them.
The stone tablet was large and square, also carved with a wooden sword. At the corners, two ancient characters were engraved, identical to the ones on the hilt of the previous wooden sword.
"Boom!"
Dian Wei and the other five had just arrived and hadn't steadied themselves when, with the stone tablet as the center, the ground began to shake violently. A vast divine power descended, suppressing them. The five had no chance to resist before being pinned to the ground. The terrifying force pressed down on every living being, yet the intensity varied. Xia Xin Yu and Wang Zhuo received the most powerful divine force.
"Don't resist!"
Wang Zhuo spat out blood, his physical body being compressed like paper. Strangely, it did not shatter. Dian Wei and the others experienced the same; a powerful pressure continuously exerted itself upon their bodies, yet a divine force protected them from disintegration.
Just as they struggled, the stone tablet suddenly stopped shaking, and a phantom emerged from it.
The figure was clad in white. With one hand outstretched, heaven and earth split, and continuous mountains rose from the ground. With another gesture, a palace covered in black and red gas appeared before them. With a boom, the figure stepped into the sky, and a giant rune projected from its eyes, directly suppressing the mysterious palace.
With another sweep of its hand, a colossal wooden sword, thousands of zhang tall, descended from the heavens and was slightly slanted into the newly risen mountain range. After half an hour, the phantom disappeared, and the terrifying pressure on Dian Wei and the five dissipated, the world returning to silence.
"Was that figure just now the Immortal Lord?" Yang You Ji panted, lying on the ground.
"Unclear. It looked similar, yet not entirely. The phantom was too indistinct!" Xia Xin Yu struggled to rise, wisps of divine fire emanating from her body to repair her injuries.
"What are those words on the stone tablet? They are identical to the words on the wooden sword, and they are terrifying," Wang Yun Xuan said, sitting cross-legged.
The stone tablet before them was now silent, but a crack had appeared where the wooden sword was carved.
"Ye Xuan!"
Xia Xin Yu spoke.
"Ye Xuan?"
"Who is he?"
Even Wang Zhuo was stunned. Who was Ye Xuan? Among the recorded powerful figures from ancient times, there was no mention of such an individual!