Chapter 1758: Secret

Jiang Qing'e's sudden question left Lu Qing'er in a daze. She didn't understand why Jiang Qing'e wanted to bring this topic up. She fell silent for a moment. Then, without hiding anything, she said, "If I didn't like him, why would I go to such extremes, like sealing away my emotions and severing all of my feelings for him? Senior Jiang, I misjudged your engagement with him in the past, but I no longer desire him. The past has been buried under ice and will never see the light of day again. I liked him in the past, but that was it."

Jiang Qing'e calmly replied, "If it was truly severed, then you would not have rejected his help."

Lu Qing'er's expression turned even colder as she retorted, "Senior Jiang, what are you trying to say?"

Jiang Qing'e didn't explain herself, only continuing to circulate light resonant power and assisting Lu Qing'er with recovery. She would occasionally lift her head and look in the direction Li Lingjing had disappeared to. An inexplicable, dark light briefly flickered through her radiant, golden eyes.

Two hours later, Li Luo returned with Bai Mengmeng, whose face was now a little rosier. Jiang Qing'e had also completed her healing, and the two outstanding beauties stood next to each other, each exuding their own unique charm.

However, Li Luo felt as though something was a little strange between them. Just as he was about to ask, he received a message from Qi Huang. He thus turned and led the three women to the peak of a mountain a distance away, where all of the commanders of the divine continents were located.

Qi Huang, Wang Xuanjin, Zhen Linshuang, as well as the Golden Winged Peng Elder were all present. They were discussing their next step, now that the decisive battle was over.

With Li Luo's arrival, the supreme experts of the divine continents turned their attention over to him. Their gazes were much more respectful and solemn than they were in the past. Even though he was young, strength was what mattered most in this chaotic world.

Furthermore, his family was simply too fearsome. Four transcendents, and soon to be four ninth-grade Transcendents! No other family in history could boast of such an achievement.

"The results of this decisive battle were only possible thanks to the efforts of Federation Chief Li Luo, Brother Taixuan, and Her Excellency the Radiant Goddess. I would like to thank you on behalf of the divine continents' coalition soldiers, as well as the countless living creatures that occupy these lands," said Qi Huang as he respectfully clasped his hands towards the trio.

Wang Xuanjin, Xiao Lingzhu, Ling Xuan, and the other experts did the same. Even the arrogant Zhen Linshuang lowered her eyes slightly, only occasionally looking at Li Luo.

Li Taixuan returned the gesture and politely replied, "Qi Huang, there's no need to stand on ceremony. The Heavenly Origin Divine Continent is the land where the Bloodline of Heavenly Emperor Li sits. We are grateful to all of our friends from the other divine continents who have travelled hundreds of thousands of miles just to help us."

In terms of seniority, Qi Huang was much higher than him. In fact, he was a King before Li Taixuan was even born.

Qi Huang grinned and looked around at everyone else. "The battle for the withering glory resonance has concluded and we have repelled the Shadow World's incursion. In the next three years, the Divine Continent Federation should experience a period of peace. However... it will not last forever."

Everyone's expressions grew grim, as that was when the Ten Years of Heavenly Fate would come to an end. At that point in time, the Grand Devil Kings of the Shadow World would descend from the gap in the Realm Wall. It could be said that this battle over the withering glory resonance was merely an appetizer for the Origin Reversion War.

Only when the Grand Devil Kings finally descended would the true battle begin. Unfortunately, in a battle of that level, not even Supreme Triple Crowned Kings would have a significant impact. Heavenly Emperors would be the ones to dominate that stage.

"I hope we can produce a few more Heavenly Emperors before then," said Wang Xuanjin, sighing.

These ten years had taken the Heavenly Fate from the next hundred years and brought it forward. In the end, everything would be accounted for. That said, the boost it provided could not be understated, as it was capable of allowing experts who had been stuck at a bottleneck to make breakthroughs.

The ones who benefited the most were the likes of Qi Huang, Wang Xuanjin, Zhen Linshuang, and so on. Heavenly Emperor Jiang's goal was to help those people break through. He was doing everything possible to improve the divine continents' strength in preparation for the Origin Reversion War.

"What about the Origin Reversion Institute? They've seized the withering glory resonance. If they can break open the seal on the coffin and unleash the existence inside... I'm afraid the extinction resonance isn't the only thing inside," Zhen Linshuang suddenly said.

Those words caused everyone's expressions to turn gloomy. That was indeed the most worrying thought on their minds. The Pill Saint had revealed that the extinction resonance had been corrupted by the Origin of Absolute Corruption in the past, causing it to rebel against the Legendary Sect Master and eventually leading to the Sacred Void Resonance Sect's downfall.

Thus, it was very likely that the black coffin sealed both the extinction resonance and the Origin of Absolute Corruption. If these two terrifying objects were let loose on the world, the divine continents would be hard-pressed to avoid calamity.

When the atmosphere was at its heaviest, Li Taixuan suddenly spoke up, cutting through it. "The withering glory resonance has indeed landed in the hands of the Origin Reversion Institute, but there may be something else within the Spiritual Resonance Cave."

These words filled everyone with surprise. Even Li Luo and Jiang Qing'e looked at Li Taixuan in disbelief, not sure what he was trying to say.

Before everyone's quizzical eyes, Li Taixuan grinned. He then stretched his hand out and revealed a dark-gold feather. As soon as it appeared, it emitted a pressure that originated from antiquity. At the same time, the tyrannical cry of a Peng echoed from it.

"Oh? Is that an ancestral feather from my tribe?!" someone exclaimed in surprise.

Everyone turned to the Golden Winged Peng Elder. His elderly face was filled with shock as he could sense his bloodline trembling in the presence of the feather.

Li Taixua turned to Li Luo and said, "I met Ah Lan before I came here. She gave this to me and said that regardless of the outcome of the battle for the withering glory resonance, we must take this feather and journey to the deepest depths of the Spiritual Resonance Cave. There are secrets awaiting us there."

Li Luo and Jiang Qing'e looked at each other before asking, "The depths of the Spiritual Resonance Cave?"

𝕗𝐫𝐞𝕖𝕨𝐞𝗯𝚗𝕠𝘃𝐞𝚕.𝐜𝗼𝚖

Li Taixuan grinned as he waved the feather before them. "Perhaps this is your mother's secret."