Chapter 2392 The World of Cangwu, The Woman in Green

Cangwu Mountain.

With the resurgence of aeth qi concentrations, the world had undergone a drastic transformation. Cangwu Mountain had expanded to dozens of times its original size.

On this day, Lin Xun and Su Bai arrived.

Surveying the landscape, one could see the ancient, towering Cangwu Mountain shrouded in thick mist, veiling its peaks in mystery.

“Strange.” Lin Xun murmured, raising an eyebrow. He immediately noticed a peculiar, obscure restriction force enveloping the entire mountain, making it impossible for ordinary cultivators to even approach.

Even Emperors who mistakenly ventured too close would likely find themselves lost within its depths!

Quickly, Lin Xun’s expression shifted to surprise as he observed the restriction array more closely. The intricate dao runes all over Cangwu Mountain was unmistakably the work of his Red Flame Dao Body.

“No wonder I couldn’t sense the Red Flame Dao Body’s aura. It must have encountered trouble after entering this mountain.”

Deep in thought, Lin Xun placed Su Bai into his treasure and advanced toward Cangwu Mountain.

With a mere wave of his sleeve, the mist parted and revealed a path leading inside.

He stepped forward.

Cangwu Mountain was vast and undulating, its ridges stretching into the distance. Midway up the mountain stood an ancient tree, its trunk and branches resembling polished bronze, gleaming with a metallic luster. Its bare limbs extended high into the depths of the sky.

Years ago, Lin Xun had seen this tree during the Dao Lantern Festival. Back then, cultivators of the West Infinity World called it the Ancient Dao Lantern Tree.

Now, he knew that this tree was actually the Sacred Cangwu Tree!

However, it was just an empty husk with its origin root spirits missing.

Before long, Lin Xun sensed the aura of the Red Flame Dao Body. It had entered the Cangwu Sacred Tree.

“Squeezing Mount Xumi into a mustard seed! A world within a world! There’s a hidden secret realm inside the Sacred Cangwu Tree.” Realization dawned on Lin Xun.

Without hesitation, he moved forward. In a flash, he landed atop the Sacred Cangwu Tree.

Suddenly, a strange fluctuation rippled through space, as if the stars themselves were shifting. In the blink of an eye, Lin Xun found himself standing within an endless, dark starry expanse.

Before him, countless secret realms unfolded, layered like the branches of a colossal tree, intertwining and extending into the depths of the starry sky, stretching beyond sight.

Lin Xun’s expression changed. Inside the sacred tree turned out to be a boundless world, ‘encompassing all heavens and connecting all realms’.

Shua!

Suddenly, in a distant secret realm, a figure emerged. It was the Red Flame Dao Body gazing at Lin Xun’s Black Water Dao Body from afar.

In an instant, the memories and experiences of the two bodies merged.

A moment later, Lin Xun's Black Water Dao Body fully grasped everything the Red Flame Dao Body had experienced in this strange world.

It turned out that when the Red Flame Dao Body first arrived here, it sealed off the entire mountain with restriction power to prevent the origin root spirits of the Sacred Cangwu Tree from escaping.

Upon entering the Sacred Cangwu Tree, it was transported into this ‘starry sky world’ and encountered an incredibly powerful opponent.

It was a woman in a green dress. She was strikingly beautiful and her origin was mysterious.

What was most astonishing was that she was also a supreme Emperor, and her cultivation was also restricted to the third realm Emperor Stage.

The Red Flame Dao Body had clashed multiple times with her, and it was stunned by her strength.

Fortunately, in terms of cultivation and combat techniques, the woman in green was slightly inferior. This allowed the Red Flame Dao Body to maintain the upper hand in their battles.

Unfortunately, what made her truly troublesome was the unfathomable array of Emperor-grade treasures she wielded, allowing her to escape danger time and time again.

Over the past six months, the Red Flame Dao Body had fought her several times, but each time, she managed to evade capture.

Later, through their exchanges during battle, the Red Flame Dao Body realized that the woman was not from the Ancient Wasteland Domain nor was she from the Ancient Nebula Road. She came from the other side of the cosmos!

This revelation was unbelievable. A supreme Emperor from the other side of the cosmos, and a woman at that.

After all, the Ancient Nebula Road was still enveloped in taboo law power, blocking all paths to the other side of the cosmos.

Despite that, the woman in green had somehow traversed the starry sky and appeared in the Ancient Wasteland Domain. She was anything but ordinary.

However, although her true name and origin remained unknown, and the method by which she crossed the cosmos was still a mystery, the Red Flame Dao Body was certain of one thing: She came for the origin root spirits of the Sacred Cangwu Tree. Furthermore, she had already subdued this treasure!

He knew this because she had attempted to leave this starry sky world several times. However, every time, she was intercepted by the Red Flame Dao Body, preventing her from fleeing.

This was the reason the Red Flame Dao Body had remained here all this time.

As Lin Xun’s Black Water Dao Body absorbed this knowledge, vivid scenes and details of the battles between the Red Flame Dao Body and the woman in green over the past six months surfaced in its mind-sea.

The woman was indeed extraordinary. She wore a flowing green dress, had fair skin and delicate features, resembling a fairy from a painting.

A mysterious natural golden dao rune shimmered between her eyebrows.

She wielded three unfathomable treasures.

The first one was a golden lock engraved on both sides with mysterious great dao inscriptions, and with three white jade chains extending beneath it.

Once activated, these chains would unleash nine black divine chains, tightly binding the target’s body and spirit. Even their mind and willpower would be shackled, leaving them completely immobilized.

At the start of the battle, Lin Xun's Red Flame Dao Body had nearly been caught off guard by this treasure. It only narrowly avoided its suppression by exerting its full strength.

The second treasure was a jade hairpin that was inserted into the hair bun of the woman in green dress. Six inches long and as thick as a chopstick, it bore two ancient seal characters ‘Void Escape.’

This artifact radiated a five-colored divine light that completely concealed the woman’s aura, making it impossible to track her with spirit sense, or even the All-Seeing Eye.

Over the past six months, she had repeatedly relied on this treasure to evade Lin Xun’s pursuit, escaping capture time and time again.

The third treasure was a purple flying sword, which was incomparably sharp and capable of transcending spatial constraints. Its terrifying lethal power allowed it to shatter ordinary Emperor-grade weapons in an instant.

It was with the help of these three mysterious treasures that the woman in green was able to make up for her inferior combat power, slipping away from danger again and again.

“She possesses a cultivation of the Supreme Emperor Stage, and every treasure she carries is rare and extraordinary. This woman...she must have an extraordinary background.”

Lin Xun’s Black Water Dao Body couldn’t help but shift expressions.

Then, it murmured, “But with the two of us together, if she dares to appear again, we should be able to capture her. Once that happens, her true origins will be revealed.”

The Red Flame Dao Body remained silent. There was no need for words. They could already sense each other’s thoughts.

Shua!

The next moment, the two dao bodies merged into one. According to Lin Xun’s plan, when the woman in green reappeared, they would unleash their combined power and catch her off guard.

However, just then, in a distant secret realm, a clear and melodious voice rang out like heavenly music, “So, these two are just clones.”

Lin Xun’s pupils shrank. He abruptly turned toward the source of the voice.

A shower of light descended, outlining a slender and graceful figure. She wore a flowing green dress, her long hair tied in a high bun with a jade hairpin slanting through it.

She had bright, piercing eyes, pearly white teeth, and exquisitely delicate features. A golden dao rune shimmered between her flawless brows. As she stepped forward, she seemed like a celestial fairy descending upon the mortal world. Her every movement was enshrouded in divine dao radiance, adding a mysterious and dreamlike beauty.

However, her gaze toward Lin Xun was icy and indifferent.

“Since you’ve seen through the truth, why did you still choose to show yourself? Are you not afraid of being captured by me?” Lin Xun asked calmly. He had guessed that it was the miraculous power of the Void Escape Jade Hairpin concealing her presence, preventing him from detecting her in the first moments.

“Captured?” A trace of disdain flickered in the woman’s eyes. “For the past six months, you and I have fought here countless times, but have you ever succeeded in capturing me? Even if you have an additional clone this time, it will be just as futile.”

Her tone was calm and composed, filled with confidence.

“We’ll know once I try?” Lin Xun’s voice was indifferent as he made his move.

“Wait.”

In the distance, the woman in green suddenly spoke, “I know you seek the origin root spirits of the Sacred Cangwu Tree. I can give them to you, but in exchange, you must remove the array sealing this place and let me leave.”

“A transaction?” Lin Xun mused.

“I’m asking if you agree.” The woman in green said with a frown, her tone carrying a trace of reluctance.

Lin Xun replied calmly, “Fine, but I have additional conditions.”

“Don’t push your luck.”

The green-clad woman’s eyes turned cold. “If I weren’t trying to avoid wasting my trump cards on someone like you, do you think I would be proposing this deal?”

Lin Xun chuckled, “Then let’s not trade. We’ll simply see who prevails in the end.” His tone was casual but unyielding.

The woman in green was stunned for a moment. Her beautiful, flawless face flickered with uncertainty before she finally said aloud, “Fine, what are your other conditions?”

Lin Xun said plainly, “Tell me your origin, your identity...and most importantly, how did you get here from the other side of the cosmos?”

A look of relief flashed across the woman’s face. Clearly, Lin Xun’s demands were of little concern to her.

“My surname is Yuan, my given name is Qingheng. I am indeed from the other side of the cosmos, and I am a direct descendant of the Immortal Imperial Yuan Clan.”

Her voice was calm, but when she spoke of the Immortal Imperial Yuan Clan, there was an unmistakable hint of pride.

Unfortunately for her, Lin Xun had no idea what kind of power or prestige this so-called Immortal Imperial Yuan Clan held.

Therefore, he remained completely unfazed.

Yuan Qingheng was slightly taken aback by Lin Xun’s indifference. Then, she chuckled to herself.

This native of the Ancient Nebula Road likely doesn’t even understand what an Immortal Imperial Clan is. I’m just...playing the lute to a cow.

Lin Xun was unaware of the subtle thoughts in Yuan Qingheng’s mind, and even if he did, he wouldn’t have cared at all.

He simply reminded her, “Miss, you still haven’t told me how you got here.”