Chapter 2496 Taiyi Immortal Sect!

The halls of the temple were ancient and huge, magnificent and boundless, resembling a place where the gods lived. Indistinctly, they could hear a chanting-like voice.

Swish!

A flash of white light sparked. The jade disk that Lin Xun and the others had been tracking all the way now glowed with amazing power and shot out a rainbow light. In front of the huge gates to the temple, a dense layer of dao runes flickered, like sparkling water.

As the arc of light rushed over, a pair of gigantic stone doors made a clacking sound as they slowly moved. A gap appeared, and a thin trail of smoke rushed out. The white smoke resembled immortal mist: hazy, ethereal, and agile. At the same time, the jade disk swept into the crack.

"Follow it!"

Lin Xun and the others took action immediately, and they were barely able to squeeze through the gap of the gate. Accompanied by a resounding roar, the gigantic stone doors closed tightly.

Within the temple, white mist curled up, making it resemble a fairyland. There was no murderous aura, no terrifying creatures, and it looked very peaceful. What surprised Lin Xun and the others the most was that the building was extremely vast, like a secret realm.

At first glance, they spotted a pond that had long gone dry. On one side of the pond stood a huge stone tablet. On the stone tablet were three strange and twisted ancient characters that had been carved with beautiful and elegant strokes.

Sword Washing Pond!

Lin Xun and the others deciphered the characters, but soon they found themselves entranced by a sword mark.

At the bottom of the dry Sword Washing Pond was a perfectly straight sword mark, which had obviously been left there during the last epoch. Endless years had passed since then, and the world had changed, but the sword mark was still there.

This was a terribly powerful sword mark left by a supreme master. Although the power and charm of the sword mark had been slowly dispersed with time, there was still an indestructible sword intent that would likely last forever!

At the first glance, they all felt a domineering and fierce invincible killing intent, as if a sword god had slashed out a peerless sword strike. Even the passing of countless years could not eliminate the sword intent contained within!

Yue Duqiu suddenly groaned, his expression instantly changed, and he dared not look directly at the sword mark again. This sword intent had been passed down from the last epoch, but it was still extremely terrifying. Just now when he was meditating upon it, he felt that his mind was being torn apart.

He was quite astonished by this. He was a seventh realm supreme Great Emperor, but he could not resist the power of a sword mark! By that, one could only imagine how terrifying the owner of this sword was.

Not long after, Xiang Xiaoyuan's pretty face also turned pale, and she also looked away. A trace of panic appeared between her eyebrows. Obviously, she also felt the horror of the sword mark just like Yue Duqiu did.

Both of them subconsciously glanced at Lin Xun, but they saw that the latter had a calm expression, as if he was in a trance, without a trace of abnormality.

After a long period of time, Lin Xun let out a long breath and said, "This is an immortal sword intent, which is beyond imagination. If the original power of this sword strike was still there, I am afraid that it could wipe us out in an instant."

Before, when he was comprehending this sword intent, his heart was also agitated. He circulated all his strength and barely endured it.

At this time, the three of them were alert.

Just after entering this ancient temple, there was a dried up Sword Washing Pond with a terrifying sword mark left inside it. It was really hard to imagine whether there were more terrifying dangers in this place.

They walked inside, dispelling the white mist, and moving forward step by step. Not long after, they were all shocked by the astonishing sight that greeted their eyes.

This was obviously a dao temple, like a place where disciples were taught to cultivate in a sect. Despite that, there were bloody corpses lying on the ground!

These corpses all looked very strange, and they were from different races. However, none of these races existed in their current epoch. They were all most likely creatures from the last epoch.

Only Lin Xun's heart trembled as he had recognized the origin of some of the corpses.

"Snake Spirit Clan, Blue Scale Clan, Demon Spirit Clan..." Lin Xun murmured, and his mind couldn't help but think of an event from a long time ago.[1]

At that time, he was still young and was in Haze City, the southwest province of the Ziyao Empire. He had entered the third level of the Great Azure Cloud Path in the Omega Secret-Realm, Hundred Battles Secret Realm, for training.

In the Hundred Battles Secret Realm, there were a hundred statues of different creatures. The assessment of the third trial was to fight with the creatures that had been transformed into these statues. Among them were experts of the Snake Spirit Clan, Blue Scale Clan, and Demon Spirit Clan!

Lin Xun hadn’t expected that he would see the corpses of these races in the place of opportunity he had just entered. For a moment, he couldn't help but be stunned.

In the past, he always thought that the hundred races in the Hundred Battles Secret Realm might exist in the universe, but they most likely existed on the other side of the cosmos. Now it seemed that those creatures were most likely from the last epoch!

"Brother Lin, do you know the origin of these corpses?" Xiang Xiaoyuan and Yue Duqiu were surprised.

Lin Xun thought for a while and said, "I have seen them before, but I didn't expect to encounter them here."

As he said that, he was about to step forward to investigate, but at this moment—

Crash~

The bright red blood in the temple and the corpses that still exuded a terrifying power all turned into ashes in an instant and disappeared. Obviously, the owners of these corpses had fallen during the destruction of the last epoch. Countless years had passed, and no matter how powerful they were, they had completely disappeared.

"There is a Sword Washing Pond and a cultivating area. Could it be that this ancient temple is actually the place where a dao sect preached in the last epoch?" Xiang Xiaoyuan made a bold guess.

Yue Duqiu pondered, "It's very likely. Do you remember the jade disk just now? It disappeared after entering here. I suspect that the tablet is very likely a treasure left by this dao sect."

"Let's go and continue searching."

Lin Xun decided to continue moving forth. Whether it was the sword mark in the Sword Washing Pond or the corpses he had seen just now, he now had some guesses. However, he was not entirely sure his speculations were correct.

The group moved forward again. Along the way, they encountered numerous ruins and mist. After the time it took to burn a stick of incense, Lin Xun and the others stopped and looked up together.

They had spotted a palace made of white jade floating in the air, emitting a soft and sacred light. Stone steps spread down the palace and connected to the ground. After a careful count, they discovered that there were exactly ninety-nine steps.

Each step resembled a giant wall as they were extremely wide and tall. Various dense cloud patterns were carved on each one, but these designs were all mottled and blurred.

On each step, there were horrifying sights. Corpses were strewn upon them in a mess. They were all wearing ancient costumes and had come from different races. Each had been killed in a different way, making their corpses extremely gloomy and hideous.

The ninety-nine steps were all covered with dead people. It was obvious that some had fought fiercely prior to death as their bodies were still standing, holding weapons in their hands. Unfortunately, they were all frozen there.

Some had clearly struggled to get up from the ground, but they were also frozen there, petrified forever.

A horrendous battle must have occurred there, but then a strange disaster had descended upon them, making time and space stagnate. In the end, it silently took the lives of all the creatures on the battlefield!

Lin Xun and the others looked extremely solemn. What kind of terrible disaster had occurred here? In an instant, the lives of all the great figures on the battlefield were wiped out! Too incredible!

They all noticed that the corpses lying on the ninety-nine stone steps were all extremely powerful. Furthermore, the closer they were to the palace at the top of the stone stairs, the more terrifying the aura that came off of them.

There were many powerful experts among them, some of whom were definitely much stronger than them, but they had all died here.

"Could it be that when the battle broke out here, the end of the epoch came, causing all living beings to suffer?" Xiang Xiaoyuan couldn't help but speculate.

Only such a terrible disaster could turn so many terrifying beings into corpses in an instant.

At this time, Yue Duqiu exclaimed out of surprise, "Taiyi Immortal Sect!"

Through the misty void, they could see a plaque hanging above the ancient palace at the end of the stone stairs. It also looked like it was made of white jade. There were three golden characters engraved on it: Taiyi Immortal Sect!

At this moment, Lin Xun froze, his eyes filled with disbelief, and his expression became dazed.

Taiyi Immortal Sect!

Even after so many years, how could he forget this extremely special name?

The last opponent he had met in the third level of Great Azure Cloud Path, the Hundred Battles Secret Realm, was a guy from the Taiyi Immortal Sect! He was a man with a majestic and outstanding appearance, wearing a Daoist robe, barefoot, and with his long hair draped over his shoulders.

He called himself Wei Mingzi.[2]

As the last opponent in the Hundred Battles Secret Realm, only Wei Mingzi had a consciousness, which was quite weird and abnormal. In fact, he had used all means to try to take over Lin Xun's body.

This had also left a deep impression on Lin Xun.

Lin Xun still remembered that Wei Mingzi had said that he was the 15th generation descendant of Taiyi Immortal Sect. He claimed he had accidentally entered the Omega Secret-Realm and had suffered from a calamity. He had lost his cultivation, resulting in a wisp of his remnant soul being sealed there, never to be freed!

This was also the first orthodoxy with the word "immortal" in its name that Lin Xun had heard of since he had started cultivating! Of course, this incident had occurred when he was a teenager, which was quite long ago. Thus, the memory of it had been relegated to a rarely visited corner of his mind.

Now, standing under the ninety-nine stone steps that were like giant walls, looking at the palace at the end of the stone steps, Lin Xun couldn't calm down. He realized that the Taiyi Immortal Sect was actually a force from the last epoch!

By the way, Taiyi City also exists now. That might also be related to the Taiyi Immortal Sect...

The more Lin Xun thought about it, the more turbulent his heart became. The Hundred Battles Secret Realm in the Omega Secret-Realm was actually connected to an immortal sect from the last epoch.

Did this mean that the Omega Secret-Realm...was also a treasure that had been passed down from the last epoch? Was it only obtained by the Omega Lord Luo Tongtian during this epoch? Or did the Omega Lord enter this ruined place in the distant past, suppress Wei Mingzi, and imprison him in the Hundred Battles Secret Realm?

Also, when Xi was stationed in the Omega Secret-Realm, did she never discover the oddities behind the Hundred Battles Secret Realm? For a moment, many questions surged in Lin Xun's mind.

He thought that this journey was an operation to search for opportunities, but now he had discovered that this place that was related to the Taiyi Immortal Sect was incredibly extraordinary!

Suddenly, Yue Duqiu pointed out, "Look, that jade disk has appeared again!"

Lin Xun and Xiang Xiaoyuan looked up and saw that the mysterious jade disk that they had been tracking all the way had appeared in front of the ancient white jade palace at the end of the stone steps.

1. Going way back now, see chapter 258. ☜

2. See Chapter 264 ☜