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"By the way, you mentioned the flesh and blood of a demon saint earlier? Perfect timing! I have several jars of immortal wine brewed from sacred herbs, which I can share with you!" Yin Xi took out the saint-level immortal wine, indicating that he also wanted to have a meal with it.

On the one hand, he also wanted to take this opportunity to improve himself, since most demons mainly cultivate their physical bodies, and the flesh and blood of a demon saint is something he couldn't miss.

On the other hand, after the Crocodile Ancestor was revived, it not only lingered near Mars but also attempted to come to Earth, only to be stopped at Hangu Pass. Now that there's a chance to devour the Crocodile Ancestor, how could it not?

Eat! We must eat our fill!

......

"Hahaha~ Alright! Then I'll look forward to your immortal wine, fellow Daoist~" Wei Yi stroked his beard and laughed.

Yin Xi also smiled happily:

"As an ancient sage from my primordial star once said: 'Is it not delightful to have friends coming from afar?' Today, to be able to discuss the Dao and share this feast with fellow Daoists is truly a blessing for Yin Xi!"

Thus, Wei Yi and Yin Xi agreed to meet at Hangu Pass and then allow the others to enter.

"Please come in, my dear friends."

"Remember, the environment on the Ancestral Star Avenue is not good now, so don't disturb the secular world too much."

After saying that, Yin Xi, the main body of Hangu Pass, activated the great formation and emitted a divine light that enveloped Lin Xiu and his group.

"Thank you, senior. I look forward to meeting you again at Hangu Pass."

Lin Xiu didn't stand on ceremony. Before the divine light completely disappeared, he bowed and then crossed Hangu Pass with the others!

After crossing Hangu Pass, the group was finally able to reach Earth.

As he passed through the clouds, he clearly sensed a vast and ancient array power flowing around the Earth. It was... an imperial array left behind by numerous emperors on Earth.

In the world of Shrouding the Heavens, although formations are not the main focus of the protagonist, they can usually exert considerable power as long as the conditions are met.

If it weren't for Yin Xi's permission, even if Wei Yi possessed an imperial weapon, it would have taken him a great deal of effort to force his way into Earth.

"This formation... contains a large number of Emperor-level formations and Quasi-Emperor-level formations."

"It seems that not only did foreign emperors descend upon this ancient star, but a large number of quasi-emperors were also born on their own." Princess Wanlong looked at the Earth beneath her feet, a hint of admiration flashing in her purple eyes.

"Legend has it that the Emperor once cast a cauldron here, the Underworld Emperor descended with ninety-nine dragon mountains here, and even our ancestors were resurrected here... It truly is a mysterious place," Princess Yueling exclaimed softly.

Lin Xiu: "......"

Lin Xiu remained silent, but his expression was somewhat subtle.

Because, in Chinese mythology, there is a legend that Chi You's body was separated and buried in five different places, and Princess Yue Ling is a descendant of the Jiuli Emperor.

I wonder what her expression will be like when she learns of this legend.

.......

On the other side, Ye Fan and his classmates...

Ye Fan walked at the front of the crowd, looking at the approaching land of China beneath the clouds with a complicated expression, his nose tingling with emotion.

"I'm back... I'm finally back!"

Beside Ye Fan, Pang Bo, who was usually carefree, was unusually silent. He patted Ye Fan's shoulder forcefully. Ye Fan looked up, and the two gazed at each other affectionately, everything understood without words.

Li Xiaoman: "........"

Li Xiaoman and Ye Fan were not close, and seeing this situation, she became even more inclined to distance herself from Ye Fan.

There was no way she could bear to watch; the sight of Pang Bo, a burly man with a dark face, staring at Ye Fan with tears in his eyes was simply too powerful.

A moment later, the group did not land on the ground, but instead landed at a very familiar location: the summit of Mount Tai.

"Looking at the view below... are we on the summit of Mount Tai?"

"But why does Jade Emperor Peak look different from when we left? It's even sealed off?"

"Um... I think the summit of Mount Tai has been sealed off since we left, right?"

"Sigh~ Returning to this place feels like a lifetime ago. It's good to visit Mount Tai before going home. Anyway, I was planning to visit Mount Tai after returning to Earth anyway."

"........"

Lin Xiu did not participate in the chatter of the crowd, but silently looked at Mount Tai at his feet.

The next second, the "Mount Tai Spirit" hidden at Lin Xiu's waist seemed to react, emitting a faint spiritual light.

"This is........"

Lin Xiu took off the "Mount Tai Spirit" from his waist, which resembled a seal, and felt even stronger.

Mount Tai is calling me...

Although the mundane Mount Tai is merely a manifestation of the true Mount Tai, it still possesses a vague trace of its will.

At this moment, the mortal Mount Tai and my "Mount Tai Spirit" resonate with each other, their wills exchanging.

Thus... the vague will of the mortal Mount Tai was stirred, thereby... stirring the true Mount Tai that had been sealed away!

"Om~"

"Buzz~"

Lin Xiu, the spirit of Mount Tai, and Mount Tai beneath their feet resonated continuously, with layers of light emanating from Lin Xiu, stirring every blade of grass, every tree, every flower, and every stone on Mount Tai.

The entire Mount Tai is truly infused with vitality because of the presence of the Mount Tai spirit, as if it is about to rise from the ground and ascend to heaven in broad daylight!

A few seconds later, Lin Xiu suddenly opened his eyes.

He finally understood that back when he first obtained the spirit of Mount Tai, the mortal Mount Tai had already resonated with his spirit, but at that time his cultivation level was still low and the conditions were far from as perfect as they are now.

At that time, he was not lacking one important condition!

That is... the ancient character for "mountain"!

"Om~"

As soon as Lin Xiu had a thought, the "Mountain Character Ancient Symbol" in his Sendai suddenly trembled violently, creating a strange resonance with the majestic Mount Tai beneath his feet.

Lin Xiu clearly sensed that beneath this ordinary mountain, beneath this seemingly insignificant planet Earth, lay a powerful "force" dormant!

That is... the original mountain formation of the ninety-nine Dragon Mountains!

Mount Tai itself is one of the dragon heads of many dragon veins on the ancient star, and is a corner of the ninety-nine dragon mountain landforms.

Based on the mortal Mount Tai, Lin Xiu used the ancient symbol of the character "mountain" as a guide, and finally turned the impossible into possible. Before even climbing Kunlun, he came into contact with the original terrain of some of the ninety-nine dragon mountains!

To be precise, it wasn't just Lin Xiu who was actively sensing Mount Tai; Mount Tai itself was also sensing Lin Xiu!

He even gave away a portion of his own, as well as some of the original mountain formations from other Longshan!

If Mount Tai were already fully revealed at this point, I might be able to capture its entirety in one go!

However, my current level is still low, and what I've obtained is enough.

Lin Xiu immediately sat down cross-legged and let his mind sink into the Daoist space.

Within the Daoist space, countless illusory images of mountains and rivers appeared.

The original mountain formations of Zishan, the inherited Daoist charm of the 108 peaks of Taixuan, and the chaotic dragon-transformation and immortal-ascending momentum of Wanlong Nest... were all drawn together by a peculiar force, converging towards the center of the Daoist charm space.

That power... was the very source of Mount Tai's original mountain energy that he had just obtained from Mount Tai!

[So that's how it is. Different places of ascension to immortality have their own characteristics, and the characteristic of the ninety-nine Dragon Mountains is... to guide, or rather, to draw upon other forces and trends.]

The reason the Ascension Cauldron was forged and repaired here is because the ninety-nine Dragon Mountains brought the power of the universe to this ancient primordial star!

Lin Xiu once plagiarized his own work, using his own humanoid lightning during the Heavenly Tribulation to prematurely comprehend the "Nine Dragons Pulling the Coffin Immortal Technique," which could only be initially created after at least severing the Dao.

This immortal technique aims to evolve one's own Dao fruit within the bronze coffin in the form of a small immortal realm, ultimately delivering a strike that "explains and elevates one's own Dao fruit."

When Lin Xiu first unleashed this move, he copied it using the Daoist Space, then evolved it using the Dou Zi Secret Technique, and finally unleashed the attack in a half-evolution and half-copy manner. Although the power was still considerable, it lacked the "spirit" of the move.

Now, Lin Xiu is finally trying to evolve from scratch for the first time.

这种差别，就像是“学到了1+1=2”和“自己成长后通过数群知识推导出1+1=2”一般，虽然效果类似，但在概念意义上差之甚远。

The biggest difference is that... once you "learn that 1+1=2", you can only memorize and reproduce it.

The fact that "after growing up, one can deduce 1+1=2 through the knowledge of number groups" means that one can continue to deduce and improve!

"Om~"

With contact with Mount Tai and many other original mountain formations of Longshan, Lin Xiu's ancient mountain-shaped symbols have become increasingly radiant and brilliant.

In a daze, Lin Xiu seemed to have returned to the mythical era, where he saw the Underworld Emperor and the Emperor Venerable activating ninety-nine dragon veins to forge the Immortal Cauldron together.

Ninety-nine mountain ranges, resembling true dragons, stretch across the universe, their heads all facing the central celestial cauldron. The cauldron is inscribed with ancient runes of the birth and death of all things, as if it might awaken at any moment.

Under the guidance of the Underworld Emperor and the Emperor, the ninety-nine dragon mountains absorbed the power of the universe's origin and poured it into the cauldron.

And so, the two of them forged a celestial artifact using this unprecedented material.

[So that's how it is. It's because it drew upon the power of the entire universe and merged with the strength of the world that it's called the "Calligraphy of All Things," or the "Calligraphy of the World."...]

[So, in the original story, the Emperor followed the same path when he wanted to fuse the entire universe later on.]

[In the later stages, the nodes that Ye Fan and Duan De removed from the universe, which were arranged by the Emperor, were similar to the ninety-nine Dragon Mountains on Earth during the mythological era. Both served to draw upon powerful forces to forge the universe!]

Lin Xiu felt that the Emperor was too reliant on the path. He had succeeded once with the Immortal Ascension Cauldron, and now he wanted to try to replicate it with the World Cauldron. Where would he find such a good thing?