Chapter 139: Chapter 138: Kunmi Mountain Phantom, Trapped!

A unique aura arose spontaneously, filled with defiance, battle spirit, unyielding will, and passion…

It felt as if Immortals were high above, yet though I am a mere mortal, I can bring the Immortals down.

Ouyang Yun gripped the hilt of the saber.

His gaze turned towards the great river before him.

True Essence flooded into the Immortal Slaying Saber, and the characters for “Immortal Slayer” on the hilt emitted a special glow.

In Ouyang Yun’s eyes, a faint gleam also appeared.

The faces of the Golden Core Masters in the sky all changed dramatically as they looked down to the earth.

“The Great Dao is fifty, Celestial Derivation is forty-nine, there is nothing predestined.”

Ouyang Yun, holding the Immortal Slaying Saber, sliced through the air with its tip.

In Ouyang Yun’s vision appeared an Immortal Realm.

Within the Immortal Realm, Immortal Qi floated, and faintly, Immortals were flying to and fro.

The next moment, the Immortal Realm crumbled, the sun fell, and darkness and thunder engulfed this Immortal Realm.

This is…

Kunmi Mountain Secret Realm!

“Open!”

Ouyang Yun spat out this word.

The next second, a passage opened in the Qingqiu River before Ouyang Yun.

The Golden Core Masters in the sky could not believe what they were seeing on the ground.

“How is this possible?!”

“Why is there still someone able to enter Kunmi Mountain?!”

The Kunmi Mountain Secret Realm itself was meant for the Preaching Envoys.

The Preaching Envoys entered Kunmi Mountain to regain inheritances and spread them throughout the Nine Rivers.

Not to mention whether outsiders could enter, even if they did, what could they do there!?

Some Golden Core Masters could not help but want to investigate further.

“Wait! Even we dare not rush into Qingqiu River at this moment!”

Beside them, a Golden Core Master immediately held him back. “Then… what exactly is this thing…”

Ouyang Yun turned the long saber, holding it in his hands, and walked step by step toward the central area of the Qingqiu River.

This object is an exception.

Ouyang Yun did not know where this object came from.

But in a previous life, someone used this object to enter the Qingqiu River…

………

Jiang Ming stared at the golden text.

Saw Ouyang Yun step into the Qingqiu River, and could not help but let out a sigh of relief.

This object can also be considered an unexpected discovery.

Minglan River’s way of dealing with Flowing Light was to forge an Unparalleled Demon Sword to sever the Qi.

In order to refine this Demon Sword, Minglan River’s Golden Core Sect sacrificed countless living beings.

Moreover, it incited the endless wars of three peak Mortal Dynasties for hundreds of years, using the three Mortal Dynasties as raw materials for forging the Demon Sword.

It extracted a hundred years of Evil Qi and military aura for the sword’s edge, countless heroic souls for the sword’s bone, and thousands of living souls for the sword’s spirit, along with countless rare materials.

Ultimately, it crafted this Unparalleled Demon Sword, capable of severing a cultivator’s Qi, putting them into a feigned death state.

There were neither more nor fewer than nine cultivators in the upper reaches of the Minglan River who underwent the baptism of the Demon Sword.

Just like the lower reaches of the Qingqiu River.

These nine eventually entered the Minglan River, yet in the upper reaches of the Minglan River, ten entered the center of the Minglan River.

The last one was the owner of this Immortal Slaying Saber.

Upon realizing this, Jiang Ming hurriedly sent Ouyang Yun to investigate.

Fortunately, someone had meticulously explored and understood all this information, allowing Jiang Ming to easily learn about the origins of the Immortal Slaying Saber.

Eventually, Ouyang Yun of this era stepped into it.

“Golden Core is still so hard to achieve. Even knowing two hundred and sixty years of development, only the variable of Kunmi Mountain might allow a breakthrough to Golden Core…” Jiang Ming muttered to himself.

Though he had opportunities to simulate, if this simulation failed, he could simulate again.

If re-simulation failed, he’d simulate in the next cycle.

But each simulation required more Spirit Points, meaning Jiang Ming had to constantly make progress in the simulator; otherwise, starting a new simulation would become increasingly challenging.

“However… what exactly is in Kunmi Mountain…”

Jiang Ming’s gaze returned again to the golden text…

……………

The riverbed of Qingqiu River felt very solid underfoot, without the feeling of stepping on silt.

There was no life in the Qingqiu River, and the surrounding river water was crystal clear, as Ouyang Yun looked around, feeling not as if he was in a great river, but in a giant man-made water pool.

The Qingqiu River was very wide, even a cultivator would need to fly for half a day.

Yet at this time, Ouyang Yun’s steps seemed to inherently shrink the earth into inches, quickly arriving at the central area of the Qingqiu River.

Suddenly, the world around him twisted.

Space distorted, and in the next second, the world spun around…

Looking from high above.

The Nine Rivers surged forth from a central great mountain, rushing in nine different directions.

But it was so vast.

To mortals, each of these Nine Rivers seemed, in width, like an endless river.

The combined area of the lower reaches of the Qingqiu River was over ten times larger than the Five Sects Territory of Zhu Chen.

Not to mention these were Nine Rivers.

If mortals were born here, it would be impossible for them to leave the Nine River Basin in their lifetime.

The Nine Rivers had a spirit-drawing trait, continuously siphoning Spiritual Qi into the Nine River Realm.

This caused the area outside the Nine River Realm to become a place of sparse Spiritual Qi, forming a kind of vacuum zone.

And the closer one moved towards the central great mountain, the denser the Spiritual Qi became.

Yet this great mountain had never been trodden by cultivators.

Because this mountain shared the same traits as the Nine Rivers.

However, there are rumors that this mountain is a vessel for a Secret Realm, and within it lies the secret to achieving the Nascent Soul.

This mountain… is named Kunmi Mountain.

At this moment, Spiritual Light is flashing on Kunmi Mountain.

When Ouyang Yun opened his eyes again, he found himself in a unique world.

The first impression this world gave Ouyang Yun was one of ruin.

Extremely ruinous.

Darkness and lightning are the main themes of this world.

The trees, flowers, and grass on the ground seem as lifeless as plastic.

An oppressive feeling surged toward him.

Ouyang Yun looked around cautiously.

He couldn’t find any fellow disciples from the Nine Sects, nor any other cultivators.

There was only silence and the faint sound of flash thunder in the sky.

Ouyang Yun looked ahead.

At the edge of his vision, there seemed to be some structures.

Ouyang Yun rose into the air, transforming into a Flowing Light, flying forward.

As he drew nearer, the structures became increasingly clear.

This seemed to be… a field of ruins…

Ouyang Yun was startled.

This place closely resembled those ancient ruins.

The style was even somewhat similar.

There were indeed no sects here.

Ouyang Yun was now curious about how those reincarnated Preaching Envoys received inheritance here.

The Immortal Slaying Saber in Ouyang Yun’s hand remained warm and scorching.

He paused in silence, and his Divine Sense attempted to probe into the Immortal Slaying Saber.

“Bang…”

Suddenly something shattered.

When Ouyang Yun opened his eyes again, he found the surrounding world slowly gaining color.

The structures before him were gradually restoring… this feeling… it was as if time was reversing.

Huh?

Why has the Spiritual Qi around… suddenly become so dense?

Ouyang Yun was a bit surprised.

The next moment, the concentration of Spiritual Qi around him suddenly started to increase continuously.

How could this…

When Ouyang Yun opened his eyes again.

The surrounding world suddenly became bright.

The sun, at some unknown time, hung in the sky, and a gentle breeze brought the fragrance of grass and trees.

The flowers, grass, and trees around were filled with vibrant Vitality.

Ouyang Yun looked ahead.

These structures gradually transformed into a majestic, grand sect.

“But I…”

Ouyang Yun found himself becoming increasingly ethereal.

[You have successfully stepped into the Kunmi Mountain Secret Realm.]

[However, you discover that the Kunmi Mountain Secret Realm is somewhat different from what you imagined.]

[You feel the Spiritual Qi around become dense, as if time has traversed.]

[You attempt to enter the sect, and within the sect, you see many cultivators, yet the cultivators seem unable to see you.]

“Is this… an illusion?” Jiang Ming murmured.

[You begin to explore the surroundings.]

[You learn the sect’s name, Demon Pavilion.]

[The sect’s name seems like the Demon Sect, but there are not many traces of the Demon Sect within.]

[You find that the surrounding cultivators cannot see you and cannot interact with you, so you begin to explore courageously.]

[You discover that the cultivators here all possess a strong aura as vast as the Celestial Sea, and in front of them, you are as insignificant as an ant.]

[You can’t help but think about what Sikong Jingyang told you.]

[After exploring the sect for a month, you gain little insight, as the cultivators here fly and teleport, and you cannot keep up with any of their paces. You also do not find a place like a Scripture Pavilion to gain Cultivation Technique inheritance.]

“Then how do others receive inheritances…”

“Immortal Slaying Saber…” Jiang Ming rubbed his forehead.

[You continue to search within the sect, yet find nothing.]

[You wander through this place like a Wandering Soul.]

[You tragically realize you cannot leave this place, and nothing here can be taken, which means you no longer have external supplies.]

For the living, what is most important?

Of course, it’s food, without which one simply can’t survive.

Foundation Establishment Cultivators can fly and teleport, absorbing Spiritual Qi to replenish themselves, but they still need food.

Of course, a Foundation Establishment Cultivator eating one Grain Avoidance Pill might not need to eat for several months or even years afterward.

But Ouyang Yun had a limited supply of Grain Avoidance Pills with him.

“No way, this life can’t be so absurd, could I starve to death here?”

Jiang Ming held his forehead, feeling absurd.

The fortunate thing is that Ouyang Yun can absorb the surrounding Spiritual Qi to replenish himself, thereby reducing consumption.

[You spent several months wandering through this place completely. You find that the facilities of the Demon Pavilion are very simple, without settings like a normal sect’s Pill Hall, Talisman Hall, or Foreign Affairs Hall, but simply contain hundreds of Cave Mansions.]

[The people here live in these Cave Mansions, occasionally coming out to do unknown things.]

[You calm your mind, slowly beginning to cultivate.]

[Without resource supplies, though the Spiritual Qi is dense, the cultivation speed is greatly reduced.]

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