"Back then, I was still a mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator with an undeserved reputation in Cloud Zhong.
At that time, there was a legend in the Returning Ruin Sea that an immortal mountain would appear every hundred years. Those who were fated to see it would be able to step onto the path of immortality.
All of my abilities come from the ancient ruins, so I am quite knowledgeable about such legends. "
Fu Yao Zi said slowly, "Legends that have been passed down for a long time will usually change in the process of being passed down, but most of them aren't groundless.
Thus, I went to the legendary place in the Returning Ruin Sea to search for traces of this legend. "
"Master, you're talking about this spatial rift?"
"That's right." Fu Yao Zi said, "I searched for several years in the Returning Ruin Sea and finally found some clues.
Coincidentally, I found the legendary immortal mountain in the sea … "
The cultivation world of 100,000 years ago was no different from today. Since an immortal opportunity had appeared, cultivators naturally scrambled for it.
In fact, the so-called immortal mountain was just a mirage. The real immortal opportunity wasn't at the immortal mountain.
Fu Yao Zi understood this point, which was why he was able to find this spatial crack.
The clues that Fu Yao Zi had left behind had led the other four to this place as well.
They were the other four cultivators who were later called the Five Sages in Cloud Zhong.
These five cultivators, two Daoists, one Buddhist, one Confucian, and one Fiend, belonged to different forces, but they were all outstanding cultivators of the current era.
After entering the spatial rift, they were first on guard against each other, then went their own ways. Finally, they realized that the space here was far beyond their abilities, so they had to work together to explore.
Their experience in this space could be said to be a narrow escape. Fortunately, they were all extremely intelligent people. After letting go of their past hatred, they obtained amazing opportunities and shared the space-tearing technique.
When they came out of the spatial rift, because they didn't trust each other, they destroyed the passage and split the space-tearing technique into five.
Then, each of them cultivated amazing abilities and became the top cultivators in Cloud Zhong. They were called the Five Sages.
It could be said that without this space, without the opportunities here, there wouldn't be the Five Sages in Cloud Zhong.
"The five of us are all intelligent people who cultivated to this realm, but after entering this space, we were hindered everywhere and had no choice but to work together.
The biggest reason is the Primordial Devil Qi. "
Upon hearing up to this point, Mo Tiange asked, "Master, although the Primordial Devil Aura I've seen before is powerful, it's never reached this level. What's the mystery behind the Primordial Devil Aura in this space?"
Fu Yao Zi chuckled lightly and said, "Master is unable to answer this question of yours. Because of the limitations of our cultivations, we were merely able to obtain a fortuitous encounter from it all those years ago, and we were unable to fully explore its profundities."
"Then how did you encounter the Primordial Devil Qi back then?"
Fu Yao Zi was silent for a long time before replying, "There is an underground palace beneath this immortal palace."
"Underground palace?"
"That's right." Fu Yao Zi said, "This Prime Devil Qi came from a stone tablet in the underground palace."
"Stone tablet!!!" Mo Tiange's expression changed.
"What's wrong?" Qin Xi turned to look at her.
Mo Tiange gave him a meaningful glance then continued to communicate with Fu Yao Zi with her divine comprehension. "Master, in this underground palace … is there one of the five spirits enshrined?"
Fu Yaozi paused for a moment and was a little surprised. "That's right, how did you know?"
Another Five Spirits Sacrificial Temple!
Mo Tiange couldn't help but recall her own speculation.
When she was in the Foundation Building realm, she met Ren Yufeng, a disciple of Zhengfa Sect, in the northernmost glaciers. Because of that, Ren Yufeng walked on the devil path.
After coming to Yunzhong, Feifei said that there was one in the Carefree Valley. Then, he found out that the Starfall City Lord, Mei Feng, who lived near the Carefree Valley, practiced the Primordial Demon Great Technique.
Now, Prime Devil Qi had been discovered in the Returning Ruin Sea's spatial rift, and Fu Yaozi had confirmed that there was also a Five Souls Sacrificial Temple in the Returning Ruin Sea, with a stone tablet that emanated Prime Devil Qi.
She had once made a deduction about this matter. A sacrificial temple that enshrined one of the five spirits and a strange stone tablet could be used to comprehend the Prime Devil Grand Technique.
This matter was related to three people — Ren Yufeng, Master Song Feng, and City Lord Mei.
The reason Ren Yufeng couldn't cultivate the real Primordial Devil Art was probably because his cultivation level was too low and his comprehension wasn't good.
There was no doubt that Master Song Feng and City Lord Mei had cultivated the Prime Devil Great Technique.
And now, Fu Yao Zi had said that there was another one in this spatial rift. In that case, there were four of them.
The Five Spiritual Beings were the Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, Black Tortoise, and Qilin.
In that case, the so-called Divine Dragon Sacrificial Temple was actually the Azure Dragon Sacrificial Temple.
Just what kind of mysteries did this Five Spirits Sacrificial Temple left behind by the Primordial Era contain?
"Master, which of the five spirits is this shrine dedicated to?"
"It's a Vermillion Bird." Fu Yao Zi was puzzled. "Have you seen it before?"
Mo Tiange took a deep breath and said, "Yes. When Disciple was in the Foundation Building realm, I saw a similar sacrificial temple in the northernmost glacier in the Celestial Pole. The Azure Dragon was worshiped there."
She had told Fu Yao Zi about her experiences a long time ago, but the details were not too detailed. Now that she said it, Fu Yao Zi understood.
"I see.
Looks like this isn't normal … "
After a while, when she didn't hear Fu Yaozi speak again, she couldn't help but ask, "Master?
You haven't explained it clearly. What's going on with the Primordial Devil Qi in this space?
Also, what about that stone tablet from back then?
Did you guys … "
"Back then, Devil Venerable Tianhou wanted to take that stone tablet away, but we didn't let him," Fu Yao Zi said lightly.
"Oh," Mo Tiange said, indicating that she understood. Under those circumstances, although they teamed up, they were afraid of each other. The Primordial Devil Qi was so powerful that the other four definitely wouldn't let Devil Venerable Tianhou take the stone tablet away and let him practice the Primordial Devil Art.
In that case, didn't that mean the stone tablet was still in the sacrificial temple …
"We've roughly studied the contents of the stone tablet. This kind of aura is called Primordial Devil Qi, which we learned about from the stone tablet." Fu Yao Zi changed the topic. "Don't you think it's strange?
This mountain was obviously built in an immortal palace, so why is there a sacrificial temple in the underground palace?
Since this sacrificial temple is dedicated to one of the five spirits, why is there a stone tablet emitting devil aura? "
"… Disciple also doesn't understand."
Fu Yao Zi didn't expect her to answer. He said, "Master has a premonition that if we can unravel this riddle, we'll know the secret of the Distant Past era's cultivation world."
"…" Mo Tiange knew this master was passionate about exploring the true meaning of the path of immortals, but she thought the possibility was too small.
General Yun already knew about Fu Yao Zi's Deification and Sainthood. Since his real body had already become a Deification cultivator, why didn't he come back here to continue exploring?
Either it was unnecessary or he couldn't do it.
If a Deification cultivator thought it was unnecessary or couldn't do it, what could she do?
"Alright, let's not talk about this anymore. Let's talk about the Primordial Devil Qi.
This space is full of spiritual aura, so it should've been an excellent spirit vein. I don't know why, but the Primordial Devil Qi in the underground palace leaked out.
This Primordial Devil Qi is very strange. The stronger the spiritual aura, the stronger it is.
Therefore, if you find Primordial Devil Qi in the surroundings, you mustn't use powerful magic weapons. Otherwise, you'll suffer a backlash. "
"I understand, Master."
Mo Tiange temporarily stopped talking with Fu Yao Zi. She told Qin Xi the news she just heard.
Qin Xi was silent for a long time.
Mo Tiange saw that he was deep in thought, so she asked, "What's wrong? Did you think of something?" Qin Xi was meticulous, so maybe he could think of something she didn't.
Qin Xi said, "I haven't seen the others with my own eyes, but I've seen the dragon bones you got from the northernmost area."
"Yes, is there a problem?"
"It'd be strange if there's no problem," Qin Xi said.
"The dragon bones' momentum was strong and holy, so they shouldn't be fake. In other words, that sacrificial temple worshiped the real five spirits.
That being the case, why was there a stone tablet emitting devil aura? "
"…" This was also something Mo Tiange couldn't understand, so she didn't answer. She just stared at Qin Xi, waiting for him to continue.
"I can only think of one possibility." Qin Xi paused for a moment then said slowly, "Suppression."
Mo Tiange was stunned, but she suddenly understood. "I see!" Using the power of the five spirits to suppress the Primordial Devil Qi.
Qin Xi looked at her and said with a smile, "This is only a possibility, not necessarily the truth.
Moreover, there's something that doesn't make sense.
Several people have obtained this stone tablet. Although they comprehended the devil art from it, it didn't have much power. That being the case, why did they suppress it instead of destroying it? "
Mo Tiange thought for a moment then said, "This can't be explained. The Primordial Devil Aura in this space was able to give the Five Sages such a headache back then, so it's obviously very powerful. Therefore, the Primordial Devil Aura on this stone tablet should've been very powerful, while the stone tablets obtained by other people, for some reason or because of the passage of time, lost their former might."
Qin Xi thought for a moment then nodded. "What you said isn't impossible.
However, this sacrificial temple is a relic from the Distant Past era, and it's not even recorded in ancient books. What's going on is only our guess. "
"En."
Mo Tiange temporarily gave up on exploring. She thought for a moment then said, "But we still have to go down to this underground palace. If we have a chance, we'll take that stone tablet with us. By the way, you got Mei Feng's Qiankun Bag. Is there a similar stone tablet inside?"
Upon hearing that, Qin Xi took out Mei Feng's Qiankun Bag from his robe and searched inside. Sure enough, he found a heavy stone tablet.
Mo Tiange looked at it. It was similar to the one Ren Yufeng got, but the thing engraved on it was different. It wasn't an Azure Dragon but a Black Tortoise.
"Sure enough, it's the Black Tortoise Sacrificial Temple." After finding this stone tablet, part of her guess was confirmed.
The Five Spirits Sacrificial Temple, the stone tablet, and the Primordial Devil Art were indeed related.
Qin Xi threw the stone tablet back and said, "We'll study it when we have time."
"En."
After thinking for a moment, she was still worried, so she warned him again, "When I touched the stone tablet that day, I almost lost my mind. You have to be careful."
Qin Xi smiled and said, "Rest assured. The reason your mind was so easily taken away that day was probably because your cultivation level wasn't high enough. Didn't you give that stone tablet to Master?
Nothing happened to Master, which means I'll also be fine. "
She was only in the Foundation Building realm that day, so her mental state and divine sense couldn't be compared to that of a Nascent Soul cultivator.