155: Chapter 155 Asura Saint Son

Jiang Changge watched the four depart, withdrew his gaze, and waved his hand.

The instant transmission array disk flew out of his sleeve and hovered in front of him. Runes flowed across its dark green surface, emitting faint spatial fluctuations.

With a light tap of his fingertip, a streak of spiritual light sank into the Formation Plate. The plate suddenly lit up, enveloping his entire body in a green light.

In the next instant, his figure vanished from the wasteland.

When he reappeared, he was already deep within the Southern Wasteland, inside the underground space shrouded by a Seal.

The high dome hung above, lost in the darkness with no end in sight.

The ground was paved with massive, grey-green stone slabs, each carved with runes that emitted a faint spiritual glow, illuminating the entire space as bright as day.

In the center of the space, the massive stone platform still stood quietly.

The platform was carved from a single piece of unknown jade, its surface smooth as a mirror, with profound formation patterns carved all around it.

Upon the platform, the corpse of the Immortal lay quietly, eyes closed and expression serene, as if merely asleep.

The Seal Jiang Changge had reinforced last time was still there. The powder of the Gold-Suppressing Stone, the Spirit-Sealing Jade Plate, and those few miscellaneous items were all intact in their respective positions, emitting a faint spiritual glow.

The aura of the Seal was much more stable than when he had left last time, and the Immortal power seeping from the cracks was now almost imperceptible.

However, Jiang Changge's gaze did not linger on the Immortal's corpse, but instead fell beside it.

There, a fist-sized crystal lay quietly on the jade surface, emitting a soft, seven-colored glow.

The crystal was completely transparent, and inside, a curled-up figure was faintly visible.

Though the figure was small, it exuded an ancient and vast aura. It was identical to the aura of the Immortal's corpse, yet even purer and more full of vitality.

Jiang Changge walked to the front of the platform and looked down at the crystal, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes.

"System, is this the fated person you mentioned?"

"[Ding! Indeed. This crystal is called the immortal star crystal, a supreme treasure condensed by ancient Immortals using their own essence blood and the Laws of Heaven and Earth. It is specifically used to protect the Divine Soul and Physical Body of a dying person, allowing them to slumber within the crystal and awaken when the time is ripe.]"

"[The person sleeping within the crystal is the Saint of the Shura clan.]"

Jiang Changge raised an eyebrow slightly. "The Shura clan?"

"[Ding! The Shura clan, one of the ancient myriad races, is renowned for their powerful Physical Body and ferocious combat strength. At their peak, they once ranked among the top ten of the myriad races. Later, due to a great catastrophe of heaven and earth, the Shura clan was nearly wiped out. The remaining clansmen hid deep within the Void Realm and have never appeared since.]"

"[The Shura Saint sleeping in the crystal is named Li Zhongyuan. During the ancient era, the Shura clan encountered a powerful enemy. The clan's powerhouses used a secret technique to Seal him inside the immortal star crystal and entrusted an Immortal of the clan to escort him to safety. That Immortal encountered a powerful enemy during the escort, was heavily injured, and ultimately perished in the Southern Wasteland—which is the Immortal corpse before the Host's eyes.]"

"[Before the Immortal perished, they used their remaining strength to Seal the immortal star crystal here, waiting for the opportunity for the Saint to awaken.]"

After listening, Jiang Changge fell silent for a moment.

He looked down at the crystal, then at the quietly lying corpse of the Immortal.

The corpse had a thin face, with a hint of determination between the brows. Even though he had been dead for countless tens of thousands of years, that protective posture was still clearly visible.

Escorting the Saint with his life, and still guarding the crystal with his residual Immortal power for countless years after his death, this Immortal of the Shura clan truly deserved the words 'loyalty and righteousness'.

"When will the Saint in the crystal awaken?" Jiang Changge asked.

"[Ding! The Seal on the immortal star crystal has loosened with the passage of time, and the Saint is about to emerge. If there is no external intervention, it is expected that the Saint will break out of the crystal on his own within three to five years. However, due to sleeping for too long, both his Divine Soul and Physical Body have suffered damage, requiring many Innate Spirit Medicines to recover.]"

Jiang Changge looked at the seven-colored flowing immortal star crystal, pondered for a moment, and asked in his heart, "System, if I place this crystal into the xuanqing liquid, can I make Li Zhongyuan emerge ahead of schedule?"

"[Ding! The xuanqing liquid contains abundant vitality and the Qi of Heaven and Earth. If the crystal is placed in the xuanqing liquid, the time for the Saint to emerge can be significantly shortened, and he is expected to break out of the crystal in half a year to a year.]"

Jiang Changge nodded slightly. He had xuanqing liquid, and quite a lot of it.

In the three-mu jasper pool in the back mountain of the Main Peak, it was filled with xuanqing liquid. It had always been used to nourish the Sect's Spiritual Veins and assist Disciples to Cultivate, and its supply was inexhaustible on ordinary days.

"Since that's the case, I'll take it back."

Jiang Changge waved his hand, and the fist-sized immortal star crystal flew up from the stone platform, landing steadily in his palm.

The crystal felt warm and cool in his hand, the seven-colored light flowing between his fingers. The curled-up phantom inside was still asleep, completely unaware of the changes in the outside world.

He carefully tucked the crystal into his sleeve, his gaze falling upon the quietly lying corpse of the Immortal.

The last time he came here, he was only at the Mahayana Late Stage in cultivation. Facing the residual Immortal power lingering around this corpse, he could only shrink back, reinforcing the Seal to temporarily delay the hidden danger.

Now that he had made a Breakthrough to the Tribulation Transcendence Stage, and his comprehension of the Creation Sutra had deepened by several levels, with dozens of Great Dao Laws resonating throughout his body, it was time to fulfill his words back then—'Wait until I make a Breakthrough and undergo tribulation, then I will come back to collect you.'

Jiang Changge murmured to himself, the corners of his mouth curving up slightly. "Now, I have come."

He took a deep breath, and dozens of pale-gold Law light points suddenly emerged around his body.

Those Law forces surged from his body, colliding with the Immortal power lingering around the corpse on the platform.

The Immortal power was vast and ancient; even though it was just a residual wisp, it still carried a pressure belonging to another level.

If an ordinary Tribulation Transcender stood here, they probably wouldn't even last a single breath before their Divine Soul was crushed and their Physical Body collapsed under that Immortal power.

But Jiang Changge was no ordinary Tribulation Transcender.

At this moment, the Law light points around his body lit up simultaneously, and dozens of Great Dao forces interwove into an invisible barrier, stripping away, dissolving, and neutralizing that residual Immortal power layer by layer.

Although the Immortal power was strong, it was already a tree without roots, water without a source. Under the combined suppression of dozens of Laws, it finally began to retreat.

Jiang Changge stepped forward, each step steady and powerful.

The Law light points spun frantically around him, blocking all the Immortal power attempting to strike back outside of his body.

He stood still in front of the stone platform and waved his hand, the Law force enveloping the Immortal's corpse along with the jade platform beneath it.

The corpse slowly floated up, hovering in mid-air.

The residual Immortal power seemed to sense something, churning violently around the corpse in an attempt to resist.

Jiang Changge frowned slightly, the Law light points around him lighting up once more. Dozens of Great Dao forces suppressed it simultaneously, pinning down that Immortal power completely.

The Immortal power churned for a moment before finally gradually calming down.

Wasting no more time, Jiang Changge stored the Immortal's corpse into a specially made jade box. The box was carved from ten-thousand-year cold jade, which could ensure the corpse did not decay and the Divine Soul did not dissipate.

He placed the jade box into his sleeve, setting it side by side with the immortal star crystal.

Having done all this, his gaze swept across the entire underground space.

The stone platform was empty, and the Seal had completely lost its meaning with the departure of the corpse. The powder of the Gold-Suppressing Stone and the Spirit-Sealing Jade Plate...

As well as the miscellaneous items he had set up last time, were all dim and lusterless at this moment, having lost all of their spirituality.

Jiang Changge withdrew his gaze and waved his hand, the instant transmission array disk flying out of his sleeve once again.

The green light enveloped him, and in the next instant, his figure vanished from this underground space that had been silent for countless tens of thousands of years.