526: Chapter 527 Young friend, why do you sigh?

Great Elder Lu Chenyuan was completely stunned at this moment.

What had he just seen?

In the underground space, the cells were still there, but the Restrictions upon them were completely gone, and the runes on the walls had vanished without a trace.

The Golden Core Perfection Cultivators, and even that False Nascent Soul Cultivator who should have been imprisoned here, had all disappeared, as if they had never existed.

Yet, in the midst of it all, one person sat quietly.

That person had hair as white as snow, an ancient face, wore moon-white Daoist robes, and had a horsetail whisk resting on his arm.

If it was not True Lord Qingxu, then who could it be?

If that were all, it would be one thing, but what Great Elder Lu Chenyuan truly found incomprehensible was the scene of various phenomena manifesting around the True Monarch.

He saw the power of the Five Elements—Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth—intertwining and wrapping around his body, transforming into the five Divine Beasts.

The Azure Dragon coiled in the east, surrounded by flowing green light, full of vitality.

The White Tiger lay in the west, its sharp aura like knives and swords.

The Vermilion Bird flapped its wings in the south, its crimson flames soaring to the heavens.

The Black Tortoise crouched in the north, dark waters churning.

The Qilin sat in the center, a five-colored halo shrouding its entire body.

At the same time, the power of Wind and Thunder swirled above his head, transforming into a Ying Dragon and a Thunder Beast; dragons roared and tigers howled, with lightning flashing and thunder rumbling.

The Yin-Yang Law transformed into black and white dragons, slowly swimming by his side.

The power of Xun Wind condensed into a Green Luan, dancing gracefully in the Void Realm.

The power of Origin Desire transformed into a seven-colored peacock, its tail feathers fanned out, dazzling and mesmerizing.

The ghost mist of nothingness condensed into shadows, churning under his feet like smoke and fog.

Over a dozen Law phenomena circled and alternated around him, intertwining with each other without conflict.

Eventually, they gradually merged into one, becoming a patch of Chaos, as if it were the primal Void Realm from before the heavens and earth were opened.

The moment Great Elder Lu Chenyuan's Divine Sense touched that patch of Chaos, he felt as if his consciousness had been grabbed by something.

It was like an endless abyss, and he found himself involuntarily sinking into that Chaos.

In reality, his Mental Energy surged toward the depths of that Chaos like a floodgate opening, completely beyond his control.

In just a short while, he felt his Divine Soul beginning to wither, and waves of dizziness washed over him.

Seeing that he was about to be drained of his Divine Soul power, Great Elder Lu Chenyuan used every ounce of his strength at the very last moment to pull his Divine Sense away from the Chaos.

"Hoo... hoo..."

Great Elder Lu Chenyuan gasped for air, his face pale as paper, cold sweat dripping from his forehead.

He bent over, hands on his knees, looking as if he had just been fished out of water.

What was that? What kind of thing was that!

It was not any kind of phenomenon he knew of that occurred during Cultivate.

Although it looked like the leakage of dao rhyme during the fusion of Laws.

But... how could there be so many phenomena!

For a moment, Great Elder Lu Chenyuan was silent.

After a long time, he steadied his mind and straightened up.

But the shock and confusion in his eyes did not disappear; on the contrary, they grew even more intense.

Why would the True Monarch become like this?

If he hadn't misread it, those phenomena just now were clearly the manifestation of over a dozen different Laws.

But wasn't the True Monarch someone who attained the Dao through the Yin-Yang Law?

As the person closest to the True Monarch, he naturally would not be unaware of what Law the True Monarch used to attain the Dao.

The Five Elements Law was understandable; the Five Elements could transform into Yin and Yang, and Yin and Yang could evolve into the Five Elements. Seeing them arrive at the same destination was barely within the realm of acceptance.

But what the hell were Wind and Thunder doing there!

And there wasn't just one or two types, but dammit, over a dozen!

Damn it, over a dozen completely different Laws appearing on one person at the same time, and coexisting so harmoniously.

Was this still the True Lord Qingxu he knew?

Suddenly, a thought appeared in Great Elder Lu Chenyuan's mind.

"What if... this person is not the True Monarch?"

Or rather, not the Lord of Qingwei Heaven, True Lord Qingxu, that he knew?

"Could the True Monarch have been subjected to Possession?"

Once this thought emerged, a chill shot from the soles of his feet straight to his crown, making Great Elder Lu Chenyuan feel icy all over.

But soon, he felt something was wrong; it didn't make sense!

What kind of figure was the True Monarch?

Although the Divine Soul of a Nascent Soul True Monarch had not fully transformed into a Primordial Spirit, it had been tempered by the Nascent Soul Heavenly Tribulation and had long since far surpassed ordinary Cultivators.

To attempt Possession of a Nascent Soul True Monarch, unless a Dao Venerable of Spirit Transformation personally took action, it would be impossible to destroy the Nascent Soul Divine Soul without damaging the physical body.

But where in the Profound Spirit Domain was there a Dao Venerable of Spirit Transformation...

Wait, no!

Great Elder Lu Chenyuan was suddenly shocked, as if there really was one alive!

In an instant, the expression on Great Elder Lu Chenyuan's face almost crumbled, and his heart even skipped a beat.

"It couldn't be..."

He swallowed hard, then remembered that the True Monarch's trip this time seemed, perhaps, to be exactly for the matter of the Secret Realm!

What kind of place was that Secret Realm?

As the Grand Elder of the Dao Sect, he naturally knew the inside story very well.

That was the place where the Asura Clan's Dao Venerable of Spirit Transformation was sealed!

And that Dao Venerable had been suppressed for who knows how many tens of thousands of years; clearly, ordinary means could not break that Seal.

But if it wanted to escape, choosing to attempt Possession of a Nascent Soul True Monarch did not seem impossible.

And there was a high probability that it only needed to separate a soul fragment to be sufficient for Possession.

But this was only Great Elder Lu Chenyuan's own conjecture; there was no concrete evidence.

However, he clearly knew one thing in his heart.

That was, the True Monarch was likely no longer the True Monarch of the past.

At the very least, the True Monarch of the past would not engage in such acts of devouring others' Laws to Cultivate.

And now, those missing Golden Core Cultivators in the Prisoner Peak, and those devoured Law Origins, were the best proof.

Great Elder Lu Chenyuan's expression was uncertain.

If this person really wasn't the True Monarch, then how should he conduct himself?

Do not look at him now as the Grand Elder of the Dao Sect and a False Nascent Soul Cultivator, who could be considered to be under one person and above millions.

But in the end, he only managed to achieve this by relying on the True Monarch's favor.

If the True Monarch were still here, then everything would remain the same.

But if not...

As the saying goes, new emperor, new court; how would this "new ruler" view him?

A thought surged in Great Elder Lu Chenyuan's mind to cut away this memory, then leave without looking back, pretending that nothing had ever happened.

Perhaps he could still save himself that way.

But it was too late to regret it now.

From the moment he used his Divine Sense to spy and stumble upon the other party's secret, he already had no way out.

The fact that the other party had not attacked now was not because they hadn't discovered him, but because they knew he couldn't run.

Feeling that vague sense of being watched from the Void Realm, Great Elder Lu Chenyuan knew that he was finished.

"Sigh."

Great Elder Lu Chenyuan let out a long sigh, completely abandoning the idea of running away, and stood there with a numb expression.

But right at this moment, a gentle voice suddenly rang out from behind him.

"Little friend, why do you sigh?"