268: Ancestor of the Netherworld

In an instant, the lotus's roots and stems continuously extended, as bright red as blood vessels, covering the entire Imperial Mausoleum in the blink of an eye, and still extending.

Dense Death Qi overflowed from the petals.

Seeing this, Wu Zhao, holding the Chaotic Sky Crimson Blood Spear, thrust it towards the lotus in front of her.

"Don't!" Nangong Wuji summoned the Great Desolate Stele and attacked Wu Zhao's back.

"Nangong Old Thief, you're courting death!" Wu Zhao retreated, parried the Great Desolate Stele, looked at the increasingly demonic lotus, and turned to rush in the direction she came from.

Inside the passage, blood-colored roots were intertwined, but under Wu Zhao's spear, they all snapped.

However, these broken roots quickly regrew, continuously wrapping around her.

"What the hell is this Imperial Mausoleum raising?" Wu Zhao, alone, fought her way out of the Imperial Mausoleum and soared into the sky, her entire body's spiritual power surging into the Chaotic Sky Crimson Blood Spear, which glowed brightly, its golden radiance dyeing the heavens and earth golden, its pressure covering tens of thousands of miles.

Countless people felt as if the sky above their heads was about to collapse.

Wu Zhao did not leave; she intended to intercept Nangong Wuji from outside.

However, after waiting for a long time, she still did not see Nangong Wuji fighting his way out.

"Could it be that he died inside?!"

The Imperial Mausoleum shook non-stop, and blood-colored roots, one after another, broke through the ground and spread in all directions.

The first to be affected were the civil and military officials of Great Wei; as soon as the blood-colored roots approached, their vitality was plundered, turning them into piles of withered bones, which were ultimately blown into a handful of ashes by the wind.

"Plundering vitality, an evil demonic entity!"

"It must be executed!"

The power unleashed by the Chaotic Sky Crimson Blood Spear covered the Imperial Mausoleum, and a destructive aura spread for hundreds of thousands of miles.

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Before him, it was pitch black.

His consciousness returned to his main body in the Black Coffin Grotto Heaven, and Chu Mo exhaled a turbid breath.

"What exactly is that purple fruit inside the Imperial Mausoleum, and what is the netherworld lotus seed? Why can it absorb my vitality?

The Xuanxiao Sect's ancient texts have no record, the Great Wei ancient texts have no record, and the Youming Mountain's ancient texts only have sporadic mentions, only saying that the netherworld lotus seed came first, then Youming Mountain..."

At this moment, Chu Mo transformed into ten thousand 'whys'; he truly wanted to know the answer, but no one could enlighten him.

"So, will Senior Brother know?"

Chu Mo immediately thought of Shen Qingqiu; given the mysterious origin of the other party, perhaps he knew something.

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The Great Wei Dynasty and the Great Qian Dynasty were at war, and the Great Qian Empress led the Great Qian army like a hot knife through butter, attacking all the way to the Great Wei Imperial Mausoleum.

Seeing that the general situation was lost, the Great Wei Emperor Nangong Ao led his civil and military officials to the Great Wei Imperial Mausoleum and invited out the Great Wei Former Emperor Nangong Wuji to protect the Great Wei's lands.

However.

Even with the Great Wei Former Emperor Nangong Wuji emerging from the Imperial Mausoleum, he was no match for the astonishingly talented Great Qian Empress.

He was even severely wounded by her and fled back into the Imperial Mausoleum.

The Great Qian Empress pursued him.

The two sides engaged in a fierce battle within the Great Wei Imperial Mausoleum, but inadvertently damaged the Seal used by Great Wei to suppress the evil demon, causing the evil demon to emerge and devastate living beings.

Great Wei, along with the dynasties bordering Great Wei, suffered greatly; from Immortals above to Mortals below, all became the evil demon's blood sustenance.

The millions of miles of Great Wei's territory became a dead land; one could say that birds had flown from a thousand mountains, and human traces had vanished from ten thousand paths.

These were all rumors Chu Mo had heard from ordinary Cultivators who fled from Great Wei to Luoshui City.

What truly happened would have to be recounted by Master Xuanji, the Sect Master of Xuanxiao Sect, who experienced it firsthand.

"The one who appeared in the Great Wei Imperial Mausoleum was the Youming Old Ancestor; I didn't expect him not to be dead."

Luoshui City, 99th floor of the Tongtian Tower.

Chu Mo, Shen Qingqiu, Wei Changfeng, Master Xuanji, Peak Lord Huo Weixian, and other high-ranking members of the Xuanxiao Sect gathered together.

"Youming Old Ancestor? The founding Ancestral Master of Youming Mountain?!" Chu Mo looked at everyone in confusion.

"Yes." Master Xuanji took a deep breath: "The first generation founding Ancestral Master of Youming Mountain was the Youming Old Ancestor; it is said that the 'Youming Three Lives Scripture' he Cultivated was incredibly profound, comparable to a true Immortal Dao Cultivation Technique!"

Youming Three Lives Scripture.

Mingzhu, Grand Elder of Nether Mountain had indeed seen this Cultivation Technique when reviewing ancient texts, but unfortunately, only these five characters were recorded, with no other descriptions.

Chu Mo asked again: "Is there anything special about this 'Youming Three Lives Scripture'?"

The Elders shook their heads, their gazes all turning to Master Xuanji, but unexpectedly, he also shook his head, indicating he didn't know.

"I only heard my master mention this method; as for its profundity, I do not know."

It truly was a case of 'listening to your words is like listening to nothing at all'!

"Senior Brother, do you know?"

"I know a little."

Hmm?!

In an instant, everyone's gaze converged on Shen Qingqiu.

Shen Qingqiu slowly began to explain.

"The 'Youming Three Lives Scripture', theoretically speaking, is indeed an Immortal Dao Cultivation Technique; it can absorb Youming Qi, perceive the mysteries of life and death, reverse three lives, comprehend the Immortal Dao, and achieve Immortal Ascension."

"Reverse three lives?!"

Chu Mo felt as if he had grasped a crucial point and quickly pressed: "How does one reverse three lives?"

"One transforms their Dao Fruit into a lotus seed, and then places it in a Youming land; once the seed absorbs enough vitality, one can live another life. Repeating this, one can achieve Immortal Ascension in three lives."

Hiss!

Everyone present gasped, looking at Shen Qingqiu with eyes as if he were a monster.

After the Youming Old Ancestor reversed and resurrected, he indeed went on a killing spree in the Great Wei territory at that time; the Xuanxiao Sect, Tianlong Ancient Temple, Fan Yan Valley, Hundred Refinements Sect, and Hundred Flowers Valley dispatched many Cultivators Undergoing Tribulation, but not only failed to subdue the Youming Old Ancestor, they also suffered significant losses.

Even the Great Qian Empress, who wielded a Half-Immortal Artifact, was almost killed by the Youming Old Ancestor.

Finally, if not for Shen Qingqiu's intervention, the Youming Old Ancestor might have annihilated all the Cultivators Undergoing Tribulation from these major Schools.

Chu Mo's gaze towards Shen Qingqiu also changed; this Senior Brother was indeed terrifyingly powerful.

The Youming Old Ancestor, who had already achieved Immortal Ascension, was not his opponent; how strong must his actual power be!?

Meeting everyone's gaze, Shen Qingqiu smiled and shook his head, saying with extreme humility: "Actually, the Youming Old Ancestor has not yet achieved Immortal Ascension. If it were during the time when the path to Immortal Ascension was unbroken, he might have been called an Immortal, but now, his spiritual power has not transformed into Immortal power; at most, he can be called a Half-Immortal! If he truly achieved Immortal Ascension, he would be extremely difficult to kill."

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Everyone was speechless.

Even a Half-Immortal carries the word 'Immortal' and is by no means comparable to an ordinary Cultivator Undergoing Tribulation. Moreover, Shen Qingqiu had made a move from a hundred and eight thousand miles away at that time.

The Youming Old Ancestor, whose demonic flames blazed to the sky and who had caused the Cultivators Undergoing Tribulation from various sects and Schools to discard their armor and flee, was heavily wounded to the point of near death and even had to consume his essence blood to use the blood escape technique to flee.

Also, what did that last sentence mean?!

Achieving Immortal Ascension, extremely difficult to kill?!

Are these still words we understand?

Why, when put together, are they so obscure and difficult to comprehend?!

Chu Mo stared blankly at Shen Qingqiu, as if thousands of words were stuck in his throat, finally turning into one sentence.

"Senior Brother, awesome!"