239: Chapter 239 A Strange Flame! Yin and Yang Creation, the True Tomb

Xiao Ting's understanding of Saint Zaohua's tomb also came from that so-called novel in his past life. Back then, he had only cared about reading for cheap thrills and hadn't thought much about it.

But since this was the real world, there would always be subtle differences, and if one thought about certain things carefully, they would notice many issues.

In a novel, it would be called a plot hole or setting issue, but in the real world, it was simply a lack of understanding.

Casting Flying Body Tracing, Xiao Ting entered the first layer of the tomb.

This layer of the tomb was a primeval forest, filled with the roars of fierce beasts and a dense, ancient aura.

With his current soul realm, a single sweep was enough to understand the situation in the entire space, and he discovered that this tomb resembled a diagram.

"A Taiji Diagram, Yin Yang fish... The core is the entrance to the second layer of the tomb, which is the layer containing the dragon phoenix origin fruit. This isn't right. Something is very wrong!"

The core of the first layer was actually the entrance to the second layer. In that case, it should have been part of a single entity with the second tomb. However, looking at the spatial rules and barriers, it was completely independent, built right on top of the second layer.

If one didn't know the truth about the first layer, they certainly wouldn't suspect anything.

But knowing its secrets made it feel incredibly deliberate.

It was as if it was intentionally guiding whoever discovered the tomb to the next layer.

"The illusion is reality, and reality is an illusion."

"There are no issues with the other parts of this layer, so it has to be the core."

"Splitting open the barrier and going downward leads to the second layer containing the dragon phoenix origin fruit. Then what about going upward...?"

Xiao Ting's figure appeared in the very center of the primeval forest.

One step further, and he could touch the barrier and enter the area where the dragon phoenix origin fruit was located.

Those who lacked strength or had a shallow perception of spatial power would think they had entered the core area of the primeval forest.

But in reality, they would be teleported to the core of the Skeleton Mountain Range, the true tomb—or rather, graveyard—where countless magical beasts were buried.

It was evident that during ancient times, a massive war had broken out here, led by the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix and the royal clan of the Void Ancient Dragon. They had tens of thousands of powerful magical beasts under their command, and blood had truly flowed like a river.

At the absolute center of the graveyard lay the remains of the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix and the Void Ancient Dragon, as well as the dragon phoenix origin fruit nurtured by their corpses after their fall.

It was worth mentioning that the Soul Origin Tree, which nurtured the dragon phoenix origin fruit, was built upon a high altar.

Neither the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix nor the Void Ancient Dragon would have had the energy to build such a high platform after their fall.

Thus, it was certain that someone had discovered this graveyard of tens of thousands of magical beasts and built the altar based on the corpses of the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix and the Void Ancient Dragon in an attempt to cultivate a dragon phoenix origin fruit.

What a brilliant method!

"Hmm?"

Xiao Ting cast Flying Body Tracing and wandered around the magical beast barrier, which could only be opened by descendants of the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix and the Void Ancient Dragon. He quickly discovered a strange situation.

On this magical beast barrier, there were actually two drifting spatial nodes, which were extremely subtle and difficult to detect.

If not for the fact that he was currently merged with the void and transcending it, he would probably need an Emperor Realm Soul to discover this.

These two spatial nodes were black and white. When observed with soul power, they looked like two swimming fish, though they were invisible to the naked eye.

"Black and white twin fish, the power of Yin and Yang?"

"The fusion of Yin and Yang brings great creation."

"Saint Zaohua... dragon phoenix origin fruit."

Xiao Ting felt that he had uncovered some deeply hidden truths.

Coincidentally, he also possessed sufficient strength to verify his hypothesis.

"Merge!"

With a thought, Xiao Ting used his soul power to manipulate the spatial power, guiding the two swimming fish formed by the spatial nodes to draw closer to each other until they finally collided.

Boom!

As Yin and Yang fused, the twin fish merged continuously, spinning into a Taiji Diagram situated at the top of the magical beast barrier, radiating a rich void power.

Xiao Ting discovered that this Yin Yang diagram was actually a void treasure, and it even emitted a rich fire-attribute energy.

It gave him a feeling similar to when he first saw the lotus platform of the Green Lotus Core Flame.

The Green Lotus Core Flame was born deep within the earth, having undergone countless times of tempering, fusion, compression, and sculpting by the earthly flames.

In ten years, it gained spirituality; in a hundred years, it took shape; in a thousand years, it became a lotus. Upon its completion, a cluster of green fire would grow atop the lotus core, named the Green Lotus Flame, also known as the Green Lotus Core Flame.

The strange fire was actually that cluster of green flame atop the lotus core; the lotus platform was merely a natural treasure of heaven and earth that nurtured this strange fire.

And now, this Yin Yang diagram gave him a feeling quite similar to that of the Green Lotus platform.

In other words, had this Yin Yang diagram also nurtured a strange fire?

Related to Yin and Yang, could it possibly be the Yin Yang Twin Flames?

At this thought, Xiao Ting took a step forward and arrived on the Yin Yang diagram.

In the next moment, a surge of void power emerged, teleporting him to an extremely bizarre world.

It was bizarre because the upper half of this world was pure white, while the lower half was pure black. The black and white were clearly demarcated, independent like heaven and earth yet joined together.

Within the white mist, he felt a rich vitality.

And within the black mist, he felt a heart-palpitating deathly aura.

Life and death, white and black—two contradictory forces actually coexisted peacefully in this manner.

Boom!

The black and white Qi suddenly surged, and a giant fish swam out from each of the mists, opposing each other yet coexisting in harmony.

"It really is the Yin Yang Twin Flames!" Xiao Ting's eyes shook.

The Yin Yang Twin Flames ranked low on the strange fire ranking list, being only twenty-first.

However, the manner in which this flame was born was something that could not be ignored.

It was born in the void of the universe, with two flames of black and white intertwined, swimming like Yin Yang twin fish.

Yin and Yang were the laws of nature, the origin that nurtured all things in the world.

The Yin Yang Twin Flames born from this origin were one of the flame forms manifested by the origin, filled with the dual powers of life and death.

The Yang Flame could save people, endless and unceasing.

The Yin Flame could kill, leaving not even ashes behind.

The upper limit of the Yin Yang Twin Flames was absolutely high, but because the Yin Yang origin was extremely difficult to obtain, its growth was exceptionally hard.

"Yin and Yang are the origin that nurtures all things in the world."

"As the saying goes, the One begets the Two, the Two begets the Three, and the Three begets all things."

"Saint Zaohua... no wonder he was called Saint Zaohua. If he had enough opportunities, could he have perhaps become the Yin Yang Demon Saint?"

"He truly was a terrifying person!"

Although he hadn't brought the Purple Heaven Flame with him on this trip, Xiao Ting's own strength was sufficient. With a wave of his hand, he subdued the Yin Yang Twin Flames and imprinted his soul brand upon them.

The moment the Yin Yang Twin Flames submitted, a vast amount of information surfaced, resolving his doubts while also confirming many of his conjectures.

Saint Zaohua was actually a Yin Yang Mysterious Flood Dragon, a subordinate of the Void Ancient Dragon. After breaking through to the seventh rank, he had coincidentally subdued the Yin Yang Twin Flames and awakened a trace of the Void Ancient Dragon lineage within his body.

Proficient in the power of Yin and Yang as well as spatial power, and possessing the natural treasure known as the taixu diagram, he began to rise within the Beast Region.

The title of Saint Zaohua also began to emerge!