401: Fuxi Guaxiang, the trap of the ancient starry road

After the three left the Nü Wa Temple, Ye Xuan suddenly stopped and took out a faintly glowing tortoise shell from his embrace.

This was something the Great Shaman had quietly left in his lapel before his dissipation.

"This is..."

Fire Linger leaned in to look closely, discovering complex astrological patterns carved on the tortoise shell.

The moment these patterns appeared, Fire Linger felt dizzy and disoriented.

Clearly, Fire Linger's power was insufficient, and she was completely unable to perceive the content on the tortoise shell.

Forcibly observing it would only damage her Divine Thought.

"It's Fuxi's trigrams."

Fuxi, in his time, used tortoise shells as a foundation, imbued them with the Divine Power of trigrams, and left 64 such shells hidden across countless Great Realms.

Each of these tortoise shells concealed the Divine Power of Fuxi's trigrams; by divining the trigrams, one could discover the location of the Fuxi Temple.

However, the power of the trigrams was not something ordinary people could divine; it would require at least the power of a Great Emperor to achieve it.

Although Fire Linger had inherited the power of the Ancestral Dragon, her strength had not yet reached that of a Great Emperor, so she was temporarily unable to visualize the tortoise shell.

Ye Xuan gently stroked the tortoise shell with his fingertip, slowly injecting a wisp of spiritual power.

Upon receiving the spiritual power, the trigrams suddenly seemed to come alive, and all the Bagua patterns slowly emerged in the Void Realm.

That powerful Divine Power instantly enveloped the three of them at that moment.

The moment the powerful and dazzling light appeared, an ultimate ancient starry road emerged before them.

This ancient starry road projected a three-dimensional map in the Void Realm.

"This is the star road leading to the Fuxi Temple."

Upon seeing this ancient road, Tang Linglong frowned and looked into the distance: "The people of the Immortal Palace must have already set up an ambush there."

"Not necessarily."

Ye Xuan put away the tortoise shell, and the originally shining ancient starry road disappeared. A hint of purple light flashed in Ye Xuan's eyes.

"The Fuxi Temple is different from the Nü Wa Temple; it exists between reality and illusion. Only those who receive guidance can find the true entrance, and even if one finds the temple, they may not be able to enter it and obtain its treasures."

"If there's anyone in this world who can enter the Fuxi Temple, it can only be me."

Ye Xuan said lightly.

Although he didn't want to admit the connection between him and Tai Hao, everything in that illusion made him understand.

He was Tai Hao, but no matter what his identity was before, in this life, he would only be Ye Xuan.

"That's good."

Tang Linglong and Fire Linger breathed a sigh of relief.

The strength of the Immortal Palace was extremely formidable.

After learning about Night Wu Shang's matter, they all knew it.

Night Wu Shang's strength was not as simple as they had imagined.

Moreover, if the Haotian Pagoda had already become a demonic artifact, then the Kongtong Seal, whose power had not fully recovered, would not be its opponent.

Therefore, the power of the Kongtong Seal had to be restored as quickly as possible.

Ye Xuan raised his hand, and the next moment, the ancient starry road once again unfolded before them.

The ancient starry road wound and stretched before the three, each star shimmering with a unique light.

Just as Ye Xuan was about to step forward, he suddenly frowned and reached out to stop the two women behind him.

"Wait."

He condensed a wisp of purple Qi on his fingertip and gently tapped the nearest star.

That star suddenly twisted and deformed, revealing black, wriggling matter inside.

"It's a trap."

Ye Xuan said in a deep voice, "Someone has tampered with the star road."

Fire Linger gasped: "Is it someone from the Immortal Palace? Or was the old woman just now actually a trap?"

"No."

The purple light in Ye Xuan's eyes flared brightly, but it was quickly replaced by the golden light of the Kongtong Seal.

"It's an existence even older than the Immortal Palace."

Of course, Ye Xuan wouldn't confuse the powers of Night Wu Shang and Tai Hao.

That power just now was clearly the power of Tai Hao.

Under the influence of Ye Xuan's spiritual power.

The ancient starry road suddenly began to tremble, and the contaminated stars extinguished one after another.

In their place, three star roads appeared, each leading in a different direction.

"Three paths?"

Tang Linglong tightened her grip on her sword hilt; clearly, she was a bit nervous at this moment.

Ye Xuan gazed at the three star roads and suddenly chuckled lightly: "So that's it, Fuxi's test: Past, Present, Future."

He pointed to the dim star road on the left: "This path leads to where we came from."

Then he pointed to the dazzling star road on the right: "That one leads to where we are going."

Finally, he pointed to the faintly visible path in the middle: "And this one is the true path of the present."

The two women nodded upon hearing Ye Xuan's words.

They naturally trusted Ye Xuan immensely.

The three of them walked onto the ancient starry road together.

Just then, a rift suddenly appeared in the Void Realm.

A hand wrapped in a purple-gold chain suddenly stretched out and grabbed Fire Linger's ankle!

"Be careful!"

Tang Linglong's sword light was like lightning, striking at the strange hand.

The sword edge collided with the chain, erupting in dazzling sparks.

The strange hand released its grip, but left a purple-gold brand on Fire Linger's ankle.

And this purple-gold brand slowly coiled upwards along her ankle.

At this moment, Fire Linger's brows were tightly furrowed.

Because with every inch this purple-gold brand ascended, it brought her bone-gnawing pain.

And on Tang Linglong's side, a similar brand appeared on her arm as well.

"Husband, it seems we cannot go together."

After Fire Linger and Tang Linglong exchanged glances, they quickly understood.

This ancient road only allowed Ye Xuan to go alone.

The two of them could not follow.

"No, you..."

Ye Xuan frowned, just about to use his power to suppress the brands for the two women.

But before he could act, Tang Linglong stopped him.

"Ye Xuan, this time you must obtain the Xuanyuan Sword, not just for Yue Xuan who disappeared to protect you, but also for the Ye family. Go quickly, we will wait for you to return at the Ye family."

"We will wait until you return, don't forget our children."

Tang Linglong resolutely refused Ye Xuan's power, spoke firmly, and then jumped off the ancient starry road without hesitation.

"Husband, I am very happy to be your wife, so you must succeed. I will wait for you to return."

Fire Linger also took one last look at Ye Xuan, then jumped off the ancient starry road with attachment and reluctance.

In just an instant, the two women had disappeared.

"Linglong, Ling'er."

Ye Xuan looked at the place where they had jumped down; there was no one there anymore.

All that remained was endless starlight falling.

It seemed that once they left the ancient starry road, they were no longer in the same space.

Ye Xuan no longer hesitated; Tang Linglong and Fire Linger had voluntarily left so as not to burden him, so he could not let down their expectations.

Taking a deep breath, Ye Xuan advanced along the ancient road.

Along the way, Ye Xuan noticed that all around him were phantoms of events from his first half of life.

From the very beginning of Cultivating, to fighting with others, then to him growing old with white hair and about to perish, and then to the competitions and rise of his clansmen.