570: Three-point defense

The further down they went, the more intense the sorrowful, sacred aura became.

Finally, at the end of the stairs, the view opened up suddenly.

This was an immensely huge underground cavern with a high, vaulted ceiling embedded with countless self-illuminating, exotic crystals, resembling an inverted starry sky.

In the center of the cavern was a massive circular pool constructed from warm, white jade.

The pool had long since dried up, but in its center, a nine-segmented lotus root, about three feet long, crystalline and jade-like throughout, and emitting a warm, Chaos glow, was floating silently!

Around the lotus root, hazy chaos qi flowed naturally, evolving the phenomena of earth, water, fire, and wind, and the creation of the world; it was precisely the lotus root of the chaos green lotus!

However, surrounding this supreme sacred object sat three skeletal remains clad in ancient armor, their auras as vast as an abyss!

Although the remains were withered, they still maintained their seated postures from when they were alive, facing the lotus root like the most loyal of guards.

The pressure emanating from them made even Ye Xuan narrow his eyes slightly; these were supreme experts who were infinitely close to the dao source level, perhaps even having one foot already stepped into that Domain!

Even after countless ages, their remains alone were enough to suppress and kill ordinary Emperor Realm experts!

What was even more alarming was that on the white jade ground between the three remains and the lotus root, a massive, dark red Formation was inscribed, covering the entire area of the pool.

The lines of the Formation were incredibly complex and profound, vaguely forming a stable triangular structure, with the three vertices being the places where the three remains had passed away, and the center enveloping the lotus root.

The Formation was emitting a faint yet eternal ripple, tightly linking the lotus root and the three remains together, forming a fatal configuration of shared life and death.

"Three-Origin Guardian Formation!"

Yue Xuan saw the Formation clearly, her cold, clear voice carrying a rare hint of shock and a trace of sorrow.

"A shared-fate protective Restriction laid down using the Origin and remains of three experts of the same level! If the Formation exists, the object exists; if the Formation is broken, the object is destroyed. The energy of the lotus root and the remains are completely connected! Forcibly breaking the Formation or taking the lotus root will not only trigger a frantic backlash from the residual Origin of the three experts, but it may also directly destroy the lotus root."

Ye Xuan gazed at the Formation and the three remains, his brows slightly furrowed.

This means of protection was truly resolute.

The one who set up the Formation did not seem to care if a latecomer could take the lotus root; instead, they used this method to add the sturdiest safeguard to the lotus root.

Just at this moment.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The entire underground cavern shook violently! The Three-Origin Guardian Formation, which had been silent for who knows how many tens of thousands of years, suddenly lit up with a blinding blood-red light!

The three remains simultaneously erupted with a terrifying pressure capable of shaking the galaxies!

At the same time, an unprecedentedly cold, clear moonlight erupted from Yue Xuan, producing an indescribable resonance with the Formation, the remains, and even the chaos green lotus lotus root in the center!

Countless fragmented images, chaotic information, and surging emotions, like a dam breaking, rushed into Yue Xuan's mind and were also reflected in the void of the cavern!

Ye Xuan saw, in the images, a green lotus that propped open the Chaos and created all things.

There were three figures standing tall between heaven and earth, fighting to the death to protect the fragments of the green lotus, and another who, at the final moment, stripped away their own true spirit and moon essence Origin, transforming into a child and casting themselves into the world.

Yue Xuan let out a cry of extreme pain, the moonlight around her body interweaving with the blood-red light of the Formation, and her aura began to climb wildly as her originally blurred memories quickly became complete like a puzzle!

"I remember now. I am Taiyin, not Feng Lixi; that was just a false memory. I am one of the three who guarded the green lotus."

Yue Xuan finally recalled her Origin.

Ye Xuan watched Yue Xuan. He had long guessed that Yue Xuan's Origin was not Feng Lixi; that power of moonlight belonged only to the Taiyin woman, while Feng Lixi and Tai Hao were the ancestral gods, and Yue Xuan had only carried a trace of memory.

However, these things had to be realized by Yue Xuan herself; otherwise, if he had said it, Yue Xuan might have thought he was lying.

"Ye Xuan, for this Formation, the lotus root requires the Three-Origins to return to their places, willingly, in order to be obtained. I am that missing key."

"They are the Sun, Ziwei, and the northern dipper deity."

Yue Xuan's voice was no longer lost; it carried an ancient rhythm as she pointed to the three remains.

"The four of us, having received the grace of the chaos green lotus's creation, wielded the Star Power of the four symbols: Taiyin, Sun, Ziwei, and the northern dipper deity. We once swore an oath to protect the Origin of the green lotus until eternity."

Her gaze fell on the crystalline lotus root in the center: "In that battle, heaven and earth collapsed, the Chaos overturned, and the green lotus shattered. We four fought to the death to protect this most important piece of the lotus root, fighting and retreating, eventually falling into the Eye of Guixu formed by the turbulence of time and space."

"The Sun, Ziwei, and the northern dipper deity exhausted their Origins, their oil running dry, so they used their final strength to lay down this Three-Origin Guardian Formation, connecting their remains with the lotus root, becoming eternal. And I..."

"I was also severely injured at the time, my true spirit about to dissipate. To preserve a glimmer of hope, I stripped away most of my memories and obsession, merged them into a wisp of moon essence Origin, transformed into a child, and cast myself into the turbulence of time and space, hoping that a fated person in the future would bring it back, open this Formation, take the lotus root, and continue the creation of the green lotus."

"As for my broken body and my last shred of consciousness, they remained here, turning into a sort of muddled existence."

She looked at Ye Xuan, her eyes complex: "I originally thought I was just an ordinary spirit body possessing ancient memories, and even mistakenly thought I was related to Feng Lixi. So, I was just an obsession."

Ye Xuan listened quietly, his expression calm.

He had long since guessed that Yue Xuan's Origin was of the same source as the Taiyin Star Power and was by no means ordinary.

Feng Lixi was a creator deity, and while she had Origins with the Dao of Moonlight, it was essentially different.

Now that the truth was revealed, everything fell into place.

"So."

Ye Xuan spoke, his voice steady.

"To open this Formation and take the lotus root, you need to return to your place?"

"It requires the Three-Origins to be complete and willing."

Yue Xuan corrected him, looking toward the three remains.

"They have long since passed away, leaving behind only the remains guarded by their obsession and the power of the Formation. And my current Incarnation of obsession is the final link to complete the Three-Origins."

"Only by voluntarily entering into Fusion with the Formation and triggering the recognition of their residual will can I temporarily calm the backlash of the Formation and safely take the lotus root."

She paused, looked at Ye Xuan, and revealed an extremely faint yet incredibly genuine smile: "This is my mission, and also my final destination. Being able to meet you, retrieve my memories, and complete this final responsibility, I have no regrets."

The implication was that she was prepared to sacrifice this Incarnation of obsession and dissipate completely.

Ye Xuan was silent for a moment.

The cavern was silent, with only the dark red light of the Formation and the Chaos radiance of the lotus root flowing slightly.

He could feel that Yue Xuan's words came from the heart; it was a vow of protection that spanned countless ages and originated from the very source of life.

"If you undergo Fusion with the Formation, what will happen to you?"

Ye Xuan asked.

"This Incarnation of obsession will undergo Fusion with the power of their remains, completely activating and stabilizing the Formation."

Yue Xuan explained calmly.