718: Chapter 719 Ancient Secrets

Yue Liuli's eyes narrowed slightly, and a faint wisp of Taiyin Divine Thought quietly spread out, sweeping over the kneeling Old Ancestor Hanpo and the group of Elders.

Sensing the genuine awe and sincerity within their Divine Souls, her voice rang out again:

"Rise and speak. Although the Hanyue Mind-Cultivation Technique within you is disorganized, its roots indeed stem from the outer Sect of my palace."

Old Ancestor Hanpo felt as if he had been granted a great amnesty. He bowed deeply once more before rising tremulously with the support of the Elders beside him, yet he remained bowed with his head lowered:

"Thank you, Ancestral Master, for your clear judgment!"

Yue Liuli's gaze turned toward the empty plain once more:

"Do you know why the Taiyin Immortal Palace went into 'seclusion' back then? Did your ancestors leave behind any words at all?"

Old Ancestor Hanpo's expression turned solemn, knowing that the Ancestral Master was asking about the greatest secret buried in time.

He quickly composed himself, striving to recall the oldest fragments of the Sect's Legacy, his tone grave and puzzled:

"Reporting to Ancestral Master, regarding the 'disappearance' of the Immortal Palace, the oldest Jade Slips in the Sect only contain an extremely vague record..."

He paused slightly:

"'On that day, the immeasurable light of the Immortal Palace suddenly withdrew, as if seized by an invisible, great power. It collapsed rapidly, turning into an imperceptible point of chaotic flowing light, and vanished in an instant. Immediately after, the world was empty, and all sounds were silenced...'"

"As for why it disappeared or who did it, the Jade Slips have no record. The ancestors seemed... afraid to record it, or perhaps they had no way of knowing."

Yue Liuli listened quietly, the moonlight flowing around her becoming a few degrees colder.

Old Ancestor Hanpo stole a glance at Yue Liuli's expression, swallowed hard, and continued:

"There is one more thing. This was not recorded in the Jade Slips, but was rather a few sleep-talking words I heard by chance from the Sect's Grandmaster when I was young.

Grandmaster said that it was also just something he heard passed down by word of mouth from his own Grandmaster, long unverifiable and treated only as an ancient legend..."

"Speak," Yue Liuli's voice was flat.

"Yes." Old Ancestor Hanpo took a deep breath.

"Grandmaster said that not long after the catastrophe that shattered the Ancient Immortal Domain, a brief but extremely terrifying 'upheaval' seemed to have broken out in the surviving world."

His voice lowered unconsciously, carrying the tremor of relaying an ancient fear:

"The legends claim that foreign enemies were suspected to have suddenly arrived, their momentum overwhelming, causing the sea of stars to shake and fall. Many Peak Legacies suddenly disappeared at that time, leaving no trace."

He looked up, his face filled with deep confusion:

"But the strange thing is, that upheaval came quickly and left quickly, as if it were abruptly quelled in an extremely short period of time.

Afterward, the Ancient Immortal Domain truly entered a long and chaotic period of recovery..."

"At that time, the catastrophe had just passed, the world was unstable, the Laws were in disarray, and everyone was in danger. The survivors were all busy protecting themselves or fighting for the few remaining broken mountains and rivers.

That brief upheaval and the abrupt disappearance of many forces were quickly forgotten and buried in the chaotic era of blood and corpses that followed, and no one delved deeper into the truth...

Over time, it only remained in the most ancient, scattered legends, its authenticity hard to distinguish."

After Old Ancestor Hanpo finished speaking, he added cautiously: "These are just scattered legends I heard; I do not know if they will be of any help to the Ancestral Master?"

Yue Liuli was silent for a moment.

Foreign enemies suddenly arriving? Many Peak Legacies suddenly disappearing? The upheaval quickly quelled? History replaced by legend?

This scattered, word-of-mouth information matched the scene she had just seen of the mysterious person taking the Immortal Palace, and the clues Gu Changge mentioned regarding the similar disappearance of the Taichu Divine Palace...

Gu Changge had turned around at some point, his calm gaze falling on Old Ancestor Hanpo.

"Do you know if those legends of the Ancient Immortal Domain mention any other top Legacies that suddenly disappeared?"

Old Ancestor Hanpo pondered for a moment upon hearing this and said: "I vaguely heard the ancestors mention that there seemed to be the Taichu Divine Palace, the Wuji Divine Hall, the Jiuhua Divine Sect..."

Yue Liuli slowly recovered herself, suppressing the stormy waves in her heart, and said solemnly:

"When the Ancient Immortal Domain was at its Peak, the Wuji Divine Hall, the Jiuhua Divine Sect, the Great Zhou Divine Dynasty, and others were on par with my Taiyin Immortal Palace.

They were all Immortal Emperor-level forces with unfathomable Foundations, each ruling over a portion of the Ancient Immortal Domain."

Gu Changge's gaze became increasingly profound after hearing Yue Liuli's introduction.

He slowly turned around and cast his gaze toward the distant horizon: "Let's go and see the next location."

Yue Liuli understood that he was going to verify those legends.

The Wuji Divine Hall, the Jiuhua Divine Sect... had these top ancient forces that were as famous as the Taiyin Immortal Palace suffered the same fate?

"Alright," Yue Liuli replied, then looked at Old Ancestor Hanpo, who was still kneeling on the ground, a trace of complex emotion flitting through her eyes.

These descendants, although established by the outer Sect and possessing an incomplete Legacy, had ultimately guarded this homeland for millions of years.

Now that the truth of the Immortal Palace was clear, this persistence, though sorrowful, deserved an explanation.

Yue Liuli finally gave a soft sigh and flicked her finger, sending a wisp of pure and gentle Taiyin Origin energy like a shooting star into Old Ancestor Hanpo's forehead.

"This is the introductory manual of the 'Taiyin Ice Soul Chapter,' originating from the core Legacy of the Hanyue Pool lineage of the outer Sect back then. It can help you cleanse your Foundation and purify your Dao Body. If you cultivate diligently, there may be a slim chance of glimpsing the realm of an Immortal Venerable in the future."

As that bit of Origin entered his body, Old Ancestor Hanpo's entire body shook violently!

He felt a cool and vast, yet gentle as a mother's womb, Taiyin Dao Rhyme explode within his body, instantly dispersing the Impurities and Bottlenecks accumulated over years of bitter cultivation.

His originally disorganized Hanyue Mind-Cultivation Technique, under the guidance of this extremely pure Origin, actually began to spontaneously circulate, purify, and sublimate!

The Immortal Sovereign Peak Bottleneck that had troubled him for tens of thousands of years actually showed obvious signs of loosening at this moment!

An unprecedented sense of clarity and power surged through his entire body!

"This... this is..."

Old Ancestor Hanpo was so excited that he was incoherent. Tears streamed down his old face as he repeatedly kowtowed to Yue Liuli, his forehead hitting the ground with a thumping sound:

"Thank you, Ancestral Master, for bestowing the technique! Thank you, Ancestral Master, for the grace of rebirth! I, Disciple Hanpo, will certainly fulfill my duties and never forget Ancestral Master's kindness even in death!

The entire Mystic Ice Pavilion will guard the Saint Ruins for generations, awaiting the Ancestral Master's decree!"

The Elders behind him were also extremely excited and kowtowed one after another.

Yue Liuli looked at them, her voice returning to its cool indifference:

"Regarding today's events, including my appearance, none of it is to be spread to the outside. You all shall act as if you have never seen us, and as if there has never been any unusual movement here. If a single word is leaked..."

She did not finish, but the cold moonlight that flashed through her silver eyes caused everyone's heart to tremble, and a chill arose.

"Disciple understands! I swear by my Divine Soul that what I have seen and heard today will never be leaked! If I violate this, may heaven and earth jointly execute me!"

Old Ancestor Hanpo immediately swore an oath, and the people behind him quickly followed suit.

Yue Liuli nodded slightly and said no more.

She took one last look at this vast plain, her former home, which now only remained as an erased blankness.

Turning around, Yue Liuli stepped onto the immortal boat, where Gu Changge was already standing at the bow.

Silver light flowed around the immortal boat as it floated silently, waiting for its next destination.

"Where to?" Yue Liuli asked.

"The former site of the Wuji Divine Hall," Gu Changge said calmly, his gaze already fixed on another point of light on the star map.

Yue Liuli asked no more. She went to the star map and her fingertips quickly slid and located positions on the complex Star Domain map.

A moment later, she pointed to a broken Ancient Immortal Domain marked as the "Wuwang Wasteland."

"This place should have been the core of the Zichen Heaven Domain in ancient times, where the Wuji Divine Hall was located. Based on current star map calculations, the position should be correct."

"Let's go," Gu Changge nodded.

The immortal boat vibrated slightly, its silver light flourishing as it slowly turned its direction.

In the next moment, it silently tore through space, turning into a fine stream of light that entered the ripples of the Void Realm, disappearing from the sky above the Cold Moon Immortal Realm.

At the edge of the ancient plain, Old Ancestor Hanpo and the others remained kneeling for a long time. It wasn't until that heart-palpitating pressure had completely dissipated and a long time had passed that they dared to slowly look up.

Looking at the empty sky and feeling the pure and surging Taiyin Dao Rhyme within his body, Old Ancestor Hanpo felt as if he were in a dream.

Millions of years of waiting had actually brought about the return of the Ancestral Master. Although the truth brought back was so cruel, she had also bestowed a true Legacy and hope.

"Pass down the order!"

Old Ancestor Hanpo slowly rose, the excitement on his face not yet faded, but he had already regained the majesty of a Pavilion Master.

"Everything on the ancient plain today is as usual; no outsiders have ever intruded, and there have never been any anomalies. All Disciples are strictly forbidden from discussing this. Violators... will have their cultivation base abolished and be expelled from the Sect!"

"Yes!" the Elders responded in unison.

Old Ancestor Hanpo took one last look at the vast plain, touched the warm moonlight mark on his forehead, bowed deeply, and then led the group away as streaks of light.