211: Chapter 211 Failed Attempt, Analysis of the Reasons!

Hongmeng Immortal Light surged violently in Lin Yi's eyes.

He could see more clearly now.

Su Yuxi's Empress Dao Rhyme was unlocking upward.

Shen Qingyue's Tai Chu Primordial Origin was reinforcing the formation downward.

The directions of these two forces should have been compatible.

But after the incomplete Dao Mark of Tai Su on the door was triggered, it acted like a broken bone spur, wedged between the two forces.

When the silver-white dao rhyme touched it, it was immediately repelled.

The cyan-white Primordial Origin tried to repair it, but was backlashed by it instead.

The Dao Patterns on the stone door suddenly flared brightly.

The next instant. Boom!

A force of backlash erupted from within the door.

Su Yuxi's shoulders trembled, and her silver-white divine light was disrupted for a moment.

Shen Qingyue was forced back two steps, her palms leaving the stone door.

She lowered her hands, her fingertips trembling slightly, her entire arm feeling as if it had been pierced by cold air.

"Sister Qingyue!" Chu Wanqing immediately stood up.

Lin Yi was faster.

He stepped in front of the two, slashing horizontally with his god-slaying sword.

The grey-black airflow lunging out from the stone door was cleaved in two by the sword light.

The lid of the immortal burial coffin opened a crack, directly swallowing the remaining black Qi.

Thud! The coffin lid closed.

The underground palace stabilized once again.

Wang Hong and several other Elders acted simultaneously, suppressing and extinguishing the black threads scattering around.

Xu Chen swung the ancient desolate hall down toward the ground.

"Don't run!" "Let me show you what a brick-style Seal is!"

With a boom, gravel flew everywhere, and several wisps of black threads were smashed into grey smoke.

Chu Wanqing's eyelids twitched at the sight.

"Xu Chen, take it easy." "Don't collapse the underground palace first!"

Xu Chen hugged the ancient desolate hall, his expression dead serious.

"Don't worry, Sister Wanqing." "This is a precision strike."

No sooner had he finished speaking than a piece of gravel fell from overhead, landing right by his feet.

Xu Chen silently took a step back.

"Brother Underground Palace, give me some Face."

No one could laugh. Because the condition of both Su Yuxi and Shen Qingyue was not good.

Su Yuxi closed her eyes, and the silver-white dao light between her brows stabilized once again.

She had just completed the Fusion of her Dao Fruit, and her Divine Soul had already undergone a major scouring.

This backlash nearly disrupted the aura of the Dao Fruit that she had just stabilized.

Shen Qingyue raised her hand; her fingertips tingled with numbness, and several thin grey lines remained on her palm.

Those thin lines twisted like worms.

Lin Yi gripped her wrist. His god-slaying sword intent flowed through his fingertips into her.

Sss! A faint cracking sound. The grey lines were slashed and extinguished.

Shen Qingyue's eyelashes fluttered, and she said in a low voice, "I'm fine."

Lin Yi looked at her. "Don't push yourself."

Shen Qingyue nodded gently. "Mm."

Su Yuxi also walked over. She looked at Shen Qingyue's palm, then at the Dao Mark of Tai Su on the stone door, which had dimmed once again.

Both of their expressions became complicated at the same time.

Lin Yi scanned their expressions. "What happened?"

Shen Qingyue did not answer immediately. Su Yuxi was also silent for a moment.

The only sound remaining in the underground palace was the gentle vibration of the stone door.

The cold sensation behind the door was still there. It was like a snake hiding in the darkness, waiting for everyone to continue making mistakes.

Wang Hong realized the situation was inconvenient and immediately led the Elders to retreat.

"Saint, we will guard the rear." "If any more black Qi rushes out, leave it to us."

Xu Chen also sensibly dragged the ancient desolate hall back. However, he kept looking back every few steps, muttering under his breath.

"This expression isn't right." "Something big must have happened."

Chu Wanqing did not retreat too far either. She stood behind and to the side of Lin Yi, clutching her imperial zither, the lotus mark between her brows flickering.

"So what exactly happened?" "For the first attempt to fail, there must be a reason, right?"

Shen Qingyue and Su Yuxi exchanged a glance again. This time, Shen Qingyue spoke first.

"The problem is not with the door."

Su Yuxi followed up. "It's with the people!"

Xu Chen's ears perked up. "Huh?"

Wang Hong pressed down on his shoulder. "Stop prying!"

Xu Chen's mouth twitched. "Elder Wang, my ears have minds of their own."

Wang Hong glanced at him coldly. "Then I will hold them down for you."

Xu Chen immediately quieted down.

Lin Yi's gaze fell onto the Dao Patterns on the stone door. "Explain clearly."

Shen Qingyue took a gentle breath. Her Face still wore a cold expression, but her earlobes were tinged with an unnatural red.

"The Seal from back then was not just a superposition of power."

"The Empress Dao Rhyme, Tai Chu Primordial Origin, and Taisu Origin—the three need to be in harmony and synchronization."

"Just now, both Yu Xi's and my powers reached the door."

"But our respective dao rhymes did not truly lock together."

Su Yuxi added, "When sealing the door in the previous life, the Shen Family and the Cultivators of the Heaven and Earth Gate who had not betrayed us used their Bloodline and Divine Soul as a bridge."

"They did not cast spells individually." "Instead, they twisted their power into one strand before handing it to me to Seal the door."

Hearing this, Chu Wanqing's fingertips paused on the strings.

"In other words, the three of us were just doing our own thing earlier." "The door could recognize the power, but couldn't feel the unity?"

Shen Qingyue nodded. "More or less."

Xu Chen lowered his voice in the back. "Then why not hold hands and open it together?"

Wang Hong expressionlessly covered his mouth. "Shut up."

Lin Yi raised his hand and pressed his brow. He looked at the stone door.

The upgraded Primordial Immortal Pupil continued to peel away the deep structures of the Dao Patterns.

As expected. Between the Empress Dao Rhyme and the Tai Chu Primordial Origin, it was not a lack of strength.

What they truly lacked was a bridge that could connect the two.

And that incomplete Dao Mark of Tai Su was where the bridge was broken.

It was like two rivers pouring water into the door, but the riverbed in the middle had collapsed.

The greater the water, the more chaotic the rush. No wonder there was a backlash earlier.

Lin Yi withdrew his gaze. "Can't we repair the Dao Mark of Tai Su?"

Shen Qingyue shook her head. "The Taisu Origin should have been replenished by a direct descendant of the Heaven and Earth Gate."

"After Xu Tian died, his Taisu Origin was refined by me."

"Although the Origin can be refined, it cannot make up for the compatibility of the ancient method from back then."

"This door recognizes the intertwining of dao rhymes."

Su Yuxi's fingertips gently brushed across the center of the stone door. "If we force it open, the door will shatter."

"The moment the door shatters, the aura from behind it will rush in directly."

Chu Wanqing turned pale. "Doesn't that mean opening the door for Calamity Heaven?"

Xu Chen couldn't help but interject. "And we have to roll out the red carpet for it too?"

Wang Hong pinched the back of his neck, gritting his teeth. "If you interject again, I will hang you on the door!"

Xu Chen immediately raised his hands in surrender. "Don't, Elder Wang, I'll shut up."

Lin Yi looked at Su Yuxi and Shen Qingyue. "So what is still missing?"

As soon as these words were spoken, Shen Qingyue's expression became even more unnatural. Su Yuxi also rarely looked away.

Chu Wanqing had been nervous, but seeing the reaction of the two, her heart suddenly skipped a beat.

She looked at Shen Qingyue, then at Su Yuxi, and finally at Lin Yi.

"Wait." "Why is your expression not quite right?"

Shen Qingyue said in a low voice, "In the ancient method, there is a way."

She paused, and the underground palace suddenly became excessively quiet.

Even Xu Chen pricked up his ears, not daring to quip again.

The red tint on Shen Qingyue's earlobes became even more obvious.

"If there is no complete Tai Su Legacy, then one needs to use the Tai Chu as a guide, the Empress Dao Rhyme as a lock, and borrow a main furnace capable of bearing both Origins."

Su Yuxi bit her lower lip and continued, "The main furnace must make both sides have absolutely no rejection." "Divine Souls must be connected." "Qi and blood must circulate in the same loop." "dao rhymes must be shared between each other."

Chu Wanqing blinked. She understood half of it. The other half was racing toward a very dangerous direction.

She hugged the imperial zither tightly, her voice becoming a bit thinner. "So, who is the main furnace?"