290: Chapter 290 Not attached to material things, understanding one's true nature, upholding the Way as one.

Boom!!!

It did not come from within the hall, but from the outside, from the summit of Qingtian Peak, in the direction of the Taihu Divine Temple!

A seven-colored divine light, purer, vaster, and pointing more directly to the Origin than when the taihu tripod recognized its master, pierced through the roof of the Moon Fox Palace. Ignoring all Restriction, it precisely enveloped Xu Ruyu.

Within the divine light were contained indescribable dao rhyme of heaven and earth, fragments of Law, and a kind of... scrutiny and approval that seemed to come from a higher dimension!

Immediately following, a light voice, as if it had crossed endless time and space, yet was clearly resounding in the depths of everyone's Soul, descended from the sky:

"Wonderful."

"Unattached to objects, unconfused by power, not lost in strength."

"Seeing the true nature of the mind, holding the Dao as one."

"Congratulations, little friend, for seeing through the illusion and passing the final stage of our clan's 'Nine Rings of Linglong' — the 'Heart of Dao-Seeking'."

This voice was ethereal and distant, yet carried supreme majesty. It was somewhat similar to the voice of the ancestors mark of the Taihu Clan, yet more transcendent, and more... vivid?

Everyone looked up in horror!

They saw that above the dome of the Moon Fox Palace, which had been pierced by the divine light, two figures were slowly drifting down from the Void Realm.

The person in front was actually a Little Girl, looking about eight or nine years old, carved from pink jade, with two sheep-horn braids, wearing a seven-colored Fairy dress, and barefoot with a pair of snow-white little feet!

In the Little Girl's arms, she was holding a snow-white little fox without a single speck of other color, with deep, starry purple eyes, and a fluffy, soft tail.

And the figure behind was none other than the dark golden taihu tripod that had disappeared after speaking with the ancestors mark of the Taihu Clan!

At this moment, its light was restrained, and it followed quietly behind the Little Girl.

That light speech did not come from the mouth of the Little Girl, but... was uttered from the mouth of the snow-white little fox in her arms!

The little fox was lazily curled up in the Little Girl's arms, its purple eyes seemingly containing the Universe and stars. It opened its mouth slightly, and that ethereal and majestic voice rang out again:

"The Heart of Dao-Seeking is formless and shapeless. It is not a test, but a verification."

"Holding the tripod is an Opportunity, letting go of the tripod is the mind."

"Where the heart points, the Dao exists."

"To be able to hold fast to one's own Dao before supreme Opportunity, and not forget one's original intention under overwhelming power—this heart and this will constitute the true 'Heart of Dao-Seeking'."

Following its words, the seven-colored divine light enveloping Xu Ruyu became even richer, rapidly repairing his spirit which had been damaged due to cutting off the connection, nourishing his Dao foundation, and even faintly resonating with the True Explanation of Taixu Source Energy within his body, seeming to inject some mysterious insights about "purity of the Dao Heart" and the "essence of rules".

Xu Ruyu bathed in the divine light, his injuries recovering rapidly. His aura became even more condensed and transparent, and his eyes clearer and firmer.

He stared blankly at the one person and one fox descending from the sky, especially at the Little Girl who was holding the little fox, winking playfully at him, and smiling brightly—

"Fairy Qing Tian...?!"

Xu Ruyu called out involuntarily.

This Little Girl was clearly the mysterious Little Girl that Fairy Qing Tian had taken away when the Divine Thought Incarnation of Old Ancestor Qingtian left the Ningyin Hall of the Hehuan Sect back then!

How could she be here?! And why was she holding such a mysterious little fox?

And what made all members of the Taihu Clan tremble in their Souls, almost wanting to prostrate themselves on the ground, was—

As the one person and one fox slowly landed, the snow-white little fox in the Little Girl's arms suddenly rippled with soft moonlight.

Within the clear radiance, its figure rapidly lengthened and changed...

In the blink of an eye, the lazy and cute little fox had disappeared.

In its place, a woman stood there quietly, wearing a flowing Fairy dress as white and flawless as if woven from moonlight, with a graceful and slender figure, and a beauty so stunning it could not be described in words, as if she had condensed all the spiritual grace and coldness of the moon in the world.

Her purple eyes were like a sea of stars, and her gaze seemed capable of stirring the stars of the heavens. Nine fluffy, soft, snow-white fox tails, tipped with starlight, swayed gently behind her unconsciously.

A breath far more vast, deep, ancient, and... vivid and powerful than the Supreme Mage, and even the previous ancestors mark of the Taihu Clan, spread out like mercury pouring onto the ground, enveloping the entire Moon Fox Palace and the entire Tianyin Mountains!

In the face of this aura, even the Clan Chief and the Supreme Mage felt as small as dust!

All the members of the Taihu Clan, the moment they saw the face of the woman in the white dress and felt the absolute suppression and intimacy from the source of their Bloodline, were as if pulled by an invisible force, kneeling on the ground in unison, bowing their heads deeply, and shouting in trembling yet incomparably devout voices, like a landslide and tsunami:

"Pay respects to Ancestor Tianhu!!!"

The sound was filled with endless excitement, fanaticism, and faith!

Ancestor Tianhu!

The supreme existence in the legends of the Taihu Clan, more ancient than the Immortal Master Baihong who left behind the Heaven-Climbing Ladder, regarded as the ancient ancestor who is the guardian deity and spiritual totem of the Taihu Clan!

Legend has it that she had long since transcended this realm and was wandering the sea of stars. Who would have thought she would personally descend today?!

Xu Ruyu was also stunned.

Ancestor Tianhu? This little fox? The little fox that Fairy Qing Tian was holding was actually Ancestor Tianhu from the legends of the Taihu Clan?!

Then Fairy Qing Tian, she...

Ancestor Tianhu's purple eyes shifted, first sweeping lightly over the kneeling crowd, her gaze lingering briefly on Mo Feng and a few others who had strongly opposed just now. Those people immediately felt as if they had fallen into an ice cellar, shivering, their breathing almost stopping.