126: Starlight Cocoon, Ye Qingxian awakens!

The Ancient Star Tomb has existed for tens of billions of years.

It has spanned several eras and countless epochs; no one is clear on exactly when it was established or by whom.

In this era alone, this Secret Realm has created three Holy Lands and two Great Emperors.

This is sufficient to illustrate the mystery and power of the Ancient Star Tomb Secret Realm.

The moment Gu Qingchen and his two companions stepped into the gate of stars, it felt as if they had traversed an endless sea of time and space.

The scenery around them changed abruptly; stars were like sand, flowing light like water, and countless brilliant shadows flashed rapidly before his eyes.

The next moment.

The blurry, shifting scene before his eyes suddenly cleared. As Gu Qingchen looked around, he felt as if he were standing in the middle of a vast, boundless Universe, with endless Void Realm beneath his feet and an infinite galaxy overhead.

Every star seemed to be whispering. Looking closely, he realized they were actually transformed from individual cocoons of light.

"Is this the Ancient Star Tomb Secret Realm?"

An Zhiyu's voice rang out beside Gu Qingchen's ear, carrying a hint of wonder.

Gu Qingchen nodded upon hearing this.

He frowned slightly, his gaze sweeping across the surroundings.

"Be careful; the aura here is not simple."

Here, that special feeling he had became even more intense.

He could sense an ancient and immortal aura permeating this space.

Especially those star-like cocoons; it felt as if something was gestating within them.

Within his eyes, Yin and Yang fish slowly rotated, like the Reincarnation of Taiji, as he sought to see through the secrets of this space.

The next moment.

All the light cocoons in this boundless void were interconnected by dense threads of Karma and Reincarnation.

They were interwoven together, resembling a vast, resplendent web of starlight.

"This great web does not seem to be entirely chaotic?"

Gu Qingchen looked closely and discovered that the arrangement of these light cocoons was exactly the same as the stars above the Myriad Stars Continent!

And that interwoven web—was it not a more detailed and comprehensive star chart?

"Ancient Star Tomb..."

Gu Qingchen murmured to himself, "Is the 'Star Tomb' here to be taken literally?

Is it the tomb of all stars when each era perishes?

Or is it that in the Nether Ancient Era, these star gods were real Innate star gods, and after they fell, their Origin transformed into the stars?

Then..."

Gu Qingchen looked up.

The light cocoons flickered, and the dense power of the stars within them was many times stronger than the star gods that descended during the Myriad Stars Grand Offering.

"Are the Innate star gods of the Nether Ancient Era buried within these light cocoons?"

With this guess in his mind, Gu Qingchen did not hesitate and immediately led the two women toward the light cocoons.

He wanted to get close to the cocoons and study what mysteries they might contain.

"How amazing!"

Upon approaching a cocoon, Huang Liner reached out to touch it and felt as if she were touching warm, smooth jade.

"This is very much like an egg."

"An egg?"

Hearing this, Gu Qingchen raised an eyebrow.

"That's right."

Huang Liner nodded and said, "In my Legacy memories, there is an extremely rare mutated Qilin in our Kirin Clan called the Taiyin Qilin.

Its egg is very similar to the light cocoons before us."

"Liner, your Kirin Clan actually has Taiyin Qilins?"

Aside, An Zhiyu was quite curious upon hearing this.

"Of course."

Huang Liner nodded, "The attributes of our Kirin Clan are ever-changing; almost every attribute has produced a mutated Qilin."

"Egg, cocoon..."

Gu Qingchen said thoughtfully, "The Azure Dragon Saint once said that there are treasures everywhere in this Ancient Star Tomb.

All kinds of star god origin, star treasures, star charts, etc., can be found here, but now..."

He looked around and saw nothing but countless light cocoons in the entire void.

"So, could it be that those star god origin, star treasures, star charts, and so on are hidden inside these light cocoons?"

"It's very possible."

Beside him, An Zhiyu nodded in agreement, "To obtain the treasures, one must break these light cocoons; perhaps there are some trials within."

"Really?"

Hearing this, Huang Liner's eyes lit up immediately.

"Then let me try!"

Saying this, she slammed headfirst into the light cocoon.

The next moment, a powerful rebounding force sent Huang Liner flying backward.

"This light cocoon is so hard!"

Huang Liner pouted as she returned.

"Perhaps it's not meant to be broken by brute force?"

An Zhiyu guessed upon seeing this, "How about I try to deduce it?"

"No need."

Gu Qingchen shook his head.

In his eyes, the phantom image of the Six Paths of Reincarnation seemed to flicker, "The threads of Karma of these light cocoons are connected, as if woven into a great web, but at the same time, they all converge in the same direction."

As he spoke, he looked deep into the void and pointed into the distance, "The key to breaking the situation might be right there."

...

Meanwhile.

After Gu Qingchen and his group of three entered the gate of stars, the world of illusion that had shrouded Ye Qingxian gradually dissipated.

In a daze, she slowly regained her senses.

"Where am I..."

"Xiao Xianer, you have finally awakened."

"Revered Master?"

Ye Qingxian looked over upon hearing this and saw Yue Nanli standing in the void.

"Revered Master, weren't you weak in Divine Soul? Why have you left the spirit refining pot?"

"It is of no consequence."

Yue Nanli waved her hand and said, "Xiao Xianer, first feel your own state; do you have any special sensations?"

"I... I don't know."

The starlight over Ye Qingxian's body gradually dimmed, "I feel that there are some inexplicable images in my mind, seemingly some scattered memory fragments."

"Oh?"

Hearing this, Yue Nanli let out a soft exclamation, a trace of curiosity flashing in her eyes.

"What are those memory fragments about?"

"They seem to be related to a massive war."

Ye Qingxian frowned, "The images seem very real. I... no, the owner of these memories suddenly saw darkness before their eyes; there seemed to be a boundless hand in the sky above, suppressing the entire battlefield."

Hearing this description, Yue Nanli frowned and pondered for a moment, but she had no clues.

"By the way, didn't I refine countless star god origin?"

At this moment, Ye Qingxian suddenly asked, "And wasn't my strength supposed to have broken through to the Great Perfection of the Dao Refining Realm? Why am I only at the Grand Perfection of the Profound Grotto Realm now?"

After Profound Insight comes Dao Profound.

After Dao Profound comes Dao Peeping.

And only after Dao Peeping comes Dao Refining; the gap between these is simply too vast.

It would be no exaggeration to say it is like the difference between heaven and earth.

Ordinary cultivators might find it difficult to Cultivate from Profound Insight to the Dao Refining Realm in their entire lifetime.

"Ahem."

Hearing this, Yue Nanli coughed twice.

Looking at her disciple's face full of innocence and trust, she found it difficult to speak for a moment.