88: Murals in the gods' tomb, ancient times.
Xiao Wu of the Wu Jian Sect looked at the golden giant sword released by the Immortal.
The more he looked, the more familiar it seemed, almost identical to his signature Shadowless Sword? Even the shape was similar.
The only difference was that he used a small Flying Sword, while Li Yan released a giant sword.
But before Li Yan could explain himself, Fairy Zenmatsu, who was beside him, felt displeased.
"How can you say a grandfather resembles his grandson?"
"All Immortal arts eventually lead to the same Dao."
"Revered Master is an Immortal from White Jade Capital, and the Immortal arts he uses are from the ancient era. Your Shadowless Sword Legacy might very well originate from the Immortal."
Hearing the Fairy's words, Xiao Wu, the Sect Master of the Wu Jian Sect, immediately became respectful.
"The Fairy is right! This Junior was presumptuous, I hope the Immortal will not blame me."
Xiao Wu quickly cupped his hands and apologized to Li Yan, afraid that his few words had offended the Immortal.
Upon closer thought, the Immortal was an Immortal from White Jade Capital, an ancient Cultivator.
The Immortal arts circulating in the Immortal Cultivation World now might very well be partly left behind by the Immortal.
As the saying goes, 'one generation plants the trees, another enjoys the shade.' The path of Cultivation often relies on the experiences summarized by predecessors, constantly improving and exploring.
Meanwhile, Dragon Tiger Immortal and Fairy Fuling, among others, mocked Xiao Wu.
"Sect Master Xiao, how dare you question the old Immortal Revered Master?"
"This old man, Dragon-Tiger, is as humble as a Dao Child in front of the old Immortal Revered Master."
Dragon Tiger Immortal stroked his white beard and laughed heartily.
Fairy Fuling, beside him, also covered her mouth and chuckled softly.
"Sect Master Xiao, which of the Immortal arts we learn wasn't summarized by predecessors?"
"Besides, this method of sword control, all sword arts in the world come from the same source, what's so strange about it?"
Facing the teasing from those around him, Xiao Wu's old face flushed red, feeling utterly ashamed.
"This Junior spoke wrongly, please forgive me, Immortal."
"This Junior was just speaking too quickly, this Junior knows his mistake."
Xiao Wu's attitude was sincere, continuously admitting his mistake to Li Yan.
Li Yan feigned composure on the surface, but inwardly, he felt somewhat uneasy.
Hmm...
The sword art was indeed something he had secretly learned, and as a result, Xiao Wu was criticized by everyone.
This truly shouldn't have happened.
Li Yan could only express with tears that he would secretly learn a few more unique skills from the Wu Jian Sect.
Since things had come to this, he would steal them first.
He put on a magnanimous appearance, waving his hand: "This old man doesn't quibble over such things with Juniors, it's fine."
"We should work together to Seal this Ancient God and prevent the Age of Dharma Decline from descending."
After hearing Li Yan's words, everyone cast admiring glances at him.
Even Xiao Wu looked grateful, feeling that the old Senior was very magnanimous and did not blame him for speaking wrongly.
Xiao Wu, despite being a Sect Master, was as obedient as a sword boy in front of Li Yan.
"The old Immortal Revered Master has a great spirit, truly worthy of being a High-Grade Immortal. This Junior has learned a lot!"
Watching a Grandmaster of the Wu Jian Sect respectfully apologize to him, Li Yan, no matter how thick-skinned, felt a bit overwhelmed.
"Time is pressing, you all have rested, continue deeper."
They had just been injured by the blood-colored spear and had all taken healing elixirs.
Now, everyone had mostly recovered, and Li Yan could block the blood-colored spear.
Then! It was time to continue advancing into the abyss!
The group flew deeper under the protection of the Golden Body Avatar.
The attacking tentacles were left for them to handle.
As for the incoming blood-colored spear, Li Yan controlled the Golden Body Avatar to deflect it with the Shadowless Sword.
The Golden Body Avatar inherited Li Yan's Immortal and indestructible characteristics from the dream, and the Shadowless Sword flying out from behind the Avatar also seemed to be part of the Avatar.
Although he was only a Golden Core Stage Cultivator, he had no ability to kill enemies.
However, his ability to protect everyone was sufficient!
As long as he could deliver these Immortals to the divine tomb and use them to fight against the Ancient God.
Having made up his mind, Li Yan tightly gripped the treasure lotus lamp, guarding the Yang Shi Fire emanating from its wick.
As they flew deeper into the cave, the tunnel gradually narrowed.
Upon closer inspection, intricate patterns could be seen carved on the stone walls.
It seemed that this Ancient God had left behind a glorious civilization during the ancient era.
As the people around looked at these carvings, Onyx Moon Fairy seemed thoughtful.
"These carvings seem to be recording the history of a previous era."
"Before the Immortal arts era, the ancient era, it is said, had a more glorious divine civilization than the present."
"It is said that at the beginning of heaven and earth, the abundant energy could almost allow everyone to become a God, to become an existence coeval with heaven and earth."
Li Yan remained silent, listening to Onyue discuss.
After all, he was from the Age of Dharma Decline; he couldn't even fully grasp the Immortal arts era, let alone the ancient era?
However, according to Fairy Onyue, the Immortal Cultivation World could be divided into three eras.
Ancient Era → Immortal Arts Era → Age of Dharma Decline.
The ancient era, perhaps similar to Pangu creating heaven and earth?
At that time, there were fewer living beings, and as long as they gained sentience, any being had the opportunity to become a God.
There was an inexhaustible supply of energy between heaven and earth; there was no need to compete, and everyone could become a God.
Li Yan deduced a general idea through the carvings on the stone walls.
The stone walls on both sides were like an ancient history book.
Although you hadn't experienced it, by looking at the murals preserved on the carvings, you could probably deduce a general outline.
However, those things were not what Li Yan should be concerned about.
As long as he could rewrite this Immortal arts era, that was enough!
After passing through this ancient corridor inscribed with history, everyone finally saw the appearance of the divine tomb.
And upon reaching this point, the Soul vibration became even more intense.
The Spirit Stones floating in front of Li Yan could almost only be described as burning money.
A High-Grade Spirit Stone had just floated out of the ring, and in an instant, it turned into dust, becoming a pile of gray powder.
Li Yan needed to continuously feed in Spirit Stones to maintain the Yang Shi Fire of the treasure lotus lamp.
The speed at which the Spirit Stones burned, even if one had a mine at home, would almost be unsustainable.
If he weren't invulnerable, his Dantian would have probably been torn apart long ago, unable to withstand such an inflow and outflow of Spiritual Qi.
Also because he was invulnerable, Li Yan's Dantian and Qi Sea were being tempered through continuous tearing.
Unbeknownst to him, his Qi Sea had already expanded a hundredfold!
Think of the horror in that—the scale of his Qi Sea was a hundred times that of a Golden Core of the same stage.
If he weren't Immortal and indestructible, Li Yan's Qi Sea would have long been torn apart by the Spiritual Qi vortex.
Such high-intensity training, such an opportunity was rare and hard to come by.
However, Li Yan dared not delay further, fearing that he would run out of Spirit Stones before sealing the Ancient God.
While he still had Spirit Stones left, he needed to Seal the Ancient God as quickly as possible to avoid any accidents!
Upon arriving at the divine tomb, everyone looked up.
In front of them were two giant stone gates a hundred zhang high, and beside the stone gates lay thousands of fresh corpses.
Dragon Tiger Immortal snorted: "These Ancient God Believers, to open this stone gate, sacrificed who knows how many people."
At this moment, the sharp-eyed Onyx Moon Fairy pointed to the carvings on the stone gate.
"Revered Master, look."
"That stone gate is carved with an ancient battle."
"The ancient Gods exhausted all their strength to Seal this Bloodline Emperor Lord here."
"As long as this gate is closed, the Seal left from the ancient era can be activated."
As long as the two giant stone gates were closed, the Ancient God could be re-sealed!