Chapter 233 Retracing the Path

“Mount Tai is majestic and majestic. It is revered as the first of the Five Great Mountains and is known as the best mountain in the world.” As a local, Ye Fan introduced it to the group in a torrent of words, with pride in his tone.

Since ancient times, Mount Tai has been a sacred symbol. It is located in the easternmost part of the ancient Central Plains, surrounded by the Yellow River and the Wen River, like two giant dragons guarding the earth. The ancients regarded this place as the place where the sun was born and all things were born, and where the spiritual energy of heaven and earth gathered. “There is no mountain greater than this, and no history is older than this!” Ye Fan’s voice was deep and powerful, with respect, “Emperors of all dynasties have offered sacrifices to heaven here in order to communicate with heaven and earth.”

However, as soon as he finished speaking, the dragon horse sneered: “How dare such a tiny mountain like Mount Tai be called ‘the best mountain in the world’? I think it’s nothing special! It’s not even as good as a blade of grass in my hometown Kunlun!” Hot air spurted out of its nostrils, and it was obvious that it looked down on Mount Tai.

“The sky is too high to be reached, so we set up a Fengshan temple on Mount Tai and offer sacrifices to it, hoping to get closer to the gods.” Ye Fan ignored the nagging horse and continued.

Zixia seemed to have noticed something with a distant gaze. She smiled slightly and said nothing more.

The dragon horse was about to continue mocking, but suddenly stopped. Its keen senses caught a hint of something strange – this seemingly ordinary mountain actually hides incredible power. Mount Tai seemed to be shrouded by an ancient seal, and even the faint breath that leaked out made it feel an indescribable sacredness and majesty.

“Something’s wrong…” Longma muttered in a low voice, with complex emotions flashing in his eyes. Although he was unruly, he had to admit at this moment that this mountain was unusual.

Ji Ziyue put her hands on her brows and looked into the distance, her eyes glowing with a faint light. “I really want to see Taishan’s true appearance!” she exclaimed.

Zixia raised her lips slightly when she heard this. She stretched out her hand and gently touched the foreheads of several people: “Everyone, relax your mind and follow me to feel the real Mount Tai.”

In an instant, everyone’s consciousness seemed to leave their bodies and enter a whole new world. The originally ordinary mountains suddenly rose up and reached the sky. The towering peaks pointed like swords at the sky, and every rock exuded a heavy sense of history. Green pines dotted the mountains, and the sea of ​​clouds rolled like waves, like a fairyland.

“I don’t know how high this mountain is. It’s true that climbing Mount Tai makes the world look small!” Longma’s eyes widened, his face full of shock. He finally understood why the ancients regarded this place as sacred, and even felt insignificant.

However, Mount Tai is no longer the ordinary tourist attraction it once was. Since the Nine Dragons Coffin Incident, this mysterious land has been strictly protected by the army and has become a restricted area. Most of the excavated antiquities were secretly collected by the state, but some were also lost in the West and the world of cultivation. However, these lost treasures were eventually retrieved by Ji Ziyue and returned here.

With Zixia’s magical power of “tracing back to the origin”, everyone was able to get a glimpse of the original appearance of the Fengshan site on Mount Tai. A group of ancient round altars appeared in front of them, each of which was not large, but simple and quaint. They were built with five colors of strange soil, exuding the breath of years. According to rough estimates, there are as many as dozens of such round altars, scattered around the Jade Emperor Peak.

In the center of all the earthen altars stands a super-large five-color stone altar. This altar is completely different from the surrounding earthen altars. It is made entirely of huge stones of five colors. It is indestructible and magnificent. It is located in the center of Yuhuangding, covers a vast area, and is far more spectacular than other earthen altars. Each piece of five-color stone seems to contain the power of the beginning of the world. Complex patterns can be vaguely seen on the surface, as if telling some long-standing secrets.

Following the instructions on the screen, everyone placed the collected five-colored sacred stones one by one. When the last five-colored stone was firmly embedded in the altar, a desolate and distant atmosphere suddenly spread, making people feel excited, as if they had traveled through an endless river of time and returned to that primitive era.

Then, five-colored light burst out from the altar, dazzling but not blinding, like the morning light spreading over the earth. The jade blocks and stone slabs displayed on the altar instantly became crystal clear, as pure as glass. The ancient characters engraved on them began to glow, and each character seemed to come alive, jumping and flowing in the air, emitting an ancient and sacred pressure. The entire super-large altar then glowed with a soft brilliance, like a star that had been sleeping for a thousand years awakening, gathering the spiritual energy between heaven and earth at one point.

At the same time, the ancient characters shining in the air gradually gathered together and turned into a huge Bagua diagram. The Bagua diagram was suspended in the sky, emitting an ancient and mysterious power, shaking all directions, as if everything in the world resonated with it at this moment.

This is a shocking picture! Those ancient characters and symbols contain incredible power. When they merge with each other, they manifest a huge Bagua diagram that symbolizes the ultimate truth of the universe. The eight hexagrams of Qian, Kun, Xun, Dui, Gen, Zhen, Li, and Kan emerge one by one, each with a unique aura, like a set of mysterious codes, telling the eternal truth.

What was even more amazing was that a Tai Chi diagram slowly emerged from the center of the Bagua diagram. Two yin and yang fish were entwined, head to tail, and black and white were distinct yet integrated, as if containing the law of balance of the entire world. As the Tai Chi diagram appeared, the surrounding air began to distort, the light became hazy, and the space seemed to be torn into countless pieces, with reality and illusion intertwined, like a dream.

As everyone stared with bated breath, the two yin-yang fish in the Tai Chi diagram were like two strange doors, trembling constantly and slowly opening a gap. Through this gap, one could see the twinkling stars in the distant starry sky, and even a faintly brilliant ancient starry road looming – it was an existence that connected heaven and earth and spanned the past and present!

The eight symbols of the Bagua kept changing in a complicated sequence, the light flickered, and each round of change seemed to unlock some profound rules. Finally, when all the runes lit up at the same time, the whole sky was suddenly covered with a dazzling brilliance, so dazzling that people could not look directly at it.

“boom!”

A dull vibration was heard, like the roar of a prehistoric beast, echoing between heaven and earth. The two yin-yang fish in the center of the Tai Chi Bagua diagram unfolded completely, turning into two real portals. Starlight occasionally fell from inside, reflecting a vast ancient road leading to an unknown star region.

“Let’s go back to Beidou!” Ye Fan and others followed closely, boarded the Saint-class battleship, and sailed into the mysterious ancient starry road.

The lights in the spaceship were soft, but the atmosphere suddenly became tense because of Zixia’s words. “Everyone, the next stop is Yinghuo! There is a great terror there, and we may be attacked by a peerless demon saint who may be at the level of a great saint!”

Ye Fan immediately added: “That is the great evil person who was imprisoned by Sakyamuni in the eighteen levels of hell in the Great Leiyin Temple!” This name exploded like thunder. Although the people in the Eternal Star Domain had no idea about Sakyamuni, Ji Ziyue and Longma’s faces instantly became solemn.

This made Longma and some crew members from the Eternal Star Domain explode. Although they believed in the potential of Zixia, Ye Fan and others, and that they would definitely intimidate the universe in the future, they were obviously no match for a great sage. Even a battleship of the Saint King level was as fragile as a toy airplane in front of such a being.

“Master! Do you have any countermeasures?” Lan Tuobai asked.

(End of this chapter)