Chapter 26

The sky was filled with continuous roars, the waves of fury spreading in all directions, echoing through the mountains. Daoist Xuantian and his junior brothers were truly enraged.

"Three Yang Open the Auspicious, Burn the Void!" Daoist Xuantian roared in anger. Three fiery red flames, resembling blazing suns, instantly appeared above his head, spreading boundless heat waves that immediately caused ripples throughout the void.

Those three scorching fireballs seemed capable of burning even the void itself.

On Mount Taixuan, it was as if three suns had suddenly appeared, illuminating the world with a bright light. Even Gu Fei, who was a hundred miles away at the entrance of Cuiling Peak’s cave, felt the intense heat.

The Taixuan Sect disciples gathered in front of the Taixuan Hall were like they had fallen into a fiery pit, sweating profusely, as if the magic power within their bodies was being evaporated.

The high-level disciples above the Transcendent Realm were somewhat better off, but the younger generation disciples at the Enlightenment Realm were not so fortunate. Those with weaker cultivation immediately fainted.

A senior Daoist in the sky noticed the abnormality among the disciples below and immediately turned around, pointing downwards. A water-blue aura instantly spread from his fingertips, instantly enveloping the entire Taixuan Hall and the disciples in front of it.

The heat waves were immediately blocked, and the disciples instantly felt a coolness throughout their bodies. Although the intense heat from the sky lasted for a very short time, the younger generation disciples felt as if they had fought a three-day battle, using up all their Daoist power and magic essence, leaving them completely exhausted.

"Go!" At this moment, a loud shout came from the sky, and the three "suns" floating above Daoist Xuantian’s head immediately flew towards the Taiji diagram in the sky.

"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"

The three sun-like fireballs instantly collided with the Taiji diagram, exploding and creating three earth-shattering booms. The residual power spread, causing the heavens and earth to tremble.

The raging fire from the explosion enveloped half the sky, and even from hundreds of miles away, the strange phenomenon in the sky could be seen. The blazing flames instantly engulfed the Taiji diagram in the sky.

Such intense fire was no less formidable than the overwhelming demonic aura of the Six Paths Demon Lord.

"Alas!" Suddenly, everyone heard a sigh, and then a shocking scene unfolded. The Daoist True Fire, condensed by Daoist Xuantian with supreme power, was rapidly retreating.

Daoist Xuantian and his junior brothers were instantly stunned, looking up at the sky in disbelief. Daoist True Fire was not like ordinary fire used by mortals for cooking. It was true fire capable of burning the heavens and boiling the seas. Now, the overwhelming fire seemed to be being retracted, which was shocking to Daoist Xuantian.

The person secretly controlling the magical artifact in the sky truly possessed incredible power and profound abilities.

No one could have imagined that the Taiji diagram was not being controlled by some great being in secret, but had emerged from within Gu Fei’s body.

At this moment, Daoist Xuantian suddenly felt a violent tremor in his hand. The Kunlun Treasure Mirror in his hand, which emitted a clear, moon-like radiance, was being pulled by an indescribable force towards the rapidly shrinking fire in the sky.

In the midst of the fire, the Taiji diagram could be seen vibrating, then it pulled the Daoist True Fire and the moon-like Kunlun Treasure Mirror towards the west.

"Damn it!" Daoist Xuantian was furious. The person in secret had not only released the Six Paths Demon Lord and destroyed the Taixuan Sect’s mountain protection array, but was now even trying to seize the sect’s precious treasures, which was truly excessive.

Thus, under the moonlit sky, a strange scene unfolded: a ball of fire and a clear radiance flying ahead, with eight figures like shooting stars chasing after them. The terrifying waves they left in their wake caused the entire mountain to fall into absolute silence, with all living beings trembling in fear.

"Is it just going to leave like this?" On Cuiling Peak, in front of the cave, Gu Fei watched the streaks of light disappear into the western horizon, and couldn’t help but touch the spot on his chest where the Taiji diagram had been.

He looked down and saw that the mysterious Taiji diagram on his chest, which had increased his cultivation speed tenfold, was gone. Gu Fei felt a mix of anxiety and loss. The Taiji diagram was truly mysterious, and he didn’t know what it was or what secrets it held, with many uncertainties. He didn’t know if it was a blessing or a curse.

Moreover, the Taiji diagram had caused such a commotion on Mount Taixuan tonight. Soon, the news of a mysterious expert using the Taiji diagram to break the Taixuan Sect’s mountain protection array would spread throughout the entire Tenglong Continent’s cultivation world.

If people found out that the Taiji diagram was closely related to him, it would surely bring him immense trouble. But with the Taiji diagram gone, wouldn’t his cultivation speed return to what it was before?

"Never mind, it’s better without that Yin-Yang Fish Pendant. The path of cultivation should rely on one’s own efforts. Magical artifacts and elixirs are merely auxiliary. Relying too much on treasures might cost one the qualification to become the strongest." Gu Fei consoled himself.

Then, he turned and walked into the cave, closing the stone door behind him.

This night was destined to be anything but peaceful. The departure of the ancestors caused chaos on Mount Taixuan, but it was only temporary. Under the restraint of the second and third-generation disciples, the fourth-generation young disciples, who were the most numerous, gradually calmed down.

However, the impact of the battle tonight would affect the Taixuan Sect for a long time.

When the sky was still dim at dawn, a white figure appeared at the foot of Cuiling Peak. It was a white-robed female disciple of the Taixuan Sect, named Zhao Zirou!

Last night, a shocking event had occurred in the sect, and Zhao Zirou had been on the square outside the Taixuan Hall. However, she had seen Gu Fei among the younger generation disciples, and she was a bit worried, so she came early to the foot of Cuiling Peak.

At the foot of the peak, there was a bamboo grove, and within the grove, a small, mirror-like lake. Walking on the path leading up the peak, the sound of rustling bamboo leaves underfoot could be heard. The thick layer of withered yellow bamboo leaves on the ground made it feel soft underfoot.

The bamboo grove was very quiet, and as Zhao Zirou walked through it, the faint fragrance of bamboo leaves refreshed her spirit.

After circling the small lake, which was like a piece of jade embedded in the bamboo grove, she walked out of the grove and onto the mountain path leading up the peak.

It seemed that few people came to Cuiling Peak, as the mountain path was overgrown with weeds, leaving no trace of anyone having walked on it. Zhao Zirou could hardly recognize it as a path.

At the end of the mountain path was a cave on Cuiling Peak, which was her destination.

However, when Zhao Zirou reached the peak and saw the tightly closed stone door, a hint of disappointment was evident on her face. Just as she was about to turn and leave, a rumbling sound, like the galloping of a thousand horses, suddenly came from behind her.

Zhao Zirou was startled and quickly turned to look back.

At that moment, a fist-sized, black and white light orb suddenly descended from the sky, flew into Cuiling Peak, and flashed in front of the cave’s stone door. It then directly pounced on the stone door. In Zhao Zirou’s astonished gaze, the light orb rippled like water waves and merged into the stone door.