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nImmediately afterward, Su Yi stood before the second stele and started pointing out the flaws of its formation.

nInwardly, he couldn’t help but recall visions of the past. Way back when, he, the Black Dragon Dao Monarch, and a group of friends feasted and clinked glasses here. It was a joyous occasion.

nThey’d also contemplated the source Dao Markings of the Nine Steles of the Primeval Era and argued until they were red in the face. On numerous occasions, they almost came to blows.

nIt was to the point that Yu Xuanji, the man they called the greatest master of talismans and formations in the Immortal Realm, cursed Wang Ye out in front of the crowd, calling him an ignoramus with no understanding of the mysteries of Dao Markings.

nBut in the end…

nWang Ye managed to crack the mysteries of the Nine Steles of the Primeval Era one step ahead of him.

nSu Yi vividly recalled how Yu Xuanji had run his fingers through his beard as he sat there like a stone statue, his aged face alternating white, green, purple, and red. It was a truly wondrous scene.

nWang Ye burst into laughter and shouted for joy.

nIn truth, Wang Ye managed to discern the steles’ secrets largely thanks to Yu Xuanji’s inspiration. At the time, Wang Ye admitted this, too.

nBut Yu Xuanju just smacked Wang Ye in the shoulder and cursed him with a grin. “My skills are inferior to yours, so why feign modesty, you bastard?”

nWhen Su Yi thought back to that day, he couldn’t help but be rueful.

nThere was no denying that although the Immortal Realm called Wang Ye the Tyrant, and although his hands were stained red with blood, he had a group of like-minded friends, people willing to fight and die alongside him!

nIt was in this rueful, nostalgic state of mind that Su Yi proceeded to explain the mistakes on every single stele. He showed no sign of impatience.

nAt first, the old monsters could understand the mysteries behind Su YI’s words. They were sometimes shaken, other times excited, and other times ashamed.

nBut as time passed, all of them were increasingly confused, and they found his explanations increasingly difficult to understand.

nEven Mo Canqiu, a grandmaster of formations and talismans, struggled to understand it all. He just stood there in a daze.

nEverything was deathly silent except for Su Yi.

nWhen he finished explaining all of their mistakes, Su Yi took out a jug of wine, threw back his head, and drained it.

nWhen he saw the crowd’s befuddlement, he couldn’t help but shake his head and laugh dryly.

nHad he “played the zither for a cow?”

nNo, it wasn’t that. It was that these old-timers weren’t as capable as the old-timers he’d drank with then.

nQing Wei stood not far away. She’d heard and seen everything. When she saw Su Yi chuckle and shake his head, she couldn’t help but sigh to herself. I’m afraid… the Sovereign must be quite lonely.

nLike a master of the zither without an audience!

nA long time passed before the old-timers shook themselves out of their daze. They exchanged glances. All of them were convinced by Su Yi’s skills!

nMo Canqiu even went so far as to bow and say, “Might this old man be so bold as to request that you crack the Nine Steles of the Primeval Era’s secrets? Please let us bear witness to your abilities.”

n“Very well,” said Su Yi. He’d come here in search of this place’s good fortune of the Grand Dao; it couldn’t be found anywhere else! He didn’t mind letting these old-timers watch him do it.

nHe promptly stepped forward and started drawing a formation diagram.

nWeng!

nDao Light revolved, and wisps of radiance poured from Su Yi’s fingertips, intertwining in the air as they gradually outlined a coarse formation diagram. The process seemed as smooth and natural as flowing water.

nIt was like a naturally formed sculpture, with no sign of a chisel.

nBefore long, the finished formation took shape before the crowd’s eyes. It was grand and mysterious, intricate and profound.

nFrom a distance, it seemed as if countless flowing lights had intertwined into a stretch of starry sky. Light and shadow rose and fell, and the Dao Markings revolved along different trajectories, fusing into each other and reflecting each other’s light.

nWhen Su Yi stretched out his finger and tapped the formation diagram…

nWhoosh!

nThe formation diagram seemed to come to life. It burst with radiant light that soared into the heavens.

nThe Nine Steles of the Primeval Era trembled, and the markings covering their surface rippled with the power of the Grand Dao, producing a wondrous resonance with the formation diagram before Su Yi.

nMoments later, the entire Forest of Steles started shaking. It was like the humming of countless swords!

nOver on the peak of the Dragon’s Retreat, the meditating Red Dragon Dao Monarch was briefly stunned, but she quickly returned her attention to her contemplations.

nWas this strange?

nNot in the slightest.

nIt had been obvious to her right from the start that Su Yi would be able to grasp the mysteries of the Nine Steles of the Primeval Era.

nThe Black Dragon Guards stationed on the mountain were startled into action. All of them were in uproar, and all of them cried out in surprise.

n“Quit making a fuss over nothing!” shouted Xing Yu as he stopped them from going to investigate.

nIn truth, he was astonished too. That distinguished guest of ours has yet to step into the Immortal Dao. How did he grasp the steles’ mysteries so quickly?

nNo wonder the Dao Monarch respects him so much! You really can’t judge someone by their appearance!

nMeanwhile, at the heart of the Forest of Steles.

nThe towering Nine Steles of the Primeval Era rumbled and boomed as it erupted with divine radiance. The light outlined an ethereal portal in the sky.

nThe old monsters’ breathing sped up. It was as if they were witnessing a miracle!

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nThe Primeval Gate!

nIt only appeared when someone fully grasped the mysteries of the Nine Steles of the Primeval Era! Rumor had it that a mysterious ground full of the ancestral source energies of the primeval era lay beyond the gateway!

n“I plan to go into seclusion inside. You and Fang Han can just wait on the Dragon’s Retreat in the meantime,” Su Yi glanced at Qing Wei and ordered.

n“Got it!” Qing Wei inclined her head.

nSu Yi, meanwhile, stepped into the air and passed through the Primeval Gate. In the blink of an eye, he was gone.

nThe Primeval Gate disappeared after him, and the Nine Steles of the Primeval Era returned to stillness.

nBut the cloud platform burst into uproar, like a pot blowing off its lid.

nThe old monsters clustered around Qing Wei, and all of them started asking questions at once.

n“Fellow Daoist Qing Wei, just who was that young lord? How could he solve the mysteries of the Nine Steles of the Primeval Era at such a tender young age?”

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n“Incredible! Is that young lord perhaps some unrivaled expert’s closed-door disciple?”

n“My horizons have truly been broadened! Compared to that young lord, the divinations we’ve performed over the years were a joke. They aren’t even worth mentioning!”

n…All the old monsters were excited, and all of them were desperate for answers regarding Su Yi’s origins.

nQing Wei smiled but said nothing. In the end, she just told them Su Yi’s name, but she refused to say a single word more. Her lips were sealed.

nThe old monsters’ hearts itched with curiosity, but there was nothing they could do.

nOnly Silent Truths, the chief elder of Lotus Temple’s Discipline Hall, seemed to have realized something. However, he too said nothing.

nHas that legend truly returned through reincarnation…?

nHis eyes looked dazed. His Buddhist heart was as clear as glass, yet now, it was rocked by waves of emotion.

nLotus Temple was one of the mightiest factions in the Immortal Realm! They could stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the likes of the Church of the Pure One and the ancient Tang Family. They were even lauded as the greatest Buddhist faction in the Immortal Realm!

nAs the chief elder of its Disciple Hall, Silent Truths naturally was privy to numerous secrets.

nFor instance, he knew that not long ago, one of the ascendants who’d appeared in White Deer Mountain’s Ascension Ground was the suspected reincarnation of a top expert!

nBoth the Church of the Pure One and Cloud Apparatus Immortal Manor had offered generous bounties for information regarding him!

nHe also knew that, prior to the Age of Fallen Immortals, Ancestor Qing Qu of Lotus Temple, an expert at the pinnacle of the Immortal Dao, said that the Eternal Night Immortal Sovereign hadn’t really died in the Battle of Eternal Night. Ancestor Qing Qu suspected he’d undergone reincarnation instead!

nUnfortunately, although Ancestor Qing Qu made it through the Age of Fallen Immortals, he met with divine misfortune and perished thirty-nine thousand years ago.

nIn the last moments before his death, he said, “If you can’t overcome the five signs of decay, you cannot become eternally indestructible!”

nIf Ancestor Qing Qu were alive, he’d surely have known at a glance whether or not Su Yi really is that legendary existence reborn, sighed Silent Truths.

nSeeing Me Is Like Seeing the Heavens, the First Immortal of the Sword!

nLong ago, prior to the Age of Fallen Immortals, there were dozens of experts who stood at the pinnacle of the Immortal Dao, but only he shone like the midday sun, illuminating the entire Immortal Realm!

nNo matter what, I have to report this to the temple as soon as possible. If that existence really has returned through reincarnation, the Immortal Realm’s new golden age will inevitably be accompanied by unpredictable bloodshed!

nWhen the time comes, those old-timers who’ve gone into hiding to avoid divine misfortune will tremble.

nAncient records stated that in the Battle of Eternal Night, the Eternal Night Immortal Sovereign single-handedly fought off thirty-three experts at the pinnacle of the Immortal Dao.

nAlthough he met with disaster in the end, he slew twenty-one of his enemies, fighting until heaven and earth collapsed and all of creation was stained red with blood!

nIt was the bloodiest battle of experts of the pinnacle of the Immortal Dao in recorded history.

nIt led to a reshuffling of the Immortal Realm’s balance of power, ending the age in which the Eternal Night Immortal Sovereign reigned over the Immortal Realm, sword in hand.

nIf that existence had really returned through reincarnation, it was obvious that his former enemies would pay for what they’d done in blood!

nNo wonder the Church of the Pure One is trying so hard to find him. Their founder, the Blood Firmament Immortal Sovereign, was among the few top experts who initiated the Battle of the Eternal Night!

nSilent Truths had only just reached this conclusion when someone asked out of nowhere, “Have you perhaps realized something, Silent Truths?”

nQing Wei’s charming, beautiful eyes were fixed on the old monk.

nSilent Truths’s heart shook. He cast aside his scattered thoughts and said with a self-deprecating laugh, “The shock was so enormous that this humble monk is struggling to stay calm, and I fell into a bit of a daze. I’ve embarrassed myself in front of you.”

nQing Wei pursed her red lips and chuckled. “To the best of my knowledge, Buddhists strive for hearts free of confusion, unbound by worldly affairs. Only then can you remain free from the fetters of passion and desire. If you had a heart as clear as glass, this wouldn’t have affected you.”

nHer words sounded like heartfelt guidance, but Silent Truths could tell what she was getting at!

nHe fell briefly silent, then inclined his head. “You’re absolutely right, Fellow Daoist.”

nQing Wei smiled and said no more.

nMeanwhile, Su Yi found himself in a hidden realm like a stretch of chaos.

nCountless primeval source energies rose from the chaos, transforming into mists that surrounded him on all sides.

nWhen the chaos mists surrounded Su Yi, he felt as if he’d gone back in time to the first parting of the primordial chaos!

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