Wang Yu
Chapter 1287 Reaching the Summit, I Stand Supreme
The break in the stone tablet was very uneven, with a gap the size of a fist in the middle.
"Uncle, look over there!" Jin Tong suddenly shouted.
Han Li looked in the direction of the sound and soon found another half of the broken stele in the nearby bushes. After sweeping away the floating soil and weeds on the surface, the words "Yan Luo" were clearly engraved on it.
"It seems that this is the location of Yan Luo's Mansion. Since there is no cave, there should be a secret realm or formation." Ti Hun removed his gaze from the stone tablet, looked around again, and said.
"It's right here." Han Li nodded and said.
"Here?" Jin Tong asked with some doubt.
Han Li smiled, raised his hand, and a golden stream of light poured out from his palm, wrapping the half of the broken stele on the ground, lifting it up in the air, and placing it on the half of the broken stele on the ground.
The broken marks on the two broken steles completely matched, fitting together seamlessly.
"Why is there still a piece missing?" Jin Tong said with a soft "Huh."
It could be seen that there was still a fist-sized gap in the center of the already combined stone tablet, which was not complete.
"It seems that there is still a key missing." Gui Wu's voice sounded from Han Li's waist.
"Fellow Daoist Gui Wu, do you know what this key is?" Han Li asked.
"This Yan Luo's Mansion has existed for a long time. I don't even know who built it. How would I know what the key is? It's you, Fellow Daoist Han. Since you came to find this place, how come you don't know?" Gui Wu said.
Han Li froze upon hearing this. When his physical body traveled through time and space and saw Old Ancestor Mi Luo, he told him to look for Yan Luo's Mansion if he had the chance, but he did not mention the specific location and forbidden key. How was he supposed to do that?
He stepped forward, squatted down, and carefully examined the stone tablet. He saw that there were no obvious law fluctuations on it, and he could not detect any traces of a spatial array.
After pondering for a while, Han Li reached out his finger and stroked the empty space, and suddenly found that its size and shape were somewhat familiar. He then inserted his finger into the empty space and stroked it carefully, and his eyes lit up, revealing a smile on his face.
He retracted his finger, patted off the moss on it, and then flipped his palm, and a golden light flowed in his palm. A golden inkstone, carved with a reclining yellow ox in a sleeping state, with smooth lines and a simple and honest shape.
This was the golden inkstone that Wu Yang had given him in Nine Yuan City.
As soon as the inkstone appeared, a golden light lit up on it, and a strong earth attribute law force came out of it.
In response, a dense pattern of runes appeared on the broken stele, and a golden light lit up in the empty space in the center, emitting a burst of attraction.
Han Li sent his palm forward, and the golden inkstone immediately flew up by itself, fell into the empty space, and fit into it seamlessly, eventually merging with it.
In an instant, the rune light on the broken stele flourished, and a golden vortex suddenly appeared in between.
"Hey, it's open..." Jin Tong exclaimed in surprise.
"Is this destiny in the dark, or is it your arrangement, Old Ancestor?" Han Li asked himself with some doubts.
"What's wrong, Uncle... the door is open, aren't you going in yet?" Jin Tong asked, seeing that Han Li's expression was a little strange.
Han Li shook his head, put aside his thoughts for the time being, and was about to go in when he suddenly remembered something, and stopped again, instructing Jin Tong and the two of them:
"Now that the restriction on this isolated island has been broken, enemies may come in at any time. You should not go in for the time being. Stay here and guard the entrance for me."
"Don't worry, we will guard the outside." Ti Hun nodded and said.
Although Jin Tong was very curious about what was inside Yan Luo's Mansion, he reluctantly agreed after hearing what Han Li said.
"Fellow Daoist Gui Wu will also be taken care of by you temporarily." Han Li then took off the square box around his waist, handed it to Ti Hun, and said.
"Don't worry, Master, I will take good care of it." Ti Hun immediately understood what he meant and said.
The black square box remained silent.
After explaining everything, Han Li turned around and faced the golden vortex, taking a step across it.
Accompanied by a strong suction force, Han Li felt dizzy for a while, and when his figure stood firm again, he had appeared on a plain with lush green grass.
The plain was not small, and there was no end in sight at a glance. Only in the very distance could the vague figures of majestic mountains be seen.
Hundreds of feet away, on the seemingly vast plain, stood a lone jujube tree that was ten feet high, and under the tree was a thatched hut that covered only three points of land.
Although the thatched hut was not big, it was built very neatly, and even the thatch on the eaves was tied neatly.
"What are you looking at? Why aren't you coming over yet? I've been waiting for you for a long time." At this time, a familiar voice suddenly came from the thatched hut.
Immediately afterwards, a fat monk wearing a red cassock and holding prayer beads squeezed out of the door.
His earlobes were extremely long, drooping over his shoulders, with a kind smile on his face, and his two slender eyes were narrowed into a slit, which, combined with his extremely fat belly, made people feel happy at first glance.
"Master?" Han Li raised his eyebrows, feeling overjoyed.
However, he soon discovered that the big-eared monk in front of him was just a wisp of Old Ancestor Mi Luo's remnant soul.
"Looking at your appearance, you are a little disappointed, haha..." Old Ancestor Mi Luo said jokingly, not taking it seriously.
"At first glance, I thought that Master was still alive, and I felt a little... a little regretful." Han Li's eyes darkened and he sighed.
"Your appearance here means that I have not waited in vain for this long time, and I have nothing to regret." Old Ancestor Mi Luo smiled indifferently and said.
"It is also without regret for this disciple to listen to Master's teachings again." Han Li then said with a smile.
"This secret realm was built with my remaining strength, and it has not been consumed for many years. Now that the secret realm's seal has been opened, my strength will soon be lost. Let's not talk about trivial matters. Let me see the results of your cultivation first." Old Ancestor Mi Luo said.
Han Li nodded upon hearing this, and immediately activated the Great Five Elements Illusion World Art in his body.
Immediately afterwards, he snapped his fingers, and the Time Spiritual Domain opened up, covering an area of a dozen miles around the thatched hut.
Han Li frowned slightly when he saw this, a little surprised.
"Don't be surprised, this space is only so big, and the distant mountains and grasslands are all illusions." Old Ancestor Mi Luo said with a smile when he saw this.
Han Li felt a little surprised, but when he first entered this secret realm, he didn't notice it with his eyesight.
However, he did not continue to dwell on this matter, but fully activated the time technique.
In an instant, a full moon hung in the air, mountains rose one after another, rivers meandered, forests grew, and the Five Elements Illusion World emerged.
Old Ancestor Mi Luo glanced at the surrounding scenery and nodded with satisfaction, praising:
"Not bad, not bad, it is already very difficult to have such an atmosphere without all five manifestations of the Law of Time being materialized. When the five elements are complete, the power of this Five Elements Illusion World will be even better."
"I was originally planning to start this matter earlier, but later there were some changes, and I was troubled by the evil corpse for a while, so it has been delayed until now." Han Li said a little embarrassed.
"You've already cut off one corpse..." Old Ancestor Mi Luo frowned slightly and pondered.
"What's wrong, Master? Is there anything wrong?" Han Li asked.
After thinking for a moment, Old Ancestor Mi Luo replied, "It's not that there's anything wrong, but you have cultivated the power of the Law of Time to such an extent. Gu Huo Jin should have noticed you already, right?"
Han Li naturally knew Gu Huo Jin, which was the name of the Time Dao Ancestor, but when he heard the name of this Heavenly Court figure from Old Ancestor Mi Luo's mouth, his heart couldn't help but skip a beat.
"This disciple has long been on the Heavenly Court's Immortal Execution List. As for whether that Time Dao Ancestor has noticed me, I don't know yet." Han Li said with a wry smile.
"The competition for the Great Dao is so dangerous. In the past, I didn't actually have the idea of competing with Gu Huo Jin for the position of Dao Ancestor. I was just fascinated by the various mysteries of the Law of Time, but I was still suppressed by him. And you are even more talented than me in the study of the Law of Time. It is impossible not to attract attention." Old Ancestor Mi Luo said.
"Master doesn't want to compete for the position of Dao Ancestor? Why is that?" Han Li asked in confusion.
"Hehe, do you know why the Ancestor is called Dao Ancestor?" Old Ancestor Mi Luo asked with a smile.
"The peak of the Great Dao can be called Ancestor, hence Dao Ancestor." Han Li quickly replied.
"That's right, but do you know what peak is climbed to reach the top of this Great Dao?" Old Ancestor Mi Luo said.
"This..." Han Li thought for a moment and realized that this question was not easy to answer.
"The summit of the mountain is where I stand, is the realm of Dao Ancestor. However, above this peak, there is always a sky. This sky is not something else, but the 'Dao' that cultivators are painstakingly pursuing, which is the laws themselves. When residing under the 'Dao', the application of all laws and spells must rely on the support of the 'Dao' and is also subject to the constraints of the 'Dao'. And when you become a Dao Ancestor, and you are truly on par with the Great Dao, what will happen when you are no different from the Great Dao?" Old Ancestor Mi Luo asked.
"Could it be... after becoming a Dao Ancestor, one will merge with the Great Dao and become a part of the Great Dao?" Han Li's forehead suddenly dripped with cold sweat, and he asked.
"As far as I know, after becoming a Dao Ancestor, one will not be immediately devoured by the Great Dao. It's just that once the Dao Ancestor uses the power of the law, it will牽引 the power of the Great Dao. While the power is infinite, it will also accelerate the assimilation of the Great Dao to it." Old Ancestor Mi Luo said.
"So that's it. I think this is why Dao Ancestors are rarely seen taking action in the world, right?" Han Li suddenly realized.
"That's right, but once there is a threat to their own Dao Ancestor status, they will still take action, and they also have more or less some means to delay their complete fusion with the heaven and earth's Great Dao. Gu Huo Jin is such an existence." Old Ancestor Mi Luo said looking at Han Li.
Hearing this, Han Li knew what Old Ancestor Mi Luo was worried about.