The Ancient Snake God.
Having attained the Dao long ago, it had since wasted away through countless years.
It was the world’s very first snake person.
Later, through its descendants, it established what became known as the Snakefolk Tribe.
It could be said that every snake person in the tribe today carried a part of its bloodline, more or less.
However, with the passage of endless years,
This Ancient Snake God, like the Ascendant Remnants of Hongmengzhou’s Immortal Realm, was burdened with the same question:
How to transcend tribulation and attain immortality.
The Ascension Emperor chose to spend the long years solidifying himself at the Tribulation Transcension stage.
This Ancient Snake God, however, accidentally discovered the Burial Dust Reincarnation Mirror.This ancient artifact gave the Ancient Snake God hope.
Willing to sacrifice the entire tribe for it, he then carefully constructed what was called the Shrine.
Yet now, this Ancient Snake God was exposed by a little girl who, along with outsiders, revealed the Shrine’s location to the world.
The Burial Dust Reincarnation Mirror, housed within the Shrine, was about to fall into others’ hands.
Because the Ancient Snake God had experienced internal rebellion within the Snakefolk Tribe’s descendants, he had set up a series of strict rules afterward.
No one was allowed to approach the Shrine’s main hall.
He always believed he was safely seated on his fishing platform, never imagining the Shrine’s location would be discovered by others.
At this moment, the Ancient Snake God was completely tied up.
Di Nü Feng, with cultivation at the peak of Tribulation Transcension, was locked in a stalemate against the Ancient Snake God and Mozi.
The Ancient Snake God could not free himself for the time being.
In the desert, Tian Sha Hall’s followers and the Snakefolk Tribe were engaged in battle.
Though it was not their home turf, the Tian Sha Hall’s followers, despite being outnumbered many times over, did not fall behind.
The Ancient Snake God was panting heavily, staring intently at Di Nü Feng.
Her strength was far superior to that of his master.
Even if he recovered to his peak, if it came to a death match, he feared he would not be her match.
However…
The Ancient Snake God sensed the presence of the remaining nine Snakefolk Tribe leaders who had just arrived.
“Form the formation!!”
With the Ancient Snake God’s roar,
The nine tribe leaders quickly took their positions, forming a tight formation.
Seeing this, Mozi silently slipped aside, moving out of the formation’s range.
Di Nü Feng was originally unconcerned about the Snakefolk Tribe’s encirclement.
A faint sneer appeared at the corner of her mouth.
However, just as she prepared to strike, suddenly, a suffocatingly powerful aura swept over her like a raging tide.
This aura came violently, accompanied by howling cold winds and rolling poisonous miasma.
The poisonous air that had filled the surroundings seemed to be crushed by an invisible giant hand, quickly collapsing into a pitch-black vortex.
The vortex spun faster and faster, like a bottomless black hole, endlessly devouring everything nearby.
At the center of this whirlpool, a gigantic snake-shaped Dharma Form gradually manifested.
Di Nü Feng frowned deeply and shouted,
“Come on, I, the sect leader, am not afraid of you!”
“.........”
Inside the Shrine, the main hall crumbled piece by piece.
The hall was not as sturdy as imagined.
With Li Xuanxiao and Huang Chengqian’s fierce clash, chaos reigned within the hall.
“Li Xuanxiao, today shall be your burial ground!!
Remnant of Mount Shushan, prepare to die.”
Li Xuanxiao did not engage in a direct fight. He had already seized the Burial Dust Reincarnation Mirror first.
Under Xiao Qing’s command, he fled within the hall.
Even so, several times he narrowly escaped death.
Outside the Shrine, the battle also went badly for Li Xuanxiao.
Di Nü Feng’s face was pale as paper, a trace of black blood oozing from the corner of her mouth, the signs of poisoning becoming increasingly obvious.
At that moment, the huge Dharma Form shadow, like a ferocious beast, opened its gaping maw and viciously bit at Di Nü Feng.
The bite was terrifyingly powerful, breaking through Di Nü Feng’s protective treasure directly.
Di Nü Feng’s eyes widened, full of shock.
“...........”
Looking at the panting Li Xuanxiao, the Snake God no longer sought to utterly exterminate Di Nü Feng.
He knew that with Di Nü Feng’s strength, killing her was not so simple.
What mattered more now was to return and guard the Burial Dust Reincarnation Mirror.
But as the Snake God prepared to return, the pale-faced Di Nü Feng once again blocked his path.
This enraged the Snake God greatly.
He sensed the Burial Dust Reincarnation Mirror had already left the hall.
The Snake God opened his blood-red maw and roared, “Today, I want your lives!!”
However, as soon as he finished speaking,
Suddenly, a huge hand tore through the Snake God’s body.
“Trash!!”
This sudden change stunned everyone on the battlefield.
Several Snakefolk Tribe leaders were even more confused.
They thought it might be a last trick from the Snake God.
The Snake God’s massive body trembled violently; at this moment, that huge body looked remarkably weak.
The hand that tore through the Snake God’s face continued ripping.
The Snake God croaked hoarsely, “You... you are!?”
“Can’t even recognize my voice now?”
“Mirror God!? Why!?”
It turned out that the so-called “Snake God” was actually the first-generation Mirror Spirit. The true transcender was the Mirror Spirit itself.
The Snake God’s shedding of skin was actually the Mirror Spirit accumulating immortal source. Ultimately, the Mirror Spirit would be reborn by borrowing the Snake God’s body, and the Snake God would become its stepping stone.
The Mirror Spirit would allow no mistakes, much less the loss of the Burial Dust Reincarnation Mirror.
“...............”
“Rumble—!!”
Heavenly thunder, extremely violent and sudden, crashed down from the sky.
It startled everyone’s hearts.
Mozi quickly withdrew from the thunder tribulation’s range, fearing collateral damage.
The fighters stopped their clashes and retreated.
Huang Chengqian also halted his pursuit and stepped back.
He did not want to be struck by the heavenly thunder.
Li Xuanxiao, who had been fleeing, hesitated slightly at the scene.
Suddenly, he realized this might be a crucial opportunity. Immediately, he pressed his fingers together and swept them across his brow.
At this moment, as the Mirror God revealed its true form, the heavenly tribulation appeared.
Li Xuanxiao closed his eyes tightly, fingers forming hand seals, murmuring incantations.
As his hand seals twisted continuously,
The Nascent Soul inside his body suddenly burst forth with thousands of shining particles!
These particles flickered densely around Li Xuanxiao’s body.
They were not merely dissipating but contained the life essence of his century-long painstaking cultivation!
At this moment, Li Xuanxiao returned all this true essence to heaven and earth.
After this powerful release of true essence, a massive energy vortex instantly formed around Li Xuanxiao’s body.
This vortex, like a bottomless pit, ravenously devoured the surrounding spiritual energy.
Within this strong energy fluctuation, Li Xuanxiao quietly awaited the moment he would break through to the Transformation Spirit stage.