After the incident with the fake Jade Pool Immortal Peach, Zhao Ruizhi had become somewhat disillusioned with the pursuit of immortality, but seeing it again now has rekindled his enthusiasm.

He hurriedly looked back at the meaning of the previous few sentences, "I ride on the dark clouds, and the heavenly gate opens wide", which should mean riding on dark clouds and the heavenly gate opening wide.

He thought of the time not long ago when the sky collapsed and the world was turned upside down, with black clouds flashing everywhere and then three immortal mountains appearing. This must have described the situation at that time.

But what exactly does the following line mean: "The sun returns to the golden palace, the Southern Star revolves around the Jade Balance; the canopy ascends to the purple palace, the elegant music enters Zheng; who can understand the secret, and receive longevity upon tying the hair"?

He vaguely remembered seeing words like "Yuheng" in ancient books, which seemed to be the name of a star. Although he didn't quite understand the other sentences, he guessed that they were describing some kind of celestial phenomenon.

Does one need to fulfill certain astrological requirements to achieve immortality?

Zhao Ruizhi's expression changed several times. He considered himself invincible and confident that he could accomplish anything, no matter how difficult. Even when the sky and earth collapsed, he remained calm. But now, he was truly in despair.

If specific celestial configurations are required, how could he possibly have the ability to influence the stars in the sky?

As far as he knew, certain celestial phenomena would only occur once every few years, ranging from a few decades to thousands or tens of thousands of years, and were beyond human control.

While plugging the hole in the ceiling, He Li sensed a violent aura spreading outwards, clearly indicating that the emperor's emotions were unstable. He was immediately alarmed, and quick-wittedly said, "Congratulations, Your Majesty!"

Zhao Ruizhi gave him a cold look: "What's there to be happy about?"

As his gaze swept over him, He Li felt as if he had been plunged into an ice cellar. He had no doubt that if he couldn't come up with something, the other party would kill him in the blink of an eye.

He swallowed hard and hurriedly said, "This secret realm has remained completely normal in the back mountain of the National Academy for so many years, but as soon as Your Majesty arrived, everything was turned upside down, and a new secret realm appeared. Clearly, Your Majesty is the destined one that this new secret realm has been waiting for. 'I ride the dark clouds and open the heavenly gates wide'—isn't that a description of what we experienced before? Since the previous events have been confirmed, the subsequent celestial phenomena will likely be verified one by one. Your Majesty, your arrival is perfectly timed. Clearly, the path to immortality is waiting for Your Majesty."

He had just heard Zhao Ruizhi recite the inscriptions. As a peak ninth-rank expert, he was certainly not stupid. After a little analysis, he understood the gist of the inscriptions. Although he didn't know how to decipher them, it was enough to use them to flatter Zhao Ruizhi.

Upon hearing his words, Zhao Ruizhi was overjoyed and burst into laughter: "Not bad, not bad! These few words mostly describe the current celestial phenomena, hahaha..."

While smiling obsequiously from the ceiling, He Li felt a chill in his heart. Although the celestial signs had confirmed it, it was still uncertain who the destined one would be. After all, so many of us had come in together. Hmph, I might just find a chance to obtain the method of immortality. At that time, what would those strange flowers on my body and the emperor matter?

Zhao Ruizhi was invigorated: "Alright, now that we've uncovered the secrets here, let's continue!"

After saying that, he left the ancient city ruins and returned to the top of the desert. He looked into the distance and wondered what Zuan and Bi Linglong were doing.

Hmph, they were probably killed by that vengeful spirit and all sorts of traps and mechanisms. It's too good for them.

Meanwhile, on the other side, Zuan didn't know what to do, or even whether to do it or not.

Bi Linglong, like a kitten in heat, kept kissing his cheeks. Smelling her fragrance, Zu An felt like his whole body was about to explode.

However, he was no longer an inexperienced novice. Although his body reacted honestly, he had some doubts in his heart. He hurriedly looked to Mi Li for help: "Queen Master, please help me see if there is something wrong with her?"

Mi Li, who had been pretending to examine the clues in the temple but actually eavesdropping, had a slight upturn at the corner of her lips, but quickly covered it up: "Tsk tsk tsk, you only realized she had a problem now?"

"What exactly happened?" Zu An struggled to push the beauty in his arms away slightly while looking at Mi Li. But what he touched was all soft, fragrant flesh, which almost made him lose his mind several times.

Mi Li shook her head: "I don't know, but judging from her condition, she should have been poisoned. Because you cultivated the 'Primordial Chaos Scripture,' you are now immune to all poisons, so you are fine."

"Poisoned?" Zuan recalled that he hadn't touched anything after entering the temple, so how could he be poisoned?

etc!

Suddenly, a thought struck him. He looked up at the torches and candlesticks on the pillars on both sides and saw that the burning candlesticks were faintly emitting wisps of translucent blue smoke.

When he first entered, the light inside was too dim, so he used his Flame Blade to ignite the candlesticks. He was still marveling at how the temple was in ruins, yet the oil in these candlesticks was still usable.

Realizing that the problem likely lay here, he hurriedly grabbed Bi Linglong and soared into the sky, breaking through the roof and flying outside.

At this moment, a series of eerie, ghostly cries echoed from all around, which were extremely chilling.

"Who on earth is playing tricks?" Zu'an roared, scanning his surroundings, but unfortunately, apart from the weeds swaying in the wind, he couldn't see anyone.

He frowned and immediately used the jade cong's power to try to control the surrounding small animals to help with the search.

Unfortunately, he was quite surprised to find that there were no small animals around!

There were no birds, mice, or even insects, let alone any.

Thinking of this, his heart sank. It was normal that there were many vengeful spirits but no animals in the swamp, but it was too strange that there was not a single living creature in this place with such lush vegetation.

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