The Heavenly Pillar seems to rise abruptly from an endless abyss, a natural support, so this mountain...
Shangguan Liuyue leaned against the cave wall: "This mountain is made of lava. The Blazing Lake has been flowing for millions of years, and the lava surging in the lake has supported this mountain inch by inch. That's why Chongyang Mountain has always been the highest mountain in the Nine Realms Continent, because this mountain is alive."
The lower she went, the more intense the heat became. Meng Wanwan thought to herself, "Thank goodness I'm wearing my magic robes."
Meng Xiuyi raised a question: "If the Blazing Lake is naturally formed, then this cave should not be natural."
If it was man-made, then there must be other people below.
No sooner had he finished speaking than a sharp killing intent pierced through from around the corner.
Everyone quickly dodged, and then saw an icicle pierce the cave wall behind them.
Meng Wanwan flung off her red fan, which transformed into a longsword. She slashed out with the power of a Nascent Soul cultivator, and a chaotic scream erupted.
She was in a hurry to save lives and wasn't going to play hide-and-seek with these things.
Shangguan Liuyue knew what she was thinking. She stomped her foot, and a green array pattern spread out.
Suddenly, the central pillar also stirred. The massive white pillar seemed to have been struck, emitting a violent buzzing sound that pierced everyone's minds, causing them to instinctively cover their ears.
Shangguan Liuyue said awkwardly, "Sorry, I forgot to remind you. This Heavenly Pillar is connected to the laws of Heaven and senses the power of nature. The formation I just used used wood elemental power, and the Heavenly Pillar gave me feedback."
Everyone...
Okay, okay, I know you're amazing. You can make the Heavenly Pillar resonate now, alright?
Then they heard a sound like dumplings being dropped into boiling water, accompanied by shrill screams, as they fell into something with a thud.
Shangguan Liuyue finally breathed a sigh of relief: "Let's go."
The group immediately quickened their pace and headed down.
Sure enough, the journey went much more smoothly this time.
The further down you go, the stronger the heat wave becomes.
Especially for demonic cultivators, such intense power made them extremely uncomfortable.
Meng Wanwan told the three who had absorbed the evil energy to return to their spatial realm first, while the rest of them continued onward.
Those who entered this place included not only members of the Meng family and people related to the Meng family, but also those who wanted to find a way out in Chongyang Palace.
When they emerged from that narrow opening and stepped onto the last expansive piece of land, everyone fell silent.
Helian Xiao: "Who calls an area that can't be seen to the end a lake...?"
The rolling lava surged and churned underground, its red magma so intense and dazzling that anyone who saw it couldn't help but squint.
The boundless surge felt like the divine might of the heavens pressing down, giving everyone present a suffocating sense of being looked down upon.
And amidst this boundless sea of lava, a stone pillar rises from the ground, stretching towards the unseen sky.
Meng Wanwan...
"Father, I remember we were just circling around the Heavenly Pillar, right?"
Meng Xiuyi was silent for a moment, then said, "There may be more than one Heavenly Pillar."
"Master, it's Second Junior Brother." Yun Zhao's voice was cold and urgent, startling everyone who was immersed in shock, and they looked up at the pillar in the middle of the lava.
A boy was enveloped in a cloud of impure mist and hovered beside the pillar of heaven.
Everyone gasped sharply.
Even if they didn't see it, the sound of dumplings being put into the pot should be quite clear, right? If they fall in, they're gone, aren't they?
"Chu You!" Meng Xiuyi frowned and called out.
However, the sound of churning lava drowned out his shouts.
Just then, the calmly churning lava suddenly stopped for a moment.
Meng Wanwan subconsciously stepped back, and the next second, a rumbling sound came from the ground. The boundless lava began to tremble and shake. Gradually, a huge vortex began to form near the central pillar.
"Quick! Run! Lava is flying everywhere!"
Meng Wanwan formed a hand seal, a red fan floated in front of her chest, and white array patterns instantly formed, striking towards Chu You.
“Someone set up a formation here beforehand,” Shangguan Liuyue said in a deep voice.
If Chu You is the final key to unlocking the mystery, then the person behind the scenes will definitely not let Chu You go.
They won't let these people off the hook either.
The past is already clear, and the wrath of Heaven has descended upon the world. The person behind the scenes has only two choices.
First, to once again shield those long-forgotten events, so that the world, and even the will of Heaven, may forget them.
First, let them expose the truth, accept divine punishment, and face an uncertain future.
How could Han Yueji possibly choose the second option?
The power of heaven and earth was immense. Meng Wanwan's formation enveloped Chu You, forcefully withstanding the onslaught of the enormous lava waves.
The blockage in my meridians has lessened considerably, but the pain I feel this time is still just as intense as before.
She simply sat down on the ground, nonchalantly watching the churning lava waves, and shouted, "Han Yueji... oh, no, I should call you Han Zhuojun, right?"
After saying that, she immediately spat out a mouthful of blood.
Then he patted his chest and said, "Hmm, after spitting out blood, I feel much better."
A beam of light, seemingly from nowhere, gathered in mid-air, gradually revealing the girl's silhouette.
She turned around and looked at Meng Wanwan: "That's why I say we, father and daughter, are of one mind."
Meng Wanwan spat out another mouthful of blood: "Ugh, you disgust me."
Han Zhuojun fell silent.
The Han Shuangting of the previous life was not like this.
The people gathered around the lava were in an uproar.
"Who is Han Zhuojun? Isn't she the young lady of the Han family? Isn't she the head of the Han family now?"
"Han Zhuojun, a name from a very long time ago..."
Helian Tengyun sighed, "Six hundred years ago, the ancestor of the Han family single-handedly transformed the Han family, a minor figure in the mortal world, into a force that could not be ignored in the cultivation world."
"How is this possible?" People were shocked and horrified.
Helian Tengyun: "What's impossible about that? Han Zhuojun himself has already shown the world that nothing is impossible, hasn't he?"
He looked mockingly at the person in the halo: "He befriended the successor of the Scroll of Gods, tricked her into giving birth to his child, stole her Heavenly Gift, used the contents of the Heavenly Gift to exchange for a marriage alliance with the Baili family of that year, and then made the Baili family turn their attention to his own daughter, Zhuting. In the end, the Baili family became the Bai family, which is now extinct. Meanwhile, the Han family rose to prominence and has remained prosperous ever since."
People in the cultivation world have always revered the Dao and followed the natural way. Cultivators lay bare their Daoist hearts. Although there are some clever and profound people, they are no match for Han Zhuojun, who has been struggling in the mortal world.
His deep scheming goes far beyond just plotting against the Baili family.
The Xun family, the Linggu Sect, and all those aristocratic families and sects that he once commanded to hunt down Zhu Ting and Baili Qing across the entire Nine Realms Continent—weren't they all stepping stones for him?
He was truly a single man who used the Scroll of All Heavens as a tool, along with the blood and tears of the Celestial Race, to scheme against the entire Nine Realms Continent. In the end, the cultivation world was in chaos, the Heavenly Dao was corrupted, and all sects and families perished.
Everyone who entered this place, including some members of sects and families who knew a part of the inside story, felt a chill run down their spines after hearing what Helian Tengyun had said.
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