Chapter 375 Sunset Abyss
Upon hearing this, Ji Rong immediately released Xibao Palace. She then invited the two great witch bodies back to Xibao Palace before collapsing beside it to catch her breath.
The mountains and rivers, transformed into earth dragons, trapped Ji Rong and Xi Baogong together in a bowl. He held the bowl in his mouth, then disappeared into the ground, heading towards Juzhou.
As Xi Tong, engulfed in flames, streaked across the sky, her words still lingering in the wind, Xi Zhu arrived at the spot where Xi Tong had stood. He swept away the remaining words in the wind with a claw and caught the golden crow seal left behind by Xi Tong.
This seal is a new authority, representing a new sun.
The temptation of having a second incarnation was so blatantly presented to the Lord of the Sun that He could no longer move.
Although He is not old, He has been burning for many years, and the sun is getting bigger and bigger, but the inside of His divine body is getting emptier day by day.
If He could transfer Himself into this empty new sun, or refine this Golden Crow Seal and replace the old seal...
Thinking this, Xi Zhu lost all interest in chasing the little golden crow who claimed to be his niece. He grabbed the golden crow seal and headed towards the ruins of Guangyang Palace. He wanted to put the divine seal into the Source Pool to nurture and refine it.
His private property and the affairs of Guangyang Palace were all entrusted to the divine servants under his command.
He said to Ya Nu and Juan Gui, “Although I prefer tranquility, my mountain cannot be as desolate as the Moon Shadow Mountains. You shall decide what to do, but remember, there must be no more trouble.”
Upon hearing this, Ya Nu and Juan Gui held their breath and nodded in agreement.
On the Guangyang Mountains, Hanbo and Juangui, along with their retinue, comforted and rescued the creatures within.
That night, although Xi Tong absorbed all the essence of the sun, many creatures' caves were still destroyed, and countless creatures were hit by the exploding sparks, losing arms and legs.
Guangyang Palace was also in a mess. The goddess Ya Nu summoned the remaining servants of Guangyang Palace and presided over the reconstruction.
On the banks of the Chou River in Beisaiju Prefecture, the exhausted mountains and rivers led Ji Rong to hide in the dark ice cave he had just dug out. The ice cave was dimly lit and completely silent.
In the darkness, Ji Rong grasped the tiger's tail in the mountains and waters, her beak slightly open, and fell into a peaceful slumber;
Shanshui straightened the earthen bowl on its head and lay down to sleep in the light at the entrance. As its head drooped, the earthen bowl was placed against the only opening for light, acting as a silent guardian.
Winter passed and spring came. A light rain fell, and on the Chou River, the ice and snow melted. Ji Rong and the mountains and rivers were carried by the current towards the frozen river.
As soon as the water reached the confluence, Ji Rong and the mountains and rivers were swept out along with the withered branches and fallen leaves by the patrolling Immortal Lord Xiao Han using ice chains. The fish-headed cultivators under Immortal Lord Xiao Han went ashore one after another. They took out the leather ropes they had prepared in advance, tied up the garbage, and handed it over to the Ice Wolf Clan on the shore, who carried it to Sunset Abyss to be burned.
Sunset Abyss, as its name suggests, was the dwelling place of the suns long ago, and also the place where one sun died. After that great sun died, Sunset Abyss was abandoned by the subsequent suns.
Speaking of which, Sunset Abyss in Juzhou used to be extremely famous.
Its original name was Sunset Cliff. There are eighteen cold springs in the cliff. The springs originally contained cold jade and had a source and flow. It was the place where the suns were tempered.
But after the source of the river collapsed, the spiritual veins dried up, and the cold jade was exhausted, only remnants of ice and endless darkness remained in this place, and the suns never came again.
Later, a giant sun was smashed in, its fierce solar fire burning away the ice and snow, collapsing here and creating a huge gap, turning the place where the sun set from a ridge into an abyss.
The cliff, shrouded in perpetual darkness and layered with ice, gradually grew into a deep abyss over time.
Today, the ice layer in the abyss is hundreds of feet deep, and this place has become a barren land, frozen for thousands of miles and thousands of feet deep, where not a single blade of grass grows.
Throughout the year, only for about 10% of the time can the Sunset Abyss be seen through the refraction of sunlight on the distant ice surface.
However, after "Immortal Lord of Extreme Yang" attained enlightenment and fell into Sunset Abyss, everything changed again.
First, the fires in Sunset Abyss reignited, and the surrounding ice began to melt away from that moment on.
As the largest river in Juju, the glacier carries snowmelt from all directions and the accumulated garbage and debris from generations.
These pieces of garbage and remains have been frozen for who knows how many years, and sometimes they even carry strange toxins, making them very difficult to deal with.
Just then, the Lord of Linglan River downstream visited and said that the Lord of Aogu, the Water Vein of the Canglan Mountains, said that all the water veins in the world are one, and he could help with flood discharge for free.
But they didn't want the garbage exposed by the melting ice, because their waters contained precious spiritual herbs, and they couldn't let it pollute the water and harm the livelihoods of the aquatic creatures in the river.
In order to release the floodwaters, the Great Cold Immortal Lord and the Lesser Cold Immortal Lord had to take turns patrolling the river with their retinues every day to retrieve and dispose of the garbage, thus preventing pollution of the waterways.
Sometimes, when they can't retrieve the trash in time, they can only use their ability to freeze it solid to seal it away again.
The garbage that has been fished out is easy to deal with. Just let it dry and drain the water, then tie it with bark rope and drag it into the fire in Sunset Abyss.
Ji Rong and Shan Shui, who were asleep, were thrown into the fire along with the garbage, but were awakened by the thick smoke and flames in just three breaths.
"Cough, cough," Ji Rong turned on her protective golden light and flew out of the fire.
She absorbed the golden light of faith into her body, then fluttered her wings and slowly began to preen her feathers.
Above the abyss, the wolves saw a beautiful phoenix suddenly emerge from the fire and exclaimed in surprise, "Heavens! So this fire is used by the divine bird to incubate its eggs! Quickly, tell the two immortal lords that a seven-colored phoenix has been born from the fire of Sunset Abyss!"
They shouted and left, and Ji Rong then saw a huge fire in the snow-white glacier; behind the fire was a black blind bird with open white eyes.
The bird was listless. She was skillfully poking at the fire with her wings and claws while stuffing blackened, charred meat into her mouth. Before long, she pulled three charred dead fish and a small, gray, earthen figure covered with an earthen bowl and wriggling around in the fire.
"Xi Tong! Lord of Mountains and Rivers!" Ji Rong exclaimed in surprise. She flapped her wings and came to Xi Tong's side, pulled the mountain and water out of the hot ashes, and washed it with the snow water not far away, finally revealing its original appearance: a small, earthy-yellow figure with a tail.
Hearing the sound, Shan Shui only glanced at Ji Rong before falling back asleep. Ji Rong quickly pinched its tail and shook it, saying, "God, God, please send one of the Hundred Sons out to take us to the Danxue Mountains."
"Hiss, it's damp and cold here, no place for birds."
The Mountain and Water God opened his eyes, glanced at Ji Rong, and said, "Young friend, allow me to sleep a little longer." After saying that, he fell into a deep sleep again.
Upon hearing Ji Rong's voice, Xi Tong looked up in surprise, her lifeless eyes darting around as she asked, "Is that A Rong?"
Ji Rong nodded hurriedly, looking at Xi Tong's pale eyes with heartache, and said, "Sister Hei, where is your authority? Why are your injuries still not healed?"
Upon hearing this, Xi Tong put down the charred meat, and a hoarse voice came from her mouth. She smiled and said, "I gave that sun to Xi Jun."
"Why?" Ji Rong asked, puzzled.
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