EBE Chapter 12774 The Remnants of the Great Sun
Chapter 12774 The Remnants of the Great Sun
Chapter 12774 The Remnants of the Great Sun
"The Golden Mother of Myriad Transformations, do you really want me dead?"
"However, we don't need to do the second task now."
Ye Chen grinned. Now that he had officially broken ties with the Myriad Transformations Golden Mother, the second task was naturally unnecessary.
However, although Ye Chen hated the Myriad Transformations Golden Mother in his heart, he could not muster the killing intent and hatred to completely kill and crush her.
There was murderous intent and hatred, but it wasn't strong or intense enough.
Ye Chen immediately knew that it was because he had learned the White Day Forging Furnace Sword and had received some benefit from the Myriad Transformations Golden Mother.
The Golden Mother of Myriad Transformations taught Ye Chen swordsmanship, but she also secretly held back a trick, planting a seed of inner demons in Ye Chen's heart.
Receiving favors from others can also be a form of inner demon.
"This guy is very calculating."
"I must first eliminate this inner demon before I can kill her."
Ye Chen secretly kept an eye on things. If he softened his heart during the final battle and was killed by the Myriad Transformations Golden Mother, that would be extremely bad.
Continuing to search through the ancient texts, although the secrets in the Hall of Ancient Texts did not directly record the mysteries of the Yang chapter, Ye Chen gradually gleaned some clues from the fragments of countless texts.
"The remnants of the Great Sun..."
He gleaned four words: the Great Sun Remnant Clan, the oldest and most secretive race in the Great Sun Pure Land of Lapis Lazuli, said to have been born from a book.
There was no record of what book it was, but Ye Chen had a strong feeling that it must be related to the Yang chapter of the Yin-Yang Divine Contract!
An ancient race was born from the ancient Yang Chapter Secret Manual!
The primordial spiritual energy of the Yang chapter seems capable of nurturing life!
According to the book, this Great Sun Clan is the oldest and most secretive race in the Great Sun Pure Land of Lapis Lazuli. It is said that they were born from the Heavenly Book, and their bloodline is supreme. They are the sacred race recognized by the Pure Land.
This clan has been secluded in the deepest part of the Pure Land for many years, never having any contact with outside cultivators.
Firstly, they held themselves in high esteem, believing that outsiders were full of worldly dust and filth, defiling their sacred bloodline, and thus disdained to associate with them.
Secondly, whenever the people from the Purification Bureau conduct routine checks on them and use the Retribution Mirror to examine them, the power of their supreme bloodline will directly burst the mirror.
When the Purification Bureau saw the mirror shatter, they assumed it had detected unclean energy. Therefore, every time the Great Sun Remnant Clan encountered the Purification Bureau, it would cause a significant misunderstanding.
After this happened repeatedly, the Great Sun Remnant Clan increasingly felt that outsiders were all unreasonable fools, and finally simply closed off the tribe completely, never taking another step outside.
"The sacred descendants from whom the Heavenly Book was born..."
"That so-called heavenly book is most likely the Yang chapter of the Yin-Yang Divine Contract."
Ye Chen pondered in his heart that although none of the many secret manuals in the Hall of Scriptures directly mentioned the Yang Chapter, he kept searching and gathering clues, guessing that the so-called Heavenly Book was indeed the Yang Chapter.
In other words, the Yang chapter of the Yin-Yang Divine Contract is most likely hidden in the tribe of the Great Sun Remnant Clan!
Upon this deduction, Ye Chen felt that the divine will was in perfect harmony, and there was no further error.
Having finally learned the whereabouts of the Yang Chapter, Ye Chen felt a surge of excitement.
Now, he only needs to go to the tribe of the Great Sun Remnant Clan to have a chance to obtain the Yang Chapter!
He was about to continue perusing the ancient texts, searching for more clues about the Great Sun remnant tribe, when a cold, demanding voice suddenly came from behind him:
"Hey, who are you? Why do you have this strange aura about you?"
Ye Chen froze, then slowly turned around. He saw a young girl in a moon-white Taoist robe standing not far away, with a cold expression and a dignified demeanor. She had a badge from the Purification Bureau hanging from her waist.
"My name is Chen Ye, a wandering cultivator who came to the Hall of Scriptures to consult ancient books. I don't know how I offended you, young lady?"
Ye Chen smiled slightly and subtly concealed the aura of the Time God Path.
The girl looked Ye Chen up and down with a hint of doubt, then frowned slightly and said:
"Have you killed someone in the last couple of days? You smell of blood and have a very unpleasant odor."
Upon hearing this, Ye Chen felt a chill run down his spine.
He did indeed kill Chi Xuntian, and his body contains the darkest and most terrifying abyss in the world, but in theory, it would be impossible for an ordinary person to see the secret.
"You flatter me, young lady." Ye Chen smiled calmly.
The girl said, "I am Gong Xuelian, a steward of the Purification Division. Today I am responsible for inspecting the Library Hall. I suspect that you have been tainted by a dark and dirty aura, which may pollute the ley lines of my Proud Sun Holy Land. I need to conduct a detailed examination on you."
After saying that, Gong Xuelian first showed the token at her waist, and then took out a mirror, which was the Mirror of Retribution used by the Purification Division.
Before Ye Chen could agree, Gong Xuelian raised the Mirror of Retribution and infused it with spiritual energy. The mirror instantly glowed with a pale blue halo, and a faint beam of light shot towards Ye Chen.
Ye Chen's expression darkened, but he did not dodge.
If he were to dodge now, it would only make him seem guilty and increase suspicion.
He secretly used the power of the Deceitful Talisman and the Primordial Chaos Qi to hide all his authority and all his aura related to darkness.
But the next instant, there was a crack.
Upon shining upon Ye Chen, the Mirror of Retribution shattered instantly, turning into countless tiny fragments.
"Ah, you demon!"
"Such powerful filth!"
Upon seeing this, Gong Xuelian took a step back, her expression changing drastically. She looked at Ye Chen with extreme vigilance and turned to call out, "Someone come here..."
"Wait a moment, young lady!"
Ye Chen immediately stepped forward and covered Gong Xuelian's mouth.
He hadn't expected that even though he had concealed his presence, the Mirror of Retribution would still burst open when it shone upon him.
Could it be that the abyss and darkness within me have truly been reflected?
His mind raced, knowing that once exposed, he would be in danger. If he attracted a powerful figure like the Great Sun Venerable, it would be difficult for him to escape unscathed.
Gong Xuelian's mouth was covered by Ye Chen, and her eyes widened in surprise. She felt that it was difficult to circulate the spiritual energy in her dantian, as if she had been completely suppressed by Ye Chen.
Ye Chen recalled reading about the Great Sun Clan in the ancient texts, so he released his grip and looked at Gong Xuelian with a smile, saying:
"Please calm down, young lady. I'd like to ask you, does the shattering of the Mirror of Retribution necessarily mean I am an unclean person?"
"Wh...what?"
Gong Xuelian's expression gradually changed; the anger on her face faded, replaced by a hint of hesitation.
As a steward of the Purification Department, she naturally knew the secrets of the Mirror of Retribution.
There is more than one possibility for the Mirror of Retribution to shatter. Besides detecting extremely impure energy, there is another extremely rare situation: the detection of a supreme and noble bloodline. If the power of the bloodline far exceeds the Mirror of Retribution's capacity, the mirror will burst.
For example, the descendants of the Great Japanese Empire...
Could this guy be a descendant of the Great Sun Clan?
Gong Xuelian looked at Ye Chen and was immediately shocked. She remembered how her spiritual energy had been suppressed by Ye Chen just now.
Such a powerful suppressive force could indeed be the remnant of the Great Sun Clan.
She had also heard that some nobles of the Great Sun Clan would disguise themselves as wandering cultivators to travel.
Ye Chen smiled enigmatically and said, "You should have guessed my identity, young lady."
As he spoke, Ye Chen's pupils suddenly turned golden, and a sacred, blazing aura of the sun gathered in his eyes, fiery and domineering.
When Gong Xuelian saw those eyes, she was so startled that her delicate body trembled, and only one thought crossed her mind:
That's right, he is a nobleman of the Great Sun Clan!
Ye Chen simply smiled; he was deliberately putting on an act, pretending to be a proud and noble person.
He wields the Great Sun Glazed Sword, the White Sun Forging Sword, and the Collapse Sword. He has a deep karmic connection with the Path of the Sun, and the aura of the Sun that he can exude is even several times stronger than that of ordinary cultivators in the Pure Land.
"Don't reveal my whereabouts."
Ye Chen winked and smiled at Gong Xuelian, then quickly left the Hall of Scriptures.
He feared that if he lingered any longer, he would expose the abyss's presence.
After leaving the Hall of Scriptures, Ye Chen briefly calculated what had just happened and realized that the Mirror of Retribution must have shattered because he possessed too much divine authority, with countless noble and great powers gathered in one person. This so-called Mirror of Retribution simply could not bear the power of Ye Chen's bloodline.
Gong Xuelian stood there, lost in thought.
After being stunned for a while, Gong Xuelian's expression suddenly changed, and she cried out in pain.
"No! Something's wrong!"
“Wanfang City is just a remote border town, a melting pot of all sorts of people. A noble race like the Great Sun Remnant Clan has always lived in the deepest part of the Pure Land. How could someone possibly come here alone?”
"I was tricked by that guy!?"
Gong Xuelian was furious and rushed out to confront Ye Chen, but Ye Chen had already gone far away and she could not catch up.
"Damn it, this guy is definitely lying to me!"
Gong Xuelian stamped her foot. She trusted her intuition; Ye Chen must be a liar.
Although Ye Chen's aura of blazing sun was incredibly grand, pure, and noble, he was definitely not a member of the Great Sun Clan.
Who exactly is that guy?
After investigating thoroughly, Gong Xuelian hurriedly returned to the headquarters of the Cleansing Division, intending to gather manpower to arrest Ye Chen.
She must find out the truth!
……
At this moment, Ye Chen walked on the streets of Wanfang City, his mind racing with thoughts.
He knew very well that although Gong Xuelian was temporarily fooled by him, she would eventually realize that something was wrong.
Furthermore, the Golden Mother of Myriad Transformations is a cunning and scheming woman. Chi Xuntian is merely a pawn in her game, and she must have planted other trusted confidants within the Myriad Workshops City.
Ye Chen's whereabouts are likely to be exposed.
Ye Chen wanted to leave Wanfang City directly, but he was afraid that Ren Feifan would arrive and he wouldn't be able to find him.
"Let's wait a few more days and observe how things develop."
Ye Chen pondered the situation, not rushing to leave, and silently maintained a cautious attitude.
He could no longer stay at the inn, so he went around to the desolate mountains on the outskirts of the city, found a secluded cave to settle down in, set up a concealment barrier, and then took out the Sunfire Ruyi Cup.
Ye Chen silently looked at the cup. On the surface, it seemed to be filled with the aura of a sacred and proud sun, but if you looked closely, you could catch a strong aura of desire, greed and jealousy.
That was the aura of the Great Mother Goddess, coiling around Ye Chen's soul like a venomous snake, instantly igniting a crazy thought in his mind, making him want to immediately take action and kill everyone who stood in his way.
Ye Chen's mind sharpened, and he circulated his spiritual energy to suppress the crazy thoughts in his heart.
The fact that the Myriad Transformations Golden Mother was so fierce and ruthless back then, shattering the blazing sun, is probably inextricably linked to this Sunfire Ruyi Cup.
The desire within the cup will gradually erode one's moral compass, making one greedy and insane.
However, Ye Chen did not discard the Sunfire Ruyi Cup because of this.
He knew very well that everything has two sides.
So-called desires can also be a driving force for progress; if properly controlled, they can turn the tide of battle.
"Let's refine this cup first."
Taking a deep breath, Ye Chen sat cross-legged on the ground, placed the Sunfire Ruyi Cup in front of him, slowly closed his eyes, released his spiritual energy, enveloped the Sunfire Ruyi Cup, and began to refine it.
The moment his spiritual energy touched the cup, an aura mixed with the warmth of the blazing sun and greedy desire surged into his meridians.
Ye Chen's mind sharpened. He activated the power of reincarnation, suppressing the restless desire and preventing it from eroding his Dao heart.
Then, Ye Chen manifested the Daoist aura of the White-Day Forging Furnace Sword, using the fierceness of the forging Dao to forcefully suppress the mixed aura in the cup.
The refining process was quite difficult.
The sun's radiance was intense and domineering.
The desire of the Great Mother Goddess, however, is like a leech clinging to the bone.
Fine beads of sweat appeared on Ye Chen's forehead. He slowly and deliberately bound the essence of the Sunfire Ruyi Cup to his own Daoist principles.
The sky outside the cave changed from dark to light, and then from light to dark again. Before we knew it, three days had passed.
Ye Chen's spiritual energy became increasingly condensed. The Sunfire Ruyi Cup, no longer restless, was completely connected with his spiritual energy, gently floating in front of him and flowing with his will.
"Hiss... It actually took me three days. This cup is indeed extraordinary."
Ye Chen let out a soft breath, and at that moment he felt spiritual energy surging within his dantian, frantically impacting the barrier of his cultivation realm.
The shackles of the seventh level of the Heavenly Dao Realm were also shattered under the nourishment of the new power.
Ye Chen's cultivation steadily broke through, and he successfully advanced to the peak of the seventh level of the Heavenly Dao Realm!
"Not bad, it even helped me break through."
A golden glint flashed in Ye Chen's eyes, then disappeared.
He held the Sunfire Auspicious Cup and felt a connection between the cup and his mind. With a thought, a suction force arose from the cup.
He immediately channeled his spiritual energy, pouring all the abyssal aura that might have leaked out of him, the bloody secrets left after killing the Crimson Sky Patrolman, and the dark energy that might be emanating from his body into the Sunfire Ruyi Cup.
He possesses the Heaven-Deceiving Talisman and the Primordial Chaos Qi, which allows him to conceal his aura very well, but there may still be a small amount of leakage.
Now that we have the Sunbeam Auspicious Cup, this small amount of leakage can be transferred into the cup.
In a short while, his aura became completely pure, and there was no trace of "impurity" left.
"This cup is a good container."
Ye Chen muttered to himself, put the Sunfire Ruyi Cup into the Reincarnation Graveyard, and then continued to sit cross-legged on the ground to consolidate his newly broken-through cultivation, while quietly waiting for Ren Feifan's arrival.
The cave fell silent again, with only Ye Chen's steady breathing mingling with the occasional sound of the wind outside.
The outside world is too dangerous. If Ye Chen were exposed, he could easily bring about his death, along with the Wan Hua Jin Mu, the Jing Gou Si, and some high-ranking members of the Jiao Yang Sheng Di.
He planned to wait for Ren Feifan to arrive before making any further plans.
Two days later, Ye Chen vaguely sensed a familiar aura, which finally appeared outside the cave. It carried a sharp edge after a period of killing, yet also exuded a sense of familiarity that Ye Chen found incredibly comforting.
Ye Chen was overjoyed. He stood up and quickly walked out of the cave. He saw a black divine light flying over and landing on the open ground at the cave entrance.
It is Ren Feifan!
He was dressed in blood-stained white clothes, and his body still retained a lingering murderous aura.
"Senior Ren!"
Ye Chen strode forward, his voice trembling with excitement. These past few days, he had been hiding alone in the Sacred Land of the Blazing Sun, every step fraught with danger. Now, seeing Ren Feifan, the tension in his heart finally eased a little.
Ren Feifan's face showed a hint of fatigue, but his smile remained gentle. He looked Ye Chen up and down, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes: "I didn't expect you to break through to the peak of the seventh level of the Heavenly Dao Realm and refine that Sun Flame Ruyi Cup. It went more smoothly than I expected."