Asura Mad Emperor

Since ancient times, Divine Severing Cliff had existed here. Legend had it that the cliff did not originally have this name, but because a great battle between the gods and demons took place here, with many falling in this area, it thus came to be known as Divine Severing Cliff.

Apart from its towering height, the cliff also had a peculiar feature: cultivators, whether flying upward or climbing by hand, would be stopped by an inexplicable force after reaching a certain altitude.

Only those who had never cultivated, mere mortals, could continue upwards, but with their feeble strength, they would invariably exhaust themselves within a few days, falling from the cliff to their deaths.

According to those who had attempted to climb it before, aside from the endless stone wall, there was nothing else on Divine Severing Cliff.@@novelbin@@

That year, Qinchuan was still just a cowherd from outside the valley, and since he was young, he had listened to the elderly in the village speak of this mysterious cliff within the valley, and he was always filled with curiosity.

As he grew a little older, he would often run to the base of the cliff alone, wanting to climb to its highest point to take in the view of the surrounding mountains.

However, he had tried several times, and each time he could only endure for about twenty days before he no longer had the strength to climb higher and was forced to return without success.

On this day, Qinchuan made thorough preparations, ready to challenge the cliff once more. But at the base of Divine Severing Cliff, he encountered a creature with the body of a man and the head of a bull, with two horns atop its head. The creature spoke human language and asked, "Boy, what is it you intend to do by repeatedly trying to scale this cliff?"

Qinchuan answered, "I'm just curious and want to climb up, that's all!"

Hearing this, the bull-headed creature let out an eerie cackle, thoroughly chilling, "Divine Severing Cliff is a manifestation of the Three Thousand Great Dao, further blessed by the Heavenly Dao. You are but a mortal; how could you possibly contend with the will of the Heavenly Dao?"

Clenching the fist in his hand, Qinchuan declared resolutely, "What of the Heavenly Dao? As long as I keep my heart set on climbing, I will reach the peak one day!"

The bull-headed creature roared with laughter and said, "Hahaha, good! Good! Good! Such spirit in a young man! Since you are so determined, I will bestow upon you a fortunate chance to help you reach the peak sooner."

Having said that, the creature flicked its finger, and a bean-sized elixir was sent flying into Qinchuan's mouth. Before he could react, it was swallowed.

After that, the creature let out another series of strange laughs before dissolving into a cloud of smoke, vanishing into nothingness.

Having swallowed the elixir, Qinchuan felt as if he had an inexhaustible source of energy within him. He immediately began climbing upwards and found that even his climbing speed had significantly increased.

This time, Qinchuan's strength seemed endless, with no hint of fatigue, as he mustered all his power to keep ascending.

In the first few months, aside from densely packed fist-sized stone caves, it was indeed just as the rumors described—only stone walls and nothing else.

In the tenth month, he suddenly spotted a dark cave in the far distance. His excitement soared, filled with boundless enthusiasm as if he had stumbled upon an incredible opportunity. He continued upwards, making his way toward the cave.

After spending a full two more months, Qinchuan finally reached the outskirts of that stone cave. After a whole year of climbing, his hands were bloody, and his bones were gruesomely exposed.

Upon reaching the entrance of the cave, he initially felt as if there were an invisible wall blocking his way forward, and he tried to push against it with his hands.

As his blood-soaked hands touched the invisible wall, the blood instantly spread, covering the majority of the mouth of the cave.

Following a series of thundering rumbles, the invisible wall vanished, and the next moment, Qinchuan was stunned.

Inside the cave stood a pretty young girl at the entrance, curiously looking at him.

"My name is Luo Ling'er. What's your name? Did you climb up from the bottom?"

Luo Ling'er stood beside the jade carving, her lively eyes filled with curiosity as she looked at this little one who had just climbed up from the bottom of the cliff.

She was born within this stone wall, nourished by the essence of heaven and earth, and watered by the spiritual energy of all things. She is the culmination of the spiritual energy of all things condensed into this piece of Luo Jade, hence she named herself Luo Ling'er.

She lived here for tens of thousands of years and never saw another person.

Just moments ago, she suddenly heard the barrier outside the stone wall emit a thunderous noise. Then, the barrier that had prevented her from leaving dissipated just like that, and she saw a young man appear before her eyes.

The young Qinchuan, despite having consumed the elixir of that strange creature, was already exhausted. He clambered into the cave and collapsed on the ground, puffing out his cheeks, "If it's not climbing up here, could it be flying up, huh?" Although he was frustrated, he couldn't help but glance at Luo Ling'er, his curiosity piqued.

He had thought he would be the first person to reach this cave, but unexpectedly, there was someone else in the cave who had arrived before him, which greatly diminished his sense of achievement.

"You haven't told me your name yet," Luo Ling'er said with her large eyes flickering discontentedly. But she then saw Qinchuan's hands where the bone was exposed and blood was continuously flowing. She frowned, knelt before him, and carefully grasped his hands.

Following that, a steady stream of mana flowed from Luo Ling'er's hands. A green spiritual energy radiated from her palms, and Qinchuan felt as if a warm current passed through his hands. The worn wounds in his hands began to heal at a speed visible to the naked eye, wherever the spiritual energy passed.

In that instant, the frustration in Qinchuan's heart seemed to dissipate into thin air, and he murmured, "My name is Qinchuan..."

...

This place was where Qinchuan and Luo Ling'er first met and became acquainted, and it also happened to be where Ling'er was born.

After Ling'er's death, he searched heaven and earth for a method to revive her, and the first place he thought of was to return here to borrow the power of the Divine Soul from the Luo Jade to call back her scattered True Spirit.

But at the time, Ling'er's True Spirit had been absorbed into the Immortal Burial Site, and even using the power of the Luo Jade, he could not call it back.

"I've come back again..."

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With his Nine Lives Reincarnation, Qinchuan was invincible in this world, unafraid of both gods and demons, yet the one thing he feared was returning here. Even after nine cycles of reincarnation, he still feared that his Dao Heart was not stable and dared not face it.

Originally, he had only intended to enter the Refining Spirit Valley to seek a Life Pattern Fragment. But due to some twist of fate, he ended up returning to this place.

Qinchuan murmured softly, touching the Luo Jade beside him with the tips of his fingers, gentle and careful, for fear of damaging it with too much force.

"Hm?"

Just then, Qinchuan suddenly felt the texture beneath his fingertips become uneven, somewhat unusual.

"What's going on?"

Upon closer examination after feeling several uneven spots, it turned out that someone had carved into the wall of Luo Jade. He looked up and saw that jade carvings covered the entire stone wall, forming picture after picture.

Qinchuan was astounded.

The Divine Severing Cliff was already shrouded in mystery, capable of stopping cultivators from ascending and rarely within the determination of ordinary people to climb.

Furthermore, after his attempt to use the power of the Luo Jade to summon back Ling'er's True Spirit failed, he had used a Supreme Secret Technique to set up a Great Formation around this place, turning it into a forbidden area. Whether it was a cultivator or a layperson, anyone who stepped into this area would undoubtedly die, thus preventing others from entering this place.

How could there now be carvings on the jade wall?

Who was it? Who had entered this place after him?