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Just as Qinchuan spaced out, the Luo Yu in the passage before him suddenly moved.

The mural was like the surface of a placid lake that had suddenly had a stone cast upon it, with ripples of Dao Patterns spreading across it.

"Huh~"

Qinchuan stared intently at the center of those patterns and immediately felt a wave of dizziness and blurred vision, the images on the Luo Yu becoming increasingly unclear.

As he wandered in confusion, the blurry scene on the Luo Yu gradually morphed into a figure.

The shadow of the figure was just an indistinct blur, the entire form hazy, but it was still possible to make out a graceful silhouette standing quietly upon the jade face.

Though the face was not clear, the eyes shone with spirit, as if about to come to life, gazing at Qinchuan with affection and sentiment.

Qinchuan's entire body shuddered, his Dao Heart, which had been undisturbed for millions of years, couldn't help but start pounding wildly.

"Ling'er... is it you?"

Though nine lives had passed, Qinchuan recognized her at a glance, the person within the wall was indeed Ling'er.

It seemed as if Ling'er in the painting heard Qinchuan's call, her eyes moved slightly, and her arms began to lift, hope twinkling in her gaze.

Her whole being seemed poised to move, as if about to break through the barriers of dimensions and leap into Qinchuan's arms.

Qinchuan slowly extended his hand, reaching towards the hand stretching out from within the painting, longing to grasp her small hand.

The moment Qinchuan's hand touched the fingers of the painted Ling'er, he clearly felt a trace of warmth, as if he had touched the Supreme Dao.

His heart pounded faster and faster.

"Ling'er... do you know, to resurrect you, I have endured nine cycles of reincarnation. This life, I must revive you!" Qinchuan pressed down the excitement in his heart, speaking tremulously.

Ling'er's eyes brimmed with tender affection, her lively eyes filled with compassion as she gazed at Qinchuan, seemingly understanding how much effort Qinchuan had put into resurrecting her.

After a long while, Ling'er's lips moved slightly, as if she wanted to say something, but just at that moment, an unexpected change occurred.

Qinchuan suddenly sensed a strong wind blowing from behind him, a sense of danger looming over him.

"Dammit!"

Sensing the assault from behind, Qinchuan cursed angrily, retreating explosively as his aura burst forth. He then hurled a punch towards the direction of the attacker.

This punch, infused with a third of the Emperor Soul Power and enhanced by the Minor Zhoutian Starry Sky Formation, was invincibly dominant, such that not even a Great Emperor could stand against it.

"Ah——"

Facing such a punch, the assailant stood no chance at all and was blown away, smacked out of the cave.

After punching away the attacker, he turned back to look at the jade tablet, only to find no trace of Luo Ling'er; the ninth mural on the jade now was just a smooth surface of Luo Yu, as if she had never appeared.

The other eight murals remained unchanged, without a single difference.

"Damn it——"

Qinchuan was enraged, and tangible murderous intent surged from his body, a scarlet fury dyeing the skies red,

He knew, of course, that the appearance of Luo Ling'er was nothing more than a phantom created from the mural, and he had realized this the moment the Luo Yu began to change. Despite that, upon seeing Ling'er's visage, he willfully indulged, willing to immerse himself in the illusion.

With his Mind Realm Cultivation, very few illusions in this world could entice him to indulge, and the desire to do so was almost wishful thinking, but at this moment, he was attacked and forcibly pulled from the illusion.

His Dao Heart, which had stood firm for a million years, was now forcibly tugged away, meaning that the chance to sink into the illusion and meet with Ling'er again was gone.

In his anger, he also felt a tinge of regret for carelessly not reactivating the prohibition of this cave after opening it.

Because he saw clearly that the hidden assailant was none other than Changsun Gu, whom he had previously turned into a pig-headed figure.

Originally, the Divine Severing Cliff was able to prevent cultivators from ascending, but after Qinchuan achieved success in his cultivation, he also revisited the Divine Severing Cliff and found that the barrier preventing cultivators from ascending was actually a combination of Dao and Heavenly Dao Barriers.

Back then, he had used a supreme technique to break the Dao suppression, reducing its power so that ordinary cultivators could now reach this place.

To prevent anyone from destroying Ling'er's birthplace, he further established the Erasing Spirit Great Formation, making it impossible for cultivators and mortals to ascend to this place again.

It was just that Qinchuan had intended to reach this place earlier and, upon entering the cave, was so shocked by the scrolls that he momentarily forgot that other elders from below the cliff might come up.

"Red Luan, catch up with this person,"

As Qinchuan walked out, he spoke with a face as cold as frost and an icy tone, a chill whistling from his body that instantly solidified the temperature in the cave.

"I will obliterate his soul, never to reincarnate for all eternity!"

No sooner had he spoken than he had reached the cave entrance, his whole body leaping down.

Even with Fire Spiritual Energy coursing through Red Luan's body, it couldn't help but shiver, thinking, "This unfortunate fellow, of all people to provoke, had to provoke this god of slaughter!"

Red Luan let out a clear cry, flew out, and instantly reverted to its true form, flying beneath Qinchuan's feet and supporting him.

...

Below the Divine Severing Cliff, the various elders had now split into two groups, facing off against each other, ready for action.

"Second Elder, a Supreme Treasure has emerged atop the Divine Severing Cliff. Just let us ascend, and if we find the treasure, it will enhance the power of our Fiery Sky Lineage," said the leader of one group of elders.

The many elders standing behind him nodded and chimed in, "Right, Second Elder, this rule was set a hundred thousand years ago. Now that century is past, times have changed. Why cling to those rigid, useless old rules?"

Another elder shouted, "Before, when the prohibition was intact, we could freely explore this forbidden place. Now that the prohibition is broken, why can't people go up?"@@novelbin@@

Apparently, when the Divine Severing Cliff had shaken earlier, it had drawn all the nearby elders of the Refining Spirit Valley to the site.

Changsun Gu and Lin Qingtian were the first to reach the cliff. Seeing the prohibitions broken, and with nothing to stop the cultivators from ascending, Changsun Gu promptly flew upward.

Whereas Lin Qingtian, who was always cautious, waited until Changsun Gu had been up there for a while and had not reported anything unusual before preparing to ascend.

But at this moment, the Second Elder arrived and stopped him.

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Speaking of ancient rules, he said that the place was forbidden and not to be entered without permission.

Since the Second Elder was of the Supreme Saint Cultivation Level, Lin Qingtian naturally dared not speak further.

He could only regret not having gone up earlier in secret.

However, he was unaware that it was precisely the Second Elder's intervention that had saved his life, for otherwise, he would have been captured by Red Luan just like Changsun Gu, helpless as a fish on the chopping block.

But as more and more elders arrived, those wishing to explore the Divine Severing Cliff increased, leading to this standoff.

However, the number of people behind the Second Elder was far fewer than the opposing side, only a little over one-fifth of their number.

Yet he was not intimidated in the least, still commanding authority as he shouted, "Rules are rules. If our ancestors set these rules, then whether it's a hundred thousand or a million years, they should not be changed."

Others might not have known, but the Second Elder was aware that the taboo on this land was not set by ancestor Chi Tian, but by Qinchuan himself.

He glanced around at everyone present. Apart from Changsun Gu, who had already trespassed, only Qinchuan was not there.

This meant that the area must have been opened by Qinchuan. Without his permission, those who trespassed would surely have their souls obliterated and might not even enter the cycle of reincarnation.

So it appeared as though he was stopping people from treasure hunting, but in fact, he was also saving their lives.

The one advocating for treasure hunting was the Third Elder from the Burning Heaven Sect, named Shi Hun.

Seeing that the Second Elder was adamant about not letting anyone go up, Shi Hun's expression turned cold, clearly displeased.

"Second Elder, although your Dao Magic is profound and you are at the initial stage of the Supreme Saint, you should know that even ants can kill an elephant," Shi Hun said with an underlying threat in his tone.

It was clear to any astute observer that Shi Hun's words were laced with menace.

In an instant, the atmosphere became even tenser, as if a great battle could break out at any moment.

Just then, a sharp sound of something tearing through the air came from the sky.