Chapter 512 - 510: The Sixth Floor of the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion

When Shen Haoran came to his senses again, he found himself in a room. It seemed no one had visited this place for a very long time. A thick layer of dust covered the tables and chairs, and a few tattered portraits hung on the walls. Ravaged by time, they looked as if a single breath could turn them to dust.

"Where is this...?" Shen Haoran asked, puzzled, as he looked around the ancient, dilapidated room.

"This is the Sixth Floor of the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion. It’s the most mysterious place in the Pavilion since its founding. Even I am entering it for the first time!" Wan Fa Ancestor said softly, also surveying the room.

"Even the Ancestor is entering for the first time?" Shen Haoran grew curious upon hearing Wan Fa Ancestor’s words. The Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion was a place guarded by Wan Fa Ancestor, yet there was somewhere even the Guardian was forbidden to enter.

"What, are you surprised? It was the final wish of the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion’s founder. The Sixth Floor is a forbidden area that not even the Guardian can enter. For generations, the Guardians have only had the duty to protect it, not the right to enter!" Wan Fa Ancestor said with a wry, helpless smile. He recalled being speechless when he first heard this rule upon becoming the Guardian. ’A Guardian who isn’t qualified to enter the Sixth Floor—what kind of rule is that?’

"Then why can we enter now?" Shen Haoran was confused. ’Isn’t this place forbidden? Why did Wan Fa Ancestor bring me in?’

"Although the rule of the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion is that no one can enter the Sixth Floor, it also states the condition for entry." Wan Fa Ancestor gazed at Shen Haoran, a profound smile gracing the corners of his mouth.

Seeing that inexplicable smile on Wan Fa Ancestor’s lips, Shen Haoran felt goosebumps rise all over his body. He then pointed to his own nose and said, "The condition you mentioned... it wouldn’t be me, would it?"

Hearing this, Wan Fa Ancestor didn’t deny it. Instead, he asked Shen Haoran, "Did you refine the Saint Emperor Sect’s Earth Spirit Profound Nether?"

"That’s right!" Hearing Wan Fa Ancestor’s question, Shen Haoran admitted it without the slightest hesitation. Wan Fa Ancestor was the Guardian of this Secret Realm, so he must have known about the existence of the Earth Spirit Profound Nether within the Saint Emperor Sect. Therefore, Shen Haoran had no intention of deceiving him.

"For a single person to possess two Heaven and Earth Spirits, and for them to coexist in one body without any rejection... that person’s constitution must be the legendary Chaos Divine Body. And you must be this generation’s successor of the Chaos Divine Body. Am I right?" A sharp, wise glint flashed in Wan Fa Ancestor’s eyes as he spoke to Shen Haoran with confidence.

Hearing Wan Fa Ancestor’s words, Shen Haoran’s pupils contracted abruptly. The fact that he was the successor of the Chaos Divine Body was a top secret, yet Wan Fa Ancestor had exposed it in a single sentence. This made Shen Haoran’s heart leap into his throat. Wan Fa Ancestor was a powerhouse at the Spirit Emperor Level. ’If he makes a move, I’ll probably have no choice but to have Elder Yan intervene.’

"Don’t be nervous. I mean you no harm!" Seeing Shen Haoran’s tense expression, Wan Fa Ancestor said with a gentle wave of his hand. However, his eyes were filled with a fiery intensity as he looked at Shen Haoran.

"The condition for entering the Sixth Floor of the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion is to find the successor of the Chaos Divine Body. This is because this room is related to that successor. As for the specific connection, I do not know. That is something only you can discover!" Wan Fa Ancestor said with a light chuckle.

’Related to me?’ Hearing this, a look of confusion appeared in Shen Haoran’s eyes. He scanned the entire room again but didn’t find anything out of the ordinary.

"That’s up to you. You can only stay in this room for four hours. After that, everything here will be completely destroyed. Whether or not you can find any useful information depends entirely on you!" Wan Fa Ancestor reminded Shen Haoran. Then, with a flash, his figure vanished from the room, leaving Shen Haoran alone inside.

"Four hours!" After Wan Fa Ancestor left, Shen Haoran couldn’t help but give a wry smile. ’The Sixth Floor of the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion hasn’t been opened in ten thousand years, and now that it is, I can only stay inside for four hours? How stingy.’

Muttering to himself, Shen Haoran began to search the room carefully. But aside from some useless books and rust-spotted pots and pans, there was nothing!

’Related to me... what on earth could it be? Why all the mystery!’ Shen Haoran had been searching for two hours and still had nothing to show for it. He was beginning to doubt Wan Fa Ancestor’s words.

"Hm?" Just as Shen Haoran was getting frustrated, the few paintings on the wall caught his attention. Due to a shift in the light, the figures in the paintings seemed to have started moving.

"These paintings..." Shen Haoran walked over and began to inspect them closely. ’I already checked these tattered paintings earlier and didn’t find anything strange. The content just depicts a few disciples practicing their techniques; it has absolutely nothing to do with the Chaos Divine Body.’

"Shen, burn these paintings!" Just as Shen Haoran was feeling puzzled, Elder Yan’s voice rang out in his mind.

’Burn them?’ Shen Haoran was stunned for a moment. But he followed Elder Yan’s instructions and summoned the Fire Spirit Black Obsidian. Immediately, pitch-black flames enveloped the paintings and began to incinerate them.

Shen Haoran had originally thought they were just ordinary paintings that would turn to ash with a mere touch of flame. But after the Fire Spirit Black Obsidian enveloped them, he discovered that even with its terrifyingly high temperature, it couldn’t do a thing to the paintings.

"This..." Seeing this, Shen Haoran’s face lit up with joy. ’The paintings really are strange!’ With a thought, he raised the temperature of the Fire Spirit Black Obsidian to its absolute maximum.

FWOOSH... Raging flames surged within the room. The terrifying heat instantly vaporized even the dust. Under this immense heat, the paintings began to melt. After a long while, they finally, under Shen Haoran’s expectant gaze, slowly turned into several clumps of ash.

The instant the paintings turned to ash, several rays of golden light flared up and shot into Shen Haoran’s Sea of Consciousness with a speed that left him no time to react.

The sudden turn of events left Shen Haoran no time to react. By the time he did, a sharp, stabbing pain shot through his mind. A message formed of large, golden characters slowly materialized in Shen Haoran’s Sea of Consciousness, and a voice like a Brahma Sound echoed along with it:

"The ten-thousand-year calamity is at hand. The very survival of the Xingluo Continent hangs in the balance. We pray the successor of a later age will exert all their strength to protect the living beings of our Xingluo Continent from devastation. We shall be eternally grateful!"