Chapter 685 - 50: Kunlun Ancestral Veins, One Proof Forever Proof

Chapter 685: Chapter 50: Kunlun Ancestral Veins, One Proof Forever Proof

Deep within Kunlun, inside the endless dark ruins.

Constantly flowing black fog is pouring outwards, everything in sight is shrouded in darkness, resembling the deepest, darkest night sky.

Yet amidst this infinite darkness.

Xu Jia’s body faintly emits a golden light, dispelling the surrounding darkness.

As Xu Jia walks step by step forward, the golden light gradually illuminates the entirety of the ruins.

This is an ancient ruin located thousands of feet underground, which should have been buried by the years and assimilated by geology.

There are no water sources, no air, only the endlessly spraying black fog.

Under the erosion and infection of these black fogs, the nearby Earth Vein seems awakened like a wild beast, appearing exceptionally violent.

Xu Jia did not know how long he had walked in this dark place.

He only knew this place was large enough, so large that it seemed the entire Kunlun Mountain had grown out of this ruin.

"Is this the ’Ascension Stairs’ of the past?"

"I never thought that the ’Ascension Stairs’ that the world sought was hidden within the Earth Vein of Kunlun Mountain."

It’s not like Xu Jia is someone without knowledge.

Yet this was indeed the first time he realized the world was much grander than he imagined.

Buried underground for ten thousand years without decay, all of Kunlun’s Earth Veins flow from here.

It is no exaggeration to say this is the true core of Kunlun, the ancestor of all converging Earth Veins.

Xu Jia could hardly imagine how the Celestial Emperor of ten thousand years ago managed all this, let alone imagine what kind of mighty power the Tao Ancestor had in refining the Capital of Heaven and Earth.

Compared to such peerless heroes of an era, his former self, Amitabha, is simply insignificant.

"Shocking, isn’t it?"

"When I first came here, my reaction wasn’t much better than yours."

Suddenly, a deep and hoarse voice came from ahead.

When Xu Jia reacted and stopped in his tracks, a man, as tall as nine feet six inches and entirely pitch black, suddenly appeared at the end of the darkness.

"Is this your new image?"

Narrowing his eyes without expression, Xu Jia looked at the man not far away and asked.

"It seems you’ve gained quite a lot this time, and have fully absorbed the power of the Buddha’s head."

"However, compared to my ’Nine Feet Golden Body’, your ’Nine Feet Demon Body’ seems to have some obvious flaws."

As if confirming his words.

The golden light around Xu Jia suddenly transformed into a pagoda bronze bell, turning himself into a figure of complete golden light.

Due to this impact, the man opposite instinctively manifested a black pagoda bronze bell.

The two were like twins, their pure gold and pure black pagoda bronze bells collided, the primordial qi tumult reverberated throughout the entire ruins.

"Flaws? Are you referring to this!"

The man coldly smiled, a black lotus appeared beneath his feet.

He then sat cross-legged on the black lotus, inverted "卍" characters appeared faintly in the air.

"Hmm?"

This really surprised Xu Jia.

Though he already knew the man had the ability to mimic and steal others’ Divine Powers.

But this golden lotus was clearly a Divine Power he had comprehended in Amitabha’s Buddha Country; how did the other party know and simulate it?

"Shocking, isn’t it?"

"There are many things in this world you don’t know, this is merely the most trivial one."

Without any intention of explaining, the man suddenly swung a palm towards Xu Jia, a massive handprint quickly manifested.

Upon seeing the handprint, Xu Jia’s expression became even more shocked.

Because that was the "Great Virtue Handprint" he was still conceptualizing, how did the other party learn this spell ahead of him, the actual creator?

Boom!

Under these circumstances, Xu Jia couldn’t continue pondering, decisively forming and swinging the identical handprint.

Thus, the battle underground continued to affect the tremor of Kunlun’s Earth Vein, indirectly impacting the ongoing war on the surface.

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At the deepest part of the ruins, around the massive crystal cluster.

This is the true core of [Ascension Stairs], and also the fundamental reason the man has always stayed here.

Nearly inexhaustible primordial qi and energy pour out from this crystal cluster, forming the central hub of Kunlun Mountain’s Earth Vein.

Perhaps because the energy surge is indeed massive.

The air around the crystal cluster faintly emits ethereal qi, blocking all external prying gazes.

Even Li Boyang cannot see through the situation inside the crystal cluster without personally coming here using the Celestial Eye.

"I knew it, no one else would know me so well but you."

With a long sigh, Li Boyang’s figure appeared at the front of the crystal cluster.

At this moment, Li Boyang’s Celestial Eye at his forehead is fully open, allowing him to clearly see the frozen mirror in the center of the crystal cluster.

"This matter... truly has nothing to do with me."

With the mirror’s distortion and refraction, the reflection of a Golden Crow suddenly traversed time and appeared in the mirror.

That was the Celestial Emperor Hao of ten thousand years ago, also the true owner of this [Heavenly Mirror].

"In your era, I was already dead, even the Celestial Emperor’s Capital was refined by you into the Eight Trigrams Furnace."

"If you want this ’Heavenly Mirror’, just take it."

Though his tone and cadence remained unchanged,

Li Boyang seemed to hear a faint helplessness in Hao’s voice.

As a supreme force who dominated an era, being unjustly accused out of nowhere, Hao felt he had never been so wronged.

"Since it’s not you, then it’s interesting."

Continuing to calculate with his fingertips, Li Boyang slightly raised a brow.

"That guy wants to get Xingtian’s dry-mo, and then split open this half Celestial Pillar to retrieve the Heavenly Mirror you left behind."

"From plan to action, the opponent not only understands me well but also seems thoroughly familiar with many historical secrets from ten thousand years ago."

"Do you have any ideas?"

"Or do you have any clues you’d like to tell me?"

Facing Li Boyang’s inquiry, Hao also fell into contemplation.

As Li Boyang said, the matter of him hiding the Heavenly Mirror within [Ascension Stairs] was very secretive, outsiders couldn’t possibly know.

And the fact that Xingtian’s dry-mo could split open the [Ascension Stairs] was a legend from tens of thousands of years ago, at most only traces remain in later generations.

At least in the myth of "Xingtian slaying the Celestial Emperor’s Capital", there’s no mention of him ever splitting the [Ascension Stairs].

In fact, the fragmentation of these myths and legends was not some accidental coincidence; Hao Tian intentionally sought to eliminate tales related to himself.

After all, in this age where Pathfinders have already emerged and begun traversing the River of Time on a large scale.

The legends related to Hao Tian, in one way or another, divulged the abilities and personality of Hao Tian as Celestial Emperor, not benefiting his future "One Proof Eternal Proof".

Even though Hao Tian himself did not have confidence in achieving the great feat of "One Proof Eternal Proof, Indestructible through all tribulations", it didn’t prevent him from making various arrangements in advance.

Tao Ancestor pursues the Great Way, Celestial Emperor pursues eternity, doesn’t that make sense?

"Mara, at least he claims to be ’Mara’."

Thus, after a brief contemplation, Hao’s voice came from the Heavenly Mirror once again.

"I know he comes from your era, he wants to trace history, to rewrite his origin."

"But he is too weak, so weak that he hasn’t even figured out which path he wants to prove, always causing chaos in my era."

"During the period of ten suns shooting down the sun, he once tried to bewitch my offspring into the Demon Path..."

"During Xingtian’s heavenly campaign, he also tried to use Xingtian’s strength to prove his path..."

"Going back a bit further, he even wanted to interfere with my birth..."

"The fellow may lack firm conviction, desires many things, but indeed has some skills when it comes to manipulating time."

"It’s not just in my past, after your current time node, I’ve seen many similar figures in the future."

"Though they might not all be ’Mara’, they are certainly related to that kid."

"Oh, and in most of the future timelines, Mara also has another title—Buddha’s Enemy."

"A nemesis born from the Heart Demon of ’Buddha’, destined to appear during a Buddha’s enlightenment as the ’Great Free Celestial Monarch’, and concurrently the worldly incarnation of the Primordial Celestial Demon."

"I think these descriptions couldn’t possibly be coincidences..."

"Were it not that I know you wouldn’t take such a disciple, I’d almost suspect the identity of this suddenly appearing ’Second Generation Celestial Demon’.

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