1504 Heavenly Stone of Taiyi (1/2)
A quaint atmosphere permeated the entire area, from the sidewalks paved with white jade to the timeless quality of the vegetation.
Everything seemed as if it had been covered with dust for many years. It was extraordinarily quiet and still. Even if one realized that there were indeed people here, it was so sparsely populated that it gave off an otherworldly, empty feeling.
”This place is really fantastic,” Xu Que said, and he couldn't help but sigh.
He felt surprisingly carefree and happy here. He was completely relaxed, in a way he hadn't been in a really long time. The atmosphere was surprisingly free and natural.
The flowers, trees, earth, bushes, and rocks here seemed to have their own independent natures. If one looked at any random tree, for example, it felt like one could sense things about its past and present life. There were traces of Taoist Connotation everywhere.
”Everywhere the Celestial Emperor has been, this will be the way it is. Every living thing has been influenced by him, and we, walking among all these elements of nature, can sense his influence.” Zixia Fairy looked all around as she spoke, and gently nodded.
She had seen a place like this before in the Celestial Cloud Continent.
It had even been rumored that when a person of a realm higher than that of the Celestial Emperor walked here, green grass would grow from all parts of the land that had been touched by his feet. Where these people traveled, they could turn a desert instantly into 100 miles of grassland including ten miles of flower blossoms with just one step.
”Excuse me, you two there, the Chosen by Heaven Ceremony will begin soon, please move forward as quickly as possible.” At this moment, a deep voice sounded from above.
Xu Que and Zixia Fairy looked at each other, walked forward silently, and stepped on the jade steps.
The sight that greeted them resembled a site of a large battle, with of tens of thousands of cultivators, all of them surrounding an empty Taoist Sanctum platform. No one was in the Taoist Sanctum. It was empty and seemed as if there was an invisible restraint isolating it.
In the center of the empty Taoist Sanctum, there was a boulder which was tens of yards tall. It was entirely white, crystal clear, and shining brilliantly.
Even though there appeared to be a restrictive barrier, it was still possible to feel, even from very far away, the heavenly power that was being emitted from the boulder.
”This...how is this possible?” Xu Que's expression changed all of a sudden, and he started to look a little strange.
”What's wrong?” Zixia Fairy looked at Xu Que and asked.
Xu Que frowned and said, ”This boulder seems exactly the same as my Heavenly Book of Taiyi. No, to be precise, this boulder is simply the Heavenly Book of Taiyi, but it is hundreds of times bigger.”
However, Xu Que was even more shocked than Zixia Fairy was. He'd never thought that this place where they had just arrived would have contained such a huge Heavenly Book of Taiyi. When one looked at it at first glance, it seemed like just a huge boulder. But in noticing that this huge boulder was really the Heavenly Book of Taiyi, Xu Que realized that his Heavenly Book of Taiyi paled in comparison.
”Dang!”
At this moment, a deafening metal drum rang out and a humming sound filled the air.
The conversation that had been going on among all the cultivators outside the Taoist Sanctum momentarily stopped. Xu Que and Zixia Fairy also looked toward the front.
On the top of the mountain opposite the Taoist Sanctum, there were many figures, both male and female, some old and some young. A momentum shrouded their bodies that was extremely powerful and shocking.
One of the women in white, who Xu Que recognized right away, was the woman he had previously seen in the cave, Xuanyuan Hong.
”Sure enough, all these people have come: five Celestial Kings, one Celestial Prime. Where are all the others hiding?” Xu Que's face took on a serious expression as he whispered to himself.
Xu Que knew that the number of strongmen from the Heaven Palace Sect was far more than just these few.
The many cultivators present, including the Celestial King ancestors from the various major forces, knelt down into a submissive position, with their heads bowed.
They were all Celestial Kings, but in front of the Heaven Palace Sect's Celestial Kings and Celestial Primes, they dared not treat them as peers.
According to age, the talents of the Heaven Palace Sect were the true ancients, and their strength was powerful and unpredictable. The Celestial King ancestors of all the major forces had shockingly realized that their essences were nowhere near the levels of any Celestial Kings from the Heaven Palace Sect.
”These are the real Celestial Kings and Celestial Primes.” Zixia's Fairy's voice rang out by Xu Que's ear.
She whispered, ”The Qi of that period is incomparable with the Qi of the later periods. The realms of those people from the Heaven Palace Sect are far stronger than all of the realms of all the cultivators here now. Their Celestial Core Power has consolidated to an unimaginable degree. After so many long years, these Celestial Kings are only half a step away from becoming Celestial Primes, and those Celestial Primes are almost Celestial Emperors.”