Chapter 49 (2/2)

Glowing golden threads flowed out of his body, wrapping hiolden silk cocoon, the shape of his body barely visible from the outside

As the golden thread flowed, they extended in all directions All the green plants by the lake started to rustle It sounded like silkwor across the canyon

Yuehan leapt up in fear, vigilant of her surroundings and using her powers to protect her body as her eyes darted around

Her eyes widened in the next series of events: the green plants around hireen leaves and vines all extending towards his body as if they operated consciously Once they touched him, they wilted instantly so the healthy leaves crumbled into brown ones, while the thick vines reduced to brittle stems

However, plants still surged like waves towards hireen waves!

When Chengfeng's body slammed into the surface of the lake, he felt the impact and blacked out The next time he opened his eyes, he realised he was in a pitch-black space Everything was ink-black darkness

Such darkness was enough to trigger panic He looked around, unable to orient or locate himself He shouted but only echoes came in reply

He looked up and finally saw a sht at a horizon far away It looked like a lantern hovering

With the tiny bit of light, he could barely antic stone pillars in the dark space around hier than life Li Chengfeng could not iine the sort of hue pillars

Just as he stared at the pillars in confusion and panic, he suddenly remee pillars at the olden palace!

As he mulled over how these ten pillars related to the previous ten, the light in the sky suddenly shot a ray of light down at one of the pillars

He walked suspiciously towards the lit pillar and studied it He noticed that its carvings were separated into four rectangular sections, each section filled ords tightly carved together Li Chengfeng could only barely recognise the characters at the base but he did not understand what they ether It was obviously an essay, just one he did not understand at all

Between the rectangles were delicately carved patterns He recognised therass as the one he saw at the previous palace

This was a peculiar situation Why did he have two consecutive, similar dreas?

He thought for a ritted his teeth and clis provided many footholds

After cli time, he realised he had reached the top He looked around to see that the nine other pillars were far taller than this one The dot of light in the sky was still far beyond his reach

With the light froled to make out the words at the top He muttered to himself, “Dao of the Heavens: Equilibrium Triumphs; Dao of the Mortals: Imbalance Triumphs! Yet the Dao of the Heavens trumps the Dao of the Mortals! All men, animals and plants all come from the same source, and shall respect the Dao of the Heavens…”

Li Chengfeng did his best to read the characters only to realise these were the same ones he read the last time!

What did it even mean?

Also, where was he? Why was he here?

His mind was filled with questions