Chapter 789 Mother Palace
Da Chi Tian,
One of the Nine Heavens.
It is also the closest location to the borderland in the Ancient Immortal Realm.
Looking around, the territory of Da Chi Tian is vast, and the edge is adjacent to the endless yellow sand of the borderland, so it looks hazy and can't see everything clearly.
As the black fog dissipates, the original scene here reappears.
Jiang Huai's figure is like lightning, shuttling through the void, and every step seems to cross an endless distance. In a blink of an eye, he has arrived at the edge of Da Chi Tian.
Looking at the lifeless old land in front of him, he can't help but feel a complex emotion in his heart.
This place was once a place where all races gathered. It was bustling in the past, but now it has fallen into such a situation. How can it not make people sigh.
After crossing Da Chi Tian, there is an endless borderland.
The dust is rolling, like a sea of sand.
After so many years, the Border Wasteland has not changed much, except that the yellow sand that was originally filled with blood has been mixed with a little black light. Over time, the sand that was originally ordinary is no less than black gold, which looks like a kind of weird beauty.
Compared with the Border Wasteland, the Imperial Pass seems to be much more withered and dilapidated.
This ancient fortress standing between the Border Wasteland and the Nine Heavens was once a glorious place that countless warriors swore to defend, and it was also the strongest barrier against foreign invasions.
But now it is all gone.
The stone bricks on the city wall are mottled, and cracks even appear in many places, as if they will collapse at any time.
The copper bells hanging on the city gates make a shrill sound in the cold wind, like the low cry of a dead soul, telling the glory of the past and the desolation of today.
Those once prosperous temples and mansions are now mostly ruins. The roofs collapsed, the beams and pillars decayed, and the walls were covered with moss and vines.
Occasionally, a gust of wind blew, rolling up the dead leaves and dust on the ground, bringing a burst of biting cold, making people shiver.
Jiang Huai did not deliberately hurry, he had already reached the destination, no matter where he went, it was only a step away.
The reason why he came here was naturally to rush to the Jieying Ancient Temple hidden here.
Between the paces, hundreds of thousands of miles passed in a flash.
The end of the border.
Jiang Huai slowly stopped.
Then he looked forward, his expression was calm, neither sad nor happy, and no emotional changes could be seen.
At the end of this endless and desolate yellow sand.
I saw a heart-pounding crack across the front, like a hideous centipede lying upright there.
It was an abyss canyon.
The edge was jagged and winding, and there was still a sticky black substance flowing. At first glance, it looked like the rotting and festering flesh of a giant.
In the air, there was a smell of corruption.
Jiang Huai folded his arms, his eyes were sharp, and after a short pause, he stepped directly into the abyss.
It was dark inside, and gusts of cold wind whistled out from the bottom of the abyss, carrying an ancient and decayed breath, which made people shudder.
At this moment, at the bottom of the abyss, there were three huge ancient palaces.
Each of them was extremely majestic, dark in color, and exuded a faint black light. They were the Jieying Ancient Palaces.
In fact, to be honest, these three Jieying Ancient Palaces were not left in this life, but dated back to the ancient times of immortals.
In fact, it was because of the extremely tragic war that year that some of the silent Jieying Ancient Palaces were awakened.
The outline of the palace appeared both blurred and clear under the reflection of the black light, and every detail revealed an indescribable antiquity and vicissitudes.
The eaves of the palace were flying, although they were also black, but under the illumination of the black light, it seemed that there were shadows slowly flowing, as if there were life.
From an artistic point of view, the Jieying Ancient Temple is indeed beautiful and definitely not shoddy.
But Jiang Huai has never had any aesthetic ability.
Without hesitation, he stretched out his big hand and grabbed the three Jieying Ancient Temples that spanned the bottom of the abyss without saying anything.
"Boom..."
"Boom..."
In the wind, five straight and distinct fingers instantly became as huge as pillars supporting the sky, with a flowing luster on the surface, and like chalcedony, covering the entire abyss, grabbing the Jieying Ancient Temple with unimaginable power.
As if sensing danger, the three Jieying Ancient Temples trembled violently.
With a dull sound, the door of the hall suddenly opened automatically.
The next moment.
At the moment when the gap opened, an indescribable black mist suddenly gushed out,
like a torrent that had been suppressed for tens of millions of years, finally finding an outlet for venting.
The black fog was thick and deep, as if it contained all the darkness and evil in the world. It roared and rolled, and with an unstoppable momentum, it instantly filled the entire canyon, trying to corrode the hand that was reaching out.
At this moment.
Huge suns suddenly appeared around the huge hand, densely packed like stars.
These suns were not simply the condensation of natural light, but the embodiment of unimaginable laws. Each of them emitted a dazzling and pure light, like a rising sun, but hotter and more dazzling than the real sun.
For a moment.
The surging black fog was quickly evaporated at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"Clang."
At the same time.
The big hand directly grabbed the three ancient temples of reception.
The ancient temple that still wanted to resist finally calmed down. It was not that the Jieyin Ancient Temple had self-awareness. Even if it was stained with a trace of the Skeleton Emperor's breath, dead things were dead things after all.
It was just that Jiang Huai forcibly sealed the three Jieyin Ancient Temples.
If you can rant so much, go back to the village and rant again.
All this seemed to have taken a long time, but in fact it was just a matter of lightning and flint.
With his sleeves flying, Jiang Huai merged the ancient temple into the world in his palm, and then put his hands behind his back and came here directly, rushing to the next place.
Although Liu Shen could sense the hiding places of some Jieyin Ancient Temples, there would be some leaks, so he needed himself.
It was a pleasant surprise to find three Jieyin Ancient Temples in the nine heavens and ten earths. More Jieyin Ancient Temples were actually hidden in the deepest part of the universe, in the turbulence of those years and space. It was precisely because of this that Liu Shen would rush to the edge of the universe in the first place.
When Jiang Huai arrived at the edge of the universe, God of Willow had already captured two ancient temples.
The opponent was not as simple and casual as Jiang Huai. The ancient temple in his hand was glowing, swallowing and emitting black mist like rolling wolf smoke, trying to break free from God of Willow's restraints.
God of Willow stood in the starry sky, with a graceful and upright figure, and her long black hair was draped over her shoulders, not messy. You could faintly see her snow-white neck that looked like mutton-fat jade, delicate like the morning covered with the first snow.
The woman was surrounded by a faint green light, which was her unique life force, forming a sharp contrast with the dead and silent environment of the universe around her.
Facing the two struggling ancient temples, God of Willow's eyes did not fluctuate at all, but just waved his hands lightly.
The green light surrounding her body instantly rushed out like countless chains of order, entwined on the ancient temples, and tied up the ancient temples.
At the same time, as the divine chain tightened, the black mist that was about to burst out faded at a speed visible to the naked eye. After a moment, the Jieying Ancient Temple, which was still struggling violently, immediately calmed down like a lost lamb that found its way home.
Jiang Huai did not show up.
With his strength, if he did not show up on his own initiative, even Liu Shen, who was a quasi-immortal emperor, would not be able to sense it.
He closed his eyes and sensed it slightly. There were about seven or eight Jieying Ancient Temples nearby.
But Jiang Huai's goal was not to go to these seven or eight Jieying Ancient Temples. Liu Shen was enough and would clean them up in a short time. His goal this time was still inside.
Retracting his gaze, Jiang Huai took another step forward. The void was calm, but a crack was torn open.
The scene around him changed rapidly, all of which were quickly passing afterimages, just like a horse-drawn sightseeing.
But soon.
Things around him calmed down again.
Within the sight, a long spiral-like corridor suddenly appeared.
It was like a golden snake sword was inserted here, and no one knew where it led to.
Jiang Huai looked calm, and strode towards the corridor in front of him.
The corridor was not as dark as before, and it was full of light balls of various colors.
It was just not very complete, piece by piece, as if it was pieced together, and it was like a giant with a good-looking face with pockmarks of different colors.
There is still space at the end of the universe, but it can no longer be called a realm or a domain, because the area is too large.
This is the space beyond the universe. To be precise, this corridor is a passage.
Although it looks colorful, it is actually full of violent and broken laws. Its danger is no less than the strong wind in the boundary sea. If the supreme giant comes, you will fall if you are not careful.
Along the way, Jiang Huai had seen several corpses that had passed away. They were all powerful people at the level of supreme giants. Their bodies were as huge as mountains. Even though they had been dead for an unknown period of time, they still lingered with terrible pressure. They could have originally overwhelmed all directions, but now they all died here.
Jiang Huai thought about it and collected all the corpses of these supreme giants.
The long river of time surrounded him, and a certain piece of water was gurgling. It was an age older than the ancient immortal period.
Jiang Huai's consciousness slowly sank into it, as if diving into the deepest ocean.
As his consciousness deepened, pictures gradually became clear in his mind.
Those were fragments of memories of these supreme giants before their death, spanning countless epochs, and were forcibly intercepted by Jiang Huai.
This method, even a quasi-immortal emperor could not do it.
Only after entering the real emperor realm and being on par with the heavenly way can it be done.
In front of him, scenes flowed.
One was a humanoid creature wearing silver armor and holding a long sword.
One is a woman wearing gorgeous feathered clothes, looking like a queen, with a stunning appearance.
The reason why they gathered here is to fight against the darkness and seal the ancient temple at the end of the corridor.
Although they succeeded in the end, it was at the cost of themselves.
Such a loss, even in the period of the emperor's fall, is huge. Although he did not come from that era, Jiang Huai also knows that even in that era, the existence of the supreme giant level is precious.
These corpses were all heroes of the myriad races when they were alive. They died in order to fight against the darkness and seal the ancient temple at the end of the corridor. They should not continue to be buried here.
And at the end of the corridor.
An ancient reception hall hangs there, silent and silent.
Compared with other reception halls, this one is much larger.
The ordinary Jieying Ancient Temple is already very expensive, no less than the stars, and this one is even more unimaginable, hanging there, like a whole world floating.
Moreover, this ancient temple looks more simple and quaint, far less scheming than other Jieying Ancient Temples, and there are no relief patterns on the surface of the temple, just a dark patch.
The so-called Sealed Ancient Temple in the picture presented in the years is the one in front of him.
"The cradle of the Dark King, no wonder." Jiang Huai looked up and down at the ancient temple, and used a detection technique directly on the ancient temple.
Soon, a prompt message that only he could see appeared in front of him.
He knew why the two supreme giants who took action personally ended up dying,
because this Jieying Ancient Temple is the mother temple.
What is the mother temple, of course, is not the literal explanation.
It is because this Jieying Ancient Temple is the first batch of dark matter that flowed from the Skeleton Immortal Emperor.
All the Jieying Ancient Temples that followed evolved from this batch of mother temples.
In addition to imprisoning the souls of living beings, ordinary ancient temples can also evolve new dark souls. However, most of their strengths are uneven, depending on the strength of the original owner who is imprisoned. However, the mother temple is different. The dark souls born in it are at least equivalent to ordinary immortal kings, and even dark souls of the supreme giant level can be born, regardless of the strength of the original owner.
In other words, even the souls of goblins can evolve into souls comparable to dark dragons in it.
In this way, it is no wonder that even if they risk their lives, they have to forcibly seal this mother temple.
Jiang Huai was still very excited to find a mother temple here. After all, in this way, the experience points brought by the disciples when they deal with the dark creatures running out of it will be more.
With this thought, Jiang Huai did not hesitate and grabbed the mother temple directly.
Even though this ancient temple has been sealed, it is the first batch of existences eroded by dark matter after all. The dark power contained in it is beyond imagination, so the moment Jiang Huai's big hand reached out, there was still a strange phenomenon.
It was as if thousands of thunders exploded at the same time, shaking the entire space.
Ripples began to appear on the surface of the ancient temple, which was a sign of the fierce collision between the power of the seal and the power of darkness.
The Mother Temple sensed the danger and wanted to break the seal by force.
But after all, it was the price of sacrificing two supreme giants, so even after such a long time, the power of the seal was still very stable, forming a layer of gilded light curtain, shrinking and pressing the Mother Temple.
Jiang Huai had a blank expression and slapped it directly.
"Bang!"
"Boom!"
The Mother Temple immediately became obedient.
Let Jiang Huai take it away obediently.
Willow God was still detaining the remaining Jieyin Ancient Temple.
Apart from these, there was nothing else nearby, and the rest were all in the depths of the boundary sea.
That's it.
After thinking about it, Jiang Huai still didn't show up to say hello. At the same time, the void was rippling, and he disappeared here directly. When he appeared again, he had returned to Liu Village.
Back mountain.
He casually opened up a small universe and reinforced it with the laws of the imperial realm. Then Jiang Huai threw all the ancient temples into it, including the mother temple.