Infinite transcendence began with Covering the Sky.

Chapter 90 Blood in the Source
As Qi Zhe gazed at the purple gourd in the desert, his thoughts drifted. He knew that if the purple gourd truly existed, it must be a priceless treasure.

Duan De shared the same sentiment and had some thoughts about the possible existence of the purple gourd. He stared at the little mouse suspended in the air, lost in thought.

"This spirit rat must have obtained the purple gourd seed from that ancient clan's ancestral land. Perhaps there were supreme divine creatures growing there in the ancient times!" Duan De said after thinking for a long time.

Millions of years have passed since the ancient times, and no one knows the truth. If you really want to know, you have to find out for yourself.

"Since we have a clue, let's go look for it. Maybe it really is there." Qi Zhe had already made his decision while thinking and said to Duan De.

The two settled down in the desert and prepared to set off the next day to explore the outer source mineral vein of the Five Elements Palace.

The temperature drops rapidly at night in the desert. Frost condensed on Qi Zhe's sheepskin tent overnight, but it evaporated quickly in the morning sunlight.

As the sun rose again, the two began to inscribe Dao patterns in the desert, preparing to cross the void directly to the Five Elements Palace.

"Sizzle."

As the void tore open again, the void passage reformed, and Qi Zhe and Duan De soon arrived near the Five Elements Mountain once more.

The place was no different from when the two of them came yesterday. The cultivators of the Five Elements Palace did not expect the two of them to return, and there were no patrollers on the mountain.

"It seems they've been living in peace for quite some time now," Qi Zhe said, somewhat surprised as he looked at the utterly silent Five Elements Mountain shrouded in mist.

Duan De patted his belly, looked at the Five Elements Mountain, and laughed, "Of course, otherwise how could I have robbed thirty-seven ancient tombs yesterday!"

Qi Zhe then stopped paying attention to Wuxing Mountain, turned to look southeast of Wuxing Mountain, pointed to a patch of yellow earth and said, "The mines of Wuxing Mountain are roughly over there."

There is no desert around Wuxing Mountain, nor is it an oasis, but rather an endless loess plain, spanning tens of thousands of miles.

In Qi Zhe's mind as he observed the spirit rat, there once stood a vast paradise of mountains and streams, but it was destroyed by an ancient sage.

This place has been transformed from a beautiful and lush land into a desolate wasteland, with vast stretches of desert appearing and affecting hundreds of thousands of miles of land.

Duan De nodded slightly upon hearing this, and then the two of them headed southeast to search for the mine.

Three hundred miles southeast of Wuxing Mountain lies a small town built of loess, inhabited by thousands of source gatherers, guarded day and night by disciples of the Wuxing Palace.

A hundred feet away in the yellow earth, there were seven or eight open-pit mines lying on the ground, each about seven or eight feet wide, which were very conspicuous.

Qi Zhe and Duan De gazed at the small city from the air, and could sense that the cultivators there had actually gathered in the city square, which surprised them for a moment.

Duan De squinted at the group of cultivators circling a source stone and couldn't help but whisper, "They must have dug something out!"

"The Originium you picked up yesterday was a sign. They may have already sensed that something might be coming out underground, otherwise they wouldn't have gathered together!"

Qi Zhe nodded upon hearing this, knowing that this was normal; once such a mineral vein was mined to a certain extent, everything would emerge in a short time.

"There's no time to lose, we need to act quickly!" Qi Zhe was already thinking about exploring the underground, worried that things might change if he delayed.

Upon hearing this, Duan De's lips curled up, and a confident look appeared on his round face. He laughed and said, "Give me half a day, and I can explore as much as I want."

Duan De was a unique figure in the tomb raiding world of the Eastern Wilderness. His digging skills were unparalleled, and he was well-versed in feng shui and geomancy. There was no tomb he couldn't dig through if he wanted to.

Even a mine is just a slightly larger tomb to him; half a day is enough time to easily explore it thoroughly.

Qi Zhe did not question it and nodded with a smile, saying, "In that case, I will trouble Daoist Duan to do it."

As he spoke, he pulled Duan De down to the ground and began to measure the ground around them, preparing to see where it would be suitable to dig a hole.

Qi Zhe also knows source techniques, even if he's not very proficient, but now he can hone his skills.

Duan De looked at Qi Zhe with amazement, and then took out a compass or other feng shui tools to measure the location on the ground suitable for going deep into the mine.

However, in the distant earthen city, many cultivators of the Five Elements Palace were not at peace; this morning remained fresh in their memories.

A piece of Originium, as large as a tabletop, sat in the Tu City square. A corner had been accidentally broken during transport, and now half a head was faintly visible within that broken corner. "I've been mining Originium for so many years, and I've only ever heard of evil spirits emerging from stones, but this is the first time I've ever encountered one!"

"Who says otherwise? I've heard that this kind of thing happens frequently at the Primordial Stone Mine, where an entire mine can die at any time."

"If blood is found in the stone, it will be a disaster. The mine where the stone was found cannot be mined anymore. If we really continue to mine, the entire vein may be wiped out!"

The people digging for the source in the Northern Region were discussing it in twos and threes, while the cultivators of the Five Elements Palace listened quietly with solemn expressions.

They were well aware of this, since almost every major power had mines outside the Primordial Forbidden Zone, though the scale varied.

Now, even the mines right outside their own gates are starting to act strangely, which makes even the cultivators of the Five Elements Palace feel a bit uneasy, leaving them stunned in place.

After a long while, a middle-aged cultivator of the Four Extremes level instructed those around him, "You should all return to the sect immediately and let the elders handle this."

This is not the Primordial Mining Area, and it is only three hundred miles away from the Five Elements Palace. Even if something happens, we can report it quickly.

"Yes!" With a low shout, a black-clad cultivator flew towards the Five Elements Palace.

Seeing this, the middle-aged man breathed a sigh of relief and said to the many resource gatherers, "My sect will handle this matter; it is not something for you to worry about!"

"Hurry up and get to the mine! You can't afford to miss even a single day of work!"

At the middle-aged man's shouts, many miners looked hesitant, but after a moment's hesitation, they could only continue to mine for resources.

Soon after, an elder from the Five Elements Palace arrived in Tu City. He was a dragon-transformation cultivator, and under his watchful gaze, the source stone containing half a skull was opened.

"puff"

The tabletop-sized source stone was only slightly opened when an astonishing killing intent burst forth, instantly turning the two old stonemasons who were cutting the stone into mincemeat.

"There really is a demon!" The Five Elements Palace elder exclaimed upon seeing this, flipped his hand to sweep away the two puddles of flesh, and began to use his divine power to control the stone knife to dissect the source stone.

As he moved, the entire source stone was suspended in the air, and bits of black stone skin peeled off, revealing the strange scenery inside.

"chichichi"

The stone contains not only half a head, but also the upper half of a strange creature's remains, with blue blood preserved within its source.

At this moment, a murderous aura soared into the sky, which even cultivators at the Dragon Transformation Realm could not suppress, causing mortals in the earthen city to continuously turn into bloody mud.

"Damn it!" Upon seeing this, the Five Elements Palace elder hurriedly flew towards the sky with the Source Stone, but the uncontrollable killing intent had already shattered the Source Stone.

Drops of blue blood began to drip from the crack, and even a slight splash released astonishing waves of divine power.

With a "poof," the Five Elements Palace elder was sent flying, coughing up mouthfuls of blood, his face covered in bloodstains.

“This is at least the remains of a powerful being.” Qi Zhe saw the Five Elements Palace elder flying towards the sky from afar, and watched him being severely injured by the splashed blue blood.

At this point, things were getting out of control in the earthen city. Source stones were falling from the sky, and the source containing the remains of ancient creatures was shattered.

"Escape!!!"

Then countless screams came from the city, and cultivators rushed out of the earthen city covered in blood, their bodies soaked in blood like demons.

"boom!!!"

At that very moment, a burst of crimson light shot into the sky from a mine a hundred feet away, instantly silencing the entire mine.

"There's something even bigger there!!!" Duan De crawled out of the pit, looking at the mine two miles away with a shocked expression.

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