He was invincible from the beginning of the Heaven-Covering Era.

The old men each used their own methods to survey their surroundings, their faces as bitter as gourds. One of them stepped forward and said, "Princess, this terrain is far too terrifying. If we go in with our abilities, we'll only be throwing our lives away!"

Yue Ling frowned and said, "I suffered heavy losses here last time, which I thought was because I wasn't prepared. But now I've invited you all, the top dragon hunters in Zhongzhou, and you still can't do anything about it?"

“Although our dragon-seeking technique is very strong, there are too many terrains in this world that we cannot decipher. However, according to our observations, this foggy area is slowly weakening and will completely dissipate in about one or two years,” an old man said.

Another old man stepped forward and said cautiously, "If the princess can summon an ultimate imperial weapon, she should be able to enter."

“Unless I’m absolutely certain this is where the Great Dragon is, I can’t convince the elders at all. Besides, the Nine Li Map is now under the control of my royal brother, who is stubborn and inflexible. He would never allow me to use it at will.” Princess Yueling looked annoyed.

Chapter 291 The Cai Family Ancestor Returns to the Qin Clan

“Yueling, why don’t we invite the fortune teller to calculate whether the Great Dragon is inside, or perhaps the Immortal Transformation Pool is also there? The fortune teller’s predictions are very convincing,” said one of the Nine Li royal uncles.

"We have no choice but to give it a try," Yue Ling sighed.

Then they left, because the Moon Spirit had long been aware of the terror of this mist; she couldn't possibly get through it with her strength alone, and now that she couldn't break through it with the Dragon-Seeking Technique, she was truly out of options.

Several days later, after they had spent a great deal of money to have the fortune teller calculate, they finally obtained a very convincing proof: the fortune teller's predictive abilities were world-renowned, and his predictions were rarely wrong.

Moreover, they also obtained a specific time from the fortune teller when the Immortal Transformation Pool would open. If they still couldn't get in, they would have to wait for the Immortal Transformation Pool to descend on its own.

However, a piece of news caught them completely off guard, leaving them all stunned.

"What did you say? The people of the Great Xia Dynasty know too? How did they find out?" Princess Yueling looked at the guard who brought the news, her face blank.

"Not only the Great Xia Dynasty knows about it, but also several major sects in the Central Plains, and it seems that some top sects in other major regions also know about it. It is said that the disciple of the Divine Calculator sold this information to various forces." The guard said, kneeling on the ground.

Princess Yueling looked on incredulously and said, "Is this diviner's disciple so fearless? Although this wasn't his deduction, passing on such a forbidden secret will bring him immense misfortune!"

At this moment, in the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion, the Divine Calculator's top disciple was kneeling before him, trembling with fear, not daring to utter a single word.

The fortune teller looked at his most outstanding disciple below, his face full of worry, and sighed, "How many times have I told you? A diviner must be extremely cautious, strictly guard the secrets of heaven, and refrain from revealing them, otherwise, disaster will befall you and you won't be able to stop it!"

"I know, but I know my own character. I will hardly have a good end in this life. Rather than suppressing myself, I would rather earn more rare and precious materials. I once calculated that my children will likely be a pair of spiritual children, born for divination. I want to prepare more things for them." The disciple of the diviner still showed no regret.

“It was my fault. I only valued your talents and overlooked your personalities. None of you, my fellow disciples, are able to strictly discipline yourselves. You could foresee the secrets of heaven, but you couldn’t hide them. In the end, you could only face the calamity.”

Two lines of tears streamed down the fortune teller's face as he recalled the past, and he couldn't help but burst into tears.

He taught more than a dozen students, almost all of whom died tragically. Now only four or five are still alive, but they too are about to face their final divine retribution and will find it difficult to overcome.

The person in front of him was his youngest disciple. He had not been practicing the Heavenly Secrets Technique for long, but his aptitude and talent were extremely high, surpassing those of his living fellow disciples.

But he knew that, given this young apprentice's personality, he probably wouldn't live past twenty years.

"That's enough. For the next few days, don't help others with divination. Stay by my side and let me calm you down for a few years. Let you wake up. If you can repent, you might live a little longer in the future," the fortune teller sighed.

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If the Source Technique lineage is only unable to achieve immortality, then the Heavenly Diviner is even worse off. Not only does he have no offensive power, but embarking on this path will also shorten his lifespan. No one can die a good death; sooner or later, he will be punished by the heavens.

At this moment, many people among the various forces in the outside world received the result predicted by the diviner and were shocked.

Princess Yueling sighed deeply on the other side as well, saying, "Now that everyone else knows, they'll all be keeping a close eye on us. How are we going to sneak into the Immortal Transformation Pool now?"

Everyone else will be watching them, and any move they make will not escape the eyes of the ever-present spies.

By this time, they could no longer secretly take everything from the Immortal Transformation Pool for themselves.

Their only advantage was that only they knew the location of that stone forest. They had only asked the fortune teller to deduce whether the dragon was located there, but they had not deduced the coordinates of the place.

Therefore, the news that the Divine Calculator's disciple sold the information to other forces could only let those forces know that the Immortal Transformation Pool truly existed in the world and was about to open, but it could not allow them to find the location of the Immortal Transformation Pool.

"My plan has completely fallen apart now. Although we still have the advantage, we can't possibly take it all by ourselves. I don't plan to go there anymore. I'll just wait quietly for the day when the Immortal Transformation Pool truly descends." Princess Yueling gave a bitter smile.

This shrewd move by the mastermind's disciple completely ruined all her previous efforts.

She came to Qinling and entered Qinmen not only for the Nine Secrets, but also for the Immortal Transformation Pool and the Ancient Dragon Cave.

Now that the news is known to the whole world, her previous goal of having the Nine Li Divine Dynasty take over on its own is no longer achievable.

Time flies, and a year has passed in the blink of an eye.

In the ancient dragon's lair, the Cai family ancestors finally tailored a set of Origin Heaven Grand Array based on the characteristics of the Qinling Great Dragon.

Because the Qinling Great Dragon will sink underground and move on its own, in order for this Origin Heaven Array to always be effective, it must move along with the Qinling Great Dragon.

This kind of Origin Heaven Array is extremely difficult to set up, and Zhou Qing's level is not yet sufficient to do it. However, the Cai family ancestors relied on the positioning of celestial stars, the operation of earth veins, and the characteristics of dragon energy to successfully set it up.

Once this grand formation was completed, the dragon energy surging towards that holy spirit instantly increased several times over, greatly exciting it.

For a Holy Spirit, nothing in this world is more important than achieving perfect enlightenment; this is the highest ideal of their life.

With this Origin Heaven Array, the time it takes for him to reach Great Perfection will be shortened by several times. Perhaps before the next ten thousand years arrive, he will be able to successfully achieve Great Perfection and be born.

"I should have reached the Great Perfection 30,000 years ago, but because of you, that time has been repeatedly delayed. I watched as that immortal herb became a Great Emperor, while I am still on the verge of Great Perfection. How can I not hate it?"

“Therefore, in recent years, evil thoughts have gradually arisen in my heart, but now seeing you making amends for your past mistakes, my evil thoughts have finally dissipated.” The holy spirit seemed to be relieved, and his expression gradually calmed down.

The Cai family ancestors extracted the essence of an ancient dragon's lair to nourish their physical body, causing the time for this Holy Spirit to reach Great Perfection to be continuously postponed. Even though it was only one step away from achieving Great Perfection, it never did.

It cannot truly succeed.

Such an event would have driven any Holy Spirit mad, irritable, and filled with hatred. Yet, even when faced with such an obstruction, this Holy Spirit only harbored a few evil thoughts and never took the initiative to cause trouble in the world.

If someone hadn't insisted on using an ultimate imperial weapon to bombard his ancient dragon lair and completely destroy its nurturing ground, he probably wouldn't have been so crazy as to try to destroy the great fortune of the Central Plains.

The Cai family ancestor showed a look of shame and said, "Back then, in order to counter the late-life Yuan Tian Master, I hastily buried myself after finding the ancient dragon's lair. I did not thoroughly examine this great dragon and was unaware that there was a holy spirit within it. I committed a heinous mistake. Now, I have taken the initiative to set up the Yuan Tian Grand Array, which is indeed with the intention of making amends for my mistake."

"Master, can we leave now?" Zhou Qing asked.

"Let's leave. Once we're in the outside world, I want to see the surviving descendants of the Cai clan. In these seventy thousand years of confusion, I've committed too many atrocities. I really don't know how I can face these descendants!" Tears welled up in the eyes of the Cai clan ancestor.

During this year, Zhou Qing had already informed the Cai family ancestors that the Cai family had been wiped out and only a few people had survived.

Every ten thousand years, he is reborn, causing the Cai family to bleed profusely. This tragic event makes it impossible for him to forgive himself, but since it has already happened, he can only choose to face it.

The Qin Clan, whose leader is surnamed Qin, seems quite different from the Cai Clan and appears to have no connection whatsoever.

The only thing that raises suspicion is that this declining little religion has a history of thousands of years, which is equivalent to the rise and fall of countless dynasties in the mortal world.

The nearby small mountain villages have no idea when the Qin family can be traced back, because it is too ancient, seemingly existing since their ancestors' generation.

The Qin Clan has very few disciples, only a little over a hundred in total, and consists of four branches: east, south, west, and north, which are also known as the outer sect.

Each of these four outer sects is headed by a powerful expert at the first level of the Immortal Platform realm, a level that even the supreme elders of the major sects are only at.

"The quality of the disciples is so high? Even a single branch has one or two young disciples at the Dragon Transformation Realm. These people shouldn't be from my Cai clan, right?" The Cai family ancestor looked puzzled.

“Those people all found clues to the Nine Secrets and stumbled here, wanting to obtain the Nine Secrets. Among them are even the most outstanding successors of some great sects,” Zhou Qing said.

"So that's how it is. Instead of guarding the Nine Secrets, they released clues to them to the outside world, so that anyone with the right affinity could learn them. Who came up with this idea? Such foresight!" The Cai family ancestor immediately understood.

Zhou Qing smiled. There were no requirements to enter the Qin Clan branch, but to enter the main Qin Clan, one had to find dragon marrow to prolong the lives of the elders, or present materials that could be used to forge a king-level divine weapon.

It's obvious that the Qin Clan had already figured everything out and was using this to extract lessons from major powers like the Divine Dynasty.

After some time, they approached the main peak.

Although it is called the main peak, it is actually only a little over a thousand meters high, two or three hundred meters higher than the surrounding low mountains. It lacks a majestic presence and a mystical aura, and is quite ordinary and unremarkable.

However, it is related to the Great Sage of the Cai Clan.

The small Taoist temples are similar in that they look ordinary and unremarkable, but they have a sense of returning to simplicity.

"Who dares to trespass on the main branch of my Qin Clan!"

Before the mountain gate, a powerful figure who was meditating suddenly opened his eyes, emitting two beams of divine light, and looked at Zhou Qing and the Cai family ancestor who were slowly approaching the main peak of the Qin Clan.

"What! What kind of appearance is this? Red hair all over its body, exuding an eerie and ominous aura, could you be—" This powerful being suddenly stood up, his face filled with terror, and he retreated step by step, as if he had encountered something extremely terrifying.

"Dang, Dang, Dang!"

The bell in front of the mountain gate was rung, and the sound spread in all directions. Everyone on the main peak, as well as the four major branches, heard the bell, and everyone's eyes widened.

"This is a crisis bell that only rings when a formidable enemy invades and annihilation is imminent! How could this be?"

The mountain lords of the four major branches all disregarded their own affairs and rushed towards the main peak.

With a flash of light, a middle-aged man appeared before the mountain gate, exuding an imposing aura and the air of a powerful leader. This was the leader of the Qin Clan.

"Is this... the rebirth of our ancestor? Our clan suffered a great calamity ten thousand years ago, almost wiping out the entire population. We barely managed to survive, but is it still destined that we cannot escape our fate?" The middle-aged man was distraught and in a daze when he saw the Cai family's ancestor.

"By the way, the elder who left our clan eight thousand years ago had already reached the heavens and the earth, and left some things in our Qin Clan. Perhaps they can block the attack of our ancestors!"

At the critical moment, the middle-aged man's mind raced. After a moment of confusion, he immediately recalled past events, as if grasping at a lifeline, and his expression became anxious.

"Ugh!"

A sigh rang out, the voice sounding very old, as if it had witnessed tens of thousands of years of vicissitudes.

The red-haired figure of the Cai family ancestor suddenly appeared in front of the middle-aged man, startling him so much that his heart almost jumped out of his chest.

“I have awakened my consciousness and am no longer in a daze, so you don’t need to worry that I will go on a killing spree,” said the Cai family ancestor.

Zhou Qing also arrived at the mountain gate. Seeing the Qin Clan leader's still-shaken appearance, he knew that the current state of the Cai family ancestor might have left a deep shadow on the Cai clan, and it would be difficult to change in a short period of time.

"crash"

A black robe flew out, and the Cai family ancestor put it on. His red fur was wrapped in the black robe, revealing only his face.

The Qin Clan leader finally came to his senses. The words of the Cai family ancestor echoed in his mind. He cautiously asked, "Did the ancestor really awaken? Did the ancestor know the name of his own child?"

The Qin Clan leader asked several questions, which the Cai family ancestor answered in a calm voice, greatly easing the fear in the Qin Clan leader's heart.

One expert after another flew down from the main peak and landed in front of the mountain gate, and experts from the branch sects also flew here.

They saw their leader talking to a man in black robes, his expression growing increasingly agitated. Then, as if a valve had been opened, he burst into tears, tears streaming down his face.

The newly arrived experts looked at each other, bewildered. They had come to help, thinking there was a crisis that would wipe out their entire clan, but instead they witnessed this scene.

"Who are you?" At this moment, a powerful figure asked Zhou Qing.

He noticed that the young man had an extraordinary air about him, exuding nobility, like a dragon lurking in the abyss. He must come from an extremely powerful force, and his appearance seemed somewhat familiar, so he asked him a question.

“Eastern Wilderness, Zhou Qing,” Zhou Qing replied calmly.

The powerful being was suddenly startled, his heart trembling. He recalled a portrait he had seen two years ago, which was said to be from the Eastern Wilderness. The figure of this young man gradually overlapped with that portrait.

"So it is the Divine Lord who has descended. I was ignorant of etiquette, and I hope the Divine Lord will not blame me!" The powerful being immediately bowed and said respectfully.

The other experts who arrived also heard these words and were all surprised. They all bowed to show their respect.

"Let's go inside and talk. Elders, there's no need to worry. The bell was rung by mistake. Please return to your posts!" The Qin Clan leader wiped away his tears, regained his dignified expression, and explained to the other elders.

Although the others had doubts, they listened to the sect leader and dispersed.