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

Yin Xi was also unable to calm down. He knew his master's ability to deduce things; there was almost nothing in the universe that he couldn't deduce. However, when he was deduce Zhou Qing just now, he was backfired and couldn't avoid it.

At that time, he realized that his junior brother's strength was far beyond his imagination. He didn't know how much of his strength he had shown on the road was, and it was truly unfathomable.

Outside, Zhou Qing stood atop the Chaotic Ancient War Chariot, opened a cosmic wormhole, and drove the chariot inside.

Traveling at full speed without any interference, it quickly returned to Beidou.

In the Eastern Wilderness, beneath the Fusang tree, Zhou Qing's true form suddenly opened his eyes. A golden cave opened in the sky, incredibly deep, as if connecting to the supreme heavenly realm.

A golden chariot, surrounded by thirty-six celestial spirits, shone brightly and was incomparably sacred, and charged out.

"call out"

A wisp of pure energy entered his crown chakra, allowing him to access the memories of this Daoist body, and he fell into deep thought for a moment.

"The Heavenly Mystery Imperial Tutor? In terms of realm, he is indeed higher than me, but in terms of deduction ability, I may not necessarily lose."

Realm is realm, and strength is strength. Zhou Qing's own Heavenly Mystery Realm is indeed inferior to Laozi's, but if he uses external objects to assist in the deduction, it's hard to say.

Qi Luo of the Heavenly Court, relying on the secret treasure he refined, the Zhou Tian Yi, can enhance his divination abilities to a very high level. He also possesses the Gate of Destiny, and he has used the Gate of Destiny to deduce forbidden secrets many times before. Once the Gate of Destiny is used, even the Heavenly Secrets Imperial Tutor may not be stronger than him.

However, the numerical secrets are still of great significance to him. Although he cannot completely imitate the way he broke through the Imperial Tutor's barrier, there is a successful precedent that is of great reference value to him and can be learned from, which will reduce the difficulty of his breakthrough by a lot.

"when!"

With a single bell tolling, the heavens and earth trembled, the sound spreading for countless miles, silencing the entire ancient star—the Eastern Wilderness, the Central Plains, the Western Desert, the Southern Ridge, and the Northern Plains.

Zhou Qing suddenly turned around and looked in the direction of Zishan, his eyes flashing.

In the Northern Region, within Purple Mountain, the inexplicable roar of the Beginningless Bell resounded, deafening even to mortals, echoing throughout heaven and earth.

On that very day, a sentence emanated from the Jiang family, leaving the entire world in awe.

It doesn't tremble.

"When the bell of beginningless time rings, something unexpected must be about to happen."

It is said that these were the words of Jiang Taixu, the peerless god-king of the Jiang family, and the content revealed in these words shocked the five major domains!

Later, news from the Jiang family spread to the outside world, and people learned where the peerless god-king had gone for the four thousand years he had disappeared. He was sealed in Purple Mountain!

And Zishan is the tomb of Wushi!

Because the God King was brought out by Zhou Qing with the Emperor Jade, he secretly returned to the Jiang family and underwent a long period of recuperation before revealing himself to the outside world after he had fully recovered.

At that time, the God King still had more than ten years before he was completely exhausted. The God King had the secret technique of Hengyu, which allowed him to hide in the Purple Wall. Naturally, he would be able to come out once he had enough energy, but he could not leave Purple Mountain.

For Zishan, forcing its way in with strength is the worst approach. In reality, as long as one has a piece of Emperor Jade, even a cultivator from the Other Shore cannot be trapped by Zishan.

Over the years, although people knew that the God King had returned to the Jiang family, they did not know why the God King had disappeared before, and the God King naturally would not publicize such a thing.

But now the God-King has spread this news, making it known to everyone, and no one knows what the God-King is thinking.

Zhou Qing could roughly guess that after the Boundless Bell inexplicably roared, the God King was worried that other forces would be curious about the Purple Mountain and rashly rush in.

Without knowing the details of that Purple Mountain, it's true that whoever goes in will be trapped, and no one can get out unless someone is carrying at least one flawless supreme imperial weapon.

Without knowing the full story, who would bring imperial weapons at the beginning? They would inevitably have to figure things out slowly, which would become a piecemeal tactic. It's unknown how many people would be sacrificed before they realized the danger of Purple Mountain.

The God King knew how troublesome Zishan was, and at this moment he revealed Zishan's secrets simply to tell others that this thing was not something they could touch, so they should all sit still and not go there to join the fun.

As for those who disregard his advice and insist on venturing into Purple Mountain, even the God King can't do anything about it. For such people, only a bloody lesson will teach them to be in awe.

The Boundless Bell of Zishan suddenly roared, and Zhou Qing didn't know why, but he knew that his second chance to enter Zishan had arrived!

He deduced that after the Boundless Bell rang this time, the ancient kings inside Purple Mountain had been swept out, and Purple Mountain was almost empty.

Back then, the Great Emperor Wushi entered Zishan and imprisoned all the guardians of the nine dragon veins in Zishan, leaving them a place to serve as door gods.

They were called door gods, but in reality, they were forcibly confined here as servants to guard the gate, and now those people are no longer in Zishan.

In fact, under normal circumstances, this group of people should have been born many years ago. However, because no one revealed the secret of Zishan, there was no attack on Zishan by various holy lords, which caused the ancient beings of Zishan to be born many years later.

"Three years ago, the unborn Heavenly Prince triggered a strange phenomenon, which led to a group of ancient beings blocking the entrance to Yaochi and taking the egg away. Now that these ancient beings from Zishan have been born, their most pressing task is to find the Heavenly Prince, and they have no interest in paying attention to Zishan."

After a moment's thought, Zhou Qing decided to take this opportunity to bring some things out of Zishan, such as Zhang Lin, the fifth generation source master, Yang Yi, the saintess of Yaochi ten thousand years ago, and perhaps the array flags left behind by the Undying Emperor.

He then waited patiently, not too early, because at this time the Primordial King of Zishan should still be in a daze, gathering information from the outside world. They would only leave the area around Zishan completely after they received news of the Heavenly Emperor's son.

It can't be too late. Zhou Qing felt that some major human sects would probably still attack Zishan. At that time, the area around Zishan would be surrounded layer upon layer, making it very troublesome to make any moves quietly.

A week later, Zhou Qing discovered that the Primordial King near Zishan had completely disappeared. He then separated one of his Dao bodies and ordered it to take the Imperial Jade to Zishan.

"The fifth-generation Source Master... I wonder what's become of the Heavenly Nether Treasure now, and whether it still has enough power to maintain the curse."

Zhou Qing looked at Zishan, but his thoughts drifted to a very distant place.

Chapter 312 Learning from the Past: A Guide to the Future

Upon arriving at Zishan, Zhou Qing first went to take a look at the dragon vein he had traversed years ago.

"Sure enough, this road is blocked."

That innate yin-yang diagram transformed into chaos, becoming a point of Dao, and underwent a terrifying change.

This path is impassable. If one forces their way through, they will most likely be forcibly returned to the boundless void, instantly transforming into a wisp of Dao principle, and dissipating into the world.

Zhou Qing's eyes emitted two beams of divine light, reflecting every change in the Dao principles of this chaos into his Martial Dao Heavenly Eye, from which he then deduced the truth.

The reversal of Yin and Yang transforms into the boundless, which is the beginning of the primordial Dao. This change naturally contains infinite laws. If one can comprehend the process of reversing chaos in this Yin-Yang diagram, it will surely be of great benefit to the fusion of the Yin and Yang.

"Perhaps we could let the old man, the Demon King, study this. His Sun and Moon are almost fully integrated, and this Yin-Yang diagram might offer him some inspiration," Zhou Qing thought.

Then, he made a hand seal with one hand and used a secret method to transmit the message back to the Fusang tree, so that the old man Renmo could come and take a look.

After finishing this task, Zhou Qing left the dragon vein and lingered outside Zishan for a while. He deduced a passable dragon vein and began to switch to another dragon vein to enter Zishan.

"boom"

After an unknown amount of time, Zhou Qing entered the interior of Zishan Mountain and saw ancient roads and caves leading in all directions.

The interior of Purple Mountain is very large, forming its own world, and it is only allowed to enter but not leave. The last time he came to Purple Mountain, he didn't actually go to many places. After finding the "Source Book", he left directly.

This time, he still didn't plan to explore Purple Mountain any further, as it was pointless. The treasures of Purple Mountain were divided into two parts: the part belonging to the Great Emperor Wushi was in the hands of the Black Emperor and Gu Tianshu, while the part belonging to the Undying Emperor was in the hands of the descendants of the Eight Divine Generals. There were no treasures that outsiders could find.

Ultimately, he chose an ancient road to begin his journey, as the celestial signs indicated that Zhang Lin should be in that direction.

Nothing unexpected happened along the way. We encountered a few dead ancient creatures, but no living beings.

After passing the main hall with the Wushi Bell and the Wushi Sutra, they arrived at another direction of Zishan Mountain and saw a row of crystal coffins. Zhou Qing knew that he should be able to meet the fifth generation Yuan Tian Master soon.

He glanced into the crystal coffin, a strange look appearing on his face.

"Not a single corpse remains. Have they all been born?"

These crystal coffins are not simple; each one is engraved with ancient divine script, carved by the Immortal Emperor himself, representing his fallen subordinates.

But now these corpses are all gone. They couldn't have crawled out on their own; they must have been manipulated by someone.

When it comes to controlling corpses, the underworld reigns supreme in the universe. These subordinates of the Immortal Emperor should now all be under the control of Zhang Lin, the fifth generation Source Master.

Suddenly, a chilling aura emanated from ahead, engulfing the area as if the deepest hell had descended upon it.

A figure, entirely black and withered like a twig, walked from the front. It had nine heads, one of which was a dragon, one of a hound, one of a human, and one of a phoenix, standing side by side. It was shrouded in an immortal black divine halo.

He was like a demon crawling out from the deepest hell, with a vast, sprawling palace appearing behind him, exuding a terrifying aura of death.

mind.

Zhou Qing looked calmly at the demon, treating the chilling aura emanating from him as a gentle breeze, his purple robe fluttering in the wind.

Unusually, the demon did not launch an attack; instead, it bowed and made an inviting gesture.

Zhou Qing pondered for a moment, and finally decided to follow this demon to see where it would lead him.

The Source Master, corrupted by the curse, wouldn't be so polite. Judging from this, Zhang Lin's condition shouldn't be bad at the moment; at least he's mentally alert.

They remained silent the entire way, following an ancient road to their final destination, a massive altar covered with dragon grass and divine orchids. Chaotic energy swirled around it, cascading down like waterfalls, creating a breathtaking spectacle.

From all directions, one after another, ferocious ghosts stood, all withered and dry, some shrouded in divine halos, some with black moons above their heads, each with an extraordinary aura.

That was the manifestation of magical power reaching its peak, a sublimation to the extreme, with Dao patterns engraved in the bones and flesh, the body becoming a vessel of the Dao.

In other words, these corpses were at least saints in life, and even though they have lost their magic power and their bodies are withered, they are still a formidable fighting force.

Surprisingly, these vengeful ghosts seemed to have just gone through something, as many of them had various injuries.

The most striking figure was a tall man covered in terrifying red hair, more than half a foot long, which extended to his face, leaving only his eyes visible.

“The fifth generation Source Master, Zhang Lin?” Zhou Qing asked.

"It's me. Who are you? Why do I sense a familiar presence?" The red-haired figure stepped forward, his voice hoarse.

"The sixth generation Source Celestial Master, Zhou Qing."

Then, Zhou Qing continued, "There's a question I'm curious about: Patriarch Zhang Lin, when did you regain consciousness?"

The situation is now clear: the fifth-generation Source Master Zhang Lin is rational; he is not the red-haired monster who only knows how to kill, but has awakened his own consciousness.

"You actually asked that question? I woke up suddenly two years ago, and I don't know what happened," Zhang Lin replied, looking at Zhou Qing with some surprise.

"Two years ago?" Zhou Qing nodded, having a general understanding of the current state of the Tongtian Mingbao.

Although the outcome of the battle between Tongtian Mingbao and Qingdi's killing intent is unknown, we can glean some clues from the Fifth Generation Yuan Tianshi that Tongtian Mingbao's current situation is probably not good.

Although the curse on the fifth-generation Source Master still exists, the Tongtian Mingbao is no longer able to control the fifth-generation Source Master, which is good news for Zhou Qing.

With the curse on the fifth-generation Source Celestial Master weakened, it would be even easier for Zhou Qing to undermine the Heavenly Nether Treasure.

"Unfortunately, this period of lucidity always comes to an end. I can feel that the struggle of another consciousness within me has been growing stronger lately, and sooner or later it will overwhelm my consciousness, at which point I will still fall into madness." Just then, Zhang Lin sighed.

"What brings you to Zishan?" Zhang Lin asked.

"I heard that the Ancestor is in Purple Mountain. I have come here to rescue him and to study the Origin Technique together in the future," Zhou Qing said.

Zhang Lin shook his head, looking very dejected, and said:

"I appreciate your kindness, but unfortunately, I am destined to be trapped in an endless state of confusion. Even if I leave Purple Mountain, I will be reduced to ashes with the slightest thought from the mastermind behind me. It will be meaningless."

Ten thousand years have passed since he disappeared in his later years. He was not a Great Accomplished Holy Body, nor a Great Emperor of the Human Race. If he had not become a demon, he would have long since decayed and perished.

The reason why Zhang Lin's lingering resentment is still due to the curse of the Tongtian Mingbao. Zhang Lin cannot live forever, but the Tongtian Mingbao can. Therefore, as long as the Tongtian Mingbao lives, Zhang Lin will be controlled for a day, and his lingering resentment will never dissipate.

In a sense, this can be considered an alternative form of immortality. Not only does the Tongtian Mingbao have such a method, but the Desolate Slaves of the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land are also in a similar state to Zhang Lin.

Although the Wild Slaves are in a daze, the Ruthless Great Emperor can restore their consciousness if he so desires. Although they are dead, they still have a bit of intelligence. However, if you want to bring them back to life, they may be cut into dust by time in an instant.