# Chapter 2231: Archives
Lin Feng's footsteps were heavy, as if his body was exhausted. His face, partially covered by his long hair, actually had eyes gleaming with sharp light. His soul power continuously spread outward, probing this world.
"To step into the Emperor Realm, one must achieve the fusion of soul and heaven and earth. Any attack power can be transformed into substance. With a stroke of the brush, one can create a heavenly river in the void. For those skilled in flames, a wave of the hand can birth a mountain range of fire. The soul must be immensely powerful to better utilize the power of heaven and earth and more easily comprehend the great Dao. Therefore, most people only comprehend Dao Intent at the Emperor Realm."
Lin Feng recalled the Prophet's words. To step into the Emperor Realm, one must inevitably achieve the fusion of soul with heaven and earth, becoming perfectly natural and seamless.
"I was once abandoned by this heaven and earth. Perhaps this is also the reason why I have been unable to step into the Emperor Realm for so long." Lin Feng murmured to himself. But at this moment, his eyes were exceptionally brilliant, staring into the distance as if there was a force there attracting his soul.
"Where is that?" Lin Feng muttered softly. He had been traveling across the continent, constantly trying to merge his soul with heaven and earth, hoping to find a point of resonance at some time and place. But he had never been able to do so. Just like when he had stepped into the Martial Emperor Realm back then, this heaven and earth itself might be rejecting him.
Lin Feng walked to a huge rock and stopped. Then, with a step, his body landed directly on top of the stone pillar. He sat cross-legged, and his soul power spread out, rolling toward the distance. Lin Feng's soul was now incredibly powerful. Whenever he wished, he could leave his body at any time. Of course, although leaving the body allowed one to observe heaven and earth, it was also an extremely dangerous act. If someone with ill intentions toward you directly attacked your soul, the consequences would be dire. At the Emperor Realm, when the soul fused with heaven and earth, leaving the body was more perfect. Lin Feng was now only separating a strand of his soul power to extend into the distance, to probe where exactly that place attracting his soul was located.
Lin Feng's soul power rolled forward like a gust of wind, drifting toward the Eternal Night City. Everything below was within Lin Feng's field of vision. This was a very ancient and powerful city. The buildings within were grand and majestic, like ancient castles. The martial artists here were powerful. Martial Emperor-level figures were everywhere, and there were quite a few Emperor Realm experts. Moreover, the city was vast and boundless.
The soul drifted in the void for a long time, causing Lin Feng's heart to tremble. What place was that? From such an extremely distant distance, it could still attract his soul. It was too marvelous. It was very likely a treasure land.
Curiosity drove Lin Feng's strands of soul power to continue forward. After crossing an unknown distance, he finally saw ahead a vast and magnificent group of ancient castles. Above the void, purple qi drifted, like patches of purple clouds lingering there. However, in front of these palace fortresses were rows of dark black mansion gates, like city gates. Above these gates, death water continuously flowed out, filled with terrifying death qi, forming rivers of death that enveloped the castles. It was somewhat similar to the Nether King Palace.
"Where is this?" Lin Feng's expression froze for a moment. What attracted his soul power was the terrifying purple qi in that void, as if his soul wanted to merge into it, extremely marvelous.
And this purple qi was exclusively enjoyed by this force. Undoubtedly, this must be an extremely powerful force. Around it, many martial artists had gathered, some wanting to join this force, others coming to experience this purple qi.
At this moment, among the surrounding crowd, someone stood on the opposite bank separated from the fortress ahead. Among them, a young man looked up into the void, a strange color flashing in his eyes.
"Someone actually came here with their soul. How peculiar." Beside him, another young man smiled slightly and said.
"Countless people have come to the Nether Mansion out of admiration. In the entire Eternal Night City, only the Nether Mansion gathers the heaven and earth purple soul qi, transforming it into the Purple Soul Heaven Wall, enveloping the entire Eternal Night City. Perhaps this person was also attracted by the purple soul qi." The young man who spoke earlier curled his lips into a cold smile and said.
"So what? Even so, most people are just greedy and delusional. The Nether Mansion is not so easy to approach. In the past, Senior Brother Night Shadow walked out from the Nether Mansion, stepped onto the stage of the Nine Heavens Gathering, and entered the top twenty seats of the Nine Heavens Gathering. How powerful he was." Beside them, a beautiful woman in white clothes said coldly. But when she mentioned Night Shadow, she couldn't help but let a strange light shine in her beautiful eyes.
"I wonder how strong the owner of this soul is?"
"This is just a strand of soul. Judging by its intensity, it is definitely not at the Emperor Realm. And it still wants to approach the purple soul region of the Nether Mansion. What a delusion." The young man snorted coldly. Then, with a tremor of his palm, he shot out a sharp sword intent, killing toward the void.
Lin Feng seemed to sense something. His soul suddenly dodged. He wanted to get closer to feel what the purple soul region was all about, but he didn't expect to be attacked.
The soul transformed into an illusory shadow, looking down at the young man below. The young man frowned, and with a tremor of his palm, he shot out seven streaks of power, locking onto Lin Feng's strand of soul, as fast as lightning.
Lin Feng's soul fled, preparing to leave. But the swords surrounded him from different directions. With a tearing sound, this strand of soul was easily destroyed.
"Ridiculous." The young man snorted coldly. The sword power around him disappeared.
At this moment, outside the Eternal Night City, on the stone pillar, Lin Feng's eyes suddenly opened. A cold, sharp light flashed and disappeared. A strand of death intent swirled around him, extremely terrifying.
In front of him, the people who had just asked him questions happened to feel this strand of death qi. Their hearts trembled slightly. What a formidable person. In that instant, they felt the death intent was extremely terrifying.
"In Eternal Night City, there is a place where purple clouds drift in the void and death water flows outside the city. What place is that?" Lin Feng stared at the few people and asked coldly. Their expressions froze for a moment, feeling a faint pressure fall on them. Their hearts violently fluctuated. They felt that with just a single thought, this person could kill them.
Indeed, one should not judge by appearances. This person looked like a savage, but his strength was probably extremely formidable.
"One of the strongest forces in Eternal Night City, the Nether Mansion." The person in front responded.
"What is that purple cloud?" Lin Feng asked again.
"Purple soul qi. The Nether Mansion gathers the heaven and earth purple soul qi, making it the center of the entire Eternal Night City. It allows people to more easily merge their souls with heaven and earth, thus paving the way for stepping into the Emperor Realm."
"So marvelous." A sharp light flashed in Lin Feng's eyes. The heaven and earth gathered purple soul qi, actually allowing people to more easily merge their souls with heaven and earth. No wonder so many people were there.
"The purple soul qi acts like a medium. Martial artists can easily merge their souls into the purple soul qi, becoming part of it. Then, through the purple soul qi, they can comprehend heaven and earth, resonate with it, and ultimately merge their souls into heaven and earth. This is the marvelous aspect of the purple soul qi." The person spoke again. Lin Feng nodded slightly. Then, he stood up, took a step, and walked toward Eternal Night City.
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In the Fate Temple, within a Star Hall, starlight seemed to drift everywhere. But beneath this starlight, there were countless points of light. Each point of light was actually a Sumeru light. Several people were busy here, opening these Sumeru lights, reading the archives or jade slip information within, and then continuously putting them down.
"Still not found?" At this moment, the Prophet's figure appeared here, asking the person responsible for the search.
"Not yet. After countless years, the archives of the Fate Temple have become endless. Some archives that were once considered very important have also become disorganized. Now, we can only expand the scope, searching through all the archives, even those in the ruins, hoping to find a trace of information about that person from the ancient era." The guardian in charge responded. The Prophet nodded slightly, sighing inwardly. Time passed in the blink of an eye. The pressure from Chu Chunqiu was immense. And the ten personal disciples of the temple had all grown very quickly, having already stepped into the Emperor Realm. Only one person was an exception: Lin Feng.
However, according to Lin Feng, his power should have long surpassed the Emperor Realm. So why was he unable to break through? The mystery behind this could probably only be summarized by the word "taboo." Even the temple master could not know the reason. Except for Lin Feng, taboo figures no longer existed in this world. If one wanted to trace back, one would probably have to go to the end of the ancient era. No one could solve it. His Fate Temple knew the most about taboo figures. Apart from that, there were only some rumors that had spread throughout the Nine Heavens Celestial Court and the Nine Heavens Continent. Many people in the world knew about taboos, but they didn't know what it truly meant.
"Have you started searching the trash archives?"
"Yes. It started half a year ago." The person nodded. The Fate Temple had been born countless ages ago. The number of archives it possessed was as vast as Ganges sand, as numerous as stars.
But at this moment, a figure rushed in from outside like a madman, his body trembling slightly. The Prophet turned his gaze to him and said, "Old friend, what's so exaggerated?"
This person was also an absolute core figure of the Fate Temple. For him to be like this...
"Found it!" The old man's hands trembled as he handed a strand of Sumeru light to the Prophet. The Prophet's expression froze for a moment. Then, a wisp of his divine sense invaded into it. The archive recorded in this Sumeru light contained only one sentence.
The Prophet's breathing gradually became rapid. His palm lowered, and suddenly, with a clench, the archive vanished into smoke, probably never to exist again. And his heart also trembled violently. The light in his eyes was like stars.
No wonder!
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