Chapter 1513: The Sundial Under Starlight
The Ice Fire Phoenix used Rainbow Transformation Vines to build the Phoenix Nest, and those Rainbow Transformation Vines only grow in places where eminent monks have achieved nirvana.
A secret passage... Had the Ice Fire Phoenix truly been to the place where Xumi Saint Monk achieved nirvana?
Zhang Ruochen’s heart was shaken immensely. Xumi Saint Monk was not only the one who changed his fate but could also be considered one of his teachers. If he knew the location of Xumi Saint Monk’s nirvana site, Zhang Ruochen would very much like to go and pay his respects.
Zhang Ruochen restrained his emotions, lest the Rakshasa Princess detect any flaw, and asked, “Where is the place where Xumi Saint Monk achieved nirvana?”
The Rakshasa Princess shook her head and said, “In that divine battle a hundred thousand years ago, Xumi Saint Monk exhausted his last divine power, sealing the world holes between the Kunlun Realm and the Hell Realm one by one, and finally died in the starry sky. Many major figures from both the Hell Realm and the Heavenly Court Realm have searched for his nirvana site, hoping to obtain supreme opportunities, but all came back empty-handed. I never expected to find clues in the Phoenix Nest, Your Highness.”
“Boom.”
The space within the Phoenix Nest shook violently once more.
Even with the cultivation levels of Zhang Ruochen and the Rakshasa Princess, they could barely keep their footing.
This tremor was continuous, causing fine cracks to appear in the surrounding space.
If one stood atop the ninety-nine sacred mountains and looked toward the Phoenix Nest, they would see the Rainbow Transformation Vines forming the nest snapping one by one, producing deafening roars.
At the periphery of the Phoenix Nest, the Cold Sea formed by the Millennia Nether Winter Water and the Sea of Fire formed by the Purifying Divine Flame were greatly affected, sending up massive waves.
Inside the Phoenix Nest, not far from the sundial, Zhang Ruochen and the Rakshasa Princess were astonished to find that the Time Imprint light points surrounding the sundial were annihilating one by one, vanishing without a trace.
Zhang Ruochen and the Rakshasa Princess both rejoiced and immediately activated their movement techniques, charging toward the sundial.
“Whoosh.”
Above the sundial, the multicolored clouds parted, forming a gap that revealed the sky above the Phoenix Nest.
In the heavens, eight brilliant stars appeared, their starlight streaming through the gap in the clouds and landing on the stone platform that held the sundial.
The stone platform was ten zhang high and thirty-three zhang long. As the eight beams of starlight fell upon it, the platform emitted a cyan glow, hazy and indistinct, like a giant divine stone.
At that moment, the front face of the stone platform revealed strange patterns and light points, which, when connected, resembled both a Buddha image divine diagram and a starry sky route map.
The number of light points was in the hundreds of thousands, and the lines were densely packed.
Zhang Ruochen and the Rakshasa Princess both understood that this diagram was of immense value and immediately began memorizing it. However, the diagram appeared for only an instant before fading and blurring again.
“Damn it.”
The Rakshasa Princess mobilized her powerful spiritual power but only managed to remember half of it.
Zhang Ruochen also remembered only about half, causing him to frown.
“How much did you remember?” the Rakshasa Princess asked.
Zhang Ruochen naturally would not tell her the truth. He sighed and said, “It disappeared too quickly. I only remembered about a tenth.”
The Rakshasa Princess gave him a strange look and said, “Remembering a tenth is already quite good. You were somewhat useful this time. When we return, draw the part you remember for me.”
“Mm.”
Zhang Ruochen asked, “What exactly is that diagram? Can it be used to find the place where Xumi Saint Monk achieved nirvana?”
“It’s entirely possible.”
The Rakshasa Princess lifted her fair head, following the starlight to look at the eight stars above, her eyes growing even brighter. “The Hunter Eight Stars.”
The Hunter Eight Stars hung above the Ancestral Spirit Realm, extremely bright. At this moment, the light of the eight stars fell straight down, carrying a sacred aura.
Under the starlight’s illumination, the rough stone rod on the sundial cast a shadow mark on the dial face.
The dial face had twelve time zones, corresponding to the twelve two-hour periods of a day.
At this moment, the shadow mark stopped at the position of “Hour of the Horse, Fourth Ke.”
But the current time was not the Hour of the Horse, Fourth Ke, making this shadow mark particularly special.
Zhang Ruochen and the Rakshasa Princess both realized this and were trying to understand its meaning.
“The sundial couldn’t have been placed here for no reason, and the starlight of the Hunter Eight Stars couldn’t have fallen on it for no reason. But what does the Hour of the Horse, Fourth Ke represent?”
The Rakshasa Princess murmured to herself, feeling that this was a clue left by the Hunting God, possibly leading to the God’s Star Soul. Yet, no matter how clever she was, she could not find the thread.
The Rakshasa Princess shook her head and said, “Forget it. The Phoenix Nest is about to collapse. Let’s take the sundial first and bring it back to the Rakshasa Clan to study slowly.”
The sundial was merely a time treasure, possessing no great power on its own.
Earlier, the sundial had been able to emit a large number of Time Imprint light points because it was in an activated state.
The power that activated it came from the Ice Fire Phoenix’s Sacred Source.
Mu Lingxi and Canglan Wu Sheng had seized the Ice Fire Phoenix’s inheritance, and the Sacred Source had merged into their Phoenix wings. Without sacred power to continue driving the sundial, its power naturally dissipated.
The ten-zhang-high stone platform was connected to the sundial as one.
Moreover, under the illumination of the Hunter Eight Stars, the stone platform had revealed a Buddha image divine diagram, clearly indicating it was also a treasure.
The Rakshasa Princess walked to the base of the stone platform, took out a palm-sized spatial jade box, and channeled the dense evil energy within her body into the box, preparing to take both the stone platform and the sundial.
“Not good…”
The Rakshasa Princess sensed an extremely dangerous aura rapidly approaching from behind and was about to activate her protective talisman.
“Boom.”
A heavy fist imprint struck the Rakshasa Princess’s back, causing her entire body to explode with crackling sounds. Her delicate form flew forward, crashing heavily into the stone platform.
This strike was delivered with Zhang Ruochen’s full power, intended to kill the Rakshasa Princess.
After all, he and the Rakshasa Princess were in absolute opposition, mortal enemies. He could not show mercy just because they had once dual-cultivated spiritually.
The Rakshasa Princess’s words were not to be trusted even half, such as “You are my destined one,” “I am Lingyan Mo Fei,” and “Help me seize the Ice Fire Phoenix’s inheritance, and I’ll give you the Merit Record Wall”…
Zhang Ruochen deeply hated women who were full of lies and also hated being deceived.
Moreover, with an enemy as formidable as the Rakshasa Princess, if he could not eliminate her, once she retaliated, Zhang Ruochen had no confidence in preserving his own life.
Zhang Ruochen also knew that his heart had changed, becoming harder and colder.
However, the full-force punch Zhang Ruochen delivered failed to kill the Rakshasa Princess.
The Ten Thousand Saint Plain Garment on the Rakshasa Princess possessed extremely strong defensive power. Moreover, when Zhang Ruochen’s fist struck her back, numerous divine patterns emerged on her body, neutralizing most of the force.
“Thud.”
The Rakshasa Princess fell to the ground, a trail of blood at the corner of her mouth, her delicate form trembling slightly as she stared at “Lingquan Shaojun” standing not far away. She saw that “Lingquan Shaojun” was holding a piece of purple stone in his hand, which emitted a purple glow.
It was the hand holding the purple stone that had nearly killed her.
The Rakshasa Princess believed he was truly Lingquan Shaojun, and a unprecedented coldness appeared in her beautiful eyes. “You’ve hidden yourself well. I really thought you were just a foolish brute before, but at the critical moment, you bit me. Impressive.”
Zhang Ruochen did not respond. He struck again, launching another punch.
“Daring to oppose Your Highness leads only to death. If you want to seize the sundial, you’re still far from it.”
The Rakshasa Princess took out a half-foot-long silver dagger. As the evil energy within her body rapidly circulated, the dagger erupted with a divine might, shaking the entire space slightly.
The spatial cracks grew even larger.
“That’s a… Divine Battle Tool…”
Just as the Rakshasa Princess was about to unleash the terrifying power of the Divine Battle Tool, Zhang Ruochen immediately withdrew his fist, took out a space ring, and stored both the sundial and the stone platform inside.
“Whoosh.”
Zhang Ruochen activated his fastest speed and fled into the distance.
“Boom rumble.”
About a hundred li away, a violent surge of divine power erupted behind him. A sheet of silver light rushed toward him, as if to devour him.
“The power of a Divine Battle Tool is truly terrifying.”
Zhang Ruochen activated the Hundred Saint Blood Armor and then threw a large handful of protective talismans behind him.
The protective talismans bloomed with dazzling light, forming layers of defensive light barriers.
“Bang bang.”
The defensive light barriers shattered one after another, unable to block the silver light.
Just as Zhang Ruochen was about to be hit by the silver light, he finally rushed out of the Phoenix Nest and, with a sudden dive, plunged into the blazing sea of Purifying Divine Flame.
The power unleashed by the silver light shattered a corner of the Phoenix Nest, and many broken Rainbow Transformation Vines fell into the sea of fire, burning to ashes.
“Damn it. It seems he escaped.”
The Rakshasa Princess was severely injured and could not pursue, her heart filled with resentment.
Lingquan Shaojun and the other Rakshasa First-Class Marquises, sensing the power unleashed by the Divine Battle Tool, quickly gathered and found the Rakshasa Princess.
“Your Highness, which bastard injured you so severely?” Lingquan Shaojun roared in fury.
The Rakshasa Princess, however, showed a puzzled expression, carefully studying Lingquan Shaojun’s demeanor. Then, it dawned on her. The person just now was likely not the real Lingquan Shaojun. She asked, “Where is your purple divine stone?”
Lingquan Shaojun did not know why the Rakshasa Princess suddenly asked such a question, but he did not think much of it. Somewhat embarrassed, he said, “It was taken by a sword cultivator from the Kunlun Realm…”
Feeling it was a loss of face, Lingquan Shaojun quickly added, “That sword cultivator was quite formidable. Not only had he cultivated Sword Dao Xuan Gang, but he had also broken through to the Saint King Realm. Among the Rakshasa Marquis army, perhaps only those few First-Class Marquises who have just broken through to the Saint King Realm can contend with him.”
A fierce killing intent surged in the Rakshasa Princess’s eyes. “Spread Your Highness’s order: Spare no expense to capture that sword cultivator from the Kunlun Realm. Whether dead or alive, whoever brings him before Your Highness will immediately be enfeoffed as a king.”
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