CHAPTER 193: CHAPTER 116: THAT IS... A SHROUDED WORLD!!!

The life at the Daoist Temple was calm and uneventful, without anything particularly interesting. If there was anything of interest, it was only Chengyu; seeing Xiaodouding reminded Zhang Chen of his sister.

Zhang Chen had been walking in the dark for a whole month, going day and night with no sense of time, constantly absorbing the essence of the sun and moon. His soul showed no change, lacking the sense of Soul Emergence, yet the light in the darkness was getting closer.

But on this day, after the arduous journey, Zhang Chen finally reached the light source, and he was stunned on the spot, his Spiritual World trembling.

The thing emitting light wasn’t an object, but a barrier, a light curtain.

"What is that!!!" Zhang Chen stood before that light, his eyes reflecting the source of the glow, finally seeing everything within the light.

"Impossible! It’s a world! How could there be a world inside my Spiritual World?"

As incredible as it seemed, he indeed saw a world, a vague one, with towering, undulating mountains and skies filled with the celestial movements of sun, moon, and stars.

"This is the world barrier." Zhang Chen touched the light curtain before him, staring intently at the sight within it. His eyes were fixed on the blurred mountains and the brilliant star river, filled with shock.

"Impossible! My Spiritual World has no power to bear a world. If there were a world inside my Spiritual World, I would have been mentally crushed long ago. Not just me, even a Yang God True Man couldn’t possibly bear the weight of a world." Zhang Chen’s eyes revealed a trace of seriousness and caution, filled with horror.

It was simply too incredible.

"What on earth is happening?" Zhang Chen stood before the screen, pondering, his mind racing.

After a long time, he managed to analyze a bit: "When my ’Heavenly Round and Earthly Square Diagram’ reached Perfection, it evolved into the figure holding a Treasure Vase, channeling Sun and Moon Essence, a true Visualization. But after breaking through the Extreme Realm, my Visualization seemed to mutate, the Visualization Image disappeared inexplicably, and evolved into an endless dark void and this world in front of me."

Zhang Chen’s hands touched the barrier of the world before him, which was indestructible, seemingly possessing an essence of Vajra Unbreakable.

Zhang Chen did not act rashly but stood before the world barrier, carefully contemplating all possible clues. Unfortunately, the clues he could discern were too few, and he couldn’t deduce how a world appeared in his Visualization Meditation Realm.

Zhang Chen simply exited the Meditation Realm and gazed at the moonlight in the sky. In the next moment, a rune flickered in his palm, forming into the shape of Fox Spirit Nannan.

The moment she landed, Fox Spirit Nannan, full of anger, said: "Kid, you finally deign to summon your ancestor out. Do you know how bored I was being locked in that ghostly place?"

Fox Spirit Nannan immediately started complaining to Zhang Chen, then glanced around the room: "Where is this place? Did you get out of that tomb? How did Prince Pingbian’s Walking Flood Dragon to Dragon Transformation go? Was it a success or a failure?"

Looking at Fox Spirit Nannan’s face full of curiosity and gossip, Zhang Chen was speechless; he never realized this Fox Spirit was such a chatterbox before.

"Since I’m still alive, how could Zhang Shicheng transform into a dragon? That scoundrel had his eyes dug out and his physical body destroyed; by now he’s probably reincarnating." At this point, Zhang Chen looked at the Fox Spirit: "As for where this place is? I only know this is Huangli Temple, but I don’t know how far it is from our village. Staying here to lay low for a while seems like a good idea."

"Huangli Temple? So this is Huangli Temple?" Fox Spirit Nannan appeared surprised: "This place is on the southernmost territory of Prince Pingbian, about five hundred li from your village. How did you end up here?"

Hearing this, Zhang Chen helplessly explained how he accidentally overheard Elder Wu and the Observatory Master conspiring, leaving the Fox Spirit slack-jawed, her eyes filled with disbelief. After he finished explaining, she took a deep breath: "You’re incredibly unfortunate; why do all the troubles find you?"

"I heard that sixty years ago, an Alchemist accidentally entered the Ancient Divine Demon Tomb and found a list, said to use the Power of Incense to grant people incredible powers. So this Alchemist transformed and began teaching disciples, forming the Yellow Heaven Dao, operating throughout the Great Victory Dynasty to collect Power of Incense Faith. This person is the Grand Celestial Master of Yellow Heaven Dao! Huangli Temple seems to be a Daoist Temple established by his disciples, constantly shrouded in mystery. Their secret sermons and collection of Power of Incense apparently aren’t enough anymore, so they even want to rebel." The Fox Spirit mused upon hearing this.

Zhang Chen looked at the Fox Spirit in surprise, not expecting her to be so knowledgeable about everything.

"I, the ancestor, am renowned in the Mysterious Realm as a jack-of-all-trades; few secrets escape me." Fox Spirit Nannan boasted proudly.

"I have a cultivation question to ask you." Zhang Chen looked at the Fox Spirit and said solemnly. Only now he realized the preciousness of having a wise teacher, an opportunity that is invaluable and hard to find.

"Go ahead," Fox Spirit Nannan leisurely sat in the moonlight, playing with Zhang Chen’s teacup, and replied.