Chapter 1479
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Chapter 1479 Dark Ancestor Stone Formation
Time’s end, the Temple of Ancestral Gods.
The star coin spun rapidly in the groove, and countless giant stones beneath the platform suddenly began to move, as if some kind of switch had been pressed, emitting a deep, thunderous sound!
As the stone formations shifted, these massive rocks arranged themselves according to the positions of the twelve ancestral god statues at the edge of the platform, dividing into twelve complex stone arrays, circularly displayed below everyone. The pattern resembled the Eight Trigrams formation of Great Xia Taoism, yet was distinctly different, with an apparent randomness that subtly contained profound mysteries.
“What is this? A labyrinth?” Nezha asked in confusion.
The Celestial Venerable of Spiritual Treasure stood at the center of the platform, looking down at the twelve vast stone arrays below, his brows slightly furrowed, as if pondering something.
After a while, he slowly spoke:
“If I’m not mistaken, this should be the ritual for the Temple of Ancestral Gods to absorb faith power.”
“Ritual? Does absorbing faith require a ritual?”
“They are different from us. The ancestral god mythology of the primitive era didn’t have things like divine realm origins.
They gathered the intangible power of faith at the central platform, and through some mysterious method, transformed it into divine power they could absorb, then distributed it to each ancestral god through these stone arrays.”
The Celestial Venerable of Spiritual Treasure pointed at the twelve statues around them, then at the twelve stone arrays below, “At the end of each stone array is an ancestral god.”
“A mysterious method to transform faith into power?” True Lord Jade Tripod pondered aloud, “How did they accomplish this?”
“I’m not certain either. This might be the greatest secret of the ancestral god mythology… perhaps even related to the very existence of divinity itself.”
Hearing the Celestial Venerable speak thus, everyone looked toward the empty altar, seemingly imagining what might have originally been placed there…
“Venerable, what should we do next?”
Guan Zai pointed at the twelve stone arrays below, “Should we go down and take a look?”
“This is, after all, the divine realm of the ancestral gods from ancient times. Wouldn’t it be too risky for us to explore like this?” a Great Xia deity said.
“Not necessarily. The era of the ancestral gods has long passed, and even the ancestral gods themselves have disappeared. There shouldn’t be much danger here.”
“If this Temple of Ancestral Gods harbored hostility toward us, it would have shown some reaction by now.”
“…”
As everyone discussed, the Celestial Venerable of Spiritual Treasure contemplated for a moment, calculated with his fingers, and then spoke:
“This place should not be dangerous… Since we are trapped within the walls of space-time, rather than sitting idle and waiting, we might as well search separately. Perhaps we can find some relics from the era of the ancestral gods.”
With the Venerable’s decision, everyone immediately agreed without objection.
“Taiyi, take the Star Lord of Bestowing Prosperity, the Star Lord of Life, the Venus Star Lord, and young friend Lu Wuwei to the Water Ancestor Stone Array. Jade Tripod, take God-Lord Meng Zhang…” The Celestial Venerable of Spiritual Treasure assigned everyone into groups, ensuring that each group had a supreme god-level combatant.
“…Young friend Zhou Ping, please take them to the Thunder Ancestor Stone Array, and finally…”
The Celestial Venerable’s gaze fell upon Lin Qiye, and after a pause, he said, “Lin Qiye, you will come with me to the Darkness Ancestor Stone Array.”
Lin Qiye was startled, then immediately nodded, “Yes.”
After dividing the groups, the Celestial Venerable took out the Mother-Child Dragon Flags, distributing the child flags to different groups while keeping the mother flag himself, making it convenient to sense the positions of all child flags.
With all preparations complete, everyone descended from the platform and entered their respective stone arrays.
Lin Qiye followed closely behind the Celestial Venerable of Spiritual Treasure, passing through a towering boulder the size of a mountain, entering the maze-like interior of the array.
The giant stones forming the array were each hundreds of meters tall, without any traces of joining or polishing, as if these rocks were naturally this massive, formed as a whole. They varied in size and contour, standing in a complex arrangement like a forest of giant stones.
As soon as Lin Qiye entered the array, the light above quickly dimmed. A pitch-black sky covered the stone array, making it impossible to see one’s hand in front of one’s face inside.
“Why did it suddenly get dark?” Lin Qiye asked puzzledly.
“It didn’t suddenly get dark. The inside of this stone array is inherently dark,” the Celestial Venerable walked ahead of him, saying calmly, “From above, these arrays appear to be just some elaborately arranged stone blocks, but the mysteries they contain are far more profound.
Each stone array here forms its own space. We are walking in the Darkness Ancestor Stone Array, so the arrangement of these stones corresponds to the power of the Darkness Ancestor.”
“Just some scattered stones can have this effect?” Lin Qiye reached out to touch the surface of a nearby boulder, finding it cold and rough to the touch, no different from ordinary stones.
“Do not underestimate the ancestral god mythology. Though their existence may seem primitive and crude, they possess power beyond your imagination.”
Lin Qiye nodded. Unable to use his spiritual power to sense here, he could only rely on his weak dark vision to barely follow behind the Celestial Venerable…
Whoosh!
Clusters of flames burst forth from the void around the Celestial Venerable of Spiritual Treasure, dispelling the surrounding darkness and illuminating the stone array around them with perfect clarity.
That familiar face turned back to look at Lin Qiye in the firelight, saying softly:
“Can you see clearly now?”
“…Yes.”
Looking at the Taoist’s face, Lin Qiye’s heart trembled slightly. For a moment, he seemed to see Bai Li Pangpang’s shadow…
“The terrain here is complex and may contain remnant mechanisms. Stay close to me… but don’t worry too much. Even if you get lost, I can find you immediately,” the Celestial Venerable said calmly.
These words gave Lin Qiye a strange sense of reassurance. He followed closely behind the Celestial Venerable, and after much hesitation, finally spoke:
“Venerable…”
“What is it?”
“…Pangpang?” Lin Qiye asked cautiously.
Hearing these words, the Celestial Venerable’s footsteps halted, and he stopped.
He let out a long sigh and, surrounded by the burning flames, slowly turned around. His expression was complex as he faced Lin Qiye.
“Lin Qiye, I… no, I know what you’re thinking,” the Celestial Venerable paused. “Bai Li Pangpang was the last life in my reincarnation cycle. Though he wasn’t the most tortuous of my countless reincarnations, he was the most memorable.
You, Qing Yu, Jiang Er, Cao Yuan, Jialan, Zhuai Ge… Bai Li Pangpang was bound to [Nightfall], and you were bound to him. No one understands this better than I do.” The Celestial Venerable pointed to his heart.
“I’m sorry that my return took away your Bai Li Pangpang, but we had no choice. This is what he wanted too.
You’ve seen the current situation of Great Xia. Now, I must be the Spiritual Treasure, not Bai Li Pangpang… Can you understand that?”
