Chapter 1624
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Chapter 1624 The First Covenant
At the same time,
Thousands of miles away from the exploration ship.
Dong—Dong—Dong!!!
The resounding bell echoed between heaven and earth, and the red-haired girl wearing a white velvet coat suddenly stopped in her tracks.
Chloe turned her head toward the direction of the bell sound. A powerful divine energy erupted from within her body. She looked down at the back of her hand, where a mark identical to the one on Lin Qiye’s chest was frantically devouring her power, emitting a faint glow.
“The East Emperor Bell rings, the [Sacred Covenant] responds, karma reverses, and life emerges from death.” Chloe murmured,
“After two thousand one hundred and forty-one years, the First [Sacred Covenant] has finally been activated…”
This violent devouring force lasted for dozens of seconds. When the last ray of light flashed, she groaned and violently spat out a mouthful of fresh blood, her face extremely pale.
The beam of light that had soared into the sky in the distance finally gradually dissipated. Chloe wiped away the blood from the corner of her mouth, a smile appearing on her face:
“Our first Sacred Covenant has been fulfilled. Whether this karma can be reversed depends on you… Lin Qiye.”
…
Great Xia, National Fate Island.
Dong—Dong—Dong!!!
The bell sound echoing from afar filled heaven and earth. Figures across the island simultaneously stopped what they were doing, looking puzzledly toward the direction of the sound.
“Bell sound? What bell is this?” Li Qingqiang stood at the mountaintop, gazing at the endless sea in the distance, muttering in confusion.
Behind him, a woman wearing a sherpa-lined hoodie slowly walked out.
“Is this… the East Emperor Bell?” Wang Qing asked with some uncertainty.
“East Emperor Bell? What is that?”
“It’s a supreme divine artifact of the Celestial Court from ancient times.” Tang Yusheng stepped on the sea waves and flew to their side. “However, the East Emperor Bell was lost over two thousand years ago… it shouldn’t be in the Celestial Court now.”
“A supreme divine artifact not in the Celestial Court? Then who is ringing it now?” Li Qingqiang’s expression grew more confused.
“…I don’t know.”
As the successive commanders-in-chief of the Night Watchers, they possessed vast intelligence, but even so, they couldn’t guess the identity of this mysterious bell-ringer… From the sound, its physical form must be within Great Xia’s borders, but besides the Night Watchers and the Celestial Court, who else in Great Xia could control the East Emperor Bell without anyone knowing and ring it?
While the commanders were deep in thought, deep beneath the island, above the endlessly flowing current of national fate, a figure wearing tattered armor slowly raised his head.
“Marquis, the East Emperor Bell has rung,” Gongyang Wan stood by the national fate current and spoke softly.
“Yes, I heard it.”
Huo Qubing, standing on the national fate current, had a reminiscent look in his eyes.
He looked down, slowly opening his scarred hand. A white chess piece lay quietly in his palm.
“He rang the East Emperor Bell… which means the First [Sacred Covenant] has been activated.”
“Indeed.” Gongyang Wan gently removed her hairpin, letting her waterfall-like black hair fall over her shoulders. Looking at the jade-like chess piece in the center of the hairpin, her gaze grew complex,
“The ancient covenant reappears in the world. After thousands of years of planning, this game of chess between humans and gods… it’s time for a glimmer of hope.”
…
“Bell sound?”
In the mist, hundreds of miles away from the strait, An Qingyu suddenly stopped.
He turned back toward the direction of Great Xia, his brows slightly furrowed. “Where is this bell sound coming from, that it can spread to every corner of the earth? Has something happened in Great Xia again?”
An Qingyu pondered for a long time without any clues. After the three bell tolls dissipated, the world returned to silence, as if the bell sound had just been an illusion.
An Qingyu shook his head and continued walking toward the strait.
Just then, his chest inexplicably hurt, and he began to cough violently!
He covered his chest with one hand, feeling as if something was about to drill through his flesh, a sharp pain filling his mind!
An Qingyu frowned tightly, a scalpel sliding into his palm. He directly cut open the flesh of his chest, reaching his hand inside, as if searching for something.
Moments later, his hand slowly withdrew from his chest, and the broken flesh rapidly healed.
An Qingyu looked at his blood-covered hand, gradually opening it. Seeing the object in his palm, the confusion in his eyes deepened.
It was a white chess piece stained red with blood.
Was this what Chloe had put into his body? Was this her so-called gift?
A faint light flashed in An Qingyu’s gray pupils as he began to analyze the composition of the chess piece. The thumb-sized piece rapidly enlarged in his pupils, even the molecular texture on its surface gradually becoming clear.
“This is…” An Qingyu’s pupils contracted slightly.
Without thinking, he crushed the chess piece into fine powder, scattering it into the sea.
He watched the chess piece fragments gradually disappearing on the sea surface, his eyes narrowing slightly, lost in thought…
After a long time, he silently turned around and disappeared between the reflections of the strait.
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Great Xia, Celestial Court.
“It’s the East Emperor Bell!” Jiang Ziya heard the bell sound, a flash of shock in his eyes. “The East Emperor Bell has appeared in the world again?”
“The sound source is within Great Xia’s borders… why haven’t we detected it all these years?”
“And now, who is ringing the bell?!”
Several Golden Immortals exchanged glances, simultaneously soaring into the sky, flying swiftly in the direction of the bell sound!
Although the East Emperor Bell only rang three times, for the gods of Great Xia, one sound was enough to locate its position. Several streaks of light crossed the sky in succession, approaching a certain place in Great Xia from different directions.
As the sound of the East Emperor Bell gradually faded, a range of mountains appeared in the gods’ vision.
“What place is this?”
“Qilian Mountains.”
“Qilian Mountains… what’s special about this place?”
“Nothing. We’ve never sensed any divine energy here, and even humans rarely set foot here.”
As the Golden Immortals discussed, they had already followed the bell sound to find its source. It was on a peak of the Qilian Mountains. Amidst the white snow, an ancient and magnificent bronze bell was slowly coming to a stop in the wind and snow.
That was the supreme divine artifact lost by the Celestial Court thousands of years ago—the East Emperor Bell.
“There’s no mistake, it’s the one.” Tayi Zhenren said, “But the aura here has been concealed by some being. If it hadn’t revealed itself, we might not have detected it even being so close.”
As the Golden Immortals landed before the East Emperor Bell, a figure slowly emerged from behind it…
