She is Jianxiu

Chapter 1428 Sixty Old Causes and Effects Heaven and Earth Forging Furnace

Then he remembered that, according to what the man had just said, the reason why the Taiyuan Sect Leader did not kill Wang Fengyan was because he was afraid of damaging the Xuanwu and delaying the grand plan.

Today, however, they have brought him here again and spoken these words bluntly, clearly intending to kill Wang Fengyan here. This shows that their grand plan is about to succeed, and they no longer need to care about the quality of the mysterious object.

Zhao Chun had never seen Zuo Hongcan's true face, and now only heard Qi Sheng's voice, so she couldn't immediately determine the man's identity. However, judging from his words, he was sent by Shi Rucheng, the head of the Taiyuan Sect, so he was unlikely to be one of the Six Clans. In his speech, he mentioned Wang Feng with a lot of derogatory connotations, so his own cultivation level must be at least at the Void Realm.

With this in mind, Zhao Chun dared not act rashly. Only after a moment, when the conversation above had completely ceased, did she take a step forward to explore. She didn't know what mysteries this secret chamber held that prevented the Void Realm cultivator from discovering her, but it was obvious that she was now in a dilemma. Once the cover of this invisible restriction was lost, the person above would immediately discover her.

With her limited skills, there's virtually no chance she could escape from a powerful cultivator!

Fortunately, Zuo Hongcan had also lost interest in talking to Wang Fengyan any longer. So he waved his hand, and the person and the book below fell into the furnace. Then he flicked his whisk to completely seal the furnace in front of him. He waited for Wang Fengyan's primordial spirit to jump out of the Purple Mansion and gradually merge with the golden book of merit before he nodded slightly, lifted the jade statue in his arms into the air with one hand, and silently opened his mouth to utter a few obscure and difficult-to-understand incantations.

After that, Zuo Hongcan looked around and then sat down cross-legged in front of the cauldron. He urged his divine sense to touch the cauldron and followed Shi Rucheng's instructions, immersing his whole mind in the Book of Merit.

He recalled what Shi Rucheng had said: in this Book of Life and Death, besides the Great Dao merits gained from slaying demons and expelling strange beings in various places over the past hundred years, all events that had occurred in the Three Thousand Worlds before would also be commented on and recorded. Counting over the years, the merits would far exceed ten thousand years. Even though a portion had already been put into the furnace and refined back into the spiritual source of heaven and earth, which was then handed over to the Hun De Array Sect to mend the heavens, what had been used was still less than one-tenth or one-twelfth of what remained!
If we continue as before, even if we refine it day and night, it will still take three to five years to complete.

But Shi Rucheng couldn't wait, Xiao Fu, who was eyeing the East Sea with covetous intent, couldn't wait either, and Zhao Yan, who had now legitimately dispatched troops to the East Sea, couldn't wait any longer.

Now, recklessly throwing the mysterious object directly into the Heaven and Earth Furnace is an extremely risky move. If it fails this time, it may take thousands or even tens of thousands of years to try again.

Zuo Hongcan exhaled a light breath of turbid air, and as his mind sank into the cauldron, his perception of the outside world gradually weakened.

He never expected that the Zhou Yuan Array Sect ruins, sealed off by layers of restrictions beneath him, would be attacked by an uninvited guest.

Seeing that the commotion above was gradually subsiding, Zhao Chun became more cautious. She had already ventured deeper into the heart of the territory step by step, and she was also mindful of the backup plan that Wang Fengyan had left on Wang Yuexun. At this moment, she dared not let go of it and kept it firmly in her grasp.

The road ahead is wide at first and then narrows, and a chill gradually rises. As the two walls gradually close, water droplets appear, and you can feel the slippery texture even without touching them with your palm.

The further you go, the stronger the damp and cold air becomes. The sound of flowing water comes from afar. Following the sound of water through the gaps, the view suddenly opens up!
With Zhao Chun's keen eyesight, she could see a rushing, turbulent underground river beneath this place. A narrow stone bridge, just wide enough for one person to walk across, stretched from the other side to Zhao Chun's feet. In the center of the stone bridge, an octagonal pavilion seemed to float in mid-air, with jade slips and scrolls piled up haphazardly, covered in visibly thick dust, indicating that it had been neglected for a long time.

Seeing this scene underground in Zhou Yuan Array Sect, she couldn't help but feel curious. So she stepped forward and walked until she reached the octagonal pavilion. Only then did she notice a long table under the messy scrolls. On the table, in the center, was a jade slip, covered in layers of dust. The jade had lost its luster due to the years, turning white and yellowish, and was almost cracked.

Zhao Chun didn't touch the jade slip first. Instead, she picked up the books and scrolls and looked them over. She found that the characters were mostly in old seal script, and the records were only about travelogues. The scrolls had a signature with the character "crane" on them, and they were all landscape paintings, nothing special.

She took a breath, stepped forward and held the jade slip in her palm. Not knowing what was hidden inside, she only separated a wisp of her divine sense from her primordial spirit and slowly probed it inside.

Upon seeing the first name mentioned in the narrative, Zhao Chun was immediately alarmed!

It reads: In the autumn of the first year, a sacrifice was performed at the Altar of Heaven, and the ceremony was arranged. The disciple Xiao was accepted into Mount Luming.

As we learn from the following text, this disciple's name was Xiao Xianyun, which, when combined with his surname, means Xiao Xianyun.

This is the name of the Taiyuan Patriarch, He Yuanzi!
However, it's not very clear what year this "first year" refers to, or where Lu Mingshan is.

The text continues, describing Xiao Xianyun's deeds after he joined the sect, with many praises from the sect and a brief mention of his status within the sect.

It is said that in the spring of the first year, the previous sect leader passed away, and the current sect leader, Zhou Guanyi, ascended to the throne after offering sacrifices to Heaven. Several months later, in the autumn of the first year mentioned above, he used his position as sect leader to overcome all objections and take Xiao Xianyun, whose origins were unknown, into his sect, making him his last disciple.

Seeing this, Zhao Chun became interested and released her divine sense. In a short while, she took in most of the content, and the long-forgotten old stories gradually took shape in her mind.

It turns out that the Zhou Yuan Array Sect originated from humble beginnings, and its rules followed the old traditions. Since the first ancestor Zhou Luming, the position of sect leader has only been passed down within the Zhou family. As Zhao Chun thought, it was the most orthodox aristocratic family.

Therefore, Xiao Xianyun, a cultivator from outside the Zhou clan, was able to enter Mount Luming, the symbol of the Ancestral Temple, by virtue of his status as a direct disciple of the sect leader. This inevitably made him a thorn in the side of the other Zhou disciples, who repeatedly harassed him. Fortunately, with Zhou Guanyi's strong protection, Xiao Xianyun finally attained enlightenment and ascended to the highest position on Mount Luming more than 18,000 years later. The following year, Zhaoyan Huang Tingyu launched an uprising, and all the Daoist sects in the world joined forces to attack the Divine Court.

Three thousand six hundred years have passed since then. The Divine Court collapsed, the Taoist sect flourished, and the world order was initially established. However, Huang Tingyu suddenly passed away.

It was because of this person's death that Zhou Guanyi felt the time was approaching. Therefore, he summoned Xiao Xianyun to his side and asked, "In the past, the Divine Court fought to the death, splitting the source of the realm to seek mutual destruction. Now, using the bodies of the Golden Crow and the Jade Toad to reorder the realm, it is really not a long-term solution. I wonder what you think, my disciple?"

Xiao Xianyun saw right through her ambition, so he replied, "The innate divine body shares the same origin as the realm heaven. Perhaps you can use the divine body to forge a furnace beneath the void abyss, gather the origin of the realm heaven, and open up a heaven beyond heaven."

Zhou Guanyi added, “The origins of the realms have been dispersed and have become the various small realms of the heavens. If we were to search for them all, wouldn’t that be against the will of heaven and reason, and against the harmony of humanity?”

Xiao Xianyun sneered inwardly and said, "When undertaking great tasks, one should not concern oneself with trivial matters. We Daoist cultivators rise from humble beginnings. For one person to attain the Dao, the lives of millions will perish. The furnace of heaven and earth refines heaven and earth, and the mortal nourishes the immortal—this is precisely what the Great Dao relies on."

...Nurturing immortality through mortal means is the foundation of the Dao.

So that's how it came about!
Zhao Chun was deeply shaken, finally understanding the source of the Heaven and Earth Furnace's unbreakable strength and its ability to devour all things. Previously, the sect leader, Feng Shi, had also mentioned that when their ancestor created the heavens, he could not destroy the divine body, so he could only bury it in the abyss, creating the Zhenxu Divine Sect, which was suppressed by the Heavenly Demons.

However, the political situation was turbulent, and Zhou Yuanzhen Sect was plotting in secret. It was thought that the extraordinary number of Heaven and Earth Furnaces could be forged through the hands of this sect.

Having figured this out, she continued reading. The jade slip contained little information at the end, almost as if it abruptly ended, only mentioning that Xiao Xianyun entered the abyss to forge the furnace, and his fate after that was unknown, yet the Heaven and Earth Furnace had indeed appeared in the world today. Besides, if this person were dead or alive, how could he be the Grand Ancestor Taiyuan?
If you calculate carefully, it will still be tens of thousands of years since Taiyuan founded his sect.

Zhao Chun had no idea what had happened.

One can only speculate that Shi Rucheng's grand plan today may not be entirely unrelated to Xiao Xianyun's talk of creating a world beyond the heavens.

She withdrew her divine sense, but suddenly loosened her grip. The yellowed jade slip instantly turned into mud and sand, which flowed through her fingers. After being washed, only an oval object about the size of a finger joint, crystal clear and translucent, remained in her palm, which pleased anyone who saw it.

A moment later, a flash of gold appeared on the table, revealing a line of small characters written in ancient seal script—

This dust-free heaven is reserved for those with the right affinity.

Zhao Chun muttered to herself, unable to fathom the meaning of the three words "Dustless Heaven." She could only sigh that the person Xiao Xianyun spoke of as a destined one had ultimately fallen to a disciple of Zhaoyan, which was quite subtle.

He carefully put away the crystal, and when his consciousness returned, he was shocked to realize that he had been immersed in it for more than three months since he entered this place!

"This jade slip is truly strange. Could it be because of the crystal?"

Zhao Chun jumped up, glancing upwards. After a moment, she calmed herself and pondered, "There's no movement within the ruins. It's not advisable to make a hasty move. We should wait for a better opportunity."

He then sat down in the pavilion again, concealing his aura once more.

At the same moment, thousands of miles away, a sword aura belonging to Zhao Chun was unleashed in a grand display.

Qin Yuke sat upright in the room, a protective array separating her from outsiders, preventing them from seeing what was happening inside. Furthermore, out of fear of Zhao Chun's reputation, they dared not directly test her.

Some who were unwilling to give up lingered there and made a fuss for three consecutive days, insisting that Zhao Chun show up and settle the score with them, or else they would force their way in and make him take action!

Cai said, "He claims to be the leader of the Taoist sect, but he's nothing but a coward. I don't know where he gets the audacity to need the name of the Sun Palace Prince to find a place to stay!"

The next moment, a sword aura shot into the sky, and wherever it passed, a white wave rolled and surged. It sped across the sea without slowing down in the slightest, and slashed at the person who had spoken. In no time, two pieces of flesh and blood fell to the ground.

Silence fell over the surroundings.