Gaze and you will become stronger: starting from Doupo

The deeper you go, the more chaotic the laws of heaven and earth become. Jiang Han saw a giant bird with nine pairs of wings, tearing its heart with its claws, each feather was burning but never falling to the ground, as if it was trapped in eternal pain; in the mountain stream ahead, a giant python covered with human faces was devouring its tail, and each human face was making a different cry, the sounds intertwined together to form a terrifying symphony. These scenes reminded him of the "forbidden zone biological paradox" mentioned by the system - eternal life and eternal pain coexist, which makes people shudder.

When the black mountain in the center came into view, Jiang Han suddenly felt a sharp pain in his sea of ​​consciousness. The system interface trembled violently, and the originally gray "forbidden zone map" module actually lit up red, revealing a piece of dusty information: "In 4932 BC, Emperor Wu Shi entered the Immortal Mountain for the first time, sat under the Enlightenment Tea Tree for three days, and left behind the prophecy of 'The bell will ring nine times, and the great way will be expected' when he left." This piece of information shocked him, and his admiration for Emperor Wu Shi and his curiosity about the Enlightenment Tea Tree became even stronger.

On the top of Black Mountain, the energy of the Enlightenment Tea Tree was like a jade ruler piercing the sky, combing the surrounding chaotic energy into neat patterns. As soon as Jiang Han stepped onto the top of the mountain, a huge yin-yang fish pattern suddenly appeared under his feet. Countless points of light emerged from the ground, outlining a series of historical remnants in front of him.

In the picture, a man in a black and gold imperial robe stands with his hands behind his back, with a Chaos Bell suspended above his head. With every step he takes, a golden lotus blooms under his feet, with the petals engraved with the "卍" character, as if every step is measuring the heaven and earth, and every lotus is blooming the avenue. When he sits down under the Enlightenment Tea Tree, nine bells ring between heaven and earth, and each sound makes the mountains tremble. The leaves of the tea tree fall one after another, turning into Dao characters all over the sky, as if showing the world supreme wisdom and power.

"Emperor Wu Shi..." Jiang Han muttered to himself. The man in the picture suddenly turned his head, his eyes met his through time and space, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, as if he was conveying some information to him, and as if he was affirming his choice. The next moment, the scene changed, and a woman in a plain white dress appeared under the tea tree, holding a bronze jar with ghost faces carved on it. With every step she took, a black hole appeared on the ground, swallowing up all the light around her. Her figure looked particularly lonely and desolate.

"The ruthless emperor!" Jiang Han's pupils shrank. He had seen the information of this legendary woman in the system's "Emperor Atlas". It was said that she had attained enlightenment with a mortal body, just to pursue her brother who was "not an emperor". At this moment, her back revealed endless loneliness. The bronze jar in her arms shook gently, and the sound of a baby crying could be heard, which made him feel a trace of pity and respect.

Afterimages flashed one after another: the Void Emperor sacrificed his blood to the sword and cut open the first seal of the Immortal Mountain. Wherever the sword passed, the death aura dissipated, revealing his bravery and fearlessness; the Great Saint Body was covered in blood, and he used Pangu Axe to split open the Netherworld Passage, and every wound was flowing with golden blood, demonstrating his strength and tenacity; even the Emperor Ye Tian, ​​who had been missing for many years, had left his footprints here - he stood under the tea tree, holding a chaos-colored seed in his hand, as if talking to a certain existence, his eyes full of exploration and pursuit of the Great Dao.

"Why do all these emperors come to this tea tree?" Jiang Han frowned and thought. The system suddenly sounded an alarm. He looked up and saw that the leaves of the Wudao tea tree were vibrating at a high frequency. The Dao patterns on each leaf were reorganizing and forming a huge "danger" character, as if warning him that danger was coming.

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The bell rang again, but it was more gloomy than before, as if it came from the Netherworld, shaking his sea of ​​consciousness. Jiang Han felt that the laws of time and space were rapidly distorting, and the surrounding scenes began to fade and double like old film, and the whole world seemed to become unreal. On the branches of the Enlightenment Tea Tree, dense ancient characters appeared. They were "Heavenly Dao Inscriptions" that were more primitive than Sanskrit, and each word contained the mysteries of heaven and earth.

"Warning! Space-time turbulence detected, immediate evacuation recommended!" The system's voice was unusually urgent, as if a disaster was imminent. Jiang Han was about to perform Thunder Escape, but found that his feet had been entangled by black vines that emerged from the ground. The vines were covered with barbs, and every time they penetrated his skin, they absorbed a bit of his chaotic power, making him feel weak.

The tea fragrance suddenly became strong, with a rusty and bloody smell. The leaves of the Wudao tea tree began to fall off, and each leaf turned into a human figure in the air, which was the emperors in the residual shadow just now. The Wushi Emperor raised his hand and the Chaos Bell floated above Jiang Han's head. The "卍" character appeared on the bell and flowed, temporarily stabilizing the turbulence of time and space, and gaining a glimmer of life for him; the Henren Emperor flicked his fingertips, and the bronze jar flew out, and the mouth of the jar opened, sucking the vines wrapped around Jiang Han's legs into it, showing a powerful force.

"Thank you, senior!" Jiang Han took the opportunity to activate the Chaos Green Lotus Art, and a strong light burst out from his body. The shadow of the Chaos Green Lotus became more solid, as if it was about to break through the constraints of time and space. However, at this moment, a low "dong" sound came from the depths of the Black Mountain, as if some ancient existence was awakened from its slumber, and the sound was full of majesty and anger. The roots of the tea tree suddenly cracked, revealing a bottomless black hole. A huge suction force pulled Jiang Han to the center of the earth, making him unable to resist.

As he fell, he saw a scene that he would never forget: stacked ancient bronze coffins suspended above the magma, with different avenue patterns engraved on each coffin, as if each coffin contained a piece of ancient history; deeper inside, on a huge altar, nine coiled dragon pillars supported a huge star map, and in the center of the star map, a black heart was beating, and every beat spewed out a large amount of deathly air, as if it was the core of the forbidden area, controlling the laws of life and death here.

"Is this... the core of Immortal Mountain?" Jiang Han barely managed to gather lightning to protect his body, but saw the system interface suddenly light up in full screen, and a piece of data he had never seen before was automatically analyzed:

"The Enlightenment Tea Tree is actually a Heavenly Dao monitor, formed from the first wisp of chaotic energy after the creation of the world. The seven forbidden areas are cages set up by Heavenly Dao to imprison the 'Ancient God of Chaos', and each Enlightenment Tea Tree is the 'lock core' of the cage. When someone tries to take the tea tree away, the cage will release the residual soul of the ancient god, triggering a backlash from Heavenly Dao."

This piece of information made him suddenly realize, and finally understood the real purpose of the system task. At this moment, he finally touched the root of the tea tree - it was not an ordinary tree root, but a huge chain coiled around the center of the earth. Each section of the chain was engraved with ancient runes such as "seal", "suppression", and "prisoner", emitting a powerful sealing power. The roots of the enlightened tea tree were deeply embedded in the gaps of the chain, absorbing the chaotic power in it, as if maintaining the stability of the cage. "So that's it..." Jiang Han suddenly realized, "The system wants me to take not the tea tree itself, but the chaotic origin in this lock core." He activated the "Demon Art of Devouring the Sky", and his fingertips turned into a dark vortex, aiming at the original power in the gap of the chain and sucking it away. The powerful suction force made the original power gradually condense and surge towards him.

The ground suddenly shook violently, and Jiang Taixu shouted from above: "Ancestor! We have located your position with the star array!" Jiang Han looked up and saw Ji Ziyue holding the Void Mirror, Hei Huang holding Duan De's belt, and the three of them falling from the crack above. "Why are you here?!" He was shocked and angry, but saw Duan De throwing a handful of talismans, forming the four big words "I'm here" in the air, which made people laugh and cry.

The remnant soul of the Chaos Ancient God was finally startled, and a dazzling red light burst out from its dark heart. Countless bone hands stretched out from the magma and grabbed Ji Ziyue's ankles. She screamed, her face pale, and her eyes full of fear. The Black Emperor barked and pounced, but was hit by a stream of death energy. He instantly aged by dozens of years, his hair turned gray, and his movements became slow; Duan De's talismans burned in the death energy and turned into ashes, which terrified him.

At the critical moment, Jiang Han finally absorbed a trace of the origin of chaos. The system interface flashed wildly, and a prompt came that the task was completed. At the same time, a powerful force surged into his meridians, making him feel full of strength. "Everyone hide behind me!" He shouted, and 365 chaos divine patterns appeared around his body. Each divine pattern flashed with mysterious light. He raised his hand and threw a "Heaven and Earth Creation Fist". Wherever the fist passed, the space seemed to tremble.

The fist hit the ground, causing the core area of ​​the Immortal Mountain to bulge upwards, magma splashed, and the ancient coffin shook. The Enlightenment Tea Tree was uprooted, turned into a stream of light and sank into Jiang Han's sea of ​​consciousness, as if it had merged with him; the remnant soul of the Chaos Ancient God roared unwillingly, but was suppressed by Jiang Han's newly acquired chaos power, and sank back into the depths of the magma and gradually disappeared.

When everyone saw the sky again, the Immortal Mountain had collapsed behind them, turning into a ruin, with smoke and dust filling the air, blocking out the sun. Ji Ziyue slumped on the ground, looking at the fragments of the Void Mirror in her hand - that was the mirror that took the initiative to block a fatal attack in order to save her just now. There was still a faint light remaining on the fragments, as if telling of its bravery. Black Emperor licked the wound on his claws, and suddenly looked up at Jiang Han: "Your aura... seems to have broken through?" Its eyes were full of surprise and confusion.

Jiang Han felt the chaotic power surging in his body, and a smile appeared on his lips. The system interface showed that his realm had broken through from the half-step emperor realm to the "chaos emperor" realm. A mini version of the enlightenment tea tree appeared in his sea of ​​consciousness. Each leaf was slowly turning, analyzing different laws of the avenue, as if it had infinite wisdom and power.

"Let's go back to the Jiang family." He stretched out his hand to help Ji Ziyue up, his eyes cast towards the gradually brightening starry sky in the distance, "Although the Immortal Mountain is destroyed, the seven forbidden areas are still there. Since the Heavenly Dao has noticed my existence..." He clenched his fists, and the power of chaos condensed into a miniature universe in his palms, "I'm afraid there will be even bigger storms next." His words were full of firmness and confidence, as if he was ready to face all challenges.

Duan De secretly stuffed a recovery pill into his mouth and muttered, "If I had known it was so dangerous, I should have brought a few more bottles of Drunken Immortal Dew..." Before he could finish his words, Hei Huang slapped him on the head with his claw: "If you keep talking nonsense, I will take you to the scene of the dark turmoil to sober you up next time!" There was a hint of ridicule in its voice, but it also revealed its concern for its companions.

The group walked towards the East Wasteland in the twilight. In the ruins of the Immortal Mountain behind them, a new bud was sprouting from the stump of the Enlightenment Tea Tree. The leaves were shining with a light that did not belong to this era, as if foreshadowing new hope and a new beginning. And beyond the more distant starry sky, a pair of eyes overlooking all living things opened slightly, with a sneer on the corner of their mouth, as if a bigger conspiracy was brewing, and what awaited them would be a more severe challenge.

The lightning on the top of the Immortal Mountain was like a mad dragon swinging its tail, splitting a winding path between the collapsed black boulders. The Stone Emperor held a black halberd in his hand, and the chaotic blood beads dripping from the tip of the halberd eroded a deep hole in the ground with a sizzling sound. He looked in the direction where Jiang Han disappeared, and the fleeting purple lightning shadow was reflected in the depths of his pupils. Since the dark turmoil, no living creature has ever been able to escape unscathed from the "Spygoscelestial Halberd" that he used with all his strength, and this human who called himself "this seat" actually left a light golden Dao pattern in his sea of ​​consciousness when the halberd wind brushed against his clothes, just like the first ray of sunlight splitting the chaos at the beginning of the world.

"Who are you?" The Stone Emperor's voice shook the dead leaves all over the mountain. Each dead leaf condensed into a hideous ghost face in mid-air, but melted like ice and snow when it touched the lightning mark. He suddenly noticed that the golden pattern left by Jiang Han's fingertips when he brushed across the halberd blade just now echoed with the bronze coffin engraved with the word "Huang" in the ancient coffin group at the bottom of the mountain, as if it resonated across millions of years. With a wave of the halberd, the black Styx rushing in the west was like a sand wall with its foundation taken away, disintegrating into thousands of blue fluorescent points in the void. The crack illuminated by the lightning above the Immortal Mountain was healing at a speed visible to the naked eye, swallowing the stars in the sky back into darkness.

On the observatory thousands of miles away, the old priest of the Ji family in Jingzhou suddenly overturned the star plate in his hand, and the lights of the nineteen natal stars flickered at the same time: "The Tiange star fell, and the Ziwei star moved seven degrees east!" His trembling fingers ran across the cracks on the tortoise shell, "Is this a sign of the great emperor's coming? But why is the starlight mixed with the deathly aura of the forbidden area?" The disciples below looked at the flickering lightning in the direction of the Immortal Mountain, and the discussions rose and fell like a tide: "The two auras just now, one like the eternal Styx, and the other like the thunder of the sky, could it be that the ancient emperors are fighting?" "If it is really a battle between the emperors, we can feel the pain in our sea of ​​consciousness three thousand miles away. What kind of scene would the battlefield be like?" A young cultivator couldn't help but shudder. The communication jade talisman hanging on his waist was now madly flashing warnings from the East Wilderness.

In front of the ancient Jiang family's gilded palace, the dusk was coating the eaves with a layer of dark red. Jiang Taixu looked at the gradually receding lightning in the sky, and the burning pain from activating the Zhoutian Star Formation just now remained in his palm. Suddenly, a stream of purple light fell to the ground like a meteorite, exploding into a sky full of lightning flowers in the square in front of the palace. Jiang Han walked out slowly, and his robes were still lingering with a few wisps of the unique decay of the Immortal Mountain, but they were blocked out by the shadow of the Chaos Green Lotus flowing around him. (End of this chapter)