The Ninth Lady is a rebellious person.

Chapter 617 Peeking into the Secrets of Heaven, Unraveling the Mystery

After achieving the Golden Core Realm, using the Great Evolution Divination Technique on Lang Jiuchuan would be no problem. Even when it came to prying into the secrets of heaven, she could withstand the backlash of cause and effect.

She held her breath and focused her mind, slowly gathering the power of the Golden Elixir in her palm. She closed her eyes slightly and connected her entire being with the secrets of the heavens.

When all was still and empty, she suddenly slammed her hand on the table, causing the tortoise shell and copper coins on it to rise and float above her palm. As she formed hand seals, the tortoise shell and copper coins collided violently, producing a crisp and mysterious sound, and invisible ripples spread outwards.

Lang Jiuchuan didn't open his eyes, but used his divine sense to quickly deduce the cause and effect of his fate related to Tantai Wuji.

Fengya didn't speak, but instead concealed his aura almost completely, connecting his physical aura with Lang Jiuchuan's consciousness so that she could see him more clearly.

A moment later, Lang Jiuchuan stopped his attack and opened his eyes, a hint of understanding and seriousness flashing in his eyes.

"how?"

She made a hand gesture and said in a deep voice, "The fourth day of the fourth month, at the third quarter of the hour of Zi, is a Yin year, Yin month, Yin day, and Yin hour. It is the time when the Heavenly Dog eats the moon, the time of extreme Yin and darkness. This is the time he calculated."

Fengya's expression darkened slightly as he said, "Isn't that during the Qingming Festival and the Yin Month? At that time, people all over the world will offer sacrifices to their ancestors and roadside offerings to wandering ghosts. Not only will the gates of the underworld be wide open and all kinds of ghosts be out in force, but the Yin resentment and evil energy will be at their strongest. If he uses his powers, he will surely transform this Yin energy into demonic energy, which will erode the life force of the living and then condense it into the power of the dead demon, thus forming the core of the demon realm."

When the moon is completely yin and coincides with a lunar eclipse, it is also the time when the positive energy of heaven and earth is at its weakest, making it the most auspicious time for others.

"Whether he has fallen into demonic possession or not, this is an auspicious time he chose long ago," Lang Jiuchuan said. "The so-called extreme yin gives rise to yang. When all yin reaches its peak, it stimulates righteous energy, and he will ascend to the Boundless Heaven at this moment."

Fengya sneered and pressed, "Indeed a clever scheme. Where is that auspicious site?"

Lang Jiuchuan shook his head: "The secrets of heaven are chaotic, and there is an ominous aura covering the sky, making it difficult to be precise. But it must be a place with extremely heavy death energy and a deep karmic connection with him."

Something flashed through Fengya's mind, but when he tried to grasp it, that thought was so slippery that he couldn't hold onto it at all.

Lang Jiuchuan was also deep in thought. The imperial mausoleum was an auspicious place for him to nourish his physical body and soul. He thought that when he fell a thousand years ago, he also fell here. After all, when he broke through to the next realm on the dragon spine, he could also use the rich dragon energy. If he failed, he could also use the dragon energy to protect his shattered soul and body and nourish them again.

He had calculated it all!

This plan has been conceived for a thousand years.

Where would he choose to ascend to the Boundless Heaven again?

Fengya searched through the treasure vault of Tongtian Pavilion and found a map of the territory of Dadan. With a wave of his hand, the lifelike map unfolded before them like a thousand-mile-long painting, with a faint spiritual energy emanating from it.

Lang Jiuchuan said, "You have this treasure?"

“I don’t know who left it, it’s quite ancient, and it should differ a bit from the current territory.” Fengya looked at the map of the land and said with his arms crossed, “If we want to gather the core demon domain, we must need a place where death energy is concentrated, and the most concentrated place, rather than searching for a place aimlessly. This territory should tell us where that place is?” Lang Jiuchuan nodded in agreement.

Her mind raced, processing Tantai Wuji's thoughts. Her sharp gaze swept over the landscape painting as she said, "He possesses a Blood Soul Lamp. That lamp is ancient and ominous, undoubtedly an evil lamp nurtured in an extremely malevolent place. A blood-red soul lamp must have been soaked in blood. In this world, the places with the most dead are undoubtedly the burial grounds of plague-stricken corpses and battlefields..."

Lang Jiuchuan paused, his gaze fixed on a certain spot, and asked, "Did you hear any other news in court today, such as whether anyone was planning a rebellion?"

Fengya said, "The one who knows Tantai Wuji best is that Grand Eunuch surnamed Lü, who has already been killed. He issued several orders to suppress the refugees with bloodshed, which should not constitute an extreme evil. As for rebellion, there are some disturbances in both the southern and northern borders. Once the news of the emperor's death reaches them, I think the generals and vassal kings will definitely take action."

When a country is without a ruler, the generals and vassal kings who hold military power will certainly seize this opportunity. Fortune and wealth are found in danger, and whoever seizes the opportunity first and captures more cities will have more troops under their command.

"Here." Lang Jiuchuan pointed to a spot on the map of the land: "With each change of dynasty, the grassland tribes would cross this pass. It is also an important pass that the people of the Central Plains must defend. It has been a battlefield for thousands of years, and it was the same a thousand years ago. It is no exaggeration to say that it is an ancient battlefield and the place where the most people died."

Over the past thousand years, countless people have died on that land. All that is known is that the land is red, and even with the erosion of wind and sand over time, it has only formed red sand.

It's hard to say whether it's the color of the sand or the blood that changed the soil!
"Fenghuo Pass?"

“It’s now called Bagua City.” Lang Jiuchuan stared at the place and said, “Fu Qi and the three thousand Fu family soldiers were imprisoned at Fenghuo Pass. For two hundred years, their heroic souls have been burning continuously, providing the Tantai clan with a stable fortune. The construction of this Bagua City was planned by Tantai Jing, the founding ancestor of the Tantai clan. The Gong family father and son and I have looked through the history books. At that time, Tantai Jing must have been guided by the most talented member of the clan, Tantai Wuji, to build it.”

“Perhaps this was built by Tantai Wuji himself.” Fengya squinted and said, “Tai Chi Bagua, extreme yin generates yang, regardless of yin or yang, it is very beneficial to him.”

“That’s right. Bagua City was built according to the Bagua diagram, and it was originally a huge formation. That Soul-Stabilizing Pillar was the core of the formation. From the very beginning, it was prepared for him to ascend to the Limitless Heaven Realm.” Lang Jiuchuan suddenly asked Feng Ya, “Where is that jade seal?”

Fengya raised an eyebrow and led her into the Void Realm, where he took out the jade seal that Jiang Che had dug out and given to Lang Jiuchuan, which she had then sent to the Tongtian Pavilion for safekeeping.

Having obtained the Azure Dragon Jade Seal again, Lang Jiuchuan had mixed feelings. She hadn't had time to do anything to the stele pillar before; she had only finished off the task and dug it out by accident. She never expected that its function might be far more than they thought, simply serving as an auspicious object to suppress evil.

She sensed the rich auspicious purple-gold energy accumulated over countless dynasties above, and with a flick of her hand, the jade seal shone with golden light, revealing a pillar of light that stretched straight to the sky, with steps appearing within it.

Lang Jiuchuan and Feng Ya exchanged a glance and blurted out in unison, "The Heavenly Ladder."

Using the dragon energy of the Emperor of Ruijin as a ladder to heaven, and the righteous energy of extreme yin generating yang to impact the Heavenly Gate, one enters the Wuji (limitless) realm and becomes the ruler.

Lang Jiuchuan remained silent for a long time before saying, "With a brain like that, how could you not cultivate sincerely for a thousand years and achieve the Golden Core? Why would you fall into demonic possession?"

Although she didn't want to admit it, Tantai Wuji was indeed a formidable opponent; however, he had taken the wrong path!
　To be continued

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