Swing the sword at the future female devil

Chapter 468 Mountain and River Dao Lineage Immortal Realm
It was an uncontrollable, almost greedy desire, stemming from the instinct of life! It wanted to take root in that pitch-black matter that gave birth to the nightmare! To draw upon the purest source of annihilation.

"Ah Cao! Calm down!" Duan Huaige tried his best to calm him down while steer the chariot away from this terrifying place. However, just as he was about to turn around, a tremor from the depths of his soul made him suddenly stop!
That stone tablet... is calling him!
To be precise, it was the twisted, ancient, seemingly naturally formed patterns on the stone tablet that sensed the original aura of the Daoist principles flowing within him and began to emit a faint yet perfectly harmonious resonance!
The light carried a profound depth that pointed directly to the origin of the Great Dao, causing the spiritual power of the Mountain and River Dao within Duan Huaige's body to uncontrollably accelerate its circulation!
"What the hell is that?! Turn it off! I can't open my eyes!" Little Jiang the Great Demon King and Yan Qiuxi quickly covered their eyes, unable to look directly at the words on the stone tablets. Only Duan Huaige was unaffected.

He hesitated for a moment, then said to the two of them, "Wait here for me... I'll go take a look."

"No! The aura here is so dangerous, how can you go over there!" Xiao Jiang immediately objected, "You're only a Golden Core cultivator now! Not a Tribulation Transcending expert! You dare to touch something so dangerous, Xiao Duan, are you out of your mind!"

"Yes, Huaige, Xiao Jiang is right, this isn't a good place..."

“I suspect that the stone tablet was left behind by the lineage of the Mountain and River Daoist School…” Duan Huaige said. “The Mountain and River Daoist School has a great connection with the Taiqing School… This is a rare opportunity. We can’t miss it.”

"Don't worry, if there's any unusual activity, I'll hide using the Mountain and River Map, and then you can come and pick me up in your war chariots to escape," Duan Huaige reassured him. "We don't have many chances left. If we don't hurry, we'll fall into the hands of Taiqing."

“We still have Qin Shuangjiang, don’t we? I heard that she came to Kunlun Ruins as an imperial inspector.”

Duan Huaige shook his head; Xiao Jiang's idea was undoubtedly naive. When Zhang Dingyuan recklessly ordered his arrest, it meant he no longer cared about Qin Shuangjiang's status as an inspector.

For a high-ranking military official to act so recklessly is perhaps because he is now only concerned with preserving his own life in Taiqing's hands! Qin Shuangjiang… is probably in dire straits even for herself!

"Wait for me!" Duan Huaige no longer hesitated. He left behind two words and his figure transformed into a stream of light. Despite the terrifying pressure of annihilation, he rushed towards the black stone tablet that exuded the same aura!
The closer he got to the stone tablet, the stronger the call from the same source became, but what followed was an even heavier, annihilating aura that seemed capable of crushing one's soul! An ordinary Golden Core cultivator would probably be crushed if he got within a hundred feet! Duan Huaige used all his strength to activate the Mountain and River Dao Technique and the Red Lotus Body Tempering Technique, his body intertwined with golden and crimson light, and barely managed to reach the foot of the stone tablet.

The stone tablet was enormous, its entire surface jet black, neither gold nor stone, and chilling to the touch, yet it possessed a strange, weighty feel. The patterns on it were not carved later, but rather seemed to be naturally formed Dao patterns from the beginning of time!

At this moment, stimulated by Duan Huaige's Daoist aura, these Dao patterns are flowing with dark golden light, slowly wriggling and combining like living things!
Duan Huaige stared intently, his mind instantly drawn to the flowing Dao patterns, as if he had traversed endless time and space to see magnificent yet tragic scenes!

The Dao pattern opens with a grand and majestic ode:

"A magnificent immortal realm, its Daoist arts profound and mysterious! The Mountain and River Daoist lineage, ruling over Heaven and Earth! Gathering the spiritual energy of a hundred realms, forging an unparalleled immortal court! The Kunlun Heavenly Road opens, all races bow in welcome! In the battle of the 108 immortal realms, my Dao reigns supreme, unrivaled! Seizing the creation of Heaven and Earth, absorbing the essence of all realms, achieving an immortal and supreme heaven!" The words are filled with unparalleled glory and domineering power! They depict a supreme immortal realm called "Mountain and River Daoist Lineage," which, in the "Kunlun Heavenly Road" war involving a hundred realms, uses the Mountain and River Daoist arts as its foundation, plundering and absorbing the spiritual energy of 107 worlds, ultimately winning victory and forging unparalleled glory!
Duan Huaige's heart trembled violently! He instantly understood! So this was the truth about Kunlun Ruins that Bai Taiqing had mentioned, and the Mountain and River Immortal Realm was one of the 108 Immortal Realms that participated in the war! The reason why Earth's spiritual energy is now depleted is because it was defeated in that great war and had its spiritual energy source drained by the Immortal Realm where the Mountain and River lineage is located!
However, these eulogistic words did not last long. On the lower half of the stone tablet, the light of the Daoist patterns suddenly dimmed and distorted, filled with resentment and bitterness! New characters, carrying a deep-seated hatred and despair, emerged chaotically:
"Heaven is ruthless! It sees my Dao as a malignant tumor! It has unleashed immeasurable calamities! The magnificent and supreme Heaven... has collapsed! The ten-thousand-year-old Dao lineage... has vanished! All living beings wail in despair, all turning to dust!"

"I am not reconciled! What wrong have I done?! What crime have I committed?! Heaven... how unjust! How jealous!"

"I inscribe this stele with my crippled body! I leave behind the true meaning of the Dao here! To pass on the Dharma to future generations! Those with affinity will obtain it! And one day... they will attain enlightenment in Heaven! And demand justice from this treacherous Heaven!!"

The last few lines exuded a mad, all-or-nothing madness! Duan Huaige's mind trembled as he read them, a chill running from the soles of his feet to the top of his head!
He finally understood! The Dao of Mountains and Rivers, in an even more ancient era, created a terrifying lineage that plundered all the heavens, ultimately attracting the fear and destruction of the Heavenly Dao!

This stone tablet is the legacy and accusation left behind by the last great power of that lineage before the collapse of his own immortal realm! And the so-called "Nightmare of Ruins" is probably a curse sent down by the Heavenly Dao, a destructive existence formed by the resentment of the remnant souls of countless fallen powerhouses on the Kunlun Heavenly Road battlefield!
They are both the manifestation of divine punishment and the aggregate of endless resentment!

The Tianxuan Holy Land where Taiqing is located must have discovered the inheritance of the Mountain and River Dao on this stone tablet, and understood the terrifying truth that it plundered the source and ultimately brought divine punishment, which is why it listed it as a taboo!
But ironically, only this forbidden method can reopen the Kunlun Heavenly Road, so Taiqing is probably also a victim of this forbidden method.

Just as Duan Huaige was deeply shaken and digesting this earth-shattering secret—

On the other side, outside Kunlun Ruins, above the entrance to the fortress.

The space rippled slightly, and an ancient-looking cyan flying disc appeared silently. Two people stood on the disc.

The leader was an old Taoist priest with a thin face and a frail build, dressed in a faded, worn-out robe, looking as if a gust of wind could knock him over. He was none other than the current Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain!

His face was shrouded in a thick aura of death, but his eyes were unusually bright, as if burning with the last flame of a candle, piercing through layers of mist and gazing into the chaotic source deep within Kunlun Ruins.

What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; this turmoil is about to come to an end.

(End of this chapter)