Infinite transcendence began with Covering the Sky.

Chapter 93 Source Master

In the dark underground space, the two were walking towards the place where the source energy was emanating, and they could sense that there seemed to be some unusual movement behind them.

Duan De's eyes shone brightly in the darkness as he suspiciously scanned his surroundings, seemingly worried that some unknown creature might appear.

Qi Zhe, on the other hand, remained calm, his eyes fixed on the front, listening intently to every detail in the darkness.

"This is really strange. The yin energy here is even stronger than in many large tombs!" Duan De finally whispered after searching for a long time without success.

A persistent, eerie aura lingered in the darkness, as if a terrifying ghost might appear at any moment, causing Duan De to furrow his brow.

"chichichi"

Just as Duan De was speaking, strange noises came from the dark underground, and dozens of illusory figures rushed towards the two of them.

These are all spirits born underground, existing for tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of years in this deep underground fault, enough to easily devour the lifeblood of cultivators.

"They really came!" Qi Zhe roared, his eyes suddenly flashing with dazzling silver light, and his body surging with energy, radiating an aura of extreme yang.

A surge of blood energy, like a mountain collapsing and a tsunami crashing, filled the underground fault, instantly dissipating the yin energy within a radius of hundreds of feet.

"Hoo Hoo Hoo"

Even the silent ghosts let out mournful roars at this moment, but unfortunately, they could only turn into a wisp of green smoke in Qi Zhe's extremely yang blood energy.

Since receiving the baptism of pure yang immortal energy, Qi Zhe's physique has become extraordinary, carrying an aura of supreme yang, making him a natural nemesis of underground evil creatures.

The dark spirits were dissolved before they could even get close, which almost certainly means that Qi Zhe's body tempering and baptism have yielded great results.

Duan De watched as Qi Zhe's blood energy caused the Yin spirits to instantly dissolve, marveling at the sight. His eyes darted around, and it was unclear what mischief he was plotting.

Qi Zhe ignored him, opened his Heavenly Eye and looked ahead, saying, "That place shouldn't be far, less than a hundred feet away."

The two walked for four or five miles in the underground space and finally approached the place where the source energy was leaking.

As the two continued forward, the place where the source energy was leaking came into view. It was a huge hole, with an opening that was more than ten feet wide.

Inside the cave entrance are layers of crustal rock, with colorful source blocks embedded between the layers, glittering and illuminating the entire cave.

Looking into the deepest part of the cave, colorful lights shimmered, creating a hazy effect, yet its bottomless depths were clearly visible.

Duan De, with his sharp eyes, suddenly pointed to a rock fracture and exclaimed, "There are footprints there!!!"

"Hmm?" Qi Zhe looked over upon hearing the sound and saw a rock fault about ten feet away from the two of them, with a footprint on one of the rocks.

"Humanoid!!!" Qi Zhe and Duan De exclaimed in unison, then exchanged a glance, realizing with surprise that someone had already beaten them to it.

"whoosh"

Without hesitation, Qi Zhe jumped into the large hole, hovered in front of the footprint, and carefully observed it.

Without hesitation, Duan De arrived beside the footprints in a flash, his expression shifting between anger and uncertainty.

After a moment, Qi Zhe said, "These footprints are very heavy, and they weren't left in this era; they're over ten thousand years old."

Qi Zhe had a good eye and was able to tell how long the footprint had been on the source block after a little observation.

Duan De also noticed it. He touched his fat face and said with a strange expression, "Ten thousand years ago, I wonder who came here and whether they took away the fortune."

The question was too difficult to answer, so the two exchanged a glance and decided to continue exploring, heading deeper into the cave.

"There are even footprints, all left by that person. He doesn't seem to be able to fly, but he's quite skilled!" Duan De exclaimed in surprise.

Looking at the footprints that stretched all the way to the depths of the cave, Qi Zhe had a vague idea in his mind, knowing that the person who came to the royal ancestral land must be an extraordinary person.

As the two continued their exploration, many cultivators who had been locked in a stalemate for a long time also entered the mine, led by the Jiang family and a group of bandits.

The Jade Pool Holy Land remains untouched by worldly affairs, much like the Cloud-Broken Mountains that day—rumors circulate, but no one actually comes. However, this is irrelevant to Qi Zhe, who has now descended six thousand feet underground, arriving at the deepest part of the royal ancestral land.

Everywhere you look, there are ruins of temples and palaces buried underground, broken artifacts and tree stumps in the soil, and petrified bones scattered all over the ground.

Moreover, some of the skeletons were mostly encased in source blocks, leaving behind lifelike remains of flesh and blood, preserved over millions of years.

Most importantly, although it is buried deep underground, it is not covered by soil. It forms a unique space underground.

Duan De speculated that these remaining buildings from millions of years ago had Dao patterns on them, and that their power supported the earth, causing faults in the earth's crust.

"The ancient ancestral king's strike from mid-air caused a violent change in the essence of heaven and earth. After this place sank underground, a large amount of essence liquefied and dripped down, which is how the mineral vein was formed!" Qi Zhe whispered.

Most of the source blocks in this world are products of drastic changes in the essence of heaven and earth. Some are caused by a powerful being stirring up the essence of heaven and earth with a single blow, while others are caused by spontaneous changes in heaven and earth.

The greater the battle, the more likely it is to cause drastic changes in the essence of heaven and earth, which then condenses into liquid and drips down, thus preserving many ancient battlefields.

Unlike divine sources, these sources can only preserve corpses; no living beings can be sealed within ordinary sources.

There are now hundreds or even thousands of skeletons here, but less than twenty have been preserved by the source, and they are all broken limbs, which can be considered a small number.

However, after carefully scanning the area, Qi Zhe did not find any special treasures. This place had suffered a devastating blow, and even if there were any treasures, they would have been destroyed by time.

After wandering around for a while, Qi Zhe saw that there was also a geological fault here. It was in a temple that was integrated with the soil, where a section of the stratum had fractured at an angle.

A line of footprints left on the stones disappeared into a narrow crevice, where darkness could be clearly seen.

"Tsk tsk." Duan De stood in front of the crack, stroking his chin in amazement, and said, "That person is really capable; there's something in here!"

Qi Zhe stood before the crevice, gazing into its deep darkness, and said, "Perhaps this is our destination. Let's go in and explore!"

Without hesitation, Qi Zhe led Duan De into the crevice, and soon they passed through the hundreds of feet of fissure and arrived at a special underground space.

This place appears to be an underground chamber, its interior rounded like a sphere, and the crack we just saw is diagonally above it.

Emerging from the crack, one can see the bottom of the chamber from above, where a stone pillar protrudes from the water in a pool about two zhang square.

A withered gourd vine climbed atop the stone pillar, with a shriveled purple gourd on it, no bigger than a broad bean.

“It’s a purple gourd.” Duan De looked at the gourd with great regret, knowing that the purple gourd was no good and had long since died.

Qi Zhe was somewhat disappointed, but he was not giving up. He flew directly to the stone pillar and pulled the gourd vine out of the water to feel the life essence within it.

Upon touching it, he immediately sensed something was wrong and couldn't help but exclaim, "Something's not right! This gourd hasn't been growing for very long!"

Then he saw a line of small characters on the stone pillar, which read: Zhang Lin, a disciple of the Celestial Master of the Eastern Wilderness, obtained a seed of the Purple Gold Gourd and borrows your precious land to plant it!

Qi Zhe then suddenly realized what was going on.

The extraordinary person who came here in the past was Zhang Lin, the fifth generation of Yuan Tian Master of the Eastern Wilderness. He obtained a gourd seed from who knows where and planted it here.

Unfortunately, his cultivation level was not high enough at that time, and he was unable to make the gourd seed grow fully; only a shriveled little gourd grew.

Qi Zhe then looked down at the ground and discovered that beneath the water's surface was a patch of soil that shimmered with a faint purple light, though it was not noticeable in the darkness.

"Could this be the place where the original mother plant took root?"

While Qi Zhe was pondering, many cultivators had already arrived underground, and some were exploring the crack.

"Who goes there?!" With a loud shout, a cultivator from an unknown faction appeared in front of Duan De.

Upon hearing this, Qi Zhe suddenly stirred the water, digging out the mud from beneath the surface, and roared at Duan De, "Someone's coming! Charge out!"

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