The Longevity Family: Starting from the Foundation Establishment Ancestor

The quiet room trembled, the Dao beacon hummed, the black serpent howled, and the Daoist Master roared angrily.

Several factors occurred almost simultaneously, completely shattering the brief tranquility within the "Moonlight Realm".

Han Mu, Yun Li, and Ming Chen looked at each other almost simultaneously, their eyes filled with solemnity and determination. The opportunity was fleeting, and there was no time to hesitate.

"The beacon's resonance coincides with the location of 'Reverse Scale.' Is it a trap or a guide? We must investigate!" Ming Chen spoke first, his tone urgent but clear. "But right now, the battle outside is raging, and the Xuan Serpent is injured. Its internal spatial defenses and instinctive resistance must be weakened, making this the perfect time to attack its weak point!"

"But how can we be sure that's the real 'Reverse Scale'? What if the resonance points to a trap laid by the Xuan Snake, or what if the core fragment itself is one with the Xuan Snake and is just bait?" Yun Li quickly raised a question, her hand already on the storage bag at her waist, where there was a jade slip left by her master containing some information about the internal structure of the Xuan Snake.

Han Mu did not speak immediately. While resisting the increasingly strong vibrations of the quiet room, he quickly communicated with the system.

[High-intensity spatiotemporal beacon traction detected; source analysis underway...]

[Analysis complete: The traction force is characterized as "spatial coordinate anchoring," a non-aggressive or deceptive energy fluctuation.]

The source energy characteristics differ from the original energy of the "Black Water Serpent" by 87.3%, indicating a low possibility of assimilation.

[Based on the information left behind by "Void Daoist Master" (indirectly) and environmental scanning, the probability of these being the spatial coordinates of "Reverse Scale" is determined to be 72.6%.]

[Warning: External Dao Venerable-level energy fluctuations are escalating rapidly. Threat level: Extremely high. Recommendation: Take immediate action or remain in deep hiding.]

The system gave a relatively positive assessment. Han Mu no longer hesitated and looked at Ming Chen and Yun Li: "The credibility is over 70%. We don't have more time to verify. Fellow Daoist Ming Chen, can your 'Moonlight Realm' move? Can it approach that coordinate point silently?"

Ming Chen shook his head with a wry smile: "'Moonlight Realm' is just a temporary cave dwelling. It's good for concealment, but movement is slow. Moreover, forcibly moving in this environment would make us easily detectable. We can only leave here and rely on our own strength to move through the body of the Xuan Serpent to get closer to our target. I have a whisk that can temporarily open up a relatively stable path, but it cannot completely avoid the Xuan Serpent's internal defenses and spatial turbulence, and the speed will not be too fast."

That meant risking leaving this relatively safe haven and re-entering the harsh environment within the Xuan Serpent's body. Yun Li's face paled slightly, but her eyes showed no sign of hesitation. She quickly took out the jade slip, and after a moment of focusing her consciousness into it, she looked up: "The information left by Master indicates that the Xuan Serpent's 'Reverse Scale' is located seven inches below its neck, slightly to the left. It's the weakest point on its scales, and also the location of an old wound inflicted by the power of spacetime that hasn't fully healed. Its internal structure is complex, with numerous distorted spatial folds and accumulated death and malevolent energy. However, because of the spatial instability, it's also a relatively easy point to break through from the inside. If we can reach there, combining the power of the two Dao Beacons, we have a great chance of tearing open a gap!"

"How do we cross this three hundred zhang distance?" Han Mu asked the most crucial question. Three hundred zhang is a distance that can be covered in an instant under normal circumstances, but inside a berserk Dao Venerable-level demon beast, amidst the aftershocks of a battle between two Dao Venerables, it is nothing short of an insurmountable chasm.

Ming Chen took a deep breath, looking at the silver whisk in his hand. A flicker of pain crossed his eyes, but it was quickly replaced by determination: "My 'Stabilizing Whisk' can temporarily stabilize a small area of ​​spatial turbulence, creating a temporary passage. However, it consumes a great deal of energy and can only be maintained for a maximum of thirty breaths. Within those thirty breaths, we must reach the 'Reverse Scale' position and complete the assault! Otherwise, the passage will collapse, and we will be exposed to the most violent area within the Xuan Serpent's body, facing certain death!"

Thirty breaths, three hundred feet—to traverse the body of a Dao Venerable-level demon beast, while precisely locating its position and working together to break through its reverse scale—this was an almost impossible task.

But a glint flashed in Han Mu's eyes, as if he had thought of something. He quickly said, "Thirty breaths are enough. Fellow Daoist Mingchen, you are responsible for clearing the way with your whisk and stabilizing the passage. Fellow Daoist Yunli, you are familiar with the characteristics of your master's power, so you are responsible for sensing and locking onto the weakest point of 'Reverse Scale'. As for speed..."

He looked at Mingchen: "I remember you said that when a Dao Beacon resonates with another, it can attract, gather, and amplify the power of spacetime. If I temporarily resonate my Dao Beacon fragment with your whisk, could I use the power of resonance to temporarily increase the stability of the passage and our travel speed?"

Ming Chen was taken aback, then his eyes flashed with a sharp light: "It's worth a try! But the resonance will intensify the spacetime fluctuations, making it easier for the two outside to detect!"

"We can't worry about that now!" Han Mu declared resolutely. "As long as we arrive first and break through their defenses, we don't care if we're exposed! With three sides locked in battle outside, they might not be able to lock onto and intercept us immediately! We're gambling on that time difference!"

The plan was set, and there was no more hesitation.

"Go!" Ming Chen shouted, his silver whisk gleaming brightly, each strand of whisk standing straight and emitting strong spatial fluctuations. He made a sweeping motion across the jade wall of the meditation room, and a silver rift, just wide enough for one person to pass through, appeared silently. Outside the rift was the familiar, chaotic, and violent scene inside the Xuan Snake's body—dark green gastric juices churning, pitch-black spatial rifts raging, and further away, the writhing of massive fleshy walls and terrifying energy storms could be vaguely seen.

Without hesitation, Han Mu took out the bronze fragment of the Spacetime Beacon from his robes, gripped it tightly in his hand, and simultaneously infused it with a wisp of immortal power, stimulating its resonance with the Mingchen whisk. *Buzz!* Two silver lights shone simultaneously, echoing each other. The fragment of the beacon heated slightly, the whisk's wisps trembled, and a strange, spatial resonance-like fluctuation rippled outwards, enveloping the three of them.

"Stay close to me!" Ming Chen stepped out of the crevice, Han Mu followed closely behind, and Yun Li gritted her teeth and followed.

The moment he left the "Moonlight Realm," terrifying pressure, corrosiveness, and chaotic spatial tearing forces instantly assaulted him! Mingchen's whisk scattered shards of silver light, dispersing churning stomach acid and temporarily smoothing out tiny spatial cracks, forming a silver "passage" only a few feet wide and several feet long. However, this passage constantly twisted and flickered under the violent environmental impact, as if it might collapse at any moment.

"Hurry!" Ming Chen's forehead veins bulged, clearly indicating that maintaining the passage was extremely difficult. He took the lead and rushed towards the direction of the beacon's resonance, his speed was not slow, but it could not be called fast in this environment.

Han Mu and Yun Li followed closely behind. Han Mu reinforced the passage with the power of the resonant spacetime beacon while vigilantly sensing his surroundings. Yun Li closed her eyes for a moment, fully activating the secret technique left by her master to sense the exact location of the "Reverse Scale".

The black serpent seemed to sense the unusual movement of the "little worms" within its body, and it rolled and squeezed even more frantically, attempting to crush them with the terrifying pressure and energy storm within its body. At the same time, the roars and howls outside intensified, clearly indicating that Hei Tian and Bai Yuan had also intensified their attacks.

Ten breaths. The passage trembled violently, and the silver light dimmed slightly.

Twenty breaths. Ahead appeared a large, even more chaotic area, filled with a viscous black liquid. This was the deathly and malevolent energy accumulated within the Xuan Snake's body, extremely corrosive, even eroding the silver passage with a hissing sound. Ming Chen groaned, blood trickling from the corner of his mouth, and the light of his whisk dimmed further.

"To the left front, a hundred feet! The place with the densest spatial folds and the most chaotic energy is where the inner wall of 'Reverse Scale' is located!" Yun Li suddenly opened her eyes and pointed to a constantly twisting area to the left front, resembling a shattered mirror, and shouted. The space there was extremely unstable, and the deathly aura was so thick that it was impossible to dissipate. A dark, almost black area, which was different in color from the other dark green flesh walls, could be vaguely seen. Its shape was very irregular, like a huge scar.

"That's it! Charge!" Mingchen's spirits lifted, and disregarding the energy expenditure, the silver light of his whisk surged, forcibly tearing a path through the viscous deathly aura, and his speed suddenly increased!

Han Mu also activated the fragment of the Dao Beacon with all his might, strengthening the resonance and stabilizing the passage slightly. At the same time, he kept a close eye on the outside world, sensing that two terrifying Dao Venerable divine senses seemed to sweep across the area, but they were somewhat blurred by the Xuan Serpent's violent internal energy and the chaotic space, and he did not immediately lock onto them.

Twenty-five breaths! We're less than fifty feet away from that distorted area!

But at that moment, something unexpected happened!

At the center of that distorted area, on that dark "scar," a faint but exceptionally pure silver light suddenly appeared! It shared the same origin as the silver light emanating from the Dao Beacon and the Mingchen whisk in Han Mu's hand, but was even more ancient and profound! Immediately afterward, an indescribable spatial-temporal fluctuation, seemingly originating from the primordial era, spread out like ripples from that point of silver light!

This fluctuation wasn't strong, but it carried a peculiar "attraction," not only targeting the Dao Beacon, but also some kind of origin within Han Mu's "Time-Space Dao Seed"! Han Mu felt his Dao Seed tremble slightly, as if it had received some kind of summons!

"A core fragment! It's the core fragment of the Time-Space Palace resonating! It senses us!" Ming Chen exclaimed in shock, his eyes flashing with ecstasy and greed, but this quickly turned into deeper vigilance. As the fluctuation spread, the passage they were in began to shake violently. The surrounding deathly aura seemed to be activated, surging wildly towards the silver light, and simultaneously towards the three of them! Worse still, the two previously somewhat blurry Dao Venerable divine senses outside suddenly became clear and sharp, piercing through layers of obstacles like a tangible substance, locking onto this area!

"We've been discovered!" Yun Li's face turned deathly pale.

"Never mind! Charge! Bombard the area beneath that silver light with all your might; that's the weakest point of the Reverse Scale!" Han Mu roared, now with no way out. He hurled the fragment of the Dao Beacon forward, the fragment transforming into a stream of light that actively met the silver light. At the same time, he frantically poured his remaining immortal power into it, fully activating the spacetime power contained within the fragment! That wasn't enough! Without hesitation, he summoned the system panel and exchanged all 4502 points of immortal spiritual energy!

[Consuming 4502 points of Celestial Spirit Energy, you can exchange for 1 "Space-Breaking Cone (One-Time Replica)," which can cause brief but intense damage to spatial barriers.]

[Redeem successful!]

A cone-shaped magic weapon, about a foot long and entirely silver-gray, with a sharp, cold glint at its tip, appeared in Han Mu's hand. Without even glancing at it, he poured all his power into it and hurled it fiercely towards the dark area beneath the silver light that Yun Li had pointed to! At the same time, he crushed the Explosive Yuan Pill he had previously exchanged with his other hand. The pill melted instantly in his mouth, and a violent yet pure power surged through his limbs and bones, forcibly raising his cultivation level, which was still recovering from his serious injuries, to nearly the level of the early Golden Immortal! Although it was only temporary, and the backlash would be even more severe afterward, he couldn't care less at the moment!

"Break it!!!"

Ming Chen roared at the same time, and all the dust strands of his silver whisk instantly straightened, bursting out with dazzling silver light, transforming into a silver beam that followed Han Mu's Void-Piercing Cone and slammed into the same spot! Yun Li also gritted her teeth and poured all her magic power into the broken flute in her hand, blowing out an extremely sharp invisible sound wave that pierced straight into the center of that dark area!

The Void-Piercing Cone struck first, its tip unleashing a ring of silver-gray spatial ripples as it pierced the dark area! Immediately following, Ming Chen's silver whisk and the attacks from Han Mu and Yun Li arrived in quick succession!

boom!!!

A deafening roar erupted from the Xuan Snake's body! The dark area trembled violently, and countless cracks instantly appeared on the surface of the "scar," gushing out dark green blood mixed with viscous death energy and baleful aura! A clear, teeth-grinding "crack" sound rang out, as if something incredibly sturdy had been forcibly pierced!

Success?! That old, intractable wound has been reopened?!

However, before the three could rejoice, an even more terrifying and violent aura, seemingly originating from the primordial era, erupted like a volcano from the crack, accompanied by gushing snake blood and chaotic energy! The aura was far stronger than the Xuan Snake itself, carrying an ancient, savage will that seemed to devour everything!

At the same time, the faint silver light suddenly shone brightly, instantly dispelling the surrounding deathly aura and revealing a fist-sized fragment, neither gold nor jade, with endless mysterious silver patterns flowing across its surface! It was the core fragment of the Time-Space Palace! However, it seemed to be imprisoned deep within the rift by some force. Now, with the Reverse Scale being broken, the imprisonment loosened, and the fragment struggled to break free!

"roar--!!!"

The Xuan Snake outside let out its most shrill, painful, and furious roar in history! Its entire massive body convulsed and rolled violently, more violently than ever before! Clearly, the breaking of its reverse scale and the abnormal movement of its core fragments had brought it unimaginable pain and stimulation!

"Insects! How dare you!" came the roar of Black Heaven Dao Venerable, filled with shock and rage.

"The core fragment! It really is here!" Bai Yuan Daozun's voice, cold yet tinged with excitement, rang out at the same time.

Two terrifyingly powerful Dao Venerable auras, along with the Xuan Snake's completely frenzied demonic energy, were like three ancient divine mountains, coming from three directions to fiercely suppress and annihilate the area where Han Mu and his group were located!

Ahead lies the anomaly of the core fragments and the unknown, ferocious aura of the primordial world, behind which comes the furious attack of three Dao Venerable-level beings!

The real game-winning situation is right before our eyes!