Dream of the Red Chamber: Starting from Immortal Martial Arts

Upon hearing the shout, Jia Tang instantly burst into the air and flew to Jia He's side. In front of him stood a palace built of white ice crystals, with an ice tablet standing to the left of the palace gate, on which were carved three ancient characters.

Jia Tang didn't recognize the ancient Chinese characters, but as soon as he saw the characters, the three words "Ice Soul Palace" mysteriously appeared in his mind.

Four flagpoles were planted around the palace, their poles covered with talismanic patterns and entirely white jade in color.

Fortunately, the secret realm's vital energy had dried up, and the formation had long since fallen silent, allowing them to enter smoothly.

Stepping into the unchanging ice palace, one finds eight towering ice pillars standing inside, with a futon laid out in the center. In front of the futon is a jade table with a crystal book on it, and next to it, incense ash accumulates in the incense burner. Behind the futon are two tall bookshelves with a few scattered items inside.

Jia Tang strode forward, bowed to the table, sat down on the futon, and picked up the crystal book behind him to start flipping through it.

The entire text is in classical Chinese, yet its meaning immediately comes to mind.

"Yun Tian's Random Notes": "In the 789,466th year of the Taiyin Sword Palace calendar, the concentration of primordial energy in the weather began to inexplicably decline. Is the world-ending calamity that Master spoke of about about to arrive?"

"The masters and mentors in the palace are frequently gathering to discuss matters related to overcoming the tribulation, but unfortunately, my strength is too weak. I must become stronger as soon as possible..."

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"In the year 9,602, the concentration of primordial energy in the world began to decline at an increasingly rapid pace."

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"In 790,000 years, the primordial energy between heaven and earth decreased by 10%, causing fear among all races."

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"In 792,000 years, the primordial energy has decreased by more than 30%. All races are seeking a way out. The powerful figures of the Imperial Dynasty have proposed to escape from the Huayang Realm and go to other realms of the human race; the powerful figures of the Primordial Demons have suggested reducing the number of cultivators in the realm to preserve the concentration of primordial energy; the Dragon Lord of the Dragon Clan has suggested..."

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"In 795,000 years, a group of strange cultivators calling themselves the Extreme Martial Palace suddenly appeared in the realm. They caused chaos everywhere. Although they avoided people, they killed any alien races they saw, causing the hundred races to wither and making the human race and alien races tense and constantly in conflict."

"Especially the Yuan Demon, those damned scum!"

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"At the age of 800,000, the Taiyin Sword Palace, led by its seven supreme sword immortals, joined forces with its allies to traverse the starry sky and seek aid from other human realms."

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"They all died in less than a thousand years, and all the Supreme Soul Tablets were shattered."

"The two Supreme Elders, Hanpo and Xuanyou, who remained behind, wish to open a secret realm to overcome the great calamity, but they only hope..."

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"In the 815,000th year of the Sword Palace Calendar, the Huayang Realm was completely devoid of vitality, and life force had vanished. The same was true within the secret realm!!!"

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"In the 890,000-year Sword Palace Era, my lifespan is over. It's ironic that a dignified eighth-tier cultivator would die from the exhaustion of his lifespan."

"I, Yan Yuntian, ascended to the fourth level of immortality at the age of 108, the fifth level at 386, the sixth level at 1200, the seventh level at 2500, the eighth level at 4200, and the ninth level at 12200. I was just one step away from becoming an immortal. My talent is astonishing, and my endowment is extraordinary. But alas, it still cannot compare to the vastness of time and the changes of heaven and earth."

Jia Tang read the crystal book with a solemn expression, trying to understand its secrets. As he pondered, he felt his eyebrows twitching, his soul inexplicably restless, and his mind uneasy.

There was a great terror lurking in the darkness, as if some unknown entity was watching this place.

"Phew~"

Jia Tang put away the crystal book, circulated his internal organs, took a deep breath, and slowly exhaled.

As the swelling in my chest gradually subsided, my mind also calmed down.

He got up and walked towards the bookshelf behind him, picked up a crystal box engraved with sword patterns, and found that the restrictive power on it was no longer there. He gently pulled open the box, and inside was a book of ice crystal jade.

Jia Tang's divine sense surged into it, and he saw the jade book radiating a cold light, its ancient patterns on the cover shining brightly.

"The Taiyin Heavenly Star-Evolving Sword Manual? A Pure Yin Method?"

Jia Tang looked at the sword manual with a strange expression. Someone had just needed it, and the method had been obtained so easily.

"Am I blessed with great fortune, or is there a dark hand orchestrating this? There was no Heavenly Court in ancient times in this world, so the reincarnation of Bao Geda and Lin Daiyu as gods and fairies cannot be counted. Furthermore, Uncle She also said that the jade of Bao Er was the work of Jia Wangshi."

Jia Tang pondered for a long time, but could not find a solution. He suppressed his thoughts, put the cultivation manual into the box, put it into his pocket, and continued to investigate.

"The Chronicles of Huayang Boundaries? A miscellaneous book recounting the ancient times of the boundaries, a good piece of stuff."

"A pair of bronze bells, hmm? Third-tier Soul-Stabilizing Bells, a type of elemental weapon that can both defend and attack the soul? Top-tier!"

"Secret Records of Yuanmu Breeding..."

"Hmm? This box can't be opened? Let's keep it for now..."

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A moment later, Jia Tang emptied all the items inside the hall and then went to the bronze giant sword outside the hall to wait for Jia He and the others to investigate.

Jia Tang stared at the bronze giant sword, his brows furrowed in thought: Yan Yuntian was a ninth-level martial artist with unparalleled cultivation. Logically speaking, there should be many high-level treasures in the hall, but the most precious item was the "Taiyin Sword Manual," followed by the Soul-Stabilizing Bell.

"Does it all vanish with time? But if so, how could these low-level items have survived?"

"Could it be in that box? But I can't open it with my vital energy, blood energy, protective energy, or divine sense. I can only wait."

While we were pondering, Jia He appeared in a flash, his face beaming with joy: "General, the area behind the mountain stretches endlessly, containing countless palaces of all sizes. We have already discovered one manual of the Refining Qi Method, three manuals of the Seven Refining Martial Blood Method, seven manuals of the Six Refining Method, and three first-tier Yuan Weapons. There are many good things."

Upon hearing this, Jia Tang smiled and said happily, "Good, good, good! Tell the brothers to speed up the search and compile a list of everything and present it to me."

"My lord, this place is quite large, and people will be arriving soon. We may not have enough manpower."

"No problem. We'll use this place as a center and search outwards. The further out we go, the fewer good things we'll find."

"only!"

As Jia Tang watched Jia He disappear, his thoughts returned to the bronze giant sword before him. He tried releasing his vital energy, blood energy, protective energy, and divine sense one by one, but all to no avail.

Just then, the tiger talisman hanging around Huang Ting's neck flew out from between his eyebrows, its tiger's mouth aimed at the bronze sword, radiating brilliant light and unleashing endless suction.

"Clang!"

The bronze giant sword trembled back and forth, the iron chains collided constantly, producing a deafening thunderous sound, the ground trembled and cracked, and rocks tumbled into the abyss.

Jia Tang's eyes changed slightly, and he took to the air, waiting to see how things would unfold.

Before long, the thick iron chains snapped and the bronze giant sword shot into the sky, causing the heavens and earth to tremble and the earth to shake.

A soft, jade-like light emanated from the tiger's mouth of the tiger tally. The bronze sword in the sky was pulled back by an invisible force, its size continuously shrinking until it disappeared into the tiger tally.

After absorbing the bronze sword, the tiger talisman flew into the sea of ​​consciousness and hung around the neck of the soul, transmitting a series of messages.

"Boundless chaos, limitless spacetime, searching through domain gates, traversing the sea of ​​boundaries."

"Absorbing the energy from the bronze sword forged from ninth-order Xuan Yin Star Copper and Supreme Nether Cold Crystal, it retrieves the Spacetime Boundary Sea, and the remaining energy anchors to the Immortal Dao Minor World—up to the fourth order."

"If one breaks through to the third tier or is listed among the top ten second-tier members in the Jade Register, the boundary barrier will open, allowing for limited-time exploration."