Stellar Transformation-Chapter 639: Episode 18 Heavenly Venerable Mountain - 4 The Floating Stone Slab
Qin Yu attempted to extend the Power of Universe Space from the new universe, but to his shock, when the extension reached the source of the blue light, it could no longer continue to approach.
Forbidden!
For the first time, Qin Yu discovered that someone could prevent the extension of his own Power of Universe Space.
"Appear? Uncle Lan, what has appeared?" Qin Yu could only inquire of Jiang Lan.
Jiang Lan looked at Qin Yu with a teasing smile and said, "Little Yu, were you trying to use your Divine Sense to find the source of the blue light, but found that your Divine Sense couldn’t get closer?"
Hearing this, Qin Yu understood quite a bit more in his heart.
The source of the blue light seemed to isolate many types of energy, completely refusing other energies to approach. Whether it was Space Power or Soul Power.
"That is a floating stone plate, it can also be considered a Rule Tablet. Many rules are left on it, which we must abide by in Heavenly Venerable Mountain. Only by following the rules, will one have the chance to become a Heavenly Venerable," Jiang Lan said with a smile.
Qin Yu nodded slightly.
"Little Yu, let’s go and take a look. I really want to know how these rules are different from the last time," Jiang Lan said with a light smile.
When Qin Yu held Li’er’s hand, the two of them also flew to follow Jiang Lan toward the peak of the mountain.
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At the summit of Heavenly Venerable Mountain, there was a platform of about a hundred meters in diameter. At this moment, more than thirty Divine Kings were gathered in this small area, almost all of them looking up at the floating stone plate above the platform.
"The floating stone plate."
Qin Yu, Jiang Li, and Jiang Lan also landed on the platform. Qin Yu’s gaze locked onto the floating stone plate, which was pitch-black in color, with lines of writing on its surface, each one etched three parts deep into the stone plate.
Each character faintly shimmered with golden light.
The material of the stone plate was very special, impervious to any energy. Those present had no choice but to rely on their eyes to observe.
"1. Entrance and exit to Heavenly Venerable Mountain only through Relief Channel.
2. Destruction of any reliefs within the Relief Channel is a capital offense.
3. The method to become a Heavenly Venerable is... by obtaining a Heavenly Venerable Spiritual Treasure or comprehending the Time Law. This Heavenly Venerable Spiritual Treasure will be the new Heavenly Venerable’s weapon.
4. The Heavenly Venerable Spiritual Treasure is nurtured within the ’Spiritual Treasure Mother Cauldron’ of Heavenly Venerable Mountain.
5. The Spiritual Treasure Mother Cauldron must not be destroyed. Roughly every ten years, a part of the Heavenly Venerable Spiritual Treasure will fly out of it. A full Heavenly Venerable Spiritual Treasure is divided and flies out in three parts, taking a total of about thirty years.
6. The Heavenly Venerable Spiritual Treasure is split into three, each part containing some of the Time Law. If a talented Divine King can comprehend the complete Time Law with just one or two parts, they will be the new Heavenly Venerable, and the other parts will automatically fly to them.
7. If one cannot completely comprehend the Time Law with the separated Spiritual Treasure, then... obtaining all three parts of the Heavenly Venerable Spiritual Treasure will also make them the new Heavenly Venerable."
Seven rules.
These seven rules made Qin Yu’s heart leap.
"These seven rules are really set...for strife and slaughter. They’ve deliberately divided a complete Heavenly Venerable Spiritual Treasure into three parts, to make the struggle even more vicious," Qin Yu lamented in his heart.
The rules were clear.
To become a Heavenly Venerable, you had to obtain all three parts of the Heavenly Venerable Spiritual Treasure.
Even if you only got one or two parts, if you could comprehend the complete Time Law with these lesser parts, you would also become the new Heavenly Venerable. But to comprehend the complete Time Law, that was extremely difficult.
In Qin Yu’s view... only the first path seemed likely to succeed.
Obtain all three parts of the Heavenly Venerable Spiritual Treasure!
This path was possible, but one could imagine the ferocity of the struggle. Just obtaining one part was enough to arouse envy; to acquire all three... wouldn’t that be making enemies of all the other Divine Kings in the Divine World?
"Brother Yu, the way these rules are set... really," Jiang Li also shook his head.
Jiang Lan, standing beside them, laughed and said, "Li’er, no need to sigh. The birth of the new Heavenly Venerable is accompanied by numerous falls of Divine Kings. This is very normal. There are quite a few Divine Kings here now, but by the time the new Heavenly Venerable emerges, it’s uncertain if even half will still be alive."
Jiang Lan’s voice wasn’t loud, but nearly all the other Divine Kings within a hundred meters heard.
"Alive by half? It would be good to have half survive. Whether you live or die depends on personal ambition. With a little more ambition, life can quickly come to an end," an elderly voice rose from the side, a black-haired and bearded old man spoke, "Jiang Lan, do you remember the ’Nine Netherworld God King’ whose strength was comparable to the Asura God King? That year, Nine Netherworld God King alone stood guard at the entrance of the Relief Channel. It was an imposing sight, with none able to break through. But in the end, wasn’t he still killed by a group assault?"
"Nine Netherworld God King..." Jiang Lan seemed to also recall that event from the past, and nodded with a sigh.
The God Kings who survived the previous battle at Heavenly Venerable Mountain began to talk among themselves, while the other Divine Kings listened carefully, hoping to gather some experience.
"Blocking the entrance to the Relief Channel?" Qin Yu, hearing what the black-haired and bearded old man had said, couldn’t help but have an idea in his mind.
The surroundings of Heavenly Venerable Mountain were covered by a red membrane, which Asura God King and others called the ’God King Prison’. From this, it could be inferred that breaking through the red membrane was practically impossible.
Moreover, Qin Yu could also feel the threatening aura from that red membrane.
"The most important thing is, among the seven rules set on that floating stone plate, there is a way. Entrance and exit to Heavenly Venerable Mountain only through the Relief Channel," Qin Yu understood in his heart.
The seven rules, while they were indeed rules, were essentially seven messages.
They told everyone how to become a Heavenly Venerable, providing a foundation to those Divine Kings who hadn’t experienced the last battle at Heavenly Venerable Mountain.
"The second of those seven messages is very peculiar," Qin Yu recalled with some surprise.
’Destroying any relief within the Relief Channel is a capital offense.’ This message left Qin Yu flabbergasted. Although the last relief in the channel shocked him,
there were far too many reliefs throughout the entire channel. Especially the initial ones, in terms of craftsmanship, any Immortal could probably far surpass them. Those ’poor’ reliefs, the life of a God King destroying one being a capital offense. To the person who set these rules, the life of a God King was indeed cheap.
In the midst of their discussions, the Divine Kings consciously formed small groups of twos and threes. They could already foresee the ferocity of the imminent battle for supremacy; for the sake of the three parts of the Heavenly Venerable Spiritual Treasure, most Divine Kings would likely engage in ruthless slaughter.
Friendship?
Face?
In front of the opportunity to become a Heavenly Venerable, these were all jokes. No one would care about face-saving, as everyone was betting their lives. Even though they knew only one would succeed, everyone was willing to fight for that one spot.
"Boom~~~~"
Suddenly, the entire Heavenly Venerable Mountain shook violently, causing the Divine Kings at its summit to involuntarily soar into the sky. They saw the tremors of Heavenly Venerable Mountain growing increasingly intense.
A crack suddenly split open the peak of Heavenly Venerable Mountain.
In the blink of an eye, the crack became a chasm, running from the top of Heavenly Venerable Mountain and starting to divide the mountain from the top down. It kept splitting further downwards, and after tens of thousands of miles, Heavenly Venerable Mountain finally stopped shaking.
Peace was restored once again.
However, the appearance of Heavenly Venerable Mountain had drastically changed; what was once a single peak had now split into two, looking like twin peaks at first glance, though the base remained connected. The floating stone plate atop Heavenly Venerable Mountain was now suspended between the two peaks.
Amidst the gorge between the twin peaks, faint fluctuations could still be detected.
"Whoosh!" "Whoosh!" "Whoosh!"...
One after another, the figures of the Divine Kings appeared in the gorge of Heavenly Venerable Mountain. All the Divine Kings noticed something special here—
The trembling ground of the gorge started to sink inwards, and then, a huge cauldron slowly emerged. This cauldron was exceedingly ancient, with different totems carved on each of its four sides, featuring some mystical Spiritual Beasts that even Qin Yu did not recognize.
"It’s the Spiritual Treasure Mother Cauldron!" said the Asura God King with a light smile.
During the last descent of Heavenly Venerable Mountain, the Asura God King and others had seen the Spiritual Treasure Mother Cauldron, so they recognized it easily this time. Upon hearing what the Asura God King said, many who had never seen the Spiritual Treasure Mother Cauldron couldn’t help but have their eyes shine brightly as they looked towards it.
The three parts of the Heavenly Venerable Spiritual Treasure would fly out from this Spiritual Treasure Mother Cauldron in succession!
"This Spiritual Treasure Mother Cauldron." Qin Yu tried to approach the Spiritual Treasure Mother Cauldron using the Power of Universe Space, but the cauldron exuded an aura similar to that of the ’Floating Stone Plate,’ preventing Qin Yu’s Space Power from touching it.
The Spiritual Treasure Mother Cauldron, capable of nurturing Heavenly Venerable Spiritual Treasures.
Seeing the cauldron, Qin Yu also couldn’t help but admire it in his heart.
"This refining technique isn’t like my primitive refining methods anymore," Qin Yu sighed internally. Without being able to study the Spiritual Treasure Mother Cauldron in-depth, Qin Yu couldn’t comprehend how it could nurture Spiritual Treasures, let alone Heavenly Venerable Spiritual Treasures.
"Every ten years, one part flies out, in three separate occasions," muttered Jiang Li to himself.
"Li’er, to be precise, it’s approximately every ten years that one part flies out; it’s not exactly every ten years," said Jiang Lan, "It is precisely because it’s not an exact ten years that the Divine Kings dare not be distracted at all. Otherwise, if they are not careful and a part of the Heavenly Venerable Spiritual Treasure flies out and gets snatched by someone else, the others will regret it."
"Although the Heavenly Venerable Spiritual Treasure is divided into three, any single part that has undergone Blood Recognition and refinement will have power comparable to a First-class Hongmeng Spiritual Treasure. Moreover, each contains a part of the Time Law."
Qin Yu also nodded secretly.
The Heavenly Venerable Spiritual Treasure was divided into three parts, and the attraction of any one part was immense for a Divine King.
"Brother Yu, let’s go back," Jiang Li suddenly said to Qin Yu.
Qin Yu saw the expression on Jiang Li’s face and couldn’t help but smile, "Why leave so soon after just arriving?"
Jiang Li shook his head and said, "I just feel the atmosphere around us has become somewhat oppressive. Many Divine Kings are being cautious and alert, guarding against surprise attacks from others." Jiang Li furrowed his brows.
Qin Yu couldn’t help but smile.
Indeed, although those Divine Kings were all being cautious and alert, none of them dared to trouble Qin Yu.
"Hm?"
Qin Yu’s gaze suddenly caught a glimpse of Jiang Fan in the distance, who had been sticking with Zhou Huo in a secluded corner ever since Qin Yu arrived, not approaching or greeting him at all.
"Li’er, let’s go back," Qin Yu nodded and said.
"Uncle Lan," Qin Yu turned his head to look at Jiang Lan, "Li’er and I have already discussed it, once Mist City is completely established, we will prepare to have our child. With time acceleration... within one year, the child will definitely be born. Uncle Lan, why don’t you go back to Mist City first? After the child is born, it wouldn’t be too late to come back and fight for a part of the Heavenly Venerable Spiritual Treasure."
"Ready to have the baby?" Jiang Lan’s eyes suddenly lit up, "Okay, you said about ten years, usually no less than seven or eight years, by then your child could probably climb mountains and cross seas."
In Jiang Lan’s eyes, the child of Qin Yu and Jiang Li was more important than the Heavenly Venerable Spiritual Treasure.
"I’ll go back too," Yi Feng said.
Zuo Qiumei had fallen years ago, and the two Life Soul Tears she left behind had chosen a pair of young people. Now that their child was about to be born, how could Yi Feng not bear witness?
Then Qin Yu, Jiang Li, Jiang Lan, Yi Feng, and even the silent Zuo Qiulin next to them, set off. The group of five from Qin Yu’s side left Heavenly Venerable Mountain and returned to Mist City.
In the valley of Heavenly Venerable Mountain, Jiang Fan watched Qin Yu’s group from a distance, his face still showing an indifferent expression.
Qin Yu’s meteoric rise and his display of ever more astonishing strength had been an unspeakable blow to Jiang Fan. In the hearts of many Divine Kings, Jiang Fan had even become a laughingstock.
However, Jiang Fan had remained silent all this while.
"Heavenly Venerable! One third of the Heavenly Venerable Spiritual Treasure is bound to be mine. This time, I must become a Heavenly Venerable," Jiang Fan yearned tremendously in his heart for the Heavenly Venerable.
And his greatest reliance was that Thunder Punishment Heavenly Venerate would help him once.
Watching the direction Qin Yu and the others had taken, Jiang Fan closed his eyes and sat cross-legged quietly in a corner of the valley. Time just slipped away like this...
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