. Another strange space.
But compared to the time at the ancient Bodhi tree, this one felt even more oppressive.
Mist swirled beneath his feet, the sky darkened, purple-red clouds rolled, thunder rumbled, and flashes of lightning rose and faded, one after another.
Depression was the defining characteristic of this place.
Even if one were weak-minded, sitting here for ten or eight years would likely alter their temperament.
Of course, this had no effect on Chen Guan.
His strong mental strength was his guarantee, and his newfound comfort also played a role.
Stepping forward, Chen Guan discovered that this space wasn't vast, only ten thousand feet in radius. Standing high in the sky, he could take in the entire "world."
Occasionally, thunder and lightning flashed from the sky, but whenever they came within fifty feet of Chen Guan, they quietly dissipated, as if an invisible force was isolating the threat.
"Boom!"
As Chen Guan advanced, the thunder, as if realizing it couldn't harm him, gradually faded.
Just as the last trace of thunder dissipated between the heavens and the earth, a deep yellow cloud suddenly appeared above Chen Guan's head. Immediately afterwards, an extremely powerful gust of wind suddenly tore through the heavens and earth, pressing down fiercely.
"Yellow Spring Finger!"
In a trance, Chen Guan seemed to hear a loud shout.
Confident and domineering.
Chen Guan stopped and looked up, his eyes flickering as he gazed at the massive finger that tore through the heavens and earth, emerging from the clouds.
The next moment, an equally massive finger, condensed purely by spiritual power, materialized from nowhere, pointed straight at the sky, surged upward, and finally, with a resounding roar, clashed heavily with the Yellow Spring Finger.
This could be considered a different kind of mid-range sniper fight.
"Bang!"
The two collided, the air rippling slightly, but there was no earth-shattering explosion. At the moment of contact, they shattered and annihilated, both annihilated, like a beautiful sun shower, coming quickly and disappearing even faster, light as the wind and clouds, leaving no trace.
"Boom!"
The brief silence lasted for more than ten breaths. The mist-shrouded ground below suddenly cracked and ripped apart. Immediately, a massive yellow hand flashed out like lightning, appearing beneath Chen Guan in the blink of an eye. Its hand trembled violently, ready to crush him. "
Yellow Spring Palm," one of the Three Ultimate Powers of the Yellow Springs!
Chen Guan's expression remained unchanged. He stomped his feet lightly, and a surge of soul power emanated from him.
The massive hand shattered!
A gentle breeze seemed to sweep over him, and the scene before his eyes shifted. The shattered ground reassembled, everything remaining as it had been when he first saw it.
"Yellow Spring Finger, Yellow Spring Palm..."
Chen Guan muttered to himself, realizing that these two attacks were merely tests. No, more accurately, more like a test. Anyone entering the stone tablet must overcome these two barriers to claim the final Demon Saint's blood essence and the Yellow Springs Skywrath.
"Senior, please appear,"
Chen Guan said calmly, gazing at the treacherous sky.
His voice wasn't loud, but it reverberated like thunder through the valley, reverberating endlessly.
"Boom!"
Without giving Chen Guan much time to wait, a mountain suddenly broke through the ground not far away, rising from the earth, finally towering.
Atop the peak sat a massive throne. Atop it, a figure clad in a yellow fur robe sat upright. An aura that made even the heavens and earth tremble slowly permeated the air.
The Yellow Springs Demon Sage!
A powerful being who had already stepped foot into Dou Di status!
Alas, only a remnant of the ethereal, weak soul remained.
"Youngster, come up and have a chat."
Chen Guan had imagined the final test would be facing the wrath of the Yellow Springs Heaven, but surprisingly, the Yellow Springs Demon Sage seemed unconcerned with such a move.
A relatively gentle smile now graced his domineering and majestic face.
Now that he was here, he had to make the best of it.
Chen Guan abandoned his hesitation and slowly ascended the mountaintop, as if there were invisible stairs in the void.
He felt no fear for the remnant soul; this action was simply a gesture of respect for his predecessor.
Otherwise, a mere thought would suffice.
"You are quite good. Before my demise, I met many souls in the late Heavenly Realm. But you are the first to possess such a natural and unblemished spirit. You also possess the power of strange fire. You're quite fortunate. Please take a seat. Even with my remaining soul, even the use of the Wrath of the Underworld cannot harm you. Rather than that, let's have a frank conversation."
The Underworld Demon Sage waved his hand, and a seat cleared. He briefly commented on Chen Guan and addressed his doubts.
While all would eventually annihilate, if the Wrath of the Underworld was not used, this remnant
soul could at least survive for a while longer. The Underworld Demon Sage had long since fallen, and he had no particular interest in how long this remnant soul could survive. He was simply intrigued by Chen Guan's peculiarities.
Chen Guan bowed and sat down, his gaze unreserved as he studied the once-renowned ancient powerhouse.
"Before entering, I was skeptical whether your soul had reached the Emperor Realm. Now, I have no doubts."
A genuine Emperor Realm soul!
He could sense that even though it was only a remnant of a soul before him, it still held a mysterious aura, a quality not possessed by a Celestial Realm soul.
A true duel would be far more complex than he had imagined before entering, but that was all.
A remnant soul, after all, was just a remnant.
"Hahaha, whether it's the Celestial Realm or the Emperor Realm, failing to achieve Emperorhood means eternal life. Ultimately, I'll be remembered only by a few words in the future. Perhaps in a thousand or ten thousand years, no one will even remember me anymore."
The Yellow Springs Demon Sage laughed heartily in response. It sounded incredibly carefree, but Chen Guan could still sense a lingering regret.
It wasn't that the Yellow Springs Demon Sage wasn't capable of becoming an Emperor, but rather that this world had limited him!
How could such a brilliant and powerful peak-level being so easily resigned to such a fate?
Perhaps the Yellow Springs Demon Sage had let it go now, but he must have once harbored a long sense of resentment.
"The senior's name revered an entire era. The Three Supremes of the Yellow Springs were revered and feared by countless. Even after thirty or fifty thousand years, they will never be forgotten."
Everyone loves to hear good words.
Huangquan Demon Saint was very pleased.
He looked at Chen Guan with deep eyes and couldn't help shaking his head and laughing.
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"I'm content to be remembered for another thirty to fifty thousand years. Your name is Chen Guan?"
Chen Guan nodded.
"I see that despite your youth, your spiritual power is far superior to the norm. Putting aside human innate talent in this area, you must have experienced a great deal of luck."
"Senior, you have a keen eye. Thanks to the ancient Bodhi tree, I was able to experience a hundred reincarnations."
"That's not surprising. Back then, when I couldn't make any further progress, I devoted more effort to cultivating my spiritual power. Sadly, I traversed nearly the entire continent and still couldn't find the ancient Bodhi tree. Otherwise, I might have reached the Emperor Realm Soul hundreds of years sooner, and my unrealistic dreams would have been more likely to come true."
Chen Guan looked puzzled. These were matters not mentioned in the original trajectory.
The world only knew from ancient texts that the Yellow Springs Demon Sage was a formidable, peak-level powerhouse, but no one knew the specific circumstances of his fall.
Failure to reach the Dou Di realm was the accepted reason, but from what the Yellow Springs Demon Sage said, it seemed there was something more.
"The soul and spirit are profound and profound. The deeper one cultivates, the more profound the feelings become. With your current state, perhaps you can reach the Heavenly Realm before becoming a Six-Star Dou Sheng. Then you'll roughly understand what I once felt. As for the Emperor Realm, it depends on your luck."
"I failed in my attempt to become a Dou Emperor, but even so, it would have been easy to persist for hundreds of years. Unfortunately, I embarked on a path of no return."
Perhaps sensing his imminent annihilation, Huangquan Demon Saint opened up for a rare moment, recounting past events.
Chen Guan listened quietly.
"I'm not surprised that my attempt to reach Dou Di failed. I had a vague feeling that something was missing from this period."
"So, although I felt regret after the failure, I was able to remain calm. Not long after, I focused all my energy on studying the soul and mental power. Then I had a very bold idea."
"Since as long as the soul is not extinguished, I'm not truly dead and there's a chance to start over, doesn't that mean that as long as the soul is strong enough, I'm immortal?" I divided my mental power into thousands and even invisibly integrated it into countless people and monsters. I fanatically thought that one day in the future, as long as these people and monsters thought of me, mentioned me, they would resonate with the strands of my soul, and then I would be able to return."
Even Chen Guan, with his temperament, was dumbfounded at this moment.
Such a thought was nothing short of crazy!
"The outcome is obvious. I've failed and fallen into an irretrievable state. I could have possibly survived for thousands of years, but it collapsed overnight."
"But I can't say I regret it. It would be a shame to never go crazy in a lifetime. To be able to go crazy again before my death is a kind of perfection. At least I've proven that these baseless fantasies are not worth pursuing."
Seeing the shock on Chen Guan's face, Huangquan Demon Saint was pleased with the result.
This is how a young person should behave.
You think you're in control and full of confidence?
No, I'm telling you, that's far from enough.
Your senior is still your senior!
After a long, long moment, Chen Guan finally suppressed the inexplicable strangeness in his heart and bowed solemnly to Huangquan Demon Saint.
Huangquan Demon Saint was merely reminiscing about the past, unaware that Chen Guan had also entertained some unrealistic thoughts during his time in the Dragon Island Void Thunder Pool.
Now, Huangquan Demon Saint sounded a wake-up call for him.
Keep your feet on the ground and act within your capabilities.
Don't overthink it!
Huangquan Demon Saint, thinking he was expressing his admiration, smiled casually, leaning back contentedly on the throne behind him, and continued to offer pretentiously...instructions in the tone of a seasoned veteran.
"You're not bad, boy. Even more impressive than I was back then. The strange fire and the ancient Bodhi tree are proof enough of your profound karmic connections. In another ten, a hundred years, you might have a chance to reach my level."
"As for the Dou Emperor, I don't know if another one will emerge in the future..."
At this point, Huangquan Demon Saint sighed inwardly for Chen Guan.
The greater the talent, the sooner one reaches the peak of the Nine-Star Dou Sheng, and the greater the despair upon learning they can't break through to the Dou Emperor.
Isn't that a kind of sadness?
If one truly reaches that point, anything could happen.
The more he thought about it, the more emo he felt, and Huangquan Demon Saint lost the desire to continue.
He shook his head slightly, his gaze reaching the sky.
Then, with a flick of his finger, a wave of soul energy flashed out, finally hovering in front of Chen Guan.
"My mission is to await those who can defeat me and pass on my teachings. You are more than qualified, and this is what you deserve."
The Yellow Springs Demon Saint smiled faintly and spread his palm.
As his palm spread, tiny streams of pale golden light appeared from his ethereal form. These streams converged in his palm, and in the blink of an eye, transformed into a ball of golden liquid.
The Demon Saint's blood essence!
The Yellow Springs Demon Saint sighed softly, and with a wave of his hand, the ball of golden liquid floated in front of Chen Guan.
"It is a regret of mine that I failed to break through to the Dou Di realm. The future is difficult. You will carry this regret with you as you move forward. If a miracle truly occurs, my wish will be fulfilled."
After the blood essence was withdrawn, the Yellow Springs Demon Saint's body underwent a noticeable transformation, appearing more ethereal, like smoke, as if it could be dissipated with a single breath.
"Thank you, Senior. Chen Guan will do his utmost to fulfill your wish."
Chen Guan stood up and, after a round of greeting, accepted the items.
That spiritual fluctuation contained the inheritance of Huangquan Sanjue.
"Go, in the last moments, I want to be quiet."
Huangquan Demon Saint nodded gently, not holding much hope for what Chen Guan said.
However, he understood the intention.
Chen Guan could not elaborate, and bowed again.
Then he did not linger and turned to leave.
There was a sound of collapse behind him, which made Chen Guan pause.
He knew that after Huangquan Demon Saint completed his mission, he would return to nothingness and completely disappear.
However, he was powerless to stop it.
With a light sigh, Chen Guan's eyes regained their determination.
"Huangquan Sanjue will not disappear in the dust of history, and neither will I!"
(End of this chapter)