Zhu!

A single word descended upon the mortal realm, hanging high above the Dao City, shining like the sun, illuminating the vast expanse of ten thousand li. Dao patterns intertwined upon it, vaguely resembling nine golden dragons encircling it.

The nine golden dragons were lifelike, filled with boundless majesty. Yet, at this moment, their dragon bodies trembled slightly, as if unable to bear the weight of this imperial edict!

Buzz~

The edict floated in the air. As it appeared, a desolate aura flowed out, permeating the entire city.

Those who were awake in the various districts of Dao City couldn't help but kneel on the ground, their minds trembling uncontrollably.

"The Crown Prince's Edict!"

A cry of alarm rang out from the city, followed by a chorus of kneeling.

Da Zhou's Crown Prince, Long Xingyi, had been sitting in the imperial court on behalf of his father, governing the world for tens of thousands of years. His accumulated prestige was profound, and his reputation was no less than that of the Da Zhou Emperor.

But his status was too high, and it was rare to see him personally issue an edict. Now, seeing the nine dragons circling around the 'Zhu' character talisman,

whether it was the Brahma Martial Dao garrisoned cultivators or the experts of the Jing Ye Si, all were horrified. They never expected that this matter would alarm the Crown Prince.

"How could it be the Crown Prince's decree?"

Qi Xuan Zhenyi was shocked, never expecting that this matter could alarm the Crown Prince in the distant imperial capital.

But it was also good. With the Crown Prince's edict in hand, unless the last Celestial Master of the previous dynasty was resurrected, he should be able to advance and retreat freely...

But he couldn't help but ponder in his heart:

'Is the imperial court's control over the various Daos so profound? Or...'

Qi Xuan Zhenyi took a deep breath, then bowed deeply, his sleeves touching the ground: "Your subject Qi Xuan Zhenyi, respectfully obeys the Crown Prince's decree!"

......

Whoosh whoosh~

The night was dark, and the mountains were even colder. The flickering ghost fires and the occasional howls of ghosts made the night even more forbidding.

Da Zhou had many mountains and dangerous places, especially in the Northwest Dao of You Province, which was close to the ocean. Many mountains may have been hidden under the sea in ancient times.

Many of them even bore the marks of ancient times.

"Shouyang Mountain!"

In the night breeze, An Qisheng stood with his hands behind his back, looking at the unremarkable mountain in the distance.

This mountain was not large, only a little over a thousand zhang high. There were shrubs on the mountain, springs in the mountain, and occasional traces of spiritual herbs.

Such a mountain was nothing special, not to mention in the Northwest Dao of You Province, even within this ten thousand li radius. There were many mountains with better terrain than it.

The only thing that made it different was the stone carvings on the mountain.

"...There are no mineral deposits in Shouyang Mountain, and few spiritual herbs. There are only some stone carvings, but there is nothing magical about them, so not many people value it.

Therefore, my Hun Yi Sect's founder reported to the Jing Ye Si, and after obtaining permission, he occupied it. The name Shouyang Mountain comes from those stone carvings."

Revisiting the old place, Gongyang Yan, leading the big flowered donkey, looked a little dazed, his eyes filled with reluctance and memories of the past.

Although this mountain was not famous, it was where he had lived for hundreds of years, and it contained his most beautiful memories in the world.

But unfortunately, everything was gone...

"Seems very ordinary! This Great One's Dao field is much better than this mountain."

Tu Ba, holding Cai Xiaobai, was slightly disdainful. This mountain was unremarkable.

"Meow~"

The one-eyed kitten squatting on Tu Ba's shoulder looked at the mountain, its eyes turning, wondering what it was thinking. It was a little eager to try, but still lowered its head.

It licked its paw.

"Shouyang Mountain..."

An Qisheng gazed at the mountain, a faint ripple flashing deep in his eyes.

His heart stirred slightly, but his expression was as calm as before: "Let's enter the mountain."

Gongyang Yan nodded.

Tu Ba naturally had no objections, and followed the others into the mountain.

Shouyang Mountain was not large, and for cultivators, it could be considered extremely small. Not to mention An Qisheng, even Tu Ba could cross from the foot of the mountain to the top in one step.

But An Qisheng was not in a hurry to climb.

He stopped before the mountain path.

"This stone tablet is quite old, and the writing on it is somewhat similar and yet dissimilar..."

Tu Ba was slightly surprised.

It was a blue-black stone tablet. Although it could be seen that someone had taken care of it, it was still difficult to hide the mottled aura of the years on it.

The writing was similar to the current writing of Da Zhou, but there were also differences, being more ancient.

Compared to the many methods of storing information for cultivators, for ordinary people, stone carvings were already the best way to preserve information.

"This is the writing of the previous dynasty, which Da Zhou slightly modified and used. This mountain is called 'Shouyang Mountain'."

Looking at the four-foot-high stone tablet that was as tall as himself, Gongyang Yan's old face was full of complexity.

In less than a year, everything had changed.

"The emperor extracts copper from Shou Mountain to cast swords, inscribing them with ancient astronomical characters..."

An Qisheng muttered to himself, his expression subtle.

This name was of course unremarkable to the people of this world, but for him, it had unusual significance.

The characters of the two worlds differed greatly, yet they could express the same meaning, which itself was unlikely to be a coincidence.

And this was not beyond An Qisheng's expectations.

The reason why he split his primordial spirit, and even spared two Da Dao Ji fragments to enter this world in advance, was to explore the mysteries of this world.

"What?"

Gongyang Yan was slightly stunned when he heard An Qisheng's murmur. After thinking for a moment, he couldn't recall ever hearing of a similar allusion.

An Qisheng did not answer him, his thoughts arising and vanishing, and he casually reached out and placed his hand on the stone tablet. It was warm to the touch, as if it had been burned by fire, and even felt dry after a long time.

Buzz~

He closed his eyes slightly, and a desolate and ancient aura of the ages entered his heart and was captured by him.

Then, it exploded!

Boom!

As if thunder suddenly exploded before his eyes, the light that burst out in an instant caused a ripple in An Qisheng's mind.

In the next instant, all the light receded and disappeared, replaced by a vast ocean of unknown width and length, surging and mighty, not knowing whether it was forward or backward.

'This is...'

An Qisheng's mind shook. He had never seen this ocean before, but the moment he sensed it, the name of this long river naturally appeared in his heart.

This rolling, vast, boundless ocean, whose beginning and end were unknown, was actually a river.

A river that encompassed the past and present of a great world, and even the infinitely distant past,

the River of Time and Space!

In theory, as long as a person's eyesight could reach, they could see infinitely far, but that was only in theory.

A person's eyesight has its limits, and perception also has its limits.

With An Qisheng's current perception, although he had not yet reached the realm where the 'Three Realms, Six Paths, and Great Thousand Worlds' were all within his sight, he had far surpassed ordinary people by an unknown amount.

But at this time, his perception had reached its limit, and what he could glimpse was only a corner of the ocean.

On this long river, he could not see the beginning and the end, nor could he see the edges. It seemed that there was no beginning and no end, and there were no edges.

Even, this may not be a real river, but rather his understanding of this thing was only a long river.

In other words, it would not be impossible to call it the River of Time and Space, the Mother River of Destiny, the Corridor of Time and Space, or any other mysterious name.

"Endless forever, is this the endless forever..."

Gazing at the endless long river, An Qisheng murmured in his heart, rarely feeling deeply touched.

All cultivation is fundamentally about understanding the laws of heaven and earth, and the Dao, which is the experience he gained from traveling through the realms.

But knowledge gained from books is ultimately superficial. Even though he had already seen such Dao words as 'endless forever' and 'without beginning and end' in various classics and Daoist scriptures,

it was not as profound as truly seeing this long river!

All-encompassing, this is the true all-encompassing!

The ultimate mystery of a world.

Heaven and earth gather to form the Heavenly Dao, then this River of Time and Space is the 'history book' that records the changes of heaven and man, and the mysteries of all things.

Gazing at the long river, An Qisheng's mind was intoxicated. Seeing the mysteries was more intoxicating to him than any fine wine.

But in an instant, he cut off the distracting thoughts in his heart and returned to a state of neither joy nor sorrow.

"River of Time and Space..."

Above this endless ocean, standing in that 'drop of water', he looked up.

In a daze, above the rolling and endless long river, in the chaotic void that was more void than nothingness and darker than darkness,

he saw six subtle and small Dao lines that were looming, as if they were here and yet also there.

Those Dao lines shared six sources, but as they slowly descended, they were not just six, but rather divided layer by layer, one into two, two into three, three into infinity.

Down to the surface of the long river, they were already covering the sky and the earth, nearly infinite!

Those infinite Dao lines flowed down in all parts of the long river, covering all points in time and space.

Past,

present,

and even the future!

Omnipresent, omnipotent, like six giant beasts clinging to the void, reaching out their most greedy and ferocious tentacles towards the long river.

As if fixing time and space,

or as if fishing for all living beings!

"The mystery of spiritual energy lies here..."

With just a glance, An Qisheng retracted his mind and plunged into the rolling long river, avoiding the extremely complex Dao lines that seemed comparable to the water droplets of the long river.

Thousands of thoughts flew through his mind.

He knew without asking what the source of the six Dao lines was, because he vaguely discovered his own aura on those six Dao lines.

He swallowed and exhaled the spiritual energy of the Six Paths, so all of his aura was on these six Dao lines. Even the supernatural powers and spells he used were all branded by those Dao lines!

If the beings high above the sacred thrones in the outer void were willing, they could understand all the supernatural powers he had used with a single thought!

However, this was not too unexpected for An Qisheng.

It was precisely because of this concern that his external supernatural power was only the Five-Colored Divine Light.

His true cultivation, the 'True Spirit Rank Chart', was not only kept secret, but also divided and carried out separately, so that it could never be easily understood and grasped!

But in his heart, his fear of the Huangtian Realm had also risen to a very high level.

With his current realm, it was also difficult to imagine.

Those six people who used the talent and wisdom of countless heroes and geniuses of a world as nourishment to ignite the fire of their sacred thrones, had reached an extremely tyrannical state.

To what extent did they have control over this world.

"To contend against these six people..."

Walking through the complex Dao lines, An Qisheng's distracting thoughts gradually decreased, and a wisp of inspiration gradually emerged:

"Perhaps, I should..."