Cultivating for a hundred lifetimes to ascension

The end of the Life Path was an underwater cave emitting a white light, located at the base of a cliff within the coral reef.

The black fog clearly feared the "Life Path" and dared not intrude upon the path.

Two years ago, Zhao Sheng had already discovered this Life Path, but at that time his cultivation was shallow, and he did not plan to venture alone.

Now, with a bunch of cannon fodder to scout the way, it would be foolish not to use them.

The others didn't have Zhao Sheng's Talent and were unaware of the black fog's existence, but they could not miss something as obvious as the cave.

Clearly, the Treasure was inside the cave.

Seeing this scene, the impatient ones immediately swam towards it, eager to seize the opportunity.

Once someone moved, the rest followed suit, afraid that being a step late would mean others would claim the Treasure.

At this moment, they seemed to forget that the cave contained unknown dangers which had already claimed lives.

Hai Lan'er wanted to move, but suddenly someone grabbed her arm from behind.

Turning her head, she saw Zhao Sheng pulling her back, and Hai Lan'er's heart suddenly sweetened, relaxing her body instantaneously.

Zhao Sheng waved his hand to signal her to follow him and then pulled Hai Lan'er towards the Life Path.

Aside, Gui Xin Tree watched the event and quietly trailed after them with a quiet roll of his eyes.
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A quarter of an hour later, when the others had already entered the cave, Zhao Sheng and Hai Lan'er finally reached the entrance.

Zhao Sheng peered inside and was surprised to find that the cave's passage was straight and spacious, and its walls were clean from top to bottom, with no dust, nor any growths like seaweed or coral stone.

Embedded along both sides of the passage were fist-sized pearls emitting white light.

The cave was clearly man-hewn.

Zhao Sheng sensed for a while and found no dangers inside.

Therefore, he pulled Hai Lan'er and swam into it.

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Upon entering the cave, the two swam for two or three miles but still didn't see the end of the passage, just feeling the surrounding Spiritual Energy growing richer.

An hour later, they finally reached the end of the passage, where there was a light wall emitting a blinding white light that made it impossible to see what was behind it.

Zhao Sheng nodded to Hai Lan'er, and they joined hands and charged into the light wall.

Pop!

Zhao Sheng felt as if he had broken through a membrane,

and as his eyes lit up, his body suddenly felt lighter with the heavy water pressure disappearing instantly.

Zhao Sheng looked up to find that he had appeared in an underground cave.

The cave was very dry, without a trace of seawater, and the Spiritual Energy here was incredibly dense, at least twice as high as in the passage.

The cave was about five or six acres in size, with stone walls around that were studded with spirit stones of various sizes, flashing a faint grey light.

"A spirit stone mine!" Hai Lan'er couldn't help but exclaim.

Zhao Sheng was also very surprised; he hadn't expected a spirit stone mine to be hidden here, particularly a mine of the extremely rare Pure Yin Spirit Stones.

At that moment, an excited shout came from behind them: "Damn, I'm going to be rich!"

Gui Xin Tree, overcome with delight, forgot everything, stepped past them, and ran towards the deepest part of the cave.

At the deepest part of the cave, there stood a Spirit Stone Jade Wall, three zhang long and more than two zhang high, where Li Mu and others were gathered before it, pointing and discussing something.

Zhao Sheng found it strange that there was no danger inside the cave.

He hadn't forgotten the incidence of Hai Dafu and others who never returned.

After scanning the area, Zhao Sheng frowned and wondered to himself, "Where are the bodies of Hai Dafu and the others?

After thinking for a moment and coming up with no leads, Zhao Sheng decided to walk with Hai Lan'er towards the Spirit Stone Jade Wall.

Halfway there, Zhao Sheng saw Li Mu, Gui Xin Tree, and others sitting down cross-legged, eyes glowing with a fascinated expression as they stared at the Jade Wall, as if there was an endless attraction to it.

Seeing this, Zhao Sheng calmed himself and, sensing again, still did not detect any danger.

He looked up at the Jade Wall, scrutinizing it carefully, and only felt countless lights and shadows flashing before his eyes. Upon focusing his gaze again, his heart suddenly skipped a beat.

Zhao Sheng was slightly startled, quickly closing his eyes to cut off his line of sight. Once everything returned to normal, he reopened his eyes.

This time, he didn't look directly at the Jade Wall. Instead, he walked up close and began to observe Li Mu and the others.

At present, Li Mu's complexion was rosy and his eyes were infatuated. His face was full of joy. His body emitted specks of golden light, and an exceedingly sharp breath began to radiate from within, growing stronger by the moment.

It looked like... He was in the midst of Enlightenment!

Although the others displayed slightly different reactions, they too seemed to have gained significant insights.

Seeing this scene, Zhao Sheng's heart stirred, and a peculiar thought suddenly arose: "This... this Jade Wall seems to be a heavy treasure!"

Just then, Hai Lan'er let out a startled cry, shouting, "Ah! I'm so dizzy!"

Zhao Sheng turned around sharply, just in time to see Hai Lan'er sway unstably, nearly toppling over.

He rushed forward to support her, asking with concern, "What did you see just now?"

Hai Lan'er collapsed into Zhao Sheng's arms, her cheeks flushed with a tinge of shyness, and whispered softly, "Nothing... nothing!"

Zhao Sheng saw a flash of peculiarity in her eyes but did not press further. He merely cautioned her not to look at the Jade Wall too much and then gave her a task.

To observe the condition of Li Mu and the others at all times and to inform him immediately of any abnormalities.

Hai Lan'er hummed gently in acknowledgment and agreed to it.

At this moment, Zhao Sheng's gaze sharpened as he suddenly noticed many strange scratch marks on the ground near the Jade Wall, varying in depth. Some were straight, others winding and twisted, and some even looked like mysterious symbols resembling but not quite forming coherent characters, almost covering a radius of dozens of feet around them.

He raised his eyebrows, stepped forward, and ran his fingers over these engravings and symbols, feeling his heart spontaneously overflowing with countless inspirations and many hazy visions being reflected in his Soul Sea.

In an instant, Zhao Sheng came to a realization.

These engravings and symbols must have been left by those who had comprehended the Jade Wall before. Most of them were probably left hastily by predecessors who suddenly realized something from the Jade Wall, afraid of forgetting it in the moment, thus leaving behind these imprinted marks.

Of course, most of these markings might be of no use, but a few might inspire those who later sought to comprehend the Immortal Spirit Jade Bi.

Zhao Sheng was wary of the peculiar Jade Wall, but he had no reservations about these carvings.

He spent half an hour touching all the engravings, etching every inspiration and insight firmly in his mind without bothering to understand them.

Afterward, Zhao Sheng's eyes sparked with brilliance as he attempted to look at the Jade Wall again.

As soon as his gaze made contact with the Jade Wall, thousands of inspirations flashed through Zhao Sheng's mind. However, his cheeks flushed crimson, the Spirit Power Vortex within his body sped up dramatically, and billowing blue spirit light emerged from his back.

Moments later, Zhao Sheng let out a low shout, his eyes' sharpness quickly retracting as he rapidly closed his eyelids. His face relaxed, and he exhaled deeply, murmuring,

Just now, countless extraordinary thoughts arose in his mind, and one unfamiliar scene after another appeared before him: ethereal Immortal Palaces and Ling Mountains, a Sword Immortal slaying demons, and boundless Blood Seas filled with mountains of corpses and bones.

All these had surfaced suddenly after he saw the Jade Wall.

He could not be sure if these images were just illusions or if they had truly existed in the past.

But one thing was certain, the Jade Wall was either an Ancient Strange Treasure or a rare and ominous object.

Suddenly,

Zhao Sheng's heart skipped a beat again.

The feeling was abrupt and inexplicably strange,

with Zhao Sheng unable to pinpoint anything amiss.

Then, with a thought, he probed into his Purple Mansion with his spirit.

"What... what is this?"

Zhao Sheng was shocked, as he saw an unexpected dark shadow over his Soul Sea. The lower end of the shadow was connected to the Soul Sea, and strands of soul water were being drawn into the shadow's body.

As the shadow became clearer, it took on the appearance of an old man. Zhao Sheng tried to get a clearer look, but the shadow suddenly emitted a surge of black light.

In the next instant, a heavy sensation overcame Zhao Sheng's head, and his vision went dark. When he came to, he found himself in a vast and boundless starry space.

Stars twinkled brightly all around, and beneath his feet, there lay a dense and sprawling field of meteorites of various sizes and shapes. It was, in fact, an endless Meteorite Sea.