Xu Qing acted swiftly.

With his current Rainbow Transformation Escape Technique, he arrived at Kunlun Mountain in no time.

The majestic Divine Mountain before him left him somewhat dazed.

After a moment of quiet reflection, Xu Qing began to release his Divine Thought.

Kunlun Mountain was vast, but Xu Qing didn't spend much time searching the entire range. Finally, Xu Qing arrived at the ancient well hinted by the Great Scholars.

"Luckily, I have my current level of cultivation, otherwise I might never have found this ancient well."

The ancient well before him was invisible to the naked eye.

Even though Xu Qing searched across heaven and earth with his Divine Thought, he couldn't detect it.

But by carefully searching, he could sense the abnormal fluctuations in the spiritual energy here, thus finding the ancient well.

The reflection of the ancient well formed directly within the bronze mirror.

The appearance of this ancient well caused the bronze mirror to tremble, and ripples appeared on its surface.

Xu Qing hesitated slightly before leaping into the ancient well.

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Entering the ancient well felt like entering another world.

Before him lay a bright and illustrious Immortal Palace, magnificent and countless, with a floating grand lake, just like the legendary Immortal Palace Divine Realm.

With Xu Qing's current cultivation, he couldn't discern if the scene before him was real or illusory.

Glancing back, the ancient well he came through turned into a suspended great sun, shining in all directions.

"This place…" Xu Qing was slightly stunned, noting that the spiritual energy around him was denser than in the Black Water State of the Jiuli World; in an instant, countless spiritual energy surged into his Heavenly Demon Body.

Xu Qing felt as if he had been starved for years and was finally satiated.

The spiritual energy here was denser than Xu Qing had imagined.

But soon, Xu Qing discovered a problem.

His Heavenly Demon Body was being assimilated by the spiritual energy, as if he had entered an Alchemy Furnace, being dismantled.

The Mountain and River Map shimmered with five-colored light, blocking the surrounding spiritual energy, giving Xu Qing a chance to refine the absorbed spiritual energy.

The Five Elemental lights cycled around, continuously transforming this spiritual energy to nourish the Mountain and River Map.

"If not for the True Monarch of Heavenly Immortal who opened a Grotto Heaven, anyone entering this place would become its fertilizer." Xu Qing was secretly shocked.

This place seemed like an Immortal Realm, but it was actually inside the belly of a devourer.

This is also the Kunlun Immortal Realm recorded in ancient books, where ancient immortals and deities frequented.

But in this place filled with immortal aura, not a single flesh-and-blood creature was found; to be precise, there were no animals or insects, but countless exotic flowers and strange plants, and towering ancient trees.

"Why are there not even bugs here?" Xu Qing felt the eerie silence of the Immortal Realm, making his heart feel strange.

He leapt into the Immortal Palace, where the halls were lined with bright white marble-like material, seamless, as if sculpted from a single piece of jade.

The jade halls akin to those said in ancient books to be the residence of immortals, may well appear like this.

The grand hall was empty, with no signs of life, eerily quiet enough to make one's scalp tingle.

Eventually, Xu Qing's gaze fell upon a Xuanhuang Tripod.

That tripod?

In Xu Qing's Heavenly Demon Eye, the Xuanhuang Tripod was constantly emitting astonishing spiritual energy.

This seemed to be the source of the spiritual energy in this place.

Like the eye of an ocean.

"Who are you?" A Daoist Child with the appearance of a teenage girl appeared beside the Xuanhuang Tripod, dressed in a pristine white crane cloak, dignified and graceful yet exuding a cold sharpness.

Xu Qing didn't reply, as a massive hand suddenly appeared from nowhere, covering the sky.

Buddha Light Suddenly Appears!

This was something Xu Qing had learned from Shakyamuni.

After all, this place was quite mysterious, and it was better to leave offending others to Aralai!

Soon, the girl Daoist Child was trapped in the golden Buddha Light.

"Are you from the Western Sect?" The girl Daoist Child was terrified.

"Western Sect?" Xu Qing was somewhat surprised; wasn't this from the Investiture of the Gods? Could it be that this place has a connection with the Yu-Xu Palace from the Investiture of the Gods novel?

After all, it was a secret realm of Kunlun Mountain.

Xu Qing: "Having studied under the Western Buddha Shakyamuni, I have some ties to the Western Sect."

He casually replied, as the Devil's Sound echoed in the girl Daoist Child's mind.

But the crane cloak on the girl Daoist Child spread open, emitting a faint yellow aura that directly dispelled Xu Qing's Devil's Sound.

Xu Qing used the Heavenly Repairing Tribulation Hand to gradually break through and truly seize control over the girl Daoist Child.

"Daoist from the Western Sect, this is not a place for you to act recklessly. Let me go immediately."

"So, who are you, really?"

"I am the Crane Child under the Longevity Great Emperor."

"Longevity Great Emperor?" Xu Qing's heart stirred, as this was one of the Daoist lineages under Hao Tian, though ranked below Ziwei.

"Is this the Grotto Heaven of the Longevity Great Emperor?" Xu Qing slowly asked.

Seeing the murderous intent in Xu Qing's eyes, Crane Child was ultimately afraid of death and said, "This is one of the Great Emperor's mansions. I am tasked with guarding the Xuanhuang Tripod. If you have heard of the Great Emperor's name, you ought to retreat."

Xu Qing laughed carefreely, releasing her binds on Crane Child, who relaxed in expression.

She hadn't even had time to feel happy when, suddenly, a terrifying suction force appeared. At the next moment, they were amidst towering Wutong Trees, like heavenly pillars, with leaves aflame.

Her expression was filled with horror.

Before she could react, Xu Qing's shadow appeared before her.

"Daoist friend, let's have a good talk now."

After a round of friendly exchanges, Xu Qing finally understood the matters here.

This was the Longevity Cave Heaven of Kunlun Mountain, one of the Longevity Great Emperor's cave residences. The Xuanhuang Tripod inside can refine all sorts of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Materials, generating the Primordial Qi of Creation.

The Primordial Qi of Creation is the source of the spiritual energy in the Grotto Heaven.

If there is sufficient Primordial Qi of Creation, the spiritual energy in the Grotto Heaven can be unimaginably dense, allowing cultivation to progress ten or even a hundred times faster than outside.

However, during cultivation, the absorption of Primordial Qi of Creation also results in gradually forming a bond with the Xuanhuang Tripod, becoming its vassal.

Whoever controls the Xuanhuang Tripod can control its vassals through it.

In past times, these people would become Daoist Soldiers under the Longevity Great Emperor, waging wars in the Taixu Three Thousand Worlds.

But after the Longevity Great Emperor issued a talismanic decree, taking away all Daoist Soldiers from the Longevity Cave Heaven, Crane Child never saw new cultivating beings join the Cave Heaven.

And she had been trapped in the Longevity Cave Heaven all the while.

No one, including Crane Child herself, knew how many years had passed by now.

And in the Taixu Universe of the Ancient Era, the Four Imperial Daoi Lineages each dominated one side.

Ziwei was the first, Longevity was second.

Gouchen and Houtu remained quite mysterious, with few stories circulating about them.

Xu Qing was able to comprehend these things related to the Pure Yang Dao Sect.

Based on the information he gathered, after Ziwei fell attempting to break through to the Haotian Realm, the Longevity Great Emperor never appeared again; whether the lack of new Daoist Soldiers is related to the Longevity Great Emperor's disappearance or even demise is unknown.

And the Western Sect mentioned by Crane Child, Xu Qing also clarified, was actually the predecessor of the Bodhi Dao Sect.

The Sect Hierarch of Western Sect, Bodhi Daoist, was indeed the ancestor of the Bodhi Dao Sect.

From Crane Child, Xu Qing learned that the Book of Life and Death actually had two volumes, one governing life, held by the Longevity Great Emperor; the other governing death, which vanished along with Ziwei The Great.

On another front, the Book of Life and Death is also the Daoist Embryo of the Life and Death Dao of the Taixu Universe.

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