I Only Marry Widows-Chapter 348 - 57: Is the Real Yi Wushuang Already Dead?
If he doesn’t take the risk and continues to wait, time will become more and more pressing...
"The day Yi Hongchen refines the Thirteen States, turning heaven and earth into a map, is not far away."
Lu Chengfeng’s sense of urgency is unknown to anyone, "There’s only a little left to fully refine Chu Xiangtian’s gift, it should take no more than seven days."
"Once it’s fully refined, I will obtain the Divine Power Atlas of the North Nether Abyss, and my strength will surely undergo a qualitative change."
"In seven days, leave Lingxiao Mountain and ambush Zhang Zhijing." 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢
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After Lu Chengfeng made up his mind, he completely cleared away all distractions.
"I can only put off studying the Tao Scripture for now. In these seven days, I must give my all to fully digest Chu Xiangtian’s gift."
In Hidden Dragon Cave Heaven.
His true form was seated atop Yellow Dragon Peak, a golden flame fiercely burning between his eyebrows, vaguely a deep abyss could be seen fluctuating within.
"It’s soon, it’s soon!"
In Lu Chengfeng’s sea of consciousness, the Golden Flame Primordial Spirit burned fiercely like the Great Sun, emitting a brilliant light.
The gift from Chu Xiangtian was originally immense in the sea of consciousness, but as days went by and it was continuously refined, now that North Nether Abyss had become smaller and smaller, looking like an ink-black inkstone, or a scroll painting.
As the Divine Power Atlas continued to shrink, it was gradually drawn by the Golden Flame Primordial Spirit into its center.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Lu Chengfeng felt as though he was moving a mountain, needing immense effort and focus to move even a fraction of the North Nether Abyss.
Time was slowly passing by...
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"Lingxi, I can’t leave for a while, it’ll take more than a month before I can initially take this Immortal Soldier."
Chu Tiange, dressed in a broad Taoist robe, sat cross-legged on the top floor of a tall tower, in front of him a golden tripod floated, small as a fist, yet it exuded a presence that seemed to suppress the universe and dominate the heavens.
Within the tripod, gray, white, red, blue, and purple clouds swirled, then condensed into drops of golden liquid, falling into the tripod.
"With this Qianyuan Golden Tripod, I’ll have enough confidence to suppress Yi Mingshu, and crushing Yi Wushuang will be like squashing an ant."
"If I leave now, everything done before will be for naught."
"You must protect Mother at all costs until I return."
As he spoke, his tone was full of confidence and dominance, completely different from his previous carefree demeanor, as light as wind in a forest, snow on pines.
Buzz!
The azure light shattered, and the figure in the mirror disappeared.
Qi Lingxi slightly furrowed her brows, "Qianyuan Golden Tripod, Great Chu Ancestor... is he Chu Xiangtian reincarnated?"
She knew far more secrets than anyone else, Chu Tiange thought he could hide from her, but in fact, his so-called secrets were all exposed under the Lingxi Mirror.
"Though it was just a fleeting glimpse, if I’m not mistaken, what’s inside the Qianyuan Golden Tripod seems to be destiny?"
"Back then, the Great Chu Ancestor gathered the world’s destiny in the Golden Tripod, claiming that consuming a cup of golden liquid would lead to instant immortality."
"Could this be his contingency plan?"
Qi Lingxi pondered silently, the golden tripod she saw just now offering her a glimpse into Chu Tiange’s true nature.
After a brief silence, she turned her attention back to the mirror surface.
"It’s time to take a closer look at that Yi Wushuang. Suddenly causing such a stir in the sect, there must be something strange."
Thinking of this, the Lingxi Mirror immediately emitted a hazy azure light.
In Brocade Palace, completely immersed in cultivation, Lu Chengfeng didn’t notice an invisible and formless mirror light descending from the sky, as if the heavens had opened an eye, watching the mortal world.
On the mirror surface, the entire scene of Brocade Palace was clearly reflected.
Qi Lingxi slowly locked onto ’Yi Wushuang’s’ figure, and then the mirror light flowed, probing into his body.
This probing was extremely mysterious, like a mere reflection in a mirror, completely undetected.
Gradually, everything inside ’Yi Wushuang’s’ body was exposed on the mirror surface...
Especially the chains, finer than strands of hair, interweaving among his blood, marrow, and internal organs, clearly reflected on the Lingxi Mirror.
"What is this?!"
Her pupils contracted, "An Immortal Object?"
The Lingxi Mirror traced along the chains, finally reaching deep within ’Yi Wushuang’s’ Spirit Platform.
Then, she saw the North Nether Abyss.
"This... how is it possible?"
For the first time, Qi Lingxi’s face bore an expression of shock and uncertainty; she had also seen the North Nether Abyss in Chu Tiange’s Spirit Platform sea of consciousness through this mirror.
"Divine Power Atlas, and it’s the exact same Divine Power Atlas?"
"How could this be possible?"
"Could Yi Wushuang also be a reincarnated Immortal?"
"No, something is suspicious about this," she quickly dismissed this thought, "from what I know, divine powers are unique, the Dharma Form is unique, once someone uses a divine power to attain the Immortal Path, no one else can achieve the same divine power, at most they comprehend a similar Taoist Skill."
"No, there must be something suspicious here."
Her expression changed rapidly, feeling she might have touched upon a monumental secret.
"It’s impossible for two reincarnated immortals to have the same divine power; one of them must be a fraud."
"A fake reincarnated Immortal? Why is that?"
Qi Lingxi hesitated whether to continue probing with the Lingxi Mirror, as probing deeper into the Divine Power Atlas might get detected.
"Although the Lingxi Mirror is mysterious and unparalleled, my own cultivation is still not enough, unable to investigate the Divine Power Atlas without leaving a trace."
"A slight misstep will surely be detected."
"Should I continue?"
She watched the North Nether Abyss within ’Yi Wushuang’s’ Spirit Platform sea of consciousness, its all-encompassing, devouring aura eerily identical to Chu Tiange’s sea of consciousness,
"Never mind, even if I’m discovered, I must test it."
Qi Lingxi took a deep breath, then activated one hundred and thirty-eight talisman seals into the mirror, pushing the ancient mirror to its limits, unleashing a dazzling azure light, like a rising azure moon.
Then, an unseen mirror light silently fell into the North Nether Abyss.
As the mirror light flowed, everything deep within the North Nether Abyss appeared on the mirror surface.
Qi Lingxi carefully observed, everything inside this North Nether Abyss was identical to what she saw in Chu Tiange’s Spirit Platform sea of consciousness, without a trace of difference.
However, as the mirror light gradually descended, reaching the bottom, everything finally began to differ.
There floated a bead, thumb-sized, surrounded by five-colored luminous clouds, deep within the North Nether Abyss.
Those wisps of five-colored luminous clouds connected the North Nether Abyss to ’Yi Wushuang’s’ body, like a dense spider web, deep within his internal organs and bones.
The moment the mirror light glimpsed the bead.
Swoosh!
A five-colored luminous cloud descended, obliterating the unseen mirror light that fell upon the North Nether Abyss.
Instinctively understanding a grave misstep had been made, the unseen mirror light was instantly shattered by the five-colored luminous cloud, the ancient mirror’s glow immediately dimmed, falling straight down into her arms and onto her chest.
The mirror sinked into her chest, and her face first became pale as though momentarily drained of life. Then abruptly, she was jerked back to her senses, alarmed, feeling a powerful surge within her Primordial Spirit. She closed her eyes once more, trembling as she tried to discern what had just happened.
She didn’t have much time. With every heartbeat, she felt the weight of a thousand mountains crushing her. Something otherworldly coursed through her veins, illuminating her from the inside with its overwhelming presence.
Her mind raced as she pieced together what little she had seen, the nature of the five-colored bead eluding her comprehension. The intersections of the chains, the dark abyss, and the almighty aura that had so swiftly silenced her vision were all part of a larger puzzle, one she couldn’t yet see clearly.
"I must unravel this mystery," she muttered, her determination crystallizing into resolve. As she opened her eyes, exhaling shakily, her resolve solidified like the glowing brilliant light she had glimpsed within the Lingxi Mirror.
