Chapter 144 The Void Breaks
At this time, the sky was dark and many stars shone.
The tall platform within the valley was made of mysterious jade, forming a wide space.
The old madman’s finger was like blade, making line after line, his expression very concentrated. Stone bits swirled in the air as complicated and densely packed profound Dao Glyphs were left behind, completely incomprehensible.
The bright moon hung high in the sky, the moonlight spilling over the ground. Only the sound of his carving could be heard here by the Domain Gate, all kinds of mysterious designs forming on the mysterious jade.
Ye Fan watched from the side, wanting to analyze them, but feeling a burst of dizziness whenever he tried. They were spatial marks that could easily cause people to become lost within them.
“Where does senior want to go?” asked Ye Fan. He felt that hastily following him was probably too dangerous.
BANG!
The platform shook and the mysterious jade lit up, the Dao Glyphs now complete. The old madman went and stood at the center of the platform.
Seeing him not responding, Ye Fan hesitated. Should he follow him or not?
“Senior, can I come with you?” he tried once. A peerless expert like him was like a living ancient scripture. If he could be guided by such a figure, his cultivation base would definitely advance by leaps and bounds.
However, at this time the old madman became crazy once more, laughing at one moment and crying the next, not replying to Ye Fan.
“Fuck it!” Ye Fan decided to follow. He was originally planning on leaving the Taixuan Sect due to how unsafe this place had become. If he was brought back to the Ji Family, the results would be terrible.
Ye Fan jumped onto the platform’s center, standing with the old madman.
At this time, the platform started to extract the energy. The Sources below lit up, the energy flowing like water towards the platform.
The transparent mysterious jade continuously flashed. The old madman’s Dao Glyphs seemed to come to life, continuously trembling, all becoming spiritual and shining brightly.
Space twisted and collapsed, before a black portal opened up. The Domain Gate had successfully opened, but he didn’t know just where it went.
The old madman whose mind was completely deranged raised his foot to step inside and Ye Fan followed closely behind. They appeared within silent nothingness, unable to sense anything except the eternal darkness.
The Domain Gate slowly closed, the platform beginning to retract the endless Source energy.
Suddenly, the old madman loudly shouted and grabbed his beard. The Immortal character on his head lit up brightly, flowing with a mysterious energy that wrapped him up.
This was a frightening energy. Even space became unstable, beginning to crack. Light started to flash within the eternal darkness.
The old madman raised his head, sinking into a sleep, quietly floating there motionlessly. His body was covered by threads that extended from his forehead’s Immortal character like a cocoon.
Ye Fan was startled by the old madman’s changes. Even space was shaking, and was on the verge of collapsing. Just as they were about to traverse the void, space became unstable. This was a huge catastrophe.
“Crap, why did this happen?!” Ye Fan’s face turned white. Something like this occurring during the traversal of the void was outside of his expectations, and at any moment their bodies might be torn apart and crushed.
Crack…
This was a failure, and cracks appeared in the space around them as if it were about to collapse.
Ye Fan began to crazily use the Dao Scripture’s mystical arts to control the Origin Qi. If space were to collapse, he didn’t have enough divine energy to resist and would definitely be crushed.
This was a very long and very worrying process. It was actually a kind of torment for Ye Fan as space didn’t immediately collapse.
In the end, a trace of Origin Qi finally surged out, becoming mist within his body with a heavy air.
“I can’t draw the Origin Qi out of my body…” Ye Fan grabbed the old madman who had been covered by the cocoon. Perhaps only this body had the power to resist space crushing them.
CRACK!
In the end, the eternal darkness had reached the limit it could support, and it exploded out!
Space shattered, and a noiseless extermination appeared.
Noiseless and formless, but completely destructive!
This annihilation energy could destroy everything! At this moment, the old madman’s powerful body revealed its might. The cocoon released strange lights that created a light cover around them, stabilizing the space within.
BANG, BANG!!!
The old madman and Ye Fan were both forced out of space, reappearing within the real world. They hadn’t even left the Taixuan Sect, only travelling a couple dozen kilometers. They landed within an empty mountain range.
Just at this moment, a deafening sound came from behind. Light soared and that mysterious jade platform shattered.
BOOM!
A powerful energy fluctuation and dazzling lights soared into the heavens. The entire sky of stars was dim compared to it. It was like ten bright suns had appeared there and were illuminating everything.
Ye Fan felt a burst of lingering fear. Traversing the void was too dangerous. Such a terrifying energy was capable of crushing his body many times over. Fortunately, he had landed here.
The cultivators of the 108 main peaks were all startled. Lights soared like ten volcanoes were erupting simultaneously where the Domain Gate was, causing everyone’s expression to change.
“This is… the Domain Gate was opened, space was broken through, but the traversal of the void failed!”
“Did an accident occur when one of my Taixuan Sect’s people were trying to traverse the void?”
Many Elders all soared up and gazed at where the Domain Gate was.
At the same time, the Head Elder and many ancestors were even more astonished. This ocean-like amount of energy fluctuations made even them feel a sense of uneasiness.
“Who tried to open the Domain Gate?” asked a Grand Elder.
“Space collapsed. If there was someone inside, I’m afraid their ending was not so good.” Another Grand Elder revealed a bewildered expression.
Ye Fan’s heart shook from dozens of kilometers away. He inwardly rejoiced that he had managed to escape this calamity.
Without the Origin Qi or the old Madman’s cocoon, I would probably have died. He slowly calmed down.
At this time, he was on a mountain ridge and the old madman’s body was still wrapped by the cocoon, asleep and motionless.
“Such a peerless figure truly can’t be seen through. Even space collapsing was unable to do anything to him!”
In reality, the reason why space had collapsed was also all because of the old madman.
Ye Fan didn’t dare to stop here. Supporting the old madman, he rushed back to Zhuo Peak, running within the mountain forests rather than flying.
The Taixuan Sect was thrown into a mess. Many powerful experts from the 108 main peaks rushed to where the Domain Gate was, and there was no one paying attention to Zhuo Peak.
Ye Fan brought him to Zhuo Peak and settled him in his own personal broken temple hall where he lived.
Li Ruoyu wordlessly appeared. “Does what happened just now have anything to do with you?” His spiritual perception was exceptionally sharp, and he had managed to sense an abnormality.
“It doesn’t have anything to do with ME…” Ye Fan pointed to the old madman.
When Li Ruoyu used his divine sense to examine him, his Dao-heart immediately became unstable, his body feeling like it might be torn apart. His natural Grand Dao was unable to go forward. That cocoon was like a devil fetus, causing his heart to pound.
“This is…” he gasped, retreated several steps.
Ye Fan didn’t try keeping it secret, directly telling Li Ruoyu the old madman’s identity and succinctly telling him what had happened.
“He failed to achieve Immortality, becoming a mad devil. A peerless expert from six thousand years ago…” Li Ruoyu was very emotionally moved, unable to maintain his calm.
Any person who received this information would be shocked. The old madman had experienced countless eras, basically a living ancient scripture.
“I don’t even know whether having such a figure appear on my Zhuo Peak is a good thing or not for the Taixuan Sect…” Li Ruoyu frowned.
At this moment, the Taixuan Head Elder as well as a couple ancestors were all focused on the shattered mysterious jade platform. They were silent for a long time, completely filled with shock.
“These Dao Glyphs are far too profound and extremely difficult to understand. Even the Sacred Lands’ Domain Gates might not be like this.”
“What sort of person could carve them?”
At this time, the Elders who had been guarding this place awoke, quickly recounting what had happened.
“What? It’s definitely him!” The Taixuan Head Elder as well as those ancestors all revealed shocked expressions.
Not long after, they all appeared on Zhuo Peak. Li Ruoyu had asked them here. The old madman’s appearance here was too great of an affair, and could not be kept hidden.
However, Li Ruoyu didn’t bring up Ye Fan, only saying that the old madman had fallen from space here atop Zhuo Peak.
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In the following few days, everything calmed down. Taixuan Sect sealed off this information, not letting it pass out.
Taixuan Sect’s Head Elder and ancestors all treated the old madman as a sacred figure, ordering specialists to guard him, afraid he might be alarmed by others.
The old madman was in a strange state. Wrapped around by the cocoon, strange energy circulated around him. An ancestor tried to probe him, but the result was that he spat out a mouthful of blood.
“Have you noticed that something weird has appeared on Zhuo Peak? There definitely must be some mystery…” Ji Ziyue quietly said to Ye Fan.
He said nothing in response. He had been warned by Li Ruoyu not to leak the news, otherwise he might be implicated.
“I hope the old madman wakes up soon. I don’t want anything unexpected to occur…” Ye Fan could only secretly pray.
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In the following few days, there were no waves and it was very quiet.
The Current Zhuo Peak had currently risen and received many outstanding disciples, no longer a bleak main peak.
Each day, the other peaks would send disciples to visit. Ye Fan got to know many young disciples. Ji Ziyue was even more crowded by people than him.
Today, the Star Peak’s people came, actually inviting Ji Ziyue and Ye Fan over. Ye Fan immediately frowned when he heard this, but Ji Ziyue laughed sweetly, not at all afraid of any trouble from them.
At the same time, Ji Ziyue mysteriously said to Ye Fan, “My grandpa has arrived.”
Ye Fan involuntarily blurted out, “That old guy who won’t die has come back?”
“Watch your mouth!” Ji Ziyue glared at him.
“My bad. Is he thinking of bringing you back?” Ye Fan asked, embarrassed.
“No. The fact that the old madman has appeared on Zhuo Peak is something the Taixuan Sect thought they could keep secret, but my family and the Flickering Light Sacred Land have already learned of it. A couple great figures are hurriedly coming here, and there will definitely some amazing things happening here.”
Ye Fan was very guilty that he couldn’t tell Ji Ziyue any of this, but she actually told him everything she knew about this.
In the distance, a golden war chariot rolled over the sky, rumbling over. The war chariot was covered with blade scars and arrow holes, emitting an extremely ancient air.