All Heavenly destiny reduced to ashes
Chapter 1000 - 265: Encountering such a major event, it’s truly worth dying for! (8400)_4

Chapter 1000: Chapter 265: Encountering such a major event, it’s truly worth dying for! (8400)_4

However, only the river course has changed; the water flow and source remain unchanged.

With a deeper understanding of cause and effect and Heaven’s Will, An Jing continued to wait for Ye Yunsheng’s report.

He had already passed the metallic hall where An Jing once rested and began to advance towards the lower regions that An Jing had never explored.

[The deeper I go, the hotter it gets. Is this leading to an underground thermal river? Is it magma or a Spirit Vein? It’s hard to tell for now. I must wear protective gear.]

[Currently, based on the surface level as the baseline, I am 729 meters underground and have entered a complex tunnel system with many forks. Please advise on the exploration direction!]

"Activate the Treasure Mirror."

An Jing gave the order, and Xiyi Heavenly Monarch also operated a theory to remotely use Ye Yunsheng as a point to survey the tunnel map.

Soon, a map of the caves within a 200-zhang radius appeared in the Treasure Mirror. Ye Yunsheng breathed a sigh of relief, looked at the map, and identified the path downward: [Continue the mission!]

The further down he went, the higher the temperature became. However, correspondingly, the Spirit Qi grew more intense and purer, comparable to the depths of the Ancient Immortal Ruins.

Upon noticing this, Ye Yunsheng understood that his task might be completed for the first time. He excitedly reported: [At 1,200 meters underground, the Spirit Qi purity and concentration meet the standards of a ’Superior Spirit Land’! Cultivating Flame or Water Element cultivation techniques here would definitely yield twice the results with half the effort!]

[Should I continue exploring?]

"Continue."

An Jing said, "This might just be a Spirit Qi accumulation point; the source is likely further down. Find it."

"Don’t worry. The protective gear you’re wearing is special; it contains a Teleportation Talisman which can transport you back to the surface at any time."

In truth, there was no Teleportation Talisman, but with Elder Xiyi personally overseeing, unless there was a super disaster like a Void Aberration, even if another Heavenly Lord intervened, Xiyi was confident in keeping him safe.

Moreover, it must be said that An Jing’s choice not to explore downward back then was the right one.

Because the underground tunnels occasionally spew out high-temperature, high-pressure steam, which isn’t much of a threat to Ye Yunsheng, donned in protective gear as a Foundation Establishment Cultivator, but for An Jing, who had just begun Inner Breath like Tide at that time, it would have been impossible to pass safely without the protection of Heaven’s Will.

Back then, the Heavenly Origin Heavenly Dao hadn’t paid much attention to An Jing, so there naturally wasn’t any protection from Heaven’s Will.

With the instructions received, Ye Yunsheng continued to explore downward.

It took about half a day, during which Ye Yunsheng discovered four Spirit Qi reservoirs meeting the ’Superior Spirit Land’ criteria, and even found an ’Exceptional Spirit Land’, a rare cultivation site even within Luofu Cave Heaven — it was an underground thermal lake. The lake water had no life but was beginning to condense into Boiling Flame Essence, a Spirit Water possessing both water and fire attributes, making it ideal for Alchemy, one of the various ’Water in Fire’ in the Dan Scripture.

However, beyond this point, there were no further tunnels leading downwards.

Unless...

[Boss, do we really need to dive to the bottom of the hot spring?]

Even Ye Yunsheng felt a little apprehensive at this moment: [Cave diving is truly dangerous, especially in a hot spring that’s already beginning to nurture Spirit Water... shouldn’t we prepare more equipment before proceeding?]

Under normal circumstances, An Jing would definitely agree to Ye Yunsheng’s request, but now, with only a few days left before the Four Cities Competition, An Jing was certain that the secrets at the bottom of this Initial Cave would greatly aid his upcoming actions.

"Don’t worry. Just continue exploring and leave the safety concerns to us."

So, he directly used the Treasure Mirror to bestow Ye Yunsheng with the ’Returning Flame Soil’ Divine Intention, while Elder Xiyi also bestowed protection.

In an instant, Ye Yunsheng felt his power rising continuously, and the protective gear that was already quite robust became even more reliable.

— So, An Xuan’s backing is this powerful? Granting a Spiritual Method from afar, this is definitely something extraordinary!

Ye Yunsheng wasn’t a fool; since An Xuan could empower him from afar, he could surely control him from afar too. If he forcefully refused, something unpleasant might happen. For the sake of mutual dignity, it was best to obediently continue exploring.

Fully prepared, Ye Yunsheng took a deep breath and submerged into the hot spring.

This was a deep, silent hot spring, devoid of anything except the occasional high-temperature water flow.

This was definitely not a normal hot spring, because normal hot springs would contain many subterranean sulfur and toxins, lots of metal substances precipitating from rocks and bubbles, chaotic eddies, and even some unusual spiritual life forms.

But here, there was nothing.

Clean, too clean... to the point of...

Man-made.

The numbers shown on the Treasure Mirror grew larger — 3,000 meters, 3,100 meters, 3,300 meters underwater... The water pressure was considerable, challenging even for a Foundation Establishment Cultivator, yet the powerful Spiritual Light of the protective gear kept Ye Yunsheng feeling no discomfort.

But he noticed one value that kept fluctuating.

That was...

Void Stability.

[Headquarters...]

His heart suddenly began to race. Ye Yunsheng took a deep breath, realizing he might have truly found the target: [The Void Stability is decreasing. I guess the target might be at the bottom of the hot spring, but if I continue diving...]

"I told you, you don’t have to worry."

An Jing also exhaled, focusing his spirit, knowing his intuition was right.