Behind the statue was a colossal stele, suppressing Hangu City with overwhelming power. It was wreathed in celestial light and densely covered with inscriptions, all divine traces of the Great Dao.
The imperial edict stated that this was erected by the sage Yin Xi himself to pacify this place.
Half an hour later, the great demon Xuan Chi led Lin Yi through the city. The huge west gate was opened, and a dazzling starry sky appeared in front of them.
Although Lin Yi had already prepared himself mentally, he was still deeply shocked.
It was all too fantastical. Behind me was a solid land and an ancient city, while ahead lay a vast starry sky.
The stars shone brightly, dazzling and boundless, like a beautiful painting.
The stars seemed within reach, the Milky Way flowed, and streams of starlight fell down, peaceful and holy.
The great demon Xuan Chi pointed his hand, and a five-colored altar appeared not far away. It was several meters in diameter and not very large. The stone body shimmered with various colors of crystal luster.
The light shimmered, forming a Bagua diagram. The various symbols flickered and changed in a complex sequence multiple times before finally lighting up simultaneously, emitting a dazzling light.
Then, a Taiji diagram appeared in the center of the Bagua diagram, with two Yin-Yang fish embracing each other.
Space was distorted, light was hazy, and the eight trigrams corresponding to Qian, Kun, Xun, Dui, Gen, Zhen, Li, and Kan emitted light one after another, like a mysterious and ancient code shining.
The two yin-yang fish in the Tai Chi diagram are like two strange doors, constantly trembling, slowly opening a crack, as if connecting to the distant and unknown starry sky.
"This is an ancient road through the stars, where sages and saints of the past departed one after another. I do not know what lies ahead. The road ahead is uncertain, so please be careful."
Xuan Chi gave his final admonition.
Lin Yi stepped onto the five-colored altar and said, "Thank you, Demon Lord!"
"brush!"
With a flash of light, the Tai Chi Bagua diagram on the five-colored altar shone with an eternal radiance. The Bagua symbols on it, as if cast in metal, resonated in unison, and then flashed hundreds of times before opening up the path ahead.
Then, the entire altar dimmed in an instant.
Lin Yi has disappeared.
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In the darkness, Lin Yi was enveloped in a chaotic aura, as if he had fallen into eternal slumber.
On this ancient road under the stars, the passage of time is chaotic. Sometimes it is so long that it drives people crazy, as if it has stopped. Other times it feels incredibly fast, as if thousands of years have passed in a flash.
It was an incredibly silent journey, without a sound, except for the occasional flash of light, as brilliant as fireworks.
I don't know how much time passed, but the stars ahead were dazzling, and I arrived at the end of this star path, which made the darkness and nothingness seem a little fuller and more colorful.
A violent tremor shook the space, the ancient road became mottled, and various colors flickered. Lin Yi fell out of the void. This was his twenty-second teleportation since leaving Earth.
Along the way, the planets we passed were sometimes desolate, sometimes thriving, many of them teeming with life, and some even giving rise to civilizations.
Lin Yi used a secret method taught by Xuan Chi to search for the Five-Colored Altar, and often engaged in great battles with the beings occupying the altar.
The most dangerous time was when the opponent activated a forbidden artifact refined by a seventh-order saint, almost destroying the five-colored altar!
Within the chaotic mass of energy, Lin Yi opened his eyes and looked around.
This is a desolate star, lifeless and devoid of any vitality.
He looked up at the sky and saw seven bright stars. He murmured, "The Big Dipper Starfield, the Burial Emperor Star, are we finally arriving?"
Using a secret technique, Lin Yi quickly located the ancient magic array guarding the teleportation platform.
However, the array on this planet was destroyed, and the five-colored altar disappeared.
Lin Yi activated the Dao Seal, and the threads of cause and effect extended into the sky. Using his Dharma Eye, he saw a continent suspended in the air. It resembled a high and mighty divine realm, overlooking everything on earth.
On the floating continent lives a creature resembling a pterosaur, several meters long, capable of spitting out a dazzling blade of light.
The five-colored altar was located in the nest of a nine-colored pterosaur. This pterosaur was enormous, like a small mountain, and its aura surged like the raging waves of the sea, making it extremely powerful.
Lin Yi manifested his Dao body and appeared in front of the Nine-Colored Winged Dragon.
"Humans came here for this altar?"
The nine-colored winged dragon used its divine sense to transmit a message, its eyes fixed on Lin Yi, while a five-colored altar floated in one of its claws, flowing with five-colored light.
“That’s good. I would appreciate your assistance. Alternatively, we could cooperate and leave this star together,” Lin Yi said using his divine sense.
"Do you know how to open this altar?" the nine-colored winged dragon asked.
"Of course I know." Lin Yi observed the altar and found that it was not damaged, so he was immediately relieved.
"In that case, stay!"
The nine-colored winged dragon spoke coldly, then opened its mouth and spat out a round bead that exploded. The dazzling light illuminated the ancient star below, and a powerful energy wave spread out, transforming into an unparalleled sword aura that slashed towards Lin Yi.
Lin Yi's Dao body vanished instantly, and his true form descended upon the suspended continent.
"Buzz!"
The sound of flapping wings resounded through the sky as tens of thousands of pterosaurs swooped down towards Lin Yi, their breaths emitting blades of light that converged into a torrent.
"Hmph, do you think ants can kill an elephant?"
Lin Yi sneered and summoned the Gate of the Void. One after another, dark and deep spatial vortexes appeared, instantly swallowing the flying pterosaurs, and then expanding in all directions, devouring the sky and the earth.
In order to attract more attention from the Nine-Colored Winged Dragon and create an opportunity for himself to seize the Five-Colored Altar, Lin Yi not only sent out his Dao Body, the Golden Divine Ox, the Black Violent Ape, and the Yellow-Faced Daoist, but also released the Dragon Horse that had been suppressed under the Ancestral God Mountain.