The Heavenly Feather Crown Prince and Jin Chongyun were both stunned. They had not expected this lake water to be so bone-chillingly cold. Fortunately, it was them. If it had been any other cultivator jumping into it, they would have instantly been frozen into an ice popsicle. But even for people like them, they were frozen as if pierced by golden needles.
Both were horrified. Given the chill of the lake water, Ye Chu thought that even a Heaven-Seizing Earth-Creating powerhouse would not be able to stay in it for long. They had only just been on the lake surface. If they went deep down to the lake bed, how terrifying would that be?
“This lake is strange. Lake water that can possess such chill must have something extraordinary about it.”
The Heavenly Feather Crown Prince did not bother with pleasantries. His brow flashed with divine light that swept out, brilliant and dazzling. The flying feather textures were as profound as an abyss, shaking out a terrifying spiral-shaped force that blasted towards the lake surface.
“Bang…”
Under the impact of this force, the lake surface was instantly smashed into a spiral-shaped whirlpool. The lake water shot out in all directions, raising surging waves.
The brilliant seven-coloured light in the lake became even more dazzling under the Heavenly Feather Crown Prince’s bombardment. This scene made Jin Chongyun also join in. His violent power was outrageously strong. He summoned a huge golden insect that shone with brilliant light. The golden insect charged towards the lake surface, then suddenly exploded with a massive blast. The surging, turbulent force pushed the lake water out in all directions with a world-destroying power. The lake surface instantly raised waves dozens of zhang high.
The tidal waters raged wildly. The Heavenly Feather Crown Prince was not to be outdone either. Various forces continuously gushed out, constantly bombarding the lake, forcibly cleaving the lake water open to reveal the lake bed below.
The item emitting seven-coloured light from the lake bed also flashed before the three people’s eyes for an instant.
Although that item only flashed by for an instant, their gazes were instantly drawn to it.
Below was a piece of purple metal, emitting seven-coloured light, not large in size. But its appearance was shocking, because its shape resembled a divine dragon, a divine dragon only the size of a small snake.
Because all three people saw that this piece of purple metal had sharp feet.
“Purple Dragon Emperor Gold!” The Heavenly Feather Crown Prince exclaimed in shock, his eyes full of amazement. He had seen this kind of thing in his family’s ancient texts. Back then, his ancestor the Supreme Being had used it to forge a Supreme Being weapon. So he recognised it at a glance. This was the legendary immortal material, Purple Dragon Emperor Gold.
Immortal material, this was the perfect material for forging peerless weapons. Adding even a little immortal material to a weapon could let its quality grow exponentially. And this was also the necessary material for forging a Supreme Being weapon. A Supreme Being weapon could only be forged with immortal material.
The Heavenly Feather Crown Prince and Jin Chongyun went even more mad. Terrifying attacks continuously slashed down. The strength of these two people naturally went without saying. Surpassing the Emperor level, their impacts sent the lake water into thousands of surging waves. They wanted to blast the Purple Dragon Emperor Gold out.
Under one wave of force after another, an empty space formed in the lake, revealing the jagged boulders of the lake bed. The Purple Dragon Emperor Gold, shaped like a dragon, was embedded within it.
The forces of the Heavenly Feather Crown Prince and Jin Chongyun blasted out simultaneously, striking the body of the Purple Dragon Emperor Gold. The boulder beneath it was instantly shattered to pieces, and the Purple Dragon Emperor Gold also shot out, flying up from the lake bed.
The Heavenly Feather Crown Prince and Jin Chongyun were overjoyed. Their figures explosively shot out, wanting to seize this peerless immortal material.
But before they could even approach the Purple Dragon Emperor Gold, both of their faces changed dramatically. Their figures rapidly retreated, landing at the lakeside, their gazes falling on the lake.
Before them, the earth suddenly cracked apart. A massive fissure appeared, splitting the lake in two. The lake water flowed into the fissure along with the earth’s splitting.
The earth shook continuously. As the shaking continued, more and more fissures appeared, like an earthquake. Spiderweb-like cracks spread across the entire mountain ridge, with massive boulders rolling down.
As the earth split apart, strange textures flashed one after another in the void, then disappeared completely without a trace. But the aura they brought made people’s hearts palpitate with fear.
Ye Chu and the Heavenly Feather Crown Prince and others frantically retreated, watching the mountains collapse and the earth split before them. The collapsing mountains and splitting earth made everything crumble. The mountain ridge that had previously been like a painted scroll now had massive boulders protruding and strange rocks standing everywhere, without a shred of beauty.
The heaven-collapsing earth-splitting lasted for an hour. The terrain was changed beyond recognition. When everything stabilised, the lake had disappeared. What appeared before the crowd was an ugly, jagged range of stone mountains.
The Purple Dragon Emperor Gold was right in the middle, resting on one of the strange rocks, emitting seven-coloured light.
These strange rocks seemed to stand chaotically in various places, but Ye Chu and the Heavenly Feather Crown Prince and others did not dare to underestimate them. The seemingly abrupt strange rock forest, but after looking at it for a long time, they discovered that everything was so natural. Most importantly, if you traced the curves outlined by these strange rocks, Ye Chu could discover that they could interweave the Dao and Dharma of heaven and earth.
Previously it had been as brilliant as starlight, but when you opened your eyes to look again, it was like sunset and moonrise. Continuing to watch, it was again like a divine dragon soaring through clouds and exhaling mist.
This unpredictable visual sensation gave Ye Chu an illusion in his heart, as if before him could materialise a whole world, with yin and yang in harmony, and the vitality of all things. All things of heaven and earth were presented here, extinguishing and rebirthing, continuously alternating and cycling.
The changes were infinite, with no fixed pattern of visual sensation. This made Ye Chu involuntarily think of a kind of naturally self-forming great formation that the old madman had spoken of.
“There are formations of heaven and earth that can gather the momentum of heaven and the qi of earth. They shape the rules of heaven and earth, able to recreate a whole world. Such formations accord with the principles of nature and obtain the Dharma of heaven and earth.”
What left the deepest impression on Ye Chu was the old madman saying that such formations could gather the momentum of heaven and the qi of earth. What kind of heaven-defying existence was this? The momentum of heaven, what kind of existence was that? If a cultivator could condense the momentum of heaven, then without question they would be a peerless powerhouse.
But before him, because of this piece of Purple Dragon Emperor Gold, a great formation that condensed the momentum of heaven and the qi of earth had actually formed. Before such a formation, who could take it away? Could a Heaven-Seizing Earth-Creating powerhouse do it?
The Heavenly Feather Crown Prince and the others naturally saw it with their insight too. Their expressions became extremely ugly. They had long heard that Purple Mountain was extraordinary, but who could have thought that even a formation that could condense the momentum of heaven and the qi of earth existed here.
Such a formation was enough to effortlessly trap a Heaven-Seizing Earth-Creating powerhouse to death. A cultivator who entered such a formation would certainly die without doubt.
The Heavenly Feather Crown Prince felt somewhat fortunate, thinking to himself that it was good he had not been so greedy. Otherwise, if he had not escaped this formation in time, the consequences would be unimaginable.
The Purple Dragon Emperor Gold was right before them, yet they were powerless to take it. This made the two people extremely frustrated.
“This Purple Dragon Mountain is rumoured to have had a divine spirit stop here. Could it be true?” The Heavenly Feather Crown Prince asked Jin Chongyun, “Or perhaps, there is a great formation laid down by a peerless powerhouse here. However, I have never heard of a peerless powerhouse at Purple Dragon Mountain. After all, this place is not suitable for long stays!”
Jin Chongyun shrugged and said, “How would I know if you ask me? This place is known as a ferocious land. Although it cannot compare to a forbidden land, it is also quite extraordinary. It has existed for many years, and the rumour about Purple Dragon Mountain is that it appeared out of nowhere in a single day. So everyone believes that a divine spirit once stopped here. After all, to establish such a peerless mountain, ordinary people simply could not do it.”
“It is not impossible to do. If a Supreme Being level powerhouse made a move, it could be done! It is just that this Purple Dragon Mountain has never had any legend of a Supreme Being. If it were a Supreme Being who made a move, it would be impossible for there not to be even a single clue.”