Heavenly Desolation Sacred Land, within the Collection Pavilion!
The Collection Pavilion is the place where the Heavenly Desolation Sacred Land stores its books, containing the ancient scrolls passed down through generations.
At this moment, Zhuge Qingfeng, the Eighth Elder of the Heavenly Desolation Sacred Land, is searching for something within this pavilion.
One scroll after another lines up in a long queue, each scroll seemingly equipped with invisible wings, continuously flying toward Zhuge Qingfeng, then floating past him before returning to the shelf.
And every scroll that flies past Zhuge Qingfeng is scanned with his Soul Power, imprinting the contents of the scroll into his mind.
As the Soul Power scans each scroll, Zhuge Qingfeng's brow furrows deeper and he slowly shakes his head, looking somewhat disappointed.
Judging by his current appearance, Zhuge Qingfeng should be looking for something, but it seems he has not found what he desires yet.
"According to Supreme Elder Leng Yi, he once saw that record about the Sacred Ancestor and the Nine Nether Technique, unexpectedly spotted in an ancient scroll within this pavilion, yet where is it now," Zhuge Qingfeng muttered softly to himself.
"Supreme Elder Leng Yi said it has been a century since he saw that ancient scroll in the Collection Pavilion!
A century, alas, it's been a century. In such a long time, so many changes can occur."
Since he stepped into the Collection Pavilion, Zhuge Qingfeng started searching, time slowly passing, with only a small portion left unscanned.
However, the fewer the scrolls left, the more uncertain Zhuge Qingfeng feels.
"Hmm?" Just at that moment, when an unusually tattered ancient beast skin scroll flies past him, Zhuge Qingfeng's expression immediately shifts, grabbing the scroll that seems to have experienced countless years!
This scroll was recorded by a predecessor of the Heavenly Desolation Sacred Land, documenting some events of his era.
His gaze sweeps over the words on the scroll, ultimately settling on a few simple lines of ancient text:
The Heavenly Desolation Divine Skill was once called Nine Nether Technique by the Sacred Ancestor.
Now, my Heavenly Desolation Sacred Land's fifty-third Sacred Lord Leng Yii has renamed it to Nine Nether Demon Skill!
Upon reading that statement, Zhuge Qingfeng's expression shifts alarmingly: "Heavenly Desolation Divine Skill was indeed once called Nine Nether Demon Skill!"
"Could it be that the ancient scroll Supreme Elder Leng Yi saw a century ago is this ancient scroll?" Zhuge Qingfeng secretly asked, closely examining the scroll in his hand.
But at this time, Zhuge Qingfeng feels somewhat disappointed, as apart from these few lines of ancient text, the other records are not what he anticipated.
Only these few lines of content have no use to Zhuge Qingfeng.
At this time, Zhuge Qingfeng's right hand slowly releases, allowing the tattered beast skin ancient scroll to fly away.
By then, Zhuge Qingfeng no longer holds much hope, as the era of Sacred Ancestor Leng Aoyue is simply too far in the past.
So far that information about that period has been erased by the river of history.
Scrolls continue to fly past Zhuge Qingfeng within the Collection Pavilion, and just as he's about to leave the pavilion, his charmingly handsome face changes again.
At this moment, Zhuge Qingfeng's pale, slender fingers suddenly reach out, grabbing a beast bone imbued with an ancient, desolate aura tightly in his hand. "The hand notes of Great Protector E Yin under the Sacred Ancestor!"
"E Yin!" These two characters are familiar to every disciple of the Heavenly Desolation Sacred Land; this ancient protector was rumored to be a very powerful entity in ancient times.
He followed the Sacred Ancestor through countless battles, establishing illustrious achievements for the Sacred Ancestor!
Earlier in the Collection Pavilion, Zhuge Qingfeng spotted many records of Great Protector E Yin from ancient times.
"Unexpectedly, it's the hand notes left by Great Protector E Yin!" Zhuge Qingfeng muttered to himself, and all the records within the hand notes have already been imprinted in Zhuge Qingfeng's mind.
The notes mention that the Sacred Ancestor once told the protector he came to the Wilderness Continent from the Divine Battle Continent, but his true homeland was a place called Tianheng Continent.
The Sacred Ancestor once apprenticed under Tianheng Continent's strongest, Emperor Nine Nether!
The Cultivation Technique practiced by the Sacred Ancestor, the Netherworld Skill, was passed down by Emperor Nine Nether...
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"Tianheng Continent! The Sacred Ancestor really comes from Tianheng Continent!" At this moment, Zhuge Qingfeng's face shows even greater surprise.
He had heard from the Nine Nether Demon Lord that Heavenly Desolation Sacred Ancestor Leng Aoyue comes from Tianheng Continent! Unexpectedly, it turned out to be true.
He then recalls those words, "Leng Aoyue is my disciple!"
"Could...could this be true?"
"Nine Nether Demon Lord! Emperor Nine Nether! The Nine Nether Demon Lord Shi Feng mentioned in Great Protector E Yin's hand notes is Emperor Nine Nether, Netherworld! Could he truly be the master of the Sacred Ancestor Leng Aoyue?
But...but...he looks as though he's merely eighteen or nineteen years old!
Then again, not necessarily! As the master of the Sacred Ancestor, he must be an unfathomable and terrifying existence! If he uses means to conceal his true age and preserve his appearance, how could we possibly discern it with our meager abilities?
But...if this is true, isn't he our Heavenly Desolation Sacred Land's true Sacred Ancestor?"
Zhuge Qingfeng murmurs these thoughts, growing increasingly amazed as he ponders them, his heart already stirred by waves of thousands!
...
Heavenly Desolation Sacred Land, atop a broken cliff, shrouded in clouds and mist.
At this moment, the cliff holds two figures standing proudly, obscured within the clouds.
"Xuan, have you truly completely forgotten about me?" The two figures on the cliff, a man and a woman, are none other than the old man Luan Wu and the beautiful woman.
When the old man says these words to the beautiful woman, his wrinkled face looks somewhat sorrowful.
Today, the beautiful woman appears dignified and graceful, no longer the anxious figure from when powerful beings arrived. Upon hearing the old man's words, she replies, "I'm sorry, I truly have no recollection of knowing you."
She is a lofty Nine-star Demigod Realm expert, and the reason she accepted this old man's invitation is purely due to the Nine Nether Demon Lord.
"Xuan..." the old man softly chants the name, suddenly mocking himself, "That's right, back then, you were the Heavenly Pride Girl everyone looked up to, how could you possibly remember me.
Back then, we hardly met, had few interactions, how could you remember me, an ordinary disciple! Haha, hahahaha!"
As he spoke these final words, mocking laughter resonated across the vast heavens and earth.
Hearing his self-mocking laugh, the beautiful woman's brow slightly furrowed.