Chapter 63: The Fall of the Boundary Diagram

  It was indeed a place they had been to before. Gu Yong and his five companions skillfully removed the numerous restrictions along the way, charging through the mountains of knives and seas of fire, thunderstorms and snowstorms. Along the way, they passed by countless magnificent palaces and pavilions, witnessing the originally luxurious but now shattered and ruined decorations and objects. Finally, the group arrived at the core of this palace, the Three Yang Palace.

  The San Yang Palace is about a hundred feet long and wide, with a height of nearly fifty zhang. From bottom to top, it is divided into three layers, with the entire structure built from crimson jade stone. The eaves are covered in layer upon layer of dragon-scale-shaped red tiles, while under the eaves hang wind chimes as large as human heads, their deep and muffled tones sounding like a magical incantation that makes one's internal organs feel hot and flushed.

  Still hundreds of feet away from the Three Yang Palace, people could already feel waves of hot air steaming over, and in just a short while, even Awu Xue, who had the strongest cultivation, was drenched in sweat, her clothes soaked with perspiration. Only Lin Xiao was like a fish in water, and when the hot air steamed him, he was invigorated, and involuntarily began to absorb the external fire-attribute spiritual energy.

  The heat here seemed to emanate directly from the human body, with every cell wrapped in a hot wave. The heat was doing its best to evaporate every drop of water inside them. This strange heat completely ignored the differences in everyone's cultivation level, treating each person equally and making them sweat like rain, except for Lin Xiao, who had a body of water and fire. The heat that seemed to emanate directly from his body merged into the golden elixir in his dantian, which was rapidly rotating and frantically absorbing it, transforming it into Lin Xiao's cultivation.

  Even Lin Xiao had omitted the effort of operating his cultivation to absorb this heat, which was frantically drilling into his body and then frantically emerging from it, forcing his Golden Elixir to work hard to absorb and refine.

  In just a short while, Lin Xiao felt his dantian full of energy, and he couldn't help but let out a loud roar towards the sky, like a wild cow that had eaten its fill. The sound was like thunder, shaking the heavens and startling Gu Yong and the others, who hastily flew out various magical treasures to protect themselves.

  Ao Xue's body emitted a large patch of blood light, which enveloped Lin Xiao's body. At the same time, she flew in front of Lin Xiao to block him. Shen Xiaobai released seven-colored Buddhist light from her hands, but before it could protect herself, it had already enveloped Lin Xiao's entire body. The Buddhist light and blood light collided, Ao Xue sat down on the ground with a thud, while Shen Xiaobai was sent flying over a hundred feet away with a loud "ah".

  Lin Xiao rolled his eyes, stood with his hands behind his back and remained silent. He had just let out a loud shout, which even startled himself, and almost lost control of his true yuan.

  He finally felt the true yuan easily returning to its original state, and in his dantian, an extremely swollen feeling surged up again. Lin Xiao could only hold his breath, desperately circulating the golden elixir, continuously absorbing the surging true yuan in his dantian into the golden elixir, nourishing it bit by bit. This caused the elixir body to become even more dazzling and bright, its size slowly expanding.

  Gu Weng and his group were so refined and experienced that they could see the abnormal changes in Lin Xiao's body at a glance.

  Qing raised an eyebrow and burst out laughing: "A pure fire-type physique, these three Yang Palaces are indeed the best place for Lin Xiao's friend to cultivate! The concentration of fire-attribute spiritual energy outside the Three Yang Palaces is even more intense than it was in the cultivation world ten thousand years ago! A pure fire-type physique can absorb fire-attribute spiritual energy without any hindrance, what a great fortune!"

  Qingyichao and the old man laughed, waved his sleeve, and released a burst of red light to protect himself. He sat cross-legged ten feet away from Lin Xiao's side, closed his eyes, and began to adjust his breath to protect Lin Xiao. The old men nodded and smiled, releasing their own treasure lights to surround themselves, forming a circle around Lin Xiao as they became his protective cultivators.

  Ao Xue and Shen Xiao Bai glared at each other fiercely, Ao Xue waved her fist, and Shen Xiao Bai, unwilling to show weakness, made a few false slashes with the Dragon Slaying Sword. The two of them looked at Lin Xiao Yi together, then obediently sat down.

  Lin Xiao's cultivation lasted for just one year.

  In a year, the fire-attributed spiritual energy outside the Three Yang Palace suddenly and rapidly dissipated three times. However, a huge cloud vortex immediately appeared in the sky. A large amount of spiritual energy surged into the Three Yang Palace, transformed by the three golden pagodas into pure fire-attributed spiritual energy, replenishing the dissipated spiritual energy once again.

  The fire attribute spiritual energy outside the Three Yang Palace was so abundant that it was almost suffocating, with wave after wave of fire attribute spiritual energy constantly pouring into Lin Xiao's body. It was converted by the Golden Elixir into a purple-golden Heavenly Fire True Essence, which circulated through his body for thirty-six large cycles before being wrapped around a strand of Lin Xiao's own essence and blood energy, and then absorbed again by the Golden Elixir.

  Lin Xiao's golden elixir grew bit by bit. The purple heavenly fire wrapped around the golden elixir transformed from tiny sparks to a raging inferno, and a faint, eerie, purple-gold light flickered at the core of the golden elixir. Destructive energy brewed within the golden elixir, but due to the lack of some condition, that energy was unable to be released.

  As the fire-type spiritual energy continued to surge in, Lin Xiao's body began to spew out purple flames. Gu Weng and others saw that the flames spewing out of Lin Xiao's body were actually the extremely yang Purple Thunder Flame, and they all cried out in shock, while retreating nearly a hundred feet away.

  Zi Lei Tian Huo, this kind of overbearing and unparalleled power, even if one's cultivation has reached the realm of the immortals, or is a dragon clan with the innate ability to control water like Ao Xue, they wouldn't dare to touch it carelessly. How could Gu Weng and the others be any different? The raging Tian Huo burned fiercely, incinerating Lin Xiang's clothes, leaving only a ring on his left hand's index finger shining brightly.

  Lin Xiao's golden core had transformed into a terrifying purple-gold color, as if it contained a power that could destroy the heavens and earth, but was unable to release it. The golden core had reached its limit in containing the Heavenly Fire True Essence, and not a single drop of true essence could be absorbed by the golden core anymore. The fire-type spiritual energy continuously surged into his body, and the golden core instinctively absorbed these energies, converting them into Heavenly Fire True Essence that was then sprayed out. The Heavenly Fire True Essence within Lin Xiao's body had also reached its limit, and wave after wave of purple flames burst out from his body, shooting up to several dozen feet high. Gradually, Lin Xiao's body seemed to melt into the purple flames, and his figure became blurry.

  Shen Xiaobai let out a scream, thinking that Lin Xiao had really been burned to ashes by the fire that day. Two streams of tears almost shot out from her eyes as she was about to throw herself at Lin Xiao. A strong arm reached out from the side and grabbed Shen Xiaobai's neck, violently pulling her back and slamming her to the ground, making Shen Xiaobai land on her butt with a thud. The pain made Shen Xiaobai cry out loudly, and tears gushed out even faster and more abundantly.

  Ao Xue sneered at Shen Xiaobai, proudly raising an eyebrow and laughing: "A little girl with insufficient cultivation is indeed a troublemaker. Haven't you noticed that Lin Xiao's aura is still vigorous and hasn't weakened in the slightest? Moreover, his vitality has become even stronger!"

  Ao Xue's eyes sparkled with excitement, her arms waving vigorously as her body trembled slightly. "No wonder I chose you! You can actually subdue the Purple Thunder Heavenly Fire with your Golden Elixir cultivation! This is a feat only achievable by the Five-Clawed Heavenly Dragon of my dragon clan who possesses fire attributes! Get stronger quickly, when you can defeat me, that will be the day I marry you!"

  Ao Xue's hand grasped Shen Xiaobai's shoulder, lifting her petite body up, and sneered at her face to face: "Lin Xiao is my man! My things, you are not allowed to touch, let alone rob! Otherwise, little girl, there will be a time when you'll suffer!"

  Shen Xiaobai glared at Ao Xue with a fierce expression, her small mouth pouting high. She let out a cold hum and turned her head away, saying with a cold smile: "Brother Lin doesn't like you! I know!"

  Ao Xue also turned her head away, coldly laughing: "I will make him like me! He has touched my body, I can only marry him!"

  "Huh?" Shen Xiaobai's eyes drooped, and the corners of her mouth slumped down towards her chin. She furrowed her brow and said discontentedly: "It was just a slight touch on your body, is it that fragile? When I was little, Lin Gege also hugged me, why didn't I say anything?" Shen Xiaobai's small face suddenly turned bright red like a burning fire, she hummed and murmured for a while. But she couldn't utter another word, and with great shyness, she lowered her head.

  Ao Xue gave Shen Xiao Bai a cold glance and said calmly, "This is the rule of my dragon clan. I'm just following our ancestral teachings! You don't want to marry him? You're just too afraid to say it! My dragon clan doesn't do things like you humans, so hypocritical. He's hugged me, touched my body, so I have to marry him, that's all! God blocks the killing of gods, Buddha blocks the killing of Buddhas!" Two fierce and murderous auras shot out from Ao Xue's eyes, she smiled wickedly and pinched Shen Xiao Bai's neck, warning in a low voice: "Don't touch him, or I'll kill you!"

  Shen Xiaobai's small mouth curled up even higher. She didn't even glance at Ao Xue, directly activated the Void Mirror, and flashed away in an instant.

  Lin Xiao had already reached the point of exploding and dying, fortunately, the large amount of lotus seeds he had swallowed over the years were burned by the surging heavenly fire, a large amount of seven-colored spiritual energy surged out from his body, filling his flesh, making his flesh even more solid. Withstood wave after wave of Heavenly Fire True Yuan's impact.

  Lin Xiao stretched out his hands. His upper body leaned back slightly, and he let out a long, dragon-like roar towards the sky. A circle of red sound waves shot out from his mouth, shooting straight up into the air, triggering the seals on top of the three golden pagodas above the Three Yang Palace. Countless thin, fiery red lines of light shot down from the pagodas, and amidst the hissing sounds, the ground covered in red jade splashed with countless sparks.

  The old men had already gained experience, and as soon as they saw the fire line falling from the sky, they immediately released their strongest defensive treasures. A group of strong lights enveloped their bodies, and countless fire lines exploded on them, exploding into a sky full of light rain, but did not touch their defensive treasure light at all. Xuan Yuan and Xuan Tong cautiously shot out two red and green treasure lights, which intertwined together to tightly cover their bodies, also without suffering any harm. Only the child-like Xuan Luo was surprised and raised his head, pointing at the fire line falling from the sky and shouting: "What is this?" He flew out his treasure a little slower, and a thread of firelight gently stuck to his shoulder.

  His forehead, which was previously covered in wrinkles, suddenly smoothed out, and his face contorted into a ball. His small mouth opened wide, letting out an earth-shattering scream: "Three Yang Extreme Light, its power is indeed formidable! I'm done for!" With a loud whooshing sound, a burning blood clot shot out far away, and fine threads of flame also erupted from the pores on his skin, instantly incinerating all his body hair. Only his incredibly resilient physical body, which had been tempered by hundreds of years of heavenly winds and earthly fires, was still desperately resisting the invasion of the fire poison.

  Qingyi let out a loud cry and flew to Xuemo's side, pouring the pre-prepared San Huang San Hua Tang into his mouth. The flames on Xuemo's body immediately went out. Then, Ao Xue, whose body was flashing with blood light, lazily walked over, opened her mouth and sprayed out her dragon dan. The dragon dan swirled around Xuemo's body, slowly absorbing the fire poison. In just a moment, Xuemo opened his eyes, looking at Qingyi with a bitter expression, and called out in a wronged tone: "Master"

  "Shut up!" Qing Yi slapped a palm on the ground beside Xuan Luo, scolding loudly: "If you dare to get hurt again, I'll drive you out of this house!"

  Xuan Luo's eyes narrowed into a line, he weakly looked at Qing Yi and sighed to the sky: "Master, it's not that I'm not careful. It's just that my senior brothers and sisters are too cunning! Why is it always them who come out unscathed, while I get stung by the Five Poisonous Bees, bitten by the Three-Headed Guang Snake, and hit by the Three Yang Extreme Light?"

  "Hmm?" The single sentence provoked the anger of many, and Jin Zun, Hua Shen, Qing Chu, as well as Ao Xue and Shen Xiao Bai all cast unfriendly glances at Xuan Luo.

  Xuan Luo quickly raised his hands, awkwardly smiled at the crowd, and obediently hid behind Qing Yidao, no longer daring to speak nonsense.

  Lin Xiao's roar became as endless as the Yangtze River, and the seven-colored spiritual energy opened a mysterious door in his body, which had been transformed by the mysterious old man at the bottom of the Black Rock Abyss. Suddenly, it unleashed its full power. The meridians, acupoints, and dantian in Lin Xiao's body expanded countless times in an instant, and the Heavenly Fire True Essence that had just been about to burst him suddenly became insignificant. Lin Xiao only felt a refreshing joy throughout his body, and the pain and suffocation he had just experienced seemed to have disappeared like a dream.

  The black light flickered on the Xuanwu ring wrapped around Lin Xiao's Jindan, and the Xuanwu phantom emerged. Stretching its neck, the Xuanwu phantom looked at Lin Xiao's Jindan, which was spewing out powerful true yuan, with a humanized expression of pain and reluctance on its face. Silently sighing, the Xuanwu phantom opened its small mouth and sprayed a thick, black, and extremely cold liquid onto Lin Xiao's Jindan.

  A loud crash. Lin Xiao had completely transformed into a purple-gold, transparent and almost molten state, like a liquid ball churning in his dantian. As soon as the golden elixir touched that liquid, water and fire clashed, immediately producing endless changes. A purple-gold light burst out from the golden elixir. Lin Xiao's body surface turned into a purple-gold color around his dantian area.

  Lin Xiao's golden elixir suddenly spouted out purple heavenly energy and black mysterious energy, the two energies of utmost yang and utmost yin entwining around the golden elixir, slowly circulating like the taiji diagram's yin-yang fish. The golden elixir, which had grown in size by dozens of times, was sprayed with that liquid and slowly shrank back to its original size. Lin Xiao's golden elixir became even more refined, his true yuan increasing by at least tenfold compared to before, but his realm seemed to still be stuck at the initial stage of the golden elixir. However, his golden elixir and true yuan were now vastly different from those of ordinary golden elixir initial-stage cultivators.

  Open your eyes. A dense flash of electric light flashed through Lin Xiao's eyes, scaring the Xuan Luo in front of him to jump out more than a dozen feet away. Xuan Luo exclaimed: "What kind of mantra are you practicing? How can it be so strange?"

  Lin Xiao chuckled and said, "I'm sorry to trouble you all. Thank you for your help, seniors."

  Gu Weng and others nodded in agreement, while Shen Xiaobai jumped onto Lin Xiao's back under the intense gaze of Ao Xue. "Lin brother, you're finally okay! I was worried to death!" Shen Xiaobai patted Lin Xiao's head affectionately, then turned around and winked at Ao Xue, sticking out his tongue.

  Ao Xue's body trembled with rage, her hysterical fist shattered the thousands of rays of light shooting towards her from the Three Yang Extreme Light, and she shrieked: "Lin Xiao, you don't even know how to be ashamed of your clothes?"

  Lin Xiao was stunned for a moment, and with a flick of his left index finger, a set of cyan Taoist robes had already been draped over his body. Shen Xiaobai gently helped Lin Xiao adjust the three-feathered Taoist crown on his head, her hands wrapped around Lin Xiao's neck, and she deliberately turned her head to make a face at Ao Xue. Ao Xue's fists were clenched so tightly that they crackled with energy, and the red jade floor beneath her feet trembled continuously. If not for the extremely powerful seal protecting the ground here, this entire square outside the Three Yang Palace would have been reduced to rubble by Ao Xue.

  This time, with Lin Xiao's wonderful medical skills and various spiritual medicines, Gu Weng and others were fully prepared. The group finally arrived safely at the front gate of the Three Yang Palace.

  The dense, sky-covering, earth-shaking Three Yang Extreme Light that had been exerting an intense pressure on Lin Xiao and the others suddenly stopped as Gu Yong stepped onto the stone stairs in front of the main gate of the Three Yang Palace. The twenty-zhang-high main gate of the Three Yang Palace swung open silently, revealing a hall inside where red light and purple gas were steaming, with faint sounds of celestial music coming from within.

  Lin Xiao and his group carefully made their way into the Three Yang Palace, with Gu Gong, Jin Zun, Hua Shen, Qing Yi, and Qing Chu striking out countless divine seals and shining countless divine lights to illuminate their path. To their astonishment, they found that there were no restrictions along the way, and they easily entered the Three Yang Palace.

  Inside the San Yang Palace, there was only one screen, on which were painted all sorts of mountains and rivers, with countless light and shadow transformations hidden within. Various colored clouds floated about, making this wide screen, nearly a hundred feet in width, seem to flutter and sway as if it were an illusion, not a real object existing in the world.

  A purple light flashed out of Gu Weng's eyes and landed on the screen. Lin Xiao and others knew that Gu Weng was using a special divine technique to observe the mystery behind the screen, no one dared to disturb Gu Weng's operation, everyone looked at Gu Weng with tension. Even Ao Xue and Shen Xiaobai, who had been staring at each other, temporarily shifted their attention away from each other this time.

  The old man suddenly let out a long laugh and exclaimed loudly: "Heavens! This is the diagram of the Fallen Boundary's seal!"

  Everyone burst out laughing at the same time and gave a round of applause to celebrate.

  Then, Gu Weng's face suddenly turned stern, and he cursed: "He***, it's just a small part of the fallen boundary restriction diagram! There are also several extremely vicious restrictions that have not been recorded, with large blank spaces in between. Isn't this deliberately leading people to their deaths?"

  A group of people who had just cracked a smile suddenly all went stupid!

  Outside the Biyun Pavilion, seven spiritual medicine transformed into small children who were jumping and playing in the array of refining aura. They formed a strange ladle-shaped formation, slowly changing direction along a mysterious trajectory, and white-colored wood spiritual energy poured in from all directions, entering the handle of the ladle-shaped formation where the purple bamboo boy stood. After a wonderful transformation, purple spiritual energy gushed out of the boy's seven orifices, and the other six children simultaneously opened their mouths to inhale, absorbing the purple spiritual energy into their bodies.

  He held a small, delicate ceramic bowl in his hand, crouched on the veranda outside Biyun Pavilion, slowly sipping the medicinal congee from the bowl while staring blankly at the seven children who were diligently practicing their skills.

  Yao Jing, who had fully recovered, was lying by the pond, with a large lotus flower on her head that seemed to have appeared out of nowhere. She was blowing green bubbles from her mouth, and a sly smile hung at the corner of her lips as she stared intently at the seven children. With a faint sound, a drop of saliva fell from Yao Jing's mouth into the pond. Several colorful carp swam over in haste, competing to divide up the saliva among themselves. A few strands of extremely fine light flashed across the bodies of these carp, and they seemed to be swimming even more nimbly than before.