Chapter Three: Jade Stele

  As soon as the voice fell, Chen Yuan felt a warmth in his heart, and his heartbeat was slightly abnormal. But before he could react, the world in front of him twisted into a whirlpool, and his body was like falling into a swirling vortex. After a spin, he found himself standing on a vast expanse of land.

  The sky is vast and distant, a dull gray like withered leaves, without clouds or wind.

  The earth is as flat as a horse's back, with nothing in sight but the vast expanse of grey land, emitting a desolate and bleak atmosphere.

  Endless desolation, dull and lifeless, making one feel somewhat suffocated.

  The world was in a state of deathly silence, with only a three-zhang-high jade stele standing upright like a sword inserted into the earth.

  The stele shines with a kaleidoscope of colors, as if ancient divine inscriptions are emerging.

  Chen Yuan just took a glance and felt incredibly mysterious, his spirit faintly aching.

  This jade stele, he had a kind of unusual familiar feeling.

  "Isn't... isn't this the jade tablet I've been searching for in my dreams?"

  On top of the jade stele, a white snake is coiled.

  The body is formed from the condensation of cloud and air, it is not a solid entity.

  "Where is this? What have you done to me?" Chen Yuan immediately retreated two steps, the dagger in his hand was gone, and he asked Bai She in a panic.

  The White Snake bowed her head and went down, Chen Yuan's heart was filled with fear, he retreated hastily again, but heard the reply:

  "This place is a vast and boundless territory."

  "What a vast domain?" Chen Yuan did not dare to take it lightly, and White Snake's answer was completely inexplicable.

  "The vast expanse is a heavenly wonderland, boundless and infinite, where the spirit of heaven and earth converges, seizing the creative power of yin and yang. Strange mountains and rivers, auspicious lands and caves to the sky are everywhere, it is a paradise for spiritual beasts."

  "Is this the desolate and lifeless appearance?" Chen Yuan listened to its explanation, but in front of him, the world was simply barren and desolate, where was the mystical scene he described?

  "What I said was the vast expanse of the past, now the vast expanse is a dead land, and it was all caused by this jade stele in front of you."

  "What is this jade stele?" Chen Yuan's mind was filled with more and more doubts, and he continued to ask.

  "This jade stele is a product of the primordial creation, said to have been born in the chaotic era before the birth of heaven and earth. It has the divine power to seize the creation of heaven and suppress all realms. But for some unknown reason, this object suddenly fell from the sky and landed in the vast domain, instantly absorbing all the spiritual energy of the vast domain's heaven and earth. Overnight, the vast domain became desolate, and the spiritual beasts, plants, mountains, and seas were all reduced to nothing, transforming into a dead domain."

  Chen Yuan was stunned, a single stele could turn a vast and boundless land into a dead zone overnight, it sounded too absurd, but the white snake didn't seem to be weaving lies again.

  "Why are you still here?"

  "I don't know why either, perhaps Yu Bei needs a messenger, so it imprisoned the old snake's soul outside and didn't absorb or refine it."

  "Why is the Jade Stele inside me?"

  "Because you have passed the Jade Slab's test, in the boundless and fantastical dream realm, you found the Jade Slab. You are now the master of this Jade Slab."

  The boundless and fantastical dream realm, Chen Yuan recalled the various strange and wondrous scenes he had seen when he was seriously ill. He could no longer clearly remember his experiences in the dream realm, but it seemed as though he had gone through many dangers before finally finding the jade stele.

  Chen Yuan gradually calmed down, he already believed what the divine snake said.

  Mysterious Jade Stele, Pre-Heavenly Divine Object, Supreme Creation.

  But Chen Yuan got it, but he had no idea what its function was.

  Chen Yuan continued to ask the divine snake:

  "What's the use of a jade tablet?"

  "Your fusion with the Jade Stele is complete, its effects you should be more aware of than I. Stretch out your hand and press it against the Jade Stele, carefully sensing it, and it will answer you."

  Chen Yuan nodded and pressed his hand onto the jade stele as instructed.

  The tentacles felt a warm current, and the jade stele had a rhythmic pulse, like a human heartbeat. As Chen Yuan carefully sensed it, he actually heard a distant voice:

  "Gather the essence of the demon, repair my body, and I can obtain countless techniques from the three thousand worlds, as well as tens of thousands of magical treasures."

  After the sound, a huge treasure vault appeared before his eyes.

  One by one, the incredibly powerful magical artifacts floated in the treasury, with Chen Yuan feeling somewhat parched and tongue-tied, because these artifacts were actually labeled with prices marked in units of demonic energy.

  As long as you collect the demon's soul, you can exchange it for a magical artifact!

  The Great Way Furnace, ranked first among the Nine States' Immortal Artifacts, lost for ten thousand years.

  Building a wooden ark, heavenly gods cut down the wooden building, creating a divine ark, proudly touring the starry domain.

  ……

  Apart from the immortal artifacts, there were also various magical spells and divine techniques.

  The Supreme Severing God Chapter, in ancient times, humans and demons waged a great war. The Sword God Tu's nameless slaughter shook the demon world with his unparalleled swordsmanship.

  Three thousand transformations of the body, the supreme method of spiritual communication and Qi sect, one breath transforms three thousand, three thousand transform into bodies, the achievement of immortality.

  ……

  But what surprised Chen Yuan the most was the formation!

  Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth, Wind, Thunder, Yin and Yang!

  Nine Extremes Heaven-Defying Formation!

  The Five Elements Indestructible Formation!

  Four Saints Formation!

  Three Talents, Ten Thousand Images Sword Formation!

  The Great Formation of Yin and Yang Taiji!

  ……

  All kinds of treasures, divine powers and divine arrays can be exchanged with demon souls.

  Maybe...

  "What is a demon's spirit?" Chen Yuanshan asked fiercely.

  He knew about the Youhun Crystal, he knew about the Youyuan. But the Yougui was something he had heard of for the first time.

  A red light suddenly lit up in the middle of the jade stele.

  In an instant, it pierced through Chen Yuan's eyebrows and a supreme cultivation method was imparted to him.

  "Yin Yang Refining Demon God Technique!"

  Only those with a body of both yin and yang extremes can cultivate the Supreme Cultivation of Demons.

  Humans have three souls and seven spirits, demons are the same as humans.

  The three souls of the demon are stored in the demon crystal, and after death, they petrify with the crystal into a demon soul crystal.

  The seven souls of the demon are scattered throughout the heavens and earth along with its physical body, accompanying the resentful energy that has died, merging into the spiritual energy.

  In ancient times, the war between humans and demons ended, with countless billions of demon beasts dying. The spiritual energy of heaven and earth was polluted by the resentment of the demon beasts, forming a terrifying killing aura storm. Although humanity ultimately won, they were almost pushed back to the end of the law era under the erosion of the killing aura storm. If it weren't for the array masters who formed the Nine Heavens Ten Directions Yin Yang Array and absorbed and transformed the killing aura into spiritual energy, I'm afraid that after the demon realm was shattered, the human realm would also perish.

  So afterwards, humans no longer waged war against the demonic beasts on a large scale, but instead chose to defend their cities and resist the demonic tide.

  The Yin Yang Cultivation Demon God Technique was incredibly mysterious. The jade tablet had directly imprinted itself into his mind, and Chen Yuan Tong had already deciphered its contents, but Chen Yuan still felt that it was very difficult to cultivate. However, this technique directly pointed to the path of heavenly immortals, and was far more brilliant than his Three Yang Gathering Spirit Fire Technique - he didn't know how much better it was. In his heart, he naturally had already made a choice.

  Transform the Triple Yang Fire into Yin-Yang Spiritual Power!

  Chen Yuan was originally just an ordinary cultivator, living a humble life in a small manor, enduring hardships and swallowing his pride for survival. But now, with this mysterious jade stele, Chen Yuan has already seen the grand avenue of Kangzhuang.

  "I was never content with being just a minor cultivator in this life. Now that I have such a great opportunity, I naturally cannot waste it."

  Chen Yuan clenched his fists, his eyes gleaming with excitement and a hint of determination.

  The divine serpent looked at Chen Yuan and sighed in admiration: "You are indeed a person who has passed the Jade Tablet test. Your yin-yang dual-body, cultivating the Five Elements Wind and Thunder Formula, has no significant improvement. Now that you have obtained the orthodox yin-yang cultivation method, you will be able to exert your body's highest innate talent, combined with the various divine powers of the Jade Tablet. In the future, you will surely become a generation of immortal emperors and create an eternal immortal kingdom."

  Upon hearing 'One Generation of Immortal Emperor, Eternal Immortal Kingdom', Chen Yuan felt his blood boiling instantly.