NOVPUBAlthough the elder did not exude an overbearing aura, his presence felt as deep and unfathomable as the sea, the depth and breadth of which were beyond tracing.
Ren Pingsheng considered himself capable of holding his own against warriors of the Emperor Pulse Realm, but the moment he saw the elder, he found himself devoid of any desire to fight.
"A Saint Vein Realm powerhouse," his pupils shrunk as he spoke deliberately, "The Myriad Beasts Sect really does value the Pure Moon Altar, with not only an eighth-level formation laid out around it but also a barrier and the protection of a Saint Vein Realm powerhouse inside."
"This is the fundamental cornerstone of their sect establishment; of course, they value it," Xu Zimei said with a smile.
To know that for a first-class sect like the Myriad Beasts Sect, powerhouses of the Saint Vein Realm were few, and each was considered a precious treasure.
Now that they would actually station a Saint Vein Realm powerhouse to guard the door, it speaks volumes about the significance of the Pure Moon Altar.
"How do we get in then?" Ren Pingsheng asked.
"The Pure Moon Altar initially purified the turbid and clear auras of the epoch and then became one with this world," Xu Zimei explained with a smile: "But few people know that the Pure Moon Altar is divided into a sub-altar and a mother altar.
As long as we find the sub-altar, we can use it to bypass the barrier directly and return to the side of the mother altar."
About the sub-altar, if Xu Zimei’s memory served her right, in the previous life, it should have been obtained by Chu Yang.
Because she was defeated by Chu Yang in Secluded Dragon Gorge, not only did she dedicate herself to cultivation afterwards, but she also collected a lot of information about Chu Yang, thinking about using it for revenge.
For now, leaving Chu Yang aside, in fact, even before the Chaos Pearl took her into the River of Fate, she had witnessed the scene of the Pure Moon Altar merging with heaven and earth in the evolving River of Fate.
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"Does the young master know where the sub-altar is?" Ren Pingsheng asked.
"The sub-altar is scattered around the vicinity of the mother altar," replied Xu Zimei: "Let your Sun Devouring Axe help search.
It had undergone the tempering of Destiny in the past; the primordial power of the Pure Moon Altar is the same as that of Destiny, it should be able to sense it."
Ren Pingsheng was somewhat puzzled; it was known to people that everything about Destiny was like a fog.
Despite its renowned reputation, where being entrusted with Destiny was said to make one invincible in this era, what Destiny truly was, apart from the Great Emperors, nobody knew.
Ren Pingsheng did not understand how Xu Zimei knew that Destiny and the Pure Moon Altar’s primordial power were the same, ultimately attributing it to the records left by Great Emperors at the Imperial Rule Immortal Sect, perhaps.
Afterward, Ren Pingsheng relayed Xu Zimei’s request to the Artifact Spirit.
"This is the third thing I am doing for you," the Artifact Spirit stated indifferently.
In fact, the Artifact Spirit was also a bit puzzled. A Great Emperor’s True Artifact’s every use was exceedingly precious, and yet now Ren Pingsheng was squandering two opportunities to assist someone else for no apparent gain.
As the Sun Devouring Axe was engulfed in spreading black mist, it began to sense the surrounding heaven and earth. After a long, long time, the voice of the Artifact Spirit slowly came through.
"Keep heading in the southeastern direction; there’s a very familiar aura over there, but I’m not sure if it’s the one."
Upon hearing the Artifact Spirit’s words, Xu Zimei and Ren Pingsheng immediately dashed towards the southeast direction.
Actually, around the perimeter of the barrier, the Myriad Beasts Sect had arranged for many disciples to patrol the area, although these disciples generally didn’t possess very high cultivation levels.
Xu Zimei and Ren Pingsheng could easily avoid detection, as the more talented disciples wouldn’t be doing such tedious work.
"Keep moving forward; I feel the aura growing stronger," the voice of the Artifact Spirit emanated from the Sun Devouring Axe.
Xu Zimei and his companion quickened their pace, and after about ten more minutes of travel, as they passed a hill, the Artifact Spirit instructed them to stop.
"It’s right beneath here, you can try digging."
Xu Zimei exchanged glances with Ren Pingsheng before he went to keep watch, while Ren Pingsheng, holding a huge axe, began to dig.
After digging nearly a hundred meters deep, Ren Pingsheng’s excited shout came from underground.
"Young Master, I’ve found it, do you think this is it?"
Xu Zimei hurriedly ran down into the deep pit, only to see Ren Pingsheng holding a palm-sized round altar.
This round altar somewhat resembled a pagoda, with an oval base and five layers in total, each layer engraved with a variety of patterns.
There were flowers, birds, fish, insects, and all kinds of animals, with the top fifth layer shrouded in chaos, enwrapped in a hazy grey mist.
The sub-altar was currently emitting a faint purple glow, flickering lightly.
Xu Zimei instructed Ren Pingsheng, "Go outside and keep watch, I will refine it."
Ren Pingsheng nodded and then saw Xu Zimei sitting cross-legged. He had originally planned to incorporate the sub-altar of the Pure Moon Altar into his True Fate World, and then use the power of the world to refine it bit by bit.
But the moment he brought the sub-altar into his True Fate World, it trembled slightly, as if conveying its inner excitement.
Following that, Xu Zimei actually received the sub-altar’s desire to integrate with his True Fate World.
He hadn’t expected refining to be this easy. It was usually difficult to refine such wondrous items of heaven and earth quickly, but now Xu Zimei realized he didn’t need to refine them himself; instead, these wondrous items were eagerly seeking to merge with him.
After the Pure Moon Altar rooted in Xu Zimei’s True Fate World, the altar burst forth with intense purple light, gradually purifying both the turbid and clear qi within his True Fate World.
Xu Zimei could now fully utilize the sub-altar, leveraging its power to sense the main altar’s location, and then directly opening a teleportation gate.
That was the sole purpose of the sub-altar; the teleportation gate could only lead to the main altar and not to any other place.
As Xu Zimei and Ren Pingsheng stepped into the teleportation gate, their surroundings were completely enveloped by chaotic spatial currents.
Meanwhile, at the location of the Pure Moon Altar’s main altar, a gate in the adjacent space also opened.
The two of them stepped out from the Space Gate and quickly surveyed their surroundings, ensuring that no one had detected their presence, before they relaxed and began to appraise the area.
Directly ahead was an especially tall altar, which was identical to the sub-altar Xu Zimei had acquired, only its size appeared to be magnified countless times.
The entire altar was enveloped in a pale white fog, giving it an overwhelmingly majestic and vast presence, as if it were a pillar of this world and beyond.
Atop it bloomed hundreds of flowers, carps frolicked, colossal birds spread their wings, and tigers roared across the plains.
Behind the altar lay an especially large blood pool, preliminarily estimated to be a thousand miles long, with the fresh blood merging into a Sea of Blood.
The surface of the Sea of Blood was exceptionally still at this moment; there was none of the expected stench of blood, but rather an invigorating aroma that was a delight to smell.
"What do we do now?" asked Ren Pingsheng, curiously.
Xu Zimei didn’t respond, but took out the Nebula Bottle from his Storage Ring, filled with the essence blood of the Nine-Headed Divine Beast that he had obtained from the Blood Demon Secret Realm.
