On the seventh floor of the Compendium Pavilion.
Xu Chen laid on the ground with his eyes wide open. He had just finished consuming the Dao Pattern Pill that Jiang Baiqiu had brought with him. Only then did he manage to survive.
"How do you feel?" Jiang Baiqiu asked with concern as he stared fixedly at Xu Chen.
What Jiang Baiqiu cared about was not Xu Chen''s life or death, but whether the plan of the Sky Bearing Empire could continue. This was very important!
"Better." Xu Chen let out a long sigh of relief. His body felt extremely comfortable right now.
Perhaps it was because he had just taken the Dao Pattern Pill, but he felt as if he hadn''t received any injuries.
If not for the fact that Xu Chen''s entire body was drenched in sweat from the heart-wrenching pain, he would have thought that this was a dream.
"That''s good." Jiang Baiqiu heaved a sigh of relief as he helped Xu Chen up.
As for those experts who were guarding the library, they had all disappeared at the same time, including Ancestor Longevity. It was as if they had never appeared.
"Where you want to take me, let''s continue." Xu Chen regained his previous tranquility, his heart was no longer afraid of what had just happened.
"Right here." When Jiang Baiqiu saw that Xu Chen was indeed alright, he walked up to the wall opposite the staircase.
He reached out his hand and pressed down on something. Immediately, a beam of light appeared on the seventh floor, rapidly forming a strange pattern on the entire floor.
That light quickly flashed past Xu Chen''s body. If it weren''t for the fact that the floor and walls were black and that the light was moving in a certain trajectory, Xu Chen would not have noticed it.
Very quickly, the light stopped, and the place where the light just passed gave off a weak light. The light became stronger and stronger.
The last strange rune appeared on the entire floor. Xu Chen had yet to check this rune out.
He and Jiang Bai Qiu both disappeared from where they stood in a flash.
By the time Xu Chen had reacted, he had already appeared in another place.
The reason why this place was a different place was because even though the seventh floor of the Compendium Pavilion was completely black, one could still clearly see the floor.
The Night Pearls on the walls were also very eye-catching.
But now there was darkness above their heads, darkness beneath their feet, and darkness all around them. It was as if they had arrived in a world of darkness.
In front of them were a few cauldrons with a stone the size of a human head on top of them.
These stones floated on top of the furnace. They were multicolored and dazzling, giving this dark world light.
"What is this?" Xu Chen looked at the stone that was being worshipped. He was sure that these stones were not used for lighting purposes.
"Have you heard of the God''s Stone?" It was Jiang Baiqiu''s first time here as well, but he knew what these were.
"Divine Stone?" Xu Chen furrowed his brows. Just like Jiang Baiqiu had said, as long as he was here, he would know what the plan of the Sky Bearing Empire was.
After hearing the words'' divine stone ''from Jiang Baiqiu, Xu Chen already knew in his heart why the House of Heavenly Bearing had paid such a great price to bring him here.
Although the Divine Stone was called a Divine Stone by others, it was actually called a Heavenly Stone!
As the name implied, the rock that fell from the sky was called the Heavenly Stone.
Legend has it that the Profound East Continent once had a destructive disaster.
The sky collapsed!
Countless stones fell from the sky. The blue sky and white clouds revealed a huge hole in the sky, as if it wanted to swallow up the world.
The entire Eastern Xuan Continent was shrouded in black holes in the sky, and the world was on the verge of destruction.
Coincidentally, at that time, there was a cultivator with the Innate Divine Body who saw the falling Heavenly Stone and discovered that there was a cultivation technique engraved on it.
As for the others, no matter how strong they were, it was hard to find them.
As it turned out, only the God''s Eye of the previous God could see the cultivation technique on the Heavenly Stone.
But by relying on her own God''s Eye, she was able to comprehend a heaven-defying cultivation method and cultivate it to the point where it would be impossible for her to become a god!
From then on, she traveled throughout the entire Eastern Xuan Continent, picking up Heavenly Stones that fell from the sky and refining them into Five-Colored Divine Stones.
He had to use the Five-Colored Divine Stones and all sorts of methods to make up for the Azure Sky, only then could he prevent the Profound East Continent from being destroyed.
As for that previous Venerable One, he was also known as the female emperor. From then on, the story of the female emperor nourishing the clear skies had also been passed down.
The cultivation technique that the female emperor cultivated was also ranked as one of the highest level techniques in the Eastern Xuan Continent. It was at the Divine Ranked, Heaven Ranked, Earth Ranked, Upper Ranked, and Upper Ranked Above.
Heavenly steps!
The divine rank cultivation technique could only be described as phoenix horn scale technique.
However, the Heavenly Dao steps were existences of legends. No one could confirm whether or not they existed.
It was possible that the story of the female emperor nourishing the azure sky had been fabricated by someone. There were no Heavenly Stones in this world, and the Heavenly God Tier cultivation technique did not even exist.
However, when Xu Chen saw those nourished Divine Stones, he knew that the story of the female emperor healing the heavens was true.
This was because the God''s Stone of Retaliation existed!
Now, all the doubts in Xu Chen''s mind could be understood from the moment he saw the divine stone.
Why did the Sky Bearing Empire set up this setup for more than ten years? Why did the Sky Bearing Empire do whatever it took to hide the fact that Xu Chen was still alive?
All of this was because of the [Heavenly God Tier] cultivation technique on the stone.
The Heaven''s Path Divine Art could be said to be on the same level as the Venerate God''s body, or maybe even higher!
And the Innate Empyrean God body was also a rare, talented physique that appeared once in hundreds of thousands of years.
With such a rare opportunity in the hundreds of thousands of years, no matter what force it was, they would fight for it!
Thus, the actions of the Sky Bearing Empire were easy to understand.
"Aren''t you afraid that I will become a god after comprehending the techniques on the God Stone?" Xu Chen asked.
"If you don''t have a Divine Vein, how can you immediately become a Deity?" Jiang Baiqiu smiled faintly. The female emperor had immediately become a god. How could they not know about such an important matter?
Even if Xu Chen still possessed a Divine Vein, it was only because the Sky Bearing Empire destroyed his Divine Veins that he was able to come here.
Hearing this, Xu Chen was slightly startled. He began to suspect that the mastermind behind the destruction of his Divine Veins and the fire poison planted in his body was the Sky Bearing Empire.
However, this thought only flashed through Xu Chen''s mind. He shook his head with a wry smile.
If it was really as he had thought, the Sky Bearing Empire would not have needed to do this at all, because Xu Chen was only an infant at that time.
It could easily destroy a divine meridian for adoption, or it could even hide snow within a Sky Bearing Empire. Even though Xu Chen''s ten divine meridians were extremely eye-catching, it would still be very troublesome to be discovered.
However, this was a risk that was worth taking. After all, there was a direct ratio between the risk and the reward!
"Xu Chen, I still feel sorry for you. I wasn''t born in the Heavenly Bearing Palace." Jiang Baiqiu suddenly said some inexplicable, wondrous words.
"Can being born in the Sky Bearing Empire change my fate, allow me to possess a heaven-step cultivation method in the future, and even allow me to become a female emperor-like person?" Xu Chen understood what Jiang Baiqiu was trying to express.
"Fate can only be changed by relying on one''s strength. At least the four heavenly regions can speak for the entire northern lands of the Eastern Xuan Continent!" Jiang Baiqiu said proudly, "The Xu family, on the other hand, cannot."
"Strength can change fate. What you say is very true. I also feel that it''s a pity." Xu Chen sighed.
What Xu Chen sighed about was not the fact that he had not been born in the Sky Bearing Empire, but rather that he had not lived for much longer and had not had the chance to change his fate.
After all, the Heavens had not given him a chance.
"If the divine stone does not have what you want, does it mean that the Sky Bearing Empire is not afraid of getting everything for nothing?" Xu Chen seriously asked.
However, the implication of his words was that if he wasn''t willing to cooperate with the Sky Bearing Empire, what then?
"Since we already have, after paying a price, some things will definitely exist." Jiang Bai Qiu''s eyes narrowed as he spoke with certainty.
"If we don''t get what we want, we will definitely take back the price we paid!"
The price that Jiang Baiqiu had to pay was naturally the price he had paid for promising the Xu family in front of everyone in the entire Eastern Xuan Continent.
This was also a warning to Xu Chen that if he didn''t cooperate with the Sky Bearing Empire, then the Xu Clan would definitely die.
"Then let''s begin." Xu Chen revealed a helpless smile.
Perhaps it wasn''t only fate that could use strength to change things. Sometimes, strength could also determine one''s right to speak. This was extremely important!