novelraw Chapter 1052 1052 Seeking an Answer
Chapter 1052 1052 Seeking an Answer
"Naihe Bridge……"
Jun Xiaoyao muttered to himself.
He stepped onto the bridge together with Xuanyue.
There was still a stone stele standing on it.
Two lines of text were still carved upon it.
The other shore flowers bloom across seven-colored skies, petals fall and immortals are born after a thousand years!
Seeing these words, Jun Xiaoyao's gaze suddenly froze.
Because this was not the first time he had heard this phrase.
Before, he had encountered the ghost-faced woman several times.
In the lower realm, at the ten-realm rift, and at the Spirit Altar, the ghost-faced woman had also manifested.
And had recited these very words.
Jun Xiaoyao had a deep impression of this.
He hadn't expected to see it here as well.
It was as if the Nine Heavens Immortal Domain, including the foreign realms, and even the entirety of all the heavens and myriad worlds, had all borne traces of that ghost-faced woman.
Yet that ghost-faced woman was mysterious to the extreme, as if she did not exist anywhere in ancient history.
She herself was an enigma, something utterly inconceivable.
Jun Xiaoyao and Xuanyue stepped onto the Naihe Bridge.
Unlike the Yellow Spring Road.
The moment he set foot on it, Jun Xiaoyao felt a surge of pressure.
A suppressive force that originated from the soul and the primordial spirit.
"That mist……"
Jun Xiaoyao's gaze fell upon the swirling mist.
That mist exerted tremendous pressure on the primordial spirit.
For an ordinary genius, just a few steps in and their primordial spirit would be crushed under the pressure.
However, Jun Xiaoyao possessed a three-life primordial spirit, so he had nothing to worry about.
Xuanyue's face turned pale. Though she too felt the pressure, this was only the beginning and was not yet unbearable.
"If you can't manage, you can wait for me here." Jun Xiaoyao said.
"No, I want to go together." Xuanyue was stubborn.
She wanted to follow in Jun Xiaoyao's footsteps.
And she also wanted to see for herself what the Mother of Other Shore Flowers actually looked like.
And why the Other Shore organization had chosen her.
The two pressed forward on the Naihe Bridge.
The pressure grew greater and greater.
Every wisp of mist absorbed soul power, as if it could crush the primordial spirit into ruin.
At the same time, all manner of illusions began to surface.
Similar to the hundred lifetimes of reincarnation within the Sea of Samsara.
Jun Xiaoyao was holding up fine, but Xuanyue's face grew paler and paler.
After all, her past experiences had been quite turbulent.
From childhood she had been regarded as a freak, abused and looked down upon.
The only brother who had ever cared for her was ultimately killed by her own hands.
Given such a life, it was perfectly natural for even the most powerful inner demons to take root.
Jun Xiaoyao saw this and frowned slightly.
He directly activated his three-life primordial spirit.
In the void, soul power surged vast and boundless, transforming into three great Dao flowers.
Upon each Dao flower sat a primordial spirit in meditation.
Past, present, future!
The moment the three-life primordial spirit emerged, a sweeping tide of soul power rolled through the surroundings.
Even that eerie mist was completely scattered and dispersed.
The three-life primordial spirit, like three world-illuminating beacons, radiated brilliant light, driving away the mist and darkness of this place.
Only Jun Xiaoyao could possess such means, clearing the path ahead without obstruction.
Before long, the two had crossed the Naihe Bridge.
At the far end of the bridge stood a massive, pitch-black palace.
Crimson other shore flowers bloomed all around it, setting off the dark palace and lending it an even more mysterious and eerie atmosphere.
Like the other shore of the Yellow Springs, the great hall of the underworld's King Yama.
A river of Yellow Springs wound around the dark palace.
Many petals of the other shore flowers drifted on the water's surface, hauntingly beautiful.
Jun Xiaoyao stepped forward and pushed open the gates of the dark palace.
Xuanyue followed close behind.
The moment the doors were pushed open.
A terrifyingly oppressive aura came sweeping in.
This suppressive force was not being actively emanated.
It was a natural pressure.
It was as if an unimaginably immortal existence resided within.
The aura alone was enough to bring a supreme being to their knees, or even shatter their physical body to pieces.
Of course, Jun Xiaoyao was no ordinary supreme being.
His figure stood tall and slender as chaotic energy surged forth, blocking out this oppressive force.
Xuanyue followed behind him and was unaffected.
"Even the natural ambient pressure is this overwhelming……" Jun Xiaoyao pondered inwardly.
As someone who had withstood a single strike from a Great Emperor.
Jun Xiaoyao had a rough sense of what kind of suppressive aura a Great Emperor possessed.
But the pressure before him now.
Was absolutely not something an ordinary Great Emperor could possess.
"What realm has the Mother of Other Shore Flowers actually reached?" Jun Xiaoyao mused inwardly.
Even people like Mengnü'er from the Other Shore imperial clan likely had no idea.
The Mother of Other Shore Flowers was at the very least an Immortal King.
But Jun Xiaoyao felt that she had not stopped at that step, and had instead stepped into an even deeper realm.
Inside the palace, other shore flowers bloomed everywhere, with a narrow path running through the middle.
Jun Xiaoyao and Xuanyue pressed deeper inward, resisting the oppressive pressure.
Above the palace, great stars flickered and stellar orbits circled, as if they had arrived in a boundless universe.
The secluded cultivation ground of the Mother of Other Shore Flowers was truly astonishing.
Finally, at the end of the path.
Jun Xiaoyao saw it.
A throne that seemed to stand for eternity.
Ancient other shore flower markings were carved into that throne.
A peerlessly graceful silhouette wrapped in a black gown sat upon it.
An endless, terrifying aura enveloped her delicate form, giving one the feeling of being unable to see her clearly.
As if she were an enigmatic existence that did not belong to this stretch of time and space.
Only those at the absolute pinnacle of power would give rise to such a phenomenon.
Such immense power seemed capable of blurring even cause and effect and existence itself.
All manner of order divine chains, Dao traces, and profound runes circled around her.
Jun Xiaoyao frowned slightly, chaotic energy surging within his eyes.
The special ability of the Chaotic Body, the Chaotic Eye, was brought to bear.
Capable of seeing through all illusions.
With the Chaotic Eye activated, Jun Xiaoyao was finally able to make out the figure on the throne with some clarity.
Three thousand strands of black hair cascaded down from the throne like a waterfall.
A pair of perfectly straight and slender legs of breathtaking beauty extended from beneath the hem of her gown, crossed over one another.
Her bare jade feet wore neither shoes nor socks, her toes crystalline, the tops of her feet fair and delicate, like exquisite works of art.
Such a pair of snow-white beautiful feet must have never once touched the ground or been tainted by dust.
Following her feet and legs upward, her perfectly proportioned figure was wrapped flawlessly in the black gown.
Further up was a swan-like neck of snowy white.
Then his gaze reached her face, and Jun Xiaoyao's eyes came to a halt.
A ghost-face mask concealed her mysterious countenance.
"You are the first person who has ever dared to look upon this king so directly."
A voice filled with majesty yet melodious as heavenly music drifted from the lips of the Mother of Other Shore Flowers.
Yet Jun Xiaoyao could detect it.
Within that voice, there seemed to be a peculiar undercurrent.
"Senior must be the Mother of Other Shore Flowers. I have come here for no other reason than to seek an answer."
Faced with this legendary figure of the Other Shore imperial clan, it could be said that almost anyone would find it difficult to remain composed.
Yet Jun Xiaoyao wore a faint smile, calm and unhurried, speaking in the most tranquil of tones.
"Oh? Has this king ever had any karmic ties with you?" The Mother of Other Shore Flowers' voice remained indifferent.
Jun Xiaoyao produced a ghost-face mask.
This ghost-face mask was something Jun Xiaoyao had obtained within the Bronze Immortal Palace.
And the Bronze Immortal Palace was also one of the contingency arrangements left behind by the ghost-faced woman.
When she saw that mask — the one that seemed neither crying nor smiling, with an expression that appeared somewhat crude —
The Mother of Other Shore Flowers seated high upon her throne let out a faint tremor in her aura, clearly reacting to it.
"The other shore flowers bloom across seven-colored skies, petals fall and immortals are born after a thousand years."
"What is the relationship between the owner of this ghost face and senior, or rather……"
"Senior is the owner of this ghost face!"
Jun Xiaoyao's gaze fixed directly upon the Mother of Other Shore Flowers!