C940 Second Dragon Slash Platform

Tianzang's complexion turned ashen at the thought. Legend had it that the Divine King, ambushed by both the Demon Palace and the Devil Palace on his return journey, met his end in the Outland Star River. He was the Divine Soul Sect's mightiest and most enigmatic figure!

This Divine King was none other than Yu Yiyi's original master. It was he who discovered a Divine Stone deep within the Outland Star River and forged the formidable Dragon Slash Platform.

He was the one who had captured the Space-time Dragon, the Golden Giant Dragon, and the Frost Dragon within the Dragon Slash Platform, only to personally execute them one by one.

Moreover, he effortlessly slew dozens of dragons with Ninth and Eighth Level bloodlines, all thanks to the Dragon Slash Platform.

The fall of the Nagas from their celestial pedestal in the Boundless Land was largely attributed to the Dragon Slash Platform's power. As its creator and possessor, the Divine King was rightly hailed for this monumental feat.

The decline of the Dragon Clan, unable to recover, was also a direct result of his suppression of the Dragon Vein with the Dragon Slash Platform.

The Dragon Slash Platform was his most treasured possession and a true Artifact, always at his command.

Had it not been for the need of the Human and Demon Clans for him to use the Dragon Slash Platform to suppress the Dragon Clan's fortunes, and his inability to take it beyond the heavens, the fateful battle where he was besieged by the Demon Palace and Devil Palace might have had a different outcome.

Tianzang, even when he was known as the Third Evil Demon of the Forbidden Ground, had heard speculative claims. They said that if the Divine King hadn't used the Dragon Slash Platform to suppress the Dragon Vein, but instead had it with him upon returning to the Boundless Land, the war that led to the rise of the Upper Sects, the Demon Palace, and the Devil Palace—and the vanishing of the Divine Soul Sect—could have ended quite differently.

With the Dragon Slash Platform in his grasp, he was nearly invincible!

The Devil Palace and Demon Palace had desperately ambushed him on his return, paying a steep price to ensure his demise beyond the skies, fearing his potential resurgence and reclaiming of the Dragon Slash Platform.

As Tianzang reeled from the enormity of his realization, the seven-colored Space-time Dragon ceased to emanate its once magnificent and dazzling light.

Yu Yuan harnessed the power of the Yin God to create a shadowy soul vortex, swallowing up delicate light dragons before reverting to his former self.

He found himself rubbing his forehead involuntarily, sensing that a spiritual imprint had merged with the soul of the Yin God.

Yet, when he sought it out, it proved elusive, as if deeply concealed.

Still, the vivid memory of consuming the resplendent, multicolored light dragons using the Ghosting Arts remained clear in his mind.

He was certain that his Yin God had absorbed a force that was alien to him, possibly even unrelated to the Space-time Dragon.

But this force, once it entered the Yin God, became hidden and undetectable.

"That..."

A slightly bewildered Yu Yuan furrowed his brow and turned to Tian Zang, seeking to inquire further.

He noticed Tian Zang watching him intently, his face a mix of caution and hesitance.

"I suggest you visit the other two Dragon Slash Platforms. Perhaps you'll uncover something using the same method as before," Tian Zang proposed out of the blue.

"The other two?" Yu Yuan scanned the endless expanse, his gaze drifting over the dragon carcasses.

Somehow, he felt an inexplicable familiarity with the realm inside this Dragon Slash Platform—a feeling that emerged only after he had devoured the miniature, rainbow-hued light dragons with the Ghosting Arts.

Initially, there was no such familiarity.

"Yes, the other two Dragon Slash Platforms," Tian Zang confirmed, his expression laden with complexity. "The cauldron soul of your Evil Cauldron, once the guardian of the Dragon Slash Platform, is now by the Frost Dragon's remains. I can point you in the right direction. Though, I'm confident you could find it without my help."

His own soul fragment seemed to drift outward, offering to lead the way for Yu Yuan.

After a brief hesitation, Yu Yuan, unclear on the deeper implications, decided to follow.

He was curious to discover how the Heaven and Earth within the other Dragon Slash Platforms differed.

In the next instant.

Across another snowy expanse, the massive form of a Frost Dragon, severed into nine segments, suddenly filled the vision of Yin God Yu.

The nine segments of the Frost Dragon were not reassembled; instead, their remains were erected into nine towering ice mountains. At the center stood a mountain formed from the colossal head of the dragon, with the other eight encircling it in a ring.

The corpses of the Frost Dragons had become peaks themselves, surrounded by thick, pristine snow that revealed the entombed dragons within. Some were barely discernible under the snow's embrace, their shapes faint outlines. Others, grand and imposing, defied even the heaviest blanket of snow to conceal their form.

With just a cursory glance, Yu Yuan could tell that this place, blanketed in snowflakes and bone-chilling cold, was the final resting place for over a dozen giant dragon corpses.

"Master! What's happening to you?"

Yu Yiyi stood atop the peak shaped by the Frost Dragon's head, her snow-white feet bare against the icy rock, seemingly one with the landscape, a natural part of this world. Yu Yuan couldn't help but feel she truly belonged to this place.

"I..."

Yu Yuan looked around, intending to explain that Tianzang had brought him here, but he discovered that Tianzang's soul cluster had vanished. It seemed that Tianzang had retreated the moment he was brought to this Dragon Slash Platform. Or perhaps, Tianzang had never entered at all.

"The other Dragon Slash Platform."

Yu Yuan's Yin God soared towards Yu Yiyi, feeling a sense of déjà vu in this stark land of snow and towering ice peaks. It reminded him of the Dragon Slash Platform where the colorful Space-time Dragon had met its end. He suspected that the strange power he had absorbed at another Dragon Slash Platform was the source of this familiarity.

Tianzang had instructed him to try channeling the Ghosting Arts once more. After some contemplation, Yu Yuan decided to attempt it.

Yu Yiyi gazed at the shadowy form of his Yin God with bright, puzzled eyes. "Is it because of me?" Her memories were resurfacing, and she vividly recalled her routine patrols within the Dragon Slash Platform, safeguarding the deceased dragon corpses, their souls, and the blood crystallized into the earth, ever vigilant for any signs of change or anomaly.

Outsiders were never permitted to enter the inner Heaven and Earth of the Dragon Slash Platform without her consent. It wasn't until her death and the destruction of the platform that this changed. She speculated that Tianzang's ability to enter was due to the platform's ruin and her own demise. The third reason, she surmised, was that the entity within the bronze coffin had revealed the method to him. But on what grounds could Yu Yuan gain entry?

Yu Yiyi was at a loss for an answer. She surmised it must be due to a connection between Yu Yuan's soul and her own, as she had once been the guardian of the Dragon Slash Platform and Yu Yuan was her master in this lifetime. It was this bond that allowed Yu Yuan's Yin God to penetrate the depths of the platform.

"Crack! Crackling!"

Suddenly, the rocky ice and snow of the ice peaks began to emit peculiar sounds. In an instant, delicate, snow-white mini dragons, their bodies gleaming, burst forth from the carcasses of the nine Frost Dragons and surged towards Yu Yuan.

Ah!

Yu Yiyi gasped, her hand flying to her mouth in astonishment. At that moment, Yu Yuan's Yin God, atop the ice peak shaped like a dragon's head, morphed into a dark vortex of soul energy, engulfing the tiny snow-white dragons one by one.

"No, it's not solely the Frost Dragon's power; it's the legacy of power left by the Dragon Slash Platform's original master! This is illogical, utterly illogical! Could it be because of the Ghosting Arts? Because the current master's practice of the Ghosting Arts originates from him?"

Clutching her head, Yu Yiyi felt a throbbing pain. The events unfolding before her defied her comprehension and knowledge, causing her transformed cauldron soul to reel in discomfort.

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