Si Chenxing's somewhat ethereal face was filled with disbelief, even more so than fear, as it looked at Ning Fa.
It said with a wry smile, "Fellow Daoist Ning, with such a terrifying treasure on you, how would I dare deceive you?"
Ning Fa narrowed his eyes and asked, "You know what my treasure is?"
Si Chenxing shook its head. "I can't see that treasure, which only further proves its high grade. I'm afraid that apart from someone chosen by it like you, no one else can even perceive it."
Ning Fa felt a slight relief in his heart and immediately asked, "Did you notice the existence of my treasure as soon as I entered the Abyssal Heavenly Pool?
That's why you deliberately arranged those three Spiritual Realms for me on the second level of the Thousand Vortex Spirit Mountain?"
Si Chenxing replied with a bitter smile, "Actually, I didn't know you possessed such a treasure at that time.
However, I could clearly sense that you happened to have a Primordial Realm Pearl, which is extremely important to me."
At this point, Si Chenxing paused slightly, then slowly said, "Let me explain the whole story to you.
"You may not know what this Primordial Realm Pearl is. In reality, it's the embryonic form of a nascent world, with the potential to give birth to a true world.
Your ability to obtain this item shows that you are a person of great fortune, though it's nothing compared to your treasure.
Worlds are divided into six levels: Chaos Mustard Seed, Primordial Spirit Realm Embryo, Star Array Dharma Realm, True Realm Grotto-Heaven, Lesser Thousand Origin Realm, and Greater Thousand Origin Realm.
But according to my master, there are even higher levels of worlds beyond these.
My master also obtained a Primordial Realm Pearl in the past, and after spending endless resources and years, he gradually advanced the Abyssal Heavenly Pool to its current state of a True Realm Grotto-Heaven.
My master's true name is Ancestor Yuan.
He is a Grand Ascension old ancestor of a mysterious race in the Spirit Realm—the Abyssal Clan.
Moreover, even among Grand Ascension cultivators, my master was an absolute powerhouse, which is why he only needed a short few hundred thousand years to cultivate a Primordial Realm Pearl to the level of a True Realm Grotto-Heaven.
My master did this in order to cultivate a Profound Heaven Spirit Treasure through the Abyssal Heavenly Pool.
Because he had obtained a seed of the Primordial Immortal Bloom a long time ago, he wanted to use the Abyssal Heavenly Pool, this nascent world, to cultivate the seed of the Immortal Bloom and allow it to grow into a Profound Heaven Spirit Treasure.
But the birth of a Profound Heaven Spirit Treasure is extremely difficult. Even with my master's heaven-defying abilities, after spending countless precious resources, he only managed to cultivate it into a prototype of a Profound Heaven Spirit Treasure."
Upon hearing this, waves surged in Ning Fa's heart.
As expected, his previous guesses were mostly correct. That Ancestor Yuan, the master Si Chenxing spoke of, was indeed a Grand Ascension expert.
His goal was indeed to cultivate a Profound Heaven Spirit Treasure. Even if he only cultivated it to a prototype, such heaven-defying means were still awe-inspiring.
"My master was not reconciled and made various attempts. Xuan Ling and I are both results of his attempts.
But although the power of this Profound Heaven Spirit Treasure prototype was increased, it was still far from breaking through to a true Profound Heaven Spirit Treasure.
My master did not give up and wanted to make a final attempt.
To this end, he did not hesitate to enter a terrifying secret realm located deep in the starry sky, wanting to obtain a precious item from it to help this treasure advance.
But I don't know what my master encountered in that starry sky secret realm. We lost contact with him.
Even the connection between the Abyssal Heavenly Pool and him was forced to break. The Abyssal Heavenly Pool was also blown away by the terrifying power of the starry sky turbulence, not knowing how far it had drifted.
At this time, Xuan Ling, as the Artifact Spirit of this Profound Heaven Spirit Treasure prototype, suddenly had a feeling.
It vaguely sensed that in a lower world, which is your Human Realm, there was a true Profound Heaven Spirit Treasure, and this treasure was in extremely poor condition.
This naturally made Xuan Ling overjoyed, because if it could devour this true Profound Heaven Spirit Treasure, then it would be very likely to advance to a true Profound Heaven Spirit Treasure.
In the Spirit Realm, those who possess true Profound Heaven Spirit Treasures are none other than those super clans or some of the top powerhouses.
So even if my master knew this method before, he would not have been able to implement it at all, but now this opportunity suddenly appeared.
At that time, Xuan Ling discussed with me, temporarily giving up on finding my master, and instead trying to find a way to enter your Human Realm and find a way to seize that treasure.
In this way, as long as Xuan Ling can advance to a true Profound Heaven Spirit Treasure, whether it is returning to the upper realm or going to find my master, it should be more than enough.
But in the process of our advance, we encountered some trouble. Some strange things in the starry sky wanted to invade the Abyssal Heavenly Pool. Xuan Ling had no choice but to take action to kill them.
But its Profound Heaven Spirit Treasure aura was also leaked as a result, attracting the attention of two nearby True Spirits.
One was a Water Qilin, and the other was a Nine-headed Owl.
Whether it was the Profound Heaven Spirit Treasure prototype or the Abyssal Heavenly Pool, both had great attraction for those two True Spirits, so they both took action to compete for it.
Xuan Ling initially showed weakness and did not use its full strength.
So the two True Spirits' attention was focused on each other. The two True Spirits fought for a full hundred years, and both sides were severely depleted.
Xuan Ling finally found an opportunity, fully erupted, and at the cost of serious damage to its body, temporarily repelled the two True Spirits, and then took the Abyssal Heavenly Pool and flew into the Human Realm.
The Human Realm belongs to a true Lesser Thousand Origin Realm, and the world barrier is strong, making it difficult for even True Spirits to enter.
But that Water Qilin had left a backhand. Before Xuan Ling took action, it had secretly hidden a drop of essence blood in the Abyssal Heavenly Pool.
After the Heavenly Pool entered the Human Realm, this drop of essence blood became its incarnation, which is the Qi Hui you saw before. It fought with Xuan Ling again.
At this time, Xuan Ling was severely damaged by the counterattack of the two True Spirits, just like you saw.
So it also took a full several decades, using the Heavenly Pool as its home field, to slowly grind Qi Hui to death.
But the Water Qilin, as a True Spirit, has unimaginable Divine Abilities. Its incarnation did not die completely. Qi Hui transformed back into a state of essence blood and hid somewhere in the Heavenly Pool.
As long as there is a certain amount of time, it will continue to revive."
And it just so happened that I learned about this, but I didn't tell Xuan Ling.
Because before that, Xuan Ling had recklessly drawn on the Abyssal Heavenly Pool's original power to restore himself, which made me feel a sense of crisis.
I felt that he might even completely devour me in the future.
So I didn't tell Xuan Ling about this; instead, I decided to help Qi Hui recover so he could fight Xuan Ling.
But I also knew very well that since he was a True Spirit, even if it was just an avatar, cooperating with him was like seeking skin from a tiger.
So I never truly trusted him. I was even afraid that he would become too powerful, so before his revival, most of his main body—that is, that drop of essence blood—was secretly sealed by me with the help of the Heavenly Pool.
And I decided to use the Abyssal Heavenly Pool to deal with Xuan Ling.
Because the Abyssal Heavenly Pool has a special characteristic.
The master spent an unknown amount of effort to create this Thousand Vortex Spirit Mountain, which contains numerous trial Spiritual Realms.
The purpose was to give the members of his Abyssal Clan behind him trials, selecting outstanding talents from among them.
Those who could pass the trials would be granted the Ancestor Yuan Seal by him.
And Xuan Ling and I, from the moment we were born, had been branded with deep marks, and we absolutely could not attack anyone who possessed the Ancestor Yuan Seal.
Otherwise, it would directly trigger the deepest Barrier within the Abyssal Heavenly Pool, and we might even be obliterated. So I wanted to use this point, and in the end, Xuan Ling was indeed obliterated because of it.
The reason why I designed those Spiritual Realms on the second level of the Spirit Mountain for you, Daoist friend, and even gave you a drop of Essence of World Origin, was actually to verify whether you possessed a Primordial Realm Pearl.
This item is very important to me, because I want to leave the Abyssal Heavenly Pool.
After the Abyssal Heavenly Pool entered your Human Realm, Xuan Ling unscrupulously drew on the Heavenly Pool's original power to restore his injuries.
Gradually, this caused the Abyssal Heavenly Pool to become unstable, even showing a trend of being unable to maintain its independence.
Over a long period of time, there have been signs of it being assimilated and devoured by your Human Realm.
When that time comes, Xuan Ling might still be alive, but I, as the Abyssal Heavenly Pool's Artifact Spirit, would definitely be reduced to nothingness.
If the master were still here, perhaps the situation could be reversed, but now it seems that is clearly impossible.
Therefore, the Primordial Realm Pearl, this rare item that can give birth to a new interface, is extremely crucial to me.
I can enter it and become the Artifact Spirit of this new interface, thereby gaining a new life for myself.
Although this represents starting over, and my power will become extremely weak, it is filled with renewed possibilities.
And Ling Yuqing happened to have a Primordial Realm Pearl.
When she tried to investigate the situation of the Heavenly Pool, I immediately sensed the aura of the Primordial Realm Pearl on her, which made me even more determined to deal with Xuan Ling.
So that's when I started formulating the plan, including later when I deliberately used some special methods to allow some skilled divination masters in your Human Realm to obtain mysterious hexagrams.
To make them believe that they could obtain the hope of breaking through the shackles of this realm and ascending to the Immortal Realm in the Heavenly Pool.
The purpose was to have them send elite cultivators over, so that these people could pass the trials and obtain the Ancestor Yuan Seal.
Later, after you entered the Abyssal Heavenly Pool, Daoist friend, I also sensed the aura of the Primordial Realm Pearl from you.
It even gave me the feeling that it was stronger than Ling Yuqing's.
So I arranged for you to enter those Spiritual Realms on the second level, using a drop of Essence of World Origin as a test.
After I knew that you indeed possessed the Primordial Realm Pearl, I hesitated whether to have you replace Ling Yuqing.
But what I never expected was that you, Daoist friend, not only possessed the Primordial Realm Pearl, but also had that kind of treasure!
In fact, at that time, I could have chosen to teleport you directly out of the Abyssal Heavenly Pool, but I had another idea.
Because I wasn't sure how much power the master had left in the Heavenly Pool, so I wasn't sure whether Xuan Ling could be obliterated because of it.
So in the end, I decided to treat you as a backup option. In case my plan didn't work, I could use your treasure to deal with Xuan Ling.
But the power of your treasure, Daoist friend, was far beyond my imagination, and it almost devoured the entire Heavenly Pool..."