Chapter 46 - The Golden Crow Secret Realm May Originate from the Chaotic Ancient Era
Chapter 46 The Golden Crow Secret Realm May Originate from the Chaotic Ancient Era
Yan Fei met Xiao Yueying’s gaze and said with great confidence, “This is only my speculation, but it’s most likely correct. Otherwise, there’s simply no way to explain the origin of this blue flame.”
Pausing for a moment, she continued, “If this really is the case, then you’ve struck incredible luck! This Nine-Rank Green Lotus may have already developed spiritual intelligence—it’s likely a sentient treasure. Even in the Ancient Era, such spiritual entities were extremely rare.”
At this point, Yan Fei’s expression revealed an indescribable excitement. Legendary sentient treasures—she had only read about them in ancient texts. Their value was beyond estimation.
Seeing how certain Yan Fei was, Xiao Yueying had no choice but to believe her.
She sighed emotionally, “This truly is the marvel of creation! The residual energy of the Golden Crow Divine Flame, a Nine-Rank Green Lotus, and an entire pool of Ice Spirit Cold Water—any one of these treasures is incredibly rare. To find all three together is utterly unique. It must be the will of the heavens.”
After speaking, she suddenly seemed to remember something and asked, “Teacher, do you think the essence in the Golden Crow blood I obtained from the first layer of the secret realm has also faded a great deal?”
Yan Fei replied, “That’s certain. Even the Golden Crow Divine Flame couldn’t resist the erosion of time—how could a single drop of blood remain unchanged? Besides, the spiritual energy in the second layer of the Golden Crow Secret Realm is so abundant, yet it still greatly weakened the power of the Golden Crow Flame. I fear the energy in that drop of blood has diminished even more.”
The two exchanged a glance and saw the same astonishment in each other’s eyes. A single drop of Golden Crow royal blood, possibly weakened countless times, had still allowed Xiao Yueying to directly open the path of Golden Core Dao and condense a supreme First-Rank Golden Core.
What kind of terrifying power would a complete drop of Golden Crow royal blood possess?
“In the end, my estimation that this secret realm was formed 700,000 years ago is just a rough calculation based on the black powder found on the surface of the stone slabs in the first layer of the secret realm,” Yan Fei said again.
She had only just recalled this point—realizing she had previously overlooked a serious issue. And that was—the conditions within the secret realm were not static, but also evolved over the ages.
Just like this blue flame—it definitely didn’t exist when the secret realm was first formed. It was something that only came into being after countless years of evolution. The black powder she saw on the stone was likely a product of changes that occurred during the Archaic Era.
This wasn’t enough to prove that the secret realm was formed during the Archaic Era. But one thing was certain—this secret realm definitely came into being more than 700,000 years ago.
Xiao Yueying had also thought of this, and couldn’t help but feel immense astonishment. Earlier than the Archaic Era… could it be from the chaotic and unfathomable Primordial Era?
Yan Fei had once explained the cyclical nature of eras to her, with each epoch lasting 129,600,000 years. At the end of every epoch, traces are left behind in the river of time.
In the past, the Holy Lord of Tianyan Sacred Land cultivated the supreme Dao of Time. By peering through the river of time and tracing these remnants, he successively uncovered the Taikoo (Primordial), Yuangu (Ancient), Xiangu (Immortal Ancient), and Huanggu (Archaic) eras.
But when tracing back further, all that could be seen was a vast, indistinct expanse—nothing was clear—thus it was collectively referred to as the Chaotic Ancient Era. Therefore, the “Chaotic Ancient Era” was not a specific era, but rather encompassed all the time before the Archaic Era.
As for how long that span was—no one knows. Even the Heavenly Divination Lord, who specialized in the Dao of Time, could only roughly estimate that it lasted at least trillions upon trillions of years. That was an unimaginably terrifying number!
From the Archaic Era until now, only about a million years have passed. Compared to trillions upon trillions of years, it is but a mere speck in the ocean.
Precisely because of this, that era has become even more captivating to people. If the Mythical Era is a shrouded mist of mystery over the Immortal-Mystic World…
Then the Chaotic Ancient Era is the very core of that mist—something the other four great eras simply cannot compare to. Now, Yanfei was telling Xiao Yueying that this Golden Crow Secret Realm most likely took shape during the Chaotic Ancient Era—before even the Archaic Era. That is to say, it might have formed in that unfathomably ancient time, trillions upon trillions of years ago.
How could she not be utterly astonished?
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Ling Chen’s Shock Point log was completely flooded by Xiao Yueying’s entries. This made him feel nothing but immense admiration for Yan Fei.
What did it mean to be a master of speculative imagination?
This was what it meant!
To Ling Chen, Yan Fei’s support was like timely help in a snowstorm. Not only did she help explain the reason behind the energy loss in the Golden Crow royal bloodline, but she even traced the origin of the Golden Crow Secret Realm back to the legendary Chaos Era.
This added tenfold more mystery to the secret realm. Ling Chen’s favorability towards Yan Fei greatly increased, and his mood lifted. Watching Xiao Yueying step forward to refine the Earth Core Fire of the Green Lotus according to Yan Fei’s instructions, Ling Chen couldn’t help but feel a stirring in his heart. He wasn’t the stingy, penny-pinching type.
Since Yan Fei had provided him with such valuable support, he couldn’t just sit back and be petty. Without hesitation, Ling Chen raised his hand and pointed at the Nine-Petal Green Lotus, bestowing upon it an even greater spiritual awareness.
Although there was no visible change on the surface, in reality, the Green Lotus had undergone a fundamental transformation. At that same moment, Xiao Yueying cautiously extended her divine sense to wrap around the Green Lotus—only for it to suddenly mutate.
She never expected that a powerful will would suddenly erupt from the lotus and surge straight into her sea of consciousness.
“Ah!”
Xiao Yueying let out a cry of surprise, her eyes filled with disbelief.
“What’s wrong?” Yan Fei hurried forward and asked with concern.
Xiao Yueying’s face was filled with shock as she pointed at the Nine-Petal Green Lotus and exclaimed in astonishment, “This… this lotus really is sentient—it just passed a Destiny Divine Art to me!”