Star Trace Gate

Chapter 912 One Finger Opens the Celestial Palace, Turning the Tide

Soaring into the heavens, one beholds the splendor of the divine tombs and celestial palaces!

Holy crap, what does he mean by that? Does he want to send me to the Divine Tomb Immortal Palace?! But this is too sudden, I wasn't prepared at all. Most importantly, he clearly came with Fatty Sun, so why is he suddenly going to attack...?

No, I must remain calm and not make any rash statements. What if Uncle Li has already secretly reached an agreement with Sun Michen, and this is just a test? If I show any sign of betraying the Sun family, wouldn't that be tantamount to courting death?

Ren listened to Li Erbo's telepathic message and sensed his presence. He felt both nervous and surprised. Most importantly, he simply couldn't trust Li Erbo.

Although he had always had a good impression of the lecherous Uncle Li, the man was, after all, the head of a powerful clan. You can't judge these kinds of people by their outward appearances; their thoughts and cunning are very difficult to fathom. Especially when it comes to choices involving personal gain, they are often ruthless and cold-blooded.

Little Bad Boy had no idea what kind of "chicken-beating" Uncle Li had gone through in the past two days, nor did he know about Little Fatty Li's astonishing act of filial piety in "offering sacrifices to ancestors and instructing his uncle in the ancestral hall." Therefore, he really found it hard to believe that Uncle Li would, at this moment, "risk his life to open a path to life for him in the Sun family, and point to the celestial palace with a single finger."

However, his suspicions and distrust were quickly and completely shattered and destroyed by Li Erbo's actions.

"You two, aunt and nephew, prepare to leave and enter the Immortal Palace to quickly seek your origin!"

After Uncle Li secretly extended his sword finger, his steady yet hoarse voice once again resounded in Ren Ye's ears.

"boom!"

Immediately afterwards, a vast and boundless aura suddenly rose up, instantly filling the entire space. The scenery inside the Scripture Pavilion suddenly became distorted, like a reflection in water.

"Shh!"

Li Erbo's body did not move, but an ancient mirror image of all things in the human world appeared beneath his feet, gradually becoming solid like a Bagua diagram, and spreading out with a shimmering glow.

The illusory image of the ancient mirror became increasingly dazzling, like a tidal wave, suddenly spreading from the Sun family's scripture pavilion and then covering the entire Sun family compound.

All of this happened extremely quickly and suddenly. Not only did Ren not have time to react, but even Sun Michen, who was in a smug mood, was completely unprepared for Li Erbo's move. By the time he sensed something was wrong, the aura inside the Scripture Pavilion was already surging wildly, the ancient mirror had taken shape, and the entire Sun family compound was completely enveloped by the power of the void.

In the blink of an eye, Uncle Li had completed all the pre-casting animations. Such swift action proved that he already knew what he was going to do and how to do it before he came to the Sun family.

"Brother Li, what is the meaning of your actions?!"

Sun Michen asked with an extremely shocked expression, and then instinctively released his own aura, raising his hand to prepare for an attack.

“Since we’ve decided to enter the Tomb of the Gods, let’s do it sooner rather than later. There’s no time like the present.” Uncle Li Er replied decisively, “Let’s go in today.”

"But the experts in my clan are not ready yet, and neither am I...!"

“You don’t need to rush. I didn’t plan to bring them on this trip. However, when the experts of your Sun family are buried together, I can reopen the void and personally send them to their graves,” Uncle Li Er replied through gritted teeth.

This sentence completely broke down Sun Michen, who was already bewildered.

He yelled in a hoarse voice, "Li Taishan, stop right there!!!"

"It's hard to say who will win if we fight. But in this Illusory Village, no one can keep the person I, Li Taishan, want to protect!" Uncle Li raised his arm, pointed his sword at his brow, and shouted: "Burn my Heavenly Realm Mirror—reopen the Divine Tomb Immortal Gate!"

“Buzz buzz buzz…!”

As soon as he uttered those words, thousands of places in the entire Sun family compound, whether in the sky or on the ground, or in the magnificent palaces, trembled simultaneously, just like thousands of stars twinkling together, faintly emitting a distorted and blurry aura.

Immediately afterwards, these thousands of trembling voids all began to glow, then suddenly spread out and slowly condensed into strange ancient mirror phantoms.

The mirrors, bathed in the starlight and moonlight of the night sky, shimmered with a hazy glow, reflecting and coexisting with each other, much like black holes echoing each other and sharing a common ground.

In an instant, thousands of Li Erbo's reflections appeared in the ancient mirrors, turning the entire Sutra Repository into a mirror maze.

"Oh!"

Sun Michen suddenly conjured a palm shadow radiating terrifying pressure and slammed it forward, attempting to stop Li Erbo from using the power of the void.

"Bang bang bang bang...!"

With a single palm strike, carrying the force of a collapsing sky and shattering the earth, dozens of ancient mirrors in the Mirror Pavilion were instantly destroyed, and Li Erbo's reflection in the mirror was greatly reduced.

Despite Sun Michen's usual image as a kind and wealthy man, when it comes to a real fight, his divine power and the oppressive aura emanating from his personal presence are on par with the gloomy Zhao Mi.

However, the power of his palm strike was completely swallowed up by the dozens of shattered ancient mirrors. Then, like a black hole, the residual force of the palm strike was dispersed, piercing through the void and being introduced into the sky above the Sun family compound, where it poured down together.

At this moment, all the experts within the Sun family compound had sensed the anomaly in the Scripture Pavilion and were rushing over, but they were blocked by the Mirror Maze on the way. Then they saw the terrifying residual power of palm shadows surging from dozens of ancient mirrors above the compound...

They were terrified that their lowly offspring would suffer annihilation, so they could only take to the air and use their divine powers to neutralize Sun Michen's palm strike.

Above the Sun family compound, the earth-shattering sound of spiritual energy colliding echoed incessantly.

"Uh……!"

Uncle Li's true form remained motionless, still holding the sword-pointed-to-his-brow pose. However, when the dozens of ancient mirrors shattered, he couldn't help but let out a painful groan, his throat tasted sweet, and he showed signs of vomiting blood. However, he gritted his teeth and swallowed the blood that surged up in his stomach.

However, this was not due to Sun Michen's offensive methods causing him to suffer backlash and injury, but rather because he overused the power of the void, causing his old illness to relapse and his physical blood and qi to flow in reverse.

His ancient mirror is named the Celestial Realm Mirror, meaning that although the celestial realm is vast, one can roam freely within it.

In the Li family's heritage, besides the ancestral treasure, the Heavenly Domain Mirror is one of the Li family's supreme magical artifacts, and also the object that truly embodies the power of the top void.

Before Uncle Li participated in that journey away from home, the Heavenly Domain Mirror was flawless and had unlimited potential. However, during that journey, Uncle Li suffered a great calamity, fought a bloody battle with a group of intruders for a long time, and was routed several times, which eventually caused a crack to appear on the upper left part of the mirror.

As everyone knows, the entire Li clan cultivates the Dao of Void, and this mirror and its host are in a state of symbiosis. The fact that the mirror has cracks means that the Dao intent that Li Erbo has nurtured for half his life has been damaged.

Wounds inflicted by the Great Dao are profound and mysterious, extremely difficult to heal. It's like a ruler; a few minor cracks at the corners are not a problem, but a crack in the middle is. Because once that happens, the ruler will inevitably break sooner or later, unless it's completely remade…

Given Li Erbo's age, repairing the broken mirror is almost impossible. Only if someone of the same lineage and origin can remelt the ancient mirror and completely erase his Dao injury can he truly recover.

Today, Li Taishan is truly fighting desperately, even more so than during the Li-Yin conflict, he is pushing the Heavenly Domain Mirror to its limits.

That time, he only needed to connect with the illusory coffin within the Divine Tomb Immortal Palace to intimidate the Yin family; he didn't need to actually remove it. But this time is different…

This time, he needed to actually send several living people into the tomb of the gods in a very short time.

This is much more difficult, and you can't hold back, otherwise all your previous efforts will be in vain!

"Li Taishan, I think you've gone mad!" Sun Michen shouted anxiously, but due to the influence of the mirror maze, he couldn't find Li Erbo's true form in a short time.

Enraged, he relentlessly unleashed his supreme divine power, indiscriminately bombarding the illusory image of the ancient mirror within the hall.

Uncle Li ignored him completely, focusing his mind and connecting with the illusory image of an ancient mirror. He suddenly transmitted his voice, "You bastard who tricked my nephew into committing crimes, are you ready?"

Outside the Sun family compound, a man dressed in white, the sixth son, responded cryptically after hearing the telepathic message: "We are ready to depart at any time."

"Enter the mirror, proceed into the hall!"

Uncle Li called out in a trembling voice.

"boom!"

As soon as the words were spoken, an aura far exceeding that of an ordinary Black Qi level expert surged out of the Sun family courtyard. Immediately afterward, a white-clad phantom, leading a chubby boy, suddenly flew in from outside the night sky and stepped into the phantom of the ancient mirror before the Sun family experts could react.

“Swish, swish!”

In an instant, an ancient mirror in the library emitted an eerie light, and then two familiar figures emerged from the blur and distortion.

The mischievous little king, who had been constantly sensing the atmosphere around him, was so happy when he "saw" the two illusory figures that he almost jumped for joy: "My fellow investigators, I've missed you all so much...!"

Indeed, the figures that emerged from the mirror were the storyteller and Li Xiaopang.

At that moment, all of Ren Ye's suspicions, wariness, and doubts about Li Erbo vanished instantly.

Although he was a womanizer, he was indeed a good person, one of the few good people in the village of illusion.

The little rascal was overjoyed and saw a new, earth-shattering change and opportunity!

But when Uncle Li sensed Li Xiaopang's presence, he nearly suffered a stroke from anger. He never expected that this rebellious son would run out of the family ancestral hall again!

He was indeed preparing to send Ren Ye and the others to the tomb today, and last night he had used Little Fatty's Void Mirror to release his aura as much as possible, sending a powerful signal of goodwill to the storyteller, so that after the other party cautiously tested him, he decided to communicate with him telepathically.

After a heated argument over "You damn well advised my nephew to commit a crime," the two were forced to cooperate, which led to the scene where the storyteller was squatting outside the Sun family's gate, waiting to join the game.

But before leaving today, Uncle Li Er specifically instructed his sixth uncle to keep a close eye on Xiao Pang and not let him run around causing trouble again, lest he get into danger again.

But now… why is he hanging out with death row inmate number 79 again? And why the hell are they both at the Sun family's house?! Uncle Li was already showing signs of a stroke, trembling with rage, thinking to himself, "There's a traitor in the family, there must be, but I can't say who it is…!"

"Second Uncle, hurry, open the tomb quickly! I want to go with them and come back together!" After Li Xiaopang appeared, he immediately transmitted his voice, "Don't hesitate! Last night, the Ancestor appeared in my dream and said that my going in is definitely an auspicious sign...!"

"The thing I regret most in my life is... not strangling you before you came out of the pass!" Uncle Li gritted his teeth and cursed inwardly.

"Second Uncle, hurry up, there's no time!" Li Xiaopang urged urgently.

"He insisted on coming, and there was nothing I could do about it," the storyteller said innocently in a telepathic voice.

Hearing this bastard's words, Uncle Li desperately wanted to start another verbal battle with him, but there was clearly no time. He also knew that his situation would soon become very precarious, and keeping Little Fatty here was worse than sending him to the grave to seek his fortune.

"open--!"

Uncle Li suddenly raised his arm, pointing his sword at the sky.