The Feng Zun Journey
The Cause of Death of Bai Chen

To Chuyu, that scene was undoubtedly too difficult to believe.

"You... Who are you?" 

As the white-haired woman said, she looked up, her eyes seemed to be covered in deep fear.

Feng Zun did not say anything, he simply stretched out his hand and grabbed the void.

Then, a blue lantern floated in the air and landed on his palm.

The lantern was only the size of his palm, its bird-shaped axis submerged in red oil, then lit up and emitted a speckled dim light. 

A line of 'Hun Long' sentences was carved in ancient writing at the bottom of the lantern.

Undoubtedly, that this lantern was the work of the founder of the Eternal Dragon Palace, Ghost King Hun Long!

However, something else quickly averted Feng Zun's gaze. 

There was a trace of slash on the surface of the lantern, and it was clearly the result of sword qi deeds!

“It's only fitting that the aura of this artifact is so weak, so it's been broken for a long time. If added with corrosion for tens of thousands of years, this is no longer what it used to be. Otherwise, I'm sure that you're still trapped inside. Never mind to be able to cause trouble, you won't even be able to take a single step outside of this lantern."

Feng Zun fiddled with the lantern and said casually, “However, the core of your soul seems to have long been united with this lantern. Even though you can escape from his limits, he can still control your life and death. You will live as long as these lanterns exist, but if these are destroyed, then you will also die.”

The white-haired woman trembled from head to toe, and when she looked again at Feng Zun, her face shone with an indescribable expression of astonishment.

It seemed like he could not even imagine, how could a young cultivator of the immortal realm, be able to have such frightening perceptions and such vast knowledge.

“I understand the core of what's going on here. Back then, when Bai Chen had this lantern, he thought that he could use it to intimidate the Heavenly Calamity Sword, so that he would no longer dare to toy with it.”

Feng Zun was deep in thought.

“But he probably would never have guessed, that you would attack him all of a sudden, so he had no choice but to use this artifact to suppress you at the last moment...

...However, this had precisely created a gap for the Heavenly Calamity Sword to attack, and resulted in the death of the second generation leader of the Eternal Dragon Palace, as well as resulting in the destruction of the seventy-two Crystal Cocoons, as well as resulting in the destruction of the seventy-two Crystal Cocoons, and every chosen disciple all faced the doom of death.”

The white-haired lady bit her lips, “I've already said that I didn't kill Bai Chen! He is greedy and dangerous, and it brings death to himself!”

"Oh?" said Feng Zun with interest. “Then, let's listen to your explanation. If you can convince me, then I will give you a path to a new life."

The white-haired woman was silent for a while, and her expression suddenly conflicted. "When the Darkness Guard Energy began to drop, His Majesty Hun Long made the choice to prevent the inheritance of the Eternal Dragon Palace from coming to a halt ..."

He went on to explain the complete situation. 

That's not complicated.

Ghost King Hun Long believed there were only two paths, which they could take to avoid the end of their inheritance.

The first was to lead their experts away from the Luo Mainland, and explore the dangerous starry sky in search of a new cultivation ground.

One group left, but the other group, led by this Bai Chen, built the Eternal Crystal Chrysalis within the Last Resting Place, in an attempt to escape the corrosive power of the Ancient Darkness Restriction Energy.

The Silk Book of Swords, the Sword Art Spirit he made.

Soul Shackling Lantern.

And the first sword he forged personally, after proving his Dao and entering the Immortal God Peak Realm, “Celestial Sword Blaze.”

The white haired woman in the red dress, turned out to be the sword spirit of Celestial Blaze.

Before Bai Chen started building the Immortal Crystal Cocoon, the Celestial Calamity Sword Spirit or Qing Ruo, quietly warned the Celestial Blaze Sword Spirit. 

He said that Bai Chen had decided to manipulate Celestial Blaze, in order to suppress the Heavenly Calamity Sword. 

Once that happened, Qing Ruo would be completely suppressed, but the white-haired spirit of Celestial Blaze would be cursed mercilessly.

Qing Ruo also said that she could help him escape from this calamity, but on condition that she help him defeat Bai Chen.

The white-haired woman rejected this idea.

At that moment, he did not believe that Bai Chen would dare to manipulate Celestial Blaze. 

After all, it was the sword left behind by His Majesty Hun Long. Although he was the spirit of the sword, but he and Ghost King Hun Long were as close as teachers and disciples.

Contrary to all his expectations, after completing the seventy-two Immortal Crystal Chrysalis, Bai Chen actually tried to refine and manipulate it …

This left him with no other choice but to rebel.

In the end, even though Bai Chen used the Soul Shackling Lantern to suppress him, this still created a gap for Qing Ruo, to kill her own master. 

“I never hated Bai Chen. But he had used his own body to nurture his sword, so Qing Ruo continued to become increasingly stronger, but Bai Chen's cultivation had precisely become bottlenecked...

... Although after a long time passed, but he did not also break through. The longer she was trapped, then the more likely Qing Ruo was to be able to fight her.” said the white-haired woman. 

He paused for a moment then continued, “That's the reason he tried to perfect Celestial Blaze, he hoped that it would help suppress Qing Ruo.”

"But even though I can understand, I still can't let my life end just like that, which in the end caused a disaster at that time..." When he spoke up to here, his expression grim, he bowed and fell silent. 

After hearing the full story, Feng Zun's heart didn't even falter. He looked at the woman and said coldly,

“The Ghost King Hun Long left Celestial Blaze here. It means that he wants you to serve and take care of Bai Chen, but you are making him lose his life. Moreover, you have caused the death of every disciple he left behind in the Eternal Dragon Palace. After all that, do you really think that you are innocent?”

The white-haired woman stiffened, she looked up, and met Feng Zun's gaze. 

"Was it the spirit of the sword, it meant that my life was no longer mine alone, and that others could decide my life and death?"

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Note: In the next 1 or 2 chapters, the entire Luo Mainland, suddenly experienced a massive phenomenon related to the descent of the Radiant Age.