Boom...
Ye Yunfei inwardly sneered, releasing a trace of his Heavenly Emperor's remnant soul from deep within his Soul Sea.
"Not good!"
The divination art unleashed by Master Huangshi had only just come into contact with Ye Yunfei when it suffered a tremendous backlash. He immediately took a step back, his face instantly turning several shades paler.
"How is this possible?
I actually cannot divine anything about this young man and suffered a terrifying backlash!
This young man is anything but ordinary!"
Master Huangshi was inwardly shocked.
He shot a wary glance at Ye Yunfei, not daring to attempt any more divination.
As a master of divination, he knew that when encountering something that could not be divined, one must not force it, lest there be severe consequences.
"Master Huangshi, what happened to you?"
Those around noticed his odd behavior and someone immediately asked.
"I am fine. These are just lingering aftereffects from my frequent use of divination," Master Huangshi said casually.
"Master Huangshi, there is a chance those invaders have already discovered the trail of the Canghuang Origin!" the Sacred Temple's Grand Hall Master said to Master Huangshi.
"I know.
After disappearing for countless long years, the Canghuang Origin suddenly showed signs of activity again in these past two days," Master Huangshi nodded.
"Master Huangshi, have you divined something?"
Everyone perked up at his words, and the Hall Master hurriedly asked.
"In previous eras, the Canghuang Origin was likely lying dormant in a certain location, hidden away deeply and extremely difficult to discover.
However, during my divination in these past two days, I found that the Canghuang Origin has suddenly begun to stir.
This suggests it is highly probable the Canghuang Origin has left its former hiding place and is now active.
Such a moment is the best opportunity to find the Canghuang Origin.
I believe that Pang Taishi must also have divined the Canghuang Origin's movement by now and is currently tracking it," Master Huangshi explained.
"We must stop them! We absolutely cannot let the Canghuang Origin fall into their hands!
Otherwise, the entire Canghuang Realm will be under their control, and all the living beings of this world will become meat on a chopping board, slaughtered as they please!" the Hall Master said with a grim expression.
Everyone around nodded.
The higher-ups of these major sects and great clans all knew what the Canghuang Origin represented.
Whoever controlled the Canghuang Origin would gain formidable power and become the master of this world.
"We should immediately gather our forces and go kill that Pang Taishi, or drive him from our world.
That way, we can stop him from continuing to divine the Canghuang Origin," the gray-robed elder suddenly suggested.
"Easier said than done!
According to intelligence, at the very least, two Dao Molding Realm experts are personally guarding him, accompanied by a large group of Dao Entry Realm masters.
If we go after Pang Taishi and fail to kill him, it would alert the snake in the grass, making the other side vigilant. Then it would become even harder to stop them from controlling the Canghuang Origin.
Therefore, we must not act rashly.
Our best course of action is to find the Canghuang Origin first, then protect it," the Hall Master argued.
"Well said. Hall Master Lü makes sense."
The other high-ranking members of the Canghuang Alliance nodded one after another.
"Alright, there is no time to waste.
Master Huangshi, please divine the whereabouts of the Canghuang Origin. We must find it first and protect it," the Hall Master looked at Master Huangshi and said.
"Master Huangshi, we place this in your capable hands."
The other alliance higher-ups also chimed in.
"Divining the Canghuang Origin will definitely incur a backlash.
However, for the sake of our world's safety, this old man will naturally do his utmost," Master Huangshi sighed as he said this.
"Master Huangshi's praiseworthy nobility is truly admirable!" the Mountain Lord of Bulao Mountain praised.
"Furthermore, dispatch more scouts to closely monitor Pang Taishi's every move!" the Palace Master spoke up.
Soon after.
"Very well, I will begin divining the Canghuang Origin's whereabouts immediately," Master Huangshi said, sitting down cross-legged.
The attendant he kept by his side immediately took out a wooden table from his spatial ring and placed various divination-specific items upon it, arranging them into an altar.
Then, Master Huangshi carefully produced a jade box. Upon opening it, it revealed a fruit that had been mostly eaten.
This remaining fruit shimmered with a faint green light, as if carved from green jade, exuding waves of a captivating fragrance.
"The Green Divine Fruit!"
Immediately, someone recognized that mostly-eaten fruit. It was the legendary Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasure known as the Green Divine Fruit!
This was a spiritual fruit of immense benefit to Soul Power!
"Indeed.
It is indeed the Green Divine Fruit.
This small portion has great origins—it was left over after being eaten by the Canghuang Origin.
Thus, it carries a trace of the Canghuang Origin's aura.
This trace of aura can serve as the foundation for my divination to locate the Canghuang Origin," Master Huangshi explained.
"Eaten by the Canghuang Origin?
The Canghuang Origin consumes things?" Someone couldn't help but ask, puzzled.
"You can understand the Canghuang Origin as a spirit manifested by the origin energies of our world. It can assume forms of various races, such as humans, beasts, demons, and so on.
When the Canghuang Source takes on a racial form, it can consume food like any living creature," Master Huangshi clarified.
"Ah, I see!" The crowd suddenly understood.
Master Huangshi then placed the small piece of Green Divine Fruit upon the altar, closed his eyes, and began his divination.
Two hours later.
Master Huangshi abruptly opened his eyes.
"According to my divination, the Canghuang Origin should be in that direction!
For I have grasped a thread of its aura."
Master Huangshi pointed in a certain direction as he spoke firmly.
"Master Huangshi, we shall set out immediately to find the Canghuang Origin!" declared the Sacred Temple's Grand Hall Master.
Soon after, the Canghuang Alliance's high-ranking members split into two groups. One followed Master Huangshi to search for the Canghuang Origin, while the other remained behind to guard the headquarters.
Ye Yunfei naturally chose to join the search party.
After all, the reason Ye Yunfei and the gray-robed elder had come to the Canghuang Alliance headquarters was precisely to gather information about the Canghuang Origin's whereabouts.
Not long after, a flying ship departed from the Canghuang Alliance headquarters, flying off into the distant starry sky.
Aboard the ship were Master Huangshi and a contingent of Canghuang Alliance forces.
Master Huangshi sat cross-legged inside, an altar placed before him. He continuously performed his divination, pointing out the direction from time to time.
At the same time.
The Celestial Cang Star Sea.
A flying ship sped through the void.
Inside the ship.
A white-haired old man sat cross-legged.
Before this white-haired elder sat a wooden table, upon which rested a mostly-eaten fruit shimmering with green light.
It was also the Green Divine Fruit!
The white-haired elder continuously performed divination using this small piece of fruit.
Surrounding him stood a group of experts whose auras were sharp and formidable.
"Pang Taishi, with just this small piece of fruit, can you truly find the whereabouts of the Canghuang Origin?" one of the elders present couldn't help but ask the white-haired elder.
"Yes.
This Green Divine Fruit has significant origins.
It was left uneaten by the Canghuang Origin and carries the Canghuang Origin's aura upon it," Pang Taishi nodded.
"It was eaten by the Canghuang Origin?!"
Everyone present was astonished.
"This small piece of Green Divine Fruit is connected to the cause of the civil war that broke out back then.
Originally, the Canghuang Origin rarely showed itself; people of the world hardly had any chance to encounter it, let alone track or capture it.
Later, on one occasion, the Canghuang Origin transformed into a human appearance and, living as a human, entered a human city and resided there for quite some time. By accident, a martial artist with whom it frequently interacted learned of its true identity.
That martial artist grew covetous, seeking an opportunity to strike against the Canghuang Origin and capture it.
The Canghuang Origin sensed this and left early, leaving behind only a half-eaten Green Divine Fruit.
Subsequently, the matter somehow leaked out, spreading wider until more and more people learned of it.
Eventually, the major powers within the Canghuang Realm also came to know.
Thus, many major powers dispatched their forces, seeking out that martial artist, demanding he hand over the half-eaten Green Divine Fruit.
In the end, that half Green Divine Fruit was split into two pieces, each obtained by one of two opposing factions.
After that, these two factions, centering around the Canghuang Origin, launched a civil war that ultimately broke and completely split the Canghuang Realm into two separate worlds," Pang Taishi slowly recounted a piece of the hidden history regarding this Green Divine Fruit before them.