Starting with the Sword Ancestor System: Xiao Yan, Your Harem is Mine!

289: Seeking jade in the void, the sound of the tide on the other shore.The edge of the Southern Domain, Kongming Mountain.

This was a world completely different from the Yan Realm. The sky displayed a sickly grayish-blue, as if it had been repeatedly washed and torn by an invisible force, appearing exceptionally high, distant, and fragile. The earth was not a continuous mountain range, but rather vast areas of gigantic stone forests, strange in form and mottled in color. These stone pillars soared into the clouds, their surfaces covered in honeycomb-like holes, constantly exhaling grayish-white streams of Qi and emitting wailing wind howls. The air was filled with thin and chaotic energy, and the spatial structure was extremely unstable. Wherever the eye could see, the scenery would often twist slightly, and tiny black fissures would flash into existence only to be forcibly healed by some power.

This place, named Kongming Mountain because of its abundant production of “void meditating stone” containing spatial attributes, was a dangerous area. The chaotic spatial Laws, the violent Void Realm Gang Wind, and the various dangerous creatures and Relic Fragments “tossed” here due to spatial disorder and hidden deep within the stone forest, made this a paradise for adventurers and desperate outlaws, but also the burial ground for countless lives.

A nearly imperceptible spatial ripple spread across the top of a relatively intact grayish-white stone pillar, and five figures stepped out from it. It was Li Ao and his party.

As soon as they landed, everyone felt their bodies sink slightly. This was not due to abnormal gravity, but rather the discomfort caused by the surrounding chaotic spatial pressure and the thin energy environment. A pale golden halo automatically appeared on Gu Xun’er’s body. The aura of the Golden Emperor Sky Burning Flame was restrained, yet it naturally isolated the turbulent Spatial Power. Medusa’s Seven-Colored Dou Qi circulated, her posture remaining proud. Faint Chaos Qi flowed around Xiao Yi Xian, quietly transforming the encroaching miscellaneous energy. Elder Gu Hai, however, let out a muffled groan, his expression slightly solemn; even his Three-Star Dou Sheng cultivation felt some pressure here.

Only Li Ao appeared the calmest. He took a deep breath. The Power of Gui Xu naturally circulated within him, like an invisible vortex, drawing in all the surrounding chaotic, thin, and corrosive Spatial Energy and Void Realm Gang Wind, slowly transforming it into pure Nirvana Power to replenish his own consumption. His Guixu Great Dao seemed inherently suited to this chaotic, decaying, and entropy-bound environment; not only was he unrestrained, but he felt a sense of being completely at ease. The white strands at his temples were even more striking under the grayish-blue sky.

“The space here is indeed extremely chaotic, and the energy is thin and violent. No wonder high-level Cultivators rarely stay here permanently.” Gu Xun’er frowned slightly, looking around. “Brother Li Ao, how should we search for that kongming jade marrow?”

Li Ao took out a pale silver compass given to him by Yan Jin, specifically used to detect spatial fluctuations. A crystal clear pointer floated in the center of the compass, currently spinning wildly without any pattern. “Ordinary detection methods are almost useless here. However...”

He closed his eyes. The phantom image of the “nirvana ancient talisman” faintly appeared on his glabella. The ancient talisman vibrated slightly, emitting a unique Nirvana Fluctuation. Instead of spreading outward, it acted like radar, creating a subtle resonance with the surrounding chaotic spatial environment. From the perspective of the Power of Gui Xu, the seemingly disordered spatial folds, currents, and fissures seemed to reveal a deeper, underlying structure tending toward “Nirvana” or “end.”

A moment later, Li Ao opened his eyes and pointed northwest: “Head that way. Although the spatial structure there is more chaotic and fragmented, the ‘Void Gazer’ attribute is the most concentrated and pure, and... the sensation from the nirvana ancient talisman is slightly clearer in that direction.”

“Purity being conceived within Chaos...” Xiao Yi Xian murmured thoughtfully.