Ji Yuan subconsciously looked up, towards the direction where the divine light was cast, and then fell into a daze.
On the other side of the vast cave he was in, there was a magnificent and colossal divine hall, bathed in brilliant divine light.
Even though they were still a considerable distance away, he could clearly feel an ancient aura, as if it had traversed the long years, passing down from antiquity.
Sacred, solemn, magnificent, majestic…
Ji Yuan didn't know how to describe the shock in his heart at that moment. The vast and magnificent divine hall was like a place where gods resided.
Suddenly, his expression froze, and a thought immediately surfaced in his mind.
"This should be the ancient divine hall of the Yu clan."
Beside him, Jiang Yunzhou walked over at some point, gazing at the distant divine hall, and slowly said.
As one of the ancient hundred clans, and a prominent one at that, it was said that in its prime, the Yu clan had three powerful Heavenly Gods seated simultaneously, drawing faith from millions of beings.
And the divine hall before them was likely built by the Yu clan from ancient times.
"What exactly does that ancestor of the Yu clan… want to do?"
"And what is the deal between him and the sect master of the Nine Heavens Sect?"
Ji Yuan slowly withdrew his gaze, then frowned, his mind filled with questions.
For a moment, he even thought of what was happening in the Immortal Slaying Valley, and all that had transpired before.
It was clear that the ancestor of the Yu clan was fully aware of all this, and for some reason, had even made a private deal with the sect master of the Nine Heavens Sect.
And looking at the other party's demeanor, it made him doubt whether some things about the Yu clan were truly as others had said.
Or perhaps, from beginning to end, no one had told the truth, and it was all a mixture of truth and falsehood.
"Don't think about it. Everything will come to light before long."
Jiang Yunzhou saw his thoughts and comforted him.
What he said was not without reason. Once this matter was over, the hidden truth would eventually be uncovered.
Although ordinary cultivators would still not know what had happened, as the overlord of Feiyun County, the Nine Heavens Sect would not have to actively seek it; the truth would be delivered to them.
"Let's go and see what the senior intends by sending us here."
Ji Yuan nodded slightly, then raised his head again, looking towards the distant divine hall.
Since the other party had teleported them to this place, they must have had a purpose. With their cultivation, status, and other factors, they would not have acted without reason.
And in the entire vast cave, only the distant divine hall had the potential to hide something.
With that said, the two adjusted their states and strode towards the divine hall.
Under that majestic, solemn, and sacred aura, both of them dared not freely mobilize the power within their bodies, and could only walk on the ground with their physical bodies.
After about half an hour, Ji Yuan and Jiang Yunzhou arrived outside the divine hall. In front of them were three hundred and sixty-five steps.
Upon closer inspection, the two were shocked to discover that the entire magnificent and colossal divine hall was actually refined from spiritual stones!
It was unimaginable that the entire divine hall was cast from high-grade spiritual stones, containing an unimaginably vast and pure spiritual energy, along with a special aura unique to ancient times.
Under this aura, Ji Yuan felt that the divine power within his body became active, and even began to grow on its own, albeit only a very slight amount.
In comparison, the phenomenon on Jiang Yunzhou's body was quite noticeable. He was enveloped in the light of divine power, and the powerful aura of a peak third-realm cultivator was no longer suppressed, but fully unleashed.
The two looked at each other, their shock beyond words. Just by approaching the divine hall, their bodies had already undergone changes.
Taking a deep breath, Ji Yuan was the first to step onto the stairs leading to the stone hall, which were refined from spiritual stones.
However, as soon as he stepped onto the first step, a force forcefully surged into his body, eventually integrating into his Sea of Consciousness and into the jade bead that exuded divine power.
This item was refined by him using methods described in the Jiang Shui Divine Dao for disguise, and it contained divine power comparable to the late stage of the first realm.
Now, after absorbing the power surging from the stairs, the divine power within the jade bead had become nearly twice as pure and much more powerful, just one step away from the second realm.
Ji Yuan's eyes flickered, and without hesitation, he continued to walk upwards. With each step he took, a surge of power entered his body, purifying the divine power within the jade bead in his Sea of Consciousness.
After only seven or eight steps, the divine power in his body had become extremely pure. Even when compared to cultivators who specialized in the Divine Dao, it was no less inferior, as if he had cultivated diligently for more than a decade.
"The stairs leading to the divine hall alone possess the ability to purify divine power!"
Jiang Yunzhou exclaimed in amazement.
He had originally thought that with his cultivation, there was almost no room for advancement in terms of pure divine power, but he never expected that it was now constantly being purified.
Just a few steps had purified his divine power by nearly ten percent. If he were to ascend the remaining three hundred-plus steps.
Even without breaking through his current realm, Jiang Yunzhou had a premonition that in terms of the purity of his divine power alone, he might be able to contend head-on with a great cultivator in the early Golden Core stage!
Thinking of this, a look of fervor appeared in his eyes, and he was eager to reach the summit quickly.
A total of three hundred and sixty-five steps. It took them about an hour to finally reach the top and stand before the divine hall.
At this moment, Ji Yuan and Jiang Yunzhou both closed their eyes, carefully sensing the changes within their bodies.
The jade bead in the former's Sea of Consciousness was now enveloped in dense divine light, and the divine power fluctuations emanating from it had reached the mid-second realm.
Furthermore, in terms of divine power purity, it was no less than that of any cultivator who specialized in the Divine Dao and had practiced for a hundred years.
As his divine power increased, the gentle light that the ancestor of the Yu clan had infused into his Sea of Consciousness suddenly materialized, forming an extremely profound cultivation method.
"Art of Divine Avatar..."
Ji Yuan murmured to himself, his shock beyond words.
The avatar technique, which he had longed for and which even powerful beings might not possess, was obtained under such circumstances.
According to the records in this cultivation method, he only needed to refine the jade bead in his Sea of Consciousness and supplement it with various precious spiritual materials to create a divine avatar.
Apart from the fact that the power within the body was divine power and the path followed was the Divine Dao, it was not significantly different from the main body. Moreover, with a single thought, he could freely switch between the avatar and the main body.
In an instant, the avatar could become the main body, and the main body could become the avatar.
However, when the distance between the two exceeded a certain limit, this ability would be lost.