Chapter 878: The Yin-Yang Life-Death Diagram

At the summit of Mount Tai, the Jade Emperor Peak, stood the Jade Emperor Temple, its ancient architecture showing signs of renovation.

Qing Xiaoyue was extremely familiar with this place, having visited more than once. She pointed around and explained.

“Faint, strange power surges into the ancient temple. Could this be a divine shrine?” Yang Tian thought to himself, sensing a peculiar energy converging inward.

With this in mind, he walked into the Jade Emperor Temple. His eyes fell upon a majestic bronze statue. The moment he saw it, he felt a terrifying power within.

“The Jade Emperor!” Qing Xiaoyue explained that this was the Heavenly Emperor of ancient myth, ruler of the cycles of heaven, the foremost emperor under heaven, who established the ancient celestial court and wielded boundless divine might.

“Damn, my soul can barely move, I can’t examine it.” Yang Tian felt like spitting blood. He could sense something hidden around the statue but couldn’t touch it.

“This must be some unknown secret art. If only I could obtain it.” Yang Tian clicked his tongue. With his strength completely gone, he couldn’t get what lay dormant around him—something that seemed to gather a strange power, somewhat useful.

Sighing, Yang Tian left the spot. After wandering around for a while, he stared in surprise at a shrine.

The shrine was small, but Yang Tian sensed an imprint on it, like the mark of the great Dao of heaven and earth. He observed closely and seemed to hear a Dao sound, as if a deity were chanting scriptures.

He grew increasingly astonished, feeling as if phantom images of gods were manifesting, yet he could not discern their reality.

Imprints of mountains, rivers, and earth—these could only be manifested by divine objects, extremely fearsome, capable of suppressing powerful enemies and possessing strange power.

According to Qing Xiaoyue, this shrine was used by ancient emperors for sacrifices to heaven, paying homage to the gods of mountains and rivers. Every generation of emperors had worshipped here, leaving behind fearsome traces.

“Imprints of the heavens, used by ancients for sacrifices to heaven. Could there be an imperial method?” Yang Tian was puzzled and wanted to take the shrine for study. The Taoist priests around him saw his move and their eyes darkened.

Noticing this, Yang Tian curled his lips. Even if he had it now, he couldn’t study it; his strength was too depleted. He would have to wait until he recovered.

Leaving with Qing Xiaoyue, they went outside and wandered around. He felt that this world was not simple, hiding unknown things.

With a hum, the East Sea Divine Pearl, which had been floating, moved, pointing in a certain direction, as if about to fly off.

“Finally found it.” Noticing this, Yang Tian’s face lit up with joy. He walked forward, and as he approached, he sensed a life-and-death aura.

Yang Tian’s expression changed slightly. He looked ahead to a cliff and sensed life-and-death energy emanating from below.

“What are you going to do?” Qing Xiaoyue also looked down, puzzled.

“Go down and take a look. There’s something strange down there.” Yang Tian murmured, sensing a yin-yang aura that might help perfect his life-and-death law.

“What? Go down?” Qing Xiaoyue was startled, then quickly grabbed Yang Tian’s arm, laughing, “I’m coming too. Take me down.”

Yang Tian glanced around, and when he saw no one was watching, he leaped down instantly.

The cliff was not high. His target was not the bottom. After falling for a moment, Yang Tian’s hand suddenly struck, shattering the rock and opening a cave entrance.

As soon as the cave appeared, yin and yang qi burst forth. A huge yin-yang fish seemed to hang in the air, very strange.

“Could it be formed by heaven and earth?” Yang Tian was amazed. He sensed natural patterns; the terrain here was incredibly mysterious, far from simple.

“Life and death, two poles. How was such a polar land formed?” Yang Tian was astonished, sensing a fearsome terrain within—one life, one death, embracing each other as if forming a terrifying diagram.

“Yin-Yang Life-Death Diagram,” Yang Tian murmured. He then appeared on a stone pedestal ahead, sensing an imprint on it, as if someone had realized the Dao here.

“There’s actually a cave here! Unbelievable! Is this where immortals cultivate?” Qing Xiaoyue was full of surprise, looking around constantly.

The ancient cave was very simple, with some stone tables and chairs, empty elsewhere, but very clean.

“There’s a cushion here, intact.” Qing Xiaoyue spotted a yellow cushion, walked over, picked it up, and examined it in surprise—it hadn’t decayed.

At that moment, Yang Tian grabbed it, and the cushion appeared in his hand. Seeing this, Qing Xiaoyue glared at him, pouting angrily.

“Duo!” Yang Tian pointed at the cushion. The yellow cushion immediately floated in the air, emitting a terrifying force. The entire cave manifested a Yin-Yang Life-Death Diagram.

One yin, one yang, embracing in the air, revealing a terrifying diagram that spread across heaven and earth, giving a sense of soaring into the blue sky.

The diagram emitted strange patterns and dazzling divine rays, like a celestial object manifesting the wonders of the heavens.

“Just as I thought—the East Sea Divine Pearl is the vessel, suppressing the two-pole terrain.” Yang Tian thought to himself. The terrain here was extremely fearsome, no ordinary place.

If not for the East Sea Divine Pearl suppressing it for endless ages, the yin-yang ground would have long dissipated, and such a treasure could never have formed.

Moreover, the Yin-Yang Life-Death Diagram had formed over countless ages, becoming extremely fearsome.

“Heavens, the Taiji Diagram…” Qing Xiaoyue also saw the change in the air, utterly astonished, looking left and right—everything seemed too illusory.

“What fearsome terrain—it has formed a natural treasure!” After observing for a while, Yang Tian could sense a terrifying might.

If this great killing weapon were taken out, it could stabilize heaven and earth, seize life and death, terrifying to the extreme!

But he did not do so. The terrain here was very fearsome. He closed his eyes slightly, and under this奇妙 terrain, he felt his physical body undergoing some change.

One life, one death, yin and yang poles—the life source and the divine-demon curse seemed to align, ready to operate according to this pattern.

Seeing this, Yang Tian’s eyes showed excitement. If he could incorporate the divine-demon curse into himself, his cultivation would reach an incredibly terrifying level!

The divine-demon curse was a curse the gods and demons had painstakingly devised to kill him. If he could comprehend the mystery of yin and yang poles, he could incorporate this fearsome power into himself!

Thinking of this, Yang Tian couldn’t help but smile. His fingertip touched the cushion. The yellow cushion emitted chaotic qi, and the Yin-Yang Life-Death Diagram grew more mystical, every pattern clearly visible.

Life-and-death qi emanated from Yang Tian’s pupils. He was already comprehending life and death, which shared the same subtlety as the Yin-Yang Life-Death Diagram.

Now, by observing the Yin-Yang Life-Death Diagram and understanding its mystery, he could cultivate this method!

And even take this treasure away.

Yang Tian’s entire body was wreathed in yin and yang qi, exuding a fearsome aura. Qing Xiaoyue was dumbfounded, for he was now sitting cross-legged in the air, his body almost merging with the Yin-Yang Life-Death Diagram.

“Is this guy a god?” Qing Xiaoyue looked around left and right, feeling as if Yang Tian no longer existed there.