September 15, the day of extreme gloom.

The sun was scorching, the heat was steaming, the four fields were all bare rocks, no grass was growing, the air was unusually dry, and there was a faint smell of sulfur. On the originally flat ground, a bottomless deep trench suddenly appeared, and the earth seemed to be torn apart by a mysterious force from above the Nine Heavens. From a distance, this deep ravine is like a giant dragon lying on the ground, with no end in sight, connecting with the sky, as if extending from the sky.

Yan Xu stood on the edge of the cliff, looking at the opposite bank of the deep ravine, the wind blew up from the bottom of the cliff, with a fishy hot breath, blowing people to sway. The mountains and rivers are splendid, the heavens and the earth are magnificent, and people are as small as ants on them, but it is this small person who can hold the universe in his hands. In an instant, the pride and ambition that was deeply rooted in the bone marrow and vowed to dominate the world erupted from his chest again. As long as tonight passes, he will be the dragon that breaks through the shackles of a qiē, going upstream, galloping between the magnificent heaven and earth, overlooking all beings, turning clouds and rain. As long as tonight passes, he Yan Xu will be the master of this magnificent world, the only true son of heaven.

He pointed to the sky, at the end of the deep ravine that meandered forward, and said to Ye Xuan, who was standing beside him, "Do you see this ghostly masterpiece?" At the end of this ravine, there are the ten directions, and the ten directions are there. ”

Ye Xuan looked at it, at the end of the deep ravine that stretched far away, the clouds and mist were shrouded, and sure enough, there was a majestic mountain peak, towering into the clouds.

Yan Xu said again: "According to legend, in ancient times, Shifang was a volcano, but since Emperor Fuxi buried Shifang in this mountain, it has never erupted. This deep ravine was caused by the last eruption of this volcano. ”

As the sun began to sink in the west, the group finally reached the end of the deep ravine, ten directions.

Shifang is a lonely peak, the peak is submerged into the clouds, teaching people not to see its full picture, and at the foot of the mountain, a huge, tall stone toad shows its ugly head, as if it was suppressed by Shifang at the bottom of the mountain, is facing everyone with a bloody mouth, this is the entrance of Shifang.

Dozens of Ming Yan envoys were guarding the entrance, and Ye Xuan saw the jade coffin parked on the side at a glance, as well as Tong Mo guarding the jade coffin. Tong Mo has led the Ming Yan Division to the Ten Directions first since the beginning of September, and has been waiting for a long time, "Congratulations to the prince, the day of extreme yin is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, a great cause for a thousand years, and success or failure is only tonight." ”

Although he had long expected Tong Mo to come, when Ye Xuan saw the Tianyin Guqin behind him with his own eyes, his heart still couldn't help but sink.

The beautiful sound of the Tianyin Qin can confuse people's minds, hurt people's minds, or make people give birth to illusions, if it is not for profound skills, it is impossible to withstand it at all, especially for people who are not strong-willed or weak, it is easy to be controlled by Tianyinqin. When Ye Xuan failed to assassinate Yan Xu, she was injured by Yun Wei and almost died. With Tong Mo here, it will add a lot of resistance to Yili's rescue.

Tong Mo looked at the sky, the twilight was gradually rising, and the sunset was about to sink, and said: "Time is pressing, please do your best." ”

Yan Xu glanced at the toad silently, and then looked at the Yunwei and Mingyan envoys who were pouring out of the nest behind him, they stood quietly behind him, their eyes were eager and determined, they were like himself, they had been waiting for this day for a long time.

He turned to look at Ye Xuan, she had been silent, as if it was none of her business, and there was no fear on her face, and she was meeting his gaze at this moment, looking at him calmly.

There was a trace of pity in his heart, but it was fleeting, and the hegemony was in sight, so he couldn't think about it. He said to her: "Once the great cause is completed, I will teach the world to be peaceful and the four universes to be peaceful, and I will not forget the credit of you for helping me achieve the ten strategies." It's still the same sentence, I don't want you to die, if you are fine, invite me to Sendai, still count, not only that, but I will also give you the antidote to thousands of mountains and rivers. ”

He didn't hesitate any longer, took her hand and strode over to the stone toad, neatly drew a cross with the dagger on her palm, and then pressed her hand firmly on the toad's open jaw lip flap.

Death was so close to her, Ye Xuan's heart was far less calm than her surface, her heart was trembling, but the dull pain in her palm made her feel desperate. She could clearly feel the blood flowing out of her, flowing into the mouth of the toad's vicious blood, along the grooves on the flap of the toad's lips. She wanted to escape, but Yan Xu was right behind her, his hand pressed tightly on hers, making her unable to flinch.

She prayed in her heart that since these ten strategies were left by Fuxi to her descendants, she would not be ruthless enough to let her descendants die of bloodshed. Sure enough, after a feeling of dizziness, she heard the sound of booming and rumbling, and a strong vibration came from the soles of her feet, Yan Xu decisively pulled her away, and retreated a few feet away with everyone.

The dust was flying, and the hideous toad that was still sucking blood turned into powder in an instant, and where it was originally located, suddenly cracked a hole ten feet high, like a huge door, and the door was deep and dark, and I don't know where it leads to the belly of the mountain.

At this moment, the giant beast that had been sleeping here for thousands of years finally woke up, roaring and opening its mouth to the world, luring the comer to step on the road of no return.

The crowd shouted excitedly, "The gate of the ten directions is open!" ”

Looking at the deep and terrifying entrance, Yan Xu felt a burst of excitement in his heart, but he didn't expect that Shifang Ce was actually hiding in the belly of the mountain. He handed Ye Xuan over to Yunzhu and led everyone into the giant gate. Yunzhu helped Ye Xuan, gave her a few blood pills, and said softly, "You can rest here." ”

Ye Xuan shook her head, broke free from her support and wanted to walk towards the giant gate. The entrance of the Ten Directions was opened by her own hands, how could she not go in and witness the birth of the Ten Directions with her own eyes? What's more, her fate has been tightly tied to Shifangce. Seeing that she insisted on not stopping her, Yunzhu stepped forward to help her walk towards the giant gate together.

The moment before entering the ten directions, Ye Xuan turned around, the remnant sun behind her was like blood, and the vast four fields were about to fall into darkness, she glanced at the last afterglow before nightfall, this foot stepped into the ten directions, maybe she couldn't see the morning light of tomorrow.

The cave was pitch black, the feet were full of broken earth and gravel, and the smell of sulfur became stronger, and the cloud guards walked ahead with torches, and vaguely saw a long road in front of them, leading to the depths of the mountain. Ignorant of the danger ahead, everyone walked very slowly. After walking about a cup of tea, by the light of the fire, there are gradually some murals on the mountain walls on both sides of the road, the lines are simple and rough, and there are more scenes of sacrifice, harvest and celebration, a scene of peace and prosperity. It's a pity that later, when the war broke out everywhere and the happy land was divided, Emperor Fuxi held up a side of gossip and worshiped the moon above the sky.

Ye Xuan guessed that the peace of Siyu was probably Emperor Fuxi's original vision, so he sealed his power before he died, hoping that one day in the future, someone would be able to break through many obstacles, inherit his power, rule the world, and let future generations live and work in peace and contentment, away from the scourge of war.

She looked ahead, and Yan Xu, who was walking in front, was also silently looking at the murals. A thought suddenly came to her mind, if Yan Xu was the person Emperor Fuxi was waiting for, would everything he did have meaning? If he rules the world, will he really rule the world with virtue and be benevolent and peaceful to the people?

In just a moment, she denied this idea again, a person who hates his heart, dares to murder his own brother, and can abandon his favorite wife, even if he succeeds in hegemony, he will only be a tyrant who does not cultivate morality. Just as he was thinking wildly, there was a sudden sound of swords clashing behind him, as if someone was about to break into the entrance of the ten directions. Her heart moved, could it be that she had also left them?

Yun Shan quickly stepped forward to report the situation to Yan Xu, but unfortunately it was too far away, Ye Xuan couldn't hear what they said, only to see Yan Xu first glanced at her in surprise, his face was slightly gloomy, and then smiled at her with disdain, as if he didn't care about this mutation.

With a smile on the corner of his mouth, he beckoned to her, "Yili and Anyi are here, and Lian Duyi also came with one hundred and eight monks from Dabei Temple, I didn't expect that they still have the ability to find here." He took her hand and continued to walk deeper into the road, "It's a pity, don't say one hundred and eight people, even if there are hundreds more, it's useless, the ghost army has blocked the entrance, and the monks of the Great Compassion Temple, no matter how capable they are, can't beat thousands of ghost troops." ”

Yan Xu didn't know that Ye Xuan had secretly entered his secret room when he was still cherishing the moon, so he didn't expect Ye Xuan to reveal the location of the ten directions to Yili earlier, and thought that they had found it themselves. But even so, he is not afraid, the ghost army is trained and is not afraid of life and death, and the monks are merciful, and it is impossible to kill thousands of ghost troops. Even if they really succeeded, by the time they killed the ghost army, he would already have ten strategies.

He left Ming Yansi to guard the road, and he took Ye Xuan to continue walking.

Ye Xuan didn't expect Yan Xu to transfer the ghost army to guard the ten directions, she was shocked, her body had not recovered after losing blood, and even her steps were a little vain, and she couldn't struggle at all, so she had to say: "I have opened the ten directions for you, I am useless, you give me the antidote of thousands of mountains and rivers, I will persuade them to leave immediately." ”

Yan Xu laughed, his side face was handsome in the light of the torches, but the words he said were still hateful and ruthless, "You want to leave me?" I only said that I would cherish you, but I never said that I would let you go. Now that I'm here, this once-in-a-lifetime good day, don't you want to see with your own eyes how I obtained the ten strategies left by your ancestor and completed the hegemony for him? ”

He held her hand vigorously, and his footsteps did not stop, leading her deeper and deeper into the belly of the mountain. After walking for a long time, there were several forks in the road ahead, Yan Xu looked at it silently for a moment, and chose one of them without hesitation to continue walking. Those paths began to become tortuous and circuitous, but Yan Xu was confident.

After walking for a while, it suddenly became clear that instead of a narrow road, they had reached the very center of the mountain, in a huge naturally formed cave. The cave was dark and empty, and everyone was silent for a while. Looking up, the top of the cave in the depths of the mountain's belly could not be seen at all, like an inverted funnel between heaven and earth. Passing through the narrowing hole, you can see a full moon hanging high in the sky.

Suddenly, Yun Wen raised the torch to take a closer look, and found that there was an artificially dug groove on the cave wall, he tried to lean the torch over, and with a bang, a fire dragon ignited instantly, and then continued to spread, wrapping the entire cave wall three times, and the cave was suddenly golden and brilliant, as bright as day, and everyone couldn't help but let out a burst of exclamations.

Ye Xuan was surprised, and suddenly heard Yan Xu's voice trembling slightly, her eyes staring at the front tightly, and she murmured, "Is that really the case...... That's the stone statue of Emperor Fuxi......"

She followed his gaze and looked over, on the opposite mountain wall, a huge stone carved face suddenly appeared, the face and this half of the mountain almost integrated, more than ten zhang high, the simple face stone statue, there is no decoration, nor any paint, only the passage of time, left mottled traces on its face.