Reverse flow of the Yellow Springs

Jing Lin was not surprised by this; he and Li Yelai had a very close relationship and were old acquaintances.

At the same time, Li Yelai is also one of the top official combat forces within the Immortal Palace.

It is perfectly reasonable to travel with him.

However, in reality, the high-ranking officials knew about Li Yelai's bloodline identity.

Although Li Yelai didn't want to admit it, he did indeed have the blood of the Jing family flowing through his veins. Therefore, he was allowed to enter that area.

If it is someone from the Jing family lineage who does not cooperate, or is unable to open the light barrier, or is unable to destroy the anchor point.

Then Li Ye will handle that. As for the ultimate method that Captain Yin Huo mentioned...

Those are naturally the Divine Demon Stele and the Lucky Wheel.

The lucky wheel can only be used three times.

Currently, Li Yelai has already used the Lucky Wheel twice.

The first instance occurred when a meteorite was summoned within the restricted area, annihilating over 400,000 inhabitants along with an entire town. It is said that on that day, countless beings within the restricted area wept in anguish.

Captain Yang Chen is still carrying this burden to this day.

Even a true martial arts overlord cannot summon a meteorite. The forbidden zone still believes that Yang Chen was behind it.

The second time, it happened within the Blood God faction's Asian headquarters. They created a supernatural volcano, destroyed the treasury, and incidentally killed a group of elite church members.

That powerful old demon general is still emotionally unstable.

Li Yelai now has one more chance to use it.

With the Divine Demon Tablet, the curse of misfortune will be amplified to the extreme. Who knows if the lucky wheel will bring something even more ruthless?
Unable to break through the light barrier? Then a terrible natural disaster will be unleashed, destroying the light barrier and the palace together!
Of course, this trump card needs to be carefully considered; if the impact is too great, it could easily harm one's own teammates.

Subsequently, the troops at the base set off.

Meanwhile, various messenger groups also broke away from the main force to deliver intelligence to gathering points in various locations.

Within the Celestial Palace, there were several human settlements of varying sizes. Having been dispersed upon entering the palace, the people there regrouped in relatively safe areas, forming temporary settlements and establishing contact with one another.

At this moment, the various temporary assembly points that received the message also dispatched almost all of their troops based on their relative distance.

More and more troops successfully joined forces along the way, but the main force was ultimately slow; they could not traverse mountains and valleys like the psionicists.

Therefore, the captains and elite Night Scouts, who were the top combat force within the Celestial Palace, were sent ahead as the vanguard to the anchorage location.

The Celestial Palace is indeed dangerous; even a Sixth Awareness Psionicist could be killed at first sight due to insufficient information.

But at this moment, the dozen or so captains who had gathered, along with an even larger number of elite Night Scouts and family elites, formed an extremely powerful elite force.

Li Yelai, the doll, Little Mad King, and Captain Huo were all among them. Among the Five Senses were also two elite teams of Night Swiftness from the Champion Team One.

In the celestial palace where no overlord could be born, their combination was invincible.

Nothing, except the palace itself, could stop the advance of the elite troops.

Along the way, they encountered a large number of extraordinary beasts, which they slaughtered on the spot.

When encountering dangerous mythical creatures, launch a righteous attack.

The elite force traversed 600 kilometers, forcefully eliminating all dangers along the way.

However, the elite troops also discovered many traces of human habitation.

As they ventured deeper into the Immortal Palace, Li Yelai and his companions even came across an abandoned town, built entirely of mountain stone. Nestled in a valley, it was a strategically important and easily defensible location.

It's not large, only about the size of a small town, but it has towering city walls.

Indeed, in a fairy palace teeming with extraordinary creatures, only the towering, thick city walls can offer residents a sense of security.

At this moment, the small town was in complete disarray, having become the lair of a powerful, extraordinary creature.

Seemingly sensing danger, a golden lion with nine heads suddenly leaped out of the small town.

In the group, the doll raised its hand and pressed down, crushing the nine-headed lion into a pulp.

She's not used to normal conversations with strangers right now, so she put her helmet back on. Her decisive action left many powerful individuals in awe.

The group continued forward without stopping.

"These are all descendants of survivors who were left behind in the Celestial Palace." Jing Lin looked down at the receding town from mid-air and couldn't help but sigh.

Among the first group of survivors were some members of the Jing family.

They lived and multiplied within the celestial palace for over a hundred years.

They might all have been his distant relatives, but now they've all turned to bones.

"Judging from the human villages and towns we've encountered so far, the survivors were once quite well-developed. That small town alone could easily accommodate at least a thousand people." An official asked, "But why haven't we encountered any survivors yet?"

“I’ve found some fragmented records. There are some vicious curses on this celestial palace. In the records I’ve read, there was a period when the babies born there were either stillborn or monsters,” another official captain from another gathering point said.

"I've also found similar intelligence," a powerful member of the clan who had gathered said. "During a certain period of time, the dead humans would revive in the dead of night and attack the living. In the end, the survivors burned all the corpses and moved their original settlement. This may be the reason for the many abandoned villages and towns."

"Yes, it's similar on my end. At some point, they seem to fall into some kind of bizarre dream while they're asleep, unable to escape. They just sleep like that until their organs fail. The few survivors moved away from there."

"How can a celestial palace be shrouded in so many malevolent curses?"

"Why haven't we encountered this situation? We might not be able to detect stillborn babies or monsters, since it's impossible to send pregnant women to the Celestial Palace to take risks. But we haven't seen any corpses turning into ghosts or people falling into a deep sleep and never waking up."

"Who knows? Perhaps this is the price of staying in the Celestial Palace for so long? We've only been in the Celestial Palace for about ten days. Perhaps those curses only appeared after a long period of accumulation."

Upon hearing this, Li Yelai asked Jing Lin, "Jing Lin, didn't you say that your Jing family had seen survivors? Do you have any leads?"

"No, this is secondhand information. I only know that the survivors are very hostile towards the Jing family. There has been no communication with them." Jing Lin shook his head.

"It's understandable that they're hostile towards your Jing family. After all, if you hadn't been so thoughtful back then, they wouldn't have been trapped in the Immortal Palace for so many years."

"Alright, let's get through this hurdle first, then we can study the problems of the Celestial Palace."

As darkness fell, the vanguard successfully reached its target location.

It was a secluded valley, where a magnificent golden pagoda stood.

But at that moment, a fierce battle erupted within the valley, the thick stench of blood filling the air, and powerful fluctuations of spiritual energy repeatedly emanating from it. Clearly, a battle between experts at the Sixth Awakening level was taking place. This caused everyone's expression to change; had they arrived too late?
The group quickly landed and joined up with the night watchmen who had stayed behind.

"The Tree of Time has grown up? The Jing family is fighting against future enemies?" Captain Huo asked.

"It's still unclear. A battle broke out an hour ago. A member of the Jing family tried to escape the light barrier but couldn't pass through! From him, we learned that corpses suddenly rose from the ground and attacked them, causing heavy losses to the Jing family," Night Keeper quickly replied.

This made everyone's expressions turn grim. Even the Jing family members were being held inside?

Whatever problems occurred internally, they are now unable to enter and support the Jing family.

This barrier prevented outsiders from encroaching on the palace and allowed the Jing family to enjoy all the benefits within its walls.

At this moment, however, it also became a death knell for the Jing family. A strange change occurred, preventing the Jing family from leaving the light barrier. And no one else could enter the light barrier either; the Jing family would receive no support and could only face death in despair!
An official team leader rushed towards the valley, but was repelled by an invisible barrier when he got close enough.

A powerful member of the family drew his sword and slashed out, but was also shattered by the barrier.

"Use the Spirit-Slaying Armor to break through this barrier!"

As soon as Captain Huo spoke, a javelin was immediately thrown out.

The moment the spear struck the barrier, a massive engraving appeared. The engraving enveloped the entire valley, seemingly revealing the true nature of the barrier.

At the point where the spear collided with the barrier, a crack appeared, about half a person's height and as thick as an arm, but it was quickly repaired, then broken open again, and repaired once more.
This made everyone's hearts sink.

Not enough. The Spirit-Absolute Armor possesses absolute spirit-absolute properties, which can break through almost any spiritual energy, but it becomes somewhat powerless when facing extremely strong spiritual energy barriers.

The Spirit-Slaying Armor is like a plank on a bucket; once the plank is removed, the water in the bucket will drain out quickly. But if the bucket is very large, the water will take a while to drain.

Currently, the Spirit-Destroying Armor's ability to break spirits and its barrier-repairing ability have reached a certain balance, making it difficult to truly destroy the barrier.

Of course, you can also continuously deplete the barrier using the Spirit-Slaying Armor until its spiritual energy is exhausted. But that would probably take a lot of time!
In that time, the Tree of Time would probably have sprouted by now.

"Perhaps we need to sabotage it from the inside. I'm a member of the Jing family; I should still be able to get in." Jing Lin's face was ashen. He knew very well that in the current situation, once he entered, he wouldn't be able to leave. He would most likely die inside, but he still spoke.

His relationship with the other branches of the Jing family wasn't good, and he couldn't be bothered to care about their lives. When they forced Jing Nuo to become the mother of the divine blood, so-called kinship was already minimal.

But if left unchecked and allowed to grow unchecked, the consequences will be even more severe!
Damn it, you guys screwed me over. You sons of bitches! Jing Lin cursed inwardly, but after exchanging glances with the other Jing family experts beside him, he nodded silently.

Go to your death!
Now, the only option left is to fight to the death!

"Be careful, Jing Lin." Captain Huo didn't stop them, but could only sigh, "I'm leaving everything to you."

Immediately, he took out an A-grade psionic weapon and handed it to Jing Lin, saying, "This is all I can do for you."

"Alright! That's enough!" Jing Lin nodded, then looked at Li Yelai: "Brother, when I get back, let's have a good drink together! Next time, you better not refuse!"

Last time I invited Li Ye for drinks, I was hoping to get some information out of him at the dinner table to see if my gamble had paid off.

However, Li Yelai refused because of something he did while drunk, which greatly disappointed Jing Lin, a northerner.

"What the hell are you planting?" Li Yelai frowned. He felt this was extremely unlucky.

The next moment, he felt his hand being tightly gripped by the girl. Li Ye could feel the girl's body trembling slightly, as if she was afraid of something.

Yes, the doll sensed Li Yelai's thoughts.
As originally planned, Li Yelai was indeed going to enter the barrier.

But now the barrier only allows entry, not exit.

If Li Yelai were to enter, he would likely find it difficult to escape.

This terrified the doll, and Li Yelai gripped the doll's hand tightly.

He whispered, "Don't worry, I'll be back. I have a trump card."

The doll was silent for a few seconds, then whispered, "You promised me."

"Hmm!" Li Yelai released his grip and walked towards the barrier.

On the other side, Jing Lin and four Jing family experts had already entered the barrier. After reaching out to touch the barrier from inside, they found that they could not pass through.

Seeing Li Ye approach, he laughed loudly, "No need for that, brother. Just see me off here, I'll be right back."

"Hehe." Li Yelai chuckled. "Brother, I'm coming in."

"Wow, it's rare to see you driving." Jing Lin was a little surprised, thinking that Li Yelai was joking.

The next second, Jing Lin and several other members of the Jing family stared wide-eyed in disbelief.

The other powerful figures were also surprised.

Because Li Yelai simply passed through the barrier without any reaction and entered the area inside. He stood before Jing Lin. He really did get in?

"You're not General Ye, are you? Your surname is Li, not Jing?" The crowd was taken aback and somewhat stunned.

"You!" Jing Lin's eyes widened. "How did you get in here?"

“You’ve already called me brother, so if you can come in, why can’t I?” Li Yelai said with a smile.

"You wouldn't..." Jing Lin suddenly thought of his grandfather and father's attention to Li Yelai, and his expression changed drastically: "You wouldn't be my father's illegitimate son, would you?"

"You're crazy, you made me laugh." Li Yelai grinned.

Immediately afterwards, the Well of Souls opened.

Li Yelai, clad in gleaming armor, wielding a black-gold dragon-patterned halberd, and with a blood-cloud ring-pommel sword at his waist, walked towards the depths of the valley. His surging, ferocious battle power drew the attention of every monster on the battlefield.

"Let's go, brother, let me vent our anger for the Three Families!"

The moment Li Yelai stepped through the barrier, the church members who had been hiding in the shadows were terrified.

Bai Ya's expression changed drastically. She never expected that Lord Di Yun would be so brave as to dare to enter the barrier.

But she quickly calmed down and gave orders to the followers around her.

"Are the offerings all prepared?"

"We have prepared eighty-eight altars, each containing eighty-eight heads! We can summon the demon army at any time!"

"Very good!" (End of Chapter)