Atlas of Heaven and Man.

Chapter 1290 Revealing the Secrets of Heaven

After this radiance appeared, its range expanded rapidly, soon enveloping the entire first floor of the airship cabin.

However, only Chen Chuan could see these lights and strange phenomena, so they did not alert anyone else.

A slight thought crossed his mind; it seemed that this time, the pill had resonated with something from the Xuan Sect here once again.

At this moment, he saw that he seemed to be in a grand hall, surrounded by bronze incense burners, golden cranes, ink scriptures, and black banners.

He couldn't help but stand up and look up. In the middle of the hall was a circular altar with four figures sitting there, while about a hundred people stood around the altar.

These people, regardless of rank, all shared one common characteristic: they were all dressed as old Christian shamans.

Four people stood out, appearing extremely tall even while sitting. Although their exact appearance was obscured by the flickering light, they all possessed an ethereal and graceful quality.

In this scene, the four people seem to be talking.

As he focused his attention upwards, the voices of these people gradually became clearer.

One of the mystics sitting in the main seat looked up and said, "The Celestial Master said that this time, the demon from beyond the heavens has come to invade because it is eyeing the gap in the operation of the Mystic Ring. If it finds it, it will enter through the gap, and the Mystic Ring may develop cracks."

Therefore, the Celestial Master went to the heavens to eliminate this demon. If he could annihilate it in one fell swoop, he might be able to secure a hundred years of peace. Even if he couldn't, driving it away would still ensure sixty years of security.
It seems that the demon was indeed powerful, and managed to escape. It appears that sixty years from now, we will still need to protect him here.

A mystic in the eastern position sighed and said, "The coming of this calamity is irreversible and is getting closer and closer. This time we can hold it off for sixty years, but perhaps next time we can only fight for three or five years."

The Southern Mystic said, "It's always good to delay it a little, even if it's only for three or five years, it will give me more time to devote to the Great Return to Heaven ceremony."

After speaking for a while, the Taoist priest standing in the main seat seemed to have received some information. He paused for a moment, and his voice suddenly became more urgent: "The Celestial Master is chasing after that demon. Fellow disciples, you should do your best to protect and restore the Great Order!"

As soon as he said this, the other three Xuan masters on the seat and the group of Xuan masters below all became solemn. It was clear that there were obvious golden talismans and light emanating from around the altar, and the entire hall seemed to be engulfed in a rolling cloud of mist.

Chen Chuan was standing right among those people below, and after listening for a while, he finally figured out where the scene was.

What he was seeing at that moment should be the Heavenly Mystery Hall of the Heavenly Mystery Sect, and the four people standing on it were very likely the four True Persons of the Heavenly Mystery Sect.

Judging from this, there should be some items from the Heavenly Secrets Sect among this batch of goods, which is why they were revealed by that pill.

At the same time, he roughly understood what these people were doing.

The so-called Xuanhuan should be the name given by the Tianji Sect to the "Ring of the World". According to these people, the Ring of the World is constantly changing, and it is precisely because of this change that it can become a barrier for the world, but there are still flaws hidden in the change.

It seems that some extraterrestrial being has its eye on this flaw and wants to infiltrate it through it, but doing so could very likely damage the world's ring.

The Celestial Secrets Sect may have sensed this situation, so its Celestial Masters planned to escape beyond the heavens and eliminate or expel this being, thus preventing problems from arising in the World Ring.

At first, he thought he was seeing a scene from the old era, but judging from the surrounding scenery and furnishings, as well as the sundial in the corner, this scene should have happened sixty years ago.

Sixty years later, this Master Lu is probably doing the same thing, rather than setting up some secret ritual.

Chen Chuan's gaze narrowed slightly. If that were the case, it would contradict what Commander Xie had said, or rather, what the Federation had revealed.

He didn't know if the Federation knew about this. If they did, then the Federation was taking advantage of the Heavenly Secrets Sect's efforts to maintain the World Ring while they were abroad to seize the sect's territory. That would not only be unethical, but also a disregard for the global crisis.

Did the Da Shun regime know about this? Or did something else happen sixty years later?
As they were pondering, they suddenly felt flashes of light around them. Then, the Taoist priest in the main seat said loudly, "The Celestial Master is about to return. Fellow believers, please follow me and maintain the ritual."

At the same time, the light above became even brighter, as if it were about to obscure everyone, and a gap appeared there.

Just as he was about to look toward the gap, the entire scene suddenly froze, as if everything around him, whether people or objects, had stopped for a moment.

After glancing around a few times, he suddenly seemed to sense something and turned his head. His eyes flickered slightly, and he saw the Taoist priest who had previously instructed him on the method of lighting the purple lamp standing there. Although he couldn't make out the face clearly, the appearance was unmistakably that of the same person. The Taoist priest nodded to him, then turned his back and walked away in one direction.

Chen Chuan's eyes flickered, and he took a step to follow. At this moment, the surrounding light flickered erratically, and soon the scenery gradually became fragmented.

After walking about twenty steps, the Taoist priest suddenly stopped, turned his back to him, and pointed to a certain spot.

Chen Chuan was about to go up and see what was going on when, at that moment, the dense light suddenly dissipated, and the surrounding scenery vanished in an instant. He found himself still standing in the cabin. After standing still for a moment, he looked in the direction the Xuan Shi had pointed and saw an unsealed book box.

He remembered that Fan Zhentong had just told him about those locations, but this thing wasn't among them, and there weren't even any protective measures in place, so it was obviously not a particularly important object.

Reaching out, I opened the box and saw that inside were notebooks filled with records.

This time, he didn't reach out to open it, but instead looked up at it. The thing floated up from the box, and the folds opened one by one in front of him.

The document contained lines of text, but what he saw first was the faint ink painting pattern at the back. If he wasn't mistaken, it was part of the Xuanling Fighting Demon Diagram, which highlighted one of the many ancestors of the Xuan Sect.

Because this is very likely something from the Heavenly Secrets Sect, he guessed that it might be the patriarch worshipped by the Heavenly Secrets Sect.

The patriarch in the painting holds a whisk, which transforms into clouds that surround demons. The demons are all identical, and they seem to be trying to escape, but they can't get out no matter what they do.

After looking at it for a while, he looked at the handwriting again. It was written in a relatively ancient Xuanjiao (mystical sect) script. If he hadn't been to the secret treasury of Emperor Ying and seen many of the Xuan books from that time, he wouldn't have been able to understand it at all.

Upon closer inspection, it is now clear that this is actually a record, mainly documenting the observations of the Heavenly Secrets Sect regarding the World Ring, as well as some personal deductions by the writer.

He browsed through the ledgers one by one and found that these records came from different people. It seemed that there was more than one person who observed and was responsible for recording them, and that this continued for more than ten years.

When considered together, all of these points indicate that the world's cycle is flawed in its changes, and all suggest ways to remedy this.

Judging from the dates recorded above, the earliest record is mostly from 83 years ago, when the World Ring had not been established for long, while the last record is from 62 years ago.

If that's the case, the Celestial Masters of the Celestial Secrets Sect probably saw that extraterrestrial beings had also discovered this loophole, which is why they went to stop them.

This seems to corroborate the scene we just witnessed.

However, he did not immediately accept it, because he needed to consider that the pill was given by that nameless Taoist master, and the evidence was also pointed out by the other party. Since it also came from the Heavenly Secrets Sect, it could not be proven that what he saw was necessarily true.

He pondered for a moment, then tapped the boundary token and said, "Mr. Fan, I have some questions I'd like to ask you in person."

"wait for me."

After a while, he saw Fan Zhentong come down from upstairs.

He could clearly sense that Fan Zhentong was still guarding the top level, so the limb in front of him must be a differentiated one.

"Director Chen, is there a problem?"

Chen Chuan has a question he would like to ask: "Mr. Fan, I would like to ask about the federal government's recent operation."

I don't actually know much about the inside story. I heard that a True Person from the Heavenly Secrets Sect revealed internal affairs of the sect to the Federation. I wonder what exactly he said?

Fan Zhentong said, "Director Chen, I can tell you what I know about this issue; you are qualified to do so. Besides, the Federation should have already informed other countries and alliances of the specific intelligence. If they know it, you certainly can too."

He paused for a moment and said, "According to this Master Ranming, the disciples of the Heavenly Secrets Sect initially acted according to the guidance of Heavenly Secrets. After reaching a high level of cultivation, they could calculate their own advantageous opportunities and rely on this to act. They could suppress and calculate all kinds of tricks and schemes, and ultimately achieve their goals."

These are hard to distinguish between true and false, so there's no need to worry about them. He said that as long as he expelled the old Celestial Master, suppressed his fellow disciples, and relied on the resources of the Celestial Secrets Sect, he could take the position of Celestial Master.

He also swore an oath to the Federation that if the Federation helped him, he would allow Weishuzhou to be formally incorporated into the Federation after the matter was accomplished. Apart from paying taxes to the Federation, there would be no more restrictions on the various business activities of the Federation and companies from all over the world entering Weishuzhou.

However, we won't just listen to the Federation's side of the story, so I spoke with him personally again and used methods to verify his claims. I can now be fairly certain that his promises are true.

Chen Chuan asked again, "I heard from Commander Xie that Master Lu went to the other world this time to strengthen the rituals of the Heavenly Mystery Sect. Does he have any details about this?"

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(End of this chapter)