Chapter 1586: Please Meet the Immortal Yanxia

His status also granted him a certain influence. If he could truly unravel the mystery of why Goddess Yanxia suddenly went berserk, it would be a great blessing for our Yanxia lineage.

If he has other intentions and seeks to meet Goddess Yanxia with ill intent, it won't be too late for us to exert all our strength and suppress him by harnessing the legacy of the supreme will. After all, we all possess Goddess Yanxia's bloodline heritage. As long as this mystery remains unsolved, our Yanxia lineage might never truly find its way home."

The one who offered this reminder and persuasion was Lan'er, the girl who had previously sparred with Xu Yang for hundreds of rounds. It was clear she was one of the outstanding figures among the younger generation, highly valued by the leader.

The leader woman sighed helplessly as she watched her beloved disciple so earnestly pleading for Xu Yang, then gently waved her hand. "All of you, stand up. What kind of behavior is this? Threatening your master in front of an outsider – is this truly what good disciples should do! However, what Lan'er just said is not entirely unreasonable. The matter of Goddess Yanxia suddenly going berserk has also been a major secret that has puzzled generations of leaders. If this young man can truly help us solve the mystery, then we would owe him a favor. Allowing him to pass through the illusion would not be out of the question."

Xu Yang's goal had been achieved. He revealed a gentle smile and lightly nodded to the leader below. "Then I'll trouble you all to lead the way!"

The fairy maidens no longer hesitated. Under the guidance of their leader, they followed behind, while Xu Yang, protected by the girl named Lan'er, brought up the rear of the group.

"I say," Xu Yang remarked, "your leader seems quite old. How come I haven't seen any men in your Yanxia lineage?"

Lan'er's cheeks flushed red, as if this involved some highly taboo secrets of the Yanxia lineage. Knowing he couldn't delve further, Xu Yang casually changed the subject to ease the current awkwardness.

Along the way, Xu Yang learned about the history and heritage of the Yanxia lineage from Lan'er, the chief female disciple. Goddess Yanxia was once one of the few astonishing women among the Eighteen Old Gods. To be able to become a guardian of Kunlun as a woman, she was naturally extraordinary. Xu Yang's heart seemed to ignite with interest in all the secrets related to Goddess Yanxia.

Not long after, personally led by the leader woman, Xu Yang and the group of female disciples behind him arrived at the forbidden area of the so-called Yanxia Illusion. This place was an open valley in the center of a lake; to put it plainly, it was a purgatory isolated within the lake. The so-called forbidden area referred to the powerful formation covering the island in the lake.

After a series of actions, the leader woman finally managed to temporarily seal the incredibly powerful protective mechanism on the outer perimeter of the formation. Then, she slowly turned around and looked at Xu Yang.

"You are an outsider. Although your strength is great, breaking through the seals of my forbidden area will not be easy. I can only give you fifteen minutes. Whether you can dismantle the ninety-nine formation seals below depends entirely on you. If you succeed within the allotted time, then you will naturally be qualified to enter the depths of the lake beneath the island's center and meet the sealed Goddess Yanxia! If you fail," she concluded, "then I regret to say, you must lead your beast army and leave my Yanxia Illusion."

Hearing the leader woman's words, Xu Yang gave a helpless, bitter smile and shook his head. "If it's only this level of difficulty," he thought, "then why would I need fifteen minutes?"

Xu Yang merely snapped his fingers, and the complete imprint of the incredibly powerful Guigu Qimen Formation swiftly materialized beneath his feet. A massive formation totem floated in the air, quickly enveloping the entire island in the lake. Under the influence of this formation, the ninety-nine seals were utterly disrupted in an extremely short time. Their previous protective forms disintegrated in mere moments. Under the influence of Xu Yang's powerful Guigu Qimen Formation, they completely lost their sealing effect. In this way, these ninety-nine chains of heaven became useless. Xu Yang thus safely landed in the middle of the island, in front of everyone.

When he looked up again at the various immortal maidens above, these girls were all dumbfounded, completely stunned by Xu Yang's astonishing, divine-like actions.

"Master, is this guy even human?" one exclaimed. "He's unbelievably powerful! How did he do it?" Meanwhile, Lan'er, who had been relatively close to Xu Yang, couldn't help but smile, feeling even greater reverence for Xu Yang's formidable image in her heart.

Her master, however, forced a measure of calm into her gaze and drew a sharp breath. "Thankfully, we didn't make an enemy of this young man right away," she murmured. "If we had refused his request to meet Goddess Yanxia, I'm afraid we would already be like toys in the palm of his hand. With his strength," she continued, "annihilating all of us would be an effortless task."

Thankfully, this leader woman had self-awareness. After seeing through Xu Yang's unfathomable cultivation at a glance, she no longer had any desire to stop him. She sighed helplessly and projected a soul imprint towards Xu Yang, who was standing in the center of the island below. And that was the key to unlocking the final core seal leading from the island to the depths of the lake.

"Goddess Yanxia's sealed location," she explained, "is directly beneath this island, at the center of the lakebed. Entering is easy, but getting out will be extremely difficult. Your cultivation is heaven-reaching," she added. "I hope you can find the answer that has long perplexed our lineage."

Xu Yang revealed a smile and transformed into a streak of light, vanishing from his spot. When he reappeared, his silhouette was already in the deepest part of the lake, in front of the hidden yet powerful underwater prison. Through the incredibly transparent crystal prison, Xu Yang saw the perfectly beautiful silhouette of someone sleeping within. It would be no exaggeration to call her a sleeping beauty! For this woman's appearance was truly stunningly beautiful, with not a single trace of age on her face.

To awaken the person within the crystal prison, Xu Yang gently released a wisp of soul power. But it seemed to have no effect!

After a moment's thought, Xu Yang began to try covering the outer perimeter of the crystal prison with Bone Venerable's soul aura. This continued for a full three days and three nights as all his spiritual power, infused into the aura covering the prison's exterior, formed successive waves of grayish-white light that permeated the prison's interior.

Finally, under the influence of this aura, the sleeping beauty, Goddess Yanxia, slowly opened her eyes. The aura belonging to the astonishing woman among the Eighteen Ancient Old Gods began to revive! Her first glance immediately caught the unparalleled grand aura emanating from Xu Yang! Goddess Yanxia immediately regained some of her vitality.

"I am fully aware of your purpose here," she said. "As the guardian of the wills of the three elder brothers among the Eighteen Old Gods, I thank you on their behalf! However, the will of the Supreme God now is far from as simple as you imagine. This crystal prison is the result of the Supreme God's will forcibly imposing itself upon me from beyond my soul! I, too, have had my mind trapped by this power, making it difficult to meet with my bloodline descendants, those girls. If I hadn't used some cruel methods to send a signal to my bloodline inheritors that I had gone mad, I'm afraid those girls would spare no effort to break through their restraints and try to meet me. But if I were to come into close contact with my own bloodline," she explained, "the Supreme God's consciousness would awaken prematurely, and all my descendants would be completely devoured by this power!"

Xu Yang showed a satisfied smile. "So that's how it is," he said. "It turns out, Senior, you've been protecting your descendants in this way all along."