On the western peak of the Kuhe Mountain Range in the Mulan Grassland lies a massive lake. Known as Tianchi, this lake is suspended high in the sky and serves as the sacred site for the Kuhe tribe. The Tianchi Sacred Hall located on its shore operates much like a loose-knit sect. Due to the sanctity of the site, it is guarded by only about a hundred mages, the lowest-ranking of whom are at the Foundation Establishment stage. As a tribal holy site, the hall is permanently guarded by a Mulan mage at the early Nascent Soul stage. This master, the overseer of the hall, is known in every generation as the Master of Tianchi.
Li Feiyu and Han Li arrived five days before the ruins were set to open. Li Feiyu’s divine sense had strengthened once more, and he was using it to scan the area silently. Though he had yet to practice the *Jianmu Soul-Nourishing Technique: Nascent Soul Chapter*, the ten Nascent Soul-stage souls he possessed had already begun training in it. To accommodate this, Li Feiyu had reconstructed five Shala trees to reinforce his Soul-Refining Cauldron; it could now easily house ten more Nascent Soul cultivators’ souls.
Tianchi spans several dozen miles and is bottomless. Li Feiyu’s divine sense extended over three hundred miles, reaching well below the flat ground beneath the lake, yet he still could not find the floor. At a depth of a thousand zhang below the surface, the lake began to widen. According to the fragmentary Xuantian Map, Tianchi is shaped like a long-…
Chapter 236