At that moment, Zhang Jian stepped forward, waving his hand to transform the Taiyin Refining Form Technique into a prismatic ice crystal that fell onto the stone platform.
In an instant, a strong crimson Divine Light radiated from the stone platform.
Layers of crimson Divine Light circulated, and the mist dissipating among the mountains slowly cleared, revealing a vast plain before their eyes.
Yet a flicker appeared in Zhang Jian’s eyes, with something peculiar within them.
He sensed a space-time fluctuation different from the Fire Cloud Grotto Heaven.
The official road on the plain ahead was a Space-Time Passage!
With a trace of contemplation in his eyes, Zhang Jian nonetheless stepped into it.
Yet upon stepping in, Zhang Jian distinctly felt the shifting stars in the depths of the void, a gleam of Immortal Light appearing around him, instinctively shielding himself. Raising his eyes to see, he was immediately astonished.
What lay beneath his feet was a sparse and primitive landscape.
Numerous stone houses and wooden huts were scattered on the hillsides, along with many scenes of primitive human survival.
The anticipated Celestial Emperor’s abode did not emerge.
Instead, was it an Illusion Realm?
Zhang Jian glanced into the depths of the void and shook his head.
This did not seem like an Illusion Realm, but rather a reflection of the historical river, made ’real’ under a special Secret Technique!
Zhang Jian looked at the scattered and divided primitives, the Wilderness Human Race below.
In the distance was a muddy yellow great river, with towering waves, vast and boundless, resembling the Yellow River of Zhang Jian’s impression.
Yet it was even wider, more magnificent, and the surrounding mountains were taller and more imposing.
Like the Wilderness Heaven and Earth in the Classic of Mountains and Seas.
In Zhang Jian’s eyes was surprise, and at that moment, as he glanced into the distance, his Primordial Spirit Divine Sense spread out, arriving atop a plain after a moment.
This plain seemed completely independent of that special space-time river.
At that moment, the plain was covered with walls composed of countless multicolored crystals, numbering in the thousands.
As Zhang Jian merely glanced at them, his expression slightly changed.
These multicolored crystals were akin to high-tier Immortal Techniques similar to the Taiyin Immortal Technique.
Yet here they were densely packed.
This must be the continuation of the sacred teachings as mentioned by Hongyun.
Anyone who enters the third Wall of Fire Clouds can view the Tier Four Immortal Techniques left by numerous Human Emperors, even Tier Five Immortal Techniques.
This could be the ’newcomer’s welfare’ granted by the Fire Cloud Cave to this Human Emperor!
This ’newcomer’s welfare’ could be described as substantial.
If one could learn even one more, or numerous high-tier Immortal Techniques, it is believed that most Immortal Gods would not refuse.
Yet Zhang Jian was not overly excited.
Having reached this realm, he knew that learning more high-tier Immortal Techniques was indeed joyful and commendable, but the important thing was the integration of various Immortal Techniques to align with his own Dao path.
If greed disrupted his Dao path, it would be a loss rather than a gain.
Simultaneously, Zhang Jian also glanced at the space-time traces nearby.
The two were like ancient and modern boundary rivers, distinct and clear.
The Celestial Emperor Fu Xi clearly wanted him to make a choice.
To choose these high-tier Immortal Techniques, or return to that historical space-time imprint.
In Zhang Jian’s mind resurfaced the tip from the Tongshan Dao Lineage for this trial.
Wisdom!
The Celestial Emperor Fu Xi was a born sage, and also a creative Emperor, who most admired the wise who know how to make choices.
The task to pass the third Wall of Fire Clouds was no longer to create a new Immortal Technique, but to help His Majesty Fuxi recover a ’lost artifact’ deep within the Fire Cloud Grotto Heaven!
This ’lost artifact’ was not specifically indicated.
This may test the wisdom, perseverance, opportunity, or foresight of the trial Emperor.
Zhang Jian pondered silently.
However, for now, he must first make a choice, and perhaps later he could find an opportunity to search for the Celestial Emperor Fu Xi’s ’lost artifact’.
In the choice between ancient and modern, Zhang Jian hesitated slightly, but eventually, his gaze fell on the historical space-time imprint.
Many high-tier Immortal Techniques are certainly rare and precious.
But even the most precious Immortal Techniques are at most Tier Five Immortal Techniques.
Unlike other Human Emperors, Zhang Jian was confident that in the future he would never lack Tier Five Immortal Techniques.
Conversely, he was very interested in what was hidden within that historical space-time imprint.
With two parallel rivers, the other one likely held value not less than that of a plain constructed from a thousand Immortal Techniques.
Having made his decision, Zhang Jian turned back.
In an instant, his form re-entered that special historical space-time imprint.
Subsequently, he saw a peculiarly-featured young man becoming a tribe leader amidst the gathering of many primitives.
It was a youth of considerable stature, clad in fur, with bright eyes, though his eyes had something peculiar, as if containing dragon and snake pupils. Exceptionally intelligent, after being chosen as the clan leader by many in the primitive tribes, he led the tribe in hard labor.
After farming, he and the warriors of the tribe entered the mountains to cut bamboo forests, learning to make simple bamboo bows, traps, and conduct hunting. However, fate was unkind, for despite the tribe’s relentless toil, the people remained undernourished.
During the Yellow River’s flood season, they were often suffering from hunger and cold.
In this situation, heavily reliant on environmental sustenance, witnessing the tribe members perish from hunger, the young tribe leader secretly made a bold decision to lead many tribe members away to find a place with abundant water sources, safe from floods and droughts.
As expected, many elders within the tribe opposed his proposal.
However, he resolutely argued, persuading the majority of the tribe members.
Thus, he led the tribe downstream along the river, settling by the water, undertaking a long and hard journey.