Chapter 450: Chapter 228: The Secret of the Golden Radiance Treasure Box! A Century Passes in a Foot’s Length

The light and shadow are like mist and also like lightning, transforming into nothingness and dissipating.

Zhang Fan’s Primordial Spirit awoke from the depths of the Inner Scenery, as if struggling out from a vast ocean, draped in endless fatigue and exhaustion.

Each time he wandered through the memories of Three Corpses Daoist, it was a terrifying refinement and oppression for Zhang Fan’s Primordial Spirit.

Even he dared not linger for too long.

"Human Effigy..."

"Did Chu Chaoran really have such experiences in his youth? Did he agree to Three Corpses Daoist?"

One question after another bubbled up in Zhang Fan’s mind like foam.

If Chu Chaoran had truly agreed to Three Corpses Daoist back then, it would have been earth-shattering, arguably the strongest Human Effigy in history.

But even if such news were spread, no one would likely believe it.

Just imagine, the current number one in the Daoist Sect, claimed to be in the Pure Yang Wuji Realm, and yet he was once a Human Effigy for Three Corpses Daoist, the foremost Guardian.

Such a claim is too wild, completely an Arabian Nights tale.

Moreover, if Chu Chaoran truly became a Human Effigy, how could he later have engaged in magical combat with Three Corpses Daoist at the East Peak of Mount Tai, in a life-and-death confrontation!?

"The Thirteen Zodiacs are the Guardians of the Master of the School of Non-action, ensuring the birth of the Wuwei Sect in every era..." Zhang Fan mused.

If that is the case, if his mother was indeed the previous Human Effigy, then could it be said that she also had someone she protected?

It’s just that, the person had not truly risen yet, nor inherited the title of Master of the School of Non-action, when Li Linglong met her demise due to the rebellion of the Thirteen Zodiacs, perishing and dispersing.

"Who was the one Mom was protecting?" Zhang Fan murmured softly.

Ten years ago, beneath Dragon Tiger Mountain, Zhang Lingzong reopened Dragon Tiger Mountain.

This was merely an opportunity.

Perhaps the rebellious intentions of the Thirteen Zodiacs stemmed from the one Li Linglong was protecting.

After all, this concerns the seat of the Master of the School of Non-action.

Just like Three Corpses Daoist back then, before firmly grasping that seat, rivers of blood flowed, and battles were relentless.

"So tired."

Zhang Fan’s Primordial Spirit grew increasingly heavy, wobbling and swaying as he returned to his body, and in an instant, the endless fatigue washed over him like a tide.

Zhang Fan’s body could no longer support itself, and he suddenly collapsed onto the bed.

Just then, the Golden Radiance Treasure Box, resting on his legs, slipped off the bed and fell directly to the ground.

Plop...

Suddenly, the Golden Radiance Treasure Box was knocked open, and a violent rumbling vibration startled Zhang Fan awake.

Golden light shot up into the sky, instantly illuminating the dim room.

"Oh no!"

Zhang Fan’s heart skipped a beat; he had witnessed the power of the Golden Radiance Treasure Box before.

Back in Dongshan Province’s Imprisoned Immortal Temple, this treasure had significantly weakened Li Changgeng’s strength, and Zhang Beijiang’s arms were nearly dissolved by the box’s golden light, even Jiang Lai nearly couldn’t withstand it.

At this moment, in a moment of carelessness, the treasure box fell, releasing that golden light.

"It’s over."

In Zhang Fan’s mind, a voice seemed to exclaim.

Rumble...

Golden light surged into the sky, not yet touching the roof, it suddenly took a turn, surging towards Zhang Fan.

The next moment, the golden light dove towards Zhang Fan’s Spirit Platform at his brow, directly entering his body.

"Hmm!?"

The expected explosion of his head did not occur; instead, the golden light passed through his brow and merged into his Primordial Spirit, or to be precise, was attracted by it.

Immediately, a warm sensation spread throughout Zhang Fan’s body, like bathing in the afternoon sun, the golden glow permeating every pore from inside out, infiltrating his flesh and skin.

His Primordial Spirit radiated immeasurable golden light, illuminating his limbs and skeleton, making his internal meridians and blood vessels, even nerves, seem vividly clear.

At this moment, his Primordial Spirit seemed to undergo an extraordinary transformation.

"This golden light is..."

"A thought!?"

Zhang Fan’s heart was shocked, suddenly understanding the secret of the golden light within the Golden Radiance Treasure Box.

A thought is one of the most mysterious forces in the mortal world and also the greatest tribulation feared by cultivators.

Immortals consume incense because within the incense lies the purest thoughts of all beings.

Each thought has its cause and effect, arising in all conceivable and inconceivable forms.

The stronger the individual, the greater the thought’s impact and power.

Even those in the Celestial Master Realm could regress to a mortal due to a single misguided thought.

Thus, in the Buddhist Sect, it is said that a single thought can make one a Buddha or a demon.

Back then, Chu Chaoran used a single thought to trap the Vice Sect Leader Mr. Nian in the Deserted Mountain for over a decade.

"The Golden Radiance Treasure Box actually contained a thought? Whose thought could it be?" A tidal wave surged in Zhang Fan’s heart.

Encased in golden light, his Primordial Spirit seemed to be charging, warm and tingling, waves of energy reforming his Primordial Spirit from outside to inside.

"Was it because Three Corpses Daoist comprehended the secret of the Golden Radiance Treasure Box that he mastered the Three Corpses Illuminating Fate!?"

At this moment, Zhang Fan felt as if his Primordial Spirit had filled in the most crucial piece, continuously transforming and ascending.

Such an incredible thought, who knows who left it?

However, for others, this thought within the Golden Radiance Treasure Box might be a great tribulation, a disaster.

But for Zhang Fan, it was a great medicine for cultivation.

Perhaps because, in the unseen, he shared a profound connection with this thought.

Or perhaps because he was cultivating the Divine Demon Holy Embryo, one of the Nine Great Inner Elixir Methods.

In the human world, besides the ethereal clay statues capable of consuming the thoughts within incense, only the notorious Divine Demon Holy Embryo, could use thoughts as medicine.