Lan Yifei's Killing Intent Is to Make an Enemy of the Mortal Palace
Lan Yifei’s Killing Intent Is to Make an Enemy of the Mortal Palace
Before the Absolute Yin Heaven, grey fog surged like a boundless tidal wave rushing forward, threatening to engulf and annihilate everyone, exuding a suffocating, heart-palpitating pressure.
The void cracked apart, corroded by the Eternal Overcast Fog, fissures spreading through it like threads.
The True Daoists of Sky Emperor Mountain and the Endless Fire Kingdom had either been grievously wounded or seized outright, their faces ashen and ugly, humiliated to the extreme.
The other four True Daoists were equally alarmed and uneasy, guarding against Ah Er suddenly striking at them.
“Gu Changge, don’t you dare bully others with your power! As for this calamity of the Absolute Yin Heaven, we will naturally find a way to deal with it ourselves!”
Hearing Gu Changge’s words, the True Daoist of Thunderclap Valley spoke with bluster masking his inner weakness, waves of dread still surging in his heart.
He was truly terrified of Gu Changge—not only because of that calm, unbothered attitude at a time like this, but also because the way Gu Changge treated them, these True Daoists, was no different from how he would treat ordinary disciples. That indifference genuinely made him tremble.
He feared that even the true Successor of Demonic Arts was nowhere near as terrifying as Gu Changge.
The other True Daoists couldn’t help but shudder as well.
Although Ah Er hadn’t attacked them just now, that dreadful killing intent pressing down upon them had still nearly frozen their blood, leaving their scalps numb.
They were the Ancestors of great Cults of Immortality—when had they ever been as wretched and pathetic as today?
Yet they dared not resist, nor did they have the ability or the standing to do so.
“Then I shall wait and see. I do hope you qianbei won’t disappoint me.”
Seeing this, Gu Changge smiled faintly, then ordered Ah Er to release the True Daoist of Sky Star Mountain.
Ripples spread before him, the void blurring as though an endless passage had been casually torn open, directly connecting through to the Absolute Yin Heaven.
Soon, Gu Changge led Ah Er and the black shadow into it, swiftly vanishing from sight.
The silence of the place was finally broken by an uproar.
Every Cultivator had been stunned by what they had just witnessed, unable to react for a long while.
“Damn it! I will avenge this humiliation sooner or later!”
“Gu Changge is simply going too far! Does he really think he can cover the sky with one hand, that no one can keep him in check?”
“He will pay a terrible price for this eventually!”
The old woman of the Endless Fire Kingdom’s fear vanished from her face, replaced by thick venom and hatred.
“Sooner or later, he will die a miserable death in this world, just like those monstrous geniuses of the past!”
The True Daoist of Sky Emperor Mountain also spoke sinisterly, utterly unable to forget the suffocation of moments ago.
“Too domineering. Even at a time like this, he shows not the slightest fear of anyone.”
Even the Phoenix Lady, the King of Six Crowns Jun Yao, Jin Chan the Chosen Monk, and the others were speechless for a long time, unable to come back to their senses.
This was also the first time they had personally witnessed True Daoists being subjected to such humiliation.
Especially that red-robed old woman of the Endless Fire Kingdom, whose head had been smashed apart with a single slap—it was truly horrifying.
Were these still the same True Daoists they had known, high above all, holding the lives and deaths of countless beings in their hands?
“Is Gu Changge asking me to make a move against them?”
Meanwhile, aboard the Ancient Battleship of the Immortal Dao Alliance.
Dressed in blue robes, Lan Yifei gazed toward the Phoenix Lady, the King of Six Crowns Jun Yao, and the others, his eyes somewhat dark.
He had naturally noticed that look from Gu Changge just now.
A demonic seed planted by Gu Changge resided within his body—even across vast distances, Gu Changge could decide his life or death with a single thought.
His coming here this time was also because he had received Gu Changge’s summons.
Otherwise, given his low-key and enduring nature, he would never have easily shown himself before the world.
Lan Yifei did not dare refuse Gu Changge’s demands.
If he were alone, he might still have had the courage to resist, but behind him stood the Immortal Dao Alliance, and a host of his kin.
Gu Changge could annihilate the Nether with ease—and he could just as easily annihilate the Immortal Dao Alliance behind him.
To Gu Changge, he was like a fish struggling in a mud pit—unable even to struggle.
“This eruption of the Absolute Yin Heaven has caused many small worlds in the surroundings to reveal themselves. I heard there’s an ancient cave dwelling among them.”
“These Young Prodigies have come here presumably for the opportunities within that ancient cave dwelling.”
“If I choose to strike there, the chances of success should be somewhat higher.”
Lan Yifei sighed softly, thoughts flying as he considered how to make his move in a way that would fulfill Gu Changge’s demands.
He had rarely appeared in the outside world these years and had never revealed his true strength.
So he was fairly confident in dealing with the King of Six Crowns Jun Yao, the Purple Cloud Valley ancient freak Jin Yun, and the others.
Only, the risk would be great. He also had to consider how to avoid exposing himself—otherwise, when the time came, the Immortal Dao Alliance would face utter catastrophe.
Gu Changge could discard this chess piece of his at any moment, but he could not abandon the legacy and Dao lineage behind him.
Besides obediently following Gu Changge’s orders, he had no other choice.
From the moment he encountered Gu Changge and had the demonic seed planted within him, his fate was no longer under his own control.
“I hear an ancient cave dwelling has appeared to the southeast, seemingly connected to an Immortal from the Celestial Ancient Times. I wonder, fellow Daoists, would you be interested in exploring it together?”
Thinking this, Lan Yifei’s face returned to its usual calm, refined, and scholarly expression as he went over to greet the King of Six Crowns Jun Yao and the others.
The calamity of the Absolute Yin Heaven before them was something their strength could do nothing to help with anyway.
The Phoenix Lady and the others had been watching Gu Changge’s figure disappear into the Absolute Yin Heaven when this famously mysterious and low-key Chosen One of the Immortal Dao Alliance suddenly approached, leaving them all somewhat astonished.
A look of surprise flitted across Jin Chan the Chosen Monk’s face before he pressed his palms together and said, “This humble monk actually had exactly that intention in coming here. It is said that cave dwelling shares quite a deep connection with my Buddhist Mountain.”
“It’s just that we’ve only heard a cave dwelling has emerged there—the exact timing is still unclear,” Jun Yao added.
He was quite curious about this Chosen One of the Immortal Dao Alliance before him—yet another young existence even he could not see through.
The Purple Cloud Valley ancient freak Jin Yun glanced at Lan Yifei and spoke indifferently, “Blessed grotto-heavens and treasures of heaven and earth have always gone to the virtuous and capable. Since everyone intends to explore it, why don’t we each rely on our own means to seize what we can?”
He had always been domineering, his eyes set high above his head, and he still carried a measure of disdain for those before him.
Lan Yifei’s features were refined and scholarly, exuding a peaceful aura as he merely smiled faintly. “I believe that cave dwelling is precisely an opportunity meant for us. Since everyone intends to investigate it, then when we encounter one another inside, I hope you fellow Daoists will show some mercy.”
With that, he departed with the many young disciples of the Immortal Dao Alliance behind him, not lingering.
“Then we’ll meet there.”
Seeing this, the Phoenix Lady and the others did not linger either, swiftly departing.
There were truly quite a few Young Prodigies gathered at this place.
The most famous among them were, of course, the Phoenix Lady, the King of Six Crowns Jun Yao, and their peers.
They had emerged into the world earlier and had previously cultivated alongside Gu Changge at the True Immortal Academy, so they had long been known to the world.
But that did not mean they were the only Young Prodigies here.
The Beyond was immeasurably vast, with hidden dragons and crouching tigers, and peerless geniuses emerging one after another.
Unless one reached Gu Changge’s level, none of them dared claim to be invincible among their generation.
Many of the Young Prodigies who had emerged earlier—such as Jiang Luoshen of the Godly Illusion Clan and An Yan of the Hidden An Clan—were also widely renowned, though they had not appeared near the Absolute Yin Heaven this time.
Of course, many Young Prodigies had already fallen victim to the Successor of Demonic Arts, their Sources devoured completely, their lives long since forfeit.
“Wonderful! With Young Master Changge personally venturing inside, given his relationship with the Saintess, he definitely won’t ignore her safety.”
The assembled elders of the Mortal Palace watched Gu Changge vanish into the boundless Eternal Overcast Fog, the crowd buzzing with excitement.
Previously, many Dao lineages had spread rumors claiming Gu Changge was the true identity of the Successor of Demonic Arts, and that he had been forced to find a place to hide and lie low.
But this time, Gu Changge had personally appeared here with numerous experts of the Gu Family, declaring his intent to find the root of the Absolute Yin Heaven’s eruption and resolve this calamity—truly shocking many people beyond belief.
This was also equivalent to a vicious slap across the faces of all those Dao lineages spreading rumors that Gu Changge was the Successor of Demonic Arts.
Before the Absolute Yin Heaven, the True Daoists of the Endless Fire Kingdom and Sky Emperor Mountain had been taught a lesson and humiliated by Gu Changge’s subordinate.
News of this also spread, stirring no small number of waves.
A mysterious Remnant Immortal of unknown origin, with incomparably terrifying strength.
And of course, there was another matter.
The various Dao lineages’ attitude toward the Absolute Yin Heaven calamity had been utterly perfunctory.
Though they had sent True Daoists, from beginning to end none had ventured deep inside, nor shown any intention of investigating.
This left many Cultivators deeply dissatisfied and resentful.
Even the many ancient existences of the True Immortal Academy could no longer sit still and were forced to speak out to quell this fury.
No matter what, the most numerous Cultivators of the Beyond were still the rogue cultivators and those of ancient sects and powers, not the great immortal Dao lineages.
In the face of such a great crisis, the immortal Dao lineages had done nothing, instead letting rogue cultivators go to their deaths—this had already provoked the wrath of the common masses.
Naturally, all of this was within Gu Changge’s plans. A large part of why he chose to step forward at this moment was to guide the tide of events.
The great tide could not be reversed—but it could be channeled.
When the tide of heaven and earth came crashing down, it would be enough to overturn and crush those immortal Dao lineages.
Moreover, at this moment, Gu Changge still held a trump card in his hand.
Once the Ancient Reincarnation Supreme Being emerged and acted, the calamity of the Absolute Yin Heaven would naturally be resolved—but the resentment and hatred of the world’s masses toward the various Dao lineages had not yet accumulated to its peak.
Because of this affair, Sky Emperor Mountain, the Endless Fire Kingdom, and the other Dao lineages had also seen Gu Changge’s stance clearly.
Many ancient existences began conferring among themselves, planning to employ other means.
“In this era, many True Daoists have emerged and can suppress a region, but compared to a Remnant Immortal, they still fall far short...”
“It seems we can only bring out our foundational treasures. As long as Gu Changge lives, we cannot rest easy for a single day.”
Deep within the ancestral grounds of the various Dao lineages, vast waves of divine sense collided and intertwined.
Some existences sealed within the most ancient Divine Source were also invited out, standing ready at any moment.
Gu Changge’s strength, and that Remnant Immortal at his side, had already left many people unable to eat or sleep in peace.
This was a terrifying upheaval sweeping across the entire Beyond.
Every Dao lineage and power would inevitably be dragged into it.
“The era these runes touch upon seems even more ancient.”
“The domain they reach into predates even the Celestial Ancient Era. Could they truly be from that naturally born, heaven-nurtured land of the Nine Nether Reincarnation?”
“Must I really try again... or simply find one of the ancient universes I previously cultivated as livestock pens...”
Meanwhile, at the Longevity Gu Family.
The Ancient Reincarnation Supreme Being sat cross-legged within his palace, mysterious runes flickering one after another in his eyes, constructing some kind of strange field.
These were the runes formed from the shattered Origin Ancestor Artifact of the Absolute Yin Heaven.
He had been studying and comprehending them all this time, and now he had finally made some headway.
Back then, relying on the bowl of well water given to him by the Six Great Ancestors, he had embarked upon the path of dividing and merging Dao Fruits.
To put it nicely, it was called accumulation; to put it bluntly, it was devouring.
But his methods were even more cruel and callous—he directly selected ancient universes with deep foundations as his rear gardens, his breeding grounds, specifically to cultivate Source Dao Fruits for himself.
The supreme experts of those ancient universes, after untold hardships, finally achieved the Dao and refined their fruits.
Just as they were about to touch the Celestial Realm, about to push open the Celestial Gate, they would suddenly discover that behind the Celestial Gate waited a terrifying monster, ready to devour them as nourishment.
What a despairing and cruel truth that was.
Yet this was precisely what the Ancient Reincarnation Supreme Being had done and schemed all along.
Seeing this, Jiang Chuchu let out a soft breath of relief. Unsurprised, she was about to leave.
But in the next instant, her hair stood on end, and the blood in her entire body seemed to freeze.
A terrifying aura beyond compare suddenly swept forth.
An enormous maw, vast as a boundless abyss and lined with endless blood-red fangs, abruptly gaped open within the dense fog not far away, devouring every living thing.
It was utterly horrifying—the whole world seemed to plunge into absolute darkness in an instant.
It was as if the entire sky had been swallowed clean by that giant mouth.
The Golden Decree Jiang Chuchu had offered up didn’t last even a single breath before it shattered with a crack, dissolving into a sky full of golden light.
The three fleeing vicious beasts of the Quasi-Emperor level didn’t even have time to scream before that heaven-swallowing maw snapped them up—like three little chicks, they burst apart with a few muffled pops.
Endless Eternal Overcast Fog, like a tidal wave, was sucked into its belly, producing the surging roar of raging waves—enough to shatter the hearts and livers of any timid Cultivator.
This terrifying figure, its body unseen and seemingly boundless, was simply too dreadful.
There was no telling just how enormous it truly was.
Only that gaping maw was visible, like an abyss without end, scarlet fangs lining its edges, enough to tear apart the body of a True Daoist.
“Could this be the legendary Wang Yue Celestial Beast?”
“Weren’t they said to have gone extinct long ago? Why would one appear within the Absolute Yin Heaven?”
It took Jiang Chuchu a long while to recover from that bone-chilling state, seemingly unable to believe it.
She had only seen records of this dreadful Celestial Beast in some ancient texts of the Mortal Palace.
Swallowing heaven and earth, nearly omnipotent.
There were even rumors that a universe was gestating within the belly of a Wang Yue Celestial Beast.
The boundless beast before her, so ferocious it chilled the heart and made one tremble, seemed to be a Wang Yue Celestial Beast corroded by the Eternal Overcast Fog.
# How Did He Tamper With It? The Dark Wang Yue
The Ancient Reincarnation Supreme Being’s ambition was vast. Since the Immortal Epoch, he had lain dormant until now.
All for the sake of attaining the fruit-position of an Immortal King.
The gap between an Immortal King and a True Immortal was simply beyond description.
Neither chasm nor moat could suffice to describe it—annihilating a universe with a flick of the finger, dividing chaos with a single thought, opening up worlds.
What’s more, what he sought to attain was the fruit-position of the Principles of Reincarnation—the difficulty of which was simply unimaginable.
So in the end, even the Ancient Reincarnation Supreme Being had no choice but to abandon that method and walk the path of devouring and refining the Source of living beings.
This was the profound truth he had comprehended from that bowl of well water the Six Great Ancestors of the Absolute Yin Heaven had given him back then—called devouring, but more akin to nibbling away.
Though to the Ancient Reincarnation Supreme Being, it was all the same.
“These runes seem incomplete. Why does it look like someone did this deliberately?”
“If it’s a coincidence, then why does every single rune seem to be missing something?”
Within the palace, the Ancient Reincarnation Supreme Being carefully pondered the many mysterious runes before him, his expression suddenly darkening.
He hadn’t noticed at first—it was only after continuous study and comprehension that he sensed something wrong.
This left him somewhat incredulous.
Comprehending these runes individually, there was nothing strange about them.
But when connected together, they proved extremely disjointed.
If some of the runes could link together to construct some special meaning, he wouldn’t have been suspicious.
Yet every single rune seemed, as if by deliberate coincidence, to be missing a segment.
That neither-here-nor-there feeling was like reading a tattered scripture, where a large chunk was missing from the middle of every passage.
Seeing this, Jiang Chuchu let out a soft breath of relief. Unsurprised, she was about to leave.
But in the next instant, her hair stood on end, and the blood in her entire body seemed to freeze.
A terrifying aura beyond compare suddenly swept forth.
An enormous maw, vast as a boundless abyss and lined with endless blood-red fangs, abruptly gaped open within the dense fog not far away, devouring every living thing.
It was utterly horrifying—the whole world seemed to plunge into absolute darkness in an instant.
It was as if the entire sky had been swallowed clean by that giant mouth.
The Golden Decree Jiang Chuchu had offered up didn’t last even a single breath before it shattered with a crack, dissolving into a sky full of golden light.
The three fleeing vicious beasts of the Quasi-Emperor level didn’t even have time to scream before that heaven-swallowing maw snapped them up—like three little chicks, they burst apart with a few muffled pops.
Endless Eternal Overcast Fog, like a tidal wave, was sucked into its belly, producing the surging roar of raging waves—enough to shatter the hearts and livers of any timid Cultivator.
This terrifying figure, its body unseen and seemingly boundless, was simply too dreadful.
There was no telling just how enormous it truly was.
Only that gaping maw was visible, like an abyss without end, scarlet fangs lining its edges, enough to tear apart the body of a True Daoist.
“Could this be the legendary Wang Yue Celestial Beast?”
“Weren’t they said to have gone extinct long ago? Why would one appear within the Absolute Yin Heaven?”
It took Jiang Chuchu a long while to recover from that bone-chilling state, seemingly unable to believe it.
She had only seen records of this dreadful Celestial Beast in some ancient texts of the Mortal Palace.
Swallowing heaven and earth, nearly omnipotent.
There were even rumors that a universe was gestating within the belly of a Wang Yue Celestial Beast.
The boundless beast before her, so ferocious it chilled the heart and made one tremble, seemed to be a Wang Yue Celestial Beast corroded by the Eternal Overcast Fog.
“Could it be that Gu Changge is playing me? How did he do it? How did he tamper with it?”
The Ancient Reincarnation Supreme Being’s expression shifted between dark and uncertain.
Were it not for his wariness that this place was the territory of the Longevity Gu Family,
he would have wanted to find Gu Changge and interrogate him in person.
But he quickly reined in his thoughts.
The Ancient Reincarnation Supreme Being knew that Gu Changge had left the family during this period and was not here.
“That fellow... just what secrets is he hiding from this old man?”
The Ancient Reincarnation Supreme Being narrowed his eyes. He no longer intended to alert Gu Changge; instead, he had suddenly grown very interested in the secrets Gu Changge was concealing.
Originally, he had planned to leave the Longevity Gu Family and head to those ancient universes where he had previously cultivated in seclusion, to test the runes he had recently comprehended.
But upon suddenly learning that Gu Changge very likely possessed the rest of the complete runes,
he lost all interest in that, and instead wanted to uncover Gu Changge’s secrets and pry those runes out of him.
“Forget it. This old man shall wait for him a while longer within his clan.”
The Ancient Reincarnation Supreme Being closed his eyes once more, sitting still as a reef.
Meanwhile, deep within the Absolute Yin Heaven, where the fog shrouded and spread.
A white-clad beauty with an icy expression, her whole body enveloped in clear radiance, was battling the many Eternal Overcast creatures...
The Yin Spirits slaughtered and tangled in battle.
Streak after streak of sword light like azure floods swept down, like a boundless drizzle, piercing through the surrounding firmament and causing many Yin Spirits to burst apart.
Her attacks were immensely powerful, but the number of Yin Spirits around her was simply too great—like locusts blotting out the sky as they swarmed in, impossible to kill off entirely.
Even she, at this point, showed signs of exhaustion, swallowing down many spirit-gleaming precious pills and Spiritual Plants to restore her blood energy.
“The source of this Absolute Yin Heaven eruption is truly too hard to trace. It’s as if it came out of nowhere, all of a sudden.”
This white-robed beauty was, of course, the Saintess of Mortal Palace, Jiang Chuchu.
Her delicate brows were slightly furrowed, her robes stained with quite a bit of blood, as she fought the Yin Spirits while rapidly retreating.
In her original plan, if she couldn’t find any clues at all, she would withdraw from this place and return to safe territory.
But who could have known that this eruption of the Absolute Yin Heaven seemed to have no discernible source at all.
Moreover, the number of Yin Spirits was beyond imagination, far exceeding any previous Absolute Yin Heaven eruption.
Jiang Chuchu herself was no weakling, and she had plenty of life-saving means, yet she still encountered quite a few life-and-death crises, narrowly escaping with her life again and again.
“Looks like I can only head back to safe territory. This calamity of the Absolute Yin Heaven’s eruption is truly beyond my power to resolve.”
Jiang Chuchu thought this to herself, sighing softly with some regret. Her white robes fluttered like a butterfly, leaving only streaks of afterimages as she swiftly vanished from the spot.
Those Yin Spirits, however, clung to her like maggots on bone, pursuing her relentlessly from behind.
And in the space ahead, the heavy fog was suddenly torn apart as numerous Yin Spirits shrieked and exploded.
Among them were several terrifying creatures with scarlet eyes and enormous bodies, wreathed in dense grey mist, tearing through space as they charged toward Jiang Chuchu.
On their savage giant claws, sharp blades flickered with crimson Principles of Dao, wisps of it weaving together into a vast ocean that threatened to drown everything.
Every living being before them exploded in an instant under this pressure, body and soul annihilated.
These were vicious beasts at the Quasi-Emperor level, their minds long since eroded away by the Eternal Overcast Fog, leaving only a mad will to slaughter.
Jiang Chuchu’s aura had startled them, and now their only remaining thought was to tear apart this tiny Human before them.
“Not good.”
“How could there be several Quasi-Emperor level vicious beasts in this place?”
Jiang Chuchu, who was rapidly crossing this stretch of space, felt this aura and her expression changed slightly, her dark brows knitting together.
She knew her own strength well. Facing a Perfect Prodigy or even a Sacred Emperor Realm existence, she still had a chance to fight for her life.
But facing Quasi-Emperor level vicious beasts, if she didn’t flee, there was only death—no second possibility.
Earlier, she had already encountered one Quasi-Emperor level vicious beast and only narrowly escaped with her life.
This time, she wasn’t sure whether her luck would hold out again.
The Quasi-Emperor level vicious beasts before her numbered a full three.
Each one’s true body resembled an ancient star standing within the vast cosmos, boundlessly enormous, its giant claws reaching out to tear apart everything.
Space itself grew viscous, the Principles of Dao snapping strand by strand, crushing down like waterfalls.
The vast energy surged like a great ocean, battering this stretch of void, destroying everything in its path.
Jiang Chuchu hadn’t expected that these vicious beasts, even with their minds eroded, would still carry such terrifying Transcendent laws—not much weaker than a Quasi-Emperor at their peak.
She immediately brought out her life-saving treasure—a page of glittering golden Commandment, which appeared above her head, rustling as it unfurled.
Mysterious, archaic runes emerged one after another, flashing with dazzling brilliance, possessing unfathomable and terrifying power.
Within this golden Commandment, the aura of a True Daoist interwove, like a blazing great sun illuminating this grey, gloomy land.
As the Saintess of Mortal Palace, she naturally lacked no rare treasures or Commandments.
But such things were limited—each contained only a single strike from a True Daoist.
There were few materials in this world that could withstand the power of a True Daoist, and forging such artifacts was incomparably difficult.
Aside from the most favored Young Prodigies of the great immortal orthodoxies, ordinary Cultivators could never hope to even lay eyes on such rare treasures.
Jiang Chuchu didn’t possess many either, and she had already used up quite a few before.
As this Golden Decree appeared, it erupted with a terrifying, dazzling aura of destruction.
The three pursuing Quasi-Emperor level vicious beasts finally showed a trace of fear in their eyes. Sensing an aura like that of a natural predator, they turned to flee, no longer daring to give chase.
“Good, it worked.”
Seeing this, Jiang Chuchu let out a soft breath of relief. Not surprised, she prepared to leave.
But in the next instant, her hair stood on end, and the blood in her entire body seemed to freeze.
A horrifying aura beyond compare suddenly spread out.
An incomparably enormous mouth—like a vast, boundless abyss, lined with endless blood-red fangs—suddenly gaped open within the dense fog not far away, devouring every living being.
It was too horrifying. The entire world seemed to plunge into absolute darkness in an instant, as if the whole sky had been swallowed clean by that giant mouth.
The Golden Decree Jiang Chuchu had summoned didn’t last even a single breath—with a crack, it split apart, dissolving into a sky full of golden light that scattered and vanished.
The three fleeing Quasi-Emperor level vicious beasts didn’t even have time to scream before that heaven-swallowing giant mouth snapped down on them. Like three little chicks, they burst apart with a few muffled pops.
Endless Eternal Overcast Fog, like tidal waves, was sucked into its belly, producing the sound of raging waves crashing against the heavens—enough to make the hearts and livers of timid Cultivators split with terror.
This terrifying figure, whose body could not even be seen, seemingly boundless, was simply too dreadful. There was no telling just how enormous it truly was.
Only that gaping mouth was visible, like an endless abyss, scarlet fangs lining its edges, enough to tear apart the body of a True Daoist.
“Could this be the legendary Wang Yue Celestial Beast?”
“Didn’t they say it went extinct long ago? Why would its traces appear within the Absolute Yin Heaven?”
It took Jiang Chuchu a good while to recover from her bone-deep chill, seemingly unable to believe it.
She had only read records of this fearsome Celestial Beast in some of the ancient texts of the Mortal Palace—it swallowed the heavens and devoured the earth, nearly omnipotent.
There were even rumors that within the belly of a Wang Yue Celestial Beast, a universe was gestating.
The savage, spine-chilling, boundless giant beast before her seemed to be a Wang Yue Celestial Beast corroded by the Eternal Overcast Fog.
Its origins were untraceable, unimaginable.
In Jiang Chuchu’s view, it seemed more like something buried in the Absolute Yin Heaven in ancient times, which had later, for unknown reasons, awakened and birthed a new spirit.
She even felt that once this Dark Wang Yue, corroded by the Eternal Overcast Fog, broke into the Beyond, it would set off boundless upheaval, causing world-drowning slaughter, leaving all living beings in misery and everything annihilated.
Even the Golden Decree containing a True Daoist’s strike had been swallowed in one gulp, dissolving into a sky full of light.
A true True Daoist, before it, would likely also be reduced to food.
Its body was simply too enormous, boundless, as if it could fill an entire universe, connecting countless worlds.
“So it was only sleeping before? To us, this is the true catastrophe.”
Jiang Chuchu’s expression returned to calm. Gazing at the heart-palpitating, fathomless darkness, she knew she could hardly escape death.
Within this boundless Absolute Yin Heaven, no one knew what other great terrors lay hidden.
The awakened Dark Wang Yue was as if it had been starving for countless ages, swallowing heaven and earth, devouring everything.
Everything before it was its food—even Yin Spirits as powerful as the Quasi-Emperor level were no exception.
And naturally, neither was she. “What a pity... I never got to wait for him to marry me.”
The Dark Wang Yue’s body was simply too enormous, stretching across the boundless, dense Eternal Overcast Fog.
Its giant mouth swallowed heaven and earth, shaped like a bottomless, fathomless abyss.
It seemed to have no will of its own, acting purely on instinct, devouring all living beings and matter around it.
Deep within the fog, several enormous vicious beasts with terrifying auras at the True Daoist level sensed the disturbance here and tried to flee in terror.
But from the Dark Wang Yue’s gaping mouth came an endless devouring suction, snapping shut in an instant, blotting out even heaven and earth, plunging everything into darkness.
Those vicious beasts didn’t even have time to scream before they were swallowed.
Its strength far exceeded that of ordinary True Daoists.
Jiang Chuchu’s whole body was wreathed in azure light as she stood within the great fog.
Her white dress fluttered, dark hair clinging to her jade-like, breathtakingly beautiful face, her expression cold and solemn.
Before this Dark Wang Yue, whose body could not even be seen, she was truly smaller than a speck of dust.
Let alone her—even those vicious beasts with eyes as huge as stars were equally as tiny as dust before this Dark Wang Yue.
Wrapped in the vast Eternal Overcast Fog, they were swallowed by the Dark Wang Yue in one gulp.
The boundless Absolute Yin Heaven trembled because of this Dark Wang Yue’s awakening, and the surrounding void cracked apart.
Swathes of Yin Spirits, like mayflies in a great ocean, collapsed and burst under this battering and pounding.
“What a pity... I never got to wait for him to marry me.”
Jiang Chuchu raised her glistening eyes, gazing at the Dark Wang Yue whose true body could not be seen, murmuring softly to herself.
At this moment, she did not choose to resist, only standing quietly within the void.
She knew resistance was useless. Under such an absolute gap in power, even a True Daoist who came here would perish, becoming rations for the Dark Wang Yue.
So at this moment, she was extraordinarily calm, and not in despair.
Only, there was still some regret in her heart—some things, in the end, could never be done.
Many memories and thoughts flashed by, and a figure surfaced in Jiang Chuchu’s mind. Her expression grew dazed, and even the boundlessly enormous Dark Wang Yue seemed to fade from sight.
She didn’t know if she was hallucinating, but at this moment she actually saw Gu Changge’s figure.
Still in that same black robe, handsome and otherworldly, transcendent and unmatched, his gaze deep and calm, yet seemingly carrying a trace of anger.
“Perhaps I just miss him too much. How could he possibly appear here?”
The corners of her lips curled into a self-mocking arc. She felt this was far too unrealistic.
Gu Changge was now somewhere unknown in the Beyond—how could he possibly appear within the Absolute Yin Heaven?
But in the next instant, a terrifying Sword Qi that pierced through the heavens, seemingly enough to tear apart the River of Time, slashed over from afar, carrying endless killing intent, surging without end.
This Sword Qi was simply too terrifying, as if formed from the convergence of billions of strands of sword light, blazing and resplendent, wreathed in countless rules of the Sword Dao, its offensive will capable of splitting anything.
All the Eternal Overcast Fog and living beings collapsed with a roar beneath this Sword Qi, as if a road had been cleared clean.
The Dark Wang Yue, which had been devouring endless Yin Spirits, also let out a pained cry.
Heaven and earth shook, and a boundless rain of dark blood poured down, drenching this withered universe.
Even a body as powerful as the Dark Wang Yue’s was torn open at this moment, ghastly wounds splitting wide, revealing corroded dark bones—within which numerous dark stars could even be seen floating, as if it truly contained a decayed, incomplete ancient universe.
It let out sounds of pain. Its remaining instinct told it that an unimaginable existence had arrived here, one that could threaten its very life.
Hong long long—
The entire universe trembled, grey fog surging to the heavens, rushing toward the Eight Wastelands and the four wilds. Within the Absolute Yin Heaven, it was as if sky-high waves had risen.
The Dark Wang Yue sensed the terrifying threat and kept shifting its body, trying to hide, to find another place to feed.
“What’s going on?”
Jiang Chuchu was also stunned by this sudden scene before her, her beautiful eyes momentarily dazed.
The Gu Changge she had just been thinking of—how had he suddenly appeared here, and with a single sword strike forced back that Dark Wang Yue?
It was too unbelievable, too dreamlike.
She almost wondered if she was hallucinating.
And within the distant fog, Gu Changge’s figure was rapidly solidifying, landing beside her in the blink of an eye.
His expression was calm and fathomless, his sleeves billowing like banners in the great fog, but Jiang Chuchu could feel his anger.
“Why are you here? You... at a time like this, shouldn’t you be in the Beyond?”
Jiang Chuchu was stunned for a moment, then quickly reacted, her face filled with deep shock and disbelief. She could naturally tell that the Gu Changge before her was the real person, absolutely not some hallucination of hers.
Her voice could no longer maintain its former cool calm, carrying a slight tremor and stammer.
Why was it that every time she encountered danger or trouble, Gu Changge would appear like a god descending from the heavens, resolving and sweeping away everything before her?
But this time, Gu Changge was himself facing an enormous crisis—the identity of the Successor of Demonic Arts had nearly been exposed.
He had actually taken such an enormous risk to come here looking for her.
“If I had arrived half a step later, you would have been eaten by this Dark Wang Yue before you.”
“Jiang Chuchu, you’ve really grown capable, and your guts have grown fat too—barging into this place alone, and even running into a Dark Wang Yue comparable to a Remnant Immortal.”
Gu Changge spoke flatly, his tone quite indifferent, even carrying a few traces of mockery and coldness.
But Jiang Chuchu didn’t mind his tone at all. She knew Gu Changge was very angry, and that was because he was worried something would happen to her, that she would face mortal danger.
She suddenly became somewhat tongue-tied, her hands not knowing where to rest, not knowing what to do.
“I was also thinking of finding the source of the Absolute Yin Heaven for the sake of all living beings, that’s why I took the risk of coming in here.”
“You... don’t be angry, okay?”
She was quite anxious and could only explain to Gu Changge like this, hoping to calm his anger.
After all, what Gu Changge said was right—if he had come one step later, she would likely have perished today in the Dark Wang Yue’s mouth.
Moreover, she also knew that this time she had truly been careless, thinking that with quite a few life-saving means, she could venture deep into the Absolute Yin Heaven.
One had to know that many True Daoists didn’t dare set foot here, fearing for their lives.
And she was merely a little Sacred Lord Realm Cultivator—a true True Daoist needed only a wisp of pressure to destroy her body and extinguish her Dao.
Most importantly, Gu Changge was now risking becoming the enemy of the entire world to come here looking for her.
She had caused him no small amount of trouble for no reason, and might even expose his whereabouts, attracting countless enemies.
The sky full of Eternal Overcast Fog collapsed and dispersed, revealing the vast, desolate starfield of this place.
The residual terrifying sword intent still permeated the void, causing the Yin Spirits that drew near to collapse and burst apart.
“Changge, don’t be angry.”
“I’m sorry, I was too full of myself. I shouldn’t have taken such a huge risk, and even dragged you into it.”
“I’m sorry.”
Jiang Chuchu looked completely at a loss, explaining to Gu Changge over and over.
But Gu Changge kept a cold face, his eyes indifferent, seemingly too lazy to respond.
It wasn’t that he was truly angry.
He just wanted Jiang Chuchu to understand that such things must never happen again.
Not even at the Perfect Prodigy realm, relying on a few protective treasures to venture deep into the Absolute Yin Heaven, and even encountering a Dark Wang Yue comparable to a Remnant Immortal.
This was no longer as simple as courting death—it was simply utter foolishness.
If Gu Changge hadn’t rushed to the Absolute Yin Heaven, she would likely have already perished, her beauty turned to dust.
“What you did goes far beyond mere recklessness.”
Gu Changge said flatly, his gaze falling on her breathtakingly beautiful face.
“I understand... I definitely won’t act so recklessly again next time.”
Hearing this, Jiang Chuchu felt extremely guilty, not at all resembling her former cool and proud self.
Before Gu Changge, she couldn’t maintain the transcendent bearing of the Saintess of Mortal Palace that she showed the world; her emotions would be stirred by his every move.
At this moment, she only wanted to explain things clearly and calm Gu Changge’s anger.
If not for her, Gu Changge wouldn’t have come all this way. In the end, it was all her fault.
“If there’s a next time, I won’t be able to save you.”
Gu Changge shook his head gently, as if helpless against her, the anger on his face gradually fading.
“I understand. There won’t be a next time.”
Jiang Chuchu hummed softly, raising her glistening eyes to look at him, unable to hide her emotion and joy.
“Why did you suddenly rush here?”
Remembering this, she couldn’t help but ask.
Although she had guessed in her heart that Gu Changge must have learned of her entering the Absolute Yin Heaven and then rushed over anxiously, fearing for her life.
But she still very much wanted to hear him say it himself.
“It was on the way.”
Gu Changge glanced at her and said, “I originally intended to show myself and put a stop to those spreading rumors, but I didn’t expect you would actually venture deep into this place.”
“Don’t tell me you really think I came here specially for you?”
“Those aren’t rumors.”
Jiang Chuchu blinked her eyes and spoke the plain truth, looking at him with a hint of reproach.
“You’re talking nonsense. You were clearly worried about my safety, that’s why you rushed here regardless of everything.”
Gu Changge shrugged, looking rather helpless, and said, “Why are you so prone to flattery of yourself?”
“You’re just stubborn.”
Jiang Chuchu didn’t mind any of this at all. Instead, her heart was full of joy and emotion. She rolled her eyes at Gu Changge slightly, knowing this was simply his nature.
Of course, if not for her own overly proud nature, at this moment she would have wanted to throw herself into his arms like other women would.
Gu Changge was willing to risk his whereabouts being exposed, risking being hunted by the various orthodoxies and powers, to come here.
In Jiang Chuchu’s eyes, this already outweighed everything else.
A thousand words could not compare to actual deeds.
“Looks like you’re not injured after all.”
Gu Changge shook his head slightly, looking her over carefully a few times. Seeing she had no injuries, he truly put his mind at ease.
Jiang Chuchu’s constitution was indeed special. An ordinary True Daoist venturing deep here, crushed by the Dark Wang Yue’s aura, would likely have their mind shaken and be corroded by the Eternal Overcast Fog.
But she was completely fine.
“Before coming here, I prepared quite a few protective artifacts. As long as I didn’t run into a vicious beast like that Dark Wang Yue, preserving my life wasn’t a problem,” Jiang Chuchu explained.
Gu Changge nodded, then turned his gaze toward where the Dark Wang Yue had fled.
Before this, he had also subdued a Wang Yue Celestial Beast, found back in the Purple Mountains while searching for the Tower of World Domination.
That Little Wang Yue, which he had named Baibai, now followed at Gu Qingyi’s side.
In terms of size, it fell far short of this Dark Wang Yue’s terror—it could only be described as tiny in comparison.
Gu Changge even suspected that within this Dark Wang Yue’s body, there gestated an incomplete ancient universe.
This suddenly stirred his interest. He had just been worrying about finding no suitable universe in which to lay his grand net—and the Dark Wang Yue before his eyes was a rather fitting choice.
With this thought, Gu Changge told Jiang Chuchu to wait for him here, and his figure swiftly streaked away, the entire universe vanishing rapidly beneath his feet.
The boundless Yin Qi of the Absolute Yin Heaven was vast beyond measure, with no end or edge in sight, yet this did not hinder Gu Changge from sensing the Dark Wang Yue’s aura.
He gave chase at speed, tearing through the universe before him, racing through the void.
Jiang Chuchu stood where she was, watching Gu Changge depart into the distance, and couldn’t help but call out to him.
Though she knew full well how terrifying Gu Changge’s strength was—that he had already reached the point of sweeping through the Beyond unrivaled—she still couldn’t help but worry.
After all... that Wang Yue Celestial Beast, at its peak, had surely possessed power far beyond the Celestial Realm.
Buried within the Absolute Yin Heaven for countless ages, upon awakening once more it was still comparable to a Remnant Immortal.
Soon, within this sea of Yin Qi, heaven-shaking, earth-shattering sounds of monstrous waves rang out, as though an entire universe were trembling.
The Dark Wang Yue’s body was simply too colossal and boundless; even when it tried to flee on instinct alone, the commotion it created was unimaginable.
Though its intelligence was not high, it could still sense the terrifying malice of the human who had wounded it moments ago.
This caused even it—standing at the very apex of the cultivation world’s food chain—to feel dread and fear.
“The Wang Yue Celestial Beast’s true body is enormous, but it isn’t fixed in size. I wonder if I can collect it into my Inner Universe.”
Gu Changge’s speed was tremendous; in the blink of an eye he crossed endless distances and caught up to the Dark Wang Yue.
Before that nearly suffocating, terrifying body, Gu Changge was smaller than even a speck of dust.
Yet he still brought the Dark Wang Yue boundless, dreadful terror.
In its eyes, a humanlike fear surfaced.
In the Dark Wang Yue’s memory, all things in this world—every substance and every living being—were prey. Yet this tiny human before it gave it the feeling of facing a natural predator, a fear and dread that welled up from the depths of its soul.
So the Dark Wang Yue wanted only to flee, but its body was simply too enormous, without boundary, making it truly impossible to evade Gu Changge’s pursuit.
“It seems it still retains a trace of sentience. That makes things easier.”
Gu Changge had no wish to waste time and chose to strike directly.
Though the Dark Wang Yue was comparable to a Remnant Immortal, it was only by relying on its racial gifts and terrifying body that it could so easily devour True Daoists.
Compared to a true Remnant Immortal, it was considerably weaker.
Gu Changge made his move. With a flick of his sleeve, ten million strands of Sword Qi arrayed themselves across the eight directions of the universe, radiating blazing, resplendent light like myriad stars, illuminating this place in dazzling brilliance.
These ten million strands of Sword Qi were arranged according to the order of the stars of the heavens. The moment they appeared, they exuded a world-shaking, boundless killing intent, as though tempered over several epochs, bearing the murderous will of billions of living beings.
The Heavenly Fiend Grand Array of the Nether, though it had not reached the complete degree of ten wielders, could—under Gu Changge’s study—even when deployed alone, erupt with resplendent, invincible might.
This array, in particular, could directly seal off this region of the universe, making it impossible for the Dark Wang Yue to escape.
Screech, screech, screech—
Wave after wave of shrill, demonic sounds issued from the Dark Wang Yue, possessing terrifying penetrative power.
Those sound waves spread out like ripples, slicing through everything as easily as blades.
The surrounding Yin Spirits had no time to even scream before they directly collapsed and burst apart, turning into a sky-filling rain of blood.
The Dark Wang Yue’s massive maw was like an abyss, its pitch-black fangs gleaming with sharpness, and it suddenly lunged viciously to bite at Gu Changge.
It was not stupid. Knowing that Gu Changge meant to strike at it and that escape was hopeless, it revealed a savage, frenzied side.
But Gu Changge had long anticipated this and was not surprised.
Chi chi chi—
Ten million strands of resplendent Sword Qi descended like divine punishment, their slaughter blotting out the sky, directly slicing through the Dark Wang Yue’s body and piercing its bones.
It was a hair-raising sight.
One terrifying bloody hole after another exploded open across that nearly endless body, black rain pouring down as if to drown this universe.
Every strand of Sword Qi was condensed from laws; though not divine weapons, their sharpness far surpassed divine weapons.
Even the Dark Wang Yue cried out in pain, wailing.
Its enormous body rapidly shrank, trying to lessen the agony.
“So it really can control its own size.”
Seeing this, a strange gleam flashed through Gu Changge’s eyes.
He had originally intended to subdue this Dark Wang Yue, but considering its enormous body, how to collect it into his Inner Universe had become no small problem.
Now, with the Dark Wang Yue involuntarily shrinking its body from the pain, it presented an excellent opportunity for Gu Changge.
Thinking this, Gu Changge summoned Ah Er and ordered him to attack the Dark Wang Yue.
Ordinarily, Ah Er remained within the Inner Universe, never manifesting in the outside world.
After entering the Absolute Yin Heaven, Gu Changge had recalled Ah Er into his Inner Universe.
A divine spear forged of Hell Iron and divine metal swept across, azure light hazy, as if it could split the entire universe apart—overwhelmingly powerful.
Ah Er was, after all, the most ancient figure of the Nether besides its Lord, and his own strength was genuinely that of a Remnant Immortal.
Even if Gu Changge did not act, having Ah Er alone suppress this Dark Wang Yue would be more than sufficient.
The Dark Wang Yue had never imagined that at this moment, yet another existence whose aura terrified it would appear.
It grew even more violent, its terrifying aura surging, causing this universe to begin cracking apart.
More and more Yin Qi rushed toward those cracks, flooding outward.
This universe was already incomplete to begin with, and having previously endured the battle between Gu Changge, the Ancient Reincarnation Supreme Being, and the Six Great Ancestors, it had become utterly battered.
Now it was riddled with scars, terrible fissures everywhere, the spatial walls directly shattering, causing the endless Yin Qi to find a sudden vent, pouring straight into those cracks.
The battle here did not last long. The Dark Wang Yue simply could not withstand Ah Er’s terrifying assault.
Amid near-constant agony, it wailed, its massive body continuously shrinking.
Finally, ten million strands of resplendent sword light descended, transforming into Sword Dao laws that slashed into its body, becoming chains that bound and restrained it.
Gu Changge brought out a Space Artifact, using great magic power to open up a void within it, and collected the Dark Wang Yue inside.
Only then did he place this Space Artifact into his Inner Universe.
After all, his Inner Universe had not yet reached a level comparable to the Beyond; if the Dark Wang Yue broke free of those laws, it might well threaten his Inner Universe.
Afterward, Gu Changge transformed into a streak of divine light and went to rendezvous with Jiang Chuchu, intending to leave this Absolute Yin Heaven.
Along the way, he found an excuse and casually explained the cause and origin of the Absolute Yin Heaven’s eruption, thereby putting Jiang Chuchu’s mind to rest and making her understand that this matter was not something she could meddle in.
Lan Yifei’s Killing Intent—To Make an Enemy of the Mortal Palace(Seeking subscriptions)
“This cave dwelling seems to have been searched by someone in years past. Some of the Restrictions have rotted and broken, becoming extremely damaged...”
“Could it be we’ve come a step too late? Has this place already been claimed by someone who got here first?”
At this moment, in the Beyond, within a spacious little world not far from where the Absolute Yin Heaven had erupted.
Purple mist roiled and immortal light permeated the air. Vast, boundless ancient trees stretched and spread, and incomparably majestic Mystic Mountains and ancient peaks stood like ancient giants between heaven and earth.
Streaks of divine rainbows swept across from the heavenly palaces. Numerous young prodigies and Cultivators, some riding flying swords, others piloting artifacts or Dao platforms, explored this little world.
In certain rock crevices or beside mountain streams, one could often see spirit herbs of ancient vintage wreathed in hazy spiritual light—extremely valuable and exceedingly rare in the outside world.
Of course, there were also many fierce beasts here, some shaped like small mountains, others spreading their wings to spew poisonous mist, all incomparably savage and terrifying.
This little world was ordinarily hidden within the void, sealed off by numerous Restrictions.
Now that the Absolute Yin Heaven had erupted, tearing apart the many Restrictions outside, the aura of this place had leaked out, attracting numerous Cultivators to come treasure-hunting and exploring.
Many speculated that this was the secluded cultivation dwelling of some immortal from before the Immortal Ancient era, and an extremely ancient, weathered aura lingered here.
Of course, if it were a true immortal’s cave dwelling, even True Daoists would likely be alarmed.
Many of the older generation instead believed this was merely a dwelling where some immortal had once resided, not a place of secluded cultivation.
Even so, to be able to absorb even a trace of immortal charm and comprehend something from it would benefit them for the rest of their lives.
Some Young Prodigies, upon appearing here, also began searching for ancient steles and remnant scriptures, or went before certain stone cliffs and precipices to comprehend the traces left behind by that immortal of old, attempting to deduce something from them to help their cultivation advance further.
Of course, if they could obtain the immortal’s legacy inscriptions, that would be even better.
But how could something left by an immortal be found by ordinary mortals?
“If there is a fortuitous opportunity in this place, it can only fall into my hands.”
A tall Young Prodigy dressed in golden robes, his hair glittering gold as though glowing, was striding through the mountains and waters. His pace was unhurried, yet carried a certain rhythm as he shuttled through the landscape.
Behind him followed quite a few followers from various clans, all powerful in strength and vigorous in blood qi.
This person was none other than Jin Yun, the ancient freak of Purple Valley.
He was extremely arrogant, believing that among his peers, few could withstand even a single palm strike from him.
Thus, he was unwilling to travel together with the other Young Prodigies—the Heavenly Phoenix Maiden, the King of Six Crowns, and the rest—and instead led his followers to explore this place alone.
Moreover, he possessed an innate Eye Technique called the Golden Divine Pupil, which could see the flow of all kinds of qi between heaven and earth.
The living had life qi, dead things had death qi, and spiritual objects naturally had spiritual qi.
Things left behind by an immortal would naturally carry immortal qi.
Upon entering this little world, Jin Yun had detected an extremely extraordinary qi circulating in a certain location.
Jin Yun was clever. He deliberately put some distance between himself and the other Young Prodigies, then took a roundabout route before heading toward that special place.
There were not many Cultivators in this direction, and none of them were worth his notice.
As an ancient freak, he had absolute confidence in his own strength.
Except for an existence like Gu Changge who could not be measured by common sense and could not be fought, he was confident he could defeat anyone else.
Soon, the sky darkened. Within this little world, stars and moon likewise wheeled overhead, and day alternated with night.
The world was hazy, with many radiances interweaving and flowing.
Many young prodigies each found a place to rest and sit cross-legged, waiting for daybreak to continue exploring this place.
Unlike the quiet of daytime, this little world at night seemed somewhat restless.
“He’s actually heading this way. It seems this really is an excellent opportunity.”
“What a perfectly suitable prey—an ancient freak of Purple Valley.”
At a certain campsite, a blue-robed man sitting together with many fellow disciples was cross-legged atop a rock, seemingly resting.
Suddenly, he opened his eyes. His features were refined and clean, his gaze clear, with occasional threads of golden light flashing through them.
Even his hair was bathed in hazy radiance, his whole person exuding a transcendent, soaring temperament.
One with heaven and earth, in harmony with Natural Dao Principles, his state of mind serene—even his breathing seemed to carry a certain special Dao rhythm.
As the possessor of the True Dao Source Physique, an extremely mysterious constitution that had appeared only a handful of times in the Beyond since ancient times...
He indeed had the right to such confidence.
This constitution was naturally in harmony with the Dao; from birth, a Dao Source was born within the body, able to draw upon the power of all things in heaven and earth.
As long as the divine soul endured, magic power would never cease—truly inexhaustible, placing one innately in an invincible position.
Not to mention, within his body there was also one of Gu Changge’s demonic seeds—he needn’t even consider whether he could kill a Young Prodigy of the same generation.
Lan Yifei glanced around and saw that all his fellow disciples had their eyes closed in meditation, and the disciples on patrol had not noticed anything unusual on his end.
“A quarter of an hour should be enough. Take his Source, then return.”
His eyes suddenly became incomparably deep, and he sighed as if somewhat helplessly.
Then, with a gentle wave of his sleeve—
He left behind a Dao body nearly indistinguishable from the real thing, while his true body transformed into a phantom shadow, swiftly streaking away and vanishing.
Meanwhile, on the other side, a slender young woman dressed in a flowing immortal gown with wide sleeves, cold and ethereal as an immortal, was leading a Big Red Bird, making her way toward a certain spot in this little world under the moonlight.
Her dark brows furrowed from time to time, as though she were arguing about something with the Big Red Bird beside her, muttering under her breath.
“Does this place really have that so-called Immortal Pill?”
Outside the Absolute Yin Heaven, a blurred Space Tunnel was torn open.
The figures of Gu Changge and Jiang Chuchu emerged from within.
Their robes were spotless, untouched by dust, like a pair of immortal lovers—they looked nothing like people who had walked out of a land of great terror filled with countless dangers, nor did they bear the slightest injury, their auras calm and natural.
The True Daoists of Sky Emperor Mountain, the Endless Fire Kingdom, and Purple Cloud Valley all had their pupils contract slightly, then they imperceptibly shifted their gazes away.
They had not expected Gu Changge to emerge from the Absolute Yin Heaven in such a short time.
And he had even brought out Jiang Chuchu, the Saintess of Mortal Palace, along with him.
“It’s Young Master Changge!”
“Young Master Changge has brought Saintess Chuchu out as well!”
Seeing the figures of Gu Changge and Jiang Chuchu, many of the surrounding Cultivators and living beings couldn’t help but cry out in surprise.
The beings of all the various orthodoxies and powers looked over in unison, incomparably shocked.
“Wonderful, the Saintess has come out. Thank heavens she’s safe and sound.”
“If something had happened to the Saintess, how could we ever face the ancestors?”
“All thanks to Young Master Changge. Wonderful, simply wonderful.”
The many clan elders of the Mortal Palace waiting here were all deeply moved, crowding over one after another.
All the Cultivators present were also tremendously excited, delighted and amazed by the appearance of Gu Changge and the Saintess of Mortal Palace, Jiang Chuchu.
The Absolute Yin Heaven was a land of great calamity and great peril, one that even True Daoists dared not lightly enter.
The Saintess of Mortal Palace had willingly risked her life to step into it, seeking a way to break the calamity for the sake of all living beings.
This grace was enough for all living creatures to engrave in their hearts and be endlessly grateful for.
One must know, the Saintess of Mortal Palace was merely of the younger generation, her cultivation not even at the Sacred King Realm.
Meanwhile, the True Daoist existences of the surrounding immortal orthodoxies and supreme great sects had all halted here, not daring to venture in.
Comparing the two, the difference was immediately clear.
In the eyes of the many living beings and Cultivators, even the status of those True Daoists fell far short of the Saintess of Mortal Palace, Jiang Chuchu.
Moreover, even though Gu Changge had been framed as the Successor of Demonic Arts, he had braved the risk of becoming the enemy of the entire world to rush here and seek a way to break the calamity for all living beings.
The sight of these two, willing to go through fire and water for the sake of all living creatures, moved everyone to admiration.
Jiang Chuchu gazed at the familiar scenes around her, her expression somewhat dazed.
Compared to the peace of the outside world, the Absolute Yin Heaven was a place of dim deathly silence, permeated with a heart-palpitating aura, incomparably oppressive.
It gave her the feeling of seeing the light of day once more.
Seeing the crowd of Mortal Palace clan elders hurrying over, asking after her with concern,
a gentle curve appeared on her breathtakingly beautiful, cold features, and she softly shook her head, saying, “I’m unharmed, all thanks to Young Master Changge. Had he not rushed here and acted to save me, I’m afraid I would already have perished in the mouths of those ferocious Yin beasts, reduced to their food.”
As she spoke, a perfectly measured trace of lingering fear and dread surfaced on her face.
Seeing this, everyone was somewhat shaken, and none doubted the words of the Saintess of Mortal Palace, Jiang Chuchu.
The degree of danger within the Absolute Yin Heaven went without saying—they could guess it well enough. If an ordinary person ventured deep inside, they would likely be reduced to nothing in an instant, body and soul annihilated.
That the Saintess of Mortal Palace had held on for so long, until Gu Changge went in to bring her out, was already a mark of extraordinary talent.
“Thank you, Young Master Changge.”
Hearing this, the crowd of Mortal Palace clan elders also cupped their fists toward Gu Changge at the side in gratitude.
Although it was publicly claimed that Gu Changge was the reincarnation of the Mortal One, whether that was true or false, only they themselves knew.
“It’s nothing. Saintess Chuchu and I share a close bond—how could I stand by and watch her fall into danger?”
Gu Changge smiled, his handsome face bearing a warmth like a spring breeze.
“Rumor has it that the Saintess of Mortal Palace is Young Master Changge’s beloved. It seems those words are true.”
“Willing to brave such great risk to go in and bring her out... to gain one such person in this life, what more could one ask for?”
Seeing this scene, the eyes of many female Cultivators around them shimmered with astonishing brilliance and yearning.
Naturally, they were incomparably envious, wishing dearly that at such a moment of crisis, someone would step forward and come to rescue them.
Of course, they also knew that was merely an extravagant hope.
Gu Changge was a banished immortal of the Nine Heavens, while they were but dust in the mire—they could only look up at him, never touch him.
The Saintess of Mortal Palace, in status alone—not to mention her beauty—could leave them countless distances behind, enough to make the countless heavenly proud daughters of the Beyond pale in comparison.
And just then, Jiang Chuchu, who had been catching up with the various Mortal Palace clan elders, suddenly had her gaze turn cold.
Her dark hair danced, her whole person shedding that cold, transcendent air, even carrying a sharp, piercing edge. She calmly swept her gaze toward the distant directions of Sky Emperor Mountain, Purple Cloud Valley, and the Endless Fire Kingdom, her voice flat, yet clearly transmitted to all.
“From this day forth, any orthodoxy that slanders Young Master Changge as the Successor of Demonic Arts shall be regarded as an enemy of my Mortal Palace.”
Her voice was icy cold, lacking its usual cool serenity, now carrying a sharp killing intent.
Her tone, moreover, brooked no doubt and permitted no rebuttal.
Hearing these words, every Cultivator felt a chill run through them, goosebumps rising across their skin. All of them widened their eyes, as if doubting their own ears.
The entire place instantly erupted into an uproar, boiling over like a meteorite plunging into the deep sea, stirring up monstrous waves.
“Saintess, what are you saying?!”
The crowd of Mortal Palace clan elders also widened their eyes all at once, somewhat unable to believe it.
However, some quickly reacted, understanding the meaning behind Jiang Chuchu speaking these words before all the Cultivators present.
It was not merely an attitude—it was also declaring to the Endless Fire Kingdom, Sky Emperor Mountain, Purple Cloud Valley, and the rest that Gu Changge was not the Successor of Demonic Arts, but had been framed by others.
The Mortal Palace’s status was extremely transcendent, possessing nearly boundless numbers of believers throughout the entire Beyond.
No matter what kind of orthodoxy or power, none were truly willing to come into conflict with the Mortal Palace and invite needless trouble.
For countless ages, the Mortal Palace had resolved many calamities and crises for all living beings; even in some remote corners of the Overworld, its believers were spread far and wide.
At this moment, the Saintess of Mortal Palace speaking these words before everyone was tantamount to proclaiming to all living beings under heaven that Gu Changge was not the Successor of Demonic Arts, but had merely been framed.
Its influence was simply unimaginable.