Immortal of the Nine Realms

Fang Chen exchanged a glance with Lang Daochun, who was beaming at him. In the next instant, he saw several phantoms appear behind Lang Daochun.

Among them seemed to be the Old Man, Yun He, Yun Que, and Li Daoye. Feeling like a shot of adrenaline had been injected directly into him, he nodded slowly. ”You are right. I, Monarch Yan, should be the one to decide on matters of the Underworld.”

A dazzling golden light rose from all directions, instantly enveloping the cultivators of both the Human and Demon Races within it. In the gray, monotone-colored Underworld, it was exceptionally radiant.

The dozen or so phantoms behind Lang Daochun also gradually materialized. Lu Fengshen lost her voice and cried out, ”Impossible! I clearly locked you all inside the Demonic Beast Ruins; how did you manage to get out?!”

”Saint Wandao.”

”Fang Lie!”

Jinyang and the others’ gazes gradually became solemn. During the period of the Nether Ruins, these two Human Saints were already the cream of the crop among everyone. The two were not just a mere fraction stronger than Jinyang’s group. On the contrary, both individuals could fight two of them single-handedly. They had thought having Lu Fengshen deal with them was utterly foolproof. Hence, they never expected that the two would appear here.

Yun He, who was in a simple Daoist robe, slowly raised his palm and smiled at the crowd. ”This layer of golden light originates from this object.”

Within his palm rested a golden pebble, continuously emitting golden light that filled the nearby golden protective shield.

Yun He smiled. ”It is the Sarira of the first-generation Immortal Emperor of the Major Immortal World. All along, it has been kept in the Demonic Beast Race’s most mysterious place—the Demonic Beast Ruins. We tried every possible way but were unable to enter it. Come to think of it, those ruins are the core of the Major Immortal World, the true Inner Domain. With this object, even if you all spend several years, you won’t be able to break through this light shield.”

Lu Fengshen’s expression darkened nonstop. She had finally understood their plan.

”You had me intentionally send you to the Demonic Beast Ruins all for the Sarira of the Demonic Beast Race’s first Immortal Emperor...” Looking extremely unsightly, she subconsciously swept a glance at Jinyang and the others. ”You said that once they were locked in there, it would be absolutely impossible for them to come out. You were wrong!”

Yun He smiled amiably at Lu Fengshen. ”Little girl, your seniority is still too low. You are still lacking a bit of fire to scheme against us old fogeys. Moreover, during the Nether Ruins era, we could run circles around Saint Jinyang and his peers. What made you think he has what it takes to scheme against us?”

Everyone exchanged glances. They still weren’t completely caught up with the situation, and they still didn’t know what the Demonic Beast Ruins were, but they could somewhat guess that the God Dao Sect had suffered a massive loss! The Sarira in Yun He’s hand could actually be an item that the first-generation Immortal Emperor had left behind! It was bound to be the demonic beasts’ most treasured object!

Lu Fengshen fixed her eyes on Jinyang. ”Saint Jinyang, you have to snatch the Sarira back! Without it, the Seeking Dao Faction will definitely be infuriated! I’m sure you can already imagine what kind of end awaits us.”

”Calm down.” Jinyang gazed coldly at Lu Fengshen, then looked at Yun He and the others. ”What made her think we could scheme against you? Many years ago, did we not heavily injure you thanks to our schemes? Were you faking it back then?”

Yun He nodded gently. ”The heavy injuries were real. After all, if they weren’t, would you all have allowed Lu Fengshen to lock us inside the Demonic Beast Ruins?”

Jinyang was rendered speechless.

Deeply afraid that Jinyang would grow furious because of this and choose to attack head-on, Luoxue reminded, ”Jinyang, forget it. They have always been like that. Still, today, we possess absolute strength. Even if that layer of golden light can block us for a few years, so what?”

Jinyang nodded calmly. ”You are right. Even if they have this layer of golden light, it won’t be able to block us for many years. We have waited for so long anyway. What’s a few more years?”

He glanced at the first emperor of the Black Sun Empire, who immediately understood what he meant. The emperor immediately commanded his army of over a thousand ninth-transformation Great Yin Demon puppets to launch an attack against the golden light.

The cultivators enclosed within the golden light subconsciously wanted to strike back to defend themselves, but they ended up discovering that the Great Yin Demons’ attacks merely caused the golden light to ripple. Everyone could not help but inwardly sigh in relief, knowing that for some time, they would not have to worry about their safety.

Lu Fengshen also immediately commanded the experts of the God Decree Ranking to launch an attack against the golden light. However, their succession of offensives was likewise ineffective.

Someone murmured to themselves, ”What a terrifying Sarira... Even that item alone is already so powerful. If the first Immortal Emperor of the Demonic Beast Race were still alive, what kind of person would he be?”

Fang Chen thought, At least a Saint, possibly of the same level as Saint Long at his prime...

His various conjectures had long been verified. The Major Immortal World was the Inner Domain condensed by a Saint who had once appeared in the Demonic Beast Race. The current Major Immortal World was simply an outer shell—an illusion. The core of the Inner Domain should be the Demonic Beast Ruins. The Old Man and the others seemed to have long known that, which was why they had plotted to infiltrate it.

Unable to break through the light, Lu Fengshen instantly became filled with rage. ”How did you manage to escape the Demonic Beast Ruins?!”

Lang Daochun laughed. ”I’ll take credit for that one. I lent my big treasure to Saint Fang and the others so they could easily walk out of there.”

Lu Fengshen immediately glared at Lang Daochun with venomous hatred. ”You demons will die a horrible death.”

Lang Daochun smirked. ”We already died horrible deaths long ago; do you even need to say it?”

At that moment, Fang Chen flew up and cupped his fist in salute toward Fang Zhentian and Yun He. ”Old Man, Master, I hope you both are well.”

Some of the cultivators who still didn’t quite know Fang Chen finally learned that he also had an exceptionally terrifying background.

One of the Enlightenment God Palace’s core disciples murmured to himself, ”So Core Disciple Fang actually has such a massive background...”

Yun He and the others’ existence and powers were clearly stronger than the ninth-transformation immortals of the other major factions. Normally, if a cultivator could be related by blood or marriage to these ninth-transformation immortals, they would already be considered to have a massive background. Yet now, to their surprise, Fang Chen actually had a group of Yang Gods who could contend with the likes of Jinyang backing him.

Yun He smiled and nodded. ”Already a seventh-transformation immortal, huh? Your progress is acceptable. Your Old Man and I are doing quite well; it’s just that we’ve been running around non-stop during this period. We can finally take a good rest now.”

Fang Zhentian sized up Fang Chen for a few glances, then smiled faintly. ”You are about to reach the ninth transformation soon. When the time comes, you must properly consider your pathway.”

Fang Chen’s expression stirred. ”Old Man, can the methods of the Saint Canon still work?”

”Naturally, but it is very difficult. After we lost our Supreme Bones, we also attempted to go down that path. As you can see, we didn’t succeed, and neither did they.” Fang Zhentian pointed at Jinyang and the others, a trace of faint cold mockery surfacing in his eyes. ”Otherwise, they wouldn’t have chosen to merge with the evil qi of the ancient forbidden zones and walk a path that essentially had them digging their own graves.”

Fang Chen was secretly alarmed. Even this group of powerful individuals failed to find a new path outside the methods of the Saint Canon. That indirectly showed the terrifying nature of the Qingming Supreme Alliance.

Fang Zhentian smiled faintly. ”There is no need to worry about other matters for the time being. They won’t be able to break the defense of this Sarira for a few years. Once you take the Eighteen Heavens Prison Tower, just send us away.”