Becoming an Immortal and Ancestor, Starting from the Clan-protecting Divine Beast

174: Chapter 176 The Secrets of Xuan Yuan”Do you know why the Great Venerable established the Xuan Yuan Sect in Xuan Prefecture?”

Just as Yuan Feng was deep in thought, Gui Li’s voice interrupted him.

”I’m not the Xuan Yuan Gui Li Great Venerable, how could I know his thoughts?”

Yuan Feng shook his head upon hearing this.

”However, any existence that establishes a Sect cannot avoid the word ’Legacy’. I think the Xuan Yuan Gui Li Great Venerable created the Xuan Yuan Sect to pass down his Dao and methods.”

Upon hearing this, Gui Li looked at the Xuan Yuan Sect’s headquarters, now reduced to ruins, her gaze profound and her tone inexplicable:

”The Great Venerable founded the Xuan Yuan Sect, first, indeed, for Legacy, to pass down the Gui Water orthodox Legacy of the Luotian Realm.”

”Second, it was to suppress a certain something. This was the fundamental purpose of the Great Venerable establishing the Xuan Yuan Sect.”

Yuan Feng’s heart skipped a beat, feeling an urge to flee immediately.

Something that an Immortal Dao Great Venerable would go to great lengths to suppress, one could tell without thinking that it was definitely not a good thing; it must be an immensely troublesome entity.

But looking at Gui Li’s attitude, he had to listen, whether he wanted to or not.

The artifact spirit of this Immortal Artifact had probably started planning the moment she saw him achieve Golden Core.

It was estimated that the Disciples and Elders of the Xuan Yuan Sect were insignificant to her; the suppressed entity was the top priority.

”What is the thing suppressed by the Xuan Yuan Gui Li Great Venerable?”

Yuan Feng looked directly at Gui Li and asked straightforwardly.

”A...partial remnant body...of a Blood Fiend Immortal Lord.”

Gui Li spoke slowly, her words astonishing.

”A Blood Fiend Immortal Lord’s remnant body?!”

Yuan Feng’s body trembled. Without thinking, his Golden Nature surged, opening a spatial passage directly to the heavens, intending to flee immediately.

What kind of joke was this?

How could he, a mere Golden Core, be qualified to get involved in matters concerning an Immortal Lord-level figure?

Wasn’t this utter nonsense?

Buzz!

The Xuan Yuan Gui Li Pan shone with great brilliance, like millions of vast oceans pressing down. The space in this area instantly solidified like divine iron, forcibly severing the spatial passage Yuan Feng had opened and shaking him out of the Void Realm.

”I’m just a newly advanced Golden Core True Monarch, how can I deal with the remnant body of a Blood Fiend Immortal Lord?”

”You should contact Venerable Shu Xuan or the Great Qi Imperial Family. I have no ability to interfere whatsoever.”

Yuan Feng spread his hands, speaking with considerable helplessness.

”The decaying Xuan Yuan Sect was destroyed by you, so naturally, you must bear this Karma.”

Gui Li smiled cunningly. The Xuan Yuan Gui Li Pan buzzed and vibrated, the sound of crashing waves echoing through the sky, sealing off this space.

As the Natal Immortal Artifact of an Immortal Dao Great Venerable, once fully revived, it could suppress not only Golden Cores but even ordinary Nascent Soul Venerables.

If she wished, Yuan Feng himself would be unable to break the barrier she had set up.

An Immortal Artifact, an Immortal’s artifact, how could it be so simple?

The gap between Purple Mansion and Golden Core was like a firefly compared to the bright moon, let alone the distance between Golden Core and Nascent Soul.

”This was a divination calculated by the Heavenly Mystery Immortal Lord of the Heavenly Mystery Palace at the Great Venerable’s request back then. Today, it has finally come true.”

”As the one who fulfilled the prophecy, the Karma borne by the Xuan Yuan Sect was transferred to you the moment it was annihilated.”

”True Monarch Dou Zhan, Karma is unavoidable and inescapable. You can only accept it, or completely resolve it.”

Gui Li revealed a faint smile, examining Yuan Feng with a very satisfied look.

”Damn it, I thought the artifact spirit of this Xuan Yuan Gui Li Pan wasn’t very smart, but it’s incredibly cunning, no different from a shrewd fox!”

Yuan Feng cursed fiercely in his heart.

His inflated ego, which had grown after advancing to Golden Core True Monarch and consecutively killing two Golden Cores, deflated.

”I’m still a bit too arrogant. I must act with more discretion.”

Just as Yuan Feng was pondering, Gui Li’s voice rang out again.

”Let me tell you a story. After you hear it, you’ll understand what the Xuan Yuan Sect was bearing.”

Then, the artifact spirit’s eyes showed a look of reminiscence, no different from a true flesh-and-blood being.

”Over seventy thousand years ago, a demonic Dao prodigy forged a new path, creating a special Blood Fiend Secret Technique. By performing a Blood Sacrifice using this Blood Fiend Secret Technique, one could communicate with the Blood Qi True Position polluted by the Ancient Zhou Blood Ancestor.”

”After achieving Great Venerable status, this demonic Dao prodigy used the Blood Fiend Secret Technique he created to literally Blood Sacrifice a Cultivation Kingdom, ascended to that Blood Qi True Position, and became an Immortal Lord, with the Dao title Blood Slaughtering Heaven Immeasurable Boundless Immortal Lord.”

”Soon after He became an Immortal Lord, a Geng Jin Immortal Lord and a group of Immortal Dao Great Venerables joined forces to defeat this Blood Slaughtering Heaven Immeasurable Boundless Immortal Lord.”

”However, an Immortal Lord-level existence is difficult to eradicate. Therefore, that Geng Jin Immortal Lord dismembered the Blood Slaughter Immortal Lord, turning Him into multiple remnant bodies, which were then suppressed separately.”

”Later, to better suppress the Blood Slaughter Immortal Lord’s remnant bodies, that Geng Jin Immortal Lord re-established a new Cultivation Kingdom on the land of the Blood Sacrificed Cultivation Kingdom.”

”The Great Venerables who participated in the Dou Zhan against the Blood Slaughter Immortal Lord each established Sects in this new Cultivation Kingdom, fulfilling their duty of suppressing the Blood Slaughter Immortal Lord’s remnant bodies.”

After listening, Yuan Feng’s expression became strange.

If he guessed correctly, the Geng Jin Immortal Lord who led the suppression of the Blood Slaughter Immortal Lord was the founding ancestor of the Great Qi Cultivation Kingdom.

And Sects like Zhiyang Sect and Xuan Yuan Sect, which had been passed down for tens of thousands of years in the Great Qi Cultivation Kingdom, were established by the Great Venerables who participated in the Dou Zhan against the Blood Slaughter Immortal Lord.

From this perspective, the relationship between these Immortal Dao Great Venerables should be very good.

Why was the relationship between Zhiyang Sect and Xuan Yuan Sect so poor, to the point of being mortal enemies, with several Golden Core True Monarchs perishing in conflicts?

Also, the Great Qi Imperial Family’s attitude towards the Xuan Yuan Sect was too cold.

Even with True Monarch Lu Ge, a Geng Jin Golden Core, it wasn’t necessary to ally with the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion to deal with the Xuan Yuan Sect; there was no need for it at all.

”Is it due to the influence of the Blood Slaughter Immortal Lord’s remnant body... or are there other reasons?”

Yuan Feng shivered at the thought; the waters of the Great Qi Cultivation Kingdom were deeper than he had imagined.

”Which part of the remnant body was the Xuan Yuan Gui Li Great Venerable responsible for suppressing?”

Suppressing these terrifying thoughts, Yuan Feng looked at Gui Li; he had some questions that needed answers.

Gui Li raised her fair left hand, the meaning self-evident.

”Now that the Xuan Yuan Sect’s headquarters have been reduced to ruins by me, has the Formation sealing the Blood Slaughter Immortal Lord’s left hand been damaged?”

Yuan Feng asked again.

”The Xuan Yuan Sect is the Xuan Yuan Sect. The place where the Blood Slaughter Immortal Lord’s left hand is sealed is not here, but in a Secret Realm opened by the Great Venerable.”

Gui Li beckoned, taking the Xuan Yuan Gui Li Pan into her hand, then shot a crystalline blue light beam towards a certain spot in the Xuan Yuan Sect ruins.

Rumble!

Immediately, the Void Realm trembled, ripples like waves spread out in thousands, and a crystal gate ten zhang tall slowly emerged.

Then, the crystal gate opened inwards, and a real and vast world came into view, with rich Spiritual Qi wafting forth.

”This is the Gui Li Secret Realm created by the Great Venerable. As for its area, it’s equivalent to three Xuan Prefectures. Inside, not only is the Blood Slaughter Immortal Lord’s left hand suppressed, but there are also numerous Nascent Soul and Golden Core level Legacy ruins brought by the Great Venerable.”

”In the past, every sixty-year cycle, Disciples of the Xuan Yuan Sect could enter the Gui Li Secret Realm once to seek Opportunities within.”

Yuan Feng’s heart stirred. This Gui Li Secret Realm was probably the most precious thing of the Xuan Yuan Sect.

Leaving aside the Blood Slaughter Immortal Lord’s left hand, the Golden Core and Nascent Soul level Legacy ruins alone were enough to create a major power.

”You told me all this, are you implying that the Gui Li Secret Realm is given to me, but the corresponding price is to bear the responsibility of suppressing the Blood Slaughter Immortal Lord’s left hand?”

Yuan Feng spoke in a deep voice.

”Indeed, not only is the Gui Li Secret Realm given to you, the Xuan Yuan Blessed Land is also yours, and even I am yours.”

Gui Li nodded.

”Stop, stop, stop! What do you mean ’I am yours’?!”

Yuan Feng hastily reached out to interrupt; this was sounding more and more wrong.

”What I mean is, from now on, the Xuan Yuan Gui Li Pan, this Immortal Artifact, belongs to you.”

”Without the Xuan Yuan Gui Li Pan, you cannot open the Gui Li Secret Realm, nor can you reinforce the Seal.”

”The Xuan Yuan Gui Li Pan is an immortal artifact, a key, and also the final safeguard for sealing the Blood Slaughter Immortal Lord’s left hand.”

Gui Li patiently explained.

Immediately after, the artifact spirit told Yuan Feng everything he knew and didn’t know.

”Oh, and you’d best move the Chen family to the Xuan Yuan Blessed Land. That way, I can detect any anomalies in the Gui Li Secret Realm immediately.”

Yuan Feng heard this and asked, puzzled: ”Why? The Xuan Yuan Blessed Land is just a Medium Grade Blessed Land; it doesn’t seem to have anything special about it.”

”No, you are wrong, gravely mistaken.”

Gui Li’s expression was serious as she pointed at the Xuan Yuan Blessed Land and solemnly said:

”When the Great Venerable was still here, the Xuan Yuan Blessed Land was a top-grade Blessed Land. If the Great Venerable could become a Gui Water Immortal Lord, he could lift the Blessed Land, ascend to the Nine Heavens, and transform it into an Immortal Dao Grotto-Heaven.”

”The reason the Xuan Yuan Blessed Land fell to a Medium Grade Blessed Land is, first, because there was no Great Venerable-level existence to maintain it, and second, because it needed to constantly sustain the operation of the Seal.”

”As for moving the Chen family to the Xuan Yuan Blessed Land, it’s because the spacetime anchor point for entering the Gui Li Secret Realm is located here. Once the distance is too great, it will weaken the connection between the anchor point and me, making it impossible to sense changes in the Gui Li Secret Realm immediately.”

As she spoke, the goddess-like artifact spirit’s face was filled with solemnity:

”An Immortal Lord, even if only a remnant body, can cause a Great Venerable to bleed or even perish, let alone a Blood Fiend Immortal Lord, who could stir up a bloody storm throughout the entire Luotian Realm.”

”From your previous words, it’s clear you’re different from ordinary Yao Race. I choose to believe the Heavenly Mystery Immortal Lord’s divination, I choose to believe the Great Venerable, and I choose to believe you.”

Yuan Feng looked at Gui Li with a strange gaze; her words made him a little embarrassed.

”I have one more question: has the Xuan Yuan Gui Li Great Venerable perished?”

”I don’t know.”

Gui Li shook her head, pointing her fair index finger towards the heavens: ”Seventy thousand years ago, all Nascent Soul and above existences in the Luotian Realm left the realm together and have not returned since.”

”The Immortal Lords and Nascent Souls in the Luotian Realm today are all newly advanced within the last seventy thousand years. Perhaps they know the reason why the Nascent Soul Immortal Lords left the realm simultaneously seventy thousand years ago.”

Yuan Feng mused, the Luotian Realm’s waters were indeed very deep.

”Among the many existences who left the realm back then, were there any Dao Lords?”

”Yes, and it seemed there was more than one.”

Gui Li pondered for a moment, then replied.

”I understand.”

Yuan Feng asked no more questions; he still had things to do.

”I’m going to the Tianli Mountain Range to demand an explanation. Are you staying here or coming with me?”

”The Tianli Mountain Range is not simple; a newly advanced Golden Core like you won’t fare well. I’ll go with you.”

With that, Gui Li’s figure transformed into points of light and dissipated.

The Xuan Yuan Gui Li Pan gradually shrank, held in Yuan Feng’s hand.

Swish!

Golden Core Dao power surged, and a Golden Light Avenue spanned thousands of miles, heading straight into the Tianli Mountain Range.

Yuan Feng unleashed his Battle-Wielding Heaven-Reaching Dharma Idol, its brilliant golden light illuminating the ten directions of the sky, and his blazing Blood Qi soared into the Nine Heavens, like an unparalleled War God descending upon the world.

”This Monarch Dou Zhan has come to demand an explanation for my Chen family!”