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

176: Chapter 178 Tracing Back and Finding the Source”Old Chen, why did you have to die?”

”Clearly, clearly it was just a little bit away.”

”I told you, I really know how to run away.”

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Yuan Feng looked at the bloodstains remaining on the ground, the anger in his chest growing more intense.

Even though he had killed Blood Essence Devouring Dao True Monarch, beheaded True Monarch Lu Ge, and forcibly demanded an explanation from the remnant Golden Crow clan deep within the Tianli Mountain Range, his heart remained unhappy and uncomfortable.

”It is not just the Xuan Yuan Sect and the remnant Golden Crow clan; there is another force that must pay the price it deserves!”

Yuan Feng’s pupils flashed with brilliant golden light, and the Golden Nature within his body fully revived, causing his vision to instantly heighten to an unknown degree.

Threads of Karma, some thick and some thin, came into view; some were thick and solidified like steel bars, while others were thin and weak like strands of hair.

Starting from Yuan Feng, these threads of Karma extended in all directions, connecting with various beings, both strong and weak.

”I cannot see them. Is it because they used methods at the Golden Core or even Nascent Soul level to sever the Karma with me?”

Yuan Feng’s gaze was burning, and the killing intent in his heart was like a surging, roaring tide.

No matter if the other party fled to the ends of the earth or the void outside the Realm, he would find them and kill them.

”With my power, trace the source!”

As the words fell, a phantom yet clear scene appeared.

It started from Chen Zhuhong, who had fallen into a coma after forcibly exploding her power to resist the joint attack of two False Core Cultivators, and ended with Grand Shaman Ken Zhe casting the Bloodline Annihilation Great Art and being backlashed to death.

”Tianwu Mountain, Bloodline Annihilation Great Art!”

”Heh, what a curse-killing technique. Very good, very good indeed.”

Yuan Feng closed his eyes, and his scorching, fire-like killing intent condensed into substance, manifesting as falling corpses—some Foundation Establishment, some Purple Mansion, and some Golden Core.

These were all Cultivators killed by Yuan Feng, manifested in the form of his killing intent, especially True Monarch Lu Ge and Blood Essence Devouring Dao True Monarch.

The Bloodline Annihilation Great Art was a curse-killing method passed down by the founder of Tianwu Mountain, the Tianwu Venerable.

Generally speaking, to cast a curse-killing technique, one first needs a corresponding medium, and second, one needs to pay a corresponding price as the energy for casting the spell.

The greater the price paid, the more powerful the curse-killing technique.

As a method passed down by an Immortal, the Bloodline Annihilation Great Art used Luck as the price for casting. As long as the other party’s Family’s Luck could not compare to the consumed Luck, one could trace the source from top to bottom and curse them all to death.

It was truly a Sharp Weapon for exterminating a Family.

”I can pluck stars with one hand and roar down the sun and moon, but I cannot resurrect you, Old Chen!”

Yuan Feng sighed in a low voice.

He would rather fight a Golden Core True Monarch than face the death of an old friend.

The Golden Core Realm could well be called ”turning decay into magic.”

For beings of this level, creating objects from the Void Realm was not a luxury, but something that could be achieved.

As long as Yuan Feng wanted to, he could create a mountain of gold and silver in a single thought.

But even a Golden Core True Monarch had limits; they could not bring the dead back to life, nor could they make the deceased reappear.

Chen Fufeng had been hit by a curse-killing great art that used the three thousand years of Luck of Tianwu Mountain as a guide. When cast by a Five Methods Purple Mansion Cultivator, even a False Core Great Power could be directly cursed to death.

As the founder of the Luoyun Mountain Chen Family, Chen Fufeng bore the brunt of it, and the curse-killing power he received was the strongest.

How could a Mid-stage Foundation Establishment Cultivator withstand this power that could curse a False Core Great Power to death?

If not for the protection of the Chen Family’s Luck, Chen Fufeng would likely have been reduced to ashes the moment the spell was cast, unable to even speak a word.

And curse-killing techniques focused most on the Divine Soul; they would first destroy the Divine Soul and then obliterate the Physical Body, leaving you dead and gone completely.

Moreover, the Bloodline Annihilation Great Art used the Bloodline as the source, gradually tracing downwards. As long as they were descendants of the Bloodline source, they would be cursed by this great art.

If it weren’t for the fact that Chen Zhuyun, Chen Zhuhong, and the others possessed great Luck and complex Karma, which overwhelmed the three thousand years of Luck of Tianwu Mountain, the entire Chen Family would have been cursed to death by Grand Shaman Ken Zhe using the Bloodline Annihilation Great Art, without a single survivor.

”Tianwu Mountain, this seems to be a hidden Sect in the Southern Border. They follow the Shamanic Path, and their methods are disgusting.”

Gui Li poked half her head out from the Immortal Artifact; she could sense Yuan Feng’s low mood.

After a moment of silence, this Immortal Artifact spirit spoke: ”...Most of my energy is tied up by the Gui Li Secret Realm, and my supervision of the Xuan Yuan Sect was too lax. I am responsible for failing to notice the Xuan Prefecture Great Tribulation this time.”

”I think the Blood Fiend method that Lu Ge obtained likely came from the left hand of the Blood Slaughter Immortal Lord sealed within the Gui Li Secret Realm.”

”This traitorous dog probably was bewitched by the Blood Slaughter Immortal Lord’s left hand long ago. His ability to achieve the Geng Metal Golden Core probably couldn’t have happened without the help of the Blood Slaughter Immortal Lord’s left hand.”

Yuan Feng did not reply, but sat cross-legged, took out a jar of spirit wine, poured half of it on the ground, and then drank the remaining half.

”Old Chen, I have avenged most of your death. For the remaining small part, wait well, watch well from heaven. I will not let anyone go.”

”If there is an Immortal standing on the opposite side of me, blocking my revenge, then I will kill the Immortal, make the Immortal bleed, and see my fury!”

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After a while, Yuan Feng stood up.

”Come with me to the Southern Border.”

”Hey, hey, I am an Immortal Artifact. Can you be a little more polite to me? If you want me to do something, you should at least use the word ’please’.”

Gui Li appeared, hands on her hips, expressing strong dissatisfaction.

”Oh, please come with me to the Southern Border, thank you.”

After Yuan Feng finished speaking, his Golden Core Dao Power bloomed, and a Domain Gate directly leading to the Southern Border was opened just like that.

A Purple Mansion True Person could travel through the Void Realm, while a Golden Core True Monarch could anchor two places and open a spatial passage, arriving from one region to another in an instant.

Only with such an ability could one roam the vast, boundless void outside the Realm without failing to find a single ancient star of life before dying of old age.

If a Nascent Soul Earth Immortal came, there would be no need to open a Domain Gate; one step would span space, with billions of miles of space condensed within that single step.

Swish!

Soon, Yuan Feng arrived at the Southern Border of Great Qi from Luoyun Mountain.

”Tianwu Mountain is an Immortal Legacy, and you are the life-bound Immortal Artifact of a Great Honored Immortal. You should be able to perceive the location of Tianwu Mountain through the means left behind by the Tianwu Venerable, right?”

”I’ll try.”

Gui Li looked serious. Under her control, the immortal artifact shone brightly, and strands of sea-blue Immortal Dao Laws appeared, crystal clear, magnificent, and powerful.

After a Golden Core True Monarch condenses the Golden Nature, they master the Dao Laws, which are the Golden Core Dao Laws.

And when reaching the Nascent Soul Earth Immortal Realm, the Golden Core Dao Laws sublimate into Nascent Soul Immortal Laws, also known as Immortal Dao Laws, which is the power at the Immortal level.

With the revival of the immortal artifact, the black clouds that had appeared in the Tianli Mountain Range reappeared, and a huge thunder pupil opened, looking over.

”Really troublesome. Only having revived a portion of my power, and I’ve already attracted the attention of the Heavenly Dao of the Luotian Realm.”

”How tragic was the Ancient Eras Final Tribulation that even a Nascent Soul Immortal Artifact is not allowed to be fully activated within the Realm?”

Gui Li curled her lips and did not continue to revive. She was afraid of being struck by heavenly thunder; that taste was not pleasant.

Yuan Feng curiously looked at the huge thunder pupil floating in the sky. He felt a power from it that was enough to pose a fatal threat to him.

”The Heavenly Dao of the Luotian Realm?”

”I remember ancient books saying that the Luotian Realm in the ancient period could support a Golden Core True Monarch fighting at full strength, and only beings at the Nascent Soul Earth Immortal level and above could cause large-scale destruction.”

”Now it seems that the Luotian Realm has been beaten to pieces, and the restrictions on Cultivators have been greatly reduced. One doesn’t even need the Purple Mansion Realm; Foundation Establishment Great Cultivators have the ability to break the Void Realm.”

Gui Li heard this and said with feigned profundity: ”Not so, not so, Dou Zhan boy. No matter how weak the Luotian Realm is, its essence is still there. A Nascent Soul Cultivator still cannot cause essential damage to the Luotian Realm.”

”The reason it is like this is because before that Thunder Ancestor fell, he added a layer of restriction to the Luotian Realm with his own Dao authority—an insurance policy.”

”As long as power exceeding the limit erupts within the Realm, it will alarm the Heavenly Dao of the Luotian Realm, attracting the attention of the Heavenly Dao. If one does not restrain themselves, they will get struck by lightning.”

Yuan Feng stroked his chin, reserving judgment on Gui Li’s words.

As he advanced to the Golden Core, his horizons expanded, and the secrets he could learn increased accordingly.

The Luotian Realm he had transmigrated into was deeper than usual.

”By the way, regarding Tianwu Mountain, there is good news and bad news. Which one do you want to hear first?”

At this moment, Gui Li’s voice interrupted Yuan Feng’s train of thought.

”What’s the good news?”

”The good news is that I have found the traces of Tianwu Mountain.”

”And the bad news?”

”The bad news is that Tianwu Mountain is no longer in the Luotian Realm; it has run to the outside of the Realm to hide.”

After hearing this, Yuan Feng was expressionless. He put away the immortal artifact, opened the Domain Gate again, and returned to Luoyun Mountain without any delay.

The space outside the Realm is boundless; Tianwu Mountain would not be found for a while.

For now, it was better to sort out the various affairs of the Chen Family first.