I am a late bloomer in the world of cultivating immortals

Similarly, only this demonic body gave him the audacity to ask the 'Twelve Dong Families' to meet with Ancestor Tianhe.

Compared to the 'Mahayana opportunity'.

No matter how precious the 'undying demonic body' is, it is something he can discard.

……

Five years later.

The 'Wei Tu clone' who was in seclusion in the desolate mountain cave saw Jiao Changyi once again, as well as the magical clone of the Heavenly Crane Ancestor who was following him.

Clearly, this cultivator was also very afraid of him, the 'Great Demon Lord,' and dared not come here in his true form.

"Fellow Daoist Lin, I never expected to see you again today. You are now a Great Demon Lord... It seems that the Lin Tianqi I saw before was merely a fragment of your soul."

On the cloud, the Heavenly Crane Ancestor looked at Wei Tu with a half-smile, his words full of teasing.

"But unfortunately, I misjudged Fellow Daoist Tianhe... I thought you were sure to kill that Flame Spirit King, but I never expected that you would fail."

Wei Tu glanced at Tianhe Ancestor indifferently, without the slightest hint of stage fright.

This round of verbal sparring ended there.

Upon hearing this, the Heavenly Crane Ancestor, who had given Wei Tu a deep look, stopped keeping him in suspense.

As Wei Tu had predicted, he made a request for 'cooperation'.

Having something to eat is always better than going hungry.

In addition, it is also related to the previously signed 'Blood Curse Secret Book'.

While this guarantee may not be very robust, it can at least serve as a foundation for mutual trust.

“Originally, I planned to join forces with the ‘Twelve Dong Families’ from whom you originated to continue the pursuit of this Flame Spirit King… I never expected that Fellow Daoist Lin’s true form would be an ancient demon…”

"But it's good now, with you, fellow Daoist, being the great Demon Lord... the three of us besieging and annihilating the Flame Spirit King has become a sure thing."

Ancestor Tianhe smiled slightly.

At this point, Ancestor Tianhe raised his hand without hesitation and tossed a jade slip containing information about the matter to Wei Tu.

"The Chaotic Forbidden Zone? This Flame Spirit King was actually chased all the way here by Fellow Daoist Tianhe?" Wei Tu took the jade slip, and after scanning it with his divine sense, he immediately learned the whole story of the great battle more than thirty years ago.

Having experienced the expedition to the Zi Chen Realm more than 100,000 years ago, Ancestor Tianhe was not entirely ignorant of the Zi Chen Realm.

Seeing that it would be difficult to kill the Flame Spirit King quickly using ordinary means, they devised a plan. They chased and forced him to the perilous Zi Chen Realm, the Chaotic Forbidden Zone, not far from the 'Abyss of Critical Point', thus eliminating any possibility of the Flame Spirit King's escape.

Of course, all of this seemed to be the intentional work of the Flame Spirit King, who also seemed to have a plan to use this 'Chaotic Forbidden Land' to kill the Heavenly Crane Ancestor.

Upon realizing this situation, Ancestor Tianhe did not risk continuing the pursuit. After setting up an array at the exit of the 'Chaotic Forbidden Land', he used his main body to suppress the enemy while his clones sought help within the Zichen Realm.

Coincidentally, among the spiritual cultivation forces within the Zichen Realm, the 'Twelve Dong Families' are the largest. They are also searching for the Heavenly Crane Ancestor, a wanted 'Master of the Integration Stage' cultivator. So, by chance, the Heavenly Crane Ancestor began cooperating with the 'Twelve Dong Families' to discuss jointly dealing with the Flame Spirit King...

During this period, Wei Tu's pseudonym was naturally completely exposed because of this incident.

In addition, seemingly also wanting to curry favor with Wei Tu, the Heavenly Crane Ancestor also revealed in the jade slip the number of the combined 'Twelve Dong Families' that he had discovered through his soul-searching technique.

“Two late-stage Integration Realm experts, one mid-stage Integration Realm expert, and three early-stage Integration Realm experts…” Wei Tu’s eyes flashed, and he couldn’t help but click his tongue in amazement.

Although this number was not as powerful as the Jiang family had boasted before, it was still far more than he had imagined!

There's no other reason than that, although the Purple Palace Realm is a realm, in terms of territory, it's hard to compare with a great realm like the Spirit Realm... Under normal circumstances, it would be considered prosperous if it could nurture one hegemonic clan and a few ten spirit clans.

With the ancient demons occupying the Zichen Realm, the cultivators of the Zichen Realm, who are disorganized, repeatedly hunted down, and forced to flee to the Spirit Realm, are already quite remarkable for producing two or three Nascent Soul stage experts.

With six powerful beings at the combined level, and two more at the combined level, it's no exaggeration to say that the "Twelve Dong Families" are at the height of their fortune.

However, it is clear that the Twelve Dong Families would not mobilize their entire forces to deal with 'Flame Spirit King' alone.

At this point, they had only agreed to send their two Grandmaster-level cultivators to fight for the opportunity.

The remaining Nascent Soul cultivators once again disappeared within the Purple Palace Realm, vanishing without a trace.

Only a rogue cultivator would dare to risk their life like that.

Such a powerful cultivator, nurtured with the essence of an entire realm, is too precious to be allowed to risk his life to besiege and kill a powerful cultivator at the Fusion Realm.

However, this also reveals why, apart from 'him', no one in the Zichen Realm has ever successfully smuggled themselves into the Spirit Realm in the past ten thousand years.

They dared not risk their lives for the sake of one or two people, and risk all their strength to attack the Hundred Sects Ruins, which were not 'tightly' guarded by the ancient demons!
"Two people dare to cooperate with Ancestor Tianhe. It seems that these twelve Dong families must still have some hidden methods left behind by the immortals who underwent tribulation and the Mahayana immortals in the Zichen Realm back then..." Wei Tu made a judgment with a slight thought.

If he were a survivor of the Zichen Realm who fled back then, he wouldn't have taken all the powerful spiritual treasures with him, leaving not even one or two for his descendants.

"Could it be that the massacre of the Jiao family is also related to Ancestor Tianhe..." Suddenly, Wei Tu noticed the two words 'soul search' written by Ancestor Tianhe on the jade slip.

His eyes narrowed slightly, and he immediately guessed that the tragedy of the Jiao family was probably inseparable from the ruthless Heavenly Crane Ancestor...

There's no other reason than it was too much of a coincidence. It just so happened that the Jiao family, to which Jiao Changyi, a 'Grand Master of Integration,' belonged, was in trouble!
It was intentional to force the 'Twelve Dong Families' of the Zichen Realm to take action and go further.

Drag them out of their comfortable environment!

"I agree to join forces with Fellow Daoist Tianhe to kill this Flame Spirit King."

After much deliberation, Wei Tu smiled faintly and nodded slightly in agreement to Tianhe Ancestor's request, seemingly unaware of the cruel act Tianhe Ancestor had committed.

Next.

When discussing specific details, he, like the 'Twelve Dong Families,' did not delve into the details of the subsequent division of spoils.

Clearly, the plan is to compete for it based on individual ability after success.

"However, I wonder if Fellow Daoist Tianhe has the means to control the soul of this cultivator before he dies. Otherwise... it would be easy to seize the treasure, but it would be very difficult to take away even a little bit of the 'opportunity' that this cultivator possesses."

Wei Tu pondered for a moment before asking.

More than thirty years ago, when Ancestor Tianhe was hunting down King Yanling, although he held the initiative, it was actually quite 'hasty'...

He hadn't expected that the Flame Spirit King would escape first, instead of fighting after the 'treasure hunt' was over, as he had envisioned.

"Fellow Daoist Kou, you can rest assured about this matter. Since I dared to cross realms to hunt down this fiend, I am confident that I can seize the opportunity to extract his memories before his soul dissipates..."

Ancestor Tianhe sneered, his old face revealing ample confidence.

……

The Chaotic Forbidden Zone was a dangerous place that existed even before the Purple Palace Realm was invaded by the ancient demons.

The legend goes that in ancient times, during the great battle between the Transcending Immortal and the Ancient True Spirit, all laws were reversed and the laws were disordered, creating the Forbidden Land created after the war.

Although this place is not as terrifying as the countless spatial rifts within the 'Abyss of Boundaries,' the chaotic zones of laws here can still easily take the lives of even a Grandmaster cultivator at the Integration stage.

After confirming the alliance with Ancestor Tianhe and the Twelve Dong Families, Wei Tu arrived at this place after nearly half a month, thanks to the speed of the 'Shengtian Demon Ship'.

As for Jiao Yan'er, he kept his promise and returned her to her biological father, Jiao Changyi.

However, after regaining his beloved daughter, Jiao Changyi did not let her leave his side. Instead, he carried her in his 'Qiankun Bag' and went with Wei Tu to the Chaotic Forbidden Land.

The reason is not hard to discern; it's nothing more than the fear that Jiao Yan'er might be alone again and captured.

After all, the combined forces of the twelve Dong families have already been hidden in the Zi Chen Realm under the arrangement of Jiao Changyi and another Grandmaster of the Fusion Realm... It's not worth disrupting the previous plan for Jiao Yan'er alone...

"That's... a Bloodwinged Beast?"

Guided by the Heavenly Crane Ancestor's Dharma Body, Wei Tu flew to the inner domain of the 'Chaotic Forbidden Land'. When he saw the small, weasel-like beast that resembled a puppet and was wandering around the edge of the formation, his pupils contracted slightly.

Its empty, lifeless form stood near the array light barrier, which resembled a blue crystal wall and was tens of thousands of feet long and wide, controlling the array flags on the left and right sides of the Heavenly Crane Ancestor's main body, blocking the exit of the 'Chaotic Forbidden Land'.

"Yin Hongtao's biological father, the true spirit of heaven and earth who fell at the hands of the Heavenly Crane Ancestor..."

Wei Tu clicked his tongue in amazement. He never expected that after killing the Bloodwing Mo's biological father, the Heavenly Crane Ancestor did not skin him, extract his bones, and refine him into a flesh and blood elixir. Instead, he merely refined the corpse into a 'refined corpse' as a means of self-protection.

However, this also indirectly proves how difficult it is to break through to the Mahayana realm. It's no longer something that can be effectively achieved by simply killing high-level demonic beasts or refining a couple of spirit pills.

In addition, in the sky further away from the blue crystal wall, a bald old man with eyebrows sat cross-legged, holding a broken blood-red longbow. His aura was imposing, exuding the aura of a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator.

However, Wei Tu was quite familiar with this 'unfamiliar fusion,' as he was another late-stage fusion cultivator among the 'Twelve Dong Families,' besides Jiao Changyi.

"That Flame Spirit King is lurking deep within this Chaotic Forbidden Land. I urge all fellow Daoists to join me in attacking and slaying this fiend first..."

At this moment, the true form of the Heavenly Crane Ancestor also spoke, and with a wave of the array flag, opened a gap in the center of the 'blue crystal wall' that could accommodate several people.

However, neither Wei Tu, nor Jiao Changyi, nor the bald-browed old man carrying the blood-red longbow entered the blue crystal wall first after hearing these words.

After the Heavenly Crane Ancestor and the 'Blood-Winged Mo' he released flickered and entered this place, Wei Tu and the other two followed suit, their escape lights flashing slightly as they closely pursued.

After passing through the array barrier of the 'blue crystal wall'.

The chaotic and forbidden landscape of the inner region was then presented to Wei Tu and the others.

This is an endless black desert, with chaotic and flickering spiritual light of laws faintly visible in the distance.

However, even in this place where one could see almost the entire length of the building, no trace of the Flame Spirit King could be found.

But the Heavenly Crane Ancestor was not flustered when he saw this.

After a cold laugh, he flipped his hand and took out half of the still bloody severed arm. After casting several spells on it, a faint blood-red thread instantly emerged from the severed arm and meandered into the depths of the 'Chaotic Forbidden Land'.

However, when Wei Tu followed this crimson thread to the depths of this vast desert, the crimson thread suddenly plunged into a nearby, chaotic zone of laws that could be considered a forbidden area.

"How is this possible? How could that cultivator from the Spirit Realm be so unwise as to wander into this place?" Upon seeing this scene, the bald-browed old man raised an eyebrow and exclaimed in shock.

These colorful and chaotic law zones are the most dangerous forbidden areas in the 'Chaotic Forbidden Zone'.

If they were to combine and enter easily, they wouldn't last long before being torn to shreds.

Therefore, even if the Flame Spirit King were to flee in a panic, it is unlikely that he would end up in this perilous place.

"Other cultivators might not be able to, but this Flame Spirit King is exceptionally mysterious. If it is him... knowing the way out of this forbidden area is not unimaginable..."

Ancestor Tianhe frowned slightly. After saying these words, he tapped his toes and transformed into a ray of spiritual light, which entered the mouth of the 'Bloodwing Mo' beside him. Then he urged the beast to enter the five-colored spiritual light of the laws.

A shocking scene occurred.

The 'law light' that could kill a Nascent Soul cultivator in an instant only left some tiny white marks on the Bloodwing Demon's body before it was easily blocked.

"This indestructible demonic body should be able to withstand it as well."

Upon seeing this, and sensing that Jiao Changyi and the bald-browed old man's gazes were fixed on him, the 'Great Demon Lord,' Wei Tu narrowed his eyes slightly, then snorted coldly and stepped forward.

The instant he squeezed into this 'light of law', Wei Tu felt a sharp, piercing pain from his surroundings.

However, when it tore through his magical shield and landed on his magical body, the damage it suffered was negligible, leaving only some bloodstains that were not considered serious injuries.

Furthermore, these 'lawful auras', like mud in a swamp, firmly enveloped him, slowing his escape speed and making it difficult for him to move even an inch.

"Just how sturdy is the Bloodwinged Beast in Ancestor Tianhe's hands?" Upon seeing this difference, Wei Tu was secretly astonished.

He immediately understood just how 'unfathomable' the Heavenly Crane Ancestor truly was.

Once he arrived at this place, he had no choice but to leave.

He traversed this area of ​​'chaotic laws', closely following the Bloodwing Mo corpse where the Heavenly Crane Ancestor was hiding.

Jiao Changyi and the bald-browed old man behind him also began to act after he hesitated for a moment after entering the place.

However—unlike him and the Heavenly Crane Ancestor, who could not trust each other, after the bald-browed old man took out a spiritual treasure shaped like a tortoise shell, the two of them immediately hid inside the tortoise shell in a flash of light and followed.

However, this tortoise shell is far inferior to Wei Tu's 'Indestructible Demon Body' and Tianhe Ancestor's 'True Spirit Corpse'.

After persisting for several quarters of an hour, it shattered with a crash and was annihilated into dust by the spiritual light of the laws.

Fortunately, these two did not only possess one magical treasure. After taking out other defensive magical treasures to defend themselves, they still followed closely behind Wei Tu.

It took a full half-day to travel through.

The dazzling 'law light' before their eyes dimmed slightly, revealing a luminous figure standing within it, shaped like a 'seven-colored pagoda'.

At this moment, the blood-red threads winding out of the mouth of the Bloodwinged Demon corpse at the forefront also pointed directly at the Seven-Colored Pagoda.

"What is this...? It's like a spirit, yet it's not..."

"How could such a strange thing exist within the forbidden and desolate land?"

In an instant, whether it was Ancestor Tianhe, or Wei Tu, Jiao Changyi, and the Bald-browed Elder, all four of them showed surprise on their faces.

"The Treasure Sun Divine Pagoda?"

At this moment, Wei Tu's gaze also sharpened as he noticed the four large ancient characters for "True Spirit" carved in relief on the tower. (End of Chapter)