I am a late bloomer in the world of cultivating immortals

"This... is the Purple Palace Realm?"

Several days later, as the light from the teleportation array faded, Wei Tu, who was inside the teleportation channel, staggered out of the void and arrived at the Blood Refining Ground set up by the Heavenly Demon Realm within the 'Purple Chen Realm'.

This is a nearly desolate secret realm, with only a series of 'dangerous passes' set up by mysterious restrictions within it, serving as tests for bloodline cultivators from the outside world.

Within the entire secret realm, apart from some puppets responsible for maintaining its security, there were no cultivators from the 'Heavenly Demon Realm'.

At this moment, Wei Tu, after sensing the surrounding environment with his divine sense, stroked the storage bag given to him by the elder of the Nine Serpents Willow Clan before parting with mixed feelings. His thoughts instantly turned to surging excitement.

Now, his plan is more than half successful. All he needs to do now is find a suitable place to set up an interdimensional array so that he can use the silver-white stone tablet to return to the spirit world.

This method, while not as convenient as the previous method of returning to the Spirit Realm by using the spatial node of the 'Spiritual Cultivation Ruins' in the Purple Palace Realm.

But for him, it was like a fish entering the sea or a bird soaring into the sky, no longer threatened by Madam Wanmiao's "cross-border manhunt"!
From now on, the road ahead will be smooth sailing.

“However, before returning to the Spirit Realm, we must also resolve that unfinished matter from over three hundred years ago…” Wei Tu’s eyes flashed with a cold light as he looked up in the direction of the ‘Precious Sun Divine Tower’.

Back then, if he hadn't happened to refine a 'Blood Ghost Soul Split' and thus had an extra life, he probably would have been killed by the Heavenly Crane Ancestor who violated the blood pact during his trip to the 'Treasure Sun Divine Tower'.

The dangers here were no less than those he would face on his journey to the afterlife.

Fortunately, unlike the 'Lady Myriad Wonders' whom he offended in the Rebirth Realm, this 'Ancestor Heavenly Crane', although only a half-step Mahayana cultivator... with his current realm and strength, is not afraid at all.

“However, before heading to the ‘Treasure Sun Divine Tower,’ I must first gather information within the Purple Chen Realm to verify whether Jiao Changyi, Ancestor Tianhe, and others successfully escaped after I left the ‘Treasure Sun Divine Tower’…” Wei Tu’s eyes flickered slightly as he thought to himself.

The spiritual restrictions of the 'Bao Ri Divine Tower' are extraordinary. Even with the wisdom of the Thousand Cloud Demon Ancestor, it took him a great deal of effort to break through them.

According to Qianyun Demon Ancestor's estimation before his death, it would have been impossible for Tianhe Ancestor, Jiao Changyi, and others to break through the spiritual restriction of the 'Treasured Sun Divine Tower' without hundreds of years of hard work.

Now, only a little over three hundred years have passed since he escaped from the 'Precious Sun Divine Tower.' Logically speaking, it would be impossible for Ancestor Tianhe and the others to break through the restrictions and escape.

However, it's better to be safe than sorry.

Three hundred years may be short, but if Ancestor Tianhe, Jiao Changyi and others have other ways to break the restrictions, this time is quite sufficient... We must be careful and vigilant about this.

After all, if the intelligence changes, the Bao Ri Divine Tower will no longer be a "treasure land" for imprisoning Tianhe Patriarch and others, but will most likely become a "trap" for Tianhe Patriarch and others to wait for him to walk into their trap.

After thinking it over, Wei Tu pondered for a moment, then took out a white jade pill bottle from the storage bag at his waist, placed it in his hand, and gently shook it.

Soon, a crisp sound, like silver paste hitting the bottle wall, came from inside the bottle.

Then, with a quick hand gesture, several drops of blood flew out of the white jade bottle, flickering in the air for a moment before condensing into a 'blood-red arrow'.

Then, the 'blood-red arrow' seemed to be trying to lock onto a certain direction, and it kept circling in the air.

Upon seeing this scene, Wei Tu frowned slightly, raised his hand to retrieve the 'blood-red arrow,' clasped his hands together to transform it into a 'blood-red talisman,' and put it into his sleeve.

Indeed, this 'blood-red arrow' was formed from the essence and blood of Jiao Changyi's son, Jiao Qi.

Back then, when he redeemed the Jiao siblings at the slave market, he had a ulterior motive and secretly extracted some of their essence blood for later use.

During the trip to the 'Treasured Sun Divine Tower', in order to prevent the traces of the 'Twelve Caves' cultivators from being discovered by ancient demons like Wei Tu, Jiao Changyi took his biological daughter with him after redeeming 'Jiao Yan'er' and entered the 'Treasured Sun Divine Tower' together...

However, the other member of the "Jiao siblings," "Jiao Qi," who had been taken away by the "Dong family alliance" early on, did not follow Jiao Changyi and the others to the "Baori Divine Tower."

If Jiao Changyi and the others successfully escape from the 'Bao Ri Divine Tower'... in order to conceal this news, they will definitely 'keep a tight watch' on Jiao Yan'er and isolate her from the 'Blood Guiding Secret Technique'.

However, he wouldn't be so wary of his biological son, Jiao Qi, who had already escaped danger.

At the very least, given how much he values ​​his son, it's unlikely he would place him under the watchful eye of the Heavenly Crane Ancestor, leaving him to monitor him...

However, although the 'Blood Guiding Secret Technique' is powerful, its sensing range is ultimately limited. Even with his powerful magic at this moment, he could hardly sense the direction of 'Jiao Qi'.

Of course, this is normal.

Although the Zichen Realm is known as one of the 'Five Minor Realms' of the Ancient Demon Realm, it is a truly large realm, not a small corner like the Great Cang Cultivation Realm. Its vast territory cannot be easily tracked down by him with just a 'Blood Guiding Secret Technique'.

"But the cultivators of the Twelve Caves... can only hide in those limited areas. This is something the Demon Lords of the Purple Chen Realm already knew. They only spared these spiritual cultivators to keep them alive as food and servants. Finding these 'spiritual cultivators' within the Purple Chen Realm is not difficult..."

With a flick of his sleeve, Wei Tu vanished from the 'Blood Refining Land' and headed towards the places he remembered that might house the spiritual cultivators of the 'Twelve Caves'.

Of course, while flying to these places, Wei Tu also secretly inquired about the recent situation of the 'Kui Dou Demon Lord'.

When Lady Wanmiao issued a cross-border warrant for his arrest, the first identity she listed was Kou Mozun, a seventh-level alchemist who was somewhat famous in the Ancient Demon Realm!

Then came his name as the human guardian in the spirit world.

Correspondingly, those closely associated with him in the ancient demon realm, such as the 'Kuidou Demon Lord,' are also highly likely to be implicated and suffer consequences.

These kinds of news are hard to find in the Heavenly Demon Realm, which is 'isolated' from the Ancient Demon Realm. Even among the noble figures like Yu Linzi and the Snake Scale Old Woman, their understanding of this matter is limited to the fact that he is wanted by the authorities, and they have no other first-hand information... However, in the 'Purple Chen Realm', which is connected to the 'Primordial Demon Source Realm', there is a considerable chance that they can find out directly.

The result was far beyond Wei Tu's expectations.

It's not that this information is hard to obtain, but rather that this matter has become a major news and sensational event in the 'Ancient Demon Realm' in recent centuries.

He obtained the information he wanted from the immortal city where the wanted poster was posted without much effort.

"The Demon Lord Kui Dou and his daughter have been punished and imprisoned in the 'Qihuo God Clan'... Gong Shulan has disappeared for unknown reasons?" Looking at the intelligence jade slip in his hand, Wei Tu's expression was slightly unpleasant, but he also secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Just as he expected, while Madam Wanmiao went to great lengths to apprehend him, she naturally wouldn't neglect his relatives and friends.

Being implicated and punished is normal.

Similarly, because he was never captured and had the potential to become a 'Great Ascension Immortal'... Madam Wanmiao remained rational in this matter, only imprisoning the Kui Dou Demon Lord and his daughter, without directly executing them.

However, what truly relieved Wei Tu was that Gong Shulan had escaped early and had not fallen into the hands of Madam Wanmiao.

The ten fingers of a person are all different lengths.

In terms of friendship, although he and the Demon Lord Kui Dou and his daughter were not casual acquaintances, their relationship was definitely not as deep as that with Gong Shulan, who had been his 'friend' since he embarked on his immortal journey from Danqiu Mountain Market.

The current outcome is the best he could have foreseen.

“Gong Shulan’s early departure should be related to ‘Love Centipede Demon Lord’… I just don’t know if this Love Centipede Demon Lord has laid any traps on her…” Wei Tu frowned, recalling the sudden death of Love Centipede Demon Lord in the Realm of Rebirth.

Although this woman perished because of the Seven Treasures Demon Ancestor, as a 'ghost spirit body,' her death was far too casual... she didn't even manage to unleash the full power of her Dao body.

"Forget it, let's not think about it for now. Back then, before I left the 'Primordial Demon Source Realm,' I used Gong Shulan's status as a concubine as a pretext to leave a 'magical restriction' in her sea of ​​consciousness as a precaution... In addition, I also asked the Demon Lord Kui Dou to take care of 'Gong Shulan'..."

“More than two hundred years ago, when the Demon Lord Lianwu went to the ‘Shengguang Realm,’ Gong Shulan was already being taken care of by the Demon Lord Kuidou… Even if this fiend had other tricks up his sleeve, he couldn’t escape the Demon Lord Kuidou’s surveillance and would directly target Gong Shulan…”

"Furthermore, in this vast sea of ​​people, even with Madam Wanmiao's cross-border manhunt, it is still difficult to find 'Gong Shulan,' let alone with my own strength."

Wei Tu shook his head, temporarily putting aside this worry.

While Gong Shulan may lack in strength, she is equally adept at cunning... Furthermore, with her ghost spirit body, her ability to protect herself is generally comparable to that of a Nascent Soul cultivator.

The fact that Madam Wanmiao's cross-border manhunt has failed to find her undoubtedly proves this point.

……

After gathering information about himself...

Wei Tu, within the Zi Chen Realm, became increasingly cautious in his actions. Apart from flying through the wilderness to search for the hiding places of the 'Twelve Caves' cultivators, he almost never revealed his identity as a Nascent Soul cultivator in other regions.

Several months later...

Holding the 'blood-red arrow', he finally sensed the trace of Jiao Changyi's son, 'Jiao Qi', in a remote corner of the Purple Palace Realm.

This remote corner is located on a muddy beach lacking spiritual energy. It is rarely visited by humans, with only a few demonic beasts living nearby and ruling their territory.

However, with the "Hun'e Evil Eye," a "spatial spiritual eye," Wei Tu could easily glimpse the "secret realm" hidden in the dark depths of this seemingly calm void.

Under the dazzling light of his spiritual eyes.

The hidden paradise nestled in the silt is almost entirely visible.

Its territory spans approximately a thousand miles, making it a 'medium-sized secret realm'. Inside, pavilions stand in rows, with carved beams and painted rafters, and the corridors are filled with elegantly dressed, laughing and chatting cultivators from the 'Twelve Caves'.

This scene is undoubtedly at odds with the miserable situation of spiritual cultivators in the Purple Palace Realm.

But this is normal.

Even if a cultivator is of lowly status, he is still a cultivator, not an ordinary person who has to dig for food from the soil. He will not lack anything in terms of clothing or food.

Furthermore, while several hundred years may be but a fleeting moment for high-level cultivators, it could be a lifetime for low-level cultivators in this secret realm.

Born and raised here, they naturally wouldn't have much understanding of the dangers of the outside world, and thus would be filled with anxiety.

“Found him…” After observing for a while with his ‘Hun’e Evil Eye’, Wei Tu finally found Jiao Qi, who was now a Nascent Soul cultivator, among the towering pavilions.

However, just as he was about to step into this secret realm, he saw another strange pavilion nearby, filled with spirit seals and talismans.

The spirit crystals inside the pavilion also seemed to be a kind of secret technique that blocked divine sense, and they also had a certain resistance to his 'Hun'e Evil Eye'.

However, this resistance quickly became useless under the gaze of someone whose soul power was comparable to that of a 'Fusion Grandmaster'... collapsing at the slightest touch.

Soon, inside the attic, he saw a graceful young girl enveloped in countless blood-red talismans.

And her appearance was exactly the same as the 'Jiao Yan'er' he had seen before!
“This woman has already appeared here… It seems that Jiao Changyi, Tianhe Ancestor, and the others have also broken through the spiritual restriction of the ‘Bao Ri Divine Tower’ and escaped from it…” Wei Tu’s eyes narrowed, and his expression became more solemn.

The spiritual restriction of the 'Bao Ri Divine Tower' is extremely difficult to break within just three hundred years, relying solely on the strength and knowledge of Ancestor Tianhe and others.

In other words.

The Heavenly Crane Ancestor, Jiao Changyi, and others either carried powerful treasures to break the formation or had other external support.

If it is the latter, then dealing with Ancestor Tianhe on his own would undoubtedly be a difficult task.

Firstly, there is a possibility of an increase in the number of strong individuals.

Secondly, he was transformed from the enclosed environment of the 'Baori Divine Pagoda' into the outside world, losing the 'geographical advantage' that was favorable to him.

"Fortunately, when redeeming the Jiao siblings, I secretly tampered with things and preserved their life essence. Otherwise, the 'Precious Sun Divine Tower' would probably have become a 'trap' for Ancestor Tianhe to use against me..." Thinking of this, Wei Tu was glad that he had acted cautiously.

“Since Jiao Yan’er is sealed by these blood-red talismans to prevent me from sensing her… does that mean that Ancestor Tianhe and the others are not in this secret realm?” Wei Tu’s heart stirred, and he immediately began to carefully explore every corner of this secret realm, searching for traces of Ancestor Tianhe and the others.

The result was pleasing to him.

Within this secret realm, apart from the burly man belonging to the 'Twelve Caves Family' whom he had seen in the slave market, there was no other Nascent Soul cultivator.

“If that’s the case, then this is also a great opportunity for me to gather specific information about Ancestor Tianhe and the others…” Wei Tu’s eyes flashed slightly, and with a flick of his sleeve, he summoned the ‘Crimson Feather Ghost Insect King,’ sending it soaring into the secret realm. (End of Chapter)