Xiuxian: When you do things to the extreme

Chapter 685 The whole story
The three of them looked at each other, and after a moment of dead silence, they finally came back to their senses in shock.

"Ancestor, hurry up!!!"

The Great Sage Tongtian let out a sharp roar and rushed forward with his Fighting Saint Body. Although he knew he could not win, he still wanted to buy a chance for the gray-clothed old ape to escape.

As for confrontation?

They didn't dare to hope for it at all. Not to mention the previous lessons, the fact that the other party could now appear behind them silently showed the gap in strength and there was no possibility of confrontation at all.

Therefore, the only option is to escape, and only by escaping can there be a glimmer of hope for survival.

However, before the Monkey King could step forward, the old ape in gray in front of him disappeared in a flash of light.

A dignified demon god still needed a reminder from a junior. How could he not know how terrifying his opponent was and he had already used some means to escape?

Seeing this, Xu Yang didn't care. He just raised his sleeves, and then his sleeves fluttered, and there was a whistling sound inside, and there was a golden light, but it soon returned to calm, and there was no more sound.

"this……!"

When the Great Sage Tongtian saw this, he was also stunned, looking at the person in front of him, not knowing what to do.

Ancestor, escaped?

Or did he put it in his sleeve?
But I didn't see him do anything just now!
Could it be that this person's supernatural power has reached such a level that he can subdue and suppress an old demon god with just a wave of his hand?
How is it possible!

The Monkey King was filled with shock and anger, and could not accept this reality.

Xu Yang didn't say much, just stood there and looked at him quietly.

"..."

"..."

The two looked at each other in dead silence.

The Monkey King froze in place, not knowing what to do.

Upon seeing this, Xu Yang said nothing, turned around and left with a flick of his sleeves, instantly disappearing into the void, leaving the Tongbi Divine Ape alone standing stiffly at the foot of the mountain.

"..."

Watching his disappearing figure and recalling everything that had just happened, the Monkey King was speechless for a long time. There were thousands of words in his throat, but he couldn't utter a single word. Finally, all of them turned into a long sigh. He returned to the foot of the Five Elements Mountain and shrank into the stone cave. Then he sealed the cave again, and even the monkey's head was not exposed.

Such behavior shows one's mood.

In this way, there is a solitary peak thousands of feet high in the Central Plains of the Northern Territory.

Xu Yang returned gracefully, waved his sleeves, and released something, which turned out to be the old ape in gray robe.

The grey-robed old ape was released from his sleeves, and without daring to look back, he somersaulted and was about to fly away.

Xu Yang shook his head and waved his hands. Five-colored divine light swept out and froze him straight. He stood still like a sculpture, and his monkey face was full of fear, extreme terror.

Horrifying indeed!

Just now, at the foot of the Five Elements Mountain, the moment he sensed this person's existence, he used the method of splitting his life into two and the method of teleporting through the void, and was extremely determined to escape. Even the action of turning around and looking back was an act of splitting his life into two to confuse the enemy, which shows how decisive he was.

But he was so decisive that after he used his clone to save his life and moved into the void, he bumped into a sleeve.

That's right, a sleeve!
Where did the sleeves come from and when were they applied?

He didn't know, he only knew that he somersaulted and fell into the other person's sleeve like a trap.

This made him very frightened. Although he had expected this and knew that this person had extraordinary powers and could not be viewed with common sense, such methods still made him feel incredible.

You must know that the clone-replacing-life method and the void-shifting technique he used were magical powers passed down by the Great Demon Sage from the upper realm. With his qualifications and the innate advantages of the Monkey King, when the two magical powers were used together, few True Immortals could detect them, and it was even more difficult to stop them.

Now this person not only noticed it, but also put him into his sleeve with one hand.

How is this possible?

Is he really just a True Immortal, who only achieved perfection three thousand years ago?
Such strength is unheard of even among the immortals in the upper realm.

And that sleeve, what exactly is that method? It’s like chaos, with the yin and yang and the five elements all reversed.

Just now he had tried his best and used every possible means to break through the sleeves and escape, but there was no result after fighting for a long time. It was as if he had entered the cave of some earthly immortal or the blessed land of some demon saint.

With such magical powers, could this person... have become an earthly immortal?

But how is this possible? He just completed the nine tribulations and became a true immortal three thousand years ago. It is not easy to consolidate the foundation in such a short time, let alone take a further step into the realm of earthly immortal?
Even in the upper realm, the Earth Immortal Demon Saint is a giant, second only to the Heavenly Immortal Taoist Master and the Heavenly Demon Great Sage. Countless immortals and gods have practiced hard for millions of years and still failed to achieve this. Even if this person is so powerful and has defied the will of heaven, it is impossible for him to achieve such an achievement in just three thousand years, right?

I can’t figure it out, I can’t figure it out at all!
Because of this, he was even more frightened. Although his body could not move, his wandering eyes were enough to express his feelings.

Xu Yang didn't care about his feelings. He turned his body over with a flick of his sleeves. Then, a cushion appeared from nowhere, and he sat on it and said to him, "You are a demon fairy, and it is difficult to achieve merit. Don't refuse a toast and drink a penalty!"

After saying this, he flicked his sleeves and removed the five-colored divine light. The gray-clothed old ape that was fixed in it fell down and lay dejected on the ground.

Three thousand years in the real world and thirty thousand years in the dream, all the worlds have made progress in tandem. Although he failed to break through the level of earthly immortals, he has gained a lot, which has increased Xu Yang's strength. He has cultivated many magical powers to the extreme, merged them with the Tao, and been reborn, better than before.

This "Universe in the Sleeve" is one of them, combining the principles of Yin and Yang and the Five Elements. It can absorb everything and restrict all methods. Even if they are all true immortals, they can be contained in one sleeve. Unless they have a tenth-rank heavy weapon or an imperial weapon to protect them, there is no hope of escaping at all.

This is still the differentiation of Yang Shen, the display of the world in the sleeves of the mecha body. If the master does it personally, the imperial soldiers will also have to revive their ultimate divine power before they can break the ban.

Even though this grey-clothed old ape was a demon god from the upper realm and had practiced for countless tens of thousands of years, he was still no match for him. There was no need for his original body to rush back. A Yang God clone and an eighth-tier mecha were enough to subdue him.

But it is obvious that he is just a pawn and there is nothing wrong with taming him.

The key is still...

Xu Yang looked at him and said directly: "You came from the upper realm?"

"..."

The old ape sat on the ground in silence, not wanting to answer, but thinking of his words "If you don't accept my toast, you will be punished", he finally said in a cold voice: "Why ask when you already know the answer!"

Xu Yang didn't care when he heard this: "The bloody day phenomenon a few days ago was caused by the upper realm connecting to the lower realm?" The old ape snorted coldly and replied stiffly: "Yes!"

Xu Yang looked at him and shook his head: "Stubborn!"

After saying that, he raised his sleeves and pressed down on his monkey's head.

"What are you going to do?!"

The old ape's face changed, he stood up in shock and anger, and was about to resist, but he was captured by the five-colored divine light and could not move at all.

"It's a soul search!"

Xu Yang looked indifferent and said something that made people tremble with fear: "You are a demon fairy. If you resist stubbornly, I will inevitably lose control of my power. If you are not careful, your soul will be torn apart. So I advise you to take care of yourself."

After saying this, without caring about how the gray-clothed old ape felt, he pressed down the top of the monkey's head with one hand, and used Taoist Yangshen's magical powers to start searching its soul.

The old ape in gray was filled with fear, but he did not dare to resist after hearing his words. He could only let go of his soul and let him search.

This went on for an unknown amount of time before Xu Yang finally withdrew his hand. The gray-clothed old ape then collapsed to the ground, eyes full of grief and anger, and gritting his teeth.

But Xu Yang ignored him completely, put him away with a flick of his sleeves, and then sat alone on the mat, frowning and thinking.

This old ape in grey is indeed the ancestor of the Northern Territory’s demon clan. He completed nine tribulations tens of thousands of years ago and became a demon god who ascended to the upper realm.

By searching his soul, Xu Yang obtained a lot of information and many of his previous questions were answered.

The first is the structure of the upper realm and the mystery of the ascension of monks from the lower realm.

According to the old ape's memory, after he ascended to the upper realm, he was accepted as a disciple by the "Tian Yao Palace", a major sect of the demon clan.

The Heavenly Demon Palace is one of the three holy palaces of the demon race. The Heavenly Demon "Great Sage Kunpeng" is the supreme ruler of the Taoist tradition. Under the Great Sage Kunpeng, there are dozens of Demon Saints and thousands of Demon Gods. Even in the upper realm of True Immortals, it is an outright behemoth.

Most of the ninth-rank demon gods that ascended from the Northern Territory would be accepted as disciples by the Heavenly Demon Palace, including this old ape in gray.

But according to the memory of the gray-clothed old ape, the status and treatment of these demon gods who ascended from the lower realm were not high in the Heavenly Demon Palace, and they were even treated like "prisoners and slaves". The Heavenly Demon Palace imposed many restrictions on them, and they were closely monitored but driven at will, which was completely different from the treatment of the demon gods who were born and bred in the upper realm.

This is not only true for the demon race, but also for the human race and the demon race. Those who ascend to become true immortals are treated extremely poorly and are subject to strict supervision and control. Not only are they driven around by others, but their potential is also stifled. Basically no one can break through to the realm of earthly immortals, let alone celestial immortals.

There must be a reason behind such treatment for those who ascend to become immortals.

But the Heavenly Demon Palace did not give any explanation, so the old ape in gray had to struggle on his own and finally collected some fragmentary clues.

The reason why the treatment of the ascended immortals is so bad is closely related to the evil star that fell from the sky at the end of the ancient times and caused the sinking of China.

According to the clues collected by the gray-clothed old ape, behind the demon star was a life-and-death struggle among the major celestial immortal sects in the upper realm. An extremely powerful celestial immortal master fell as a result, turned into a demon star and fell into the lower realm, causing the pillar of heaven to collapse, the land of Shenzhou to sink, and the upper and lower realms to be separated.

That celestial immortal master was an outstanding figure even among the celestial immortals in the upper realm. It was even rumored that he had the possibility of attaining the Golden Immortal status. However, for unknown reasons, he was besieged by various major celestial immortal sects. In the end, he was outnumbered and defeated. He died and turned into a demon star, falling into the lower realm.

But this kind of existence cannot be viewed with common sense. Death is just a state for them, not a complete end. In addition, there are many doubts about the fall of the evil star that year, so it is almost expected that it will revive and make a comeback.

Therefore, the immortals and gods who ascended from the lower world, especially those born in Shenzhou, would be supervised and controlled by the major celestial immortal sects after their ascension. They might even search their souls and investigate their origins to prevent the fallen celestial immortal master from reviving and returning to the upper world.

To this end, the major celestial immortal sects also worked together to anchor the lower realm. No matter whether they were born in Shenzhou or the other four realms, they could only reach the upper realm after ascending and fall into the "ascension pool" built by the major celestial immortal sects. They would then be assigned to the major sects according to their race, origin, and background.

Even with this, the major celestial immortal sects are still not satisfied, and they still strictly guard against the ascending monks and impose various restrictions. They are called immortals, but in fact they are no different from slaves. Their communication with the lower world is even more strictly monitored, and they cannot reveal the real situation at all.

From the treatment of these ascended monks, Xu Yang saw fear, the fear that the major sects in the upper realm had towards the Heavenly Immortal Taoist Master.

A celestial being who was almost a golden immortal was unexpectedly besieged and killed by various major sects. He was eventually defeated and killed, and turned into a demon star and fell into the lower world.

The story behind this really makes people think a lot. What on earth makes the major sects do this, to the point of strictly guarding against, enslaving and killing the ascended monks?

It is unknown, but this is the structure of the upper realm and the treatment of ascended monks.

And this time, the return of the gray-clothed old ape to the lower world was also the result of the joint efforts of the major celestial immortal sects.

The immortal masters of the major sects somehow reconnected the space between the upper and lower worlds, allowing the immortals from the upper world to descend to the lower world.

However, this method seems to be immature and the risk of descending is extremely high. Even true immortals, demons and gods may be reduced to ashes.

As a divine ape, the old ape in gray had an extremely tough fighting body, so he was chosen as one of the first immortals to descend to the human world, shouldering the important task of "exploring the way".

It was said to be exploring the way, but in fact it was more like lying on a landmine. More than a dozen true immortals, demons and gods came down to the mortal world, and in the end only he arrived safely with the help of his powerful fighting saint body. The others all met with danger and disaster on the way, and either disappeared without a trace or turned into ashes.

This shows how difficult it is for the immortals and gods from the upper realm to descend.

But no matter how difficult and dangerous it is, it cannot shake the determination of the major celestial immortal sects. This gray-clothed old ape is only the first batch. There will be a second batch, a third batch, and a fourth batch. The nine-level immortals and gods from the major sects will continue to descend to the mortal world, and it is even said that even the earthly immortals and demon saints will be mobilized.

These immortals and gods who returned to the lower world had two important tasks. The first was to go to Shenzhou and find the whereabouts of the evil star. The second was to come to the Northern Territory, destroy the Wandao Academy, and capture the Lord of Wandao alive.

That’s right, these people are coming for him!
As for why they came for him, Xu Yang knew without thinking that it was most likely that the bastards from the upper realm mistook him for the reincarnation of the immortal from that year, so they came here to wipe out the roots and prevent future troubles.

After all, if you kill someone by mistake, you won’t let him go!
The major sects in the upper realm were extremely wary of the immortal Taoist master who had transformed into a demon star and fallen. They could even be said to be terrified of him. As long as there was the slightest possibility, they would kill him without mercy.

Even if we take a step back and say that Xu Yang is not the reincarnation of the Heavenly Immortal Taoist Master, based on his actions, the value he has demonstrated, and the information he has revealed in the Northern Territory over the years, it is worthy for the major Taoist sects to take action against him.

After all, his various miraculous performances were symbols of possessing precious treasures and supreme opportunities in the eyes of others.

Therefore, it won’t be long before a group of true immortals, demon gods, and even earthly immortals and demon saints will come down to the mortal world and cause trouble for him.

how to respond?

Xu Yang frowned, thought for a long time, then waved his sleeves to release the gray-robed old ape.

The old ape fell to the ground, his hair standing on end, and he was filled with grief and indignation: "Kill me if you want to, why bully me..."

"Do you want to remove the restrictions and regain your freedom?"

A single word startled everyone, and the old ape stood there in shock, not knowing how to respond.

(End of this chapter)