Living in the deep palace

Inside the magnificent fairy palace, the immortal aura is as thick as substance.

Countless light balls emitting terrifying fluctuations are suspended in the air, like the brightest stars in the night sky, tempting every living creature that breaks into this place!

The silence lasted only a short moment. The flames of greed instantly ignited the eyes of every strong man!

The treasure house of heaven! The secret treasures accumulated by the eight great families of the ancient immortal world! The inheritance of the golden immortals! There may even be secrets leading to a higher realm!
All of this is right before your eyes!

"Hahaha! It's mine! All mine!"

The first one who couldn't hold back was the bull-headed demon god! He was a demon god giant, cruel and greedy. Seeing so many treasures, how could he hold back?
He let out an earth-shaking roar, and his huge demon body expanded instantly, transforming into a thousand-foot-tall demon god. He was the first to rush towards the black light ball that was closest to him and exuded a strong demonic aura!
In that ball of light, one could vaguely see a battle axe with a hideous shape and engraved with magic patterns!

Once this Taoist weapon is obtained by him, the consequences will be disastrous. The opponent's combat power will definitely increase dramatically and reach a new level again.

"Dark Demon, how dare you?!"

Taoist Taichu roared angrily and swung the whisk in his hand. Thousands of silver threads shot out like living things and instantly wrapped around the Ox-Headed Demon God, trying to stop him.

at the same time.

His figure flashed, and he actually went straight to another group of jade slip light that exuded a vast Taoist rhyme and seemed to have stars being born and dying inside!

Obviously, he was more interested in the treasure that recorded the inheritance of Taoism.

“Amitabha, although the treasure is good, it must be obtained by those who are predestined to obtain it. It cannot be forced.” The ancient Buddha chanted the Buddha’s name with a compassionate smile on his face, but his movements were not slow at all.

A golden lotus platform appeared under his feet, and his figure appeared between several balls of light as if teleporting!

When he rolled up the wide golden cassock, he actually put several treasures emitting peaceful Buddhist light - a string of prayer beads, a glass lamp, and a roll of golden Buddhist scriptures - directly into his sleeves!
The speed of the action and the strangeness of the means made the others secretly frightened!
"Bald donkey, you are so cunning!"

Upon seeing this, the Ancient Saint cursed angrily and no longer cared to cause trouble for Su Chen.

He swung his giant dragon-snake tail violently, shattering the void, and actually attacked Taichu Daozun and the Ox-Headed Demon God at the same time, intending to disrupt their treasure hunt. He then grabbed towards a ball of emerald green light that exuded a strong breath of life and seemed to contain a beating heart!
That was... a life core that was suspected to be left behind by some powerful creature! To an ancient being like him whose origin was damaged, it had a fatal attraction!

And Nangong Jianxian, who had been silent all this time, also had a strange light flashing in his eyes at this moment.

He did not fight for those seemingly powerful immortal weapons or inheritance jade slips, but his figure flashed, transformed into an almost imperceptible stream of light, and quietly sneaked towards an area deep in the palace that was shrouded in fog and had the most mysterious aura!

Obviously, he has information that others don't know and his goal is clear!
For a moment, the entire temple hall fell into chaos!

The five terrifying beings at the level of the Xuanyu Immortal List started fighting in an instant to fight for the treasure!

Demonic energy is rolling, Taoist rhyme is everywhere, Buddha’s light is shining, and demonic power is overwhelming!
All kinds of world-destroying magical powers collided wildly in this ancient palace, causing the originally magnificent palace to collapse everywhere and the immortal energy overflowed!
Su Chen stood at the edge of the battle circle and did not immediately join the melee.

"strangeness."

"Why is one of the three ancient life forms missing?"

"From the beginning, the ones who showed up were always the Ancient Buddha and the Bull Demon. Where did the other one go?"

"He seems to have always been there, but I can't seem to remember his presence. It's as if my sense of existence has been erased! It's really strange!"

"Also, why is the Immortal Ancestor of the Dead Souls also missing?"

Su Chen frowned. In his palm, the ninth key reappeared and floated in his hand without him noticing.

Obviously.

The formation created by the seven stone tablets in the square is the backup plan of the formation immortal ancestor of the Wumu family. The ninth key is the real key.

Su Chen misunderstood the situation at that time. If he wanted to open the Heavenly Palace treasury, the ninth key must appear and it could not be hidden at all.

"In this case, the situation is still under control for me."

"after all."

"No one knows that I have the ninth key in my hand that can control the core formation of the Heavenly Palace Treasury..."

"This is a powerful trump card. If used well, I can turn the tables and allow me to kill any person on the Xuanyu Immortal Ranking!"

Su Chen stood by and watched without taking any action to snatch anything. Instead, he calmly observed the situation on the field, and at the same time used the ninth key to sense the fluctuations of the formation of the entire treasure house.

"Sure enough... the interior of this treasure house is not as simple as it seems."

Su Chen's eyes narrowed slightly.

He could clearly feel that as everyone fought fiercely, the formation of the entire temple was slowly being activated!
An invisible force filled with destructive and oppressive aura is gathering from all directions!

Moreover, deeper in the temple, there seemed to be...something even more terrifying lurking!

Like... a sleeping guardian?
"Don't be fooled by the treasures in front of you. The real fortune may be deeper!"

"Besides... we shouldn't stay here for long! I'm afraid this activated formation is not just to protect treasures, it's more like a trap to strangle intruders!"

"Yes."

"None of the techniques we practice are the direct descendants of the Eight Great Families. I'm afraid we will be judged as invaders and exterminated!"

Su Chen made a judgment in an instant.

He did not scramble for the balls of light floating in the air, but instead cast his gaze towards the nine-story white jade tower that stood in the center of the temple and was the only one that was relatively well preserved!
If you want to snatch something, just go for the one with the highest value!

That tower exuded a mysterious aura that seemed to be beyond the world and did not belong to this world. His intuition told him that perhaps that was the real core of the entire Heavenly Palace Treasury!
At this moment, another change occurred!
Boom! ! !
The entire temple suddenly began to tremble violently! The ground cracked and the dome collapsed!

The shadows of the seven towering stone tablets standing in the entrance square actually penetrated the space and reappeared above the temple!
The ancient runes on the stone tablet burst out with an unprecedentedly dazzling light, connecting with each other to form a huge...sealing magic circle covering the entire temple!
“Not good! This is the backlash of the Seven Star Conferred God Formation!” Daoist Master Taichu’s face changed drastically, and he cried out in shock, “The treasure house has been completely sealed off! We… are trapped!”

"what?!"

The Ancient Saint, Ancient Buddha, Bull-Headed Demon God and others who were fighting fiercely also changed their expressions and stopped.

They could clearly feel that an extremely powerful sealing force descended from the sky, which not only cut off all contact between them and the outside world, but even greatly suppressed the circulation of power in their bodies!

“Damn it! How could this happen?!” Ancient Saint Lord roared, “Didn’t they say that if we collected all eight Xuantian keys, we would be able to completely control the treasure house?!”

"How are we going to get out now?"

"This formation is too powerful! Even if we gain the power of a Golden Immortal, I'm afraid we will still have trouble escaping!"

The Ancient Saint roared. "I'm afraid... we have all been misled." The Ancient Buddha looked at the phantom of the Seven Star God-conferring Formation in the sky with a solemn expression, "This Heavenly Court Treasure House, from the beginning... may not be a treasure, but a... cage!"

"Anyone who is not a direct descendant of the Eight Great Families, once they step into this place, will never leave alive!"

Cage?!
When these words were spoken, everyone's heart sank.

If this place is really a prison, then wouldn't they, the intruders, be trapped... in a jar?!

Su Chen's heart also sank.

Although he held the ninth key and could sense and partially control the treasury formation, the Seven-Star God-conferring Formation was fully activated at this moment, and the level of power it exuded was far beyond what he could currently control!

The information transmitted by the ninth key also became extremely confusing and dangerous, as if warning him not to try to touch the seal of the core easily!

"Hahaha! Cage? Well said!"

"But I prefer to call this place purgatory for you invaders!"

"Jie Jie Jie!"

"After millions of years, someone finally invaded here. I'm almost bored to death. Damn it! I haven't seen a living creature in a long, long time. I'm almost driven crazy!"

Just as everyone was shocked, a cold and malicious voice suddenly sounded in the temple.

Deep in the temple, in the area shrouded in fog, the fog slowly dissipated, revealing... a terrifying figure sitting on a throne of bones!
The figure's face could not be seen clearly. All that could be seen was a pair of empty eyes burning with dark blue flames, and a body covered in strange black armor that exuded an endless aura of death and resentment!
Under his throne, there were piles of skeletons of countless powerful men, some of which exuded the power of Xuanyuxian, and even... the existence of the Xuanyuxian Ranking!!!

"Welcome to...my...hunting grounds."

The horrifying figure slowly raised his head, and his dark blue eyes swept over everyone present, finally falling on Su Chen, letting out a creepy laugh.

"Especially you... the little fellow carrying the remains of the Immortal Tree... your soul... smells... so delicious..."

……

……

The terrifying figure sitting on the throne of bones exuded an evil and powerful aura, with a coldness and deathly silence that penetrated deep into the bone marrow.

Just by being stared at by his eyes burning with faint blue flames, Su Chen felt as if his soul was about to be frozen and torn apart!
This pressure is purer and more... despairing than the incarnation of the Ancient Golden Immortal, or even the alienated shadow of the Emperor Qingcang!
"Who are you?!" The ancestor of Tingxian Pavilion, Taichu Daozun, asked loudly, the whisk in his hand emitting silver light, as if facing a powerful enemy.

"I?"

The terrifying figure let out a deep laugh, as if it came from the depths of the underworld. "I am the master of this place, the keeper of the eternal grave... You have trespassed into the forbidden area and disturbed my sweet dreams. Today... you will all stay here and become my collection."

Gravekeeper?!

Collectibles?!

Everyone was shocked when they heard this!
This terrifying being in front of me actually claimed to be the gravekeeper of the Heavenly Palace's treasure house? !
So...what is his origin?
How many years have you lived?

What kind of terrifying power does he possess? !
Could it be that... he is a Golden Immortal left over from the ancient Immortal Court era?! Or even... an even older being?!
"Pretend to be a ghost!"

After all, the Ancient Saint was an old monster who had lived for countless years. He suppressed the fear in his heart and roared, "How dare you, a mere tomb-guarding spirit, speak so arrogantly?! I will tear you apart!"

He once again manifested his gigantic divine and demonic true form, with chaotic energy surging around him. A giant claw that covered the sky tore through the void, and with the power to destroy the world, it grabbed at the skeleton throne fiercely!
Faced with this blow that was powerful enough to crush the stars, the gravekeeper simply slowly raised a finger covered with black armor and lightly pointed it toward the void.

laugh--

There was no earth-shaking sound, only an imperceptible black line, like a crack on canvas, that instantly appeared in front of the giant claws of the Ancient Saint.

next moment!
puff!

The indestructible claws of the Ancient Saint that were strong enough to challenge the strong men on the Xuanyu Immortal Ranking were like tofu and were crushed by the thin black thread...

Silently...

Cut it in the middle!!!

No blood flowed out of the mirror-smooth incision. Only a strong breath of death was spreading, madly devouring the ancient sage's divine power!

“Ouch——!!!”

The Ancient Saint let out a shrill howl! This was not just physical pain, but also fear from the depths of his soul!

He could clearly feel that his indestructible body of god and devil, which he was so proud of, was so vulnerable in front of that thin black line!
What is that power? !

Beyond the law! Beyond the avenue!
That is...pure...death!!!
"retreat!!!"

The souls of the Taoist Primordial Master, the Ancient Buddha, and others are all gone! Don't dare to have any luck anymore!
The strength of this gravekeeper in front of them was definitely far beyond their imagination! He might even be... a real... living golden immortal!!!
The six beings at the level of the Xuanyu Immortal List no longer cared about treasures or face at this moment, and they all used their most powerful life-saving abilities, transformed into six streams of light, and fled madly in different directions!

Even Nangong Jianxian, who had been hiding in the dark, crushed a jade talisman without hesitation. His figure instantly became blurred and he tried to escape into the void.

However, the gravekeeper just shook his head slightly, as if he was a little... bored by their reaction?
He raised the finger covered with black armor again.

This time, he didn't point at anyone, but at... the empty void...

One stroke.

Buzz——!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

An invisible wave that seemed to contain the power to end everything, centered on the Skeleton Throne, spread in all directions like water waves...

Spread it out!
This fluctuation seems slow, but it seems to ignore the distance of space and time!
Whether it was the Ancient Saint Venerable who was escaping rapidly, or the Nangong Sword Immortal who was trying to escape into the void, or the Ancient Buddha who was using the Buddha's Light to protect his body...

The moment they came into contact with this invisible wave, their bodies...

It was as if the pause button had been pressed, and in an instant...

Frozen in place!!!

Time...seems to have stopped at this moment!
Space...seems to be completely frozen at this moment!

Only the gravekeeper's cold voice slowly rang out:

"In this 'Nirvana Realm', life and death...are all determined by me." (End of this chapter)