Cultivating immortality relies on spatial abilities; defying fate to become the protagonist.

Chapter 189

"Girl, are you... are you alright? What the hell is this? You can't even heal your wounds or stop the bleeding! It feels like you're just here to be tortured." Shi Qinghan looked distressed.

"Big brother, it's alright! Let's hurry up and move. It's a waste to let this blood go to waste. We might as well use it for the mission, right?!" Gu Shihan said with a smile.

“Alright! You still have time to joke around? Let’s move quickly!” Situ Tinglang nodded in response.

Without hesitation, the nine people each brought out their contracted beasts, and together they began to work, blood dripping continuously until the stone pit was full.

The stone platform slowly rotated again, and Gu Shihan and the contracted beasts all fainted in a daze.

It may look like a small stone pit, but it requires a lot of blood.

As soon as their blood entered the stone cave, they felt a suction force, as if it were trying to drain all the blood from their bodies, and they couldn't stop it.

More and more blood filled the stone cavity, and a multicolored light slowly rose. Gu Shihan and the others also completely lost consciousness. What they didn't know was that at the moment the multicolored light rose, it seemed that some light reflected and fell on the unconscious people.

When Gu Shihan slowly woke up, all her injuries had healed. In less than twenty breaths, everyone woke up one after another, and each of them was surprised to see their own bodies.

"It's amazing, my injuries are all healed," Wenxin said, waving her arm.

"My injuries are healed, there's not even a scratch! I'm full of strength now," Mo Jian said with a smile.

"Altar, look at the Star Stone! It's merged into one!" Gu Jiahui exclaimed, interrupting everyone's gaze as they examined the body.

"Did I complete the mission? That's great!" Duan Siqi asked curiously.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief and smiled at each other. However, before they could celebrate, the surrounding air suddenly turned bitterly cold. Dark clouds filled the sky, and flashes of lightning could be seen.

"What's going on? Is there still a crisis?" Situ Tinglang became alert.

At this moment, a man in black robes slowly appeared, his icy voice echoing in the air: "You brats! You think you can fuse the Star Stone so easily? Dream on!"

Mo Yu stepped forward and demanded, "Who are you?"

The man in black robes sneered, "I am the messenger of darkness. The Star Stone should not exist in the first place. You overestimated yourselves. The entire Spirit Realm will soon return to the Lord's hands. You have ruined my plans. You all deserve to die!"

Gu Shihan gripped the jade flute tightly. She now knew the wonders of her flute's sound: "No matter who you are, no matter what your master is, we will not let you succeed."

The Dark Messenger waved his hands, and countless shadowy creatures rushed towards the group.

Mo Yu and the others quickly formed a circle back to back, preparing for battle.

The nine individuals employed various ingenious strategies and worked together to fight against the shadow creatures, gradually gaining the upper hand.

Seeing this, the Dark Messenger personally joined the battle. He was very powerful, and he injured someone in just a few moves.

Just as everyone was struggling, Gu Shihan began to play the jade flute.

As the melodious flute music began, the several people who had been seriously injured and lying on the ground seemed to receive a boost of power, and they all unleashed tremendous strength.

The contracted beasts also became lively and energetic, rushing towards the Dark Messenger, which distracted him.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Mo Yu swung his sword, and a dazzling golden light shot towards the Dark Messenger.

The Dark Messenger was unable to dodge in time and staggered back a few steps after being hit. The others also seized the opportunity and unleashed a barrage of spells and attacks.

Enraged, the Dark Messenger took out a black magical artifact, instantly unleashing even more powerful shadow energy.

But at this moment, Gu Shihan's jade flute music turned passionate, and the contracted beasts seemed to understand something. Their power gradually merged, forming a huge shield to protect everyone.

Wenxin discovered that the Star Stone absorbs the power of shadow and transforms it into the power of light.

A thought struck her, and she quietly approached the Star Stone, guiding it to unleash its power of light in retaliation.

The power of light enveloped the messenger of darkness, who struggled in agony.

The Dark Messenger gradually weakened under the power of light, but he still fought desperately, chanting evil incantations in an attempt to summon more shadow creatures to his aid.

As the light released by the Star Stone grew stronger, the shadow creatures around it were purified and dissipated as soon as they appeared.

Mo Yu seized the opportunity, leaped into the air, and pointed his sword at the Dark Messenger, the blade wreathed in golden spiritual energy.

He shouted and thrust his sword at the Dark Messenger.

At the same time, Gu Shihan stopped playing the jade flute, and a fireball imbued with the destructive power of the Red Lotus Karmic Fire rushed towards the Dark Messenger, engulfing him.

The Dark Messenger stared wide-eyed in despair. Before he could even put up a final resistance, he was pierced through the body by Mo Yu's sword and then completely burned by the Red Lotus Karmic Fire.

The shadow creatures, leaderless, vanished completely under the continuous purification of the power of light.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief and gathered together to watch the star stone emit light, scattering it all around.

"We haven't disappointed the Venerables' expectations. Can we leave the Tower of Babel now?!" Gu Jiahui asked, moving his hands and feet.

The nine people stood up, intending to return the way they came, but as soon as they stood still, the star stone suddenly emitted a dazzling white light, and a dark hole appeared in the white light. A suction force came and the nine people fell into the black hole.

Gu Shihan felt dizzy and lightheaded. When she regained consciousness, she found herself hanging on a large tree stump. Not far from the stump was another person, Duan Siqi.

"Siqi, wake up!" Gu Shihan crawled over and nudged Duan Siqi.

"Ah! My head is spinning! Shi Han, it's you! Thank goodness!" Duan Siqi looked around, her face quickly falling. "Shi Han, where are we? The spiritual energy here seems different! Where is everyone else?"

"I don't know either. I just woke up and checked with my divine sense. Apart from the two of us, I don't know where anyone else is nearby," Gu Shihan said, frowning.

Gu Shihan brought Xingbai out and said, "Xingbai, we don't know where we are. Go and find out where our elder brother and the others are."

The little white fox's eyes darted around a few times, and it sniffed the air before saying, "Hanhan, this is the first level of the Immortal Realm that you cultivators dream of ascending to!"

"How is this possible? We...we're just minor Golden Core cultivators, how could we possibly come to the Immortal Realm?! Shi Han, is your little fox joking?" Duan Siqi was so shocked she almost fell off the tree branch, and asked anxiously.

Xing Bai rolled her eyes. "Don't believe me? Can you sense the immortal energy? But you should find a place and start cultivating from scratch. Otherwise, with your current level of spiritual power, you're not even as good as mortals in this immortal realm!"

Duan Siqi immediately tried it, and sure enough, she couldn't absorb the so-called immortal spiritual energy in her current state of cultivation. She raised her hand and chopped at a tree branch next to her.

When the hand was chopped down, the branch only swayed a few times, leaving no mark.

(End of this chapter)