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

Chapter 249

As the magic array collapsed instantly under the effect of the purification bead, the man in black robes lost his support and was confronted one by one by the others.

The fierce battle continued, and the black-robed man, who was injured, was the first to be captured alive by Mo Yu.

The others were not as skilled as the man in black robes, and within half an hour, they were all captured and died under the Red Lotus Karmic Fire.

This conspiracy to seize control of the dark forces of the First Heaven was completely thwarted, and all those recorded in the book were wiped out. As for how many remained outside the sphere of power, Gu Shihan and his companions had no idea.

The man in black robes glared at Gu Shihan with hatred, and was about to speak several times when Shi Qinghan asked with icy eyes, "Do you have anything else to say?"

The man in black robes felt a surge of hatred for Su Jin. If it weren't for that useless fellow's idle chatter, he would have already killed this woman with a preemptive strike.

His eyes were filled with resentment, and he asked, his neck stiff, "How did you realize something was wrong? How did you find this place?"

"Hehe, that's a secret. However, I can reveal one thing: our innate abilities are your nemesis! You're so ugly, yet you still dare to dream of attacking us. Dreams are more realistic than your thoughts. You're too confident. Stop thinking nonsense, you prisoner." Duan Siqi sized up the man in black robes, her regretful gaze making his face turn ashen.

"Junior sister, what should we do with them?!" Mo Yu and the others searched the stone house inside and out, destroyed some things, and then returned.

"Leave no one alive!" Gu Shihan formed a hand seal, and the Red Lotus Karmic Fire burst forth, quickly burning the black-robed man and everything in the stone house to ashes.

The group returned to Su Jin's residence through the passage. After a thorough search, Nangong Yi approached with a wooden plaque: "Look everyone, isn't this the land deed for this house? It's now our property, isn't it?"

Shi Qinghan took it and looked at it, then smiled and said, "It really is! Weren't we going to rent a cave dwelling? It's like a pillow being delivered to someone who's sleepy! It's come at the perfect time! We'll stay here and wait for Situ and the others."

Gu Shihan and the others settled down. They had been traveling around for days, and it was time to settle down and reflect.

Mo Yu and the others need time to cultivate and can only leave the First Heaven after they have entered the Celestial Immortal Realm.

Currently, only Gu Shihan and Duan Siqi have successfully entered the Celestial Realm; Shi Qinghan and the others are still a little short.

"Senior brothers, you can focus on your seclusion. Siqi and I will stay nearby and there won't be any danger. We'll let you know if we find anything." Gu Shihan dismissed them, telling them to cultivate in peace.

Three days later, Wenxin and her group arrived and joined each other.

They looked quite disheveled, clearly having gone through a fierce battle.

"Wenxin, what happened?! Why are you in this state?" Duan Siqi asked with concern.

"Stop talking, I've been scammed!" Wen Xin said weakly.

"What happened? Tell me!" Gu Shihan asked.

"Situ, you speak! I need to rest!" Wen Xin found a chair, sat down, took out some medicine, and began to heal her injuries.

Situ Tinglang rubbed his face and said, "It's like this. Three days ago, we encountered a few people who said they had encountered evil cultivators. But when we got there, we found out it was a trap. We managed to kill a few of them before we were safe."

But somehow, someone put beast-attracting powder on me, and while crossing Kunwu Mountain, it triggered a riot of celestial beasts. They chased me relentlessly, and I had to circle around several times before finally escaping. That's why I'm late!"

Gu Shihan smiled and said, "I see. You should all go and adjust your breathing. We plan to stay here for a while. After this period of training, you should be able to advance."

Siqi and I will wait for you all to enter the Celestial Realm together, so that we can go to the Second Heaven together.

“Alright!” Situ Tinglang, Mo Jian, Wen Xin, and Gu Jiahui nodded in agreement and went down to find rooms to cultivate. A few days later, while everyone was meditating, a group of uninvited guests suddenly barged into the courtyard.

The leader was a middle-aged cultivator with a sinister face. He claimed that the mansion was originally his property, but Su Jin had seized it by trickery and force. Now that Su Jin was dead, it was rightfully his to take it back.

"Fellow Daoist, how do you know Su is dead? Didn't he go out to train? This courtyard was rented to us!" Gu Shihan asked tentatively while having Xingbai investigate these people.

"Impossible! His spirit tablet is broken. It broke a few days ago. Did you kill him?" the middle-aged man said sternly with a malicious look on his face.

"Why should we kill him? What is your relationship with him? Are you in cahoots?" Duan Siqi asked.

"What do you mean, 'in cahoots'? We don't know what you're talking about. Let me tell you! We've taken over this house. Get lost!" The middle-aged man's face was full of ill intent.

Gu Shihan and Duan Siqi naturally refused, and the two sides were deadlocked.

The middle-aged cultivator shouted, "Brothers, grab them and do it the rules!"

"Alright! You get the person, we get the money!" A tall, thin man laughed and started making his move.

Several dark darts shot towards Gu Shihan and Duan Siqi's hearts.

The dart was fast and urgent, but Gu Shihan blocked it with her Seven Star Silk Sound Sword and released her strength, sending the dart flying back in the opposite direction.

The tall, thin man was startled and quickly dodged, the dart piercing straight into the two large trees behind him.

In less than ten breaths, the leaves turned yellow and fell in a flurry, indicating that the dart was coated with a deadly poison. If someone was struck by the dart and there was no antidote within ten breaths, death was certain.

Duan Siqi was furious. She slashed at two people with her sword and then cleaved at the tall, thin man, who finally came to his senses.

Duan Siqi's sword was right in front of him, its speed and ferocity so great that he couldn't dodge it at all. His body was cleaved in two, and he was dead.

Gu Shihan wasn't idle either; she unleashed all seven swords of the Seven Star Silk Sound Sword simultaneously, and three people fell to the ground.

The two reunited and launched another attack. Having gone through many hardships, they had long since developed a perfect teamwork and their combat experience had also increased substantially. Facing the hostile attacker, they were quite at ease and did not show any signs of panic.

Gu Shihan's Seven Star Silk Sound Sword struck the middle-aged cultivator's vital points like a snake spitting its tongue.

Duan Siqi assisted from the side, casting spells to disrupt the enemy's formation.

However, the middle-aged cultivator had brought many helpers, whose cultivation levels were not weak, so the battle became deadlocked for a time.

At the critical moment, Shi Qinghan and the others, who were in seclusion, sensed the abnormal fluctuations of immortal spiritual energy outside and broke out of their seclusion.

Once they joined the battle, the situation immediately turned around. The middle-aged monk and his men, unaware that there were others in the house, could only slink away in disgrace.

"We can't let them escape! Xingbai said they're not clean either!" Gu Shihan shouted.

"Understood!" Mo Yu quickly arrived at the array control point and activated the trapping array, making it impossible to escape easily.

(End of this chapter)