Lingyuan Immortal

Chapter 860: Knowing the Difficulty and Retreating, Where is Chen Mu?
Above the empty sky, the clouds in the painting gradually dissipated, but the shadow on it became deeper and closer.

Until the clouds opened up, nine jade unicorns pulled a cloud chariot and stepped on flames and came into the sky, appearing before everyone.

At this moment, Taixuan cultivators and external demons such as Zar were all frozen in place, subconsciously concentrating their attention to look at it.

The first thing that caught the eye was the nine divine Qilins. Their green scales were as solid as jade, and the moonlight shone all over their bodies. Their four hooves were wrapped in red gold and flowing fire, and with every step they took, six-petaled red lotuses of karma fire bloomed.

When the dragon-like head is raised, its silver mane brushes the flowing clouds, its golden pupils surge like lava, the red lines on its forehead crackle into marks of supreme true fire, its jade horns grow in a coiled pattern, and ancient Sanskrit words float between the lines.

The intelligence of this beast far exceeded everyone's cognition, especially the demon cultivators from the Southern Xinjiang Demon Tribe, who even felt as if their own bloodline was being suppressed.

Even Hua Meimei, who was fearless, had her brows furrowed and stared without saying a word.

Everyone's gaze shifted back, finally settling on the purple-robed figure sitting on the cloud chariot.

Golden light shone between the clouds, and he slowly stood up. The corners of his robe, formed by the Nine Heavens Strong Wind, rolled like waves, revealing the dark patterns of the Big Dipper. His face seemed to be obscured by three-quarters of the clouds, making it impossible for people to see clearly.

Only the sharp brows that looked like a cold blade of broken jade slanting into his temples, and the indifference in his eyes that was refined by three tribulations, made their hearts tremble.

"Brother Dao, this..."

Someone seemed unable to bear the gaze of the purple-robed figure, and hurriedly whispered to Lord Dong Zhenzhen.

Dong Zhen also had a solemn expression. Although he had some guesses about the identity of the figure in front of him, he did not dare to confirm it.

After all, the records from the beginning of his cultivation and even the tens of thousands of years of the Black and White Taoist Palace have all indicated that there are no immortals in this world. Could it be that the true immortals in heaven have noticed that mortals are suffering from demonic disasters, so they have come to the mortal world to help?
But if that is the case, then why is there no trace of the demonic calamity that occurred ten thousand years ago?

He was full of doubts, but he thought to himself that he was the number one cultivator in the Taixuan Realm, so he had to stand up when it was time.

Thinking of this, he took a step forward and bowed meticulously. Just as he was about to ask something, he saw the purple-robed figure shift his gaze away and look at the True Demon Zar in the distance.

With just one glance, Zaldon felt as if he had fallen into a cold cave, and his body began to tremble uncontrollably.

He felt that something was wrong, and without thinking, he gathered his demonic energy and turned to flee. In an instant, black smoke billowed up like a black python fleeing in panic, and soon it was approaching the abyss.

But at this moment, the eyes of the tall and graceful figure in purple robe on Yu Yun's car flashed slightly. Without him making any movement, the whole area within a thousand miles froze instantly.

Zar and the three-eyed true demon, who were about to break through the boundary and escape, were both frozen in mid-air. Then their demon bodies floated down like flying catkins, without even making a sound, and disappeared between heaven and earth in an instant.

Taixuan and his companions were horrified. Two True Demons, equivalent to the late stage of Spiritual Transformation or even perfect, actually died like this?!
They looked at the purple-robed figure, shocked but also filled with anticipation...

In the Demonic Realm, in the floating island palace.

The face of the figure in golden armor suddenly became as gloomy as dark water, and his eyes were as deep as the sea. No one knew what he was thinking.

The three-meter-tall demon behind him was furious and shouted, "So what if an immortal has come to the mortal world? My Demonic Realm is not without its own demon gods. Zhuoyang, you might as well pay a price to let me go. I will make sure this person never returns and regrets coming to the mortal world!"

The Taixuan Realm's immortal power has been cut off, so the immortals who come to the mortal world must be restricted. It is naturally more than enough to deal with a fifth-level true demon, but if they face a sixth-level heavenly demon, it is difficult to predict the outcome.

The shadow of the mysterious body knew the truth, but he was still skeptical and didn't dare to rush in. After thinking for a while, he said in a deep voice: "Go find You."

The three-meter-tall demon wanted to say more, but was stopped by his eyes. After a pause, he took a step forward and left the place.

When he appeared again, he was already standing in a magic cave. In front of him was a stone couch about ten feet in diameter. On it lay a male demon with human appearance. He was sleeping soundly with his eyes closed and was completely unaware of the arrival of the three-foot-tall demon body.

A look of disgust flashed across the three-meter-long demon's face, but he still waved his hand to wake it up.

You slowly opened his eyes, then yawned, stood up and stretched, as if he still had not gotten enough sleep.

"It's Jia Shuo, why did you wake me up?"

After asking, he made some hand gestures, frowned, and muttered to himself, "I only slept for over a thousand years. It's not enough, not enough..."

The three-meter-long demon body was too lazy to respond to him. It turned around and took another step forward, while signaling the other party to follow.

Seeing this, You scratched his head, but without saying anything, he followed him.

After seeing the solemn figure in golden armor, he realized something was wrong and asked hurriedly, "What's going on? Are the Demonic Tribe coming to attack us?"

The mysterious figure shook his head and pointed to the purple-robed figure on the mysterious stone and asked, "You have been in the human immortal world for many years. I wonder if you recognize this person?"

You Xunyi looked over and nodded in sudden realization: "So it turns out that this is the mortal world. An immortal has actually come to the mortal world..."

He carefully identified him, and after a moment, he replied, "This person's Dao name is Zichen, and he is at the realm of True Immortal. I once met him with Demon Lord Nanwu..."

"Zi Chen?"

The shadow of the mysterious body murmured and repeated the name, his eyes flickering, and he noticed that You's brows were tightly furrowed, as if he wanted to say something but hesitated. He could not help but said in a deep voice: "This is related to my Demonic Realm, so just say it directly if you have something to say."

You said slowly: "Although Zi Chen has only reached the realm of True Immortal, his master is an Immortal Venerable and is well-known in the Immortal World, known as Qingmingzi."

"The reason I met this person in person was because I followed the Demon Lord Nanwu to attend the Three Thousand Worlds Conference hosted by the Immortal Venerable Qingming, so I was deeply impressed..."

"Given his status and position, how could he risk his life by going to such a small world where immortal opportunities are cut off?"

Others may not know, but he is clear that when an immortal descends to the mortal world where there is no immortal power, he will be suppressed by the laws of heaven and earth. As time goes by, the degree of suppression becomes deeper, until no immortal magic can be used, and he is no different from a cultivator.

During this period, any risk will be infinitely magnified. After all, as the saying goes, a dragon in shallow water is bullied by shrimps, and a tiger in the plain is bullied by dogs.

Protected by the laws of heaven and earth, cultivators in the mortal world cannot be slaughtered at will, especially when there is a disaster in the mortal world. The immortals in the sky will try their best to avoid it and will not participate if they can.

But this True Immortal Zi Chen happened to come to the mortal world at this very moment.

It would be fine if this small world was his old world, but as far as he knew, this person was born in the fairy world, and his parents were from the heavenly court. When did he become involved with such a small world that was cut off from the fairy world?

You whispered, but Xuan Shen's heart sank again and again.

Something must be wrong when things are out of the ordinary. To be able to make the Immortal Lord personally take the risk to come to the mortal world, there must be something here that they don't know...

His mind raced, and he suddenly glanced sideways at the three-meter-tall demonic body. He then asked Xiang You, "Does the Immortal Anqing have any connection with you?"

You was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and said, "Ever since he told us the location of this small world ten thousand years ago, there has been no further news. Even though I went to the fairyland several times to look for him, I didn't see him."

"Didn't see it?"

The mysterious figure frowned and asked, "Why didn't I see it?"

"His disciples said that he was in seclusion to comprehend the great Dao..."

The three-foot demon body suddenly snorted coldly: "What great path requires ten thousand years to comprehend?"

You frowned and replied, "Not entirely. The Qingming Immortal Venerable I was talking about just now is the one who has been comprehending the Great Dao for ten thousand years. I traveled around the Immortal Realm in my dream and saw that he had just come out of seclusion. He attracted a group of immortals from the Immortal Realm to a banquet to congratulate him. I even sneaked in and asked for a drink..."

Upon hearing this, the eyes of the mysterious figure suddenly focused.

The three-foot demon body grew increasingly impatient. "How can An Qing compare to the Immortal Venerable? He could only deceive you, yet you believed his words so easily? If it weren't for your guarantee, how could we have attacked this world and ended up in such a dilemma?"

You's temperament wasn't as violent or extreme as the other demons, but he still had a bit of a temper. His expression suddenly turned cold, and he sneered, "What do you mean, Jia Shuo? That's not what you said at the beginning."

When he first made friends with Anqing, he learned the location of Taixuan Realm from him by chance.

Furthermore, according to him, the Taixuan Realm had no foundation or background, and no one had ascended to the Immortal Realm in tens of thousands of years, making it an ideal place to extract essence and use it as a spiritual object for advancement. He was delighted to hear this, but he didn't completely believe it. So, afterward, he personally investigated and confirmed that the Taixuan Realm had no immortal ancestors. Only then did he tell this to Zhuo Yang and Jia Shuo.

The three of them hit it off immediately, which led to the invasion of the Taixuan Realm.

But now, listening to Jia Shuo's words, all the faults were put on him...

The three-foot demon body's red hair flew up, and he was about to continue arguing with it, but he heard the mysterious figure say, "Alright."

He paused suddenly, then groaned and sat down.

"This is a decision we made together. There is no need to ask who is right or wrong."

The mysterious figure said in a deep voice, and then waved his hand: "Jia Shuo, close the passage between the two worlds."

As soon as these words came out, the three-meter-tall demon body that had just sat down suddenly stood up, eyes wide open, and said, "Zhu Yang, this is a ten-thousand-year plan!"

You Ye was shocked. Closing the passage between the two worlds meant that all the plans of thousands of years had gone to waste...

"So what if it's been planned for a hundred thousand years?"

The mysterious figure was calmer than ever, saying, "There must be something wrong with this small world. Perhaps there is a great cause and effect behind it. Even if we extract its essence and use it for ourselves, we will be forced to repay it several times or even dozens of times in the future. Moreover..."

His eyes flashed, and he continued, "Zi Chen suddenly descended upon the mortal world, and the Immortal Venerable Qingming behind him just happened to come out of retreat. The obstacles before us alone are beyond our ability to handle. Even if the Demon Lord Nanwu were to arrive in person, he would surely make the same choice as me."

After saying this, he shook his head and sighed, as if accepting his fate, saying: "Since it involves the Heavenly Court, it is better to retreat before it is too late and cut the losses in time..."

Jia Shuo and You's expressions gradually darkened and they stopped talking.

There was a moment of silence...

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The small world of demon court.

After killing the two true demons, the purple-robed figure stood on the cloud car with his hands behind his back, looking into the distance, ignoring the greetings from Dong Zhen and others, as if waiting for something.

His silence made Taixuan cultivators feel more and more uneasy. They looked around and exchanged glances with many of their fellow practitioners.

The same was true for Ao Yi and Hua Meimei. They subconsciously looked at the person they cared about the most and were familiar with, but they saw that Chen Mu's brows were tightly furrowed, his eyes were cold, and his expression seemed extremely solemn, even making them feel that it was a little too solemn.

Although this scene only lasted for a moment, it still made them feel uneasy.

"What's wrong? What's wrong?"

"Brother Chen, Brother Chen?"

The two people's voices were heard in his sea of ​​consciousness one after another. Chen Mu's eyes were determined and he nodded at them, indicating that everything was fine.

Ao Yi felt relieved and nodded at him, then turned his head back.

Hua Meimei was more relaxed and said jokingly, "Brother Chen, are you scared? As I said, there's nothing to be afraid of. Even if this purple-robed man is the legendary ascended immortal, we have the old man and the others to deal with him. We don't need to worry about him."

He was not wrong. For an ordinary person, there would be no need to worry.

But how could ordinary people imagine what Chen Muzhi had experienced?

Chen Mu lowered his eyes and replied in a faint voice: "This person is indeed a true immortal."

Almost at the moment when the purple-robed man appeared, he sensed the same aura as that of the man who claimed to be the True Immortal of Anqing, and thought that he must be the True Immortal.

"Uh-huh?"

Hua Meimei glared at him: "How do you know?"

But without waiting for Chen Mu's response, he curled his lips and said self-satisfiedly: "Brother Chen is also good at bluffing. You are so sure, could it be that you have seen an immortal a long time ago?"

Chen Mu didn't respond, but thought to himself, "I've seen more than just him..."

When everyone was thinking about different things, they suddenly heard a buzzing sound, which seemed to linger in their ears, and seemed to come from a very far away place.

"What's the noise?"

Hua Meimei looked around but found nothing.

The next moment, the sky and the earth suddenly became bright and dark, as if day and night alternated in an instant, and then there was a shocking noise, and the sea of ​​clouds shook and dispersed, as if a crack had appeared in the sky, and a murderous aura flew out from it, its color was hazy, and it was a mixture of reality and illusion!

Everyone was shocked when they saw this, because this energy made them feel irresistible.

"What is this?"

Before anyone could answer, he saw that the aura had already descended above the purple-robed figure.

However, the purple-robed figure did not avoid it, and even took a step forward, dispersing the protection of the cloud chariot, allowing the energy to fall directly on himself.

Unlike the time when the Immortal Anqing went through untold hardships and even tore his soul apart to take over Xiao Qiheng's body to escape the disaster, the murderous aura rushed into the body of the purple-robed figure, but there was no big movement, only a whistling gale that made his robe rustle.

Outsiders could not see any changes, but Zi Chen himself could feel that the laws of heaven and earth belonging to Guangchengzi had lost their killing power after being eroded by his immortal spirit, but they were still like a ring of confinement, restraining 30% of his immortal power.

"Being able to seal away 30% of my immortal power, you are indeed the product of the thoughts of Immortal Venerable Guangcheng..."

He sneered and looked up at the sky again, as if he could see the evolution of the laws of heaven and earth above the sky.

"call……"

At this time, there was another movement. Everyone was almost numb, but they still looked in the direction of the sound, and saw the demonic aura in the abyss rushing back.

In a short while, the world here became clear, and then there was a loud bang, and the Demon Abyss gradually shrank and turned into a well of a hundred feet in size again.

"The magic cave... is actually closed?"

The Taixuan cultivator was stunned, but was quickly overwhelmed by ecstasy.

The passage between the two worlds has been gone, doesn’t that mean that the ten thousand years of demonic calamity... has been overcome like this?
"Brother Tao!"

Everyone looked at Dong Zhen, and then glanced at the purple-robed figure.

The meaning is self-evident. Isn't it because of this person that the heretics and demons were able to retreat halfway?

Dong Zhen took a deep breath, suppressed the throbbing in his heart, and bowed again, saying, "I am Dong Zhen, a cultivator of Taixuan. I would like to express my gratitude to you, Senior..."

Unlike the previous times when he ignored her, the purple-robed figure suddenly turned around and said with an indifferent expression, "My name is Zi Chen."

Dong Zhen was startled, but immediately replied, "Senior Zi Chen..."

But once again, before he could finish, Zi Chen glanced at the people below and asked with interest, "Where is Chen Mu?"

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(End of this chapter)