The Longevity Family: Starting from the Foundation Establishment Ancestor

Black Wind Abyss is indeed a hellish place.

As soon as Han Mu approached the edge, he sensed something was wrong. The surrounding black wind was no ordinary wind, but a gale mixed with fragments of chaos, blowing against his body like knives scraping his bones. He had to raise his immortal power shield, but the shield was visibly thinning under the erosion of the black wind.

"No wonder even Grand Luo Golden Immortals dare not easily enter." Han Mu grinned and increased his output of immortal power. He was now in the late stage of Golden Immortal and had the Chaotic Spacetime Dao Body, so he could still hold on, but his immortal power was being consumed in great quantities.

According to the location indicated on the note, Liu Ruyan and the others should be imprisoned in a cave deep within the Black Wind Abyss. That place is called "Black Wind Cave," a rare sheltered spot in the Black Wind Abyss, but also the lair of chaotic beasts.

After flying for about half an hour, Han Mu saw a huge cave entrance ahead. The entrance was ten zhang high, and it was pitch black inside, with only faint flickering lights visible. Outside the entrance, two celestial soldiers dressed in silver armor were on guard.

"Heavenly Soldiers? Not Heavenly Court Inspectors?" Han Mu frowned. Heavenly Soldiers were the lowest-ranking troops in the Heavenly Court, with cultivation levels generally between Celestial Immortal and True Immortal. They were numerous, but individually weak. Using Heavenly Soldiers for guard duty meant either they looked down on him or there was another arrangement.

Han Mu didn't act rashly. Instead, he circled around to the side of the cave entrance, found a rock to hide on, and observed the situation. Besides the two heavenly soldiers, there was also a hidden formation at the cave entrance. Although it was well-hidden, it couldn't escape his senses. The formation was a trapping formation; once triggered, those inside couldn't get out, and those outside couldn't get in.

"Let's test the waters with a clone first." Han Mu created a time clone. The clone only had 30% of his strength, but its aura was exactly the same as his main body. The clone walked towards the cave entrance, and as soon as it entered the array's range, the array was activated.

A golden light rose from the ground, transforming into a golden cage that trapped the clone. At the same time, more than a dozen figures rushed out of the cave, led by a celestial general wearing golden armor, whose cultivation was at the mid-stage of the Golden Immortal realm.

"As expected, there was an ambush." ​​Han Mu's eyes turned cold. The Heavenly General, along with more than a dozen Heavenly Soldiers, surrounded the clone. The clone tried to break the formation, but the cage was very sturdy and could not be broken in a short time.

"Han Mu, you've finally arrived." Tian Jiang sneered. "Liu Ruyan and the others are in the cave. If you're so capable, come in and rescue them."

The clone didn't speak, and immediately self-destructed. With a boom, a gap was blasted in the golden cage, and several nearby heavenly soldiers were blown away, but they quickly got up again, suffering only minor injuries. The heavenly general was completely unharmed, though his expression was somewhat grim.

"Self-destruction? That's ruthless. But it's useless. This formation was personally set up by the Dao Venerable. Unless you're at the peak of the Great Luo realm, you can't force your way through." The Heavenly General waved his hand, ordering someone to repair the gaps in the formation.

Han Mu watched from the shadows, making no move. He was waiting for the "Dao Venerable" to appear. Since the Dao Venerable had his eye on him, he would surely show up. But after waiting for a long time, the Dao Venerable didn't come; instead, a familiar face appeared.

"Luo Feng?" Han Mu was taken aback. Luo Feng, escorted by two heavenly soldiers, emerged from the cave, wounded but not seriously. He grinned upon seeing the heavenly general: "Oh, isn't this the Golden Armor Heavenly General? What, unable to capture Senior Han, you're taking your anger out on us lowly minions?"

"Shut up!" Tian slapped Luo Feng across the face, sending him flying. He crashed into the cave wall, spitting out blood, but he was still laughing.

"Good hit! Give me a couple more, I'll loosen up my muscles." Luo Feng got up, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, "But I'm warning you, Senior Han has arrived. You'd better run now, or you won't be able to escape later."

The heavenly general's expression changed, and he looked around warily. Taking advantage of the opportunity, Han Mu struck, unleashing the Blade of Time. With a flash of silver light, the heads of the two heavenly soldiers holding Luo Feng fell to the ground. At the same time, he appeared beside Luo Feng, grabbed him, and was about to retreat.

"Trying to escape?" The heavenly general reacted quickly, thrusting a golden spear forward. The spearhead shone brightly with golden light and carried terrifying penetrating power. This single thrust was enough to severely injure an ordinary late-stage Golden Immortal.

Han Mu neither dodged nor evaded, but instead raised his hand and grabbed the tip of the spear. Tian Jiang's expression changed drastically, and he tried to pull back the spear, but it was as if it were clamped by iron pincers and wouldn't budge.

"Is that all you've got?" Han Mu tightened his grip, and with a crack, the spear shattered. The general staggered back three steps, blood trickling from the corner of his mouth, his eyes filled with terror.

"You...you're not a late-stage Golden Immortal!" the Heavenly General exclaimed. To be able to crush his natal immortal artifact with his bare hands, one must at least possess the strength of a Great Luo Immortal.

"I never said I was a late-stage Golden Immortal." Han Mu released his grip, the shattered spear falling to the ground and dissipating into golden specks of light. He looked towards the cave entrance. "Are Liu Ruyan and the others inside?"

"In...in the cave, but..." Before Luo Feng could finish speaking, a scream came from inside the cave; it was Zhou Meng's voice.

Han Mu's face darkened. He released Luo Feng and rushed towards the cave entrance. The heavenly general tried to stop him, but Han Mu casually slapped him away, sending him crashing into a distant mountain wall, his fate unknown. Seeing this, the other heavenly soldiers scattered and fled, but they hadn't gone far before being enveloped by Han Mu's time domain, their movements slowed, and then they all turned to ashes.

The array at the cave entrance activated, but Han Mu didn't even glance at it. He unleashed the Blade of Time, unleashing the laws of time, tearing the array apart like paper. He rushed into the cave, which was quite spacious, about a hundred feet in diameter. In the center stood several stone pillars, where Liu Ruyan, Bai Ling, Zhou Meng, Li Qingzhu, Lin Fan, and Lin Xue were bound to the pillars, covered in blood and barely breathing.

"Senior Han!" Liu Ruyan's eyes flashed with surprise upon seeing Han Mu, but it quickly turned to worry. "Quick, let's go! This is a trap!"

Han Mu didn't leave. He walked to the stone pillar and swung his sword, severing the chains. The chains were specially made to imprison immortal power, but they were cut through like tofu before the Blade of Time. The six were freed, but all were seriously injured and temporarily incapacitated.

"Heal your injuries first." Han Mu took out several bottles of pills and distributed them to the six people. He had found these pills in the Chaos Sea, and they were remarkably effective for injuries sustained by Golden Immortals. After taking the pills, the six people's complexions improved considerably.

"Senior Han, outside..." Liu Ruyan looked towards the cave entrance, where footsteps could be heard, indicating that there was more than one person.

Han Mu turned around and saw three people walking into the cave. The one in the lead was a middle-aged man in a purple robe, with a sinister face and a powerful aura; he was an early-stage Great Luo Golden Immortal. Behind him were two peak Golden Immortals, wearing Heavenly Court armor; they were probably Heavenly Generals.

"Han Mu, you've finally arrived." The middle-aged man in purple robes spoke, his voice hoarse. "I am Ziyang Heavenly General, and I have been waiting for you here for a long time on the orders of the Dao Venerable."

"Dao Venerable? Which Dao Venerable?" Han Mu asked.

"You don't need to know." Ziyang Tianjiang shook his head. "The Daoist Master has ordered that you either surrender and come with me to see the Daoist Master, or I will kill them and then capture you."

He pointed at Liu Ruyan and her six companions. Their expressions changed, and they gripped their weapons tightly, but their injuries were too severe; they couldn't even stand steadily.

Han Mu laughed, a cold laugh: "You think you can kill them in front of me?"

"Let's give it a try." Ziyang Heavenly General raised his hand, and two Golden Immortal peak Heavenly Generals rushed out, attacking Han Mu from the left and right. At the same time, Ziyang Heavenly General himself rushed towards Liu Ruyan and the other six, clearly intending to kill one of them first and force Han Mu to submit.

Han Mu didn't move, but simply raised his hand and softly uttered two words: "Time and space, freeze."

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Time seemed to stand still. The two peak Golden Immortal generals remained suspended in mid-air, still in their charging stance. General Ziyang also stopped three zhang away from Liu Ruyan, his eyes filled with terror. He could still think, but his body was paralyzed; he couldn't even move his eyes.

"The Law of Time, Spacetime Stillness?" Zi Yangtian was shocked. Spacetime Stillness is a high-level application of the Law of Time, capable of temporarily freezing time in a region, but it consumes a great deal of energy and is generally only achievable by Great Luo Golden Immortals. Han Mu, a late-stage Golden Immortal, could actually perform Spacetime Stillness, and it seemed quite effortless for him.

Han Mu walked up to Ziyang Tianjiang, looked into his terrified eyes, and said calmly, "A Great Luo Golden Immortal? Nothing special."

The Blade of Time slashed out, and Ziyang Tianjiang's head flew off, blood splattering. But he didn't die; the primordial spirit of a Great Luo Golden Immortal is very powerful, and even having his head severed won't kill him. His primordial spirit flew out of his body, trying to escape.

"Trying to leave?" Han Mu raised his hand and grabbed, the laws of time transforming into a cage that trapped Zi Yang Tian Jiang's primordial spirit. The primordial spirit struggled left and right within the cage, but it couldn't escape.

"Han Mu, if you dare to kill me, the Dao Venerable will not let you off!" Zi Yang Tian Jiang's primordial spirit screamed.

"Daoist Venerable? I'll be waiting." Han Mu exerted force, and the Time Cage contracted, squeezing Zi Yang Tian Jiang's primordial spirit, causing him to let out a miserable scream. Finally, with a bang, he turned into light spots and dissipated.

The two peak Golden Immortal generals were terrified at the sight. But the time freeze hadn't been lifted, so they couldn't move and could only watch helplessly as Han Mu walked over and killed them one by one with a single strike.

After killing three people, Han Mu lifted the time freeze, and the surroundings returned to normal. Liu Ruyan and the other five were dumbfounded. They knew Han Mu was strong, but they didn't expect him to be this strong. One early-stage Grand Luo Golden Immortal and two peak Golden Immortals were instantly killed before Han Mu, without even a chance to resist.

"Senior Han, you..." Liu Ruyan didn't know what to say.

"Let's get out of here first." Han Mu's face was somewhat pale. The time-space freeze was extremely taxing; with his current cultivation level, he could only maintain it for three breaths at most. He had just frozen for five breaths, which was already beyond his limits. But he had to do it, otherwise Liu Ruyan and the others would be in danger.

Just then, an aged voice suddenly rang out from inside the cave: "Not bad, you're quite skilled at using time-space freeze. It seems that old time-space fellow has taught you all his secret techniques."

Han Mu's expression changed, and he looked towards the source of the sound. From the depths of the cave, an old man dressed in a black robe slowly emerged. The old man was very thin, skin and bones, with deep-set eyes, but his gaze was bright, like two will-o'-the-wisps. The aura emanating from him was more than ten times stronger than that of General Ziyang.

"Peak of the Great Luo realm, or... Dao Venerable?" Han Mu gripped the Blade of Time tightly, his hair standing on end. The old man's aura gave him an extremely dangerous feeling, even more dangerous than the remnant soul of the Time-Space Dao Venerable.

"I am Black Wind, the master of Black Wind Abyss." The old man grinned, revealing a mouthful of yellow teeth. "Those few good-for-nothings like Ziyang are dead, so be it. They were just cannon fodder anyway. But you are different. Dao Venerable specifically requested you alive, so I won't kill you. I'll just beat you half to death and then hand you over to Dao Venerable."

"You think you can handle this?" Han Mu sneered, but his heart was filled with extreme vigilance. Black Wind, the master of Black Wind Abyss, was a being surpassing even the Great Luo Immortal. Although he looked unwell, as if he had been seriously injured, he was still not someone Han Mu could deal with.

"Just this old man." Black Wind raised his hand and grabbed at Han Mu. His movements were slow, but Han Mu felt as if the surrounding space was imprisoned, unable to move. He used the Law of Time, but the effect was minimal, only slowing Black Wind's hand by half a beat.

"The law of time? Not bad, but it's nothing in front of me." Black Wind's hand continued to reach out, about to grab Han Mu.

Han Mu gritted his teeth, preparing to use time reversal to forcibly escape. But just then, a loud noise came from the cave entrance, and the entire cave shook.

"Black Wind Old Ghost, what kind of skill is it to bully the juniors? If you're so capable, why don't you exchange a few blows with this old man?" A loud voice rang out, tinged with mockery.

Black Wind's expression changed. He withdrew his hand and looked towards the cave entrance: "Who?"

A man walked in through the cave. He was an old man in a blue robe, with white hair, but he was very sprightly. He carried a tattered palm-leaf fan in his hand and fanned himself as he walked, looking very relaxed.

Han Mu was taken aback when he saw the old man. He recognized him; he was an old man who sold miscellaneous goods at a stall on a small island in the Chaos Sea, and he had even bought a map of the Chaos Sea from him. At the time, he had only thought the old man was an ordinary True Immortal, never expecting him to be so powerful.

"Aoki, is that you?" A hint of apprehension flashed in Hei Feng's eyes. "Weren't you in seclusion? Why are you out here?"

"Seclusion is too boring, I came out for some fresh air." Old Man Qingmu walked to Han Mu's side, looked at Han Mu, then at Liu Ruyan and the other six, and clicked his tongue twice. "Black Wind, you're getting worse as you get older, actually helping the Heavenly Court capture people. What, what benefits did the Heavenly Court give you to make this old dog work so hard?"

"Aoki, you're asking for death!" Black Wind roared in fury, raising his hand to grab Aoki. This time, he used all his strength, causing the entire cave to tremble and the space to shatter inch by inch.

The old man Qingmu remained calm, fanning himself with his tattered palm-leaf fan. A beam of azure light shot out and collided with Hei Feng's palm. With a deafening roar, the entire cave collapsed. Han Mu quickly protected Liu Ruyan and the other six, rushing out of the cave.

Outside, Black Wind and Green Wood were already fighting. Both were at the peak of the Great Luo realm, and their battle was earth-shattering, even scattering a large portion of the black wind in Black Wind Abyss. Han Mu watched with trepidation; he didn't even have the right to intervene in a battle of this level.

"Kid, what are you looking at? Get out of here!" Old Man Aoki shouted as he hit him. "Leave this old ghost to me, you all get lost and stop getting in the way."

Han Mu wasn't one to be pretentious. He clasped his hands in a fist salute to Old Man Qingmu and led Liu Ruyan and the other six away. But they hadn't gone far when another group of people appeared in front of them, blocking their path.

The leader was a middle-aged man in a golden robe, with a dignified face and an aura even stronger than that of General Ziyang. Behind him followed more than a dozen generals, the lowest of whom were all at the late stage of the Golden Immortal realm.

"Han Mu, I am Jin Yang Daojun, here to capture you on the orders of the Dao Venerable." The middle-aged man in the golden robe spoke, his voice booming like a great bell, making people's eardrums ache.

Han Mu's face darkened. Black Wind was difficult enough to deal with, and now Golden Sun Dao Lord had appeared? Was this some kind of game?

"System, check the status," Han Mu silently instructed.

A semi-transparent panel appeared before my eyes:

Name: Han Mu

True Realm: Late Golden Immortal (Creative Dao Seed of Chaos)

Superficial Realm: Mid-stage True Immortal (Disguised)

The Law of Time: Perfection

Spatial Law: Perfection

Supernatural Abilities: Space-Time Domain, Space-Time Blade, Space-Time Rewind (Available)

Celestial Aura: 500 points (automatically absorbed and converted from Chaos Aura)

Special Status: Spacetime Dao Body (Elementary), Dao Seed Suppressing Remnant Soul (Spacetime Dao Venerable)

Current crisis: Besieged by peak-stage Great Luo (Black Wind) and late-stage Great Luo (Golden Sun Daoist).

Recommendation: Use time travel to escape; success rate 80%.

Warning: Time travel will reveal your location and may attract more pursuers.

Han Mu finished reading the panel and took a deep breath. Escape? Where could he escape to? Black Wind Abyss was Black Wind's territory, and outside was the Heavenly Court's ambush. Where could he escape to?

"Han Mu, surrender and you will be spared death," said Daoist Jin Yang calmly.

Han Mu didn't speak, but simply gripped the Blade of Time tightly. Liu Ruyan and the other six stood behind him, their injuries still unhealed, but they all gripped their weapons, ready to fight to the death.

Just then, the communication jade slip in Han Mu's arms suddenly vibrated. He separated a wisp of his divine sense to check it; it was a message from Han Li:

"Fellow Daoist Han, I have discovered an ancient teleportation array in the Netherworld Abyss, which appears to lead to the outside of the Chaos Sea. The teleportation array will open in three days, so please come quickly."

Han Mu's eyes lit up. Outside the Chaos Sea? Wouldn't that mean he could leave the Chaos Sea and escape the Heavenly Court's pursuit?

"Go!" Han Mu shouted, unleashing the Blade of Time, which opened a time rift in front of him, temporarily trapping Jin Yang Daojun and the others. He led Liu Ruyan and the other six into the time rift and disappeared.

"Time rift? A mere trick." Daoist Jinyang sneered, shattering the time rift with a single palm strike, but Han Mu and his group of seven had already vanished. His expression darkened as he looked in the direction where Black Wind and Green Wood were fighting. He hesitated for a moment, then decided not to give chase.

"Daoist Lord, shall we pursue them?" a celestial general asked.

"Why chase after them? Didn't you see Black Wind and Green Wood fighting? Are you going to die?" Jin Yang Daojun said irritably. "Go back and report to the Venerable One that Han Mu has escaped, but we have a clue that he went to the Netherworld Abyss."

"Yes." The heavenly general accepted the order and led his men away.

Jin Yang Daojun took one last look at the depths of Black Wind Abyss before turning and leaving. The battle between Black Wind and Green Wood continued, but no one cared anymore.

At this moment, Han Mu and his six companions tumbled out of the time rift and landed on a desolate wasteland. The wasteland was vast, stretching as far as the eye could see, with the outline of a city visible in the distance.

"Where is this?" Liu Ruyan asked.

Han Mu looked around, then at the communication jade slip, and confirmed the location: "The edge of the Netherworld Abyss, not far from Netherworld City. Han Li is waiting for us in Netherworld City, let's go and meet up with him first."

The seven flew towards the Netherworld City. Han Mu checked his system panel as he flew. A new notification had appeared on the panel:

[Triggering Quest: Escape the Chaos Sea]

[Mission Requirements: Arrive at Netherworld City within three days, reunite with Han Li, and leave the Chaos Sea via the ancient teleportation array]

[Task Rewards: Intermediate Level Time-Space Dao Body Advancement, 10000 Immortal Spirit Qi]

[Punishment for failure: Captured by the Daoist Master and refined into an avatar]

Han Mu's lips twitched. The punishment for failure was harsh enough; being refined into a clone was worse than death. It seemed he had to get to Netherworld City as soon as possible.

But he had a premonition that the journey would not be peaceful. The people of Heaven, and that "Daoist Master," would certainly not let him leave easily.

"When soldiers come, we'll block them; when water comes, we'll dam it." A cold glint flashed in Han Mu's eyes. They'd have to see if they had the ability to capture him.