Cultivating Immortality in Two Realms

Chapter 447 The Palace Master of the Divine Ray

Zhan Hongxiu was only in the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm. Although her supernatural powers and magic were no less than those in the late-stage of the Nascent Soul realm, she was ultimately unable to physically escape into the void.

Of course, given her good fortune and opportunities, she naturally possessed a treasure of the Great Void, but she had not used it at the moment.

suddenly!

A flash of light appeared in the void ahead, revealing a gaunt middle-aged man in black robes. He was dressed as a scholar and had no trace of demonic aura or demonic characteristics, except for two wisps of beard that hung down to his chest.

"Be careful!"

Zhan Hongxiu suddenly stopped, a tattered ancient talisman already affixed to her body.

Swish!

Layer upon layer of thick light curtains appeared, condensing into six halos that protected her, yet they seemed to be under some inexplicable pressure, shattering with a crash...

"Oh? The 'Six Ren Divine Judgment Talisman'? You actually still have such a damaged fifth-tier talisman in your possession?"

The middle-aged, lean scholar smiled slightly. Although there was no fluctuation of magical power around him, the water elemental spiritual power in the world suddenly gathered and transformed into one dark water elemental divine light after another!

Its ferocious appearance filled the heavens and earth, bringing immense pressure.

"Harmony between Heaven and Man, drawing upon the spiritual energy of Heaven and Earth... transforming into the Five Elements Divine Light..."

Zhan Hongxiu summoned her tortoise shell for protection and asked, "Is the Venerable One the Palace Master of the Divine Ray Palace?!"

"Not bad... You possess the spirit of the tortoise and cultivate the 'Tortoise and Crane Longevity Technique'... You must be a descendant of the Zhou Tian Star Palace. Considering the good relationship between my ancestors and the Zhou Tian Star Palace, hand over the coordinates of the ascension passage, and I will spare your life..." The Divine Ray Palace Master stood with his hands behind his back and said calmly.

"This is bad... this true spirit might have been present when you killed the Flood Dragon General."

"They've already arrived... and judging from how they attacked without warning, we can't trust them easily," the old turtle solemnly warned.

"Of course I know..." Within Zhan Hongxiu's dantian, her nascent soul opened its eyes, trembling as if being stared at by a ferocious beast, realizing that she had encountered the most terrifying crisis since she began cultivating immortality.

"Besides... I have no idea where the ascension passage is located, but this person obviously won't believe me and will have to perform a soul search themselves..."

"Besides, it attacked the moment we met, clearly with malicious intent. If it weren't for that fifth-tier talisman, I would have been finished..."

Zhan Hongxiu produced a small, silver-white magical artifact, with cyan wooden nails appearing on her forehead and four black tortoise shells encircling her body. She was already in a full-fledged battle stance: "I apologize, senior. Although I am a descendant of the Zhou Tian Star Official, I have not inherited the coordinates of the ascension passage... I have, however, inherited some of the secret techniques of the Big Dipper. I wonder if you would like to take a look?"

"Heh... You human cultivator, your words are not entirely truthful... I personally witnessed the Northern Dipper Divine Light and know the truth about the 'Turtle and Crane Longevity Technique'... Such a powerful secret technique naturally has backlash and consumption... If you want to reduce my lifespan by a major realm, you will have to pay at least ten times the price... Are you willing to do that?"

The middle-aged scholar smiled, his two whiskers fluttering in the wind.

"Of course I'd be reluctant to part with him now, but if I'm forced into a corner, things could get complicated... Perhaps the Venerable One has an endless lifespan and wouldn't care about losing a mere hundred years." Zhan Hongxiu suddenly smiled, her smile truly radiant.

"Alas, it seems you are unwilling to speak properly with me... If I were to advance you to the late Nascent Soul stage, you might actually be able to escape from me, but you would be a major threat to my clan and cannot be allowed to live any longer..."

With a casual gesture, the Palace Master of the Divine Ray pointed, and a dark, water-based divine light swept across the sky, like a deep blue rainbow, arriving in the blink of an eye!

call out!

The divine light of water fell upon the tortoise shield. This top-grade defensive magic weapon, which had protected Zhan Hongxiu's life many times and saved her from danger, let out a mournful cry, and a deep engraving appeared on its surface.

Furthermore, as countless water-based spiritual energies from heaven and earth surged into that water-based divine light, the light became even more dazzling, as if the tortoise shell would split in two in the next instant.

"Go!" Old Turtle howled, unleashing his full power of divine sense techniques, but it felt as if he had crashed into a cliff, causing him to let out a wail.

Even before Elder Gui made his move, Zhan Hongxiu had already tossed aside the small silver boat in her hand. As it faced the wind, it expanded and transformed into a silver awning boat, which instantly flew into the void.

Zhan Hongxiu immediately plunged into it, and the almost broken tortoise shell turned into a streak of dark light that followed closely behind.

"Hehe... Can you leave?" The Palace Master of the Divine Ray Palace chuckled and stepped into the Void as well, with a leisurely air about him.

Furthermore, although it is not afraid of the Big Dipper's secret techniques, if its lifespan of a hundred years is cut off, it will also suffer some damage to its vital energy.

Therefore, she held back in her actions, preventing Zhan Hongxiu from resorting to desperate measures. However, if this prolonged pursuit continued, she would eventually be exhausted and unable to retaliate.

at the same time.

Tianxing Seven Islands.

Ouch!

An endless tide of beasts converged, like dark waves, sweeping in wave after wave.

"Oh no! It's a massive beast tide!"

"Those monsters have gone mad! Send a message immediately..."

Seven islands were in dire need of help one after another, and the void trembled repeatedly.

Then, a middle-aged man with a white face and no beard, wearing silver armor, stepped out from within.

He arrived above the beast tide, where the sky was shrouded in darkness, and the hidden, transformed demon dared not show itself.

Because this is the head of the Yunzhou Chamber of Commerce—Master Tianyin!

A powerful cultivator in the late Nascent Soul stage!

Dealing with ordinary fourth-tier low-grade and mid-grade demonic beasts... is a piece of cake.

The void was hazy, and several more great cultivators emerged one after another.

"Brother Tianyin, Holy Monk, Grand Palace Master..." The Shang family patriarch arrived late, and upon seeing these people, he smiled and cupped his hands in greeting.

"Amitabha... I heard that the Alliance Leader of Ten Thousand Stars killed the Flood Dragon Demon General. This is clearly a report from the Divine Ray Palace..."

The newly appointed holy monk of Leiyin Temple, whose smile resembled that of Maitreya Buddha, chuckled and said, "That leader of the Myriad Stars Alliance is merely a mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, yet she was able to easily kill a great cultivator... In the future, the cultivation world of the East Sea will surely belong to this woman..."

Upon hearing this, even though the old merchant knew the other party was trying to sow discord, his expression was not very pleasant.

Because what the holy monk of Leiyin Temple said is true!

"Hmph... We've all arrived, but where is the Heavenly Star Alliance Leader?"

Master Tianyin snorted coldly.

"I heard that he had just broken through to a higher level in seclusion, and then faced a major battle, so he's now consolidating his cultivation..."

The Grand Palace Master of Shuiyue Palace laughed and said, "Sister Zhan, since you've gone into seclusion, we should all step up and support you..."

"Hmph, this Grand Palace Master probably wishes for the demise of that Black Palace successor... and yet he's being so affectionate with me."

The merchant patriarch remained unmoved, while the four great cultivators unleashed a powerful surge of magical energy, dispersing countless demonic clouds.

Meanwhile, on the demon side, the void flickered, and three demon generals emerged. The leader was enormous, resembling a small mountain, and wore a set of jet-black armor.

Beside him was a man with colorful patterns on his face, and a pair of colorful wings that shimmered behind him.

The last moon was a petite woman with delicate features, seemingly only in her teens, with a seashell mark between her eyebrows that shimmered with white light.

"Fushan, Qianfeng, and Mingyue... the three current high-grade transformed demons have indeed come."

Master Tianyin produced a handful of silver needles: "Fellow Daoists... what do you think?"

"Of the four great generals of the Divine Ray Palace, the Flood Dragon was the most extraordinary... yet we slew him. The remaining three are naturally not a threat..."

The holy monk clasped his hands together, a hint of sorrow in his eyes: "Why don't both sides stop fighting and make peace, and cease hostilities? That would be a blessing for all the people of the world."

He and Shuiyue Palace were the ones who knew best how terrifying the combat power of a Nascent Soul cultivator was.

Fearing that they might anger the Divine Ray Palace and that the legendary True Spirit Divine Ray would personally intervene, they decided to act.

At that time, Master Tianyin still has Yunzhou Continent to retreat to, but Leiyin Temple and Shuiyue Palace are unwilling to give up their millennia-old foundation!

"Haha!" The largest of them, Fushan, spoke first, his voice like thunder: "Our master has ordered that your human race's great formation be broken... Moreover, you humans are so scheming and infighting. Wasn't it one of you who leaked the information to our Divine Ray Palace about the Myriad Stars Alliance Leader's seclusion? If you abandon your evil ways now... you might even be able to carve out your own territory in the future. But if you continue to resist, when our master takes action, you will all be reduced to dust!"

"What?" The old merchant was taken aback, looking suspiciously at the holy monk of Leiyin Temple and the Grand Master of Shuiyue Palace.

He was a shrewd and experienced man, and he already knew that the Palace Master of Wanxing Palace was most likely a successor of Zhou Tianxing Palace. If that were the case, the probability of these families making a move in secret was extremely high!

"The Divine Ray Palace Master... actually intends to take action personally?" Venerable Tianyin frowned, but was concerned about something else.

If that true spirit were to intervene, he would indeed consider backing down. After all, the Yunzhou Chamber of Commerce was just an outsider; they could lend a hand, but they couldn't afford to offend that divine ray to death.

Otherwise, if they travel thousands of miles to wreak havoc on the Yunzhou continent, what can they do?

"If Shuiyue Palace and Leiyin Temple can't pull out their trump cards at the Nascent Soul stage, they'll really suffer a loss this time..."

"Even if they really use their trump card, they've already killed one of the Four Divine Generals. Could they possibly kill them all? Aren't they afraid of completely enraging the Palace Master of the Divine Ray Palace?"

"In the upcoming duel, I'll merely make a show of force to drive the opponent away, and that will be it..."

Just as Master Tianyin had made up his mind and was about to speak, his divine sense suddenly moved and swept over a large, emerald-green island!

The island floated in, like a giant mobile city, and with an oppressive aura, it crashed down on the battlefield!

Countless streams of bloodthirsty energy erupted from the great formation, engulfing the low-level demonic beasts, which instantly turned into stark white bones. Their rich blood and energy, in turn, amplified the power of the bloodthirsty energy!

"Blood Fiend Island? Wasn't this demonic cave destroyed by that legendary great cultivator?" the holy monk of Leiyin Temple exclaimed in surprise.

Swish!

Then a flash of light appeared, and two more people emerged from the void.

One of them was a young man with a handsome face and deep, dark eyes. His aura was so dark that it was impossible to tell whether he was a cultivator or not.

Behind this person was a black-robed cultivator. Although he was a corpse cultivator with a fierce and menacing appearance, several great cultivators recognized his magical power.

"The Heavenly Fiend Old Monster?"

"Wasn't the Heavenly Fiend Old Monster dead? How did he come back to life and even submit to this 'Fang Shui' cultivator...?"

The Palace Master of Shuiyue Palace was equally astonished, recognizing Fang Shui, this legendary great cultivator.

"Very good, looks like I'm not too late..."

Fang Qing glanced at the three fourth-tier high-grade transformed demons, clapped his hands, and laughed, "Tell me... how do you want to die?"