Chapter 616: Spirit Immortal's Abandoned Mansion (2)

Chapter 616: Chapter 31: Spirit Immortal’s Abandoned Mansion (2)

This was especially advantageous for him, as the woman had made a Dao Oath not to lay a finger on the treasure.

After a brief discussion, the two of them attacked Fang Cheng simultaneously.

The Cyan-Black Great Tomb transformed into a streak of light, smashing viciously toward the top of the ancient bell.

Meanwhile, Pan Lang activated his Inch Star Disc and instantly teleported in front of Fang Cheng. He then summoned a Talisman that transformed into a giant golden halberd, which he brought chopping down toward Fang Cheng’s head.

Just then, the unexpected happened!

The Cyan-Black Great Tomb, which should have been hurtling toward Fang Cheng, suddenly changed its trajectory and smashed into Pan Lang.

“You?!”

Although Pan Lang reacted with incredible speed, hastily activating the Inch Star Disc to teleport away, he was still a step too slow.

BOOM!

He was struck hard by the great tomb, and his physical body nearly disintegrated from the impact. Sent flying backward, he became a straight streak of light in the air before crashing heavily against the light barrier of the Treasure Light Divine Prohibition.

The next moment, an incomparably sharp strand of Taixu Sword Qi arrived in an instant. It ignored his Protective Spiritual Light and treasures, and with a single flash, the sword light sliced him in two at the waist.

Pan Lang’s divine soul flew out, attempting to escape. But then, the silhouette of a black dress appeared. The stunningly beautiful woman slapped her fair, slender hand through the air, and limitless Magical Power surged forth, instantly imprisoning his divine soul and sealing it in mid-air.

Feng Yan wore a strange expression. Even she felt that two Ninth Tribulation Cultivators ganging up to plot against an Eighth Tribulation Cultivator was a bit like bullying.

She cast a casual, yet meaningful, glance at the Two Elders of Youxuan, who were still advancing through the void within the Treasure Light Divine Prohibition.

The two great figures of the Demon Dao finally came to a decision and flew out of the giant pit without a second glance.

“Those two are working together!”

“I’ll bet the Tier Six Demon Beast from that Bronze Palace fell into their hands too.”

“Why isn’t there any information on these two in the Immortal Ascension List? That bunch of idiots from the Heart Demon Sect nearly got me killed…”

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「Half a day later.」

Fang Cheng finished refining the Broken Ancient Bell. A deep, resonant toll echoed far and wide, sending ripples spreading through the void.

At Fang Cheng’s command, the ancient bell abruptly shrank to the size of a walnut, and he tucked it away into his wide sleeve.

Feng Yan floated forward gracefully, took out Pan Lang’s storage pouch, and handed it to Fang Cheng with a smile.

“My thanks,” Fang Cheng said, taking the storage pouch. “This Taixu Celestial Palace Bell is quite the Ultimate Defense Treasure. When the two of us challenge the Taixu Gate in the future, having this will save us a lot of trouble.”

Feng Yan sighed with emotion. “Your fortune is truly profound. Inviting you here was probably the wisest decision I’ve ever made.”

She had originally been apprehensive and uncertain about ascending to the Spiritual Sky Realm, but now, after experiencing these events alongside Fang Cheng, she felt an inexplicable sense of certainty.

‘He’s a man of great destiny. If I can borrow even a sliver of his good fortune, I might have a chance of becoming a Spirit Immortal in the future…’

As they chatted idly, Fang Cheng casually used his Primordial Heavenly Demon Qi to dissolve Pan Lang’s corpse. He then refined the man’s divine soul into a Divine Soul Relic, which he would use in the future to empower his second Spiritual Mechanism Incarnation.

‘Although I have some karmic ties with the three Spirit Immortals of the Dongyang Immortal Alliance, this man tried to seize my immortal opportunity. I couldn’t afford to show mercy.’

‘I gave him a chance. He has only himself to blame.’

With a mere thought, Fang Cheng pushed the matter of killing Pan Lang to the back of his mind. Instead, he began to probe the man’s Spiritual Memory with great interest, discovering quite a few interesting things.

For one, there was Yuelang Heaven, a Shengshi World Heaven whose prosperity was said to rival that of Qianyu Heaven.

Pan Lang’s earlier promise to Feng Yan had not been an empty boast; there was real substance to his words.

That Spirit Immortal’s Abandoned Mansion seemed to be the same place Beiming Cang Xue was preparing to explore.

The Dongyang Immortal Alliance had dispatched a Spirit Immortal Incarnation, along with numerous Tribulation Realm Cultivators, to explore this abandoned mansion. It was clear they were determined to succeed at all costs.

Pan Lang had been a member of that very party.

However, the Spirit Immortal’s Abandoned Mansion had not yet materialized, so everyone had split up to seek their own fortunes within the Celestial Ruins. Pan Lang had only come to this place by chance, drawn by the unusual phenomenon.

‘Hmm, it couldn’t hurt to stir up a bit more trouble…’

After a moment of thought, he took out a Talisman and transmitted the intelligence he had extracted from Pan Lang’s divine soul to Beiming Cang Xue.

‘If Beiming Cang Xue calls for experts from the Beiming Immortal Race and they start a fight with the Dongyang Immortal Alliance, it might just weaken the forces the Beiming Immortal Race has guarding the Taixu Gate.’

As he mulled this over, the downpour began to lessen, then grew sparse. A short while later, the weather turned fair, and the vast expanse of dark clouds vanished without a trace.

The ethereal blue flowers in the desert also began to dissipate with the end of the rain, vanishing from the world.

The entire ruins of the Bronze Palace began to slowly sink back into the ground.

Fang Cheng and Feng Yan discovered to their surprise that the giant pit and the Treasure Light Divine Prohibition before them were becoming illusory. The surrounding Bronze Palace also began to waver between real and unreal, making it difficult to perceive.

Outside the giant pit, some Cultivators attempted to use the Cloud Rain Skill to summon another downpour, but it was useless. They could not recreate the earlier phenomenon.

In the blink of an eye, the entire ruin sank back beneath the earth. Under the scorching sun, a vast, boundless desert reappeared before everyone’s eyes.

The various Tribulation Realm Cultivators watched Fang Cheng and Feng Yan, their minds filled with different thoughts.

The Two Elders of Youxuan gave Fang Cheng a long, deep look before transforming into two plumes of thick black smoke and fleeing into the distant sky.

With those two gone, the other Cultivators abandoned any thoughts of seizing the treasure and departed one after another.

Feng Yan removed the peach branch from her hair bun, allowing Xia Yue to reappear. She then summoned the Peach Blossom Cloud Raft, which carried the three of them away.

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「Somewhere in the Lingkong Celestial Ruins.」

Above the ethereal clouds and mist stood a thousand-zhang-high mountain. At its peak was a large platform surrounded by a golden glow and shimmering with iridescent light, faintly resembling the remnants of an ancient ruin.