Chapter 948: Leftover Evil of the Old Era: Lord Blue Venerable Yuan Monarch

Chapter 948: Chapter 948: Leftover Evil of the Old Era: Lord Blue Venerable Yuan Monarch

"Fellow Guan?" Shen Mo stepped forward, concern etched on his face.

On one hand, he was worried about Guan Ling’s injuries; on the other, he was eager to discover the roots of that towering ancient tree!

In the blink of an eye, the wound on Guan Ling’s finger healed and recovered. She, being the Artifact Spirit of the Immortal Treasure, her true form was actually the celestial artifact Death Jaw, and the woman’s figure shown before Shen Mo and Zhao Lingyin was merely a manifestation condensed with mana; the injuries she received, however, were indeed real. Her true body was struck by "leaves," which reflected onto her manifested form.

"It’s nothing."

Guan Ling waved her hand, indicating no serious harm. After a long silence, she spoke: "The source of Fellow Zhao’s deadly tribulation is precisely that towering ancient tree you’ve both seen!"

Shen Mo and Zhao Lingyin exchanged a glance and then nodded together: "Please enlighten us, fellow Daoist."

At the end of every dead-end road stood a colossal towering ancient tree, located just after Zhao Lingyin successfully ascended the Divine Bridge. Not only did it block her Dao path, but it also cut off her future, preventing her from even reincarnating.

It’s without a doubt that this towering ancient tree is the source of Zhao Lingyin’s deadly tribulation;

However, Shen Mo and Zhao Lingyin did not know the origin of this ancient tree, nor did they understand how Zhao Lingyin provoked such a terrifying existence!

"The towering tree is merely her Dharma Phase; her true form should also be that of a Human Cultivator. However, she doesn’t belong to this era but is a remnant of the old era. Outside the universe world we inhabit, there are quite a few existences similar to her; they are what we call remnants of the old era..."

Guan Ling had once disclosed some information about remnants of the old era to Shen Mo. Her master, whom Shen Mo only referred to as "Senior Guanzhu" without knowing his true name or title, had once guarded the Heavenly Gateway and battled against these remnants of the old era.

However, Senior Guanzhu’s end was also quite tragic.

She was slain by this group of remnants of the old era, and her corpse was divided into millions and buried in a place where the Immortal Path was extinct. Fragments of her immortal corpse birthed mystical entities, forming a God Path world!

Shen Mo himself, indeed had some connections of cause and effect with these remnants of the old era.

First, he collected a piece of Senior Guanzhu’s remnant while slaying Deities in the God Path world; second, he seized the "Enlightenment Immortal Pill" and "damaged golden page" from the Longevity Demon Lord, all of which were the remnants’ handiwork; third, he obtained from Hallow Venerable a blood-stained robe, contaminated with their blood.

But even with some cause and effect, it should rightfully fall upon Shen Mo himself, rather than becoming a deadly tribulation upon Zhao Lingyin.

"The eminent figure among the remnants of the old era is called ’Lord Blue Venerable’!" The simple grass hut was located within the true form of Death Jaw, so Guan Ling had no qualms about directly revealing the roots of that towering ancient tree.

Upon hearing this title, Shen Mo felt a sensation, as if seeing a tree rooted above countless immortal corpses, nurtured by True Immortal flesh and blood, swaying its branches in oppression towards him, inducing suffocation and despair, identical to the towering ancient tree seen earlier!

As Guan Ling narrated the story, the suffocating feeling within Shen Mo grew ever heavier.

Just her title revealed significant key information; the word "Blue" in "Lord Blue Venerable" represents her possession of the Green Wood Spirit Body, Green Wood Immortal Body; the word "Saint" embodies supreme holiness; "Yuan Monarch" refers to an ancient powerful female immortal.

According to Guan Ling, Lord Blue Venerable was among the top-tier forces within the remnants of the old era, and her cultivation level was not even inferior to her master.

The slaying and dismemberment of Senior Guanzhu had much to do with Lord Blue Venerable!

After Zhao Lingyin successfully overcame the enlightenment tribulation and built the Divine Bridge, another deadly tribulation descended immediately, as Lord Blue Venerable took notice of her Talent possessing the Green Wood Spirit Body, intending to refine her into an incarnation on her day of enlightenment.

Therefore...

When Shen Mo used the Divination Treasure Mirror for divination, he calculated such an incredible and unavoidable result; and when Zhao Lingyin borrowed the power of Death Jaw to spy into the "future," she saw countless dead-end shadows of Lord Blue Venerable’s Dharma Phase!

"In the Universal Realm and billions of Lower Realms, there are countless cultivators with the Green Wood Spirit Body; why did this old hag specifically eye Lingyin? Could it be due to my few cause and effect connections with these remnants?"

When Shen Mo thought of Lord Blue Venerable seeking to seize Zhao Lingyin’s Daoist body and mind, intending to cut off her life, Dao path, and even the chance of reincarnation, his heart was filled with anger, disregarding whether she was a Divine Immortal or a Heavenly Immortal, addressing her simply as the "old hag."

"Indeed, this person truly is an old hag with sores on her head and pus on her feet!"

Guan Ling nodded in agreement; her master was slain by Lord Blue Venerable and others, so her hatred towards them was even more intense than Shen Mo’s.

After venting a few curses against Lord Blue Venerable with Shen Mo, she shifted the conversation, continuing to explain: "This old hag singled out Fellow Zhao; in a certain sense, it does have something to do with you. But not as you think, due to my master’s corpse, damaged golden page, or the blood-stained robe causing connections of cause and effect..."

"In the world, there are countless possessing the Green Wood Spirit Body, yet, those who can achieve enlightenment are very few. Let alone those with the potential to cultivate the True Immortal, or even the Heavenly Immortal, as Born Immortal, among all possessing the Green Wood Spirit Body, they are one in a billion!"

"My master once informed me that a Heavenly Immortal is already at the peak of the True Immortal Realm. To further advance to the Eighth Da Luo Golden Immortal realm, one must compete with others sharing similar paths for the Great Path’s dominant position! Once someone steps ahead into the Eighth Realm, others with close Dao paths will be unable to cultivate to this realm, and can only change paths, achieving Da Luo through a Trivial Path."

"When Fellow Zhao built the Divine Bridge and accomplished her path, it is likely very close to that old hag’s Great Path... Even so, it would actually be fine. Without True Immortal or Heavenly Immortal Talent, that old hag would not go to great lengths targeting Fellow Zhao."

"The problem lies in you two being Dao companions, with your fate and fortune intertwined as one. Coincidentally, fellow Qingyun is endowed with great fortuity, with his destiny veiled, even I cannot see your future achievements, influencing Fellow Zhao to a certain extent. Thus, that old hag can’t accurately predict whether Fellow Zhao can cultivate into a True Immortal, making Fellow Zhao the greatest threat in her eyes."

"To refine Fellow Zhao into an incarnation is to eliminate a potential rival on the Dao path. Additionally, it can take away everything from Fellow Zhao, possibly adding some chances for her to achieve Da Luo."

"This is a Great Path struggle, with not a hint of compromise!"

After Guan Ling explained the reasons, Shen Mo and Zhao Lingyin fell into silence.

A top figure among True Immortals, someone who survived the end of the old era, someone capable of slaying a Heavenly Immortal, intends to refine you into an incarnation and seize all your possessions for her own Dao path... How does one overcome such a heavy tribulation?